| US 7,489,992 B2 | ||
| Method and system for remotely communicating and interfacing with aircraft condition monitoring systems | ||
| Patrick Valette, Verriere-le-Buisson (France); and Stephane Larose, Le Plessis Robinson (France) | ||
| Assigned to SAGEM Avionics, Inc., Grand Prairie, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 12, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/821,845. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0228558 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 701—33 [701/29; 340/945; 340/971; 340/973] | 25 Claims |
| 1. A computer-implemented method for remotely communicating and interfacing with an aircraft condition monitoring system (ACMS)
on an aircraft, comprising:
providing a storage card with a process that has processing power and wireless transmission functionality, the storage card
including a wireless interface;
plugging the storage card into the ACMS using a card interface, wherein the ACMS collects flight performance data and generates
an ACMS report after one or more exclusive conditions are fulfilled, wherein the one or more exclusive conditions are selected
from a group consisting of opening of cargo doors of the aircraft, a ground speed of the aircraft reaching zero, an engine
fuel flow reaching zero, and closing of fuel valves of the aircraft;
using the processor embedded in the storage card to detect whether the ACMS report is generated;
after the one or more exclusive conditions are fulfilled and the ACMS report is generated, connecting the wireless interface
to a ground-based network based on network attributes stored in a database on the storage card; and
automatically and wirelessly transmitting the flight performance data to a ground station through a wireless network.
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