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US 11,228,820 B2Granted
Generating and/or encoding rotational data for a mechanical element over a digital network
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsTimothy Robert North, Tod Alexander Gilbert, Steven Bonnett
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Abstract
Systems and techniques to facilitate generating and/or encoding rotational data associated with a mechanical element are presented. A sensor system can measure rotational speed data and phase data associated with a mechanical element that rotates. The sensor system can also encode the rotational speed data and phase data into a digital data packet. Furthermore, the sensor system can transmit the digital data packet associated with the rotational speed data and phase data to one or more sensor devices in communication with the sensor system.
Claims19
A sensor system, comprising:
- a memory that stores computer executable components;
- a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise:
- an analog measurement component that measures, based on a time reference, analog data indicative of rotational speed data and phase data associated with a mechanical element that rotates, wherein the time reference is synchronized across the sensor system and a group of sensor devices;
- an encoder component that encodes the time reference, the analog data indicative of the rotational speed data and the phase data into a digital data packet in a format that enables transmission via a digital network;
- an analysis component that determines a magnitude of the rotational speed data based on the analog data as compared to a defined magnitude threshold, resulting in analysis data, wherein the analysis data comprises configuration data and error checking data that comprise information indicative of rate of change of time between phase reference measurements included in a set of reference point measurements;
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- a communication component that transmits, based on control data received from a control device, the analysis data and the digital data packet associated with the data indicative of the rotational speed data and the phase data to one or more sensor devices of the group of sensor devices in communication with the sensor system, wherein the communication component transmits the digital data packet via the digital network, and wherein the one or more sensor devices being communicatively coupled via the digital network and controlled by the control device.
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A method, comprising:
- capturing, by a system comprising a processor, a set of rotational measurements associated with a rotating mechanical element based on a time reference synchronized across a group of sensor devices, wherein the set of rotational measurements comprise analog data indicative of rotational speed of the rotating mechanical element and phase data associated with the rotating mechanical element;
- encoding, by the system, the time reference and the set of rotational measurements into a digital data packet formatted for transmission over a digital network;
- determining a magnitude of the rotational speed data based on the analog data as compared to a defined magnitude threshold, resulting in analysis data, wherein the analysis data comprises configuration data and error checking data, which comprise information indicative of rate of change of time between phase reference measurements included in a set of reference point measurements;
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- transmitting, by the system, the analysis data and the digital data packet associated with the set of rotational measurements to one or more sensor devices of the group of sensor devices in communication with the system via the digital network and based on control data received from a control device, wherein the one or more sensor devices are communicatively coupled via the digital network and controlled by the control device.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:
- measuring, based on a synchronized time reference, rotational data associated with a rotating mechanical element, wherein the rotational data comprises analog data indicative of a rotational speed and phase data;
- encoding the synchronized time reference and the rotational data into a digital data packet configured to be transmitted via a digital network, wherein the synchronized time reference is synchronized across the digital network;
- determining a magnitude of the rotational speed data based on the analog data as compared to a defined magnitude threshold, resulting in analysis data, wherein the analysis data comprises configuration data and error checking data, and wherein the configuration data and error checking data comprise information indicative of rate of change of time between phase reference measurements included in a set of reference point measurements;
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- based on control data received from a control device, transmitting, via the digital network, the analysis data and the digital data packet that includes the rotational data to one or more sensor devices in communication with the system, wherein the one or more sensor devices are controlled by the control device, and wherein the one or more sensor devices are communicatively coupled to one another via the digital network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.