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

Claim 10:
11. A sensing method for a vehicle, comprising:
enabling a Power over Ethernet (PoE) interface through a network interface port, the network interface port including a plurality of twisted pair cables that couple the port to a PoE network switch, wherein the network interface port provides a standardized and common interface for each and all 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 sensor measurements onboard the vehicle, wherein a network, the PoE network switch, and the network interface port differ from the plurality of systems of the vehicle and the sensors;
providing an interface circuit bi-directionally communicating with the sensors to acquire the sensor measurements, wherein the sensors differ from one another, and wherein the sensor measurements are transmitted to the network through the PoE network switch using the PoE interface.