US 2025/0028303 A1Published application

Deploying containers to adjust industrial device operations based on event data contextualized with respect to hierarchical datasets of an industrial automation system

AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

InventorsMichael J. Anthony, Christopher W. Como, Jonathan A. Mills, Keith D. Carter, Todd A. Wiese, Jon P. Vanderpas, Karol Szczupakowsk, Katherine Sokolnicki

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Abstract

Systems and methods described herein may relate to a system including a plurality of industrial devices that each perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels. Each of the plurality industrial devices may include a compute surface able to perform software tasks. The system may include a system of processors that receives trigger event data from a device corresponding to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels. In addition, the system of processors is configured to identify a target device associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data, deploy a container to the target device, generate a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the acquired additional data, determine a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern, and instruct a device to implement the remedial action.

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Dependent claims

A system comprising:

a plurality of industrial devices configured to perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein each device of the plurality of industrial devices comprises a compute surface configured to perform one or more software tasks;
and
a system of processors configured to:
receive trigger event data from at least one device of the plurality of industrial devices, wherein the at least one device corresponds to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
identify a target device of the plurality of industrial devices based on the trigger event data and the plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the target device is associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data and corresponds to a second hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
deploy a container to the target device, wherein the container is configured to cause a target compute surface of the target device to acquire the additional data;
generate a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the additional data;
determine a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern;
and
instruct at least one device of the plurality of industrial devices to implement the remedial action.

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A method, comprising:

receiving, via a system of processors, trigger event data from at least one device of a plurality of industrial devices configured to perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein each device of the plurality of industrial devices comprises a compute surface configured to perform one or more software tasks, and wherein the at least one device corresponds to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
identifying, via the system of processors, a target device of the plurality of industrial devices based on the trigger event data and the plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the target device is associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data and corresponds to a second hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
deploying, via the system of processors, a container to the target device, wherein the container is configured to cause a target compute surface of the target device to acquire the additional data;
generating, via the system of processors, a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the additional data;
determining, via the system of processors, a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern;
and
instructing, via the system of processors, at least one device of the plurality of industrial devices to implement the remedial action.

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A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a system of processors, cause the system of processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving trigger event data from at least one device of a plurality of industrial devices configured to perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein each device of the plurality of industrial devices comprises a compute surface configured to perform one or more software tasks, and wherein the at least one device corresponds to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
identifying a target device of the plurality of industrial devices based on the trigger event data and the plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein the target device is associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data and corresponds to a second hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels;
deploying a container to the target device, wherein the container is configured to cause a target compute surface of the target device to acquire the additional data;
generating a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the additional data;
determining a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern;
and
instructing at least one device of the plurality of industrial devices to implement the remedial action.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.