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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120029664 | EDITING LIFECYCLE AND DEPLOYMENT OF OBJECTS IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT An editor in an industrial automation environment comprises an input component that receives modification data relating to at least one of lifecycle and deployment of an object, the object is associated with a programmable logic controller and configured in accordance w... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110295391 | Method and System for Closed-Loop Controller Programming A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving input for a simulation model, the simulation model including a sensor. The method includes concurrently executing the simulation model and control code for a simulated physical controller, where... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110270424 | PROGRAM ANALYSIS SUPPORT DEVICE A program analysis support device that can freely combine program analysis conditions and can realize desired program analysis. An analysis condition setting part inputs a program analysis condition in a form of a conditional equation (analysis command, an analysis subj... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110270423 | Method for transferring parameter data in the case of uploading and/or downloading parameter settings between field devices and/or a control station A method for reducing parameter data to be transferred in the case of uploading and/or downloading parameter settings between field devices and/or a control station, wherein the parameter data include information concerning an operating state of the field device and/or ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110238189 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Plant Using Feedback Signals A method and apparatus controls a plant using feedback signals. A procedural description of a feedback control process for the plant is translated into a set of objects, wherein each object is a portion of the procedural description, wherein each object is a strictly-en... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110224809 | Method for Operating an Automation System A method for operating an automation system which executes, as an automation solution, a control program having a plurality of software modules, where the method comprises replacing at least one software module comprising an old software module at the runtime of the con... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110218654 | Method For Optimizing A Control Program For Actuators Method for optimizing a control program for actuators, wherein by means of the control program, at least one first function comprising the allocated program lines is executed to control a first actuator, the control program being in the form of an executable model in a ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110160880 | PRIORITY SELECTION MECHANISM FOR DRIVING OUTPUTS FROM CONTROL LOGIC FOR CONTROLLERS OF VARIOUS PROTOCOLS A priority selection mechanism for driving outputs from control logic which can be automatically translated to controllers of various protocols. The priority selection mechanism may assign a priority to the outputs and select the output having the highest priority as th... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110106318 | UPDATING SYRINGE PROFILES FOR A SYRINGE PUMP A method and system to update a syringe pump is provided. The pump supports a syringe having a plunger and includes a piston drive to couple to the plunger, a processor to control movement of the piston drive, and a memory to store syringe profiles for different syringe... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110093098 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION WITH ENHANCED CHANGE-TRACKING The invention provides, in some aspects, a process, environmental, manufacturing, industrial or other such control system (hereinafter, “control system”) with enhanced, real-time change tracking. The system includes one or more configurable elements (e.g., field dev... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110071653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING TUNING PARAMETERS OF A CONTROLLER A method and system for updating tuning parameters associated with a controller without repetitive compilation of a controller code. The controller code represents an algorithm associated with the controller and can be compiled separately from a data set representing a ... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110009985 | CUSTOM FUNCTION BLOCKS FOR USE WITH PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS A system and method for creating and incorporating a function block within a process control system enables a user of the process control system to generate a function block by combining a plurality of files selected from a group of files provided by the manufacturer of... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100332979 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURATION OF MACRO COMMANDS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE A system displays a representation of an original equipment remote control device for a target device to be controlled using a macro button of a configurable controlling device. The displayed representation of the original equipment remote control device includes repres... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100305721 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION WITH CONTROL OBJECTS THAT SELF-DEFINE TRACKED PARAMETERS The invention provides, in some aspects, improved apparatus for configuring a control system. The apparatus includes a model made up of objects representing devices of such a system, including, at least one device that defines and/or controls communications on at least ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100262265 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING SEQUENTIAL FUNCTION CHARTS AS FUNCTION BLOCKS IN A CONTROL SYSTEM Systems and methods are provided for converting Sequential Function Chart (SFC) logic to function block logic for execution by a programmable controller. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving Sequential Function Chart (SFC) logic comprising Steps and Transition... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100262305 | Computerized method for making changes to an irrigation system and apparatus for implementing such method The present invention relates to a computerized method for operating changes to an irrigation system. The method includes the steps of: providing a computer processing apparatus having storage media; installing a computer program product for sizing and changing the syst... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100241246 | PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM AND INTERLOCK FACTOR SPECIFYING METHOD To provide a plant control system that has 1) a function of creating and executing a uniform control program for diagnosing an interlock condition, 2) a function of displaying a ladder circuit including only plural factor signals when plant equipment cannot be started, ... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100222902 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL CONFIGURATION WITH OBJECT HIERARCHY, VERSIONING, INHERITANCE, AND OTHER ASPECTS Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100211197 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM USING AN ELECTRONIC DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE SCRIPT Example methods and apparatus to configure a process control system using an electronic description language (EDL) script are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises loading a first script representative of a process plant, the first script comprising an interpr... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100163020 | Method for administering an inhalable compound A method may include dispensing a dose of an inhalable compound according to a dosing instruction set; and maintaining a hands-free article for dispensing the inhalable compound in an operable dispensing position.