Abstract:
A method for mapping an element of an engineering schematic into a schematic element database is provided. The method electronically scans a schematic to recognize a plurality of elements visually represented in the schematic, wherein each of the plurality of elements is associated with predefined schematic element visual attributes; and maps each of the plurality of recognized elements to any one of a plurality of saved database elements, based on common visual attributes.
Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for determining multiple simultaneous fault conditions on complex systems. The method comprises receiving symptoms of a complex system from monitors. When some of the symptoms suggest the existence of multiple simultaneous fault conditions, then the method creates a symptom signature, creates one or more failure mode signatures, and creates an error code for each failure mode signature in regard to the symptom signature. Each failure mode signature is associated with only one failure mode. A Hamming distance is determined for each failure mode indicated as possibly causing the original fault condition. Each failure mode with the minimum Hamming distance and same Hamming Code are grouped together as being one of the multiple simultaneous fault conditions. All remaining failure modes with other Hamming distances are then assigned into one of the simultaneous fault conditions.
Abstract:
Computer readable software objects, methods and apparatus are provided for using a path specification to limit requested entity data by designating a single explicit multiple step path between any two pairs of entity types. The computer readable software object comprises an ordered collection of path specification elements, a start entity, and an end entity. The method comprises determining a relationship specification from an input from a user. The method further includes determining if more than one path specification element exists that is associated with the relationship specification. When more than one path specification element exists, the user is provided with a choice of path specifications. The method then returns a list of entities from the destination entity type filtered through a restricted set of entities logically located between the source entity and the destination entity based exclusively on the path specification element chosen by the user.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for populating a database with data associated with a specific task. The method comprises creating a work package specification for a work package associated with the specific task, creating a task specification within the work package specification, creating a view specification within the task specification, and creating a task network comprising tasks that when performed in a desired sequence populates the database with the data associated with the specific task.
Abstract:
A method for creating and using a fault model representative of a system, the fault model comprising one or more fault model components is provided. The method creates a reusable fault model component; associates one or more algorithms to the reusable fault model component, the one or more algorithms describing behavior of the reusable fault model component; incorporates the reusable fault model component and the one or more algorithms into the fault model; tunes the reusable fault model component, using available data associated with the fault model; and predicts occurrence of degradation of the system, based on the tuning.
Abstract:
The embodiments described herein can provide improved diagnostic repair systems and methods to generate and represent cost optimized work plans. These cost optimized work plans include a plurality of procedures, where each of the plurality of procedures represents at least one of a corrective action or test. The order and arraignment of these cost optimized work plans are arranged to have an optimized average cost of repair, and thus can reduce the costs associated with such repairs. Furthermore, these diagnostic repair systems and methods provide techniques for representing such a cost optimized work plan and guiding a user through such a cost optimized work plan. Specifically, separate graphical user interface elements are generated for each procedure in the cost optimized work plan, with the graphical user interface elements including features designed to guide a user through the procedures in a way that provides an optimized average cost of repair.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for processing a graphical artifact. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving, by a processor, a graphical artifact having at least one unknown graphical element; determining, by the processor, graphical features of the unknown graphical element; computing, by the processor, a plurality of similarity scores based on the features of the unknown graphical element and features of a plurality of known graphical elements; and storing data associated with the unknown graphical element with data associated with a known graphical element based on the plurality of similarity scores.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for generating a maintainer troubleshooting tree from the content of a digitally stored fault model of a complex system in real time. The method comprises retrieving all failure modes from a fault model of the complex system for a specific corrective action. The method then receives symptoms from sensors monitoring the complex system in real time and generates a symptom pattern and an associated symptom hash from the received symptoms. The method creates san ambiguity group from the retrieved failure modes. The method further retrieves all repair procedures and test procedures related to the ambiguity group of failure modes, creates a troubleshooting tree for the ambiguity group by ranking each repair procedure and test procedure, and retrieves all technical references encountered while creating the trouble shooting tree. The method then compiles and renders the troubleshooting tree and the references into a user perceivable document.n
Abstract translation:提供了用于从复杂系统的数字存储故障模型的内容实时生成维护者故障排除树的方法和系统。 该方法包括从特定校正动作的复杂系统的故障模型中检索所有故障模式。 该方法然后从传感器中实时监测复杂系统的症状,并从接收到的症状中产生症状模式和相关症状散列。 该方法从检索到的故障模式中创建圣模糊组。 该方法进一步检索与故障模式的模糊组相关的所有修复过程和测试过程,通过对每个修复过程和测试过程进行排序,创建故障排除树中遇到的所有技术参考,为歧义组创建故障排除树。 然后,该方法将故障排除树和引用文件编译并呈现给用户可感知的文档。 n
Abstract:
The present application relates to a method for determining multiple simultaneous fault conditions on complex systems. The method comprises receiving symptoms of a complex system from monitors. When some of the symptoms suggest the existence of multiple simultaneous fault conditions, then the method creates a symptom signature, creates one or more failure mode signatures, and creates an error code for each failure mode signature in regard to the symptom signature. Each failure mode signature is associated with only one failure mode. A Hamming distance is determined for each failure mode indicated as possibly causing the original fault condition. Each failure mode with the minimum Hamming distance and same Hamming Code are grouped together as being one of the multiple simultaneous fault conditions. All remaining failure modes with other Hamming distances are then assigned into one of the simultaneous fault conditions.
Abstract:
A method for mapping an element of an engineering schematic into a schematic element database is provided. The method electronically scans a schematic to recognize a plurality of elements visually represented in the schematic, wherein each of the plurality of elements is associated with predefined schematic element visual attributes; and maps each of the plurality of recognized elements to any one of a plurality of saved database elements, based on common visual attributes.