Blockchain based vehicle control
AssigneesROLLS-ROYCE plc, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
InventorsJohn J. Costello, Richard J. Skertic
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Abstract
A vehicle control method of starting and shutting down an engine, in which a processor receives a blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to perform an engine startup or shutdown; the blockchain update is validated; an engine startup or shutdown is performed based on the validated blockchain update; where the engine startup or shutdown is delayed based on validating a predetermined number of subsequent blockchain updates, including a second transaction with instructions to perform the engine startup or shutdown.
Claims19
A vehicle control method comprising, via a processing system comprising one or more processors:
- receiving a first blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to perform an engine startup or shutdown of an aircraft;
- validating the first blockchain update;
- performing the engine startup or shutdown based on validating the first blockchain update and confirming that the aircraft is grounded and at rest.
A vehicle control method comprising, via a processing system comprising one or more processors:
- receiving a first blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to perform an engine startup or shutdown;
- validating the first blockchain update;
- after validating the first blockchain update, delaying performance of the engine startup or shutdown at least until validating a subsequent blockchain update comprising a second transaction with instructions to perform the engine startup or shutdown.
An aircraft comprising:
- a processing system comprising a processor, the processor executable with instructions stored in a non-transitory memory to cause the processing system to:
- receive a first blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to modify an operating state of an engine of an aircraft;
- validate the first blockchain update;
- modify the operating state of the engine based on validating the first blockchain update;
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- perform the engine startup or shutdown based on validating the first blockchain update and confirming that the aircraft is grounded and at rest.
An aircraft comprising:
- a processing system comprising a processor, the processor executable with instructions stored in a non-transitory memory to cause the processing system to:
- receive a first blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to modify an operating state of an engine;
- validating the first blockchain update;
- modifying the operating state of the engine based on validating the first blockchain update, wherein the processor is further executable to cause the processing system to:
- after validating the first blockchain update, delay modifying the operating state of the engine at least until validating a subsequent blockchain update comprising a second transaction with instructions to perform the engine startup or shutdown.
A vehicle control method comprising, via a processing system comprising one or more processors:
- receiving a first blockchain update comprising a first transaction with instructions to modifying an operating state of an engine to startup or shutdown the engine;
- validating the first blockchain update;
- modifying the engine operating state based on validating the first blockchain update and validating a predetermined number of second blockchain updates subsequent to the first blockchain update, wherein at least one of the second blockchain updates includes instructions to perform the engine startup or shutdown.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.