IP Library Granted Patent US 11,235,478
Granted Patent B2
US 11,235,478 · App. 16/190,151 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Sensor unit, control method, and non-transitory recording medium

Inventors: Hidekatsu Nogami (Kusatsu, JP); Yahiro Koezuka (Kusatsu, JP); Yoshimitsu Nakano (Ritto, JP); Arata Kataoka (Otsu, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
B25J19/02B23Q17/0971G01P15/08G05B23/0218G05B23/0221G05B23/0235G06F11/3058G05B2219/37435G05B2219/37534
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Patent No.
US 11,235,478
App. No.
16/190,151
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the disclosure, a failure of a device performing work while moving is more reliably detected while the data amount of failure diagnosis data is reduced. The disclosure includes a frequency analyzing part which performs a frequency analysis on acquired data from an acceleration sensor; a maximum frequency detecting part which detects a maximum frequency from a result of the frequency analysis; and a failure diagnosis data generating part which sets a frequency twice or more of the maximum frequency as a sampling frequency, samples the acquired data from the acceleration sensor, and generates the failure diagnosis data.

Claims (28)

1. A sensor unit, outputting failure diagnosis data for detecting a failure of a device performing work while moving, the sensor unit comprising:

an acceleration sensor measuring acceleration related to the moving;

a frequency analyzing part performing a frequency analysis on acquired data from the acceleration sensor;

a maximum frequency detecting part detecting a maximum frequency which is the highest frequency among at least one type of frequency having a level not lower than a predetermined threshold from a result of the frequency analysis; and

a failure diagnosis data generating part, setting a frequency twice or more of the maximum frequency as a sampling frequency, sampling the acquired data from the acceleration sensor, and generating the failure diagnosis data,

wherein the frequency analyzing part stops the frequency analysis at a time when an absolute value of the acquired data from the acceleration sensor is not lower than a predetermined threshold.

2. The sensor unit according to claim 1 , comprising:

an output stopping part stopping outputting of the failure diagnosis data in a case where the maximum frequency is lower than a predetermined frequency.

3. The sensor unit according to claim 2 , wherein the frequency analyzing part performs Fourier transform as the frequency analysis.

4. The sensor unit according to claim 2 , wherein

the frequency analyzing part has a first high-pass filter cutting off a component having a frequency not higher than a cutoff frequency in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor and allowing a component having a frequency exceeding the cutoff frequency to pass through, and

the maximum frequency detecting part sets the cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter as the maximum frequency if a level of the component passing through the first high-pass filter in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor is smaller than a predetermined value.

5. The sensor unit according to claim 2 , wherein:

the frequency analyzing part has two or more high-pass filters which at least comprise a first high-pass filter and a second high-pass filter, the second high-pass filter being supplied with a component passing through the first high-pass filter in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor, and the second high-pass filter having a cutoff frequency higher than a cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter, and

the failure diagnosis data generating part sets a frequency twice or more of the cutoff frequency of the second high-pass filter as the sampling frequency when the maximum frequency is higher than the cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter and is not higher than the cutoff frequency of the second high-pass filter.

6. The sensor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the frequency analyzing part performs Fourier transform as the frequency analysis.

7. The sensor unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the frequency analyzing part has a first high-pass filter cutting off a component having a frequency not higher than a cutoff frequency in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor and allowing a component having a frequency exceeding the cutoff frequency to pass through, and

the maximum frequency detecting part sets the cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter as the maximum frequency if a level of the component passing through the first high-pass filter in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor is smaller than a predetermined value.

8. The sensor unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the frequency analyzing part has two or more high-pass filters which at least comprise a first high-pass filter and a second high-pass filter, the second high-pass filter being supplied with a component passing through the first high-pass filter in the acquired data from the acceleration sensor, and the second high-pass filter having a cutoff frequency higher than a cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter, and

the failure diagnosis data generating part sets a frequency twice or more of the cutoff frequency of the second high-pass filter as the sampling frequency when the maximum frequency is higher than the cutoff frequency of the first high-pass filter and is not higher than the cutoff frequency of the second high-pass filter.

9. A control method of a sensor unit comprising an acceleration sensor that measures acceleration related to moving of a device performing work while moving, and outputting failure diagnosis data for detecting a failure of the device, the method comprising:

performing a frequency analysis on acquired data from the acceleration sensor;

detecting a maximum frequency that is the highest frequency among at least one type of frequency having a level not lower than a predetermined threshold from a result of the frequency analysis; and

setting a frequency twice or more of the maximum frequency as a sampling frequency, sampling the acquired data from the acceleration sensor, and generating the failure diagnosis data,

wherein the frequency analysis is stopped at a time when an absolute value of the acquired data from the acceleration sensor is not lower than a predetermined threshold.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2018
From: NOGAMI, HIDEKATSU; KOEZUKA, YAHIRO; NAKANO, YOSHIMITSU; KATAOKA, ARATA
To: OMRON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-024357 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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