Automated diagnostic system
September 8, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesModular automated avionics test system Functional avionic core tester System and method for loading diagnostics routines from disk Machine performance monitoring and fault classification using an exponentially weighted moving average scheme Reduce or fail-safe bootstrapping of a system having a graphical user interface PC compatible modular based diagnostic system System architecture for implementing modular diagnostics Method and apparatus for diagnosing fault states in a computer system Patent #: 6000040 InventorsApplicationNo. 149434 filed on 09/08/1998US Classes:702/183, Diagnostic analysis702/182, Performance or efficiency evaluation702/185, Cause or fault identification714/25, Fault locating (i.e., diagnosis or testing)714/46Operator interface for diagnosing or testingExaminersPrimary: Hoff, Marc S.Assistant: Bui, Bryan International ClassG06F 011/00AbstractThe present invention is directed to an automated diagnostic tool having a soft structure architecture that can be easily and quickly used to troubleshoot systems and subsystems, i.e., assemblies, on aircraft such as the AH-64 helicopter. The tool includes a laptop computer loaded with a troubleshooting software program, which evaluates assembly status messages traveling on a 1553 digital communications bus that links the aircraft systems and subsystems together. The tool obtains the messages by listening on the 1553 bus. The program includes listings of the assemblies, a set of pass/fail tests for evaluating the status information, and a set of relationships that numerically correlate test outcomes with different assemblies. Based on the test results and the relationships, the tool indicates which assemblies are the most likely cause of equipment malfunctions indicated by the test outcomes. The assemblies, tests, and the relationships between the tests and the assemblies are independent of each other, and the relationships are reversibly traceable.Field of SearchIncluding multiple test instrumentsProbability determination Performance or efficiency evaluation Diagnostic analysis Maintenance Cause or fault identification Fault locating (i.e., diagnosis or testing) Of computer software Operator interface for diagnosing or testing Testing of error-check system Error count or rate | |
