Information Processing System and Method

• US 20190311610A1
• Filed: 06/14/2019
• Published: 10/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
• Original Assignee: Metis Technology Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Jessop, Richard Karle
• Granted Patent: US 10,847,023 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/18 Status alarms G08B21/02 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/73 using meta-information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00137 Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/30 using a wired architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/40 using a wireless architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/70 Arrangements in the main station, i.e. central controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/86 Performing a diagnostic of the sensing device
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

An information processing system for monitoring a system. An embodiment of the present invention is a system (and concomitant methods and computer software embodied in non-transitory computer readable media) providing prioritized information and several extensions. These extensions include improved information flow between actors that participate in monitoring the system. These actors each have a model of its environment and may include either human operators, computational or software systems, or hardware systems that can act on information; for example, a pilot flying, a pilot monitoring, an aircraft itself, and responses taken and electronics readings therein. Components of the system comprise a metadata workbench, an information source, a condition monitor, and a notification terminal.

Claims

1. An information processing system integrated on a monitored system, the information processing system comprising:

an information source capable of i) receiving metadata from the monitored system, and ii) transmitting that metadata to a metadata workbench or to a condition monitor, said metadata workbench capable of communication with said condition monitor, said information source, and a notification terminal and wherein said metadata workbench is capable of reading instrument state changes of the monitored system;

said information source comprising a first information source state vector and a first modified information source state vector, said first modified information source state vector capable of processing the metadata from said first information source state vector and transmitting the metadata to said condition monitor;

said condition monitor capable of receiving metadata as one or more conditions from said information source, monitoring said one or more conditions encoded as a data point for meeting a threshold, obtaining the relevant notification from said one or more conditions, and sending said one or more notifications to said notification terminal; and

said notification terminal capable of prioritizing said one or more notifications and deploying said one or more notifications meeting a prioritization criteria for display as a displayed notification on said notification terminal of said information processing system.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the condition monitor of claim 1 comprises a second modified information source state vector and a second information source state vector, said second modified information source state vector capable of receiving information from said first modified information source state vector, further processing the metadata received from said first modified information source state vector and communicating the further processed metadata to said second information source state vector.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said information processing system reduces information overload via model-based information communications.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said notification terminal comprises a display screen capable of displaying the one or more notifications as a multimedia message.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said notification is displayed on a flight simulator interface.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said notification terminal is electronics that can render said one or more notifications.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said information processing system is further comprised of software.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said information processing system is further comprised of hardware.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the monitored system is a flight simulator interface.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing of the first modified information source state vector comprises compressing and encrypting.

11. The system of claim 2 wherein the second modified information source state vector is in communication with the first modified information source state vector via a network connection

17. A method for obtaining information from an information processing system, said obtaining comprising:

integrating the information processing system of claim 1 onto a monitored system.

12. An information processing system integrated on a monitored system comprising:

an information source capable of i) receiving metadata from the monitored system, and ii) transmitting that metadata to a metadata workbench or to a condition monitor, said metadata workbench capable of communication with said condition monitor, said information source, and a notification terminal and wherein said metadata workbench is capable of reading instrument state changes of the monitored system via model-based information communications;

said information source comprising a first information source state vector and a first modified information source state vector, said first modified information source state vector capable of transmitting the metadata to said condition monitor, said first modified information source state vector capable of processing the metadata from said first information source state vector;

said condition monitor comprising a second modified information source state vector and a second information source state vector, said second modified information source state vector capable of receiving information from said first modified information source state vector that is capable of communication with said second modified information source state vector capable of further processing the metadata from said first modified information source state vector and communicating the further processed information source state vector metadata to said second information source state vector;

said condition monitor capable of i) receiving metadata as one or more conditions from said information source, monitoring said one or more conditions encoded as a data point for meeting a threshold, obtaining one or more notifications from said one or more conditions, wherein said one or more notifications present safety-critical information in a highly abstract form, said threshold determined by safety considerations uniquely encoded for the specifics of the monitored system, iv) sending said one or more notifications to said notification terminal as said threshold is met, and v) adapting said one or more notifications into various multimedia formats as said one or more notifications obtain no correct action from a target operator; and

said notification terminal capable of prioritizing said one or more notifications and said one or more notifications meeting a prioritization criteria for display as a displayed notification, and re-presenting said one or more notifications in various multimedia formats based on the prioritization or level of urgency determined by said notification terminal.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the monitored system is a flight simulator interface.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said notification terminal is electronics that can render said one or more notifications.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said information processing system is comprised of software.

16. The system of claim 12 wherein said information processing system is comprised of hardware.

18. A method for processing information via an information processing system, said processing comprising:

receiving at an information source metadata from a monitored system or a metadata workbench via a first information source state vector;

transmitting the received metadata to a metadata workbench or to a condition monitor;

communicating the received metadata to a first modified information source state vector at the information source;

processing the received metadata at the first modified information source state vector;

transmitting the processed metadata to a condition monitor comprising a second modified information source state vector and a second information source state vector;

further processing said transmitted metadata at the second modified information source state vector;

communicating the further processed metadata to a second information source state vector;

comparing for each of said one or more conditions encoded as a data point to a threshold for each condition to obtain a safety analysis for each condition at the condition monitor;

sending one or more notifications to a notification terminal when said safety analysis evaluates an unsafe condition at the condition monitor;

prioritizing said one or more notifications at the notification terminal; and

deploying said prioritized one or more notifications for display as a displayed notification.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising recording the received metadata at the information source and downloading to the metadata workbench,

the metadata workbench further communicating with the condition monitor, the information source, and a notification terminal.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein said transmitting the received metadata further comprises model-based information communications.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein processing comprises compressing and encrypting.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein further processing comprises decrypting and decompressing.