AIRCRAFT AND DEPLOYABLE VISION SYSTEMS FOR AIRCRAFT

Aircraft, vision sensor systems, and methods of operating deployable vision systems are provided. An aircraft includes a fuselage and a vision sensor system. The fuselage defines an outer mold line and the vision sensor system includes a housing and a vision sensor package. The housing is selectively deployable between a retracted position and a deployed position and is disposed within the outer mold line in the retracted position and outside of the outer mold line in the deployed position. The vision sensor package is associated with the housing and is positioned to collect imaging information when the housing is in the deployed position. 提供了飞机、视觉传感器系统以及操作可展开的视觉系统的方法。飞机包括机身和视觉传感器系统。机身限定外模线，视觉传感器系统包括外壳和视觉传感器包。外壳可选择性地部署在缩回位置或者部署在展开位置，并且在缩回位置时设置在外模线内，而在展开位置时设置在外模线外。视觉传感器包与外壳相关联，并且被定位成当外壳处于展开位置时收集成像信息。