IP Library Granted Patent US 10,061,635
Granted Patent B2
US 10,061,635 · App. 15/349,120 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Cyber physical system

Inventor: Christian Ellwein (Schwäbisch Hall, DE)
Assignee: KRIWAN INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
G06F11/0772G06F11/0709G06F11/0751H04L12/2867H04L63/04
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,061,635
App. No.
15/349,120
Filed
Nov 11, 2016
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Examiner
KO, CHAE M
Art Unit
2114
USPC
714/57
Abstract

A cyber physical system including at least one monitoring and safety device for monitoring various parameters of a machine with regard to the maintenance of setpoint values and for generating an error signal in the event of an error and a hard-wired interface to the Internet and a transmission and/or reception unit for transmitting and/or receiving data over the Internet, wherein the monitoring or safety device is connected to the transmission and/or reception unit for transmitting the error signal over the Internet. The hard-wired interface is connected to a controllable switch for physical disconnection and enabling of the connection between the cyber physical system and the Internet, and the cyber physical system has at least one control unit connected to the monitoring or control device for triggering the controllable switch for brief enabling of the connection between the cyber physical system and the Internet.

Claims (17)

1. A cyber physical system comprising

at least one monitoring and safety device for monitoring various parameters of a machine with regard to the maintenance of setpoint values and for generating an error signal in the event of an error and a hard-wired interface to the Internet and

a transmission and/or reception unit for transmitting and/or receiving data over the Internet, wherein the monitoring and safety device is connected to the transmission and/or reception unit for transmitting the error signal over the Internet,

characterized in that the hard-wired interface is connected to a controllable switch for physical disconnection and enabling of the connection between the cyber physical system and the Internet, and the cyber physical system has at least one control unit connected to the monitoring and safety device for triggering the controllable switch for brief enabling of the connection between the cyber physical system and the Internet.

2. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the monitoring and safety device, the control unit, the transmission and/or reception unit and the controllable switch are accommodated in a common housing.

3. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hard-wired interface is accommodated in a common housing.

4. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the controllable switch is connected to the control unit via an Internet line.

5. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the hard-wired interface is formed by an RJ45 bush.

6. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the controllable switch is formed by a relay.

7. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the controllable switch is triggerable via an external channel.

8. The cyber physical system according to claim 1 , characterized in that the controllable switch is triggerable by an operating on site.

9. A method for operating a cyber physical system in which at least one monitoring and safety device monitors various parameters of a machine with regard to the maintenance of setpoint values and in the event of an error, generates an error signal and data is transmitted and/or received over a hard-wired interface to the Internet,

characterized in that the hard-wired interface between the cyber physical system and the Internet is disconnected physically by a controllable switch and is enabled only briefly for transmitting and/or receiving data, and wherein in the case of an error signal, the hard-wired interface between the cyber physical system and the Internet is enabled briefly for transmitting the error signal by means of the controllable switch.

10. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that the controllable switch is enabled in a predefined time window.

11. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that the controllable switch is enabled on occurrence of a predefined event.

12. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that there is the option that the controllable switch is triggered by an operator on site for transmitting or receiving data.

13. The method according to claim 9 , characterized in that there is the option that the controllable switch is triggered by an external channel for transmitting or receiving data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2016
From: ELLWEIN, CHRISTIAN
To: KRIWAN INDUSTRIE-ELEKTRONIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 040603/0492 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 119 597 · Nov 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170139763A1 · May 18, 2017
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