公开(公告)号：US08782599B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-15

申请号：US12147470

申请日：2008-06-26

申请人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishbeyn ,  John P. King ,  Paul Meskonis ,  James William Hemenway

发明人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Mikhail Vladimirovich Fishbeyn ,  John P. King ,  Paul Meskonis ,  James William Hemenway

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G05B19/056 ,  G06F8/34 ,  G06F17/5045 ,  G06F2217/74

摘要： A multi-editing mode LOGIC BLOCK object editor is disclosed for creating and modifying LOGIC BLOCK objects that are incorporated into control strategies for process control systems (both distributed and discrete). The editor includes an RPN text editing mode wherein logic incorporated into a LOGIC BLOCK is represented by a list of text instructions. The editor also includes a graphical function block diagram editing mode wherein LOGIC BLOCK logic is defined via instruction shapes dragged/dropped from a pallet and connected via GUI line connection actions by a user. The editor supports automated transitioning between the text and graphics modes wherein conversion of text-to-graphics and graphics-to-text is performed without user intervention. Furthermore, synchronization procedures are performed when LOGIC BLOCK objects are opened in the editor and when transitioning between editing modes to track and/or maintain synchronous status between graphical and text representations of LOGIC BLOCK logic.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种多编辑模式LOGIC BLOCK对象编辑器，用于创建和修改被并入到过程控制系统（分布式和离散的）控制策略中的LOGIC BLOCK对象。 编辑器包括RPN文本编辑模式，其中包含在逻辑块中的逻辑由文本指令列表表示。 编辑器还包括图形功能框图编辑模式，其中LOGIC BLOCK逻辑通过从托盘拖放的指令形状定义并通过用户的GUI线连接动作连接。 编辑器支持文本和图形模式之间的自动转换，其中文本到图形和图形到文本的转换在没有用户干预的情况下执行。 此外，当在编辑器中打开LOGIC BLOCK对象并且在编辑模式之间转换时跟踪和/或维持LOGIC BLOCK逻辑的图形和文本表示之间的同步状态时，执行同步过程。

公开(公告)号：US07468731B2

公开(公告)日：2008-12-23

申请号：US11402644

申请日：2006-04-11

申请人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Mikhail V. Fishbeyn ,  Paul Meskonis ,  Christopher Neil Baldwin

发明人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Mikhail V. Fishbeyn ,  Paul Meskonis ,  Christopher Neil Baldwin

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/0486 ,  G05B2219/35488

摘要： Enhancements to a strategy object editor for creating and modifying control strategies for process control systems (both distributed and discrete) is described. The improvements include: supporting a set of graphical depictions for individual control object (modified by an appearance object editor), drag and drop connections for declarations that connect control strategies to other control strategies, GUI-based designation of object execution order, automatically applied line styles based upon connection data type, and automatic modification of elements within an appearance object to accommodate a moved attribute.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于创建和修改过程控制系统（分布式和离散）控制策略的策略对象编辑器的增强功能。 这些改进包括：支持一组用于个人控制对象（由外观对象编辑器修改）的图形描绘，将连接控制策略的声明拖放到其他控制策略，基于GUI的对象执行顺序指定，自动应用行 基于连接数据类型的样式，以及自动修改外观对象中的元素以适应移动的属性。

公开(公告)号：US07100165B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-29

申请号：US10252835

申请日：2002-09-23

申请人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Dennis M. Bushy

发明人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  Dennis M. Bushy

IPC分类号： G06F9/46 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G05B11/01

CPC分类号： G06F9/542 ,  G06F9/4488 ,  G06F9/465 ,  G06F2209/545

摘要： A method and system for synchronizing plural processes executing on a digital data processing system includes the steps of registering each of the processes for notification of at least selected events occurring in the other processes. Those events can include, for example, the addition, deletion or selection of an item in another process, the selection of the menu item in the graphical user interface of another process, and the invocation or termination of another process. An item is any informational entity in a process, such as the datum or display object. The method and system further detect an event in any of the processes and determining whether that event is one for which the process (other than bat in which the event occurred) is registered for notification. If so, that other process is notified of the event, e.g., so that it can take an action based on that effected in connection with the detected event in the process in which it occurred.

