Patents by Inventor Richard M. Manazir
Richard M. Manazir 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: 5715178Abstract: A method for generating a validated measurement of a process parameter at a point in time by using a plurality of individual sensor inputs from a scan of said sensors at said point in time. The sensor inputs from said scan are stored and a first validation pass is initiated by computing an initial average of all stored sensor inputs. Each sensor input is deviation checked by comparing each input including a preset tolerance against the initial average input. If the first deviation check is unsatisfactory, the sensor which produced the unsatisfactory input is flagged as suspect. It is then determined whether at least two of the inputs have not been flagged as suspect and are therefore considered good inputs. If two or more inputs are good, a second validation pass is initiated by computing a second average of all the good sensor inputs, and deviation checking the good inputs by comparing each good input including a present tolerance against the second average.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1992Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5394447Abstract: The content of and hierarchical access to three levels of display pages containing information on critical function monitoring and success path monitoring.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: February 28, 1995Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5375150Abstract: The use of alarm indication on the overview (IPSO) display to initiate diagnosis of challenges to critical functions or unavailability of success paths, and further alarm-based guidance toward ultimate diagnosis.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: December 20, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5355395Abstract: The alarm activation set point and priority for a given, spatially fixed alarm tile can vary depending in part on the mode of plant operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: October 11, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Scarola Kenneth, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5353315Abstract: Indicating the priority of a spatially fixed, activated alarm tile on an alarm tile array by a shape coding at the tile, and preferably using the same shape coding wherever the same alarm condition is indicated elsewhere in the control room. The status of an alarm tile can change automatically or by operator acknowledgement, but tones and/or flashing cues continue to provide status information to the operator.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5353316Abstract: Alarm acknowledgment can be made not only at the alarm tile array of a given console but via other touch sensitive alarm indications in the screen displays of the monitoring system at the same or other consoles; also, touching one tile can acknowledge multiple alarm sources.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 1993Date of Patent: October 4, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5347553Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1993Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5287390Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: February 15, 1994Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5271045Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: December 14, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5267277Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1989Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5267278Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: November 30, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5265131Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: November 23, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5227121Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1992Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon
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Patent number: 5227122Abstract: An advanced control room complex for a nuclear power plant, including a discrete indicator and alarm system (72) which is nuclear qualified for rapid response to changes in plant parameters and a component control system (64) which together provide a discrete monitoring and control capability at a panel (14-22, 26, 28) in the control room (10). A separate data processing system (70), which need not be nuclear qualified, provides integrated and overview information to the control room and to each panel, through CRTs (84) and a large, overhead integrated process status overview board (24). The discrete indicator and alarm system (72) and the data processing system (70) receive inputs from common plant sensors and validate the sensor outputs to arrive at a representative value of the parameter for use by the operator during both normal and accident conditions, thereby avoiding the need for him to assimilate data from each sensor individually.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1992Date of Patent: July 13, 1993Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth Scarola, David S. Jamison, Richard M. Manazir, Robert L. Rescorl, Daryl L. Harmon