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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0174413 (2014-02-06) |
등록번호 | US-10223327 (2019-03-05) |
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A device supporting big data in a process plant includes an interface to a communications network, a cache configured to store data observed by the device, and a multi-processing element processor to cause the data to be cached and transmitted (e.g., streamed) for historization at a unitary, logical
A device supporting big data in a process plant includes an interface to a communications network, a cache configured to store data observed by the device, and a multi-processing element processor to cause the data to be cached and transmitted (e.g., streamed) for historization at a unitary, logical centralized data storage area. The data storage area stores multiple types of process control or plant data using a common format. The device time-stamps the cached data, and, in some cases, all data that is generated or created by or received at the device may be cached and/or streamed. The device may be a field device, a controller, an input/output device, a network management device, a user interface device, or a historian device, and the device may be a node of a network supporting big data in the process plant. Multiple devices in the network may support layered or leveled caching of data.
1. A method of delivering data using a first device of a process plant, the process plant operating to control a process, and the method comprising: collecting first data at the first device, the first device being one of a field device or a controller that is communicatively coupled to the field de
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A method of delivering data using a first device of a process plant, the process plant operating to control a process, and the method comprising: collecting first data at the first device, the first device being one of a field device or a controller that is communicatively coupled to the field device via an Input/Output (I/O) device disposed between the field device and the controller, the first device operating to control the process in the process plant, and the first device including: a first interface via which the first device transmits, using a first protocol, data over a first communications network, the first communications network configured to transmit the first data between the first device and a process control system data appliance corresponding to the process plant for storage of the first data at a unitary, logical data storage area of the process control system data appliance, the unitary, logical data storage area configured to store, using a common schema, multiple types of data from a set of types of data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or the process being controlled, the set of types of data including continuous data, event data, measurement data, batch data, calculate data, and configuration data, the first communications network including a plurality of nodes that communicate using the first protocol, and the plurality of nodes including the first device, the process control system data appliance, and at least one field device and at least one controller operating in the process plant to control the process; anda second interface via which the first device at least one of: transmits, using a second protocol, process control data that is generated or created by the first device over a second communications network different than the first communications network to another process control device operating in real-time to control the process; orreceives, using the second protocol and via the second communications network, process control data that is used by the first device to control the process,the second protocol being different than the first protocol, the second communications network being a process control network configured to transmit process control data generated by a plurality of process control devices to control the process in the process plant, and the plurality of process control devices including the first device, the at least one field device, and the at least one controller, andwherein the process control data that is generated or created by the first device for transmission via the second communications network is a subset of the first data generated by the first device, and wherein the first data generated by the first device includes at least one of: (i) data that is generated by the first device for transmission, (ii) data that is created by the first device, or (iii) data that is received at the first device;storing, in a cache included in the first device, the collected first data; andcausing at least a portion of the collected first data that is stored in the cache to be transmitted, by the first device using the first protocol via the first interface, over the first communications network for storage at the unitary, logical data storage area of the process control system data appliance. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the first data at the first device comprises at least one of: collecting all data that is generated by the first device for transmission, collecting all data that is created by the first device, or collecting all data that is received at the first device. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the first data at the first device comprises at least one of: collecting data that is generated by the first device for transmission at a rate of generation, collecting data that is created by the first device at a rate of creation, or collecting data that is received at the first device at a rate of reception. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein collecting the first data at the first device comprises collecting, at the first device, at least one type of data included in the set of types of data. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the I/O device includes a field device interface and a controller interface, the I/O device has a device type of I/O device type, and the method further comprises: receiving, at the first device, second data that is at least one of (i) generated for transmission or created by a second device, or (ii) received at the second device, the second device having a device type included a set of device types, the set of device types including field device, controller, and I/O device;storing, in the cache of the first device, the second data; andcausing at least a portion of the second collected data to be transmitted, using the first protocol over the first communications network, for storage in the unitary, logical data storage area of the process control system data appliance. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein causing the at least the portion of the second collected data to be transmitted using the first protocol over the first communication network comprises integrally transmitting, using the first protocol over the first communication network, the at least the portion of the second collected data with the at least the portion of the first collected data. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein: storing the collected first data in the cache includes storing, in conjunction with the collected first data in the cache, indications of respective times of generation or reception of the collected first data; andcausing the at least the portion of the collected first data to be transmitted comprises causing the at least the portion of the collected first data and the respective times of generation or reception of the at least the portion of the collected first data to be transmitted. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein storing the collected first data in the cache of the first device comprises storing the collected first data in the cache of the first device using the common schema used by the unitary, logical data storage area. