Vehicle health management system
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a) a processor;
b) a memory coupled to the processor;
c) a vehicle health management program residing in the memory and being executed by the processor, the vehicle health management program including;
i) a data service, the data service receiving system data, the data service formatting the system data for health management analysis;
ii) a symptom detection service, the symptom detection service receiving the formatted system data and examining the formatted system data to synthesize symptoms of vehicle system failure, wherein the symptom detection service includes a collection of detector objects, each of the collection of detector objects including a method to provide symptom detection on the formatted system data; and
iii) a diagnostic service, the diagnostic service examining the symptoms of vehicle system failure to determine at least one potential diagnoses from the symptoms, wherein the diagnostic service includes a collection of reasoner objects, each of the collection of reasoner objects including a method to provide diagnostic reasoning on the symptoms, and wherein the collection of reasoner objects includes at least two having a different reasoning mechanism.
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Abstract
A system and method for vehicle health management is provided that gives improved flexibility and performance. The vehicle health management system and method utilizes a modular approach that divides the VHM system into logical sub-elements separated by defined interfaces. The modular approach allows new features and functionality to be more easily added to the VHM, improving the flexibility and performance of the system. The vehicle health management system includes a data service, a symptom detection service and a diagnostic service. The data service receives system data from a plurality of sources and formats the data and then delivers the formatted data to the symptom detection service. The symptom detection service analyzes the formatted data for symptoms of system failure. Those portions of data that are indicative of system failure are then passed to the diagnostic service. The diagnostic service examines those portions of data to determine any potential diagnoses. Those diagnoses can then be passed on to the operator or other consumers for evaluation.
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41 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a) a processor;
b) a memory coupled to the processor;
c) a vehicle health management program residing in the memory and being executed by the processor, the vehicle health management program including;
i) a data service, the data service receiving system data, the data service formatting the system data for health management analysis;
ii) a symptom detection service, the symptom detection service receiving the formatted system data and examining the formatted system data to synthesize symptoms of vehicle system failure, wherein the symptom detection service includes a collection of detector objects, each of the collection of detector objects including a method to provide symptom detection on the formatted system data; and
iii) a diagnostic service, the diagnostic service examining the symptoms of vehicle system failure to determine at least one potential diagnoses from the symptoms, wherein the diagnostic service includes a collection of reasoner objects, each of the collection of reasoner objects including a method to provide diagnostic reasoning on the symptoms, and wherein the collection of reasoner objects includes at least two having a different reasoning mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle health management system, the vehicle health management system including:
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a) a data service, the data service receiving system data, the data service formatting the system data for health management analysis;
b) a symptom detection service, the symptom detection service receiving the formatted system data and examining the formatted system data to synthesize symptoms of vehicle system failure, wherein the symptom detection service includes a collection of detector objects, each of the collection of detector objects including a method to provide symptom detection on the formatted system data; and
c) a diagnostic service, the diagnostic service examining the symptoms of vehicle system failure to determine at least one potential diagnoses from the symptoms, wherein the diagnostic service includes a collection of reasoner objects, each of the collection of reasoner objects including a method to provide diagnostic reasoning on the symptoms, and wherein the collection of reasoner objects includes at least two having a different reasoning mechanism. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A program product comprising:
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a) a vehicle health management program, the vehicle health management program including;
i) a data service, the data service receiving system data, the data service formatting the system data for health management analysis;
ii) a symptom detection service, the symptom detection service receiving the formatted system data and examining the formatted system data to synthesize symptoms of vehicle system failure, wherein the symptom detection service includes a collection of detector objects, each of the collection of detector objects including a method to provide symptom detection on the formatted system data; and
iii) a diagnostic service, the diagnostic service examining the symptoms of vehicle system failure to determine at least one potential diagnoses from the symptoms, wherein the diagnostic service includes a collection of reasoner objects, each of the collection of reasoner objects including a method to provide diagnostic reasoning on the symptoms, and wherein the collection of reasoner objects includes at least two having a different reasoning mechanism; and
b) signal bearing media bearing said program. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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