| YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20160139580 | INPUT-OUTPUT APPARATUS - An input-output apparatus which is used in a process control system is provided. The input-output apparatus includes a first interface to which a lower-level apparatus is connected; a second interface to which a higher-level apparatus is connected; a third interface to which an external setting apparatus is connected; a switcher which switches between a connection of the second interface to the first interface and a connection of the third interface to the first interface; and a control device which, when in a first state in which the second interface is connected to the first interface by the switcher and the connection of the third interface to the first interface is permitted, controls the switcher to cause transitioning to a second state in which the third interface and the first interface are connected when a connection request to the first interface is input through the third interface. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160135249 | RECORDER - A recorder includes a wireless gateway unit built in the recorder, the wireless gateway unit being configured to wirelessly communicate with a field device, the wireless gateway unit converting between an internal communication protocol used for the internal communication of the recorder and a protocol used for the wireless communication. The recorder may further include a control unit that processes data from the field device. The wireless gateway unit is configured to internally communicate with the control unit. The wireless gateway unit collects the data from the field device to transmit to the control unit. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160134269 | I/O MODULE - An input/output (I/O) module is configured to connect a controller and a field device. The I/O module includes a PWM (pulse width modulation) demodulator configured to demodulate a PWM signal that is input from the controller, a current source configured to output a current based on an output signal of the PWM demodulator to the field device, a resistance connected in line with the current source, and a feedback circuit configured to feed back an output current of the current source to the PWM demodulator via the controller. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132048 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A configuration system, for a process control system configured to perform process control, the configuration system includes, not limited to, a) an editor configured to perform one of generate and update one of a definition module and an application module, wherein a set of the definition module and the application module comprises control logic and design data for a part of an industrial plant. The editor includes, not limited to, a-1) a definition module generator configured to generate or update one of a definition module control logic and an application module control logic based on the definition module design data. The editor is implemented by one or more processors. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132047 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION SYSTEM - A configuration system for a process control system configured to perform process control. The configuration system includes, not limited to, a) a definition module, which is stored in a memory, for a part of an industrial plant based on design data. The definition module includes, not limited to, a-1) a control logic definition file configured to define a control logic for the part, and a-2) a data definition file configured to define data relating to the defined control logic. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132037 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURATION THEREOF - The invention comprises a configuration system for a process control system that is configured for performing process control. The configuration system comprises a repository including at least one memory and one or more definition modules stored in the memory. Each definition module may comprise control logic for controlling an associated component. The configuration system also comprises a repository controller. The repository controller may be configured to receive user input identifying one or more properties of a specific component within the industrial system. The repository controller may additionally enable selection of a definition module from within the repository, wherein the selected definition module comprises control logic for controlling an associated component having the identified one more component properties. The invention additionally provides a method for configuring a process control system for performing process control. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160128211 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base plate, and a plurality of modules detachably attached to the base plate. The modules comprise a terminal block module. The terminal block module has an openable and closable door at a pullout end portion-side. The door has an attribute information display part configured to display attribute information of a device to be connected to the terminal block module. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160127031 | FIELD WIRELESS RELAY DEVICE - It is to realize a field wireless relay device which can extend a life of a battery as compared to the prior art. A field wireless relay device configured to be driven by a battery and having a communication relay unit, the communication relay unit having a receiving and transmitting function of amplifying again and transmitting a received signal of wireless communication performed between a transmitting station and a receiving station through an antenna and a routing function of designating a communication path of the wireless communication, the field wireless relay device comprises an antenna control unit configured to control a connected antenna system, and an antenna control decision unit configured to decide a type of control to be performed by the antenna control unit on the basis of a signal intensity of the received signal to be relayed. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160111708 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - The surface profile of a coating material in a substrate width direction is optimized in coating a substrate with the coating material such as an electrode active material. A gap adjuster configured to adjust a gap between a nozzle for ejecting a coating material and a substrate to be coated with the coating material, a rotation speed adjuster configured to adjust a rotation speed of a pump for pressure-feeding the coating material to the nozzle, a model calculator configured to calculate a surface profile of the coating material based on an end region model and a central region model wherein the end region model models profiles of rising regions in the surface profile of the coating material in a width direction of the substrate and the central region model models a profile of a central region between the rising regions in the surface profile, a comparator configured to compare a predetermined set profile with the surface profile of the coating material calculated by the model calculator, and a control calculator configured to calculate a control amount of at least one of the gap adjuster and the rotation speed adjuster based on a comparison result of the comparator are included. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110304 | I/O MODULE, SETTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF BUILDING PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Provided is an I/O module including: a first interface including connectors each of which is connected to a field device; a second interface connected to a controller that controls the field device; a third interface connected to an external setting device that outputs a setting instruction; and a setting adjustor configured to set tag information, which identifies each of the connectors, to each of the connectors based on the setting instruction input from the setting device via the third interface. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160109313 | FIELD DEVICE - A field device includes a detected signal converter configured to convert a detected signal of a sensor into a predetermined voltage and then to output the voltage, an amplifier configured to amplify a output signal of the detected signal converter, and a switching power supply as an internal driving power supply of the field device. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160093074 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An energy management system is provided. The system includes an information collector which is configured to collect a first information in accordance with elapsing of time, including information on energy consumption of a subject of energy management or information on factors involved in a change of the energy consumption; and a display controller which is configured to collate a second information in which is included the first information, which is collected by the information collector, or specified energy performance for each second unit divided by one or a plurality of boundaries of an operating status which changes in accordance with the elapsing of time of the subject of energy management for each first unit which is divided by one or a plurality of physical or logical boundaries of the subject of energy management, based on the first information collected by the information collector to be the first unit and the second unit to cause the collated result to be displayed on a display. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092386 | CONNECTION EQUIPMENT AND A FIELD DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM - A connection equipment (IJB | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160087813 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND INTERFACE MODULE - An interface module according to one aspect of the invention includes an interface and a local communication device. The interface, which is connected to a field device, receives a first wireless signal from the field device. The local communication device wirelessly transmits the first signal to a wireless module by first local communications. The local communication device receives, from the wireless module by second local communications, a second signal destined for the field device that is wirelessly transmitted from an external device and wirelessly received by the wireless device. The interface device outputs the second signal to the field device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160079756 | PRODUCTION ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A production energy management system is provided, including a production and energy flow model definer configured to define a production and energy flow model wherein the production and energy flow model represents, by directed lines, a flow with regard to an input and output of a production-related material between apparatuses disposed in a plant and a flow with regard to an input and output of energy and associates index values of the production-related material and the energy with a kind of metered data measured in the plant, a data collector configured to collect the metered data from the plant, and an energy calculator configured to perform an energy calculation for each apparatus based on the collected metered data and the defined production and energy flow model. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160072489 | FIELD DEVICE - A field device includes a current output circuit, a sensor circuit, and a terminal portion. The current output circuit and the sensor circuit are connected a two-wire loop wiring via the terminal portion in a state that the current output circuit and the sensor circuit are connected in series with each other. A rectifying element is connected to only a sensor circuit side of the terminal portion. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160069755 | SENSOR, STRAIN SENSOR, AND PRESSURE SENSOR - A sensor includes a first structure that is attachable to a measurement specimen, a second structure that is made of material which is smaller in thermal expansion coefficient than the first structure, a bottom surface of the second structure being connected to the first structure, and a detector that is connected to an upper surface of the second structure, the detector being configured to detect a deformation of the second structure. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160065501 | DATA TRANSFERRING SYSTEM, DATA TRANSFERRING METHOD, CONTROLLER, CONTROLLING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data transferring system includes a switch and a controller. The switch transfers data from a transmission source to a transmission destination with reference to a table in which a first information and a second information are associated. The controller includes a setter configured to set a tentative table to the switch, the tentative table storing the second information for outputting data, which is matched with the condition represented by the first information, to the controller, an obtainer configured to obtain a route information representing a route between the transmission source and the transmission destination, and an updater configured to update the tentative table to a table in which an outputting destination of data, which is matched with the condition represented by the first information, is changed in accordance with the route information. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061908 | SECONDARY BATTERY CAPACITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND SECONDARY BATTERY CAPACITY MEASUREMENT METHOD - A secondary battery capacity measurement system includes a data convertor, an SOC computer, and a maximum capacity computer. The data convertor determines a partial derivative characteristic curve of a capacity-to-voltage derivative over voltage, the partial derivative characteristic curve indicating a characteristic of a capacity-to-voltage derivative, from a set of historical data of time-sequentially-measured values of voltage and current. The SOC computer computes a difference between the partial derivative characteristic curve and a reference derivative curve indicating a reference characteristic of the capacity-to-voltage derivative, and fits the partial derivative characteristic curve to the reference derivative curve by reducing the difference to estimate an SOC. The maximum capacity computer estimates a maximum value of capacity, from the partial derivative characteristic curve and the reference derivative curve. The reference derivative curve is given by a complex of first and second characteristic derivative curves respectively derived from positive and negative electrode materials. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061857 | RESONANT SENSOR - A resonant sensor includes a mover that is movable in a first direction, a supporter that extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the supporter being connected to the mover and a fixer, the supporter supporting the mover which is movable in the first direction, and a resonator that is vibratable, at least a part of the resonator being embedded in the supporter. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160042074 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPTIMIZING BLENDING RATIOS FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT - An optimization system includes a) one or more processors; b) a loop search engine configured to perform a loop search based on a random blending ratio of blending components for at least a product, and to generate a first optimized blending ratio; and c) a local search engine configured to perform a local search based on the first optimized blending ratio, and to generate a second optimized blending ratio. The loop search engine and the local search engine are implemented on the one or more processors. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160033783 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR GENERATING BEAM OF REFERENCE LIGHT AND METHOD FOR SPLITTING BEAM OF LIGHT TO GENERATE BEAM OF REFERENCE LIGHT - An optical system for generating at least one beam of reference light according to one aspect of the present invention includes an optical emitter configured to emit a first beam of light, and a beam splitter configured to split the first beam into a second beam of measuring light for irradiating a target to be measured and at least one third beam of reference light. The beam splitter is disposed to make an incident angle of the first beam into the beam splitter be less than 10 degrees. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160018272 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - An optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device includes: an optical fiber as a sensor; a light source for outputting, to the optical fiber, signal light which has been amplified by excitation light; a temperature distribution calculation unit for measuring a temperature distribution along the optical fiber by using backward Raman scattered light from the optical fiber; an ASE light intensity variation measurement unit for measuring an intensity variation of an ASE light generated at the light source; and a temperature distribution correction unit for correcting the temperature distribution based on a measurement result of the ASE light intensity variation measurement unit. