Abstract: A device and an operating procedure for the controlled provision of installation-specific data for one or more data users, is provided. The device has a receiving device for receiving project-specific data of a technical installation, a processing device for the identification of particular objects and for mapping the project-specific data to at least one data model, a rule-based device for specifying the type and the extent of the utilization of the data deposited in at least a part of the data model, with the aid of rules, and an interface device for the integration into a device, processing installation-specific data which is designed by means of the specified type and extent of the provision in such a manner as to provide the data deposited in the data model in a data format and/or in a description language usable for the one or the several data users.

Abstract: A method for producing a vector map of a prescribed area may include producing orthophotographs by a first camera oriented at right angles to the Earth's surface and fitted to an unmanned, automated air vehicle that overflies the prescribed area at a high altitude; evaluating the orthophotographs to ascertain at least one infrastructure network located in the area; computing a flight route for the unmanned autonomous air vehicle along the ascertained infrastructure network located in the area; producing detail aerial photographs of the infrastructure network along the computed flight route by a second camera oriented obliquely with respect to the Earth's surface and fitted to the unmanned automated air vehicle that overflies the infrastructure network located in the area at least one low altitude, and computing the vector map of the area based on the orthophotographs produced and the detail aerial photographs.

Abstract: A method and device for determining an optimum manufacturing variant for manufacturing a product from currently available manufacturing alternatives of one or more manufacturing plants, and for creating the associated manufacturing documents based on the following steps: creating a product-specific, manufacturing plant-independent CAD manufacturing specification of the product to be manufactured; determining different possible manufacturing alternatives for manufacturing the product based on the created product-specific, manufacturing plant independent CAD-manufacturing specification and the available manufacturing machines; generating a specific CAD-model for each determined manufacturing alternative, wherein a feedback report is created by an associated CAM-engine for each generated specific CAD-model; evaluating the created feedback reports of the different manufacturing alternatives in order to determine the manufacturing alternatives that are suitable for manufacturing the product and to evaluate whether

Abstract: A method and device for determining an optimum manufacturing variant for manufacturing a product from currently available manufacturing alternatives of one or more manufacturing plants, and for creating the associated manufacturing documents based on the following steps: creating a product-specific, manufacturing plant-independent CAD manufacturing specification of the product to be manufactured; determining different possible manufacturing alternatives for manufacturing the product based on the created product-specific, manufacturing plant independent CAD-manufacturing specification and the available manufacturing machines; generating a specific CAD-model for each determined manufacturing alternative, wherein a feedback report is created by an associated CAM-engine for each generated specific CAD-model; evaluating the created feedback reports of the different manufacturing alternatives in order to determine the manufacturing alternatives that are suitable for manufacturing the product and to evaluate whether

Abstract: A device and an operating procedure for the controlled provision of installation-specific data for one or more data users, is provided. The device has a receiving device for receiving project-specific data of a technical installation, a processing device for the identification of particular objects and for mapping the project-specific data to at least one data model, a rule-based device for specifying the type and the extent of the utilization of the data deposited in at least a part of the data model, with the aid of rules, and an interface device for the integration into a device, processing installation-specific data which is designed by means of the specified type and extent of the provision in such a manner as to provide the data deposited in the data model in a data format and/or in a description language usable for the one or the several data users.

Abstract: A method for producing a vector map of a prescribed area may include producing orthophotographs by a first camera oriented at right angles to the earth's surface and fitted to an unmanned, automated air vehicle that overflies the prescribed area at a high altitude; evaluating the orthophotographs to ascertain at least one infrastructure network located in the area; computing a flight route for the unmanned autonomous air vehicle along the ascertained infrastructure network located in the area; producing detail aerial photographs of the infrastructure network along the computed flight route by a second camera oriented obliquely with respect to the earth's surface and fitted to the unmanned automated air vehicle that overflies the infrastructure network located in the area at least one low altitude, and computing the vector map of the area based on the orthophotographs produced and the detail aerial photographs.

Abstract: A computer system for generating a data repository comprising engineering, service, and lifecycle rules related to domain specific objects used by engineering, service and lifecycle software tools, may include for each engineering, service, and lifecycle software tool a software plugin adapted to generate rules arising while interacting with the respective engineering, service, and lifecycle tool, and to store the generated rules in said data repository of said computer system.

Abstract: A computer system for generating a data repository comprising engineering, service, and lifecycle rules related to domain specific objects used by engineering, service and lifecycle software tools, may include for each engineering, service, and lifecycle software tool a software plugin adapted to generate rules arising while interacting with the respective engineering, service, and lifecycle tool, and to store the generated rules in said data repository of said computer system.

Abstract: Method and engineering system for designing industrial systems on the basis of system-independent, rule-based, configurable, incremental workflow objects, with a tree of relevant workflow objects that represents the workflow requiring to be executed for generating the engineering documents of the target system that is being designed being generated from the general workflow objects by functional decompensation, and with a system layout being generated from the identified system objects and by way of interpreting the data, objects, and rules of the workflow objects contained in the tree, these being processed, and with the engineering documentation necessary for the system that is being designed being generated in the respectively required format by document generators in the form of resulting machine-readable engineering documents. Alongside system objects and engineering objects, especially the successively accumulated engineering knowledge that has been filed on a standardized basis is reused.

