Patent classifications
G05B2219/24182
Redundant voltage delivery with active cables
A computer controls voltage supply for a system that includes a plurality of active cables. The computer determines that a first voltage source included in a first cable has failed to provide a required amount of voltage to the first cable. The computer switches the first cable to a second voltage source included in a second cable. The second voltage source provides voltage to the first cable.
VEHICLE CONTROL WITH FUNCTIONAL REDUNDANCY
A control assembly for an aircraft system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a multi-core processor that has a plurality of cores coupled to a communications module and to an arbitration module. The communications module is operable to communicate information between the plurality of cores and one or more aircraft modules. The plurality of cores include first and second cores operable to concurrently execute a first discrete set of software instructions to generate respective instances of an output. The arbitration module is operable to communicate each and every one of the respective instances to control the one or more aircraft modules. A method of operating an aircraft system is also disclosed.
Real time output control in hardware based on machine learning
A machine learning system that includes one or more machine learning models implemented in one or more hardware processors, a first-level feature creation module, and a combination module provides an output based on one or more channel inputs. Each of the one or more machine learning models receives the channel inputs and additional feature inputs based on the channel inputs to produce the output. The first-level feature creation module receives the channel inputs, performs a feature creation operation, creates the additional feature inputs, and provides the additional feature inputs to at least one of the machine learning models. The first-level feature creation operation performs a calculation on one or more aspects of the channel inputs, and the combination module receives the one or more machine learning model outputs and produce a machine learning channel output.
CONCURRENT OPERATION OF INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) MODULES IN A DUPLEX CONFIGURATION
Embodiments of this present disclosure may include a system that may include a first input/output (IO) module, which may output a first current output. The first IO module may be coupled to a first terminal and a second terminal. The system may include a second IO module that may output a second current output. The second IO module may be coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal. The system may include a load device coupled to the first terminal and the second terminal. The load device may operate based on the first current output and the second current output. The system may include one or more control systems that receive an instruction to perform a coordinated handoff to the first IO module.
Vehicle control with functional redundancy
A control assembly for an aircraft system according to an example of the present disclosure includes a multi-core processor that has a plurality of cores coupled to a communications module and to an arbitration module. The communications module is operable to communicate information between the plurality of cores and one or more aircraft modules. The plurality of cores include first and second cores operable to concurrently execute a first discrete set of software instructions to generate respective instances of an output. The arbitration module is operable to communicate each and every one of the respective instances to control the one or more aircraft modules. A method of operating an aircraft system is also disclosed.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING MOBILE PLATFORM
A method for operating a mobile platform includes detecting a malfunction in a first sensor communicating with a sensor controller associated with the mobile platform, and, in response to detecting the malfunction in the first sensor, eliminating the first sensor from a sensor data source for controlling the mobile platform, enabling a second sensor to be in the sensor data source, continuing to receive and evaluate data from the first sensor, and, in response to not detecting an anomaly in the data from the first sensor, restoring the first sensor back into the sensor data source.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR USE IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM
An electronic device for use in an automation system, includes at least two device-internal digital memory cards which redundantly store data. The electronic device further includes a control and/or evaluation unit that is adapted to communicate with the at least two memory cards such that proper operation of the electronic device is ensured in the event of failure of one of the two memory cards.
Robust sequencer systems for ejection assembly
A sequencer system for an ejection assembly may comprise a first A-side controller and a second A-side controller in operable communication with the first A-side controller. A first B-side controller may be in operable communication with the first A-side controller. A second B-side controller may be in operable communication with the first B-side controller and the second A-side controller. The controllers may be configured to each make an initial ejection sequence determination and a verified ejection sequence determination. The controllers may make the verified ejection seat determination based on a two of three voting scheme.
SAFETY SWITCHING DEVICE AND SAFETY-RELATED DEVICE
The invention relates to a safety switching device (10) comprising a control side (40) with at least one single-error tolerance, having a first and second control unit (12, 14), each formed on an actuation side (50) for emitting a switch command (20) to at least two switching elements (52, 54, 56), and comprising a monitoring unit (30, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3) having a first and a second connection element (31, 36), and which monitoring unit (30, 30.1, 30.2, 30.3) is designed to emit the switch command (20) to at least one switching element (52, 54, 56) of a load circuit (23), characterised in that the at least two switching elements (52, 54, 56) are each designed as standard components that are free from a forced guidance of the contacts (62) thereof, and the first connection element (31) is directly connected to the second control unit (14) via a first feedback channel (42) and the second connection element (36) is directly connected to the first control unit (12) via a second feedback channel (44).
Redundantly Configured Automation System and Method for Operating the A Redundantly Configured Automation System
Method for operating a redundantly configured automation system which includes has a first subsystem, a second subsystem and a third subsystem, wherein a sequence program is implemented in each of the subsystems of the automation system and is executable in a runtime environment to fulfill automation tasks, and wherein a data memory is implemented in the subsystems in each of the automation systems, where the sequence program includes at least a first subprogram and a second subprogram, the data memory in each of the subsystems includes at least a first submemory and a second submemory, the first subprogram and the first submemory are synchronized with a first synchronization clock between the first and second subsystems, and the second subprogram and the second submemory are synchronized with a second synchronization clock between the first and third subsystems, and where the first and synchronization clocks differ from one another.