Servo Deterioration Diagnosis Using Partial-Period Data Extraction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current deterioration diagnosis methods for servo systems lack accuracy due to the use of all input values over time, which can include interfering features, leading to misleading results.

Innovation Solution

A data processing system that acquires control and detection values from a servo system, extracts diagnostic parameters from specific partial periods of these values, and generates time-series data to improve diagnosis accuracy by filtering out interfering features.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If all input values over time are used for deterioration diagnosis, then the quantity of diagnostic data is increased, but the accuracy of diagnosis deteriorates due to interfering features

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvequantity of diagnostic dataVSAvoidaccuracy of deterioration diagnosis
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the time-series input values into multiple periods and selectively extracts values from specific periods that are most indicative of deterioration. This segmentation allows the system to maintain sufficient diagnostic data quantity while eliminating interfering features from irrelevant time periods, thereby resolving the contradiction between data quantity and diagnostic accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent extracts only the necessary diagnostic values from specific periods of the input time-series data, rather than using all available data. This extraction process removes interfering features while preserving the essential diagnostic information, thus improving accuracy without sacrificing the necessary data quantity for reliable diagnosis.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

2Loss of information

If all input values over time are used for deterioration diagnosis, then the completeness of diagnostic information is improved, but the reliability of diagnosis deteriorates due to misleading interfering features

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompleteness of diagnostic informationVSAvoidreliability of deterioration diagnosis
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

By segmenting the time-series data into distinct periods and selecting specific periods for extraction, the patent ensures that only relevant diagnostic information is used. This segmentation maintains completeness of meaningful diagnostic information while excluding misleading interfering features from other periods, thereby improving reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by assigning different importance to different time periods, extracting values from periods where deterioration indicators are most prominent. This approach ensures that the diagnostic information from critical periods is preserved while filtering out noise from less relevant periods, thus enhancing both completeness and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Measurement precision

If extraction processing is performed on input values to generate diagnostic parameters, then the accuracy of deterioration diagnosis is improved, but the complexity of the processing system increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of deterioration diagnosisVSAvoidcomplexity of data processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The segmentation of time-series data into periods with clear physical or operational meanings simplifies the extraction process. By focusing on specific periods rather than processing the entire time-series, the system reduces computational complexity while maintaining high diagnostic accuracy through targeted extraction of relevant features.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial action by extracting only the necessary portions of the input data from specific periods rather than processing all data. This selective approach achieves high diagnostic accuracy without requiring complex processing of the entire dataset, thus balancing accuracy with system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Data Source

PatentUS20240192673A1Data processing system and data processing method
Publication Date: 2024.06.13 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

Accuracy of deterioration diagnosis is improved. Data processing system (1) of servo system (7) includes acquisition part (2) and generator (3). Acquisition part (2) acquires, as input values, at least one of a control value and a detection value. Generator (3) generates a diagnostic parameter by performing at least extraction processing on the input value acquired by acquisition part (2). The diagnostic parameter is used for deterioration diagnosis of object (OB1) of at least one of load (73) and servomotor (72) in servo system (7). The input values are values that vary with time. In the extraction processing, generator (3) extracts, as a diagnostic parameter, a value in a partial period among the input values.