Multi-core processor for performing energy-related operations in an industrial automation system using energy information determined with an organizational model of the industrial automation system
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorPhilip J. Kaufman
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Abstract
A system may include a multi-core processor that may include a first core configured to determine structured energy data associated with one or more assets in an automation system, wherein the structured energy data comprises a logical grouping of assets in the automation system, a second core configured to control the one or more assets based on the structured energy data, a third core configured to manage security operations in the automation system, and a fourth core configured to manage safety operations in the automation system.
Claims20
A multi-core processor, comprising:
- a first core configured to:
- receive energy data associated with one or more assets in an automation system;
- receive organizational model data associated with the automation system;
- and
- generate one or more energy reports based on a relationship between the energy data and the organizational model data, wherein the one or more energy data comprises structured energy data associated with one or more assets in an automation system, wherein the structured energy data comprises a logical grouping of assets in the automation system;
- and
- a second core configured to:
- receive the structured energy data from the first core;
- identify one or more idle periods of the one or more assets during the period of time based on the structured energy data;
- and
- send one or more commands to the one or more assets to enter a reduced power consumption mode during the idle periods.
A multi-core processor, comprising:
- a first core configured to determine structured energy data associated with one or more assets in an automation system, wherein the structured energy data comprises a logical grouping of assets in the automation system;
- a second core configured to control the one or more assets based on the structured energy data;
- a third core configured to manage security operations in the automation system;
- and
- a fourth core configured to manage safety operations in the automation system.
A method in a computing system for performing statistical computations on a data set that is larger than can fit in memory practicably and using said data set for controlling equipment in an industrial automation environment based on energy management criteria, comprising:
- providing the data set comprising energy information collected from a plurality of equipment, each of said equipment operatively communicating to an external data storage medium and utilizing an energy object having an identifier associated with an energy resource and a measurement characteristic associated with the energy resource, performing a statistical computation on the data by accessing and processing the data at the external data storage medium and communicating information back to a controller associated with the equipment for performing energy management actions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.