The invention provides a rolling bearing fault 
feature extraction method based on an 
independent component analysis and 
cepstrum theory. The rolling bearing fault 
feature extraction method comprises the steps of acquiring a 
vibration acceleration testing 
signal of a rolling bearing by using an acceleration sensor; decoupling and separating the 
vibration acceleration testing 
signal by using 
FastICA based on 
negentropy maximization; selecting a separated 
signal capable of representing fault 
feather information to the maximum extent; carrying out 
cepstrum analysis on the selected separated signal, and drawing a 
cepstrum chart; observing whether the cepstrum chart has a fault feature frequency or an obvious 
peak value at a frequency multiplication position, and furthermore, judging whether the rolling bearing has a fault. By using the rolling bearing fault 
feature extraction method, the feature information of a fault signal of the rolling bearing can be effectively recognized from a complex 
sideband signal, a periodical fault component in a 
sideband can be conveniently extracted, the fault information is remarkably enhanced, the fault diagnosis precision is greatly improved, the fault diagnosis time period is shortened, and the 
spectral analysis difficulty is simplified; in addition, the rolling bearing fault feature extraction method is easy to realize and good in real-time property.