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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Inventors:
Sunil Dixit, Torrance, CA (US);
Richard R Ramroth, Long Beach, CA (US);
Nathan R Good, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/0234 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for an integrated vehicle health management system that uses a model based reasoner to develop real-time diagnostic and maintenance information about a vehicle. A model having nodes is used to represent sensors, components, functions and other elements of the system. Parameterized input sensors provide flexible definitions of each node. Once developed, the model is loaded into an operational flight program to provide real-time failure analysis of the vehicle.