Apparatus and method for identifying a defect and/or operating characteristic of a system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- collecting with a temperature detector data indicative of a temperature (“
temperature data”
) produced by a component of a mechanical or an electromechanical system (“
system”
);
determining from non-orthogonally related data collected by at least one non-orthogonally related detector whether the temperature data is a true reading, wherein the at least one non-orthogonally related detector is coupled to the temperature detector for collecting the non-orthogonally related data from the temperature detector, said non-orthogonally related data being non-temperature data; and
fusing the temperature data with orthogonally related data collected by at least one orthogonally-related detector to reduce a false indication rate.
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system'"'"'s components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur.
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14 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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collecting with a temperature detector data indicative of a temperature (“
temperature data”
) produced by a component of a mechanical or an electromechanical system (“
system”
);determining from non-orthogonally related data collected by at least one non-orthogonally related detector whether the temperature data is a true reading, wherein the at least one non-orthogonally related detector is coupled to the temperature detector for collecting the non-orthogonally related data from the temperature detector, said non-orthogonally related data being non-temperature data; and fusing the temperature data with orthogonally related data collected by at least one orthogonally-related detector to reduce a false indication rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus, comprising:
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a temperature detector configured to collect data indicative of a temperature (“
temperature data”
) produced by a component of a mechanical or an electromechanical system;a non-orthogonally related detector coupled with the temperature detector and configured to output non-orthogonally related data collected from the temperature detector to be used to determine whether the temperature data outputted by the temperature detector is a true reading, wherein the non-orthogonally related data is non-temperature data; and an orthogonally related detector configured to output orthogonally related data to be fused with the temperature data to reduce a false indication rate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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