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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8116888 | Parameter setting system and method for programmable logic controller A parameter setting system for programmable logic controller (PLC) includes a document module, a main program module, a parameter storage module, an interface display module, and a display interface. The document module stores application documents and an extensible... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112165 | Method for evaluating, an automation system and a controller The invention relates to a method for evaluating an application for controlling a process within an automation system. The application is stored within a controller, and at least two versions of it are present within the controller. The method comprises the steps of... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8060223 | Editing lifecycle and deployment of objects in an industrial automation environment An editor in an industrial automation environment comprises an input component that receives modification data relating to at least one of lifecycle and deployment of an object, the object is associated with a programmable logic controller and configured in accordan... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7966083 | Automation control system having device scripting A process of operating an automation system with an internet protocol based network includes receiving a user input to a client having a user interface implemented with Web Service for Devices (WSD) to initiate a series of scripted automation commands, executing the... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962230 | System including at least one automation unit A system providing control and communication is provided including at least one automation unit being adapted to run an operation program, and an engineering unit being adapted to modify the operation program, the engineering unit including a code-configurator, whic... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7831320 | Parameter setting device A parameter setting device which can meet a case where the version of an actual machine is inconsistent with the version of a tool for setting the unit parameter and which allows user to set the parameters without being conscious of consistency or inconsistency of t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7831321 | Appliance and accessory for controlling a cycle of operation An appliance configured to perform an operation cycle to effect a physical operation on an article, the appliance includes at least one component configured to effect the physical operation, and a cycle engine on the component. The cycle engine can build a cycle str... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822495 | Custom function blocks for use with process control systems A system and method for creating and incorporating a function block within a process control system enables a user of the process control system to generate a function block by combining a plurality of files selected from a group of files provided by the manufacture... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7668608 | Graphical programming language object editing and reporting tool A method and system of editing a graphical programming language object for designing a process control entity within an off-line database. The method and system enables a user to select one or more programming language object fragments from a library of programming ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7561930 | Dynamic modifier function blocks for use in a process control system Dynamic modifier function blocks for use in a process control system are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect, an example function block is stored on a machine readable medium for use in a process control system. The example function block includes a base functi... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7548789 | Editing lifecycle and deployment of objects in an industrial automation environment An editor in an industrial automation environment comprises an input component that receives modification data relating to at least one of lifecycle and deployment of an object, the object is associated with a programmable logic controller and configured in accordan... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7483757 | Control system migration A migration system for distributed control system migration uses a parser that parses system configuration information for a source control system into an intermediate language. A block equivalence module then finds destination system control blocks that are equival... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7460918 | Devices and methods for updating the programming of a system for controlling an electric rotary machine A device may be configured for updating the programming of a control system of an electric rotary machine, the device having no screen. The device may include an electrical or optical connector element for connection to the control system, enabling data to be transf... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444259 | Automatic acquisition of data referenced in user equation An apparatus includes a parser, a semantic checker, a data manager and an equation processor. The parser receives a first equation for manipulating data acquired by an instrument and detects an operand in the first equation, the instrument having a set of data acqui... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435581 | Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. The controller receives information related to a c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428474 | Integrated circuit with self-proofreading function and measuring device using the same An integrated circuit (IC) includes a micro control unit (MCU), a one-time programmable (OTP) memory directly connected with the MCU, an electrical charge pump having an output port and an enable port connected to the MCU, and a switching circuit having a control po... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7409251 | Method and system for writing NV memories in a controller architecture, corresponding computer program product and computer-readable storage medium The invention describes a method and an arrangement for writing to NV memories in a controller architecture, together with a corresponding computer program product and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which may be used in particular to speed up writ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7369917 | System and method for automatic sorting of elements in drawing specifications for efficient tracing using motion control System and method for utilizing a drawing specification for motion control. A plurality of elements in a drawing specification may be automatically identified. The elements may include one or more lines, polygons, arcs, splines, alphanumeric characters, and/or ellip... | 05/06/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7360011 | Memory hub and method for memory system performance monitoring A memory module includes a memory hub coupled to several memory devices. The memory hub includes at least one performance counter that tracks one or more system metrics-for example, page hit rate, number or percentage of prefetch hits, cache hit rate or percentage, ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356241 | Data recording and/or reproducing apparatus A data recording and/or reproducing apparatus for recording, reproducing or editing of video and audio data includes an input processing unit, having an input processing control portion for controlling data inputting to a recording medium, an output processing contr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349748 | Development system for process control systems as well as associated method and computer program product The invention relates to methods and devices for developing programs for process control systems and in particular for mathematically intensive or, as the case may be, mathematically complex programs of said kind. According to the prior art programs of said kind wer... