Patents by Inventor Paul G. Kucharski
Paul G. Kucharski 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: 10558191Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Publication number: 20180246488Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Patent number: 9989951Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Patent number: 9939794Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate correct execution of a machine jog operation where a plurality of interfaces can generate a machine jog command, which is received by an industrial controller. One or more machine jog commands can be received and state data is maintained regarding whether a machine jog command has been received. An OR gate logic operation is performed on the state data to determine whether a machine jog operation has been received from any of the plurality of interfaces, and in the event of receiving a machine jog operation, a control command is generated to effect a machine jog operation. The plurality of interfaces enable interaction with the controller, to facilitate control of a machine from a plurality of locations. The system can be expanded to include further interfaces. Also, information regarding a machine jog command can be published to the plurality of interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph P. Izzo, Ronald E. Bliss
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Patent number: 9817391Abstract: An industrial control system providing security against tampering or modification generates periodic state thumbprints defining a state of control elements that may be forwarded to a security or safety appliance for comparison to a benchmark thumbprint indicating no tampering. The transmitted state thumbprint may capture not only programs but also configuration and environmental states of the control element.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sujeet Chand, David A. Vasko, Timothy Patrick Boppre, David A. Snyder, Alex Laurence Nicoll, Brian J. McMullen, Daniel B. Seger, John B. Dart, Timothy F. Roback, Paul G. Kucharski, Kevin Colloton
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Publication number: 20160357176Abstract: An industrial control system providing security against tampering or modification generates periodic state thumbprints defining a state of control elements that may be forwarded to a security or safety appliance for comparison to a benchmark thumbprint indicating no tampering. The transmitted state thumbprint may capture not only programs but also configuration and environmental states of the control element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Sujeet Chand, David A. Vasko, Timothy Patrick Boppre, David A. Snyder, Alex Laurence Nicoll, Brian J. McMullen, Daniel B. Seger, John B. Dart, Timothy F. Roback, Paul G. Kucharski, Kevin Colloton
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Publication number: 20150268654Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Patent number: 9069343Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Publication number: 20150018978Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate correct execution of a machine jog operation where a plurality of interfaces can generate a machine jog command, which is received by an industrial controller. One or more machine jog commands can be received and state data is maintained regarding whether a machine jog command has been received. An OR gate logic operation is performed on the state data to determine whether a machine jog operation has been received from any of the plurality of interfaces, and in the event of receiving a machine jog operation, a control command is generated to effect a machine jog operation. The plurality of interfaces enable interaction with the controller, to facilitate control of a machine from a plurality of locations. The system can be expanded to include further interfaces. Also, information regarding a machine jog command can be published to the plurality of interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph P. Izzo, Ronald E. Bliss
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Patent number: 8849427Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate correct execution of a machine jog operation where a plurality of interfaces can generate a machine jog command, which is received by an industrial controller. One or more machine jog commands can be received and state data is maintained regarding whether a machine jog command has been received. An OR gate logic operation is performed on the state data to determine whether a machine jog operation has been received from any of the plurality of interfaces, and in the event of receiving a machine jog operation, a control command is generated to effect a machine jog operation. The plurality of interfaces enable interaction with the controller, to facilitate control of a machine from a plurality of locations. The system can be expanded to include further interfaces. Also, information regarding a machine jog command can be published to the plurality of interfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph P. Izzo, Ronald E. Bliss
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Publication number: 20130123947Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate receipt of tag requests from one or more interfaces, based upon which a single tagset is compiled at a controller comprising all the requested tags for a given update rate, whereupon the single compiled tagset is subsequently forwarded to the one or more interfaces. A controller generates a superset of tags associated with an industrial process. Each interface can request a copy of the superset, from which the required tags are selected. The controller receives the requested tags from all of the interfaces and combines the requested tags into a single tagset, for a given update rate, comprising the various parameters associated with the tags. At the selected update rate, the tagset is forwarded to the interfaces. A masterset can be utilized to identify the sequence of tags in a tagset and check code can ensure continuity of the tags in the tagset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Charles M. Rischar, Michael Kalan, David Van Gompel, Brian A. Batke, Joseph P. Izzo, David A. Johnston
