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61. 发明授权

US07877154B2 Method and system for controlling a batch process 有权
标题翻译：控制批处理的方法和系统
公开(公告)号：US07877154B2
公开(公告)日：2011-01-25
申请号：US11241157
申请日：2005-09-30
申请人： Terrence L. Blevins , Gregory K. McMillan , Michael A. Boudreau
发明人： Terrence L. Blevins , Gregory K. McMillan , Michael A. Boudreau
IPC分类号： G05B13/02
CPC分类号： G05B13/041 , G05B17/02
摘要： A first principles model may be used to simulate a batch process, and the first principles model may be used to configure a multiple-input/multiple-output control routine for controlling the batch process. The first principles model may generate estimates of batch parameters that cannot, or are not, measured during operation of the actual batch process. An example of such a parameter may be a rate of change of a component (e.g., a production rate, a cell growth rate, etc.) of the batch process. The first principles model and the configured multiple-input/multiple-output control routine may be used to facilitate control of the batch process.
摘要翻译：可以使用第一原理模型来模拟批处理，并且可以使用第一原理模型来配置用于控制批处理的多输入/多输出控制例程。第一原则模型可以产生在实际批处理过程中不能或不测量的批次参数的估计。这种参数的一个例子可以是批处理的组分的变化率（例如，生产率，细胞生长速率等）。可以使用第一原理模型和配置的多输入/多输出控制程序来促进对批处理的控制。

62. 发明授权

US07822495B2 Custom function blocks for use with process control systems 有权
标题翻译：用于过程控制系统的自定义功能块
公开(公告)号：US07822495B2
公开(公告)日：2010-10-26
申请号：US10123822
申请日：2002-04-15
申请人： Mark J. Nixon , Ken Beoughter , Brandon Hieb , Terrence L. Blevins , Dennis L. Stevenson
发明人： Mark J. Nixon , Ken Beoughter , Brandon Hieb , Terrence L. Blevins , Dennis L. Stevenson
IPC分类号： G05B13/02 , G05B15/00 , G05B9/02 , G06F9/44 , G06F3/00
CPC分类号： G05B19/0426 , G05B2219/23258 , G05B2219/25232 , G05B2219/25428 , G06F8/10 , G06F8/30 , G06F8/33 , G06F8/40 , G06F8/70
摘要： A system and method for creating and incorporating a function block within a process control system enables a user of the process control system to generate a function block by combining a plurality of files selected from a group of files provided by the manufacturer of the process control system to form a source code file associated with the function block. The user can modify the function block source code file to include a procedure, routine or algorithm that is not provided by the manufacturer and can send the modified source code file to the manufacturer for validation. If the function block source code file is validated, a security measure such as a digital signature is provided to the user that enables the user to incorporate the function block within the process control system. The function blocks can be used to incorporate a new function into a process control application or to operatively integrate a data source external to a process control application with the process control application via data mapping functions performed by the function blocks.
摘要翻译：用于在过程控制系统内创建和结合功能块的系统和方法使得过程控制系统的用户能够通过组合从由过程控制系统的制造商提供的一组文件中选择的多个文件来生成功能块以形成与功能块相关联的源代码文件。用户可以修改功能块源代码文件，以包括制造商不提供的过程，例程或算法，并将修改的源代码文件发送给制造商进行验证。如果功能块源代码文件被验证，则向用户提供诸如数字签名的安全措施，使用户能够将功能块并入过程控制系统内。功能块可用于将新功能并入过程控制应用程序中，或者可以通过由功能块执行的数据映射功能将过程控制应用程序外部的数据源与过程控制应用程序进行操作。

