APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A DEFECT AND/OR OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC OF A SYSTEM

An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a comp...

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Hauptverfasser:	CHURCH BENJAMIN PAUL, RUGGIERO ANDREW LAWRENCE, DURLING MICHAEL RICHARD, SUN ZONGQI, LUO HUAGENG, TAIT ROBERT WILLIAM, TOUGAS THOMAS ANTHONY, MATHEWS, JR. HARRY KIRK
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALARM SYSTEMS CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING ENSURING THE SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAFFIC GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC MEASUREMENT OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OR ULTRASONIC, SONIC ORINFRASONIC WAVES MEASURING MEASURING QUANTITY OF HEAT MEASURING TEMPERATURE ORDER TELEGRAPHS OTHER AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT FOR RAILWAYS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS RAILWAYS SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS TESTING THERMALLY-SENSITIVE ELEMENTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus and methods for identifying a defect and/or an operating characteristic of a system being monitored (and/or one or more of the system's components) are described. In an embodiment, orthogonally related data monitored by two or more detectors may be fused to determine whether a component of a system is defective and/or malfunctioning. Additionally or alternatively, data from a first detector may be determined to be accurate using non-orthogonally related data outputted by a second detector. Both types of determinations may be made with minimal or no false indications, which lowers the cost of operating the system being monitored. Embodiments of the invention may also be configured to forecast and/or prevent accidents and/or damage to the system being monitored by predicting whether a defect and/or a malfunction will occur