Patents by Inventor Stephen Scott Strickland

Stephen Scott Strickland 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 and system for automated setup of configuration parameters for a control processor
    Patent number: 7353995
    Abstract: A method and system for configuring a control processor in a process control system. Barcode configuration data contain operating features of a process control network component is entered via an optical scanner and the data is forwarded to a control processor. The control processor uses the data to generate a configuration file used to setup or modify processor operating parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen Scott Strickland
  • System, method, and user interface for acceptance testing
    Patent number: 7228461
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Krietemeyer, Stephen Scott Strickland, David M. Farmer, Martin Gehringer
  • Method and system for automated setup of configuration parameters for a control processor
    Publication number: 20040222300
    Abstract: A method and system for configuring a control processor in a process control system. Barcode configuration data contain operating features of a process control network component is entered via an optical scanner and the data is forwarded to a control processor. The control processor uses the data to generate a configuration file used to setup or modify processor operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen Scott Strickland
  • System, method, and user interface for acceptance testing
    Publication number: 20040153788
    Abstract: Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: James R. Krietemeyer, Stephen Scott Strickland, David M. Farmer, Martin Gehringer
  • Method and apparatus for entering and displaying structure information in a machining system
    Patent number: 5984503
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for displaying and entering information associated with structures in a machining system, wherein each structure is associated with at least one setup in the machining system, and can be, for example, a pallet, fixture, or workface. A user interface receives the structure information from the user and displays at least a portion of the information, along with a structure icon, within a window on a display device. Preferably, the location of the tool in the machining system is also displayed within the window along with a machine configuration image which represents the configuration of the machining system. The structure information preferably includes the offset coordinates for the structure. Upon request from the user, setup icons and setup information for the setups associated with the structure can be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Vickers, Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Scott Strickland, James R. Krietemeyer, David M. Farmer