Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Predictive aircraft maintenance systems and methods incorporating classifier ensembles
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Application No.: US14966372Application Date: 2015-12-11
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Publication No.: US10239640B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: James M. Ethington , Liessman E. Sturlaugson , James Schimert , Timothy J. Wilmering
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Dascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: B64F5/60
- IPC: B64F5/60 ; G07C5/08 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q10/00

Abstract:
Predictive aircraft maintenance systems and methods are disclosed. Predictive maintenance methods may include extracting feature data from flight data collected during a flight of the aircraft, applying an ensemble of related classifiers to produce a classifier indicator for each classifier of the ensemble of classifiers, aggregating the classifier indicators to produce an aggregate indicator indicating an aggregate category of a selected component for a threshold number of future flights, and determining the performance status of the selected component based on the aggregate indicator. The classifiers are each configured to indicate a category of the selected component within a given number of flights. The given number of flights for each classifier is different. The threshold number of future flights is greater than or equal to the maximum of the given numbers of the classifiers. Predictive maintenance systems may include modules configured to extract feature data, classify feature data, and aggregate classifications.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170166328A1 PREDICTIVE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCORPORATING CLASSIFIER ENSEMBLES Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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