Patent ID: 11880184
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause at least one operator console comprising an operator computer system including at least one processor device coupled to a human machine interface (HMI) causes the operator computer system to implement a method comprising:
determining, by the at least one processing device, a current situation to be present in a process controlled by an industrial process control and automation system (IPCS) that includes at least one process controller coupled to input output (I/O) modules coupled to field devices including sensors and actuators that are coupled to processing equipment;
accessing, by the at least one processing device, a history of operations stored in the memory device in the IPCS, the history of operations including a plurality of previous situations and responses to the plurality of previous situations to provide a plurality of suggested actions for the current situation;
responsive to the current situation, displaying the plurality of suggested actions each including at least one step in a selectable panel of the HMI, wherein the operator computing system is coupled to the process controller of the IPCS, wherein each suggested action of the plurality of suggested actions includes a description of a sequence of individual actions includes a sequence of a plurality of steps associated with a respective suggested action, wherein each individual actions from the sequence of individual actions includes a level of confidence regarding their relevance of the respective suggested action, wherein the level of confidence includes a range of confidence regarding the relevance of each suggested action;
responsive to the displaying, the operator selecting in the selectable panel associated with the operator computing system at least one of the plurality of suggested actions (selected action); and
providing automation of steps associated with the selected action that results in the IPCS automatically implementing at least in part the steps associated with the selected action thereby providing automated context-based guidance to the operator, wherein automatically implementing comprises, responsive to the selecting by the operator, navigating the HMI to a display relevant to the selected action, selecting, by the processing device, a control loop relevant to the selected action, and changing, by the processing device, a mode of the control loop.