公开(公告)号：US08127060B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-28

申请号：US12474942

申请日：2009-05-29

申请人： Benno Doll ,  Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Benno Doll ,  Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/23299 ,  G05B2219/25061

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, improved apparatus for configuring a control system. The apparatus includes a model made up of objects representing devices of such a system, including, at least one device that defines and/or controls communications on at least a portion of a network within that system. That device is referred to, here, as a “bus master” and the portion of the network is referred to as a “segment.” The object (or objects) representing the bus master can include information defining timings, port assignments and/or other aspects of the configuration of the segment. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. This includes transferring to the bus master communications configuration information for the segment. A download service according to this aspect of the invention generates—e.g., for logging by a change tracking system—indicia of the configuration information transferred to the bus master. The download service can likewise generate for logging (by the change tracking system) information transferred from the model to other devices in control system.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一些方面提供了用于配置控制系统的改进的装置。 该装置包括由表示这种系统的装置的对象组成的模型，包括至少一个在该系统内的网络的至少一部分上定义和/或控制通信的装置。 该设备在这里被称为“总线主控”，并且网络的部分被称为“段”。表示总线主控器的对象（或对象）可以包括定义定时，端口分配和/或 其他方面的细分配置。 下载服务将配置信息从模型中的对象传送到控制系统中的设备。 这包括传送到总线主机的段的通信配置信息。 根据本发明的这个方面的下载服务产生 - 例如，通过改变跟踪系统记录传送到总线主机的配置信息的标记。 下载服务也可以生成用于通过变更跟踪系统记录从模型传送到控制系统中的其他设备的信息。

公开(公告)号：US08122434B2

公开(公告)日：2012-02-21

申请号：US12474885

申请日：2009-05-29

申请人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G05B19/42

CPC分类号： G05B19/0426

摘要： The invention provides improved apparatus for configuring a control system that includes a model that is made up of one or more objects representing one or more devices in the system. The objects have parameters reflecting characteristics of the devices represented by the respective objects. At least one of those parameters is associated with a “track” attribute indicating whether at least selected configuration information transferred from that object to the respective device in the control system is to be logged to a change tracking system. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. Those downloads can go directly to the respective devices or can go indirectly, e.g., via other devices in the control system (such as controllers, field bus modules, and so forth). Regardless, the download service according to this aspect of the invention generates for logging by the change tracking system indicia of that transferred configuration information. Generation of those indicia is governed, at least in part, by the “track” attribute associated with one or more of the parameters with which the transferred information is associated.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于配置包括由表示系统中的一个或多个设备的一个或多个对象组成的模型的控制系统的改进设备。 对象具有反映由各个对象表示的设备的特性的参数。 这些参数中的至少一个与“轨道”属性相关联，该“轨迹”属性指示是否要将从该对象传送到控制系统中的相应设备的至少所选择的配置信息记录到改变跟踪系统。 下载服务将配置信息从模型中的对象传送到控制系统中的设备。 这些下载可以直接进入各个设备，或者可以间接地，例如通过控制系统中的其他设备（诸如控制器，现场总线模块等）。 无论如何，根据本发明的该方面的下载服务生成用于通过改变跟踪系统记录该传送的配置信息的记录。 这些标记的生成至少部分地由与传送的信息相关联的一个或多个参数相关联的“轨道”属性来管理。

公开(公告)号：US20100305721A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12474885

申请日：2009-05-29

申请人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G05B19/042

CPC分类号： G05B19/0426

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, improved apparatus for configuring a control system. The apparatus includes a model made up of objects representing devices of such a system, including, at least one device that defines and/or controls communications on at least a portion of a network within that system. That device is referred to, here, as a “bus master” and the portion of the network is referred to as a “segment.” The object (or objects) representing the bus master can include information defining timings, port assignments and/or other aspects of the configuration of the segment. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. This includes transferring to the bus master communications configuration information for the segment. A download service according to this aspect of the invention generates—e.g., for logging by a change tracking system—indicia of the configuration information transferred to the bus master. The download service can likewise generate for logging (by the change tracking system) information transferred from the model to other devices in control system. The invention provides improved apparatus for configuring a control system that includes a model that is made up of one or more objects representing one or more devices in the system. The objects have parameters reflecting characteristics of the devices represented by the respective objects. At least one of those parameters is associated with a “track” attribute indicating whether at least selected configuration information transferred from that object to the respective device in the control system is to be logged to a change tracking system. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. Those downloads can go directly to the respective devices or can go indirectly, e.g., via other devices in the control system (such as controllers, field bus modules, and so forth). Regardless, the download service according to this aspect of the invention generates for logging by the change tracking system indicia of that transferred configuration information. Generation of those indicia is governed, at least in part, by the “track” attribute associated with one or more of the parameters with which the transferred information is associated.

公开(公告)号：US20110093098A1

公开(公告)日：2011-04-21

申请号：US12904608

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G05B19/042

CPC分类号： G05B23/0297 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/23299 ,  G05B2219/24168 ,  G05B2219/25061

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, a process, environmental, manufacturing, industrial or other such control system (hereinafter, “control system”) with enhanced, real-time change tracking. The system includes one or more configurable elements (e.g., field devices), a change tracking system that records of changes to those configurable elements (e.g., for compliance reporting, etc.) and a change detection system that responds to detected changes in configuration of those element(s) by inferring an identity of a person and/or device responsible for a change, the time of the change, and/or the reason for the change. This is unlike prior art systems, in which that such information must be specified, e.g., in a data entry form filled-in by the field engineer, operator or other who is making the change.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一些方面提供具有增强的实时变化跟踪的过程，环境，制造，工业或其它这样的控制系统（以下称为“控制系统”）。 该系统包括一个或多个可配置元件（例如，现场设备），记录对那些可配置元件的变化的改变跟踪系统（例如，用于合规性报告等）以及响应检测到的配置变化的变化检测系统 这些元素通过推断负责变更的人和/或设备的身份，变更的时间和/或改变的原因。 这不同于现有技术的系统，其中这种信息必须被指定，例如在由现场工程师，操作者或正在进行改变的其他人填写的数据输入表格中。

