MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for designing a secondary sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform, the platform comprising at least one primary sub-system;
- the method comprising;
identifying stakeholders of the platform;
capturing information requirements of the stakeholders;
determining data requirements corresponding to the information requirements;
defining a sensor array comprising sensors suitable for providing output signals relating to condition characteristics of the at least one primary sub-system; and
defining procedures for converting the output signals from the sensor array to the data requirements, thereby to fulfil the information requirements of the stakeholders.
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Abstract
A method for designing a secondary sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform is disclosed. The platform can include one or more primary sub-systems. The method can include identifying stakeholders of the platform, capturing information requirements of the stakeholders, determining data requirements corresponding to the information requirements, defining a sensor array comprising sensors suitable for providing output signals relating to condition characteristics of the one or more primary sub-systems, and defining procedures for converting the output signals from the sensor array to the data requirements, thereby to fulfil the information requirements of the stakeholders. The method can be implemented using a design tool having a graphical user interface with a hierarchical layer structure.
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29 Claims
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1. A method for designing a secondary sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform, the platform comprising at least one primary sub-system;
- the method comprising;
identifying stakeholders of the platform; capturing information requirements of the stakeholders; determining data requirements corresponding to the information requirements; defining a sensor array comprising sensors suitable for providing output signals relating to condition characteristics of the at least one primary sub-system; and defining procedures for converting the output signals from the sensor array to the data requirements, thereby to fulfil the information requirements of the stakeholders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform including a plurality of further sub-systems, the sub-system comprising:
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a stakeholder layer specifying stakeholders in the platform; an information requirements layer specifying condition-related information requirements of the stakeholders; a data requirements layer, comprising data requirements corresponding to the information requirements; a sensors layer comprising a plurality of sensors arranged to output signals relating to condition characteristics of the further sub-systems; and a data transformation layer comprising procedures for converting the output signals to the data requirements, thereby to fulfil the information requirements of the stakeholders.
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23. A method for assessing the suitability of an existing sensor array in a legacy platform for use in a sub-system for monitoring the condition of the platform, the platform comprising a plurality of primary sub-systems being monitored by the existing sensor array, the method comprising:
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identifying stakeholders of the platform, each stakeholder being an entity that wishes to monitor the condition of a part of interest of the platform; capturing information requirements of the stakeholders, each information requirement being information that a stakeholder requires to monitor the part of interest; determining data requirements corresponding to the information requirements; identifying the primary sub-systems from which the data requirements can be fulfilled; defining a required sensor array having output signals suitable for conversion to fulfil the data requirements; and comparing the existing sensor array of the legacy platform with the required sensor array to determine the suitability of the existing sensor array. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for designing a secondary sub-system for monitoring the condition of a platform, the platform comprising a plurality of primary sub-systems;
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designing, for each one of the plurality of primary sub-systems, a respective module of the secondary sub-system by; identifying stakeholders of the respective primary sub-system; capturing information requirements of the stakeholders; determining data requirements corresponding to the information requirements; identifying the data requirements that can be fulfilled from the respective primary sub-system; defining a sensor array comprising sensors suitable for providing output signals relating to condition characteristics of the respective primary sub-system; and defining procedures for converting the output signals from the sensor array to the data requirements, thereby to fulfil the information requirements of the stakeholders. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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