Wire fault detection

A computer program product for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• executable code that processes a received waveform in accordance with signal propagation modeling in said wire producing a processed waveform;
• executable code that fits each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing said processed waveform, wherein each of said plurality of functions is a localized curve fitting of said portion of data points that approximates values of the data points in the portion, said portion of data points including a number of data points in accordance with a selected window size, wherein the data points included in said portion include a designated data point and a specified number of data points relative to said designated data point;
• and
• executable code that detects an event using a characteristic of said processed waveform.

A method for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• processing a received waveform in accordance with signal propagation modeling in said wire producing a processed waveform;
• fitting each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing said processed waveform;
• determining a characteristic for each of said plurality of functions;
• evaluating said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said processed waveform;
• and
• detecting an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions, wherein said portion of data points has N+M+1 data points, N representing a number of data points prior to a first one of said data points included in said portion, M representing a number of data points after said first one of said data points included in said portion, and the method further comprising:
• determining a first of said plurality of functions in accordance with said N+M+1 data points.

A computer program product for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• executable code that processes a received waveform in accordance with signal propagation modeling in said wire producing a processed waveform;
• executable code that fits each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing said processed waveform;
• executable code that determines a characteristic for each of said plurality of functions;
• executable code that evaluates said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said processed waveform;
• and
• executable code that detects an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions, wherein said portion of data points has N+M+1 data points, N representing a number of data points prior to a first one of said data points included in said portion, M representing a number of data points after said first one of said data points included in said portion, and the computer program product further comprising:
• executable code that determines a first of said plurality of functions in accordance with said N+M+1 data points.

A method for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• fitting each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, wherein each of said plurality of functions is a localized curve fitting of said portion of data points that approximates values of the data points in the portion;
• determining a characteristic for each of said plurality of functions;
• evaluating said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detecting an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions, wherein, if said event indicates a fault condition of said wire, said characteristic is used to identify a type of fault condition.

A method for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• fitting each of a plurality of polynomials to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, said portion of data points including a number of data points in accordance with a selected window size, wherein the data points included in said portion include a designated data point and a specified number of data points relative to said designated data point;
• determining a characteristic for each of said plurality of polynomials;
• evaluating said characteristic of each of said plurality of polynomials at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detecting an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of polynomials.

A method for detecting an event on a wire comprising:

• fitting each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, wherein said fitting is a localized curve fining technique utilized to smooth said data points;
• determining a derivative for each of said plurality of functions;
• evaluating said derivative of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detecting an event using said derivative of each of said plurality of functions.

A computer program product for detecting an event on a wire comprising code that:

• fits each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, wherein each of said plurality of functions is a localized curve fining of said portion of data points that approximates values of the data points in the portion;
• determines a characteristic for each of said plurality of functions;
• evaluates said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detects an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of functions, wherein, if said event indicates a fault condition of said wire, said characteristic is used to identify a type of fault condition.

A computer program product for detecting an event on a wire comprising code that:

• fits each of a plurality of polynomials to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, said portion of data points including a number of data points in accordance with a selected window size, wherein the data points included in said portion include a designated data point and a specified number of data points relative to said designated data point;
• determines a characteristic for each of said plurality of polynomials;
• evaluates said characteristic of each of said plurality of polynomials at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detects an event using said characteristic of each of said plurality of polynomials.

A computer program product for detecting an event on a wire comprising code that:

• fits each of a plurality of functions to a portion of data points representing a received waveform, wherein said fitting is a localized curve fitting technique utilized to smooth said data points;
• determines a derivative for each of said plurality of functions;
• evaluates said derivative of each of said plurality of functions at data points representing said received waveform;
• and
• detects an event using said derivative of each of said plurality of functions.