TRANSFORMATION OF INDUSTRIAL DATA INTO USEFUL CLOUD INFORMATION

摘要

A cloud-compatible industrial device is provided. The industrial device generates or collects raw industrial data in connection with monitoring and/or controlling an automation system, and includes a cloud interface that couples the industrial device to one or more cloud-based services running on a cloud platform. To reduce consumption of cloud-based resources such as bandwidth and storage utilization, the industrial device can transform the raw industrial data into refined data that is amenable for cloud-based storage, computing, or analysis. Exemplary transformations include filtering, pruning, re-formatting, compressing, summarizing. In one or more embodiments, the industrial device can also add contextual metadata to the raw data prior to delivery to the cloud.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a memory that stores executable components; a processor operatively coupled to the memory that executes the executable components, the executable components comprising:
a component that generates and collects data generated by an industrial automation event, activity, or process;a cloud interface component that communicatively couples the device to a web-based cloud; anda transformation component that transforms the data into refined data for storage, analysis, or processing by the web-based cloud according to a determined requirement of the web-based cloud, wherein the transformation component appends contextual metadata to the data, the contextual metadata comprising at least an identity of a site and a production area from which the data originates and an actionable tag,wherein the cloud interface component sends the refined data to a cloud-based application running on the web-based cloud to notify a user in accordance with the actionable tag.