Onboard Maintenance System Data Delivery for Portable Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for delivering aircraft maintenance application data from centralized hardware to portable devices are inefficient, causing interface and efficiency issues, and fail to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and future requirements.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that collects raw aircraft maintenance data, identifies predictive patterns indicative of subsystem issues, generates error recovery mechanisms, and builds prognostic data reports, configuring maintenance application data records for remote retrieval by stakeholders using onboard memory and processors in aircraft.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If traditional centralized hardware/software methods are used to deliver aircraft maintenance application data, then data delivery is achieved, but efficiency and interface performance deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an onboard maintenance system (OMS) as an intermediary layer between the centralized hardware/software and portable devices. The OMS collects, processes, and manages maintenance data locally on the aircraft, then makes it available for retrieval by multiple portable devices simultaneously. This intermediary architecture eliminates the inefficiency of direct centralized delivery to each device while maintaining data accuracy and completeness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates copies of the maintenance data record for distribution to multiple portable devices. Instead of having a single centralized delivery point, the OMS generates and distributes data copies to various stakeholders' devices independently. This copying approach improves efficiency by allowing parallel access without creating interface bottlenecks at a single delivery point.
2Quantity of substance
If aircraft maintenance data is collected and managed centrally, then comprehensive data collection is achieved, but adaptability to multiple stakeholders and future requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the monolithic centralized data delivery system into modular components. The OMS collects comprehensive maintenance data centrally but then divides and distributes it according to different stakeholder requirements. Each portable device receives customized data subsets relevant to its user, allowing the system to adapt to multiple stakeholders while maintaining comprehensive data collection capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements dynamic adaptability where the data delivery configuration can change based on stakeholder needs and future requirements. The OMS can dynamically adjust which data elements are distributed to which devices, and the architecture supports future expansion to new device types or stakeholders without requiring fundamental system changes.
3Ease of operation
If data is delivered from centralized hardware to portable devices, then data accessibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The OMS implements self-service capabilities by automatically collecting, processing, and preparing maintenance data for distribution. The system autonomously manages data collection from aircraft subsystems, performs necessary processing and validation, and makes data available for retrieval without requiring complex manual intervention or centralized coordination for each data access request. This automation reduces the operational complexity despite improved accessibility.
Data Source
AI summary
Embodiments of the subject matter described herein relate generally to preparing aircraft maintenance application data for retrieval by portable devices. The method or system encompasses different components of the aircraft maintenance domain and meets the requirements of multiple stakeholders each seeking a customized record of aircraft maintenance application data. The method or system is also capable of expansion to support future requirements.