CN209373419U

CN209373419U - A kind of industrial automation system including monitoring unit, factory and monitoring device

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Publication number: CN209373419U
Application number: CN201821576816.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马麟; 黄凯焕; 李豪; 张志雄
Original assignee: Luban's Robot (shenzhen) Co Ltd
Current assignee: Luban's Robot (shenzhen) Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-09-27
Filing date: 2018-09-27
Publication date: 2019-09-10
Anticipated expiration: 2028-09-27

Abstract

The utility model provides a kind of industrial automation system including monitoring unit, factory and monitoring method.Wherein, the industrial automation system including monitoring unit includes working cell and monitoring unit；The monitoring unit includes that monitoring information obtains module and memory module；The monitoring information obtains module, for obtaining the relevant monitoring information in the working cell；The memory module, for storing the monitoring information；Wherein, the monitoring information include between relevant first monitoring information in the working cell, relevant second monitoring information of the surrounding enviroment of the working cell and/or the working cell data transmit relevant third monitoring information.Using the embodiment of the utility model by monitoring of tools unit, automation equipment or factory are monitored, improve the reliability and safety of automation equipment or factory work.

Description

Industrial automation system comprising monitoring unit, factory and monitoring device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an automatic control technical field, concretely relates to industrial automation system, mill and monitoring device including the monitoring unit.

Background

The industrial automation equipment improves the consistency of products and saves labor cost by carrying out automatic operation.

However, because industrial automation devices often lack effective monitoring, when problems occur in the devices or in the surroundings of the devices, they are often difficult to find or may be found in time, which may reduce the efficiency of the automation process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model provides an industrial automation system, mill and monitoring device including the monitor cell.

The utility model discloses a first aspect provides an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit, which comprises a working unit and a monitoring unit;

the monitoring unit comprises a monitoring information acquisition module and a storage module;

the monitoring information acquisition module is used for acquiring the monitoring information related to the working unit;

the storage module is used for storing the monitoring information; the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

Further, the first monitoring information is image information and position information of the working unit and/or data information generated, sent and/or received by the working unit.

Further, the monitoring information acquisition module comprises a sensor, and the sensor comprises an image sensor and/or a position sensor.

A second aspect of the present invention provides an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit, the industrial automation system including the monitoring unit including a working unit and a monitoring unit;

the monitoring unit comprises a monitoring information acquisition module and a monitoring information analysis module;

the monitoring information acquisition module is used for monitoring the working unit according to the monitoring information;

the monitoring information acquisition module is used for storing the monitoring information; the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

Further, the first monitoring information is image information of the working unit and/or data information generated, sent and/or received by the working unit.

Further, the monitoring the working unit according to the monitoring information includes:

comparing the first monitoring information with information in a preset normal range of the working unit to judge whether the working unit has working abnormity or defects; and/or

And extracting and judging whether the periphery of the working unit is abnormal or not according to the acquired second monitoring information.

And comparing the acquired third monitoring information to monitor whether the data transmission between the working units is normal.

Further, the determining whether the surrounding environment of the working unit is abnormal according to the obtained second monitoring information includes:

comparing the current frame image with a certain frame image before the current frame image;

updating a background image and a foreground image based on the comparison;

and acquiring monitoring information of the working unit and/or the surrounding environment based on the foreground image.

Further, the industrial automation system comprising the monitoring unit further comprises an alarm unit;

and the alarm unit is coupled with the control unit and used for sending out an alarm according to the instruction sent by the control unit when the condition is abnormal.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a factory comprising an automation system according to any one of the above.

