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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2022
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Heiko Koziolek, Karlsruhe, DE;
Julius Rueckert, Langen, DE;
Benjamin Kloepper, Mannheim, DE;
Hadil Abukwaik, Weinheim, DE;
Pablo Rodriguez, Ilvesheim, DE;
Andreas Berlet, Schriesheim, DE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method used for generating a zoomable diagram includes providing a topology diagram of at least a part of the industrial plant for interacting with components of the industrial plant; generating, for each zoom-level of the zoomable diagram, a zoomed diagram comprising a zoomed view of each one of the plurality of objects and connections, by applying at least following rules to each object: from a first predefined zoom-level, collapse all objects of a plant-segment to one object and keep only connections that cross the plant-segment's border, and introduce an plant-segment related alarm measure as a function of all alarm statuses of the plurality of objects of the plant-segment; and when interacting with the components of the industrial plant, determining, for each plant-segment, the plant-segment related alarm measure, and outputting the plant-segment related alarm measure for healing a cause of the alarm.