Patents by Inventor Reginald W. Sprecher

Reginald W. Sprecher 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).

  • Patent number: 10281894
    Abstract: Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Publication number: 20170329299
    Abstract: Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Patent number: 9753446
    Abstract: Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Publication number: 20140343696
    Abstract: Graphic element definitions are bound to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system provides automatic data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Patent number: 8798775
    Abstract: System(s), device(s), and method(s) provide bi-directional mechanisms for binding graphic element definitions to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system that automatically provides data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type is provided. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Publication number: 20130006395
    Abstract: System(s), device(s), and method(s) provide bi-directional mechanisms for binding graphic element definitions to industrial automation data types in an industrial control system. Moreover, a system that automatically provides data searching and filtering of an item based on user interactions with either the graphic element definition or a controller data type is provided. Further, a graphic element definition is associated with a data source type information, to simplify configuration of an instance of that graphic element and populate suitable data source fields based on instances of the associated data source type. In addition, a system to automatically generate the graphic element based on data from a logic controller is provided. Moreover, the graphic element can be updated to reflect a change in the data, without a manual refresh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott Plache, Steven John Kowal, Michael D. Kalan, Joseph Bronikowski, Douglas J. Reichard, Christopher E. Stanek, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Patent number: 7873430
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates automatically scheduling an operation in an industrial environment. An interface component can facilitate receipt of a list/schedule including at least one operation related to a device within the industrial environment. A scheduler component can automatically perform the at least one operation on the device at a time indicated by the list/schedule utilizing at least one agent hosted by an agent component, wherein communication is employed with a bridge component. The bridge component can provide communication as if in the same program space between at least two of the scheduler component, the agent, the agent component, an agent component manager, and/or any suitable component that requires data transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Patent number: 6948059
    Abstract: The installing of components into an industrial computer observes a pulling paradigm in which a required resource list associated with each component is reviewed against resources in the target-industrial control device. Missing resources are obtained through a searching process that may include but is not limited to the media holding or associated with the installed component. This approach allows compatibility between different versions of the resources to be evaluated with the possibility of coexisting different version numbers being, or one version replacing the other for automatic upgrade. Collecting the resources in a available resource table allows more complete information to be provided to the user in the event the resource cannot be found and allows more complete removal of components by making an explicit attribution of ownership of each resource to one or more installed components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Reginald W. Sprecher, Thomas L. Heidebrecht, David E. Thomas, Daniel E. Leising
  • Patent number: 6611257
    Abstract: A method of determining a type of touch plane operator input device comprises sensing the impedance across first and second terminals of a touch plane operator input device to distinguish the touch plane operator input device as being one of at least two different types of touch plane operator input devices. A method of processing an input from a touch plane operator input device comprises determining a first location of a first touch on the touch plane operator input device; determining a second location of a second touch on the touch plane operator input device; comparing the first and second locations to obtain an indication of an amount of difference between the first and second locations; and determining whether the indication of the amount of difference exceeds a predetermined amount. These steps are performed by discrete logic circuitry that provides an event notification to a microprocessor when the indication of the amount of difference exceeds the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Dan Dotson, Reginald W. Sprecher
  • Patent number: 6425038
    Abstract: Run time modification of interrupt service routines in an embedded operating system installs a soft vectored interrupt service routine into the operating system kernel at the time of the kernel generation. The soft vectored interrupt service routine refers interrupt service calls to installable interrupt service routines that may be loaded subsequently on a real-time basis. In this way, flexible interrupt service routine response may be obtained for a wide variety of hardware combinations, unanticipated at the time of the generation of the operating system kernel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Reginald W. Sprecher