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7337017 Automation system with affective control  
The invention relates to an automation system with a programmable controller ( 6 ), the programmable controller ( 6 ) exhibiting deterministic behavior and being provided to produce at least one...
7330768 Integrated configuration in a process plant having a process control system and a safety system  
A process plant includes a safety system that is physically and logically integrated with a process control system such that the safety system and the process control system can use common...
7327271 Portable weather detector and alert system  
A portable weather detection and alarm device includes an electromagnetic signal receiver that receives digital time signals and atmospheric phenomenon signals. A processor connected to the...
7328370 Safety controller with simplified interface  
A safety controller with redundant controllers, each executing safety tasks and comparing their results, provides an improved interface in which a user interacts with a single processor and the...
7298170 Safety system based on reconfigurable array of logic gates  
An array of logic gates is configured to implement a predefined strategy for an emergency response system in a hardware-only runtime environment. The array of logic gates receives a plurality of...
7293148 Method for reliably verifying a memory area of a microcontroller in a control unit and control unit having a protected microcontroller  
A method is provided for controlling a microcontroller in a control unit in a motor vehicle, having a processor core, at least one read-only memory area and at least one rewritable memory area, at...
7286895 Safety device and method for determining an overtravel in a machine  
A safety device for a machine has a first machine part for carrying out a working movement towards a second machine part. It also has at least a first and a second optical barrier moving along with...
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...
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...
7269465 Control system for controlling safety-critical processes  
There is provided a control system for controlling safety-critical processes that includes a fieldbus, a bus master for controlling a communication via the fieldbus, at least one signal unit for...
7263630 Fault tolerant computer controlled system  
An error tolerant computer controlled system comprises several computers working redundantly and controlling actuators based on signals from sensors and input devices. Each data item emitted by...
7257523 Integrated distributed process control system functionality on a single computer  
An apparatus is adapted to be used to create software and programming instructions for a distributed process control system having a user workstation remotely located from a distributed controller...
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...
7248932 Electronic control unit  
A main CPU transmits data used in determination of whether or not a target throttle opening degree calculation logic and an estimated target throttle opening degree calculation logic are normal (a...
7245976 Field apparatus  
A field apparatus for controlling a controlled element includes a diagnosis unit for diagnosing abnormality of the field apparatus and/or the controlled element and a bidirectional digital...
7234084 System and method for associating a DLPDU received by an interface chip with a data measurement made by an external circuit  
A diagnostic tool has a packet based network medium attachment unit, a measurement interface, a network interface, and a microprocessor for reading DLPDUs from a network segment and for taking...
7231041 Method, device, and system for secure motor vehicle remote keyless entry  
Methods and apparatus are provided for sending an encrypted command message from a remote keyless entry device to a receiver in a motor vehicle. The method comprises defining a key generating key...
7228187 System and method for interfacing multi-agent system  
A system and method of interacting with a multi-agent distributed control system employing a plurality of controllers on which are programmed a plurality of agents in which the controllers are...
7228186 Field-mounted process device with programmable digital/analog interface  
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a field-mountable process device that receives digital information from one or more process devices, and provides an associated analog output....
7206646 Method and apparatus for performing a function in a plant using process performance monitoring with process equipment monitoring and control  
A process control system uses a data collection and distribution system and an asset utilization suite to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of a process plant from various...
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...
7203556 Device for monitoring medical equipment  
A medical instrument, in particular a generator for high-frequency surgery, comprises setting elements for presetting functions, and also functional elements for performing functions according to...
7196903 Multiple source fan control with override  
An electronic system may comprise a variable speed fan, a first source coupled to the fan, and a second source coupled to the fan. Either of the first or second sources may control the speed of the...
7191359 Fail-safe controller  
A controller that receives an input of a status of an apparatus, executes predetermined arithmetic and logical operations, and outputs a control signal of the apparatus, and is equipped with a...
7187991 Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances  
Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances whereby at least one electrical load ( 10 ) is activated, the control circuit comprising logic control means ( 1 ), operation switching means ( 8...
