Model-based intelligent diagnostic agent
First Claim
1. A method of utilizing model based intelligent agents for diagnosing and isolating malfunctions in a computer-controlled machinery comprising the steps of:
- disposing a plurality of intelligent agents in the computer controlled machinery, wherein the plurality of agents are disposed in a plurality of hierarchical levels and each intelligent agent has diagnostic capability relative to the hierarchical level the intelligent agent is disposed in, and the plurality of intelligent agents are in data communication with a plurality of computer controllers disposed within the machinery and with each other;
collecting data from the plurality of computer controllers disposed within the computer controlled machinery via at least one intelligent agent disposed in a first hierarchical level, wherein the collected data is analyzed to obtain a first level of diagnostic information and the first level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a second hierarchical level;
employing at least one intelligent agent disposed in the second hierarchical level to perform a second level of diagnostic tasks on the first level of diagnostic information to obtain a second level of diagnostic information, and the second level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a third hierarchical level;
employing the at least one intelligent agent disposed in the third hierarchical level to perform a third level of diagnostic tasks using the second level of diagnostic information, wherein the third level of diagnostic tasks includes analyzing the second level of diagnostic information relative to reference information obtained from a remotely located knowledge database, to accomplish fault isolation within the computer controlled machinery.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a multi-level model-based intelligent agent diagnosis system and method for computer-controlled machinery operative to reduce the complexity typically associated with conventional model based diagnostic systems. The system utilizes a plurality of intelligent agents arranged in a plurality of physically hierarchical layers such that the tasks associated with accomplishing model based diagnosis are distributed amongst the intelligent agents if each layer wherein information gathered from a first lower level intelligent agents is processed by at least one other higher level to realize system fault diagnosis. The system provides increased processing speed of modeling and/or model identification such that faster and more accurate failure isolation and identification is accomplished.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of utilizing model based intelligent agents for diagnosing and isolating malfunctions in a computer-controlled machinery comprising the steps of:
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disposing a plurality of intelligent agents in the computer controlled machinery, wherein the plurality of agents are disposed in a plurality of hierarchical levels and each intelligent agent has diagnostic capability relative to the hierarchical level the intelligent agent is disposed in, and the plurality of intelligent agents are in data communication with a plurality of computer controllers disposed within the machinery and with each other;
collecting data from the plurality of computer controllers disposed within the computer controlled machinery via at least one intelligent agent disposed in a first hierarchical level, wherein the collected data is analyzed to obtain a first level of diagnostic information and the first level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a second hierarchical level;
employing at least one intelligent agent disposed in the second hierarchical level to perform a second level of diagnostic tasks on the first level of diagnostic information to obtain a second level of diagnostic information, and the second level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a third hierarchical level;
employing the at least one intelligent agent disposed in the third hierarchical level to perform a third level of diagnostic tasks using the second level of diagnostic information, wherein the third level of diagnostic tasks includes analyzing the second level of diagnostic information relative to reference information obtained from a remotely located knowledge database, to accomplish fault isolation within the computer controlled machinery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of utilizing model based intelligent agents for diagnosing and isolating malfunctions in a computer-controlled machinery comprising the steps of:
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disposing a plurality of intelligent agents in the computer controlled machinery, wherein the plurality of agents are disposed in a plurality of hierarchical levels and each intelligent agent has diagnostic capability relative to the hierarchical level the intelligent agent is disposed in, and the plurality of intelligent agents are in data communication with a plurality of computer controllers disposed within the machinery and with each other;
collecting data from the plurality of computer controllers disposed within the computer controlled machinery via at least one intelligent agent disposed in a first hierarchical level, wherein the collected data is analyzed to obtain a first level of diagnostic information and the first level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a second hierarchical level;
employing at least one intelligent agent disposed in the second hierarchical level to perform a second level of diagnostic tasks on the first level of diagnostic information to obtain a second level of diagnostic information that is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a third hierarchical level, wherein the second level of diagnostic tasks includes reorganizing at least one intelligent agent disposed in the first hierarchical level;
employing the at least one intelligent agent disposed in the third hierarchical level to perform a third level of diagnostic tasks using the second level of diagnostic information, wherein the third level of diagnostic tasks includes analyzing the second level of diagnostic information relative to reference information, to accomplish fault isolation within the computer controlled machinery. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of utilizing model based intelligent agents for diagnosing and isolating malfunctions in a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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disposing a plurality of intelligent agents in the vehicle, wherein the plurality of agents are disposed in a plurality of hierarchical levels and each intelligent agent has diagnostic capability relative to the hierarchical level the intelligent agent is disposed in, and the plurality of intelligent agents are in data communication with a plurality of computer controllers disposed within the vehicle and with each other;
collecting data from the plurality of computer controllers disposed within the vehicle via at least one intelligent agent disposed in a first hierarchical level, wherein the collected data is analyzed to obtain a first level of diagnostic information and the first level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a second hierarchical level;
employing at least one intelligent agent disposed in the second hierarchical level to perform a second level of diagnostic tasks and the second level of diagnostic tasks includes reorganizing the at least one intelligent agent disposed in the first hierarchical level to obtain a second level of diagnostic information, wherein reorganization involves re-tasking at least one intelligent agent to perform diagnostic tasks on at least one computer controller that the at least one intelligent agent was not previously performing diagnostic tasks on, and the second level of diagnostic information is communicated to at least one intelligent agent disposed in a third hierarchical level;
employing the at least one intelligent agent disposed in the third hierarchical level to perform a third level of diagnostic tasks using the second level of diagnostic information, wherein the third level of diagnostic tasks includes analyzing the second level of diagnostic information relative to reference information to accomplish fault isolation within the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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