GRAPHIC SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140372809A1
• Filed: 06/12/2013
• Published: 12/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: DU, Haitao, MA, Shunyao
• Application Number:
  US13/916,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20140372809A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/46
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0267 Fault communication, e.g. human machine interface [HMI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

A graphic self-diagnostic system comprises an input device for inputting a self-diagnostic request and rendering a request of a user; a graphic self-diagnostic device, comprising a failure database module, a failure scan module and a rendering module, for diagnosing one or more parts of the equipment being diagnosed and for generating the graphic diagnostic result; and an output device for outputting the graphic diagnostic result.

Claims

1. A graphic self-diagnostic system, comprising:

an input device configured to at least input at least one of a self-diagnostic request and a rendering request of a user;

a graphic self-diagnostic device configured to at least (i) diagnose one or more parts of a piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed, and (ii) produce a diagnostic result; and

an output device configured to at least output the diagnostic result as a graphic diagnostic result,

wherein the graphic self-diagnostic device comprises;

a failure database module configured to at least (i) store a whole picture of the piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed, at least one installation location diagram and at least one real photo of the one or more parts in advance, and (ii) store information regarding at least one point of failure;

a failure scan module configured to at least scan each of the one or more parts periodically or in response to the self-diagnostic request of the user to at least (i) identify any failed part and store a point of failure for a failed part in the failure database module, and (ii) identify any cleared part whose failure has been cleared and delete a point of failure stored for a cleared part from the failure database module; and

a rendering module configured, in response to the self-diagnostic request of the user, to at least (i) invoke the whole picture from the failure database module and mark the failed part in the whole picture based on the stored point of failure for the failed part, and (ii) invoke at least one of an installation location diagram of the failed part and a real photo of the failed part from the failure database module and provide at least one of the installation location diagram of the failed part and the real photo of the failed part as the graphic diagnostic result to the output device.

2. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein, when the installation location diagram of the failed part or the real photo of the failed part contains more than one of the one or more parts at the same time, the rendering module is further configured to add a marker to the failed part and provide the installation location diagram or the real photo with the marker to the output device.

3. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 2, wherein the rendering module is further configured to generate a visible circle, based on coordinates of the failed part in the whole picture, the installation location diagram or the real photo, at the coordinates, in order to mark the failed part.

4. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the installation location diagram is a CAD diagram representing at least one of installation locations and sizes of the one or more parts.

5. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the one or more parts are circuit components, and one of the installation location diagrams is a circuit wiring diagram that represents installation locations of the circuit components.

6. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the real photo comprises at least one part number of the one or more parts.

7. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the input device and the output device are implemented by a touch screen.

8. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the input device is at least one of a keyboard and a mouse, and the output device is at least one of a display and a printer.

9. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the failure scan module identifies the failed part by using one or more of:

a detecting circuit provided in one of the one or more parts;

a detecting circuit additionally designed for one of the one or more parts; and

an application layer software.

10. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the graphic self-diagnostic system is configured to maintain a radiographic system, machine or device, a CT system, machine or device, a magnetic resonance system, machine or device, a household appliance or a personal computer.

11. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the graphic self-diagnostic device is further configured to communicate with an upper layer machine and to upload the graphic diagnostic result to the upper layer machine.

12. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the output device is further configured to output the diagnostic result in a form of a text message.

13. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 1, wherein the output device is further configured to output instructions to guide the user to debug or test at least one of the one or more parts manually.

14. The graphic self-diagnostic system according to claim 7, wherein the self-diagnostic request of the user is sent by clicking a Diagnostic tag in the touch screen, and the rendering request of the user is sent by clicking a button representing the failed part, a Forward button, or a Backward button displayed in the touch screen.

15. A graphic self-diagnostic method, comprising:

storing a whole picture of a piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed, at least one installation location diagram and at least one real photo of one or more parts of the piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed in advance;

scanning each part of the one or more parts periodically;

in response to a self-diagnostic request of a user, at least one of (i) identifying any failed part and storing a point of failure for a failed part, and (ii) identifying any cleared part whose failure has been cleared and deleting the point of failure stored for a cleared part;

in response to the self-diagnostic request of the user, outputting the whole picture and marking the failed part in the whole picture based on the stored point of failure for the failed part; and

in response to a rendering request of the user, outputting at least one of an installation location diagram of the failed part and a real photo of the failed part.

16. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, wherein, when the installation location diagram of the failed part or the real photo of the failed part contains more than one of the one or more parts at the same time, the method further comprises:

adding a marker to the failed part; and

outputting the installation location diagram or the real photo with the marker.

17. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 16, further comprising generating a visible circle, based on coordinates of the failed part in the whole picture, the installation location diagram of the failed part, or the real photo of the failed part, at the coordinates, to mark the failed part.

18. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, wherein the installation location diagram is a CAD diagram representing at least one of installation locations and sizes of the one or more parts.

19. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, wherein the one or more parts are circuit components, and one of the installation location diagrams is a circuit wiring diagram that represents installation locations of the circuit components.

20. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, wherein the real photo comprises at least one part number of the one or more parts.

21. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, further comprising using a touch screen to receive the self-diagnostic request or the rendering request of the user, and to output the whole picture, the installation location diagram of the failed part, or the real photo of the failed part.

22. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, further comprising:

using at least one of a keyboard and a mouse to receive the self-diagnostic request or the rendering request of the user; and

using at least one of a display and a printer to output the whole picture, the installation location diagram of the failed part, or the real photo of the failed part.

23. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, wherein the failed part is identified by using one or more of:

a detecting circuit provided in one of the one or more parts;

a detecting circuit additionally designed for one of the one or more parts; and

using an application layer software.

25. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, further comprising uploading a graphic diagnostic result to an upper layer machine by communicating with the upper layer machine.

26. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, further comprising outputting a diagnostic result in a form of a text message.

27. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 15, further comprising outputting instructions for guiding the user to debug or test at least one of the one or more parts manually.

28. The graphic self-diagnostic method according to claim 21, wherein the self-diagnostic request of the user is sent by clicking a Diagnostic tag in the touch screen, and the rendering request of the user is sent by clicking a button representing the failed part, a Forward button, or a Backward button displayed in the touch screen.

24. (canceled)

29. A radiographic machine, comprising:

an input device configured to at least input at least one of a self-diagnostic request and a rendering request of a user;

a graphic self-diagnostic device configured to at least (i) diagnose one or more parts of a piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed, and (ii) produce a diagnostic result; and

an output device configured to at least output the diagnostic result as a graphic diagnostic result,

wherein the graphic self-diagnostic device comprises;

a failure database module configured to at least (i) store a whole picture of the piece of equipment, system, machine or device being diagnosed, at least one installation location diagram and at least one real photo of the one or more parts in advance, and (ii) store information regarding at least one point of failure;

a failure scan module configured to at least scan each of the one or more parts periodically or in response to the self-diagnostic request of the user to at least (i) identify any failed part and store a point of failure for a failed part in the failure database module, and (ii) identify any cleared part whose failure has been cleared and delete a point of failure stored for a cleared part from the failure database module; and

a rendering module configured in response to the self-diagnostic request of the user, to at least (i) invoke the whole picture from the failure database module and mark the failed part in the whole picture based on the stored point of failure for the failed part, and (ii) invoke at least one of an installation location diagram of the failed part and a real photo of the failed part from the failure database module and provide at least one of the installation location diagram of the failed part and the real photo of the failed part as the graphic diagnostic result to the output device.