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20080208367 | CONTROLLER SENSOR NETWORKS - A control element for a sensor network having a set of different sensors. In operation, the control element transfers connections between the control element and the set of different sensors, where the transfer connections are compliant with respective sensor-specific protocols. A sensor controller element is provided for each sensor, and establishes transfer connections between the control element and new sensors in runtime. Information obtained in a sensor-specific protocol format from the sensors is converted into a common format in the sensor controller elements. The common format information is processed by a set of common control components of the control element. The control element provides a service based on the information in the common format to at least one consumer, and updates the service in accordance with the sensors present in the sensor network. | 08-28-2008 |
20080234837 | Configuration Of Wireless Field Devices For Process Control Plants - Wireless field devices used in process control plants are configured over a wireless medium. In an embodiment, a host device discovers the presence of wireless field devices in the vicinity, and displays a list of discovered devices. The host device then enables a user to select a field device for configuration from the displayed list, and causes only the selected wireless field device to generate a human perceivable signal, thereby enabling a user to correlate a wireless field device listed in the display with the actual physical field device present in the vicinity. Upon confirmation from the user that the selected wireless field device is the device intended for configuration, the host device transmits the corresponding configuration parameters over the wireless medium, thus configuring the device. | 09-25-2008 |
20080275573 | Electronic Device Control Apparatus, Method for Controlling Electronic Device, Electronic Device Control Program, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Having Recorded Electronic Device Control Program - To make settings to enable associated control that suits the life pattern of the user and the characteristics of connected electronic devices with ease and precision. | 11-06-2008 |
20080294273 | COMBINATION CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTERMEDIATE MODULE - The present invention relates to combination control systems employing at least one intermediate module between different control modules and, in one embodiment, relates to a system for isolating a load from multiple power sources. The system includes a first power isolation system capable of receiving a first power from a first input port and determining whether the first power is communicated to a first output port, and a second power isolation system capable of receiving a second power from a second input port and determining whether the second power is communicated to a second output port. The system further includes an intermediate module connected with the first and second power isolation systems, where the intermediate module allows for at least one intermediate control signal to be provided to both of the power isolation systems. | 11-27-2008 |
20080300696 | Environment Adaptation for Schizophrenic User - An environmental controller ( | 12-04-2008 |
20080319557 | Program-Controlled Process - A drilling machine drills at a multiplicity of target locations on a component. Two robots, calibrated with calibration data, move the component in a 6-D coordinate system. A metrology system ascertains the position of the component relative to the drilling machine. The movement of the robots is effected by means of commands generated by means of off-line programming. The component is moved relative to the drilling machine to a target position, ready for drilling, by means of a closed-loop process in which the differences in position between the expected position (the target position) and the actual position (as viewed by the metrology system) are corrected. | 12-25-2008 |
20090138098 | Method for Controlling a Modular Production Machine Consisting of Appliances and Components - Modular production machines with appliances and components, controlled by means of projects. A project is the establishment of an arrangement of appliances and modules. A plurality of machine objects is associated with the determined arrangement locations in the project. In this way, the projects have a variability in terms of different machine objects, which is enabled by an engineering system. A control system (a run-time system) can affect a corresponding selection from the options. To enable an economical control of production machines some appliances or components can be selectively replaced by other appliances or modules. | 05-28-2009 |
20090210073 | Can System - A CAN system includes a plurality of CAN modules and a CAN bus connecting the CAN modules. In at least one embodiment, a filter device is mounted between at least one CAN module and the CAN bus, by which CAN messages transported via the CAN bus and destined for the at least one CAN module can be filtered. | 08-20-2009 |
20090210074 | INTERFACE DEVICE - The invention relates to an interface device ( | 08-20-2009 |
20090216343 | Method for Determining the Processing Order of Modules In a Function Plan and Electronic Data Processing System for Carrying Out the Method - There is described a method for determining the processing sequence of components of a function plan for a sequentially operating automation system. Each component is allocated a component code in a reversible unambiguous manner and, whilst the components have a signal input and output connection, these should be applicable to a number of various function plans and thus minimize the reaction time of an automation system to process signals. The above is achieved, whereby the signal path in the function plan commences at an initial component in a recursive procedure in the forward direction and returns in the backward direction. A given set of propagation rules for the forward direction and for the backward direction are defined, the components reached in the course of a forward propagation are allocated to a sequence list, the list elements of which include the component codes and during each run through the recursive loop the sequence list obtained on the previous run is updated by means of the current sequence list. | 08-27-2009 |
20090240349 | Digital indicating controller - A digital indicating controller outputs data provided by performing control computation of input data and has a communication function with an external apparatus. The digital indicating controller includes a sequence computation section which executes a ladder program with at least any of the input data, the data provided by performing control computation, internal and external setup data, internal and external setup parameters, or data from the external apparatus as condition input and outputs the execution result. | 09-24-2009 |
20090265020 | Remote Virtual Placeholder Configuration for Distributed Input/Output Modules - A modular distributed I/O system for an industrial automation network that allows one or more modules of an island to be omitted without requiring reconfiguration of the system by maintaining a consistent I/O image representation of the distributed I/O network for various physical distributed I/O configurations and managing reconfiguration changes remotely using Virtual Placeholder objects. | 10-22-2009 |
20090271005 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A control system is provided for controlling a transducer array. The control system includes a plurality of sparse filters and integrators. The control system can be used to separate signals from a plurality of sources or to generate complex signal patterns that combine and map to different spatial regions. | 10-29-2009 |
20100087932 | SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN APPLIANCE IN MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES - In one embodiment, a system for controlling a plurality of devices having at least two operating modes comprises a first software operating layer configured to control the operation of at least one of the devices in a first operational mode and a second software operating layer configured to control the operation of at least one of the devices in a second operational mode. In another embodiment, a control system for controlling a plurality of devices connected by a communications network comprises a user interface configured to receive the selection of a cycle of operation; a first system element isolated from the network and configured to implement the selected cycle of operation to define a first control state; and a second system element exposed to the network and configured to implement the selected cycle of operation to define a second control state. | 04-08-2010 |
20100094433 | Tool recognition with profinet - The invention relates to a method for activating an automation station in the automation apparatus of an industrial application. | 04-15-2010 |
20100138002 | ACTIVE MATERIALS-BASED COMPLIANT MECHANISMS - A compliant mechanism includes a body that is configured to generate a mechanical output in response to a mechanical input. The body has at least one region formed by an active material. The compliant mechanism also includes at least one activation device configured to selectively apply an activation signal to the at least one region. The active material is configured to undergo a change in modulus in response to the activation signal such that the output is characterized by a first magnitude or direction when the activation device applies the activation signal and a second magnitude or direction when the activation device does not apply the activation signal. | 06-03-2010 |
20100145480 | INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION RECORDING/REPRODUCING METHOD - A number of components, a core configured to manage the components, and a client configured to utilize the components in combination are included. The client groups all or some of the components to form a group having a group ID as an identifier, and issues a command to the core with designation of a group ID. The core maintains group management information including a group ID and a list of components included in a group, identifies components included in the group having the group ID, and sends the command to the components identified. | 06-10-2010 |
20100161083 | Control system, control apparatus, control method and computer readable medium - With utilizing a function of a selection unit | 06-24-2010 |
20100204806 | Automation System Having A Programmable Matrix Module - An automation system for controlling a technical process having an electronic processing unit, input/output (I/O) modules for inputting and outputting process signals to operating means of the technical process, such as sensors and actuators, and terminal modules for connecting the operating means to the I/O modules. The automation system also includes a programmable matrix module that can be used by the electronic processing unit to dynamically associate, i.e., connect, one or more I/O modules with one or more terminal modules. | 08-12-2010 |
20100241245 | Building Automation System Controller - A building control system is provided that receives information from devices of different subsystems. A trigger causes a zone controller to store the information in a database. The stored data is used to generate customized reports based on sequences or sets of related events. The information from multiple subsystems is consolidated, analyzed, and patterns of behavior are determined. The trigger also causes execution of control actions throughout the building spanning the multiple subsystems, devices, and areas based on the information. An access control subsystem and a non-access control subsystem of the building control system are linked using a common network such that a change in the state of an access control device can affect the state of a non-access control device and a change in the state of a non-access control device can affect the state of an access control device. | 09-23-2010 |
