Systems and methods for monitoring device information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10955816-B2
Application number	US-201816137168-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2018
Priority date	Sep 20, 2018
Publication date	Mar 23, 2021
Grant date	Mar 23, 2021

Abstract

Provided herein are techniques related to an industrial system that may have a plurality of industrial automation devices, a database that has a plurality of location datasets that correspond to the plurality of industrial automation devices, and a monitoring system that may communicate with the industrial automation devices via a network and the database. The monitoring system may send a first request to the industrial automation devices in the industrial system to identify an industrial automation device having an active maintenance status. The active maintenance status may be indicative of a maintenance request for the industrial automation device. The monitoring system may send a second request to the database for a location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, generate a visualization that includes the active maintenance status and the location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, and display the visualization via an electronic display.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed, are configured to cause a processor to:
send a first request to a plurality of industrial automation devices in an industrial automation system to identify an industrial automation device of the plurality of industrial automation devices having an active maintenance status, wherein the active maintenance status is indicative of a maintenance request for the industrial automation device;
send a second request to a database for a location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, wherein the database comprises a plurality of location datasets that correspond to the plurality of industrial automation devices;
generate a visualization comprising the active maintenance status and the location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, wherein the visualization is configured to present:
the active maintenance status on a first side of the visualization configured to encompass at least a portion of an electronic display; and
the location dataset on a second side of the visualization configured to replace the first side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display;

display the first side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display;
receive a user input configured to cause the electronic display to rotate the visualization and present the second side of the visualization; and
in response to receiving the user input, animating a transition of the visualization to replace the first side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display with the second side of the visualization using a flip effect or a rotation effect.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to receive identification information associated with the industrial automation device from the industrial automation device, wherein the identification information comprises an identifier associated with the industrial automation device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the location dataset comprises an identifier associated with a position of the industrial automation device with respect to one or more other industrial automation devices of the plurality industrial automation devices.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the second side of the visualization comprises a device map that represents one or more respective physical sizes of one or more of the plurality of industrial automation devices as one or more respective proportionally-sized blocks, wherein the industrial automation device is part of the one or more of the plurality of industrial automation devices.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the active maintenance status comprises a description of the maintenance request.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the location dataset comprises an industrial automation equipment identifier that corresponds to industrial automation equipment in which the industrial automation device is located, a cabinet identifier that corresponds to a cabinet of the industrial automation equipment in which the industrial automation device is located, a section identifier that corresponds to a section that the cabinet in which the industrial automation device is located, a compartment identifier that corresponds to a compartment of the section in which the industrial automation device is located, or a combination thereof.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein only the first side of the visualization or the second side of the visualization is visible via electronic display.

8. A method, comprising:
sending, via a processor, a first request to a plurality of industrial automation devices in an industrial automation system to identify an industrial automation device of the plurality of industrial automation devices having an active maintenance status, wherein the active maintenance status is indicative of a maintenance request for the industrial automation device;
sending, via the processor, a second request to a database for a location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, wherein the database comprises a plurality of location datasets that correspond to the plurality of industrial automation devices;
generating, via the processor, a visualization comprising the active maintenance status and the location dataset associated with the industrial automation device, wherein the visualization is configured to present:
the active maintenance status on a first side of the visualization configured to encompass at least a portion of an electronic display; and
the location dataset on a second side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display;

displaying, via the processor, the first side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display;
receiving, via the processor, a user input configured to cause the electronic display to rotate the visualization and present the second side of the visualization; and
in response to receiving the user input, animating, via the processor, a transition of the visualization to replace the first side of the visualization in the at least a portion of the electronic display with the second side of the visualization using a flip effect or a rotation effect.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second side of the visualization is configured to present a device tree comprising an industrial automation equipment identifier that corresponds to industrial automation equipment in which the industrial automation device is located, a cabinet identifier that corresponds to a cabinet of the industrial automation equipment in which the industrial automation device is located, a section identifier that corresponds to a section that the cabinet in which the industrial automation device is located, a compartment identifier that corresponds to a compartment of the section in which the industrial automation device is located, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second side of the visualization is configured to provide a device map indicative of a position of the industrial automation device with respect to one or more other industrial automation devices of the plurality of industrial automation devices.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the device map comprises a visual effect associated with the position of the industrial automation device.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the visual effect comprises a highlighting, a shading, an animation, a blinking, a coloring, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
receiving an input to display an expanded device map indicative of the active maintenance status and a position of the industrial automation device with respect to one or more other industrial automation devices of the plurality of automation devices;
generating an additional visualization comprising the expanded device map; and
displaying the additional visualization via the electronic display.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the expanded device map comprises a virtual map of a physical position of the industrial automation device in the industrial automation system with respect to respective physical positions of the one or more other industrial automation devices in the industrial automation system.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the virtual map

Assignees

• Rockwell Automation Tech Inc

Inventors

• Mazur David C
• Nagabhairava Mithun M
• Flickinger Peter J
• Coon Ryan
• Walter Jonathan D
• Wise Jonathan
• Steinweg Calvin C

Classifications

• G05B19/4185 Primary

  characterised by the network communication · CPC title

• G05B2219/31449

  Monitor workflow, to optimize business, industrial processes · CPC title

• G06F16/26

  Visual data mining; Browsing structured data · CPC title

• G05B19/406 Primary

  characterised by monitoring or safety (G05B19/19 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y02P90/02

  Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] · CPC title