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160018271 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - An optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device includes: an optical fiber as a sensor; a calculation control unit for measuring a temperature distribution along the optical fiber by using backward Raman scattered light from the optical fiber; a far-end-position dispersion characteristic calculation unit for obtaining a dispersion characteristic of the optical fiber at a far-end position thereof; a per-unit-length dispersion characteristic calculation unit for obtaining a per-unit-length dispersion characteristic of the optical fiber based on the dispersion characteristic of the optical fiber at the far-end position thereof; and a correction parameter calculation unit for calculating a correction parameter for correcting a dispersion characteristic of the optical fiber based on a dispersion characteristic at each of different positions along the optical fiber. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160005198 | A DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A TREND RELATED TO A PROCESS VARIABLE - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a device for displaying process trends related to a process variable of a process plant. The device has a display that has a number of pixels in the horizontal axis in a row in the vertical axis, a calculator that is used for dividing the plurality of data points by the number of pixels in the horizontal axis to get a first value. The display is further used for displaying the plurality of data points in a number of lines in a corresponding column of pixels, the number of lines is the half of the first value. This advantageously also allows the operator to comprehend the shape of the graph retaining the important information of the trend. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160003687 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - An optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device includes: an optical fiber as a sensor; a calculation control unit for measuring a temperature distribution along the optical fiber based on an intensity ratio between Stokes light and anti-Stokes light of backward Raman scattered light from the optical fiber; and a temperature correction unit for correcting the temperature distribution by using temperature dependence of a loss difference between the Stokes light and the anti-Stokes light. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160002894 | METHOD OF TAKING WATER AND WATER INTAKE SYSTEM - A method of taking water according to one aspect of the present invention includes determining a first position based on a temperature distribution in a predetermined measuring range under water, and adjusting a water intake position to make the water intake position identical to the first position. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20150379865 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is configured to check soundness of the electronic device on the basis of device specific information of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a module configured to automatically set and input at least one of the device specific information upon factory shipment of the electronic device and the device specific information upon mounting of the electronic device, into the electronic device. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150373756 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGING METHOD, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A management apparatus for managing a wireless network includes a storage storing unset communication links other than previously set communication links for a wireless communication via the wireless network among previously prepared communication links and a manager configured to divide each communication link stored in the storage into a plurality of communication links and to set the plurality of communication links in accordance with a setting request of communication links. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370776 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR GENERATING ELECTRONIC CHECKLISTS - The invention comprises a method, system and computer program for database implementation of electronic checklists. The invention implements using at least one processor, the steps of (i) displaying at a user interface, a first electronic checklist template within a template editor (ii) defining a modified electronic checklist template, wherein defining the modified electronic checklist template comprises modifying the first electronic checklist template based on inputs received at the template editor; and (iii) generating a database implemented electronic checklist template. The database implemented electronic checklist template may comprise a markup language encoding of the modified electronic checklist template and at least one system controlled column. Data input within data fields of the at least one system controlled column may be determined by one or more system information parameters, and one or more predefined rules of system behaviour associated with the at least one system controlled column. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150366091 | CONVERTER - A converter includes an amplifier case main body having an amplifier main body accommodated therein, and a safety cover attached to the amplifier case main body. The safety cover has a plurality of through-holes for as removal. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150362716 | CELL SUCTION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A cell suction support system includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a microscopic image of a group of cells in a cell container; an image processor that uses the microscopic image to calculate a characteristic amount of each cell, and detects a cell having a characteristic amount that satisfies a predetermined condition; a display that displays information concerning the group of cells so that the detected cell is distinguishable; and a movement controller that moves the cell container so that a designated specific cell is placed at a predetermined suction position, while moving a suction tip to the suction position. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150358203 | PROXIMITY BASED CROSS-SCREEN EXPERIENCE APP FRAMEWORK FOR USE BETWEEN AN INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CONSOLE SERVER AND SMART MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for a Graphic User Interface used as the human machine interface (HMI) for Industrial Automation (IA) systems. The system and method use a peer-to-peer session framework between a console with one or more physically connected displays within a control room environment and a companion device. One or more embodiments of the disclosure relate to control of a console, or first device, in a control room by means of a companion device, or second device, through a peer to peer session framework. The use of the second device may provide additional capabilities beyond the pre-purposed capability provided by a dedicated Operator keyboard of the console server. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355923 | CONFIGURING VIRTUAL MACHINES IN A CLOUD COMPUTING PLATFORM - There is provided a virtual machine control method that includes the ability to configure a virtual machine's behavior when certain conditions are met. The conditions may include configuring a virtual machine based on an amount of time of inactivity. The conditions may include configuring a virtual machine based on exceeding a cost for a given time frame. The control method removes the need to have a user manually monitor and shut down unused virtual machines. Accordingly, the virtual machine may be automatically commanded to shut down if it is inactive beyond a threshold amount of time. The control method may also provide a method of calculating the projected cost of running a virtual machine. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355787 | DYNAMICALLY EXECUTING MULTI-DEVICE COMMANDS ON A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL - A system and method for sending of data to a specified device without needing to preprogram a dedicated key of a human interface device. One embodiment provides for selection of a display where the display does not need to be programmed ahead of time. A user interface (UI) which allows the user to select the display is arranged in a similar configuration as the configuration of the physical display. In some embodiments, a method using another human interface device may be used. One embodiment may include the sending of data to a server, or first device, by means of a companion device, or second device. One embodiment provides for the sending of data to specific output devices for printing or manufacturing. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355631 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A field device management system include a plurality of field devices equipped in a plant, one or more host devices equipped at a place distant from the plant and configured to connect to the field devices via a first network, and a terminal apparatus configured to connect to the field devices via a second network and to connect to the host devices via a third network. The terminal apparatus includes a first communication interface module configured to perform field communication with the field devices via the second network, a second communication interface module configured to perform near field communication with the host devices via the third network, and a controller that, when updating data of any one of the field devices, performs communication with the host devices through the second communication interface module, and receives update permission information from the host device through the second communication interface module. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150346243 | CURRENT LOAD DETECTION DEVICE AND CURRENT LOAD DETECTION METHOD - A current load detection device is configured to detect a current load to a common power supply unit of a system in which a plurality of devices is connected to the common power supply unit. The current load detection device includes resistances provided for each of the plurality of devices and having resistance values corresponding to consumption current of each of the plurality of devices, a parallel connection unit configured to connect the resistances provided for the plurality of devices in parallel when the plurality of devices is connected to the power supply unit, and a measuring unit configured to measure a combined resistance value of the resistances connected in parallel by the parallel connection unit. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346083 | INSPECTION APPARATUS USING POLARIZED LIGHTS - An inspection apparatus using polarized lights according to one aspect of the present invention includes an irradiator configured to irradiate an inspection target with a first plurality of lights. The first plurality of lights have different polarization states and different wavelengths from each other. The inspection apparatus further includes a light receiver configured to perform a wavelength demultiplexing of a second plurality of lights obtained from the inspection target to generate a third plurality of lights, to separately receive the third plurality of lights, and to output at least one light-receiving signal associated with the second plurality of lights and a processor configured to calculate at least one of an ellipse azimuth, a degree of polarization, and a polarization component intensity using the light-receiving signal and to determine whether the inspection target is defective or non-defective. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150344829 | CELL CULTURE BAG AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CELL CULTURE BAG - A cell culture bag is provided. The cell culture bag includes: an external film of the cell culture bag; at least one sensor chip arranged on a culture fluid side of the external film, the at least one sensor chip including a layer reacting to an object to be detected; and a permeable film that covers a culture fluid side of the sensor chip, the permeable film permeating the object to be detected. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150341018 | CURRENT-TO-VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SELF-OSCILLATION CIRCUIT - A current-to-voltage conversion circuit according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first resistor, a first current source, a first capacitor, a first output terminal, a first voltage source, a first transistor, and a second resistor. The first resistor includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first resistor is connectable to an electrode included in a sensor and the second end of the first resistor is connected to a first electrical potential. The first capacitor includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the first capacitor is connected to the first end of the first resistor and the second end of the first capacitor is connected to the first current source. The first transistor includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal is connected to the second end of the first capacitor, the second terminal is connected to the first output terminal, and the control terminal is connected to the first voltage source. The second resistor includes a first end connected to the second terminal and a second end connected to a second electrical potential. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150339635 | INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information display method includes a step of inputting, by an input, a work information for identifying a maintenance work to be conducted in a plant, and a step of displaying, by a display, a set of device-state-related information generated by at least a field device associated with the maintenance work identified by the work information. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150330844 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASURING DEVICE - An optical fiber temperature distribution measuring device measures a temperature distribution along an optical fiber by using backward Raman scattering light generated in the optical fiber. The device includes an arithmetic controller that changes a plurality of calibration parameters in conjunction with each other on the basis of a measured temperature value and a reference temperature value at a to-be-measured point, thereby converging a calibrated value of the measured temperature to a true value. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150329817 | CELL CULTURE CONTROL SYSTEM, CELL CULTURE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A cell culture control system includes a controller configured to control parameters of a culture fluid which exists in a processor in accordance with a control value which is preliminarily set, a generator configured to generate time-series data by using a concentration value of the metabolic substances in the culture fluid, the concentration value of the metabolic substances being detected by a sensor, an extractor configured to extract a characteristic point of the time-series data generated by the generator, and a control value setter configured to change the control value in accordance with the characteristic point extracted by the extractor. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150304193 | CONTROLLER, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD - A controller for using a first data item transmitted via a network to generate a second data item for controlling an entity to be controlled over the network, wherein the controller is characterized in being provided with: an adjustment unit for adjusting, with respect to the maximum delay time permissible on the network, the time by which generation of the second data item is started using the first data item after the first data item has been received; and a delay compensation unit, designed using a model of the entity to be controlled and the maximum delay time permissible on the network, for compensating for the delay of the first and second data items that can be generated using the network. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150295895 | ENGINEERING METHOD AND ESTABLISHING SYSTEM - An engineering method for establishing an engineering system includes establishing the engineering system in a virtual system by performing a communication and permitting an access to the virtual system via an internet, the communication being performed by using a service which is provided via the internet, the service being used by a first communication system which is connected to the internet, the virtual system being disposed in the first communication system, and the virtual system virtually implementing the engineering system, and inspecting the engineering system by performing an access to an inspection system via a virtual private network, the access is performed by a second communication system which is connected to the virtual private network, the inspection system being disposed in the second communication system, and the inspection system inspecting operations of the engineering system which is established in the virtual system. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150285680 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL NOISE MANAGEMENT IN OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY - Aspects of the disclosure include suppression of optical interference fringes in optical spectra via a modification to the refractive index of media that forms or is contained in one or more components of equipment utilized for optical spectroscopy. Such a modification can yield changes in the optical path of light propagating through at least one of the media, with the ensuing changes in the spectral structure of interference between light propagating through different optical paths. In certain embodiments, the refractive index of the media that forms or is contained in one or more components can be modified via application of a time-dependent stimulus to at least one of the one or more components. The applied stimulus can include pressure, mechanical strain or stress, temperature, a combination thereof, or the like. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150285272 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PASSIVE PRESSURE MODULATION - Aspects of the disclosure include pressure modulation of a fluid contained in a compartment and/or controlled release of an amount of such a fluid. In one aspect, an apparatus having a magnetic locking mechanism can passively control the cyclical injection and release of fluid from the apparatus, whereby pressure of the fluid in the compartment can switch between first and second pressures. | 10-08-2015 |
