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：US12298728B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

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：US20250093864A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18889621

申请日：2024-09-19

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G05B23/02

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for evaluating at least one record of data characterizing at least one component of an industrial plant, comprising: transforming by a trained encoder the at least one record of data into a representation in an embedding space; comparing this representation to representations of semantic entities from a semantic information model in the same embedding space, wherein each semantic entity carries a semantic meaning with respect to the structure, the construction, and/or the functioning, of the industrial plant, and the semantic information model comprises relationships between the semantic entities; and evaluating from the result of the comparison the semantic meaning of the record of data with respect to the structure, the construction, and/or the functioning, of the industrial plant.

公开(公告)号：US20250086195A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18830787

申请日：2024-09-11

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G06F16/25

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for formalizing an uncontrolled data format input includes obtaining by an input interface an uncontrolled data format input; determining by an input processing algorithm an embedding of the obtained uncontrolled data format input in an embedding space resulting from a plurality of preprocessed embeddings, wherein the embedding is represented by an embedding vector, wherein the embedding vector comprises a plurality of vector entries specifying the embedding; formalizing by an output processing algorithm a controlled data format output using the embedding; and outputting by an output interface, the controlled data format output.

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：US20250045497A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18792925

申请日：2024-08-02

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Nicolai Schoch ,  Mario Hoernicke

IPC: G06F30/27

Abstract: A support system for defining a model representing at least part of an industrial automation system is configured to obtain a user-provided definition of at least part of the model; process the user-provided definition to verify correctness or completeness of the at least part of the model with reference to at least one knowledge base; and in response to determining that the user-provided definition comprises incorrect or incomplete information, provide system output, wherein the system output comprises a prompt to the user to provide correct or complete information for inclusion in the definition of the at least part of the model.

公开(公告)号：US20240361741A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-31

申请号：US18642920

申请日：2024-04-23

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

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

IPC: G05B19/05

CPC classification number: G05B19/05 ,  G05B2219/15006

Abstract: A system and method includes storing a description of at least one sensor in a database; storing a description of the at least one actuator in the database; storing a PLC-list comprising a description of the at least one PLC in the database; writing a controller program that describes an action of the at least one actuator caused by the at least one sensor; selecting, based on the database and the controller program, a PLC of the PLC-list, which is able to functionally connect the sensor and the actuator; generating an application for controlling the selected PLC based on the selected PLC and the controller program; and transferring the application to the selected PLC thus configuring and/or functionally connecting the at least one sensor and the at least one actuator of the sub-system.

公开(公告)号：US20240256479A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18428039

申请日：2024-01-31

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

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

IPC: G06F13/364 ,  G06F9/54

CPC classification number: G06F13/364 ,  G06F9/541

Abstract: A connecting interface for a function module and/or function module instance in an industrial process environment for connecting an external function to the function module and/or function module instance, The function module and/or function module instance including definitions according to which the industrial process is operated, and the connecting interface containing information to create an external function module containing the external function by which the external functions can be added to the function module and/or function module instance.