Method and system for supervision of an industrial installation

Claim 1

A method of supervision and management of an industrial installation, said installation having a plurality of stations each able to occupy at least two distinct functional states, wherein said method comprises the steps of: attributing to each of said stations a coded identifying reference and functional state information; defining, preliminary to any operation on said stations, at a central console for control and management, a sequence of operations to be performed at each of said stations for establishing a reference sequence of operations of supervision and management for each of said stations corresponding to said coded identifying reference and functional state information; recording at a supervising witness system said reference sequence of operations of supervision and management for each of said stations; displaying on said witness system uncoded identification of one of said stations at which an operation is to be carried out by said individual and effecting a comparison between said coded identifying reference and functional state information of said one of said stations and the corresponding coded identifying reference and functional state information stored in said reference sequence recorded at said supervisory witness system, thereby establishing from said supervisory witness system a sequence of operations, wherein each operation to be performed at each station and the identifying reference and functional state information of the corresponding station constitutes a stage; storing said stage of said sequence of operations to be performed by the individual, and displaying in an uncoded manner on said witness system the identifying information of the next station on which a sequence of operations of supervision and management is to be carried out by said individual; and repeating the two preceding steps for each of said plurality of stations according to said reference sequence of operations.

Claim 2

A method of supervision and management of an industrial installation, said installation having a plurality of stations each able to occupy at least two distinct functional states, wherein said method comprises the steps of: attributing to each of said stations a coded identifying reference and functional state information; defining, preliminary to any operation on said stations, at a central console for control and management, a sequence of operations to be performed at each of said stations for establishing a reference sequence of operations of supervision and management for each of said stations corresponding to said coded identifying reference and functional state information; recording at a supervising witness system said reference sequence of operations of supervision and management for each of said stations; displaying on said witness system uncoded identification of one of said stations at which an operation is to be carried out by said individual and effecting a comparison between said coded identifying reference and functional state information of said one of said stations and the corresponding coded identifying reference and functional state information stored in said reference sequence recorded at said supervisory witness system, thereby establishing from said supervisory witness system a sequence of operations, wherein each operation to be performed at each station and the identifying reference and functional state information of the corresponding station constitutes a stage; storing said stage of said sequence of operations to be performed by the individual, and displaying in an uncoded manner on said witness system the identifying information of the next station on which a sequence of operations of supervision and management is to be carried out by said individual; and repeating the two preceding steps for each of said plurality of stations according to said reference sequence of operations.

Claim 5

A system for supervising and management of an industrial installation having a plurality of stations each able to occupy at least two distinct functional states in which the supervision and management operation is carried out by an individual able, after checking or controlling of the functional state of each of said stations, to ensure the change of functional state when necessary of said station, said system comprising: means for identification of each of said stations, said means providing an identifying reference and functional state information expressed in at least one of a coded and uncoded version for each said station, said means being geographically located at each said station; a central control and management console means for permitting the definition from said identifying reference and functional state information of a reference sequence of operations on each of said stations to be performed by said individual, each said operation and the identifying reference of said station constituting a step of said reference sequence; a supervisory witness means for recording said reference sequence and for carrying out a sequential reading and recording of said coded identifying reference and functional state information of each said station, said witness means comprising means for generating a validation order after reading and recording said identifying reference and functional state information of said station, means for showing said order to said individual, and means for displaying in uncoded version on said witness means the next station at which an operation of supervision and management is to be carried out, said witness system being further comprising means to record and memorize the entirety of the readings of said identifying reference and functional state information of each said station thereby establishing a sequence of stages actually carried out by said individual and said central console comprising means for effecting a comparison between said reference sequence of steps and said carried out sequence of stages.

Claim 6

A system for supervising and management of an industrial installation having a plurality of stations each able to occupy at least two distinct functional states in which the supervision and management operation is carried out by an individual able, after checking or controlling of the functional state of each of said stations, to ensure the change of functional state when necessary of said station, said system comprising: means for identification of each of said stations, said means providing an identifying reference and functional state information expressed in at least one of a coded and uncoded version for each said station, said means being geographically located at each said station; a central control and management console means for permitting the definition from said identifying reference and functional state information of a reference sequence of operations on each of said stations to be performed by said individual, each said operation and the identifying reference of said station constituting a step of said reference sequence; a supervisory witness means for recording said reference sequence and for carrying out a sequential reading and recording of said coded identifying reference and functional state information of each said station, said witness means comprising means for generating a validation order after reading and recording said identifying reference and functional state information of said station, means for showing said order to said individual, and means for displaying in uncoded version on said witness means the next station at which an operation of supervision and management is to be carried out, said witness system being further comprising means to record and memorize the entirety of the readings of said identifying reference and functional state information of each said station thereby establishing a sequence of stages actually carried out by said individual and said central console comprising means for effecting a comparison between said reference sequence of steps and said carried out sequence of stages.