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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Applicants:
Kevin Swearingen, St. Charles, MO (US);
Kirby J. Keller, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Swearingen, St. Charles, MO (US);
Kirby J. Keller, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); G08G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); B60R 16/0232 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G07C 5/0841 (2013.01); B60R 16/0234 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing the exchange of vehicle information between software modules with different safety importance. In one embodiment, a vehicle health management system includes a mission critical software module, a flight critical software module and a gatekeeper. The mission critical software module receives vehicle state information and provides it to the flight critical software module if the gatekeeper confirms the validity of the vehicle information.