Fault Prediction Logic Generation for Client Devices

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current information processing systems for predicting faults in devices like copiers and printers often rely on external cloud services for fault prediction logic, which may not be effective in client-side environments, lacking real-time monitoring and action capabilities.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that analyzes history information from client-side devices to generate fault prediction logic, which is then built into both the cloud service system and client-side apparatuses, enabling real-time monitoring and predetermined actions when fault conditions are detected.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If external cloud services are used for fault prediction logic, then centralized data analysis capability is improved, but real-time monitoring and response capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefault prediction accuracyVSAvoidreal-time monitoring speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The fault prediction system is segmented into two parts: a cloud-based analysis server that performs comprehensive historical data analysis to generate prediction logic, and local prediction units embedded in client devices that execute the generated logic in real-time. This segmentation allows centralized intelligence to be combined with distributed real-time execution, resolving the contradiction between accurate prediction and rapid response.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Extent of automation

If fault prediction logic is built into client-side apparatuses, then real-time monitoring capability is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveautomated fault detectionVSAvoidclient-side system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The complex task of fault prediction logic generation is performed in advance by the cloud-based analysis server using comprehensive historical data and advanced algorithms. The resulting prediction logic is then simplified and embedded in client devices. This preliminary action transfers the computational complexity to the cloud while keeping client-side implementation simple, enabling automated real-time monitoring without significantly increasing client device complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Measurement precision

If comprehensive history information is analyzed centrally, then prediction accuracy is improved, but data transmission requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefault prediction accuracyVSAvoiddata transmission volume
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and transmits only the essential prediction logic and relevant monitoring parameters from the comprehensive historical analysis performed centrally, rather than transmitting all raw historical data to client devices. This extraction approach maintains prediction accuracy by preserving the core predictive patterns while significantly reducing the volume of data that needs to be transmitted and stored locally.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Data Source

PatentUS9712687B2Information processing system and method for providing built-in fault prediction logic
Publication Date: 2017.07.18 RICOH CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing system includes a first and second information processing systems respectively including first and second apparatuses, and a third information processing system storing history information of the first apparatus and implementing analyzing the history information to acquire a degree of influence for an item included in the history information corresponding to a fault in the first apparatus, and generating a fault prediction logic of predicting a fault in the first apparatus using the item having a relatively high degree of influence and a value of a case where the fault occurs in the first apparatus based on a result of the analysis, and building the generated fault prediction logic into the first and second apparatuses, the first and second information processing system monitoring the history information, and detecting a state of matching a content of the built-in fault prediction logic.