SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AGREEMENT FOR INDIVIDUAL CHANNELS AMONG REDUNDANT SENSOR SIGNALS

摘要

Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting agreement among redundant sensor signals. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for detecting and indicating agreement confidence for redundant sensor channels and a sensor model. The method can include determining a first condition indicating whether a sensor channel pair- wise agreement exists with any other redundant sensor channels; determining a second condition indicating whether one or less sensor channels are available; determining a third condition indicating whether the total spread across all available sensor channels differ greater than an agreement threshold; determining a fourth condition indicating whether an available outlier sensor channel or channels exist relative to a valid sensor model; determining a fifth condition indicating whether the forth condition is true, and the channel being examined is among the outlier channels; and outputting an indication of agreement confidence based at least in part on one or more of the first condition, the second condition, the third condition, the fourth condition, or the fifth condition.