公开(公告)号：US12222709B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-11

申请号：US17462017

申请日：2021-08-31

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Raoul Jetley

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: An intent-based automation engineering method for automation of a production process includes: receiving an intent model, correlating to process intent, including production process functions, constraints on measurable properties on the production process functions, and/or production process function sequences required for the production process, as a received intent model; receiving a process model, correlating to process knowledge including a production process behavior, as a received process model; determining a machine-readable production model linking the received intent model to the received process model as a provided production model; and determining a control strategy for controlling the production process dependent on the provided production model as a determined control strategy.

公开(公告)号：US20240356811A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18639520

申请日：2024-04-18

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Abdulkadir Karaagac

IPC: H04L41/14 ,  H04L41/0823

CPC classification number: H04L41/145 ,  H04L41/0823

Abstract: A computer implemented method for optimizing a process automation network includes providing topology data of the process automation network that includes network devices to a network controller and providing connectivity requirement data representing intended communication of a process application between communication endpoints of the process to the network controller according to a process application design for creating a network configuration; receiving a network configuration response from the network controller; analyzing the network configuration response for verifying whether the network configuration meets optimization criteria; in dependence on the analysis results, updating the network topology design and/or the process application design and the connectivity requirements, or stopping the optimization of the process automation network.

公开(公告)号：US11916757B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17980082

申请日：2022-11-03

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz

IPC: H04L29/06 ,  H04L41/5009 ,  H04L41/0816

CPC classification number: H04L41/5009 ,  H04L41/0816

Abstract: A method for managing operation of a mobile application, the application being operable in different modes, comprises obtaining a current value of a performance indicator of a network to which a mobile computing device is attached; map, based on a rule set, the value of the performance indicator to an optimal operating mode of the application and/or to at least one action; and cause the application to switch to the optimal operating mode, initiate the action, or prompt a user to switch the application to the optimal operating mode or initiate the action.

公开(公告)号：US20230244205A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18163355

申请日：2023-02-02

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Anders Trosten ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Linus Thrybom

IPC: G05B19/05

CPC classification number: G05B19/058 ,  G05B19/056

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for providing a service-based control application for an industrial plant includes automatically segmenting an initial control code for the industrial plant into a plurality of code blocks and automatically creating a plurality of services, each service implementing the functionality of one or more of the plurality of code blocks. The automatically creating of the plurality of services is carried out considering a similarity of a criticality assigned to each of the plurality of code blocks, such that code blocks having more similar criticality are more likely to be implemented within the same service.

公开(公告)号：US20220353200A1

公开(公告)日：2022-11-03

申请号：US17731522

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz

IPC: H04L47/74 ,  H04L47/80 ,  H04L47/6295

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for monitoring a communication system includes identifying a set of signals that need to be transmitted over the communication system for proper functioning of the control and/or surveillance; for each signal from the identified set of signals, identifying one or more resources of the communication system that are needed for transmission of this signal; obtaining information that is indicative of the operational state of the identified resources; and evaluating, from the obtained information, at least one remedial activity which, when performed on at least one resource, and/or on the control and/or surveillance, is likely to improve, and/or to restore, the reliability of the control and/or surveillance.

公开(公告)号：US11379584B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16886794

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Raoul Jetley

IPC: G06F21/56 ,  G06F21/54 ,  G06F21/57

Abstract: A method for detection of harmful process intent in an intent-based production process includes: providing a machine-readable production model linking an intent model, correlating to process intent, including production process functions, constraints on measurable properties on the production process functions, and/or production process function sequences required for the production process, and a process model, correlating to process knowledge comprising a production process behavior; determining a safety library of at least one safety process intent, the safety library being protected by security mechanisms to be maintained outside of regular intent-based engineering mechanisms and operation mechanisms; evaluating changes of process intent in view of potentially harmful process intent dependent on the at least one safety process intent; and providing a report of potentially harmful process intent for auditing based on the potentially harmful process intent.

公开(公告)号：US20210286346A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17320236

申请日：2021-05-14

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Roland Braun ,  Francisco Mendoza ,  Dirk Schulz ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Andreas Burger

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of commissioning a field device in an industrial system network includes: a) connecting a field device to an industrial system network; c) providing information about the field device, the information including functional information for the field device; d) utilizing the functional information for the field device to retrieve information relating to a role of the field device in an automation application; f) utilizing capability information relating to a field device type of the field device and the information relating to the role of the field device in the automation application to retrieve a parameter set for the field device for operation in the automation application; and g) downloading the parameter set to the field device.

公开(公告)号：US20180367368A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-20

申请号：US15780540

申请日：2015-12-03

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Stefan Bollmeyer

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  G06F11/07 ,  G05B19/418

Abstract: A method for locating a possible root cause of system discrepancy in a process control system uses a system model including software representations of process control endpoint devices interconnected via a communication network using a number of links, where each link is provided for communication in relation to a process control function between two endpoint devices and includes a set of communication network elements and a reference to a set of communication parameters of the process control function. In the method an indication that at least one communication parameter deviates from a communication requirement is obtained, a link where reference is made to the communication parameter identified, communication network elements contributing to the functioning of the link identified and at least one of the communication network elements indicated as a possible cause of the deviation.