US 2023/0418266 A1Published application

Data modeling and asset management using an industrial information hub

AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

InventorsScott A. Miller, Nathan Reynolds, Christopher Wayne Como, Nathaniel S. Sandler, Ryan P. Dunn, Bruce T. McCleave, JR., Kyle Reissner, Stephen C. Briant

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Abstract

An industrial information hub (IDH) serves as a single industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system is centered around the development of an ecosystem that creates and delivers value to users—including industrial enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, vendors, etc.—through the aggregation of digital content and domain expertise. The IIH system serves as a trusted information broker between the ecosystem and the OT environments of plant facilities, and provides a platform for connecting assets, contextualizing asset data and providing secure access to the ecosystem. Additionally, the IIH system provides tools and support to OEMs and other subject matter experts, allowing those experts to enable their digital assets for use in the ecosystem. The IIH system reduces the cost and risks for digital transformation of industrial assets.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a memory that stores executable components;
and
a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a project telemetry component configured to generate project telemetry data based on analysis of an industrial control project submitted to a repository system residing on a cloud platform, wherein the industrial control project comprises at least control programming and device configuration data that, in response to execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitate monitoring and control of an industrial automation system, and the project telemetry data identifies industrial assets referenced by the industrial control project;
a simulation component configured to retrieve, from a vendor repository residing on the cloud platform, digital asset models corresponding to the industrial assets identified by the project telemetry data, and generate a digital twin of the industrial automation system based on the digital asset models;
an emulation component configured to perform emulated execution of the control programming defined by the industrial control project and to exchange simulated input and output data with the digital twin based on the emulated execution,
wherein the simulation component is configured to execute, based on the digital twin and the emulated execution, simulated operation of the industrial automation system under control of the industrial control project and to generate simulated performance data based on the simulated operation.

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A method, comprising:

generating, by a system comprising a processor and executing on a cloud platform, project telemetry data based on analysis of an industrial control project submitted to the system, wherein
the industrial control project comprises at least control code and device configuration data that, in response to execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitate monitoring and control of an industrial automation system, and
the project telemetry data identifies industrial assets referenced by the industrial control project;
retrieving, by the system from a vendor repository residing on the cloud platform, digital asset models corresponding to the industrial assets identified by the project telemetry data;
generating, by the system, a digital twin of the industrial automation system based on the digital asset models;
simulating, by the system based on the digital twin and emulated execution of the control code on the cloud platform, operation of the industrial automation system under control of the industrial control project;
and
generating, by the system, simulated performance data based on the simulating.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system executing on a cloud platform and comprising a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

generating project telemetry data based on analysis of an industrial control project submitted to the system, wherein
the industrial control project comprises at least control programming and device configuration data that, in response to execution on one or more industrial devices, facilitate monitoring and control of an industrial automation system, and
the project telemetry data identifies industrial assets referenced by the industrial control project;
retrieving, from a vendor repository residing on the cloud platform, digital asset models corresponding to the industrial assets identified by the project telemetry data;
generating a digital twin of the industrial automation system based on the digital asset models;
simulating, based on the digital twin and emulated execution of the control programming on the cloud platform, operation of the industrial automation system under control of the industrial control project;
and
generating simulated performance data based on the simulating.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/466,055Filed 13 Sep 2023
Priority: 25 Sep 2020
Published: 28 Dec 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G05B 19/4155
Numerical control [NC], i.e. automatically operating machines, in particular machine tools, e.g. in a manufacturing environment, so as to…
G06Q 10/0631
Operations research, analysis or management: resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations
G05B 19/4188
Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible…:…
G06N 20/00
Machine learning

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