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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Ser Nam Lim, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Scott Diwinsky, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Russell Robert Irving, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A monitoring system for monitoring a plurality of components is provided. The monitoring system includes a plurality of client systems. The plurality of client systems is configured to generate a plurality of component status reports. The plurality of component status reports is associated with the plurality of components. The monitoring system also includes a component wear monitoring (CWM) computer device configured to receive the plurality of component status reports from the plurality of client systems, generate component status information based on a plurality of component status reports, aggregate the component status information to identify a plurality of images associated with a first component, and compare the plurality of images associated with the first component. The plurality of images represents the first component at different points in time. The CWM computer device is also configured to determine a state of the first component based on the comparison.