公开(公告)号：US07640291B2

公开(公告)日：2009-12-29

申请号：US10808680

申请日：2004-03-25

申请人： Francisco P. Maturana ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Raymond J. Staron ,  Petr Slechta ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Pavel Tichy ,  Pavel Vrba

发明人： Francisco P. Maturana ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Raymond J. Staron ,  Petr Slechta ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Pavel Tichy ,  Pavel Vrba

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G05B15/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/4148 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  G05B2219/33063 ,  G05B2219/33072 ,  G05B2219/33073 ,  G06Q10/04

摘要： A controller capable of being employed in a distributed control system, where the distributed control system controls operations of a plurality of devices that operate together to perform a process, and a method of communicating information between a first program portion and a second program portion of such a controller, are disclosed. The controller includes at least one processing component configured to perform a first plurality of program portions that operate in relation with one another as a first agent. The plurality of program portions includes a first program portion that controls agent-type behavior of the controller, and a second program portion that at least one of controls and monitors at least one of the devices. The controller further includes at least one memory component that stores a data table that is accessed by each of the first and second program portions to allow communication between those program portions.

摘要翻译： 一种能够用于分布式控制系统的控制器，其中所述分布式控制系统控制一起操作以执行处理的多个设备的操作，以及在所述第一程序部分和所述第二程序部分之间传递信息的方法 一个控制器。 所述控制器包括至少一个处理部件，其被配置为执行作为第一代理相对于彼此操作的第一多个程序部分。 多个程序部分包括控制控制器的代理类型行为的第一程序部分和至少一个控制和监视至少一个设备的第二程序部分。 控制器还包括至少一个存储器组件，其存储由第一和第二程序部分中的每一个访问的数据表，以允许这些程序部分之间的通信。

公开(公告)号：US07991602B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-02

申请号：US11044233

申请日：2005-01-27

申请人： Francisco P. Maturana ,  Pavel Vrba ,  Raymond J. Staron ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Slechta ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Francisco P. Maturana ,  Pavel Vrba ,  Raymond J. Staron ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Slechta ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G06F17/50 ,  G06N5/00 ,  G06G7/62 ,  G05B13/02 ,  G05B21/00 ,  G05B13/00 ,  G05B15/00 ,  G01M1/38 ,  G05D23/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/41885 ,  G05B17/02 ,  G05B2219/23451 ,  G05B2219/32352 ,  Y02P90/26

摘要： The subject invention relates to integrating agents, control logic, and simulations in order to simulate and validate a control strategy for a physical system. The systems and methods integrate agents and control logic with simulations, and utilize the integrated agents, control logic, and simulations to generate a proxy. The proxy can be employed to couple one or more controllers executing the agents and control logic with the simulations. Visualization is utilized to visualize the simulation, including the agents and the control logic. In addition, the systems and methods utilize a synchronization algorithm to synchronize the execution times of the controllers and the simulations. The foregoing mitigates validation through building and testing physical system and/or test beds. Upon validating control strategies, associated agents and logic can be loaded in one or more industrial controllers controlling the physical system, and the simulation can be utilized to represent the physical system.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及集成代理，控制逻辑和模拟，以便模拟和验证物理系统的控制策略。 系统和方法将代理和控制逻辑与仿真集成，并利用集成代理，控制逻辑和模拟来生成代理。 可以使用代理来将执行代理和控制逻辑的一个或多个控制器与仿真耦合。 可视化被用于可视化仿真，包括代理和控制逻辑。 此外，系统和方法利用同步算法来同步控制器的执行时间和模拟。 以上通过建立和测试物理系统和/或测试台来减轻验证。 在验证控制策略时，相关联的代理和逻辑可以被加载到控制物理系统的一个或多个工业控制器中，并且可以利用该仿真来表示物理系统。

公开(公告)号：US07551081B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-23

申请号：US10985173

申请日：2004-11-10

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G05B19/4183 ,  G05B2219/25196 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  Y02P90/10 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及通过射频识别（RFID）读取器和/或服务器将从RFID标签获得的电子数据（例如电子产品代码（EPC））数据分发到基于代理的控制系统内的代理的系统和方法。 系统和方法采用收集，过滤，处理和存储电子产品数据的组件。 该组件通过相应的读取器和/或服务器接口收集电子产品数据。 该数据可以被过滤以接受特定的电子产品数据，被处理成适合于代理的格式并被存储。 这种存储可以包括通过电子产品代码和通过各种类型的数据跨越表的列来划分桌子的行的电子产品数据。 在接收到代理商的电子产品数据的订阅和/或请求时，组件可以获得并将信息传达给代理。

公开(公告)号：US20090243808A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-01

申请号：US12481965

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： H04Q5/22

CPC分类号： G05B19/4183 ,  G05B2219/25196 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  Y02P90/10 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.

