Patents by Inventor Steven D. Whaley

Steven D. Whaley 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).

  • On-line plant operating procedure guidance system
    Patent number: 5121318
    Abstract: A method of displaying data corresponding to a procedure is provided where all of the data required to follow the procedure is displayed together with abbreviated text corresponding to the procedure. Text and data corresponding to only a portion of the procedure is displayed at any given time. Additional information related to several consecutive steps of the procedure which appear on separate screens is displayed continuously to one side of the screen. Additional data may be selected to displayed prior to returning to the original screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Melvin H. Lipner, David A. Reed, Steven D. Whaley