Method for the computer-aided processing of operating data relating to a technical system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11340605-B2
Application number	US-201816771751-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2018
Priority date	Dec 27, 2017
Publication date	May 24, 2022
Grant date	May 24, 2022

Abstract

A method for the computer-aided processing of operating data relating to a technical system, wherein the operating data have been captured during operation of the technical system in a predefined operating interval and are stored as digital data in a memory is provided. A pair of first state variables and one or more second state variables with corresponding state values of the technical system at the particular operating time are extracted from the operating data by the method. A two-dimensional representation is generated on a display of a user interface by these state variables. Bar charts for different state ranges of the pairs of first state variables are generated in this representation on the basis of the evaluation of a threshold value criterion, wherein the bar charts represent, inter alia, how many states of the technical system within the particular state range can be classified as critical.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for computer-aided processing of operating data of a technical system, wherein the operating data have been recorded during operation of the technical system in a predefined operating interval and are stored in a memory in the form of digital data, comprising:
extracting a respective state vector from the operating data for a multiplicity of operating times within the predefined operating interval, which state vector comprises a pair of first state variables containing associated state values of the technical system at the respective operating time and at least one second state variable from a number of second state variables containing associated state values of the technical system at the respective operating time;
generating a two-dimensional display on a display of a user interface, wherein the display corresponds to the two-dimensional space of the state values of the pairs of first state variables of the state vectors in a Cartesian coordinate system and the display depicts a multiplicity of adjacent state ranges, wherein all of the state vectors containing state values of pairs of first state variables within a respective state range are assigned to this state range, and a threshold value criterion comprising at least one threshold value is defined for the state values of each second state variable of the state vectors assigned to the respective state range, wherein, when the threshold value criterion is met, the corresponding state value of the respective second state variable of the state vector is classed as normal for the operation of the technical system;
depicting a bar chart in a respective state range, in which bar chart a first bar and a second bar of the bar chart belong to each second state variable, wherein
the length of the first bar represents the number of first state vectors or an occurrence time period, derived from the operating times of the first state vectors, for the number of first state vectors, wherein the first state vectors are all state vectors that are assigned to the respective state range and contain the respective second state variable or are all state vectors that are assigned to the respective state range and contain the respective second state variable and for which the state value of the respective second state variable also meets the threshold value criterion;
the length of the second bar represents the number of second state vectors or an occurrence time period, derived from the operating times of the second state vectors, for the number of second state vectors, wherein the second state vectors are all state vectors that are assigned to the respective state range and contain the respective second state variable and for which the state value of the second state variable also does not meet the threshold value criterion.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the respective state ranges are adjoining rectangles.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first bar or bars in each bar chart are offset with respect to an axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in comparison with the second bar or bars.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein all of the first and second bars extend parallel to the same axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in their longitudinal direction.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a respective threshold value criterion comprises a lower threshold value and an upper threshold value for state values of a respective second state variable in the respective state range, wherein the threshold value criterion is met when the state value of the respective second state variable is between the lower and upper threshold value.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a respective second bar of at least some of the second bars is arranged on a base line in the two-dimensional display, wherein the bar section on one side of the base line represents second state vectors containing state values of the respective second state variable below the lower threshold value and the bar section on the other side of the base line represents second state vectors containing state values of the respective second state variable above the upper threshold value.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the bar sections on the different sides of the base line have different colors.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the same base line is used for all of the second bars within a bar chart in the two-dimensional display.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the base lines are arranged at the same position with respect to the other axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in all of the bar charts that are next to one another along an axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in the two-dimensional display.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first bars extend in their longitudinal direction along the other axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in all of the bar charts that are next to one another along an axis of the Cartesian coordinate system in the two-dimensional display, and start at the same position with respect to the other axis.

11. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the extent of the deviation of the state values of the second state vectors in the corresponding state range from the threshold value criterion is represented by the filling of a respective second bar of at least some of the second bars in the two-dimensional display.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the extent of the deviation is represented by the color saturation or the brightness or the color of the filling.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the extent of the deviation for second state vectors containing state values of the respective second state variable below the lower threshold value corresponds to the sum of the absolute differences between these state values and the lower threshold value or depends on this sum, and/or wherein the extent of the deviation for second state vectors containing state values of the respective second state variable above the upper threshold value corresponds to the sum of the absolute differences between these state values and the upper threshold value or depends on this sum.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user interface allows a user to input a command that triggers the depiction, in each case for one or more second state variables, of a detailed view on the display for state values of the respective second state variable for one or more state ranges.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the detailed view comprises a two-dimensional chart with a time axis and an axis perpendicular thereto and representing the state values of the respective second state variable, wherein the two-dimensional chart depicts the state values of the respective second state variable of the state vectors that are assigned to the one or more state ranges as data points as a function of the operating times of the occurrence of the state values in the predefined operating interval.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein data points that are adjacent along the time axis are at least partly connected to one another via lines.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the data points for different state ranges are displayed differently in the two-dimensional chart.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the user interface allows a user to input a command by way of which the threshold value criterion is adjusted.

19. The method as claimed in clai

Assignees

• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Kehrer Johannes
• Krueger Sebastian
• Paulitsch Christoph
• Süer Mahmut Halil
• Vogel Thomas
• Winter Jens
• Weber Stefan Hagen

Classifications

• G05B23/0272 Primary

  Presentation of monitored results, e.g. selection of status reports to be displayed; Filtering information to the user · CPC title

• G05B19/41885 Primary

  characterised by modeling, simulation of the manufacturing system · CPC title

• G05B19/0421

  Multiprocessor system · CPC title

• Y02P90/02

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