HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING A HAZARDOUS CONDITION
First Claim
1. A vehicle with a hazard prevention system comprising:
- a set of hazard cause controls, wherein the set of hazard cause controls are associated with a hazardous condition and each hazard cause control in the set of hazard cause controls an associated sub-system to prevent the hazardous condition from occurring during operation of the vehicle;
a health monitor system, wherein the health monitor system monitors the plurality of hazard cause controls to determine if the each of the plurality of hazard cause controls is operating properly and generates an alert if a hazard cause control in the plurality of hazard cause controls is operating improperly; and
a vehicle control system in communication with the health monitor system, wherein the vehicle control system receives the alert and provides a corrective action to avoid the hazardous condition.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for hazard prevention. A vehicle has a hazard prevention system. The hazard prevention system includes a plurality of hazard cause controls, a health monitor system, and a vehicle control system. The plurality hazard cause controls are associated with a hazardous conditions and each hazard cause control in the plurality of hazard cause controls is associated with a system in the vehicle to prevent a hazardous condition from occurring during operation of the vehicle. The health monitor system monitors the hazard cause controls to determine if each of these hazard cause controls is operating properly and generates an alert if a hazard cause control is operating improperly. The control system is in communication with the health monitor system, wherein the control system receives alerts and provides a corrective action to avoid the hazardous condition.
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Citations
16 Claims
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1. A vehicle with a hazard prevention system comprising:
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a set of hazard cause controls, wherein the set of hazard cause controls are associated with a hazardous condition and each hazard cause control in the set of hazard cause controls an associated sub-system to prevent the hazardous condition from occurring during operation of the vehicle; a health monitor system, wherein the health monitor system monitors the plurality of hazard cause controls to determine if the each of the plurality of hazard cause controls is operating properly and generates an alert if a hazard cause control in the plurality of hazard cause controls is operating improperly; and a vehicle control system in communication with the health monitor system, wherein the vehicle control system receives the alert and provides a corrective action to avoid the hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a plurality of sub-systems; a set of hazard cause controls, wherein the set of hazard cause controls are associated with a hazardous condition identified for the system and each hazard cause control in the set of hazard cause controls an associated sub-system, in the plurality of sub-systems to prevent the hazardous condition from occurring; a health monitor system, wherein the health monitor system monitors the set of hazard cause controls to determine if the set of hazard cause controls is operating properly and generates an alert if a hazard cause control in the set of hazard cause controls is operating improperly; and a control system in communication with the health monitor system, wherein the system control sub-system receives the alert and provides a corrective action to avoid the hazardous condition from occurring. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method in a vehicle for preventing a hazardous condition from occurring, the method comprising:
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monitoring a set of hazard cause controls in the vehicle using a health monitor system to detect a hazard cause control in the set of hazard cause controls that is operating improperly, wherein the set of hazard cause controls sub-systems to prevent the hazardous condition from developing in the vehicle; and responsive to detecting a hazard cause control that is operating improperly, sending an alert to a control system in the vehicle, wherein the control system uses the alert to provide a corrective action to avoid the hazardous condition. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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