Failure prediction server, failure prediction system, and image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasami Ohshima
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Abstract
According to at least one embodiment, a failure prediction server includes an interface, a memory, and a processor. The interface is configured to communicate with equipment including a component that deteriorates over time. The memory is configured to store measurement data acquired from the equipment. The processor is configured to set a monitoring start condition for failure prediction in the corresponding equipment based on the measurement data acquired as initial data from the equipment, accumulate the measurement data acquired from the equipment in the memory after the monitoring start condition is satisfied, and predict a failure of the component based on the measurement data accumulated in the memory.
Claims20
A failure prediction server comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate with equipment comprising a component targeted for failure prediction;
- a memory configured to store measurement data acquired from the equipment;
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- a processor configured to:
- set a monitoring start condition for failure prediction in the corresponding equipment based on the measurement data acquired as initial data from the equipment,
- accumulate the measurement data acquired from the equipment in the memory after the monitoring start condition is satisfied, and
- predict a failure of the component based on the measurement data stored in the memory;
- wherein the equipment is an image forming apparatus;
- wherein the component is a motor, and the measurement data is data indicating a driving state of the motor;
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- wherein the measurement data is data indicating the time until the motor reaches a normal rotation.
A failure prediction server comprising:
- an interface configured to communicate with equipment comprising a component targeted for failure prediction;
- a memory configured to store measurement data acquired from the equipment;
- and
- a processor configured to:
- set a monitoring start condition for failure prediction in the corresponding equipment based on the measurement data acquired as initial data from the equipment,
- accumulate the measurement data acquired from the equipment in the memory after the monitoring start condition is satisfied, and
- predict a failure of the component based on the measurement data stored in the memory;
- wherein the equipment is an image forming apparatus;
- wherein the component is a motor, and the measurement data is data indicating a driving state of the motor;
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- wherein the measurement data is data indicating rotational stability of the motor.
A method for failure prediction, the method comprising:
- communicating with equipment comprising a component targeted for failure prediction;
- storing measurement data acquired from the equipment;
- setting a monitoring start condition for failure prediction in the corresponding equipment based on the measurement data acquired as initial data from the component;
- accumulating the measurement data acquired from the equipment after the monitoring start condition is satisfied;
- predicting a failure of the component based on the measurement data;
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- determining deterioration over time of the component by comparing a change pattern of measurement data acquired from the equipment with a change pattern of measurement data acquired from other devices in the past.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.