Process graphics generator for a zoomable diagram representing an industrial process plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12412238-B2
Application number	US-202217959480-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 4, 2022
Priority date	Oct 5, 2021
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A method used for generating a zoomable diagram includes providing a topology diagram of at least a part of the industrial plant for interacting with components of the industrial plant; generating, for each zoom-level of the zoomable diagram, a zoomed diagram comprising a zoomed view of each one of the plurality of objects and connections, by applying at least following rules to each object: from a first predefined zoom-level, collapse all objects of a plant-segment to one object and keep only connections that cross the plant-segment's border, and introduce an plant-segment related alarm measure as a function of all alarm statuses of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment; and when interacting with the components of the industrial plant, determining, for each plant-segment, the plant-segment related alarm measure, and outputting the plant-segment related alarm measure for healing a cause of the alarm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for generating a zoomable diagram of an industrial plant for an analysis of an alarm, the method comprising:
providing a topology diagram of at least a part of the industrial plant for interacting with components of the industrial plant, wherein the topology diagram comprises a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects representing a component of the industrial plant, and a plurality of connections, each of the plurality of connections representing a logical and/or a physical connection between at least two of the components;
generating, for each zoom-level of the zoomable diagram, a zoomed diagram comprising a zoomed view of each one of the plurality of objects and the plurality of connections, wherein a zoomed view is generated by applying rules to each object, the rules including, for a zoomed diagram having a plurality of zoom-levels:
from a first predefined zoom-level, collapse all objects of a plant-segment to one object and keep only connections that cross the plant-segment's border; and
introduce a plant-segment related alarm measure as a function of all alarm statuses of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment, and, when a scaled-down object is smaller than a predefined size, hide the scaled-down object based on a rank-stage of the object type, wherein the rank-stage comprises an association to a respective component of the industrial plant and a hiding priority relative to other components of the industrial plant;

storing the zoomed diagram for each of the plurality of zoom-levels; and
when interacting with the components of the industrial plant by utilizing the plurality of zoomable diagrams,
determining, for each plant-segment, the plant-segment related alarm measure, and
outputting the plant-segment related alarm measure for healing a cause of the alarm.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining, for each plant-segment, a plant-segment related key performance indicator (KPI) measure, wherein the KPI measure is a function of all KPIs of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein for each of a plurality of the object alarm statuses and a related plant-segment related alarm measure, displaying an object's KPI status and the plant-segment related key performance indicator (KPI) measure by highlighting the object or the plant-segment, respectively.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising increasing a size of off-page references from a second predefined zoom-level.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zoomed view is generated by applying an additional rule to each object, the additional rule being: scale down the object proportional to the zoom-level or, from a third predefined zoom-level.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the zoomed view is generated by applying at least one of following additional rules to each object:
from a fourth predefined zoom-level, hide graphical and/or textual fillings of the object;
from a fifth predefined zoom-level, merge redundant objects to one object;
from a sixth predefined zoom-level, merge all sensors, or all sensors of one type, to one sensor, and/or
from a seventh predefined zoom-level, merge all actuators of one type to one actuator.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rules and a plurality of rank-stages are configurable.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the topology diagram has a semantic of a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID).

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the topology diagram has a semantic of a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) which is enriched by a database containing meta-data about the industrial plant.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored therein, which, when executed on a processor, instructs the processor to perform a method comprising:
providing a topology diagram of at least a part of the industrial plant for interacting with components of the industrial plant, wherein the topology diagram comprises a plurality of objects, each of the plurality of objects representing a component of the industrial plant, and a plurality of connections, each of the plurality of connections representing a logical and/or a physical connection between at least two of the components;
generating, for each zoom-level of the zoomable diagram, a zoomed diagram comprising a zoomed view of each one of the plurality of objects and the plurality of connections, wherein a zoomed view is generated by applying rules to each object, the rules including, for a zoomed diagram having a plurality of zoom-levels:
from a first predefined zoom-level, collapsing all objects of a plant-segment to one object and keep only connections that cross the plant-segment's border; and
introducing a plant-segment related alarm measure as a function of all alarm statuses of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment, and, when a scaled-down object is smaller than a predefined size, hide the scaled-down object based on a rank-stage of the object type, wherein the rank-stage comprises an association to a respective component of the industrial plant and a hiding priority relative to other components of the industrial plant;

storing the zoomed diagram for each of the plurality of zoom-levels; and
when interacting with the components of the industrial plant by utilizing the plurality of zoomable diagrams,
determining, for each plant-segment, the plant-segment related alarm measure, and
outputting the plant-segment related alarm measure for healing a cause of the alarm.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising determining, for each plant-segment, a plant-segment related key performance indicator (KPI) measure, wherein the KPI measure is a function of all KPIs of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein for each of a plurality of the object alarm statuses and a related plant-segment related alarm measure, displaying an object's KPI status and the plant-segment related KPI measure by highlighting the object or the plant-segment, respectively.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising increasing a size of off-page references from a second predefined zoom-level.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the zoomed view is generated by applying an additional rule to each object, the additional rule being: scale down the object proportional to the zoom-level or, from a third predefined zoom-level.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the zoomed view is generated by applying at least one of following additional rules to each object:
from a fourth predefined zoom-level, hide graphical and/or textual fillings of the object;
from a fifth predefined zoom-level, merge redundant objects to one object;
from a sixth predefined zoom-level, merge all sensors, or all sensors of one type, to one sensor, and/or
from a seventh predefined zoom-level, merge all actuators of one type to one actuator.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the rules and a plurality of rank-stages are configurable.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the topology diagram has a semantic of a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID).

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the topology diagram has a semantic of a piping and ins

Assignees

• Abb Schweiz Ag

Inventors

• Koziolek Heiko
• Rueckert Julius
• Kloepper Benjamin
• Abukwaik Hadil
• Rodriguez Pablo
• Berlet Andreas

Classifications

• G06T11/26

  Drawing of charts or graphs · CPC title

• G08B21/00

  Alarms responsive to a single specified undesired or abnormal condition and not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• G06T2210/36

  Level of detail · CPC title

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G05B23/0272

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