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the at least the portion of the collected first data to be transmitted comprises streaming the first data. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein streaming the first data comprises streaming the data using a stream control transmission protocol (SCTP). 11. The method of claim 9, further comprising providing a streaming service via which the first data is streamed to one or more subscribers of the streaming service. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein causing the at least the portion of the collected first data to be transmitted, using the first protocol via the first interface over the first communications network, for storage in the unitary, logical data storage area comprises transmitting, using the first protocol via the first interface over the first communications network, the at least the portion of the collected first data to another device that is included in the plurality of nodes of the first communications network and that is disposed in the first communications network between the first device and the unitary logical data storage area. 13. The method of claim 12, wherein transmitting the at least the portion of the collected first data to the another device comprises transmitting the at least the portion of the collected first data to one of: a particular process control device configured to control the process in real-time in the process plant, a network management or routing device, a historian device, or another device configured to temporarily store the at least the portion of the collected first data and to forward the at least a portion of the collected first data to the unitary, logical data storage area. 14. The method of claim 5, wherein the set of device types further includes user interface device, gateway device, access point, routing device, historian device, and network management device. 15. A process control device for controlling a process in a process plant, comprising: a first interface via which the process control device transmits data using a first protocol over a first communications network of the process plant for storage in a centralized data storage area, the centralized data storage are being a unitary, logical data storage area corresponding to the process plant and configured to store, using a common schema, multiple types of data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or the process controlled in the process plant, the multiple types of data included in a set of types of data comprising continuous data, measurement data, event data, calculated data, configuration data, and batch data, the first communications network including a first plurality of interconnected nodes that utilize the first protocol, and the first plurality of interconnected nodes including the process control device, a plurality of field devices, and a plurality of controllers operating in the process plant to control the process, and the centralized data storage area;a second interface via which the process control device at least one of transmits or receives signals using a second protocol over a second communications network of the process plant to or from other process control devices to control the process in real-time, the second protocol different than the first protocol, the second communications network different than the first communications network, and the second communications network including a second plurality of interconnected nodes that utilize the second protocol, the second plurality of interconnected nodes including the process control device, the plurality of field devices and the plurality of controllers operating in the process plant to control the process;a cache configured to store data, the data including at least one of: (i) data generated by the process control device for transmission, (ii) data created by the process control device, or (iii) data received by the process control device, andthe data corresponding to at least one of the process plant or the process controlled in the process plant; anda multi-processing element processor having at least one processing element designated to cause the data to be stored in the cache of the process control device and to cause at least a portion of the data stored in the cache to be transmitted, by the process control device using the first protocol via the first interface, over the first communications network for storage at the centralized data storage area corresponding to the process plant, the data transmitted from the process control device using the first protocol via the first interface being first data,wherein the process control device is one of: a field device that performs a physical function to control the process, ora controller configured to receive an input and generate, based on the input, an output to control the process, the controller communicatively connected to the field device via an input/output (I/O) device disposed between the field device and the controller; andwherein the signals of the second protocol transmitted from or received by the process control device via the second interface is second data, and the second data is a subset of the first data. 16. The process control device of claim 15, wherein at least one of: a first processing element of the multi-processing element processor is designated to cause the first data to be stored in the cache of the process control device;the first processing element or a second processing element of the multi-processing element processor is designated to cause the at least the portion of the first data stored in the cache of the process control device to be transmitted via the first interface over the first communications network for storage at the centralized data storage area; ora third processing element of the multi-processing element processor is designated to operate the process control device to control the process in the process plant in real-time using the second communications network. 17. The process control device of claim 16, wherein at least one of: the first processing element of the multi-processing element processor is exclusively designated to at least one of cause the first data to be stored in the cache of the process control device or cause the at least the portion of the first data stored in the cache of the process control device to be transmitted from the process control device via the first interface over the first communications network, orthe third processing element of the multi-processing element processor is exclusively designated to operate the process control device to control the process in the process plant using the second communications network. 18. The process control device of claim 15, wherein the common schema includes a local schema used to store the first data in the cache of the process control device. 19. The process control device of claim 15, wherein the multi-processing element processor is configured to cause the at least the portion of the first data stored in the cache of the process control device to be streamed via the first interface over the first communications network. 20. The process control device of claim 19, wherein the multi-processing element processor is configured to provide a streaming service to which at least one of the centralized data storage area or an access application corresponding to the centralized data storage area subscribes. 