Patent ID: 11965859
Assignee: DISCOVERY SOUND TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A method for empirical analysis of remaining life in electromechanical devices, the method comprising:
receiving and storing respective digital sound data corresponding to sound energy emitted by each of a plurality of electromechanical devices;
iteratively developing one or more models to classify sound characteristics and their corresponding impact on wear rate over time, based at least in part on recurring analysis of the stored sound data with respect to observed intervention events and/or user input relating thereto; and
for a selected electromechanical device:
estimating, using at least one of the models, a wear state based on a comparison of current sound energy emitted therefrom with respect to sound data for a comparable group of electromechanical devices;
ascertaining whether one or more of the classified sound characteristics are present in digital sound data corresponding to the selected electromechanical device;
ascertaining a variant wear rate for the selected electromechanical device based on one or more classified sound characteristics ascertained as being present in the digital sound data corresponding thereto;
determining a confidence level with respect to the ascertained variant wear rate and/or the ascertained presence of one or more of the classified sound characteristics in the digital sound data corresponding thereto; and
selectively generating one or more output signals upon the confidence level reaching and/or exceeding a predetermined confidence threshold, wherein the one or more output signals are provided to alert and/or initiate a response corresponding to a predicted intervention event associated with the variant wear rate and/or a change in predicted wear state.