US 11,720,087 B1
Systems and methods for dynamic manufacturing line monitoring
Katherine Lee Heddleston, San Francisco, CA (US); John Charles Bicket, San Francisco, CA (US); James Robert Saunders, San Francisco, CA (US); and Peter Lee Atkin, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Samsara Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,146.
Application 17/412,146 is a continuation of application No. 17/118,324, filed on Dec. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,137,744.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/007,254, filed on Apr. 8, 2020.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/4184 (2013.01) [G05B 19/4183 (2013.01); G05B 2219/14063 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23067 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a first industrial controller device configured to:
present, via a human machine interface device, an operator user interface, wherein the operator user interface is configured to:
receive, from the human machine interface device, user input indicating a first downtime event and a first downtime event type; and
a management server comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith; and
one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions to cause the management server to:
provide communications with one or more industrial controller devices, wherein the one or more industrial controller devices include inputs and/or output configured to enable communications with one or more systems or devices associated with a process;
receive, from the first industrial controller device, the first downtime event comprising the first downtime event type and first downtime time data indicating a first duration of the first downtime event;
receive, from the first industrial controller device, first uptime time data for a line of the process;
calculate an operations indicator based at least in part on the first duration of the first downtime event and the first uptime time data;
cause presentation of a user interface comprising:
an operations time visualization, wherein the operations time visualization is configured to present:
 (i) the first downtime event, (ii) the first downtime event type, and (iii) first uptime of the line; and
 the operations indicator, wherein the user interface is interactive and allows monitoring of the process based at least in part on communication between the management server and the first industrial controller device.