20100262263 | METHOD FOR DOWNLOAD OF SEQUENTIAL FUNCTION CHARTS TO A TRIPLE MODULE REDUNDANT CONTROL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for an online load of logic to a triple module redundant (TMR) control system using a cascading switch and designated controller. Application code having SFC logic may be first downloaded to a designated controller of the TMR system. After download to the designated controller, the other controllers of TMR system may be updated in a cascading (circular) pattern. After updating the second controller with the updated logic, the designated controller may provide correct state information to the second controller. | 10-14-2010 |
20110040391 | Managing Local Environment Using Data Traffic Information - A method, system, and computer usable program product for managing a local environment using data traffic information are provided in the illustrative embodiments. According to the invention, an data traffic on a data network associated with the local environment is monitored at a networking device. The local environment includes one or more devices. A device from the one or more devices is controllable using the data network. A condition in the local environment is inferred from the data traffic. An action to cause a change in the local environment is determined. A command corresponding to the action is sent to a subset of devices in the set of devices in the local environment to perform the action. | 02-17-2011 |
20110046751 | HOME NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The home network system includes an input device to send a command set, and a control device to control in order entirely at least two devices to be controlled. With the home network system, devices can be controlled or regulated through transmission/reception between the devices so that the states or conditions of the devices can be remotely accomplished corresponding to the user's desire. Also, without inputting all a series of control instructions, by only one operation, the user can easily simply optimize the devices in the state or condition in that the user desires. | 02-24-2011 |
20110077751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING APPLIANCES VIA A NETWORK - A remote control device ( | 03-31-2011 |
20110106276 | Building Automation System - A building automation system is provided in which a controller is connected to remote modules through a zone enclosure using RS-485 cables. Branches of modules extending from the zone enclosure are connected together by removable jumpers at the zone enclosure. Sets of branches of modules using different protocols are isolated from each other. Shorts in the RS-485 cables can be determined by disconnecting and reconnecting the branches from the network. The zone enclosure has a patch panel that contains modular RS-485 connectors. An RS-485 cable from the controller and pulled through the building along with other data cables is connected to the RS-485 connectors at the back of the patch panel. The modules are connected to the RS-485 connectors at the front of the patch panel through RS-485 cables. | 05-05-2011 |
20110238188 | ENGINEERING TOOL - An engineering tool is provided with a first connector that connects to a first field device, a second connector that connects to a second field device, a controller, and, switch that switches the connection to the controller between the first connector and the second connector. Upon receiving instructions for transferring engineering information, the controller switches the switch to the first connector, acquires predetermined engineering information from the first field device, subsequently switches the switch to the second connector, and configures the second field device with the predetermined engineering information thus acquired. | 09-29-2011 |
20110245934 | VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM, VEHICLE ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - A vehicle electronic control system includes a first electronic control unit executing a control process A, and a second electronic control unit connected to the first electronic control unit and executing a control process B inseparable from the control process A. The first electronic control unit includes a synchronization signal transmit unit transmitting a synchronization signal to the second electronic control unit; and a first control process execution unit starting execution of the control process A after transmission of the synchronization signal. The second electronic control unit includes a synchronization signal receive unit receiving the synchronization signal from the first electronic control unit; a first time measuring unit measuring a predetermined time Tb since reception of the synchronization signal; and a second control process execution unit starting execution of the control process B when the predetermined time Tb elapses. | 10-06-2011 |
20110295389 | LIGHTING CONTROL NETWORK - A control system ( | 12-01-2011 |
20110320015 | Construction Equipment Remote Control System and Method for Controlling Data Transmission/Reception While the Construction Equipment is in Engine-Off State - The present disclosure relates to a system and a method of remote management of a construction equipment for controlling transmission and reception of data of the construction equipment in a a key-off state. To this end, a system of remote management of a construction equipment according to the present disclosure includes a server communicatable with a communication terminal through a communication network; and a construction equipment where the communication terminal, a equipment control unit, and a plurality of electronic control devices are installed, wherein the communication terminal, the equipment control unit, and the electronic control devices are supplied standby power from a battery provided in the construction equipment, when the equipment control unit receives a key-off signal, the equipment control unit transfers a sleep mode switching command to the communication terminal and the electronic control devices of which operation modes are switched to a sleep mode, when the communication terminal wakes up from the sleep mode state at the time of receiving an operation request from the server and thereafter, wakes up the equipment control unit and transfers the requested operation of the server, and the equipment control unit performs the operation singly when performing the operation singly and thereafter, switches over to the sleep mode when completing the operation, and when the operation is associated with at least one of the electronic control devices, the equipment control unit performs the operation by waking up the corresponding electronic control device and switches the waked up electronic control device to the sleep mode when completing the operation. | 12-29-2011 |
20110320016 | MULTI UNIT CONTROLLER - A multi unit controller has a plurality of base units each of which includes a control unit connector, a base unit connector through which the base units juxtaposed to each other are connected to each other, and a plurality of control units connected to the base units respectively through the respective control unit connector, wherein the base units juxtaposed vertically. | 12-29-2011 |
20120010732 | CONFIGURABLE AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLLER - An engine control unit having a one-time integration of a model predictive control template via a potentially long software process. Changes to the control structure may subsequently be made via a calibration dataset connected to the engine control unit without incurring the potentially long and laborious software process of implementing the template of other approaches in the related art. | 01-12-2012 |
20120022669 | AUTOMATION SYSTEM HAVING FRAMEWORK BASED CONTROLLER - The invention relates to an automation system having a number of objects to to be controlled, wherein the automation system comprises a framework based controller ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120041571 | Method for Configuring Fieldbus Stations - A method for configuring fieldbus stations, wherein station names and addresses for the fieldbus stations are executed by reading in a parameter over a first network port of a coupling element, which acts as a topology anchor so as to assign a unique addressing in a subnetwork, i.e., a unique name and a unique IP address, in a PROFINET-IO, such as a fieldbus based on Ethernet. | 02-16-2012 |
20120041572 | CONTROLLER NETWORK AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A CONTROLLER NETWORK - A method of controlling a controller network is provided, the controller network comprising a plurality of devices, a controller for outputting control data to the devices, and a plurality of interface modules, each interface module being arranged to connect a respective device to the controller via the network. The method comprises: outputting, from the controller, a control message addressed to a first device, the control message corresponding to an action to be performed by the first device; receiving, at a first interface module connecting the first device to the network, the control message; storing the control message in a memory of the first interface module; broadcasting, from the controller, a trigger message addressed to at least the first device; receiving, at the first interface module, the trigger message; and passing, in response to the trigger message, the control message to the first device such that the action corresponding to the control message is performed. A corresponding controller network is also provided. | 02-16-2012 |
20120078388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT - A communication system for workforce management is formed of a system controller managing a plurality of badges associated with workplace devices and employees within the workplace. The controller receives event indicators from the badges. These event indicators are analyzed by the controller to determine whether a task should be created and performed by at least one of the workplace devices and/or at least one of the employees. Task lists and device assignments are dynamically updated in response to current workplace conditions. | 03-29-2012 |
20120136461 | REMOTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REMOTELY-MANAGED DEVICE, AND MEDIATION DEVICE - A remote management system includes: a remotely-managed device; a mediation device; and a remote management device that remotely manages the remotely-managed device via the mediation device. The remotely-managed device includes: a first communication unit that transmits predetermined identification information held in the remotely-managed device to the remote management device, and receives an address of the mediation device from the remote management device as a response; a second communication unit that notifies the mediation device of information on the remotely-managed device using the address of the mediation device having been received from the remote management device; and a control unit that causes the first communication unit and the second communication unit to perform a series of communication processing each time the remotely-managed device is booted. The mediation device includes: a fourth communication unit that receives the information on the remotely-managed device notified by the remotely-managed device. | 05-31-2012 |
20120158158 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM - An artificial intelligence system and method for interpreting input from a user and generating a response to the user. The input is converted into an array of concepts which are compared to a database of interrelated concepts. A response is generated based on the concepts in the database and their relationship to the concepts in the input array. The system and method may be implemented in a number of electronic or computer devices to interact with humans or computer systems. | 06-21-2012 |
