Method and apparatus for predicting object properties and events using similarity-based information retrieval and modeling
First Claim
1. A method of determining or localizing a worn component in one of a machine and a process by periodically recording measured data in a machine or process database that supports one of a similarity-based or of a nearest neighbor search during the operation of the machine or process to form a historical record of the operation of the machine or process, receiving an input query comprising recorded measurement data for a current machine or process operating period to the machine or process database, and utilizing results returned from the machine or process database in response to the query to model component wear status of a component of the machine or process and to predict future behavior of the machine or process, the machine or process database being coupled to processor search manager apparatus, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising:
- receiving the input query comprising information representing recorded measurement data from a current machine or process operating period of the machine or process database;
utilizing a tree-structured index determined using multivariate statistical analysis of the historical record to retrieve stored information from the historical record of the machine or process database that is most similar to said input query information using one of a nearest neighbor and a similarity-based search;
obtaining component information of the one of the machine and the process associated with said retrieved stored information from the machine or process database; and
predicting the wear status of at least one component of the machine or process by using a model for processing said retrieved information comprising the retrieved stored information from the historical record and obtained component information associated with said retrieved stored information from the machine or process database.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for predicting properties of a target object comprise application of a search manager for analyzing parameters of a plurality of databases for a plurality of objects, the databases comprising an electrical, electromagnetic, acoustic spectral database (ESD), a micro-body assemblage database (MAD) and a database of image data whereby the databases store data objects containing identifying features, source information and information on site properties and context including time and frequency varying data. The method comprises application of multivariate statistical analysis and principal component analysis in combination with content-based image retrieval for providing two-dimensional attributes of three dimensional objects, for example, via preferential image segmentation using a tree of shapes and to predict further properties of objects by means of k-means clustering and related methods. By way of example, one of a machine component or process failure event, an intrusion event and a fire event and residual objects may be predicted and located and qualified such that, for example, properties of the residual objects may be qualified, for example, via black body radiation and micro-body databases including charcoal assemblages.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of determining or localizing a worn component in one of a machine and a process by periodically recording measured data in a machine or process database that supports one of a similarity-based or of a nearest neighbor search during the operation of the machine or process to form a historical record of the operation of the machine or process, receiving an input query comprising recorded measurement data for a current machine or process operating period to the machine or process database, and utilizing results returned from the machine or process database in response to the query to model component wear status of a component of the machine or process and to predict future behavior of the machine or process, the machine or process database being coupled to processor search manager apparatus, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising:
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receiving the input query comprising information representing recorded measurement data from a current machine or process operating period of the machine or process database; utilizing a tree-structured index determined using multivariate statistical analysis of the historical record to retrieve stored information from the historical record of the machine or process database that is most similar to said input query information using one of a nearest neighbor and a similarity-based search; obtaining component information of the one of the machine and the process associated with said retrieved stored information from the machine or process database; and predicting the wear status of at least one component of the machine or process by using a model for processing said retrieved information comprising the retrieved stored information from the historical record and obtained component information associated with said retrieved stored information from the machine or process database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of predicting one of a machine failure and a process failure event via receiving an input query to search manager apparatus coupled to a plurality of databases, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising:
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generating at least one database of property data for a plurality of objects, an object being described by a vector of attributes; analyzing via said processor of said search manager apparatus the attributes utilizing multivariate statistical analysis to determine a subspace of an attributes space, the subspace having at least two dimensions; clustering via said processor the objects into groups of objects where a measure of similarity between objects comprises projecting attribute vectors onto the attributes subspace, the measure being an inverse of the Euclidean distance between points in the attributes subspace; determining projections via said processor onto a subspace for clustering and indexing objects in said groups of objects in relation to the target object using a tree-structured index determined by multivariate statistical analysis; and predicting the property of the target object responsive to said clustering and indexing by distance, the method further comprising predicting one of a machine failure and a process failure event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of predicting one of a machine failure and a process failure event via receiving a query to search manager apparatus coupled to a plurality of databases comprising a core database of property data for objects, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising:
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determining a set of objects most similar to a target object via said processor search manager apparatus using a tree-structured index determined by multivariate statistical analysis, applying at least one model to predict a property of the target object, comparing hypothetical relationships involving the target object and a subset of a set of similar objects to the target object using one of likelihoods, probabilities and beliefs, determining a probable relationship and a property value of the target object in relation to the set of objects, and predicting an occurrence of one of a machine failure and process failure event responsive to said determined probable relationship and property value of the target object. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of predicting one of a machine failure and a process failure event via receiving a query to search manager apparatus coupled to a database, the processor search manager apparatus comprising a processor and memory, the method comprising:
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generating at least one database of one of time series data and frequency series data comprising a historical record for each of a plurality of objects, an object being described by a vector of attributes; analyzing via said processor of said search manager apparatus the attributes utilizing a tree-structured index determined by multivariate statistical analysis of the historical record to determine a subspace of an attributes space, the subspace having at least two dimensions; clustering via said processor the objects into groups of objects where a measure of similarity between objects comprises projecting attribute vectors onto the attributes subspace, the measure being an inverse of the Euclidean distance between points in the attributes subspace; determining projections via said processor onto a subspace for clustering and indexing objects in said groups of objects; and predicting a target object property from said clustering and indexing of groups of objects where the target object is one of a machine and a process and the historical record comprises one of time series data and frequency series data for a process of the machine, the method further comprising a projection of data corresponding to a failure of a component of the machine or of a step of the machine process. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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