The utility model discloses the third aspect provides an industrial automation system monitoring method, industrial automation system monitoring method includes:

acquiring monitoring information of a working unit;

storing the monitoring information; wherein,

the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

The utility model discloses a fourth aspect provides an industrial automation system monitoring method, industrial automation system monitoring method includes:

acquiring monitoring information of a working unit;

analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the working unit; wherein,

Further, the analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the work unit includes:

Further, according to the obtained second monitoring information, judging whether the periphery of the working unit is accidentally generated or not comprises the following method steps:

updating a background image and a foreground image based on the comparison;

The utility model discloses the fifth aspect provides an industrial automation control device, industrial automation control device includes: the device comprises an acquisition module and a storage module;

the acquisition module is used for acquiring the monitoring information of the working unit;

the storage module is used for storing the monitoring information; wherein,

the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission among the working units; or

The industrial automation control device comprises an acquisition module and an analysis module;

the analysis module is used for analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the working unit; wherein,

A sixth aspect of the present invention provides a computer device, wherein the computer device includes a storage module, a processor, and a storage module, the storage module is provided with a computer program running on the processor, the processor executes the computer program to implement any one of the above steps of the monitoring method of the industrial automation system.

A seventh aspect of the present invention provides a computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, which when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the industrial automation system monitoring method of any one of the above.

Adopt the utility model discloses an industrial automation system's including monitoring unit main advantage lies in, through equipment monitoring unit, monitors automation equipment or mill, improves the reliability and the security of automation equipment or mill's work, has improved efficiency.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments and the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a first block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit provided by the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a second block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

Fig. 3 is a third block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

Fig. 4 is a fourth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

Fig. 5 is a fifth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

Fig. 6 is a sixth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

Fig. 7 is a first block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a second schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a third structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a fourth schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a block diagram of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 is a first flowchart of an embodiment of a monitoring method for an industrial automation system according to the present invention.

Fig. 13 is a second flowchart of an embodiment of a monitoring method for an industrial automation system according to the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a first block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system monitoring device according to the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a second structural block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system monitoring device according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be noted that, for convenience of description, only the relevant portions of the related inventions are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Fig. 1 is a first block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit provided by the present invention. Fig. 2 is a second block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an industrial automation system 10 including a monitoring unit, where the industrial automation system 10 including the monitoring unit includes: a working unit 11 and a monitoring unit 12.

The monitoring unit 12 includes a monitoring information obtaining module 121 and a storage module 122;

the monitoring information obtaining module 121 is configured to obtain monitoring information related to the working unit 11;

the storage module 122 is configured to store the monitoring information; the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

In addition, the monitoring unit is arranged to store the monitoring information related to the working unit, so that powerful help is provided for analyzing the reason of the fault when the subsequent automation equipment has the fault.

It should be noted that the work unit 11 can be one or more industrial automation devices or one or more unit modules 11 of one or more industrial automation devices 11. (e.g., a mechanical structure working module or control module)

Fig. 7 is a fourth schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present disclosure; fig. 8 is a fourth schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present disclosure; fig. 9 is a fourth schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present disclosure; fig. 10 is a fourth schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

Further, the industrial automation device can be of various types, such as: an automatic insertion machine (not shown), an automatic cutting machine (shown in fig. 10), and an automatic spot welding machine (not shown). Wherein an industrial robot 11 (as shown in fig. 7, 8 and 9) can be regarded as a high-level industrial automation device 11, and the industrial robot 11 includes, but is not limited to, a four-axis robot, a six-axis robot, and other serial robots or parallel robots.

In some embodiments, the monitoring information acquisition module may be a sensor; further, in some embodiments, the sensors may include, but are not limited to: an image sensor and/or a position sensor.

As shown in fig. 7 and 8, in some embodiments, taking the monitoring information acquiring unit 121 as an image sensor 121 as an example, the image sensor 121 may be used to acquire image information of a working unit; and/or as shown in fig. 9, image information relating to the environment of the periphery of the work unit 11 is acquired.

And the image sensor 121 is configured to acquire image information including the working unit and/or within a preset range around the working unit, and send the image information to the control unit.

The image sensor 121 may include: cameras, video cameras, scanners or other devices with associated functions (cell phones, computers, etc.), and the like. The image sensor may be any number of 1 or more, and the image sensor may obtain a 2D image, a 3D image, or a video.

