US 12,391,221 B2
Wash configurator
Stefan Mayer, Neusaess (DE); Andreas Sattler, Munich (DE); and Bernhard Heinz, Gersthofen (DE)
Assigned to Washtec Holding GmbH, Augsburg (DE)
Filed by Washtec Holding GmbH, Augsburg (DE)
Filed on May 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/884,018.
Application 16/884,018 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/082513, filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 127 979.2 (DE), filed on Nov. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0282960 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. B60S 3/04 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01)
CPC B60S 3/04 (2013.01) [G05B 19/0426 (2013.01); G05B 2219/23328 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for generating a washing program for operation of an automatic washing installation for vehicles, the method comprising:
reading-in an equipment data set which represents machine components installed in the automatic washing installation;
providing for selection a group of activatable function blocks based on the read-in equipment data set, wherein each function block of the group of activatable function blocks is a digital object which allocates machine components to a functionality carried out by the automatic washing installation;
detecting a selection of at least one function block of the group of activatable function blocks; and
automatically generating the washing program with a computed sequence of the at least one function block selected from the group of activatable function blocks for operation of the washing installation,
wherein the equipment data set comprises a configuration data set which represents a configuration of the machine components installed in the washing installation and an operating constellation data set which represents operating conditions for the machine components,
wherein the configuration data set remains unchanged subsequent to commissioning the washing installation,
wherein the operating data set dynamically changes during operation depending on the operating conditions,
wherein each function block includes a connection data object storing connection information including a whitelist and a blacklist of other function blocks,
wherein the whitelist defines with which of the other function blocks the at least one function block can connect,
wherein the blacklist defines with which of the other function blocks the at least one function block cannot connect,
wherein the at least one function block further stores a priority value for ordering execution of the washing program,
wherein a combination of permitted function blocks in a run is determined by the whitelist and the blacklist and stored as a list of permitted washing processes, and
wherein the washing program is automatically generated by sorting the list of permitted washing processes based on the priority value stored in the at least one function block.