APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR QUALIFYING DATA AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FROM AN UNQUALIFIED SYSTEM

• US 20180211261A1
• Filed: 03/03/2017
• Published: 07/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Govindillam K, Sreenivasan, Khan, Kalimulla, Poluri, Jagannadha Rao, Thekkuttu Pisharam, Sreekumar
• Granted Patent: US 10,839,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 43/00 Arrangements or adaptations of instruments arrangements of cameras B64D47/08; aeronautical measuring instruments per se G01C
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 45/00 Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for camouflage F41H3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: receiving data, automatically generated in an unqualified system, configured to at least one of: control a vehicle management system in a vehicle, and obtain data from the vehicle management system; verifying integrity of the data; if the integrity of the data is verified, then qualifying the data; and if the data is qualified, then providing data to at least one qualified system in the vehicle management system.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a vehicle comprising a vehicle management system;

wherein the vehicle management system comprises a qualifying system coupled to at least one qualified system;

wherein the qualifying system is configured to receive data, automatically generated from an unqualified system, which is configured to at least one of;

control the vehicle management system and obtain data from the vehicle management system; and

wherein the qualifying system is configured to verify integrity and reasonableness of the data received from the unqualified system.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle further comprises the unqualified system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the unqualified system comprises a portable electronic device.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the unqualified system comprises:

an unqualified system communications system; and

an unqualified system processing system coupled to the unqualified systems communications system.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the unqualified system processing system comprises:

an unqualified system processor;

an unqualified system memory coupled to the unqualified system processor; and

wherein the unqualified system memory comprises at least one function performed by the unqualified system processor.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the unqualified system memory further comprises at least one subscriber database.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle management system further comprises:

a vehicle management communications system;

a vehicle management processing system coupled to the vehicle management communications system;

wherein the vehicle management processing system comprises a vehicle management memory coupled to a vehicle management processor;

wherein the vehicle management memory comprises the qualifying system and the at least one qualified system; and

wherein the qualifying system and the at least one qualified system are configured to be processed on the vehicle management processor.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the qualifying system comprises a data integrity system and a qualifier system.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the qualifying system comprises a data identifier system.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the qualifying system further comprises a vehicle performance database.

11. An operations center, comprising:

an unqualified systems communications system;

an unqualified system processing system coupled to the unqualified systems communications system;

wherein the unqualified system is configured to automatically generate data;

wherein the unqualified systems communications system is configured to transmit the data to a vehicle including a qualifying system that verifies integrity and reasonableness of the data; and

wherein the data is configured to at least one of;

control a vehicle management system of the vehicle, and obtain data from the vehicle management system.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the unqualified system processing system comprises:

an unqualified system processor;

an unqualified system memory coupled to the unqualified system processor;

wherein the unqualified system memory comprises at least one function; and

wherein the at least one function is configured to be performed by the unqualified system processor.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the unqualified system memory further comprises at least one subscriber database.

14. A method, comprising:

receiving data, automatically generated in an unqualified system, configured to at least one of;

control a vehicle management system in a vehicle, and obtain data from the vehicle management system;

verifying integrity of the data;

if the integrity of the data is verified, then qualifying the data; and

if the data is qualified, then providing data to at least one qualified system in the vehicle management system.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

identifying type of the data; and

wherein qualifying the data comprises if the type of data is identified, then qualifying the data with a qualifying system based upon the type of data identified.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising if the type of data is not identified, then requesting re-transmission of the data.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising if the data is not qualified, then issuing an alert.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein issuing the alert comprises issuing an alert to at least one of the unqualified system and an operator of the vehicle.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising if the integrity of the data is not verified, then requesting retransmission of the data.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing subscriber information; and

verifying subscriber information.