Systems and methods for the manufacture and use of artificial ice shapes for aircraft certification, including methods of manufacturing artificial ice shapes, artificial ice component systems for attachment to aircraft, methods of flight testing aircraft having artificial ice sections attached thereto, and artificial ice testing systems.

Systems and methods for the manufacture and use of artificial ice shapes for aircraft certification, including methods of manufacturing artificial ice shapes, artificial ice component systems for attachment to aircraft, methods of flight testing aircraft having artificial ice sections attached thereto, and artificial ice testing systems.

A calibration method includes: detecting a predetermined position of a work machine according to first and second methods in a different posture of the work machine; and obtaining a conversion information item used to convert a position detected by the first method from a coordinate system in the first method into a coordinate system different from that of the first method or obtaining a conversion information item used to convert a position detected by the second method from a coordinate system of the second method into a coordinate system different from that of the second method by using a first position information item as information for the predetermined position detected by the first method and a second position information item as information for the predetermined position detected by the second method in a posture of the work machine when the predetermined position is detected by the first method.

In accordance with various embodiments, disclosed is a brake monitoring system for monitoring the health status of the brakes of an aircraft, the aircraft comprising a plurality of brakes, the brake monitoring system comprising conducting a statistical comparison of a brake temperature against a temperature data centrality value based on the temperature values of the plurality of brakes.

A vehicle measurement station utilizing at least one displacement sensor systems disposed on each opposite side of a sensor region of a vehicle inspection lane to acquire measurement data, associated with a vehicle passing through the sensor region. Each displacement sensor system is configured to acquire measurement data along at least three discrete and vertically spaced measurement axis in response to a trigger signal indicating the presence of a vehicle moving through the inspection lane. A processing system receives the acquired data for evaluation, identification of outlier data points, and for determining a measurement associated with a characteristic of the moving vehicle.

A system for receiving a driving event comprises an interface and a processor. An interface is configured to receive a portion of data regarding a driving event. A processor is configured to determine whether more data regarding the driving event should be requested and, in the event that more data regarding the driving event should be requested, request more data regarding the driving event.

Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing degradation of an evaporative emissions system in a vehicle. One example method comprises following a vehicle-off event, waking an electronic controller to indicate an absence of a leak in the evaporative emissions system responsive to vacuum in the evaporative emissions system attaining a vacuum threshold, the vacuum threshold based on ambient conditions and fuel conditions at the vehicle-off event. The vacuum threshold may vary based on existing conditions and may enable a more reliable diagnosis of a status of the evaporative emissions system.

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a Black box with Satellite Transmitter (BSAT) for underwater vehicles. The BSAT provides a mission data backup of sunken under water vehicles and it is akin to a black box recorder of aircrafts. The BSAT comprising a sealed enclosure to receive and transmit IR and electromagnetic signals, a Global Positioning System (GPS) with an antenna to provide GPS parameters of the BSAT, a transmit antenna to transmit the GPS parameters and parameters associated with the underwater vehicle, an ejection mechanism to eject the BSAT from the underwater vehicle on detecting a pre-defined condition, by an electronic controller. The electronic controller to perform at least one of sending control signals, communicating using IR transceiver, acquire and store underwater vehicle parameters, identifying an ejection instant, acquiring and storing data GPS parameters, scheduling data transmission through a satellite after ejection of the BSAT from the underwater vehicle.

Real-time feedback may be generated during a driving session from status data collected via one or more sensors. This feedback data may include various metrics related to a student's driving skills, which may be utilized to generate tagged driving events. A user may also manually enter tagged driving events. The tagged driving events may include real-time information based on the collected status data, such as acceleration, braking, cornering data, descriptions entered by the user. The location of these tagged driving events may be mapped in real time. Sensors used to collect this data may be integrated within the device displaying the feedback or located on another device, in which case the status data may be communicated to the device displaying the feedback. The displayed real-time feedback may be viewed by an instructor to assess a student's driving skills in real time and to calculate a driver feedback score.

Systems and methods for optimizing data gathering in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for operating sensor systems and collecting data from sensor systems in a network resource-efficient manner.