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US 9,405,284 B2Granted
Implementing engineering unit conversions associated with control devices
AssigneeRockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
InventorKeith M. Hogan
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Abstract
A converter component can efficiently manage conversion of data associated with a control system from one engineering unit (EU) type to another EU type, and/or conversion of the data from one language to another language, based at least in part on the user. The converter component can identify a user, or can receive a conversion selection(s) from the user, and can automatically select a specified subset of EU conversions and/or language conversions to employ in relation to the user, convert the data associated with the control system in accordance with the subset, and present the converted data to the user via the interface. The converter component can present a pre-populated table of EU conversions associated with the subset, and can allow a user to add or modify an EU conversion.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- at least one processor configured to execute one or more sets of code instructions retained in at least one memory, the one or more sets of code instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, implement components, comprising:
- a user interface component configured to present a set of items of data or a set of converted items of data associated with a control system;
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- a converter component configured to identify a set of conversion functions usable to convert at least a portion of the set of items of data based at least in part on a set of user preferences associated with a user, and convert respective items of data of the set of items of data to generate respective converted items of data of the set of converted items of data, in accordance with respective conversion functions of the set of conversion functions, wherein an item of data of the set of items of data is associated with information that is in a first language based at least in part on a first geographical regional industry standard associated with a geographical location of the control system, wherein an engineering unit associated with the item of data is based at least in part on the first geographical regional industry standard, and wherein the converter component is configured to at least one of convert the information associated with the item of data from the first language to a second language associated with a second geographical regional industry standard or convert the engineering unit associated with the first geographical regional industry standard to a second engineering unit associated with the second geographical regional industry standard, based at least in part on the set of user preferences and at least one of a language conversion function or an engineering unit conversion function of the set of conversion functions that is or are determined based at least in part on metadata that is associated with the item of data and related to the engineering unit conversion function.
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A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a first conversion function relating to a first engineering unit based at least in part on a first tag associated with a first item of data associated with an automation device of a control system and a set of user preferences associated with a user, wherein the first tag comprises operational settings data relating to the first conversion function, wherein the first item of data is associated with information that is in a first language based at least in part on a first geographical regional industry standard associated with a geographical location of the control system, and wherein a first engineering unit associated with the first item of data is based at least in part on the first geographical regional industry standard;
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- converting, by the system, at least one of the information associated with the first item of data from the first language to a second language associated with a second geographical regional industry standard or the first engineering unit associated with the first geographical regional industry standard to a second engineering unit associated with the second geographical regional industry standard, based at least in part on the set of user preferences and at least one of the first conversion function or a second conversion function relating to language conversion that is or are determined based at least in part on the first tag that is related to the first conversion function.
A computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- determining a conversion function relating to an engineering unit based at least in part on metadata associated with an item of data associated with an automation device of a control system and a set of user preferences associated with a user and a set of user preferences, wherein the metadata comprises operational settings data relating to the conversion function, wherein the item of data is associated with information that is in a first language based at least in part on a first geographical regional industry standard associated with a first geographical location of the control system, and wherein the engineering unit associated with the item of data is based at least in part on the first geographical regional industry standard;
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- converting at least one of the information associated with the item of data from the first language to a second language associated with a second geographical regional industry standard associated with a second geographical location that is different from the first geographical location or the engineering unit associated with the first geographical regional industry standard to a second engineering unit associated with the second geographical regional industry standard, based at least in part on the set of user preferences and at least one of the conversion function or a second conversion function relating to language conversion that is or are determined based at least in part on the metadata that is related to the conversion function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.