Patents by Inventor Kristoffer Husøy

Kristoffer Husøy 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).

  • Patent number: 8125310
    Abstract: A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system. Information is presented at least in part displayed in layers or filters on one or more display screens of a control system. The control system may include other media for presenting or displaying information. The content for the one or more layers, which also provide an interface to a process state or function, is determined based on information available from the control system, dependent on which of the available items of the information shall be visually displayed or otherwise presented prominently, or displayed less prominently, or hidden. An interface, computer programs and a control system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Torgeir Enkerud, Tone Grete Graven, Kristoffer Husøy
  • Publication number: 20110199487
    Abstract: A method to operate a camera to focus on a selected object or a process object of interest in an industrial installation, and automatically calculating which camera or cameras are in line of sight of the object of interest utilizing measurements on a 3D model of the installation and the cameras. A system is also described. The camera may be automatically operated to move, or pan or tilt or zoom the camera so as to point and focus on the process object of interest. A video stream or an image of the object of interest is then generated and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Kristoffer Husøy, Charlotte Skourup, Tone-Grete Graven