公开(公告)号：US20250110493A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-03

申请号：US18978207

申请日：2024-12-12

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Benedikt Schmidt ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Reuben Borrison ,  Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala ,  Pablo Rodriguez ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Marcel Dix ,  Marco Gaertler ,  Chandrika K R ,  Ruomu Tan ,  Jens Doppelhamer ,  Hadil Abukwaik

IPC: G05B23/02

Abstract: A method for recommending an operational command includes receiving an alarm from a sensor and/or an operator; obtaining the current state of the plant that includes a current process value and/or operational command; comparing the current state to a list of historic states, each comprising a plurality of historic process values and/or historic operational commands; when the current state matches a subset of at least one of the historic states, starting a simulation and running a plurality of simulations, each based on a variation of at least one of the historic operational commands; determining, for each simulation of the plurality of simulations, a quality value, based on at least one quality criterion; and recommending the variation of the operational command that resulted in the simulation with the highest quality value.

公开(公告)号：US11880192B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US17228730

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dennis Janka ,  Moncef Chioua ,  Pablo Rodriguez ,  Mario Hoernicke ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Benjamin Kloepper

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G06F30/18 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/14

CPC classification number: G05B19/41865 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4185 ,  G05B19/41885 ,  G06F30/18 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L41/145

Abstract: A method for determining an interdependency between a plurality of elements in an industrial processing system includes: providing a process flow diagram (PFD) of a topology of the processing system; transforming the PFD into a directed graph, each element of the plurality of elements being transformed into a node and each relation between the plurality of elements being transformed into a directed edge; selecting one node of the plurality of nodes as a starting node; and constructing a subgraph, the subgraph including all the nodes that are forward-connected from the starting node so as to show at least one interdependency between the plurality of elements in the subgraph.

公开(公告)号：US20240005232A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-04

申请号：US18448535

申请日：2023-08-11

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Benedikt Schmidt ,  Jens Doppelhamer ,  Pablo Rodriguez ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Reuben Borrison ,  Marcel Dix ,  Hadil Abukwaik ,  Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala ,  Sylvia Maczey ,  Dawid Ziobro ,  Simon Hallstadius Linge ,  Marco Gaertler ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Chandrika K R ,  Gayathri Gopalakrishnan ,  Matthias Berning

IPC: G06Q10/0631

CPC classification number: G06Q10/063112 ,  G06Q10/06312

Abstract: A method for generating and/or augmenting an execution protocol for an SOP in an industrial plant includes providing at least one SOP of the plant, which includes a plurality of steps; providing measurement data; for each step of the SOP, determining from the measurement data a subset of the measurement data that is indicative of actions performed for the purpose of executing this particular step of the SOP; and aggregating the subset of the measurement data determined for each step of the SOP into at least one instruction for executing this particular step of the SOP, wherein this instruction is part of the sought protocol.

公开(公告)号：US11774941B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US17725490

申请日：2022-04-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hadil Abukwaik ,  Jens Doppelhamer ,  Marcel Dix ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Pablo Rodriguez

IPC: G05B19/4065

CPC classification number: G05B19/4065 ,  G05B2219/31057

Abstract: A system and method provides an impact list of affecting equipment elements that affect an industrial sub-process. The method comprises the steps of selecting, in a topology model, the sub-process, wherein the sub-process is an equipment element that is a part of an industrial plant or process, and wherein the topology model is a graph, whose nodes represent equipment elements and whose edges represent interconnections between the equipment elements; traversing the nodes of the topology model, wherein the traversing starts from the selected sub-process and uses a traversing strategy; and for each of the at least one equipment elements, if the equipment element affects the industrial sub-process by an affecting degree greater than a first predefined affecting degree, adding the equipment element to the impact list of affecting equipment elements.

公开(公告)号：US20240356829A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18637943

申请日：2024-04-17

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Dirk Schulz ,  Pablo Rodriguez

IPC: H04L43/50 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04L41/12

CPC classification number: H04L43/50 ,  H04L41/0631 ,  H04L41/12

Abstract: A computer implemented method for creating a test setup for automatically testing a topology and/or configuration of a process automation network includes communicating intents containing a definition of communication connections between communication endpoints and connection specifications between the communication endpoints are received. Topology information of the network to be tested is received and analyzed. Test cases for each of the at least one communication intents are generated by generating a configuration for at least one traffic generator and a configuration for at least one traffic analyzer using the selected communication intents and the topology information. The at least one test case is deployed to test facilities on which test functions are to be run using the traffic generator and traffic analyzer, and the test functions are configured. The process automation network is configured to receive data from traffic generator and provide data to the traffic analyzer.

