EP4062271A1 - Interface de gestion d'automatisation à affichage d'actifs multiples - Google Patents

Interface de gestion d'automatisation à affichage d'actifs multiples

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EP4062271A1
EP4062271A1 EP20890745.1A EP20890745A EP4062271A1 EP 4062271 A1 EP4062271 A1 EP 4062271A1 EP 20890745 A EP20890745 A EP 20890745A EP 4062271 A1 EP4062271 A1 EP 4062271A1
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Brock Matthew Coffee
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to dynamically displaying automation data to a display screen of a computing device, where the automation data is captured and collected from automated equipment, using an automation controller in communication with automated equipment and the computing device.
  • a facility may include automated equipment including multiple machines organized into multiple lines. Each machine can be controlled by a programmable logic controller (PLC) or similar controller connected to the machine and/or multiple stations, fixtures, and elements of the machine, which may collectively be referred to as assets.
  • PLC programmable logic controller
  • the controller in communication with the assets receives automation data including inputs to the controller indicating condition states of the various machines, stations, fixtures and elements.
  • the automation data can be used by the controller to determine cycle times and condition states for each cycle of an operation performed by an asset. This data can be outputted to a display screen of a computing device for display.
  • a system and method for dynamically displaying automation data to a display screen of a computing device, where the automation data is captured and collected from automated equipment into an Automation Operating System (AOS), using an automation controller in communication with automated equipment and the computing device.
  • AOS Automation Operating System
  • the system and method described herein is advantaged by the capability to display on a display screen a plurality of differently configured automation data displays generated from a plurality of corresponding display templates populated with real time data, to allow a user to monitor and analyze multiple automated assets in real time, and/or to monitor and analyze multiple operating cycles of an operation performed by an asset in real time, such that the identification of opportunities for improvement of the automated operations and/or assets is expedited.
  • automation data for multiple assets can be simultaneously displayed on the display screen, at various levels of information detail, for comparison and analysis.
  • automation data for multiple operating cycles of operation of an asset can be simultaneously displayed on the display screen.
  • the system and method described herein for displaying automation data for an automation system via an automation data display includes an automation system comprising a plurality of assets, each asset of the plurality of assets actuable to perform at least one operation of an ordered sequence of operations (SOP) for a plurality of operating cycles, a server configured to collect automation data from the plurality of assets and to store the automation data to a memory in communication with the server, the memory having stored thereon the sequence of operations, an asset tree identifying the plurality of assets, a plurality of automation data templates and computer-executable instructions configured to generate a plurality of automation data displays and output the plurality of automation data displays and automation data in response to receipt of a user input from a user device, and the user device including a user interface actuable to display automation data including the plurality of automation data displays.
  • SOP ordered sequence of operations
  • the automation system is configured and actuable to display an asset tree display on the user interface of the user device, the asset tree display displaying the plurality of assets, and to receive a first user input to the user interface indicating a selection of a first asset of the plurality of assets.
  • the automation system is further configured to generate in real time, a first cycle display of the first asset performing the at least one operation for a plurality of operating cycles, where the first cycle display is selected from the group consisting of: a cycle status display, a heartbeat cycle state display, and a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle display.
  • the automation system is further configured to display, via the user interface, the first cycle display and a timeline display, where the timeline display displays an actual time associated with the first asset performing the at least one operation for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the first cycle display.
  • the automation system is further configured to generate an actual cycle time for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the first asset, via the automation system, to determine a condition state for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the first asset, via the automation system, and to display, via the first cycle display, an indication of the actual cycle time and an indication of the condition state for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the first asset.
  • the first cycle display is the cycle status display
  • the indication of the actual cycle time is a cycle status bar displaying a cumulative status of actual cycle times determined for operating cycles performed in a time period displayed by the display timeline
  • the indication of the condition state is determined by a comparison of the actual cycle time to a baseline cycle time of the operating cycle.
  • the first cycle display is the heartbeat cycle state display
  • the indication of the actual cycle time is a heartbeat cycle bar displaying an actual cycle time determined for each operating cycle performed by the first asset in a time period displayed by the display timeline
  • the indication of the condition state is determined by a comparison of the actual cycle time to a baseline cycle time of the operating cycle.
  • the first cycle display is the SOP cycle state display
  • the indication of the actual cycle time is an actual cycle indicator for the at least one operation
  • the system is further configured to display, via the user interface, the at least one operation performed by the first asset, display an actual cycle indicator for the at least one operation, for each operating cycle of the at least one operation performed by the first asset in a time period displayed by the display timeline, where the actual cycle indicator is displayed relative to an actual time the operating cycle is performed by the first asset, and to display a baseline cycle indicator for the at least one operation, for each operating cycle of the at least one operation performed by the first asset, wherein the baseline cycle indicator is displayed relative to the actual cycle indicator.
  • the indication of the condition state includes a first condition state indication and a second condition state indication, where the first condition state indication is a cycle time condition indicated by displaying the baseline cycle indicator relative to the actual cycle indicator and where the second condition state indication is an operating state condition indicated by displaying the actual cycle indicator including a condition state differentiator corresponding to the operating state condition.
  • the system can be further configured to determine, via the automation system, a second condition state for each operating cycle of the at least one operation performed by the first asset, where the second condition state is one of an acceptable, blocked, starved or faulted condition state, and display the actual cycle indicator including the condition state differentiator corresponding to the second condition state.
  • the automation system can be configured to receive, by the automation system, a second user input to the user interface, and to modify, in response to the second user input, the first cycle display, where modifying the first cycle display can include zooming the first cycle display or panning the first cycle display, such that zooming the first cycle display actuates the first cycle display and the timeline display to zoom simultaneously, and panning the first cycle display actuates the first cycle display and the timeline display to pan simultaneously.
  • the automation system can be configured to receive, by the automation system, a second user input to a data feature of the first cycle display and display, in response to the second user input, an information window.
  • the information window displays information defined by the data feature, where in an illustrative example, the data feature is one of the indication of the actual cycle time or the indication of the condition state.
  • the automation system in one example, is further configured to receive, by the automation system, a second user input to the first cycle display, select, via the second user input, a first time period displayed by the first cycle display, generate, in response to the second user input, a second cycle display, and display, via the user interface, the second cycle display for the first time period.
  • the second cycle display can be selected from the group consisting of: a cycle status display, a heartbeat cycle state display, and a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle display.
  • the timeline display displays the actual time associated with the first asset performing the at least one operation for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the second cycle display, and the second cycle display, the first cycle display and the timeline display are concurrently displayed on the user interface.
  • the first cycle display can be configured as the cycle status display and the second cycle display can be configured as the heartbeat cycle state display.
  • the automation data display can further display a first orientor in the first cycle display, where the first orientor identifies the first time period in the first cycle display.
  • the automation system is further configured to display a display menu on the user interface, receive, by the automation system, a third user input to the display menu, select, via the third user input, an analog parameter associated with the sequence of operations, and generate, in response to the third user input, an analog parameter display.
  • the analog parameter display is configured to display analog data for the selected analog parameter in real time with the timeline display displaying the actual time associated with the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the second cycle display.
  • the example further includes displaying, via the user interface, the analog parameter display for the first time period, such that the analog parameter display, the second cycle display, the first cycle display and the timeline display are concurrently displayed on the user interface.
  • the automation system is further configured to receive, by the automation system, a third user input to the second cycle display, select, via the third user input, a second time period displayed by the first cycle display, generate, in response to the second user input, a third cycle display, and display, via the user interface, the third cycle display for the second time period, where the third cycle display is selected from the group consisting of: a cycle status display, a heartbeat cycle state display, and a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle display, and such that the timeline display displays the actual time associated with the first asset performing the at least one operation for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the third cycle display, where the third cycle display, the second cycle display, the first cycle display and the timeline display are concurrently displayed on the user interface.
  • the third cycle display displays the actual time associated with the first asset performing the at least one operation for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the third cycle display, where the third cycle display, the second cycle display, the first cycle display and the timeline display are concurrently displayed on the user interface.
  • the automation system can be further configured to display a second orientor in the second cycle display, wherein the second orientor identifies the second time period in the second cycle display.
  • the first cycle display is the cycle status display
  • the second cycle display is the heartbeat cycle state display
  • the third cycle display is the SOP cycle state display.
