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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160574 | Wireless architecture utilizing geo-referencing A wireless communication system for use in a process control environment includes a reference node adapted to determine geographic positions of at least some of the reference node, a base node, and a field node and determine RF power settings of transceivers attache... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150541 | Methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow associated with a process control system during recipe execution Example methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow during recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a recipe, and before completion of execution of the recipe, receiving process flow change information indicative of a m... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145358 | Method and system for detecting abnormal operation of a level regulatory control loop A system facilitates detecting an abnormal operation associated with a level regulatory control loop in a process plant. A model for modeling at least a portion of the level regulatory control loop may be utilized with respect to first and second signals associated ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144622 | Wireless architecture and support for process control systems A wireless communication system for use in a process environment uses mesh and possibly a combination of mesh and point-to-point communications to produce a wireless communication network that can be easily set up, configured, changed and monitored, thereby making a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144150 | Scripted graphics in a process environment Graphic elements and graphic displays are provided for use in a process environment to display information to one or more users about the process environment, such as the current state of devices within a process plant. The graphic elements and displays include one ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135481 | Process plant monitoring based on multivariate statistical analysis and on-line process simulation Disclosed are systems and methods for on-line monitoring of operation of a process in connection with process measurements indicative of the operation of the process. In some cases, the operation of the process is simulated to generate model data indicative of a sim... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127241 | Process plant user interface system having customized process graphic display layers in an integrated environment A method useful for providing a user interface for a process plant includes displaying graphical depictions of process plant elements of the process plant via the user interface. Information is generated for a plurality of content layers of a process graphic display... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8127063 | Distributed equipment arbitration in a process control system A distributed process control equipment ownership arbitration system and method for arbitrating equipment ownership conflicts are disclosed. Individual control modules representing various process control entities within a process control system define a plurality o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125405 | Wearable computer in a process control environment A wearable computer for use in a process control environment includes a central processing unit, a memory and a number of other or integral devices such as a display, a microphone, a video camera, a voice recognition unit and a remote communication device that commu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8112565 | Multi-protocol field device interface with automatic bus detection A multi-protocol interface for coupling a field device to a general purpose computer is disclosed. The interface includes measurement circuitry to perform a plurality of measurements on a connected process communication loop to determine a process communication loop... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8103367 | Methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators Example methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting an elect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086955 | Methods and apparatus for modifying process control data Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for modifying process control data involve obtaining the process control data in an extensible markup language format, converting the process control data in the extensible markup language format to a second data forma... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074278 | Apparatus and methods for intrusion protection in safety instrumented process control systems Apparatus and methods for intrusion protection in safety instrumented process control systems are disclosed. An example method of protecting a safety instrumented system includes receiving legitimate information from a component of a process control system wherein t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073967 | Web services-based communications for use with process control systems A web services-based communication system and technique uses an information server to facilitate the communication of process control data and analysis results between a plurality of web services coupled to a communication network. A graphical user interface coupled... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8065251 | Dynamic management of a process model repository for a process control system A method of managing a process model history having process models stored therein, includes organizing the process models according to first and second priority criteria, wherein each process model is represented according to a combination of a value in connection w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060834 | Graphics integration into a process configuration and control environment Graphic elements and graphic displays are provided for use in a process environment to display information to one or more users about the process environment, such as the current state of devices within a process plant. The graphic elements and displays may be assoc... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060668 | Low latency data packet reception and processing Devices in a process control system communicate by data messages over a communication medium segment. Each device includes a communication controller that includes a data queue and a queue of received message objects. The data queue stores a plurality of messages re... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055727 | Use of a really simple syndication communication format in a process control system A process control system within a process plant and, in particular, different devices and applications within the process control system such as field devices, controllers, user interfaces, alarm applications, diagnostics applications, etc. create, store and make da... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055479 | Simplified algorithm for abnormal situation prevention in load following applications including plugged line diagnostics in a dynamic process Systems and methods are provided for detecting abnormal conditions and preventing abnormal situations from occurring in controlled processes. Statistical signatures of a monitored variable are modeled as a function of the statistical signatures of a load variable. T... