Patents by Inventor Harcharan Rajagopal

Harcharan Rajagopal 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 and method for automatically matching programmable data of devices within an industrial control system
    Patent number: 7424327
    Abstract: An industrial control system includes a central controller having a memory containing programmable data including operating programs for operating the controller, control program for controlling an industrial process, and configuration data configuring values used by the operating program and control program. The central controller is designed to control multiple devices also having memory holding programmable data including operating programs and configuration data. A program is executable by the central controller that causes the central controller to identify memories distributed through the industrial control system having programmable data and collect the programmable data from the memories. Accordingly, the collected programmable data may be used to substantially recreate operation of the industrial control system in a second industrial control system having another central controller substantially identical to the industrial controller and multiple devices connected to the central controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Grgic, Fabio Malaspina, Brian A. Batke, Harcharan Rajagopal, David M. Callahan
  • System and method for automatically matching programmable data of devices within an industrial control system
    Publication number: 20060178757
    Abstract: An industrial control system includes a central controller having a memory containing programmable data including operating programs for operating the controller, control program for controlling an industrial process, and configuration data configuring values used by the operating program and control program. The central controller is designed to control multiple devices also having memory holding programmable data including operating programs and configuration data. A program is executable by the central controller that causes the central controller to identify memories distributed through the industrial control system having programmable data and collect the programmable data from the memories. Accordingly, the collected programmable data may be used to substantially recreate operation of the industrial control system in a second industrial control system having another central controller substantially identical to the industrial controller and multiple devices connected to the central controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Grgic, Fabio Malaspina, Brian Batke, Harcharan Rajagopal, David Callaghan