An information collecting system collects information associated with (i) a controller connected to a control network and (ii) a host device connected to an information network located at a level higher than the control network, and includes a management device and an information collecting mediation device. The management device is connected to the information network, collects information associated with the host device, transmits an acquisition request for information associated with the controller to the information network, and manages the collected information associated with the host device and information associated with the controller. The information collecting mediation device is connected to the control network and the information network, collects information associated with the controller according to capability information indicating a capability of at least one of the control network and the controller based on the acquisition request, and sends said collected information to the management device.

Systems, methods and apparatus for data collection in an industrial environment having wearable haptic stimulators are disclosed. Data received from a plurality of sensors operationally coupled to a machine of an industrial environment, where the data is representative of a sensed condition, may be used to determine at least one haptic stimulation that corresponds to the received data. In response to the determined haptic stimulation, at least one signal may be sent to at least one wearable haptic stimulator, wherein the wearable haptic stimulator is responsive to the signal.

Systems and methods of data collection and processing including a plurality of variable groups of industrial sensor inputs, each of the plurality of variable groups of industrial sensor inputs operationally coupled to an industrial environment and a multiplexer including a plurality of sensor channels, wherein each of the plurality of sensor channels is communicatively coupled to at least one of the plurality of variable groups of sensor inputs and including an expert system or a graphical user interface (GUI) to define at least one of intelligent data collection bands or diagnostics for the industrial environment.

Methods and systems for monitoring data collection are described. The system can include a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of a plurality of input sensors communicatively coupled to the data acquisition circuit; a signal evaluation circuit comprising: a timer circuit structured to generate at least one timing signal; and a phase detection circuit structured to determine a relative phase difference between at least one of the plurality of detection values and the at least one timing signal from the timer circuit; and a response circuit structured to perform at least one operation in response to the relative phase difference.

A control device in a control system has a lighting control section which requests so as to cause the lighting state of an indicator lamp of a specific control unit to change in a predetermined identification pattern, and the control device or a terminal has: an indicator lamp recognition section which recognizes the indicator lamp in an image; a change pattern recognition section which recognizes a change in the lighting state of the indicator lamp in the image; an indicator lamp specification section which specifies the indicator lamp having a change pattern in lighting state which matches the identification pattern, as the indicator lamp of the control unit which the lighting control section caused the lighting state to change in the identification pattern; and a display control section which causes information related to the control unit to be displayed on the monitor of the terminal.

An equipment monitoring system including a plurality of sensors attached to components of an insulation blowing machine. The components of the insulation blowing machine include a blower, a hose, a blower hopper and a material staging area. The sensors transmit information to a central computer which detects the operations parameters of the blowing machine components and displays them in real time, as well as sends alerts if operating outside of preset perimeters.

Methods and systems for a monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment including a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels connected to data collection points related to machine components, wherein at least one of the plurality of input channels is connected to a data collection point on a rotating machine component; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the collected data, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels; and an expert system analysis circuit structured to analyze the collected data, wherein the expert system analysis circuit determines a failure state for the rotating machine component based on analysis of the plurality of detection values, wherein upon determining the failure state the expert system analysis circuit provides the failure state to a data storage.

Monitored control system includes an action device and a monitoring device for monitoring the operation of the action device. The action device includes actuator modules, a sensor module and a control module to command the actuator modules to perform a predefined task using the sensor data. The monitoring device receive monitored data from the action device and compute an action device operation indicator indicative of a correct or abnormal operation of the action device on the basis of the monitored data. The action device operation indicator is computed on the basis of a learned value of an adjustable monitoring parameter. The learned value is determined from a set of labelled data generated from trial datasets recorded by the action device during an iterative learning procedure.

Systems, methods, and apparatuses for data collection in a mining environment are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is a system comprising a data storage structured to store at least one collector route and at least one sensor specification; a data collector communicatively coupled to input channels, and providing detection values from the input channels in response to a selected one of each of the at least one collector route and the at least one sensor specification; a data acquisition circuit structured to interpret the detection values from the data collector; a data analysis circuit structured to: analyze detection values; and determine a data collection quality parameter by evaluating at least one of: the at least one selected sensor collector route and the at least one selected sensor specification; and an analysis response circuit structured to adjust at least one of: the selected at least one sensor collector route and the at least one selected sensor specification, in response to the data collection quality parameter.

Systems for self-organizing data collection and storage in a manufacturing environment are disclosed. A system may include a data collector for handling a plurality of sensor inputs from sensors in the manufacturing system, wherein the plurality of sensor inputs is configured to sense at least one of: an operational mode, a fault mode, a maintenance mode, or a health status of at least one target system. The system may also include a self-organizing system for self-organizing a storage operation of the data, a data collection operation of the sensors, or a selection operation of the plurality of sensor inputs. The self-organizing system may organize a swarm of mobile data collectors to collect data from a plurality of target systems.