Patent Document ID: 8620853
Application ID: 13186186
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for monitoring the condition of an object, comprising: obtaining reference data that indicates the normal operational state of the object; obtaining input multi-dimensional pattern arrays, each input pattern array having a plurality of time-ordered input vectors, each input vector having input values representing a plurality of parameters indicating the current condition of the object; generating, by at least one processor, estimate values based on a calculation that uses an input pattern array and the reference data to determine a similarity measure between the input values and reference data, the reference data being grouped in equal-sized and multi-dimensional training arrays, each of the training arrays being equal in size to a corresponding input multi-dimensional pattern array and each training array including a plurality of time-ordered reference vectors sequenced in time; and comparing the estimate values to the corresponding input values so that resulting values from the comparison can be used to determine the condition of the object.