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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8065023 | System, method, and apparatus for managing wastewater treatment installation Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7996098 | Reactive replenishable device management Reactive replenishable device management comprises receiving device measurement data from at least one device, updating one or more device usage profiles associated with the at least one device, and if an analysis of the one or more device usage profiles indicates u... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7966081 | System, method, and apparatus for managing wastewater treatment installation Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7953503 | Method for operating a process plant, process plant and computer program product A method for operating a process plant, in which a number of alarm notifications for indicating non-compliant operating events of the process plant are generated at process level. Alarm notifications which can be generated during the operation of the process plant a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7937168 | Automated abnormal machine tracking and notifying system and method An automated abnormal machine tracking and notifying method includes automatically collecting and analyzing a plurality of test results to obtain a plurality of abnormal information, storing the abnormal information in a machine status database, respectively countin... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7751911 | Failure alarm device and failure alarm method A failure alarm device includes: an operation instruction capturing unit; an operation status signal capturing unit; and a timing and alarming unit for starting timing when the operation instruction capturing unit captures a start-operation instruction and the opera... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7693590 | Systems and methods for notifying of persistent states of monitored systems using distributed monitoring devices A system and method for providing notification when a state of a monitored system persists for a specified period of time utilizing distributed monitoring devices is disclosed. It is first detected, utilizing a monitoring device, that a monitored system is in a spec... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7620464 | Method for operating a process plant, process plant and computer program product A method for operating a process plant, in which at the process level a number of items of alarm information are generated to display improper operating procedures of the process plant, has a defined number of process states of the process plant, wherei... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7437199 | Method for data pre-population A method of using an APC system to perform a data pre-population function is described in which the APC system is coupled to a processing element. The APC system comprises an APC computer including operational software, a database coupled to the APC computer, and a ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7392165 | Simulation system for multi-node process control systems A simulation system attaches to a configuration database for one or more fully configured nodes of a process control system and copies the modules within those nodes into one or more simulation computers as simulation modules. The simulation system includes an algor... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392100 | System and methodology that facilitate factory automation services in a distributed industrial automation environment The present invention relates to a system and methodology providing automation services in a distributed industrial controller environment. In one aspect of the present invention, a data access service is provided that includes, sending and receiving data to and fro... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364044 | Safety device against overturning crane The present invention provides a safety device against crane overturning which operates in a crawler crane comprising at least four outriggers in a frame, the safety device comprising a load detector 2 that detects a ground reaction to each of the outriggers,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353074 | Production loss tracking system A production loss tracking system for a manufacturing system includes a collection module, an event module, and a report module. The collection module collects a processing status from a plurality of processing stations. The event module forecasts an upstream produc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349746 | System and method for abnormal event detection in the operation of continuous industrial processes Thousands of process and equipment measurements are gathered by the modern digital process control systems that are deployed in refineries and chemical plants. Several years of these data are historized in databases for analysis and reporting. These databases can be... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345580 | Alarm management system The present invention relates to an alarm management system for acquiring message data for alarms issued from a process and analyzing alarm behaviors. The alarm management system of the present invention selects unnecessary alarms from the message data for alarms an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7280048 | Process control loop current verification A process device is configured for coupling to a two wire process control loop. Loop current output circuitry is configured to apply an output current to the two wire process control loop. Loop current verification circuitry is coupled to the two wire process contro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7269504 | System and method for assigning a level of urgency to navigation cues System and method for guiding a driver of a vehicle (20) from a starting point to a destination point using an assignment of levels of urgency of navigation cues. The system comprises a navigation unit (38), a controller (22) and a user interfac... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260499 | Fuel delivery system with enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability A control system for a fuel delivery system provides enhanced functionality and diagnostic capabilities relative to known systems. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, enhanced functionality and diagnostic capability is provided by integrating the pump co... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260446 | Temperature protection method for machine tool A method of protecting a rotating device, loaded by temperature of a machine tool with one temperature sensor on that device and a temperature bloc, comprising the steps of inputting specific parameters in the temperature bloc, estimating a value for the device temp... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250855 | False alarm mitigation using a sensor network Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing, at a sensor node within a sensor network, a set of sensor readings to determine whether an event has occurred, the set of sensor readings including one or more sensor readings for correspond... