Patents by Inventor Noel Henderson

Noel Henderson 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).

  • Publication number: 20230341840
    Abstract: A cloud-based industrial data services (IDS) architecture leverage smart tags, asset models, and data service applications to facilitate secure transaction and exchange of contextualized factory data between different parties as part of a combined technology and commerce platform, or to perform provide asset owners with insights into operation of their industrial assets. The IDS platform supports a set of services that connect providers of smart industrial devices to plant floor and systems owned by the end users of these devices. The cloud-based platform allows asset providers to publish data service applications for purchase and use by end users of their assets, and allows equipment owners to control remote access to selected sets of their industrial data via the cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: JOACHIM THOMSEN, STEPHEN C. BRIANT, MANUEL SUKERMAN, JUERGEN K. WEINHOFER, SUJEET CHAND, SCOTT A. MILLER, NOEL HENDERSON, BRUCE E. HAMMON
  • Patent number: 11733683
    Abstract: A cloud-based industrial data services (IDS) architecture leverage smart tags, asset models, and data service applications to facilitate secure transaction and exchange of contextualized factory data between different parties as part of a combined technology and commerce platform, or to perform provide asset owners with insights into operation of their industrial assets. The IDS platform supports a set of services that connect providers of smart industrial devices to plant floor and systems owned by the end users of these devices. The cloud-based platform allows asset providers to publish data service applications for purchase and use by end users of their assets, and allows equipment owners to control remote access to selected sets of their industrial data via the cloud platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Manuel Sukerman, Juergen K. Weinhofer, Sujeet Chand, Scott A. Miller, Noel Henderson, Bruce E. Hammon
  • Patent number: 11674691
    Abstract: Methods for heat treating food products include controlling a temperature of a heating element to a maximum temperature correlated to a desired temperature for the food product. A sensed temperature of the heating element may be used to control the maximum temperature. An oven includes a heating element and a temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of the heating element, and a controller that limits the temperature of the heating element based on output from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Inventor: Mary Noel Henderson
  • Patent number: 11449025
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating message sessions. In one implementation, a method for building a type-based reporting model associated with an industrial automation environment includes interrogating a system control to acquire a data structure programmed therein, wherein the data structure includes properties of a component of the industrial automation environment. The method also includes correlating the data structure to a type package object, and generating a model object based on the correlation of the data structure to the type package object, the model object configured to visually display the properties of the component on a report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rob Allen Entzminger, David C. Mazur, Robert H. Prashad, Noel Henderson
  • Publication number: 20220113705
    Abstract: A cloud-based industrial data services (IDS) architecture leverage smart tags, asset models, and data service applications to facilitate secure transaction and exchange of contextualized factory data between different parties as part of a combined technology and commerce platform, or to perform provide asset owners with insights into operation of their industrial assets. The IDS platform supports a set of services that connect providers of smart industrial devices to plant floor and systems owned by the end users of these devices. The cloud-based platform allows asset providers to publish data service applications for purchase and use by end users of their assets, and allows equipment owners to control remote access to selected sets of their industrial data via the cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: JOACHIM THOMSEN, STEPHEN C. BRIANT, MANUEL SUKERMAN, JUERGEN K. WEINHOFER, SUJEET CHAND, SCOTT A. MILLER, NOEL HENDERSON, BRUCE E. HAMMON
  • Publication number: 20220092229
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Manuel Sukerman, Daniel B. Seger, Scott N. Sandler
  • Patent number: 11249462
    Abstract: A cloud-based industrial data services (IDS) architecture leverage smart tags, asset models, and data service applications to facilitate secure transaction and exchange of contextualized factory data between different parties as part of a combined technology and commerce platform, or to perform provide asset owners with insights into operation of their industrial assets. The IDS platform supports a set of services that connect providers of smart industrial devices to plant floor and systems owned by the end users of these devices. The cloud-based platform allows asset providers to publish data service applications for purchase and use by end users of their assets, and allows equipment owners to control remote access to selected sets of their industrial data via the cloud platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C Briant, Manuel Sukerman, Juergen K Weinhofer, Sujeet Chand, Scott A Miller, Noel Henderson, Bruce E Hammon
  • Patent number: 11227080
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Manuel Sukerman, Daniel B. Seger, Scott N. Sandler
  • Publication number: 20210397174
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Steven C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Brian Fast
  • Patent number: 11144042
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Steven C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Brian Fast
  • Publication number: 20210208571
    Abstract: A cloud-based industrial data services (IDS) architecture leverage smart tags, asset models, and data service applications to facilitate secure transaction and exchange of contextualized factory data between different parties as part of a combined technology and commerce platform, or to perform provide asset owners with insights into operation of their industrial assets. The IDS platform supports a set of services that connect providers of smart industrial devices to plant floor and systems owned by the end users of these devices. The cloud-based platform allows asset providers to publish data service applications for purchase and use by end users of their assets, and allows equipment owners to control remote access to selected sets of their industrial data via the cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: JOACHIM THOMSEN, STEPHEN C. BRIANT, MANUEL SUKERMAN, JUERGEN K. WEINHOFER, SUJEET CHAND, SCOTT A. MILLER, NOEL HENDERSON, BRUCE E HAMMON
  • Patent number: 10832354