20120165962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMAPPING OF MACHINE IMPLEMENT CONTROLS - Systems and methods for selectively remapping implement control commands in a machine comprise receiving a first input command signal for controlling a plurality of actuators associated with the machine. The first input command signal is associated with controlling a first work tool such that each of the plurality of actuators is independently controllable by one or more implement controllers. A current work tool attached to the machine is identified and compared with a first work tool. If the current work tool is different from the first work tool, the first input command signal is transformed into a second input command signal associated with the current work tool and provided to a plurality of actuators of the machine. The second input command signal is associated with controlling the current work tool such that less than each of the plurality of actuators is independently controllable by the one or more implement controllers. | 06-28-2012 |
20120209407 | NETWORK DRIVEN ACTUATOR MAPPING AGENT AND BUS AND METHOD OF USE - A network driven actuator mapping agent is provided. A system includes a sensor configured to sense an event in a first environment. The system also includes an actuator configured to perform an action in a second environment. Moreover, the system further includes a mapping manager configured to map the sensed event to the actuator to provide a custom interaction in the second environment. | 08-16-2012 |
20120296448 | SOFTWARE LOCKOUT COORDINATION BETWEEN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND AN ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A process control system coordinates with an associated asset management system to implement a plant safety mechanism and, in particular, to prevent unintended changes to, or otherwise undesired operation of, one or more process control equipment resources in a process plant. A maintenance technician uses the asset management system to request access to one or more of the process control equipment resources. A process operator receives the request via the process control system and grants or denies the request. Process control equipment resources for which a process operator grants a request are inoperable, in part or in whole, by the process control system. Upon completion of the maintenance task, the maintenance technician requests to return control of the process control equipment resource to the process operator. The return is complete when the process operator acknowledges the return of the resource to the process control system. | 11-22-2012 |
20130066443 | FIELDBUS DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A fieldbus system is provided, having a plurality of fieldbus devices and a controller. The controller is in communication with the plurality of fieldbus devices though a fieldbus. The controller transmits a plurality of high priority Receive Process Data Objects (RPDOs) and a plurality of low priority RPDOs to the plurality of fieldbus devices through the fieldbus. The controller includes a control logic for sending each of the plurality of fieldbus devices one of the plurality of high priority RPDOs during a frame. The frame is the fastest rate at which the high priority RPDOs are transmitted. The controller includes a control logic for sending at least one of the plurality of fieldbus devices at least one of the plurality of low priority RPDOs. The low priority RPDOs are grouped by a minimum wait time. | 03-14-2013 |
20130066444 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN RESPONDING TO FAULTS IN A UTILITY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for use in detecting and responding to fault conditions in a utility system. A first partition controller associated with a first partition detects a fault condition within the first partition. The first partition controller transmits a utility capacity request to one or more partition controllers other than the first partition controller. A second partition controller associated with a second partition receives the utility capacity request and determines an available utility capacity of the second partition. The second partition controller transmits a utility capacity response that includes the available utility capacity to the first partition controller. A utility connection is activated between the first partition and the second partition based on the available utility capacity. | 03-14-2013 |
20130079898 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - Managing an automation system that includes software requires a projects manager, an applications manager, and a topologies manager. The applications manager includes a single object-oriented functional description of the automation system based on an object meta-model. The functional description includes a plurality of composite functional objects, each of which further include a monitoring facet and a supervision facet. The monitor facet and the supervision facet each include a mapping interface. The topologies manager includes an object-oriented topological description of the automation system based on the object meta-model, and includes a plurality of topological objects. The projects manager includes a monitoring project and a supervision project which relate to the automation system. Monitoring facets are assigned to the monitoring project and supervision facets are assigned to the supervision project. Part of the topological objects are mapped with the monitoring facets and the supervision facets via mapping interfaces. | 03-28-2013 |
20130123946 | AGILE CONTROL MODEL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control and monitoring system is provided that includes an automation controller. The system includes a distributed model stored on the automation controller. Changes to the distributed model are provided via delta scripts that define only the changes to the model. Further, the control and monitoring system | 05-16-2013 |
20130131839 | Dynamically Adapting to Changes in Control System Topology - An apparatus and method for adapting to changes in the control topology of a cooperative control system including a plurality of controllers are disclosed. The method is implemented by an actuator or sensor, and includes the steps of selecting one of the controllers as the master controller for one or more state variables of an actuator or sensor, detecting a change in the control topology of the cooperative control system, and reselecting a master controller for the one or more state variables responsive to the change in the control topology. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131840 | SCALABLE AUTOMATION SYSTEM - An automation control and monitoring system is provided that includes a common framework for components of the control and monitoring system through a resource oriented architecture (ROA). The ROA may enable enhanced scalability and distribution within the control and monitoring system. Further, the framework may provide a base set of functionalities to be implemented across components of the control and monitoring system, creating vertical scalability. | 05-23-2013 |
20130131841 | Remote Control System and Method - When a controlled device receives a change command from a control device, the controlled device changes a real current memory, generates a change notification that includes first data indicative of the control device having transmitted the change command and second data indicative of the change result in response to the change command, and transmits the generated change notification to the plurality of control devices. Each control device receives a change notification from the controlled devices, changes a virtual current memory based on the second data of the change notification if the first data of the change notification does not indicate the control device. Each control device does not change the virtual current based on the second data included in the change notification if the first data indicates the control device. | 05-23-2013 |
20130190898 | System and Method for Controlling Redundant Actuators of a Machine - A method controls redundant actuators of a machine based on a reference trajectory. The method determines a cost function representing operations of the redundant actuators and minimizes the cost function subject to constraints to produce a sequence of commands for each actuator. The redundant actuators are controlled according to the sequences of commands. | 07-25-2013 |
20130197674 | AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF SELF-CONFIGURABLE ENVIRONMENTS - A user's portable electronic device can learn configuration preferences from a first environment, such as the user's car, and when the user visits another similar environment, such as a rented automobile, those configuration preferences can be imported into the visited environment and used to automatically configure the environment according to the imported preferences. | 08-01-2013 |
20130211550 | Methods and Apparatuses for Advanced Multiple Variable Control with High Dimension Multiple Constraints - A method and apparatus for multiple variable control of a physical plant with high dimension multiple constraints, includes: mathematically decoupling primary controlled outputs of a controlled physical plant from one another and shaping the pseudo inputs/controlled outputs desired plant dynamics; tracking primary control references and providing pseudo inputs generated by desired primary output tracking for selection; mathematically decoupling constraints from one another; mathematically decoupling constraints from non-traded off primary controlled outputs of the controlled physical plant; shaping the pseudo inputs/constraint outputs desired plant dynamics; tracking constraint control limits; providing pseudo inputs generated by desired constraint output tracking for selection; selecting the most limiting constraints and providing the smooth pseudo inputs for the decoupled primary control; and controlling the physical plant using the decoupled non-traded off primary controlled outputs and the decoupled selected most limiting constraints. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211551 | Systems and Methods For Activation and Deactivation of Appliances - Systems and methods are provided for an appliance system. The system includes an appliance, and a processor connected to the appliance such that the processor places the appliance in one of an enabled state and a disabled state. The processor is configured to track usage of the appliance and to place the appliance in a disabled state when the usage of the appliance exceeds a threshold amount. The system also includes a data receiving device configured to receive a code, wherein upon receipt of a valid code, the processor is configured to adjust the threshold amount to allow additional usage of the appliance. | 08-15-2013 |
20130238101 | LOAD INERTIA ESTIMATION METHOD AND CONTROL PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT METHOD - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for estimating load inertia and a method for adjusting control parameters. To achieve this aim, a load position control test is performed in a load position control system, based on a feedback control system ( | 09-12-2013 |
20140018939 | CONTROL DEVICE AND SYSTEM PROGRAM - A control device includes a task execution unit; a storage unit which stores a variable in a program, which is capable of being referenced and updated; and a collection unit which collects a variable when a task is executed. The storage unit stores reference data corresponding to the variable. A plurality of tasks include: an update task which is capable of updating and referencing the variable; and a reference task which is capable of referencing the reference data. The collection unit collects the reference data when the plurality of tasks are executed. | 01-16-2014 |
