Patents by Inventor Thomas Deininger

Thomas Deininger 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).

  • Generic framework for porting legacy process automation assets to a new control system
    Patent number: 8533233
    Abstract: An extensible, object-oriented framework describes various generic elements of legacy automation systems. That framework is used as a basis for porting one or more of those elements to another (“target”) automation system. Objects in the framework, known as “extensions,” adapt information from the legacy system to a corresponding, generic representation. Compilers express those representations in the target system. The framework thus translates the “old” automation configuration for use in a “new” automation system. The scheme can be extended to accommodate arbitrary control systems (i.e., other manufacturers and product lines), new sub-domains within the automation domain (e.g. operator interfaces, batch control etc.) and new target systems without altering the core framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Deininger, Michael S. Horn, Jung Min Oh, Michael Hogan, William F. Raines
  • Generic framework for porting legacy process automation assets to a new control system
    Publication number: 20050159828
    Abstract: An extensible, object-oriented framework describes various generic elements of legacy automation systems. That framework is used as a basis for porting one or more of those elements to another (“target”) automation system. Objects in the framework, known as “extensions,” adapt information from the legacy system to a corresponding, generic representation. Compilers express those representations in the target system. The framework thus translates the “old” automation configuration for use in a “new” automation system. The scheme can be extended to accommodate arbitrary control systems (i.e., other manufacturers and product lines), new sub-domains within the automation domain (e.g. operator interfaces, batch control etc.) and new target systems without altering the core framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Thomas Deininger, Michael Horn, Jung Oh, Michael Hogan, William Raines