Diagnostic device
First Claim
1. A diagnostic device comprising:
- a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed;
said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; and
change degree pattern diagnosis means for receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern to make diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on the received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory;
said diagnostic object change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed, measured from said object being diagnosed,wherein said change degree pattern diagnosis means effects pattern matching between said diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree patterns stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory to make diagnosis on an object being diagnosed based on a result of said pattern matching;
said diagnostic device further comprising;
attribute cardinality degree determining means for reading out the criterion change degree patterns from said criterion change degree pattern memory and for determining the degree of cardinality of each attribute in the criterion change degree pattern associated with an event-to-be-diagnosed;
said attribute cardinality degree determining means sorting, from one event-to-be-diagnosed to another, the criterion change degree patterns belonging to the event in question into a pattern of interest and a training pattern;
said pattern of interest being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question and said training pattern being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to remaining events; and
said attribute cardinality degree determining means determining the degree of cardinality of each attribute of said criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question using a predetermined evaluation function.
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Abstract
A diagnostic device detects a fault and estimates its cause based on the degree of change of measured data attributes. A diagnostic object change degree pattern (CDP) generation unit calculates the degree of change of each attribute of data, including attributes of the object being diagnosed measured from the object being diagnosed to generate a diagnostic object CDP which is a combination of values of the degree of change of the respective attributes. A criterion CDP memory holds in store a criterion CDP, formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of the attributes of data measured from the object being diagnosed, in association with event(s)-to-be-diagnosed on the fault sort basis or on the fault cause basis. A CDP diagnosis unit effects pattern matching between the diagnostic object CDP and the criterion CDP in the criterion CDP memory to diagnose the object being diagnosed.
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26 Claims
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1. A diagnostic device comprising:
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a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; and change degree pattern diagnosis means for receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern to make diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on the received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed, measured from said object being diagnosed, wherein said change degree pattern diagnosis means effects pattern matching between said diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree patterns stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory to make diagnosis on an object being diagnosed based on a result of said pattern matching; said diagnostic device further comprising; attribute cardinality degree determining means for reading out the criterion change degree patterns from said criterion change degree pattern memory and for determining the degree of cardinality of each attribute in the criterion change degree pattern associated with an event-to-be-diagnosed; said attribute cardinality degree determining means sorting, from one event-to-be-diagnosed to another, the criterion change degree patterns belonging to the event in question into a pattern of interest and a training pattern; said pattern of interest being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question and said training pattern being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to remaining events; and said attribute cardinality degree determining means determining the degree of cardinality of each attribute of said criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question using a predetermined evaluation function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A diagnostic device comprising:
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a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; change degree pattern diagnosis means for receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern to make diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on the received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed, measured from said object being diagnosed; diagnostic object change degree pattern generation means for calculating the degree of change of each attribute of said data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed, measured from said object being diagnosed, to generate said diagnostic object change degree pattern; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being a combination of values of the degree of change of said attributes calculated; and an attribute cardinality degree memory that holds in store the degree of cardinality of said attributes in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed; said change degree pattern diagnosis means in effecting pattern matching between said criterion change degree pattern associated with said event-to-be-diagnosed and the diagnostic object change degree pattern taking into account the degree of cardinality of said attributes stored in said attribute cardinality degree memory in association with said event-to-be-diagnosed of said criterion change degree pattern. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A diagnostic device comprising:
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a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; change degree pattern diagnosis means for receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern to make diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on the received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed, measured from said object being diagnosed, wherein said change degree pattern diagnosis means learns a set of diagnostic rules for making diagnosis of the state of said object being diagnosed from a change degree pattern, using the criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said change degree pattern diagnosis means applying the diagnostic rule learned to said diagnostic object change degree pattern to diagnose said object being diagnosed; and an attribute cardinality degree memory that holds in store the degree of cardinality of said attributes in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed; said change degree pattern diagnosis means in learning said diagnostic rules using the criterion change degree pattern associated with the event-to-be-diagnosed taking into account the degree of cardinality stored in said attribute cardinality degree memory in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed of said criterion change degree pattern.