| 20150278233 | DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A data storage management apparatus in an industrial plant is configured to communicate with a first data storage location which is configured to be a primary data storage location. The apparatus is further configured to communicate with a storage parameter configuration database, and a storage data configuration database. The apparatus is configured to determine if a utilization parameter in the primary data storage location is the same as or greater than a utilization limit. When the utilization parameter is determined to be the same as or greater than the utilization limit, the apparatus is configured to identify from the primary data storage location stored data having a storage duration which is the same as or greater than a retrieved data retention policy. The identified stored data is deleted. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150277411 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND PROCESS CONTROL METHOD - A process control system includes an I/O module configured to be connected to a field device which is installed in a plant in which an industrial process is controlled, the I/O module autonomously transmitting data received from the field device, and a higher-level device that comprises a memory which temporarily stores the data autonomously transmitted from the I/O module, the higher-level device reading the data stored in the memory at a predetermined period. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150261400 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PROCESS FLOW STRUCTURE - The invention relates to apparatuses, methods and programs for identification and presentation of suggested process flow structures on a display device, as selectable options for addition to a partially generated process flow structure. The system of the invention comprises a graphical environment controller, a comparison engine, and optionally any one or more of a display controller, a structure-record convertor, a record-structure convertor, a repository, and a display device. The invention receives a first user input identifying a node within a first process flow structure. A second process flow structure is retrieved from among previously stored process flow structures, based on identifying a predefined degree of similarity between the first process flow structure and the second process flow structure. Thereafter, a selectable process flow structure is displayed for addition to the first process flow structure, which selectable process flow structure comprising a subset of the second process flow structure. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150260646 | LASER GAS ANALYZER - A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150260554 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER - An electromagnetic flow meter includes a measurement tube having a flange part, the flange part being configured to be coupled to a piping-side flange by a bolt fastening, a lining material configured to cover an inside of the measurement tube and an inner periphery area having a predetermined diameter of a coupling-side surface of the flange part, and an earth ring configured to be placed between the flange part and the piping-side flange. The earth ring has a ring plate part and a wall part formed along an outer periphery of the ring plate part. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150260552 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a first controller configured to output a control signal and a second controller configured to perform a first control and then to perform a second control based on the control signal output from the first controller. The control signal designates both an input signal and a calibration signal to be converted into a digital input signal and a digital calibration signal, respectively. The input signal is input from an outside of the measurement device. The calibration signal is previously prepared. The first control is for selecting the input signal and converting the selected input signal into the digital input signal. The second control is for selecting the calibration signal and converting the selected calibration signal into the digital calibration signal and for calculating a measured value using the digital input signal converted by the first control and another digital calibration signal converted by a control performed before the first control. | 09-17-2015 |
| 20150247748 | MULTIPHASE FLOWMETER - A multiphase flowmeter includes a first flow quantity measurer configured to transmit and receive a first measurement signal, the first flow quantity measurer being disposed on an outside wall of a vertical pipe line, a second flow quantity measurer configured to transmit and receive a second measurement signal, the second flow quantity measurer being disposed on an outside wall of a horizontal pipe line which is connected to the vertical pipeline, and a flow quantity parameter calculator configured to receive the first measurement signal from the first flow quantity measurer and the second measurement signal from the second flow quantity measurer, the flow quantity parameter calculating a flow quantity parameter in accordance with the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal. | 09-03-2015 |
| 20150241871 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement system according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of measurement devices configured to perform measurements at a plurality of sites in a measurement target, respectively, and a measurement management apparatus configured to acquire measured data measured by each of the measurement devices via a communication network. Times timed by the measurement devices are correlated with each other. Each of the measurement devices is configured to transmit the measured data measured based on the correlated time to measurement management apparatus. The measurement management apparatus includes a measured data acquirer configured to acquire the measured data from each of the measurement devices. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150241255 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER, MISWIRING DETECTION APPARATUS AND MISWIRING DETECTION METHOD - An electromagnetic flow meter includes a converter including an excitation unit configured to generate and output an excitation signal and a flow rate signal receiving unit configured receive a flow rate signal, a flowtube including a coil connected to the excitation unit through an excitation cable and an electrode connected to the flow rate signal receiving unit through a signal cable, and a miswiring detection unit configured to enable the excitation unit to output an excitation signal of a first frequency and to calculate a first index value relating to the first frequency and a second index value relating to a second frequency from a flow rate signal acquired when the excitation signal of the first frequency is output. The miswiring detection unit determines that a miswiring occurs when the first index value is not large enough to satisfy a predetermined criterion than the second index value. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150236903 | INFORMATION SETTING DEVICE, INFORMATION SETTING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information setting device includes a first communicator configured to communicate with a wireless device without using a wireless network, a second communicator configured to communicate via the wireless network, a setter configured to set a first information to the wireless device by controlling the first communicator, the first information being necessary for making the wireless device join the wireless network which is managed by a manager, and a transmitter configured to transmit the first information which is set by the setter to the manager by controlling the second communicator. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150234381 | FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING METHOD - A field device commissioning system, may include, but is not limited to, a commissioning tool. The commissioning tool is configured to communicate with a plurality of field devices and a repository. The commissioning tool is configured to: provide a user interface with at least one template of a plurality of templates in the repository for selection; determine, using at least one parameter in at least one of a control system loop information file and a field device information file in the repository, check functions for at least one of the plurality of field devices; provide the user interface with information which identifies at least one of the plurality of field devices for selection; and generate, using a selected template, tasks associated with the determined check functions for the selected at least one field device. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150234178 | CONFOCAL OPTICAL SCANNER - A confocal optical scanner according to one aspect of the present invention includes an optical filter. The optical filter includes a plate-shaped body including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first surface has a plurality of pinholes. The optical filter further includes a plurality of first microlenses on the second surface. The first microlenses are disposed nearly coaxially with the pinholes, respectively. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150233791 | FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING METHOD - A field device commissioning system, may include, a commissioning tool configured to communicate with a field device and a repository. The commissioning tool is configured to: determine, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the field device is configured as an input or output device; determine, from a protocol device registration file in the repository, if the field device is a pressure transmitter; determine, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the field device is configured in the control system to measure flow; determine, from the control system loop information file, a linearization type in the control system associated to the field device; retrieve a linearization type of the field device from the field device; and determine, using the retrieved linearization type of the field device and the determined linearization type in the control system associated to the field device, a linearization check result. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150233790 | FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING METHOD - A field device commissioning system includes a commissioning tool, which is configured to communicate with a field device and a repository. The commissioning tool is configured to retrieve at least one property from a field device. The commissioning tool is configured to determine, from a registration file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is in the registration file. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be in the registration file, perform a first test. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be not in the registration file, determine, from a control system loop information file in the repository, if the retrieved at least one property is for a predetermined field device. When the retrieved at least one property is determined to be for the predetermined device, perform a second test different from the first test. When the retrieved property is determined to be not for the predetermined device, perform a third test different from the first and second tests. | 08-20-2015 |
| 20150223362 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base plate, a plurality of modules detachably fitted and connected to the base plate, a plurality of mounting members configured to detachably mount the base plate to a DIN rail, and an operation lever provided on the base plate and configured to be engaged with the mounting members and to be operable from a front surface of the base plate. When the operation lever is operated, an engaged state between the mounting members and the DIN rail is released. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150222674 | DEVICE SETTING APPARATUS, STORAGE STORING DEVICE SETTING PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR SHARING INFORMATION AMONG A PLURALITY OF DEVICE SETTING APPARATUSES - A device setting apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data transmission processor configured to automatically and collectively acquire information used in at least one another device setting apparatus as other-device information from an external storage and an other-device information storage storing the other-device information. The external storage is communicatively connectable to the device setting apparatus via a network. | 08-06-2015 |
| 20150214656 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a plug-in module including a printed substrate on which an electronic circuit is mounted, and a baseplate to which the plug-in module is detachably connected, wherein a system side and a field side are connected with each other, and a predetermined option function is included in the plug-in module. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150212975 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY EVALUATION SUPPORT DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY EVALUATION - An energy efficiency evaluation support device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a data collector configured to collect actual values of an energy consumption index to be evaluated and actual values of at least one relevant variable and an evaluation display image generator configured to generate a display image for evaluating energy efficiency. The display image includes one axis for the actual values of the energy consumption index and the other axis for model calculated values of the energy consumption index. The model calculated values are calculated from the actual values of the at least one relevant variable using a model representing a correlation between the energy consumption index and the at least one relevant variable. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150212506 | CONTROLLER, MANAGER, PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A controller includes a calculator configured to receive process data necessary for controlling a plant and vital data indicating a state of a plant worker, the process data being received from a field device, the vital data being received from the plant worker, the calculator calculating first index data and second index data, the first index data indicating a gap between a current one of the process data and a previous one of the process data which is received when the plant is in a normal state, the second index data indicating a gap between a current one of the vital data and a previous one of the vital data which is received when the plant is in the normal state, and a determiner configured to determine health of the plant by using the first index data and the second index data which are calculated by the calculator. | 07-30-2015 |
| 20150205280 | PROCESS CONTROLLER AND UPDATING METHOD THEREOF - A process controller includes a first virtualizer to run in a first process controller and a first operating system to run on the first virtualizer, the first operating system transiting from a first state to a second state when control of an industrial process is started. The first operating system transits from the second state to the first state when control of the industrial process for one period ends, the first state being waiting for starting the control of the industrial process, and the second state being when the industrial process is performed. An application runs on the first operating system and performs control of the industrial process at a constant period. A saving unit saves information representing an inner state of the application when the first operating system is in the first state, the information restoring the application in a second process controller different from the first process controller. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150205269 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING CONTROLLED VARIABLE OF MULTIVARIABLE PREDICTIVE CONTROLLER IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method and system for monitoring a controlled variable of a multi variable predictive controller in an industrial plant. The method comprises receiving predetermined tuning parameters and at least one gain value for the controlled variable from the data source. The method further comprises determining relationship indicator values by a processing unit based on predetermined functions. The inputs to the predetermined functions are the received predetermined tuning parameters and the at least one gain value. The relationship indicator values provide information about the relation between the controlled variable and the related process variables affecting the controlled variable. The controlled variable, related process variables affecting the controlled variable and the determined relationship indicator values are displayed on the GUI using which the operator monitors the controlled variable. | 07-23-2015 |