7177711 Interface module  
An interface module is proposed, to which sensors are connected and which is positioned in a control device, it being indicated via an identification input how the sensor data are to be classified...
7176792 Method and apparatus for identifying faults in a network that has generated a plurality of fault alarms  
In one aspect, a method for identifying faults in a network that has generated a plurality of fault alarms is provided. A plurality of object/alarm pairs are generated and an identification vector...
7173390 Method of detecting a malfunction during a displacement of an element by means of a drive system, and device suitable for carrying out such a method  
A method and a device are provided for detecting the occurrence of a malfunction upon movement of an element by a driving system. While the element is being moved, a difference between a...
7171582 Method for controlling a safety-critical system which has a microcontroller  
The invention relates to a method for controlling a safety-critical system, in particular of a motor vehicle, which includes a microcontroller. The microcontroller controls and/or regulates the...
7167762 System and method for implementing safety instrumented systems in a fieldbus architecture  
An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible...
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...
7146232 Agent program environment  
A system and method for programming a plurality of agents onto a distributed control system are disclosed. The system includes a terminal that displays a graphical user interface having a plurality...
7146241 Machine tool control apparatus  
A machine tool control apparatus includes: a control program storage unit that stores control programs for performing standard running control. The control program storage unit includes a basic...
7139622 Method and device for programming a failsafe control system  
A method for programming a failsafe control system comprises the steps of defining logical interconnections between input signals of the failsafe control system and of assigning interconnection...
7139616 Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies  
An apparatus and system are disclosed for real-time monitoring and control of field assets. A monitoring device may be coupled to a field asset to determine the occurrence of one or more error...
7133729 Pattern-and model-based power line monitoring  
Power line monitoring is disclosed. The monitoring can be performed in conjunction with an automation system designed to control and monitor devices and sensors. Model-based power line monitoring...
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...
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...
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...
7117079 Apparatus and method for simultaneous monitoring, logging, and controlling of an industrial process  
An apparatus performs simultaneous data monitoring, logging, and controlling of the state of a system. The apparatus includes at least one system sensor that provides a sensor data signal...
7117043 Method for programming a programmable logic controller  
A method for programming a programmable logic controller (PLC) is disclosed. The PLC may be used to control devices of a secured facility, such as a detention center, jail, or prison. The disclosed...
7117124 Trouble detection method, trouble detection apparatus, and temperature controller  
First determination means 16 determines whether a deviation exceeds a threshold value, measurement means 17 measures the period in which the deviation exceeds the threshold value in accordance...
7117048 Safety controller with safety response time monitoring  
A safety controller having a total worst case propagation delay, exceeding the required propagation delay required by a safety process, may be used to control the safety process by monitoring...
7113890 Method and apparatus for detecting faults in steam generator system components and other continuous processes  
A method and apparatus and for detecting faults in components of a continuous process such as a steam generator. A model of the process is developed using a modeling technique such as advanced...
7110843 Arrangements and methods for monitoring processes and devices using a web service  
An arrangement, storage medium, and method are provided for accessing monitoring data from a storage arrangement of a processing system using a Web Service, in which the monitoring data is...
7103426 Anticipatory high frequency noise compensation in a distributed process control system  
A control system includes a measurement device capable of gathering high frequency process parameter data, a modeling routine which uses the high frequency parameter data to develop a model of the...
7103422 Safety network system  
A network master (M) having charge of an operation of a main device (L) and one or more network slaves (S 1 to S 3 ) each having charge of a safety determining device (A to C) for determining...
7100095 System and method for fault notification and correlation  
In a communications network, a system and method for fault notification and correlation. The system includes a notification collector that serves as an intermediary for processing fault...
7099719 Output cam system and method  
In accordance with a first preferred embodiment, a control method comprises monitoring a position of a motion control axis and controlling an output device responsive to the position of the motion...
7099730 Terminal table unit  
A terminal table unit is associated with an output apparatus such as valves and solenoids and an input apparatus such as switches and includes not only a main body with a control device and a...