Time-Series Data Correction Around Equipment Stop Periods

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing data processing systems inaccurately detect equipment anomalies due to variations in detection values caused by maintenance or sensor deviations, leading to incorrect machine learning models and thresholds.

Innovation Solution

A data processing apparatus and method that corrects data variations by identifying stop periods during maintenance, calculates the amount of variation in process data before and after these periods, and uses corrected data to generate a machine learning model for anomaly detection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If data is collected continuously including during maintenance periods, then data quantity increases, but measurement precision deteriorates due to sensor deviations and maintenance variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata quantityVSAvoiddetection value accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the time-series data into multiple periods based on maintenance schedules, identifying which periods correspond to maintenance activities. By separating maintenance periods from operational periods, the system can selectively exclude or separately analyze data collected during maintenance, thereby preventing contaminated data from degrading the overall measurement precision while preserving the quantity of useful operational data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary identification of maintenance periods before conducting anomaly detection or machine learning model generation. By pre-marking which time periods correspond to maintenance activities using maintenance management system data, the system prepares the data in advance to exclude or separately handle maintenance-period data, ensuring that only high-quality operational data is used for critical analysis tasks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If machine learning models are trained on all available data including maintenance periods, then model development speed increases, but model reliability deteriorates due to data variations from maintenance

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel development speedVSAvoidanomaly detection accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes data corresponding to maintenance periods from the dataset used for machine learning model training. By identifying maintenance periods through comparison with maintenance management system data and excluding these segments, the system ensures that training data contains only operational data, thereby maintaining high model reliability while still utilizing sufficient data quantity for effective model development.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary filtering of training data by identifying and removing maintenance-period segments before initiating machine learning model training. This pre-processing step ensures that the model is trained exclusively on clean operational data, preventing maintenance-related variations from compromising model reliability, while maintaining efficient model development through automated data preparation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If anomaly detection thresholds are set using all data including maintenance periods, then threshold calculation becomes simpler, but detection accuracy deteriorates due to data variations

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvethreshold calculation complexityVSAvoidanomaly detection precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the data used for threshold calculation by identifying and separating maintenance periods from operational periods. By calculating anomaly detection thresholds using only operational data (excluding maintenance periods), the system maintains detection precision while keeping the calculation process relatively simple through automated period identification and data filtering based on maintenance schedule information.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentEP4254094B1Data processing apparatus, data processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2025.09.03 YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORP
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AI summary

(SOLUTION) Provided is a data processing apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring time-series data regarding running of an apparatus; a stop acquisition unit for acquiring a stop of the running of the apparatus; and a correction unit for correcting, after changing a reference value according to an amount of variation in the data between before and after a stop period of the apparatus, the data using the reference value. Provided is a data processing apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring time-series data regarding running of an apparatus; a stop acquisition unit for acquiring a stop of the running of the apparatus; an output unit for outputting an amount of variation in the data between before and after a stop period of the apparatus; and a correction unit for correcting, after changing a reference value upon receiving an instruction corresponding to the output of the variation amount of the data, the data using the reference value.