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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Abb Schweiz Ag, Baden, CH;
Heiko Koziolek, Karlsruhe, DE;
Andreas Burger, Weingarten, DE;
Marie Christin Platenius-Mohr, Hirschberg an der Bergstraße, DE;
Hadil Abukwaik, Weinheim, DE;
Julius Rueckert, Langen, DE;
ABB Schweiz AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A method for visualizing a rule of an industrial process includes providing a topology model of the industrial process, wherein the industrial process comprises at least one sensor and at least one actuator; attributing the topology model with a rule comprising a triple <cause, traversal, effect>, wherein the cause comprises a range of values from the at least one sensor, the effect comprises an action performed by the at least one actuator, and the traversal comprises a relation between the cause and the effect; marking the cause, the traversal and/or the effect; and visualizing the elements of the rule in the topology model.