公开(公告)号：US20090254199A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-08

申请号：US12481961

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  H04Q5/22 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G05B19/4183 ,  G05B2219/25196 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  Y02P90/10 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及通过射频识别（RFID）读取器和/或服务器将从RFID标签获得的电子数据（例如电子产品代码（EPC））数据分发到基于代理的控制系统内的代理的系统和方法。 系统和方法采用收集，过滤，处理和存储电子产品数据的组件。 该组件通过相应的读取器和/或服务器接口收集电子产品数据。 该数据可以被过滤以接受特定的电子产品数据，被处理成适合于代理的格式并被存储。 这种存储可以包括通过电子产品代码和通过各种类型的数据跨越表的列来划分桌子的行的电子产品数据。 在接收到代理商的电子产品数据的订阅和/或请求时，组件可以获得并将信息传达给代理。

公开(公告)号：US07994919B2

公开(公告)日：2011-08-09

申请号：US12481965

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G05B19/4183 ,  G05B2219/25196 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  Y02P90/10 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及通过射频识别（RFID）读取器和/或服务器将从RFID标签获得的电子数据（例如电子产品代码（EPC））数据分发到基于代理的控制系统内的代理的系统和方法。 系统和方法采用收集，过滤，处理和存储电子产品数据的组件。 该组件通过相应的读取器和/或服务器接口收集电子产品数据。 该数据可以被过滤以接受特定的电子产品数据，被处理成适合于代理的格式并被存储。 这种存储可以包括通过电子产品代码和通过各种类型的数据跨越表的列来划分桌子的行的电子产品数据。 在接收到代理商的电子产品数据的订阅和/或请求时，组件可以获得并将信息传达给代理。

公开(公告)号：US08384544B2

公开(公告)日：2013-02-26

申请号：US12481961

申请日：2009-06-10

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Filip Macurek ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G08B13/14

CPC分类号： G05B19/4183 ,  G05B2219/25196 ,  G05B2219/33055 ,  Y02P90/10 ,  Y02P90/18

摘要： The subject invention relates to systems and methods that distribute electronic data, such as Electronic Product Code (EPC) data, obtained from RFID tags by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) readers and/or servers to agents within an agent-based control system. The systems and methods employ a component that collects, filters, processes, and stores electronic product data. The component collects electronic product data through corresponding reader and/or server interfaces. This data can be filtered to accept particular electronic product data, processed to a format suitable to the agents, and stored. Such storage can include delineating the electronic product data across rows of a table by electronic product code and across columns of the table by various types of data. Upon receiving a subscription and/or request from an agent for electronic product data, the component can obtain and convey the information to the agent.

公开(公告)号：US20060167667A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-27

申请号：US11044233

申请日：2005-01-27

申请人： Francisco Maturana ,  Pavel Vrba ,  Raymond Staron ,  Kenwood Hall ,  Petr Slechta ,  Pavel Tichy

发明人： Francisco Maturana ,  Pavel Vrba ,  Raymond Staron ,  Kenwood Hall ,  Petr Slechta ,  Pavel Tichy

