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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2005
Mikael Sköld, Täby, SE;
Magne Hansen, Eskilstuna, SE;
Jan Gjerseth, Väster{dot over (a)}s, SE;
ABB AB, Västeräs, SE;
Abstract
A method and an alarm processing system for deciding what alarm, out of a number of alarms generated in an industrial plant or process, to present to a system operator. The method includes creating hiding rules, associating each hiding rule with a real-world object, storing these rules in a storage means, receiving an alarm related to a real-world object, determining if a hiding rule is associated with the real-world object evaluating the hiding rule, deciding from the hiding rule whether to present or hide the alarm, selectively and actively hide such alarms that are decided to be hidden and not presenting the alarm to the system operator. The invention also includes an alarm processing system and a computer program for carrying out the method.