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US 11,699,307 B2Granted
Architecture for monitoring at least one aircraft and associated monitoring method
AssigneeAirbus Helicopters
InventorsAlexandre Vicq, Frederic Perez
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Abstract
An architecture for monitoring at least one aircraft. The architecture comprises an avionics system configured to generate avionics data during use of the aircraft; a mobile electronic device including an analysis unit configured to convert at least one maintenance operation into operational data; and an alerter configured to display at least one item of monitoring information; and a cloud computing infrastructure. The analysis unit and the alerter are configured to implement a local operating mode and an operating mode connected to the cloud computing infrastructure.
Claims12
An architecture for monitoring at least one aircraft, the architecture including:
- an avionics system provided on the at least one aircraft, the avionics system being configured to generate avionics data during use of the at least one aircraft, the avionics system comprising a storage unit configured to store the avionics data;
- a mobile electronic device including:
- a first communication interface configured to receive primary data including at least the avionics data;
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- a second communication interface configured to emit the primary data;
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- a cloud computing infrastructure including:
- a third communication interface configured to receive the primary data emitted by the second interface;
- at least one external memory storing a history of the primary data of the at least one aircraft, each of the at least one external memory being respectively associated with each of the at least one aircraft;
- a processing unit configured to process the histories of the primary data stored in the at least one external memory, the processing unit generating valorized data;
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- a fourth communication interface configured to emit the valorized data and the history of the primary data contained in the at least one external memory,
- wherein the mobile electronic device includes:
- a fifth communication interface configured to receive the valorized data and the history of the primary data;
- an internal memory configured to store the valorized data;
- an analysis unit;
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- an alerter configured to display at least one item of monitoring information;
- wherein the analysis unit and the alerter are configured to implement the following modes:
- in a local operating mode, the analysis unit is configured to analyze the valorized data contained in the internal memory and generate an item of health information relating to the at least one aircraft, the health information consisting either of a take-off authorization for the at least one aircraft or a take-off prohibition for the at least one aircraft, the at least one item of monitoring information being the health information;
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- in a connected operating mode of the mobile electronic device during which the mobile electronic device is connected to the cloud computing infrastructure, the analysis unit is configured to analyze the valorized data contained in the internal memory and the history of the primary data stored in the at least one external memory and to generate an item of predictive maintenance information for the aircraft, the at least one item of monitoring information being the predictive maintenance information.
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A method for monitoring at least one aircraft, the method comprising the following steps:
- generation of avionics data during use of the at least one aircraft;
- recording of the avionics data in a storage unit on board the at least one aircraft;
- transmission of primary data comprising at least the avionics data contained in the storage unit to a mobile electronic device;
- transmission of the primary data to a cloud computing infrastructure;
- recording of a history of the primary data of the at least one aircraft in at least one external memory of the cloud computing infrastructure, each of the at least one external memory being respectively associated with each of the at least one aircraft;
- processing of the history of the primary data in order to generate valorized data;
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- transmission of the valorized data from the cloud computing infrastructure to the mobile electronic device;
- wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- storing of the valorized data in an internal memory of the mobile electronic device;
- in a local operating mode of the mobile electronic device, local analysis of the valorized data contained in the internal memory and local generation of an item of health information relating to the at least one aircraft, the health information consisting either of a take-off authorization for the at least one aircraft or a take-off prohibition for the at least one aircraft;
- in a connected operating mode of the mobile electronic device during which the mobile electronic device is connected to the cloud computing infrastructure, transmission of the history of the primary data contained in the at least one external memory to the mobile electronic device, connected analysis of the valorized data contained in the internal memory and the history of the primary data stored in the at least one external memory, and connected generation of an item of predictive maintenance information for the at least one aircraft;
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- displaying of at least one item of monitoring information to an operator, wherein, in the local operating mode, the at least one item of monitoring information is the health information and, in the connected operating mode, the at least one item of monitoring information is the predictive maintenance information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.