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Failure diagnosis method, failure diagnosis apparatus, conveyance device, image forming apparatus, program, and storage medium

US8132049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 23, 2005
Grant dateMar 6, 2012
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/553
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A failure diagnosis method diagnoses a failure occurring in a diagnosis target apparatus including a drive mechanism having a drive member that receives power supply to operate and a power transmission member that transmits drive force of the drive member to another member. The method includes automatically acquiring by a sensor an operation state signal indicating an operation state during the drive mechanism operating for a predetermined period; and analyzing the automatically acquired operation state signal based on a failure probability model, which is obtained by modeling a cause of failure occurring in the diagnosis target apparatus with using probabilities, to execute failure diagnosis with respect to each of constituent members of the drive mechanism.

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