Determination apparatus, determination system, determination method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11874643-B2
Application number	US-202117533450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	Nov 30, 2020
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

Abstract

A determination apparatus includes circuitry to receive operation information corresponding to an action being performed by a machine to be diagnosed and a detection signal of a physical quantity that changes according to the action of the machine; take out, from the detection signal, an operation detection signal indicating that the machine is operating, based on the operation information; extract feature information of the operation detection signal; select, from the feature information, particular feature information to be compared with a plurality of reference feature information; and determine a machining section of the machine in the feature information, based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A determination apparatus comprising circuitry configured to:
receive operation information corresponding to an action being performed by a machine to be diagnosed and a detection signal of a physical quantity that changes according to the action of the machine;
take out, from the detection signal, an operation detection signal indicating that the machine is operating, based on the operation information;
extract feature information of the operation detection signal;
select, from the feature information, particular feature information to be compared with a plurality of reference feature information; and
determine a machining section of the machine in the feature information, based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information, wherein the machine is configured to perform an action including an outward movement and a return movement, and
wherein the circuitry is configured to perform a process of combining the operation information acquired in the outward movement with the operation information acquired in the return movement based on a determination that (a) a time from a stop of acquisition of the operation information of the outward movement to a start of acquisition of the operation information of the return movement is equal to or shorter than a threshold time and (b) the machine is in a predetermined operating state.

2. The determination apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to generate the plurality of reference feature information based on the feature information.

3. The determination apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to generate, based on one of the plurality of reference feature information, another of the plurality of reference feature information.

4. The determination apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
calculate likelihood of the machining section of the machine based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information, and
determine the machining section based on the likelihood of the machining section.

5. The determination apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to calculate the likelihood of the machining section for each combination of the plurality of reference feature information.

6. The determination apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to calculate the likelihood of the machining section for each of the plurality of the reference feature information.

7. The determination apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the process of combining is:
a process of combining the operation information acquired from a start to an end of the outward movement with the operation information acquired from a start to an end of the return movement; or
a process of combining the operation information acquired in a section corresponding to the outward movement with the section corresponding to the operation information acquired in the return movement.

8. A determination system comprising:
a sensor configured to acquire the detection signal of the physical quantity that changes according to the action performed by the machine; and
the determination apparatus according to claim 1 .

9. A determination method comprising:
receiving operation information corresponding to an action being performed by a machine to be diagnosed and a detection signal of a physical quantity that changes according to the action of the machine, wherein the machine performs an action including an outward movement and a return movement;
taking out, from the detection signal, an operation detection signal indicating that the machine is operating, based on the operation information;
extracting feature information of the operation detection signal;
selecting, from the feature information, particular feature information to be compared with a plurality of reference feature information; and
determining a machining section of the machine in the feature information, based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information
wherein circuitry is configured to perform a process of combining the operation information acquired in the outward movement with the operation information acquired in the return movement based on a determination that (a) a time from a stop of acquisition of the operation information of the outward movement to a start of acquisition of the operation information of the return movement is equal to or shorter than a threshold time and (b) the machine is in a predetermined operating state.

10. A non-transitory recording medium storing a plurality of program codes which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the processors to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving operation information corresponding to an action being performed by a machine to be diagnosed and a detection signal of a physical quantity that changes according to the action of the machine, wherein the machine performs an action including an outward movement and a return movement;
taking out, from the detection signal, an operation detection signal indicating that the machine is operating, based on the operation information;
extracting feature information of the operation detection signal;
selecting, from the feature information, particular feature information to be compared with a plurality of reference feature information; and
determining a machining section of the machine in the feature information, based on the plurality of reference feature information and the particular feature information, wherein circuitry is configured to perform a process of combining the operation information acquired in the outward movement with the operation information acquired in the return movement based on a determination that (a) a time from a stop of acquisition of the operation information of the outward movement to a start of acquisition of the operation information of the return movement is equal to or shorter than a threshold time and (b) the machine is in a predetermined operating state.

Assignees

• Ohsawa Shuichi
• Takami Junichi
• Umezawa Tomoki
• Horio Takafumi
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohsawa Shuichi
• Takami Junichi
• Umezawa Tomoki
• Horio Takafumi

Classifications

• G05B19/4065 Primary

  Monitoring tool breakage, life or condition · CPC title

• G05B19/408

  characterised by data handling or data format, e.g. reading, buffering or conversion of data · CPC title

• G05B19/4063

  Monitoring general control system (G05B19/4062 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B2219/50276

  Detect wear or defect tool, breakage and change tool · CPC title

• G05B2219/50308

  Estimate wear from machining data and conditions · CPC title