公开(公告)号：US20240303107A1

公开(公告)日：2024-09-12

申请号：US18117922

申请日：2023-03-06

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Anthony ,  Nathaniel S. Sandler ,  David C. Mazur ,  Christopher W. Como ,  James M. Teal

IPC: G06F9/48

CPC classification number: G06F9/4881

Abstract: A method includes receiving (1) a request to perform of one or more analytics operations, and (2) data associated with an industrial automation system, wherein the industrial automation system comprises a plurality of devices configured to perform a plurality of automation operations, and wherein each of the plurality of devices comprises a compute surface configured to perform one or more software tasks, determining a plurality of data processing tasks included in the one or more analytics operations, identifying a portion of the plurality of devices to perform the plurality of data processing tasks based on the compute surface available for each of the plurality of devices, deploying one or more containers to each of the portion of the plurality of devices, and providing first instructions to a first container of the one or more containers to perform a first data processing task of the plurality of data processing tasks.

公开(公告)号：US20240086867A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18516222

申请日：2023-11-21

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Miller ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Adam J. Gregory ,  Evan J. Kausalik ,  Robert J. Koba ,  Randy Scott Oakley, JR. ,  Beniamin J. Skubis ,  Rudy Zhi Yang

IPC: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803

CPC classification number: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803

Abstract: A method for managing device lifecycles within an industrial automation environment includes receiving a request for lifecycle management data including a scanning configuration, producing configuration data obtained by scanning industrial devices specified by the scanning configuration, receiving lifecycle management data including a lifecycle phase for the industrial devices, generating a graphical representation of the lifecycle phase of the industrial devices, determining an identity of a replacement device for a first industrial device of the industrial devices having a predetermined lifecycle phase, generating a graphical representation of replacement information including the identity of the replacement device, and managing migration to the replacement device by initiating replacement of the first industrial device with the replacement device.

公开(公告)号：US11199834B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-14

申请号：US16857233

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Scott A. Miller ,  Jerome R. Anderson ,  Randy A. Cannady ,  Timothy A. Caine ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Douglas A. Coulter

IPC: G05B23/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: A human interface technique is disclosed for industrial automation systems. The technique allows for visualizations to be distributed to interfaces, such as thin client interfaces, from automation components. For access to the content, a user may be initially authenticated in a first manner, such as by multi-factor authentication. Thereafter, or for a certain time or location, the user may be authenticated by a reduced number of factors, such as single-factor authentication. The authentication may be used to deliver the visualizations based on policies of a visualization manager, such as the user identification, the user role, the user location, and so forth. The reduced factor authentication allow for users to freely move and view visualizations on any available device, or at different locations, and so forth, but still based on the policies.

公开(公告)号：US11868970B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US15923459

申请日：2018-03-16

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc.

Inventor： Scott A. Miller ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Adam J. Gregory ,  Evan J. Kausalik ,  Robert J. Koba ,  Randy Scott Oakley, Jr. ,  Beniamin J. Skubis ,  Rudy Zhi Yang

IPC: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/418 ,  G06Q10/0631 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC classification number: G06Q10/20 ,  G05B19/4183 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G06Q10/06315 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0803

Abstract: A method for managing device lifecycles within an industrial automation environment. The method includes receiving a scanning configuration and a request for lifecycle management data through a user interface, and based on the scanning configuration, scanning a plurality of industrial devices within the industrial automation environment to produce configuration data for the industrial automation environment. The method also includes transferring the configuration data and the request for lifecycle management data to a product compatibility and download center through a communication interface, receiving lifecycle management data from the product compatibility and download center through the communication interface, and displaying the lifecycle management data to a user through the user interface.

公开(公告)号：US11181892B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16857241

申请日：2020-04-24

Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Scott A. Miller ,  Jerome R. Anderson ,  Randy A. Cannady ,  Timothy A. Caine ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Douglas A. Coulter

IPC: G05B23/02 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  H04L9/32 ,  H04L29/06

Abstract: A human interface technique is disclosed for industrial automation systems. The technique allows for visualizations to be distributed to interfaces, such as thin client interfaces, from automation components. For access to the content, a user may be initially authenticated in a first manner, such as by multi-factor authentication. Thereafter, or for a certain time or location, the user may be authenticated by a reduced number of factors, such as single-factor authentication. The authentication may be used to deliver the visualizations based on policies of a visualization manager, such as the user identification, the user role, the user location, and so forth. The reduced factor authentication allow for users to freely move and view visualizations on any available device, or at different locations, and so forth, but still based on the policies.

