Methods and apparatus for assisting in the maintenance of aircraft and other mobile platforms using occurrence probabilities of potential causes of a detected event
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for assisting in the maintenance of a mobile platform by determining occurrence probabilities of one or more potential causes of an event detected onboard the mobile platform, the method performed by a ground-based apparatus remote from the mobile platform, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the ground-based apparatus and from the mobile platform, an identification of the event associated with a system of the mobile platform;
using the identification of the event and predefined diagnostic rules associated with the event, identifying the one or more potential causes of the event;
using other data related to the event, computing an occurrence probability for each potential cause for the event; and
generating an output, the output comprising an identification of each potential cause and the occurrence probability of each potential cause.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to health monitoring and maintenance of mobile platforms such as aircraft. In particular, onboard apparatus and methods and also ground-based apparatus and methods that cooperate in assisting with the maintenance of mobile platforms by facilitating diagnosis of events detected onboard mobile platforms while such mobile platforms are in operation (e.g., transit, flight) are disclosed. In various aspects, the present disclosure discloses apparatus and methods for handling and reporting the detection of events onboard mobile platforms, reporting predefined additional information associated with the event upon request from a ground facility, identifying one or more potential causes for the detected event and determining the occurrence probability for each potential cause identified.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for assisting in the maintenance of a mobile platform by determining occurrence probabilities of one or more potential causes of an event detected onboard the mobile platform, the method performed by a ground-based apparatus remote from the mobile platform, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the ground-based apparatus and from the mobile platform, an identification of the event associated with a system of the mobile platform; using the identification of the event and predefined diagnostic rules associated with the event, identifying the one or more potential causes of the event; using other data related to the event, computing an occurrence probability for each potential cause for the event; and generating an output, the output comprising an identification of each potential cause and the occurrence probability of each potential cause. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A ground-based apparatus for assisting with maintenance of a mobile platform, the apparatus being remote from the mobile platform and comprising:
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a communication terminal for receiving data from the mobile platform; a display device; a data processor coupled to the communication terminal and to the display device; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions readable and executable by the data processor to perform a method comprising; using data including identification of the event received from the mobile platform and predefined diagnostic rules stored in the computer-readable medium, identifying one or more potential causes of the event; using other data related to the event, computing an occurrence probability for each potential cause for the event; and generating an output for the display device, the output comprising an identification of each potential cause and the occurrence probability of each potential cause. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer program product for assisting with maintenance of a mobile platform with a ground-based apparatus remote from the mobile platform, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable/executable by a computer, processor or logic circuit to perform a method comprising:
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using data including an identification of the event received at the ground-based apparatus from the mobile platform and predefined diagnostic rules stored in the computer-readable medium, identifying one or more potential causes of the event; using other data related to the event and the predefined diagnostic rules, computing an occurrence probability for each potential cause for the event; and generating an output for a display device, the output comprising an identification of each potential cause and the occurrence probability of each potential cause. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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