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| 20120110648 | USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM A plant control system may include a manipulation monitoring terminal that includes a local user authentication unit configured to authenticate a user who logs in the manipulation monitoring terminal and a domain controller that includes a domain user authentication uni... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120082204 | TWO-WIRE TRANSMITTER There is provided a two-wire transmitter which is connected to an external circuit by two transmission lines and which outputs a certain current signal to the external circuit using the external circuit as a power source. The two-wire transmitter includes: a sensor conf... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081539 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POSITION AND SHAPE OF PATTERN FORMED ON SHEET An apparatus for measuring the position and shape of a pattern formed on a sheet includes a sheet on which a pattern is formed, a camera holding mechanism that is disposed perpendicular to a transportation direction of the sheet, at least one camera that is disposed suc... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120050156 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD A device information display apparatus may include a device information reception unit that acquires device information of a device through a field bus, the device being connected to the field bus, a display unit that displays the device information, which has been acqu... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120045174 | LIGHT GUIDE A light guide may include a light stop part that is formed at a first end of an optical fiber, the light stop part stopping a light that is incident at a second end of the optical fiber and is transmitted through the optical fiber, and a slit part that is formed in the ... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042712 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETECTOR AND GAS CHROMATOGRAPH USING SAME The present invention provides a thermal conductivity detector capable of realizing high detection performance even with the use of a miniaturized heating element, and expanding an effective applicable temperature range of a heating element, and to provide a gas chromat... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120036568 | PROVISIONING DEVICE There is provided a provisioning device which provides, in advance, setting information necessary for joining in a wireless network to a first field device which is to newly join the wireless network to exchange data with an existing field device that is installed in a ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120030761 | IMPROPER COMMUNICATION DETECTION SYSTEM An improper communication detection system that acquires packets that are circulated through a plant network by mirroring and detects improper communication includes a storage unit configured to prestore a session whitelist, which is a list of sessions that can be gener... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029657 | SEQUENCE CONTROLLER A sequence controller includes a periodic execution type sequence control module configured to execute each regular processing function block in a predetermined control period, an irregular processing function block storage configured to hold an irregular processing fun... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026657 | FIELD DEVICE There is provided a field device activated by a battery and housed in a pressure-resistant and explosion-proof container. The device includes: an external interface unit comprising: an infrared communication unit configured to communicate with an external infrared commu... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110282614 | CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL SENSOR A calibration apparatus for a chemical sensor may include a conversion calculation unit that acquires a measurement value of a calibration solution that is measured by the chemical sensor and calculates a conversion calculation output, a calibration sensitivity extracti... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110280776 | CAPSULE AND CHEMICAL REACTION CARTRIDGE There are provided a capsule and a chemical reaction cartridge capable of properly handling reagents and so forth. The capsule is formed by laminating two dome-shaped films together at the peripheries thereof. The films are formed by subjecting heat sealable films, to w... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20120019815 | MULTICHANNEL PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS A multichannel photometric measurement apparatus according to one embodiment includes: a single signal generator for generating an initial signal, the initial signal containing a harmonic component for collectively generating a plurality of modulation signals; a light e... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20110276294 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS An apparatus is realized which is capable of shortening the updating period of the measurement of a specific channel and lengthening the updating period of the measurement for another channel, thereby making the measurements for all the channels possible. The measuremen... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110273557 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM In a position measuring system for measuring a position of a preset target portion of a conveyed sheet-like material with a camera, the system comprises a first camera unit installed substantially above one edge of the sheet-like material, including an image pickup devi... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261757 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD A field communication system may include a communication device that transmits and receives data to and from a field device through a wireless communication, the communication device communicating with the field device if field device data corresponds to communication d... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110261357 | OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER An optical spectrum analyzer includes a diffraction-grating control unit configured to change an angle of a diffraction grating to change a wavelength of a dispersed light beam extracted from incident light, a calculator unit configured to calculate an angle of the diff... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20120016214 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE, USING NEAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL SPECTROSCOPY A simple calibration method for calibrating an instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using near-infrared spectral spectroscopy is realized. The calibration method comprises (1) the step of measuring a specific substance of a biological object with the use of an... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013896 | INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING BIOGENIC SUBSTANCE, USING CONFOCAL OPTICAL SYSTEM An instrument for measuring a biogenic substance, using the confocal optical system that is simplified and reducing measurement error caused by the difference in physical condition or temperature due to weather of the season is realized. The instrument for measuring a b... