ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,287, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Schneider Electric Industries SAS (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method of integrating a function block with artificial intelligence" was invented by Sebastian Furth (GroBrinderfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of integrating at least one AI function block, which comprises artificial intelligence, into a controller for an industrial machine. In the method, for the AI function block, an AI model is selected for execution in the AI function block, the AI function block is linked in an at least partly automated manner to further function blocks of control ...