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US 9,805,226 B2Granted
Method for starting up electric or electronic devices, start-up apparatus, server and system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsHeiko Trusch, Tim Fuss
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Abstract
A method for starting up electric or electronic devices, in particular devices in or for an aircraft or spacecraft, including: supplying at least one location identification which contains at least one piece of information about the location of a respective device; detecting a supplied location identification for one device in each case; transmitting the detected location identification to the respective device; and parameterizing the respective device by means of the transmitted location identification. The present invention also provides a start-up apparatus, a server system and a system.
Claims12
A method for starting up electric or electronic devices in an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- supplying at least one location identification which contains at least one piece of information about the location of a respective device;
- detecting a supplied location identification for the respective device;
- transmitting the detected location identification to the respective device;
- and
- parameterizing the respective device based on the transmitted location identification;
- wherein parameterizing comprises transmitting, to the respective device, parameters which are required for operation of the respective device and which define particular constraints for the operation of the respective device in a corresponding application, and
- wherein the respective device is not functional without correct parametrization;
- wherein in each case a pair made up of a location identification transmitted to a device and a device identification supplied by the respective device is stored and wherein the pairs of stored location identifications and device identifications are transmitted to a central control unit;
- wherein the detected location identification and a device identification supplied by a corresponding device are displayed via a display apparatus, the display apparatus being designed to retrieve a correction of at least one of the displayed location identification, the displayed device identification and a transmission start signal;
- and,
- wherein for enabling normal operation, in each case a key for encrypting the data transmission involving at least one of the devices is produced, the produced key is transmitted to the respective device and the communication with the respective device is encrypted based on the respective transmitted key.
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A system comprising a plurality of devices to be parameterized in an aircraft or spacecraft and at least one server system for starting up the devices to be parameterized, the server system comprising:
- a data interface which is designed to communicate with a plurality of devices;
- and
- a control unit which is designed to retrieve location identifications and device identifications of devices via the data interface and to qualify the retrieved location identifications and device identifications;
- wherein parameterizing comprises transmitting, to the respective device, parameters which are required for operation of the respective device and which define particular constraints for the operation of the respective device in a corresponding application, and
- wherein the respective device is not functional without correct parametrization;
- wherein in each case a pair made up of a location identification transmitted to a device and a device identification supplied by the respective device is stored and wherein the pairs of stored location identifications and device identifications are transmitted to a central control unit;
- wherein the detected location identification and a device identification supplied by a corresponding device are displayed via a display apparatus, the display apparatus being designed to retrieve a correction of at least one of the displayed location identification, the displayed device identification and a transmission start signal;
- and,
- wherein for enabling normal operation, in each case a key for encrypting the data transmission involving at least one of the devices is produced, the produced key is transmitted to the respective device and the communication with the respective device is encrypted based on the respective transmitted key.
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A method for starting up sensors in an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- supplying at least one location identification which contains at least one piece of information about the location of a respective sensor;
- detecting a supplied location identification for the respective sensor;
- transmitting the detected location identification to the respective sensor;
- and
- parameterizing the respective sensor based on the transmitted location identification;
- wherein parameterizing comprises transmitting, to the respective sensor, parameters which are required for operation of the respective sensor and which define particular constraints for the operation of the respective sensor in a corresponding application, and
- wherein the respective device is not functional without correct parametrization;
- wherein in each case a pair made up of a location identification transmitted to a device and a device identification supplied by the respective device is stored and wherein the pairs of stored location identifications and device identifications are transmitted to a central control unit;
- wherein the detected location identification and a device identification supplied by a corresponding device are displayed via a display apparatus, the display apparatus being designed to retrieve a correction of at least one of the displayed location identification, the displayed device identification and a transmission start signal;
- and,
- wherein for enabling normal operation, in each case a key for encrypting the data transmission involving at least one of the devices is produced, the produced key is transmitted to the respective device and the communication with the respective device is encrypted based on the respective transmitted key.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.