Patents Assigned to Invensys Systems, Inc.
  • MODEL DECOMPOSING FOR OPTIMIZING
    Publication number: 20150106067
    Abstract: A system simulates a process. Software instructions stored on a memory device and executable by a processor represent a process with a plurality of models, the plurality of models including equations that mathematically represent the functionality of the process. In addition, instructions group the equations into groups to optimize solving the equations, said grouping minimizing the equations that must be solved simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Boys, Douglas Paul Kane, David H. Jerome, Cal Depew
  • HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) SYSTEM HAVING ELEMENTS WITH AGGREGATED ALARMS
    Publication number: 20150106506
    Abstract: A system manages human machine interface (HMI) applications for industrial control and automation. Software instructions stored on a tangible, non-transitory media and executable by a processor receive data indicative of a manufacturing/process control system being monitored and display a user interface indicative of a status of the manufacturing/process control system being monitored wherein the status is based on the received data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Michael Weinrich, Kenneth Kasajian
  • SHARED REPOSITORY OF SIMULATION MODELS
    Publication number: 20150106073
    Abstract: A system simulates a process entity. Software instructions stored on a memory device and executable by a processor create a plurality of entity type objects that generically represents a type of process entity. Instructions store the plurality of entity type objects in a shared repository. Additionally, instructions enable a plurality of users to access the plurality of entity type objects in the shared repository simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Boys, Douglas Paul Kane, David H. Jerome, Cal Depew
  • RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150106346
    Abstract: A recipe management system includes a versioning system that tracks the revision history of templates and their child instances. Modifications to templates and instances create new records with new primary key identifiers and version identifiers. However, each new version of a template or instance has the same root identifier as the prior versions. When a template is modified, a flag is set in its child instances, but they are not modified automatically. When an instance is modified, it has no effect on the parent template. At runtime, a recipe model is loaded to an equipment model to execute a recipe on a piece of equipment. Only approved versions of equipment models are used during execution, even if newer versions exist. During execution, new equipment models can be created. The recipe management system includes an execution engine that can be hosted as a standalone executable or in a system platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Grove, Donald R. Tunnell, JR., Christopher Justin Miller
  • ADAPTIVE FILTERING IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150105885
    Abstract: An industrial control system stores three types of models. Models of a first type are associated with models of a second type. When a model of the first type is associated with a model of a third type, the set of models of the second type that are associated with the model of the first type is established. The industrial control system can provide an indication of the set of models of the second type. The industrial control system also establishes the set of models of the first type that are associated with the set of models of the second type. The industrial control system provides an indication of the set of models of the first type. In some embodiments, the industrial control system is a recipe management system and the models of the first, second, and third types are capability models, equipment models, and recipe models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: INVENSYS SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Eric P. Grove, Donald R. Tunnell, Jr., Christopher Justin Miller, William Yiu Leung Chan, Nicolas Pouyez
  • RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INTEROPERABLE MODELS
    Publication number: 20150105886
    Abstract: A recipe management system executes a recipe on a piece of equipment in a process plant using one or more capabilities of the piece of equipment. A configuration system creates models of the capabilities, piece of equipment, and recipe and associates the capability models with the equipment model and recipe model. The recipe model can be used to execute the recipe on any piece of equipment with the capabilities with which it is associated. The equipment model can be used to execute any recipe that uses no capabilities other than those with which it is associated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Grove, Donald R. Tunnell, JR., Christopher Justin Miller, William Yiu Leung Chan
  • ENTITY TYPE TEMPLATES IN PROCESS SIMULATION
    Publication number: 20150106075
    Abstract: A system simulates a process entity. Software instructions stored on a memory device and executable by a processor creates an entity type object that generically represents a type of process entity. Instructions create a simulation representing a process and instantiate an entity type instance in the simulation based on the entity type object. The entity type instance represents a specific process entity in the process. Additionally, instructions simulate the functionality of the specific process entity by the entity type instance in the simulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian H. Boys, Douglas Paul Kane, David H. Jerome, Cal Depew
  • Security architecture for a process control platform executing applications
    Patent number: 8984594
