IP Library Granted Patent US 8,643,471
Granted Patent B2
US 8,643,471 · App. 12/664,103 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Method and system for state encoding

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,643,471
App. No.
12/664,103
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system including equipment, sensors for measuring the equipment's operating parameters, a signature generator for encoding data streams from the sensors into operating signatures for the equipment, a pattern repository for storing patterns including classified signatures and frequencies, and a signature analyzer for comparing operating signatures to patterns.

Claims (11)

1. A system comprising:

at least one piece of equipment;

a plurality of sensors adapted to measure one or more operating parameters of the equipment;

a signature generator adapted to encode a plurality of data streams from the sensors into an operating signature for the equipment;

a pattern repository comprising a pattern, wherein the pattern comprises a classified signature and a frequency specifying a number of occurrences of the classified signature over time; and

a signature analyzer configured to compare the operating signature to the pattern and perform an action based on the comparison.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an action repository comprising a number of actions, wherein the action performed by the signature analyzer is one of the number of actions.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operating signature comprises at least two of a high, normal, and low range bit string.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein:

the signature generator converts the bit string to a number.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHELL OIL COMPANY
To: SHELL USA, INC.
Reel/Frame 059694/0819 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2010
From: KONG, JAMES PO
To: SHELL OIL COMPANY
Reel/Frame 024330/0831 →