IPC分类号： G06G7/48

CPC分类号： G05B19/41885 ,  G05B17/02 ,  G05B2219/23451 ,  G05B2219/32352 ,  Y02P90/26

摘要： The subject invention relates to integrating agents, control logic, and simulations in order to simulate and validate a control strategy for a physical system. The systems and methods integrate agents and control logic with simulations, and utilize the integrated agents, control logic, and simulations to generate a proxy. The proxy can be employed to couple one or more controllers executing the agents and control logic with the simulations. Visualization is utilized to visualize the simulation, including the agents and the control logic. In addition, the systems and methods utilize a synchronization algorithm to synchronize the execution times of the controllers and the simulations. The foregoing mitigates validation through building and testing physical system and/or test beds. Upon validating control strategies, associated agents and logic can be loaded in one or more industrial controllers controlling the physical system, and the simulation can be utilized to represent the physical system.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及集成代理，控制逻辑和模拟，以便模拟和验证物理系统的控制策略。 系统和方法将代理和控制逻辑与仿真集成，并利用集成代理，控制逻辑和模拟来生成代理。 可以使用代理来将执行代理和控制逻辑的一个或多个控制器与仿真耦合。 可视化被用于可视化仿真，包括代理和控制逻辑。 此外，系统和方法利用同步算法来同步控制器的执行时间和模拟。 以上通过建立和测试物理系统和/或测试台来减轻验证。 在验证控制策略时，相关联的代理和逻辑可以被加载到控制物理系统的一个或多个工业控制器中，并且可以利用该仿真来表示物理系统。

公开(公告)号：US20100138017A1

公开(公告)日：2010-06-03

申请号：US12325893

申请日：2008-12-01

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Kadera ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Marek Obitko ,  Miloslav Radakovic

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Kadera ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Marek Obitko ,  Miloslav Radakovic

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/4188 ,  G05B2219/32035 ,  Y02P90/20 ,  Y02P90/24

摘要： An industrial control system and method of controlling an industrial process are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the control system includes an order system configured to receive an order from an external source and process the order to generate an order instance in accordance with an order ontology, at least one database storing a plurality of selectable generalized production plans and information identifying capabilities of a plurality of control entities, and a product agent in at least indirect communication with the order system, the at least one database and the control entities. The product agent receives at least one portion of the order instance, selects at least one of the generalized production plans, and communicates with the control entities so as to determine a production plan instance suitable for governing at least one aspect of an industrial process in order to satisfy at least one portion of the received order corresponding to the at least one portion of the order instance.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了一种控制工业过程的工业控制系统和方法。 在至少一个实施例中，控制系统包括订单系统，其被配置为从外部源接收订单并根据订单本体处理订单以生成订单实例，至少一个数据库存储多个可选择的广义生产计划 以及多个控制实体的信息识别能力，以及与订单系统，至少一个数据库和控制实体至少间接通信的产品代理。 产品代理接收订单实例的至少一部分，选择至少一个广义生产计划，并与控制实体进行通信，以便确定适合于按顺序管理工业过程的至少一个方面的生产计划实例 以满足与订单实例的至少一个部分相对应的接收到的订单的至少一部分。

公开(公告)号：US08145333B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-27

申请号：US12325893

申请日：2008-12-01

申请人： Pavel Vrba ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Kadera ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Marek Obitko ,  Miloslav Radakovic

发明人： Pavel Vrba ,  Kenwood H. Hall ,  Petr Kadera ,  Vladimir Marik ,  Marek Obitko ,  Miloslav Radakovic

IPC分类号： G06F19/00

CPC分类号： G05B19/4188 ,  G05B2219/32035 ,  Y02P90/20 ,  Y02P90/24

摘要： An industrial control system and method of controlling an industrial process are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the control system includes an order system configured to receive an order from an external source and process the order to generate an order instance in accordance with an order ontology, at least one database storing a plurality of selectable generalized production plans and information identifying capabilities of a plurality of control entities, and a product agent in at least indirect communication with the order system, the at least one database and the control entities. The product agent receives at least one portion of the order instance, selects at least one of the generalized production plans, and communicates with the control entities so as to determine a production plan instance suitable for governing at least one aspect of an industrial process in order to satisfy at least one portion of the received order corresponding to the at least one portion of the order instance.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了一种控制工业过程的工业控制系统和方法。 在至少一个实施例中，控制系统包括订单系统，其被配置为从外部源接收订单并根据订单本体处理订单以生成订单实例，至少一个数据库存储多个可选择的广义生产计划 以及多个控制实体的信息识别能力，以及与订单系统，至少一个数据库和控制实体至少间接通信的产品代理。 产品代理接收订单实例的至少一部分，选择至少一个广义生产计划，并与控制实体进行通信，以便确定适合于按顺序管理工业过程的至少一个方面的生产计划实例 以满足与订单实例的至少一个部分相对应的接收到的订单的至少一部分。