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120002605 | WIRELESS FIELD DEVICE There is provided a wireless field device that performs a wireless communication with other filed devices in a wireless network through a gateway. The device includes: a battery incorporated in the field device to activate the field device; and a wireless communication ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318824 | CARTRIDGE SYSTEM FOR CHEMICAL PROCESSING An end portion of a head has a recess having an inner shape corresponding to a dome shape of a well when the well is in an expanded state. The radius of curvature of the recess is larger than the radius of curvature of the dome shape of the well. Moreover, the depth of ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110316757 | WIRELESS EXPLOSION-PROOF APPARATUS A wireless explosion-proof apparatus includes an antenna, an explosion-proof chamber, a communication module disposed in the explosion-proof chamber, the communication module configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal through the antenna, a connector portion h... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110313549 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM A field communication system receives data from a field device through a communication network and maps the data onto a register to update the data. The field communication system includes a detection module configured to detect a state of communication with the field d... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110313546 | OPERATION AND OBSERVATION APPARATUS An operation and observation apparatus which supervises and manages a server equipped with at least one main controller and a plurality of sub-controllers each for controlling a process, the sub-controllers being managed by the main controller, has a view definer for de... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310925 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE There is provided an optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device which measures a temperature distribution along an optical fiber (3) using backward Raman scattering light generated in the optical fiber. The device includes: a reference temperature th... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305225 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM There is provided a wireless communication device which transmits data to destination nodes by time division multiplexing. The device includes: a storage section including a transmission queue region that stores unsent data therein; a communication controller including:... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110296330 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INDUSTRIAL PLANT INFORMATION The apparatus comprises a display module configured for setting, displaying, and removing marks in a distributed control system and an asset management system of the industrial plant; a mark definition module configured for defining attributes of a plurality of marks in... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110293979 | BATTERY HOUSING DEVICE A battery housing device includes a case configured to house a battery and having a plus terminal and a minus terminal, a plus pole spring provided in the case and having one end connected to the plus terminal and an opposite end configured to come in contact with a plu... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110289450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING BATCH EXECUTION DATA OF AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT A method and apparatus for displaying batch execution data of an industrial plant configured for performing a plurality of batch executions. The method comprises selecting a first level element in a first level window; and displaying in a second level window all second ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110289374 | ANALYZER An analyzer may include a body housing having a first ID, a first measurement module having a second ID that is different from the first ID, the first measurement module being releasably attachable to the body housing, a first memory in the body housing, the first memor... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110258567 | REGISTER CONFIGURATOR AND REGISTER CONFIGURATION METHOD A register configurator may include a display screen, a data display unit that displays data related to field devices on the display screen, a register space display unit that graphically displays a register space of a register on the display screen, a manipulation rece... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110238375 | FIELD DEVICE MAINTENANCE APPARATUS A field device maintenance apparatus includes a field device connection unit that communicates with a field device whose operation contents are defined by parameters; a work-information acquisition unit that acquires parameter attribute information including whether or ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238372 | OPERATIONAL STATE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND OPERATION STATE ANALYSIS METHOD The operational state analysis system may analyze an operational state of a plant based on processed data items related to the plant. The operational state analysis system may include a reception unit that receives a selection of the processed data items, the selection ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238190 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM A field device management apparatus that includes a device communication unit that provides a connection with a field device; an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation for the field device; an automatic-operation-program generating unit that generates an aut... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110238188 | ENGINEERING TOOL An engineering tool is provided with a first connector that connects to a first field device, a second connector that connects to a second field device, a controller, and, switch that switches the connection to the controller between the first connector and the second c... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110228725 | FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND FIELD COMMUNICATION METHOD A field communication system may perform wireless communication with field devices. The field communication system may include a connection allowing unit that determines whether or not to allow a connection to the field device by referring a field device list, the field... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110227926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A MATERIAL FLOW DIAGRAM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT A method of generating a material flow diagram for an industrial plant. The method comprises creating at least one data set from at least one graphics file representing at least a portion of the industrial plant; extracting data from the at least one data set to obtain ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110218412 | LIVING-BODY COMPONENT MEASURING APPARATUS A living-body component measuring apparatus measures a component of an inner tissue of a living body serving as an object to be measured by emitting laser light having two or more wavelengths from a light source and measuring reflected light of the laser light from the ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216404 | CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEM There is provided a confocal microscope system configured so as to be compact in size without the needs for a large space, requiring fewer spots for adjustment. In the confocal microscope system, respective units making up the confocal microscope system are integrally h... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216309 | COMPONENT MEASUREMENT APPARATUS A component measurement apparatus includes a confocal optical system including a laser emitting laser light, a collimating lens collimating the laser light emitted from the laser, an objective lens condensing the collimated light having exited the collimating lens in or... | 09/08/2011 |
