System and method for performing device analytics

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12129017-B2
Application number	US-201916428606-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 31, 2019
Priority date	May 31, 2019
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A computer system and method for optimizing operation of a device having associated software routines for operating the device in which data associated with a device is received that is indicative of alert conditions present in the device. The received data associated with the alert conditions is analyzed to determine corrective actions to mitigate the alert conditions. Actors for implementing the determined corrective actions is determined based upon the alert conditions and the determined corrective actions. A determination is made we to whether the determined corrective actions have been successfully implemented to mitigate the alert conditions. A determination is then performed as to whether alteration of the corrective actions is required to mitigate the alert conditions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, implemented by a computer, for optimizing operation of an aircraft having one or more associated software routines for operating the aircraft, the method comprising:
receiving data, via a network from an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) coupled to the aircraft, indicative of one or more alert conditions associated with the one or more associated software routines for operating the aircraft;
analyzing the received data associated with the one or more alert conditions to determine one or more corrective actions to mitigate the one or more alert conditions by making reference to corrective actions data stored in a corrective action database;
determining one or more actors for implementing the determined one or more corrective actions based upon the one or more alert conditions and the determined one or more corrective actions;
providing data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more associated software routines to the determined one or more actors;
providing machine-learning functionality to the corrective action database by updating the corrective action database with information derived from determined effective and ineffective correction actions;
determining whether the determined one or more corrective actions have been successfully implemented to mitigate the one or more alert conditions; and
changing the data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more associated software routines provided to the determined one or more actors when the determined one or more corrective actions have been successfully implemented, which is contingent upon a type of corrective action implemented.

2. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the data indicative of the one or more alert conditions includes alerts indicative of at least one of: retrofit components; service bulletins; government notices; Federal Aviation Association (FAA) notices; and recall notices.

3. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required based at least in part on input provided by the determined one or more actors.

4. The computer method as recited in claim 3 , wherein determining whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required is based at least in part on the determination of whether the determined one or more corrective actions have been successfully implemented to mitigate the one or more alert conditions.

5. The computer method as recited in claim 3 , wherein determining whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required to mitigate the one or more alert conditions is performed without human intervention.

6. The computer method as recited in claim 3 , wherein determining whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required to mitigate the one or more alert conditions includes determining additional time is needed for performing the determined one or more corrective actions.

7. The computer method as recited in claim 3 , wherein determining whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required to mitigate the one or more alert conditions includes changing the data access permission provided to the determined one or more actors or one or more newly determined actors.

8. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the one or more alert conditions are indicative of a system fault associated with the aircraft or a predicative alert indicative of an anticipated future fault associated with the aircraft.

9. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein analyzing the received data associated with the one or more alert conditions includes accessing a rules-based database containing a plurality of corrective actions to perform based upon one or more certain alert conditions.

10. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more actors includes accessing a rules-based database containing a plurality of actors to implement the determined one or more corrective actions based upon one or more certain alert conditions.

11. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more actors includes determining a scope of data access to data associated with the aircraft for the determined one or more actors.

12. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more actors includes determining a scope of hardware access to hardware associated with the aircraft for the determined one or more actors.

13. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein determining the one or more actors includes determining a time period the determined one or more actors are provided for performing the determined corrective actions for mitigating the one or more alert conditions.

14. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the determined one or more actors are selected from the group consisting of: human personal; Information Technology (IT) mechanisms; hardware components; and Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents.

15. The computer method as recited in claim 1 , wherein providing the data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more associated software routines to the determined one or more actors includes providing data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more associated software routines to the determined one or more actors for a predetermined period of time.

16. A computer system for optimizing operation of an aircraft having one or more software routines, the computer system comprising:
a corrective action database containing a plurality of corrective actions to perform;
an actors database containing a plurality of actors to implement one or more corrective actions;
a processor; and
a memory accessible by the processor and having instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to instruct the computer system to:
receive data, via a network from an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) coupled to the aircraft, indicative of one or more alert conditions associated with the aircraft;
analyze the received data associated with the one or more alert conditions to determine one or more corrective actions from the corrective action database to mitigate the one or more alert conditions;
determine one or more actors from the actors database for implementing the determined one or more corrective actions based upon the one or more alert conditions and the determined one or more corrective actions;
provide data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more software routines to the determined one or more actors;
determine whether alteration of the one or more corrective actions is required to mitigate the one or more alert conditions;
provide machine-learning functionality to the corrective action database by updating the corrective action database with information derived from determined effective and ineffective correction actions;
determine whether the determined one or more corrective actions have been successfully implemented to mitigate the one or more alert conditions; and
change the data, software and hardware access permissions relating to the one or more software routines provided to the determined one or more actors when the determined one or more corrective actions have been successfully implemented, which is contingent upon a type of corrective action implemented.

17. The computer system as recited in claim 16 , wherein the instructions that are executable by the processor to instruct the co

Assignees

• Hamilton Sundstrand Corp

Inventors

• Ramaswamy Sitaram
• Maine Dale W

Classifications

• G06N5/043

  Distributed expert systems; Blackboards · CPC title

• B64D2045/0085

  Devices for aircraft health monitoring, e.g. monitoring flutter or vibration · CPC title

• B64D45/00

  Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G06Q10/103

  Workflow collaboration or project management · CPC title

• G06Q10/06

  Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling · CPC title