Tributary analysis monitoring system
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
- at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a vehicle in the fleet, each said DAAM i) collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the vehicle, ii) analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the vehicle based on said measurable attributes, and iii) transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the vehicle and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the vehicle, said control module i) collecting said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, ii) analyzing said analysis results so-collected to generate vehicle status results that identify potential sources of vehicle anomalies based on the state of said one or more sub-systems, and iii) transmitting said analysis results so-collected and at least a portion of said vehicle status results; and
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the vehicle and in communication with the vehicle as well as other vehicles in the fleet wherein each of the other vehicles in the fleet is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module i) collecting, from the fleet of vehicles, said analysis results and said vehicle status results transmitted from each said control module, ii) analyzing, for the fleet of vehicles, said analysis results and said vehicle status results transmitted from each said control module to generate fleet results that identify multiple occurrences of said vehicle anomalies and multiple occurrences of ones of said one or more sub-systems operating at a performance level that is unacceptable, and iii) transmitting said fleet results for use by one or more interested organizations.
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Abstract
A monitoring system for a fleet of vehicles includes at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on each vehicle in the fleet, a control module on each vehicle in communication with each DAAM, and terminal module located remotely with respect to the vehicles in the fleet. Each DAAM collects/analyzes sensor data to generate analysis results that identify the state of a plurality of systems of the vehicle. Each vehicle'"'"'s control module collects/analyzes the analysis results from each onboard DAAM to generate vehicle status results that identify potential sources of vehicle anomalies. The terminal module collects/analyzes the analysis results and vehicle status results transmitted from each control module from the fleet of vehicles to identify multiple occurrences of vehicle anomalies and multiple occurrences of those vehicle systems operating at a performance level that is unacceptable. Results of the terminal module'"'"'s analysis are provided to organizations responsible for the operation, maintenance and manufacturing of the vehicles in the fleet as well as the plurality of systems used in the fleet.
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1. A monitoring system for a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a vehicle in the fleet, each said DAAM i) collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the vehicle, ii) analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the vehicle based on said measurable attributes, and iii) transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the vehicle and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the vehicle, said control module i) collecting said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, ii) analyzing said analysis results so-collected to generate vehicle status results that identify potential sources of vehicle anomalies based on the state of said one or more sub-systems, and iii) transmitting said analysis results so-collected and at least a portion of said vehicle status results; and
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the vehicle and in communication with the vehicle as well as other vehicles in the fleet wherein each of the other vehicles in the fleet is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module i) collecting, from the fleet of vehicles, said analysis results and said vehicle status results transmitted from each said control module, ii) analyzing, for the fleet of vehicles, said analysis results and said vehicle status results transmitted from each said control module to generate fleet results that identify multiple occurrences of said vehicle anomalies and multiple occurrences of ones of said one or more sub-systems operating at a performance level that is unacceptable, and iii) transmitting said fleet results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A monitoring system for a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a vehicle in the fleet, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the vehicle, ii) an expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the vehicle based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the vehicle and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the vehicle, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) an expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate vehicle status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said vehicle status results; and
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the vehicle and in communication with the vehicle as well as other vehicles in the fleet wherein each of the other vehicles in the fleet is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said terminal module'"'"'s communication means receiving said vehicle status results transmitted from the vehicle and each of the other vehicles in the fleet, and ii) an expert system coupled to said terminal module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said vehicle status results so-received to generate fleet results that summarize the state of said one or more sub-systems and said relationships between said one or more sub-systems for the fleet, wherein said terminal module'"'"'s communication means transmits said fleet results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A monitoring system for a fleet of vehicles, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a vehicle in the fleet, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the vehicle, ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the vehicle based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the vehicle and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the vehicle, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate vehicle status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said vehicle status results;
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the vehicle and in communication with the vehicle as well as other vehicles in the fleet wherein each of the other vehicles in the fleet is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said terminal module'"'"'s communication means receiving said vehicle status results transmitted from the vehicle and each of the other vehicles in the fleet, and ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said terminal module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said vehicle status results so-received to generate fleet results that summarize the state of said one or more sub-systems and said relationships between said one or more sub-systems for the fleet, wherein said terminal module'"'"'s communication means transmits said fleet results for use by one or more interested organizations; and