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100131083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A MOTOR A method for editing a motor profile is described. The method includes receiving a stored motor profile selection via a user interface, and receiving user inputs via the user interface. The user inputs include instructions relating to an edit of the selected motor profi... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100122245 | FIELD DEVICE AND FIELD DEVICE SOFTWARE UPDATE SYSTEM THEREWITH There is provided a field device for downloading a new software through a field bus from a host system and replacing a current software which is currently executed with the new software. The field device includes: a history information generation and management section ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100114335 | Universal medical device control consol A control consol is disclosed for controlling one or more medical devices. The control consol communicates to at least one medical device, and at least one peripheral module associated with the medical device if needed. The control consol has a microprocessor for proces... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100106262 | DEVICE FOR A NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEM The invention relates to a networked control system, comprising a plurality of devices (100a, 100b, 100c), wherein each device (100a, 100b, 100c) is specified by a corresponding device l... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100094438 | METHOD FOR EXCHANGING STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM According to the invention, during continuous operation of an automation system, one type of structural component is initially modified by a projection tool in the surroundings of the projection, independently of the start of operation of the structural component and a ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100094437 | METHOD FOR THE CONVERSION OF LADDER DIAGRAMS A method for converting traditional ladder diagrams for programmable controllers according to model 984, for example, the traditional ladder diagrams being read and executed column by column, into ladder diagrams for IEC 61131-oriented controllers, for example, with the... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100076648 | TRUCK AND BODYBUILDER MODULE FOR THIS TRUCK, METHOD, MEMORY AND SOFTWARE TO CONFIGURE THE BODYBUILDER MODULE A truck and a bodybuilder module for a truck, a method, a memory and software to configure the bodybuilder module are provided. The truck includes a first non-volatile memory zone, content of which cannot be modified, the first non-volatile memory zone storing authorize... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100076575 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL CONFIGURATION An industrial control configuration can be a dynamic entity where different controllers are added, are subtracted, fail, etc. When dynamic functions occur, bindings of the configuration can benefit from a modification. Therefore, automatic adjustment of bindings can occ... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100063605 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT ONLINE PROGRAM CHANGES ON AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM A method for performing online program changes on an automation system is provided. New program parts are loaded into a CPU of the automation system, while a user program is currently running, in order to provide a new user program. In order to avoid overloading of the ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100050168 | SECURE FIRMWARE UPDATES IN EMBEDDED SYSTEMS An oilfield borehole device comprising a storage device including a first software image and a data structure, the data structure to include at least one of an address, a file identifier and a flag. The device further comprises a processor to download a second software ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100036535 | TIP-BASED COMPUTER CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR A HAND-HELD DENTAL DELIVERY DEVICE A tip-based computer controlled system for a dental delivery device is disclosed. The system automatically controls an operating characteristic such as power control or fluid flow based on tip identification and history. The operating characteristic may also be controll... | 02/11/2010 |
| 20100023139 | PROGRAM EDITING DEVICE FOR PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER A common library stores therein user function blocks and ready-made protected function blocks. By being manipulated by the user, an editing device links some of function programs stored in the function blocks in the library to form a control program which controls the e... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100016999 | MACHINING PROGRAM CHECKING APPARATUS To provide a grammar checking apparatus for a machining program capable of surely detecting a program error without excessively increasing a computation load and shortening the necessary program correction time. A machining program checking apparatus includes: a grammar... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100016998 | MACHINING PROGRAM PROCESSING APPARATUS To provide a machining program processing apparatus capable of preventing an increase in the program correction time or does not let the program correction time go to waste. A machining program processing apparatus includes: a grammar checking unit 2c exec... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100010647 | USER INTERFACE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES A method and system is disclosed for operating a medical device with or without a cassette in place. A method is disclosed for adding additional VTBI to an ongoing infusion without stopping the infusion and with maintaining the infusion parameters. A method and system i... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090319061 | Apparatus for integrating device objects into a super ordinated control unit An apparatus for integrating device objects into a superordinated control unit for field devices in automation technology, wherein a predetermined operating system runs on the control unit, the control unit communicates via a fieldbus with the field devices and the devi... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090319831 | Automation Network, Remote Access Server for an Automation Network and a Method for Transmitting Operating Data Between an Automation System and a Remote Computer There is described an automation network, a remote access server for an automation network and a method for transmission of operating data between an automation system with one or more automation devices and a remote computer with the operating data of the automation de... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090313481 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING SAFETY-RELEVANT DATA FOR A CONTROL DEVICE A system and method for changing safety-relevant data for a control device is provided wherein an authorized user inputs new or altered safety-relevant data, which is received on a data processing installation. A first checksum for the safety-relevant data is establishe... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090254203 | Method of configuring power tool electronics in a hand-held power tool A method of configuring power tool electronics in a hand-held power tool (10) having sensor means (20) for acquiring measurement data, a control unit (50) for processing measurement data and for controlling power tool functions, and a data transmiss... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090240348 | EDITING LIFECYCLE AND DEPLOYMENT OF OBJECTS IN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ENVIRONMENT An editor in an industrial automation environment comprises an input component that receives modification data relating to at least one of lifecycle and deployment of an object, the object is associated with a programmable logic controller and configured in accordance w... | 09/24/2009 |
