Submitting Campus

Worldwide

Department

School of Engineering

Document Type

Patent

Publication/Presentation Date

2-22-2022

Abstract/Description

Aspects provide for in - situ monitoring of a structure, such as a portion of an in - operation vehicle, by a patch and controller by transmitting, at a first time, a first signal from a first a transceiver of a plurality of transceivers in contact with the structure; receiving the first signal carried in the structure at a second transceiver of the plurality of transceivers at a known distance from the first transceiver; determining a baseline signal characteristic of the first signal as received at the second transceiver; transmitting, at a second time, a second signal from the first transceiver; receiving the second signal carried in the structure at the second transceiver; determining a diagnostic signal characteristic of the second signal as received at the second transceiver; and in response a to determining that a difference between the baseline signal characteristic and the diagnostic signal characteristic exceeds a threshold, generating an alert .

Patent Number

US 11,255,820 B2

Assignee

The Boeing Company

Application Number

16/249,361

Date Filed

1-16-2019

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