US 11,948,466 B2
Mission reasoner system and method
Angela N. Dunlay, Marion, IA (US); Matthew M. Lorch, Cedar Rapids, IA (US); Subhashish Chakravarty, Marion, IA (US); Jaclyn A Hoke, Marion, IA (US); and Bernard Dion, Monkton, VT (US)
Assigned to Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed by Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/035,416.
Prior Publication US 2022/0101733 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G06N 7/01 (2023.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0021 (2013.01) [G06N 7/01 (2023.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for automation across an aircraft cockpit, comprising:
a human machine interface (HMI) comprising a display screen;
a controller coupled to an aircraft and the HMI;
a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory comprising instructions that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to be configured for:
a plurality of modules, the plurality of modules comprising:
a mission planning module configured for planning a mission;
a mission execution module comprising an execution command of the mission and a phase of mission analysis, wherein the phase is indicative of at least one of a pre-mission phase, an enroute phase, or a target area phase;
a mission assessment module configured to measure a mission performance against a benchmark indicative of successful performance; and
a vehicle health system configured for monitoring at least one subsystem onboard the aircraft, the vehicle health system comprising a multi-vehicle health interface configured for monitoring a vehicle status of a plurality of vehicles offboard the aircraft;
receive the execution command of the mission and a mission execution status from the mission execution module;
receive a phase of mission from the mission assessment module;
receive, from the vehicle health system, 1) a subsystem status of the at least one subsystem onboard the aircraft and 2) the vehicle status of at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles offboard the aircraft;
determine 1) a subsystem degraded status of the at least one subsystem onboard the aircraft based on the received subsystem status and 2) a vehicle degraded status of at least one vehicle of the plurality of vehicles offboard the aircraft based on the received vehicle status;
correlate each of the subsystem degraded status and the vehicle degraded status with the phase of mission;
determine a probability of mission success based on the correlation;
determine at least one predictive decision aid based on 1) the subsystem degraded status, 2) the vehicle degraded status, and 3) the phase of mission, and 4) the probability of mission success the at least one predictive decision aid one of: a subsystem procedure onboard the aircraft, a mission go of the mission, at least one mission retask of the mission, and a mission no go of the mission;
execute the at least one predictive decision aid;
communicate the at least one predictive decision aid to each of the plurality of modules; and
present the at least one predictive decision aid via the HMI to one of:
an operator and a supervisor of the aircraft,
wherein the probability of mission success based on the correlation is a causal Bayesian analysis of: a useful life of at least one relevant component of the subsystem, an impact of the at least one relevant component on the probability of mission success, and a conditional probability of a failure of the at least one component.