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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Thierry Roba, Boneffe, BE;
Caroline Drouart, Chatillon, FR;
Inventors:
Thierry Roba, Boneffe, BE;
Caroline Drouart, Chatillon, FR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for automatically monitoring the performance of industrial equipment during its operation. During this monitoring, various operating parameters of the equipment are measured, a performance factor representative of the equipments operation is calculated, and information is indicated to a user as a function of the performance factor. Automatic calibration of the performance factor calculation may be performed at the request of a user.