Patents by Inventor Scotty R. Phillips

Scotty R. Phillips 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREE FORM COMMENTS FOR A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20120117548
    Abstract: A method of annotating a specification of a programmable logic controller is provided that includes displaying a graphical element in a first graphical language for programming the programmable logic controller, and displaying a comment associated with the graphical element. A method for converting a specification for a programmable logic controller in a first language to a second language is provided that includes converting a first instruction in the first language to a second instruction in the second language, and converting a first comment associated with the first instruction to a second comment associated with the second instruction. A computer-readable recording medium is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicants: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, SIEMENS INDUSTRY, INC.
    Inventors: Scotty R. Phillips, Thilo Opaterny, Lothar Pfahlmann, Stephan Schaer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREE FORM COMMENTS FOR A PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20100313128
    Abstract: A method of annotating a specification of a programmable logic controller is provided that includes displaying a graphical element in a first graphical language for programming the programmable logic controller, and displaying a comment associated with the graphical element. A method for converting a specification for a programmable logic controller in a first language to a second language is provided that includes converting a first instruction in the first language to a second instruction in the second language, and converting a first comment associated with the first instruction to a second comment associated with the second instruction. A computer-readable recording medium is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Scotty R. Phillips, Thilo Opaterny, Lothar Pfahlmann, Stephan Schaer