20140031954 | OPERATING UNIT FOR A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE OPERATING UNIT - An operating unit for a construction machine, wherein the operating unit is attached to the construction machine so it can be folded or lowered. The operating unit has a touch screen for displaying and inputting. The selection and/or the arrangement and/or the display size of the information panels ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140094937 | Control Device - A control device for a process, in which a controlled variable can be influenced with the aid of a plurality of different regulating units, which in particular are based on different physical principles. A set point and the controlled variable are fed to both a first controller and a second controller. The first controller is located as primary controller in automatic operation and has a regulating range of the first manipulated variable that is defined by limiting values. The second controller can be switched between automatic operation and tracking operation, in which the controller generates a predefined or predefinable constant value of the second manipulated variable. By means of a logic circuit, the second controller is switched to automatic operation if a limiting value of the first manipulated variable is reached, and otherwise to tracking operation. Advantageously, by means of the control device, a plurality of regulating units which have the same direction of action can be operated fully automatically and autonomously. | 04-03-2014 |
20140107810 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL USING CONTROL DEVICES THAT PROVIDE A VIRTUAL MACHINE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT COMMUNICATE VIA AN IP NETWORK - The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for control using field and control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network. By way of non-limiting example, such field device can be an “intelligent” transmitter or actuator that includes a low power processor, along with a random access memory, a read-only memory, FlashRAM, and a sensor interface. The processor can execute a real-time operating system, as well as a Java virtual machine (JVM). Java byte code executes in the JVM to configure the field device to perform typical process control functions, e.g., for proportional integral derivative (PID) control and signal conditioning. Control networks can include a plurality of such field and control devices interconnected by an IP network, such as an Ethernet. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107811 | Transfer Of Responsibility In A Multisystem Environment - A control computer in a first system is involved in controlling an industrial process via a computer object, which object acts on a process interface device and is controllable from the first and from a second system by operators in these systems, and the control computer includes an object handling unit configured to receive a request from a requesting operator concerning responsibility of a group of objects at least including the object, set, in the first system, an operator identified by the request to be responsible for the group and when responsible operator is set, only allow control of the group from the responsible operator. | 04-17-2014 |
20140107812 | SENSOR INFORMATION COMPLEMENTING SYSTEM AND SENSOR INFORMATION COMPLEMENTING METHOD - Sensor information is regularly acquired from a plurality of sensors and stored. For each of the sensors, other sensors whose information is correlated are selected. When sensor information of a sensor is requested from an application program or the like, while if the requested sensor is available the sensor information is acquired directly from the sensor, if the requested sensor is unavailable the sensor information of sensors relevant to the sensor is acquired and the sensor information of the requested sensor is estimated. As a result, in a system comprising a plurality of sensors, sensor information of an unavailable sensor will be estimated in a short period of time. | 04-17-2014 |
20140121786 | SMART GATEWAY, SMART HOME SYSTEM AND SMART REMOTE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A remote controlling method applied to a smart home system for controlling a number of home appliances of the smart home system is provided. A remote controller sends a controlling command to a smart gateway. A smart gateway extracts an operation command and sends a controlling signal including the operation command to the home appliance. The home appliances receive the controlling signal and execute the corresponding operation. A smart gateway and a smart home system are also provided. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121787 | CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is a structure which is capable of central control of an electric device and a sensor device and a structure which can reduce power consumption of an electric device and a sensor device. A central control system includes at least a central control device, an output unit, and an electric device or a sensor device. The central control device performs arithmetic processing on information transmitted from the electric device or the sensor device and makes the output unit output information obtained by the arithmetic processing. It is possible to know the state of the electric device or the sensor device even apart from the electric device or the sensor device. The electric device or the sensor device includes a transistor which includes an activation layer using a semiconductor with the band gap wider than that of single crystal silicon. | 05-01-2014 |
20140121788 | COMMUNICATION INTERFACE MODULE FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A communication interface module for an automation or control system for coupling at least two field bus systems is disclosed, the communication interface module includes at least one first functional unit configured to connect to a superordinate controller via a first communications link based on a first field bus protocol, at least one second functional unit configured to connect field devices via a second communications link based on a second field bus protocol, at least one serial interface configured to communicate with devices connected to the communication interface module, and at least one third functional unit configured to connect further field devices. | 05-01-2014 |
20140148925 | NETWORK SYSTEM - A network system is provided. The network system includes: at least one component selected from an energy receiving unit receiving energy and an energy management unit managing the energy receiving unit. The energy receiving unit or the energy management unit receives energy rate related information; an energy usage amount or a usage rate of when the component is controlled on the basis of at least the energy rate related information is less than that of when the component is controlled without the basis of at least energy rate related information; if the energy rate related information is high cost information, a function of one component constituting the energy receiving unit is limited; and an operating time or an output of the energy receiving unit is adjusted in correspondence to the limited function of one component. | 05-29-2014 |
20140148926 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, HOST DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF A HOST DEVICE - Devices can be controlled by group even when multiple devices compatible with different interface standards are connected. An iProduct identifier enabling recognition by the host side as interfaces in the same group is set in the USB 2.0 hub and USB 3.0 hub in the same publisher. The host side determines if the hubs belong to the same group based on the iProduct identifier, and coordinates operation of the USB devices to connected to the USB 2.0 hub and USB 3.0 hub determined to be in the same group. | 05-29-2014 |
20140156029 | MODULAR CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus has at least one module including first, second and third module parts. The first and second module parts can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a first combined arrangement. The first and third module parts can be mechanically and electrically combined to form a second combined arrangement. The first module part comprises a securing element with an engagement section moveable between a first position, wherein the first and second module part are secured together, and a second position wherein the first and second module parts can be detached from one another. The securing element includes an actuation section. In the first position, the actuation section is located in a first spatial region and, in the second position, is located in a second spatial region. The third module part has a blocking section, which, in the second combined arrangement, occupies at least partially the second spatial region. | 06-05-2014 |
20140172124 | Method and Device for Monitoring Signal Levels - A method for monitoring the signal levels of signals that are generated, for the purpose of detecting a magnetic field, by a plurality of Hall sensors, includes determining an average value of the signal levels. The method further includes comparing a progression of the average value with an expected progression of the average value. The expected progression includes a characteristic temporal sequence of a first value and at least a second value that differs from the first value. An error message is provided if the average value deviates from the expected progression by more than a tolerance range. | 06-19-2014 |
20140200683 | LABORATORY SYSTEM - A laboratory system and a method for controlling a laboratory system comprises multiple subsystems; each subsystem being configured to receive and carry out a command; and a master control device configured to process command groups and/or command(s) within the same command group simultaneously; to process command groups and/or command(s) of different command groups sequentially; and within a command group, to process command group(s) and/or command(s) grouped into a command group before processing other commands command group(s) and/or command(s). | 07-17-2014 |
20140288672 | Terminal Apparatus and Control System - According to one embodiment, a terminal apparatus includes an input receiving unit, a route selecting unit, and a signal transmitting unit. The input receiving unit receives an input for controlling at least one electrical appliance among a plurality of electrical appliances. The route selecting unit selects one control route among a first control route for controlling the electrical appliance via a server and a control apparatus connected to each other via a network, a second control route for controlling the electrical appliance via the control apparatus that controls the plurality of electrical appliances, and a third control route for directly controlling the electrical appliance. The signal transmitting unit transmits, through the control route selected by the route selecting unit, a control signal for causing the control apparatus to execute control corresponding to the input received by the input receiving unit. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288673 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING IN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - Method and a system for managing distributing computing suitable for implementation in an automation system are provided, wherein in a first step, a set of program instructions is partitioned into a plurality of unit blocks, where each unit block comprises at least one program instruction and, in a second set, at least one complementary block corresponding to at least one unit block are identified from the remainder of the plurality of unit blocks, where the complementary blocks are identified based on a comparison between read-write access of global variables in the unit block and corresponding complementary blocks and, in another step, the plurality of unit blocks are executed on a set of multiple processors within the automation system such that at least one complementary block is executed in parallel with a corresponding unit block. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE AUTOMATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION - Systems, methods, and devices to provide simple adaptive automated resource management of a resource system (such as but not limited to electricity, natural gas, water, data, bandwidth allocation, access to information, etc.) on a local basis, based on automatically detecting, measuring and combining time-varying resource provider preferences, resource market conditions, resource supply source conditions, environmental conditions and resource system impact on the environment, together with resource user locations, user priorities and preferences, and information about other conditions that may be relevant to the operation of the resource management system in order to optimize performance of the resource system to better meet or approach defined goals, and to measure and display the results achieved by the resource management system compared against those goals. | 10-02-2014 |
