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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Richard Gibson, North East, PA (US);
Nicholas Edward Roddy, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Anil Varma, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/02 ; G06F 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 9/02 ; G06F 1/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a system and method for analyzing fault log data from a malfunctioning machine. The system comprises a processor for receiving new fault log data comprising a plurality of faults from the malfunctioning machine and selecting a plurality of distinct faults from the new fault log data. The processor generates at least one distinct fault cluster from the selected plurality of distinct faults. Thereafter, the processor predicts at least one repair for at least one distinct fault cluster using a plurality of predetermined weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations.