US 2020/0272138 A1 · SELECTION OF INDUSTRIAL SENSORS ON OBJECTS AND THEIR FEATURES

Abstract

An industrial sensor selection system guides the process of selecting a suitable industrial sensor for use in an industrial sensing application based on information provided by the user about the application. The system can allow the user to initially specify a target product or object that is to be detected or measured by the sensing application. Based on the product selection, the sensor selection system allows the user to select from among a set of sensor use cases commonly applied to the selected product. The selection system may also prompt the user to provide additional contextual information about the selected use case. Based on the user's selection of a target product, use case, and any applicable contextual information, the sensor selection system identifies one or more suitable industrial sensors registered within a sensor profile library suitable for use within the user's sensing application.

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Dependent claims

An industrial sensor selection system, comprising:

a memory that stores executable components;
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a user interface component configured to
render, on a client device, interface displays that prompt for selection of a product to be detected or measured by an industrial sensing application, and
in response to receiving, from the client device via interaction with the interface display, selection of the product, render sensor use cases associated with the product on the client device;
and
a sensor search component configured to, in response to receiving, from the client device via interaction with the interface display, selection of a sensor use case of the sensor use cases, generate search criteria data defining sensor search criteria based on the product and the sensor use case, and retrieve, from a library of sensor profiles, a subset of the sensor profiles that satisfy the sensor search criteria,
wherein the user interface component is further configured to render, on the client device based on information contained in the subset of the sensor profiles, catalog information about one or more industrial sensors represented by the subset of the sensor profiles.

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A method for discovering an industrial sensor suitable for an industrial sensing application, comprising:

receiving, from a client device by a system comprising a processor, a selection of a product to be detected or measured by an industrial sensing application;
in response to receiving the selection of the product, rendering, on the client device by the system, sensor use cases associated with the product;
receiving, from the client device by the system, a selection of a sensor use case of the sensor use cases;
in response to receiving the selection of the sensor use case, generating, by the system, search data defining sensor search criteria based on the product and the sensor use case;
retrieving, by the system from a library of sensor profiles corresponding to respective industrial sensors, a subset of the sensor profiles that satisfy the sensor search criteria;
and
rendering, on the client device by the system, catalog information about a subset of the industrial sensors represented by the subset of the sensor profiles based on information contained in the sensor profiles.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Selection of industrial sensors on objects and their features

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Selection of industrial sensors on objects and their features

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Abstract

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