| 20150199245 | INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE SAME - An instrumentation system according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of field devices, in which each of the field devices is configured to perform at least one of measuring and operation of a target, a connection device including a plurality of slots, in which I/O modules are respectively attachable to the slots and the field devices are connectable to the I/O module, and a host control device configured to individually set the I/O modules attached to the slots to have a redundant configuration or a non-redundant configuration and to operate a first I/O module having the non-redundant configuration, among the I/O modules attached to the slots, in a pseudo redundant configuration. | 07-16-2015 |
| 20150195267 | PACKET FORWARDING DEVICE, PACKET FORWARDING SYSTEM, AND PACKET FORWARDING METHOD - A packet forwarding device includes: an evaluation unit configured to judge whether or not authentication information is stored in a header, the authentication information being for authenticating communication quality control information stored in the header of a packet transmitted via a network, and evaluate whether or not the authentication information is proper, the evaluation being made when the authentication information is stored in the header; and a forwarding unit that configured to control a communication quality using the communication quality control information, and forward the packet toward a transmission destination, the control being made when the authentication information is evaluated by the evaluation unit to be proper. | 07-09-2015 |
| 20150185144 | LASER GAS ANALYZER - A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150184772 | VALVE REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS - It is to realize a valve remote control apparatus capable of driving and controlling, with wireless signals, an air motor configuring an automatic switch to be attached to a manual valve. | 07-02-2015 |
| 20150181647 | GATEWAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A gateway device includes: a receiving unit configured to receive a response of a field device with respect to a request from a management apparatus managing the field device; a conversion unit configured to reference type information included in the response received by the receiving unit, the type information indicating a type of data format, and convert data included in the response to a data format suitable for processing by the management apparatus, the conversion being made in accordance with the type information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the management apparatus the data converted by the conversion unit. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150177503 | MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - A microscope apparatus includes a light source configured to emit a coherent illuminating light, an optical system configured to irradiate a specimen with the illumination light, and a detector configured to form an image based on a light generated from the specimen by the illumination light that irradiates the specimen. The optical system is configured to project a plurality of focal points of the illumination light on the specimen, and allow the plurality of focal points to interfere with each other while changing phases of the plurality of focal points. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150160816 | FIELD DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A field device management apparatus is communicably connected to one or more field devices. The field device management apparatus includes a communication module configured to obtain, from a field device connected to the field device management apparatus, fundamental information serving as inherent information, and one or more parameters determining operation contents, a device information storage module configured to determine device identification information based on the fundamental information, and to store, in association with the device identification information, device information including the fundamental information, the parameters, and one or more comments optionally input concerning the field devices, and a user interface module configured to generate a device information display screen that displays a list of the device information corresponding to each of the field devices which are being connected to the field device management apparatus, and that receives an edit of the device information. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150160630 | PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, MANAGER, AND PLANT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A plant control system includes a controller configured to control a plant by using process data, the controller transmitting the process data to a field device and receiving the process data from the field device, the controller obtaining field information indicating a state of the field device from the field device, the field device being installed in the plant, and the field device performing at least one of a measurement and a manipulation which are necessary for the control of the plant, and a manager configured to manage a state of the plant by collecting the field information from the field device, wherein at least one of the controller and the manager creates information indicating a normality of the plant by using the field information. | 06-11-2015 |
| 20150149662 | I/O MODULE AND PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - An I/O module according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a receiver electrically connectable to a field device and configured to receive first information autonomously transmitted from the field device, a storage storing the first information received by the receiver, and a comparator configured to compare the first information stored in the storage and second information newly received by the receiver and to rewrite the first information stored in the storage with the second information newly received by the receiver when the first information stored in the storage is different from the second information newly received by the receiver. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150145509 | CONDUCTIVE FOREIGN MATERIAL DETECTING APPARATUS - A conductive foreign material detecting apparatus includes an exciting coil configured to apply an AC magnetic field to a base substance through which the AC magnetic field passes, a magnetic sensor configured to detect a change of the AC magnetic field caused by a conductive foreign material on a surface of the base substance or in the base substance, a noise reduction coil configured to reduce a noise of substantially the same frequency as the AC magnetic field other than the change of the AC magnetic field by generating predetermined magnetic field to the AC magnetic field, and a current controller configured to control a drive current and a phase of the noise reduction coil so as to make the noise of substantially the same frequency as the AC magnetic field other than the change of the AC magnetic field be minimal. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150139494 | SLOW CHANGE DETECTION SYSTEM - A slow change detection system includes: an image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a photographed image including consecutive images of a monitored object; a reference image acquisition unit adapted to acquire a reference image corresponding to the photographed image of the monitored object; a reference image area extraction unit adapted to extract, from the reference image, a reference image area that is an area corresponding to a photographed area of the photographed image; a change detection unit adapted to acquire a change area that is an area of the photographed image which is different from the reference image area and acquire a slow change area by excluding, from the acquired change area, a sudden change area derived from a history of the change area; and a display control unit adapted to superimpose and display information indicating the slow change area on the photographed image. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150120972 | I/O MODULE - An I/O module includes a base plate, a plurality of universal-circuits, and an option-module. The base plate includes a plurality of connection terminals. A plurality of field devices is electrically connectable to the connection terminals. The universal-circuits correspond to the connection terminals. The universal-circuits are provided on the base plate, and configured to perform an input of analog signals from the field device, an output of analog signals to the field device, an input of discrete signals from the field device, and an output of discrete signals to the field device. The option-module is detachably provided in the base plate. The option-module is provided between a first connection terminal of the connection terminals and a first universal-circuit of the universal-circuits. The option-module includes a first circuit configured to performing transmitting and receiving of signals between the first connection terminal and the first universal-circuit. The first connection terminal corresponds to the first universal-circuit. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150120004 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus includes an interface module and a signal processing module. The interface module includes an identification resistance for identifying the interface module, the interface module being connectable to a device configured to perform at least one of measuring of a measuring target and operating of an operation target. The signal processing module includes a first connection terminal connected to one end of the identification resistance, a first power source connected to the identification resistance via the first connection terminal, a detector configured to detect any one of voltage and electrical current at the first connection terminal, and a signal processor configured to process signals received from and transmitted to the device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150115875 | CHARGING CIRCUIT - A charging circuit for charging a rechargeable battery, the charging circuit includes: a switching element connected to a power supply; a pulse width controller configured to control open and close of the switching element; and a MOSFET arranged between the switching element and the rechargeable battery. The charging circuit may further include a thermistor connected between a gate and a source of the MOSFET. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150113423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONFIGURE A FIELD DEVICE - The present invention relates to a primary apparatus to configure a field device in use with a secondary apparatus. An application on the primary apparatus accesses a web application on the secondary apparatus. When a driver validator determines that a relevant driver for the field device is not on installed on the primary apparatus, the relevant driver is received from the secondary apparatus for the configuration. A corresponding system, software and method are also disclosed. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150112639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS ON A CONVENTIONAL CONTROL VALVE - The method comprises obtaining data samples, each data sample comprising a process variable and a controller output for adjusting the process variable to reach a set-point variable; and determining if there is valve jump or stiction by calculating a jump index or a static band index; wherein calculating the jump index comprises calculating a mean of a first set of angles, each angle from the first set of angles being computed from a ratio of: a difference between a peak process variable and its preceding process variable, and, a difference between a controller output corresponding to the peak process variable and its preceding controller output; and wherein calculating the static band index comprises calculating a mean of a second set of angles, each angle of the second set of angles being computed from a difference between a controller output corresponding to a flat process variable and its preceding controller output. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150100534 | STATE DIAGNOSING METHOD AND STATE DIAGNOSING APPARATUS - A state diagnosing method diagnoses a state of an operation of the diagnosis target based on waveform data. A waveform representing values of time-series data, the time axis of which is configured to set a start time of an operation of the diagnosis target or a changing time of an operation of the diagnosis target as an origin, is obtained as a target waveform. A similarity between a reference waveform representing a normal state or an abnormal state of the diagnosis target and the target waveform is calculated. A state of the diagnosis target is determined based on the similarity. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150097421 | ISOLATED SIGNAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An isolated signal transmission apparatus isolatingly transmits, from a control-side apparatus to a control target apparatus, an electric signal obtained by superimposing a communication signal on a direct-current signal. The apparatus includes a lower limiter circuit configured to output, to the control target apparatus, a direct-current signal, whose value is a predetermined lower limit value, if a value of the direct-current signal from the control-side apparatus is less than the predetermined lower limit value. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150095386 | FIELD DEVICE - A field device includes a first program area storing a first program, a second program area storing a second program designed such that if a program execution portion executes each of the first and second programs using the same data, a result of a calculation performed according to the second program is the same as a result of a calculation performed according to the first program, a first calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the first program, and a second calculation result storage buffer storing a result of the calculation performed by the program execution portion according to the second program, and a calculation result comparator comparing the calculation result stored in the first calculation result storage buffer with the calculation result stored in the second calculation result storage buffer. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150090885 | MATERIAL PROPERTY MEASURING APPARATUS - A material property measuring apparatus includes a radiation source irradiator configured to irradiate a measurement target material with radiation beams having n different wavelengths, a detector configured to detect intensities of radiation beams having the respective wavelengths after the irradiation of the measurement target material, and a processing unit configured to correct the detected intensity of the radiation beam having at least a part of the respective wavelengths using a correction coefficient in which rows and columns are respectively represented by a matrix of an order of n or less, and to calculate an index value indicating a property of the measurement target material on the basis of relative intensities of the radiation beams having the respective wavelengths after the correction. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150089508 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device communicating in conformance with a prescribed communication standard includes a storage storing at least a first virtual program that includes a program implementing a first function of the communication device and a second virtual program that includes a program implementing a second function of the communication device, an executer configured to successively execute the first and second virtual programs, and a switching controller configured to read at least a part of either one of the first and second virtual programs from the storage, to store the part of either one of the first and second virtual programs into a memory of the executer, to execute the part of either one of the first and second virtual programs in the executer, after completion of the processing of the one virtual program, to delete at least a part of the one virtual program from the memory in accordance with free area in the memory, to read at least a part of the other virtual program of the first and second virtual programs from the storage, to store the part of the other virtual program into the memory of the executer, and to execute the part of the other virtual program in the executer, thereby, to switch the first and second virtual programs to be executed in the executer. