DETECTING ANOMALIES IN FIELD FAILURE DATA
First Claim
1. A method of detecting anomalies in the service repairs for equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a failure mode-symptom correlation matrix that correlates failure modes to symptoms, each of the failure modes being identifiable with a respective occurrence in how equipment failure can occur, wherein the correlation of the symptoms to the failure modes are generated in response to a plurality of engineering principles;
collecting diagnostic trouble codes for an actual repair for the equipment, the diagnostic trouble codes relating to a potential malfunction of a component in the equipment as identified by a processor of the equipment;
providing the diagnostic trouble codes to a diagnostic reasoner;
applying diagnostic assessment by the diagnostic reasoner for determining a recommended repair to perform on the equipment in response to the diagnostic trouble codes and the correlations of the failure modes and symptoms in the failure mode-symptom correlation matrix;
comparing the recommended repair with the actual repair used to repair the equipment;
identifying a mismatch in response to the recommended repair not matching the actual repair;
generating reports displaying all of the identified mismatches;
analyzing the reports for determining repair codes having an increase in a number of anomalies; and
alerting service centers of a correct repair for the identified failure mode.
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Abstract
A method of detecting anomalies in the service repairs data of equipment. A failure mode-symptom correlation matrix correlates failure modes to symptoms. Diagnostic trouble codes are collected for an actual repair for the equipment. The diagnostic trouble codes are provided to a diagnostic reasoner for identifying failure modes. Diagnostic assessment is applied by the diagnostic reasoner for determining the recommended repairs to perform on the equipment in response to identifying the failure modes. Each of the recommended repairs is compared with the actual repair used to repair the equipment. A mismatch is identified in response to any recommended repair not matching the actual repair. Reports are generated for displaying all of the identified mismatches. The reports are analyzed for determining repair codes having an increase in a number of anomalies. Service centers are alerted of a correct repair for the identified failure mode.
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1. A method of detecting anomalies in the service repairs for equipment, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a failure mode-symptom correlation matrix that correlates failure modes to symptoms, each of the failure modes being identifiable with a respective occurrence in how equipment failure can occur, wherein the correlation of the symptoms to the failure modes are generated in response to a plurality of engineering principles; collecting diagnostic trouble codes for an actual repair for the equipment, the diagnostic trouble codes relating to a potential malfunction of a component in the equipment as identified by a processor of the equipment; providing the diagnostic trouble codes to a diagnostic reasoner; applying diagnostic assessment by the diagnostic reasoner for determining a recommended repair to perform on the equipment in response to the diagnostic trouble codes and the correlations of the failure modes and symptoms in the failure mode-symptom correlation matrix; comparing the recommended repair with the actual repair used to repair the equipment; identifying a mismatch in response to the recommended repair not matching the actual repair; generating reports displaying all of the identified mismatches; analyzing the reports for determining repair codes having an increase in a number of anomalies; and alerting service centers of a correct repair for the identified failure mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21)
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17. A field failure detection system comprising:
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a failure mode-symptom correlation matrix that correlates failure modes to symptoms, each of the failure modes being identifiable with a respective occurrence in how equipment failure can occur, and the correlation of the symptoms to the failure modes being generated in response to a plurality of engineering principles; a memory for storing diagnostic trouble codes of repaired equipment, the diagnostic trouble codes relating to a potential malfunction of a component in the equipment as identified by a processor of the equipment, the memory further storing repair codes representing a repair made to the repaired equipment by a service provider; and a processing unit for correlating the diagnostic trouble codes with the failure mode-symptom correlation matrix for determining a recommended repair to perform on the equipment in response to the diagnostic trouble codes and the correlations of the failure modes and symptoms in the failure mode-symptom correlation matrix; wherein the recommended repair is compared with the actual repair used to repair the equipment, wherein a mismatch is identified in response to the recommended repair not matching the actual repair, and wherein reports are generated identifying the identified mismatches for determining which repair codes have an increase in the number of anomalies. - View Dependent Claims (19, 22)
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