Distributed vehicle monitoring systems and methods
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for a plurality of mechanical components of a vehicle, the monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of management modules onboard the vehicle, each management module of the plurality of management modules being coupled to one or more sensing arrangements mounted onboard the vehicle to provide measurement data corresponding to a respective mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components; and
a mobile device communicatively coupled to the plurality of management modules over a wireless network to;
configure the plurality of management modules for sampling the one or more sensing arrangements to obtain the measurement data in accordance with monitoring configuration information;
broadcast a broadcast measurement request on the wireless network to synchronize the measurement data from the plurality of management modules;
receive a plurality of measurement files including the measurement data from the plurality of management modules over the wireless network, each measurement file of the plurality of measurement files including a header formatted with measurement configuration information;
utilize the measurement configuration information to interpret the measurement data and assign sampling times, temporal attributes, or sequential attributes to individual samples contained within a respective measurement file; and
for each mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components;
determine, at the mobile device, a condition of the respective mechanical component based on the interpreted measurement data corresponding to the respective mechanical component; and
display, at the mobile device, a graphical representation of the condition of the respective mechanical component.
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Abstract
Distributed monitoring systems and methods are provided for monitoring a vehicle, such as a rotorcraft. One exemplary system includes a plurality of sensor management modules onboard the vehicle and coupled to respective sensing arrangements mounted onboard the vehicle to provide measurement data corresponding to a respective mechanical component. A mobile device is communicatively coupled to the management modules over a wireless network associated with the vehicle. The mobile device configures the management modules for sampling their sensing arrangements, receives the measurement data obtained in accordance with the configuration information from the management modules, determines the condition of the respective mechanical components based on the corresponding measurement data, and displays a graphical representation of the condition of the respective mechanical component.
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19 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for a plurality of mechanical components of a vehicle, the monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of management modules onboard the vehicle, each management module of the plurality of management modules being coupled to one or more sensing arrangements mounted onboard the vehicle to provide measurement data corresponding to a respective mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components; and a mobile device communicatively coupled to the plurality of management modules over a wireless network to; configure the plurality of management modules for sampling the one or more sensing arrangements to obtain the measurement data in accordance with monitoring configuration information; broadcast a broadcast measurement request on the wireless network to synchronize the measurement data from the plurality of management modules; receive a plurality of measurement files including the measurement data from the plurality of management modules over the wireless network, each measurement file of the plurality of measurement files including a header formatted with measurement configuration information; utilize the measurement configuration information to interpret the measurement data and assign sampling times, temporal attributes, or sequential attributes to individual samples contained within a respective measurement file; and for each mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components; determine, at the mobile device, a condition of the respective mechanical component based on the interpreted measurement data corresponding to the respective mechanical component; and display, at the mobile device, a graphical representation of the condition of the respective mechanical component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of monitoring health of a plurality of mechanical components of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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configuring, by a mobile device using a wireless network associated with the vehicle, measurement parameters of a plurality of sensor management units onboard the vehicle, wherein each sensor management unit of the plurality of sensor management units includes one or more sensor interfaces coupled to one or more sensors via one or more electrical connections and each sensor management unit utilizes its respective measurement parameters for obtaining measurement data from the one or more sensors at the one or more sensor interfaces; broadcasting, by the mobile device on the wireless network, a broadcast measurement request to the plurality of sensor management units, wherein the one or more measurement parameters configure synchronizing the measurement data from the one or more sensors across the plurality of sensor management units in response to the broadcast measurement request; receiving, at the mobile device, a plurality of measurement files comprising the measurement data from the plurality of sensor management units over the wireless network wherein each measurement file of the plurality includes measurements from the one or more sensors associated with the respective sensor management unit and includes a header formatted with measurement configuration information; utilizing, at the mobile device, the measurement configuration information to interpret the measurement data and assign sampling times, temporal attributes, or sequential attributes to individual samples contained within a respective measurement file; determining, at the mobile device, conditions of the plurality of mechanical components based on the interpreted measurement data; and providing, at the mobile device, indicia of the conditions of the plurality of mechanical components. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of monitoring health of a plurality of mechanical components of a rotorcraft using a plurality of sensor management modules distributed about the rotorcraft, each of the sensor management modules being communicatively coupled to a wireless network associated with the rotorcraft and each of the sensor management modules being associated with a set of one or more sensing arrangements for obtaining measurement data corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of mechanical components, the method comprising:
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providing, by a mobile device communicatively coupled to the wireless network, measurement configuration settings to each of the plurality of sensor management modules, wherein each of the plurality of sensor management modules obtains measurements from its set of sensing arrangements in accordance with its measurement configuration settings provided by the mobile device; broadcasting, by the mobile device on the wireless network, a broadcast measurement request to the plurality of sensor management modules, wherein the measurement configuration settings configure synchronizing the measurements from each of the plurality of sensor management modules in response to the broadcast measurement request; receiving, at the mobile device over the wireless network, a plurality of measurement files comprising the measurements from each of the plurality of sensor management modules, wherein each measurement file of the plurality includes measurements from the one or more sensing arrangements associated with the respective sensor management module and includes a header formatted with measurement configuration information; utilizing, at the mobile device, the measurement configuration information to interpret the measurements and assign sampling times, temporal attributes, or sequential attributes to individual samples contained within a respective measurement file; characterizing, at the mobile device, a health of each of the plurality of mechanical components based on respective interpreted measurements from the respective sensor management module corresponding to the respective mechanical component; and displaying, at the mobile device, an indication of the health of each of the plurality of mechanical components.
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