Preserving vehicular raw vibration data for post-event analysis

A method for sensing via a monitoring system integrated into a transport vehicle, the method comprising:

• receiving at the monitoring system, from a first vibration sensor at a first known location in the transport vehicle and a second vibration sensor at a second known location in the transport vehicle, each of which is configured to detect vibrations from a mechanical element of the transport vehicle, a first real-time raw vibration data from the first vibration sensor and a second real-time raw vibration data from the second vibration sensor for the mechanical element, wherein the first and second real-time raw vibration data are time-synchronized;
• retaining in a buffer memory of the monitoring system the first and second real-time synchronized raw vibration data for the mechanical element, wherein the data is retained in a circular memory buffer which is configured to maintain a dynamic storage of a recent raw vibration data for a designated duration of time prior to and including a current time;
• monitoring for event conditions, concurrently, comprising both an automated event condition and a manual trigger action;
• receiving, at a hardware processor of the monitoring system, a trigger signal for raw-data storage (TSRDS) indicative of the automated event condition comprising a flight event of the transport vehicle, the TSRDS being generated at the time of the flight event or after the flight event or the manual trigger action comprising a time of manual triggering;
• upon receiving the trigger signal for raw-data storage (TSRDS), transferring the recent raw vibration data from the circular memory buffer to a non-volatile data storage of the monitoring system, wherein the method causes to be retained in the non-volatile data storage a storage of raw vibration data for the designated duration of time prior to and including a time of the TSRDS;
• storing in the non-volatile data storage a received raw vibration data over a second duration of time starting substantially at the time of the TSRDS up to a specific time duration, wherein the sensing system is thereby configured to store in the non-volatile data storage a time-continuous data including substantially all the raw vibration data detected by the first and second vibration sensors over a time interval from a first time before the time of the TSRDS to a second time which is a time after the TSRDS;
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• tracking, based on the first and second real-time synchronized raw vibration data, a progression of locations of the associated flight event.

A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a monitoring system integrated into a transport vehicle, causes the hardware processor to execute a method for storing vibration data, the method comprising:

• receiving at the monitoring system, from a first vibration sensor at a first known location and a second vibration sensor at a second known location, each of which is configured to detect vibrations from a mechanical element of the transport vehicle, a first real-time raw vibration data from the first vibration sensor and a second real-time raw vibration data from the second vibration sensor for the mechanical element, wherein the first and second real-time raw vibration data are time-synchronized;
• retaining in a buffer memory of the monitoring system the first and second real-time synchronized raw vibration data for the mechanical element, wherein data is retained in a circular memory buffer of the monitoring system which is configured to maintain a dynamic storage of a recent raw vibration data for a designated duration of time prior to and including a current time;
• monitoring for event conditions, concurrently, comprising both an automated event condition and a manual trigger action;
• receiving, at the hardware processor of the monitoring system, a trigger signal for raw data storage (TSRDS) indicative of the automated event condition comprising a flight event of the transport vehicle, the TSRDS being generated at the time of the flight event or after the flight event or the manual trigger action comprising a time of manual triggering;
• upon receiving the TSRDS, transferring the recent raw vibration data from the circular memory buffer to a non-volatile data storage of the monitoring system, wherein the method causes to be retained in the non-volatile data storage a storage of raw vibration data for the designated duration of time prior to and including a time of the TSRDS;
• storing in the non-volatile data storage a received raw vibration data over a second duration of time starting substantially at the time of the TSRDS up to a specific time duration, wherein the sensing system is thereby configured to store in the non-volatile data storage a time-continuous data including substantially all the raw vibration data detected by the first and second vibration sensors over a time interval from a first time before the time of the TSRDS to a second time which is a time after the TSRDS;
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• tracking, based on the first and second real-time synchronized raw vibration data, a progression of locations of the associated flight event through the first known location and the second known location.