Methods and systems for monitoring vehicle systems using mobile devices
First Claim
1. A method of presenting information pertaining to a plurality of mechanical components of a rotorcraft including at least one of a rotor assembly and a drive assembly, the method comprising:
- initiating, by a client device, an ad hoc wireless connection with a monitoring system onboard the rotorcraft via a wireless network associated with the rotorcraft, wherein the monitoring system onboard the rotorcraft analyzes measurement data obtained during operation of the rotorcraft corresponding to operational characteristics of one or more of the plurality of mechanical components of the rotorcraft and generates a status summary file including status summary data indicative of a health of each respective mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components based at least in part on the measurement data, the measurement data corresponding to operational characteristics of the one or more mechanical components of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly during flight;
requesting, by the client device via the ad hoc wireless connection, the status summary file from the monitoring system;
receiving, by the client device, the status summary file from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection, the monitoring system providing the status summary file in response to the client device requesting the status summary file;
processing, by the client device, the status summary data of the status summary file to present graphical representations of the health of each respective mechanical component of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly of the rotorcraft on the client device; and
providing, on the client device, an indication the rotorcraft is cleared for further operation when the status summary data indicates the plurality of mechanical components are healthy.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for presenting information pertaining to the health of one or more mechanical components of a vehicle. One exemplary method involves a client device initiating an ad hoc wireless connection with a monitoring system onboard the vehicle, requesting status information for the vehicle from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection, and receiving the status information for the vehicle from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection. The monitoring system generates the status information based at least in part on measurement data obtained from one or more sensor systems during operation of the vehicle and provides the status information in response the request. The client device processes the status information present the one or more graphical representations of the current condition of the one or more mechanical components of the vehicle on the client device.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of presenting information pertaining to a plurality of mechanical components of a rotorcraft including at least one of a rotor assembly and a drive assembly, the method comprising:
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initiating, by a client device, an ad hoc wireless connection with a monitoring system onboard the rotorcraft via a wireless network associated with the rotorcraft, wherein the monitoring system onboard the rotorcraft analyzes measurement data obtained during operation of the rotorcraft corresponding to operational characteristics of one or more of the plurality of mechanical components of the rotorcraft and generates a status summary file including status summary data indicative of a health of each respective mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components based at least in part on the measurement data, the measurement data corresponding to operational characteristics of the one or more mechanical components of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly during flight; requesting, by the client device via the ad hoc wireless connection, the status summary file from the monitoring system; receiving, by the client device, the status summary file from the monitoring system via the ad hoc wireless connection, the monitoring system providing the status summary file in response to the client device requesting the status summary file; processing, by the client device, the status summary data of the status summary file to present graphical representations of the health of each respective mechanical component of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly of the rotorcraft on the client device; and providing, on the client device, an indication the rotorcraft is cleared for further operation when the status summary data indicates the plurality of mechanical components are healthy. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16)
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6. A system comprising:
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one or more sensor systems onboard a rotorcraft to obtain measurement data corresponding to operational characteristics of one or more mechanical components of at least one of a rotor assembly and a drive assembly of the rotorcraft during flight; a monitoring system onboard the rotorcraft and coupled to the one or more sensor systems to analyze the measurement data obtained during operation of the rotorcraft determine status summary data indicative of a current condition of each of the one or more mechanical components based on the measurement data, create a status summary file including the status data, establish an ad hoc wireless network associated with the rotorcraft using a communications interface, and transmit the status summary file to a client device via an ad hoc wireless connection via the ad hoc wireless network, wherein the status summary data is executable by the client device to present graphical representations of the current condition of each respective mechanical component of the one or more mechanical components of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly of the rotorcraft and an indication the rotorcraft is cleared for further operation when the status data indicates the one or more mechanical components are healthy. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 17)
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13. A system comprising:
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a monitoring system onboard a rotorcraft to obtain measurement data corresponding to operational characteristics of a plurality of mechanical components of the rotorcraft, generate a metric indicative of the health of each respective mechanical component of the plurality of mechanical components based at least in part on the measurement data, determine status summary data indicative of a current condition of each of the plurality of mechanical components by classifying the health of each respective mechanical component based on the metric, generate a status summary file including the status summary data, and establish an ad hoc wireless network associated with the rotorcraft, wherein the rotorcraft includes at least one of a rotor assembly and a drive assembly and the measurement data corresponds to operational characteristics of the one or more mechanical components of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly during flight; a client device to initiate a connection via the ad hoc wireless network, receive the status summary file from the monitoring system via the connection, display graphical representations indicative of the current condition of each of the plurality of mechanical components based on the status summary data, and display a graphical notification the rotorcraft is cleared for further operation when the status summary data indicates the plurality of mechanical components are healthy, wherein the graphical representations comprise graphical representations of the health of each respective mechanical component of the at least one of the rotor assembly and the drive assembly. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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