Monitoring of drive by wire sensors in vehicles

A data storage device configured in a vehicle, the data storage device comprising:

• a host interface configured to receive sensor data from at least one drive by wire system of the vehicle;
• one or more memory components configured to store the sensor data in an input region cyclically;
• a controller configured to determine operating parameters of the vehicle associated with the sensor data of the at least one drive by wire system;
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• an inference engine configured to determine, using an artificial neural network and based on the sensor data of the at least one drive by wire system and the operating parameters, whether operations of the at least one drive by wire system are abnormal, wherein the operations of the at least one drive by wire system are determined to be abnormal based on the sensor data deviating from a recognized pattern associated with the sensor data, wherein the artificial neural network is trained to identify the recognized pattern during a period of time in which a probability of the operations being normal is above a threshold, wherein a maintenance alert is generated for the vehicle in response to a determination that the operations of the at least one drive by wire system are abnormal according to the artificial neural network.

A vehicle, comprising:

• at least one drive by wire system, the drive by wire system having:
• a sensor configured to measure user interactions with a control element to generate input signals;
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• a control unit configured to generate control signals to drive the vehicle based on the input signals that are transmitted electronically from the sensor to the control unit;
• a computer system configured to provide operating parameters of the vehicle;
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• a data storage device having:
• a communication interface configured to receive sensor data from at least one drive by wire system of the vehicle;
• one or more memory components configured to store the sensor data;
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• an inference engine configured to determine, using an artificial neural network and based on the sensor data of the at least one drive by wire system and the operating parameters, whether operations of the at least one drive by wire system are abnormal, wherein the operations of the at least one drive by wire system are determined to be abnormal based on the sensor data deviating from a recognized pattern associated with the sensor data, wherein the artificial neural network is trained to identify the recognized pattern during a period of time in which a probability of the operations being normal is above a threshold;
• wherein the computer system is configured to generate a maintenance alert in response to a determination that the operations of the at least one drive by wire system are abnormal according to the artificial neural network.