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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120041576 | OPERATOR TERMINAL IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM The present invention relates to a method of enabling an operator to make control or protection related decisions in a process control system, an operator terminal in a process control system as well as to a computer program product for such an operator terminal. The me... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041575 | Anomaly Detection Method and Anomaly Detection System (1) A compact set of learning data about normal cases is created using the similarities among data as key factors, (2) new data is added to the learning data according to the similarities and occurrence/nonoccurrence of an anomaly, (3) the alarm occurrence section of a ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRANSIENT COOLING PERFORMANCE FOR A DATA CENTER A system and method is provided for evaluating the transient cooling performance of a data center. In one version, the method includes receiving input data from a storage device, the input data including data center architecture information and operating data, displayin... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110178611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN CONTROL AND SAFETY SYSTEMS A system and method are provided for monitoring and control of a plurality of field devices separately provided in a safety subsystem and a process control subsystem. The field devices include conventional safety subsystem field devices associated with one or more proce... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110144777 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE PROCESS CONTROL STATUS ROLLUPS Example methods and apparatus to manage process control status rollups are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving process control information from at least one process control device included within a process control system, determining at least one is... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20100262264 | Method for Plant Monitoring With a Field Bus of Process Automation Technology Method for plant monitoring with a fieldbus of process automation technology, wherein a plurality of field devices communicate with a process control unit and a plant monitoring unit The method steps are carried out as follows: the regular, process-control, data traffic... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100222899 | 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 simulat... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100217406 | UNIVERSAL REMOTE MACHINERY CONTROLLER AND MONITOR A system is provided herein for remotely controlling and monitoring machinery, the machinery having a control network for control thereof, one or more switches coupled to the control network for controlling the machinery via the control network. The system includes a co... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100198372 | System and Method for Generating Control Logic A computer implemented method and system will generate the control logic for a control system application based on the process data input into the system in a series of easy to understand forms and steps.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100152976 | Method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party A method and system for controlling a vehicle given to a third party. The system includes a system controller; a mode-indicating device coupled to the system controller; and an authenticator coupled to the system controller. Here, the system controller is adapted to com... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100082123 | MODULAR OBJECT AND HOST MATCHING An object can be used in an industrial control configuration in relation to performing a function or task. Matching can occur such that an object with operational requirements can bind with a host that has capabilities that meet those operational requirements—matching... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100082129 | INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION INTERFACES INTEGRATED WITH ENTERPRISE MANUFACTURING INTELLIGENCE (EMI) SYSTEMS A visualization system integrated with an enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) system utilizing preconfigured EMI data models, workflow reports and process event notifications to optimize a manufacturing process. The visualization system and the EMI system exchan... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100016994 | Network Supervision With Control Systems Supervision of industrial plants can be improved by comparison and analysis of process information and network information. The comparison may be used to provide alarms and operator information for network-related or process device failures. The information may also be ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090149972 | REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR VERIFICATION AND MONITORING OF PROTECTIVE DEVICE SETTINGS WITHIN AN ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND AUTOMATIC CORRECTION OF DEVIANCES FOUND A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system model database, a protective device system verification engine. The data acquis... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090125127 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING UNNECESSARY SHUTDOWN OF A HIGH-PURITY GAS PRODUCTION PLANT A novel fail-safe temperature monitoring system that can distinguish excessive chemical adsorbent temperature from temperature sensing component failure is provided. This system prevents the gas purifier from shutting down as a result of temperature sensing component fa... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090099668 | HTML DRIVEN EMBEDDED CONTROLLER A method and system is provided for gathering, processing, displaying, and manipulating data from building equipment using a dedicated HTML-driven, non-PLC controller having an integral web server. Authorized users who use microprocessor controlled devices to access the... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE RELIABILITY OF A DC MOTOR SYSTEM A method and system for determining the reliability and a remaining time before failure for a DC motor system is provided. The method and system may determine the reliability and a remaining time before failure with a statistical confidence. The method and system may in... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090082881 | COMPONENT MOUNTER, WARNING NOTIFICATION APPARATUS, AND WARNING NOTIFICATION METHOD An component mounter including a warning notification apparatus, which includes a warning generating unit which generates a warning for notifying that an action involving human resource is required, by referring to warning generation information, a warning level judging... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090076634 | PLANT ALARM APPARATUS AND PLANT ALARM METHOD A plant alarm apparatus has: plant data input means for periodically taking in plant data; a latest plant data value table for temporarily storing latest values of the plant data; plant data recording means for taking out the latest values of the data of the latest plan... | 03/19/2009 |
