AIRCRAFT INTERIOR MONITORING
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring an aircraft interior, comprising:
- a multiplicity of sensors each placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior, each sensor being configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior;
a server onboard the aircraft, the onboard server being configured to receive data from each of the multiplicity of sensors and to control operation of each of the multiplicity of sensors; and
a router onboard the aircraft, the onboard router being configured to communicate with a router off-board the aircraft and to transfer data from the onboard server to the off-board router, wherein the off-board router is associated with a ground monitoring facility that is configured to analyze data from each of the multiplicity of sensors.
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Abstract
A system for monitoring an aircraft interior may include a multiplicity of sensors each placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior. Each sensor is configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior. The system may also include a server onboard the aircraft. The onboard server is configured to receive data from each of the multiplicity of sensors and to control operation of each of the multiplicity of sensors. The system may also include a router onboard the aircraft. The onboard router is configured to communicate with a router off-board the aircraft and to transfer data from the onboard server to the off-board router. The off-board router is associated with a ground monitoring facility that is configured to analyze data from each of the multiplicity of sensors, check or compare the data to reference data and depending upon any levels being exceeded an appropriate alert may be generated.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring an aircraft interior, comprising:
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a multiplicity of sensors each placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior, each sensor being configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior; a server onboard the aircraft, the onboard server being configured to receive data from each of the multiplicity of sensors and to control operation of each of the multiplicity of sensors; and a router onboard the aircraft, the onboard router being configured to communicate with a router off-board the aircraft and to transfer data from the onboard server to the off-board router, wherein the off-board router is associated with a ground monitoring facility that is configured to analyze data from each of the multiplicity of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for monitoring an aircraft interior, comprising:
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a ground monitoring facility configured to analyze data from a multiplicity of sensors each placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior, each sensor being configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior; and an off-board router associated with the ground monitoring facility, the off-board router being configured to communicate with a router onboard the aircraft, the onboard router being configured to transfer data from an onboard server to the off-board router and the ground monitoring facility, wherein the onboard server is configured to receive data from each of the multiplicity of sensors and to control operation of each of the multiplicity of sensors. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for monitoring an aircraft interior, comprising:
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establishing, by an onboard server, communications with each of a multiplicity of sensors, each sensor being placed at a selected location of a plurality of locations within the aircraft interior and each sensor being configured to monitor a condition in an associated area of the aircraft interior; establishing, by the onboard server, communications with a ground monitoring facility configured to analyze the data from each of the multiplicity of sensors to detect anomalies; storing the data from the multiplicity of sensors in an off-board database associated with the ground monitoring facility, wherein the off-board database comprises a reference table configured to store the data from each of the multiplicity of sensors that is within limits and an exceedance table to store data from the multiplicity of sensors that exceeds a predetermined threshold, wherein the ground monitoring facility is configured to perform a method comprising; comparing new data from each sensor to previously stored data for the sensor in the reference table; storing the new data in the reference table in response to the data not exceeding the predetermined threshold; storing the new data in the exceedance table in response to the new data exceeding the predetermined threshold; and generating an alarm in response to the new data from a particular sensor exceeding the predetermined threshold for a preset number of samples of the new data from the particular sensor or expiration of a preset time period.
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