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343209 | Attribute-based item information grouping, such as for use in generating manufacturing instructions Managing attribute information to provide output for other applications (e.g., applications for generating manufacturing instructions) may involve identifying attribute information associated with instances of a selected item type (e.g., parts fasteners). For exampl... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7324856 | Autogeneration of code via human-machine interfaces (HMI) and self-building HMI A system that facilitates generation of code from a HMI representation of objects in an industrial automation environment. A component analyzes the HMI representation of objects, and a code generation component generates code based at least upon the analyzed HMI obj... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320064 | Reconfigurable computing architecture for space applications A reconfigurable computer includes a reconfigurable processing element configured to process raw payload data in accordance with a configuration that is applied to the reconfigurable processing element. The reconfigurable computer further includes a multi-port commu... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317959 | System and method for modeling and/or executing software applications, especially MES applications The invention relates to a system and a method for modelling and executing business processes in MES systems (manufacturing execution systems) or manufacturing control systems by means of a plurality of independently operating processes which are modelled by automat... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313609 | Method and apparatus for programming an automation device A method and apparatus for a control system of an automation network. The control system comprises an automation device operably connected to the network. Also operably connected to the control system is a network device for storing an application program for contro... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7313505 | System and method for simulation and modeling of manufacturing facilities using process time lines A system and method for the simulation and modeling of biopharmaceutical batch process manufacturing facilities using process time lines is described herein. The method includes selecting a sequence of unit operations wherein each of the sequence of unit operations ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310748 | Memory hub tester interface and method for use thereof A memory hub including a memory test bridge circuit for testing memory devices. Test command packets are coupled from a tester to the memory hub responsive to a test clock signal having a test clock frequency. The test bridge circuit generates memory device command,... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310752 | System and method for on-board timing margin testing of memory modules A memory module includes several memory devices coupled to a memory hub. The memory hub includes several link interfaces coupled to respective processors, several memory controller coupled to respective memory devices, a cross-bar switch coupling any of the link int... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305272 | Controller with agent functionality A controller configured to operate as at least one agent, a method of configuring a controller for operation as part of a multi-agent distributed control system, and a configuration device for so configuring a controller, are disclosed. The controller includes at le... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299110 | Systems and methods for using statistical techniques to reason with noisy data Systems and methods are presented that enable logical reasoning even in the presence of noisy (inconsistent) data. The knowledge base is processed in order to make it consistent and is also compiled. This processing includes checking and correcting spelling, removin... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7296060 | System and method for automatically identifying and attaching related documents A system and method for attaching a related document to a primary document which includes at least one word. The system includes a processor determining whether the plurality of words in the primary document includes an indicator that the related document should be ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286886 | Safety controller and method for loading a new operating program onto the safety controller The invention relates to a safety controller and to a method for loading a new operating program onto such a safety controller. The safety controller has an input module for automatically reading process signals, a failsafe signal processing module for automatically... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286885 | Safety programmable logic controller The function block memory unit stores a plurality of function blocks by programming each ladder circuit for computing output signals which has to be determined based on input signals from each safety device according to a connection specification of the safety devic... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278060 | System and method for on-board diagnostics of memory modules A memory hub includes an on-board diagnostic engine through which diagnostic testing and evaluation of the memory system can be performed. The memory hub includes a link interface for receiving memory requests for access to memory devices of the memory system and a ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272458 | Control system setting device A control system with a plurality of devices connected through a network may be started up by connecting a control system setting device including a computer accessible to profile data which describe characteristics of these devices and to program parts for programs... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272524 | Method and a system for programming an industrial robot to move relative to defined positions on an object, including generation of a surface scanning program A method and a system for programming an industrial robot to move relative to defined positions on an object. The system includes a geometrical model of the object, the real object, and an industrial robot. A plurality of measuring points are generated corresponding... | 09/18/2007 |
| 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 |
