Failure predictive system, and failure predictive apparatus

• US 9,244,803 B2
• Filed: 09/02/2014
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Adachi, Koji, Yamada, Norikazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Worku, Negussie
• Application Number:
  US14/474,731
• Publication Number:
  US 20150227447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.14, 358/402, 358/1.13, 709/224, 709/223, 709/225, 709/217, 709/219, 709/226, 709/207, 709/218, 709/220, 709/222, 709/229
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/008 Reliability or availability analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/321 Display for diagnostics, e.g. diagnostic result display, self-test user interface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3409 for performance assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00042 Monitoring, i.e. observation H04N1/00029 - H04N1/00039 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00074 Indicating or reporting details of user-machine interface H04N1/0035
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

Provided is a failure predictive system, including a collection unit that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a job to be implemented, a calculating unit that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on information with respect to the implemented job and information with respect to the job to be implemented which are collected by the collection unit, and an output unit that outputs information based on the probability when the probability calculated by the calculating unit is over a threshold value.

Claims

1. A failure predictive system, comprising:

a processor;

a collection unit, operable on the processor, that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a scheduled job that is scheduled to be implemented in the monitored apparatus;

a calculator, operable on the processor, that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on the collected information of the implemented job and the collected information of the scheduled job which are collected by the collection unit; and

an output unit, operable on the processor, that outputs information based on the calculated probability in response to the calculated probability exceeding a threshold value.

2. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the outputting information by the output unit comprises outputting a notification that is recognizable by a user.

3. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the output unit outputs control information to an apparatus which affects an implementation situation of the job in the monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

4. The failure predictive system according to claim 3,

wherein the output unit outputs control information with respect to an air conditioner that adjusts air in a room in which the monitored apparatus is installed as the information based on the probability.

5. The failure predictive system according to claim 4,

wherein the calculating unit calculates a probability of a failure with respect to an image quality, and

the output unit outputs control information which instructs the air conditioner to decrease a temperature.

6. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein when a difference between a time-series variation of past information with respect to a job and a time-series variation of future information with respect to a job is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the calculating unit calculates the failure predictor probability based on only the time-series variation of future information with respect to a job.

7. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the information with respect to a job includes at least one of the number of printed sheets, the total coverage, and the sheet characteristics.

8. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the output unit outputs control information which causes a job to be implemented in the monitored apparatus to be implemented in another monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

9. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the output unit outputs information with respect to maintenance of the monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

10. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the output unit outputs control information which widens an interval for implementing jobs as the information based on the probability.

11. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the collection unit collects information of an occurrence of switching to specified printing sheet in the monitored apparatus in a job of the future, and

the output unit outputs control information which changes a sequence for implementing a job using the specified printing sheet as the information based on the probability.

12. The failure predictive system according to claim 11,

wherein the output unit outputs the control information which stops an implementation of the job using the specified printing sheet as the information based on the probability.

13. The failure predictive system according to claim 11,

wherein the output unit outputs control information which sets the job using the specified printing sheet to be implemented in a later sequence as the information based on the probability.

14. The failure predictive system according to claim 1,

wherein the calculating unit calculates the probability of the failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus for each type of failure by using a predictive model corresponding to the type of failure.

15. A failure predictive apparatus, comprising:

a processor;

a collection unit, operable on the processor, that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a scheduled job that is scheduled to be implemented;

a calculator, operable on the processor, that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on the collected information of the implemented job and the collected information of the scheduled job which are collected by the collection unit; and

an output unit, operable on the processor, that outputs information based on the calculated probability in response to the calculated probability exceeding a threshold value.

16. The failure predictive apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the outputting information by the output unit comprises outputting a notification that is recognizable by a user.