Granted Patent B2

US 12,530,522 · App. 18/150,227 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Inventors: Vasu Kumar (Uttar Pradesh, IN); Kannan R (Karnataka, IN); Sezhiyan Thiagarajan (Karnataka, IN); Prashanth Uppunda (Karnataka, IN); Martin Witte (Schwabach, DE)

Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT

G06F40/143G06F40/137G06N5/02

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A method for generating an automation engineering project in a technical installation using a multidisciplinary approach, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processing unit, a request to generate a first automation engineering project for a technical installation, wherein the request comprises information of a hardware configuration associated with a plurality of hardware equipment in the technical installation, and the information of the hardware configuration comprises information associated with one of a power rating, a voltage rating, a durability, a strength, and wiring aspects associated with the plurality of hardware equipment in the technical installation;

generating, by the processing unit, a first automation markup language script based on the hardware configuration associated with the plurality of hardware equipment;

generating, by the processing unit, a first name graph based on the generated first automation markup language script and a second automation engineering project, wherein the second automation engineering project is an existing engineering project configured to control and automate the plurality of hardware equipment in the technical installation, wherein

the second automation engineering project is configured to automate a plurality of engineering objects, wherein each engineering object includes source code associated with hardware configurations of each of the plurality of hardware equipment, and

the first name graph comprises information about relationships between the hardware configuration of the plurality of hardware equipment and the plurality of engineering objects associated with the second automation engineering project;

receiving from a user, by the processing unit, information about one or more modifications in the hardware configuration of plurality of hardware equipment, wherein the modifications comprise update, replacement or revision of one or more variables corresponding to Key process indicators associated with the one or more engineering objects;

converting, by the processing unit, the one or more modifications in the hardware configuration of the plurality of hardware equipment into a second automation markup language script;

analyzing, by the processing unit, the first name graph, and the second automation markup language script;

generating, by the processing unit, a second name graph based on the analysis of the second automation markup language script, wherein the second name graph comprises information about relationships between a modified hardware configuration of the technical installation based on the one or more modifications and the plurality of engineering objects;

generating, by the processing unit, the first automation engineering project from the plurality of engineering objects based on a comparison of the first name graph and the second name graph, wherein the generating the first automation engineering project includes modifying the one or more engineering objects based on the modifications, wherein the comparison comprises determining a first hierarchical path between at least two nodes of the first name graph and a second hierarchical path between corresponding nodes of the second name graph, comparing the determined first hierarchical path and the second hierarchical path, and determining a plurality of differences between the first name graph and the second name graph, and wherein the generating the first automation engineering project includes modifying the one or more engineering objects based on the determined plurality of difference;

generating, by the processing unit, a simulation instance for an industrial environment; and

simulating, by the processing unit, deployment of the generated first automation engineering project in the industrial environment by executing one or more functionalities of the first automation engineering project on the generated simulation instance.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the hardware configuration is coded as a first automation markup language script.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein generating the first name graph comprises:

analyzing, by the processing unit, the first automation markup language script to detect a plurality of nodes in the first automation markup language script;

converting, by the processing unit, each of the plurality of nodes to one or more knowledge graph triples; and

generating, by the processing unit, the first name graph from the one or more knowledge graph triples wherein the first name graph comprises a knowledge graph based semantic representation of hierarchical relationships between each of the plurality of nodes in the first automation markup language script.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein generating, the second name graph comprises:

generating, by the processing unit, the second automation markup language script into a knowledge graph instance;

integrating, by the processing unit, the knowledge graph instance into the first name graph; and

generating, by the processing unit, the second name graph based on integration of the knowledge graph instance into the first name graph.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein generating the automation engineering project comprises:

determining, by the processing unit, a plurality of differences between the first name graph and the second name graph;

mapping, by the processing unit, the determined plurality of differences to one or more engineering objects of the plurality of engineering objects;

modifying, by the processing unit, the one or more engineering objects of the plurality of engineering objects based on the determined plurality of differences; and

generating, by the processing unit, the first automation engineering project from the one or more modified engineering objects of the plurality of engineering objects.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

analyzing, by the processing unit, the second name graph to determine one or more user suggestions for modification of the first automation engineering project; and

displaying, by the processing unit, the one or more user suggestions to one or more users.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the one or more engineering objects is one of a program file, an openness file, an automation markup language file, a memory object, a physical engineering equipment, and piping and instrumentation diagram.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

generating, by the processing unit, a simulation instance for an industrial environment; and

simulating, by the processing unit, deployment of the generated first automation engineering project in the industrial environment by executing one or more functionalities of the first automation engineering project on the generated simulation instance.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

determining, by the processing unit, whether the generated first automation engineering project is valid, based on a result of the simulated execution of the generated first automation engineering project;

deploying, by the processing unit, the first automation engineering project in real-time onto the industrial environment, based on a determination that the generated first automation engineering project is valid; and

displaying, by the processing unit, the first automation engineering project on one of a display device.

10 . An engineering system for generation of an automation engineering project in a technical installation, wherein the engineering system comprises:

one or more processing unit; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processing unit(s), wherein the memory comprises an automation module stored in the form of machine-readable instructions executable by the one or more processing unit(s), wherein the automation module is capable of performing a method according to claim 1 .

11 . An industrial environment comprising:

an engineering system, the engineering system having one or more processing units, and a memory coupled to the one or more processing units, wherein the memory comprises an automation module stored in the form of machine-readable instructions executable by the one or more processing units, wherein the automation module is capable of performing a method according to claim 1 ;

a technical installation comprising one or more physical components; and

one or more client devices communicatively coupled to the engineering system via a network.

12 . A computer-program product, having machine-readable instructions stored therein, that when executed by a processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform the method according to claim 1 .

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