Distributed event management framework for aerial vehicles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12469399-B2
Application number	US-202318187219-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2023
Priority date	Mar 21, 2023
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to an event management framework configured to mitigate events impacting the operation of a vehicle. Embodiments can receive a set of vehicle operation constraints, receive vehicle sensor data, and receive travel event data associated with the operation of the aerial vehicle. Embodiments include an event management engine configured to determine a set of recommendations related to the events. The event management engine is distributed across multiple operational segments of the event management framework. The event management engine can determine a respective computing device of the multiple operational segments for determining the set of recommendations based at least in part on a respective classification of the one or more events. The event management engine can also cause execution of the respective recommendations, where causing the execution of the respective recommendations causes operation of one or more vehicle systems affecting control of the aerial vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method, the computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving a first set of vehicle operation constraints related to operation of an aerial vehicle; receiving vehicle sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the operation of the aerial vehicle; receiving travel event data; determining, utilizing an event management engine, one or more events impacting operation of the aerial vehicle, wherein the one or more events are determined based at least in part on the travel event data and the vehicle sensor data; determining, by the event management engine, a set of recommendations related to the one or more events, wherein the set of recommendations is determined based at least in part on the first set of vehicle operation constraints,
wherein the event management engine is distributed across at least a first operational segment associated with an event management framework and a second operational segment associated with the event management framework,
wherein the first operational segment comprises at least one offboard segment computing device, and wherein the second operational segment comprises at least one onboard computing device that is onboard the aerial vehicle, and
wherein the event management engine determines a respective computing device of the first operational segment or the second operational segment to employ for determining one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations based at least in part on a respective classification of the one or more events; and
automatically triggering operation of one or more vehicle systems affecting control of the aerial vehicle based at least in part on the one or more recommendations.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the computer-implemented method further comprising:
causing rendering of the set of recommendations via the at least one offboard segment computing device or the at least one onboard computing device; receiving, from the at least one offboard segment computing device or the at least one onboard computing device, a confirmation signal, wherein the confirmation signal comprises data indicative of an acceptance or a rejection of one or more respective recommendations of the set of recommendations; and in response to receiving the confirmation signal:
determining a second set of aerial vehicle operation constraints related to the operation of the aerial vehicle, wherein determining the second set of aerial vehicle operation constraints comprises updating one or more respective vehicle operation constraints of the first set of vehicle operation constraints; and
causing rendering of the second set of aerial vehicle operation constraints via the at least one offboard segment computing device or the at least one onboard computing device.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the travel event data comprise at least one of data indicative of a nominal scenario, an emergency scenario, data indicative of a hazard scenario, data indicative of a logistical scenario that alters a voyage of the aerial vehicle, or data indicative of a change in the operation of the one or more vehicle systems affecting control of the aerial vehicle, and
wherein at least a portion of travel event data is based on the vehicle sensor data.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the event management engine is configured as a machine learning model, and
wherein the event management engine comprises at least one of a binary rule set, a predetermined rule set, a look-up table, or a specially trained neural network that determines the set of recommendations based on the one or more events and the first set of vehicle operation constraints.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the event management engine can rank the one or more recommendations based on a respective predicted result associated with each of the one or more recommendations, and
wherein the event management engine can determine which of the one or more recommendations to render via the at least one offboard segment computing device or the at least one onboard computing device based in part on the respective ranks of the one or more recommendations.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the respective classification of the one or more events determined by the event management engine is based in part on a respective event severity level associated with each of the one or more events.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more events comprise at least one of an emergency event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle, an optimization event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle, a hazard event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle, a logistical event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle, an environmental event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle, or a personnel health event impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the respective computing device of the at least one offboard segment computing device or the at least one onboard computing device to employ for determining the one or more recommendations is based in part on one or more respective computational capabilities associated with the at least one offboard segment computing device and the at least one onboard computing device.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the computer-implemented method further comprising:
determining, by the event management engine, an overall event criticality level associated with two or more distinct events impacting the operation of the aerial vehicle; and generating, by the event management engine, one or more recommendations based on the overall event criticality level associated with the two or more distinct events.

10 . An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: receive a first set of vehicle operation constraints related to operation of an aerial vehicle; receive vehicle sensor data from one or more sensors associated with the operation of the aerial vehicle; receive travel event data; determine, utilizing an event management engine, one or more events impacting operation of the aerial vehicle, wherein the one or more events are determined based at least in part on the travel event data and the vehicle sensor data; determine, by the event management engine, a set of recommendations related to the one or more events, wherein the set of recommendations is determined based at least in part on the first set of vehicle operation constraints,
wherein the event management engine is distributed across at least a first operational segment associated with an event management framework and a second operational segment associated with the event management framework,
wherein the first operational segment comprises at least one offboard segment computing device, and wherein the second operational segment comprises at least one onboard computing device that is onboard the aerial vehicle, and
wherein the event management engine determines a respective computing device of the first operational segment or the second operational segment to employ for
determining one or more recommendations of the set of recommendations based at least in part on a respective classification of the one or more events; and automatically trigger operation of one or more vehicle systems affecting control of the aerial vehicle based at least in part on the one or more recommendations.

Assignees

• Honeywell Int Inc

Inventors

• Beran Jan
• Drasil Pavel
• Svoboda Jiri
• Matousek Miroslav
• Maxim Dorin

Classifications

• G09B9/02

  for teaching control of vehicles or other craft · CPC title

• G06Q10/06 Primary

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

• G06N3/08

  Learning methods · CPC title

• G08G5/22

  located on the ground · CPC title

• G08G5/26

  Transmission of traffic-related information between aircraft and ground stations · CPC title