The image sensor 121 may be disposed at any position, such as: the position sensor is arranged on the working unit 11 and/or at any position outside the working unit that meets the requirement, and may be specifically fixed or relatively movable according to the requirement, so long as it is ensured that the portion to be monitored is located within the field of view of the image sensor, the position sensor may be taken as an example (not shown in the figure), and the position sensor may be used to obtain the position of the working unit or whether an object is located at a certain position around the working unit.

The storage module is used for storing monitoring information so as to facilitate the following understanding of the working units, the periphery of the working units and/or the past things among the working units. Therefore, after the automatic equipment breaks down, the monitoring information stored in the storage modules can be checked, so that the past working content of the working unit can be known, and the reason why the working unit breaks down can be found.

Such as: and images of the working process of the working unit are stored, so that after a fault occurs, the images and the data of the working process of the working unit stored in the storage module are called to help judge the fault. Specific examples thereof are: as shown in fig. 10, an image of the work unit (cutting device) is stored, and subsequently the image is replayed again, thereby helping to judge where the failure is.

Specifically, the image sensor acquires a video image or a continuous multi-frame image in the working process of a working unit; acquiring a video image or continuous multi-frame images as monitoring information and storing the monitoring information in a storage module; when a problem occurs in the working unit, the video or the multi-frame image of the working process is played back, so that the fault is judged.

For another example, the data information generated, sent and/or received by the working unit is stored, so that after the fault occurs, the fault is judged by checking past data.

The storage module may share the same storage module with the automation device, or may be separate from the storage module of the automation device, where the storage module may be a storage module in the computer device described in the embodiments later, such as a hard disk or a memory. The storage module may also be an external storage device of the computer device, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), and the like, which are provided on the computer device. Further, the storage module may also include both an internal storage module and an external storage device of the computer device. The storage module is used for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the computer equipment. The storage module may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

It should be noted that the first monitoring information may be image information, position information, and/or data information of the work unit.

The image sensor is arranged in advance, the visual field of the image sensor is aligned to the working unit, the image sensor shoots images in real time or at fixed intervals, and the images are sent to the storage module for storage or sent to other modules for further processing or analysis.

The first monitoring information may also be data information generated, sent or received by the working unit itself, and stored.

It should be noted that the second monitoring information may be image information or position information of the periphery of the working unit.

As shown in fig. 9, the field of view of the image sensor 121 may be aligned within a certain range around the working unit, the image information obtained by the image sensor is the second monitoring information, and by analyzing the image information, it may be determined whether there is an abnormality around the working unit, such as: external invasion and fire hazard occur.

Or a position sensor is arranged at the periphery of the working unit, when an object enters the area, the position sensor sends feedback position information, and whether the periphery of the working unit is abnormal or not can be judged through the monitoring information.

It should be noted that, the third monitoring information is data information transmitted between the work units, and may include, but is not limited to: the data received by one working unit and the data sent by the other working unit; or data transmitted between two working units; or the data in transmission is combined with the data signal sent or received by one of the working units.

Fig. 5 is a fifth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit, as provided by the present disclosure; fig. 6 is a sixth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

As shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the monitoring unit 12 may obtain data sent and received between two communicating working units 11 as third monitoring information, and compare the data received by the receiving end with the data sent by the sending end, so as to determine whether the communication between the two working units is normal.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments, the working units 11 may be connected in a wired or wireless manner; the wired connection may be performed by communication with a Can, an Earthcat, or the like, acquire a signal in transmission, send the signal as third monitoring information to the monitoring unit 12, and compare the acquired address and/or content data signal with a signal (also belonging to the third monitoring information) of the sending end or the receiving end, so as to determine whether the signal data transmission between the two working units is normal.

Fig. 3 is a third block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit. Fig. 4 is a fourth block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit.

As shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, the present disclosure also provides an industrial automation system 10 including a monitoring unit, the industrial automation system 10 including a monitoring unit including: a working unit 11 and a monitoring unit 12.

