Patents by Inventor Kamel Zerdoum

Kamel Zerdoum has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus and method for fault detection to ensure device independence on a bus
    Patent number: 9934117
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting a first value to a first slave device via a communication bus, where the first value is within a first range of values associated with the first slave device. The method also includes receiving a second value via the communication bus and detecting a fault when the second value is not within the first range of values associated with the first slave device. Detecting the fault could include detecting a decoder fault when the second value is within a second range of values associated with a second slave device. The method may further include detecting a fault when the second value is within the first range of values associated with the first slave device but does not equal the first value or detecting no fault when the second value equals the first value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Kamel Zerdoum, Paul Gerhart
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FAULT DETECTION TO ENSURE DEVICE INDEPENDENCE ON A BUS
    Publication number: 20160283299
    Abstract: A method includes transmitting a first value to a first slave device via a communication bus, where the first value is within a first range of values associated with the first slave device. The method also includes receiving a second value via the communication bus and detecting a fault when the second value is not within the first range of values associated with the first slave device. Detecting the fault could include detecting a decoder fault when the second value is within a second range of values associated with a second slave device. The method may further include detecting a fault when the second value is within the first range of values associated with the first slave device but does not equal the first value or detecting no fault when the second value equals the first value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Kamel Zerdoum, Paul Gerhart
  • Systems and methods for peer-to-peer control using an input/output network
    Patent number: 8996710
    Abstract: System (200) and method (400) for enabling peer-to-peer communications between controllers (2041, . . . , 204N, 2221, . . . , 222N) of at least two control systems (202, 218). The system (200) include a first control system (FCS) having a first controller (FC) communicatively coupled to a first input/output (I/O) processing module (2121, . . . , 212N) via a first I/O network (2141, . . . , 214N). The first I/O processing module is communicatively coupled to first automation equipment (216). The second control system (SCS) includes a second controller (SC) communicatively coupled to the FC via the first I/O network. The first I/O network provides peer-to-peer communications between the FC and SC. The SC is configured to emulate the first I/O processing module. More particularly, the SC is configured to match an internal I/O configuration with an I/O configuration of the FC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. McLaughlin, Kamel Zerdoum, Angela Lordi
  • Systems and methods for peer-to-peer control using an input/output network
    Publication number: 20090254197
    Abstract: System (200) and method (400) for enabling peer-to-peer communications between controllers (2041, . . . , 204N, 2221, . . . , 222N) of at least two control systems (202, 218). The system (200) include a first control system (FCS) having a first controller (FC) communicatively coupled to a first input/output (I/O) processing module (2121, . . . , 212N) via a first I/O network (2141, . . . , 214N). The first I/O processing module is communicatively coupled to first automation equipment (216). The second control system (SCS) includes a second controller (SC) communicatively coupled to the FC via the first I/O network. The first I/O network provides peer-to-peer communications between the FC and SC. The SC is configured to emulate the first I/O processing module. More particularly, the SC is configured to match an internal I/O configuration with an I/O configuration of the FC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Paul F. McLaughlin, Kamel Zerdoum, Angela Lordi
  • System and method for communicating device descriptions between a control system and a plurality of controlled devices
    Patent number: 7251534
    Abstract: A system that employs a chosen one of a plurality of presentation selections to present information from a field device. The system has a field device interface that configures the field device in accordance with the chosen presentation selection. A control configurator programs the field device interface in accordance with the chosen presentation selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Walls, Kamel Zerdoum, Brian Reynolds
  • System and method for communicating device descriptions between a control system and a plurality of controlled devices
    Publication number: 20050123884
    Abstract: A system that employs a chosen one of a plurality of presentation selections to present information from a field device. The system has a field device interface that configures the field device in accordance with the chosen presentation selection. A control configurator programs the field device interface in accordance with the chosen presentation selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: William Walls, Kamel Zerdoum, Brian Reynolds