Operating behavior classification interface

• US 10,037,128 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2014
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Falkonry Inc.
• Original Assignee: Falkonry Inc.
• Inventors: Mehta, Nikunj R., Bose, Prasanta
• Primary Examiner(s): REPSHER III, JOHN T
• Application Number:
  US14/172,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20150222495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• Field of Search: 715736
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0272 Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range

Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating, causing display of, sending, or otherwise providing one or more interfaces for monitoring machines, classifying operating behavior of the machines, and/or predicting operational behavior of the machines. The interfaces may include a graphical user interface that that shows graphical elements changing in appearance over time according to a sequence of stored values that represent measurements. An interface manager may receive, via the graphical user interface, input comprising a label, and, based at least in part on the input, store the label in association with the displayed sequence or in association with a set or cluster of sequences that includes the displayed sequence.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

using a computing device, receiving a set of one or more sequences of values that describe operating behavior of one or more machines that were observed over one or more windows of time,

classifying the set of one or more sequences of values into one or more clusters,

wherein at least one sequence of values of the set of one or more sequences of values change as the one or more machines operate over time,

wherein the at least one sequence of values is classified in the one cluster;

using the computing device, causing display, on a display device, of one or more graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values,

at least one of the one or more graphical elements representing a characteristic of a part of the one or more machines,

the at least one of the one or more graphical elements changing in appearance at least in a color or a size;

detecting an upcoming occurrence of an event based on the at least one sequence of values;

in response to detecting the upcoming occurrence of the event and prior to the event, causing display of the at least one of the one or more graphical elements to change in appearance at least in the color or the size in a slower speed or a faster speed;

after display corresponding to the event, causing display of a prompt for feedback;

using the computing device, receiving, via the prompt for feedback, input comprising a label for the at least one sequence of values, and, based at least in part on the input, storing the label in association with the at least one sequence;

analyzing input received for the at least one sequence of values and other sequences of the set of one or more sequences of values that are classified in the one cluster;

based at least in part on the analyzing, assigning the label to the one cluster;

causing display of the label in association with displaying further changes in the appearance of the one or more graphical elements according to any sequence that is classified in the one cluster.

2. The method of claim 1, comprising causing display of graphical representations, wherein each graphical representation of the graphical representations represents a particular machine in a system, and wherein the graphical representations are displayed concurrently with the one or more graphical elements.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing in appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing a color of the one or more graphical elements.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing in appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing a size of the one or more graphical elements.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein causing display of the one or more graphical elements comprises playing a time series of measurements and

the method further comprises pausing display of the time series of measurements before a detected event, and resuming causing display of the time series of measurements by causing display of one or more changes to the one or more graphical elements that correspond to the detected event.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising speeding up display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and slowing down display of the one or more graphical elements during the detected event.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising

receiving, from at least two different sources, conflicting label inputs for the set of one or more sequences of values;

based at least in part on the conflicting label inputs, assigning the label to the set of one or more sequences of values with a corresponding degree of likelihood.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising causing changing the display of the one or more graphical elements in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values including showing traversal of a negative status from a first machine to one or more other machines that are physically connected to the first machine.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting an upcoming occurrence of a second event;

causing display of a specific label associated with the second event before the occurrence of the second event.

19. The method of claim 1,

the one or more graphical elements including a colored box, a shape, a line, a line thicknesses, a glyph, a sound, an icon, or a point along an axis of a graph.

9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions which, when executed, cause performance of:

using a computing device, receiving a set of one or more sequences of values that describe operating behavior of one or more machines that were observed over one or more windows of time,

classifying the set of one or more sequences of values into one or more clusters,

wherein at least one sequence of values of the set of one or more sequences of values change as the one or more machines operate over time;

wherein the at least one sequence of values is classified in the one cluster;

using the computing device, causing display, on a display device, of one or more graphical elements that change in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values,

at least one of the one or more graphical elements representing a characteristic of a part of the one or more machines,

the at least one of the one or more graphical elements changing in appearance at least in a color or a size;

detecting an upcoming occurrence of an event based on the at least one sequence of values;

in response to detecting the upcoming occurrence of the event and prior to the event, causing display of the at least one of the one or more graphical elements to change in appearance at least in the color or the size in a slower speed or a faster speed;

after display corresponding to the event, causing display of a prompt for feedback;

using the computing device, receiving, via the prompt for feedback, input comprising a label for the at least one sequence of values, and, based at least in part on the input, storing the label in association with the at least one sequence;

analyzing the input received for the at least one sequence of values and other sequences of the set of one or more sequences of values that are classified in the one cluster;

based at least in part on the analyzing, assigning the label to the one cluster;

displaying the label in association with displaying further changes in the appearance of the one or more graphical elements according to any sequence that is classified in the one cluster.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing display of graphical representations, wherein each graphical representation of the graphical representations represents a particular machine in a system, and wherein the graphical representations are displayed concurrently with the one or more graphical elements.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing changing in appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing a color of the one or more graphical elements.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

causing changing in appearance of the one or more graphical elements over time at least in part by changing a size of the one or more graphical elements.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, wherein causing display of the one or more graphical elements comprises playing a time series of measurements and the instructions which when executed cause further performance of:

pausing display of the time series of measurements before a detected event, and resuming causing display of the time series of measurements by causing display of one or more changes to the one or more graphical elements that correspond to the detected event.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

speeding up display of the one or more graphical elements before a detected event, and slowing down display of the one or more graphical elements during the detected event.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

receiving, from at least two different sources, conflicting label inputs for the set of one or more sequences of values;

based at least in part on the conflicting label inputs, assigning the label to the set of one or more sequences of values with a corresponding degree of likelihood.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, comprising instructions which when executed cause performing:

changing the display of the one or more graphical elements in appearance over time according to the at least one sequence of values including showing traversal of a negative status from a first machine to one or more other machines that are physically connected to the first machine.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9, further comprising:

detecting an upcoming occurrence of a second event;

causing display of a specific label associated with the second event before the occurrence of the second event.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 9,

the one or more graphical elements including a colored box, a shape, a line, a line thicknesses, a glyph, a sound, an icon, or a point along an axis of a graph.