The monitoring unit 12 includes a monitoring information obtaining module 121 and a monitoring information analyzing module 123;

the monitoring information analysis module 122 is configured to analyze the monitoring information to monitor the working unit 11; the monitoring information includes first monitoring information related to the working units 11, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units 11, and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units 11.

In addition, the obtained monitoring information is analyzed to monitor various conditions related to the working unit, so that the working reliability and safety of the automation equipment are further improved.

It should be noted that the monitoring information analysis module may be a control device 111 of the automation device 11 (as shown in fig. 5 to 7), and the control device 111 performs corresponding functions, or may be another independent control module (not shown) which is separated from the control device or can communicate with the control device.

Further, in some embodiments, the analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the working unit 11 includes, but is not limited to:

monitoring the working process of the working unit according to the first monitoring information to judge whether the working unit has working abnormity or defects; and/or

Specifically, according to the acquired first monitoring information, the corresponding information in the normal range preset by the working unit is compared, so that whether the working unit has working abnormity or defects is judged, for example: acquiring current information of a driving motor of a certain driving shaft of the manipulator, and judging that the manipulator is abnormal when the current is suddenly increased or decreased compared with a normal range value at a certain moment; alternatively, as shown in fig. 10, the working condition of the working unit is observed, and whether there is a working abnormality is determined by comparing with a preset value.

According to the obtained third monitoring information, according to the data sent and received between the two working units obtained by comparison, monitoring whether the data transmission between the working units is normal or not; and/or

And judging whether the periphery of the working unit has an accident according to the acquired second monitoring information.

In some embodiments, determining whether an accident occurs around the working unit according to the obtained second monitoring information may be implemented by the following method steps:

updating a background image and a foreground image based on the comparison;

As shown in fig. 4, further, in some embodiments, the monitoring unit further includes a storage module, the information acquired by the monitoring information acquisition module may be sent to the storage module first, and the monitoring information analysis module retrieves the monitoring information from the storage module as needed.

Fig. 8 is a third structural schematic diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to the present invention.

As shown in fig. 8, in some embodiments, the automation system further comprises an alarm unit 14;

the alarm unit 14 is coupled to a control device 111 or a monitoring unit (not shown) of the automation device, and is configured to send an alarm according to an instruction sent by the control device when an abnormality occurs through analysis.

Fig. 12 is a first flowchart of an embodiment of a monitoring method for an industrial automation system according to the present invention. Fig. 13 is a second flowchart of an embodiment of a monitoring method for an industrial automation system according to the present invention.

As shown in fig. 12, in some embodiments, the present invention further provides an industrial automation system monitoring method, including:

s11, acquiring monitoring information of the working unit;

s12 storing the monitoring information; wherein,

For other relevant descriptions of the industrial automation system monitoring method, reference is made to the above embodiment of the industrial automation control system, and the description is not repeated here.

As shown in fig. 13, in some embodiments, the present invention further provides an industrial automation system monitoring method, including:

s21, acquiring monitoring information of the working unit;

s22 analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the work cell; wherein,

Further, in some embodiments, the analyzing the monitoring information to monitor the work unit includes, but is not limited to:

updating a background image and a foreground image based on the comparison;

Fig. 14 is a first block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system monitoring device provided by the present invention. Fig. 15 is a second block diagram of an embodiment of an industrial automation system monitoring device provided by the present invention.

Corresponding to the embodiment of the above method, the embodiment of the present invention further provides an industrial automation control device, and the industrial automation control device described below and the industrial automation monitoring method described above may be referred to each other.

As shown in fig. 14, the industrial automation control device 30 includes an acquisition module 31 and a storage module 32;

the acquiring module 31 is configured to acquire monitoring information of a work unit;

the storage module 32 is configured to store the monitoring information; wherein,

The monitoring information of the operation unit may be the image information or the position information transmitted from the front end sensor, or the data information generated in the control device, the received data information, or the transmitted data information.

