Patents by Inventor Cindy A. Scott
Cindy A. Scott 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).
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Systems and methods for configuring and presenting a display navigation hierarchy in a process plant
Patent number: 12327012Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Christopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Edmar Ahmil Oñas Abraham, Federico Jose Guerrero Aragon, Prashant Joshi -
Patent number: 11774927Abstract: Methods and apparatus to provide a role-based user interface are disclosed herein. An example system disclosed includes a display device to depict a user interface. The example system also includes a processor. The example processor is to receive object information for an object in a process control system during a session, determine a user role based on the session, determine whether the object information is qualifying information based on the user role, and display the object information via the user interface when the object information is qualifying information.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Bryan Michael Jones, Cindy A. Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Dan Halver Ussing, James R. Balentine
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Patent number: 11467720Abstract: Techniques for presenting historized process parameter values in a process plant include presenting, via a user interface of an operator application, indications of process control elements in a first display region within a layout of a display view. Each of the process control elements is associated with one or more process parameters. The operator application also presents a trend display view in a second display region within the layout of the display view. The trend display view includes sets of historized process parameter values for process parameters presented in the first display region. For example, the trend display view in the second display region is linked to the display view in the first display region. In this manner, the trend display view presents charts or other graphical depictions of historized process parameter values for process parameters included in the first display region.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Camilo Fadul, Robert Havekost
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Patent number: 11243677Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment that allow a user to create, define, edit, and easily preview the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical displays in-line with the configuration workflow of the user, without having to compile and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. Previews of runtime appearances and/or runtime behaviors of draft configurations of graphical elements and/or graphical displays (that are eventually to be executed within the operating environment of the process control system) are able to generated and presented exclusively within the configuration environment, e.g., for testing and/or verification.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Adrian A. Sanchez, Camilo Fadul, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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Systems and methods for configuring and presenting a display navigation hierarchy in a process plant
Patent number: 11048396Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Joel D. Kaiser, Kyle Bancroft, Prashant Joshi -
Publication number: 20210048942Abstract: Techniques for presenting historized process parameter values in a process plant include presenting, via a user interface of an operator application, indications of process control elements in a first display region within a layout of a display view. Each of the process control elements is associated with one or more process parameters. The operator application also presents a trend display view in a second display region within the layout of the display view. The trend display view includes sets of historized process parameter values for process parameters presented in the first display region. For example, the trend display view in the second display region is linked to the display view in the first display region. In this manner, the trend display view presents charts or other graphical depictions of historized process parameter values for process parameters included in the first display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Camilo Fadul, Robert Havekost
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Systems and methods for configuring and presenting a display navigation hierarchy in a process plant
Patent number: 10877653Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Erika Joy Bumatay, Racquel C. Perdiguerra, Prashant Joshi -
Patent number: 10860195Abstract: Configuring graphical display views to be presented, at a user interface of an operating environment of a process plant, using multiple graphical display themes includes configuring a display theme object to indicate a plurality of themes via which the display view is able to be presented at the user interface. The display theme object includes a parameter whose value is changeable, within the operating environment, to indicate a desired theme that is to be utilized, and the display theme object is downloaded from the configuration environment into the operating environment. Thus, during runtime, changing the theme via which the graphical display view is presented is achieved without any additional downloads from or communications with the configuration environment. User controls may be provided to an operator to select different themes, and/or to override various visual aspects of themes to achieve optimum visibility. Themes may be automatically changed based on sensed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Mark J. Nixon, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Hubbard F. Fellows
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Patent number: 10860194Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting a watch area display view in a process plant are provided. Indications of process control display elements may be presented via a user interface of a computing device executing an operator application in an operating environment of a process plant. The process control display elements may be displayed in a first display region in a display view, with each of the process control display elements corresponding to process parameters. Simultaneously with the first display region, a second display region (not occluding any process control display elements) may be presented in the display view. An indication that a user has selected one of the process control display elements in the first display region for display in the second display region may be received. The one or more process parameters corresponding to the selected process control display element may be displayed in the second display region.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Michael D. Tajmajer, Camilo Fadul, Kyle Bancroft, Adrian A. Sanchez
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Patent number: 10788972Abstract: Techniques for presenting historized process parameter values in a process plant include presenting, via a user interface of an operator application, indications of process control elements in a first display region within a layout of a display view. Each of the process control elements is associated with one or more process parameters. The operator application also presents a trend display view in a second display region within the layout of the display view. The trend display view includes sets of historized process parameter values for process parameters presented in the first display region. For example, the trend display view in the second display region is linked to the display view in the first display region. In this manner, the trend display view presents charts or other graphical depictions of historized process parameter values for process parameters included in the first display region.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Camilo Fadul, Robert B. Havekost
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND PRESENTING A DISPLAY NAVIGATION HIERARCHY IN A PROCESS PLANT
Publication number: 20190102075Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Christopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Edmar Abraham, Fder Aragon, Prashant Joshi -
