Patent ID: 9189352
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B64F,G05B,G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a sensor network disposed in an aircraft; a memory configured to receive raw information from the sensor network and a number of systems in the aircraft and store program code for a number of processes, wherein the raw information is received during operation of the aircraft; an acquisition process in the number of processes, the acquisition process configured to change a first configuration of the sensor network to a second configuration of the sensor network in response to receiving configuration information; and a processor unit configured to run the program code for the number of processes stored in the memory to process the raw information to form processed information in real time while new raw information is being received by the memory in which the raw information and the processed information are both present in the memory, send the raw information to a storage system, send the processed information to the storage system, and determine whether a number of additional tests are needed for the aircraft using the processed information prior to a conclusion of the operation of the aircraft.