G05B23/0272

MONITORING AN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION LINE VIA TARGETED EXCHANGES

Disclosed is a method for managing an industrial production line, including at least one processing station and one monitoring station that is connected to the at least one processing station. The method includes: sending a radiofrequency signal from the monitoring station to a communication peripheral; then—sending a corresponding sound signal using the communication peripheral. The sound signal is dedicated to an operator to which the peripheral is assigned. The transmitted information is specific to the communication peripheral. Also disclosed is a corresponding device and facility.

Identification of facility state and operating mode in a particular event context

A system processes historical facility data that relate to facility states and modes of operation. The historical facility data are clustered into groups representing the facility states and the modes of operation. The groups are used to determine a current state and mode of the facility. When the facility is in a normal state, the system determines whether an event in the facility is an abnormality. If an abnormality is identified, the system transmits a signal indicating the abnormality.

INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER-READABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON

An information processing device including a CPU and a memory storing a program. The CPU generates a plurality of cause-and-effect models between variables based on a relationship between a plurality of mechanisms in a production process of a production line, a dependency between a plurality of events associated with the plurality of mechanisms, or a control-based relationship between the plurality of mechanisms, obtains a result of abnormality detection in the production line, calculates a contribution ratio of a variable contributing to abnormality in the result of abnormality detection, and estimates an abnormality causal factor for at least one of the plurality of cause-and-effect models based on the calculated contribution ratio of the variable contributing to abnormality.

Method and system for testing matched components of vehicle
20230196850 · 2023-06-22 ·

A method comprises determining first and second measurements at different times. The first measurement includes a measurement of a signal output by a first vehicle component and the second measurement includes a measurement of a signal output by a second vehicle component, or the first measurement includes a measurement of a condition of the first vehicle component and the second measurement includes a measurement of a condition of the second vehicle component. A determination is made based at least in part on a difference between the first and second measurements exceeding a measurement threshold. The determination indicates that the first and/or second vehicle components is malfunctioning. The method includes outputting a notification indicating that the first and/or second vehicle components, which are matched with each other based on a common characteristic with respect to the vehicle, is malfunctioning. The first and second times are within a threshold amount of time.

INTEGRATED TESTING MECHANISM FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESS CONTROL AND AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

A method includes receiving information defining multiple functional configurations associated with an industrial process control and automation system. The functional configurations identify operations to be performed by the control and automation system. The method also includes receiving, at a test system integrated in the control and automation system, information defining multiple tests to be performed on the control and automation system. The method further includes executing the tests using the test system, where the test system accesses data from both the test system and the control and automation system.

FLOOD DETECTION CONTROL DEVICE FOR REDUCED PRESSURE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS
20230193608 · 2023-06-22 ·

A flood control device for detecting discharge from a release outlet, comprising a receptacle having an upper opening, a bottom, and a drain hole; a first water level sensor configured to be triggered by water reaching a first level; a second water level sensor configured to be triggered by water reaching a second level, wherein the first water level sensor is closer to the bottom of the receptacle than the second water level sensor, wherein triggering the first water level sensor represents a low flow signal, and triggering both the first water level sensor and the second water level sensor represents a high flow signal. The low flow signal can be used to trigger a warning, and the high flow signal can be used to trigger automatic shutoff and/or shutoff alarm.

SMART HVAC MANIFOLD SYSTEM

The smart HVAC manifold system for servicing air conditioning systems is designed to dynamically manage the data acquisition process and to measure and calculate the performance indicators and output as the load conditions and or equipment operation change taking into account variables in the installation that can impact performance. Both visually and by a very specific data set the performance of the equipment and the installation can quickly be assessed and specific problems identified along with suggestions of typical faults or problems that may need addressed by the technician.

The smart HVAC manifold system provides a means of quickly and electronically handling the manual data acquisition process which would include component and or system model and serial numbers, equipment location (GPS tagging), customer name, environmental conditions that effect performance and performance measurement (weather data and elevation), and supports photo, voice and text documentation. These features streamline data acquisition, allow remote support, and minimizing transcription errors and preventing data-gaming when servicing equipment, commissioning or retro commissioning the system.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-VEHICLE PREDICTIVE FAILURE DETECTION
20230186697 · 2023-06-15 ·

Systems and methods for predictively detecting vehicle failure based on diagnostic trouble codes are provided. In one example, a method is provided, comprising determining a probability of failure of a vehicle based on one or more diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs); and indicating to an operator of the vehicle that failure is likely in response to the probability exceeding a threshold.

ABNORMALITY SYMPTOM ANALYZING DEVICE

An abnormality symptom analyzing device comprises: a data request receiver to perform request and reception of data, required for analyzing an abnormality symptom(s), including measurement information obtained from a sensor(s) of a facility, an abnormality symptom(s) detected from the measurement information and inspection information of the facility; a data storage device to store the data acquired by the data request receiver; a coordination circuitry to perform the registration of data to display a screen display component(s) on a display device and the correspondence of data coordinated between screen display components to a screen display component(s) coordinated, and to store information modified according to input contents from an input device, whereby modification contents are coordinated to the screen display components; and a component graphics-drawing management circuitry to acquire data through the coordination circuitry, and to display details information of the facility and propagation information of an abnormality symptom(s) in signals.

MALFUNCTION ANALYSIS SUPPORT PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM AND MALFUNCTION ANALYSIS SUPPORT APPARATUS

A malfunction analysis support program causes a computer to perform a log data acquisition step, an action reproduction step, a three-dimensional data display step, a processing step being at least one of a program operation display step, a waveform display step, or a video display step, and a time synchronization step. The log data acquisition step obtains log data temporally sequentially recording a state of an operational part and input-output data of a control signal. The action reproduction step generates action reproduction simulation data obtained by causing a virtual object-to-be-controlled to reproduce an action based on the log data. The three-dimensional data display step displays the action reproduction simulation data as three-dimensional data. The time synchronization step synchronizes time between three-dimensional data displayed by the three-dimensional data display step and data displayed by the processing step. The three-dimensional data display step displays the three-dimensional data according to display setting information.