METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING, PROCESSING AND MONITORING PARAMETERS USED ON BOARD AIRCRAFT

• US 20100179710A1
• Filed: 05/29/2008
• Published: 07/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Airbus Operations (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS NV)
• Inventors: Joseph, Olivier
• Granted Patent: US 9,008,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0221 Preprocessing measurements, e.g. data collection rate adjustment; Standardization of measurements; Time series or signal analysis, e.g. frequency analysis or wavelets; Trustworthiness of measurements; Indexes therefor; Measurements using easily measured parameters to estimate parameters difficult to measure; Virtual sensor creation; De-noising; Sensor fusion; Unconventional preprocessing inherently present in specific fault detection methods like PCA-based methods

Abstract

A standardized identification code is used to identify each flight parameter used on board an aircraft and to provide some of its characteristic information. Descriptive complementary information is advantageously associated with the identification codes to form parameter identification maps stored, for example, in a shared database. The parameter identification codes may in particular be used to perform certain checks when parameter values are received. These checks make it possible to process only the monitored parameter values and to generate alerts if an inconsistency is detected.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method for management of at least one characteristic of at least one parameter used on board an aerodynamic vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving an identifier of the at least one parameter;

receiving the at least one characteristic of the at least one parameter;

formulating the at least one characteristic of the at least one parameter according to a predetermined format; and

creating a code for identification of the at least one parameter comprising the identifier and the at least one characteristic.

12. A method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving at least one complementary information item descriptive of the at least one parameter; and

associating the at least one complementary descriptive information item with the identification code.

13. A method according to claim 11, wherein the at least one characteristic of the at least one parameter comprises information items relating to the source, recording, display, or level of confidentiality of values of the at least one parameter.

14. A method for processing at least one value of at least one parameter used on board an aerodynamic vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving a code for identification of the at least one parameter, the identification code being created according to the management method of claim 11;

receiving the at least one value associated with the at least one parameter;

verifying the data of the identification code received according to predetermined reference data; and

if the data of the identification code received are verified, processing the at least one value received.

15. A method according to claim 14, further comprising transmitting an information item relating to the at least one parameter if the data of the identification code received are not verified.

16. A method for control of at least one parameter used on board an aerodynamic vehicle, the method comprising:

receiving at least one information item relating to the at least one parameter, the information item being transmitted by the processing method for at least one value of the at least one parameter according to claim 15; and

generating an alarm.

17. A device comprising means for implementation of the method according to claim 11.

18. A device according to claim 17, the device being integrated into an aircraft.

19. A computer readable medium including computer executable instructions for implementation of the method according to claim 11.

20. Means for storage of information items, removable or otherwise, partially or totally readable by a computer or a microprocessor comprising computer executable instructions for execution of the method according to claim 11.