公开(公告)号：US20240353831A1

公开(公告)日：2024-10-24

申请号：US18639143

申请日：2024-04-18

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Pablo Rodriguez ,  Heiko Koziolek ,  Andreas Burger

IPC: G05B23/02 ,  G06F16/955

CPC classification number: G05B23/0283 ,  G06F16/9558

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining the dependency of a given piece of operational technology (OT) equipment in an industrial plant on information technology (IT) equipment includes querying from a distributed control system of the industrial plant, which of a plurality of controllers is responsible for the piece of OT equipment; determining from a representation of the information technology (IT) landscape of the industrial plant pieces of IT equipment on which the correct functioning of the controller is dependent; and determining these pieces of IT equipment as the subset of the IT landscape on which the given piece of OT equipment depends.

公开(公告)号：US20240302832A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18668370

申请日：2024-05-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hadil Abukwaik ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala ,  Pablo Rodriguez ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Ruomu Tan ,  Chandrika K R ,  Reuben Borrison ,  Marcel Dix ,  Jens Doppelhamer

IPC: G05B23/02

CPC classification number: G05B23/0254 ,  G05B23/027 ,  G05B23/0286

Abstract: A method for training a prediction model includes obtaining training samples representing states of the process that do not cause the undesired event; obtaining based on a process model and a set of predetermined rules that stipulate states having an increased likelihood of the undesired event occurring; training samples representing states with an increased likelihood to cause the undesired event; providing samples to the to-be-trained prediction model to obtain a prediction of the likelihood for occurrence of the undesired event in a state of the process represented by the respective sample; rating a difference between the prediction and the label of the respective sample using a predetermined loss function; and optimizing parameters such that, when predictions are made, the rating by the loss function improves.

公开(公告)号：US20230384752A1

公开(公告)日：2023-11-30

申请号：US18448523

申请日：2023-08-11

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Pablo Rodriguez ,  Jens Doppelhamer ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Reuben Borrison ,  Marcel Dix ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Hadil Abukwaik ,  Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala ,  Sylvia Maczey ,  Dawid Ziobro ,  Simon Hallstadius Linge ,  Marco Gaertler ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Chandrika K R ,  Gayathri Gopalakrishnan ,  Matthias Berning ,  Roland Braun

IPC: G05B19/05

CPC classification number: G05B19/056 ,  G05B2219/1204

Abstract: A method includes acquiring state variables that characterize an operational state of an industrial plant; acquiring interaction events of a plant operator interacting with the distributed control system via a human-machine interface; determining based on the interaction events, and with state variables as input data, whether one or more interaction events are indicative of the plant operator executing a task that is not sufficiently covered by engineering of the distributed control system. When this determination is positive, mapping the input data to an amendment and/or augmentation for the engineering tool that has generated the application code.

公开(公告)号：US20220342382A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17725490

申请日：2022-04-20

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hadil Abukwaik ,  Jens Doppelhamer ,  Marcel Dix ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Pablo Rodriguez

IPC: G05B19/4065

Abstract: A system and method provides an impact list of affecting equipment elements that affect an industrial sub-process. The method comprises the steps of selecting, in a topology model, the sub-process, wherein the sub-process is an equipment element that is a part of an industrial plant or process, and wherein the topology model is a graph, whose nodes represent equipment elements and whose edges represent interconnections between the equipment elements; traversing the nodes of the topology model, wherein the traversing starts from the selected sub-process and uses a traversing strategy; and for each of the at least one equipment elements, if the equipment element affects the industrial sub-process by an affecting degree greater than a first predefined affecting degree, adding the equipment element to the impact list of affecting equipment elements.

公开(公告)号：US20240302831A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18669696

申请日：2024-05-21

Applicant: ABB Schweiz AG

Inventor： Hadil Abukwaik ,  Divyasheel Sharma ,  Benjamin Kloepper ,  Arzam Muzaffar Kotriwala ,  Pablo Rodriguez ,  Benedikt Schmidt ,  Ruomu Tan ,  Chandrika K R ,  Reuben Borrison ,  Marcel Dix ,  Jens Doppelhamer

IPC: G05B23/02

CPC classification number: G05B23/024 ,  G05B23/0251

Abstract: A method for determining the state of health of an industrial process executed by at least one industrial plant comprising an arrangement of entities, and the state of each such entity, includes obtaining values of the entity state variables; providing the values to a model to obtain a prediction of the state of health; determining propagation paths for anomalies between said entities; determining importances of the states of health of the individual entities for the overall state of health of the process; and aggregating the individual states of health of the entities to obtain the overall state of health of the process.