Publication number: 20190102059Abstract: Systems and methods for presenting a watch area display view in a process plant are provided. Indications of process control display elements may be presented via a user interface of a computing device executing an operator application in an operating environment of a process plant. The process control display elements may be displayed in a first display region in a display view, with each of the process control display elements corresponding to process parameters. Simultaneously with the first display region, a second display region (not occluding any process control display elements) may be presented in the display view. An indication that a user has selected one of the process control display elements in the first display region for display in the second display region may be received. The one or more process parameters corresponding to the selected process control display element may be displayed in the second display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Michael D. Tajmajer, Camilo Fadul, Kyle Bancroft, Adrian A. Sanchez
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Publication number: 20190102072Abstract: A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment that allow a user to create, define, edit, and easily preview the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical displays in-line with the configuration workflow of the user, without having to compile and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. Previews of runtime appearances and/or runtime behaviors of draft configurations of graphical elements and/or graphical displays (that are eventually to be executed within the operating environment of the process control system) are able to generated and presented exclusively within the configuration environment, e.g., for testing and/or verification.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Adrian A. Sanchez, Camilo Fadul, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Robert B. Havekost, Stephen G. Hammack, Matthew Joseph Sullivan
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND PRESENTING A DISPLAY NAVIGATION HIERARCHY IN A PROCESS PLANT
Publication number: 20190102069Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Joel Kaiser, Kyle Bancroft, Prashant Joshi -
Publication number: 20190102073Abstract: Techniques for presenting historized process parameter values in a process plant include presenting, via a user interface of an operator application, indications of process control elements in a first display region within a layout of a display view. Each of the process control elements is associated with one or more process parameters. The operator application also presents a trend display view in a second display region within the layout of the display view. The trend display view includes sets of historized process parameter values for process parameters presented in the first display region. For example, the trend display view in the second display region is linked to the display view in the first display region. In this manner, the trend display view presents charts or other graphical depictions of historized process parameter values for process parameters included in the first display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Julian Kevin Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Camilo Fadul, Robert B. Havekost
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Publication number: 20190102055Abstract: Configuring graphical display views to be presented, at a user interface of an operating environment of a process plant, using multiple graphical display themes includes configuring a display theme object to indicate a plurality of themes via which the display view is able to be presented at the user interface. The display theme object includes a parameter whose value is changeable, within the operating environment, to indicate a desired theme that is to be utilized, and the display theme object is downloaded from the configuration environment into the operating environment. Thus, during runtime, changing the theme via which the graphical display view is presented is achieved without any additional downloads from or communications with the configuration environment. User controls may be provided to an operator to select different themes, and/or to override various visual aspects of themes to achieve optimum visibility. Themes may be automatically changed based on sensed conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Mark J. Nixon, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Hubbard F. Fellows
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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND PRESENTING A DISPLAY NAVIGATION HIERARCHY IN A PROCESS PLANT
Publication number: 20190102074Abstract: Techniques for configuring layouts and display view hierarchies and presenting display views in an operating environment of a process plant according to the layouts and display view hierarchies include providing graphical user controls at a graphical display configuration application for defining a layout. The layouts indicate a manner in which divide one or several display screens into one or several display regions, where each display region presents a display view that includes indications of process control elements. The graphical display configuration application also includes graphical user controls for defining a display view hierarchy of the display views by assigning levels of detail to the display views and designating some of the display views as subviews of other display views. An operator application obtains the defined layout and display view hierarchy and presents the display views at an operator workstation according to the obtained layout and/or display view hierarchy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Mark J. Nixon, Erika Bumatay, Raq Perdiguerra, Prashant Joshi -
Patent number: 10139812Abstract: A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicableType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Bryan M. Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Cindy A. Scott, Hubbard F. Fellows, Patricia Devlin
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Publication number: 20180088565Abstract: Techniques for previewing an operator display of a process section in a process plant include presenting a process section on a user interface device, where the process section includes a user control for presenting and/or displaying another process section on the process plant display. In response to receiving user input indicative of a request to display a preview of the other process section via the user control, the user interface device presents the other process section while simultaneously presenting the process section in a preview mode. The process sections in the preview mode may be presented side-by-side, above and below each other, in separate display windows, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Prashant Joshi, Julian K. Naidoo, Daniel R. Strinden, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Duncan Trevor Schleiss, Molly Marie Firkins, Cindy A. Scott
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Patent number: 9927788Abstract: A process control system coordinates with an associated asset management system to implement a plant safety mechanism and, in particular, to prevent unintended changes to, or otherwise undesired operation of, one or more process control equipment resources in a process plant. A maintenance technician uses the asset management system to request access to one or more of the process control equipment resources. A process operator receives the request via the process control system and grants or denies the request. Process control equipment resources for which a process operator grants a request are inoperable, in part or in whole, by the process control system. Upon completion of the maintenance task, the maintenance technician requests to return control of the process control equipment resource to the process operator. The return is complete when the process operator acknowledges the return of the resource to the process control system.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2011Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: James R. Balentine, Andre A. Dicaire, Cindy A. Scott, Donald Robert Lattimer, Kenneth Schibler, John R. Shepard, Larry O. Jundt