Abstract: An industrial information hub (IIH) and an industrial development hub (IDH) serve as an industrial ecosystem platform where multiple participants can deliver repeatable and standardized services relevant to their core competencies. The IIH system is centered around the development of an ecosystem that creates and delivers value to users—including industrial enterprises, OEMs, system integrators, vendors, etc.—through the aggregation of digital content and domain expertise. The IIH system serves as a trusted information broker between the ecosystem and the OT environments of plant facilities, and provides a platform for connecting assets, contextualizing asset data and providing secure access to the ecosystem. As part of this ecosystem, the IIH system uses a secure remote access architecture to allow users to remotely access data on their plant floor assets via a virtual private network connection.

Abstract: A communication system includes a first system input adapted to be coupled to a DC transient current transitioning between a starting level and a target level on a pseudo-sinusoidal path and incudes a second system input adapted to be coupled to a HART signal. The system includes an adder circuit having an output, a first adder input coupled to the first system input and a second adder input coupled to the second system input. The adder circuit provides a superimposed signal comprising the HART signal and the DC transient current.

Abstract: Disclosed is a data learning server according to an embodiment. The data learning server includes a communicator configured to be communicable with an external device, a learning data acquisition unit configured to acquire production information of a home appliance and operation information using the communicator, a model learning unit configured to generate or update a learning model using the product information and the operation information, and a storage configured to store a learning model trained to estimate a new trouble detection pattern related to the trouble item as a result of the generating or updating learning model. Various embodiments are available. The data learning server may estimate a new trouble detection pattern related to a trouble of a home appliance using rule-based or AI algorithm. When estimating a region of interest using the AI algorithm, the data learning server may use machine learning, neural network, or deep learning algorithm.

Abstract: A product life cycle management system for use in manufacturing a customizable manufactured article using one of a plurality of manufacturing line configurations is described. A graph data structure is stored in memory, including a plurality of connected nodes including one or more applicability group nodes for applicability groups representing the manufacturing line configurations and object nodes for objects representing components used in the line configurations, the object nodes being connected to the one or more corresponding applicability group nodes to thereby encode in the graph data structure the manufacturing line configurations with which each object is related. A manufacturing-related query from a user is performed on the graph data structure, and one or more object-applicability group relationships are determined based on the manufacturing-related query.

Abstract: A cloud-based performance enhancement service captures and collects data relating to interactions of users with industrial automation systems of multiple industrial customers for storage and analysis on a cloud platform.

Abstract: Storing a plurality of cloud-bots, each of the plurality of cloud-bots including a respective service. Gathering first data over a communication network, the first data being associated with a first Internet-of-Things (IoT) device. Gathering second data over the communication network, the second data being associated with a second IoT device. Triggering execution of a particular cloud-bot of the plurality of cloud-bots. Evaluating at least a portion of the first data and at least a portion of the second data against a response condition of a cloud-bot model of the particular cloud-bot. Initiating one or more response actions in response to satisfaction of the response condition, the one or more response actions controlling one or more device actions of a particular IoT device.

Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, and computer program product for configuring a network connected appliance to use online services are disclosed. A method may include receiving an indication of a selected home automation system for a network connected appliance. The selected home automation system may be selected from multiple available home automation systems. The method may additionally include registering the network connected appliance to the selected home automation system. The method may also include enabling communication between the network connected appliance and the selected home automation system.

Abstract: A method, information processing apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. In the method, a first touch point on a touch screen display is detected. The first touch point is associated with a first icon displayed on the touch screen display. An auxiliary operation icon corresponding to the first icon at a position corresponding to the first touch point, an auxiliary control region that includes the auxiliary operation icon, and an action range candidate region in a displayed scene are output for display on the touch screen display. A first relative coordinate of the auxiliary operation icon within the auxiliary control region is determined. Further, a second relative coordinate of an action indication region to be displayed within the action range candidate region is determined according to the first relative coordinate.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a server device in a supervisory control and data acquisition system, wherein the system includes multiples client devices and the server device, wherein the server device comprises: a communication module to communicate with the multiple client devices; and a data service module configured: when a first client device has registered a requirement for processing data, to allocate a task for processing the data based on the requirement; and/or when a second client device subscribes to the requirement, to control the communication module to publish the requirement to the second client device; to process the data using the task; and to control the communication module to send the processed data to the first and/or second devices.

