Industrial automation smart object inheritance

This invention describes a software system for building industrial automation projects using a common design environment. Instead of just tags, it uses a library of "automation objects" that represent real-world industrial equipment, like pumps or sensors. These objects contain all necessary information, such as control code and visualization, and a key feature is that if you change an object's definition, all copies of that object in a project automatically update, particularly when implemented on a cloud platform.

Why it matters: The concept of dynamically updated automation objects, especially on a cloud platform, aligns strongly with the accelerated adoption of digital twins and cloud-native industrial solutions since 2021. This makes the consistent management of complex industrial assets, including their control, visualization, and analytics, more critical and feasible.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedHeavy software system, object-oriented IDE, cloud platform

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