  • the automation system can be further configured to receive, by the automation system, a fourth user input to the user interface, and modify, in response to the fourth user input, the third cycle display, where modifying the fourth cycle display can include zooming the third cycle display and/or panning the third cycle display, such that zooming the third cycle display actuates the third cycle display and the timeline display to zoom simultaneously, and such that panning the third cycle display actuates the third cycle display and the timeline display to pan simultaneously.
  • the automation system is configured to receive a first input to an asset tree displayed on the user interface, the first input indicating a selection of a first asset of a plurality of assets displayed by the asset tree, and to receive a second user input to the user interface indicating a selection of a second asset of the plurality of assets, where the at least operation performed by the first asset is an at least first operation of the sequence of operations (SOP) and where the second asset is actuable to perform at least a second operation of the sequence of operations (SOP) for the plurality of operating cycles, and to generate, via the automation system and in real time, a second cycle display of the second asset performing the at least one operation for the plurality of operating cycles, where the second cycle display is selected from the group consisting of: a cycle status display, a heartbeat cycle state display, and a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle display.
  • SOP sequence of operations
  • the automation system is further configured, in this example, to display, via the user interface, the second cycle display and the timeline display, such that the timeline display displays an actual time associated with the second asset performing the at least second operation for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles displayed via the second cycle display, and such that the second cycle display, the first cycle display and the timeline display are concurrently displayed on the user interface.
  • the automation system is further configured to generate an actual cycle time for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the second asset, via the automation system, to determine a condition state for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the second asset, via the automation system, and to display, via the second cycle display, an indication of the actual cycle time and an indication of the condition state for each operating cycle of the plurality of operating cycles performed by the second asset.
  • the first cycle display is the cycle status display for the first asset
  • the second cycle display is the cycle status display for the second asset.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by a system shown in FIG. 27 for display on a display screen of a user device shown in FIG. 29, displaying a menu and an asset tree for receiving user input to actuate the automation data display;
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying an expanded asset tree and a cycle status display for an asset selected from the asset tree by a user input to the automation data display;
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying an expanded view of the cycle status display shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying a selected time period including a selected cycle status bar selected by a user input, concurrently displaying an information window activated by selection of the cycle status bar;
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying a heartbeat cycle state display for the selected time period shown in FIG. 4, concurrently displaying an information window activated by a user input to one or more heartbeat cycle bars; concurrently displaying the cycle status display of FIG. 4 and an orientor for orienting the heartbeat cycle state display to the selected time period of the cycle status display;
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the heartbeat cycle state and cycle status displays shown in FIG. 5 and concurrently displaying a user input selecting a time period including one or more heartbeat cycle bars;
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the heartbeat cycle state and cycle status displays shown in FIG. 6 and concurrently displaying a sequence of operations (SOP) performed by the selected asset with an SOP timeline corresponding to the time period of the selected heartbeat cycle bars, the heartbeat cycle state display including an orientor for orienting the selected time of the heartbeat cycle state display to the SOP timeline;
  • SOP sequence of operations
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the heartbeat cycle state display, the cycle status display, and the SOP and SOP timeline as shown in FIG. 7 and concurrently displaying a baseline and actual cycle time indicators, cycle states and condition state messages for each cycle of a plurality of cycles of the sequence of operations performed by the selected asset within the time period of the selected heartbeat cycle bars;
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 8, with the SOP cycle state display zoomed in, in response to a user input to the user interface;
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 9, with the SOP cycle state display further zoomed in, in response to a user input to the user interface;
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 10, with the SOP cycle state display panned right along the SOP timeline, in response to a user input to the user interface;
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 11, with the SOP cycle state display zoomed to display a single cycle of the SOP, in response to a user input to the user interface, and concurrently displaying an information window of a cycle of an operation of the SOP displayed in response to a user input to the user interface;
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 12, with the SOP cycle state display expanded to display sub-operations of an operation selected by a user input to the user interface;
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 13, with the SOP cycle state display collapsed to no longer display sub-operations of an operation selected by a user input to the user interface and the cycle status display collapsed, such that the SOP cycle state display expands vertically in the user interface;
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 14, further displaying a display option menu for selecting display features including an analog parameter display;
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 15, further displaying the selected analog parameter display, display analog parameter data in real time with the corresponding cycle indicators shown in the SOP cycle state display;
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 16, zoomed out to display additional cycles and to view variability of the parameter data over a longer period of time;
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying an expanded asset tree and indicating selection of a plurality of assets from the asset tree by a user input to the automation data display;
  • FIG. 19 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying a cycle status display for the assets selected in FIG. 18, and concurrently displaying a first SOP cycle state display for the first asset and a second SOP cycle state display for the second asset, each of the first and second SOP cycle state displays corresponding to a time period selected from the cycle status display and indicated in the cycle status display by an orientor data feature;
  • FIG. 20 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 19, zoomed in to expand viewing of cycles in the first and second SOP cycle state displays and showing a user input to a “Collapse” icon associated with the cycle status display;
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 20 with the cycle status display collapsed and the first and second SOP cycle state displays expanded vertically in the user interface;
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 21 zoomed in and panned to show a horizontally expanded view of selected cycles performed by the first and second assets and displayed via the first and second SOP cycle state displays;
  • FIG. 23 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 22, further zoomed in and further showing an information window displayed in response to a user input to a selected cycle bar of the first SOP cycle state display;
  • FIG. 24 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 23, further expanding the first SOP cycle state display via a user input to the first asset icon, to display SOP cycle indicators for each operation performed by the first asset over a plurality of operation cycles performed by the first asset;
  • FIG. 25 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying the automation data display shown in FIG. 24, further expanding the first SOP cycle state display via a user input to the first operation icon associated with the first asset, to display SOP cycle indicators for each sub operation operation of the selected operation performed by the first asset over a plurality of operation cycles performed by the first asset;
  • FIG. 26 is a schematic example representation of an automation data display generated by the system shown in FIG. 27, displaying a legend in response to a user input to a legend menu icon, the legend indicating various differentiators including color coding and hatching used to differentiate various data features, where each differentiator is associated with an identified condition state:
  • FIG. 27 is a schematic view of an example of an automation operating and management system (AOS) including first, second, third and fourth level controllers;
  • AOS automation operating and management system
  • FIG. 28 is a schematic view of an example of a machine of the AOS shown in FIG. 27, the machine including a first level controller and a second level controller;
  • FIG. 29 is a schematic illustration of an example of a user device of FIG. 27; and [0045] FIG. 30 is a schematic illustration of a method for dynamic display of automation information using the system of FIG. 27.
  • FIGS. 1-26 show examples of automation data displays 138 which can be generated by a server L of an Automation Operating System (AOS) 10 as shown in FIGS. 27-28, for display on a display screen 74 of a user device U as shown in FIG. 29, by populating one or more display templates 137 with data stored within the AOS 10 in communication with the user device U.
  • the display screen 74 of the user device U can also be referred to herein as a user interface 74.
  • An exemplary method 200 of dynamically modifying the automation data display 138 shown on the display screen 74 in response to a user input 153 received by the user interface 74 is shown in FIG.
  • FIGS. 1-26 are described in further detail herein.
  • FIG. 1 shows a display screen 74 for displaying automation information, also referred to herein as automation data, in one or more automation data displays 138, also referred to herein as information displays and/or automation displays.
  • Each automation data display 138 is generated by populating a data template 137 in real time using automation data collected by an automation operating and management system, such as the automation operating and management system 10 shown in FIGS. 27-29, where the automation operating and management system (AOS) 10 is configured for controlling facilities 14, systems SY, machines 16, stations ST, elements E, sensors S, etc. operating within an enterprise 12.
  • the enterprise 12 includes an enterprise server L4 for receiving and consolidating data from multiple facilities 14 within the enterprise 12.
  • Each of the facilities 14 includes a facility server L3 for receiving and consolidating data from multiple facility systems SY within each of the facilities 14.
  • Each facility server L3 is in communication with the enterprise server L4.
  • At least one of the facility systems SY in each of the facilities 14 includes multiple machines 16.
  • the machines 16 can be any machines that perform coordinated operations including automated machines. In an illustrative and non-limiting example described herein the machines 16 can be machines such as automated machines performing operations in a manufacturing plant and/or an assembly facility.
  • Each machine 16 can include one or more stations ST for performing an ordered sequence of operations OP performed by the machine 16, where the sequence of operations 39 includes operations OP performed by the machine 16 in a predetermined order controlled by a controller L in communication with the machine 16.
