Acoustics-based diagnostics
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1. A method for acoustics-based diagnosis, the method comprising:
- obtaining a sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
processing the sound;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon the one or more acquired fault-signatures;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted;
indicating the result of such determination.
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Abstract
Described herein is a technology for facilitating diagnosis of the operation of devices or machines based, at least in part, upon the acoustics of such.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for acoustics-based diagnosis, the method comprising:
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obtaining a sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
processing the sound;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon the one or more acquired fault-signatures;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted;
indicating the result of such determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
computer peripheral;
printer;
scanner;
fax machine;
electronics.
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6. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for acoustics-based diagnosis, the method comprising:
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obtaining a sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
processing the sound;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon the one or more acquired fault-signatures;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted;
indicating the result of such determination. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
office machinery;
copier;
computer peripheral;
printer;
scanner;
fax machine;
electronics.
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12. A method for acoustics-based diagnosis, the method comprising:
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processing the sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon the one or more fault-signatures associated with the device;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, performs a method for acoustics-based diagnosis, the method comprising:
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processing the sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sound emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon the one or more fault-signatures associated with the device;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An acoustics-based diagnostics architecture comprising:
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a sound-gathering system configured to gather sound produced by the operation of a device;
a sound-analyzer configured to analyze the sound gathered by the sound-gathering system and determine a fault-condition of the device;
a fault-signature database interface configured to interface and acquire one or more fault-signatures associated with the device from a database of such;
wherein the analysis of the gathered sound by the sound-analyzer is based upon the one or more fault-signatures acquired from the database. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for acoustics-based diagnostics, the system comprising:
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a memory comprising a set of computer program instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions, which comprise;
processing the sound emitted by a device, wherein the device emits such sound while the device operates;
acquiring one or more acoustics-based fault-signatures associated with the device, the fault-signatures being stored in a database of such signatures and the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
analyzing the processed sound based upon one or more fault-signatures associated with the device;
based upon such analysis, determining whether the device has a fault condition evidenced by the sound that it emitted. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A printer comprising:
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a microphone;
a memory storing a set of computer program instructions comprising acoustic fault signatures, the fault-signatures representing sounds emitted by the device while the device is in a fault condition;
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions and further configured to receive a printer noise signal generated by the microphone and an acoustic fault signature signal from the memory. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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