SmartSignal's Embedded eCM product, coupled with the growth of embedded microprocessors and communications, will virtually eliminate unforeseen failures. Imagine your refrigerator automatically calling a repairman before it breaks down. There are millions of ways that SmartSignal technology can boost performance. The company's vision is to put this fast, compact technology to work in industry, medicine, science, and at home. The SmartSignal software detects very subtle changes in systems, variations that are still within the normal noise and operating ranges of the monitored signals.
High sensitivity is accomplished by monitoring groups of related signals.
In extracting valuable information that was previously unavailable, the software is unmatched in its level of sensitivity to disturbances in sensor signals. These breakthrough technologies are well recognized in the confidential circles of nuclear power generation. SmartSignal software starts out with historical data, consisting of each signal in full range of operation with no abnormal conditions, to create an empirical model of normal system operation. Data from all sensors, coupled with this empirical model, are then used in real-time to calculate a set of estimated signals indicating the expected value of each sensor. A comparison of the estimated signals to the real-time signals is made that can detect subtle changes in sensor or system performance, indicating abnormal operation.