  • the predetermined order in which the operations OP are performed can be defined by a sequence of operations 39 for that machine 16 by the controller L. It would be understood that the machine 16 would, in operation, repeatedly perform the sequence of operations 39 comprising the ordered operations OP under control of the machine controller L, such that the automation data collected from the machine 16 would include automation data from each of the repeated operating cycles 15, from which a cycle time for performing each of the repeated operating cycles 15 can be determined for the operation OP being performed.
  • Each station ST can include one or more elements E for performing various operations and/or tasks of the respective station ST.
  • elements E used to perform the various operations of a manufacturing and/or assembly operation performed by a machine 16 and/or station ST can include clamps, cylinders, collets, pins, slides, fixtures, pallets, etc., where the examples provided herein are non-limiting.
  • the facilities, areas, lines, machines, stations, fixtures, and elements can be referred to individually and collectively herein as assets 151, and/or as automated assets, and/or as digitized assets.
  • the automation data collected and/or generated by the AOS 10 can include condition state data for an asset 151, where a state, which may be referred to as a condition state or as a condition, as used herein, refers to a state of the asset, an object (such as a workpiece) being operated on by the asset, a condition, a status, a parameter, a position, or other property being monitored, measured and/or sensed.
  • a state which may be referred to as a condition state or as a condition, as used herein, refers to a state of the asset, an object (such as a workpiece) being operated on by the asset, a condition, a status, a parameter, a position, or other property being monitored, measured and/or sensed.
  • condition states including cycle start time, cycle stop time, element start time, element travel, element stop time, position of an element or object, a dimensional measurement or parameter of an object which can include a dimensional measurement of a feature of an element E, a feature of a machine 16, a feature of a workpiece to which an operation is being performed by a machine 16 or an element E, a condition of one or more of an element E, machine 16 or workpiece, or a condition of the environment within the facility 14.
  • a condition state could further include for example, operating conditions of an asset 151 such as on, off, open, closed, auto, manual, stalled, blocked, starved, traveling, stopped, faulted, OK, good, bad, in tolerance, out of tolerance, present, not present, extended, retracted, high, low, etc., and can include for example, a measure of a physical property such as chemistry, temperature, color, shape, position, dimensional conditions such as size, surface finish, thread form, a functional parameter such as voltage, current, torque, pressure, force, etc., such that it would be understood that the terms state, condition, condition state and/or parameter as describing inputs to the AOS 10 are intended to be defined broadly.
  • the predetermined order of operations performed in an operating cycle 15 can be defined by a sequence of operations 39 defined for that machine 16 by the controller L controlling the machine 16.
  • the machine 16 would, in operation, repeatedly perform one or more operations OP comprising the sequence of operations 39 under the control of the controller L.
  • the condition state data collected during performance of each operating cycle 15 of the operations OP in the sequence of operations 39 including, for example, one or more of a cycle start time, a cycle stop time, an element start time, an element stop time, etc., can be used by the machine controller L, the facility server L3, and/or the enterprise server L4 to calculate an actual cycle time for the performance of each operation OP by the asset 151 performing the operation OP, where in a preferred example the actual cycle time is determined in real time.
  • the operating cycle times can be collected and stored in an AOS memory 90, as automation data for use in populating display templates 137 to generate automation data displays 138 for display on a display screen 74 of a user device U, which in a non-limiting example, can be configured as a user device U shown in FIG. 29.
  • an enterprise 12 may be a production enterprise including a plurality of manufacturing and/or assembly facilities 14 which may be co-located within the production enterprise 12.
  • each of the facilities 14 may be a stand-alone factory which may be geographically separated from each other and in communication with each other and the enterprise server L4, for example, via the network 80.
  • At least one of the facilities 14, for illustrative purposes, includes a facility server L3 which is in communication with multiple systems SY operating in the facility 14.
  • one of the systems SY includes manufacturing and/or assembly operations consisting of multiple machines 16.
  • Another of the systems SY in the facility 14 can be a facility management system, which may be referred to herein as a facility infrastructure system SY, for monitoring, measuring and/or controlling various factors of the infrastructure and operating environment of facility 14, such as electrical power supply provided to the various machines 16, water supply provided to hydraulic and/or coolant systems within the facility 14 and/or coolant systems related to the machines 16, compressed air supply provided within the facility 14, for example, to pneumatic systems of the machines 16 and/or to pneumatically operated elements E, the ambient temperature of a machine environment, the ambient humidity of a machine environment, etc.
  • a facility infrastructure system SY for monitoring, measuring and/or controlling various factors of the infrastructure and operating environment of facility 14, such as electrical power supply provided to the various machines 16, water supply provided to hydraulic and/or coolant systems within the facility 14 and/or coolant systems related to the machines 16, compressed air supply provided within the facility 14, for example, to pneumatic systems of the machines 16 and/or to pneumatically operated elements E, the ambient temperature of a machine environment, the ambient humidity of a machine environment,
  • the infrastructure and/or parameter data can be measured and outputted as analog data 167, which is saved to the AOS memory 90 and associated in real time by the enterprise server L4 with the automated data collected by the facility and machine controllers L3, L, for use in populating display templates 137 to generate automation data displays 138 for display on a display screen 74 of a user device U.
  • the example is non-limiting, and it would be understood that the automation data collected from the automated assets 151 can include digital data and analog data, such that the term automation data, as used herein, can include both digital data and analog data.
  • AOS 10 can further include one or more user devices U in communication with the enterprise 12, via a wired connection or a wireless connection, for example, via a network 80.
  • a user device U can be a computing device such as a personal computer, tablet, laptop, smart phone, personal digital assistant, or other personal computing device for viewing information including data related to and/or provided by the enterprise 12 via the AOS 10.
  • the user device U can include a user interface 74 such as a touch screen for viewing automation data displays 138 generated by the AOS 10, and for interacting, via a user input 153 to the display screen 74, with the automation data displays 138 and displayed information and automation data.
  • the user interface 74 can also be referred to herein as a display screen, a touch screen, and/or as a graphical user interface (GUI).
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the user device U can simultaneously display a plurality of automation data displays 138 on the display screen 74 of the user device U, where each of the automation data displays 138 can be manipulated, for example, zoomed in and out and/or panned, collapsed and/or expanded, activated to display associated text, and as further illustrated by FIGS. 1-6, by a user input 153 to the display screen 74.
  • the user device includes a processor 76 and memory 78, some of which is computer-readable tangible, non-transitory memory arranged on a printed circuit board or otherwise available to the processor 76.
  • the memory 78 may include, by way of example, sufficient read only memory (ROM), optical memory, flash or other solid-state memory, and the like.
  • Transitory memory such as random access memory (RAM) and electrically-erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM) may also be included, along with other required circuitry (not shown), including but not limited to a high-speed clock, location sensing circuitry, analog-to-digital (A/D) circuitry, digital-to-analog (D/A) circuitry, a digital signal processor, and any necessary input/output (I/O) devices and other signal conditioning and/or buffer circuitry.
  • the user device U can include a connector port 72 for connecting the user device to another device (not shown).
  • the user device U includes a communications interface which can be a wireless or wired interface, for connection of the user device U to the network 80 for communication with one or more of the controllers and/or the servers L, another of the user devices U, and/or the AOS data storage memory 90.
  • the user device U includes a graphical user interface (GUI) 74, which in a preferred example is a graphical touch screen, such that a user can provide user inputs 153 to the user device U, including commands, via the touch screen 74 and/or standard tool bars 82.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the graphical user interface 74 may also be referred to herein as a display screen, a touch screen and/or as a user interface 74.
  • Non-limiting examples of user inputs 153 include stylus and/or touch gestures applied to the display screen 74 including one or more of tap, double tap, drag, slide, hold/press, swipe, pinch, and spread gestures, for manipulating the automation data display 138.
  • Non-limiting examples of user inputs 153 can further include one or more inputs via a keyboard, touchpad, trackpad, trackball, and/or mouse in communication with the user device U and/or the display screen 74 including, for example, point, point and click, click and drag, scroll, key stroke inputs.
  • FIGS. 1-26 show examples of automation data displays 138 which can be generated by a server L of the AOS, for display on a display screen 74 of a user device U, by populating one or more display templates 137 with data stored within the AOS 10.
  • Methods of dynamically modifying the automation data displays 138 shown on the display screen 74 in response to user input received by the display screen 74 are illustrated by FIGS. 1-26.
  • the display screen 74 shows one or more automation data displays 138, which are generated by populating a display template 137 with data such as the automation data collected from the enterprise 12 and stored in the AOS memory 90.