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055358 | Multi-objective predictive process optimization with concurrent process simulation A system and method for controlling a process includes simulating the process and producing a simulated output of the process, developing a set of target values based on measured inputs from the process and based on the simulated output from the process simulator, a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051220 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality A process control system is provided having a plurality of I/O devices in communication using a bus. A primary redundant I/O device and a secondary redundant I/O device are coupled to the bus, where the secondary redundant I/O device is programmed to detect a primar... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046096 | Analytical server integrated in a process control network A process control system integrates the collection and analysis of process control data used to perform certain computationally expensive process control functions, like adaptive model generation and tuning parameter generation, in the same control device in which o... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046086 | Methods and systems for batch processing and execution in a process system A system and method for implementing a control process within a process control system and resolving inconsistencies during execution of the control process includes loading the logical structure of the control process, loading a plurality of instantiation objects o... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8044793 | Integrated device alerts in a process control system An events management system coordinates the exchange of device alert or alarm information between an asset management system and one or more business systems within a process control system or plant. The events management system receives device alerts from the asset... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036760 | Method and apparatus for intelligent control and monitoring in a process control system A controller includes a control module to control operation of a process in response to control data, a plug-in module coupled to the control module as a non-layered, integrated extension thereof, and a model identification engine. The plug-in detects a change in th... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032341 | Modeling a process using a composite model comprising a plurality of regression models A system for detecting abnormal operation of at least a portion of a process plant includes a composite model for modeling at least the portion of the process plant. The model may be configurable to include multiple regression models corresponding to multiple differ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032340 | Method and system for modeling a process variable in a process plant In a method for generating a model for modeling at least a portion of the process plant, M process variable data sets, where M is an integer, may be used to determine statistical data that may be utilized to scale process variable data sets. The M process variable d... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027804 | Statistical processing methods used in abnormal situation detection Detection of one or more abnormal situations is performed using various statistical measures, such as a mean, a median, a standard deviation, etc. of one or more process parameters or variable measurements made by statistical process monitoring blocks within a plant... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8015573 | Input/output device with configuration, fault isolation and redundant fault assist functionality An I/O device is provided for use in a process control system having a controller operating under a particular version of communication software. The I/O device has a storage device for storing a plurality of potential versions of I/O communication software. An I/O ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014880 | On-line multivariate analysis in a distributed process control system A method and system for monitoring a process in a process plant includes collecting data from a process control system within the process plant, where the data is representative of a normal operation of the process when the process is on-line and operating normally,... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010292 | Method and system for detecting abnormal operation in a hydrocracker A system and method for detecting abnormal operation of a hydrocracker includes a hydrocracker model. The model may be configurable to include one or more regression models corresponding to different operating regions of the portion of the hydrocracker. The system a... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005553 | Automatic configuration of synchronous block execution for control modules run in fieldbus networks A method or apparatus automatically configures a control module for synchronous execution on a Fieldbus segment of a process control network by determining if all of the critical function blocks of a particular control module can be assigned to FOUNDATION® Fieldbus... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000814 | User configurable alarms and alarm trending for process control system Various graphical displays for plant process operators are provided which combine aspects of alarm priority and alarm age to assist operators in making better choices in responding to alarms. The disclosed graphical displays provide improved contextual information a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7986968 | Control of field device on low power wireless networks A control system uses a wireless network to provide communication between a host computer and field devices. The host and the field devices communicate with one another using control messages and response messages based upon a known control system protocol. The cont... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7986657 | Selective activation of field devices in low power wireless mesh networks A control system uses a wireless network to provided communication between a host computer and field devices. The field devices are normally maintained in a lower power or sleep state. Only field devices that will be involved in a communication with the host compute... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984199 | Configuration of field devices on a network Field devices on a communication network can be configured using a configuration device that stores a configuration data for each of the field devices in a network configuration domain in nonvolatile memory. Each field device includes a configuration domain associat... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7984096 | Service-oriented architecture for process control systems A service-oriented architecture for process control systems is disclosed. In one example, a method for conveying process control information between a client process and a server process in a process control system establishes a server process including a plurality ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983211 | Control system with wireless messages containing message sequence information A control system uses a wireless mesh network to provide communication between a host computer and field devices. The host and the field devices communicate with one another using wireless messages containing requests and responses that are routed through the wirele... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7971151 | Graphic display configuration framework for unified process control system interface A common process control graphical user interface plant operators, plant maintenance personnel, and management is disclosed which provides a real-time interface to both the process and the plant. The common interface is modular in design and is capable of supporting... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7971052 | Configuration system using security objects in a process plant A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be ... | 06/28/2011 |