Abstract: A system and method for facilitating adjusting a displayed representation of a visualization. An example method includes employing a touch-sensitive display to present a user interface display screen depicting a first visualization; and providing a first user option to apply touch input to a region of the user interface display screen coinciding with a portion of the first visualization to facilitate affecting an arrangement of data displayed via the first visualization, wherein the touch input includes a multi-touch gesture. In a more specific embodiment, the touch gesture includes a rotation gesture, and the method further includes displaying a visual indication of a change, e.g., a pivot operation, to be applied to a second visualization as a user performs the rotation gesture, and updating the second visualization as a user continues perform the rotation gesture. The first visualization is updated based on the second visualization upon completion of the rotation gesture.

Abstract: Apparatus including a memory array further include an analog voltage generation circuit, an analog controller, a data cache, a data cache controller, and a master controller. The master controller is configured to generate an indication in response to an interpreted command. The analog controller is configured to determine, in response to the indication, what analog voltages should be generated by the analog voltage generation circuit for the apparatus to perform the interpreted command. The data cache controller is configured to determine, in response to the indication, whether the data cache should be configured to accept data from the memory array or to provide data to the memory array for the apparatus to perform the interpreted command.

Abstract: A combined residue circuit configured to receive data and to provide a first residue result and a second residue result. The first residue result is based on a first modulo value, and the second residue result is based on a second modulo value. The first modulo value is different than the second modulo value. The first residue result is to be used to protect data based on a first radix, and the second residue result is to be used to protect data based on a second radix different from the first radix.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for fault tolerance and detection are described. For example, an apparatus including circuitry to replicate input sources of an instruction; arithmetic logic unit (ALU) circuitry to execute the instruction with replicated input sources using single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) hardware to produce a packed data result; and comparison circuitry coupled to the ALU circuitry to evaluate the packed data result and output a singular data result into a destination of the instruction is described.

Abstract: A robot simulation device, by which a calculation of a cycle time and a simulation of a human intervention-type robot system can be easily carried out with less effort by an operator. The simulation device has: an operation distributing part which distributes a plurality of operations to the robot and the human, based on a weight of an article to be worked in each operation, a conveying distance of the article, and a required time in each operation; a program generating part which generates a motion program for the robot and the human based on a result of distribution of operations obtained by the operation distributing part; and a cycle time calculating part which executes a simulation of the motion program and calculates a cycle time of the motion program.

Abstract: An information provision apparatus whereby information regarding a malfunction or problem that occurred during the use of a prescribed model of a home appliance can be shared with users using the same model of the home appliance. A device (20) has the following: a presentation-information reception unit (21) that receives presentation information generated by a server (10) and stores the presentation information in a prescribed storage unit; and a presentation unit (22) that presents the presentation information to the user of the device (20), the presentation information having been read out from the aforementioned storage unit. The presentation information indicates malfunctions or problems that occurred in devices that are the same model as the above-mentioned device (20) and were being used by other users.

Abstract: Multiple bus generator and load control monitoring system for electrical switchgear is provided. In one arrangement, the system is designed to allow for the increased functionality of a single bus system to be used in multiple bus systems wherein the multiple buses are separated or combined together to act as a single bus. Each bus within the multiple bus system may be able to utilize increased functionality of a typical generator bus and load control system independently if separated. Separate bus structures may be separated by some sort of isolation device, for example: a circuit breaker, transfer switch, or the like. If the bus segments are connected together via isolation devices, then the combination of the overall connected bus structure will act as a single entity, while containing enhanced automation functions.

Abstract: In the maintenance of rack system, a computing device may implement a plurality of smart plugs and a communication bus in a system. A smart plug may be plugged into a server node for communication between a management node and a designated server node. The communication bus may be coupled to the smart plugs for transmitting I2C packets. A server node may be associated with a corresponding smart plug that includes a unique address on the communication bus. The smart plug may be configured to receive a message via the communication bus. The smart plug is configured to determine whether the request is addressed to a unique address associated with the smart plug. Upon determining that the message is addressed to the unique address, the smart plug may reformat the request compatible with server node port using the local address. Reformatting request may depend on types of server node ports.

Abstract: A template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility is disclosed that includes a number of time-saving application development tools that significantly enhance design productivity and allow re-using of previously developed application building blocks. The development facility includes an application object template library that stores a set of previously defined application object templates. The template library is accessed by developers through a configuration utility that facilitates specifying instances of the set of previously defined application object templates to be included in an application. Thereafter, application objects are instantiated from the selected ones of the set of previously defined application object templates in a build of the specified application.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In an embodiment, the network includes a user interface, a first subnet controller and a second subnet controller. The first subnet controller is configured to operate with a first zone of the network with a first program schedule. The second subnet controller is configured to operate with a second zone of the network with a second program schedule. The second subnet controller is further configured to override the first and second schedules to operate the first and the second zones according to hold settings received from the user interface.