  • the automation data display 138 can be generated by the facility server L3 by populating a display template 137 with automation data collected from a facility 14, a machine 16, an element E, a station ST, and/or infrastructure or environmental data collected from a system SY, where the data is collected and stored to a memory, such as data memory storage 90, for use by the server L in generating the automation data display 138.
  • a plurality of display templates 137 can be stored on data memory storage 90 and retrieved by the facility server L3 to generate a corresponding automation data display 138 in real time.
  • the data memory storage 90 can be a standalone enterprise memory storage 90, in communication with the enterprise 12 via a network 80, and/or can comprise distributed memory storage within the enterprise 12.
  • a plurality of automation data displays 138 generated from corresponding data templates 137 are illustrated in FIGS. 1-26, including, for example, a heartbeat cycle state display 11, a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle state display 13, a multiple asset display 65, an asset tree display 152 (also referred to herein as an object tree display), a cycle status display 155, and an analog display 165.
  • the automation data is collected and stored to the data storage memory 90 in real time, such that the server, e.g., the facility server L3 in the present example, can populate a display template 137 to generate an automation data display 138 in real time.
  • the term “in real time” as used herein refers to a level of responsiveness by computing equipment included in the enterprise 12, including, for example, servers and controllers L, data storage memory 90, user devices U, etc., which is perceived by a user as sufficiently immediate such that the response of the computing equipment in collecting and displaying data in an automation data display 138 is without delay, e.g., is perceived to occur at substantially the same time and at the same rate as the time and rate of the data being displayed.
  • data is collected from the automated assets and systems SY in real time, e.g., without delay, such that the data can be populated into a display template 137 and displayed as an automation data display 138 on a user device U in real time, e.g., such that the data displayed on the automation data display 138 is displayed sufficiently immediate to the generation of that data by the originating source (for example, by a sensor S), that a user can view, for example, via a display screen 74 of a user device U, the data displayed in an automation data display 138 immediate to the time the data is generated and/or immediate to the time the event from which the data is generated occurs, for example, immediate to the time an operation is performed by a machine 16.
  • Data when collected and stored in the data memory storage 90, can be associated in the data memory storage 90, for example, in a data matrix provided for that purpose, with identifying information, which can include the source of the data such as the identification of the sensor generating the data, the condition state and/or the parameter represented by the data, e.g., the data feature 141 corresponding to the data, one or more of the operation Op, machine 16, element E, facility 14, and/or system SY associated with the data, and a data time associated with the data.
  • the data time associated with the data can be one of a time the data was generated, e.g., the time the data was sensed by a machine, element, fixture, station, sensor, etc.
  • a data feature 141 can be displayed as a differentiated data feature 142, differentiated, for example, by appearance (color, shading, hatching, shape, outlining, etc.) to indicate a condition state associated with the data feature 141.
  • a differentiated data feature 142 differentiated, for example, by appearance (color, shading, hatching, shape, outlining, etc.) to indicate a condition state associated with the data feature 141.
  • a data feature 141 such as a cycle status bar 158, a heartbeat cycle bar 15, an actual cycle time indicator 31, a cycle state 19, a condition state message 163, etc., and as described herein and illustrated by the figures.
  • FIGS. 1-26 and 30 are described herein to illustrate methods for displaying automation data in real time, using the Automation Operating System (AOS) shown in FIGS. 27-29.
  • AOS Automation Operating System
  • one or more operating cycles 15 of one or more operations OP performed by an asset 151 are simultaneously displayed concurrent with and relative to an actual timeline display 33 displaying an actual (clock) time 33 corresponding to the operating cycle 15, on a display screen 74 of a user device U.
  • the automation data display 138 including the actual timeline display 33 can be dynamically manipulated to display varying levels of detail of selected operating cycles 15 of the automation data, and such that the variability between the displayed operations OP and/or operating cycles 15 can be viewed and analyzed relative to the actual clock time 37 associated with each operating cycle 15.
  • the one or more respective operating cycles 15 of one or more performed by a plurality of assets 151 can be simultaneously displayed on the display screen 74, and in response to a user input 153 to the display screen 74, the automation data display 138 can be dynamically manipulated to display varying numbers of assets 151, varying numbers of operating cycles, and varying levels of detail of the selected operating cycles 15, displayed concurrent with the actual timeline 33 and/or clock time 37 associated with each of the operating cycles 15, and such that the variability between the assets and the operating cycles 15 in real time and/or over the time period shown by the timeline 33 can be viewed and analyzed.
  • a combination of automation data collected from one or more assets and analog data collected, for example, from a system or element related to the assets can be simultaneously displayed on the display screen, and in response to a user input to the display screen, the automation data display 138 can be dynamically manipulated to display varying numbers of operating cycles 15 of the assets and the associated analog data collected in real time with the performance of the operating cycles 15, such that patterns and/or correlations between the analog data and automation data over a displayed timeline 33 can be viewed and analyzed.
  • a user device U including a user interface 74 for displaying one or more automation data displays 138, where each automation data display 138 is generated in real time by populating a corresponding data template 137 with automation data, for example, retrieved from an AOS memory 90.
  • the user interface 74 can also be referred to herein as a display screen 74.
  • user device U is in communication with one or more of an enterprise server L4, or a facility or machine controller L3, L, in communication with the AOS memory, such that, when a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 of the user device U, the user input 153 actuates a modification of automation data display 138 and/or the display of additional information such as another automation data display 138, an information box 61, or the like, via the display screen 74.
  • an example of an initial display screen 74 presented to a user can include a display menu 150, a legend icon 156, a toolbar 82, and an option menu 164.
  • the display menu 150 includes icons which can be selected by a user input 153 to actuate the display of a type of automation data display 138 associated with the icon.
  • the display menu 150 includes an object tree icon 154A for actuating an object tree display 152, a dashboard icon 154B for actuating a dashboard display, a cycles icon 154C for actuating a selected one of a plurality of cycle displays including a cycle status display 155, a heartbeat cycle state display 11, and an SOP cycle state display 13, and a messages icon 154D for actuating a condition state message display 162.
  • An object tree 152 can also be referred to herein as an asset tree 152.
  • a user input 153 such as a touch tap or mouse click, has been inputted to the object tree icon 154A of the display screen 74, to actuate the display of an asset tree 152.
  • the asset tree 152 is initially displayed on the display screen 74 as shown in FIG. 1, displaying the enterprise asset 12, which in the example shown includes assets identified in FIG. 1 as facilities 14A and 14B.
  • each of the assets 151 is shown associated with a corresponding expand/collapse icon and a corresponding selection box, each of which can be used to actuate the screen display 74 to modify the information and/or data displayed on the screen display 74.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 to the expand icon corresponding to the facility 14A, actuating the AOS 10 to display a next level of assets 151 of the facility 14A, which as shown in FIG. 2 includes a system SY.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 to the expand icon corresponding to the system SY, actuating the display of a next level of assets 151 of the system SY, which as shown in FIG. 2 includes a machine 16.
  • FIG. 2 is a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 to the expand icon corresponding to the system SY, actuating the display of a next level of assets 151 of the system SY, which as shown in FIG. 2 includes a machine 16.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 to the expand icon corresponding to the machine 16, actuating the display of a next level of assets 151 of the machine 16, which as shown in FIG. 2 includes a first station ST1 and a second station ST2.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the expand icon corresponding to the first station ST1, actuating the display of a next level of assets 151 of the first station ST1, which as shown in FIG. 2 includes a first element El and a second element E2.
  • El is identified as a fixture having an asset description of “SOI Fixture”
  • E2 is identified as a station element having an asset description of “R01” in the asset tree 152.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the selection box corresponding to element El, which auto-fills the selection boxes of the higher level assets 151 including the element El, and further actuates the display screen 74, to generate and display a cycle status display 155 for the asset 151 selected in FIG. 6, which in the present example is element El, identified in the asset tree 152 as “SOI Fixture”.
  • the display screen 74 progressively transitions to display the cycle status display 155 generated for the asset “SOI Fixture” and displays at 160 the selected asset 151, in the present example, “SOI Fixture,” associated with the cycle status display 155 being generated.
  • the cycle status display 155 is generated by populating a display template 137 corresponding to the cycle status display 155 in real time with data retrieved from the AOS memory 90.
  • the data retrieved from the AOS 90 can include data retrieved in real time from the selected asset 160, which in the present example is element El, the “SOI Fixture.”
