Patents by Inventor Pierre E Cote

Pierre E Cote 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).

  • Automation system and method of manufacturing product using automated equipment
    Patent number: 9720393
    Abstract: An automated control of a system having a plurality of cooperating components involving controlled elements and sensors uses a simulator configured to simulate operation of the components. The simulator stores data representing states of the components and modifies the states over time in accordance with simulated operation of the system. An input module receives data from at least the sensors and updates in the simulator the data representing states of the components. An output module reads from the simulator the data representing states of the components and generates at least controlled element control signals for the controlled elements of the components. The simulator contains a virtual state machine representing the system, and automation of the system is achieved without state machine logic representing the system within the input module and the output module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: P.C. Automax inc.
    Inventor: Pierre E Cote
  • AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCT USING AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20160033962
    Abstract: An automated control of a system having a plurality of cooperating components involving controlled elements and sensors uses a simulator configured to simulate operation of the components. The simulator stores data representing states of the components and modifies the states over time in accordance with simulated operation of the system. An input module receives data from at least the sensors and updates in the simulator the data representing states of the components. An output module reads from the simulator the data representing states of the components and generates at least controlled element control signals for the controlled elements of the components. The simulator contains a virtual state machine representing the system, and automation of the system is achieved without state machine logic representing the system within the input module and the output module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Pierre E Cote