Instrumentation and control information providing method, instrumentation and control information providing system, instrumentation and control information providing server, and instrumentation and control equipment

• US 20040186664A1
• Filed: 12/19/2003
• Published: 09/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Togawa, Hiroyuki, Ando, Kosaku, Tanaka, Hitoshi, Nanno, Ikuo, Yamada, Takaaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,873,692 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/1
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 17/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2223/06 Remote monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 23/0243 model based detection method, e.g. first-principles knowledge model
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1905 associated with tele control

Abstract

A customer submits a service application by accessing the home page of a service provider through a personal computer 3, and transmits the data including the operation amount and the control amount of a temperature controller 4 to a server 2 of the service provider. The server 2 accumulates the received data, and in accordance with the contents of the received service application, processes the accumulated data and provides the services of calculating the control parameter for the temperature controller 4, producing a model of the object of control and making a diagnosis by checking for a temperature control fault.

Claims

1. An instrumentation and control information providing method for providing information related to instrumentation and control, comprising:

a transmission step for a client to transmit to a server through a network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment;

a processing step for the server to process the received instrumentation and control data in compliance with the request of the client; and

a providing step for said server to provide the information processed in said processing step to said client through said network.

5. The instrumentation and control information providing method according to claim 1,

wherein said instrumentation and control equipment is a temperature controller, and said instrumentation and control data include at least the data on the operation amount and the control amount, and

wherein the services provided by said server include at least one of a data accumulation service for accumulating said instrumentation and control data and providing the accumulated data in compliance with a request, a tuning service for providing the control parameter of said temperature controller, a modeling service for modeling an object of instrumentation and control and providing a model, and a diagnosis service for checking for a temperature control fault of said temperature controller.

6. The instrumentation and control information providing method according to claim 5,

wherein said processing step processes at least one of said data accumulation service, said tuning service, said modeling service and said diagnosis service in accordance with the contents of said at least one service,

wherein the process of reading the corresponding data from the accumulated data in compliance with the request of said client is executed as said data accumulation service, the process of calculating the control parameter using a model of the object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said tuning service, the process of modeling said object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said modeling service, and the process of checking for a fault based on said data of the operation amount and the control amount accumulated for the normal period and the diagnosis period is executed as said diagnosis service.

7. The instrumentation and control information providing method according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of the steps executed by at least one of said server and said client includes a step of urging one of the service providing party and the service receiving party to input the required information, and said at least one of the steps is executed based on said input required information.

8. The instrumentation and control information providing method according to claim 7,

wherein said processing step includes a step for said server to urge the service providing party to input said required information, and said server executes the process in accordance with the received service application by adding said input required information.

2. An instrumentation and control information providing method for providing information related to instrumentation and control, comprising:

an application step for a client to submit a service application to a server;

a transmission step for said client to transmit to the server through a network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment;

an application receiving step for said server to receive a service application from said client;

a data accumulation step for said server to receive and accumulate said instrumentation and control data;

a processing step for said server to process the accumulated instrumentation and control data in accordance with the received service application; and

a providing step for said server to provide said information process in said processing step to said client through said accumulated instrumentation and control data to said client through said network.

3. An instrumentation and control information providing method for providing information related to instrumentation and control, comprising:

a receiving step for a server to receive from a client through a network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment;

a processing step for said server to process the accumulated instrumentation and control data in accordance with the request of said client; and

a providing step for said server to provide said information processed in said processing step to said client through said network.

4. An instrumentation and control information providing method for providing information related to instrumentation and control, comprising:

an application receiving step for a server to receive a service application from a client;

a data accumulation step for said server to receive through a network and accumulate said instrumentation and control data obtained from said client by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment;

a processing step for said server to process the accumulated instrumentation and control data in accordance with the received service application; and

a providing step for said server to provide said information processed in said processing step to said client through said network.

9. An instrumentation and control information providing system comprising a server connected to a network for providing a service related to the instrumentation and control, and a client connected to said network,

wherein said client transmits to said server through said network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment, and receives the information provided by said server through said network, and

wherein said server receives said instrumentation and control data, processes said instrumentation and control data in compliance with the request of said client, and provides the processed information to said client through said network.

11. The instrumentation and control information providing system according to claim 9,

wherein said instrumentation and control equipment is a temperature controller, and said instrumentation and control data include at least the data of the operation amount and the control amount, and

wherein the services provided by said server include at least one of the data accumulation service for accumulating said instrumentation and control data and providing the accumulated data in compliance with a request, the tuning service for providing the control parameter of said temperature controller, the modeling service for modeling an object of instrumentation and control and providing a model, and the diagnosis service for checking for a temperature control fault of said temperature controller.

