公开(公告)号：US20240152124A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18501646

申请日：2023-11-03

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Thomas Gamer ,  Soeren Finster ,  Florian Kohnhaeuser ,  Nicolas Coppik ,  Piotr Powroznik

IPC: G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4184 ,  G05B19/41885

Abstract: A method includes receiving data indicating an event from at least one industrial device; providing the received data indicating an event to nodes of a distributed ledger; in response, selecting at least one of the nodes of a distributed ledger and writing a transaction into the distributed ledger, wherein the writing of a transaction into the distributed ledger is authorized by the selected at least one of the nodes of the distributed ledger, wherein the transaction comprises transaction data, wherein the transaction data allows an accessing of event data; wherein the transaction data comprises a pointer pointing to original or pre-processed data existing in one or more industrial databases of the at least one industrial device; providing immutable and tamper-resistant event data, event reaction data, control data, or training data for training a machine learning or an artificial intelligence based industrial control system based on the transaction data.

公开(公告)号：US11652757B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17411069

申请日：2021-08-25

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Alexander Gogolev ,  Thomas Gamer ,  Jorgen Gade

IPC: H04L47/70 ,  H04L47/283 ,  H04L47/80

CPC classification number: H04L47/822 ,  H04L47/283 ,  H04L47/805

Abstract: A system for enabling Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN)-stream configuration of a TSN network includes: a gathering device for gathering resource utilization information from TSN switches of the TSN-stream configuration as gathered resource utilization information; and a tool device for providing a TSN stream path calculation based on the gathered resource utilization information and allocating stream paths and establishing channel multiplexing in the TSN network based on the gathered resource utilization information.

公开(公告)号：US10073749B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US14959392

申请日：2015-12-04

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Ettore Ferranti ,  Manuel Oriol ,  Michael Wahler ,  Thijmen de Gooijer ,  Thomas Gamer

IPC: G06F11/20 ,  G05B23/02 ,  G06F11/16

CPC classification number: G06F11/203 ,  G05B23/0208 ,  G06F11/1658 ,  G06F2201/805

Abstract: A combination of a component-based automation framework, software-based redundancy patterns, and a distributed, reliable runtime manager, is able to detect host failures and to trigger a reconfiguration of the system at runtime. This combined solution maintains system operation in case a fault occurs and, in addition, automatically restores fault tolerance by using backup contingency plans, and without the need for operator intervention or immediate hardware replacement. A fault-tolerant fault tolerance mechanism is thus provided, which restores the original level of fault tolerance after a failure has occurred—automatically and immediately, i.e., without having to wait for a repair or replacement of the faulty entity. In short, the invention delivers increased availability or uptime of a system at reduced costs and complexity for an operator or engineer by adapting automatically to a new environment.