公开(公告)号：US20240319716A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-26

申请号：US18606696

申请日：2024-03-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Nafise Eskandani ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41835 ,  G05B19/41845

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for optimizing execution of an industrial process includes providing a set of resource indicators, each being indicative of an amount of a resource that is required and/or produced by virtue of a particular service being in a particular state; determining a set of candidate programs for execution of the process, each candidate program having a sequence of states of services of process modules such that the sequence accomplishes the industrial process, and the resource requirements of all services in the sequence are fulfilled; determining a set of overall resource requirements for executing the industrial process according to the candidate program; determining a figure of merit for the candidate program; and selecting a candidate program with the best figure of merit as the optimal program for executing the given industrial process.

公开(公告)号：US20240012695A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-11

申请号：US18347725

申请日：2023-07-06

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G06F9/54

CPC classification number: G06F9/541

Abstract: A method performed by an integration subsystem for integrating a plurality of automation engineering subsystems into an aggregate system, the method comprising using at least one ontological model to interface a first said automation engineering subsystem with a second said automation engineering subsystem. Interoperability of the subsystems is therefore facilitated.

公开(公告)号：US20230244216A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18161207

申请日：2023-01-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Roland Braun ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Sten Gruener

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4186 ,  G05B19/41835

Abstract: A first gateway device for connecting an OPC UA client to a data-driven controller and/or control system includes a first interface implementing an OPC UA server and is configured to receive, from the OPC UA client, at least one call to invoke an OPC UA method on an OPC UA object, and a second interface that sends a request to write at least one value to at least one control variable of the data-driven controller and/or control system, and first translation logic therebetween. A second gateway device connects a data-driven controller and/or control system to a controlled device or subsystem of an industrial plant and includes a third interface that receives a value of a control variable, and a fourth interface that sends a call to invoke an OPC UA method on an OPC UA object, and second translation logic therebetween.

公开(公告)号：US20230047304A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17884728

申请日：2022-08-10

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A modular automation support system for modular plants comprises an automation engineering support system comprising a feedback processing component configured to modify the operation of one or more other components of the automation engineering support system based on user feedback.

公开(公告)号：US12235628B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US17535724

申请日：2021-11-26

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Marcel Dix ,  Katharina Stark ,  Roland Braun ,  Michael Vach ,  Sten Gruener ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Nicolai Schoch

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A computer-implemented resource management method for modular plants may include: receiving data identifying a required module type to be assembled into the modular plant as part of a module pipeline including one or more modules; and executing an optimization algorithm to select, from a plurality of modules having the required module type, a module for inclusion in the module pipeline on the basis of one or more predetermined optimization criteria.

公开(公告)号：US12140936B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17520738

申请日：2021-11-08

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark ,  Roland Braun ,  Michael Vach ,  Sten Gruener ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Marcel Dix

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method for configuring a modular industrial plant using an engineering tool includes using a plant engineering facility of the tool to create a representation of the modular industrial plant identifying modules to be orchestrated in the modular industrial plant. The modules include at least one function module that includes control software for the modular industrial plant. The method further includes using a module engineering facility of the tool to configure the function module for use in the modular industrial plant by editing a placeholder configuration file created by the tool for defining the configuration of the function module. Editing the configuration file causes a representation of the function module in the plant engineering facility to be automatically updated to reflect adaptations made to the function module using the module engineering facility. The method includes instructing the tool to assign the function modules so configured to the modular industrial plant.

公开(公告)号：US20240330725A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-03

申请号：US18618057

申请日：2024-03-27

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Nafise Eskandani ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G06N5/04

CPC classification number: G06N5/04

Abstract: A method for generating an enriched alarm message associated to an initial alarm message of a concerned component of a plant includes providing a plurality of information model rules related to alarm messages for respective interrelations of components of the plant; applying the plurality of information model rules related to the alarm messages to respective components of a topology of the plant, for generating a system of information model rules related to the respective alarm messages of the plant; inferring logical consequences for the system of information model rules, which are related to the initial alarm message originated by the concerned component; and generating the enriched alarm message by combining the information model rules related to the initial alarm message of the concerned component, based on the inferred logical consequences.

公开(公告)号：US20240103471A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18473480

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Mario Hoernicke ,  Sten Gruener ,  Katharina Stark ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Nafise Eskandani

IPC: G05B19/042

CPC classification number: G05B19/042

Abstract: A method of providing a software configuration for a modular plant, the method comprising providing a first function module as a parent object, wherein the first function module comprises a function information of the first function module; generating at least a second function module, wherein the second function module is a derived child object of the first function module that inherits the function information of the first function module.

公开(公告)号：US20230050508A1

公开(公告)日：2023-02-16

申请号：US17884023

申请日：2022-08-09

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/042 ,  G05B19/04

Abstract: A modular automation support system for modular plants includes an engineering support system comprising a control and execution engine configured to: receive data from a monitoring infrastructure of a modular plant and convert that data into semantic data which conforms to a semantic data model; use one or more semantic rules or mechanisms relating the semantic data received from the monitoring infrastructure to services provided by modules of a pipeline of the modular plant to control the pipeline in executing a process.

公开(公告)号：US20230019073A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17867909

申请日：2022-07-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Nicolai Schoch

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of generating control code for an industrial plant comprises: defining control logic for controlling the industrial plant by editing a cause-and-effect matrix provided by an engineering tool, wherein the defining comprises defining both instrument-based control logic and service-based control logic using the same cause-and-effect matrix; and generating the control code for controlling the industrial plant on the basis of the defined control logic.