As shown in fig. 15, in some embodiments, the industrial automation control device 40 further includes an acquisition module 41 and an analysis module 42;

the acquiring module 41 is configured to acquire monitoring information of the working unit;

the analysis module 42 is configured to analyze the monitoring information to monitor the working unit; wherein,

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, only the above-mentioned division of the functional units and modules is illustrated, and in practical applications, the above-mentioned function distribution may be performed by different functional units and modules according to needs, that is, the internal structure of the control device is divided into different functional units or modules to perform all or part of the above-mentioned functions. Each functional unit and module in the embodiments may be integrated in one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated in one unit, and the integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or in a form of software functional unit. In addition, specific names of the functional units and modules are only for convenience of distinguishing from each other, and are not used for limiting the protection scope of the present application. The specific working processes of the units and modules in the system may refer to the corresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and are not described herein again.

In other embodiments of the present invention, a computer-readable storage medium is provided, in which a computer program is stored, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the monitoring method of the industrial automation system described in the above embodiments is implemented.

For the description of the monitoring method of the industrial automation system, reference is made to the above embodiments, and the description is not repeated herein.

As shown in fig. 11, fig. 11 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a computer device provided by the present invention.

It should be noted that the computer device 13 includes a storage module 131, a processor 130, and a computer program 132 stored in the storage module 131 and executable on the processor 130, and the processor 130 executes the computer program 132 to implement the steps of the monitoring method of the industrial automation system described in the above embodiment. For the description of the mobile plug-in method, reference is made to the above embodiments, and the description is not repeated here.

The control device 13 may be a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC), a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), a Computer (PC), an Industrial Personal Computer (IPC), a server, or the like. The control unit generates program instructions according to a pre-fixed program in combination with manually entered information, parameters, or data collected by an external sensor (such as an image sensor or a position sensor).

Taking a computer and an industrial control computer as examples, the industrial control computer has important computer attributes and characteristics, and therefore, they all have internal storage modules such as a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a hard disk, a memory and the like, and also have external storage modules such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), and the like, and have an operating system, a control network and a protocol, computing power, and a friendly man-machine interface, and provide a reliable, embedded, intelligent computer and an industrial control computer for other structures/devices/systems.

Illustratively, the computer program 132 may be partitioned into one or more modules/units that are stored in the storage module 131 and executed by the processor 130 to accomplish the present invention. The one or more modules/units may be a series of computer program instruction segments capable of performing specific functions, which are used to describe the execution of the computer program 132 in the terminal 3. For example, the computer program 132 may be divided into an acquisition module and a storage module; each module has the following functions: the acquisition module is used for acquiring the monitoring information of the working unit; the storage module is used for storing the monitoring information; the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

The Processor 130 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), other general purpose Processor, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an off-the-shelf Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) or other Programmable logic device, discrete Gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, etc. A general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.

The storage module 131 may be a storage device in the monitoring unit, such as a hard disk or a memory. The storage module 131 may also be an external storage device of the computer device 131, such as a plug-in hard disk, a Smart Media Card (SMC), a Secure Digital (SD) Card, a Flash memory Card (Flash Card), and the like, which are provided on the control unit 131. Further, the storage module 131 may also include both an internal storage module of the control unit 13 and an external storage device. The storage module 131 is used for storing the computer program and other programs and data required by the terminal. The storage module 131 may also be used to temporarily store data that has been output or is to be output.

It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that fig. 5 is only an example of the computer device 13 and does not constitute a limitation of the computer device 13, and may comprise more or less components than those shown, or some components may be combined, or different components, for example, the control unit may further comprise an input output device, a network access device, a bus, etc.

In the above embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and reference may be made to the related descriptions of other embodiments for parts that are not described or illustrated in a certain embodiment.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative elements and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented as electronic hardware or combinations of computer software and electronic hardware. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the implementation. Skilled artisans may implement the described functionality in varying ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

In the embodiments provided in the present disclosure, it should be understood that the disclosed devices and methods may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described embodiments of the respective apparatuses are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the modules or units is only one logical function division, and there may be another division in actual implementation, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or may not be executed. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection through some interfaces, devices or units, and may be in an electrical, mechanical or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit can be realized in a form of hardware, and can also be realized in a form of a software functional unit.

