Granted Patent B2

US 12,417,774 · App. 17/658,094 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Inventor: Albert Alexander Chung (Cary, NC)

Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation

G10L19/0212G10L19/005G10L19/08

Abstract

Claims (49)

1. A computer-implemented method for system monitoring, the method comprising:

converting a time domain representation of a first sound into a frequency domain representation;

mapping respective monitoring datasets of a monitored system to respective frequencies in the frequency domain representation;

modifying amplitudes of the respective frequencies according to one or more mapping rules defined by a user by: normalizing an operating range of a respective one of the monitoring datasets to one of the respective frequencies; and proportionally increasing or decreasing the amplitude of one of the respective frequencies in response to a value of the respective one of the monitoring datasets being outside of the operating range;

converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation to generate a sound wave in a digital format which has modified amplitudes;

converting the sound wave in the digital format to a sound wave in an analog format;

feeding the sound wave in the analog format to a sound system to play a second sound; and

wherein performance of the monitored system is configured to be monitored by the user listening to the second sound and comparing the first sound and the second sound.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

loading an audio file of the first sound; and

sampling a decoded sound wave of the audio file at a predetermined sampling frequency to capture the array of the amplitudes of the first sound.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Fourier transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Fourier transform.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Laplace transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Laplace transform.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Z transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Z transform.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein one of the respective monitoring datasets is mapped to one or more of the respective frequencies.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first sound comprises music selected by the user; and

the second sound played by the sound system is the same as the first sound based on the computing system performing within an expected range or the second sound played by the sound system is not the same as the first sound based on the computing system not performing within the expected range.

8. A computer program product for system monitoring, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processors, the program instructions executable to:

convert a time domain representation of a first sound into a frequency domain representation;

map respective monitoring datasets of a monitored system to respective frequencies in the frequency domain representation;

modify amplitudes of the respective frequencies according to one or more mapping rules defined by a user by normalizing an operating range of a respective one of the monitoring datasets to one of the respective frequencies;

convert the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation to generate a sound wave in a digital format which has modified amplitudes;

convert the sound wave in the digital format to a sound wave in an analog format;

feed the sound wave in the analog format to a sound system to play a second sound; and

wherein performance of the monitored system is configured to be monitored by the user listening to the second sound and comparing the first sound and the second sound.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising the program instructions executable to:

load an audio file of the first sound; and

sample a decoded sound wave of the audio file at a predetermined sampling frequency to capture the array of the amplitudes of the first sound.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Fourier transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Fourier transform.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Laplace transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing is an inverse Laplace transform.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Z transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Z transform.

13. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein one of the respective monitoring datasets is mapped to one or more of the respective frequencies.

14. A computer system for system monitoring, one or more computer readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer readable tangible storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions executable to:

convert a time domain representation of a first sound into a frequency domain representation;

map respective monitoring datasets of a monitored system to respective frequencies in the frequency domain representation;

modify amplitudes of the respective frequencies by normalizing an operating range of a respective one of the monitoring datasets to one of the respective frequencies;

convert the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation to generate a sound wave which has modified amplitudes;

feed the sound wave to a sound system to play a second sound; and

wherein performance of the monitored system is configured to be monitored by the user listening to the second sound and comparing the first sound and the second sound.

15. The computer system of claim 14 , further comprising the program instructions executable to:

load an audio file of the first sound; and

sample a decoded sound wave of the audio file at a predetermined sampling frequency to capture the array of the amplitudes of the first sound.

16. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Fourier transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Fourier transform.

17. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Laplace transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Laplace transform.

18. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein converting the time domain representation into the frequency domain representation is by performing a Z transform, wherein converting the frequency domain representation into the time domain representation is by performing an inverse Z transform.

19. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein one of the respective monitoring datasets is mapped to one or more of the respective frequencies.

20. The computer system of claim 14 , wherein the modifying amplitudes of the respective frequencies further comprises:

proportionally increasing or decreasing the amplitude of one of the respective frequencies in response to a value of the respective one of the monitoring datasets being outside of the operating range.

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