METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE DATA REPORTS IN VEHICLES

• US 20160049019A1
• Filed: 08/18/2014
• Published: 02/18/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Mahalingaiah, Pradeep, Prabhakara, Ashwin, Williams, Tom
• Granted Patent: US 9,336,632 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 2045/0085 Devices for aircraft health monitoring, e.g. monitoring flutter or vibration
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• 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: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18506 Communications with or from aircraft, i.e. aeronautical mobile service

Abstract

Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate generally to generating multiple, multivariant prognostic data reports in aircraft. A plurality of data collection requests, one from each of a plurality of stakeholders, is received at the aircraft. A unique portion of onboard memory is associated with each of the data collection requests. Concurrently, according to the associated data collection requests, parametric data is collected and recorded as a report into each one of the unique portions of memory associated with each data collection request.

Claims

1. A method for collecting data for a vehicle having an onboard memory, the method comprising:

receiving, at the vehicle, a plurality of data collection requests, each from one of a plurality of stakeholders;

associating each one of the data collection requests with a unique portion of the onboard memory; and

concurrently collecting and recording data, as a data report, into each one of the unique portions of memory, according to the associated data collection request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, by a stakeholder, a report configuration file representative of the data collection request; and

transmitting the report configuration file to the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of associating a portion of the memory further comprises generating an instance of an airline condition monitoring function (ACMF) that is representative of the report configuration file.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the step of collecting and recording data comprises utilizing a plurality of instances of ACMFs.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting and recording parametric data comprises collecting data during at least one of:

taxi operations, take-off operations, cruise operations, and landing operations.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising a stakeholder extracting, after all operations have ended, a data report associated with the stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising a stakeholder extracting, during any operation, a data report associated with the stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a data collection request further comprises instructing on what data to collect and when to collect the data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising assigning data to a priority category according to a predefined criticality scale.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a plurality of data collection requests further comprises receiving at least one redundant datum collection request.

11. A method for providing a primary stakeholder with a report of parametric data collected while a vehicle is in-service, the method comprising:

receiving, prior to service, a report configuration file representative of a primary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

generating an airline condition monitoring function (ACMF) representative of the primary stakeholder'"'"'s report configuration file;

associating a unique portion of an onboard memory with the primary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF;

collecting data according to the primary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF; and

checking collected data for completeness and recording collected data into the memory associated with the primary stakeholder as the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data report.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising extracting, by the primary stakeholder, the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data report.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving, prior to service, a report configuration file representative of a secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

generating an ACMF representative of the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s report configuration file;

associating a unique portion of an onboard memory with the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF; and

collecting and recording data into the memory associated with the secondary stakeholder as the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data report.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising extracting, by the secondary stakeholder, the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data report.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the steps of collecting and storing data as the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data report and collecting and storing data as the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s report are concurrent.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving at least one redundant datum request.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating a plurality of instances of ACMFs.

18. A system for providing a primary stakeholder with a primary data report of parametric data collected from a vehicle, the system comprising:

a primary ground base station tool for providing a primary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

a vehicle coupled to the primary ground base station tool, comprising;

a memory device;

a processor coupled to the memory device and configured to;

     1) receive, prior to operation of the vehicle, the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

     2) generate an airline condition monitoring function (ACMF) representative of the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

     3) associate a unique portion of the memory device with the primary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF;

     4) collect and record data into the memory associated with the primary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF as the primary data report, according to the primary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

A second ground base station coupled to the vehicle for providing a secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request, wherein the processor is further configured to;

     1) receive, prior to operation of the vehicle, the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

     2) generate an ACMF representative of the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

     3) associate a unique portion of the memory device with the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s data collection request;

     4) collect and record data into memory associated with the secondary stakeholder'"'"'s ACMF as the secondary data report concurrent with the collection and storage of data into the primary data report.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit to the primary stakeholder the primary data report and to transmit to the secondary stakeholder the secondary data report.