Automation system with automation objects with a directory structure and method for the management of automations objects in a directory structure

US7664769B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Becker · Stockach, DE
• Georg Biehler · Koblenzer Straße, DE
• Matthias Diezel · Nuremberg, DE
• Albrecht Donner · Reichenbach/Oberlausitz, DE
• Dieter Eckardt · Nuremberg, DE
• Harald Herberth · Oberasbach, DE
• Manfred Kramer
• Dirk Langkafel · Effeltrich, DE
• Ralf Leins · Ispringen, DE
• Ronald Lange · Glendale, US
• Walter Möller-Nehring · Erlangen, DE
• Jurgen Schmoll · Treuchtlingen, DE
• Karsten Schneider · Erlangen, DE
• Ulrich Welz · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Helmut Windl · Bad Abbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 9, 2000
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B19/408
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An automation system includes at least one automation object, with a directory for storing object names of the at least one automation object. An object name is assigned a directory entry which includes first information data as a reference to the automation object; second information data as a description of technological functionality; and third information data as a description of interfaces of the automation object. This results in immediate and permanent access to currently created (partial) solutions, so that parallel and/or distributed working on automation objects is possible.