G05B2219/23008

Sensor and actuator based lifecycle monitoring of machines performing automated machine tasks

The invention relates to a control system for automatically monitoring machine tasks and workflows performed by agriculture, mining or construction machines, comprising a computer for enabling a user to configure sensors and actuators and for reading sensor and actuator signals as sensor values and actuator statuses, a hardware interface for connecting the computer to an installed sensor and actuator network having a plurality of sensors and actuators, and a software configuration tool with a software interface, wherein the software interface enables a user to enter configuration instructions for instructing the computer, to configure a user-specifically customizable transformed sensor based on amending a sensor value and/or actuator status of a sensor and/or actuator of the sensor and actuator network and machine task based on logically linking sensor values, transformed sensor values and actuator statuses, wherein the user-specific customizability is enabled by providing a selectability, linkability and conditionability of sensor values, transformed sensor values and actuator statuses as variables, wherein at least two variables are logically linked and wherein at least one variable is conditioned based on using relational operators.

BUILDING SYSTEM WITH SEMANTIC MODELING BASED SEARCHING
20220350301 · 2022-11-03 ·

A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause a user interface of a user device to display a plurality of nodes of a semantic building model and a plurality of relationships between the plurality of nodes of the semantic building model. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a search input from the user device, generate a search result based on the search input, wherein the search result comprises an indication of a portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and a portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships, and cause the user interface to display the portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and the portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships.

MAINTENANCE AND COMMISSIONING

An industrial integrated development environment (IDE) supports commissioning features that facilitate intelligent deployment of an automation system project to appropriate industrial devices (e.g., industrial controllers, drives, HMI terminals, etc.). In some embodiments, the industrial IDE system can generate validation checklists that can be used during commissioning to validate the system and manage project validation sign-off procedures. After commissioning of the system, the IDE system can also support a number of runtime monitoring features, including monitoring the automation system during operation and providing assistance with regard to detecting, predicting, and correcting maintenance issues.

METHOD FOR MODIFYING A CONTROL SOFTWARE OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM
20210382453 · 2021-12-09 ·

A method for modifying control software of an automation system having a controller and a plurality of subscribers, where the subscribers are connected to the controller via a data bus and communicate via a data exchange, at least one subscriber is a software subscriber for modifying control software of the controller, and the software subscriber comprises a memory unit on which at least one modification instruction for modifying the control software is stored. The controller sends an individual query message to the software subscriber for querying the modification instruction, the software subscriber sends a response to the controller providing the modification instruction, and the controller verifies whether the modification instruction is compatible with the control software, modifying the control software according if the modification instruction is compatible with the control software, and discarding the modification instruction if not compatible with the control software.

INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD
20220206455 · 2022-06-30 · ·

For each of one or a plurality of control units, a development support device registers a service corresponding to the control unit and a screen generation code generating a UI screen corresponding to the service in a server. The server includes a service module providing a target service of a target control unit requested by the terminal. The service module accesses the target control unit to collect target data obtained by the target control unit executing the control program; and provides a UI screen, which is indicated by the screen generation code corresponding to the target service and includes the target data, to the terminal. Thus, the one or the plurality of control units can be easily monitored.

CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING OBJECT, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
20220206779 · 2022-06-30 ·

A control system comprises a first and second moving object control unit for controlling a moving object, an update control unit for controlling reception, from an external apparatus, of a first update program for updating the first moving object control unit and a second update program for updating the second moving object control unit to control updates of the first and second moving object control unit by the first and second update program, and an acquisition unit for acquiring update information indicating an amount of electric power needed to update the first moving object control unit by the first update program and an amount of electric power needed to update the second moving object control unit by the second update program, wherein the update control unit selects, based on the update information, a moving object control unit to be updated among the first and second moving object control unit.

AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF ASSETS DATA FROM ENGINEERING DATA SOURCES

Systems and methods for controlling industrial an industrial plant comprise: inputting an engineering diagram for a unit of the industrial plant, the engineering diagram including symbols representing assets of the industrial plant; extracting one or more assets from the engineering diagram using machine learning to recognize the one or more assets, the one or more assets including equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines, the lines relating the equipment, instruments, and connectors to one another; determining one or more relationships between the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines to one another using machine learning to recognize the one or more relationships; and creating a flow graph from the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines and the relationships between the equipment, instruments, connectors, and lines.

CUSTOMIZED ASSET PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND MARKETPLACE

Various embodiments for a customized asset performance system and marketplace are described herein. An embodiment operates by receiving asset data indicating one or more assets that are being monitored by a control system. Telemetry data for at least a first asset is received, the telemetry data including data corresponding to a previous functionality of the asset over a specified period of time. The telemetry data is compared to an expected functionality over the specified period of time. A problem with the first asset is identified based on the comparing. One or more software packages that are configured to address the problem with the first asset are identified based on comparing the telemetry data to an expected functionality of the first asset over the specified period of time. A selection of a first software package from the one more software packages is received and the selected first software package is updated.

Building system with semantic modeling based searching

A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause a user interface of a user device to display a plurality of nodes of a semantic building model and a plurality of relationships between the plurality of nodes of the semantic building model. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a search input from the user device, generate a search result based on the search input, wherein the search result comprises an indication of a portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and a portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships, and cause the user interface to display the portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and the portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships.

Building system with semantic modeling based searching

A building system including one or more memory devices configured to store instructions thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to cause a user interface of a user device to display a plurality of nodes of a semantic building model and a plurality of relationships between the plurality of nodes of the semantic building model. The instructions cause the one or more processors to receive a search input from the user device, generate a search result based on the search input, wherein the search result comprises an indication of a portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and a portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships, and cause the user interface to display the portion of nodes of the plurality of nodes and the portion of relationships of the plurality of relationships.