Universal Vehicle Transponder Module for Real-Time Condition Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems lack a unified and real-time method to determine and communicate the conditions and performance capabilities of various vehicle subsystems across different types of vehicles, limiting effective mission planning and control.
Innovation Solution
A transponder module with a universal sensor input interface and onboard processors that receive and analyze data from multiple sensors to determine vehicle conditions and capabilities, outputting this information for use in real-time control and mission planning, and integrating with an IVHM system for comprehensive vehicle health management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a unified real-time system is implemented to determine and communicate vehicle conditions and capabilities across different vehicle types, then mission planning and control effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transponder module is designed with a universal sensor input interface that can receive data from multiple types of sensors across different vehicle types (air, land, sea). The module uses a standardized communication protocol and database structure to handle diverse vehicle subsystems, enabling a single system to manage heterogeneous vehicle conditions and capabilities without requiring vehicle-specific infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The transponder module acts as an intermediary between vehicle sensors and mission control systems. It receives raw sensor data, processes it through standardized protocols, and outputs structured capability information. This intermediary layer abstracts the complexity of diverse vehicle types from the mission planning system, allowing effective control without direct complexity exposure
2Productivity
If real-time sensor data processing is implemented to determine vehicle conditions and capabilities, then operational efficiency is improved, but use of energy increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary processing of sensor data at the transponder module level before transmission to mission control. By pre-determining vehicle conditions and capabilities locally using onboard processors and stored database information, the system reduces the computational burden on central systems and enables faster real-time decision-making without requiring excessive energy transmission or centralized processing
Solution Approach 2:
The data processing function is segmented between the transponder module (local processing of sensor inputs against database profiles) and the mission control system (receives pre-processed capability information). This segmentation allows real-time operational efficiency at the vehicle level while reducing the energy and computational requirements at the centralized level
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AI summary
A transponder module for vehicles. The module has a substantially universal vehicle sensor input interface capable of receiving sensor input from different types of vehicle sensors and from different types of vehicles. One or more processors and memory, in real time, receive vehicle sensor input data via the input interface. Based on a vehicle type stored in the memory, the processor(s) use the sensor input data to determine conditions of subsystems the vehicle. Based on the determined conditions, the processor(s) determine performance capabilities of the vehicle. The transponder module outputs information as to the stored vehicle type, determined conditions, and vehicle performance capabilities.