Patents by Inventor Arno DIJKHOFF

Arno DIJKHOFF 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).

  • Method and control device for controlling a field device
    Patent number: 11209787
    Abstract: A method for controlling a field device coupled to an automation network, in which the field device has an associated tool device selected from a group of predetermined tool devices, includes the steps of: coupling the selected tool device to a control device having a physical port device; choosing a virtual link unit from a group of virtual link units included in the control device as a function of the selected tool device, wherein each of the virtual link units corresponds to one of the predetermined tool devices; and establishing a control link between the chosen control device and the selected tool device being associated to the field device via the physical port device using control data included in the chosen virtual link unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Arno Dijkhoff
  • METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A FIELD DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200183347
    Abstract: A method for controlling a field device coupled to an automation network, in which the field device has an associated tool device selected from a group of predetermined tool devices, includes the steps of: coupling the selected tool device to a control device having a physical port device; choosing a virtual link unit from a group of virtual link units included in the control device as a function of the selected tool device, wherein each of the virtual link units corresponds to one of the predetermined tool devices; and establishing a control link between the chosen control device and the selected tool device being associated to the field device via the physical port device using control data included in the chosen virtual link unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: OMRON Corporation
    Inventor: Arno DIJKHOFF