Abstract: Various ways of storing data in tabular form such that some records are stored in a row oriented manner and some data is stored in a column oriented manner. The records respectively stored in the row and column oriented manners may, or may not, overlap (in whole or in part. Some embodiments accomplish this dual orientation of data by: (i) using a range partition; (ii) using a union all view command; and/or (iii) using a first table, a staging table and a materialized query table.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a template generating program for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes specifying common script portions and non-common script portions from a plurality of templates for each of a plurality of categories, each of the plurality of templates include scripts related to components constituting a system, the plurality of categories being grouped by similarity of kind of the components; generating a plurality of versatile scripts for the plurality of categories, respectively, each of the plurality of versatile scripts including the specified common portions and defining the non-common portions as items indicating description variants; and generating a template for a new system combining, for a component identical to a component in the existing system, the script for the identical component in the existing system and, for a new component, the versatile script of a similar category.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for controlling a user interface. A system configured to practice the method displays a user interface element, such as a knob, on a touch-sensitive display. The system receives input from a user associated with the user interface element via the touch-sensitive display. For example, the user can provide input to the knob via a tap, twist, flick, press-and-hold, drag, slide, or other touch-based input with a single or multiple fingers or other points of contact. The system matches the input to an input category selected from a group of predefined input categories for the user interface element, and updates the user interface element based on the input and based on the input category. The system can also update a value represented by the user interface element, such as a value that affects output or other settings of a software application.

Abstract: Technologies pertaining to authenticating data output by sensors in an industrial environment are described herein. A sensor sentinel computing device receives time-series data from a sensor by way of a wireline connection. The sensor sentinel computing device generates a validation signal that is a function of the time-series signal. The sensor sentinel computing device then transmits the validation signal to a programmable logic controller in the industrial environment.

Abstract: Graphical user interface virtual control for a controller of a motor. In one example embodiment, one or more programs that are configured, when executed, to cause one or more processors to generate and visually present a graphical user interface (GUI) virtual handwheel for a controller of a motor. In this example embodiment, the GUI virtual handwheel includes a depiction of a physical handwheel that is oriented with a perspective orientation. The depiction of the physical handwheel is configured, upon receipt of a first input from a user along the length of the depiction in a first direction, to send a first electronic signal to the controller of the motor to cause the motor to cause a first effect that corresponds to physically rotating the physical handwheel in a first rotational direction that corresponds to the first direction.

Abstract: An operator control unit having a user interface that allows a user to control a remote vehicle, the operator control unit comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit data to the remote vehicle; a receiver unit configured to receive data from the remote vehicle, the data received from the remote vehicle comprising image data captured by the remote vehicle; and a display unit configured to display a user interface comprising the image data received from the remote vehicle and icons representing a plurality of controllable elements of the remote vehicle, and configured to allow the user to input a control command to control at least one of the plurality of controllable elements. Inputting a control command to control the at least one controllable element comprises selecting the icon representing the at least one controllable element, inputting an action for the at least one controllable element, and requesting that the at least one controllable element performs the action.

Abstract: A refueling drogue assembly includes a drogue body coupled to a tanker aircraft, and at least one data transmission device coupled to the drogue body. The at least one data transmission device is configured to receive a transmission signal from a partner transmission device coupled to an airborne target aircraft. The transmission signal includes data to be stored. The drogue assembly further includes a data storage device coupled to the tanker aircraft. The data storage device is communicatively coupled to the at least one data transmission device. The data storage device is configured to receive the transmission signal and store the data.

Abstract: A process variable transmitter controls a signal on a communication loop. A diagnostic component on the transmitter compares an expected signal level on the communication loop with an actual value to detect on-scale errors.

Abstract: An analog converter includes an offset/gain value storage unit that is composed of a nonvolatile memory and stores therein offset/gain values, an operation unit that performs analog-digital conversion by using the offset/gain values in the offset/gain value storage unit as values for an interpolation operation, a previous offset/gain value storage unit that is composed of a nonvolatile memory and stores therein, as previous offset/gain values, the offset/gain values in the offset/gain value storage unit used in the past, wherein the operation unit includes an offset/gain value setting unit that controls setting of the offset/gain values in the offset/gain value storage unit and storage of the previous offset/gain values in the previous offset/gain value storage unit.

