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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120083903 | MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL WITH VARIABLE TRAJECTORY SHARING One or more techniques are provided for the sharing of variable trajectories between multiple controllers in a control system. In general, the present technique is based upon the sharing of predicted desired variable trajectories between multiple controllers requiring a... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120053703 | INTEGRATED AUTOMATION SYSTEM Autonomous operations are conducted within a defined geographical region. In an autonomous system of a management party a plurality of localised zones are established having operation-defined geographical boundaries within the geographical region. Entities having autono... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046818 | INTEGRATED AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR REGIONS WITH VARIABLE GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES Methods and systems are described for effecting autonomous operations within a defined geographical region (1110). A plurality of localised zones (1102, 1104, 1106, 1108) having operation-defined geographical boundaries are specified within the region. A p... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120016494 | 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 or pr... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110202145 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE PARAMETER BINDING METHOD AND SYSTEM The present invention provides techniques for automatically binding device parameters to an input and output interface. Doing so enables dynamic parameters to be available to the core firmware engine. More specifically, there is no input and output data in the configura... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110196539 | MULTI-SITE CONTROLLER BATCH UPDATE SYSTEM A system for multi-site batch setpoint and schedule updating. The system may provide an efficient manner to update hundreds or thousands of site controllers with control setpoints and/or schedules having a common new setting with minimal user intervention. A user may ea... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110196512 | REMOTE OPERATION OF PROCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT OVER CUSTOMER SUPPLIED NETWORK A DCS protocol message addressed to a remote DCS station is generated at a local distributed control system (DCS). The DCS protocol message is received at a local tunneling device. The local tunneling device packages the DCS protocol message into a SCADA protocol messag... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110184534 | CONFIGURATION OF ORDERED MULTICOMPONENT DEVICES A method of configuring communications between a computing device includes coupling the one or more SIE units to a communication link; receiving at the computing device an indication that the one or more SIE units are coupled to the communication link; selecting one or ... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110172788 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM Disclosed is a method for controlling a plurality of machines. The method includes identifying a first prerequisite operating condition for a first machine in the plurality of machines, the first machine having at least one control unit and configured to perform at leas... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110166716 | INTEGRATED AND OPTIMIZED DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND INTERCONNECT SYSTEM CONTROLLER Systems and methods for designing and controlling distributed generation resources are disclosed. Monolithic or distributed controllers control the power requests sent to each distributed generation resource to achieve optimal efficiency using rule-based and/or fuzzy lo... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110054637 | Field device for determining or monitoring a physical or chemical variable A field device for determining or monitoring a physical or chemical variable, comprising a sensor, which works according to a defined measuring principle, and a control/evaluation unit, which, as a function of a required safety standard for a particular safety-critical ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110029140 | Central control and instrumentation system for a technical installation and method for operating a central control and instrumentation system A central control and instrumentation system for a technical installation is provided. The central control and instrumentation system for a technical installation includes a plurality of functional modules which are interconnected for data transmission, monitored by a c... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022187 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED EXTERNAL DATA SOURCES Methods and systems for integrating external and/or enterprise data into a process control system are disclosed. A user interface may be provided to enable browsing and selection of a data item from an external and/or enterprise data source. The selected data item may b... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100185336 | INTEGRATED AND OPTIMIZED DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND INTERCONNECT SYSTEM CONTROLLER Systems and methods for designing and controlling distributed generation resources are disclosed. Monolithic or distributed controllers control the power requests sent to each distributed generation resource to achieve optimal efficiency using rule-based and/or fuzzy lo... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100185758 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A remote management device for remotely managing plural controllers that respectively control plural devices includes a program storage unit, a group definition information registration, a first management information registration unit and a communication unit. The prog... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100122269 | Supervisory Process Control And Manufacturing Information System Application Having A Layered Architecture A supervisory process control and manufacturing information system application is disclosed. The components of the application are distributable to a plurality of networked computer devices in a multi-layered hierarchical manner wherein lower layers host higher installe... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100063602 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BLOCK MODEL BASED FIELD DEVICE FOR A DISTRIBUTED AUTOMATION SYSTEM In a method for operating a field device working according to the block model for a distributed automation system, which exchanges data via a fieldbus, a first function block application serving for process control is provided, which makes available to other system part... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100050103 | Method And System For Generating A Control System User Interface A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system includes a computer and a plurality of process graphics having software objects for controlling and/or monitoring real world objects controlled by the control system. A display of selected process ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049335 | DATA STRUCTURE & ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT A data structure comprising a link to a set of binding points enabling connection to a building control system and a model of said automation control system is disclosed. The model comprises a plurality of virtual components arranged in a structure associated with funct... