公开(公告)号：US20240020548A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18351729

申请日：2023-07-13

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Katharina Stark ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G06N5/022

CPC classification number: G06N5/022

Abstract: A method of automatically augmenting a knowledge model representing one or more automation engineering domains. The method comprises: obtaining instance data relating to at least one component of an industrial automation system, wherein the component represents an instance of at least one entity in the knowledge model; processing the instance data using one or more data analytics algorithms to derive knowledge to be added to the knowledge model; and augmenting the knowledge model to represent the derived knowledge. Corresponding systems are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US20230251635A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-10

申请号：US18300782

申请日：2023-04-14

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

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

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41845 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G05B2219/32097 ,  G05B2219/32124

Abstract: A method of integrating modules into a hybrid modular plant comprising a discrete manufacturing part and a continuous manufacturing part includes integrating the discrete part into the continuous part, comprising constructing at least one module definition file mapping one or more discrete-part units of the discrete part to a continuous-part module and importing the module definition file into an orchestration layer of the continuous part. Alternatively, the method comprises integrating the continuous part into the discrete part, comprising constructing one or more interfaces representing each continuous-part module as one or more respective discrete-part units.

公开(公告)号：US20230121753A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17957133

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Santonu Sarkar ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Nicolai Schoch ,  Katharina Stark

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method for verifying process orchestration logic for a modular plant includes generating a plant execution model representing the process orchestration logic; analyzing the plant execution model to identify one or more potential failure scenarios; and generating one or more test cases based on the one or more identified failure scenarios.

公开(公告)号：US20250138509A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18926585

申请日：2024-10-25

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B19/4155

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing an automated chat output with respect to an industrial plant environment includes obtaining a prompt input from a user; selecting at least one related industrial plant document from a provided document database of a plurality of industrial plant documents, wherein the at least one related industrial plant document is related to the obtained prompt input; determining an enhanced prompt using the obtained prompt input and the selected at least one related industrial plant document; and determining a chat output by inputting the enhanced prompt into a first large language model.

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.