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150068311 | ULTRASONIC PIPE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An ultrasonic pipe measurement apparatus includes: a plurality of ultrasonic transceivers discretely disposed on a pipe wall of a pipe; and a control unit configured to control the plurality of ultrasonic transceivers and detect a generation point of damage caused in the pipe based on an ultrasonic signal exchanged between the ultrasonic transceivers. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150058778 | OPERATION HISTORY DISPLAY APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An operation history apparatus includes an operation history data storage configured to store an operation history data, an operation receiving module configured to receive an operation from a user, and a history tabulation module configured to perform tabulation on the operation history data using a tabulation item, display a graph representing a result of the tabulation, and display, when receiving a designation of a value representing part of the graph via the operation receiving module, operation history data corresponding to the value representing part in a list form. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058270 | OPERATION PLAN DECISION METHOD AND OPERATION PLAN DECISION SYSTEM - An operation plan decision method includes deriving an feasible solution by using a constraint violation minimization model, updating candidates for an optimum solution and adding the updated candidates to a candidate list by taking the derived feasible solution, as an initial value of a candidate for the optimum solution, and by using a time cross-section division model that is obtained by dividing an optimization model for each time cross-section, and selecting the optimum solution from the candidate list to which the updated candidates are added. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150057977 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL MEASURING METHOD - An optical measuring apparatus includes a measuring device configured to measure, by a shot unit, data in a predetermined wavelength range, a controller configured to analyze the measured data, a storage storing the measured data of a plurality of shots and the analysis results of the measured data, and a display configured to display the analysis results and waveform data based on the measured data on a single display screen. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150056582 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED OPERATOR TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SYSTEM - A computer-implemented training system includes a) a plant replica server; b) a virtual environment reproducer; and c) a motion sensing system. The plant replica server has a plant replica associated with a simulated plant model. The virtual environment reproducer is configured to reproduce a virtual environment of the simulated plant model, based on the plant replica. The motion sensing system is configured to sense motions of a field operator in the virtual environment. The motion sensing system is configured to send an update associated with the sensed motions to the plant replica server. The plant replica server is configured to receive the update from the motion sensing system, and to update the plant replica based on the first type of update associated with the sensed motions, and to reflect the first type of update to the virtual environment reproduced by the virtual environment reproducer. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150055637 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A management apparatus, which manages a wireless network constituted by a plurality of wireless communication devices each capable of performing a wireless communication using TDMA system, is characterized by comprising an extended link management unit that manages an extended link obtained by setting, to a link for which a channel and time slots to be used for wireless communications using the TDMA system are specified and for which a communication direction is determined, attribute information that characterizes the wireless communications performed by the wireless communication devices by use of the link. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150054000 | METHOD FOR TREATING SURFACE OF DIAMOND THIN FILM, METHOD FOR FORMING TRANSISTOR, AND SENSOR DEVICE - A method for treating a surface of a diamond thin film according to one aspect of the present invention performs one of a first substitution process for substituting part of hydrogen-terminals of a diamond thin film with fluorine-terminals in the absence of a fluorocarbon deposition on the surface of diamond thin film and a second substitution process for substituting part of hydrogen-terminals of a diamond thin film with fluorine-terminals in the presence of the fluorocarbon deposition on the surface of diamond thin film based on required surface properties of the diamond thin film. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150049696 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - This communication device that can, for each timeslot, switch the communication partner for performing wireless communication, is characterized by being provided with: a plurality of antennas including at least one directional antenna; at least one communication circuit that transmits/receives a signal with the communication partner using the antennas; and a control unit that allocates the communication circuit and the antennas used in wireless communication on a timeslot-by-timeslot basis. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150047434 | RESONANT PRESSURE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A resonant pressure sensor includes a first substrate including a diaphragm and at least one projection disposed on the diaphragm, and at least one resonator disposed in the first substrate, at least a part of the resonator being included in the projection, and the resonator being disposed between a top of the projection and an intermediate level of the first substrate. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150042208 | RESONANT TRANSDUCER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE FOR RESONANT TRANSDUCER - A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole over the resonator, a second layer disposed over the first layer, the second layer covering a gap being positioned above the through-hole and being communicated with the through-hole, and a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and the third layer sealing the gap. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150032229 | PROCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING NORMALITY THEREOF - A process control apparatus includes a hypervisor, a controller configured to run on the hypervisor and to communicate with a field apparatus to control an industrial process, an operation model definer configured to define an operation model, which is information establishing operation specifications derived from specifications of the controller, a trace information collector configured to collect traces of interactive motions between hardware and the controller, and a normality determiner configured to compare the operation model defined by the operation model definer with the information collected by the trace information collector and to determine the normality of the operation of the process control apparatus. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150028434 | RESONANT TRANSDUCER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE FOR RESONANT TRANSDUCER - A resonant transducer includes a silicon single crystal substrate, a silicon single crystal resonator disposed over the silicon single crystal substrate, a shell made of silicon, surrounding the resonator with a gap, and forming a chamber together with the silicon single crystal substrate, an exciting module configured to excite the resonator, a vibration detecting module configured to detect vibration of the resonator, a first layer disposed over the chamber, the first layer having a through-hole, a second layer disposed over the first layer, a third layer covering the first layer and the second layer, and a projection extending from the second layer toward the resonator, the projection being spatially separated from the resonator, the projection being separated from the first layer by a first gap, the second layer being separated from the first layer by a second gap, the first gap is communicated with the second gap. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150026425 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATING SYSTEM AND ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a memory protection unit configured to protect an access to a register of a device arranged in an address space. An operating system sets an access right to the register by using the memory protection unit. A process requests the operating system to operate the device when the process operates the device, and the operating system makes an access to the corresponding register in accordance with the request for the operation to operate the device. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150024797 | FIELD DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FIELD DEVICE - A communication system includes a plurality of field devices connected to a field network, and a controller configured to communicate with the field devices via the field network to control the field devices. The field device is configured to communicate with the controller via the field network, and to perform a predetermined processing using information obtained by a communication between the field devices via a local network. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150019154 | FIELD DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A field device includes one or more processors configured to perform a first processing with reference to safety-critical data and a second processing with reference to safety-uncritical data which is less critical than the safety-critical data, wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a first request for storing the safety-critical data in the second processing, store the safety-critical data into a storage unit in the first processing in accordance with the first request, and store the safety-uncritical data into the storage unit in the second processing. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150018996 | DEVICE SETTING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING DEVICE SETTING PROGRAM, INFORMATION TRANSFER SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION TRANSFER METHOD - A device setting apparatus is configured to communicate with a field device, and to acquire information from the field device and to set information with respect to the field device. The device setting apparatus includes a generator configured to generate an information code using at least one of acquired information acquired from the field device, work history information indicating a work history for the field device, reference destination information stored in reference destination information table and indicating a reference destination for support information supporting a work of field device, and license information (a two-dimensional code generator, a sound code generator). | 01-15-2015 |
| 20140379134 | PROCESS CONTROL APPARATUS AND SYSTEM AND UPDATING METHOD THEREFOR - A process control apparatus includes a virtualization unit configured to operate in hardware, first and second operating systems configured to run in the virtualization unit, an application configured to run in the first operating system, and configured to control an industrial process by communicating with field devices, a recording unit configured to record a first information required for restoration of the application and a second information passed between the first operating system and the application, and a restoration unit configured to use a history of the second information to set the second operating system to the same state as the internal state of the first operating system, and configured to use the first information to restore the application running in the first operating system into the second operating system. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140368541 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information display apparatus includes an image pick-up unit configured to picking up an image, a display unit configured to display the image picked up by the image pick-up unit, a first correcting unit configured to correct the image picked up by the image pick-up unit to generate a first image, a second correcting unit configured to correct the image picked up by the image pick-up unit to generate a second image, a recognizing unit configured to recognize the second image generated by the second correcting unit, and a display control unit configured to display an additional information according to a result of the recognition performed by the recognizing unit with superimposing the additional information on the first image generated by the first correcting unit on the display unit. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140368291 | INSULATION CIRCUIT AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT - Disclosed is an insulation circuit comprising: a first pattern formed on a first layer of a substrate, that receives high-frequency signals; a second pattern formed on this first layer next to the first pattern and that outputs the high-frequency signals received by the first pattern; a third pattern formed on a second layer different from the first layer of the substrate and connected with a signal ground, in such a way that the first and second patterns respectively overlap in plan view; and a fourth pattern formed on the second layer next to the third pattern and connected with a frame ground, in such a way that the first and second patterns respectively overlap in plan view. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140366642 | ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER - An ultrasonic flowmeter includes a plurality of ultrasonic wave elements attached to an outer wall of a pipeline through which a measurement target fluid flows, and configured to transmit and receive an ultrasonic signal, wherein at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave transmission element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave transmission surface thereof is in parallel to a pipe axis direction of the pipeline, and another at least one of the ultrasonic wave elements is an ultrasonic wave reception element and is attached to the outer wall of the pipeline so that an ultrasonic wave reception surface thereof is in parallel to the pipe axis direction of the pipeline. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140351591 | INFORMATION SETTING METHOD AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An information setting method for a setting device includes the following processes. A first certificate and identification information are obtained from a wireless device to be caused to join a wireless network managed by a management device. The first certificate certifies that the wireless device is a formal wireless device and includes a first public key. The identification information is information that identifies the wireless device. A second certificate is obtained from the management device. The second certificate certifies that the management device is a formal management device and includes a second public key. Apparatus information required for the wireless device to join the wireless network is encoded using the first public key and is output to the wireless device. Management information including the apparatus information and the identification information associated with the apparatus information is encoded using the second public key and is output to the management device. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140319538 | FORCE DETECTION DEVICE, AND FORCE TRANSDUCER DEVICE - A force detection device includes a diamond piezoresistor including a highly orientated diamond into which boron is introduced as an impurity. The absolute value of the piezoresistance coefficient of the diamond piezoresistor is greater than the absolute value of a piezoresistance coefficient π11 or π12 in a case in which a major axis is in the <100> direction. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140317040 | EVENT ANALYZER AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An event analyzer includes an event log collection module configured to collect an event log, an event log storage module configured to convert the event log into an event matrix and to store the event matrix, an event occurrence-order determination module configured to determine occurrence-order of device events based on the event matrix, a Bayesian network generation module configured to specify device events serving as parent node candidates, to calculate evaluation values corresponding to each specified parent node candidate at a virtual device event obtained by shifting the device event serving as a processing object each unit time, and to select an device event serving as a parent node together with a shift amount, and an analysis module configured to output an device event estimated as a cause of an device event to be analyzed, or an device event estimated to occur later based on the shift amount. