Patent ID: 8856599
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A trouble prediction apparatus comprising: a trouble-occurred device information storage unit that stores therein trouble occurrence information of trouble-occurred devices in which a trouble has occurred out of a plurality of management target devices; a calculating unit that calculates a trouble occurrence probability based on the trouble occurrence information; a predicting unit that predicts a trouble of a prediction target device out of the management target devices by referring to the trouble occurrence probability; and a management target device information storage unit that stores therein management target device information in which device identification information uniquely identifying each of the management target devices is associated with installation information of a corresponding one of the management target devices, wherein: the trouble-occurred device information storage unit stores therein the trouble occurrence information so as to be associated with device identification information uniquely identifying each of the trouble-occurred devices, the calculating unit calculates the trouble occurrence probability based on the trouble occurrence information of the trouble-occurred device and the installation information corresponding to the device identification information, the trouble occurrence information includes trouble occurrence time information indicative of a trouble occurrence time, and the installation information includes installation time information indicative of an installation time.