Method and system for verifying virtual sensors
First Claim
1. A method for a virtual sensor system, comprising:
- starting at least one established virtual sensor process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of input parameters and a plurality of output parameters;
retrieving calibration data associated with the virtual sensor process model;
obtaining a set of values of the plurality of input parameters;
calculating corresponding values of the plurality of output parameters simultaneously based upon the set of values of the plurality of input parameters and the virtual sensor process model; and
determining whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified for the virtual sensor process model to generate the values of the plurality of output parameters with desired accuracy based on the calibration data.
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Abstract
A method is provided for a virtual sensor system. The method may include starting at least one established virtual sensor process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of input parameters and a plurality of output parameters and retrieving calibration data associated with the virtual sensor process model. The method may also include obtaining a set of values of the plurality of input parameters and calculating corresponding values of the plurality of output parameters simultaneously based upon the set of values of the plurality of input parameters and the virtual sensor process model. Further, the method may include determining whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified for the virtual sensor process model to generate the values of the plurality of output parameters with desired accuracy based on the calibration data.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for a virtual sensor system, comprising:
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starting at least one established virtual sensor process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of input parameters and a plurality of output parameters; retrieving calibration data associated with the virtual sensor process model; obtaining a set of values of the plurality of input parameters; calculating corresponding values of the plurality of output parameters simultaneously based upon the set of values of the plurality of input parameters and the virtual sensor process model; and determining whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified for the virtual sensor process model to generate the values of the plurality of output parameters with desired accuracy based on the calibration data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one established virtual sensor process model includes a network of virtual sensor process models with interrelated relationships.
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15-1. A system for a virtual sensor process model, comprising:
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a database configured to store information relevant to the virtual sensor process model and calibration data associated with the virtual sensor process model; and a processor configured to; start the virtual sensor process model indicative of interrelationships between a plurality of input parameters and a plurality of output parameters; retrieve calibration data associated with the virtual sensor process model; obtain a set of values of the plurality of input parameters; calculate corresponding values of the plurality of output parameters simultaneously based upon the set of values of the plurality of input parameters and the virtual sensor process model; and determine whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified for the virtual sensor process model to generate the values of the plurality of output parameters with desired accuracy based on the calibration data.
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17. The system according to claim 16, wherein, to determine whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified, the processor is further configured to:
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obtain respective ranges of the plurality of input parameters based on the calibration data; determine whether the value of at least one of the input parameters is within the obtained range of the at least one of the input parameters; and determine that the set of values of input parameters are not qualified if the value of the at least one of the input parameters is not within the obtained range.
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18. The system according to claim 16, wherein, to determine whether the set of values of input parameters are qualified, the processor is further configured to:
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calculate a confidence index of the set of values of the plurality of input parameters based on the calibration data; compare the confidence index with a predetermined threshold; and determine that the set of values of the input parameters are not qualified if the confidence index is beyond the predetermined threshold. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. The system according to claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:
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notify an undesired operational condition to a control system, if it is determined that the set of values of input parameters are not qualified; discard the values of output parameters; calculate at least one indication parameter corresponding to a degree to which the set of values of input parameters are not qualified based on the values of output parameters; and indicate that the virtual sensor process model 304 is unqualified when provided with the set of values of input parameters and the output parameters based on the indication parameter.
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22. A computer-readable medium for use on a computer system configured to establish at least one virtual sensor process model, the computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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obtaining data records associated with one or more input variables and a plurality of output parameters; selecting the plurality of input parameters from the one or more input variables; generating a computational model indicative of the interrelationships between the plurality of input parameters and the plurality of output parameters; determining desired statistical distributions of the plurality of input parameters of the computational model; defining a desired input space based on the desired statistical distributions; and storing data used and created during the establishment of the process model as the calibration data associated with the process model. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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