  • the cycle status display 155 includes a plurality of cycle status bars 158, each representing the cumulative status of operating cycles completed by the selected asset 160 in a time period 157.
  • the time period 157 is one hour in duration, such that each cycle status bar represents the cumulative status of operating cycles performed in that hour by element El.
  • the cycle status bar 158 can also be referred to herein as a data feature 141, which in the present example is a differentiated data feature 142, having bar portions 159A, 159B which are differentiated, for example, by color, by hatching, and/or by a combination of these, to indicate a condition state of the percentage of total bars in that condition state for the respective one-hour time period 157.
  • a legend 77 cross-referencing a condition state to the differentiator shown in the figures.
  • the differentiator may be indicated by a color, whereas in the figures, the differentiator may be indicated by a hatch pattern associated with the described color in the legend 77, to facilitate reproduction of the figures as black and white drawings.
  • the orange color of bar portion 159A indicates the percentage of total operating cycles 15 performed in that time period 157 which were completed over cycle, e.g., in an actual cycle time longer than the baseline cycle time
  • the vermillion color of bar portion 159B indicates the percentage of total operating cycles 15 which were in a faulted condition during that time period 157, wherein the hatch patterns corresponding to each of the orange and vermillion colors are shown in legend 77 of FIG. 26.
  • the example is illustrative, such that the cycle bar 158 could include portions 159 in other colors to indicate other condition state such as green for operating cycles performed with an acceptable range of the baseline cycle time, or orange for operating cycles which are alerted, which should be watched or investigated.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to a “Collapse” icon included in the toolbar 82, which actuates the display screen 74 to transition to the display shown in FIG. 3, by collapsing the object tree 152 and increasing the number of time periods 157 and cycle status bars 158 which can be displayed in the display screen 74.
  • a parameter descriptor 166 is displayed to identify the parameter shown in the automation data display 138.
  • a parameter descriptor 166A is displayed as “Cycle Status Percentage by Hour” identifying the automation data display 138 shown in FIG. 3 as a cycle status display 155.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 at status bar 158A, actuating the display screen to display an information box 61 including data and/or other information associated in the AOS memory 90 with the operating cycles 15 performed by the selected asset 151, e.g., performed by the SOI Fixture, during the selected time period 157A.
  • the information box 61 includes a legend of the color codes and associated conditions, and reports the actual number of operating cycles 15 in each condition during the selected time period 157A.
  • the information box 61 reports a total of 358 operating cycles performed by the SOI Fixture, e.g., the selected asset 160, during the one hour time period 157A including 319 over cycle time (orange) operating cycles (89%) and 39 faulted (red) operating cycles (11%).
  • the user input 153 is applied to the display screen 74 to select the cycle status bar 158A and time period 157A, for example, by a touch input such as a drag over or double tap, or by scrolling over the cycle status bar 158A, to actuate the screen display 74 to generate, as shown in FIG. 5, another automation data display 138 which is simultaneously displayed with the currently displayed cycle status display 155.
  • a touch input such as a drag over or double tap
  • the second automation data display 138 is configured as a heartbeat cycle state display 11, also referred to herein as a heartbeat display 11, where each of the vertical bars in the heartbeat display 11 indicate the actual cycle time of an operating cycle 15 performed by the selected asset 160, e.g., by the SOI Fixture in the present example, during the selected time period 157A.
  • the heartbeat display 11 and the cycle status display 155 are displayed simultaneously, with the time period 157A displayed in the heartbeat display 11 oriented to the cycle status display 155 by an orienting feature 161 A.
  • the orienting feature 161 A is a white background surrounding the selected cycle status bar 158A, such that it is instantaneously visually apparent which operating cycles 15 are being displayed in the heartbeat display 11.
  • the heartbeat display 11 includes a parameter descriptor 166B identifying the heartbeat display 11 with the identifier “Cycles” followed by the displayed time period 157A expressed in clock time.
  • the cycle bars indicating each of the operating cycles 15 are data features 141 of the heartbeat display 11, and can be characterized as differentiated data features 142, where the condition state of each operating cycle 15 is indicated by the displayed color of the corresponding cycle bar. Consistent color coding can be used, for example, for easy recognition by a user / observer of the display screen 74, such that in the present example, an orange cycle bar indicates an over cycle operating cycle 15, and a red cycle bar indicates a faulted operating cycle 15.
  • a digital marker 101 can be associated with an operating cycle 15, displayed in the heartbeat display 11 as a vertical line, indicating additional information, such as observations or corrective actions related to the associated operating cycle 15, has been stored in the AOS memory 90 associated with the respective operative cycle 15.
  • a user input 153 applied to a digital marker 101 actuates the display screen 74 to display the additional information, for example, in an information box 61.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 by selecting one or more of the operating cycles 15 shown in the heartbeat display 11.
  • a group of operating cycles 15 performed during a time period 157B are selected by the user input 153, actuating the display screen 74 to display third and fourth automation data displays 138 simultaneously with the heartbeat display 11 and the cycle status display 155.
  • the third automation data display 138 is configured as a sequence of operations (SOP) cycle state display 13, also referred to herein as a SOP cycle state display 13
  • the fourth automation data display 138 is configured as a condition state message display 163 which is overlaid on the SOP cycle state display 13.
  • the time period 157A displayed in the heartbeat display 11 is oriented to the cycle status display 155 by the orienting feature 161 A, and the time period 157B, which is a subset of the time period 157A, is oriented to the SOP cycle state display 13 and the condition state message display 162 by an orienting feature 161B.
  • the orienting feature 161B is a white background surrounding the selected operating cycles 15 selected in the heartbeat display 11, such that it is instantaneously visually apparent which operating cycles 15 are being displayed in SOP cycle state display 13 and the condition state message display 162.
  • the clock time within the time period 157B is indicated in a horizontal timeline along the top (as viewed on the page) of the SOP cycle state display 13 and overlaid condition state message display 162, to orient the displayed operating cycle 15 to the selected time period 157B.
  • a third display template 137 corresponding to the SOP state cycle display 13 is populated with data associated with the selected asset 160, e.g., El, also described in the example as the “SOI Fixture”, including a sequence of operations (SOP) 39A performed by the selected asset El, where the SOP 39A is performed during each operating cycle 15 performed by the selected asset El.
  • SOP sequence of operations
  • the SOP 39A includes operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 performed sequentially in the order defined by the SOP 39A shown in the SOP cycle display 13, where the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 are performed sequentially during each operating cycle 15 performed by the selected asset El.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13 is populated with a baseline cycle time indicator 29 and an actual cycle time indicator 31 for each of the operations OP1, OP2, OP3 and OP4 in the SOP 39A performed by the selected asset 160, for each of the operating cycles 15 performed by the selected asset 160.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13 is additionally populated with a baseline cycle time indicator 29 and an actual cycle time indicator 31 for the cumulative cycle time taken by the selected asset 160 to complete the SOP 39A, for each operating cycle 15 performed by the selected asset 160, e.g., by the SOI Fixture in the present example.
  • a parameter descriptor 166C is displayed as “Cycle Time” identifying the cycle display 13 shown in FIG. 7 as a SOP cycle state display 13.
  • a respective baseline cycle time indicator 29 is displayed and associated with each respective actual cycle time indicator 31.
  • the baseline cycle time indicator 29, shown in a non-limiting example as a horizontal blue bar extends for a duration of time defining a baseline cycle time for the operation OP and/or the SOP 39 with which the baseline cycle time indicator 29 is associated, such that differences in the horizontal lengths of the baseline cycle time indicator 29 and the actual cycle time indicator 31 provide a visual display of whether the actual cycle time is greater than, equal to, or less than the baseline cycle time, for quick visual identification of deterioration and/or improvement in actual cycle time relative to baseline cycle time.
  • each of the actual cycle time indicators 31 is a differentiated data feature 142, differentiated by a color to indicate a condition state of the cycle time of the respective operation OP and/or the respective SOP 39A associated with the respective actual cycle time indicator 31, as another quick visual identifier of deterioration and/or improvement in actual cycle time relative to baseline cycle time.
  • a differentiated data feature 142 differentiated by a color to indicate a condition state of the cycle time of the respective operation OP and/or the respective SOP 39A associated with the respective actual cycle time indicator 31, as another quick visual identifier of deterioration and/or improvement in actual cycle time relative to baseline cycle time.
