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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108056 | Industrial controller using shared memory multicore architecture A multicore processor for industrial control provides for the execution of separate operating systems on the cores under control of one of the cores to tailor the operating system to optimum execution of different applications of industrial control and communication... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7369912 | Batch execution engine with independent batch execution processes A process plant control system includes a batch execution engine that spawns or creates an individual batch process application in a separate application process space for each batch to be run within a process plant. The batch execution engine includes communication... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363380 | Method for optimizing a link schedule A method for improving a link schedule used in a communications network is disclosed. While the method applies generally to networks that operate on a scheduled communications basis, it is described in the context of a Foundation FIELDBUS. The method includes: sched... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7330985 | Logic circuit system and method of changing operating voltage of a programmable logic circuit A logic circuit system with power consumption that is reduced by automatically varying the clock frequency and operating voltage according to processing capability imposed on programmable logic circuits. The programmable logic circuits are capable of achieving plura... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321800 | Control system and method of controlling an injection molding machine A control system for injection molding machines comprises a central control unit (26) for executing cyclical machine program sequences. Further, a visualization means (24, 25) is connected with the central control unit (26). The central control ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309306 | Machine tool A machine tool comprises a main body having a plurality of parts and an NC apparatus connected to the main body. The NC apparatus includes a display means for displaying a part information about the plurality of parts constituting the main body, a memory means for m... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299099 | Programmable logic controller contained on a chip Various embodiments of a programmable logic controller and a system for programming a programmable logic controller are disclosed. One PLC embodiment comprises an I/O component, a processor, a memory component and a kernel, all contained within a chip. ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7277763 | Configurable controller A configurable controller, comprising a configurable digital unit having a synchronization control module; a plurality of signal acquisition modules connected with said synchronization control module for receiving reference control data therefrom; and a control logi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278159 | Coordinated thwarting of denial of service attacks A system architecture for thwarting denial of service attacks on a victim data center is described. The system includes a first plurality of monitors that monitor network traffic flow through the network. The first plurality of monitors is disposed at a second plura... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272450 | Development aid device A development aid device for development of a ladder program for a programmable controller has a program memory for storing the ladder program and an outline data generating part for sequentially scanning constituent elements of this stored ladder program to extract... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272453 | Method and apparatus for utilizing a sequence interpreter approach to control logic of a programmable logic controller The work memory of a programmable logic controller (PLC) is loaded with only one instruction at a time from the PLC's load memory which contains the entire instruction set to control a process. Each instruction has a format which contains at least one option code wh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272451 | Programmable logic controller programming system A programming system includes a graphical data entry user interface for a plurality of sequential steps displayed to a user on a monitor. The user selects outputs to be activated for each of the sequential steps and any inputs to be monitored or timer to be enabled ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7254452 | Distributed input/output control systems and methods Apparatus and methods for controlling a system that operates responsive to a plurality of input control signals are disclosed. During operation the system generates a plurality of output status/control signals. A master controller has at least first and second contr... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254460 | Numerical control system, and method of establishing communication timing in numerical control system Performing communications between numerical control apparatus 1a and peripheral devices (composed of at least one of a servo amplifier 2a, a spindle amplifier 3a and a remote I/O unit 4a) by connecting a numeri... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250740 | Method and apparatus for generating pulse-width modulated waveform In a method of generating pulse-width modulated waveform, the cycle of a carrier wave for the waveform is determined together with a first dead time value and a second dead time value both of which are set in a plurality of up-down counters, respectively. Using the ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7249356 | Methods and structure for batch processing event history processing and viewing A batch event historian gathers, stores and presents data regarding a batch process where relationships among the various elements of data are automatically derived by an executive program. A persistent store includes structure corresponding to the relationships def... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7246023 | Flexible process optimizer A flexible process optimizer for recording and analyzing various parameters to improve the efficiency of a production process. The flexible process optimizer acquires and conditions signals from a variety of transducers mounted on a production machine. Through quali... