Patent ID: 9726577
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G01M

Claim:
1. A method for determining engine degradation for a vehicle that is propelled by an engine, the method comprising the steps of: collecting engine degradation data for the engine, the engine degradation data comprising calculations of engine degradation associated with a mission the vehicle has completed; generating, from the collected engine degradation data, location independent engine degradation data, the location independent engine degradation data representative of engine degradation that is independent of locations associated with the mission; calculating, from the collected engine degradation data and the location independent engine degradation data, predictions of location dependent engine degradation, the predictions of location dependent engine degradation representative of engine degradation due to movement through locations associated with the mission; conducting a continuous performance analysis for the engine; and generating the engine degradation data from the mission data and the continuous performance analysis;