Combinatorics of digital output data for autonomous determination of process cycles and of individual process steps
OwnerGuido Mertensinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for automatically determining process steps of a control device. The apparatus includes a measuring device, which is configured to detect a plurality of sequences of switching states of a plurality of input and output signals of the control device and an evaluation device, which is configured to determine combinatorics in the detected plurality of sequences of switching states of the plurality of input and output signals of the control device and to determine the process steps performed by the control device based on the determined combinatorics.
Claims14
An apparatus for automatically detecting process steps of a control device, the apparatus comprising:
- a measuring device which is configured to detect a plurality of sequences of switching states of a plurality of input and output signals of the control device;
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- an evaluation device, which is configured to determine combinatorics in the detected plurality of sequences of switching states of the plurality of input and output signals of the control device and to determine the process steps performed by the control device based on the determined combinatorics.
A method of automatically detecting process steps of a control device, the method comprising the steps of:
- detecting a plurality of sequences of switching states of a plurality of input and output signals of the control device by measuring device and determining combinatorics in the detected plurality of sequences of switching states of the plurality of input and output signals of the control device by an evaluation device;
- determining the process steps performed by the control device based on the determined combinatorics by the evaluation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.