Transformation of industrial data into useful cloud information
First Claim
1. An industrial automation device, comprising:
- a memory that stores executable components;
a processor operatively coupled to the memory that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising;
a component that generates and collects data generated by an industrial automation event, activity, or process;
a cloud interface component that communicatively couples the industrial automation device to a web-based cloud and receives a request from an application executing on the web-based cloud to append a specified item of contextual metadata to the data, wherein the contextual metadata identifies at least an identity of a site and a production area that yielded the data, an identity of a product being produced at a time the data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the data was generated, and an actionable tag; and
a transformation component that transforms the data into refined data for storage, analysis, or processing by the web-based cloud according to a determined requirement of the web-based cloud, wherein the transformation component appends the contextual metadata specified by the request to the data,wherein the identity of the site and the production area indicates an origin of the data within a hierarchical organization model of an industrial enterprise that includes at least an enterprise level, a site level, and a production area level; and
wherein the cloud interface component sends the refined data to a cloud-based application running on the web-based cloud to notify a user in accordance with the actionable tag.
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Abstract
A cloud-compatible industrial device is provided. The industrial device generates or collects raw industrial data in connection with monitoring and/or controlling an automation system, and includes a cloud interface that couples the industrial device to one or more cloud-based services running on a cloud platform. To reduce consumption of cloud-based resources such as bandwidth and storage utilization, the industrial device can transform the raw industrial data into refined data that is amenable for cloud-based storage, computing, or analysis. Exemplary transformations include filtering, pruning, re-formatting, compressing, summarizing. In one or more embodiments, the industrial device can also add contextual metadata to the raw data prior to delivery to the cloud.
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20 Claims
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1. An industrial automation device, comprising:
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a memory that stores executable components; a processor operatively coupled to the memory that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising; a component that generates and collects data generated by an industrial automation event, activity, or process; a cloud interface component that communicatively couples the industrial automation device to a web-based cloud and receives a request from an application executing on the web-based cloud to append a specified item of contextual metadata to the data, wherein the contextual metadata identifies at least an identity of a site and a production area that yielded the data, an identity of a product being produced at a time the data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the data was generated, and an actionable tag; and a transformation component that transforms the data into refined data for storage, analysis, or processing by the web-based cloud according to a determined requirement of the web-based cloud, wherein the transformation component appends the contextual metadata specified by the request to the data, wherein the identity of the site and the production area indicates an origin of the data within a hierarchical organization model of an industrial enterprise that includes at least an enterprise level, a site level, and a production area level; and wherein the cloud interface component sends the refined data to a cloud-based application running on the web-based cloud to notify a user in accordance with the actionable tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transforming industrial data for transfer to a cloud-based application, comprising:
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generating and collecting, by an industrial device comprising at least one processor, industrial data generated via control of an industrial process; receiving, by the industrial device, a request from a cloud-based application executing on a web-based cloud platform to add a specified item of contextual information to the industrial data, wherein the contextual metadata represents at least a plant site identifier and a production area identifier associated with the industrial data, an identity of a product being produced at a time the industrial data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the industrial data was generated, and an actionable tag, wherein the plant site identifier and the production area identifier indicate an origin of the data within a hierarchical organizational model that describes an industrial enterprise in terms of at least an enterprise level, a plant site level, and a production area level; transforming, by the industrial device, the industrial data into refined data in accordance with a determined requirement of the cloud-based application, wherein the transforming comprises at least adding the contextual information specified by the request to the industrial data; and transferring, by the industrial device, the refined data to the cloud-based application to facilitate notifying a user in accordance with the actionable tag. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system to perform operations, including:
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generating and receiving data originating from an industrial system; receiving a request from a cloud-based application to append a specified item of contextual metadata to the data, wherein the contextual metadata comprises an identity of a plant facility and a production area within the plant facility from which the industrial data originated, an identity of a product being produced at a time the industrial data was generated, a state of a machine at the time the industrial data was generated, and an actionable tag, wherein the identity of the plant facility and the production area indicates an origin of the data within an organizational model that models an industrial enterprise in terms of multiple hierarchical levels including at least an enterprise level, a plant facility level, and a production area level; transforming the data into refined data based on a determined requirement of the cloud-based application, wherein the transforming comprises at least appending the contextual metadata to the data; and sending the refined data to the cloud-based application to notify a user in accordance with the actionable tag. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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