METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS DATA COLLECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING IN A MARGINAL NETWORK

Abstract

Systems and methods for data collection in an industrial environment can include a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, each of the plurality of input channels connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of data sources in the industrial environment; a plurality of distributed data acquisition circuits structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from the data collected from the plurality of input channels, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels; and a controller. The controller may include a transmission environment circuit structured to determine a transmission condition corresponding to transmission of data a network; and a network management circuit structured to distribute a data processing operation of the plurality of detection values between at least two processing components of the industrial environment.

Claims

1. A monitoring system for data collection in an industrial environment, the system comprising: a data collector communicatively coupled to a plurality of input channels, each of the plurality of input channels connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of data sources in the industrial environment; and a plurality of distributed data acquisition circuits structured to interpret a plurality of detection values from data collected from the plurality of input channels, each of the plurality of detection values corresponding to at least one of the plurality of input channels; and a controller, comprising: a transmission environment circuit structured to determine a transmission condition corresponding to transmission of data a network; and a network management circuit structured to distribute a data processing operation of the plurality of detection values between at least two processing components of the industrial environment.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the transmission condition corresponds to at least one of: a transmission of data from at the data collector to at least one of the plurality of distributed data acquisition circuits; a transmission of data between at least one of the plurality of distributed data acquisition circuits and at least one of a plant computer or an external computing device; or a transmission of data between a plant computer and an external computing device.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising: wherein the network management circuit is further structured to distribute the data processing operation by assigning a first collection function of data to a first data acquisition circuit, and assigning a second collection function of the data to a second data acquisition circuit; wherein the first collection function comprises a higher data processing requirement than the second collection function; and wherein the first data acquisition circuit comprises a higher processing capability than the second data acquisition circuit.

4. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the higher data processing requirement comprises at least one of a frequency analysis operation or a sensor fusion operation.

5. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the higher processing capability comprises at least one of a higher power availability or a greater processor capability.

6. The monitoring system of claim 1, further comprising: wherein the network management circuit is further structured to distribute the data processing operation by dividing data processing operations performed on high data rate data between at least two of a smart sensor, a plant computer, and an external computing device.

7. The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the data processing operation comprises at least one operation selected from the operations consisting of: a sensor fusion operation, a pattern recognition operation, an event detection operation, a data compression operation, and an outcome prediction for process associated with the industrial environment.

8. The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the network management circuit is further structured to distribute the data processing operation in response to a data storage capability of at least one of the smart sensor, the plant computer, or at least one of the plurality of distributed data acquisition circuits.

9. The monitoring system of claim 6, wherein the network management circuit is further structured to distribute the data processing operation by adjusting a time related to the data processing operation.

10. The monitoring system of claim 9, wherein the network management circuit is further structured to adjust the time related to the data processing operation by storing at least a portion of the high data rate data on a first storage device, and providing a notification to at least one of the plant computer or the external computing device that the stored at least a portion of the high data rate data is available for processing.

11. The monitoring system of claim 10, wherein the network management circuit is further structured to provide the notification further including a description of at least one of a time frame corresponding to the stored at least a portion of the high data rate data or a resolution corresponding to the stored at least a portion of the high data rate data.

12. A method for data collection in an industrial environment, comprising: collecting data from a plurality of input channels communicatively coupled to a data collector, each of the plurality of input channels connected to a corresponding one of a plurality of high data rate sources; distributing at least a portion of the collected data from the plurality of input channels to a plurality of data acquisition circuits structured to interpret detection values; determining a transmission condition corresponding to transmission of data a network; and distributing a data processing operation of the detection values between at least two processing components of the industrial environment.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmission condition corresponds to at least one of: a transmission of data from at the data collector to at least one of the plurality of data acquisition circuits; a transmission of data between at least one of the plurality of data acquisition circuits and at least one of a plant computer or an external computing device; or a transmission of data between a plant computer and an external computing device.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising: distributing the data processing operation by assigning a first collection function of the data to a first data acquisition circuit, and assigning a second collection function of the data to a second data acquisition circuit; wherein the first collection function comprises a higher data processing requirement than the second collection function; and wherein the first data acquisition circuit comprises a higher processing capability than the second data acquisition circuit.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the higher data processing requirement comprises at least one of a frequency analysis operation or a sensor fusion operation.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the higher processing capability comprises at least one of a higher power availability or a greater processor capability.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising: distributing the data processing operation by dividing data processing operations performed on the data between at least two of a smart sensor, a plant computer, and an external computing device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the data processing operation comprises at least one operation selected from the operations consisting of: a sensor fusion operation, a pattern recognition operation, an event detection operation, a data compression operation, and an outcome prediction for process associated with the industrial environment.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising distributing the data processing operation in response to a data storage capability of at least one of the smart sensor, the plant computer, or at least one of the plurality of data acquisition circuits.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising distributing the data processing operation by adjusting a time related to the data processing operation.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising adjusting the time related to the data processing operation by storing at least a portion of the data on a first storage device, and providing a notification to at least one of the plant computer or the external computing device that the stored at least a portion of the data is available for processing.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising providing the notification further including a description of at least one of a time frame corresponding to the stored at least a portion of the data or a resolution corresponding to the stored at least a portion of the data.