Intelligent Industrial Assistant Role-Based Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial machine interfaces lack the capability to identify and manage user skills and roles effectively, leading to accidental access to inappropriate features, safety risks, and inefficient operation, particularly in multi-machine environments where training and manual efforts are time-consuming and require constant attention.
Innovation Solution
An intelligent industrial assistant system that receives natural language inputs and biometric data to determine user identity, role, and skills, denying access if skills are insufficient, prompting skill learning when necessary, and providing prompts for skill acquisition while allowing role-based access to ensure safe and efficient operation across multiple machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional machine interfaces are used, then users can access machine functions, but users without proper skills may accidentally access inappropriate features causing safety risks and machine damage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intelligent assistant as an intermediary between the user and the machine interface. This assistant evaluates user skills and roles before granting access to specific functions, acting as a mediator that prevents unauthorized access while maintaining ease of operation for qualified users. The assistant analyzes user credentials, skill levels, and contextual information to dynamically control interface access.
2Productivity
If manual training and interface navigation are required, then users can learn to operate machines, but training time and manual efforts are time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The intelligent assistant provides self-service capabilities by automatically evaluating user skills, determining appropriate roles, and guiding users through necessary training without requiring extensive manual instruction. The system autonomously assesses user competence, provides targeted training recommendations, and enables progressive access to functions based on demonstrated skills, significantly reducing training time and manual intervention requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If users must manually navigate between multiple machines, then they can control different machines, but users cannot monitor multiple machines simultaneously and require constant manual effort
Solution Approach 1:
The intelligent assistant provides a universal interface that enables users to access and monitor multiple different machines through a single system. Rather than requiring separate interface navigation for each machine, the assistant consolidates control across multiple machines, allowing users to manage diverse equipment with consistent interactions and reduced manual effort while maintaining adaptability to different machine types.
4Loss of information
If visual displays are used to show status information, then users can see machine status, but users cannot adequately receive information while looking elsewhere on the factory floor
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces traditional visual display mechanisms with voice-based output. The intelligent assistant converts status information and alerts into audible speech, allowing operators to receive machine status updates, warnings, and notifications through audio channels while maintaining visual attention on the factory floor. This substitution of visual-to-audio information delivery enables hands-free operation and safe monitoring without requiring operators to divert visual attention from their surroundings.
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a method for controlling privileges for an intelligent industrial assistant. The method may include receiving a first input from a user. The first input may include a first natural language input and first biometric data. An identity of the user may be determined based on the first biometric data. A role associated with the user may be determined based on the identity of the user. A request of the user may be determined based on the natural language input. The request may be associated with at least one acceptable role. A determination may be made whether the role associated with the user matches at least one of the acceptable role(s). A system and computer program product are also disclosed.