OPERATION SOUND COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20110202312A1
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Idemori, Kimito, SUMI, Katsuhiro, Kobayashi, Hiroyuki, Shirota, Takahiro, Nishimura, Nobutaka, Tanimoto, Tomohiko
• Application Number:
  US13/014,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202312A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/182
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 25/006 Monitoring for maintenance or repair for security reasons B66B29/005
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/37337 Noise, acoustic emission, sound
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0229 knowledge based, e.g. expert systems; genetic algorithms

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a system includes a first operation sound collector, a second operation sound collector, a database, a receiver, and controller. The first operation sound collector is provided in a movable part of equipment, and transmits first data including inclination angle data and first operation sound data. The second operation sound collector is provided in a fixed part of the equipment, and transmits second data including second operation sound data being collected simultaneously with the first operation sound data. The database stores operation sound data in normal operation. The receiver simultaneously receives the first data and the second data. The controller determines whether an operation sound is abnormal based on the first data, the second data, and the operation sound data of the database.

Claims

1. An operation sound collection system collecting operation sounds of equipment, comprising:

a first operation sound collector which is provided in a movable part of the equipment, provided with a first inclination sensor, collects first operation sound data of the movable part, and transmits first data which associates the first operation sound data with first inclination angle data of the movable part or delimiter data indicating a specific position determined based on the first inclination angle data;

a second operation sound collector which is provided in a fixed part of the equipment, collects second operation sound data of the fixed part simultaneously with collection by the first operation sound collector, and transmits second data including the second operation sound data;

a database which stores operation sound data in normal operation;

a receiver which simultaneously receives the first data transmitted from the first operation sound collector and the second data transmitted from the second operation sound collector; and

a controller which determines a first position at which the first operation sound data is collected, based on the first inclination angle data or delimiter data received by the receiver, compares the first operation sound data corresponding to the first position, and the second operation sound data corresponding to a second position indicating the fixed part in which the second operation sound data is collected, with the operation sound data in normal operation stored in the database, and determines whether an operation sound is abnormal.

2. The operation sound collection system according to claim 1, wherein the second operation sound collector is further provided with a second inclination sensor, collects second inclination angle data of the fixed part simultaneously with the collection of operation sound by the first operation sound collector, and transmits the second data further including the second inclination angle data, and

the controller determines the first and second positions, based on the first inclination angle data or delimiter data, and the second inclination angle data, compares the first operation sound data corresponding to the first position with first normal sound data of the normal operation sound data corresponding to the first position, compares the second operation sound data corresponding to the second position with second normal sound operation data of the normal operation sound data corresponding to the second position, and determines whether the operation sound is abnormal.

3. The operation sound collection system according to claim 1, wherein the movable part cyclically moves.

4. The operation sound collection system according to claim 1, wherein the delimiter data indicates at least one of positions determined to be a position at which the movable part is reversed, based on the first inclination angle data, and

the operation sound collection system counts the number of cycles of the movable part, based on the delimiter data.

5. The operation sound collection system according to claim 1, wherein the first operation sound collector sends the first data, in which the delimiter data is superimposed on the first operation sound data, to the receiver by radio.

6. The operation sound collection system according to claim 1, wherein the first data is stereo data, and

the first operation sound collector sends the first inclination data or delimiter data by using a first channel, and sends the first operation sound data by using a second channel.

7. An operation sound collection method executed by an operation sound collection system collecting operation sounds from equipment,

the operation sound collection system comprising:

a first operation sound collector which is provided in a movable part of the equipment, provided with a first inclination sensor, collects first operation sound data of the movable part, and transmits first data which associates the first operation sound data with first inclination angle data of the movable part or delimiter data indicating a specific position determined based on the first inclination angle data;

a second operation sound collector which is provided in a fixed part of the equipment, collects second operation sound data of the fixed part, and transmits second data including the second operation sound data;

a database which stores operation sound data in normal operation;

a receiver which receives the first data transmitted from the first operation sound collector and the second data transmitted from the second operation sound collector; and

a controller which determines whether an operation sound is abnormal, based on the first and second data received by the receiver, and

the operation sound collection method comprising;

collecting the second data by the second operation sound collector simultaneously with collection of the first data by the first operation sound collector,

sending the first and second data simultaneously by the first and operation sound collectors;

receiving the first and second data simultaneously by the receiver;

determining a first position at which the first operation sound data is collected by the controller, based on the first inclination angle data or delimiter data received by the receiver; and

comparing the first operation sound data corresponding to the first position, and the second operation sound data corresponding to a second position indicating the fixed part in which the second operation sound data is collected, with the operation sound data in normal operation stored in the database, and determining whether the operation sound is abnormal, by the controller.

8. The operation sound collection method according to claim 7, wherein the second operation sound collector is further provided with a second inclination sensor, collects second inclination angle data of the fixed part, and transmits the second data further including the second inclination angle data,

the collecting collects the second inclination angle data simultaneously with the collection by the first operation sound collector,

the determining determines the first and second positions based on the first inclination angle data or delimiter data, and the second inclination angle data, and

the determining whether the operation sound is abnormal compares the first operation sound data corresponding to the first position with first normal sound data of the normal operation sound data corresponding to the first position, and compares the second operation sound data corresponding to the second position with second normal sound operation data of the normal operation sound data corresponding to the second position.

9. The operation sound collection method according to claim 7, wherein the movable part cyclically moves.