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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7996094 | Usage of a virtual unit Problems can occur when a controller is limited in ownership to one process. To minimize these problems, phantom Units can be used that are direct replicas of actual Units. Thus, multiple processes can own a single controller—one process can own the actual Unit wh... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7869887 | 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 wit... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7437596 | Self-healing control network for building automation systems In building automation architectures, components may be associated through physical communications paths and at a different level through building automation applications. Building automation applications implement control processes for a building function. Due to c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7369060 | Distributed intelligence ballast system and extended lighting control protocol A ballast for use in a multi-ballast lighting system wherein the ballasts are coupled together by a digital communication network. The ballast comprises a power circuit portion for providing an electrical current to power a lamp. The ballast further includes a senso... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363396 | Supercharge message exchanger A system with a first random access memory (RAM), a second RAM, a first processor coupled to the first RAM and a second processor coupled to the second RAM. The first RAM is configured to store input/output (I/O) completions from at least two engines. The second RAM... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356739 | System and program for controlling a distributed processing system The highly reliable distributed system is composed of a communication protocol processing unit which comprises a mailbox for storing a communication message, and executes communication protocol processing between data of an application program and a network controll... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7337256 | Distributed control system with multiple control levels and/or downloading A field controller for use in a distributed control system including an area controller and at least one field controller. The field controller manages at least one controlled device in an industrial process operation. The field controller comprises a processor modu... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325049 | Alert management messaging Techniques are described for providing alert management messages in a broadcast environment to individual recipients or to identifiable groups of recipients. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7283888 | Method and system for controlling a machine tool with direct transfer of machining data Method and system for a direct transmission of motion path data (310) from a generating system (204) to a control system (205) for use in controlling a servo-driven machine. For example, a machine tool for machining stock material, and the data ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7278066 | Automatic fieldbus device load-mode identification A Fieldbus device and method for handling errors arising from parameter write messages. A load mode identifier detects if the parameter write messages are operator initiated or program initiated. If program initiated, communication of errors resulting from execution... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7275181 | Autonomic embedded computing “dynamic storage subsystem morphing” A Dynamic Storage Subsystem Morphing (DSSM) mechanism (40) is connected to a plurality of storage subsystem resources, which reserve some storage area each non-donor ECU (12), ready for a “slot-down/up” access by a respective non-donor ECU having a... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7268443 | Wind turbine generator system A wind turbine generator system can regulate the rotational velocity of the wind turbine within an operation range even when the wind velocity suddenly changes and can perform continuous operation of the wind turbine. The wind turbine generator system includes a gen... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7251551 | On-vehicle electronic control device An on-vehicle electronic control device includes an auxiliary microprocessor and subjects a microprocessor allocated to a main part of control to an external diagnosis, thereby improving reliability of performance. A microprocessor including a nonvolatile program me... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250856 | Integrated alarm display in a process control network An alarm display and interface tool for use in a process control system receives and displays different categories of alarms, including for example, device alarms and hardware alarms as well as traditional process alarms, on a single display to enable an operator or... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7210022 | Apparatus and method for interconnecting a processor to co-processors using a shared memory as the communication interface An apparatus and method for interfacing a processor to one or more co-processors provides a dual ported memory to be used as a message passing buffer between the processor and the co-processors. Both the processor and co-processors can connect asynchronously to the ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206878 | Voltage level bus protocol for transferring data A bus protocol that allows a master to transfer the same data to multiple devices at the same time. More specifically, the bus protocol uses a particular voltage level to identify whether a device should receive the data. A controller is used for programming the vol... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203370 | Image processing apparatus which records images in a compressed state and outputs compressed images in an expanded state An image signal processing apparatus includes two JPEG codecs. A plurality of frames of image signals periodically input from a multiplexer are individually compressed by the two JPEG codecs, and the compressed image signals are recorded on a hard disk by an HDD. Fu... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200706 | Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a local memory permitting high-speed access. The local memory has at least first and second ports. The first port of the local memory is connected to a CPU by a first bus and the second port of the local memory is connecte... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191228 | Health checker for EMS CORBA notification listener A system and method is described for checking the health status of a communication pathways between an EMS and a notification listener that receives notification signals from the EMS when changes have occurred in a downstream electronic system architecture. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181508 | System and method for communicating, monitoring and configuring a device operatively connected to a network A method of monitoring a network is employed for communicating with a device operatively connected to the network. The network employs a data engine for interfacing with a data agent connected to the device. The method comprises detecting the presence of the device ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7155729 | Method and system for displaying transient notifications A notification component that is shared between all applications that provides notifications to users without interrupting the task that the user is working and allows users to manage the notifications from one location. The user can globally set preferences as to h... