Patents by Inventor Robert Trent Garverick

Robert Trent Garverick 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).

  • Method for analyzing and diagnosing large scale process automation control systems
    Patent number: 8489209
    Abstract: A method is provided for analyzing and diagnosing a large scale process automation control system having a plurality of control loops. Assessments for pre-defined key performance indicators (KPIs) are automatically generated for control, process and signal sections of each control loop. The automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs may be displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer. A user may change the automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs. Different data views may also be displayed in the GUI. The data views include time series trends for measured process variable, controller output, controller set point and error, as well as controller parameter clustering views in two-dimensional and three-dimensional plots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Dale Starr, Timothy Andrew Mast, Robert Trent Garverick
  • METHOD FOR ANALYZING AND DIAGNOSING LARGE SCALE PROCESS AUTOMATION CONTROL SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130030555
    Abstract: A method is provided for analyzing and diagnosing a large scale process automation control system having a plurality of control loops. Assessments for pre-defined key performance indicators (KPIs) are automatically generated for control, process and signal sections of each control loop. The automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs may be displayed in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer. A user may change the automatically generated assessments of the pre-defined KPIs. Different data views may also be displayed in the GUI. The data views include time series trends for measured process variable, controller output, controller set point and error, as well as controller parameter clustering views in two-dimensional and three-dimensional plots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ABB INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Dale Starr, Timothy Andrew Mast, Robert Trent Garverick