Abstract: A method for importing data from a first system into a second system includes receiving configuration information about data storage structures in the first and second systems and information about communicating with the first and second systems. Information to be used in creating an import configuration file is entered via a user interface. The import configuration file is for use in preparing the second system to receive data from the first system. Based on the information about data storage structures, the information about communicating with the first and second systems, and the information entered via the user interface, the import configuration file is created to prepare the second system to receive data from the first system. Based on the import configuration file, data is transferred from the first system into the second system.

Abstract: A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module for a vehicle includes an HVAC structure to accommodate a plurality of HVAC system components, the HVAC structure configured to be installed in a host vehicle. The HVAC module also includes an interconnect network with a first group of the HVAC system components and a hub component, wherein the hub component is coupled to a second group of the HVAC system components. An HVAC module connector is coupled to the interconnect network to establish data connectivity between the interconnect network and an electronic control module of the host vehicle.

Abstract: A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for monitoring an output driver that can be parameterized and is suitable for controlling actuators in industrial automation technology, for applying analog signals to an output channel, with the following steps: determining resulting internal leakage power based on the parameterization data provided for parameterizing the output driver, comparing the leakage power relative to a leakage power limiting value, and, dependent functionally on the comparison result, stopping the application of an analog signal on the output channel corresponding to the parameterization data provided for parameterizing the output driver. The invention further relates to an analog signal output device, suitable for controlling actuators in industrial automation technology and in accordance with the aforementioned method, comprising at least one output driver and a monitoring device.

Abstract: A method to monitor a status from a secondary location of a plurality of equipment on a drilling site, while simultaneously enabling preventive maintenance is described herein. A user can view at least one cycle, at least one control state, and at least one pressure. The user can also view equipment information, equipment repair history, and other information necessary to ensure that a piece of equipment has minimal down time.

Abstract: A system for monitoring the status of a plurality of tensioner assemblies and rig motion assemblies from a secondary location. The system not only monitors a status of a tensioner from a secondary location but simultaneously enables preventive maintenance to be ascertained remotely.

Abstract: A system to monitor a status from a secondary location of a plurality of equipment on a drilling site, while simultaneously enabling preventive maintenance is described herein. A user can view at least one cycle, at least one control state, and at least one pressure. The user can also view equipment information, equipment repair history, and other information necessary to ensure that a piece of equipment has minimal down time.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus exercises insertion control for inserting a client signal and a stuff byte into a payload area in a frame into which the client signal is to be mapped, and sends the frame after the insertion control. In addition, the transmission apparatus inserts the client signal or the stuff byte in columns of the frame into the payload area except a leading column.

Abstract: A process variable transmitter includes a process variable sensor having a process variable sensor output related to a sensed process variable. Analog compensation circuitry is configured to receive the process variable sensor output and responsively provide a compensated process variable sensor output based upon a compensation function which is responsive to a control input. Output circuitry provides an output based upon the compensated process variable. Digital control circuitry is coupled to the analog compensation circuitry providing a control output which is applied to the control input of the analog compensation circuitry to thereby control the compensation function.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process of configuring a standalone self-supplied numeric controlled relay for providing phase and earth over current protection to electrical systems by accurate current measurement. The arrangement for current measurement with control algorithms is provided for power control by providing amplified and conditioned current for optimization between the current to power an electronic circuit and the fidelity of a measured current waveform so that they both are at the acceptable levels at the same time. This disclosure describes the current sensing and associated algorithm for power control in a truly self-powered relay.

Abstract: A method performed by one or more computer processors imports data from a machinery monitoring system into a control system. The machinery monitoring system is a system that measures machine measurement parameters of a machine, and the control system is a system that controls processes in which the machine performs a function. The method includes accessing a first knowledge base containing information about communicating with the machinery monitoring system, and accessing a second knowledge base containing information about communicating with the control system. The method also includes extracting configuration information from the machinery monitoring system via a communication bus. Information is entered by a user for use in creating an import configuration file, which file is used in preparing the control system to receive data from the machinery monitoring system. The entering of information is performed via a user interface operatively connected to the one or more computer processors.

Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus and method for output current control in an Industrial Process Control System. The output module comprises two management units each of which calculates the current demand for the module independently from one another. One management unit controls an output current controller whilst the other unit monitors the current produced by the output current controller against an independently calculated demand. The output module has multiple output modules. However rather than one module providing a backup for the other modules, or alternating between use of each module, in normal operation, each module provides a portion of the required output current, the total output current being equal to the sum of the currents output by each module. In the event of failure on one of the modules, the other module or modules switch to providing the total current required.

