Airborne Video Cameras

Entertainment Camera System
(ECS)

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Securaplane Technologies' Entertainment Camera System (ECS) gives every aircraft passenger the "best seat in the house" — quality color video images that are often better than the view from any window seat. The Securaplane ECS was specifically designed, from component level to integrated system, for aviation. One to six color cameras installed in various locations on the aircraft provide many different wide-angle, zoom and panoramic views depending on the number and type of cameras installed. The system can be customized to meet the individual needs of each customer.

A typical ECS includes the following key features:

Landscape Camera

  • Provides a spectacular view of the landscape directly below the plane
  • Mounted inside the fuselage looking through a window installed into the body of the aircraft
  • Equipped with a 10:1 zoom lens

Panoramic Camera

  • Positioned to look primarily forward and slightly down through a fixed, wide-angle lens to show an extraordinary view ahead of the aircraft
  • Mounted inside the aircraft's fuselage looking through the same window as the Landscape Camera

Entertainment Camera Interface Unit

  • Main interface between the ECS and the aircraft
  • Installed in the electronics bay, it provides power and synchronization (and zoom control if applicable) to the cameras.
  • Provide single-ended or balanced NTSC images to the aircraft's In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system for viewing by the passengers and crew
  • Provides a multiplexed output that cycles through the various camera views every fifteen seconds depending on flight mode or command signals from the IFE
    system
  • Controlled via an ARINC 485 interface from the IFE system

Other Cameras

  • Vertical fin mounted and belly mounted aft-view cameras are available. Contact Securaplane for your specific requirement.

 

Panoramic Camera View