each said fuzzy logic expert system incorporating a tool for development thereof, said tool being supplied with a plurality of decision rules indicative of user-supplied consequences based on user-supplied antecedents indicative of said measurable attributes, said tool i) generating a design vector of parameters that defines all antecedent and consequence membership function distributions associated with said plurality of decision rules, ii) configuring a fuzzy inference algorithm with said user-supplied antecedents and said design vector, wherein test consequences are generated thereby, iii) comparing said test consequences with said user-supplied consequences wherein differences therebetween are generated, and iv) minimizing said differences by optimizing said design vector wherein said fuzzy inference algorithm so-configured with said user-supplied antecedents and said design vector so-optimized defines said fuzzy logic expert system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A monitoring system for a group of systems, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a system in the group, each said DAAM i) collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the system and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module i) collecting said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, ii) analyzing said analysis results so-collected to generate system status results that identify potential sources of system anomalies based on the state of said one or more sub-systems, and iii) transmitting said analysis results so-collected and at least a portion of said system status results; and
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the system and in communication with the system as well as other systems in the group wherein each of the other systems in the group is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module i) collecting, from the group of systems, said analysis results and said system status results transmitted from each said control module, ii) analyzing, for the group of systems, said analysis results and said system status results transmitted from each said control module to generate group results that identify multiple occurrences of said system anomalies and multiple occurrences of ones of said one or more sub-systems operating at a performance level that is unacceptable, and iii) transmitting said group results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A monitoring system for a group of systems, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a system in the group, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) an expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the structure and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) an expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate system status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said system status results; and
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the system and in communication with the system as well as other systems in the group wherein each of the other systems in the group is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said terminal module'"'"'s communication means receiving said system status results transmitted from the system and each of the other systems in the group, and ii) an expert system coupled to said terminal module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said system status results so-received to generate group results that summarize the state of said one or more sub-systems and said relationships between said one or more sub-systems for the group, wherein said terminal module'"'"'s communication means transmits said group results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A monitoring system for a group of systems, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a system in the group, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the system and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate system status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said system status results;
a terminal module located remotely with respect to the system and in communication with the system as well as other systems in the group wherein each of the other systems in the group is equipped with their own said at least one DAAM and said control module, said terminal module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said terminal module'"'"'s communication means receiving said system status results transmitted from the system and each of the other systems in the group, and ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said terminal module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said system status results so-received to generate group results that summarize the state of said one or more sub-systems and said relationships between said one or more sub-systems for the group, wherein said terminal module'"'"'s communication means transmits said group results for use by one or more interested organizations; and
each said fuzzy logic expert system incorporating a tool for development thereof, said tool being supplied with a plurality of decision rules indicative of user-supplied consequences based on user-supplied antecedents indicative of said measurable attributes, said tool i) generating a design vector of parameters that defines all antecedent and consequence membership function distributions associated with said plurality of decision rules, ii) configuring a fuzzy inference algorithm with said user-supplied antecedents and said design vector, wherein test consequences are generated thereby, iii) comparing said test consequences with said user-supplied consequences wherein differences therebetween are generated, and iv) minimizing said differences by optimizing said design vector wherein said fuzzy inference algorithm so-configured with said user-supplied antecedents and said design vector so-optimized defines said fuzzy logic expert system. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A monitoring system for a system, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on the system, each said DAAM i) collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the system and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module i) collecting said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, ii) analyzing said analysis results so-collected to generate system status results that identify potential sources of system anomalies based on the state of said one or more sub-systems, and iii) transmitting said analysis results so-collected and at least a portion of said system status results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A monitoring system for a system, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on a system, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) an expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the system and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) an expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate system status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said system status results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A monitoring system for a system, comprising:
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at least one data acquisition and analysis module (DAAM) mounted on the system, each said DAAM having i) a programmable digital interface for collecting data indicative of measurable attributes of the system, ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said programmable digital interface for analyzing said data to generate analysis results that identifies the state of one or more sub-systems of the system based on said measurable attributes, and iii) communication means coupled to said DAAM'"'"'s expert system for transmitting at least a portion of said analysis results;
a control module mounted on the system and in communication with each said DAAM mounted on the system, said control module having i) communication means for the transmission and reception of signals, said control module'"'"'s communication means receiving said analysis results transmitted from each said DAAM, and ii) a fuzzy logic expert system coupled to said control module'"'"'s communication means for analyzing said analysis results so-received to generate system status results that summarize the state of relationships between said one or more sub-systems, wherein said control module'"'"'s communication means transmits at least a portion of said system status results for use by one or more interested organizations. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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