Patents by Inventor Keith D. Carter

Keith D. Carter 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).

  • Publication number: 20250028303
    Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may relate to a system including a plurality of industrial devices that each perform one or more operations within an industrial automation system having a plurality of hierarchical levels. Each of the plurality industrial devices may include a compute surface able to perform software tasks. The system may include a system of processors that receives trigger event data from a device corresponding to a first hierarchical level of the plurality of hierarchical levels. In addition, the system of processors is configured to identify a target device associated with additional data associated with the trigger event data, deploy a container to the target device, generate a data pattern based on the trigger event data and the acquired additional data, determine a remedial action associated with the trigger event data based on the data pattern, and instruct a device to implement the remedial action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Michael J. Anthony, Christopher W. Como, Jonathan A. Mills, Keith D. Carter, Todd A. Wiese, Jon P. Vanderpas, Karol Szczupakowsk, Katherine Sokolnicki
  • Publication number: 20240359324
    Abstract: Motion is coordinated between a robot and a mover in an independent cart system. A first mover for the independent cart system is located at an initial position, where the robot is mounted on the first mover. A motion trajectory command, defining motion of the robot and the first mover, is received at a motion controller. A mover command is generated for the first mover and a robot motion command is generated for the robot as a function of the motion trajectory command at the motion controller. The mover command is transmitted to a segment controller in a track segment on which the first mover is located, and the robot motion command is transmitted to a robot control system. Operation of the first mover is controlled with the segment controller in tandem with controlling operation of the robot with the robot control system responsive to the robot motion command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Yuhong Huang, Jatin P. Bhatt, Alexander G. Brynildsen, Keith D. Carter, Chloe David, Bhanu K. Gouda, Robert B. Hirschinger, Michael D. Lennard
  • Patent number: 9779902
    Abstract: A modular intelligent electronic overload device that requires only a single configuration file to describe the device with all of the available options. Furthermore, the modular intelligent electronic overload device contains embedded application files that provide commonly used control algorithms into the non-volatile memory of the modular intelligent electronic overload device that can be accessed by a user to configure the device without the need for a personal computer. Finally, the modular intelligent electronic overload device configuration parameters can be stored to virtual non-volatile memory contained in an associated user interface device, allowing for easy replacement of the modular intelligent electronic overload device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Martin, Eric Norrod, Eric M. Waydick, Theron Kotze, James J Flood, Keith D Carter
  • Publication number: 20150131185
    Abstract: A modular intelligent electronic overload device that requires only a single configuration file to describe the device with all of the available options. Furthermore, the modular intelligent electronic overload device contains embedded application files that provide commonly used control algorithms into the non-volatile memory of the modular intelligent electronic overload device that can be accessed by a user to configure the device without the need for a personal computer. Finally, the modular intelligent electronic overload device configuration parameters can be stored to virtual non-volatile memory contained in an associated user interface device, allowing for easy replacement of the modular intelligent electronic overload device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: William H. Martin, Eric Norrod, Eric M. Waydick, Theron Kotze, James J. Flood, Keith D. Carter