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Publication number: 20120303139Abstract: Systems and methods are provided to facilitate correct execution of a machine jog operation where a plurality of interfaces can generate a machine jog command, which is received by an industrial controller. One or more machine jog commands can be received and state data is maintained regarding whether a machine jog command has been received. An OR gate logic operation is performed on the state data to determine whether a machine jog operation has been received from any of the plurality of interfaces, and in the event of receiving a machine jog operation, a control command is generated to effect a machine jog operation. The plurality of interfaces enable interaction with the controller, to facilitate control of a machine from a plurality of locations. The system can be expanded to include further interfaces. Also, information regarding a machine jog command can be published to the plurality of interfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph P. Izzo, Ronald E. Bliss
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Patent number: 7366774Abstract: A high reliability network provides for measurements of network delays through pairs of transmissions of local clock values used in a first message to deduce clock value offsets and in a second message to reveal network delays.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2003Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Gerard Gibart, David A. Vasko, Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph A. Lenner, Edward C. Korsberg
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Patent number: 7328370Abstract: A safety controller with redundant controllers, each executing safety tasks and comparing their results, provides an improved interface in which a user interacts with a single processor and the second processor is invisible. The interacting processor provides for the transmission of programs and variables to both processors when they are safety tasks and coordinates synchronization of the two programs and comparison of their operation all without additional user input.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: February 5, 2008Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Gerard Gibart, Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph Paul Izzo, Raymond Louis Buvel, Michael Dean Kalan, Charles Martin Rischar
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Patent number: 7287184Abstract: A safety controller executes a control program in two processing units to detect processor failure by comparison of the execution in each unit. This comparison is made rapid by synchronizing the input variables at the beginning of the task and comparing output variables at a conclusion of the task, avoiding line-by-line comparison of input and output variables. Intermediate variables, that are neither input nor output values, are compared at a less frequent interval.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2003Date of Patent: October 23, 2007Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Gerard Gibart, Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph Paul Izzo, Michael Dean Kalan, Charles Martin Rischar
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Publication number: 20040153534Abstract: A high reliability network provides for measurements of network delays through pairs of transmissions of local clock values used in a first message to deduce clock value offsets and in a second message to reveal network delays.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2003Publication date: August 5, 2004Inventors: Anthony Gerard Gibart, David A. Vasko, Paul G. Kucharski, Joseph A. Lenner, Edward C. Korsberg
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Patent number: 5842039Abstract: A method to be used with a programmable controller that can communicate with peripheral devices in two protocols, the method for automatically switching controller communication between the two protocols when the protocol used by a peripheral device is different than the protocol currently being used by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 1996Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: Allen Bradley Company, LLCInventors: Kelly P. Hanaway, David J. Lillie, Paul G. Kucharski
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Patent number: 5142396Abstract: An improved control system utilizing infrared communication channels for remote station control is provided. A central base controller communicates with one or more channels of sub-networks through one or more field interface controllers. Each field interface controller utilizes a dedicated base infrared transceiver for transmitting envelopes of definable duration at a preselected infrared oscillation frequency. At least one remote station receives said transmitted infrared signals at an infrared transceiver tuned to said oscillation frequency. Associated devices at the remote station decode the information from said infrared transmission or issue instructions and information to an associated input/output device. Communication over the infrared channel between the base and the remote stations utilizes a unique pulse position protocol. An initiating clear pulse begins all communications. The remote station responds to the time-location of ensuing pulses following the initiating pulse.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 1990Date of Patent: August 25, 1992Assignee: Johnson Service CompanyInventors: August A. Divjak, David W. Christenson, Richard J. Huhn, Paul G. Kucharski, Daniel E. Schuster
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Patent number: 4578538Abstract: A method for effecting the communication of digital signals over telephone lines includes the steps of generating a voltage at a first level for providing an inactive state signal directed to a plurality of slave transceiver units and generating a voltage at a second level for provding a first carrier detect signal directed to the slave units. A digitally encoded first data signal is then generated, has a peak amplitude at a third voltage level and is also directed to the slave units. In response to the first carrier detect and first data signals, a voltage will be generated at a fourth level for providing a second carrier detect signal directed to a master transceiver unit. Thereupon, a digitally encoded second data signal will be generated to have a peak amplitude at a fifth voltage level and is also directed to the master transceiver unit.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 1984Date of Patent: March 25, 1986Assignee: Johnson Service CompanyInventors: Gregory A. Pascucci, Paul G. Kucharski