Vehicle system monitoring and communications architecture
First Claim
1. A system for reducing data flow on a data bus comprising:
- a data bus;
a plurality of transducers, each transducer configured to monitor a physical phenomenon of a component;
a plurality of component area managers (CAM), each CAM of the plurality being in operable communication with at least one of a plurality of transducers and also in operable communication with the data bus, each CAM comprising;
a first processor in operable communication with the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, wherein the processor is a programmable logic device that may be reprogrammed by a higher level computing device via the data bus from instructions recorded from a memory storage device, wherein further the first processor is configured to record data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, to reduce the recorded data, and to place the reduced data on the data bus,a transducer selection module controlled by the first processor, whereby the first processor selects one of the plurality of transducers from which to record data, anda rolling buffer in operable communication with the first processor and in operable communication with the at least one transducer to record the data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality in a first-in-first-out manner; and
a sub-system area manager (SAM) in operable communication with the plurality of CAMs via the data bus, the SAM comprising a second processor configured to selectively receive the reduced data placed on the data bus, analyze the data received from the at last one of the plurality of CAMs and fuse the data received from the plurality of CAMs for presentation to a user.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and devices are provided that allow more efficient transfer and processing of sensor information in a hierarchical data system. The system provides for a plurality of component area managers (CAM), each of the CAMS being in operable communication with at least one of a plurality of transducers that monitors a phenomena of a component and in operable communication with a data bus. A CAM comprises a processor in operable communication with the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, wherein the first processor is configured to record data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, to reduce the recorded data, to place the reduced data on the data bus. The system also includes a transducer selection module controlled by the first processor by which the first processor selects one of the plurality of transducers to record and a rolling buffer in operable communication with the first processor and in operable communication with the at least one transducer by which to record the data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality in a first-in-first-out manner.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for reducing data flow on a data bus comprising:
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a data bus; a plurality of transducers, each transducer configured to monitor a physical phenomenon of a component; a plurality of component area managers (CAM), each CAM of the plurality being in operable communication with at least one of a plurality of transducers and also in operable communication with the data bus, each CAM comprising; a first processor in operable communication with the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, wherein the processor is a programmable logic device that may be reprogrammed by a higher level computing device via the data bus from instructions recorded from a memory storage device, wherein further the first processor is configured to record data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality of transducers, to reduce the recorded data, and to place the reduced data on the data bus, a transducer selection module controlled by the first processor, whereby the first processor selects one of the plurality of transducers from which to record data, and a rolling buffer in operable communication with the first processor and in operable communication with the at least one transducer to record the data generated by the at least one transducer of the plurality in a first-in-first-out manner; and a sub-system area manager (SAM) in operable communication with the plurality of CAMs via the data bus, the SAM comprising a second processor configured to selectively receive the reduced data placed on the data bus, analyze the data received from the at last one of the plurality of CAMs and fuse the data received from the plurality of CAMs for presentation to a user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A hierarchical method for minimizing data on a data bus for a complex system, comprising:
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selectively recording transducer data output supplied from a plurality of transducer data outputs into a rolling buffer by a first computing device that is in direct communication with each of the transducers, the transducer data outputs providing component performance information of a plurality of components; at the first computing device, monitoring the recorded transducer data outputs to identify operational features within the transducer data outputs, wherein the first computing device is a programmable logic device that may be reprogrammed by a higher level computing device via a data bus from instructions recorded from a memory storage device; at the first computing device, reducing the transducer data outputs in the rolling buffer concerning the operational features by digitally processing the transducer data outputs concerning the features of interest into summary form; and placing the operational features in summary form onto the data bus by the first computing device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A device for reducing sensor data locally comprising:
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a processor in operable communication with at least two transducers, wherein the processor is a programmable may be reprogrammed by a higher level computing device via the data bus from instructions recorded from the memory storage device, wherein further the processor is configured to record data generated by the at least two transducers and to reduce the recorded data; a transducer selection module controlled by the processor over an internal control bus by which the processor selects at least one of the at least two transducers to record generated data, and a rolling buffer in operable communication with the processor and in operable communication with the at least two transducers by which the processor records the data from a set of the at least two transducers in a first-in-first-out manner. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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