12. The instrumentation and control information providing system according to claim 11,

wherein said server executes the process corresponding to the contents of at least one of said data accumulation service, said tuning service, said modeling service and said diagnosis service,

wherein the process of reading the corresponding data from the accumulated data in compliance with the request of said client is executed as said data accumulation service, the process of calculating the control parameter using a model of the object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said tuning service, the process of modeling said object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said modeling service, and the process of checking for a fault based on said data of the operation amount and the control amount accumulated for the normal period and the diagnosis period is executed as said diagnosis service.

13. The instrumentation and control information providing system according to claim 12,

wherein said server urges the service providing party to input the required information, and based on the input required information, executes the process corresponding to the contents of at least one of said data accumulation service, said tuning service, said modeling service and said diagnosis service.

10. An instrumentation and control information providing system comprising a server connected to a network for providing a service related to the instrumentation and control, and a client connected to said network,

wherein said client has communication means for transmitting to said server through said network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment and receiving the information provided by said server through said network, and application means for submitting a service application by browsing the contents of said service, and

wherein said server has data accumulation means for accumulating said instrumentation and control data, application receiving means for receiving a service application from said client, processing means for reading the instrumentation and control data accumulated in said data accumulation means and executing the process corresponding to the received service application, and communication means for receiving said instrumentation and control data from said client through said network and transmitting the information processed in said processing means to said client through said network.

14. An instrumentation and control information providing server connected to a network for providing the service related to instrumentation and control,

wherein said server receives from a client through the network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment, processes said instrumentation and control data in compliance with the request of said client, and provides the processed information to said client through said network.

16. The instrumentation and control information providing server according to claim 14,

wherein said instrumentation and control equipment is a temperature controller, and said instrumentation and control data include at least the data of the operation amount and the control amount, and

wherein the services include at least one of a data accumulation service for accumulating said instrumentation and control data and providing the accumulated data in compliance with a request, a tuning service for providing the control parameter of said temperature controller, a modeling service for modeling an object of instrumentation and control and providing a model, and a diagnosis service for checking for a temperature control fault of said temperature controller.

17. The instrumentation and control information providing server according to claim 16,

wherein said server executes the process corresponding to the contents of at least one of said data accumulation service, said tuning service, said modeling service and said diagnosis service,

wherein the process of reading the corresponding data from the accumulated data in compliance with the request of said client is executed as said data accumulation service, the process of calculating the control parameter using a model of the object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said tuning service, the process of modeling said object of instrumentation and control based on said accumulated data of the operation amount and the control amount is executed as said modeling service, and the process of checking for a fault based on said data of the operation amount and the control amount accumulated for the normal period and the diagnosis period is executed as said diagnosis service.

18. The instrumentation and control information providing server according to claim 17,

wherein said server urges the service providing party to input the required information, and based on the input required information, executes the process corresponding to the contents of at least one of said data accumulation service, said tuning service, said modeling service and said diagnosis service.

15. An instrumentation and control information providing server connected to a network for providing the service related to instrumentation and control, comprising:

application receiving means for receiving a service application from a client connected to said network;

data accumulation means for accumulating the instrumentation and control data obtained from said client by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control by an instrumentation and control equipment;

processing means for reading and processing the instrumentation and control data accumulated by said data accumulation means, in accordance with the received service application; and

communication means for receiving said instrumentation and control data from said client through said network and transmitting said information processed by said processing means to said client through said network.

19. An instrumentation and control equipment connected to a network, comprising:

communication means for transmitting to a server through said network the instrumentation and control data obtained by measuring and controlling an object of instrumentation and control and receiving the information provided by said server through said network; and

application means for submitting a service application to said server by browsing the contents of the services provided by said server.

20. The instrumentation and control equipment according to claim 19,

wherein said instrumentation and control equipment controls the temperature by measuring the temperature of said object of instrumentation and control, and said instrumentation and control data include at least the data of the operation amount and the control amount,

wherein said application means submits an application for at least one of the data accumulation service, the tuning service, the modeling service and the diagnosis service, and

wherein said server accumulates said instrumentation and control data and provides the accumulated data in compliance with a request in said data accumulation service, said server provides the control parameter of said instrumentation and control equipment in said tuning service, said server models said object of instrumentation and control and provides a model in said modeling service, and said server checks for a temperature control fault by said instrumentation and control equipment in said diagnosis service.