Patents by Inventor Peter Hartmann
Peter Hartmann 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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Publication number: 20240019823Abstract: A process plant and industrial control system architecture includes a generalized compute fabric that is agnostic or indifferent to the physical location at which the compute fabric is implemented, includes one or more physical control or field devices located at one or more specific sites at which a product or process is being manufactured and further includes a transport network that securely provides communications between the compute fabric and the pool of physical devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Brian M. Capoccia, Brian Lamothe, Narayanan Doraiswamy, Mark J. Nixon, Claudio Fayad, Mickey Nanda, Aaron C. Jones, Peter Hartmann, Gary K. Law
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Publication number: 20240020343Abstract: To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Anthony Amaro, JR., John M. Caldwell
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Publication number: 20240019842Abstract: A process control device for use in an industrial process control or automation system of an industrial process plant includes a sensor configured to measure a parameter of a process in the industrial process plant and to output to a controller in the industrial process plant the parameter measured. The process control device also or alternatively includes a control element configured to perform an action in the industrial process plant according to an input received from the controller in the industrial process plant. The process control device also includes an embedded device identifier, unique to the process control field device and associated with one or more of an owner of the process control field device, a plant location of the process control field device, a country or geographical or geopolitical region, and a device tag.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Brian M. Capoccia, Brian Lamothe, Peter Hartmann, Narayanan Doraiswamy, Gary K. Law
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Publication number: 20240019854Abstract: A process control or automation system comprising a plurality of instantiated micro-encapsulated execution environments (MEEEs) includes a first one or more instantiated MEEEs communicatively connecting a provider of the plurality of instantiated MEEEs to a first enterprise operating a first one or more industrial or automation processes at a first one or more physical locations or sites. The system also includes a second one or more instantiated MEEEs communicatively connecting the provider to a second enterprise operating a second one or more industrial or automation processes at a second one or more physical locations or sites.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Brian M. Capoccia, Brian Lamothe, Narayanan Doraiswamy, Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann
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Patent number: 11875236Abstract: A distributed control system (DCS) of an industrial process plant includes a data center storing a plant information model that includes a description of physical components, the control framework, and the control network of the plant using a modeling language. A set of exposed APIs provides DCS applications access to the model, and to an optional generic framework of the data center which stores basic structures and functions from which the DCS may automatically generate other structures and functions to populate the model and to automatically create various applications and routines utilized during run-time operations of the DCS and plant. Upon initialization, the DCS may automatically sense the I/O types of its interface ports, detect communicatively connected physical components within the plant, and automatically populate the plant information model accordingly. The DCS may optionally automatically generate related control routines and/or I/O data delivery mechanisms, HMI routines, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Claudio Fayad, Robert G. Halgren, III, Anthony Amaro, Jr., Peter Hartmann, Trevor Duncan Schleiss, Seshatre Natarajan
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Patent number: 11865966Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight for detection and targeted masking of a light-emitting object (20) present in front of the illumination device (10) in segmented light distribution, which illumination device (10) comprises the following: a light generation unit (100), having a plurality of light pixel groups (110a, 110b ,110c, 110d) a light sensor device (200) for detecting light of a light-emitting object (20) with a first light sensor (210) having several first sensor pixels (211), a control unit (300), which is connected to the light generation unit (100) and the light sensor device (200) and is designed to control the light generation unit (100) for generating the segmented light distribution, wherein one sensor pixel (211) can detect light in a detection solid angle (DRa, DRb, DRc, DRd) and is respectively associated with a light pixel group (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d), and wherein the light incident on each first sensor pixel (211) can be detected as a luminous flux value associated wType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ZKW Group GmbHInventors: Peter Hartmann, Matthaus Artmann, Martin Brandstetter
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Publication number: 20230406196Abstract: Illumination device (10) for a motor vehicle headlight for detection and targeted masking of a light-emitting object (20) present in front of the illumination device (10) in segmented light distribution, which illumination device (10) comprises the following: a light generation unit (100), having a plurality of light pixel groups (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d) a light sensor device (200) for detecting light of a light-emitting object (20) with a first light sensor (210) having several first sensor pixels (211), a control unit (300), which is connected to the light generation unit (100) and the light sensor device (200) and is designed to control the light generation unit (100) for generating the segmented light distribution, wherein one sensor pixel (211) can detect light in a detection solid angle (DRa, DRb, DRc, DRd) and is respectively associated with a light pixel group (110a, 110b, 110c, 110d), and wherein the light incident on each first sensor pixel (211) can be detected as a luminous flux value associateType: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Peter HARTMANN, Matthaus ARTMANN, Martin BRANDSTETTER
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Publication number: 20230393564Abstract: To provide enhanced search capabilities in a process control system, a knowledge repository is generated that includes both contextual data and time series data. The contextual data organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the knowledge repository. The contextual data categorizes process parameters so that users can search for a particular process parameter category. Users can tag previous searches to execute them once again at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Anthony Amaro, JR., Mary Grace Francisco
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Publication number: 20230394045Abstract: To provide enhanced search capabilities in a process control system, a knowledge repository is generated that includes both contextual data and time series data. The contextual data organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the knowledge repository. The contextual data categorizes process parameters so that users can search for a particular process parameter category. Users can tag previous searches to execute them once again at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Anthony Amaro, JR., Mary Grace Francisco
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Publication number: 20230393543Abstract: To provide enhanced search capabilities in a process control system, a knowledge repository is generated that includes both contextual data and time series data. The contextual data organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the knowledge repository. The contextual data categorizes process parameters so that users can search for a particular process parameter category. Users can tag previous searches to execute them once again at a later time.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Anthony Amaro, JR., Mary Grace Francisco
