Systems and methods for monitoring operative sub-systems of a vehicle
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsAlexey Rudenko, Tsai-Ching Lu, Craig A. Lee, Franz David Betz
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Abstract
A vehicle may include at least one operative sub-system that includes at least one sensor configured to output one or more sensor signals related to the at least one operative sub-system. A monitoring system is in communication with the operative sub-system(s). The monitoring system is configured to correlate the one or more sensor signals with respect to time, compile initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to a plurality of variables; and correlate the plurality of variables.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- at least one operative sub-system, wherein the at least one operative sub-system includes at least one sensor configured to output one or more sensor signals related to the at least one operative sub-system;
- and
- a monitoring system in communication with the at least one operative sub-system, wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
- (a) correlate the one or more sensor signals with respect to time, (b) compile initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to a plurality of variables;
- and (c) correlate the plurality of variables.
A method of monitoring one or more operative sub-systems of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving one or more sensor signals from the one or more operative sub-systems of the vehicle;
- correlating the one or more sensor signals with respect to time;
- outputting a data table that correlates the one or more sensor signals with respect to time;
- filtering one or both of irrelevant or out-of-range data from the one or more sensor signals;
- compiling initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to a plurality of variables;
- outputting an initial statistics report that compiles the initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to the plurality of variables;
- and
- correlating the plurality of variables.
A monitoring system in communication with at least one operative sub-system, wherein the monitoring system comprises:
- a communication link that is configured to receive one or more sensor signals from the at least one operative sub-system;
- a data correlation unit that is configured to correlate the one or more sensor signals with respect to time;
- an initial statistics compilation unit that is configured to compile initial statistics of the one or more sensor signals with respect to a plurality of variables;
- and
- a variable correlation unit that is configured to correlate the plurality of variables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.