Patents by Inventor David P. Imming

David P. Imming 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).

  • Asset tracking in process control environments
    Patent number: 9454744
    Abstract: An asset tracking system for use in a process control environment may include one or more asset tracking devices and an asset tracking host. The asset tracking device may receive signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked, and may communicate, using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART, an indication of the position to the asset tracking host. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking host may store and/or display the data or information included in the message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking device. An asset tracking device may be included in a field device, a network device, or a portable communications device used in the process control environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David P. Imming, Peter Zornio, Trevor D. Schleiss, Neil J. Peterson, Mark J. Nixon, Eric D. Rotvold, Robert J. Karschnia
  • ASSET TRACKING IN PROCESS CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20130060351
    Abstract: An asset tracking system for use in a process control environment may include one or more asset tracking devices and an asset tracking host. The asset tracking device may receive signals corresponding to a position or location of an asset to be tracked, and may communicate, using an industrial automation protocol such as wireless HART, an indication of the position to the asset tracking host. The signals may be GPS signals that are re-radiated into the process control environment. Other information, such as environmental data, may be communicated in conjunction with the position of the asset. The asset tracking host may store and/or display the data or information included in the message, and may send a different message to the asset tracking device. An asset tracking device may be included in a field device, a network device, or a portable communications device used in the process control environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: David P. Imming, Peter Zornio, Trevor D. Schleiss, Neil J. Peterson, Mark J. Nixon, Eric D. Rotvold, Robert J. Karschnia