20140309753 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM - A distributed control system including a housing, at least one module, and a non-galvanic communication link. At least one module is associated with a converter, which is suitable to communicate over the communication link. The converter is suitable to condition the input for the module. Therefore, signals transmitted through the communication link can be processed internally by the module, wherein the range of the communication link is substantially limited to the size of the housing. | 10-16-2014 |
20140324192 | USER ACTIVITY-BASED MODE CREATION IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - Method, device, and storage medium for receiving a request to change a state of one or multiple elements of an automation system; changing the state of the one or multiple elements based on the request; storing usage activity data of the one or multiple elements; analyzing the usage activity data using a pattern recognition metric; determining whether a usage pattern exits based on the pattern recognition metric; creating a user activity mode in response to determining that the usage pattern exists; and operating the automation system in accordance with the user activity mode. | 10-30-2014 |
20140350699 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF MACHINES, CONTROL SYSTEM AND DESCRIPTION - A method for controlling a plurality of machines and at least a first assembly; the plurality of machines comprises at least a first machine and a second machine; the first assembly is associated with the first and second machines and is arranged to provide a first auxiliary function to the first and second machines; control is carried out by at least a first and a second controllers; the first and the second controllers are associated respectively to the first and second machines and are arranged to control a main function of each of the first and the second machines; the first and the second controllers are associated with the first assembly and are arranged to control an auxillary function of the first assembly; the first and the second controllers maintain a dialog between each other to assure that only one controller controls the first assembly at a time. | 11-27-2014 |
20140358253 | NUMBER-OF-MACHINES CONTROL DEVICE FOR HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM, METHOD THEREFOR, AND HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM - A control device and method for preventing the start and stop of heat source machines from being frequently repeated. Whether or not basic conditions for decreasing the number of machines are satisfied when the number of currently operating machines is increased by one is determined if a current operational status satisfies basic conditions for increasing the number of machines, and one heat source machine is started if it is determined that the basic conditions for decreasing the number of machines are not satisfied. Additionally, whether or not the basic conditions for increasing the number of machines are satisfied when the number of currently operating machines is decreased by one are satisfied if a current operational status satisfies the basic conditions for decreasing the number of machines, and one heat source machine is stopped if it is determined that the basic conditions for increasing the number of machines are not satisfied. | 12-04-2014 |
20140364965 | FUNCTION CONTROL DEVICE AND FUNCTION ADDING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a function control device includes an interface, an acquisition module, and a controller. The interface is connectable to at least one of multiple types of function adding devices. The acquisition module acquires, from the function adding device connected via the interface, function information indicating a function executed by the function adding device. The controller accesses, upon controlling the function indicated by the function information acquired by the acquisition module, an address which is determined as a common address for the function identified by the function information and which is in a storage module comprised in the function adding device connected via the interface. | 12-11-2014 |
20140371878 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A communication apparatus to interconnect a plurality of devices using multiple protocols includes a protocol layer having a plurality of protocol objects obtained by objectifying the protocols used by the devices, and a control layer to check a protocol used for data transmission if data is transmitted, to convert a protocol object corresponding to the checked protocol into a preset control object, to convert the preset control object into another protocol object, and to transmit the data to a device connected to the converted other protocol object. Since operatively coupled control is allowed between devices using different protocols, extensibility and flexibility may be achieved. Besides, since an abstraction layer is divided into a control layer and a protocol layer, an interface may not be changed even when protocols are added, protocol conversion may be easily performed, and routing between multiple protocols may be performed using, for example, a logic editor. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371879 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF SELF-DESCRIBING CONTROLLED DEVICE MODULES IN A CONTROL SYSTEM - A system, method, and computer-readable medium for configuring a controlled device in a control system are provided. A self-describing device Module associated with a controlled device provides capabilities of a controlled device both at runtime and before installation. The controlled device Module includes a capabilities component that provides a description of the controlled device's capabilities both as a capabilities object that can be queried at runtime and in a self-describing capabilities file implemented in a format prior to operational configuration of the Module or controlled device. The Module is configured to generate its runtime capabilities object and self-describing capabilities file. | 12-18-2014 |
20140379098 | Wireless Network Machine Control or a Hydraulic System - A machine control system, comprises at least first and second nodes of a wireless network in communication with each other, each node including a three axis accelerometer having a data output coupled to a respective sensor input of the node; and a hydraulic machine having a manifold and a plurality of hydraulic mechanisms coupled to respective outputs of the manifold, the manifold being responsive to electrical actuating signals provided from respective electrical outputs of the first node. | 12-25-2014 |
20140379099 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A control device and a corresponding control method for controlling one or more electrical devices, each having a device profile including energy usage-related information of the device. The control device includes a profile input that obtains device profiles of electrical devices to be controlled from a device-specific storage location identified by a device-specific location identifier, an identifier input that receives device-specific location identifiers and/or device identifiers usable for generating respective device-specific location identifiers, a control unit that processes obtained device profiles and generates control commands for controlling the one or more electrical devices based on the obtained device profile, and a control output that provides the control commands. | 12-25-2014 |
20150012119 | MACHINE CONTROLLER - A machine controller intercommunicates with, and issues machining program commands to, a plurality of peripherals. The controller receives work status information on the peripherals, calculates the total power consumption by the plurality of peripherals based on the received information, and decides the work start timing for the peripherals such that the total does not reach a preset upper limit. | 01-08-2015 |
20150018979 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - In order to acquire suitable information related to an apparatus, an electronic apparatus has a first acquisition unit that acquires usage status of a first apparatus that belongs to a given category, and a second acquisition unit that acquires information about a second apparatus that belongs to the given category and is different from the first apparatus on the basis of the usage status of the first apparatus acquired by the first acquisition unit. | 01-15-2015 |
20150039100 | CONTROL METHOD - A control method includes: displaying candidate information on a user interface region of a display unit in an information terminal; obtaining, via a network, an operation history of each of apparatuses which indicates an operation performed on the corresponding apparatus; displaying, on the user interface region, a dialog for prompting a user to confirm whether or not to perform predetermined control on a target apparatus which is extracted according to at least one of (a) selected apparatus information (b) selected place information and (c) selected operator information, and has an operation history that satisfies a predetermined condition; generating a control signal for performing the predetermined control on the target apparatus, when the user confirms in the dialog that the predetermined control is to be performed on the target apparatus; and transmitting the control signal to the target apparatus via the network. | 02-05-2015 |
20150051715 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A heterarchical device control system is provided, comprising a plurality of computer-implemented cells. At least one cell is a control cell having software arranged to communicate instructions to the device being controlled in a language native to the device so as to perform a predetermined task. Also, at least one cell is a sensor cell configured to generate sensor data for input to the control cell to facilitate performance of the predetermined task. The sensor data might be environmentally-related data e.g. position of the device, speed of travel, angle of elevation etc. Messages sent between the cells are formed in accordance with a common format, which might be a high-level programming language, a low level programming language or a protocol. This arrangement provides a fault-tolerant, scalable and autonomous control system. | 02-19-2015 |