21. The process control device of claim 15, wherein the first data stored in the cache of the process control device includes at least one of measurement data, calculated data, configuration data, batch data, event data, or continuous data. 22. The process control device of claim 15, wherein the first data is stored in the cache of the process control device in conjunction with respective timestamps, each respective timestamp being indicative of a time of data generation or reception of a respective data value included in the first data, andwherein the multi-processing element processor is configured to cause the at least the portion of the first data and the respective timestamps corresponding to the at least the portion of the first data to be transmitted for storage at the centralized data storage area. 23. The process control device of claim 15, wherein a configuration of the process control device excludes indications of one or more identities of data to be stored in the cache of the process control device. 24. The process control device of claim 23, wherein the first data to be stored in the cache of the process control device includes at least one of (i) all data generated by the process control device for transmission, (ii) all data created by the process control device, or (iii) all data received by the process control device. 25. The process control device of claim 15, further comprising a flash memory configured to store at least one of: (i) at least a portion of a configuration of the process control device, or (ii) a batch recipe corresponding to the process control device, wherein a content of the flash memory is accessed by the process control device to resume operations after exiting an off-line state. 26. The process control device of claim 15, wherein the first communications network includes at least one of a wired communications network or a wireless communications network. 27. A system for supporting data in a process plant, the system comprising: a first communications network having a first plurality of interconnected nodes that communicate using a first protocol, the first plurality of interconnected nodes including a plurality of field devices and a plurality of controllers operating in real-time in the process plant to control the process, and a unitary, logical data storage area; the first communications network configured to deliver, using the first protocol, data to be stored at the unitary, logical data storage area;the unitary, logical data storage area configured to store, using a common schema, multiple types of data from a set of data types corresponding to at least one of the process plant or a process controlled by the process plant, and the set of data types including continuous data, event data, measurement data, batch data, calculated data, and configuration data;each node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes including a respective processor operating to (i) cache respective first data that is at least one of generated for transmission by, created by, or received at the each node, and to (ii) cause at least a portion of the cached first data to be transmitted, using the first protocol, over the first communications network, for storage at the unitary, logical data storage area; andthe respective processor of at least one node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes further operating to (iii) receive, via the first communications network, second data that is of the first protocol and that is at least one of generated for transmission by, created by, or received at another node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes, and to (iv) cause the second data to be transmitted, using the first protocol, over the first communications network for storage at the unitary, logical data storage area; anda second communications network different than the first communications network, the second communications network including a second plurality of interconnected nodes, the second plurality of interconnected nodes including the plurality of field devices and the plurality of controllers and via which signals are transmitted, using a second protocol different than the first protocol, between the plurality of field devices and the plurality of controllers over the second communications network to control the process,wherein the first plurality of interconnected nodes of the first communications network includes a field device that (i) is communicatively coupled to a controller via an Input/Output (I/O) device, (ii) is included in the second plurality of interconnected nodes of the second communications network, and (iii) utilizes at least some of the signals transmitted using the second protocol over the second communications network to control the process. 28. The system of claim 27, wherein the controller is included in the second plurality of interconnected nodes and operates to receive a set of inputs, determine a value of an output, and cause the output to be transmitted to the field device using the second protocol over the second communications network to control the process in the process plant, andwherein the field device is configured to perform a physical function based on the output of the controller to control the process. 29. The system of claim 28, wherein the controller further operates to at least one of: receive at least one input of the set of inputs at an interface to the second communications network, orcause the output to be transmitted to the field device via the interface to the second communications network. 30. The system of claim 28, wherein: the field device is a first field device, andthe another node is the first field device, a second field device, or the Input/Output (I/O) device. 31. The system of claim 27, wherein: a first node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes is disposed in the first communications network between a second node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes and the unitary, logical data storage area;the first node is included in the at least one node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes; andthe another node is the second node. 32. The system of claim 31, wherein the respective processor of the first node further operates to cache the received second data. 33. The system of claim 31, wherein: the second node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes is disposed in the first communications network between the first node and a third node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes; andthe respective processor of the second node further operates to (i) cache the second data, (ii) cache third data that is at least one generated for transmission by, created by, or received at the third node, and (iii) cause the cached data to be transmitted via the first communications network to the first node to be forwarded for storage at the unitary, logical data storage area. 34. The system of claim 27, wherein the first communications network supports a streaming protocol. 35. The system of claim 27, wherein at least one node of the first plurality of interconnected nodes hosts a respective streaming service to which at least the unitary, logical data storage area or an access application of the unitary, logical data storage area subscribes. 36. The system of claim 27, wherein a schema used by at least a subset of the first plurality of interconnected nodes to cache the respective first data is included in the common schema used by the unitary, logical data storage area. 37. The system of claim 27, wherein: the field device is a first field device;the controller is included in the first plurality of interconnected nodes of the first communications network and operates to receive a set of inputs, determine a value of an output, and cause the output to be transmitted, using the second protocol, via the second communications network to the first field device to utilize in performing a physical function based on the output of the controller to control the process in the process plant; andthe first plurality of interconnected nodes of the first communication network further includes at least one of: a second field device;the I/O device, the I/O device having a field device interface and a controller interface;a user interface device;a gateway device;an access point;a routing device;a historian device; ora network management device.
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