Maintenance prediction for modules of a microscope
AssigneeLeica Microsystems CMS GmbH
InventorsMarkus Weber, Stefan Bamberger
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Abstract
A module for a microscope includes at least one sensor and/or at least one actuator, and a control and evaluation unit. The control and evaluation unit is configured to determine current parameter values of parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator, analyze the parameter values using a statistical model stored in the control and evaluation unit to determine an operating state value that characterizes an operating state of the module, and identify the operating state as an abnormal operating state upon determining that the operating state value satisfies a predefined condition with respect to a threshold value.
Claims19
A module for a microscope, the module comprising:
- at least one sensor and at least one actuator, wherein the at least one sensor monitors functions of the microscope, and wherein the at least one actuator executes the functions of the microscope, and
- a control and evaluation unit,
- the control and evaluation unit being configured to:
- determine current parameter values of parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator,
- analyze the parameter values by providing as input the current parameter values of the parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator to a statistical model stored in the control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine, as output, an operating state value that characterizes an operating state of the module and the microscope, and
- identify the operating state as an abnormal operating state based on determining that the operating state value satisfies a predefined condition with respect to a threshold value.
A method for determining an operating state of a module of a microscope, the module including a control and evaluation unit, at least one sensor, and at least one actuator,
- the method comprising:
- determining current parameter values of parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator, wherein the at least one sensor monitors functions of the microscope, and wherein the at least one actuator executes the functions of the microscope,
- analyzing the parameter values by providing as input the current parameter values of the parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator to a statistical model stored in the control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine, as output, an operating state value that characterizes the operating state of the module and the microscope, and
- identifying the operating state as an abnormal operating state based on determining that the operating state value satisfies a predefined condition with respect to a threshold value.
A microcontroller having a program code stored thereon which, when executed, is configured to perform a method for determining an operating state of a module of a microscope, the module including at least one sensor and at least one actuator, the method comprising:
- determining current parameter values of parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator, wherein the at least one sensor monitors functions of the microscope, and wherein the at least one actuator executes the functions of the microscope,
- analyzing the parameter values by providing as input the current parameter values of the parameters of the sensor and/or of the actuator to a statistical model stored in the control and evaluation unit that is configured to determine, as output, an operating state value that characterizes the operating state of the module and the microscope, and
- identifying the operating state as an abnormal operating state based on determining that the operating state value satisfies a predefined condition with respect to a threshold value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.