| 20080269923 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFORE A system for monitoring the condition of a packaging machine during operation and diagnosing potential problems in the performance of the machine. The system comprises an input device, an output device and a processing unit that supports a user interface presented by th... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080208373 | Method for operating a process plant, process plant and computer program product There is described a method for operating a process plant, in which a number of alarm notifications for indicating non-compliant operating events of the process plant are generated at process level. Alarm notifications which can be generated during the operation of the ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080185221 | Automatic belay warning system A warning system for use with a climbing wall and an automatic belay apparatus for belaying a climber, the warning system providing a warning that a climber is not protected by the auto-belay apparatus. The warning system includes a sensor positioned to sense that a low... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080027568 | Method and Apparatus for Equipment Health Monitoring The present invention provides for monitoring the health of a system. In one embodiment, a method includes storing benchmark data in a memory, storing a second plurality of system data indicative of system conditions during system operations, determining from the second... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070276514 | Method In A Safety System For Controlling A Process Or Equipment A method in an industrial safety system for controlling a process or equipment. The industrial safety system including components with safety devices. The safety system enables signals to be generated as a result of an event or alarm. An automated link is created betwee... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070191973 | Apparatus and method for configuring, processing and viewing state based data This invention allows users to set different alarm conditions and data storage criteria for multiple data points based on the operating modes (states) of their machinery. The users will also be able to selectively view the collected data based on the machinery states. ... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070126592 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE STATE QUATIFICATION IN MACHINERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS A method for determining a steady state operating condition of a machine includes determining whether a current machine speed of the machine is within a defined range of operation, determining whether a step change in output power of the machine has occurred, determinin... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070073521 | Machinery Condition Assessment Module A machine condition assessment module may be integrated with standard industrial control and communications networks to receive dynamic operating data from signal processing engines and optionally process data from controlled machinery and to operate on that data accord... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20060259166 | Intelligent interface for connecting sensors to a network A micro remote data relay receives sensor data from disparate sensors and determines locally whether an alarm condition has occurred. A state machine manages device configuration, memory allocation and usage, algorithm processing of sensor data, and communications. Alar... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060247803 | Control system, control method, process system, and computer readable storage medium and computer program A control system comprises a control apparatus 17 that controls a process apparatus 10, which performs a predetermined process on a wafer W, based on plural pieces of process information to be detected in the process apparatus 10, and alarm generati... | 11/02/2006 |
| 20060235558 | Method of scavenging intermediate formed by reaction of oxidoreductase with substrate A process system 1 comprises a process apparatus 10 which performs a predetermined process on a wafer W, a plurality of detection means which detect statuses in the process apparatus 10, an abnormality detection section 15 which detects an ab... | 10/19/2006 |
| 20060190099 | Closed loop control on liquid delivery system ECP slim cell A method for controlling liquid delivery in a processing chamber. The method includes generating an analog input (AI) signal proportional to a process variable and calculating an analog output (AO) signal based on a setpoint and a deadband. The setpoint is a target valu... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060190102 | PACKAGING SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFORE A system for monitoring the condition of a packaging machine during operation and diagnosing potential problems in the performance of the machine. The system comprises an input device, an output device and a processing unit that supports a user interface presented by th... | 08/24/2006 |
| 20060142881 | Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures with a robotic arm that has a passive joint and system which can decouple the robotic arm from the input device A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic arms are coupl... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060079969 | Mobile, unitary, wall-plugged, temperature and/or power monitoring and warning system for critical spaces A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor module fo... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060074500 | Fault tolerant control system A dual-redundant propulsion-by-wire control architecture with robust monitoring is presented to increase system availability without compromising safety. The dual-redundant controllers are able to cross-monitor and self-monitor. Self monitoring is effected at the applic... | 04/06/2006 |
| 20060050764 | HARDWARE MONITORING DEVICE A hardware monitoring device suitable for use to monitor performance of hardware installed in a computer host system is disclosed. For example, the operating temperature and transmission speed of a hard disk or the temperature of a central processing unit can all be mon... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20060047351 | Process controller output and alarm setting evaluation A method for evaluating alarm settings and controller response time for continuous or semi-continuous processes that gives an indication of the ability of the controller to respond quickly enough to prevent alarms, and an indication of whether the alarm setting is withi... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060038688 | Risk evaluation support device, program product and method for controlling safety network risk evaluation support device A risk evaluation support device is used for a safety network which serves to cause an output device to make a controlled device operable based on a detection signal outputted from an input device when the input device detects a safety condition. The support device crea... | 02/23/2006 |
| 20050256591 | Virtual field controller An arrangement includes a first computer having a first operating system, the first computer having a memory containing software derived from field controller software executed on physical field controllers of a building control system. The physical field controllers em... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050192678 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for the real-time monitoring and control of field assets. In particular, a monitoring device is disclosed that may be coupled to a field asset. The monitoring device may be designed as a stand-alone unit or it may be designed to lev... | 09/01/2005 |
