公开(公告)号：US20220342397A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17724708

申请日：2022-04-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Sten Gruener ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Julius Rueckert

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  H04L41/084

Abstract: A system and method includes partitioning a network into first and second sub-networks connected by a network connection. A first component with first configuration data and a first local server are located in the first sub-network; a second component with second configuration data and a second local server are located in the second sub-network. The first configuration data is stored on the first and second local servers. The network connection is interrupted and the first configuration data is updated on the first local server. The network connection is re-connected, and if the first configuration data on the second local server is unchanged, the first configuration data on the second local server is overwritten.

公开(公告)号：US12038742B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-16

申请号：US17228736

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Heiko Koziolek ,  Julius Rueckert ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Benjamin Kloepper

IPC: G05B19/04 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06Q10/0637 ,  H04L41/12 ,  G06F16/901 ,  G06Q10/00

CPC classification number: G05B19/41865 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G06N3/08 ,  G06Q10/0637 ,  H04L41/12 ,  G05B2219/23126 ,  G05B2219/23157 ,  G05B2219/24103 ,  G05B2219/31469 ,  G06F16/9024 ,  G06Q10/00

Abstract: A method for providing an attribute of an element in a processing system having a plurality of elements, the processing system being represented as a directed graph having a plurality of nodes and directed edges, each node representing an element, each node having an attribute, and each directed edge representing a relation between two elements of the plurality of elements, the method including: selecting one node of the plurality of nodes as a starting node; constructing a subgraph, the subgraph including all the nodes that are forward-connected by at least one directed edge from the starting node; and outputting all nodes and the attribute of the nodes of the subgraph.

公开(公告)号：US11811887B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17702123

申请日：2022-03-23

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Julius Rueckert ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Sten Gruener

IPC: H04L67/51 ,  H04L67/562 ,  G06F9/455 ,  H04L1/1829 ,  H04W4/12

CPC classification number: H04L67/51 ,  G06F9/45558 ,  H04L1/1858 ,  H04L67/562 ,  H04W4/12 ,  G06F2009/4557 ,  G06F2009/45595

Abstract: A method for conveying messages between a first software application in a first container and a second software application in a second container includes receiving, by a first connectivity service an ordered sequence of messages sent by the first application; transmitting, by the first connectivity service, at least two copies of each message to a second connectivity service, wherein the at least two copies are routed on at least partially redundant paths and wherein each copy is indicative of a position of the original message in the original ordered sequence; and forwarding, by the second connectivity service, at least one copy of each message to the second application, in the order given by the original ordered sequence.

公开(公告)号：US20230244218A1

公开(公告)日：2023-08-03

申请号：US18296614

申请日：2023-04-06

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Reuben Borrison ,  Julius Rueckert ,  Matthias Berning ,  Roland Braun

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G06F40/20

CPC classification number: G05B19/41865 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  G06F40/20

Abstract: A system and method for providing a configuration for data extraction from an automation system includes a signal selection agent configured to: receive a user selection of at least one module of the automation system; generate, for display to the user, a user interface identifying one or more selectable signals associated with the selected module and displaying one or more guidance elements comprising data mined from data sources pertaining to the automation system for guiding the user in the selection of relevant signals; receive a user selection of one or more of the selectable signals; and automatically generate the configuration for data extraction on the basis of the selected signals.

公开(公告)号：US20240036931A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-01

申请号：US18486536

申请日：2023-10-13

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Pablo Rodriguez ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Andreas Burger ,  Julius Rueckert

IPC: G06F9/50

CPC classification number: G06F9/5044 ,  G06F9/5072 ,  G06F2209/503 ,  G06F2209/501 ,  G06F2209/5014

Abstract: A method for managing the transfer of a live containerized stateful process automation application from a source node to a target node of a process control system includes obtaining data relating to execution of the application at the source node and deriving from the data an application execution profile; obtaining an evaluation of available computing resources at the target node; determining feasibility of the transfer by comparing the available computing resources to the application execution profile; and in response to the transfer being determined to be feasible, initiating the transfer of the application from the source node to the target node.

公开(公告)号：US20220308559A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-29

申请号：US17700981

申请日：2022-03-22

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Julius Rueckert ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Sten Gruener ,  Staffan Andersson

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method for controlling an industrial process includes providing process data of the industrial process to an active instance of a control software as input, based on this input, updating an internal state of the active instance of the control software that is characterized by a set of internal variables of this active instance; based on this updated internal state, determining an output signal and outputting this output signal to at least one piece of equipment that is configured to alter a state, and/or a behavior, of the industrial process. The method further includes providing a prioritized subset of the internal variables that characterize the state of the active instance to at least one further instance of a control software that is configured to take over control of the industrial process in case of a failure and/or malfunction of the active instance.

公开(公告)号：US20210018901A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-21

申请号：US16929143

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Julius Rueckert ,  Andreas Burger ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Joerg Jeske ,  Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr ,  Sten Gruener

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of channel mapping in an industrial process control system includes: a) discovering a plurality of devices within the industrial process control system; b) obtaining at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; c) determining channel mapping by a processing unit acting as a channel mapping agent, the plurality of devices being mapped to a plurality of communication channels, the channel mapping mapping each device to a communication channel for signal transmission, and the determining including utilizing the at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; and d) configuring the devices according to the channel mapping.

公开(公告)号：US20230027121A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17956929

申请日：2022-09-30

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Roland Braun ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Julius Rueckert

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  H04L65/40

Abstract: An Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) aggregation server for aggregating at least one OPC UA server in a remote address space is described. The at least one OPC UA aggregation server is configured to support data reduction and/or redundancy mechanisms.

公开(公告)号：US20230009270A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17860265

申请日：2022-07-08

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Heiko Koziolek ,  Sten Gruener ,  Julius Rueckert ,  Andreas Burger

IPC: H04L9/40

Abstract: An anomaly detection and recovery system (ADRS) for an open platform communications united architecture (OPC UA)-based industrial automation network that includes OPC UA devices includes an anomaly detector is configured to monitor an OPC UA traffic stream comprising OPC UA messages of the OPC UA devices and analyze the OPC UA traffic stream using OPC UA semantics of the industrial automation network for anomaly detection.

公开(公告)号：US11480950B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-25

申请号：US16929143

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Julius Rueckert ,  Andreas Burger ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Joerg Jeske ,  Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr ,  Sten Gruener

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: A method of channel mapping in an industrial process control system includes: a) discovering a plurality of devices within the industrial process control system; b) obtaining at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; c) determining channel mapping by a processing unit acting as a channel mapping agent, the plurality of devices being mapped to a plurality of communication channels, the channel mapping mapping each device to a communication channel for signal transmission, and the determining including utilizing the at least one signal characteristic for each of the plurality of devices; and d) configuring the devices according to the channel mapping.