63. 发明授权

US07783370B2 System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants 有权
标题翻译：用于在过程工厂中配置图形显示元素和过程模块的系统
公开(公告)号：US07783370B2
公开(公告)日：2010-08-24
申请号：US10575022
申请日：2005-05-04
申请人： Mark J. Nixon , Arthur Webb , J. Michael Lucas , Ken J. Beoughter , Terrence L. Blevins , Stephen Gilbert , Bruce Campney
发明人： Mark J. Nixon , Arthur Webb , J. Michael Lucas , Ken J. Beoughter , Terrence L. Blevins , Stephen Gilbert , Bruce Campney
IPC分类号： G05B9/02
CPC分类号： G05B19/0426 , G05B19/41885 , G05B23/0267 , G05B2219/23424 , G05B2219/25067 , G05B2219/25428 , G05B2219/31467 , G05B2219/31469 , G05B2219/31472 , G05B2219/31474 , G05B2219/32128 , G05B2219/32342 , G06F8/20 , G06F8/38 , G06F9/4488 , G06F9/451 , G06N5/04 , G06Q10/06 , G06Q50/04 , G06T13/00 , H04L67/12 , H04L67/16 , H04L67/28 , H04L67/289 , H04L67/36 , H04L2012/4026 , Y02A10/46 , Y02P80/40 , Y02P90/14 , Y02P90/26 , Y02P90/265 , Y02P90/30 , Y02P90/84 , Y02P90/86 , Y10S715/965
摘要： A system for facilitating configuration of a process plant may include a process graphics editor and a process module editor. The process graphics editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a graphical representation of physical entities in the process plant. The process module editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a process module. A process module may include one or more interconnected process objects representative of one or more corresponding physical entities in the process plant. The system may also include a supervisor module communicatively coupled to the process graphics editor and the process module editor. The supervisor module may be capable of detecting changes made to the graphical representation of the physical entities using the process graphics editor. In response to detecting such changes, the supervisor module may instruct the process module editor to make a corresponding change, if any, to a process module.
摘要翻译：用于促进过程工厂的配置的系统可以包括过程图形编辑器和过程模块编辑器。过程图形编辑器可以促进在过程工厂中物理实体的图形表示的创建和/或修改。过程模块编辑器可以促进过程模块的创建和/或修改。过程模块可以包括代表过程工厂中的一个或多个对应物理实体的一个或多个互连的过程对象。系统还可以包括通信地耦合到过程图形编辑器和处理模块编辑器的管理器模块。主管模块可以能够使用过程图形编辑器来检测对物理实体的图形表示的变化。响应于检测到这样的改变，主管模块可以指示过程模块编辑器对过程模块进行相应的改变（如果有的话）。

64. 发明申请

US20090299495A1 Non-Periodic Control Communications in Wireless and Other Process Control Systems 有权
标题翻译：无线和其他过程控制系统中的非周期控制通信
公开(公告)号：US20090299495A1
公开(公告)日：2009-12-03
申请号：US12537778
申请日：2009-08-07
申请人： Terrence L. Blevins , Deji Chen , Mark J. Nixon , Gregory K. McMillan
发明人： Terrence L. Blevins , Deji Chen , Mark J. Nixon , Gregory K. McMillan
IPC分类号： G05B13/02
CPC分类号： G05B11/42 , G05B2219/31121 , G05B2219/33192 , G05B2219/34306 , Y02P70/163
摘要： Disclosed is a controller having a processor and a control module adapted for periodic execution by the processor and configured to be responsive to a process variable to generate a control signal for a process. An iteration of the periodic execution of the control module involves implementation of a routine configured to generate a representation of a process response to the control signal. The routine is further configured to maintain the representation over multiple iterations of the periodic execution of the control module and until an update of the process variable is available. In some cases, the update of the process variable is made available via wireless transmission of the process signal. In those and other cases, the controller may be included within a process control system having a field device to transmit the process signal indicative of the process variable non-periodically based on whether the process variable has changed by more than a predetermined threshold. In some embodiments, the field device also transmits the process signal if a refresh time has been exceeded since a last transmission.
摘要翻译：公开了一种具有处理器和控制模块的控制器，该处理器和控制模块适于由处理器进行周期性执行，并被配置为响应于过程变量以产生用于过程的控制信号。控制模块的周期性执行的迭代涉及被配置为生成对控制信号的过程响应的表示的例程的实现。该例程还被配置为通过控制模块的周期性执行的多次迭代来维持表示，并且直到过程变量的更新可用。在某些情况下，过程变量的更新可通过过程信号的无线传输获得。在这些和其他情况下，控制器可以被包括在具有现场设备的过程控制系统中，该现场设备基于过程变量是否已经改变超过预定阈值来发送指示过程变量非周期性的过程信号。在一些实施例中，如果自上次发送以来已经超过了刷新时间，则现场设备还发送处理信号。

