Patents by Inventor Benjamin Henderson

Benjamin 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).

  • Patent number: 12561038
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate visualization of an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a plurality of data items associated with machine operations in the industrial automation environment is presented. A user selection of at least one data item of the plurality of data items is received. Additionally, display instructions comprising display properties of the at least one data item and position information that identifies where to display the at least one data item are also received. The display instructions are processed to render a graphical user interface to the application, wherein the at least one data item is displayed according to the display properties and positioned in the graphical user interface based on the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zdenek Kodejs, Matthew Giordano, Damon Purvis, Matthew R. Ericsson, Benjamin Henderson, Ashish Anand
  • Publication number: 20250363262
    Abstract: A wiring assistance method includes receiving wiring data associated with a set of industrial automation devices and a set of wires and determining a set of wire properties based on the wiring data. The wiring assistance method also includes generating a wiring design based on the set of wire properties. The wiring design includes a set of wire couplings, each wire coupling indicative of a connection between two or more industrial automation devices of the set of industrial automation devices. The wiring assistance method also includes generating, based on the wiring design, a wiring instruction indicative of a first wire coupling of the set of wire couplings for display via an electronic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael Baran, Benjamin Henderson, Stuart Scholz, Paul Biever, Christopher Mollink, Robert Chrobot, Suresh Babu Gulur Narasimha Murthy, Shridhar Hegde, Mohamed Yusuf
  • Patent number: 12417324
    Abstract: A wiring assistance method includes receiving wiring data associated with a set of industrial automation devices and a set of wires and determining a set of wire properties based on the wiring data. The wiring assistance method also includes generating a wiring design based on the set of wire properties. The wiring design includes a set of wire couplings, each wire coupling indicative of a connection between two or more industrial automation devices of the set of industrial automation devices. The wiring assistance method also includes generating, based on the wiring design, a wiring instruction indicative of a first wire coupling of the set of wire couplings for display via an electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Baran, Benjamin Henderson, Stuart Scholz, Paul Biever, Christopher Mollink, Robert Chrobot, Suresh Babu Gulur Narasimha Murthy, Shridhar Hegde, Mohamed Yusuf
  • Publication number: 20230393725
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate visualization of an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a plurality of data items associated with machine operations in the industrial automation environment is presented. A user selection of at least one data item of the plurality of data items is received. Additionally, display instructions comprising display properties of the at least one data item and position information that identifies where to display the at least one data item are also received. The display instructions are processed to render a graphical user interface to the application, wherein the at least one data item is displayed according to the display properties and positioned in the graphical user interface based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zdenek Kodejs, Matthew Giordano, Damon Purvis, Matthew R. Ericsson, Benjamin Henderson, Ashish Anand
  • Patent number: 11762542
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate visualization of an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a plurality of data items associated with machine operations in the industrial automation environment is presented. A user selection of at least one data item of the plurality of data items is received. Additionally, display instructions comprising display properties of the at least one data item and position information that identifies where to display the at least one data item are also received. The display instructions are processed to render a graphical user interface to the application, wherein the at least one data item is displayed according to the display properties and positioned in the graphical user interface based on the position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zdenek Kodejs, Matthew C. Giordano, Damon R. Purvis, Matthew R. Ericsson, Benjamin Henderson, Ashish Anand
  • Publication number: 20230111247
    Abstract: A wiring assistance method includes receiving wiring data associated with a set of industrial automation devices and a set of wires and determining a set of wire properties based on the wiring data. The wiring assistance method also includes generating a wiring design based on the set of wire properties. The wiring design includes a set of wire couplings, each wire coupling indicative of a connection between two or more industrial automation devices of the set of industrial automation devices. The wiring assistance method also includes generating, based on the wiring design, a wiring instruction indicative of a first wire coupling of the set of wire couplings for display via an electronic display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Baran, Benjamin Henderson, Stuart Scholz, Paul Biever, Christopher Mollink, Robert Chrobot, Suresh Babu Gulur Narasimha Murthy, Shridhar Hegde, Mohamed Yusuf
  • Publication number: 20210349435
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate programming industrial control systems to operate machinery in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a user interface is displayed for a control program comprising programming logic associated with at least one machine system. Operational data associated with operating the at least one machine system controlled by an industrial controller executing the programming logic is received. The programming logic and the operational data are processed to determine contextual associations between the programming logic and the operational data. In the user interface for the control program, the operational data is displayed in context with the programming logic associated therewith based on the contextual associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew R. Ericsson, Christopher E. Stanek, Douglas J. Reichard, Benjamin Henderson, Christopher W. Como
  • Patent number: 11073810
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate programming industrial control systems to operate machinery in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a user interface is displayed for a control program editor comprising programming logic associated with at least one machine system. Operational data associated with operating the at least one machine system controlled by an industrial controller executing the programming logic is received. The programming logic and the operational data are processed to determine contextual associations between the programming logic and the operational data. In the user interface for the control program editor, the operational data is displayed in context with the programming logic associated therewith based on the contextual associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew R. Ericsson, Christopher E. Stanek, Douglas J. Reichard, Benjamin Henderson, Christopher W. Como
  • Publication number: 20170205792
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate programming industrial control systems to operate machinery in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a user interface is displayed for a control program editor comprising programming logic associated with at least one machine system. Operational data associated with operating the at least one machine system controlled by an industrial controller executing the programming logic is received. The programming logic and the operational data are processed to determine contextual associations between the programming logic and the operational data. In the user interface for the control program editor, the operational data is displayed in context with the programming logic associated therewith based on the contextual associations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew R. Ericsson, Christopher E. Stanek, Douglas J. Reichard, Benjamin Henderson, Christopher W. Como
  • Publication number: 20160349942
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate task performance in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, an organizational role of a user of a computing system is identified. A set of tasks for the user is determined based on the organizational role of the user. Relative display sizes are assigned to each task in the set of tasks based on a frequency of use of each task. Each task in the set of tasks is displayed according to their relative display sizes on a display system of the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew R. Ericsson, Ashish Anand, Benjamin Henderson, Abigail Plumb-Larrick
  • Publication number: 20160179359
    Abstract: Techniques to facilitate visualization of an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a plurality of data items associated with machine operations in the industrial automation environment is presented. A user selection of at least one data item of the plurality of data items is received. Additionally, display instructions comprising display properties of the at least one data item and position information that identifies where to display the at least one data item are also received. The display instructions are processed to render a graphical user interface to the application, wherein the at least one data item is displayed according to the display properties and positioned in the graphical user interface based on the position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Zdenek Kodejs, Matthew C. Giordano, Damon R. Purvis, Matthew R. Ericsson, Benjamin Henderson, Ashish Anand
  • Patent number: D763291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Henderson, Matthew R. Ericsson, Ashish Anand
  • Patent number: D775209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Henderson
  • Patent number: D801990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Reissner, Benjamin Henderson, Ashish Anand, Matthew Ericsson
  • Patent number: D814511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Henderson, Matthew R. Ericsson, Ashish Anand
  • Patent number: D814516
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Henderson, Matthew R. Ericsson, Ashish Anand