Patents by Inventor Christopher Ghormley

Christopher Ghormley 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: 20060235637
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided which allow control systems to be tested. Specifically, a test system is coupled to a control system in a manner which allows the test system to communicate with and drive the control system by sending and receiving signals via both the controller-I/O communication channel and the field I/O connectors. In essence, the test system is used to both simulate a plant to be controlled and to monitor, validate, and or modify the internal state of the control system controller and possibly the control system I/O interface. Plant simulation is accomplished by simulating the I/O devices to which the control system is coupled (and hence the plant processes) when installed in its operational environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: D. Brayton, Stephen Romero, Christopher Ghormley, Mark Dallas
  • Publication number: 20050223120
    Abstract: A requirements database and test generator generates tests for functional and field testing and generates requirements documentation, user manuals, operational procedures, instrument data sheets, instrument indices, instrument loop diagrams, validation reports, and test reports, including exception and passing reports. A portable process control simulator system which provides control system users with scenarios that mirror field operation as defined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Paul Scharold, D. Brayton, Christopher Ghormley, Raymond Addleman