Method for prediction of a surface event
First Claim
1. A method for predicting surface failure of a surface, the method comprising the steps of:
- obtaining a group of measured datasets, each including;
a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and
a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values,for each measured dataset;
constructing a network of nodes in a state space of the measurement values, wherein each node is uniquely associated with a grid element, wherein the network of nodes enables, for a selected node, a determination of a connectedness of said selected node within said state space to all other nodes of the network of nodes; and
identifying an interface set of grid elements comprising a subset of the grid elements of the measured dataset corresponding to the grid elements meeting a connection threshold according to a connection rule in dependence on the measurement values of the grid elements, wherein the connection threshold defines a minimum connectedness to all other grid elements, anddetermining a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern defined by the locations of the grid elements of the interface sets which has a persistent location with respect to the surface over a plurality of measured datasets, such that the pattern has the persistent location over a period of time.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for predicting surface failure of a surface, for example a method comprising the steps of: obtaining a group of measured datasets, each including: a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values, identifying an interface set of grid elements for each measured dataset, each interface set comprising grid elements of the associated measured dataset meeting a connection threshold according to a connection rule in dependence on the measurement values of the grid elements, determining a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern of grid elements of the interface set which has a persistent location with respect to the surface of interface sets over a plurality of measured datasets.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for predicting surface failure of a surface, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a group of measured datasets, each including;
a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and
a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values,for each measured dataset; constructing a network of nodes in a state space of the measurement values, wherein each node is uniquely associated with a grid element, wherein the network of nodes enables, for a selected node, a determination of a connectedness of said selected node within said state space to all other nodes of the network of nodes; and identifying an interface set of grid elements comprising a subset of the grid elements of the measured dataset corresponding to the grid elements meeting a connection threshold according to a connection rule in dependence on the measurement values of the grid elements, wherein the connection threshold defines a minimum connectedness to all other grid elements, and determining a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern defined by the locations of the grid elements of the interface sets which has a persistent location with respect to the surface over a plurality of measured datasets, such that the pattern has the persistent location over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for predicting surface failure of a surface, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining a group of measured datasets, each including;
a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and
a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values,for each measured dataset, analysing the measurement values to identify one or more clusters of measured values and at least one outlier measured value not associated with a cluster, wherein the, or each, cluster represents a plurality of grid elements having similar measurement values according to a predefined criterion to one another and wherein the remaining grid elements not associated with a cluster are identified to be outliers, identifying an interface set of grid elements for each measured dataset, each interface set comprising a subset of the grid elements of the associated measured dataset corresponding to the grid elements identified as outliers, and determining a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern defined by the locations of the grid elements of the interface sets which has a persistent location with respect to the surface over a plurality of measured datasets, such that the pattern has the persistent location over a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A surface failure prediction system comprising:
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a measurement apparatus configured to; obtain a group of measured datasets, each including;
a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and
a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values, anda computing device configured to; for each measured dataset; construct a network of nodes in a state space of the measurement values, wherein each node is uniquely associated with a grid element, wherein the network of nodes enables, for a selected node, a determination of a connectedness of said selected node within said state space to all other nodes of the network of nodes; and identify an interface set of grid elements comprising a subset of the grid elements of the associated measured dataset corresponding to the grid elements meeting a connection threshold according to a connection rule in dependence on the measurement values of the grid elements, wherein the connection threshold defines a minimum connectedness to all other grid elements, and determine a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern defined by the locations of the grid elements of the interface sets which has a persistent location with respect to the surface over a plurality of measured datasets, such that the pattern has the persistent location over a period of time.
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20. A surface failure prediction system comprising:
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a measurement apparatus configured to; obtain a group of measured datasets, each including;
a measurement value of at least a first type for each of a plurality of grid elements, each grid element associated with a location on the surface; and
a time value, such that the group of datasets includes datasets associated with a plurality of unique time values,for each measured dataset, analyse the measured values to identify one or more clusters of grid elements based on a similarity between the respective measurement values and at least one outlier grid element not associated with a cluster, wherein the, or each, cluster represents grid element having similar measurement values according to a predefined criterion and wherein the remaining grid elements are identified to be outliers, identify an interface set of grid elements for each measured dataset, each interface set comprising grid elements of the associated measured dataset corresponding to the grid elements identified as outliers, and determine a risk of surface failure in accordance with identification of a pattern defined by the locations of the of grid elements of the interface sets which has a persistent location with respect to the surface over a plurality of measured datasets, such that the pattern has the persistent location over a period of time.
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