System and method for statistically separating and characterizing noise which is added to a signal of a machine or a system
First Claim
1. Method for finding the probability density function type and the variance properties of the noise component N of a raw signal S of a machine or a system, said raw signal S being combined of a pure signal component P and said noise component N, the method comprising:
- a. defining a window within said raw signal;
b. recording the raw signal S;
c. numerically differentiating the raw signal S within the range of said window at least a number of times m to obtain an m order differentiated signal;
d. finding a histogram that best fits the m order differentiated signal;
e. finding a probability density function type that fits the distribution of the histogram;
f. determining the variance of the histogram, said histogram variance being essentially the m order variance σ
2(m) of the noise component N; and
g. knowing the histogram distribution type, and the m order variance σ
2(m) of the histogram, transforming the m order variance σ
2(m) to the zero order variance σ
2(0), said σ
2(0) being the variance of the pdf of the noise component N, and wherein the histogram type as found in step (e) being the probability density function type of the noise component N.
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Abstract
Method for finding the probability density function type and the variance properties of the noise component N of a raw signal S of a machine or a system, said raw signal S being combined of a pure signal component P and said noise component N, the method comprising: (a) defining a window within said raw signal; (b) recording the raw signal S; (c) numerically differentiating the raw signal S within the range of said window at least a number of times m to obtain an m order differentiated signal; (d) finding a histogram that best fits the m order differentiated signal; (e) finding a probability. density finction type that fits the distribution of the histogram; (f) determining the variance of the histogram, said histogram variance being essentially the m order variance σ2(m) of the noise component N; and (g) knowing the histogram distribution type, and the m order variance σ2(m) of the histogram, transforming the m order variance σ2m) to the zero order variance σ20), said σ20) being the variance of the pdf of the noise component N, and wherein the histogram type as found in step (e) being the probability density function type of the noise component N.
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1. Method for finding the probability density function type and the variance properties of the noise component N of a raw signal S of a machine or a system, said raw signal S being combined of a pure signal component P and said noise component N, the method comprising:
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a. defining a window within said raw signal;
b. recording the raw signal S;
c. numerically differentiating the raw signal S within the range of said window at least a number of times m to obtain an m order differentiated signal;
d. finding a histogram that best fits the m order differentiated signal;
e. finding a probability density function type that fits the distribution of the histogram;
f. determining the variance of the histogram, said histogram variance being essentially the m order variance σ
2(m) of the noise component N; and
g. knowing the histogram distribution type, and the m order variance σ
2(m) of the histogram, transforming the m order variance σ
2(m) to the zero order variance σ
2(0), said σ
2(0) being the variance of the pdf of the noise component N, and wherein the histogram type as found in step (e) being the probability density function type of the noise component N. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. Apparatus for determining the probability density function type and the variance properties of the noise component N of a raw signal S of a machine or a system, said raw signal S being combined of a pure signal component P and said noise component N, the system comprising:
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a. differentiating module, for receiving and numerically differentiating the raw signal S within the range of a predefined window at least a number of times m to obtain an m order differentiated signal;
b. a module for finding a histogram that best fits the m order differentiated signal;
c. a list containing at least one type of predefined probability density function;
d. a module for finding one probability density function type from said list that best fits the distribution of the histogram;
e. a module for determining the variance of the histogram, said histogram variance being essentially the m order variance a(m) of the noise component N; and
f. a module for, given the histogram distribution type and the m order variance σ
2(m) of the histogram, transforming the m order variance σ
2(m) to the zero order variance σ
2(0), said σ
2(0) being the variance of the pdf of the noise component N, wherein the histogram type as found in step (d) being the probability density function type of the noise component N. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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