Support apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and control apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022011735-A1
Application number	US-201917294409-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 28, 2019
Priority date	Dec 28, 2018
Publication date	Jan 13, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to solve the new problem of appropriately protecting a control apparatus and a controller system including the control apparatus against a security event possible to occur. The support apparatus includes: a forming/editing part, providing a user interface for forming or editing a user program defining contents of the control arithmetic operation executed by the control apparatus; and an output part outputting the user program formed via the user interface provided by the forming/editing part. The forming/editing part provides a user interface receiving selection of a change instruction for changing a behavior of the security monitoring device carried out by executing the security protection process as an instruction constituting the user program.

First claim

1 . A support apparatus, used in a controller system,
wherein the controller system comprises:
a control apparatus, executing a control arithmetic operation for controlling a control target; and
a security monitoring device, executing a security protection process comprising detection of a security event possible to occur in the controller system and execution of a process in correspondence with the security event, and
the support apparatus comprises:
a forming/editing part, providing a user interface for forming or editing a user program defining contents of the control arithmetic operation executed by the control apparatus; and
an output part outputting the user program formed via the user interface provided by the forming/editing part,
wherein the forming/editing part provides a user interface receiving selection of a change instruction for changing a behavior of the security monitoring device carried out by executing the security protection process as an instruction constituting the user program.

2 . The support apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the forming/editing part provides a user interface receiving setting of an execution condition of the change instruction.

3 . The support apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the change instruction is an instruction for determining a value of an output signal indicating the behavior of the security monitoring device carried out by executing the security protection process with respect to an input signal indicating an action state of the control apparatus, and
the forming/editing part provides a user interface receiving setting of a correspondence relationship between the input signal and the output signal.

4 . The support apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the forming/editing part provides a user interface for setting the behavior of the security monitoring device.

5 . The support apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the behavior of the security monitoring device comprises setting of a connection condition for connecting the controller system with an outside network, and
the forming/editing part provides a user interface for setting contents of the connection condition.

6 . A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing an assistance program for assisting in development of a user program executed by a control apparatus which executes a control arithmetic operation for controlling a control target comprised in a controller system,
wherein the controller system has a security monitoring device executing a security protection process comprising detection of a security event possible to occur in the controller system and execution of a process in correspondence with the security event, the assistance program causes a computer to execute:
a step for providing a user interface for forming or editing a user program defining contents of the control arithmetic operation executed by the control apparatus; and
a step for outputting the user program formed via the user interface,
wherein in the step for providing the user interface, as an instruction constituting the user program, a user interface receiving selection of a change instruction for changing a behavior of the security monitoring device carried out by executing the security protection process is provided.

7 . A control apparatus, executing a control arithmetic operation for controlling a control target and comprising:
a communication interface for connection with a security monitoring device executing a security protection process comprising detection of a security event possible to occur in the control apparatus and execution of a process in correspondence with the security event; and a program execution part, executing a user program for realizing the control arithmetic operation, wherein the user program comprises a change instruction for changing a behavior of the security monitoring device carried out by executing the security protection process, and the program execution part, through execution of the change instruction, notifies the security monitoring device with an instruction for changing contents of the security protection process executed by the security monitoring device.

Assignees

• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Tahara Yutaka

Classifications

• G06F21/554

  involving event detection and direct action · CPC title

• G05B19/0428 Primary

  Safety, monitoring (G05B19/0423 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G05B19/0426

  Programming the control sequence · CPC title

• G05B19/056

  Programming the PLC · CPC title

• G05B19/058 Primary

  Safety, monitoring · CPC title