Abstract: A method for analyzing technical processes is disclosed, which is characterized in that measuring data of the technical process is generated by at least one decentralized measuring unit, image data associated with a mechanical course of the technical process is produced by at least one decentralized image detection unit, the measuring data stored in the at least one decentralized measuring unit and the image data stored in the at least one image detection unit is provided with a time stamp available to all systems, the measuring and image data are transmitted to a central detection unit where said data is displayed and/or processed in a time-synchronous manner using the time stamp function. Since time stamping is carried out directly in situ, i.e.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for detecting and evolving of a structure for storage, analysis and exchange of information data between domains and organizations. In at least one embodiment, the schema of all relevant domains of the organizations is determined on the basis of the meta-schema which includes a set of rules for generating the schema which has at least one dimension. Data of one domain can be easily used for evaluation or decision taken in other domains within the same or different organizations.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a particularly precise execution of a measurement or control action and to a corresponding controller (9). A temporally periodic synchronization signal (S, S?) generated by a receiver (9) based on a timing reference signal (Z) is divided by a switching frequency (F) generated by a timing generator (14) into a plurality of switching intervals (In). A switching command (Cn), which triggers a corresponding switching process of the action, is associated with each switching interval (In). Several measurement and control actions can be accurately synchronized by performing each action with the aforedescribed method using a common timing reference signal (Z).

Abstract: A method for analyzing technical processes is disclosed, which is characterized in that measuring data of the technical process is generated by at least one decentralized measuring unit, image data associated with a mechanical course of the technical process is produced by at least one decentralized image detection unit, the measuring data stored in the at least one decentralized measuring unit and the image data stored in the at least one image detection unit is provided with a time stamp available to all systems, the measuring and image data are transmitted to a central detection unit where said data is displayed and/or processed in a time-synchronous manner using the time stamp function. Since time stamping is carried out directly in situ, i.e.

Abstract: During a method for processing a signal (S(A)), which reproduces a physical output quantity (A), of an industrial installation (4), an output signal (S(Z)), which reproduces a derived physical target quantity (Z), is ascertained from the signal (S(A)). To this end, an automatic conversion of the unit of the output quantity (A) into a target unit (ZE) of the target quantity (Z) is carried out.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for a particularly precise execution of a measurement or control action and to a corresponding controller (9). A temporally periodic synchronization signal (S, S? ) generated by a receiver (9) based on a timing reference signal (Z) is divided by a switching frequency (F) generated by a timing generator (14) into a plurality of switching intervals (In). A switching command (Cn), which triggers a corresponding switching process of the action, is associated with each switching interval (In). Several measurement and control actions can be accurately synchronized by performing each action with the aforedescribed method using a common timing reference signal (Z).

Abstract: A standard, modularly expandable system is for measuring and analyzing far spread signals from industrial processes consisting of several partial processes in an essentially feedback-free and synchronous manner. Random signals occurring in the partial processes are detected by way of measuring heads, optionally provided with a time stamp, and transferred to a measuring bus system in a predefined form as measuring signals or time signals. The measuring bus system is not identical with existing automation-related bus systems. The measuring signals and/or time signals are further processed by data concentrators. Evaluation units and/or display units that are local or indefinitely removed from the industrial process make it possible to further process or visualize measuring signals and/or time signals. The measuring heads detect a standard time signal such as the one of the global positioning system.

Abstract: A standard, modularly expandable system is for measuring and analyzing far spread signals from industrial processes consisting of several partial processes in an essentially feedback-free and synchronous manner. Random signals occurring in the partial processes are detected by way of measuring heads, optionally provided with a time stamp, and transferred to a measuring bus system in a predefined form as measuring signals or time signals. The measuring bus system is not identical with existing automation-related bus systems. The measuring signals and/or time signals are further processed by data concentrators. Evaluation units and/or display units that are local or indefinitely removed from the industrial process make it possible to further process or visualize measuring signals and/or time signals. The measuring heads detect a standard time signal such as the one of the global positioning system.

Abstract: A method for synchronizing the timers of the network nodes in a network to the precise microsecond, where at least one of the network nodes undertakes the function of the network master in a subnetwork and the time on the master is used as a reference time for the subnetwork which is to be synchronized. The master first causes no unauthorised communication to take place in the subnetwork during the subsequent method steps. The master sends a delay-time measurement message to every network node in the subnetwork in order to ascertain the signal delay time, the master then sends a time setting message to every network node, and finally the time on the network nodes is aligned with the reference time for the subnetwork, preferably on a step-by-step basis.

Abstract: The invention describes a method by means of which a specific subset can be filtered out as subprocesses from an overall process. The partial results of the overall process are provided for this purpose with specific attributes which are intended to be characteristic in the case of application of the method according to the invention for modeling subprocesses. The procedure is the same with the activities, which hereby obtain attributes specific to the modeling. This produces an overall network plan of the process, which is composed of partial results and subactivities, which in turn are provided in each case with activity attributes and result attributes. When the method according to the invention is used, the computer is prescribed activity attributes and/or result attributes, which can optionally be logically combined with one another, or else only selected for themselves.