Patents by Inventor Keith R. Bellville
Keith R. Bellville 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).
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Patent number: 10860195Abstract: Configuring graphical display views to be presented, at a user interface of an operating environment of a process plant, using multiple graphical display themes includes configuring a display theme object to indicate a plurality of themes via which the display view is able to be presented at the user interface. The display theme object includes a parameter whose value is changeable, within the operating environment, to indicate a desired theme that is to be utilized, and the display theme object is downloaded from the configuration environment into the operating environment. Thus, during runtime, changing the theme via which the graphical display view is presented is achieved without any additional downloads from or communications with the configuration environment. User controls may be provided to an operator to select different themes, and/or to override various visual aspects of themes to achieve optimum visibility. Themes may be automatically changed based on sensed conditions.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Mark J. Nixon, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Hubbard F. Fellows
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Publication number: 20190102055Abstract: Configuring graphical display views to be presented, at a user interface of an operating environment of a process plant, using multiple graphical display themes includes configuring a display theme object to indicate a plurality of themes via which the display view is able to be presented at the user interface. The display theme object includes a parameter whose value is changeable, within the operating environment, to indicate a desired theme that is to be utilized, and the display theme object is downloaded from the configuration environment into the operating environment. Thus, during runtime, changing the theme via which the graphical display view is presented is achieved without any additional downloads from or communications with the configuration environment. User controls may be provided to an operator to select different themes, and/or to override various visual aspects of themes to achieve optimum visibility. Themes may be automatically changed based on sensed conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: Julian K. Naidoo, Cindy A. Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Mark J. Nixon, Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy, Daniel R. Strinden, Robert B. Havekost, Hubbard F. Fellows
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Patent number: 10139812Abstract: A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicableType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Bryan M. Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Cindy A. Scott, Hubbard F. Fellows, Patricia Devlin
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Patent number: 9513780Abstract: Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Cindy Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Bryan Michael Jones, Michael George Ott, Dawn Marruchella, Larry Oscar Jundt
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Patent number: 9417626Abstract: A process control configuration method in a user interface of a computer system for developing control strategies of a process plant, where the user interface defines a screen area to display a plurality of independent panes therein, includes generating a first edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a first set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant; generating a second edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a second set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant, wherein each in the first set and the second set of logical or physical entities includes at least one input and at least one output, and wherein each of the first edit pane and the second edit pane defines an independent user interface screen within the screen area; receiving a first selection of an output of a first entity in the first set of logical or physical entitiesType: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Bryan M. Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Trevor D. Schleiss, Hubbard F. Fellows, Patricia Devlin
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Patent number: 9164501Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to manage data uploading in a process control environment are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to upload a parameter value associated with a process control system and retrieving an upload rule profile associated with the process control system. The example method also includes identifying an upload action from the upload rule profile based on the parameter value and a personnel classification, and determining whether to upload the parameter value based on the upload action.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2009Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Keith R. Bellville
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Publication number: 20140100676Abstract: Techniques for flexibly configuring an operating process plant or process control system enable a change to a parent object to be selectively propagated to child objects derived from the parent object, so that a first subset of child objects and their respective instantiations are updated with the change, while a second subset and their respective instantiations remain unchanged. The parent object may be a class or instance process object corresponding to a process entity, and the first and/or the second subset of child objects may be selected. In some cases, the change may have been a propagated change, to the parent object, from a child object that is excluded from the first or the second subset of child objects. In some cases, the change may first be propagated to an instance object derived from the parent object, and then propagated from the instance object to a child object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Cindy Scott, Molly Marie Firkins, Keith R. Bellville, Bryan Michael Jones, Michael George Ott, Dawn Marruchella, Larry Oscar Jundt
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Publication number: 20120041570Abstract: A process control configuration method in a user interface of a computer system for developing control strategies of a process plant, where the user interface defines a screen area to display a plurality of independent panes therein, includes generating a first edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a first set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant; generating a second edit pane, including displaying a graphical representation of a second set of logical or physical entities for carrying out respective process control operations in the process plant, wherein each in the first set and the second set of logical or physical entities includes at least one input and at least one output, and wherein each of the first edit pane and the second edit pane defines an independent user interface screen within the screen area; receiving a first selection of an output of a first entity in the first set of logical or physical entitiesType: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Michael Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Trevor D. Schleiss, Hubbard F. Fellows
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Publication number: 20120029661Abstract: A process control management method in a computer system for configuring and supervising a process plant includes providing an interactive user interface to manage a plurality of objects in the process plant, where each of the plurality of objects corresponds to a physical or logical entity in the process plant, including generating a navigation pane to display a set of selectable items, each in the set of selectable items corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of objects, and generating a command pane to display a set of selectable controls, each in the set of selectable controls corresponding to a task to be performed on at least one of the plurality of objects in the process plant; receiving a selection of one of an item in the set of selectable items via the navigation panel and a control in the set of selectable controls via the command panel; determining an operational context based on the received selection, wherein the operational context corresponds to one of a range of actions applicableType: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2009Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Bryan Michael Jones, Keith R. Bellville, James R. Balentine, Cindy Alsup Scott, Hubbard F. Fellows
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Publication number: 20110082569Abstract: Example methods and apparatus to manage data uploading in a process control environment are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a request to upload a parameter value associated with a process control system and retrieving an upload rule profile associated with the process control system. The example method also includes identifying an upload action from the upload rule profile based on the parameter value and a personnel classification, and determining whether to upload the parameter value based on the upload action.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2009Publication date: April 7, 2011Inventor: Keith R. Bellville