Integrated system for verifying the performance and health of instruments and processes
AssigneeAnalysis and Measurement Services Corporation
InventorHashem M. Hashemian
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Abstract
A system and method for verifying the performance and health of instruments and processes. A computer runs software that collects data from sampled sensors, stores the data, screens the data for outliers, analyzes the data, performs in situ testing, and generates results of the analysis and testing. The system and method verifies not only the steady state performance of instruments, but also the dynamic performance of instruments and the transient behavior of the processes.
Claims21
An integrated system for verifying the performance and health of a plurality of instruments and processes, said system comprising:
- a plurality of digital signals, each representing an output from a sensor;
- and
- a computer responsive to said plurality of digital signals, said computer having software programmed to perform the functions of
- storing a plurality of sampled data in storage media;
- screening said plurality of sampled data to remove outliers;
- analyzing said sampled data and producing analysis results;
- determining whether a corrective action is required by said analysis results;
- and
- generating output of said analysis results.
At least one computer programmed to execute a process for verifying the performance and health of a plurality of instruments and processes, the process comprising:
- storing a plurality of sampled data in storage media;
- screening said plurality of sampled data to remove bad data;
- analyzing said sampled data and producing analysis results;
- determining whether a corrective action is required by said analysis results;
- and
- generating output of said analysis results.
A method for verifying the performance and health of a plurality of instruments and processes, said method comprising:
- sampling data from a plurality of sensors;
- storing said sampled data;
- screening said sampled data;
- analyzing said sampled data;
- performing a corrective action as determined during said step of analyzing;
- and
- generating results of said analysis and said testing.
An integrated system for verifying the performance and health of a plurality of instruments and processes, said system comprising:
- a means for acquiring a plurality of digital signals, each of said plurality of digital signals representing an output from a sensor;
- a means for processing said plurality of digital signals.
- a means for storing said plurality of digital signals;
- a means for screening said plurality of digital signals;
- a means for analyzing said plurality of digital signals;
- a means for determining whether a corrective action is required;
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- a means for generating results of said analysis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.