20150066160 | CONTROL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, control program management device includes storage, transmitting unit, updating unit, and retaining unit. The transmitting unit transmits control program to first device. The updating unit updates, when the control program is transmitted to the first device, permission so as to prohibit second device from editing the control program. The retaining unit retains, based on information transmitted from the first device when the control program is transmitted to the first device, unique information identifying the first device and the control program. The transmitting unit further transmits, to the first device, inquiry of whether the first device is editing the control program. The retaining unit deletes the unique information when the first device is not editing the control program. The updating unit releases the permission so as to permit the second device from editing the control program when the first device is not editing the control program. | 03-05-2015 |
20150073568 | CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES BASED ON FOOTSTEP PATTERN - The disclosure is related to controlling electronic devices in a target control area based on a footstep pattern of a registered member. Such controlling may be performed through identifying a person detected by a sensor based on footstep information received from the sensor, obtaining control information associated with the identified registered member, and controlling target devices in the target control area based on the obtained control information. | 03-12-2015 |
20150081043 | System for Control Logic Management - A system for control logic management may include a first control element and a second control element in communication over a network. The first control element and the second control element may be identified as operable within at least one control group. The control group may include a number of control elements communicating over the network. The first control element may be operable to execute control logic as part of a control loop included within the control group. The second control element may be operable within the control group to dynamically join the control loop and assume execution of at least part of the control logic previously executed by the first control element in response to a predetermined condition. | 03-19-2015 |
20150088274 | METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A FREELY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE - A method is disclosed for conditioning a tool for configuring a freely programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is visualized as objects of a branched tree structure. To improve user-friendliness, recording use of these objects by the user over the service life of the control or automation system allows for determining usage frequency. Objects with a high usage frequency which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object are allocated to an object list assigned to the respective superordinate object. When using the hierarchically superordinate object, the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to this superordinate object is displayed in the tool and offered to the user for selection. | 03-26-2015 |
20150088275 | TOOL FOR CONFIGURING A FREELY PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL DEVICE - A method is disclosed for conditioning a tool for configuring a freely programmable control device for integrating intelligent field devices in a control or automation system having a flexibly expandable hardware structure, in which device-related information is visualized as objects of a branched tree structure. To improve user-friendliness, recording use of these objects by the user over the service life of the control or automation system allows for determining usage frequency. Objects with a high usage frequency which are subordinate to a hierarchically superordinate object are allocated to an object list assigned to the respective superordinate object. When using the hierarchically superordinate object, the object list containing the objects with a high usage frequency which are hierarchically subordinate to this superordinate object is displayed in the tool and offered to the user for selection. | 03-26-2015 |
20150094825 | CONTROLLING DEVICE, CONTROLLED DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD, CONTROLLING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND NOTIFICATION DEVICE - A controlling device includes: controlling sections configured to control respective of a plurality of devices; and a master controlling section configured to determine, by referring to information obtained from one of the plurality of devices, a control matter concerning another one of the plurality of devices. | 04-02-2015 |
20150120001 | DECENTRALIZED PROCESS CONTROLLER - A decentralized process controller comprises at least two programmable interface modules in operative communication with each other. Each of the interface modules includes a processor and is configurable for connection to separate field devices comprising at least one sensor device and at least one actuator device. The at least two programmable interface modules are configurable as a stand-alone process control loop when one of the interface modules is connected to the sensor device, and the other of the interface modules is connected to the actuator device. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120002 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NETWORK-TYPE ACTUATOR MODULE - Described herein is a method for controlling a network-type actuator module, and provides a method for controlling a plurality of network-type actuator modules which are connected to a main controller through a multi-drop scheme including the steps of: the main controller transmitting to the actuator module one instruction packet comprising a plurality of IDs; and an actuator module, which corresponds to the ID, transmitting a status packet to the main controller, wherein the actuator module transmits the status packet according to the order of the ID, which is expressed on the instruction packet. Accordingly, unlimited information required from the plurality of actuators can be read from a single transmission of the packet instruction by flexibly expanding limitations due to limitations on the length of each field in accordance with an instruction set and a definition of a parameter. | 04-30-2015 |
20150120003 | CONTROL DEVICE, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND EQUIPMENT SYSTEM - A device control determiner outputs a control information request containing a condition of facility devices in a data possessing device group possessing control information, and a kind of the control information. A connection relationship manager manages information regarding a connection relationship among each of the plurality of facility devices. A connection route database stores information regarding a connection route from a reference device that is a reference among the plurality of facility devices to another facility device. The device grouper creates a data possessing device group based on the control information request, the connection route database and information managed by the connection relationship manager. An information collective obtainer obtains control information from the facility device in the data possessing device group through a communicator, and creates a data array of the obtained control information. | 04-30-2015 |
20150127120 | Device Class Information Support for Multi-Option Devices - A system for defining information for multi-option devices connected to an industrial network is disclosed. Each device has a single electronic data sheet (EDS) defining options associated with the device as well as each of the choices associated with those options. An option data sheet (ODS) is included for each option defining the device information corresponding to that option. A programmer interface may allow a programmer to select devices as well as the options for each of those devices associated with a control system. Each device is also configured to store the EDS and each ODS corresponding to that device within memory in the device. The programmer interface generates a controller configuration file defining the connections between each device and the controller. | 05-07-2015 |
20150127121 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR A PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method for determining a performance indicator for a processing system is disclosed. The processing system is divided into a number of processing lines comprising a first sub-level, said processing lines being divided into a plurality of machine units comprising a second sub-level. The method comprises receiving a request for a performance indicator, determining a performance indicator level by determining if said performance indicator is associated with said processing system, one of said processing lines in said first sub-level, or one of said machine units in said second sub-level, determining a time period related to said performance indicator level, receiving a time period value related to said time period, determining a measurement device output related to said performance indicator, receiving at least one measurement device output value related to said measurement device output, and determining said performance indicator based on said measurement device output value and said time period value. | 05-07-2015 |
20150142136 | CALCULATION DEVICE - A calculation device includes a plurality of calculation processing units configured to perform different processes with each other, a plurality of calculators configured to perform a same calculation, and a control unit configured to control a number of the calculators to be operated during each of a plurality of divided periods based on a length of a predetermined processing period and a number of calculations to be performed, such that a number of data which is equal to a number of calculations is processed within a predetermined processing period, and that the number of the calculators to be operated during each of the plurality of divided periods is averaged, the divided periods being obtained by dividing up the predetermined processing period. | 05-21-2015 |
20150142137 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF LOW POWER SENSING AND ACTUATING MOTES - Embodiments include a wireless mote network having a plurality of motes, wherein each of the plurality of motes includes a processing unit in communication with a communications device. Each of the motes includes at least a sensor configured to monitor an environmental condition in an area around the mote or an actuator configured to control one or more external systems. The wireless mote network also includes a central communications device configured to communicate with one or more of the motes within a range of the central communications device and a controller configured to communicate with the central communications device, to receive one or more signals indicative of the environmental condition of one or more of the plurality of motes, and to transmit one or more control signals indicating an operation of the actuator to one or more of the plurality of motes. | 05-21-2015 |
20150148917 | Dynamic Facility Management System - In order to set automatically related software in a facility management system and to start quickly and easily a state monitoring when various measuring instruments are attached to or removed from a facility to be monitored, secured, and maintained, when a sensor which is the measuring instrument is connected, a measuring-instrument reading device which is a lower level device transmits a type of the measuring instrument and a purpose of connecting the measuring instrument to a directory server, the directory server generates an instance by referring to class information and generates and registers a relation instance by referring to an inter-class relationship, the directory server transmits the generated instance to a related devices on the basis of an inter-instance relationship, and the directory server exchanges facility management data between instances on the basis of the inter-instance relationship. | 05-28-2015 |