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Patent number: 11775587Abstract: To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Anthony Amaro, Jr., John M. Caldwell
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Patent number: 11768877Abstract: To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Anthony Amaro, Jr., John M. Caldwell
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Patent number: 11768878Abstract: To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Anthony Amaro, Jr., John M. Caldwell, Mariana C. Dionisio, Benjamin J. Jackman
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Patent number: 11759652Abstract: A portable device for the decontamination of a breast. The aim of the device is to reduce the risk of mastitis, even when the patient has a medicament incompatibility. For this purpose, the invention includes a decontamination unit which decontaminates the breast at least by means of a physical method.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Carag AGInventors: Peter Hartmann, Michael Larsson, Kuno Limacher, Jerome Bernhard, Lukas Christen, Simona Wiedmer, Daniel Napoletano
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Patent number: 11636118Abstract: To provide search capabilities in a process control system, a contextual knowledge repository is generated that organizes process plant-related data according to semantic relations between the process plant-related data and the process plant entities. When a user submits a process plant search query related to process plant entities within a process plant, search results are obtained by identifying a data set from the contextual knowledge repository which is responsive to the process plant search query. The search results are then presented on a user interface device based on the identified data set. To allow for searches to be performed by user interface devices external to the process plant, a data diode is disposed between a field-facing component and an edge-facing component of the process plant so that data flows from the field-facing component to the edge-facing component without flowing from the edge-facing component to the field-facing component.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSIEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Peter Hartmann, Richard Clarence Dayo Fabros, Anthony Amaro, Jr., John M. Caldwell
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Patent number: 11627175Abstract: An edge gateway system securely delivers and exposes data generated by and/or related to a process plant for consumption by external systems, and includes a field-facing component that sends, to an edge-facing component of the system, a collection of data types defined based on configurations of the process plant and represented using a syntax that is native to the one or more external systems. The field-facing component streams process plant-related content data indicated by one or more interest lists to the edge-facing component, where the streamed data is expressed using the collection of data types. Each interest list may include multiple types of data (e.g., control, I/O, diagnostic, device, historical, etc.) that collectively represent a particular named entity of the plant. Accordingly, the streamed data is securely delivered and exposed, via the edge-facing component, to the external systems.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Claudio Fayad, Robert G. Halgren, III, Gary K. Law, John M. Caldwell, Anthony Amaro, Jr., Peter Hartmann
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Publication number: 20230003660Abstract: In the method for optical monitoring and/or determination of properties on samples, monochromatic electromagnetic radiation with a predetermined wavelength is sequentially directed from several radiation sources onto a sample influenced by an electronic evaluation unit. The respective intensity specific to the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation scattered and/or reflected by the sample is detected by at least one detector and fed to the electronic evaluation unit for spectrally resolved evaluation in order to use it to monitor and/or determine properties of the respective sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Peter Hartmann, Tobias Baselt, Wulf Grählert, Oliver Throl, Philipp Wollmann
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Publication number: 20220405278Abstract: A gateway system securely delivers and exposes data generated by and/or related to a process plant for consumption by external systems, and includes an edge-facing component that receives process plant-related data from a process plant via a field-facing component of the system. The received data may comport with an exposable data type system utilizing a syntax known to the external systems. The edge-facing component stores the received data in a data lake, and mines the data lake to thereby discover relationships between stored data points. Indications of the received data and the discovered interrelationships are stored in a contextualized process plant knowledge repository, such as a graph database, that is accessible to the external systems and other systems and applications via one or more access mechanisms, which may include utilities, services, servers, and/or applications. Some of the access mechanisms allow external applications to be installed at the edge-facing component.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Claudio Fayad, Robert G. Halgren, III, Gary K. Law, John M. Caldwell, Anthony Amaro, JR., Peter Hartmann
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Publication number: 20220324372Abstract: A light module for motor vehicles, having a first laser arrangement (LS), which contains at least one laser light source (L1, L2, L3, L4) which can be modulated, the laser beam(s) (b1, b2, b3, b4) of which is/are directed to a pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by a mirror control (8) and from there to a light-converting means (7), and having a lighting optics (9) for projecting the illumination pattern generated by the light-converting means (10) into the traffic space/roadway, as a lighting system, and having a second laser arrangement (VL), which contains at least one laser light source (H1, H2, H3), the laser beam/laser beams (c1, c2, c3) of which is/are sent to the pivotable micromirror (6) controlled by the mirror control (8) and from there into the traffic space/roadway via a LIDAR exit optics (21), as well as having a LIDAR entry optics (14), which sends light of the second laser arrangement reflected in the exterior space to a detector (15), as a LIDAR system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Martin Brandstetter, Johann Altmann, Matthäus Artmann, Peter Hartmann, Stefan Weissensteiner
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Patent number: 11436242Abstract: An edge gateway system securely delivers and exposes data generated by and/or related to a process plant for consumption by external systems, and includes an edge-facing component that receives process plant-related data from a process plant via a field-facing component of the system. The received data may comport with an exposable data type system utilizing a syntax known to the external systems. The edge-facing component stores the received data in a data lake, and mines the data lake to thereby discover relationships between stored data points. Indications of the received data and the discovered interrelationships are stored in a contextualized process plant knowledge repository, such as a graph database, that is accessible to the external systems and other systems and applications via one or more access mechanisms, which may include utilities, services, servers, and/or applications. Some of the access mechanisms allow external applications to be installed at the edge-facing component.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: FISHER-ROSEMOUNT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Mark J. Nixon, Claudio Fayad, Robert G. Halgren, III, Gary K. Law, John M. Caldwell, Anthony Amaro, Jr., Peter Hartmann