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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsTracy E. Thieret, Charles P. Holt, Michael M. Shahin, Robert P. Siegel
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In one embodiment, a server electrically connected to an image processing machine provides local data access and includes a monitor component, an analysis and prediction component to analyze data to track machine trends and predict machine subsytem and element faults, a diagnostic component capable of machine diagnostics at a higher level, components, and a communication component to provide a remote communication link. In a second embodiment, a first level of server modules are directly connected to given machines, a second level of server modules with trend analysis and diagnostic capability are connected to a network and associated with a set of machines on the network, and a third level of server modules are associated with a plurality of sets of machines on the network with the analysis and prediction components and diagnostic components providing trend data, fault prediction data, and machine corrective data for the plurality of sets of machines.
A first server electrically connected to an image processing machine, the image processing machine including a control with a first level data collection element, sensors for providing first level data to the data collector element, and a first level diagnostic element, the server providing local access, the first server comprising:
In an image processing machine having an associated server module, sensors, and a control with a first level diagnostic element for diagnosing a first level of data generated by the machine sensors, a method of diagnosing machine operation comprising the steps of:
In an image processing machine having sensors and a control with a first level diagnostic element receiving a first level sensor data and a server module, the server module electrically connected to the control, a method of diagnosing machine operation comprising the steps of:
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