Unlike conventional diagnostic technologies, which use the same conditions to detect abnormalities, regardless of a machine's current operating state, the new technology analyses sensor data to generate a model of the machine’s transition between various states. It then uses this model to set optimal conditions for detecting abnormalities. Mitsubishi says that the technology will detect signs of machinery failure before breakdowns occur, helping to reduce the costs associated with performing maintenance and dealing with downtime.

The new technology also eliminates the need for complicated manual settings, thus making it easier to implement abnormality-detection systems.

Mitsubishi says that with maintenance regimes shifting from time-based periodic measurements to condition-based techniques, the need for accurate abnormality-detecting technologies is growing. The way that machines are used is also changing, in turn affecting advance signs of machine abnormalities which depend on a machine’s usage and state of operation.