Large Aircraft Paint and Masking Laser Projection Capabilities

The Augmented Reality Aircraft Masking System (ARAMS) that will be developed by this SBIR will significantly reduce errors and time expended preparing large aircraft for paint stencils and graphics. A reduction of 80% in labor expended and a 95% reduction is errors are goals which seem probable to achieve, based on past experience. DSC’s ProjectionWorks™ Augmented Reality (AR) system will be modified in several ways to make masking very large aircraft more practical, including reducing setup time and greatly simplifying the target registration process. Thousands of commercial and business jets as well as helicopters are painted every year by MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) companies. Today, DSC’s ProjectionWorks™ system is only used by OEM’s because only they have the 3D CAD model required to use AR. The result of this SBIR will be a system that can be used by MRO’s around the world, and even car/truck/RV painters who want to paint company logo’s and other exotic graphics onto a vehicle. The ARAMS will take the myriad advantages of AR and allow to it be used by the masses – no longer limited exclusively to the elite (OEM’s).