INDUSTRIAL HMI AUTOMATICALLY CUSTOMIZED BASED UPON INFERENCE

• US 20110046754A1
• Filed: 11/04/2010
• Published: 02/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Software Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Software Incorporated (Rockwell Automation, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gordon, Kevin George, Bromley, Clifton Harold
• Application Number:
  US12/939,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20110046754A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/83
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41885 characterised by modeling, simulation of the manufacturing system
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32351 Visual, graphical animation of process
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/32369 Cape-mode computer aided plant enterprise modeling environment for plant life cycle modelisation & management
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/34038 Web, http, ftp, internet, intranet server
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/02 Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to industrial automation, and in particular to systems and methods that facilitate rendering data in an industrial automation environment. Specifically, the invention facilitates rendering a browser-based Human Machine Interface (HMI) to at least one device. According to an aspect of the present invention, a device can send a session request to an HMI generator. A session request-receiving component can process the request, and the HMI generator can process data related to an industrial automation environment and render such data to a device in browser format.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing three-dimensional representations of a plurality of objects within an industrial automation environment in memory of at least one computing device;

receiving a reference point related to a location in the industrial automation environment;

employing a processor to calculate a field of view based at least in part on the reference point and to render the three-dimensional representations filtered based at least in part on the field of view.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving instructions grouping the three-dimensional representations into at least two cells;

and storing the at least two cells in the memory.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiving instructions further comprises marking the at least two cells with meta-data specific to at least one attribute.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the marking further comprises marking the at least two cells with meta-data specific to at least one of a role or a time.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the employing further comprises employing the processor to render at least one cell based at least in part on field of view.

6. A device, comprising:

a memory configured to store at least two cells comprising three-dimensional representations of a plurality of objects within an industrial automation environment;

an interface component configured to receive a reference point related to a location in the industrial automation environment; and

a processor configured to calculate a field of view based at least in part on the reference point and to render at least one cell filtered based at least in part on the field of view.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of objects comprises at least one machine.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein at least one of the plurality of objects comprises at least one industrial automation device.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the at least two cells are associated with meta-data.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the meta-data relates to at least one of an operational requirement of at least one of the plurality of objects or a configuration of at least one of the plurality of objects.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to render the at least one cell based at least in part upon the field of view and the meta-data.

13. The device of claim 6, wherein the interface component is further configured to transmit the rendering of the at least one cell to at least one remote device.

10. The device of clam 9, wherein the meta-data relates to at least one of a role or a time.

14. A computer, comprising:

a memory configured to store three-dimensional representations of a plurality of objects within an industrial automation environment;

an interface component configured to receive a reference point related to a location in the industrial automation environment; and

a processor configured to calculate a field of view based at least in part on the reference point and to render the three-dimensional representations filtered based at least in part on the field of view.

15. The computer of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of objects comprises at least one machine.

16. The computer of claim 14, wherein at least one of the plurality of objects comprises at least one industrial automation device.

17. The computer of claim 14, wherein the interface component is further configured to receive instructions grouping the three-dimensional representations into at least two cells;

and the memory is further configured to store the at least two cells.

18. The computer of claim 17, wherein the interface component is further configured to receive meta-data specific to the at least two cells and the memory component is further configured to store the meta-data specific to the at least two cells.

19. The computer of claim 18, wherein the processor is further configured to render at least one of the at least two cells based at least in part upon the field of view.

20. The computer of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to render the at least one of the at least two cells based at least in part upon the meta-data.