  • an actual cycle time indicator 31 colored green identifies an actual cycle time which is equal to (or within an acceptable variation from) the baseline cycle time; an actual cycle time indicator 31 colored orange identifies an actual cycle time which varies more than an acceptable time from the baseline cycle time, where the variance may indicate an actual cycle time which is greater than or less than the baseline cycle, either condition potentially indicating a condition requiring attention; and an actual cycle time indicator 31 colored red identifies an actual cycle time for an operation which has been faulted.
  • a user input 153 applied to a selected cycle time indicator 29, 31 actuates the SOP cycle state display 13 to display an information box 61, showing additional information related to the selected operation OP and operating cycle.
  • the information box 61 displayed for the selected operating cycle 15B of operation OP2 performed in the SOP 39A by the selected asset 160, e.g., by the SOI Fixture displays additional information such as a model identifier of the SOI Fixture, a pallet number associated with the SOI fixture, the actual cycle time visually represented by the selected actual cycle time indicator 31, and the design intent cycle time visually represented by the baseline cycle time indicator 29 associated with the selected actual cycle time indicator 31. [0071] In the example shown in FIG.
  • a fourth display template 137 corresponding to the condition state message display 162 is populated with message labels associated with the condition states observed for the selected asset 160, e.g., El, also described in the example as the “SOI Fixture”, including condition state labels of “Faulted”, “Blocked” and “Starved” where the displayed messages 163 associated with each of these are differentiated data features 142 of the condition state message display 162.
  • El also described in the example as the “SOI Fixture”
  • each message display window 163 extends across the one or more operating cycles 15 for which the message shown in the display window 163 is effective.
  • the message displayed in a Faulted message display window 163 A could indicate “power cut to machine” where the message display window 163 A is displayed extending over multiple operating cycles 15 affected by the power loss to the machine 16 including the affected asset 160, in the present example, the SOI Fixture.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13 additionally displays, for each operating cycle 15 shown in the display 13, cycle state indicators 19 shown as vertical bars, where each of the cycle state indicators is a differentiated data feature 142, differentiated in the present example, by a color code.
  • a starved cycle state indicator 19A is differentiated by a peach color corresponding to a starved condition state, indicating the selected asset 160, e.g., the SOI Fixture, is in a starved condition for the duration of time indicated by the starved cycle state indicator 19A, during performance of the operating cycle 15B.
  • a starved condition state is referred to herein as a suspended condition state, where in a starved and/or suspended condition state the selected asset 160 is paused or stopped waiting for a predecessor condition to be satisfied, where the predecessor condition could be, for example, waiting for an incoming part, waiting for completion of another operation feeding one or more of the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 of the SOP 39A, etc.
  • a starved condition state message 163C shown in the condition state message display 162 as extending partially through the cycle time of the operating cycle 15B can include a message explaining, for example, the cause of the starved condition and/or a correction action taken to eliminate the starved condition.
  • a blocked cycle state indicator 19B is differentiated by a light blue color corresponding to a blocked condition state, indicating the selected asset 160, e.g., the SOI Fixture, is in a blocked condition state during performance of the operating cycle 15B, for the duration of time indicated by the blocked cycle state indicator 19B.
  • the selected asset 160 in a blocked condition state the selected asset 160 is paused or stopped waiting for a subsequent operation to be completed, where completion of the subsequent operation is required as a prerequisite for completing the blocked operation.
  • a blocked condition state message 163B shown in the condition state message display 162 as extending through the cycle time of the operating cycle 15B can include a message explaining, for example, the cause of the blocked condition.
  • a faulted cycle state indicator 19C is differentiated by a rose color corresponding to a faulted condition state, indicating the selected asset 160 is in a faulted condition state for the duration of time indicated by the faulted condition state indicator 19C.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13 is populated in real time with cycle data for each of the operating cycles 15 performed in the selected time period 157B.
  • the operating cycles 15 performed in the selected time period 157B have been identified in FIGS. 8-13 as including operating cycles 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D . . . 15m, 15n, 15n+l . . . 15n+x, being performed in the order A, B, C, D . . . m, n, n+1 . . . .n+x during the selected time period 157B and displayed in order from left to right (as shown on the page) in the SOP cycle state display 13, as illustrated in FIGS.
  • Each of the operating cycles 15 is displayed relative to the clock time shown in the horizontal timeline displayed at the top (as shown on the page) of the SOP cycle state display 13, such that the clock time at which a respective operating cycle 15 was performed can be used to orient the respective operating cycle 15 in the selected time period 157B.
  • FIG. 8-13 various examples of user inputs 153 which can be inputted to the display screen 74 to modify the cycle displays 11, 13, 155, and/or message displays 162 which are displayed simultaneously in the display screen 74 are illustrated.
  • FIGS. 8-12 illustrate progressively zooming in the SOP cycle state display 13, for example, by inputting one or more user inputs 153 such as a spreading touch gesture or equivalent touchpad, mouse or keyboard input, to horizontally expand the displayed operating cycles 15 relative to each other. See for example, the expanded appearance of operating cycle 15n in FIG. 10 as compared with FIG. 9, and the expanded appearance of operating cycles 15 A and 15B in FIG. 10 as compared with FIG. 9.
  • one or more user inputs 153 such as a pinching touch gesture or equivalent touchpad, mouse or keyboard input can be inputted to the display screen 74 to progressively zoom out the SOP cycle state display 13, shown for example, by a comparison of the relative contracted appearance operating cycles 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D in FIG. 17 as compared with FIGS. 9-11.
  • one or more user inputs 153 such as a swipe gesture applied to the display screen 74 or equivalent mouse, touchpad, or keyboard input 153 inputted to the user device U can be used to horizontally pan the SOP cycle state display 13 left and/or right (as shown on the page) to view the cycle state information displayed for adjacent operating cycles 15.
  • a user input 153 applied to the SOP cycle state display 13 pans the display 13 to the right (as shown on the page) to view additional details of operating cycle 15A.
  • a user input 153 applied to the SOP cycle state display 13 pans the display 13 to the left (as shown on the page) in FIG. 11 as compared to FIG. 10, to fully display the cycle state information of operating cycle 15C.
  • each of the simultaneously viewed cycle displays 11, 13, 155 to the other cycle displays 11, 13, 155 is maintained as the SOP cycle state display 13 dynamically transitioned and or modified, for example, by a zooming and/or panning user input 153, by the orienting visual relationship between the cycle displays 11, 13, 155 provided by combination the displayed time periods 157 and the orienting feature 161 A identifying time period 157A shown in the cycle status display 155, the displayed orienting feature 16 IB identifying time period 157B and the textual display of the clock time of the time period 157A in the descriptor 166B shown in the heartbeat display 11, and the displayed horizontal timeline of the clock time of time period 157B shown in the SOP cycle state display 13.
  • FIGS. 10-11 of inputting a user input 153 to zoom, pan, collapse, expand and/or otherwise manipulate and/or modify the SOP cycle state display 13 are non-limiting and illustrative of methods of manipulating and/or modifying other automation data displays 138, including for example, one or more of the cycle displays 11,
  • a user input 153 is inputted to a drop-down icon, also referred to herein as an expand/contract icon, associated in the display SOP 39A with operation OP1, to actuate the SOP cycle state display 13 to expand the operation OP1 to display a sub-sequence of operations (SOP) 39B.
  • the sub-SOP 39B includes operations OP1.1, OP1.2, OP1.3,
  • OP 1.4 which are performed in the order defined by the sub-SOP 39B, to complete performance of operation OP1.
  • the performance and respective cycle times of operations OP1.1, OP 1.2, OP 1.3, OP 1.4 determines the performance and cycle time of operation OP1, such that being able to actuate the SOP cycle state display 13 with a user input 153, to immediately view and analyze operations OP1.1, OP1.2, OP1.3, OP1.4 when analyzing operation OP 1, is an advantage of the AOS 10 system described herein.
  • the user input 153 and as shown in FIG.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13 expands vertically and displays baseline cycle time indicators 29 and actual cycle time indicators 31 for each of the operations OP1.1, OP 1.2, OP1.3, OP1.4 of the sub-SOP 39B performed by the selected asset 160, e.g., by the SOI Fixture in the present example.
  • a user input 153 applied to the cycle time indicator 31 corresponding to the operation OP3 actuates the SOP cycle state display 13 to display an information box 61, showing additional information related to the selected operation OP3 and operating cycle 15B.
  • various user inputs 153 are inputted to the display screen 74 to modify how one or more of the cycle displays 11, 13 and 155 are displayed in the display screen 74.
