Method for safe access to a field device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10257707-B2
Application number	US-201515302625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2015
Priority date	Apr 9, 2014
Publication date	Apr 9, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2019

Abstract

A method for providing safe access of a mobile control unit (1) to a field device (2), wherein, in particular, the field device is protected against unauthorized access via a mobile control unit is achieved in that a connection for transmitting data is established between the mobile control unit (1) and the field device (2), that access data for access is exchanged, that a comparison is made between the access data and stored comparison data and a comparison result is generated, and that access of the mobile control unit (1) to the field device (1) is permitted based on the comparison result.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Method for safe accessing of at least one field device by at least one mobile control unit, comprising:
establishing a connection for transmitting data at least between the mobile control unit and the field device,
transmitting access data for accessing of the mobile control unit to the field device, comparing the access data with stored comparison data and generating a comparison result,
permitting access of the mobile control unit to the field device based on the comparison result indicating that access is permissible,
wherein at least one access code is assigned to the field device for access to the field device and wherein the access code is stored as at least a part of the comparison data,
wherein an identification code is assigned to the mobile control unit and is transmitted to the field device as at least a part of the access data, and
wherein the identification code is stored in the field device as at least a part of the comparison data in the case that the comparison result generated for the comparison of the access data transmitted by the mobile control unit and the stored access code is positive and that in case of a further access of the field device by the mobile control unit only the identification code is transmitted from the mobile control unit to the field device.

2. Method according to claim 1 , wherein access codes from at least two field devices are stored in the mobile control unit and wherein the access codes stored in the mobile control unit are shared by the mobile control unit with another mobile control unit.

3. Method according to claim 1 , wherein at least the field devices that are accessable are identified by the mobile control unit, and wherein necessary access codes of the identified field devices are retrieved by at least one of another mobile control unit and an administrator device.

4. Method according to claim 1 , wherein an adminstrator device is provided via which at least one of storing and sharing of at least one of access codes and identification codes is able to be carried out.

5. Method according to claim 4 , wherein the comparison of access data with stored comparison data is performed at least partially by an administrator device.

6. Method according to claim 1 , wherein the comparison of access data with stored comparison data is performed at least partially by an administrator device.

7. Method claim 1 , wherein data is exchanged in at least partially encrypted form at least between the mobile control unit and the field device.

Assignees

• Krohne Messtechnik Gmbh

Inventors

• Spiegel Christoph
• Dabrowski Markus
• Keimling Rene
• Hansen Christian

Classifications

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• G05B11/01

  electric · CPC title

• G05B19/4185

  characterised by the network communication · CPC title

• G05B2219/31255

  Verify communication parameters, if wrong, refuse communication · CPC title

• G05B2219/36542

  Cryptography, encrypt, access, authorize with key, code, password · CPC title