Apparatus and Method for Deploying Analytics

• US 20180174248A1
• Filed: 12/16/2016
• Published: 06/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GE Digital Holdings LLC (GE Aerospace)
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Karra, Ravi
• Granted Patent: US 10,489,867 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 19/41855 by local area network [LAN], network structure
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 2219/31115 Network controller
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/04 Manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 90/30 Computing systems specially adapted for manufacturing

Abstract

A location where to deploy an analytic is determined. The location is at the cloud or at the site of the industrial machine. The analytic is configured to process data from an industrial machine. The analytic is obtained and is configured to communicate with one or more connectors. A first selected one of the one or more connectors is configured to communicate with a database. The analytic is configured so as to be interchangeable and operable at the cloud or at the site of an industrial machine. The analytic is then deployed at one or more of the cloud or the site of the industrial machine.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a location where to deploy an analytic, the analytic being configured to process data from an industrial machine, the location being at the cloud or at the site of the industrial machine;

obtaining the analytic, the analytic being configured to communicate with one or more connectors, a first selected one of the one or more connectors configured to communicate with a database, the analytic being configured so as to be interchangeable and operable at the cloud or at the site of an industrial machine;

deploying the analytic at one or more of the cloud or the site of the industrial machine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is time series data.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the database is a historian.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein a second selected one of the one or more connectors is coupled to a sensor at the industrial machine.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the analytic is packaged in a file.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the analytic utilizes one or more of an asset model and a financial model obtained from the database.

7. A system, comprising:

a first processor deployed at the cloud;

a first analytic deployed at the first processor;

a first cloud connector coupled to a first database and the first analytic;

a second cloud connector coupled to a second database and the first analytic;

wherein the first analytic is configured to communicate with the first cloud connector and the second cloud connector, the first analytic being configured so as to be interchangeable and operable at the cloud or at the site of an industrial machine;

wherein the first analytic receives the first data stored in the first database, and second data via the second cloud connector.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the first data comprises an asset model or a financial model.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the second data comprises time series data from an industrial machine.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the second data comprises a local result provided by a local analytic at the industrial machine.

11. The system of claim 7, comprising:

a second processor deployed at the site of the industrial machine;

a second analytic deployed at the second processor;

a first local connector coupled to a second database and the second analytic;

a second local connector coupled to a sensor at the industrial machine and the second analytic;

wherein the second analytic is configured to communicate with the first local connector and the second local connector, the second analytic being configured so as to be interchangeable and operable at the cloud or at the site of the industrial machine;

wherein the second analytic receives third data stored in the second database via the first local connector, and fourth data from the sensor via the second local connector.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the third data comprises an asset model or a financial model.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the fourth data is time series data.

14. The system of claim 7 wherein the first database or the second database are historians.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor deployed at a site of an industrial machine;

an analytic deployed at the processor;

a first local connector coupled to a database and the analytic;

a second local connector coupled to a sensor at the industrial machine and the analytic;

wherein the analytic is configured to communicate with the first local connector and the second local connector, the analytic being configured so as to be interchangeable and operable at the cloud or at the site of the industrial machine;

wherein the second analytic receives first data stored in the database via the first local connector, and second data from the sensor via the second local connector.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the first data comprises an asset model or a financial model.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the second data is time series data.

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the database is a historian.