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Method for real-time model based structural anomaly detection

  • US 9,020,689 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2011
  • Issued: 04/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for real-time model based vehicle structural anomaly detection, comprising:

  • monitoring an entirety of a vehicle structure in real-time;

    receiving a real-time measurement corresponding to a location on the vehicle structure from among the entirety of the vehicle structure during an operation of the vehicle;

    comparing the real-time measurement to expected operation data for the location to provide a modeling error signal of the vehicle structure;

    calculating a statistical significance of the modeling error signal based on a Probability of False Alarm (Pfa) to provide an error significance of a vehicle structural anomaly in real-time;

    determining a persistence of the error significance based on a user selectable Probability of False Alarm (Pfa) threshold value, wherein the user selectable Pfa threshold depends on a quality of the modeling error signal and a tolerance for false positive indications in real-time; and

    indicating the vehicle structural anomaly in real-time, if the persistence exceeds a persistence threshold value of the vehicle structure anomaly.

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