    Abstract: A security component within a supervisory process control and manufacturing information system comprising a set of user roles corresponding to different types of users within the information system, a set of security groups defining a set of security permissions with regard to a set of objects, wherein each security group includes an access definition relating the security permissions to at least one of the set of user roles, and a set of user accounts assigned to at least one of the defined roles thereby indirectly defining access rights with regard to the set of objects having restricted access within the system. The security permissions within the supervisory process control and manufacturing information system are assigned at an object attribute level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. McIntyre, Robert M. Resnick, Timothy Sowell, Kenneth Kasajian, Pankaj H. Mody
  • System and method for autogenerating simulations for process control system checkout and operator training
    Patent number: 8977527
    Abstract: A method and system for automatically generating simulations for a distributed control system is disclosed herein. A programmed process model generator automatically incorporates a variety of process model data from pre-defined model libraries into descriptions of process equipment including control devices to render simulation models of various degrees of fidelity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory McKim, Prashant Karbhari
  • Digital flowmeter
    Patent number: 8972207
    Abstract: A control and measurement system for a coriolis flowmeter having a flowtube, a driver adapted to vibrate the flowtube, and a pair of sensors adapted to generate signals indicative of movement of the flowtube when it is being vibrated by the driver, wherein the sensors are positioned relative to one another so the signals from the sensors are indicative of a mass flow rate of fluid through the flowtube. A digital drive signal generator is adapted to generate a variable digital drive signal for controlling operation of the driver. The digital drive signal generator can be adapted to cause the driver to resist motion of the flowtube during a first time period and amplify motion of the flowtube during a second time period. The digital drive signal generator can also be adapted to initiate motion of the flowtube by sending one or more square wave signals to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Manus P. Henry, David W. Clarke, James H. Vignos
  • Multi-drop optical communication
    Patent number: 8965204
    Abstract: An optical communication system including an optical communication fiber and a plurality of modules. Each of the modules has an optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the optical communication fiber by a corresponding optical drop. And each of the transceivers is configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical communication fiber. The optical signals represent a plurality of individual data streams formatted according to one or more different communication protocols. In this manner, optical communication is enabled among the modules via the optical communication fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Nestor J. Camino, Jr., Harris D. Kagan
  • Digital flowmeter
    Patent number: 8965715
    Abstract: A control and measurement system for a coriolis flowmeter having a flowtube, a driver adapted to vibrate the flowtube, and a pair of sensors adapted to generate signals indicative of movement of the flowtube when it is being vibrated by the driver, wherein the sensors are positioned relative to one another so the signals from the sensors are indicative of a mass flow rate of fluid through the flowtube. A digital drive signal generator is adapted to generate a variable digital drive signal for controlling operation of the driver. The digital drive signal generator can be adapted to cause the driver to resist motion of the flowtube during a first time period and amplify motion of the flowtube during a second time period. The digital drive signal generator can also be adapted to initiate motion of the flowtube by sending one or more square wave signals to the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Manus P. Henry, David W. Clarke, James H. Vignos
  • System and method for fault tolerant computing using generic hardware
    Patent number: 8966340
    Abstract: A dual redundant process controller is provided. The controller comprises a process control application that executes on a first and a second module. When executed by the first module, a first application instance writes a first synchronization information to the second module, reads a second synchronization information from the first module, and, when the second disagrees with the first synchronization information after passage of a time-out interval, performs a resynchronization function; and wherein, when executed by the second module, the second application instance writes the second synchronization information to the first module, reads the first synchronization information from the second module, and, when the first disagrees with the second synchronization information after passage of the time-out interval, performs the resynchronization function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan A. Gale, Andrew L. Kling, Mark E. Timperley, Lawrence T. Bass, John J. Lavallee, George W. Cranshaw, Alan M. Foskett
  • ITERATIVE SYSTEM AND PROCESS WITH NON-LINEAR CORRECTION FACTORS
    Publication number: 20150051881
    Abstract: A processor connected to a process module executes processor executable instructions stored on the process module according to process input data received by a process definition interface, according to variables input data received by a variables interface. A non-linear correction factor as defined by a non-linear correction factor module is applied to provide a solution to an iterative process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajkumar Vedam, James Kattapuram, Peter Le
