US 12,216,454 B2
Extension device for an automation device
Norman Drews, Chemnitz (DE); Johannes Frank, Munich (DE); Andreas Macher, Neumarkt (DE); Josep Soler Garrido, Munich (DE); Ingo Thon, Grasbrunn (DE); Renè Fischer, Limbach-Oberfrohna (DE); and Heiko Claussen, Wayland, MA (US)
Assigned to Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/296,250
Filed by SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/079381
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/104141, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18208144 (EP), filed on Nov. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0019200 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/41835 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/25255 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31229 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An extension device for an automation device in an industrial system, the extension device being operable to enable, accelerate, or enable and accelerate one or more computations, wherein the extension device is directly connected to a camera via a peripheral interface, the extension device comprising:
a processor configured to:
perform the one or more computations based at least in part on data collected from the camera by the extension device;
obtain one or more results of the one or more computations, wherein the one or more results indicate one or more states of the industrial system, wherein an availability of a new result of the one or more results is indicated by a status bit in a process state model shared between the extension device and the automation device; and
provide the one or more results via the process state model to monitor, control, or monitor and control the industrial system,
wherein the process state model is a data structure and comprises state representations of devices of the industrial system, the state representations being based on data indicative of one or more characteristics of the devices of the industrial system, and
wherein the extension device is operable to provide an indicator via the process state model that an image has been captured and is available for further processing.