  • a user input 153A is inputted to a “Collapse” icon associated with the cycle status display 155, actuating the display screen 74 and/or user device U to collapse the cycle status display 155 such that only the display descriptor 166A remains displayed on the display screen 74 as a visual indicator to a user/viewer that the cycle status display 155 is actuated in the display screen 74.
  • FIG. 14 As shown in FIG.
  • the SOP cycle state displayed 13 is automatically expanded vertically (as viewed on the page) in the display screen 74 to fill the screen space made available by the collapse of the cycle status display 155.
  • a subsequent user input 153 to a “Switch View” icon adjacent to the “Collapse” icon can be inputted to expand the cycle status display 155 such that the display 155 is viewable again in the display screen 74.
  • the method provides flexibility for the immediate collapse and expansion of the varying display screens 11, 13, 155, 162 to facilitate quick review of the automation data displayed by each of these displays 11,13, 155, 162, without having to switch or toggle between multiple screens. Further, selective collapse of one or more of the multiple displays 11, 13, 155, 162, etc.
  • the display screen 74 provides a user with options in selecting an expanded view of one or more of the displays 11, 13, 155, 162 over the others. For example, collapsing the SOP cycle state display 13 automatically collapses the overlaid condition state message display 162, automatically expanding the remaining cycle status display 155 and heartbeat display 11 into the screen space vacated by collapse of the SOP cycle state display 13, such that with the SOP cycle state display 13 collapsed, the display screen 74 appears as shown in FIG. 6.
  • a user input 153B is inputted to the expand/contract icon associated in the display SOP 39A with operation OP1, to actuate the SOP cycle state display 13 to contract the display of the sub-SOP 39B, such that the sub-SOP 39B and the cycle time indicators 29, 31 associated with the operations OP1.1, OP1.2, OP1.3, OP 1.4 are no longer displayed by the SOP cycle state display 13, the cycle time indicators 29, 31 associated with the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 of the SOP 39A expand vertically in the space vacated by the sub-SOP 39B.
  • the method provides flexibility for the immediate collapse and expansion of the varying sub-SOP 39 of one or more of the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 to facilitate quick review of the automation data displayed by each of these sub-SOPs 39, without having to switch or toggle between multiple screens.
  • a user input 153C is inputted to the display menu icon 164 as shown in FIG. 14, to actuate the display screen 74, as shown in FIG. 15, to simultaneously open the display menu 164 and actuates a transparent (see- through) window over the cycle displays 11, 13, 155 while the display menu 164 is open.
  • FIG. 14-16 a user input 153C is inputted to the display menu icon 164 as shown in FIG. 14, to actuate the display screen 74, as shown in FIG. 15, to simultaneously open the display menu 164 and actuates a transparent (see- through) window over the cycle displays 11, 13, 155 while the display menu 164 is open.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display menu 164 to display a drop-down list of items for inclusion in the display.
  • items “Cycles”, “States” and “Baselines” are selected.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the selection box associated with “Analog”, actuating the display screen 74, as also shown in FIG. 15, to display another automation data display 138 on the display screen 74, identified as an analog display 165.
  • the analog display 165 displays a parameter descriptor 166D, which describes the analog parameter to be displayed, for example, “Hydraulic Pressure”, “Oil Pressure”, “Temperature”, etc.
  • a parameter descriptor 166D which describes the analog parameter to be displayed, for example, “Hydraulic Pressure”, “Oil Pressure”, “Temperature”, etc.
  • the analog display 165 is populated with analog data 167 for the selected analog parameter 166D, where the analog data 167 is displayed in real time with the horizontal timeline 157B shown in the SOP cycle state display 13, such that the analog data 167 can be visually associated in real time with the cycle state indicators 31 shown for the various operating cycles 15 in the SOP cycle state display 13, and such that the horizontal time line 157B orients the analog display 165 relative to the SOP cycle state display 13. As shown in FIGS.
  • the display screen 74 simultaneously displays the heartbeat display 11, the SOP cycle state display 13, the condition state message display 162, the analog display 165, and the cycle status display 155 (shown in collapsed view) such that a user/view is advantaged by the ability to manipulate, via one or more user inputs 153 inputted to the display screen 74, the various data displays 11, 13, 155, 162, 165 to view, compare, and analyze automation data from multiple operating cycles 15, and from multiple operations OP of various sequences of operations (SOP) 39 including sub-SOPs.
  • SOP sequences of operations
  • one or more user inputs 153 are inputted to the display screen 74 and/or to the user device U to manipulate the data displays 13, 165.
  • the analog display 165 is associated with the SOP cycle state display 13 via the horizontal timeline 157B such that a user input 153 to zoom and/or pan one of the displays 165, 13 automatically zooms and/or pans the other of the displays 165, 13, the overlaid condition state message display 162, and the horizontal timeline 157B, such that the displays 162, 165, 13 and the horizontal timeline 157B are dynamically and automatically re-oriented to each other and the actual timeline display 33 during a zoom and/or pan user input 153 inputted to either of the displays 13, 165, as illustrated during the progressive zooming out of the data displays 13, 165 shown in FIGS.
  • FIGS. 16-17 the capability to zoom out to display an increasing number of operating cycles 15 in the display screen 74 provides an advantage of being able to visually observe variability in the analog data 167 which is not perceptible when only one or a few operating cycles 15 are viewed as shown in FIG. 16.
  • FIGS. 18-26 a method of simultaneously displaying automation data from multiple assets 151 is illustrated and described herein.
  • FIG. 18 shows an asset tree
  • the display screen 74 in response to the user inputs 153 selecting assets El and E2, generates and displays a cycle status display 155 for the first selected asset 160A selected in FIG.
  • the cycle status display 155 is displayed relative to an actual timeline display 33 showing the clock time 37 corresponding to each cycle status bar 158.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the display screen 74 to select the cycle status bar 158A and time period 157A, for example, by a touch input such as a drag over or double tap, or by scrolling over the cycle status bar 157A.
  • Selection of the cycle status bar 158A actuates the screen display 74 to generate, as shown in FIG. 19, additional second and third automation data displays 138 for the time period 157A, which are simultaneously displayed with the currently displayed cycle status display 155.
  • the second data display 138 is configured as a SOP cycle state display 13A generated for the first selected asset 160 A, which in the present example is element El, the “SOI Fixture”, and the third data display 138 is configured as a SOP cycle state display 13B generated for the second selected asset 160B, which in the present example is element E2, identified as “R01” in the asset tree 152.
  • each of the first and second SOP cycle state displays 13 A, 13B are displayed simultaneously with the cycle status display 155.
  • the time period 157A displayed in the cycle status display 155 is oriented to each of the first and second SOP cycle state displays 13A, 13B by the orienting feature 161 A, such that it is instantaneously visually apparent which time period of operating cycles 15 are being displayed in SOP cycle state displays 13A, 13B.
  • the actual clock time 37 within the time period 157A is indicated in a horizontal timeline display 33 along the top (as viewed on the page) of the SOP cycle state display 13 A, to orient the displayed operating cycle 15 to the selected time period 157A.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13A displays an actual cycle time indicator 31 and a baseline cycle time indicator 29 for each operating cycle 15 performed by the selected element 160A and displayed on the display screen 74, where the cycle time indicators 29, 31 indicate the cycle time for the sequence of operations (SOP) 39A (see FIG. 24) performed by the selected asset 160 A, e.g., performed by the first element El.
  • SOP sequence of operations
  • the SOP cycle state display 13B displays an actual cycle time indicator 31 and a baseline cycle time indicator 29 for each operating cycle 15 performed by the selected element 160B and displayed on the display screen 74, where the cycle time indicators 29, 31 indicate the cycle time for the operations OP of the sequence of operations (SOP) 39 performed by the selected asset 160B, e.g., performed by the second element E2.
  • one or more panning user inputs 153 can be inputted to the display screen 74 to pan the SOP cycle state displays 13 A, 13B to the left and/or to the right (as shown on the page) to view and/or analyze various operating cycles 15 of the selected assets 160A, 160B displayed on the display screen 74.
  • the SOP cycle state displays 13A, 13B are synchronized such that a panning user input 153 to one of the displays 13 A, 13B to actuates the display screen 74 to pan both cycle state displays 13 A, 13B and the timeline display 33 simultaneously, such that the operating cycles 15 displayed by each of the displays 13 A, 13B remain aligned with the horizontal timeline 33 showing the actual clock time 37 when each operating cycle 15 was performed within the time period 157A.
