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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Aiman Albert Abdel-Malek, Schenectady, NY (US);
John Eri Hershey, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Amer Aref Hassan, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340679 ; 25112915 ; 36472501 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for monitoring the health and response of critical electromechanical control valves to detect the likelihood of future valve malfunction including the use of wavelet decomposition to selectively enhance portions of the valve response signal for comparison with a normal valve response signal.