DYNAMICALLY GENERATING VISUALIZATIONS IN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT AS A FUNCTION OF CONTEXT AND STATE INFORMATION

• US 20120242648A1
• Filed: 05/25/2012
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated (Allen-Bradley Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Baier, John Joseph, Bromley, Clifton Harold, Hobbs, Mark, Schouten, Teunis Hendrik, Reichard, Douglas James, Gordon, Kevin George, Jasper, Taryl Jon, McGreevy, Robert Joseph, Fuller, Bruce Gordon
• Granted Patent: US 8,533,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/418
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/409 characterised by using manual data input [MDI] or by using control panel, e.g. controlling functions with the panel; characterised by control panel details or by setting parameters G05B19/408, G05B19/4093 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/36133 MMI, HMI: man machine interface, communication
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/80 Management or planning

Abstract

A visualization system that generates customized visualization(s) in an industrial automation environment includes an interface component that receives input concerning displayed objects and information, a context component that can detect, infer or determine context information regarding an entity, and a visualization component that dynamically generates a visualization from a set of display object to present to the entity that is a function of the received information and inferred or determined entity context.

Claims

1. A visualization system that generates customized visualization(s) in an industrial automation environment, comprising:

a context component configured to capture context information regarding a first data visualization, wherein the first data visualization presenting data related to the industrial automation environment; and

a visualization component configured to;

determine, based upon the context information, a second data visualization, wherein the second data visualization facilitates presentation of the data in accord with the captured context information; and

dynamically update the first visualization with the second visualization.

2. The visualization system of claim 1, wherein the first data visualization comprises a first display object.

3. The visualization system of claim 2, wherein the second data visualization comprises a second display object.

4. The visualization system of claim 3, wherein the second display object is selected in accordance with the captured context information to facilitate presentation of the data in accord with the captured context information.

5. The visualization system of claim 4, wherein the first display object and second display object comprise at least one display object selected from a set of display objects and the first display object subset and the second display object subset are disjoint.

6. The visualization system of claim 1, further comprising:

an interface component configured to receive input concerning the presentation of the data in the first data visualization.

7. The visualization system of claim 1, wherein the context information is a function of an identity of an entity, a role, a logical location, a physical location, a current activity, a similar interaction with an automation device, a previous interaction with an automation device, or context data pertaining to at least one automation device including control systems, devices or associated equipment.

8. The visualization system of claim 1, further comprising an artificial intelligence (AI) component configured to automatically take action based on an inference.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the AI component is configured to automatically take the action based on a utility-based analysis, wherein an expected cost of taking the action is compared to an expected benefit of taking the action.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a data store configured to store at least one of user profiles, historical data, or rules in connection with generating at least one of the first data visualization or the second data visualization.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the visualization component is further configured to generate the second data visualization as a function of a current or future activity of an entity with regard to at least one of:

entity role, entity access rights, entity state, capacity of the entity to consume information, entity preferences, entity goals, or entity intent.

12. A method, comprising:

dynamically updating, based upon received context information, presentation of at least one display object facilitating display of data associated with an industrial automation operation,

wherein the context information comprises at least one criteria pertaining to the at least one display object, facilitating conveyance of the data by the at least one display object in accordance with the at least one criteria.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising capturing the context information pertaining to a first data visualization comprising the at least one display object based on at least one of content of information, context of a sending entity or context of a recipient entity.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising generating a second data visualization comprising the at least one display object based on at least one of content of information, context of a sending entity or context of a recipient entity.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising reformatting the data in response the data being in a format incompatible for display by the at least one display object.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising capturing at least one of:

a role of an entity, entity access rights, prior interactions by the entity, a current entity state, entity preferences, or historical data in connection with inferring or determining a current or future intent of the entity.

17. The method of claim 12 further comprising reformatting the data as a function of at least one of rendering device capabilities, entity rights, entity roles, or entity preferences.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising authenticating an entity, and customizing at least one of a first data visualization comprising the at least one display object, or a second data visualization comprising the at least one display object, as a function of the authenticating.

19. A system for presenting customized visualization in an industrial automation environment, comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium operationally coupled to the processor and storing computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions, in response to execution by the processor, implement operations, comprising;

dynamically updating, based upon received context information, presentation of at least one display object facilitating display of data associated with an industrial automation operation,

wherein the context information comprises at least one criteria pertaining to the at least one display object, facilitating presentation of the data by the at least one display object in accordance with the at least one criteria.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising generating a second data visualization comprising the at least one display object based on at least one of content of information, context of a sending entity or context of a recipient entity.