The integrated modules/units, if implemented in the form of software functional units and sold or used as separate products, may be stored in a computer readable storage medium. Based on such understanding, the present invention can also realize that all or part of the processes in the methods of the above embodiments can be completed by instructing the related hardware through a computer program, where the computer program can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the computer program is executed by a processor, the steps of the above embodiments of the methods can be realized. . Wherein the computer program comprises computer program code, which may be in the form of source code, object code, an executable file or some intermediate form, etc. The computer-readable medium may include: any entity or device capable of carrying the computer program code, recording medium, usb disk, removable hard disk, magnetic disk, optical disk, computer Memory module, Read-Only Memory module (ROM), Random Access Memory (RAM), electrical carrier wave signal, telecommunications signal, software distribution medium, etc. It should be noted that the computer readable medium may contain other components which may be suitably increased or decreased as required by legislation and patent practice in jurisdictions, for example, in some jurisdictions, computer readable media which may not include electrical carrier signals and telecommunications signals in accordance with legislation and patent practice.

When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may be present, pre-formed integrally with the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," "inner," "outer," and the like as used herein are for descriptive purposes only.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention.

The terms "first," "second," "third," "S11," "S12," "11," "12," and the like in the claims, the specification, and the drawings described above (if any), are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It will be appreciated that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments described herein may be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated or described herein. Furthermore, the terms "comprises," "comprising," and any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example: a process, method, system, article, or robot that comprises a list of steps or modules is not necessarily limited to those steps or modules explicitly listed, but includes other steps or modules not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, system, article, or robot.

It should be noted that, as those skilled in the art should also appreciate, the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments, and the structures and modules involved are not necessarily essential to the invention.

The above is a detailed description of the industrial automation system including the monitoring unit provided by the embodiment of the present invention, but the description of the above embodiments is only used to help understand the method and the core idea of the present invention, and should not be understood as a limitation of the present invention. The technical scope of the present invention is to cover the changes or substitutions easily conceivable by those skilled in the art according to the idea of the present invention.

Claims

1. An industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit, characterized in that the industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit comprises a working unit and a monitoring unit;

2. Industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to claim 1, characterised in that the first monitoring information is image information, position information of the working unit and/or data information generated, sent and/or received by the working unit.

3. Industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the monitoring information acquisition module comprises a sensor, which sensor comprises an image sensor and/or a position sensor.

4. An industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit, characterized in that the industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit comprises a working unit and a monitoring unit;

the monitoring information analysis module is used for analyzing the monitoring information so as to monitor the working unit; the monitoring information comprises first monitoring information related to the working units, second monitoring information related to the surrounding environment of the working units and/or third monitoring information related to data transmission between the working units.

5. Industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the monitoring information acquisition module comprises sensors, which sensors comprise image sensors and/or position sensors.

6. Industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the first monitoring information is image information, position information of the working unit and/or data information generated, sent and/or received by the working unit.

7. The industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to claim 6, the means for monitoring the work unit based on the monitoring information comprising:

Extracting and judging whether the periphery of the working unit is abnormal or not according to the acquired second monitoring information;

8. The industrial automation system including a monitoring unit according to claim 7, wherein the determining whether an abnormality has occurred in the periphery of the working unit according to the acquired second monitoring information includes:

updating a background image and a foreground image based on the comparison;

9. Industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit further comprises an alarm unit;

10. A plant, characterized in that it comprises an industrial automation system comprising a monitoring unit according to any one of claims 1-9.

11. An industrial automation system monitoring device, characterized in that the industrial automation control device comprises: the device comprises an acquisition module and a storage module;

the storage module is used for storing the monitoring information; wherein,