Patents by Inventor Esa Salonen

Esa Salonen 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).

  • Method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of an industrial process
    Patent number: 6701285
    Abstract: The invention relates to method and equipment for monitoring the operation of an industrial process. The industrial process is used as a basis for compiling a document comprising a group of cause-effect relationships dependent on the industrial process. From the industrial process is collected status data of the process. A document server compares the process status data with the data provided by the group of cause-effect relationships and produces a plain-language account of the status of the industrial process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Metso Automation Oy
    Inventor: Esa Salonen
  • Method and apparatus for monitoring the operation of an industrial process
    Publication number: 20020138168
    Abstract: The invention relates to method and equipment for monitoring the operation of an industrial process. The industrial process is used as a basis for compiling a document comprising a group of cause-effect relationships dependent on the industrial process. From the industrial process is collected status data of the process. A document server compares the process status data with the data provided by the group of cause-effect relationships and produces a plain-language account of the status of the industrial process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Metso Automation Networks Oy
    Inventor: Esa Salonen