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240119 | Method for configuring a programmable logic controller using an extensible markup language schema A method for configuring a programmable logic controller (PLC) having a protocol is provided. The method includes providing an extensible markup language (XML) schema for the protocol of the PLC. In another aspect, a method for configuring a programmable logic contr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233831 | Systems and methods for controlling programmable lighting systems One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a control system. The control system may be adapted to control one or more lighting systems (e.g. stand-alone or networked lighting systems). The control system may also have a user interface (e.g. dial or butto... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231261 | Method for automatically obtaining an operational sequence of processes and a tool for performing such method In order to automatically calculate an operational sequence of processes that determine an output value from at least one input value, a multitude of processes (P1–P8), whose inputs are provided with at least one of the attributes: input value of the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228185 | Method for controlling and/or regulating industrial processes In a method for controlling and/or regulating industrial processes (1, 20), a standard operating system (3) with a real-time module or a real-time operating system is implemented on a hardware platform (2) and simultaneously at least two real-ti... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211816 | Method for in-situ continuity check on an optical bus A method of continuity checking an optical connection. An first optical source transmits an optical signal. A first optical receiver is checked for the optical signal. A second optical source transmits another optical signal. A second optical receiver checks for the... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7200495 | Method and apparatus for analyzing spatial and temporal processes of interaction Devices and techniques for estimating the concentration of one or more agents in a fluid environment employ a plurality of measurements of a sensor attribute that changes in response to an agent. Measurements taken before the agent/reagent combination reaches a stea... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188016 | Method and device for modelling a mechatronic system in a motor vehicle A method and an arrangement are disclosed for modeling a mechatronic system in a motor vehicle in the context of an object-based ordering concept as a mapping in the unified modeling language. The elements of the CARTRONIC® with components and envelopes as their cl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7142929 | Process data management A process data management system (1) has a number of modules (2 –6) each of which can operate independently to capture, process, and record process data from machines (P1–P6). The modules also communicate with each other via a messagi... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130722 | Smart disconnect switch interbase Apparatus (10) for controlling supply of electricity through an electrical distribution network to a customer. An electrical meter (12) is plugged into an electrical socket (14) at a customer's premises. Electricity flows from a power line throu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117042 | Semiconductor device and method for controlling the same A semiconductor device, which is controlled based on a control signal corresponding to control data includes: a control register in which the control data is set; a sequencer which performs read control of a first control command on a nonvolatile memory in which the... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114155 | Programmable controller A programmable controller suitable for use in a globally distributed automation network. In addition, a universal management engineering and information system for such a globally distributed automation network is described. It is used in a globally distributed auto... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098771 | Method for offline-parametering of a field device of the process automation technology In a method for offline parametering of a field device with the help of an operating program B running on an operating device B, the operating program B communicates with a copy of the device software program GS that runs in the field device F1. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096073 | Configurable controller A configurable controller, comprising a configurable digital unit having a synchronization control module; a plurality of signal acquisition modules connected with said synchronization control module for receiving reference control data therefrom; and a control logi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7092834 | Method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for an apparatus requiring adjustment In a method for determination and representation of adjustment steps for operation of an apparatus requiring adjustment, such as a diagnostic imaging apparatus, the implementation of manual adjustments by a user is supported. The method determines which adjustment s... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089154 | Automatic machinery fault diagnostic method and apparatus The invention relates to an automatic fault diagnostic procedure for machines, such as steam, gas and hydro-turbines, generators, pumps, electrical motors, etc. For each of a plurality of components, for each of a number of possible faults, a total fault symptom str... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085625 | Control system for baling machine A control system for a bulk material baler embodied in a machine readable data structure and including an instruction to a moveable guide track to move from a removed position to a closed position to create a guide track loop around a volume of bulk material to be b... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062343 | Remote maintenance system Factories (102–104) have host computers (107) for monitoring industrial equipment (106). Each host computer (107) is connected to a management host computer (108) on a vendor (101) side through the internet (105). T... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058693 | System for programming a programmable logic controller using a web browser A control system includes an Internet web interface to a network of at least one programmable logic control system running an application program for controlling output devices in response to status of input devices. The Web interface runs Web pages from an Ethernet... | 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 |
| 7043566 | Entity event logging A system and method for monitoring events of a plurality of members configured as an entity. Configurable event logging settings can be defined at a first member and dynamically propagated to each member of the entity to establish event logging configuration setting... | 05/09/2006 |