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140311923 | PH SENSOR, PH MEASUREMENT METHOD, ION SENSOR, AND ION CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT METHOD - A pH sensor may include a reference electrode including a p-channel field effect transistor (FET) whose gate includes a diamond surface having a hydrogen ion insensitive terminal, and a working electrode. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140310228 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING PLANT MODEL - A plant model management device according to one embodiment includes a generation unit and a combining unit. The generation unit receives a first set of prior probability distributions of a first set of automatic operation parameters. The first set of automatic operation parameters define a condition required for modeling a plant model that is a model based on data concerning a plant. The generation unit generates a first set of posterior probability distributions of the first set of automatic operation parameters and a first set of probabilistic plant models based on the first set of prior probability distributions. The first set of posterior probability distributions reflect compatibility with learning data that is past time-series data concerning a first explanatory variable and a first objective variable. The combining unit combines the first set of probabilistic plant models using the first set of posterior probability distributions to generate a first plant model. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140297046 | TRANSMITTER - There is provided a transmitter. The transmitter includes: a display portion; an first input receiver configured to receive a first selecting operation for selecting one of setting items and a second selecting operation for selecting one of setting values; and a second input receiver configured to receive a switching operation for sequentially switching the setting values of the selected setting item, wherein the second input receiver is rotated in a first rotation direction or in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction; and a first controller configured to display the setting values of the selected setting item on the display portion such that the setting values are sequentially switched in a forward direction or a backward direction when the second input receiver is rotated in the first rotation direction or the second rotation direction by the switching operation. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140293044 | RECORDER - A recorder includes a file saving processor configured to record measurement data in a first file in time series, to temporarily store image data with information for associating the image data with the measurement data that is regarded as being received at the same time, to record image data corresponding to a point in time when a trigger is generated and also a given number of image data before the trigger is generated and a given number of image data after the trigger is generated, in the temporarily stored image data, in a second file, to create a third file in which the measurement data recorded in the first file and the image data recorded in the second file are associated with each other, and to associate the first file, the second file, and the third file with each other to save the associated files. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140254629 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION - An optical fiber temperature distribution measurement device for measuring a temperature distribution along a longitudinal direction of an optical fiber is provided. The device includes: a light transmitter configured to input a train of code-modulated light pulses into the optical fiber; a light receiver configured to receive Raman back scattering lights generated by inputting the train of code-modulated light pulses into the optical fiber; a demodulator configured to perform a correlation processing between a measured signal output from the light receiver and a code string associated with a type of the code modulation performed by the light transmitter, and to demodulate the measured signal; a storage storing a correction data to be used to correct a distortion of the measured signal output from the light receiver when an impulsive pulsed light is output from the light transmitter; and a corrector configured to perform a correction to one of the measured signal output from the light receiver and a demodulated signal output from the demodulator, using the correction data stored in the storage. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140241396 | OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MEASURING OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION - An optical fiber temperature distribution measurement device configured to receive Raman back scattering lights obtained by inputting a pulsed light into an optical fiber and to measure a temperature distribution along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is provided. The device includes a first filter device. The first filter device includes: a threshold value setting circuit configured to set a threshold value in accordance with a change in an amount of noise overlapped with a measured signal, the measured signal indicating one of an intensity distribution and a temperature distribution of the Raman back scattering lights along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber; a filter configured to eliminate a frequency component of the measured signal, the frequency component being larger than a predetermined first frequency; a determination circuit configured to determine if the measured signal is over the threshold value; a synthesizing circuit configured to select and synthesize one of the measured signal processed by the filter and the measured signal unprocessed by the filter in accordance with a determination result from the determination circuit. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140233554 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - It is to realize a network management system excellent in its reliability which can prevent a wrong connection when a field wireless management station having a redundant structure is installed, and can make a backbone network redundant so as to improve a trouble resistance. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140233371 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - It is to realize a network management system which can suppress to a minimum a time during which it is impossible to make a communication when a trouble occurs in any of field wireless management stations formed to be redundant. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140215167 | FIELD APPARATUS - A field apparatus includes a first memory that stores a program specifying an operation of the field apparatus; a second memory that stores parameters to be used in the field apparatus; a log generation unit configured to generate an operating log in which first information representing a type of an event generated within the field apparatus, second information representing a time at which the event was generated, and third information related to the event are associated; and a control unit that includes the log generation unit, the control unit storing the operating log in a log storage region secured in a free space in one of the first memory and the second memory. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140212143 | FIELD DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A field device provided with a first communication unit for communicating over a communication network, a second communication unit for communicating via infrared with an external device, a converter for converting a message transmitted by the external device and received by the second communication unit into data that can be transmitted over the communication network, and a first controller for controlling the first communication unit and transmitting the data converted by the converter to the communication network. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140198777 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system comprising first and second master stations configured to perform synchronous wireless communication with a slave station via a first network, and a control station configured to be connected to the first and second master stations via a second network, wherein the control station transmits time information used to synchronize times of the first and second master stations to each of the first and second master stations via the second network, wherein one of the first and second master stations performs timing based on the time information from the control station, and wherein the other of the first and second master stations performs the timing based on announcement information announcing the time information transmitted from the one of the first and second master stations via the first network. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140197712 | RESONANT TRANSDUCER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF RESONANT TRANSDUCER - A resonant transducer includes a resonator, a resonator electrodes connected to an end part of the resonator, at least one fixed electrode arranged in the vicinity of the resonator, and a buried part formed between the fixed electrode and the resonator electrode. The resonator, the resonator electrodes and the fixed electrode are formed by the same active layer on a substrate. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140194156 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device, in which the OSI reference model physical layer and data-link layer perform wireless communication via at least one of a first wireless network conforming to a first wireless communication standard and a second wireless network conforming to a second wireless communication standard, may include an identification control unit, provided in the data-link layer, that identifies that data, which is received in the physical layer, based on the identification information included in the data, is to be transmitted via either the first wireless network or the second wireless network, the identification control unit controlling so as to transmit, based on the identification result, the data via the first wireless network or the second wireless network. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192766 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication apparatus for performing wireless communication between wireless devices via a wireless communication network, wherein the wireless communication apparatus comprises: a packet processor for generating a first packet including first control information and discrimination information for discriminating between the first control information for connecting to the wireless communication network a set wireless device, which is a wireless device for which the setting of instrument information required for accessing the wireless communication network has been performed, and second control information for connecting to the wireless communication network a setting-required wireless device, which is a wireless device for which there is a need to set instrument information, and a second packet including the discrimination information and the second control information; and a wireless communication unit for transmitting the first packet and the second packet generated by the packet processor to the wireless communication network. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191764 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS OF BATTERY - A method for determining response characteristics of a battery includes: pressurizing the battery in a direction to reduce a distance between electrode surfaces of the battery; and applying a voltage or a current to the pressurized battery to determine response characteristics of the battery. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140188779 | EVENT ANALYSIS APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM ANALYZING EVENTS, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING EVENTS - An event analysis apparatus configured to analyze events including alarms generated in a plurality of devices and operations targeting the devices is provided. The event analysis apparatus includes an event log collection unit configured to collect an event log including an occurrence date and time of the event, a device identifier (ID) of the device in which the event occurs, and an event type ID of the event, an event log storage unit configured to convert the event log into an event matrix representing presence and absence of occurrence of each device event obtained by coupling the device ID and the event type ID in time series and save the event matrix; and an event analysis unit configured to calculate a conditional probability between the device events to construct a Bayesian network by dividing the event matrix into blocks, each of which has a predetermined reference time width and determining the presence and absence of the occurrence of each of the device events in each of the blocks, and decide a device event as a cause of a device event of an analysis target or a device event to be generated later using the constructed Bayesian network. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140177518 | PACKET FORWARDING DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A packet forwarding device performs forwarding of a packet between first and second wireless communication networks to which different identifiers are attached, and includes: a relay network that is interposed between the first and second wireless communication networks; a first processing unit that is connected to the first wireless communication network and performs first routing control by using first routing information in which the first wireless communication network and the relay network are defined as outgoing interfaces; and a second processing unit that is connected to the second wireless communication network and performs second route control by using second routing information in which the second wireless communication network and the relay network are defined as outgoing interfaces. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140169507 | MANCHESTER CODE RECEIVING CIRCUIT - A Manchester code receiving circuit includes an analog circuit configured to convert an analog signal received through a communication transmission path, to a digital signal based on a Manchester code, and a characteristic compensating unit configured to compensate at least one of rise delay characteristics in which a rising time of the digital signal is longer than a falling time, and fall delay characteristics in which the falling time of the digital signal is longer than the rising time. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140167773 | SECONDARY-BATTERY MAXIMUM-CAPACITY MEASURING APPARATUS - A secondary-battery maximum-capacity measuring apparatus, includes: a current dependency processing unit configured to convert an inter-terminal voltage and an open cell voltage of a secondary battery into values without depending on a load current based on an amount of change in relative value of a voltage during a time period when a constant current is drawn from the secondary battery; and an error calculation unit configured to compute errors of the inter-terminal voltage and the open cell voltage of the secondary battery, the inter-terminal voltage and the open cell voltage being converted by the current dependency processing unit. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140132243 | TWO-WIRE TRANSMITTER STARTER CIRCUIT AND TWO-WIRE TRANSMITTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A two-wire transmitter starter circuit is configured to stably supply power at the time of start-up. The two-wire transmitter starter circuit includes a starter current generation circuit. The starter current generation circuit is connected in parallel with a current conversion unit configured to convert a detection signal of a sensor to a predetermined DC current. The starter current generation circuit includes a first series circuit where a first resistor and a shunt regulator are connected in series, and a second series circuit where a switching element and a second resistor are connected in series. The shunt regulator includes a first control terminal connected to a connection point of the switching element and the second resistor. The switching element includes a second control terminal connected to a connection point of the first resistor and the shunt regulator. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132072 | CURRENT OUTPUT CIRCUIT AND TWO-WIRE TRANSMITTER - A current output circuit for a two-wire transmitter includes a first current source circuit configured to output a first current controlled by a control voltage generated based on a physical quantity, a second current source circuit configured to output a second current controlled by the first current, a first shunt voltage source circuit configured to generate an internal power source of the two-wire transmitter from the second current, a third current source circuit configured to generate a third current controlled by a reference voltage, and a second shunt voltage source circuit configured to generate a power source of the second current source circuit by the third current. The current output circuit is configured to output a predetermined current controlled by the control voltage based on the first current, the second current and the third current to an external circuit through two transmission lines. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140125984 | OPTICAL WAVELENGTH METER - An optical wavelength meter includes: an interferometer; a reference optical source unit with a laser configured to oscillate in a multi-longitudinal mode; and a signal processor configured to calculate a wavelength of a input beam with reference to interference fringe information of reference beam and interference fringe information of the input beam obtained from the interferometer. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125981 | SPECTROSCOPIC APPARATUS AND SPECTROSCOPIC LIGHT SOURCE - A spectroscopic apparatus includes an optical system configured to transmit output light from a sample irradiated with irradiation light from a light source, a two-dimensional array light detector configured to photograph light transmitted through the optical system, and a control unit. The optical system includes a first optical device disposed between the sample and the two-dimensional array light detector, a second optical device disposed between the two-dimensional array light detector and the first optical device, and a variable band-pass filter disposed in at least one of spaces between the first optical device and the sample and between the second optical device and the two-dimensional array light detector. The control unit changes a light transmission wavelength band of the variable band-pass filter in accordance with a photographing timing of the two-dimensional array light detector. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140120843 | WIRELESS DEVICE, SENSOR UNIT, WIRELESS UNIT, AND METHOD FOR SETTING WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device may include a sensor unit and a wireless unit. The sensor unit may include: an input/output unit that measures or manipulating a state quantity in a process; a first local communication unit that performs local communication to transmit/receive measurement results or manipulation commands for the input/output unit; and a first supply unit that supplies power to the input/output unit and the first local communication unit. The wireless unit may include: a wireless communication unit that transmits/receives the measurement results or the manipulation commands for the input/output unit; a second local communication unit that performs local communication with the first local communication unit to transmit/receive the measurement results or the manipulation commands for the input/output unit; and a second supply unit that supplies power to the wireless communication unit and the second local communication unit. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118958 | INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE - An input/output module is configured to achieve at least one of a function of acquiring a measurement signal from a measurement target and a function of outputting data. The input/output module includes a casing, a rotational connector disposed on the casing, the rotational connector including an arc-shaped notch, the rotational connector being configured to interlock with a connection mechanism of a base to serve as a rotation point so that the input/output module is rotatable to get connected to the base and a latch-shaped fixer configured to fit into a groove formed in at least one of an upper inner surface and a lower inner surface when the input/output module is pushed into a slot having the upper inner surface and the lower inner surface to get connected. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118957 | STAND ALONE INPUT/OUTPUT MODULE COMMONLY USABLE TO RECORDER AND DATA LOGGER - An input/output module is commonly usable to a recorder and a data logger. The input/output module includes an input/output unit and a power unit. The input/output unit is configured to achieve at least one of a function of acquiring a measurement signal from a measurement target and a function of outputting data. The power unit is configured to supply an operation voltage to the input/output unit The power unit includes an insulated power device. The power unit is configured to use a voltage, which has been converted by the insulated power device from a power supply voltage, as an operation voltage when the input/output module is connected with a base of the data logger and the power unit receives a power voltage supply via the base. The power unit is configured to use a power supply voltage as the operation voltage, when the input/output module is connected with the recorder and the power unit receives the power voltage supply from the recorder. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140107808 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND MANAGING METHOD THEREFOR - A process control system for controlling an industrial process implemented at a plant, may include: a network provided in the plant; a network device comprising at least one of a first detector, which is configured to detect a connection state of the network device with the network, and a second detector, which is configured to detect a state of the network device, the network device being configured to output at least one of connection information, which indicates a first detection result detected by the first detector, and device state information, which indicates a second detection result detected by the second detector, to the network. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104623 | DISPLACEMENT SENSOR, SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING APPARATUS, COLOR MEASURING APPARATUS, PLANAR MEASURED OBJECT QUALITY MONITORING APPARATUS, DISPLACEMENT MEASURING METHOD, SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING METHOD, AND COLOR MEASURING METHOD - A displacement sensor includes a light source unit configured to apply light with different plural wavelengths in a direction oblique to a measurement region of a planar measured object, a spectroscope configured to measure spectral distribution of light reflected by the measurement region, a feature amount extracting module configured to extract a feature amount of the spectral distribution, and a displacement calculating module configured to calculate displacement of the measurement region based on the extracted feature amount and a relation between displacement and a feature amount acquired previously. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104230 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH RESISTIVE FILM TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A two-point touch determining module performs determination of a one-point touch or a two-point touch. A one-point touch coordinate detecting module detects a coordinate of the one-point touch. A two-point touch coordinate detecting module detects two-point coordinates of the two-point touch. A display screen generating module generates a display screen of a resistive film type touch panel. A touch input controlling module determines whether the display screen is a one-point detecting screen or a two-point detecting screen. The touch input controlling module performs the coordinate detection using the one-point touch coordinate detecting module in a case of the one-point detecting screen. The touch input controlling module performs the coordinate detection using the one-point touch coordinate detecting module or the two-point touch coordinate detecting module according to a determination result of the two-point touch determining module in a case of the two-point detecting screen. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140092644 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CIRCUIT DESIGN OF THE SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A switching power supply device includes a rectifying circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage and to output a rectified voltage, a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth the rectified voltage and to output a smoothed voltage, a first DC-DC converter configured to convert the smoothed voltage into an intermediate voltage and to output the intermediate voltage, and a second DC-DC converter configured to convert the intermediate voltage into an output voltage and to output the output voltage substantially free of ripple. The first DC-DC converter is configured to perform a step-up operation, a step-up/down operation, and a step-down operation according to the smoothed voltage, and to output the intermediate voltage including a ripple or the intermediate voltage substantially free of ripple. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140082619 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is configured to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is configured to transmit the timing information on the virtual interrupt including the number of branch instructions executed by the primary guest OS before inputting the virtual interrupt, and including an execution suspension position when inputting the virtual interrupt to the secondary virtual machine. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082617 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A fault tolerant system includes a primary virtual machine that is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS, and a secondary virtual machine that is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and is adapted to input the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. The primary virtual machine is adapted to collect operation performance information from the secondary virtual machine, and to configure an operation performance of the primary virtual machine and an operation performance of the secondary virtual machine so that the operation performance of the primary virtual machine becomes equal to the operation performance of the secondary virtual machine. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082408 | FAULT TOLERANT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FAULT TOLERANT - A primary virtual machine is formed on a primary machine in which a primary hypervisor runs, and inputs virtual interrupt based on an external interrupt from the primary hypervisor to a primary guest OS. A secondary virtual machine is formed on a secondary machine in which a secondary hypervisor runs, and inputs the virtual interrupt to a secondary guest OS on the basis of timing information on the virtual interrupt transmitted from the primary virtual machine. When inputting the virtual interrupt to the primary guest OS, the primary virtual machine suspends the primary guest OS, and determines whether the suspended position is in a critical section. If the suspended position is not in the critical section, the primary virtual machine inputs the virtual interrupt at the suspended position. If the suspended position is in the critical section, the primary virtual machine changes the suspended position, and again performs the determination. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140077084 | SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - A sensitivity adjustment device may include: a light receiver configured to receive a reflected light that has been emitted from a light emitting unit and reflected by a reflector, the light receiver being configured to convert the reflected light into an analog electrical signal; an A/D converter configured to convert the analog electrical signal into a digital signal; a threshold value calculator configured to calculate a threshold value with reference to a voltage level of the digital signal that has been sequentially converted and output by the A/D converter; and a determination unit configured to compare a high voltage level of the digital signal with the threshold value. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140067089 | MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM, MAINTENANCE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHOD - A maintenance support system include includes: a first storage unit which stores first specification information indicating a specification of a process control system which performs control of an industrial process implemented in a plant; an actual condition information extraction unit configured to extract actual condition information indicating an actual condition for the process control system; and a first comparison unit configured to output first information indicating a result of comparing the first specification information stored in the first storage unit with the actual condition information extracted by the extraction unit. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140059098 | DATA SIMILARITY CALCULATION METHOD AND DATA SIMILARITY CALCULATION APPARATUS - There is provided a data similarity calculation method. The method includes: (a) acquiring a first waveform; (b) storing time series data; (c) converting the stored time series data into a waveform on two-dimensional coordinates, wherein the two-dimensional coordinates consists of a time axis and an a value axis representing values of the time series data, and the time axis is orthogonal to the value axis; (d) shifting the converted waveform in both directions of the time axis and the value axis so as to generate a second waveform; (e) calculating a similarity between the first waveform and the second waveform; and (f) extracting a shift amount in the direction of the time axis and a shift amount in the direction of the value axis when the similarity is the highest by repeatedly performing steps (d) and (e). | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140056173 | PORTABLE DEVICE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A portable device maintenance support apparatus includes one set of terminals configured to connect to a hybrid communication network performed based on any one of a plurality of protocols, by a compound signal in which an analog signal is superimposed with a digital signal including at least device information, the hybrid communication network being performed between the portable device maintenance support apparatus and a field device, the one set of terminals being common to the plurality of protocols. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140043338 | WAVEFORM DISPLAY APPARATUS - A waveform display apparatus displays a waveform on a display device. A scale plate is provided with graduations corresponding to values of the waveform. The scale plate is displayed in a region where the waveform is displayed, on the display device, in a state that a time axis is movable. A value of the waveform at an intersection point between one side of the scale plate and the waveform is displayed on the display device. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140040793 | APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A DIAGNOSTICS MODULE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - An apparatus for configuring a diagnostics module for an industrial plant, the apparatus comprising an application module configured to run on a computer, the application module comprising a graphics builder; the graphics builder comprising a workspace configured to present a display area on a monitor of the computer, the display area configured to be shown by the diagnostics module on a client machine, and graphics tools configured to be manipulated via at least one user input device of the computer for customization of the display area. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140033113 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A RECORD - A method and apparatus for creating a record, the method comprising: selecting a point on a screen image, the screen image being displayable on a display device; obtaining input through an interface; creating a record for containing the input; associating the created record with the selected point; activating a predefined event based on the input of the created record; and storing the created record in a memory. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140025722 | APPARATUS FOR A PLURALITY OF CLIENTS TO ACCESS A PLANT ASSET MANAGER - An apparatus for a plurality of clients to access a plant asset manager, the apparatus comprising a gateway server configured to communicate directly with a plant asset management server of the plant asset manager; and at least one client server configured to communicate directly with the gateway server and to communicate directly with at least one of the plurality of clients; such that there is no direct communication between the plurality of clients and the plant asset management server. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140019599 | CONNECTION SETTING INFORMATION MANAGING SYSTEM - In a connection setting information managing system which is configured to set connection setting information using a setting tool, wherein the connection setting information allows a network device connected to an IP network to perform a communication over the IP network, the system includes: a connection setting information storage unit configured to store the connection setting information therein, wherein the connection setting information comprises a tag name that is assigned to and is unique to the network device. The setting tool sets the connection setting information to the network device, based on the tag name that is unique to the network device. