DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSOR CORE ARRAY AND METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING BEHAVIOR OF EQUIPMENT UNDER OBSERVATION
First Claim
1. A data processing device for characterizing behavior properties of equipment under observation, the data processing device comprising a plurality of processing units that are adapted to process input values to output values according to numerical transfer functions, wherein the numerical transfer functions implement an input-to-output mapping specified by a configuration that is obtained by pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment, wherein the configuration is related to the behavior properties of the equipment so that some of the output values represent the behavior properties of the equipment under observation.
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Abstract
A data processing device (100) characterizes behavior properties of equipment under observation (105). The device (100) has a plurality of processing units that are adapted to process input values (a) to output values (e) according to numerical transfer functions. The functions implement an input-to-output mapping specified by a configuration (C) that is obtained by pre-processing historic data (114) from a plurality of master equipment (104). The configuration is related to the behavior properties of the equipment (105) so that some of the output values (e) represent the behavior properties of the equipment (105) under observation.
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20 Claims
- 1. A data processing device for characterizing behavior properties of equipment under observation, the data processing device comprising a plurality of processing units that are adapted to process input values to output values according to numerical transfer functions, wherein the numerical transfer functions implement an input-to-output mapping specified by a configuration that is obtained by pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment, wherein the configuration is related to the behavior properties of the equipment so that some of the output values represent the behavior properties of the equipment under observation.
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9. Computer-implemented method for enabling a data processing device to characterize behavior properties of equipment, the computer-implemented method comprising:
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collecting historic data related to a fleet of equipment, wherein at least one member of the fleet of equipment has a particular behavior property; pre-processing the historic data to obtain a processing configuration that is related to the behavioral property of the fleet of equipment; loading the configuration into processing units of the data processing device, the processing units having pre-defined mapping functions adapted to process data related to the particular equipment to a behavior descriptor for that particular equipment that shares behavioral properties with the fleet of equipment, wherein the mapping functions are specialized by the configuration.
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11. A processor core array for characterizing behavior properties of equipment under observation, the processor core array comprising a plurality of processor cores that implement an operation module to select processor cores of the plurality of microprocessor cores, wherein the selected processor cores are adapted to process input values to output values according to numerical transfer functions with an input-to-output mapping specified by a configuration;
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wherein the configuration is obtained by pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment in relation to the behavior properties of the equipment under observation, and wherein the operation module is adapted to select the microprocessor cores from the plurality of microprocessors according to the availability of the cores and according to presence of equipment data values from the equipment under observation. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for operating a processor core array to characterize behavior properties of equipment under observation, the method comprising:
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allocating resources by selecting processor cores of the processor core array, according to an availability of the cores and according to the presence of equipment data values from the equipment under observation; receiving functions and providing functions to the selected processor cores; loading a configuration that specifies an input-to-output mapping of the functions and that is obtained by pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment, with the configuration being related to the behavior properties of the equipment under observation so that some of the output values represent the behavior properties of the equipment under observation. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer-implemented method for characterizing behavior properties of equipment under observation, comprising:
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pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment in that at least one element shows a particular behavior property, to derive a configuration that specifies an input-to-output mapping of a pre-determined numerical function set, wherein the numerical function set if specified by the configuration has an output indicative of the particular behavior property; providing instructions to a computer that enable the computer to calculate the output according to the numerical function set, the numerical function set with placeholders for the input-to-output mapping; loading the configuration with the input-to-output mapping to the computer to specify the function; processing equipment data values measured at an equipment under observation according to the pre-determined numerical function specified by the configuration to provide an output indicative of the particular behavior property of the equipment under observation.
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20. A computer program product that—
- when loaded into a memory of a computer and being executed by at least one processor of the computer—
performs the steps of the computer-implemented method for characterizing behavior properties of equipment under observation, the computer program product comprising;a first program module for pre-processing historic data from a plurality of master equipment in that at least one element shows a particular behavior property, to derive a configuration that specifies an input-to-output mapping of a pre-determined numerical function set, wherein the numerical function set if specified by the configuration has an output indicative of the particular behavior property; a second program module for providing instructions to a computer that enable the computer to calculate the output according to the numerical function set, the numerical function set with placeholders for the input-to-output mapping; a third program module for loading the configuration with the input-to-output mapping to the computer to specify the function; and a fourth program module for processing equipment data values measured at an equipment under observation according to the pre-determined numerical function specified by the configuration to provide an output indicative of the particular behavior property of the equipment under observation.
- when loaded into a memory of a computer and being executed by at least one processor of the computer—
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