公开(公告)号：US20170108851A1

公开(公告)日：2017-04-20

申请号：US14882657

申请日：2015-10-14

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Marek Krokiewicz ,  Ashish Anand ,  Matthew R. Ericsson ,  Douglas Reichard ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Mohit Singhai ,  Ryan Cahalane ,  Kyle Reissner

IPC: G05B19/418 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F3/0481

CPC classification number: G05B19/418 ,  G05B19/4184 ,  G05B2219/32128 ,  G06F3/0482 ,  G06Q10/063 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/4625 ,  H04L29/00 ,  H04L67/12 ,  Y02P90/14

Abstract: Techniques to facilitate pinning information in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a pinboard associated with an asset of the industrial automation environment is displayed on a display system of a computing system, wherein the pinboard includes a plurality of entries comprising content associated with the asset. A user request is received to add a new entry to the pinboard comprising additional content associated with the asset. The user request is transferred to an application server, wherein the application server processes the user request to add the new entry to the pinboard.

公开(公告)号：US20250028303A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18223942

申请日：2023-07-19

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Anthony ,  Christopher W. Como ,  Jonathan A. Mills ,  Keith D. Carter ,  Todd A. Wiese ,  Jon P. Vanderpas ,  Karol Szczupakowsk ,  Katherine Sokolnicki

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may relate to a system including a plurality of industrial devices that each perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels. Each of the plurality industrial devices may include a compute surface able to perform software tasks. The system may include a system of processors that receives trigger event data from a device corresponding to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels. In addition, the system of processors is configured to identify a target device associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data, deploy a container to the target device, generate a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the acquired additional data, determine a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern, and instruct a device to implement the remedial action.

公开(公告)号：US20250005224A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18343481

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Michael J. Anthony ,  Clark L. Case ,  Michael P. D'Amico ,  Taryl J. Jasper ,  Eryn Amara Danielle Manela ,  David C. Mazur ,  Jonathan A. Mills ,  Nathaniel S. Sandler ,  Kurt D. Sneen ,  David A. Snyder

IPC: G06F30/20

Abstract: Technology disclosed herein includes a prompt engineering service that integrates artificial intelligence with the programming systems of an industrial automation environment to design a system of the industrial automation environment. The interface service leverages the capabilities of a large language model (LLM) trained on industrial automation workflows to provide accurate and relevant system design information. For example, the interface service receives system configuration data and generates a first prompt requesting a category associated with the system configuration data. The interface service uses the first prompt to generate a response from the LLM. The interface service generates a second prompt requesting a user interface message for offering assistance to configure the system based on the category. The interface service uses the second prompt to generate the user interface message and displays the message in a user interface.

公开(公告)号：US20250004450A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-02

申请号：US18343551

申请日：2023-06-28

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc

Inventor： Michael J. Anthony ,  Clark L. Case ,  Michael P. D'Amico ,  Taryl J. Jasper ,  Aaron D. Manela ,  David C. Mazur ,  Jonathan A. Mills ,  Nathaniel S. Sandler ,  Kurt D. Sneen ,  David A. Snyder

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: The present technology relates to artificial intelligence assisted device troubleshooting. In an implementation, an interface service of a human machine interface application trains a machine learning model on the content of an embeddings database. The interface service then receives an input comprising a context of an automation system design. The interface service generates a prompt that includes an instruction for the ML model to identify an anomaly type associated with the context of the automation system design and to generate a solution that addresses the anomaly type. The interface service transmits the prompt to the ML model and receives a response from the ML model that includes the anomaly type and the requested solution. After receiving a response, the interface service may modify the automation system design based on the content of the response and surface a graphical user interface that includes the modified design.

公开(公告)号：US20240134630A1

公开(公告)日：2024-04-25

申请号：US18402423

申请日：2024-01-02

Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.

Inventor： Nathaniel S. Sandler ,  Rob A Entzminger ,  David C. Mazur ,  Bruce T. McCleave, Jr. ,  Jonathan Alan Mills ,  Patrick E. Ozimek ,  Tim S. Biernat ,  Michael J. Anthony ,  Chris Softley

IPC: G06F8/65

CPC classification number: G06F8/65

Abstract: A method may include receiving an indication of an available updated container. The method may also involve identifying one or more compute surfaces comprising a first container and a second container that correspond to the available container, such that the first container may control one or more operations of an operational technology (OT) device. The method may also include scheduling a deployment of the updated container to replace the second container, receiving expected output data associated with a digital model associated with the OT device, and scheduling a switchover of control of the one or more operations to the second container based on the expected output data.