A fuel quantity indicator system, FQIS, for an aircraft or other vehicle includes memory/data storage and a fuel quantity processing unit, FQPU (110). A neural network (124) trained via machine learning and running on the FQPU (110) receives fuel quantity, FQ, inputs from fuel tank sensors, e.g., tank density, fuel volume, water presence within the tank, at or near a given measurement time. The neural network (124) additionally receives fuel flow, FF, inputs from flow sensors at the measurement time, indicating fuel flow to engines and auxiliary power units, APU (106), of the vehicle. Based on the FQ inputs and the FF inputs, the neural network (124) calculates an estimated fuel quantity, EFQ, remaining, e.g., across all fuel tanks at or near a particular measurement time.
ENHANCED VEHICLE FUEL QUANTITY INDICATION SYSTEM
VERBESSERTES SYSTEM ZUR ANZEIGE DER KRAFTSTOFFMENGE EINES FAHRZEUGS
SYSTÈME AMÉLIORÉ D'INDICATION DE LA QUANTITÉ DE CARBURANT D'UN VÉHICULE
2024-10-30
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G01F Messen des Volumens, des Durchflussvolumens, des Massendurchflusses oder des Füllstandes , MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / G01K MEASURING TEMPERATURE , Messen der Temperatur / G01N Untersuchen oder Analysieren von Stoffen durch Bestimmen ihrer chemischen oder physikalischen Eigenschaften , INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES / G06N COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS , Rechnersysteme, basierend auf spezifischen Rechenmodellen |