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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7348883 | Medical communication and locator system and method There is disclosed a medical communication and locator system and method including a medical chart communication system and method and a personnel communication system and method for monitoring the location of charts and personnel in a medical environment. The commu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336200 | Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system An automatic meter reading (AMR) system includes a fixed or mobile reader and an endpoint. The endpoint is interfaced to a utility meter and the fixed or mobile reader is capable of communicating with the endpoint via RF communication. In this system the fixed or mo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332679 | Weighing device equipped with power supply mechanism having fixed section and movable section A weighing section includes a plurality of weighing members and a power supply mechanism. The weighing members weigh an object while moving. The power supply mechanism includes a fixed section, a rotatable section moving along the movement of the weighing members, a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328616 | Digital angular velocity detection device A digital angular velocity detection device, including a stat or formed on a substrate. A rotor operable to rotate in response to an external force is provided. The rotor has a plurality of electrodes formed at regular intervals on a curve at a predetermined radius ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324011 | Method and system for pipeline communication A pipeline communication system and method includes a pipeline having a surface extending along at least a portion of the length of the pipeline. A conductive bus is formed to and extends along a portion of the surface of the pipeline. The conductive bus includes a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321846 | Two-wire process control loop diagnostics A diagnostic device for coupling to a process control loop includes digital communication circuitry configured to receive a digital communication signal from the process control loop. The digital communication signal is a digitally modulated analog signal on the pro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7290450 | Process diagnostics A diagnostic device for use in a industrial process includes monitoring electronics or diagnostic circuitry configured to diagnose or identify a condition or other occurrence in the industrial process. The system can be implemented in a process device such as a flow... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287432 | Process transmitter with overpressure vent An overpressure vent in a transmitter housing of a process transmitter. The transmitter is configured for coupling to an industrial process and measuring a process variable. The transmitter includes an enclosure having a cavity formed therein. A process coupling is ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7256588 | Capacitive sensor and method for non-contacting gap and dielectric medium measurement A method for non-contact measurement of a displacement between a surface and a capacitive sensor comprised of at least two superimposed conductive plates electrically insulated one from the other and a sensor circuit coupled to the plates including: positioning the ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254518 | Pressure transmitter with diagnostics In one embodiment, a pressure transmitter is provided which diagnoses the condition of a primary element and/or an impulse line which connects to a pressure sensor. A difference circuit coupled to the pressure sensor has a difference output which represents the sens... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7236765 | Data communication over power lines A system for receiving and processing signals received from a plurality of endpoints. Each endpoint includes an endpoint transmitter in electrical communication with a power distribution line within a power distribution system. The system comprises a power line coup... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7190053 | Field device incorporating circuit card assembly as environmental and EMI/RFI shield A field hardened industrial device is described with a housing of the device having electrically conductive walls surrounding a cavity with an open end. An electronics assembly is adapted to fit within the cavity. The device includes a circuit card assembly, which i... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7151497 | Coaxial antenna system An antenna system of coaxial elements and terminating impedances produces controlled bandwidth, broadband, and wideband performance under a variety of near field influences, with capability for simultaneous and alternating reception and radiation of electromagnetic ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142034 | Charge signal converting amplifier Positive charges of a sensor element are stored in a capacitor for converting a voltage, are converted into a positive voltage by an amplifier, and then are outputted. When the polarity of the charges of the sensor element are inverted to be negative, the charges in... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134354 | Display for process transmitter A transmitter for use in a process control system for monitoring an industrial process includes a housing having a top and a bottom and a height extending therebetween. A parallelogram display is mounted to the housing. Sides of the parallelogram display are arrange... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7124632 | Electronically configurable rate sensor circuit and method Angular rate sensor and method in which the parameters of a circuit which provides drive signals and processes signals from a sensing element are configured electronically by a programmable memory. Being configured in this manner, the circuit is extremely versatile ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7109883 | Low power physical layer for a bus in an industrial transmitter A process variable transmitter connects a serial bus to an accessory load. A supply limiter circuit provides a first supply current limit and provides a stored energy output. A recessive driver circuit draws a drive current from the stored energy output and couples ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099895 | System and method for performing object association using a location tracking system The present invention provides a method of recording object associations using a location system. Object locations are determined based on signals generated from object identifiers linked to the objects and forwarded to an electronic device interfaced with a network... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085610 | Root cause diagnostics An industrial process diagnostic apparatus is provided which can identify a source, or “root cause”, of an aberration in an industrial process. A plurality of process configuration models are provided which each represent a physical (or actual) implementation of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075430 | Security system and danger sensor for monitoring danger parameters A security system utilizes danger sensors (3) and a central unit connected wirelessly to the danger sensors (3). The danger sensors (3) have a communication module (8) which has the same dimensions and same shape for all sensor types, and... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7057543 | Low power method and interface for generating analog waveforms A low power analog output circuit is disclosed that utilizes a low pass filter driven by a bit stream to render a waveshaped output signal based upon a raw digital data signal. The analog output circuit includes sequential bit pattern selection logic that receives a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7046180 | Analog-to-digital converter with range error detection A circuit includes a multiplexer, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor that compares a sequence of digital outputs from the analog-to-digital converter to a sequence of normal ranges that correspond with the digital outputs in order to provide an error ou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038412 | Device with an electromotor An arrangement having an electric motor (10) has a microcontroller (12) for influencing at least one motor function and a nonvolatile storage element (14) for storing at least one variable as a definition for that motor function. The arrangement... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7036381 | High temperature pressure transmitter assembly A pressure transmitter assembly for measuring a pressure of a process fluid includes an isolation diaphragm assembly. A pressure sensor is spaced apart from the isolation diaphragm assembly to provide thermal isolation. A conduit extends from the isolation diaphragm... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7018800 | Process device with quiescent current diagnostics A process device for use on an industrial process control system includes a quiescent current sensor configured to sense quiescent current draw of the process device. Diagnostic circuitry determines a diagnostic condition of the process device as a function of the s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010459 | Process device diagnostics using process variable sensor signal A diagnostic device for use in a process control system receives a sensor signal related to a process variable of a process sensed by a process variable sensor. A signal preprocessor provides a sensor power signal output as a function of a frequency distribution of ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6970003 | Electronics board life prediction of microprocessor-based transmitters A field device includes circuitry to successively measure a parameter related to current drawn by electronics of the field device. The measurements are provided to a prediction engine which calculates a diagnostic output based upon the plurality of current-related m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6943565 | Angular position measuring equipment in robotics, where it determines the angle of the joints A robot arm for industrial robots comprises one or several jointed arms (1,1c) that are mutually connected to each other by means of rotary joints (1a, 1b), and a jointed arm (1) connected to a base (3), in whi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6937160 | Sensor arrangement for application to at least one data item A sensor arrangement for application to at least one data item, and comprising at least one sensitive element connected by way of sensor electronic circuitry having a storage arrangement with an input/output port. This input/output port of the sensor arrangement is ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6920799 | Magnetic flow meter with reference electrode An magnetic flow meter is provided which includes a reference electrode configured to electrically couple process fluid flowing within a flowtube of the flow meter. The reference electrode is adapted to measure potential of the process fluid. A current limiter is co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909369 | Device for monitoring an area The present invention relates to a monitoring device (1) with a transmitter unit (2) and a receiver unit (3) for monitoring an area. Slotted cables serve as antennas. According to the invention, a first slotted cable is arranged as a transmittin... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907383 | Flow diagnostic system A flow diagnostic system for a flow sensing element and impulse lines. A pressure transmitter coupled to the impulse lines provides digital pressure data to a control system. The control system provides the pressure data and real time clock readings to a diagnostic ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904476 | Transmitter with dual protocol interface A two-wire process transmitter for use in monitoring an industrial process includes HART® communication circuitry and Fieldbus communication circuitry to couple to a two-wire process control loop. A first pair of electrical terminals is provided to couple the HART... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6703942 | Measuring system using detachable reading/programming means An industrial system for measuring a physical quantity, related to an industrial process and/or application, comprising: first means for detecting said physical quantity and for transmitting first data and/or signals related to said physical quantity; ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6617977 | Communication unit position detecting system and recoding medium storing recorded communication unit position detecting program Communication units are each provided with a wireless communication control section, a timing pattern generating section for generating a specified timing pattern, an informing device control section for controlling an informing device in accordance with ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615023 | System for wireless, bi-directional transfer of electric signals A low-cost system for wireless, bi-directional transformation of electric signals over a capacitive interface between a host unit and a guest unit is provided. The system allows a high impedance in the circuitry of the guest unit to obtain a good signal t... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6593857 | Modular process transmitter having a scalable EMI/RFI filtering architecture A modular process transmitter having a scalable EMI/RFI filtering architecture includes a unitized sensor module and a transmitter module. The unitized sensor module is adapted to operate as a stand-alone process transmitter. The transmitter module can co... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6593757 | Capacitance type displacement detection apparatus A transmission electrode 10 and a detection electrode 12 are placed in an electrode section of a sensor and are capacity-coupled with a reception electrode placed on an opposed scale. Capacity change between the transmission electrode 10 and the reception... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6556146 | Radio-interrogated surface-wave technology sensor Radio-interrogated surface-wave technology sensor, in which the sensitive element (12) is an impedance which is electrically connected as termination to a surface-wave structure (26) of the sensor.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6504489 | Process control transmitter having an externally accessible DC circuit common Disclosed is a process control transmitter having an externally accessible DC circuit common that eliminates the need to perform level shifting of signals communicated between the transmitter and external processing electronics. The process control transm... | 01/07/2003 |