20150148918 | OPTIMIZED COMMUNICATIONS WITH HART INSTRUMENTS - A device, such as a HART multiplexer, may allow access to one or more HART instruments from a single interface. The device may also support access to the HART instruments from a second interface. Requests for reading or writing data to or from a HART instrument may be combined at the device into a set of HART commands that may be more efficient than the HART commands that would be sent if each request was processed independently. | 05-28-2015 |
20150293516 | ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALY IN MULTIPLE CONTROL SYSTEMS - An anomaly detection system for detecting an anomaly in a plurality of control systems comprises a plurality of analysis devices that are associated with the respective control systems and that acquire an event occurring in an associated control system and analyze the event to determine whether there is an anomaly. A first analysis device among the plurality of analysis devices determines whether an event occurring in the associated control system is to be indicated to a second analysis device among the plurality of analysis devices, and the second analysis device determines that there is an anomaly on condition that the event indicated by the first analysis device has correlation with an event indicated by an analysis device other than the first analysis device. | 10-15-2015 |
20150301520 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A hub device (H) provided in a control-target device group includes: an operational information obtaining section ( | 10-22-2015 |
20150311699 | Inter-Zone Communication In Industrial Control Systems - An Industrial Automation and Control System (IACS) for an industrial process including several neighbouring zones connected via a boundary element. The IACS includes a number of communicatively interconnected Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs), wherein low-level IEDs interact with primary devices, and wherein high-level IEDs implement high-level zone functions. The IACS includes a logical communication link between the two high-level IEDs for bypassing the connecting IED in case of communicative unavailability. The communication link enables exchange between the high-level IEDs of summarized information including data originating from low-level IEDs of a first of the zones and relevant for a high-level function on behalf of some other zones. This reduces the communication load at the higher level function while maintaining an availability level comparable to a completely central solution. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316908 | SENSOR SYSTEM - A sensor system includes a sensor module disposed in a compartment. The sensor module includes first and second sensors, a first processor, and a first transceiver. The second sensor is separated from the first sensor in the compartment. The first processor is configured to monitor the first and second sensors. The first transceiver is configured to transmit sensor data from the first processor to a location remote from said compartment. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316909 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION DEVICE AWARENESS - An industrial automation component that may receive data associated with at least one other industrial automation component in an industrial automation system. The industrial automation component may contextualize the data with respect to the industrial automation system and recognize a relationship between the industrial automation component and the at least one other industrial automation component based on the contextualized data. The industrial automation component may then store the relationship between the industrial automation component and the at least one other industrial automation component in a memory. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316914 | INTER-MAIN-APPARATUS INTERFACE DEVICE, MAIN-APPARATUS SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME, AND INTER-MAIN-APPARATUS INTERFACE METHOD - There is provided an inter-main-apparatus interface device which, even if a first-standard main apparatus and a second-standard main apparatus are gathered in a main apparatus system, enables both of main apparatuses to function normally. The device comprises a control data interface provided between the first-standard main apparatus and the second-standard main apparatus for operating a controller included in the second-standard main apparatus on the basis of control data supplied from the first-standard main apparatus, and a content data interface provided between the first-standard main apparatus and the second-standard main apparatus for enabling the second-standard main apparatus, as controlled by the controller operating on the basis of the control data, to relay by multiplexing and demultiplexing, content data sent and received by a base station connected to the first-standard main apparatus and content data sent and received by a base station connected to the second-standard main apparatus. | 11-05-2015 |
20150323926 | AUTOMATION OPERATING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An automation operating and management system consolidates and analyzes inputs from multiple machines within an automated enterprise to predict failures and provide instructions for counteractions to prevent failures during machine operation, and to identify opportunities for efficiency improvement, including actions for reduction in peak power consumption demand within a facility including multiple machines. A machine can include a machine controller and at least one base layer controller, where the base layer controller acts as a low level controller to directly control the motion of elements in communication with the base layer control, according to parameters set by the machine controller. The base layer controller collects timing data for the elements under its control, compares the timing data with the parameters and sets an alarm when the timing data is outside of tolerance limits defined by the parameters. | 11-12-2015 |
20150346714 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - A numerical control device includes a program storage unit storing machining programs of systems; and a program analysis unit executing the machining programs independently for each system by analyzing the machining programs of the systems, wherein when control variable is not being executed in machining program of any system, if control variable is executed in machining program of any system, the program analysis unit permits only a system having executed the control variable to execute the control variable, and does not permit another system other than the system having executed the control variable to execute the control variable even when an attempt is made to execute the control variable in machining program of the other system, and when execution of the control variable is completed in the machining program being executed, the program analysis unit permits machining program of any system to execute the control variable. | 12-03-2015 |
20150355617 | SEQUENCER SYSTEM AND ADDRESS SETTING METHOD - To provide a sequencer system including a plurality of bases. The plurality of bases are configured by a fundamental base and a plurality of stages of extension bases, the fundamental base being installed with a control unit. The control unit is configured to enable transmission of a HOP designation packet toward the bases, number of HOPs being designated for the HOP designation packet. Upon reception of the HOP designation packet with the number of HOPs being other than 0, each of the bases subtracts the number of HOPs by one, and transfers the HOP designation packet to the base connected to a subsequent stage. Upon reception of the HOP designation packet with the number of HOPs being 0, each of the bases determines that the HOP designation packet is a packet directed to the base itself. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355631 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A field device management system include a plurality of field devices equipped in a plant, one or more host devices equipped at a place distant from the plant and configured to connect to the field devices via a first network, and a terminal apparatus configured to connect to the field devices via a second network and to connect to the host devices via a third network. The terminal apparatus includes a first communication interface module configured to perform field communication with the field devices via the second network, a second communication interface module configured to perform near field communication with the host devices via the third network, and a controller that, when updating data of any one of the field devices, performs communication with the host devices through the second communication interface module, and receives update permission information from the host device through the second communication interface module. | 12-10-2015 |
20150362916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING PROXY COMPONENTS INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEM - An industrial automation component may receive design information associated with an arrangement of one or more industrial automation components in an industrial automation system and identify a first portion of the industrial automation components in the industrial automation system that is unable to interface with a second portion of industrial automation components based on the design information. The industrial automation component may then generate a list of industrial automation components based on the first portion of the industrial automation components and the second portion of industrial automation components, wherein each of the list of industrial automation components is configured to translate a first set of data associated with the first portion of the industrial automation components to a second set of data configured to be at least partly interpretable by the second portion of industrial automation components. | 12-17-2015 |
20150377214 | CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM AND ACCESS CONTROL THEREFORE - A condition monitoring system for a network of distributed devices. The system includes at least one portable communication device and at least one central control server. Each of the distributed devices is provided with a monitoring unit for receiving and processing the condition data from at least one sensor and with a communication link between the monitoring unit and the central control server. The central control server is configured to store the condition data in combination the identification data. The monitoring unit is provided with a communication interface for connecting the portable communication device to the monitoring unit and to provide the portable communication device with a scanning device for scanning a computer-readable code provided on the or next to the monitoring unit. The portable communication device comprises application software configured to generate access information for establishing an encrypted data connection with the monitoring device based on the computer-readable code. | 12-31-2015 |
20150378331 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - There is provided a communication apparatus having a first communication unit configured to hold a first communication parameter and share the held first communication parameter with an external apparatus, and a second communication unit configured to perform communication with the external apparatus by using the first communication parameter that the first communication unit shares with the external apparatus. A control unit performs control so that communication by the second communication unit is started in response to sharing of the first communication parameter by the first communication unit. When communication by the second communication unit is to be performed in response to sharing of the first communication parameter by the first communication unit, the control unit puts the first communication parameter, which has been shared with the external apparatus, in a state in which it cannot be shared via the first communication unit. | 12-31-2015 |
