Compact work station control room
Patent 5361198 Issued on November 1, 1994. Estimated Expiration Date: 
April 3, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
April 3, 2012. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesNuclear plant safety evaluation system Machine assisted execution of process operating procedures Status tree monitoring and display system System and method for monitoring and control of safety-related components of a nuclear power plant Operation state responsive automatic display selection system Advanced nuclear plant control room complex Patent #: 5227121 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 863706 filed on 04/03/1992US Classes:700/83, Having operator control interface (e.g., control/display console)376/216Plural sensed different conditions or measured variables correlatedExaminersPrimary: Smith, JerryAssistant: Trammell, Jim Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG05B 019/42G21C 007/36 AbstractThrough a localized compact workstation (104), the operator is offered all the monitoring, alarming and control functions which have been previously dispersed over many control panels located throughout the control room (100). The information display hierarchy is composed of an IPSO overview display (122), video display units (108) preferably based on CRT technology and qualified video display units (116) preferably based on solid state flat panel display technology. Associated with each display unit is an individual, independent control module to allow process and component control. One control module (112) supports non-safety control functions and avoids separate controllers for components and process control. Another control module (118) is a qualified system which supports safety system control functions and avoids separate controllers for component and process control. The operator, via a selector matrix (166, 174), designates individual safety channels or process function segments for control and response signal processing. | |
