US 12,001,184 B2
Control system for an automation system and method for operating an automation system
Thomas Schroeder, Urspringen (DE)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Nov. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/091,524.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 217 516.3 (DE), filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0141357 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 19/05 (2006.01)
CPC G05B 19/05 (2013.01) [G05B 2219/163 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control system for controlling an automation component of an automation system, the control system comprising:
a standardized data interface configured to receive first control instructions from outside of the control system, the received first control instructions containing user data in a standardized format, the received first control instructions each (i) specifying an action to be performed, (ii) specifying a parameter of the action to be performed, and (iii) identifying the automation component that is to perform the action; and
a further data interface configured to receive second control instructions from outside of the control system, the received second control instructions each (i) specifying an action to be performed, (ii) specifying a parameter of the action to be performed, and (iii) identifying the automation component that is to perform the action;
a common interface configured to (i) receive the first control instructions from the further data interface, (ii) receive the second control instructions from the further data interface, and (iii) convert the first control instructions and the second control instructions into control commands for the automation component; and
a buffer memory configured to store the control commands, the control commands being stored and removed from the buffer memory according to a sequence of their input,
wherein the control system is configured to control the automation component using the control commands, and
wherein the control system is configured to output a structural schema of at least one of the control instructions and available control instructions, on request via the standardized data interface.