公开(公告)号：US08850335B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-30

申请号：US11403067

申请日：2006-04-11

申请人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  James William Hemenway ,  John Patrick King ,  Franciscus Marie Middeldorp

发明人： Keith E. Eldridge ,  James William Hemenway ,  John Patrick King ,  Franciscus Marie Middeldorp

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G06F15/177

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  Y10S715/967

摘要： Enhancements to a strategy object editor for creating and modifying control strategies for process control systems (both distributed and discrete) is described. The improvements include: supporting a set of graphical depictions for individual control object (modified by an appearance object editor), drag and drop connections for declarations that connect control strategies to other control strategies, GUI-based designation of object execution order, automatically applied line styles based upon connection data type, and automatic modification of elements within an appearance object to accommodate a moved attribute.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于创建和修改过程控制系统（分布式和离散）控制策略的策略对象编辑器的增强功能。 这些改进包括：支持一组用于个人控制对象（由外观对象编辑器修改）的图形描绘，将连接控制策略的声明拖放到其他控制策略，基于GUI的对象执行顺序指定，自动应用行 基于连接数据类型的样式，以及自动修改外观对象中的元素以适应移动的属性。

公开(公告)号：US08463964B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-11

申请号：US12904608

申请日：2010-10-14

申请人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G05B19/18 ,  G06F13/38 ,  G05B23/02 ,  G05B19/042

CPC分类号： G05B23/0297 ,  G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/23299 ,  G05B2219/24168 ,  G05B2219/25061

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, a process, environmental, manufacturing, industrial or other such control system (hereinafter, “control system”) with enhanced, real-time change tracking. The system includes one or more configurable elements (e.g., field devices), a change tracking system that records of changes to those configurable elements (e.g., for compliance reporting, etc.) and a change detection system that responds to detected changes in configuration of those element(s) by inferring an identity of a person and/or device responsible for a change, the time of the change, and/or the reason for the change. This is unlike prior art systems, in which that such information must be specified, e.g., in a data entry form filled-in by the field engineer, operator or other who is making the change.

摘要翻译： 本发明在一些方面提供具有增强的实时变化跟踪的过程，环境，制造，工业或其它这样的控制系统（以下称为“控制系统”）。 该系统包括一个或多个可配置元件（例如，现场设备），记录对那些可配置元件的变化的改变跟踪系统（例如，用于合规性报告等）以及响应检测到的配置变化的变化检测系统 这些元素通过推断负责变更的人和/或设备的身份，变更的时间和/或改变的原因。 这不同于现有技术的系统，其中这种信息必须被指定，例如在由现场工程师，操作者或正在进行改变的其他人填写的数据输入表格中。

公开(公告)号：US20100305720A1

公开(公告)日：2010-12-02

申请号：US12474942

申请日：2009-05-29

申请人： Benno Doll ,  Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

发明人： Benno Doll ,  Vladimir Kostadinov ,  Keith E. Eldridge

IPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G05B19/042 ,  G05B2219/23299 ,  G05B2219/25061

摘要： The invention provides, in some aspects, improved apparatus for configuring a control system. The apparatus includes a model made up of objects representing devices of such a system, including, at least one device that defines and/or controls communications on at least a portion of a network within that system. That device is referred to, here, as a “bus master” and the portion of the network is referred to as a “segment.” The object (or objects) representing the bus master can include information defining timings, port assignments and/or other aspects of the configuration of the segment. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. This includes transferring to the bus master communications configuration information for the segment. A download service according to this aspect of the invention generates—e.g., for logging by a change tracking system—indicia of the configuration information transferred to the bus master. The download service can likewise generate for logging (by the change tracking system) information transferred from the model to other devices in control system. The invention provides improved apparatus for configuring a control system that includes a model that is made up of one or more objects representing one or more devices in the system. The objects have parameters reflecting characteristics of the devices represented by the respective objects. At least one of those parameters is associated with a “track” attribute indicating whether at least selected configuration information transferred from that object to the respective device in the control system is to be logged to a change tracking system. A download service transfers configuration information from objects in the model to devices in the control system. Those downloads can go directly to the respective devices or can go indirectly, e.g., via other devices in the control system (such as controllers, field bus modules, and so forth). Regardless, the download service according to this aspect of the invention generates for logging by the change tracking system indicia of that transferred configuration information. Generation of those indicia is governed, at least in part, by the “track” attribute associated with one or more of the parameters with which the transferred information is associated.