Diagnostic system

A diagnostic method for use in a diagnostic system in which a plurality of diagnostic devices, each of which diagnoses a diagnostic object, and a diagnostic rule generation device, which generates a diagnostic rule used for a diagnosis, are communicably connected, said diagnostic method comprising:

• a diagnostic step, performed by diagnostic unit of said diagnostic device, that diagnoses a diagnostic object by applying a diagnostic rule, stored in a diagnostic rule storage unit, to diagnostic object data measured on the diagnostic object, and outputs a diagnostic result thereof from an output device;
• a diagnostic case data sending step, performed by diagnostic case data sending means of said diagnostic device, that sends diagnostic case data, which includes the diagnostic object data and the diagnostic result, to said diagnostic rule generation device;
• a diagnostic rule update step, performed by diagnostic rule update means of said diagnostic device, that updates said diagnostic rule storage unit with a diagnostic rule received from said diagnostic rule generation device;
• a diagnostic case data reception step, performed by diagnostic case data reception means of said diagnostic rule generation device, that stores the diagnostic case data, received from said plurality of diagnostic devices, in diagnostic case data storage means;
• a diagnostic rule generation step, performed by diagnostic rule generation means of said diagnostic rule generation device, that generates a diagnostic rule based on the diagnostic case data stored in said diagnostic case data storage means;
• by diagnostic rule sending means of said diagnostic rule generation device, a first diagnostic rule generation step that generates a diagnostic rule based on the diagnostic case data and a first diagnostic rule sending step that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said first diagnostic rule generation step, to said diagnostic rule generation device;
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• by said diagnostic rule generation device, a second diagnostic rule generation step that generates an integrated diagnostic rule from a plurality of diagnostic rules received from said plurality of diagnostic devices and a second diagnostic rule sending step that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said second diagnostic rule generation step, to said diagnostic devices.

A diagnostic rule generation device that is communicably connected to a plurality of diagnostic devices each of which diagnoses a diagnostic object by applying a diagnostic rule to diagnostic object data measured on the diagnostic object,

• said diagnostic rule generation device comprising:
• a diagnostic case data reception unit that receives diagnostic case data, which includes the diagnostic object data and a diagnostic result thereof, from said plurality of diagnostic devices;
• a diagnostic rule generation unit that generates a diagnostic rule based on the diagnostic case data received from said plurality of diagnostic devices;
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• a diagnostic rule sending unit that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said diagnostic rule generation unit, to said diagnostic devices.

A detailed diagnostic device that receives a diagnostic request from a plurality of diagnostic devices, each of which senses an abnormal condition of a diagnostic object, and diagnoses more in detail diagnostic object data on the diagnostic object, in which an abnormal condition was sensed by said diagnostic device, based on a diagnostic rule, said detailed diagnostic device comprising:

• a diagnostic rule storage unit that stores a diagnostic rule;
• a diagnostic unit that diagnoses the diagnostic object by applying the diagnostic rule to the diagnostic object data in diagnostic request data received from said diagnostic device;
• a diagnostic result response unit that sends a diagnostic result of the diagnostic request data to said diagnostic device that is a requesting diagnostic device;
• a diagnostic rule generation unit that generates a diagnostic rule based on diagnostic case data which includes the diagnostic object data in the diagnostic request data and a diagnostic result thereof;
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• a diagnostic rule update unit that updates said diagnostic rule storage unit with the diagnostic rule generated by said diagnostic rule generation device.

A non-transitory medium storing a program causing a computer, which configures a diagnostic rule generation device communicably connected to a plurality of diagnostic devices each of which diagnoses a diagnostic object by applying a diagnostic rule to diagnostic object data measured on the diagnostic object, to function as:

• a diagnostic case data reception unit that receives diagnostic case data, which includes the diagnostic object data and a diagnostic result thereof, from said plurality of diagnostic devices;
• a diagnostic rule generation unit that generates a diagnostic rule based on the diagnostic case data received from said plurality of diagnostic devices;
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• a diagnostic rule sending unit that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said diagnostic rule generation unit, to said diagnostic devices;
• said program causing said computer to perform:
• a first diagnostic rule generation step that generates a diagnostic rule based on the diagnostic case data, and a first diagnostic rule sending step that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said first diagnostic rule generation step, to said diagnostic rule generation device;
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• by said diagnostic rule generation device, a second diagnostic rule generation step that generates an integrated diagnostic rule from a plurality of diagnostic rules received from said plurality of diagnostic devices, and a second diagnostic rule sending step that sends the diagnostic rule, generated by said second diagnostic rule generation step, to said diagnostic devices.