65. 发明授权

US07620460B2 Process control with unreliable communications 有权
标题翻译：具有不可靠通信的过程控制
公开(公告)号：US07620460B2
公开(公告)日：2009-11-17
申请号：US11499013
申请日：2006-08-04
申请人： Terrence L. Blevins , Deji Chen , Mark J. Nixon , Gregory K. McMillan
发明人： Terrence L. Blevins , Deji Chen , Mark J. Nixon , Gregory K. McMillan
IPC分类号： G05B13/02
CPC分类号： G05B11/42 , G05B2219/31121 , G05B2219/34413
摘要： Disclosed are methods and devices for controlling a process with a control signal. Iterations of a control routine are implemented to generate the control signal, and when an indication of a response to the control signal is unavailable, a feedback contribution to the control signal is maintained over one or more of the iterations of the control routine. The feedback contribution is then modified upon receiving the response indication, in which the feedback contribution is determined in accordance with an elapsed time between the received response indication and a previous communication of the response indication.
摘要翻译：公开了用于控制具有控制信号的处理的方法和装置。执行控制程序的迭代以产生控制信号，并且当对控制信号的响应的指示不可用时，在控制程序的一个或多个迭代中保持对控制信号的反馈贡献。然后在接收到响应指示时修改反馈贡献，其中根据接收到的响应指示与响应指示的先前通信之间的经过时间来确定反馈贡献。

66. 发明申请

US20090046675A1 Scheduling Communication Frames in a Wireless Network 有权
标题翻译：在无线网络中调度通信帧
公开(公告)号：US20090046675A1
公开(公告)日：2009-02-19
申请号：US12101074
申请日：2008-04-10
申请人： Wallace A. Pratt, JR. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Yuri Zats , Terrence L. Blevins
发明人： Wallace A. Pratt, JR. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Yuri Zats , Terrence L. Blevins
IPC分类号： H04J3/00
CPC分类号： H04W84/18 , H04J4/00 , H04W72/1205
摘要： A method of scheduling communications in a multi-node wireless mesh network which has a first network device and a second network device includes defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration, defining a first superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a first number of the communication timeslots, defining a second superframe having a repeating superframe cycle including a second number of the communication timeslots, aligning the first superframe with the second superframe, so that one of the timeslots of the first superframe begins simultaneously with one of the timeslots of the second superframe, and associating the first and the second superframes with a network schedule, so that the first network device and the second network device transmit data according to the network schedule.
摘要翻译：一种在具有第一网络设备和第二网络设备的多节点无线网状网络中调度通信的方法包括定义预定持续时间的通信时隙，定义具有重复超帧周期的第一超帧，所述重复超帧周期包括第一数量的通信定义具有包括第二数量的通信时隙的重复超帧周期的第二超帧，使第一超帧与第二超帧对准，使得第一超帧的时隙之一与第二超帧的时隙之一同时开始并且将第一和第二超帧与网络调度相关联，使得第一网络设备和第二网络设备根据网络调度来发送数据。

67. 发明授权

US07242989B2 Apparatus and method for batch property estimation 有权
标题翻译：批量属性估计的装置和方法
公开(公告)号：US07242989B2
公开(公告)日：2007-07-10
申请号：US10449437
申请日：2003-05-30
申请人： Terrence L. Blevins , Ashish Mehta
发明人： Terrence L. Blevins , Ashish Mehta
IPC分类号： G05B13/02 , G06F7/60 , G06F17/10
CPC分类号： G05B13/027 , G05B17/02
摘要： A method and apparatus that generates an estimate of a property of a batch process uses a non-parametric model to generate a plurality of rate of reaction estimates associated with the batch process. Each rate of reaction estimate may correspond, for example, to a particular time during the batch process. The plurality of rate of reaction estimates are then integrated to generate an estimate of a property of the batch at the particular time.
摘要翻译：产生批处理过程的属性估计的方法和装置使用非参数模型来产生与批处理相关联的多个反应估计率。每个反应估计速率可以例如对应于批处理期间的特定时间。然后将多个反应率估计值进行积分以产生在特定时间的批次的性质的估计。

