Method and system for automatically deciding what alarm, generated in an industrial plant, to hide or to present to an operator
First Claim
1. A method for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator, the method comprising:
- creating hiding rules,associating each hiding rule with a real-world object,storing the hiding rules in a storage unit,creating at least one hiding mask corresponding to an operational mode of the industrial plant or process,associating at least one hiding rule with the at least one hiding mask, wherein hiding rules associated with the at least one hiding mask are selectively active,storing the at least one hiding mask in a storage unit,receiving an alarm related to a real-world object,determining if a hiding rule is associated with said real world object,determining if the at least one mask is active and if so if any hiding rules associated with the active mask are active,deciding from the hiding rules whether to present or hide the alarm by determining if the alarm falls within active hiding rules,selectively and actively hiding alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator,presenting alarms that are not hidden, andsetting a data item coupled to each hidden alarm to mark that the alarm has been hidden.
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Abstract
A method and an alarm processing system for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator. The method includes creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing these rules in a storage means, receiving an alarm related to a real-world object, determining if a hiding rule is associated with the real-world object evaluating the hiding rule, deciding from the hiding rule whether to present or hide the alarm, selectively and actively hide such alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator. The invention also includes an alarm processing system and a computer program for carrying out the method.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator, the method comprising:
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creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing the hiding rules in a storage unit, creating at least one hiding mask corresponding to an operational mode of the industrial plant or process, associating at least one hiding rule with the at least one hiding mask, wherein hiding rules associated with the at least one hiding mask are selectively active, storing the at least one hiding mask in a storage unit, receiving an alarm related to a real-world object, determining if a hiding rule is associated with said real world object, determining if the at least one mask is active and if so if any hiding rules associated with the active mask are active, deciding from the hiding rules whether to present or hide the alarm by determining if the alarm falls within active hiding rules, selectively and actively hiding alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator, presenting alarms that are not hidden, and setting a data item coupled to each hidden alarm to mark that the alarm has been hidden. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 35, 36, 37, 38, 44)
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17. An alarm processing system for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator, comprising:
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a controller, said controller being configured to create hiding rules, associate each hiding rule with a real-world object, store the hiding rules in a storage unit, create at least one hiding mask corresponding to an operational mode of the industrial plant or process, associate at least one hiding rule with the at least one hiding mask, wherein hiding rules associated with the at least one hiding mask are selectively active, store the at least one hiding mask in a storage unit, receive an alarm related to a real-world object, determine if a hiding rule is associated with said real-world object, determine if the at least one mask is active and if so if any hiding rules associated with the active mask are active, decide from the hiding rule rules whether to present or hide the alarm by determining if the alarm falls within active hiding rules, selectively and actively hiding alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator, presenting alarms that are not hidden, and set a data item coupled to each hidden alarm to mark that the alarm has been hidden. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45)
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33. A computer program product, comprising:
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a computer readable medium; and computer program code recorded on the computer readable medium and executable by a processor for caffying out a method for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator, the method comprising; creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing the hiding rules in a storage unit, creating at least one hiding mask corresponding to an operational mode of the industrial plant or process, associating at least one hiding rule with the at least one hiding mask, wherein hiding rules associated with the at least one hiding mask are selectively active, storing the at least one hiding mask in a storage unit, receiving an alarm related to a real-world object, determining if a hiding rule is associated with said real world object, determining if the at least one mask is active and if so if any hiding rules associated with the active mask are active, deciding from the hiding rules whether to present or hide the alarm by determining if the alarm falls within active hiding rules, selectively and actively hiding alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator, presenting alarms that are not hidden, and setting a data item coupled to each hidden alarm to mark that the arm alarm has been hidden. - View Dependent Claims (34, 43)
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