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9. A method for diagnosis comprising:
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a first step of change degree pattern diagnosis means receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; a second step of said change degree pattern diagnosis means reading out a criterion change degree pattern from a criterion change degree pattern memory and effecting diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on said received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern read out; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from said object being diagnosed being so far held in store in said criterion change degree pattern memory in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed; and a third step of diagnostic object change degree pattern generation means for calculating the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed measured from said object being diagnosed to generate said diagnostic object change degree pattern; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being a combination of the values of the degree of change of said attributes calculated, wherein said change degree pattern diagnosis means in effecting pattern matching between a criterion change degree pattern associated with an event-to-be-diagnosed and the diagnostic object change degree pattern reads out the degree of cardinality of said attributes of said criterion change degree pattern, associated with the event-to-be-diagnosed, from said attribute cardinality degree memory to effect pattern matching in consideration of the degree of cardinality of said attributes read out; said degree of cardinality of said attributes being so far held in store by said attribute cardinality degree memory in association with said event-to-be-diagnosed.
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10. A method for diagnosis comprising:
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a first step of change degree pattern diagnosis means receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; and a second step of said change degree pattern diagnosis means reading out a criterion change degree pattern from a criterion change degree pattern memory and effecting diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on said received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern read out; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from said object being diagnosed being so far held in store in said criterion change degree pattern memory in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed, wherein said change degree pattern diagnosis means learns a set of diagnostic rules for diagnosing the state of said object-to-be-diagnosed from a change degree pattern, using the criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said change degree pattern diagnosis means applying a diagnostic rule learned to said diagnostic object change degree pattern to diagnose said object being diagnosed, and wherein, in learning said diagnostic rule(s) using a criterion change degree pattern associated with a certain event-to-be-diagnosed, said change degree pattern diagnosis means reads out the degree of cardinality of said attributes of said criterion change degree pattern, associated with the event-to-be-diagnosed, from an attribute cardinality degree memory; said degree of cardinality of said attributes being so far held in store by said attribute cardinality degree memory in association with the event-to-be-diagnosed; said change degree pattern diagnosis means learning said diagnostic rules in consideration of the degree of cardinality of said attributes read out.
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11. An attribute cardinality degree generation device comprising:
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a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a plurality of criterion change degree patterns, each of which is formed of a pattern of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed, in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; attribute cardinality degree determining means for reading out said criterion change degree patterns from said criterion change degree pattern memory and for determining the degree of cardinality of said attributes in said criterion change degree patterns associated with said event-to-be-diagnosed, from one event to another; and said attribute cardinality degree determining means sorting, for each event-to-be-diagnosed, the criterion change degree patterns into a pattern of interest and a training pattern;
said pattern of interest being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question and said training pattern being the criterion change degree pattern belonging to remaining events;
said attribute cardinality degree determining means determining the degree of cardinality of each attribute of said criterion change degree pattern belonging to said event in question using a predetermined evaluation function. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. An attribute cardinality degree generation device comprising:
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a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern, formed of a pattern of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed, in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; attribute cardinality degree determining means for reading out data of a layered structure from said layered structure memory, reading out said criterion change degree pattern from said criterion change degree pattern memory, and for determining the degree of cardinality of said attributes in said criterion change degree pattern associated with said event-to-be-diagnosed, from one event to another; and attribute cardinality degree outputting means for outputting the cardinality degree of said attributes, determined by said attribute cardinality degree determining means, from one event to another. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A non-transient computer-readable storage medium storing a program for allowing a computer to operate as change degree pattern diagnosis means;
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said computer having a criterion change degree pattern memory that holds in store a criterion change degree pattern in association with an event-to-be-diagnosed; said criterion change degree pattern being formed of a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, measured from an object being diagnosed; said change degree pattern diagnosis means receiving a diagnostic object change degree pattern to make diagnosis of said object being diagnosed based on the received diagnostic object change degree pattern and said criterion change degree pattern stored in said criterion change degree pattern memory; said diagnostic object change degree pattern being a pattern of values of the degree of change of each attribute of data, including a plurality of attributes, of said object being diagnosed as measured from said object being diagnosed; said program allowing execution of a process in which criterion change degree patterns are read out from said criterion change degree pattern memory, and in which attribute cardinality degree determining means determine the degree of cardinality of respective attributes in the criterion change degree patterns associated with events-to-be-diagnosed, sort the criterion change degree patterns belonging to events in question as a pattern of interest and sort the criterion change degree pattern(s) belonging to other events as training pattern(s), from one event-to-be-diagnosed to another; said attribute cardinality degree determining means determining the degree of cardinality of respective attributes of the criterion change degree patterns belonging to the event in question using a predetermined evaluation function. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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