US 11,726,440 B2
Industrial control system having multi-layered control logic execution
Paul Francis McLaughlin, Ambler, PA (US); Nagaraja Sundaresh, Hyderabad (IN); Joseph Pradeep Felix, Phoenixville, PA (US); Jethro Francis Steinman, Haverford, PA (US); Ram Mohan Anugu, Hyderabad (IN); Jason Thomas Urso, Houston, TX (US); and Joseph J Pane, North Wales, PA (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/352,779.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,049, filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0004156 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 13/14 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); G06F 9/22 (2006.01); G06F 13/16 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/042 (2013.01) [G06F 9/22 (2013.01); G06F 9/30 (2013.01); G06F 9/3012 (2013.01); G06F 13/14 (2013.01); G06F 13/161 (2013.01); G06F 15/7867 (2013.01); G05B 2219/21007 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process control system, comprising:
a process controller level including at least one process controller and
an input/output (I/O) module level including at least one I/O module coupled to the process controller;
wherein the process controller level and the I/O module level are communicatively coupled and both include control logic comprising control hardware or algorithm blocks; and
wherein the control logic in the process controller level and in the I/O module level are configured to execute and exchange data to perform process control for a process run by the process control system in a distributed fashion across the process controller level and the I/O module level, wherein the process controller level, a scanner level, and the (I/O) module level, are configured to execute operations simultaneously and exchange data.