Apparatus and method for monitoring a running process
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
InventorHanns-Erik Endres
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a process consists of repeatedly acquiring at least two different pieces of information of the process, performing a component transformation using the acquired information to calculate a main component measurement vector in a main component space, calculating a process indicator quantity by using the calculated main component measurement vector with one or several main component measurement vectors of a previous acquisition, and detecting a process end by using the process indicator quantity. Apparatus for monitoring a process is also disclosed.
Claims19
Method for monitoring a process, comprising:
- repeatedly acquiring at least two different pieces of information of the process;
- performing a main component transformation due to the acquired information without using information acquired prior to the monitoring method, for calculating a main component measurement vector in a main component space;
- calculating a process indicator quantity by using the calculated main component measurement vector and one or several previously calculated main component measurement vectors;
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- detecting an end of the process by using the process indicator quantity.
Apparatus for monitoring a running process, comprising:
- acquisition means for repeatedly acquiring at least two different pieces of information of the process;
- means for performing a main component transformation due to the acquired information, whereby a main component measurement vector is calculated in a main component space;
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- evaluation means for calculating a process indicator quantity by using the calculated main component measurement vector and one or several previously calculated main component measurement vectors, wherein the evaluation means is further formed to detect an end of the process by using the process indicator quantity.
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