Mobile Hierarchy Context Mapping for Industrial Network Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial systems lack an efficient method to present a hierarchical context of intelligent industrial devices to users, particularly in mobile devices connected to industrial networks, which hinders effective management and monitoring of complex industrial setups.
Innovation Solution
A mobile device connected to an industrial network obtains identity objects from intelligent industrial devices and related devices, bridging through these devices to present a hierarchy context to users, utilizing identity objects, communication protocols, and location-based technologies like UWB, GPS, and RFID to provide visual and textual information on device positions and network topology.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional industrial network monitoring methods are used, then device connectivity is maintained, but the ability to present hierarchical context and device relationships to users is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the industrial network and the user. This mobile device obtains identity objects from multiple industrial devices, bridges through these devices to gather hierarchical relationship information, and presents the compiled hierarchy context to the user through its interface, thereby solving the information presentation problem without modifying the existing industrial network infrastructure
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the information gathering process into distinct identity objects obtained from different industrial devices. Each identity object contains specific hierarchical relationship data, and the mobile device compiles these segmented pieces of information into a complete hierarchy context picture, making complex device relationships manageable and presentable to users
2Loss of information
If comprehensive device information is gathered from multiple devices, then complete hierarchy context is achieved, but the complexity of information processing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mobile device serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of information processing. It obtains identity objects from multiple industrial devices, bridges through these devices to gather hierarchical relationships, and automatically compiles this data into a coherent hierarchy context presentation, shielding the user from processing complexity while ensuring complete information gathering
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses identity objects as simplified copies or representations of the actual industrial devices and their relationships. Instead of directly managing complex device data, the system creates and manipulates these identity object copies, which contain essential hierarchical information in a standardized format that is easier to process and present
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AI summary
A method includes using a mobile device connected to an industrial network of an industrial system, obtaining a first identity object from an intelligent industrial device of the industrial system, bridging through the intelligent industrial device to obtain a second identity object of a related device of the industrial system that is related to the intelligent industrial device, and using the mobile device, presenting a hierarchy context of the intelligent industrial device to a user based on the identity objects.