  • STRATEGY EDITOR FOR PROCESS CONTROL SUPPORTING DRAG AND DROP CONNECTIONS TO DECLARATIONS
    Publication number: 20150046900
    Abstract: Enhancements to a strategy object editor for creating and modifying control strategies for process control systems (both distributed and discrete) is described. The improvements include: supporting a set of graphical depictions for individual control object (modified by an appearance object editor), drag and drop connections for declarations that connect control strategies to other control strategies, GUI-based designation of object execution order, automatically applied line styles based upon connection data type, and automatic modification of elements within an appearance object to accommodate a moved attribute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Eldridge, James William Hemenway, Franciscus Marie Middeldorp
  • SUPERVISORY PROCESS CONTROL AND MANUFACTURING INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATION HAVING AN EXTENSIBLE COMPONENT MODEL
    Publication number: 20150039112
    Abstract: A template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility is disclosed that includes a number of time-saving application development tools that significantly enhance design productivity and allow re-using of previously developed application building blocks. The development facility includes an application object template library that stores a set of previously defined application object templates. The template library is accessed by developers through a configuration utility that facilitates specifying instances of the set of previously defined application object templates to be included in an application. Thereafter, application objects are instantiated from the selected ones of the set of previously defined application object templates in a build of the specified application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Resnick, James P. McIntyre, Laurence G. LeBlanc, Timothy Sowell, SR., Brian Erickson, Pankaj H. Mody
  • Multiphase metering system
    Patent number: 8939035
    Abstract: A multi-phase fluid is passed through a Coriolis flowmeter and a watercut meter. The multi-phase fluid includes two phases during a first time period and three phases during a second time period. It is determined that the multi-phase fluid includes two phases during the first time period, and a first value of a parameter of the multi-phase fluid is determined using a value measured by the Coriolis flowmeter during the first time period. A second value of a parameter of the multi-phase fluid is determined using a value measured by the watercut meter during the first time period. The first value is compared to the second value, and it is determined, based on the comparison, that the first value and the second value are inconsistent with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Manus P. Henry
  • INFERENTIAL SENSING ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140368259
    Abstract: Providing a fast response to a process step while allowing a sensor response to remain relatively slow. A mechanical component generates a response to a step change in a physical property and an electrical component generates an analog electrical signal indicative of the response generated by the mechanical component over a period of time. The analog electrical signal is converted into digital values and the digital values are used to indicate the final value of the step change in the physical property before the period of time has elapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: William M. Slechta
  • System and method for alkylation process analysis
    Patent number: 8895314
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is provided for determining concentration of components in a liquid hydrocarbon mixture including hydrocarbons and water flowing through an alkylation process. A fluid flow path conveys the liquid continuously from the alkylation process through a first instrument configured for measuring a property of the liquid mixture, and having responsivities to concentration of the components, which are independent of the concentration of the water. A temperature detector generates temperature data for the liquid, and a second instrument measures another property of the liquid mixture. The instruments have mutually distinct responsivities to concentrations of the components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Marcus Trygstad, Bruce A. Keen, Russell Jackson
  • Supervisory process control and manufacturing information system application having an extensible component model
    Patent number: 8898622
    Abstract: A template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility is disclosed that includes a number of time-saving application development tools that significantly enhance design productivity and allow re-using of previously developed application building blocks. The development facility includes an application object template library that stores a set of previously defined application object templates. The template library is accessed by developers through a configuration utility that facilitates specifying instances of the set of previously defined application object templates to be included in an application. Thereafter, application objects are instantiated from the selected ones of the set of previously defined application object templates in a build of the specified application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Invensys Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Resnick, James P. McIntyre, Laurence G. LeBlanc, Timothy Sowell, Brian Erickson, Pankaj H. Mody