Patent ID: 11867533
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A sensing system for a vehicle, comprising:
a control circuit including one or more processors, wherein the control circuit is communicatively coupled to a Power over Ethernet (PoE) network switch based on a PoE interface, wherein the control circuit receives power from the PoE network; and
an interface circuit bi-directionally communicating with sensors to acquire sensor measurements, wherein the sensors differ from one another, wherein the control circuit transmits the sensor measurements to a network through the PoE network switch using the PoE interface,
wherein the control circuit is operably coupled to a network interface port using the PoE interface, and wherein the network interface port provides a standardized and common interface for each and all of the sensors to couple to a plurality of systems of the vehicle and bi-directionally communicate between the plurality of systems of the vehicle and the different sensors that acquire the sensor measurements onboard the vehicle, wherein the network, the PoE network switch, and the network interface port differ from the plurality of systems of the vehicle and the sensors.