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049336 | AUTOMATION SYSTEM COMPRISING AN IMPLEMENTED ENGINEERING-ENVIRONMENT An automation system including a service-oriented architecture and decentralized, distributed components and/or devices in a flexible and reconfigurable production environment. The system includes at least one host computer which is connected to service-oriented compone... | 02/25/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100004758 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAMMABLE CONTROLLER AND CENTRALIZED CONTROLLER A centralized controller 2 controls facility equipment 3a and 3b according to a sequence control program corresponding to standard functions of the facility equipment 3a and 3b. In addition, the centralized ... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090259322 | Automation system and method for the diagnosis, adjustment or optimization of an automation device An automation system having an automation device for realizing a plurality of automation functions and a control device for controlling the automation device is disclosed. The control device has a plurality of data records with handling instructions for several differen... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090259321 | System and Method for Virtual Control of Laboratory Equipment A system for virtual control of electronic laboratory equipment includes a local computer system. One or more items of electronic laboratory equipment are connected to the local computer system. Each item of electronic laboratory equipment has a physical control panel i... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090254200 | Method for monitoring control devices A method for carrying out a control device monitoring, a program flow control being implemented for at least one event-synchronous process in the control device monitoring. The monitoring module is developed for carrying out a control device monitoring, A program flow c... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090248173 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ABILITY TO EXCHANGE DATA WITH PRODUCTION LINE MACHINE CONTROLLERS A system and method for integrating a production line process control system (PCS) with production line machine controllers to record data about processes completed on a production line. The PCS receives data from line controllers regarding processes that are completed ... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090240347 | OPERATING METHOD FOR A CONTROL DEVICE OF A SAFETY-ORIENTED AUTOMATION DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE RELIABILITY OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM Information describing an automation system is input into a control device of an automation device. The information the information includes a description of elements of the automation device, a description of interaction between the elements, and safety-related reliabi... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090228117 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A REGULATED SYSTEM, AND AN ENGINE INCLUDING SUCH A DEVICE This device for controlling at least one operating variable of a regulated system comprising: a filter module for filtering at least one setpoint input to the control device, the module using a first order integrator; and a correction module for correcting the variable ... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090210071 | OPERATIONAL PROCESS CONTROL DATA SERVER A system for implementing operational process control servers includes an application server for receiving operational process control data from operational process control servers associated with components of the monitored process, a data visualization server for rece... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090204232 | SELF SENSING COMPONENT INTERFACE SYSTEM The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to optimize control systems for networked industrial sensors or devices and methods for self sensing, communicating with, monitoring of, controlling and optimizing utilization of networked industrial sensors and re... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090132062 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PRECOMPILING PROGRAM SEQUENCES FOR WAFER PROCESSING Disclosed are apparatus and methods for embodiments for efficiently and flexibly controlling hardware devices in a semiconductor processing system are provided for use in a distributed control arrangement. In general, the distributed arrangement includes at least one up... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125122 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Redundancy In An Industrial Control System An industrial control system implementing a multi-tasking operating system employs a primary and secondary controller each having a processor and an I/O data table. The processors are configured to execute one or more priority ranked programs. A tracking of changes in t... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090082880 | WIRELESS DEVICE FOR A BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM A wireless adapter module receives data from a monitor device through a wired interface, where the data conforms to a first protocol. The wireless adapter device translates the data to a format compatible with a supervisory control system. The data is transmitted to the... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090043404 | DISCOVERABLE SERVICES A goal or desired output can be stated in terms of a high-level overview in a natural language or other format. The high-level overview can be automatically partitioned into steps to be performed in order to achieve the stated goal, such as by interpreting terms within ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090018673 | Environment, Lighting and Security Control System The present invention provides an environment measurement monitoring and response system. The present invention provides a method, system and program for managing multiple environmental systems in retail store locations geographically remote from each other.... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090005883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DEVICE INDEPENDENT CONTROL AND MODIFICATION A system and method for providing device independent control and modification is provided, where the system contains a supervisory controller and a first level controller in communication with the supervisory controller. The first level controller contains software ther... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080288089 | 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 or pr... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080249641 | 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 fie... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080249640 | Method for Controlling a System Formed from Interdependent Units A system formed from a plurality of interdependent units 200A to 200E are controlled to achieve an outcome by establishing a desired action for each unit responsive to the outcome but independently of the desired action of the other units. The control meth... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080234838 | INTEGRATED ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM USING COMMON BUILDING BLOCKS An electrical power distribution system includes a data bus, separate from the main aircraft data bus, internal to the aircraft electrical power distribution system and an electric power control unit (EPCU) in communication with the internal data bus. Primary and emerge... | 09/25/2008 |