  • a user/view can visually analyze the operating performance of multiple assets 151 within the same display screen 74, and without having to toggle between multiple displays or display windows. Further, the multiple asset display illustrated in FIGS.
  • 19-26 is advantaged by showing the operating cycles 15 performed by each of the multiple selected assets 160A, 160B oriented to a selected time period 157A and to an actual timeline display 33, such that the relative performance the assets 160 A, 160B at the same actual time 37 can be visually assessed, and/or, for example, the performance the assets 160 A, 160B relative to each other over the selected time period 157A can be visually assessed, the later being advantageous, for example, when one of the selected assets 160 A, 160B is performing one or more operations OP which are predecessor, e.g., feeding operations to operations OP performed by the other of the selected assets 160A, in analyzing blocked and starved conditions.
  • operations OP which are predecessor, e.g., feeding operations to operations OP performed by the other of the selected assets 160A, in analyzing blocked and starved conditions.
  • a user input 153 is inputted to the “Collapse” icon associated with the cycle status display 155 such that the display screen 74, in response to the user input 153 and as shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, immediately collapses the cycle status display 155, displaying, after collapsing the display 155, the descriptor 166A as a visual indicator that display 155 can be expanded for viewing by a user input to the “Switch view” icon adjacent to the “Collapse” icon.
  • the SOP cycle state displays 13A, 13B immediately expand into the screen space vacated by the collapsed display 155, such that the displays 13A, 13B are magnified for easier viewing by a user/view of the display screen 74.
  • FIGS. 22-23 additional examples of methods for manipulating the multiple asset display are illustrated, including, for example, inputting one or more user inputs 153 to the display screen 74 to zoom the SOP cycle state displays 13A, 13B, for example, by inputting a user input 153 such as a spread gesture for zooming in, and/or a pinch gesture for zooming out.
  • a user input 153 such as a spread gesture for zooming in, and/or a pinch gesture for zooming out.
  • a zooming user input 153 inputted to one of the displays 13A, 13B will actuate simultaneous zooming of both of the SOP cycle state displays 13 A, 13B and the timeline display 33, such that the operating cycles 15 displayed in each of the displays 13A, 13B remain oriented to the horizontal timeline 33 and actual clock time 37 associated with each of the operating cycles 15 and to each other in real time.
  • a user input 153 inputted to an actual cycle time indicator 31 actuates the cycle display 13 A, in the example shown, to simultaneously display an information box 61 with the cycle displays 13A, 13B, to provide additional detail information associated with the selected actual cycle time indicator 31.
  • the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 of the SOP 39A and the actual and baseline cycle indicators 29, 31 for each of the operations OP1, OP2, OP3, OP4 is displayed, to provide additional visual information for analysis of the operating cycles 15 performed by the selected asset 160A.
  • the SOP cycle state display 13B is simultaneously contracted as the SOP cycle state display 13A expands to display the SOP 39A, such that the modification to and transitioning of the displayed automation data is seamless, without any loss of visibility of the data to a user/viewer, and without having to toggle between display windows or change display screens.
  • a user input 153 inputted to an expand/contract icon associated in the display with operation OP1 actuates the SOP cycle state display 13A to expand to display the sub-SOP 39B, including operations OP1.1, OP1.2, OP1.3, OP1.4, and their associated actual and baseline cycle indicators 29, 31.
  • a user input 153 inputted to the actual cycle time indicator 31 associated with the first selected asset 160A actuates the cycle display 13 A, in the example shown, to simultaneously display an information box 61 with the cycle displays 13 A, 13B, to provide additional detail information associated with the selected asset 160A and selected actual cycle time indicator 31.
  • FIGS. 24-25 are non-limiting and illustrative.
  • additional user inputs 153 can be inputted to the display screen 74 shown in FIGS. 23-25, to expand a sequence of operations (SOP) performed by the second selected asset 160B, and/or to expand another of the operations such as OP2 or OP1.3, by illustrative example, to display additional detailed automation data to the display screen 74.
  • a user/viewer can, via multiple user inputs 153 to the display screen 74, selectively expand and/or collapse sequences of operations 39 performed by each of the selected assets 160A, 160B, to dynamically review and/or analyze the operating performance of the multiple displayed assets.
  • a user can select additional assets 151 from the asset tree 152 for simultaneous display with the displayed assets 160 A, 160B, and/or can deselect one or more of the previously selected assets 160A, 160B and select one or more assets 151 from the asset tree 152, such that the display of automation data from multiple assets 151 can be dynamically manipulated via the user inputs 153 to the display screen 74.
  • additional displays can be actuated by a user input 153 including, as shown in the example, a legend 77 which can be displayed in response to a user input 153 to a legend icon 156, to assist a user/view in interpreting the differentiated data features 142 displayed in the various displays 138.
  • the legend 77 is coded by color, hatching, or other differentiating feature, to assist in interpretation of the various color codes and/or hatching patterns of other differentiating feature displayed by the differentiated data features 142 shown in the example data displays 11, 13, 155, 162, 165 described herein.
  • FIGS. 18-26 are exemplary and non-limiting, such that the multiple asset display shown in FIGS. 18-26 is not limited to the display of two selected assets 160A, 160B.
  • a plurality of selected assets 160A... 160n can be selected from an asset tree 152 for simultaneous display of at least one automation data display 138 associated with each of the selected assets 160A...160n, where the term “associated” as used in this context, indicates the automation data display 138 associated with a selected asset 160x is generated using automation data collected from and/or defined by the selected asset 160x.
  • the automation data display 138 displayed for each of the multiple selected assets 160A... 160n can be a respective heartbeat cycle display 11 associated with each of the respective selected assets 160A... 160n.
  • an initial automation data display 138 is generated displaying a selection menu 150 including icons 154 for selecting an object tree 152, a dashboard, cycle displays 11, 13, 155, messages 162, etc.
  • a user input is entered to a selected menu icon 154, such as the object tree icon 154A, and an asset tree display 152 is generated and displayed on the user interface 74.
  • Additional user inputs 153 are entered at 210, for example, to expand the asset tree 152 to show various levels of assets 151 and/or to select one or more assets 151.
  • the automation system in response to a user input 153 selecting one or more assets, the automation system generates and displays at least one cycle display 11, 13, 115 corresponding to each of the selected assets, in real time and displaying a plurality of operating cycles of a sequence of operations (SOP) performed by each of the selected assets.
  • SOP sequence of operations
  • the method 200 can continue by returning to one or more of 210, 215, 220, in response to user inputs 153 input to the user interface 74, such that dynamic manipulation and modification of the automation data displays 138 can occur continuously, to provide relevant data in real time to the user for monitoring and diagnosing the automation operations in real time, and to expedite identification and execution of corrective, improvement and preventive actions related to the automation operations.
  • Other configurations of multiple asset displays are included in the scope of the present disclosure. For example, a multiple asset display as described for FIGS. 2-4 and 19- 26 can be generated for multiple systems SY1...
  • the method of simultaneously displaying automation from multiple selected assets include selecting assets 151 from different levels of the asset tree 152, and/or from asset trees 152 of different facilities 14, for example, to compare the operating behavior of an asset 151 from a first facility 14 to the operating behavior of a substantially similar asset 151 operating in a second facility 14.
  • the display templates 137 shown herein as data populated automation data displays 138 are representative of only a portion of the display templates 137 and automation data displays 138 which can be generated by the system described herein and/or using data of an AOS 10.
  • an automation data display 138 configured as a dashboard can be selected and displayed via the display screen 74, simultaneously with another of the automation data displays 138 described herein.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé d'affichage d'une combinaison de données d'automatisation collectées auprès d'un ou de plusieurs actifs et de données analogiques collectées auprès d'un système ou élément associé aux actifs, qui peuvent être affichées simultanément sur l'écran d'affichage dans une pluralité d'affichages de cycle affichés simultanément. En réponse à une entrée utilisateur sur l'écran d'affichage, l'affichage de données est manipulé de façon dynamique pour afficher divers nombres de cycles de fonctionnement des actifs, et les données analogiques associées collectées en temps réel avec l'exécution des cycles de fonctionnement, de manière à pouvoir visualiser et analyser des motifs et/ou des corrélations entre les données analogiques et des données d'automatisation sur une ligne de temps affichée. Les données d'automatisation sont différenciées visuellement pour indiquer un état de condition du cycle de fonctionnement et des actifs en temps réel.
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