# US 10,502,615 B2 · Diagnostic apparatus and diagnostic system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,502,615 B2 - Document ID: US10502615B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/304,331 - Filed: 2017-05-24 - Published: 2019-05-09 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-12 - Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Applicants: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Inventors: Koichiro Ueda - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502615B2 ## CPC - G01H 1/003: {of rotating machines (G01H1/10 takes precedence)} - G01H 9/002: {for representing acoustic field distribution (sonar systems for imaging G01S7/56, G01S15/89; acoustic holography G03H3/00)} - G01H 17/00: Measuring mechanical vibrations or ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves, not provided for in the other groups of this subclass - G05B 23/02: Electric testing or monitoring - G05B 23/0272: {Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user} - G05B 23/0275: {Fault isolation and identification, e.g. classify fault; estimate cause or root of failure} - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G01H: MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC OR INFRASONIC WAVES - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A diagnostic apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores information on a vibration phenomenon in association with a video of a vibration phenomenon for each of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in a machine; a video display unit that displays the video of a vibration phenomenon of each of the kinds of vibration phenomena, the video being read by a video reading unit; a phenomenon selection unit that receives a selection result indicating the video of a vibration phenomenon selected by a user from the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena; a diagnosis unit that reads, from the storage unit, the information on a vibration phenomenon stored in association with the video corresponding to the selection result, and outputs the information on a vibration phenomenon that is read as a diagnostic result; and a diagnostic result display unit that displays the diagnostic result. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing a vibration phenomenon occurring in a machine that uses a motor as a drive source, the apparatus comprising: a display device; an input device; a processor to execute a program; and a storage device to store information on a vibration phenomenon in association with a video of a vibration phenomenon for each of a plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine, and the program which, when executed by the processor, performs a step of, reading the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena from the storage device, and the display device displays the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena read, the input device receives a selection result indicating the video selected by a user from the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena, and the processor further reads, from the storage device, the information on a vibration phenomenon stored in association with the video corresponding to the selection result, and output the information on a vibration phenomenon that is read as a diagnostic result, and the display device displays the diagnostic result. ### Claim 2 A diagnostic apparatus for diagnosing a vibration phenomenon occurring in a machine that uses a motor as a drive source, the apparatus comprising: a display device to receive a video of each of a plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena from a server via a network and display the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena, the server including a storage device that stores information on a vibration phenomenon in association with the video of a vibration phenomenon for each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine, and an input device to receive a selection result indicating the video selected by a user from the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena, and wherein the display device receives the information on a vibration phenomenon stored in association with the video corresponding to the selection result from the server via the network, and display the information on a vibration phenomenon that is received as a diagnostic result. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input device further receives a selection result indicating a mechanical part that is selected by the user from a plurality of kinds of mechanical parts, the storage device stores, for each of the plurality of kinds of mechanical parts that can be used in the machine, information on a vibration phenomenon in association with a video of a vibration phenomenon for each of a plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine using the mechanical part, and the processor reads, from the storage device, the video stored in association with the mechanical part corresponding to the selection result that is received by the input device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the input device further receives a selection result indicating a mechanical part that is selected by the user from a plurality of kinds of mechanical parts, wherein the display device receives and displays a video stored in association with the mechanical part corresponding to the selection result that is received by the input device, the video being received via the network from the server including the storage device that stores, for each of the plurality of kinds of mechanical parts that can be used in the machine, information on a vibration phenomenon in association with the video of a vibration phenomenon for each of a plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine using the mechanical part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage device stores the information on a vibration phenomenon of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine in association with the video of a state in which a controller controlling the motor is operated and a vibration phenomenon caused by the operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display device displays the state in which the controller controlling the motor is operated and the vibration phenomenon caused by the operation synchronously in time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information on a vibration phenomenon includes at least one of a name of a vibration phenomenon, a cause of a vibration phenomenon, and a measure for preventing a vibration phenomenon. ### Claim 8 A diagnostic system for diagnosing a vibration phenomenon occurring in a machine that uses a motor as a drive source, the system comprising: a server connected to a network; and a client connected to the network, wherein the client includes: a display device to display a video of a vibration phenomenon for each of a plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine, the video being transmitted from the server via the network; an input device to receive a selection result indicating the video selected by a user from the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena, and wherein the display device displays information on a vibration phenomenon that is a diagnostic result transmitted from the server via the network, and the server includes: a storage device to store the information on a vibration phenomenon in association with the video of a vibration phenomenon for each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena, and a processor to read the video of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena from the storage unit, and wherein the processor reads, from the storage device, the information on a vibration phenomenon stored in association with the video corresponding to the selection result that is transmitted from the client via the network and received by the input device, and outputs the information on the vibration phenomenon that is read as a diagnostic result. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the storage device stores the information on a vibration phenomenon of each of the plurality of kinds of vibration phenomena that can occur in the machine in association with the video of a state in which a controller controlling the motor is operated and a vibration phenomenon caused by the operation. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The diagnostic apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the display device displays the state in which the controller controlling the motor is operated and the vibration phenomenon caused by the operation synchronously in time.