Industrial Data Communication With Real-Time Response Data Correction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Industrial systems face challenges in achieving high data quality for predictive maintenance and monitoring due to erroneous data from field devices, which can distort production process status and lead to inaccurate AI-driven decisions.

Innovation Solution

A method for data communication between the control level and field level that includes receiving data queries, transmitting them, checking data quality, and performing corrective actions to ensure accurate data transmission, using a data communication module with a checking module to verify and correct response data by comparing it with predefined quality requirements.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If data from field devices is transmitted directly to control level applications, then data transmission speed is improved, but data quality deteriorates due to erroneous data from field devices

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission speedVSAvoiddata quality
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary data evaluation method between field devices and control level applications. This intermediary process evaluates data quality characteristics (plausibility, completeness, accuracy, timeliness) and assigns weights to different data quality aspects, thereby mediating between raw field data and control applications to ensure data reliability while maintaining transmission efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing data quality evaluation and weighting before data is used by control level applications. The data quality assessment and weighting scheme are prepared in advance, allowing erroneous data to be identified and appropriately handled before it can distort control decisions or AI-driven predictions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If data quality checking is performed on all response data, then data quality is improved, but processing time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata qualityVSAvoidprocessing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes parameters by introducing a weighted data quality evaluation system instead of uniform checking. Different data quality aspects (plausibility, completeness, accuracy, timeliness) are assigned different weights based on their importance for specific applications. This parameter-based approach allows selective emphasis on critical quality aspects while reducing processing overhead for less critical data.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by evaluating different aspects of data quality separately with different weights rather than applying a single uniform checking standard. Each data quality characteristic (plausibility, completeness, accuracy, timeliness) is assessed locally with appropriate weighting, allowing efficient processing that focuses computational resources on the most critical quality dimensions for each specific data type and application context.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentEP3992737A1Method for data communication between a guide plane and a field plane of an industrial system
Publication Date: 2022.05.04 SIEMENS AG
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AI summary

The invention relates to a method (100) for data communication between a control level (201) and a field level (203) of an industrial system (200), comprising: receiving (101) a data query from a control level application (205) of the control level (201) to a field device (207) of the field level (203) by a data communication module (209); transmitting (103) the data query from the control level application (205) by the data communication module (209) to the field device (207); receiving (105) response data from the field device (207) to the data query by the data communication module (209); checking (107) the data quality of the response data by a verification module (211) of the data communication module (209); and if the verification reveals insufficient data quality, execute (109) a corrective action by the verification module (211) to correct the faulty response data.