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7233886 | Adaptive modeling of changed states in predictive condition monitoring An improved empirical model-based surveillance or control system for monitoring or controlling a process or machine provides adaptation of the empirical model in response to new operational states that are deemed normal or non-exceptional for the process or machine.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231316 | Method for performing a hazard review and safety analysis of a product or system A method for analyzing a system for safety to personnel or other systems is disclosed comprising: identifying at least one operating parameter of a first subcomponent of said product; identifying an inherent hazard of said first subcomponents based on an analysis of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225072 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using several predictive algorithms and a selection process System for controlling the stability of a vehicle, the system comprising means for imparting a longitudinal force to the tire and means for calculating a slip GOpt by determining the values of the coefficient of friction μi, for each slip G | 05/29/2007 |
| 7216241 | Self-testing power supply which indicates when an output voltage is within tolerance while not coupled to an external load A power supply unit according to a preferred embodiment of the invention is self testing. The power supply unit is enabled to function with no external loads applied, and includes a visual indicator of whether or not one or more voltage outputs of the power supply u... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206838 | System and method for analyzing remote traffic data in a distributed computing environment A system, method and storage medium embodying computer-readable code for analyzing traffic data in a distributed computing environment are described. The distributed computing environment includes a plurality of interconnected systems operatively coupled to a server... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206645 | Mobile, unitary, wall-plugged, temperature and/or power monitoring and warning system for critical spaces A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor modul... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200779 | Fault notification based on a severity level A method and apparatus is provided for fault notification based on a severity level. The method comprises detecting a fault associated with a processing tool that is adapted to process one or more workpieces, determining a fault severity level of the detected fault ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197380 | System for controlling the stability of a vehicle using an algorithm comparing average slopes of variation of a parameter System for controlling the stability of a vehicle, the system comprising means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire and means for calculating the slip parameter GOpt at each activation of the means for imparting a longitudinal force on the tire ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187988 | Web service and method for customers to define their own alert for real-time production status An automated method and system that uses a Web service to make real-time production status available to customers from a manufacturing environment. Each time Work in Process (WIP) data is updated from manufacturing execution systems to a central database, a database... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185085 | On-line web traffic sampling A method for tracking and reporting traffic activity on a web site first comprises storing a web page on a first server coupled to a network. When the web page is requested from a visitor computer, the visitor computer is selected (or not selected) for inclusion wit... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181654 | System and method for detecting an abnormal situation associated with a reactor A system for detecting abnormal situations associated with a reactor in a process plant receives statistical data associated with pressure within a reactor vessel. For example, a pressure sensor device disposed at least partially within the reactor vessel may genera... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7178103 | Systems and methods for storing configuration data in process control systems Systems and methods for storing configuration data for process control systems are described. In one embodiment, a method for storing configuration data for a Fieldbus device can include generating one or more first documents based on a first document type definitio... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162312 | Method, system and device for predictive error recognition in a plant Method, system and device for predictive recognition of errors in a manufacturing system, said comprising: online monitoring of data of the manufacturing system; and online comparing said data with archived error patterns to predict errors supposed to occur in the m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162534 | Transactional data communications for process control systems A transactional data communications system and method communicates information within an enterprise having a process control system and a plurality of information technology systems that are communicatively coupled to the process control system via a web services in... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7142126 | Cargo container having an audio system Disclosed is a cargo container having an audio system, which is capable of broadcasting music and safety regulations for workers when they load or unload freight in or from the cargo container. An audio system is fixed to an inner surface of a corrugated wall of the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133727 | System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring A system and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining operating information about at least one of a plurality of instrumented function components, which are part of an instrumented functi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130709 | Manufacturing information and alarming system and method Systems and methods for providing alarming indications and troubleshooting indications and actions in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130703 | Voter logic block including operational and maintenance overrides in a process control system A voter function block, which can be integrated into a function block diagram programming environment in a process plant control or safety system, implements voter logic in conjunction with providing operational and maintenance overrides which may be set to override... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7120505 | Safety network system, safety slave, and safety controller A safety network system is constructed by connecting a safety PLC to a safety slave through a safety network. The safety slave obtains safety input informations from a plurality of safety devices connected thereto and transmits information based on the plurality of ... | 10/10/2006 |
