David M Carney

US Patent:

20120089239, Apr 12, 2012

Filed:

Sep 16, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/234726

Inventors:

Timothy M. Sentgeorge - Wickliffe OH, US
David M. Carney - Strongsville OH, US
Paul E. Hunkar - Hudson OH, US

Assignee:

ABB Inc. - Cary NC

International Classification:

G05B 19/042

US Classification:

700 2

Abstract:

An intelligent interface system is provided for connecting an external application to a distributed control system (DCS). The interface system is operable to automatically scan the DCS to determine its configuration and build a topology model of the DCS. The topology model is used to determine whether data requested from a module in the DCS can be provided by the module. The topology model is constructed to be thread-safe. A throttling mechanism in the interface system protects the DCS from being subjected to excessive data requests.

US Patent:

20120265323, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Oct 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/253453

Inventors:

Timothy M. Sentgeorge - Wickliffe OH, US
David M. Carney - Strongsville OH, US

International Classification:

G05B 13/02

US Classification:

700 29

Abstract:

A system includes an identification component configured to identify a set of key performance indicators that fail to satisfy predetermined acceptance criteria based on acquired performance data, where the set of key performance indicators is indicative of performance of components of a process control system. The system further includes a visualization component configured to visually present the identified set of key performance indicators, the components, and the acquired performance data in a graphical user interface displayed via a monitor. The system further includes a manual override component configured to allow a user to manually override and modify the information presented by the graphical user interface based, at least in part, on the acquired performance data.