Vehicle condition monitoring and reporting

• US 8,730,064 B2
• Filed: 01/19/2010
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Original Assignee: The Boeing Co.
• Inventors: Harrison, John E., Kinney, David S., Millar, James L., Smith, Matthew D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US12/690,046
• Publication Number:
  US 20130176148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 340/945, 340/963, 340/971, 701/14
• US Class Current: 340/945
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• 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: G08B 21/00 Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 23/00 Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions

Abstract

Systems and methods for aircraft cabin noise analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer based system to monitor vehicle conditions comprises a trigger table stored in a tangible computer readable memory which stores at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger directive to analyze if alert conditions exist. The system further comprises a trigger processor to receive one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle and transmit the directive to analyze alert logic to an alert evaluation queue when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of logic conditions in the trigger table, and an alert evaluation processor to execute a stand-alone program to analyze vehicle data and generate an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions. In some embodiments, the system may be implemented in a computing system or as logic instructions recorded on a computer readable medium.

Claims

1. A computer based method to monitor vehicle conditions, comprising:

defining, in a trigger table, at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger an alert evaluation, the at least on set of logic conditions including at least one of;

receipt of a message from a source remote from the vehicle, or

receipt of a message indicating vehicle position with respect to airport or runway locations, or

receipt of an ACMS/F report, or

receipt of a maintenance message;

defining, in an alert table separate from the trigger table, one or more alert definitions which define an attribute of an alert including a vehicle condition which does not meet one or more threshold requirements;

receiving, in a trigger processor, one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle;

transmitting a directive to analyze alert conditions to an alert evaluation queue when the at least one set of logic conditions in the trigger table is satisfied; and

generating an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions, wherein the alert is generated in accordance with the one or more alert definitions from the alert table.

2. The computer based method of claim 1, wherein receiving, in a trigger processor, one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle comprises retrieving data streams from one or more aircraft, wherein the data streams comprise one or more flight parameters.

3. The computer based method of claim 2, wherein the flight parameters are real-time flight parameters.

4. The computer based method of claim 1, wherein generating an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions comprises applying one or more logic conditions set forth in an alert definition table.

5. The computer based method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting an alert to at least one remote vehicle maintenance system.

6. The computer based method of claim 1, further comprising adding one or more new sets of logic conditions to the trigger table.

7. The computer based method of claim 4, further comprising adding one or more new sets of alert conditions to the alert definition table.

8. A computer based system to monitor vehicle conditions, comprising:

a trigger table stored in a tangible computer readable memory which stores at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger an alert evaluation, the at least on set of logic conditions including at least one of;

receipt of a message from a source remote from the vehicle, or

receipt of a message indicating vehicle position with respect to airport or runway locations, or

receipt of an ACMS/F report, or

receipt of a maintenance message;

an alert table separate from the trigger table and stored in a tangible computer readable memory which stores one or more alert definitions which define an attribute of an alert including a vehicle condition which does not meet one or more threshold requirements; and

a trigger processor to;

receive one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle; and

transmit a directive to a alert evaluation queue when at least one set of logic conditions in the trigger table is satisfied; and

an alert evaluation processor to execute a program to generate an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions, wherein the alert is generated in accordance with the one or more alert definitions from the alert table.

9. The computer based system of claim 8, wherein the trigger table comprises at least one trigger condition stored in a programmable spreadsheet.

10. The computer based system of claim 8, wherein the trigger processor receives data streams from one or more aircraft, wherein the data streams comprise one or more flight parameters.

11. The computer based system of claim 10, wherein the flight parameters are real-time flight parameters.

12. The computer based system of claim 8, wherein the alert evaluation processor executes one or more alert evaluation programs set forth in an alert definition table.

13. The computer based system of claim 8, wherein the alert evaluation processor transmits an alert to a remote computer system.

14. A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a computer readable medium which, when executed, configure a processor to monitor vehicle conditions by performing operations comprising:

defining, in a trigger table, at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger an alert evaluation, the at least on set of logic conditions including at least one of;

receipt of a message from a source remote from the vehicle, or

receipt of a message indicating vehicle position with respect to airport or runway locations, or

receipt of an ACMS/F report, or

receipt of a maintenance message;

defining, in an alert table separate from the trigger table, one or more alert definitions which define an attribute of an alert including a vehicle condition which does not meet one or more threshold requirements;

receiving, in a trigger processor, one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle;

transmitting a directive to analyze alert conditions to an alert evaluation queue when the at least one set of logic conditions in the trigger table is satisfied; and

executing a program and generating an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions, wherein the alert is generated in accordance with the one or more alert definitions from the alert table.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein defining, in a trigger table, at least one set of logic conditions which may trigger an evaluation of an alert condition comprises defining at least one logic condition in a programmable spreadsheet.

16. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein receiving, in a trigger processor, one or more data streams comprising vehicle condition data for a monitored vehicle comprises retrieving data streams from one or more aircraft, wherein the data streams comprise one or more flight parameters.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein generating an alert when the vehicle condition data satisfies the at least one set of alert conditions comprises applying one or more logic conditions set forth in an alert definition table.

18. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising transmitting an alert to a remote computer system.

19. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising adding one or more new sets of logic conditions to the trigger table.

20. The computer program product of claim 14, further comprising adding one or more new sets of alert conditions to the alert definition table.