METHOD FOR CALLING FOR PREEMPTIVE MAINTENANCE AND FOR EQUIPMENT FAILURE PREVENTION

摘要

A method for operating digital electronic appliance that empanels several different artificial intelligence (AI) classification technologies into a “jury” uses combinational digital logic to render “verdicts” about the need for service and impending equipment failures of the machines they monitor. Networks can be used to forward signals from remote locations to a centralized appliance that may be plugged as a module into a server. The appliance outputs can also be communicated over networks to servers that will muster appropriate maintenance personnel who are forewarned as to the nature of the trouble

主权项

1. A method for monitoring the operation of machines and for issuing calls for preventative maintenance and predictions of equipment failures, comprising:
attaching monitoring devices, instruments, and transducers to a machine subject to operational failures; reading in measurements and data obtained by the monitoring devices, instruments, and transducers regarding the status and operation of the machine; empanelling a jury of classification models as jurors to assess the measurements and data obtained with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; presenting all the measurements and data obtained to the jury with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to a logic decision tree and outputting a juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to a neural network and outputting another juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to a fuzzy logic and outputting another juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to a smart agent profiling and outputting another juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to business rules and outputting another juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; classifying the measurements and data obtained and presented to the jury according to case-based reasoning and outputting another juror vote that includes a confidence assessment with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; collecting all the juror votes into a single ballot and mathematically apply individual weights in calculations to each respective juror vote with respect to its own confidence assessment and a priori data inputs with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; tallying a verdict from the results obtained in the previous steps, and that predicts an operational failure of the machine by outputting a report with a separate computer programmed for that purpose; and tallying another verdict from the results obtained in the previous steps, and that summons a particular service procedure and/or a replacement part for the machine by outputting another report so the costs of maintaining the machine are reduced.