20160018799 | SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL COUPLING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - An environmental monitoring device that includes a switching mechanism is described. During operation of the environmental monitoring device, the switching mechanism (such as a switch) selectively electrically couples a first electrical-connection node and a second electrical-connection node. For example, using the switching mechanism, an electronic device that is electrically coupled to the first electrical-connection node may be selectively electrically coupled to a second electronic device that is electrically coupled to the second electrical-connection node. The selective electrical coupling may be based on one or more measurements of an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. Moreover, a sensor mechanism in the environmental monitoring device may provide sensor data based on the one or more measurements. Alternatively, an antenna and an interface circuit in the environmental monitoring device may receive the sensor data from a third electronic device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160018800 | SELECTIVE ELECTRICAL COUPLING BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - An environmental monitoring device that includes a switching mechanism is described. During operation of the environmental monitoring device, the switching mechanism (such as a switch) selectively electrically couples a first electrical-connection node and a second electrical-connection node. For example, using the switching mechanism, an electronic device that is electrically coupled to the first electrical-connection node may be selectively electrically coupled to a second electronic device that is electrically coupled to the second electrical-connection node. The selective electrical coupling may be based on one or more measurements of an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. Moreover, a sensor mechanism in the environmental monitoring device may provide sensor data based on the one or more measurements. Alternatively, an antenna and an interface circuit in the environmental monitoring device may receive the sensor data from a third electronic device. | 01-21-2016 |
20160033948 | CONTROL SYSTEM - A plurality of pieces of candidate information capable of serving as device identification information are divided into a plurality of groups in advance. Each of the plurality of groups is provided with group identification information. A master control unit sequentially outputs pieces of group identification information to a signal line. When group identification information of a belonging group of a device flows through the signal line, a control unit of the device outputs device identification information, stored by the control unit, to the signal line. In this case, a control unit outputs the device identification information after the group identification information is received and then a standby time has elapsed. The standby time is set on the basis of the order of the device identification information of the device within a belonging group. The master control unit provides an address to the received device identification information. | 02-04-2016 |
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20160067864 | SELF-ADAPTIVE DEVICE INTELLIGENCE AS A SERVICE ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR SENSOR-RICH ENVIRONMENTS - A device intelligence architecture configures and controls on-site devices and performs environment monitoring to facilitate effective device functionality. The architecture facilitates efficient use of devices (e.g., robotics) in an unstructured and dynamic environment, which will allow deployments in many more environments than is currently possible. The architecture stores and shares information between segregated devices to avoid the silo effect of vendor specific stacks. The architecture also models capabilities of devices and maps actions to intelligence packages to deploy a specific intelligence package to the device. The architecture also implements distributed processing. For instance, computationally intensive tasks may be offloaded to the back end processing, with action updates resulting from the processing pushed to the devices. | 03-10-2016 |
20160077503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REPLACE AN ELECTRICAL POWER MODULE IN A WIRELESS VALVE POSITIONER WITHOUT POWER DISRUPTION - A process control device includes an interface configured to communicate with other devices in a process control system. The process control device also includes a primary power source, the primary power source configured to provide power to at least one component of the process control device, which component, if not powered, would result in disruption to the control of the process. The process control device still further includes a terminal configured to electrically couple the process control device to an auxiliary power source such that the auxiliary power source provides sufficient power to the at least one component when the auxiliary power source is connected to the terminal such that the process control device remains operable to control the process in the absence of the primary power source. | 03-17-2016 |
20160085253 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING WIRELESS CONTROL IN TOOLS BY USE OF PORTABLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WITH EMBEDDED COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS - Methods and systems are provided for enabling wireless control by use of portable power supply systems with embedded communication components. A power supply component, which is operable to store and discharge power, and which may be configured for use in a first device to supply power thereto in portable manner, may be configured to determine data associated with the power supply component. The data may comprise information relating to one or more conditions associated with use of power stored in the power supply component, in conjunction with operation of the first device. The power supply component may comprise a communication element, for wirelessly communicating messages to a second device that is physically separate from the first device, to control at least part of operations of the second device. Controlling operations of the second device may comprise activating or deactivating the second device based on use of power by the first device. | 03-24-2016 |
20160116910 | Method and Process Automation System With a Central Computing Unit - A method for operating a process automation system that is configured to control an industrial process and/or traffic-control signals, wherein the process automation system includes field devices arranged in a field of the industrial process and a central controller unit for controlling the process through the field devices, where the central controller unit generates control data for the field devices by running a control program, where the control program forms a browser executable application that receives and processes field data from the field devices and generates and sends out the control data, and where the central controller unit executes an internet browser program and the internet browser program runs the application. | 04-28-2016 |
20160124423 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING AND CONFIGURING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATION INSTALLATION - A method/device for managing/configuring field devices in an automation installation with a configuration tool designed to physically identify a field device therein, to logically incorporate it into, and configure it in, the automation installation, wherein the configuration tool to uses a prescribed field-device-type-specific information package describing functions and data of the field device at least partially and wherein the configuration tool has a server and a client, the server being designed to integrate received configuration data with the field-device-type-specific information package into an information package and to validate and process the information package with a piece of validation logic, and the client having a user interface for taking the configuration data. To avoid bottlenecks in the client/server communication, the client is equipped with an information package instance, and is designed to integrate taken configuration data into a package and validate the package. The server is designed to take validated packages. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132036 | PRODUCTION MACHINE OR MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PRODUCTION MACHINE OR MACHINE TOOL - An automated machine wherein messages exchanged between components of the machine are forwarded to at least one component at a first time point that temporarily stores them and from that component to a central unit at a second time point is disclosed. Said first time point preceding said second time point within the framework of a cycle time of the automated machine. The time points are determined relative to that cycle time and provided to respective components in conjunction with a startup of the automated machine. The component temporarily storing messages forwards them in the manner of a layer-3 switch. This message forwarding is driven by the respective time points, rather than event-driven, can operate seamlessly in existing systems wherein communications are time-slot controlled, and decouples the components so that real-time communications within the machine can be optimized. | 05-12-2016 |
20160139581 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING AND CONFIGURING FIELD DEVICES IN AN AUTOMATION INSTALLATION - A method/device for managing and configuring field devices in an automation installation with a configuration tool designed to physically identify a field device in the automation installation and logically identify its field device type, to logically incorporate and configure it into the automation installation, the tool to this end resorting to a prescribed field-device-type-specific information package at least partially describing functions and data of the field device type. Parameterizing a plurality of field devices of the same type may be achieved by forming a first individual field-device-specific information package for a first field device from the field-device-type-specific information package, and a further individual field-device-specific information package for each further field device of the same type from the first individual field-device-specific information package, by first of all duplicating the first individual field-device-specific information package, then individualizing it for the further field device. | 05-19-2016 |
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20160161934 | System for use in Automation Technology - A system for use in automation technology, comprising: field devices for measuring and/or controlling a process variable, a server that is connected with the field devices holding a life-list with the field devices that are connected with the server, wherein the life-list contains information for the field devices that is required for establishing a connection with the field devices, and an operator device with not less than one first communication interface, wherein the first communication interface may be used for establishing a connection with the server, in order to retrieve the life-list and the information needed for establishing connections on the operator device, so that a data connection between the operator device and a field device listed in the life-list is possible according to the information. | 06-09-2016 |
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