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for calculating energy effectiveness in an industrial automation system. In one implementation, a computing system is directed to at least acquire production energy information indicating the amount of energy used by a machine during a processing period to process one or more parts and acquire process energy information indicating the sum of energy used by the machine during the processing period to process the one or more parts and to not process any parts. The computing system also acquires a total number of parts expected to be processed during the processing period and a total number of good parts processed during the processing period. An overall equipment energy effectiveness is calculated based on a ratio of the production energy information to the process energy information and based on a ratio of the total number of good parts to the total number of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Noel Henderson, David C. Mazur, Scott D. Day, Rob A. Entzminger, Le Roy G. Howe, Jeffrey Schmelebeck, Bruce K. Venne
  • Publication number: 20200074025
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Manuel Sukerman, Daniel B. Seger, Scott N. Sandler
  • Publication number: 20200012265
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs can be referenced by both automation models of an industrial asset and non-automation models of the asset, allowing data points of both types of models to be easily linked using a common data source nomenclature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Steven C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Brian Fast
  • Patent number: 10528700
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Manuel Sukerman, Daniel B. Seger, Scott N. Sandler
  • Patent number: 10372118
    Abstract: An energy monitoring system includes a memory storing instructions to execute an energy modeling technique and processing circuitry for executing the instructions to operate the energy modeling technique. The energy modeling technique includes receiving energy data from a plurality of segments representative of one or more logical subgroups. The energy modeling technique includes categorizing the energy data of the logical subgroups into a plurality of segments. The energy modeling technique includes organizing the plurality of segments into a plurality of state-based hierarchical levels. The energy modeling technique includes calculating energy usage and factors associated with the plurality of state-based hierarchical levels via an energy model. The energy modeling technique includes outputting a visualization representative of the energy data corresponding to each of the segments to a monitoring and control system, resulting in a graphical representation accessible by a user-viewable screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Linglai Li, Guolin Zhang, David Brandt, Fred M. Discenzo, Philip Kaufman, David Berman, Phillip Bush, Sean C. Schmelzer, Steven Lombardi, Noel Henderson, Richard A. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20180300437
    Abstract: An industrial data presentation system leverages structured data types defined on industrial devices to generate and deliver meaningful presentations of industrial data. Industrial devices are configured to support structured data types referred to as basic information data types (BIDTs) comprising a finite set of structured information data types, including a rate data type, a state data type, an odometer data type, and an event data type. The BIDTs are discoverable by a gateway device on which models of industrial assets can be defined, where the models reference the BIDTs defined on the industrial devices. The gateway device can retrieve industrial data from the data tags, formatted in accordance with the data types and associated user-defined metadata specific to the respective data types. The gateway device or a separate application server system can then generate graphical presentations of the industrial data in accordance with the model and the metadata.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim Thomsen, Stephen C. Briant, Noel Henderson, Manuel Sukerman, Daniel B. Seger, Scott N. Sandler
  • Publication number: 20180150917
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for calculating energy effectiveness in an industrial automation system. In one implementation, a computing system is directed to at least acquire production energy information indicating the amount of energy used by a machine during a processing period to process one or more parts and acquire process energy information indicating the sum of energy used by the machine during the processing period to process the one or more parts and to not process any parts. The computing system also acquires a total number of parts expected to be processed during the processing period and a total number of good parts processed during the processing period. An overall equipment energy effectiveness is calculated based on a ratio of the production energy information to the process energy information and based on a ratio of the total number of good parts to the total number of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Noel Henderson, David C. Mazur, Scott D. Day, Rob A. Entzminger, Le Roy G. Howe, Jeffrey Schmelebeck, Bruce K. Venne
  • Publication number: 20180088567
    Abstract: An energy monitoring system includes a memory storing instructions to execute an energy modeling technique and processing circuitry for executing the instructions to operate the energy modeling technique. The energy modeling technique includes receiving energy data from a plurality of segments representative of one or more logical subgroups. The energy modeling technique includes categorizing the energy data of the logical subgroups into a plurality of segments. The energy modeling technique includes organizing the plurality of segments into a plurality of state-based hierarchical levels. The energy modeling technique includes calculating energy usage and factors associated with the plurality of state-based hierarchical levels via an energy model. The energy modeling technique includes outputting a visualization representative of the energy data corresponding to each of the segments to a monitoring and control system, resulting in a graphical representation accessible by a user-viewable screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Linglai Li, Guolin Zhang, David Brandt, Fred M. Discenzo, Philip Kaufman, David Berman, Phillip Bush, Sean C. Schmelzer, Steven Lombardi, Noel Henderson, Richard A. Morgan
  • Publication number: 20170315529
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and software for facilitating message sessions. In one implementation, a method for building a type-based reporting model associated with an industrial automation environment includes interrogating a system control to acquire a data structure programmed therein, the data structure comprising properties of a component of the industrial automation environment. The method also includes correlating the data structure to a type package object, and generating a model object based on the correlation of the data structure to the type package object, the model configured to visually display the properties of the component on a report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Rob Allan Entzminger, David C. Mazur, Robert H. Prashad, Noel Henderson