Multi-Asset Automation Display for Cycle Correlation Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems struggle to effectively display and analyze automation data from multiple assets and cycles, making it difficult to identify interactions between assets, variations between cycles, and opportunities to improve facility efficiency and reduce downtime.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for dynamically displaying automation data on a computing device's display screen, using an Automation Operating System (AOS) that collects data from automated equipment and generates multiple display templates with real-time data, allowing users to monitor and analyze multiple assets and cycles simultaneously.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If automation data is displayed for a single asset or one cycle only, then the display is simple and focused, but interactions between assets are difficult to identify and variations between cycles are not visually apparent
Solution Approach 1:
The display is segmented into multiple independent panels, each dedicated to displaying data for a specific asset or cycle. This allows simultaneous visualization of multiple assets and cycles without overwhelming the user, while maintaining clear separation of information streams. Each panel can be independently configured and manipulated.
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions from displaying a single asset's data in one dimension to displaying multiple assets' data across multiple dimensions (spatial arrangement of panels). This dimensional expansion enables comprehensive viewing of interactions between assets and variations between cycles simultaneously.
2Productivity
If multiple assets and cycles are displayed simultaneously, then opportunities for improvement can be identified faster, but the display becomes complex and difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is made dynamic and adaptive, allowing users to manipulate panel arrangements, zoom levels, and data configurations interactively. The interface responds to user actions by dynamically reconfiguring the display to maintain ease of operation while displaying multiple assets and cycles.
Solution Approach 2:
The display interface provides universal controls and manipulation methods that work across all panels and data types. A single set of interaction mechanisms can be applied to any asset or cycle display, simplifying the user experience despite the complexity of the underlying data.
3Measurement precision
If detailed information is provided for each asset, then analysis precision is improved, but the overall overview and comparison capability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Detailed information for each asset is segmented into dedicated display panels, allowing each panel to present comprehensive data without competing for space. This segmentation enables both detailed analysis and comparative viewing by arranging panels in spatial relationships that facilitate comparison.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses spatial arrangement of multiple panels in different dimensions to accommodate detailed information for each asset while maintaining overview capability. The dimensional layout allows users to see both individual asset details and comparative patterns across assets simultaneously.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for displaying a combination of automation data collected from one or more assets and analog data collected from a system or element related to the assets can be simultaneously displayed on the display screen in a plurality of concurrently displayed cycle displays. In response to a user input to the display screen, the data display is dynamically manipulated to display varying numbers of operating cycles of the assets and the associated analog data collected in real time with the performance of the operating cycles, such that patterns and/or correlations between the analog data and automation data over a displayed timeline can be viewed and analyzed. The automation data is visually differentiated to indicate a condition state of the operating cycle and assets in real time.