Patent ID: 9298150
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A failure predictive system for predicting a failure in a monitored image forming apparatus, comprising: a memory that stores a first model indicating a first data trend of control parameters used in operation control by the monitored image forming apparatus when a failure occurs in the monitored image forming apparatus, a second model indicating a second data trend of control parameters when the failure does not occur in the monitored image forming apparatus, and a third model indicating a relationship between data of usages of the monitored image forming apparatus and a probability of a failure occurred in the monitored image forming apparatus, which are models prepared in advance based on data acquired with respect to one or more monitored image forming apparatuses; a processor configured to act as: an output unit configured to output the calculated failure occurrence probability for use in determining a failure in the monitored image forming apparatus.