Abstract: An apparatus communicating with a gateway apparatus on a control system network for facility equipment, via an information system network, includes a unit which stores not less than one piece of virtual point information defining a virtual point combined with not less than one piece of facility equipment, a user authentication unit which performs user authentication for a user associated with a client, a unit which receives a request for control on one virtual point from the client, a unit which creates a remote control command for the facility equipment associated with the request based on the virtual point information when the request has been received and the user authentication has succeeded, and a unit which transmit the remote control command to the gateway via the information system network when tenant authentication for a tenant associated with the agent apparatus which is performed by the gateway has succeeded.

Abstract: The embodiments described herein include a system and a method. In one embodiment, a system includes a library configured to store reusable executable control information and a substitution information. The system further includes a controller configured to instantiate the reusable executable control information in a memory and to associate the substitution information with a field device.

Abstract: Power tool includes a movable blade and a detection system for detecting contact between the blade and an object. Detection system includes an excitation plate capacitively coupling the drive signal to the movable blade. A circuit generates an in-phase component signal and a quadrature component signal from a blade current signal indicative of the instantaneous current drawn by the movable blade and calculates an energy of the blade current signal considering the in-phase and the quadrature components. The circuit compares the energy of the blade current signal to an adaptive trigger threshold to detect contact between the blade and the object based on whether the energy of the blade current signal is greater than the adaptive trigger threshold.

Abstract: The electronic controller fetches an external signal and performs an input process such as A-D conversion. Upon receipt of processing results for executing operations according to a predetermined program, an output process is performed for sending a signal to the outside board on operation results, a timer outputs at least two of an input process start signal for starting the input process, an output process start signal for starting the output process, and an operation start signal for starting the operation.

Abstract: The electronic controller fetches an external signal and performs an input process such as A-D conversion. Upon receipt of processing results for executing operations according to a predetermined program, an output process is performed for sending a signal to the outside board on operation results, a timer outputs at least two of an input process start signal for starting the input process, an output process start signal for starting the output process, and an operation start signal for starting the operation.

Abstract: A method of creating and using a hardware independent communication interface block for block diagram environments is disclosed. The communication interface block includes user-selectable parameters controlling how a system being modeled by a block diagram communicates with image and data acquisition devices and control instruments or other electronic device interfaced with an external system. Based on the user selected parameters, the communication interface block calls an appropriate constructor to create an instrument object or acquisition device object which is used to enable communication with the control instrument or acquisition device respectively. The instrument object/acquisition device object calls a software driver appropriate for the hardware interface of the control instrument/acquisition device. The use of a common interface block provides scalability and ease of use to the block diagram environment when interacting with control instruments and acquisition devices.

Abstract: A smart scheduler is provided to prepare a machine for a job, wherein the job has specific requirements, i.e., dimensions. One or more config jobs are identified to configure the machine to meet the dimensions of the job. Information concerning the machine's original configuration and groupings of config jobs that change the machine's configuration are cached in a central storage. The smart scheduler uses information in the central storage to identify a suitable machine and one or more config jobs to configure the machine to meet the dimensions of a job. The smart scheduler schedules a run for the config jobs on the machine.

Abstract: A trainer for training a human to use a physical robot in a physical environment, the physical robot being controlled in the physical environment by an operator control unit, the trainer comprising an input device; a visual display; a computer connected to the input device and the visual display; and computer software disposed in the computer for creating a virtual robot and a virtual environment on the visual display, the virtual robot and the virtual environment being simulations of the physical robot and the physical environment wherein interaction between the virtual robot and the virtual environment simulates interaction between the physical robot and the physical environment.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus performs a monitor processing based on sensor data. A first sensor obtains sensor data of a first format, the first format being video. A second sensor obtains sensor data of a second format, the second format being different from the first format. Surveilled features of an object are extracted from the sensor data obtained and compared to determination parameters in order to determine whether a surveillance event has occurred. When a surveillance event is determined to have occurred, message data reports the surveillance event to a further information processing apparatus. A decision signal is received from the further information processing apparatus, and a switch individually turns ON or OFF each of the first and second sensors according to the decision signal based on an instruction transmitted from the further information processing apparatus.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the transport of articles comprises in one embodiment one or more communication devices for receiving and transmitting data, at least one primary server in communication with the primary server for allocating couriers for the collection and delivery of articles, a program for controlling the server, and at least one remote interface for placing orders for the collection and delivery of the articles, wherein the program, upon the execution of an order, compares stored historical travel times from one geographic location to another with actual travel times from one geographic location to another to thereby provide updated estimates for the collection time and delivery time of articles provided in subsequent orders.