GATEWAY DATA PROXY FOR EMBEDDED HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

• US 20110154118A1
• Filed: 12/23/2009
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Tran, My, Salinas, Al
• Granted Patent: US 8,090,824 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/37
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

A gateway data proxy is a system which provides the capabilities to provide and obtain the customized data across multiple platforms to facilitate the remote operations of embedded health management systems (EHMS). The system allows the collaborative works taken place among the EHMS from diagnostics, prognostics, maintenance, to maintenance history tracking. Depending on deployment needs, the system can operate as stand-alone systems or as an integrated module of the EHMS. As part of operation, the system provides logical network connection and be the broker of data between EHMS instances and between EHMS with onboard systems and other service applications

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first processor embedded within a first health management system residing on a first platform of a plurality of platforms and configured to obtain first data pertaining to operation of the first platform from the first health management system and to provide the first data on a communication network; and

a second processor embedded within a second health management system residing on a second platform of the plurality of platforms, the second processor coupled to the first processor and configured to;

obtain second data pertaining to operation of the second platform from the second health management system;

obtain the first data along the communication network; and

process the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of service systems residing on the second platform, each service system configured to provide a request for information from the second processor, wherein the second processor is configured to provide the information to the service system via the health determination.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of onboard sensors residing on the second platform and configured to provide sensor data to the second health management system for use in generating the second data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second health management system comprises a plurality of sibling services configured to request information from the second processor for use in generating the second data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first processor is further configured to:

obtain the second data along the communication network; and

process the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a second health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising:

a plurality of service systems residing on the first platform, each service system configured to provide a request for information from the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to provide the information to the service system via the second health determination.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a third processor embedded within a third health management system residing on a third platform of the plurality of platforms, the third processor coupled to the first processor and the second processor and configured to;

obtain the first data along the communication network; and

obtain the second data along the communication network; and

process the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a third health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both.

8. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

a plurality of service systems residing on the third platform, each service system configured to provide a request for information from the third processor, wherein the third processor is configured to provide the information to the service system via the third health determination.

9. A method for health monitoring of one or more of a plurality of platforms, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining first data pertaining to operation of a first platform of the plurality of platforms from a first health management system residing on the first platform via a first processor;

obtaining second data pertaining to operation of a second platform of the plurality of platforms from a second health management system residing on the second platform via a second processor;

obtaining the first data along a communication network via the second processor; and

processing the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both, via the second processor.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a request for information form a service system residing on the second platform via the second processor; and

providing the information to the service system via the health determination using the second processor.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining sensor data from a plurality of onboard sensors; and

providing the sensor data to the second health management system for use in generating the second data.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of processing the first data and the second data comprises the step of processing the first data and the second data, to thereby generate the health determination for the first platform via the second processor.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

obtaining the second data along the communication network via the first processor; and

processing the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a second health determination for the first platform.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a request for information form a service system residing on the first platform via the first processor; and

providing the information to the service system via the second health determination using the first processor.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining the first data along the communication network via a third processor residing on a third platform;

obtaining the second data along the communication network via the third processor; and

processing the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a third health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both, via the third processor.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

generating a fourth health determination for the third platform using the first data and the second data, via the third processor.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

obtaining a request for information form a service system residing on the third platform via the third processor; and

providing the information to the service system via the health determination using the third processor.

18. A system comprising:

a communication network;

a first processor embedded within a first health management system residing on a first platform of a plurality of platforms and configured to obtain first data pertaining to operation of the first platform from the first health management system and provide the first data on the communication network;

a second processor embedded within a second health management system residing on a second platform of the plurality of platforms, the second processor coupled to the first processor and configured to obtain second data pertaining to operation of the second platform and provide the second data on the communication network; and

a third processor residing on a third platform of the plurality of platforms, the third processor coupled to the first processor and to the second processor and configured to;

obtain the first data along the communication network;

obtain the second data along the communication network; and

process the first data and the second data, to thereby generate a health determination for the first platform, the second platform, or both.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the third processor is further configured to generate a second health determination for the third platform using the first data and the second data.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

a plurality of service systems residing on the third platform, each service system configured to provide a request for information from the third processor, wherein the third processor is configured to provide the information to the service system via the second health determination.