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US 6,490,493 B1Granted
Industrial process device management software
AssigneeRosemount Inc.
InventorSudhakar Dharnipragada
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, and medium readable by a computer processor for specifying and managing process devices such as measurement instruments and valves are provided. Sequences of instructions are used to: receive process requirements, select and specify a process device meeting process requirements, order the specified process device, evaluate the ordered process device creating a built process device database, and manage the built process device using the built process device database to make decisions regarding the built process device.
Claims17
An industrial process device management computer system, comprising:
- a computer having;
- a processor, an input coupled to the processor, an output coupled to the processor, memory coupled to the processor and adapted to store predetermined process device data describing physical characteristics of industrial process devices comprising a transmitter or a controller for use in an industrial process, and storing the following sequences of instructions:
- a device requirement sequence of instructions adapted to receive process requirements though the input to define the operating requirements for a process device;
- a device selection sequence of instructions adapted to evaluate the process requirements against the predetermined process device data and to create a specified process device definition meeting process requirements;
- a device order sequence of instructions adapted to place the specified process device definition into an ordered database that is stored in the memory and sendable through the output to a process device manufacturer to initiate building of the specified process device;
- a device evaluation sequence of instructions adapted to receive built process device data through the input to obtain built process device data representing performance characteristics of a built process device;
- and
- a device management sequence of instructions that uses the built process device data to create a built database that is stored in the memory and accessed by the computer to make decisions regarding the built process device.
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An industrial process device management computer system, comprising:
- a computer having;
- a processor, an input coupled to the processor, an output coupled to the processor, memory coupled to the processor and adapted to store predetermined process device data describing physical characteristics of industrial process devices comprising a transmitter or controller for use in an industrial process, and storing the following sequences of instructions:
- a device requirement sequence of instructions adapted to receive process requirements though the input to define the operating requirements for a process device;
- a device selection sequence of instructions adapted to evaluate the process requirements against the predetermined process device data to create a specified process device definition meeting the process requirements;
- a device order sequence of instructions adapted to place the specified process device definition into an ordered database that is stored in the memory and sendable through the output to a process device manufacturer to initiate building of the specified process device;
- a device evaluation sequence of instructions adapted to receive built process device data through the input to obtain built process device data representing performance characteristics of a built process device;
- and
- a means for managing the built process device with the computer by making decisions regarding the built process device using a built database created from built process device data.
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A method of industrial process device management, comprising:
- providing a computer having;
- a processor, an input coupled to the processor, an output coupled to the processor, memory coupled to the processor and adapted to store predetermined process device data describing physical characteristics of industrial process devices comprising a transmitter or controller for use in an industrial process, and storing the following sequences of instructions:
- receiving process requirements though the input to define the operating requirements for a process device;
- selecting a process device by evaluating the process requirements against predetermined process device data to create a specified process device definition meeting process requirements;
- ordering a process device by placing the specified process device definition into an ordered database that is stored in the memory and sent through the output to a process device manufacturer to initiate building of the specified process device;
- obtaining built process device data through the input to obtain built process device data representing performance characteristics of a built process device;
- and
- managing the built process device by using the built process device data to create a built database that is stored in the memory and accessed by the computer to make decisions regarding the built process device.
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An industrial process device integration software product on a medium readable by a processor, the medium storing a plurality of sequences of instructions, comprising:
- a device requirement sequence of instructions adapted to receive process requirements to define operating requirements for a process device comprising a transmitter or a controller for use in an industrial process;
- a device selection sequence of instructions adapted to evaluate the process requirements against predetermined process device data to create a specified process device definition meeting the process requirements;
- a device order sequence of instructions adapted to place the specified process device definition into an ordered database that is sendable to a process device manufacturer to initiate building of the specified process device;
- a device evaluation sequence of instructions adapted to receive built process device data to obtain built process device data representing performance characteristics of a built process device;
- and
- a device management sequence of instructions adapted to use the built process device data to create a built database stored on the medium that is used to make decisions regarding the built process device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.