Use of a smart node in a universal, smart system for monitoring industrial processes
US11226614B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 1, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P90/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for monitoring industrial processes using an evolving set of iso-functional smart nodes, for a distributed mesh network, each node comprising a Linux or Linux-compatible computer hardware architecture and a software stack. Each node receives an execute statement from a program hosted by another node in the mesh and, by execution on the computer hardware architecture of each node, the program is responsible for: two-way communication with other nodes or a central platform (Big Data Management), control of sensors or programmable automatons for monitoring a process or actuators, acquisition and logging of data from the latter, formatting of data and decentralized calculations, the central platform allowing the acquisition, management and storing of a data lake and comprising nodes for synchronous or asynchronous communication with the distributed mesh network.
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