SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING FROTH THICKNESS ON A SURFACE, IN PARTICULAR AN AIRCRAFT, USING A LIGHT PATTERN GENERATED BY DIFFUSION IN THE FROST.

摘要

A system and method for providing an estimate of the thickness of the ice regardless of the shape of its surface at the level of the air/ice interface. To this end the system and method measure an intensity profile of a luminous pattern generated by diffusion in the ice, which enables the system to measure the thickness of the ice even when the air/ice surface is not plane.