Patents by Inventor Michael George Ott
Michael George Ott 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).
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Patent number: 9513780Abstract: Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Cindy Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Bryan Michael Jones, Michael George Ott, Dawn Marruchella, Larry Oscar Jundt
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Patent number: 9043716Abstract: Methods and apparatus to automatically link process control graphics to process control algorithm information are described. An example method involves displaying a first process control image including process control algorithm information and displaying adjacent to the first process control image a second process control image to include process control graphics. The method automatically links at least some of the process control algorithm information to a graphic in the second process control image in response to user inputs associated with the first and second process control images.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Larry Oscar Jundt, Bruce Hubert Campney, Michael George Ott, Stephen Gerard Hammack
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Patent number: 8788071Abstract: A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Lucas, Arthur Webb, Mark J. Nixon, Larry Oscar Jundt, Jian Li, Dennis L. Stevenson, Michael George Ott, Herschel O. Koska, Robert Burke Havekost
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Publication number: 20140100676Abstract: Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Cindy Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Bryan Michael Jones, Michael George Ott, Dawn Marruchella, Larry Oscar Jundt
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Patent number: 8473087Abstract: A version control system helps to keep track of versions of process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant. These module objects may be created from module class objects which may be capable of generically representing process entities of the process plant. Version data is stored and associated with a module object. The version data may comprise data indicative of a version of a module class object that was used to create the module object. The version data may also comprise data indicative of a version of the module object. Configuration systems, version control systems, viewing systems, debugging systems, run-time monitoring systems, asset management systems, etc., may examine or permit viewing of the version control data associated with an item.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2010Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Lucas, Arthur Webb, Mark J. Nixon, Larry Oscar Jundt, Jian Li, Dennis L. Stevenson, Michael George Ott, Herschel O. Koska, Robert Burke Havekost
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Patent number: 8233998Abstract: Secure data write apparatus and methods for use in safety instrumented process control systems select a parameter associated with a process control element within the process control system and send first data associated with the parameter to the process control element. A confirmation associated with a request to write the first data to the process control element is received from a user and the second data is sent to the process control element in response to receiving the confirmation. The first and second data are compared at the process control element and the first or second data are written to a location in the process control element associated with the parameter if the first and second data are at least substantially identical.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2004Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: Alan Joe Wysuph, Michael George Ott, Bruce Hubert Campney, Cindy Alsup Scott, Michael Wayne Ausen, Gary Keith Law, Godfrey Roland Sherriff, David Mark Smith, Julian Kevin Naidoo
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Patent number: 7971052Abstract: A configuration system uses process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant to assist in configuring, organizing, and changing the control and display activities within the process plant. Access to the items may be controlled by associating access control data with the items. The configuration system may also use objects that represent, or may be capable of representing, one or more steps to be performed by entities in the process plant. Access to these objects may be controlled by associating access control data with the objects. The access control data may indicate whether users or certain users may be able to, for example, view or modify all or some data associated with the process plant items or the objects.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2009Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: John Michael Lucas, Arthur Webb, Mark J. Nixon, Larry Oscar Jundt, Jian Li, Dennis L. Stevenson, Michael George Ott, Herschel O. Koska, Robert Burke Havekost
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Patent number: 7684875Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises obtaining a tag of a process control device from the input/output device, and associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: Larry Oscar Jundt, Kent Allan Burr, Gary Keith Law, William George Irwin, Marty James Lewis, Michael George Ott, Robert Burke Havekost
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Publication number: 20100004759Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to manage process plant alarms are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a process plant control system configuration parameter, the process plant control system configuration parameter representing a selected state of a process plant, performing a first query in an alarm definition data structure based on the process plant control system configuration parameter to obtain an alarm configuration parameter for a process plant alarm module of a process plant controller, and configuring a state of the process plant alarm module based on the obtained alarm configuration parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: January 7, 2010Inventors: Cindy Alsup Scott, Robert Burke Havekost, Michael George Ott
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Publication number: 20090249237Abstract: Methods and apparatus to automatically link process control graphics to process control algorithm information are described. An example method involves displaying a first process control image including process control algorithm information and displaying adjacent to the first process control image a second process control image to include process control graphics. The method automatically links at least some of the process control algorithm information to a graphic in the second process control image in response to user inputs associated with the first and second process control images.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Inventors: Larry Oscar Jundt, Bruce Hubert Campney, Michael George Ott, Stephen Gerard Hammack
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Publication number: 20080255681Abstract: Methods and apparatus to manage process plant alarms are disclosed. An example disclosed method comprises performing a first data structure query to obtain an alarm state for a process plant alarm based on a process plant operating state, and configuring handling of the process plant alarm based on the obtained alarm state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2007Publication date: October 16, 2008Inventors: Cindy Alsup Scott, Robert Burke Havekost, Michael George Ott
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Publication number: 20080189441Abstract: Methods and apparatus to configure process control system inputs and outputs are disclosed. A disclosed example method comprises obtaining a tag of a process control device from the input/output device, and associating the process control device with a process control module based on the obtained tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Larry Oscar Jundt, Kent Allan Burr, Gary Keith Law, William George Irwin, Marty James Lewis, Michael George Ott, Robert Burke Havekost