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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2020
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyo Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Ogura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Narahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Inagi, Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A maintenance support apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: storing both (a) acceptable maintenance levels associated with a user that are related to an apparatus and (b) estimated failure levels corresponding to a plurality of diagnosis algorithms correlated with a plurality of maintenance works; acquiring operation log data of the apparatus and diagnose the operation log data according to each of the plurality of diagnosis algorithms; determining whether maintenance of the apparatus is necessary, based on a comparison between (a) the estimated failure levels corresponding to the one or more maintenance tasks identified when diagnosing the operation log data and (b) the acceptable maintenance levels of the user; and providing a notification indicating whether maintenance of the apparatus is necessary.