System and method of using sensors to emulate human senses for diagnosing an assembly
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsJames Cancilla, Sunil Reddy, Carl Krzystofczyk
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Abstract
A system and method for diagnosing an assembly is provided. The system and method facilitates assembly diagnosis by (i) sensing sensory-inputs coming from the assembly, (ii) capturing data representative of the sensory-inputs and responsively producing sensor patterns indicative of the sensory-inputs, (iii) searching a data base of historical patterns that are related to the sensor patterns, and (iv) presenting the sensor patterns and related historical patterns at a user interface. An assembly diagnosis can be made based on sensor patterns, related historical patterns, and other diagnostic information presented at the user interface.
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A system for diagnosing an assembly, the system comprising:
- a vibration sensor for sensing an assembly vibration and for producing a vibration signal indicative of the assembly vibration;
- data storage that includes a plurality of historical vibration patterns;
- a processor communicatively coupled to the vibration sensor and to the data storage, wherein the processor (i) receives the vibration signal and (ii) searches the data storage to find at least one of the historical vibration patterns which is related to the assembly and the vibration signal;
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- a user interface to display the vibration signal and the at least one of the historical vibration patterns.
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A system for diagnosing an assembly, the system comprising:
- a first sensor for producing a first sensor output in response to sensing a first type of sensory input, wherein at least a portion of the first type of sensory input can be sensed by a human being's sense of touch;
- a second sensor for producing a second sensor output in response to sensing a second type of sensory input, wherein at least a portion of the second type of sensory input can be sensed by a human being's sense of sight;
- data storage, wherein the data storage includes historical patterns of the first and second types of sensory input;
- a processor for (i) receiving the first sensor output and thereafter sending the first sensor output to data storage for storage as a first sensor pattern, (ii) receiving the second sensor output and thereafter sending the second sensor output to the data storage for storage as a second sensor pattern;
- (iii) searching the data storage to locate first and second historical patterns, wherein the first historical pattern is a historical pattern of the first type of sensory input that is related to the first sensor pattern and the second historical pattern is a historical pattern of the second type of sensory input that is related to the second sensor pattern;
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- a user interface to display the first sensor pattern, the first historical pattern, the second sensor pattern, and the second historical pattern.
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A method for diagnosing an assembly, the method comprising:
- sensing a first type of sensory input from the assembly and responsively producing a first sensor pattern based on the first type of sensory input, wherein the first type of sensory input can be sensed by a first human-sense;
- sensing a second type of sensory input from the assembly and responsively producing a second sensor pattern based on the second type of sensory input, wherein the second type of sensory input can be sensed by a second human-sense;
- searching a data storage device that includes (i) a plurality of historical patterns of the first type of sensory input, and (ii) a plurality of historical patterns of the second type of sensory input, to locate (i) at least one of the plurality of historical patterns of the first type of sensory input that is related to the first sensor pattern, and (ii) at least one of the plurality of historical patterns of the second type of sensory input related to the second sensor pattern that is related to the second sensor pattern;
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- providing, at a user interface, the first and second sensor patterns, the at least one of the plurality of historical patterns of the first type of sensory input, and the at least one of the plurality of historical patterns of the second type of sensory input.
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