Patent Document ID: 20140121994
Application ID: 13661181
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for failure prediction in an engine, the method being implemented by a processor, the method comprising: receiving raw data representing a plurality of features of each of a plurality of particles filtered from a fluid sample obtained from the engine, the engine belonging to an engine type; wherein the plurality of features includes at least one physical characteristic and chemical composition; categorizing each particle into one of a plurality of categories according to at least one of the plurality of features by calculating a likelihood that a given particle belongs to a given category, each category being defined by one or more of: chemical composition, size and morphology; quantifying particle physical characteristics in each category to obtain a set of categorized data; comparing the set of categorized data with at least one set of historical data associated with the engine type, the historical data being retrieved from a database; evaluating results of the comparing using a set of predefined rules to generate a prediction of any failure or mechanism of failure; and generating an output indicating the prediction.