US 11,932,414 B2
Method and system for enabling component monitoring redundancy in a digital network of intelligent sensing devices
Timothy Robert North, Southampton (GB); Tod Alexander Gilbert, Hampshire (GB); and Steven Bonnett, Hampshire (GB)
Assigned to GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed by GE Aviation Systems Limited, Cheltenham (GB)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/052,628.
Application 18/052,628 is a continuation of application No. 15/996,637, filed on Jun. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,505,331.
Prior Publication US 2023/0101703 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64D 45/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); F16H 57/01 (2012.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 45/00 (2013.01) [B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0816 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); F16H 57/01 (2013.01); F16H 2057/012 (2013.01); H04L 2012/4028 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
generating, by a first sensor device comprising a processor, first sensed information associated with a first aircraft physical hardware component based on execution of a primary sensing function and a first signal from a sensing element;
based on a determination that a second sensor device is not operating properly, enabling, by the first sensor device, a backup sensing function associated with a second aircraft physical hardware component, different than the first aircraft physical hardware component, wherein the backup sensing function is a same sensing function performed by the second sensor device; and
generating, by the first sensor device, second sensed information associated with the second aircraft physical hardware component using the backup sensing function and a second signal from the sensing element, wherein the generating of the first sensed information and the generating of the second sensed information comprise performing, at a same time, the generating of the first sensed information and the generating of the second sensed information.