Failure predictive system, and failure predictive apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9244803-B2
Application number	US-201414474731-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	Feb 10, 2014
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

Provided is a failure predictive system, including a collection unit that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a job to be implemented, a calculating unit that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on information with respect to the implemented job and information with respect to the job to be implemented which are collected by the collection unit, and an output unit that outputs information based on the probability when the probability calculated by the calculating unit is over a threshold value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A failure predictive system, comprising:
a processor;
a collection unit, operable on the processor, that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a scheduled job that is scheduled to be implemented in the monitored apparatus;
a calculator, operable on the processor, that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on the collected information of the implemented job and the collected information of the scheduled job which are collected by the collection unit; and
an output unit, operable on the processor, that outputs information based on the calculated probability in response to the calculated probability exceeding a threshold value.

2. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the outputting information by the output unit comprises outputting a notification that is recognizable by a user.

3. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the output unit outputs control information to an apparatus which affects an implementation situation of the job in the monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

4. The failure predictive system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the output unit outputs control information with respect to an air conditioner that adjusts air in a room in which the monitored apparatus is installed as the information based on the probability.

5. The failure predictive system according to claim 4 ,
wherein the calculating unit calculates a probability of a failure with respect to an image quality, and
the output unit outputs control information which instructs the air conditioner to decrease a temperature.

6. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when a difference between a time-series variation of past information with respect to a job and a time-series variation of future information with respect to a job is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, the calculating unit calculates the failure predictor probability based on only the time-series variation of future information with respect to a job.

7. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information with respect to a job includes at least one of the number of printed sheets, the total coverage, and the sheet characteristics.

8. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the output unit outputs control information which causes a job to be implemented in the monitored apparatus to be implemented in another monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

9. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the output unit outputs information with respect to maintenance of the monitored apparatus as the information based on the probability.

10. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the output unit outputs control information which widens an interval for implementing jobs as the information based on the probability.

11. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the collection unit collects information of an occurrence of switching to specified printing sheet in the monitored apparatus in a job of the future, and
the output unit outputs control information which changes a sequence for implementing a job using the specified printing sheet as the information based on the probability.

12. The failure predictive system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the output unit outputs the control information which stops an implementation of the job using the specified printing sheet as the information based on the probability.

13. The failure predictive system according to claim 11 ,
wherein the output unit outputs control information which sets the job using the specified printing sheet to be implemented in a later sequence as the information based on the probability.

14. The failure predictive system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the calculating unit calculates the probability of the failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus for each type of failure by using a predictive model corresponding to the type of failure.

15. A failure predictive apparatus, comprising:
a processor;
a collection unit, operable on the processor, that collects information with respect to a job implemented in a monitored apparatus and information with respect to a scheduled job that is scheduled to be implemented;
a calculator, operable on the processor, that calculates a probability of a failure occurrence in the monitored apparatus based on the collected information of the implemented job and the collected information of the scheduled job which are collected by the collection unit; and
an output unit, operable on the processor, that outputs information based on the calculated probability in response to the calculated probability exceeding a threshold value.

16. The failure predictive apparatus according to claim 15 ,
wherein the outputting information by the output unit comprises outputting a notification that is recognizable by a user.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Adachi Koji
• Yamada Norikazu

Classifications

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• G06F11/3409 Primary

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F11/321

  Display for diagnostics, e.g. diagnostic result display, self-test user interface · CPC title

• G06F11/008 Primary

  Reliability or availability analysis · CPC title

• H04N1/00074

  Indicating or reporting (details of user-machine interface H04N1/0035) · CPC title