Patents by Inventor Claude LaFond

Claude LaFond 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).

  • System for storing and presenting sensor and spectrum data for batch processes
    Patent number: 7756657
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling a batch process. The system includes a control system that is operable to control the batch process and to receive measured process variables of the batch process. An analyzer analyzes a material sample from the batch process and generates array data representative of the composition of the material sample. An analyzer controller is operable to collect the array data from the analyzer and the measured process variables from the control system. A software data server running on a computer is operable to retrieve the array data and the measured process variables from the analyzer controller. A software information management system running on the computer is operable to receive the measured process variables and the array data from the data server and to store the measured process variables and the array data in a database in an associated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Mikael H. Davidson, Hemant Kanodia, Thomas Buijs, Claude LaFond
  • SYSTEM FOR STORING AND PRESENTING SENSOR AND SPECTRUM DATA FOR BATCH PROCESSES
    Publication number: 20080161958
    Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling a batch process. The system includes a control system that is operable to control the batch process and to receive measured process variables of the batch process. An analyzer analyzes a material sample from the batch process and generates array data representative of the composition of the material sample. An analyzer controller is operable to collect the array data from the analyzer and the measured process variables from the control system. A software data server running on a computer is operable to retrieve the array data and the measured process variables from the analyzer controller. A software information management system running on the computer is operable to receive the measured process variables and the array data from the data server and to store the measured process variables and the array data in a database in an associated manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: ABB INC.
    Inventors: Mikael H. Davidson, Hemant Kanodia, Thomas Buijs, Claude LaFond