Scalable Architecture For A Human Machine Interface Device
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAnandkumar CHALAPURADUDI BANDIGOWDA, Suneesh PUTHIYONNAN
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Abstract
A human-machine interface device suitable for use in an automation system comprising a plurality of the human-machine interface devices, where each human-machine interface device includes at least one hardware resource, a system bus, and an interconnect circuit and is configured for interconnecting with at least one other human-machine interface device to form a device cluster, where the interconnect circuit provides a communication channel between individual system bus in each human-machine interface device forming the device cluster.
Claims16
A human-machine interface device configured for use in an automation system comprising a plurality of the human-machine interface devices, each of the plurality of human-machine interface devices comprising:
- at least one hardware resource;
- a system bus for providing a communication channel between the at least one hardware resource within a human-machine interface device;
- and
- an interconnect circuit comprising:
- at least one interconnect port configured for interconnecting the human-machine interface device to at least one other human-machine interface device to form a device cluster;
- and
- means for providing a communication channel between the at least one interconnect port and the system bus.
An automation system comprising a plurality of human-machine interface devices, each of the plurality of human-machine interface devices comprising:
- at least one hardware resource;
- a system bus configured to provide a communication channel between the at least one hardware resource within the human-machine interface device;
- and
- an interconnect circuit comprising:
- at least one interconnect port configured to interconnect the at least one human-machine interface device to at least one other human-machine interface device to form a device cluster;
- and
- means for providing a communication channel between the at least one interconnect port and the system bus.
A method for operating an automation system comprising a plurality of human-machine interface devices, each of the plurality of human-machine interface device comprising at least one hardware resource and a system bus configured to provide a communication channel between the at least one hardware resource within the plurality of human-machine interface devices, the method comprising the steps of:
- interconnecting at least one human-machine interface device of the plurality of human-machine interface devices to at least one other human-machine interface device of the plurality of human-machine interface device to form a device cluster;
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- providing a communication channel between the system bus in each of the plurality of human-machine interface devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.