US 12,235,631 B2
Configuring an industrial automation system for internet-of-things accessibility
Tommy Håkansson, Löddeköpinge (SE); and Mats Carlsson, Veberöd (SE)
Assigned to BEIJER ELECTRONICS AB, Malmo (SE)
Filed by BEIJER ELECTRONICS AB, Malmö (SE)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,646.
Application 17/987,646 is a continuation of application No. 16/631,410, granted, now 11,513,506, previously published as PCT/SE2018/050771, filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1750942-3 (SE), filed on Jul. 17, 2017; and application No. 1751339-1 (SE), filed on Oct. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076530 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/418 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2023.01)
CPC G05B 19/4188 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32128 (2013.01); G05B 2219/32134 (2013.01); G06Q 10/20 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of configuring an industrial automation system for internet-of-things accessibility, the industrial automation system having a system hierarchy including low-level devices, automation devices and supervision and production control devices, the method comprising:
a) receiving, at a computing device, a first user input indicative of a functional object representing one or more of said low-level devices, and/or one or more of said automation devices, and/or one or more of said supervising and production control devices in the industrial automation system;
b) receiving, at the computing device, a second user input indicative of a cloud object representing a cloud service provider being external to the industrial automation system;
c) receiving, at the computing device, a third user input indicative of a user terminal object representing a user terminal device, said user terminal device being different from said computing device, being external to the industrial automation system and having no prior accessibility to the industrial automation system; and
d) causing, by the computing device, the cloud service provider to enable communication between the user terminal device and at least one of the devices in the industrial automation system as represented by the functional object via the cloud service provider:
wherein the functional object, the cloud object and the user terminal object are selectable objects in an automation system configuration program executed on or by the computing device, and wherein said step (a) comprises enabling a user to drag said selectable objects from a selection area and dropping said selectable objects onto a workspace or canvas area of the automation system configuration program.