IP Library Granted Patent US 11,068,744
Granted Patent B2
US 11,068,744 · App. 15/772,262 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Operation state classification apparatus

Inventors: Toshiyuki Kuriyama (Tokyo, JP); Norio Hirai (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Imamura (Tokyo, JP); Takahisa Hirata (Tokyo, JP); Takaaki Nakamura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
G06K9/6247G05B23/024G05B23/0221G05B23/0254G06K9/6267
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Patent No.
US 11,068,744
App. No.
15/772,262
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A principal component calculating unit ( 13 ) for calculating a principal component of a plurality of sensor data collected from a device, and a physical quantity for failure determination calculating unit ( 11 ) for calculating a physical quantity to be used for failure determination on the basis of the plurality of sensor data are provided. Further, an operation state classification unit ( 14 ) for generating classification, for each operation state, of the sensor data collected from the device, using the principal component calculated by the principal component calculating unit ( 13 ) and the physical quantity calculated by the physical quantity for failure determination calculating unit ( 11 ) is provided.

Claims (21)

1. An operation state classification apparatus comprising:

a principal component calculator calculating a principal component of a plurality of sensor data collected from a device;

a physical quantity for failure determination calculator calculating, independent of the calculation of the principal component, a physical quantity to be used for failure determination on a basis of the plurality of sensor data; and

an operation state classifier performing generation of classification of a sensor data collected from the device for each operation state using the principal component calculated by the principal component calculator and the physical quantity calculated by the physical quantity for failure determination calculator,

wherein the operation state classification apparatus detects a deterioration or failure of the device based on the classification.

2. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation state classifier divides a range of the physical quantity into a plurality of ranges on a basis of a probability density function of the physical quantity calculated by the physical quantity for failure determination calculator and gives each of the plurality of ranges a label, and performs the generation of classification of the sensor data collected from the device for each operation state by grouping the principal component calculated by the principal component calculator using the label as training data.

3. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the principal component calculator calculates a principal component value of the sensor data collected from the device on a basis of the principal component, and

the operation state classifier stores a range of the principal component for each classification when performing the generation of classification for each operation state, and classifies the sensor data collected from the device, for each operation state, on a basis of the principal component value calculated by the principal component calculator and the stored range of the principal component, after the generation of classification.

4. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a stable state extractor extracting a plurality of sensor data in a stable state, from the plurality of sensor data collected from the device, wherein

the principal component calculator calculates a principal component of the plurality of sensor data in the stable state extracted by the stable state extractor, and

the physical quantity for failure determination calculator calculates the physical quantity to be used for failure determination on a basis of the plurality of sensor data in the stable state extracted by the stable state extractor.

5. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a sensor item for operation state classification selector selecting a sensor item to be used for calculation of the principal component, and shaping sensor data including a measurement value of the selected sensor item, for the sensor data collected from the device, wherein

the principal component calculator calculates a principal component of the sensor data including the measurement value of the sensor item selected by the sensor item for operation state classification selector, the sensor data being shaped by the sensor item for operation state classification selector, among the plurality of sensor data collected from the device.

6. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the sensor item for operation state classification selector shapes the sensor data, using a sensor data shaping weight determined in accordance with a distribution characteristic of the measurement value, for each selected sensor item.

7. An operation state classification apparatus comprising:

a principal component calculator calculating a principal component of a plurality of sensor data collected from a device; and

an operation state classifier performing generation of classification of the sensor data collected from the device, for each operation state, on a basis of a probability density distribution of the principal component calculated by the principal component calculator,

wherein the operation state classification apparatus detects a deterioration or failure of the device based on the classification and at least one other quantity obtained, independent of the calculation of the principal component, from one or more sensors.

8. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a physical quantity for failure determination variance determinator calculating a physical quantity to be used for failure determination and included in the at least one other quantity on a basis of the plurality of sensor data classified into each classification generated by the operation state classifier, and determining the classification to be monitored on a basis of variance of the calculated physical quantity in the classification.

9. The operation state classification apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the operation state classifier stores a range of the principal component for each classification when generating the classification for each operation state, and classifies the sensor data collected from the device, for each operation state, on a basis of the stored range of the principal component, after the generation of classification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2018
From: KURIYAMA, TOSHIYUKI; HIRAI, NORIO; IMAMURA, MAKOTO; HIRATA, TAKAHISA; NAKAMURA, TAKAAKI
To: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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