68. 发明授权

US08798084B2 Increasing reliability and reducing latency in a wireless network 有权
标题翻译：在无线网络中增加可靠性并减少延迟
公开(公告)号：US08798084B2
公开(公告)日：2014-08-05
申请号：US12100927
申请日：2008-04-10
申请人： Wallace A. Pratt, Jr. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Terrence L. Blevins
发明人： Wallace A. Pratt, Jr. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Terrence L. Blevins
IPC分类号： H04L12/56
CPC分类号： G01D21/00 , H04W24/00 , H04W56/0015 , H04W56/002 , H04W80/00
摘要： A mesh communication network for use in, for example, process control plants includes a plurality of network devices transmitting and receiving data according to a network schedule defined as a set of concurrent overlapping superframes, and along a set of graphs defining communication paths between pairs of network devices. A network manager residing in or outside the communication network develops a routing scheme for the network by analyzing the topology of the network and defining a set of graphs for use in routing or transmitting data between various nodes of the network, each graph including one or more communication paths between pairs of network devices. Concurrently or consequently, the network manager defines the network schedule in view of at least transmission requirements, power availability, and signal quality at each network device. If desired, the network manager may begin to define the network schedule upon completing the definition of the graphs of the communication network, so that the network manager may define the network schedule in view both the defined graphs and the transmission, power, etc. parameters associated with each network device.
摘要翻译：用于例如过程控制设备的网状通信网络包括多个网络设备，其根据定义为一组并发重叠超帧的网络调度，以及沿着一组图形定义通信路径网络设备。驻留在通信网络中或外部的网络管理器通过分析网络的拓扑并定义用于在网络的各个节点之间路由或传输数据的图形集合来开发网络的路由方案，每个图包括一个或多个网络设备对之间的通信路径。鉴于至少传输要求，功率可用性和每个网络设备的信号质量，网络管理器同时或因此定义网络调度。如果需要，网络管理器可以在完成通信网络的图形的定义时开始定义网络调度，使得网络管理员可以在定义的图形和传输，功率等参数中定义网络调度与每个网络设备相关联。

69. 发明授权

US08719327B2 Wireless communication of process measurements 有权
标题翻译：无线通信过程测量
公开(公告)号：US08719327B2
公开(公告)日：2014-05-06
申请号：US11850810
申请日：2007-09-06
申请人： Terrence L. Blevins , Robert J. Karschnia , Mark J. Nixon
发明人： Terrence L. Blevins , Robert J. Karschnia , Mark J. Nixon
IPC分类号： G06F15/16 , G06F17/18 , G06F19/00 , G06F9/46
CPC分类号： H04L43/16 , G05B11/42 , G05B15/02 , G05B23/0221 , G05B2219/31162 , G05B2219/34413 , G05B2219/37526
摘要： A method and device or monitoring parameters in a process reduces power consumption and bandwidth requirements in the transmission of the monitored parameter to for example, a monitoring application. In particular, new monitoring parameter values are only transmitted if the difference between a measured or calculated parameter value and the most recently transmitted value exceeds a limit, since the last communication of the parameter or if the time since the last communication of the parameter exceeds a preset refresh period. The determination as to whether to transmit the parameter can be applied to engineering unit values or raw values.
摘要翻译：一个过程中的方法和设备或监控参数可以将被监控参数的传输中的功耗和带宽要求降低到例如监控应用。特别地，如果测量或计算的参数值与最近发送的值之间的差异超过限制，则传输新的监测参数值，因为参数的最后一次通信或者如果参数的最后一次通信之后的时间超过了预设刷新周期。关于是否传输参数的确定可以应用于工程单位值或原始值。

70. 发明授权

US08406248B2 Priority-based scheduling and routing in a wireless network 有权
标题翻译：无线网络中基于优先级的调度和路由
公开(公告)号：US08406248B2
公开(公告)日：2013-03-26
申请号：US12101054
申请日：2008-04-10
申请人： Wallace A. Pratt, Jr. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Terrence L. Blevins
发明人： Wallace A. Pratt, Jr. , Mark J. Nixon , Eric D. Rotvold , Robin S. Pramanik , Tomas P. Lennvall , Terrence L. Blevins
IPC分类号： H04B7/212
CPC分类号： G01D21/00 , H04W24/00 , H04W56/0015 , H04W56/002 , H04W80/00
摘要： A method of routing data in a mesh communication network including a plurality of network devices and operating in a process control environment, including assigning one of a plurality of priority levels associated with the communication network to a data packet, sending the data packet from a source network device included in the plurality of network devices to a destination network device included in the plurality of network devices, and routing the data packet to a destination network device via at least one intermediate network device included in the plurality of network devices. The act of routing includes comparing, at each intermediate network device, the priority level of the data packet to a priority mask of the intermediate network device, and modifying at least one of scheduling or routing of the data packet if the priority level of the data packet is not associated with the priority mask of the intermediate network device.
摘要翻译：一种在包括多个网络设备并在过程控制环境中操作的网状通信网络中路由数据的方法，包括将与通信网络相关联的多个优先级中的一个分配给数据分组，从源发送数据分组包括在多个网络设备中的网络设备到包括在多个网络设备中的目的地网络设备，并且经由包括在多个网络设备中的至少一个中间网络设备将数据分组路由到目的地网络设备。路由动作包括在每个中间网络设备处将数据分组的优先级别与中间网络设备的优先级掩码进行比较，并且如果数据的优先级别修改数据分组的调度或路由中的至少一个分组不与中间网络设备的优先级掩码相关联。

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