Monitoring and planning for failures of vehicular components
First Claim
1. A method comprising the following steps:
- obtaining a first set of data comprising maintenance events recorded in connection with multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the first set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a first database and (ii) a vehicular management device;
obtaining a second set of data comprising maintenance work orders performed on the multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the second set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a second database and (ii) the vehicular management device;
obtaining a third set of data comprising a collection of measurements taken in connection with the multiple vehicular components, wherein said obtaining the third set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) multiple sensors resident on and/or associated with the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles and (ii) the vehicular management device;
analyzing (i) the first set of data and (ii) the second set of data to identify one or more component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components;
determining multiple failure indicators for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events, wherein the multiple failure indicators comprise at least (a) a manufacturing defect-related failure indicator, (b) a wear-related failure indicator, and (c) a non-wear related failure indicator; and
outputting the multiple indicators in multiple visualized forms, wherein each of the multiple visualized forms represents one selected from the group consisting of;
(i) a level of the given fleet of vehicles, (ii) a level of a single vehicle selected from the given fleet, (iii) a level of one of the multiple vehicular components of the selected single vehicle, and (iv) a level of one of the multiple indicators associated with the one vehicular component of the selected single vehicle.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for planning for failures of vehicular components are provided herein. A method includes obtaining a first set of data of maintenance events recorded for multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet; obtaining a second set of data of maintenance work orders performed on the vehicular components; obtaining a third set of data of measurements taken in connection with the vehicular components; analyzing (i) the first set of data and (ii) the second set of data to identify component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components; determining failure indicators for each of the vehicular components in each of the vehicles in the fleet based on the second set of data, the third set of data, and the identified component failure events; and outputting the indicators in multiple visualized forms, each representing one of multiple levels of granularity.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising the following steps:
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obtaining a first set of data comprising maintenance events recorded in connection with multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the first set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a first database and (ii) a vehicular management device; obtaining a second set of data comprising maintenance work orders performed on the multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the second set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a second database and (ii) the vehicular management device; obtaining a third set of data comprising a collection of measurements taken in connection with the multiple vehicular components, wherein said obtaining the third set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) multiple sensors resident on and/or associated with the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles and (ii) the vehicular management device; analyzing (i) the first set of data and (ii) the second set of data to identify one or more component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components; determining multiple failure indicators for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events, wherein the multiple failure indicators comprise at least (a) a manufacturing defect-related failure indicator, (b) a wear-related failure indicator, and (c) a non-wear related failure indicator; and outputting the multiple indicators in multiple visualized forms, wherein each of the multiple visualized forms represents one selected from the group consisting of;
(i) a level of the given fleet of vehicles, (ii) a level of a single vehicle selected from the given fleet, (iii) a level of one of the multiple vehicular components of the selected single vehicle, and (iv) a level of one of the multiple indicators associated with the one vehicular component of the selected single vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to:
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obtain a first set of data comprising maintenance events recorded in connection with multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the first set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a first database and (ii) a vehicular management device; obtain a second set of data comprising maintenance work orders performed on the multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the second set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a second database and (ii) the vehicular management device; obtain a third set of data comprising a collection of measurements taken in connection with the multiple vehicular components, wherein said obtaining the third set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) multiple sensors resident on and/or associated with the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles and (ii) the vehicular management device; analyze (i) the first set of data and (ii) the second set of data to identify one or more component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components; determine multiple failure indicators for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events, wherein the multiple failure indicators comprise at least (a) a manufacturing defect-related failure indicator, (b) a wear-related failure indicator, and (c) a non-wear related failure indicator; and output the multiple indicators in multiple visualized forms, wherein each of the multiple visualized forms represents one selected from the group consisting of;
(i) a level of the given fleet of vehicles, (ii) a level of a single vehicle selected from the given fleet, (iii) a level of one of the multiple vehicular components of the selected single vehicle, and (iv) a level of one of the multiple indicators associated with the one vehicular component of the selected single vehicle.
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13. A system comprising:
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a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for; obtaining a first set of data comprising maintenance events recorded in connection with multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the first set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a first database and (ii) a vehicular management device; obtaining a second set of data comprising maintenance work orders performed on the multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in the fleet of vehicles, wherein said obtaining the second set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) a second database and (ii) the vehicular management device; obtaining a third set of data comprising a collection of measurements taken in connection with the multiple vehicular components, wherein said obtaining the third set of data comprises forming a connection between (i) multiple sensors resident on and/or associated with the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles and (ii) the vehicular management device; analyzing (i) the first set of data and (ii) the second set of data to identify one or more component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components; determining multiple failure indicators for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events, wherein the multiple failure indicators comprise at least (a) a manufacturing defect-related failure indicator, (b) a wear-related failure indicator, and (c) a non-wear related failure indicator; and outputting the multiple indicators in multiple visualized forms, wherein each of the multiple visualized forms represents one selected from the group consisting of;
(i) a level of the given fleet of vehicles, (ii) a level of a single vehicle selected from the given fleet, (iii) a level of one of the multiple vehicular components of the selected single vehicle, and (iv) a level of one of the multiple indicators associated with the one vehicular component of the selected single vehicle.
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14. A vehicular management device comprising:
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a vehicular component status determination engine, executing on the vehicular management device, to analyze (i) a first set of data comprising maintenance events recorded in connection with multiple vehicular components across multiple vehicles in a fleet of vehicles and (ii) a second set of data comprising maintenance work orders performed on the multiple vehicular components across the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles to identify one or more component failure events associated with the multiple vehicular components; a vehicular component manufacturing defect-related failure indicator engine, executing on the vehicular management device, to calculate a manufacturing defect-related failure indicator for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) a third set of data comprising a collection of measurements taken in connection with the multiple vehicular components, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events; a vehicular component wear-related failure indicator engine, executing on the vehicular management device, to calculate a wear-related failure indicator for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events; and a vehicular component non-wear related failure indicator engine, executing on the vehicular management device, to calculate a non-wear related failure indicator for each of the multiple vehicular components in each of the multiple vehicles in the given fleet of vehicles based on (i) the second set of data, (ii) the third set of data, and (iii) the one or more identified component failure events; wherein the vehicular component status determination engine, the vehicular component manufacturing defect-related failure indicator engine, the vehicular component wear-related failure indicator engine, and the vehicular component non-wear related failure indicator engine, are coupled to a graphical user interface for user manipulation of (i) the manufacturing defect-related failure indicator, (ii) the wear-related failure indicator, and (iii) the non-wear related failure indicator for each of the multiple vehicular components. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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