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151811 | Electric circuit for decoding a two-phase asynchronous data signal and corresponding decoding method, device for controlling equipment This invention relates to an electronic circuit for decoding an asynchronous two-phase data signal. According to the invention, such an electronic circuit comprises means for generating a decoding clock using a counter powered by an internal clock, and repeat... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7141950 | Fan control utilizing bi-directional communication A system and method for bi-directional communication between a system controller and a fan controller: The system operates in two modes and there are two communication paths between the system controller and the fan controller. The first communication path provides ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142931 | Control system with controlled dead zone A method of operating a control device having a setpoint value, an error signal, and a control output is disclosed. The error signal is representative of a difference between a controlled variable and the setpoint value, the control output operable to affect the con... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7143164 | Dynamic object library software architecture A system for utilizing an object library to dynamically match the type structures of a client and a server to determine compatibility. Once compatibility has been established, the client and server can communicate through a secure connection. Information can be sent... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7130851 | System and method for maintaining and displaying user ordered lists A system and method for updating a source copy of an ordered list (the source list) comprising a plurality of list items according to modifications made to the order of the list items in a local copy of the ordered list (the local list) is provided. Each list item i... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110919 | Field panel trending on event in a building control system A building control system, such as an HVAC system, has a field unit incorporating a control panel (a field panel) with a local user interface allowing user selected parameters for collecting trend information when the system detects a change of value for a point in ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107358 | Bridge for an industrial control system using data manipulation techniques A bridge usable in a highly reliable industrial control system provides an interface between a producer module transmitting redundant messages in accordance with a communication protocol and a consumer module receiving the messages in accordance with a different com... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103752 | Method and apparatus for broadcasting messages with set priority to guarantee knowledge of a state within a data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for broadcasting information. A change in data used by a number of processors in the data processing system is identified. A message is sent to the number of processors in the data processing system in which the message... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099965 | Network device interface for digitally interfacing data channels to a controller a via network The present invention provides a network device interface and method for digitally connecting a plurality of data channels to a controller using a network bus. The network device interface interprets commands and data received from the controller and polls the data ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096108 | Brake system with distributed electronic control units incorporating failsafe mode A brake system for a heavy vehicle includes a control network, a brake component, a central control unit, and a distributed electronic control unit. The central control unit generates central control signals adapted to control the brake component, which control sign... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096285 | Network device interface for digitally interfacing data channels to a controller via a network The present invention provides a network device interface and method for digitally connecting a plurality of data channels, such as sensors, actuators, and subsystems, to a controller using a network bus. The network device interface interprets commands and data rec... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7076386 | Computer card for electro-pneumatic calibrators with system management The present computer card for electro-pneumatic calibrators with system management corresponds the an equipment for calibrating vehicle tires, automatically, made up by electronic, electric and mechanical components commanded by computer programs, of simple handling... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062591 | Controller data sharing using a modular DMA architecture A network storage controller for transferring data between a host computer and a storage device, such as a redundant array of inexpensive disks (RAID), is disclosed. The network storage controller includes at least one channel interface module which is adapted to be... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058737 | Network device interface for digitally interfacing data channels to a controller via a network The present invention provides a network device interface and method for digitally connecting a plurality of data channels, such as sensors, actuators, and subsystems, to a controller using a network bus. The network device interface interprets commands and data rec... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054337 | Method and apparatus for optimizing communications in a multiplexer network An apparatus for optimizing multiplexer communications in a system having a host, a multiplexer, and a field instrument device. The host is arranged to run a host software and to transmit a message to the multiplexer, the message including an embedded message for th... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054693 | High data rate actuator/sensor control system for a plastics processing machine A control system for a plastics processing machine with at least one central processing unit with a real-time operating system is described. The central processing unit is connected to a plurality of actuators and/or sensors via a bus system, with at least one actua... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043975 | Hydraulic system health indicator A method and apparatus for determining the operating health of a hydraulic system are provided. The method may include the steps of determining a plurality of operating parameters of the hydraulic system during operation of the hydraulic system, determining an estim... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047092 | Home automation contextual user interface A user interface having a plurality of user interface elements including: background, passive elements such as frames and borders, information display elements that present information from application software operating on the control unit, and control elements tha... | 05/16/2006 |
