Automated analytics systems and methods

• US 9,459,153 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2014
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC (General Electric Company)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Cristofoli, Gary, Patrick, Romano, Vittal, Sameer, Reimann, Johan Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phu K
• Application Number:
  US14/488,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20160078673A1
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 345/419, 345/420, 345/582, 345/619
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 2005/0077 Imaging
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/0022 for sensing the radiation of moving bodies
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/0088 in turbines
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/025 Interfacing a pyrometer to an external device or network; User interface
• CPC Class Codes: G01J 5/026 Control of working procedures of a pyrometer, other than calibration; Bandwidth calculation; Gain control
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 15/10 Geometric effects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2215/16 Using real world measurements to influence rendering

Abstract

An automated analytics system can include a sensor system that obtains measurement data by monitoring one or more parameters at each of a number of locations on each of a number of replicated components of an object. A computing device receives the measurement data from the sensor system and uses the measurement data to automatically generate a computerized representation of each of the plurality of replicated components. Thereafter, upon receipt of an input query, the computing device generates a synthesized representation of the object that is specifically directed to a parameter of interest indicated in the query. The synthesized representation may be displayed in a visual format that is interpretable by a human to derive information associated with the parameter of interest.

Claims

1. An automated analytics method comprising:

using a sensor system to obtain measurement data by monitoring one or more parameters at a plurality of locations on each of a plurality of replicated components of an object;

providing to a computing device, the measurement data;

using the measurement data to automatically generate in the computing device, a first computerized representation of at least one of the plurality of replicated components;

generating, based on a geometric computer model, a second computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components;

receiving in the computing device, a first input query comprising a first parameter of interest; and

responding to the first input query by comparing the first computerized representation to the second computerized representation and generating a first synthesized representation of at least a portion of the object, the first synthesized representation providing information specifically directed to the first parameter of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters comprise dynamic parameters that are generated when the object is in at least one of a first operating mode or a second operating mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first parameter of interest is at least one of a temperature parameter, a chemical parameter, a failure mode parameter, a stress mode parameter, or a strain mode parameter, and wherein the first parameter of interest is associated with at least one of:

a) the at least one of the plurality of replicated components or b) an entirety of one or more of the plurality of replicated components.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining from the first synthesized representation of the object, at least one of a similarity between two or more of the plurality of replicated components with respect to the first parameter of interest, or a difference between two or more components of the plurality of replicated components with respect to the first parameter of interest.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measurement data comprises individual measurements executed at individual locations of the plurality of locations, and wherein using the measurement data to automatically generate the first computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components comprises a 3-D mapping of the individual measurements.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving in the computing device, a second input query comprising a second parameter of interest; and

responding to the second input query by using the first computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components to generate a second synthesized representation of the at least a portion of the object, the second synthesized representation of the at least a portion of the object providing information specifically directed to the second parameter of interest.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor system comprise infra-red sensor elements, and the measurement data comprises temperature measurements.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein using the measurement data to automatically generate the first computerized representation comprises combining the measurement data obtained from the sensor system with spatial coordinates information of a plurality of sensors of the sensor system.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining from the first synthesized representation of the object, a temperature difference between two or more of the plurality of replicated components.

10. An automated analytics system comprising:

a sensor system configured to obtain measurement data by monitoring one or more parameters at a plurality of locations on each of a plurality of replicated components of an object;

a computing device comprising;

an input interface configured to;

receive the measurement data obtained by the sensor system; and

receive a first input query comprising a first parameter of interest;

a processor configured to;

use the measurement data to automatically generate a first computerized representation of at least one of the plurality of replicated components;

generate a second computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components based on a geometric computer model;

respond to the first input query by comparing the first computerized representation to the second computerized representation and generate a first synthesized representation of at least a portion of the object based on the first parameter of interest; and

a display configured to display the first synthesized representation of the at least a portion of the object in a visual format that is interpretable by a human being to derive information associated with the first parameter of interest.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more parameters comprise dynamic parameters, and wherein the sensor system is configured to obtain the dynamic parameters when the object is in at least one of a first operating mode or a second operating mode.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the sensor system comprises at least one of a plurality of temperature sensors, a plurality of strain gauges, a plurality of infra-red sensors, a plurality of thermocouples, a plurality of chemical sensors, a plurality of optical sensors, a plurality of photo sensors, or a plurality of audio sensors.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the input interface is further configured to receive a second input query comprising a second parameter of interest, and the processor is further configured to respond to the second input query by using the first computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components to generate a second synthesized representation of the at least a portion of the object based on the second parameter of interest.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the sensor system comprises a plurality of infra-red sensor elements contained in an infra-red camera, wherein the measurement data comprises temperature measurements provided by each of the infra-red sensors.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to use the temperature measurements to automatically generate the first computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the object is a turbine assembly and each of the replicated components is a turbine blade.

17. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a computer for performing operations comprising:

using measurement data provided by a sensor system to generate a first computerized representation of at least one of a plurality of replicated components of an object;

using a geometric computer model to generate a second computerized representation of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components; and

responding to a first input query by using the first computerized representation and the second computerized representation to generate a first synthesized representation of at least a portion of the object, the first synthesized representation of the at least a portion of the object providing information specifically directed to a first parameter of interest contained in the first input query.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first parameter of interest comprises at least one of a temperature parameter, a chemical parameter, a failure mode parameter, a stress mode parameter, or a strain mode parameter, associated with at least a portion of the at least one of the plurality of replicated components.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, containing further instructions executable by the computer for performing operations comprising:

using a color scheme to highlight at least one of a similarity between two or more of the plurality of replicated components with respect to the first parameter of interest, or a difference between two or more components of the plurality of replicated components with respect to the first parameter of interest.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein using the measurement data to generate the first computerized representation comprises combining the measurement data obtained from the sensor system with spatial coordinates information of a plurality of sensors of the sensor system.