System and method for translation of graphics to newer format using pattern matching

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processing device configured to:
• receive a legacy graphics file associated with a control system for an industrial process, the legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects including a first legacy graphics object and a second legacy graphics object;
• migrate the first legacy graphics object to a first target graphics object using a one-to-one migration technique;
• upon identifying the second legacy graphics object as a complex graphics object, migrate the second legacy graphics object to a second target graphics object using a pattern matching migration technique;
• and
• include the first target graphics object and the second target graphics object in a target graphics file wherein the at least one processing device develops the pattern matching migration technique by:
• generating a bitmap of the second legacy graphics object
• identifying one or more patterns in the bitmap;
• matching the one or more patterns to a second pattern in a pattern library;
• and
• replacing the second legacy graphics object with the second target graphics object that matches the second pattern in the pattern library.

A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one processing device to:

• receive a legacy graphics file associated with a control system for an industrial process, the legacy graphics file comprising a plurality of legacy graphics objects including a first legacy graphics object and a second legacy graphics object;
• migrate the first legacy graphics object to a first target graphics object using a one-to-one migration technique;
• upon identifying the second legacy graphics object as a complex graphics object, migrate the second legacy graphics object to a second target graphics object using a pattern matching migration technique;
• and
• include the first target graphics object and the second target graphics object in a target graphics file wherein the pattern matching migration technique comprises:
• generating a bitmap of the second legacy graphics object;
• identifying one or more patterns in the bitmap;
• matching the one or more patterns to a second pattern in a pattern library;
• and
• replacing the second legacy graphics object with the second target graphics object that matches the second pattern in the pattern library.