An industrial visualization system generates and delivers virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) presentations of industrial facilities to wearable appliances to facilitate remote or enhanced interaction with automation systems within the facility. VR presentations can comprise three-dimensional (3D) holographic views of a plant facility or a location within a plant facility. The system can selectively render a scaled down view that renders the facility as a 3D scale model, or as a first-person view that renders the facility as a full-scale rendition that simulates the user's presence on the plant floor. Camera icons rendered in the VR presentation can be selected to switch to a live video stream generated by 360-degree cameras within the plant. The system can also render workflow presentations that guide users through the process of correcting detected maintenance issues.

In one embodiment, a system may include a multi-purpose sensor coupled to a machine operating in an industrial environment. The multi-purpose sensor may include a camera that obtains a first and second set of image data including images of the machine and an environment surrounding the machine. The first set of image data is associated with a baseline of the machine and the environment, and the second set of image data is acquired subsequent to when the first set is acquired. The system may include a computing device that may include a processor to receive the first and second set of image data, determine baseline positions of objects in the first set, determine subsequent positions of the objects in the second set, determine whether the subsequent positions vary from the baseline positions, and perform an action when the subsequent positions vary from the baseline positions.

Controllers that control a building's state functions can be controlled by a master controller that the controllers choose themselves. The master controller communicates with the controllers and sensors to determine when a building state should change. When the building state should change, the master controller or another controller determines the device or devices that need to modify state values of the building, and send messages to the devices so that they can change building state. If the master controller has a fault, the working controllers can choose another master controller. When a sensor indicates that a building state needs to be changed the master controller determines which device should change state, then tells the controller that is attached to the device.

A sensor with a signal strip, a segment with such a signal strip and a sensor, a linear drive and an installation, wherein the signal strip is assigned in each case to at least one segment, where the signal strip indicates a state of the segment and/or the state of a runner, where the at least one runner is moved by a respective segment, the state is assigned by a sensor assigned to the respective segment and is presented to a user who services the installation, in particular the linear drive of the installation, such the time interval for servicing the installation or the linear drive can be reduced because the operator of the linear drive immediately identifies the state of the respective runner or the respective segment.

A device maintenance apparatus includes a display configured to display an operator receivable of an operation for causing at least one maintenance item associated with a device of a maintenance target to be executed on the device and prompting information for prompting execution of the at least one maintenance item on the basis of execution information of the at least one maintenance item.

The present disclosure relates to a method of providing monitoring screen composition functions. A method of providing monitoring screen composition functions for controls of a system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes receiving a type of a monitoring screen which a user intends to generate; receiving characteristics of the monitoring screen from the user; obtaining initial generation information corresponding to the type and the characteristics received from the user; and outputting an initial monitoring screen on a display unit based on the initial generation information. The present disclosure may advantageously facilitate more quickly and easily composing a monitoring screen for controls of systems such as a SCADA, a DCS, an EMS and a MG.

A supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system includes: a database configured to store data on the SCADA system; a client; and a server configured to transmit the data stored in the database to the client in response to a request of the client. The client is configured to display a supervisory screen for monitoring the SCADA system on the basis of the transmitted data. When data on an object is added as a graphic editor for editing the supervisory screen is executed, the server or client updates the database on the basis of the data on the object, and reflects, to the supervisory screen, creation of the object, input through the graphic editor.

There is described a method and system for determining a sampling plan using a statistical analysis of different regions of at least one component and determining a level of performance for each of the regions. Subsequent components are then inspected using the sampling plan. Results from the inspection may be used to update and/or modify the sampling plan in a feedback loop.

The invention relates to managing a plurality of subsystems of a process plant. The process plant is controlled using a Distributed Control System (DCS) with a plurality of data-bases distributed within the process plant, wherein each database comprises information corresponding to at least one subsystem of the plurality of subsystems. The method comprises receiving a query at a human machine interface of the DCS, wherein the query is of a predetermined type and is associated with at least one of an operation and health of a subsystem. The method further comprises identifying at a server of the DCS, a data-base comprising information corresponding to the subsystem. Furthermore, the method comprises processing the query based on the information corresponding to the subsystem. In addition, the method comprises utilizing the DCS to control the operation of the subsystem by controlling process parameters of the process in one or more subsystems.

A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing pressure testing operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to pressure testing at a well site.