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20130338842 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF, AND GUI METHOD - Provided is an energy management method using estimate models which correspond to each of a plurality of targets of energy management and which estimate energy consumption and/or energy conversion as the respective targets of energy management are activated. The estimate models are subdivided to correspond to each of a plurality of statuses of the targets of energy management, transitioning upon a temporal axis as the targets of energy management are activated. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130308123 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - Provided is an optical fiber characteristics measurement device that is provided with: a light source for emitting laser light modulated by a specified modulation frequency; an incident means for receiving the laser light from the light source as continuous light and pulse light from one end and the other end of an optical fiber, respectively; and a light detector for detecting light emitted from the optical fiber, the optical fiber characteristics measurement device measuring the characteristics of the optical fiber using the detection results of the light detector, wherein the optical fiber characteristics measurement device is characterized in being provided with a synchronous detector that extracts, from among the detection signals output from the light detector, detection signals obtained by detecting the light in the vicinity of a measurement point set in the optical fiber, and synchronously detects the extracted detection signals using a synchronization signal having a specified period. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130289908 | BATTERY MONITORING APPARATUS AND WIRELESS FIELD DEVICE - A battery monitoring apparatus is built in a device having a primary battery. The battery monitoring apparatus includes a voltage measuring module configured to obtain an open circuit voltage of the primary battery and an output voltage of the primary battery at the time when a load current flows, a current measuring module configured to obtain the load current, a first resistance value calculating module configured to obtain a first internal resistance of the primary battery based on the open circuit voltage, the load current and the output voltage, a second resistance value calculating module configured to obtain a second internal resistance of the primary battery at which the device can operate normally based on the open circuit voltage, the load current and the minimum drive voltage, and an alarm outputting module configured to output a battery life alarm when the first internal resistance is larger than the second internal resistance. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130278469 | PRESSURE-RESISTANT EXPLOSION-PROOF CONTAINER - To provide a pressure-resistant explosion-proof container in which a wireless circuit housed inside the pressure-resistant explosion-proof container can transmit and receive a high frequency signal, without installing an antenna outside. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130272200 | WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEM - A wireless network system includes a plurality of devices operating on the basis of incompatible and different standards. At least one of the devices comprises a standard identifying module configured to identify standards on the basis of parameters inherent and different in the respective standards. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130267164 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system for communicating via a wireless communication network, may include: a setting device configured to create a first information needed for joining a wireless device into the wireless communication network and set the first information in the wireless device to be joined into the wireless communication network, the setting device being configured to create setting information that correlates the first information with a second information containing at least one of information indicating a method of setting the first information and information indicating an operator who performed an operation of setting the first information; and a management device configured to select the wireless device, which is to be joined into the wireless communication network, by using the setting information that has been created by the setting device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130264708 | SUBSTRATE DEVICE - A substrate device includes: a plurality of substrates stacked one on another including a substrate on which electronic components are mounted; and a coupling member connecting mechanically and electrically the two opposed substrates, and the coupling member includes: a plurality of core-less solder balls connecting mechanically and electrically the two opposed substrates; and a plurality of spacers configured to keep a clearance between the two opposed substrates wider than a mounting height of the electronic component between the substrates. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130262007 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO COMPUTE EFFICIENCY OF AN AUTOMATION INFRASTRUCTURE OF A PLANT - The method and systems of the embodiments proposes to calculate Effectiveness of the Automation infrastructure of the plant by monitoring the control loop information using 3 primary data perspectives like availability, conformity and efficiency, by acquiring all data from the Distributed Control Systems (DCS)/Process Control Systems (PCS). | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130258332 | MICROSCOPE SPECTROMETER, OPTICAL AXIS SHIFT CORRECTION DEVICE, SPECTROSCOPE AND MICROSCOPE USING SAME - A microscope spectrometer in which, when an excitation light from a light source illuminates a sample, a light emitted from the sample that enters a microscope is analyzed, may include: a first optical means that forms the light emitted from the sample as a parallel beam; a first variable bandpass filter means having a variable wavelength passband that transmits incident light, which of the parallel beam of incident light, is light of a pre-established wavelength passband; a two-dimensional array light detection means that images the light in the wavelength passband; and a control means that controls the timing of the imaging by the two-dimensional array light detection means and, in accordance with the timing, changes the wavelength passband of the first variable bandpass filter means. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257627 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPERATION COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN FIELD DEVICES - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining operation compatibility between field devices for example, between a first field device and a second field device. The first and second field devices are for use in an industrial process and the second field device may be a candidate for replacing the first field device, the first and second field devices being configured to communicate using the same communications protocol. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130254582 | SYNCHRONIZATION APPARATUS AND FIELD DEVICE - A synchronization apparatus synchronizing an operation of a first processing unit pre-processing an input signal and an operation of a second processing unit post-processing on signal from the first processing unit, may include: a counting unit that operates with a period sufficiently shorter than a period of a first reference signal governing timing of pre-processing in the first processing unit, and outputting, when counting a set target count value, a second reference signal governing timing of post-processing in the second processing unit; a phase control unit that generates a control value controlling a phase difference of the second reference signal with respect to the first reference signal in accordance with a count value when the first reference signal is input; and a filter unit that filters the generated control value so as to determine the target count value to be set in the counting unit. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253897 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A process control system that controls an industrial process implemented in a plant, may include: a network provided in the plant; a first field device that is connected to the network, the first field device being configured to output one of measurement data, which is obtained by measuring a state quantity in the industrial process, and first simulation data, which simulates the state quantity; a controller that is connected to the network, the controller being configured to perform control in response to one of the measurement data and the first simulation data output from the first field device; and a simulator configured to generate the first simulation data to be output from the first field device. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130253671 | PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A process control system performing control of an industrial process implemented in a plant, may include: a network provided in the plant; a plurality of field devices connected to the network, each of the plurality of field devices is configured to perform at least one of measurement and actuation required for control of the industrial process; and a controller, connected to the network, having a virtual part configured to operate in hardware in place of hardware, and a control unit configured to operate in the virtual part and to control operations of the field devices via the network, the controller being configured to enable replacement of hardware without changing the control unit. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130238260 | ULTRASONIC MEASURING DEVICE - An ultrasonic measuring device that measures a flow volume of a fluid by sending an ultrasonic signal to the fluid and receiving a transmission signal or a reflection signal of the ultrasonic signal obtained from the fluid, may include: a first computing unit that performs a calculation to a first receive signal obtained by receiving the transmission signal, and determines a first flow volume indicating the flow volume of the fluid; a second computing unit that performs a correlation calculation of a second receive signal obtained by receiving the reflection signal, and determines a second flow volume indicating the flow volume of the fluid; a storage unit; and a correcting unit that outputs one of the first flow volume and the second flow volume based on a volume of air-bubbles contained in the fluid. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130229740 | INPUT PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An input protection circuit includes: a first transistor of a field-effect type coupled in series between an input terminal and an electronic circuit, the input terminal receiving an input voltage, the electronic circuit receiving an input voltage, the first transistor switching to an off-state in a case where the input voltage is higher than a positive power supply voltage of the electronic circuit; a second transistor of a field-effect type coupled in series between the first transistor and the electronic circuit, the second transistor switching to an off-state in a case where the input voltage is lower than the negative power supply voltage of the electronic circuit; and a voltage control circuit configured to maintain gate-source voltages of the first transistor and the second transistor as voltages within a power supply voltage range of the electronic circuit based on the input voltage. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130227530 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEBUGGING A PROGRAM OF A BUSINESS PROCESS - A method and apparatus for debugging a program of a business process, the method comprising: displaying a flowchart of the process on a display, said displaying being enabled by one or more plug-ins; enabling setting of a debugging breakpoint in the displayed flowchart of the process of the program; operating a simulator for creating a simulated runtime environment for executing the program as if the program is operating in actual application; executing the program using the simulator; continuously communicating status of the executing program from the simulator to one of the plug-ins; determining at one of the plug-ins whether the status of the executing program has reached the breakpoint set in the displayed flowchart of the process of the program; and suspending execution of the program when the plug-in determines that the status of the executing program has reached the breakpoint set in the displayed flowchart of the process of the program. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130226919 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHEN AN EVENT OCCURRED IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method of determining when an event occurred in an industrial plant, the event being defined by a number of variables simultaneously meeting their respective event-specific conditions, each of the number of variables having a plurality of data entries, each data entry comprising a value of the each of the number of variables and a time at which the value was obtained from the industrial plant, the method comprising a user creating an event definition on a client machine by defining the respective event-specific conditions for the number of variables; an executable application module in the server tagging with a user-assigned event label those of the plurality of data entries in which the number of variables simultaneously met their respective event-specific conditions; and the executable application module further creating an event occurrence list containing times corresponding to those of the plurality of data entries that have been tagged. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130223315 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND WIRELESS ACCESS POINT DEVICE - A wireless communication system in which wireless communication can be performed via a wireless communication network, the wireless communication system comprising: a wireless access point device configured to operate by using power supplied via a two-wire cable, to perform wireless communication with wireless field devices via the wireless communication network, and to perform communication via the two-wire cable; and a conversion device connected to the two-wire cable and to a control unit configured to control the wireless field devices, the conversion device being configured to supply power to the wireless access point device via the two-wire cable, and to perform conversions between signals, which are input and output from the control unit, and signals, which are transmitted and received via the two-wire cable. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130208581 | WIRELESS GATEWAY APPARATUS - A redundant communication system may include: a plurality of multiple communication apparatuses configured to function as a gateway, the same network address being allocated to all of the plurality of multiple communication apparatuses on a network; a setting unit configured to set one of the plurality of multiple communication apparatuses to be an active system as a first communication apparatus, the setting unit being configured to set the other of the plurality of multiple communication apparatuses to be a standby system as a second communication apparatus; and a switch configured to open to the network only the first communication apparatus. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207671 | ELECTRODE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND ELECTRODE EVALUATION METHOD - An electrode evaluation apparatus for evaluating a characteristic of an electrode based on an electrochemical property includes a potential control unit, an impedance acquiring unit, a current value acquiring unit, and a normalized impedance calculation unit. The potential control unit is configured to control a potential applied to an electrode. The impedance acquiring unit is configured to acquire an impedance characteristic of the electrode under a specific DC operating condition provided by the potential control unit. The current value acquiring unit is configured to acquire a temporal change in direct current value under the specific DC operating condition. The normalized impedance calculation unit is configured to apply the temporal change in direct current value acquired by the current value acquiring unit to calculate a normalized impedance where impedance acquired by the impedance acquiring unit is multiplied by the direct current value. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130203362 | CONTROL CIRCUIT, IMPEDANCE ADJUSTING CIRCUIT, IMPEDANCE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING CIRCUIT, RADIO TRANSCEIVER CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD, IMPEDANCE ADJUSTING METHOD, IMPEDANCE AUTOMATIC ADJUSTING METHOD, AND RADIO TRASCEIVING METHOD - There is provided a control circuit ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201493 | COATING DIMENSION MEASURING APPARATUS - A coating dimension measuring apparatus may include: a camera that is positioned at a prescribed position distanced from a sheet to capture an image of a coating dimension of the sheet; a roller configured to transport the sheet; a scale that is disposed along a lengthwise direction of the roller to perform numerical calibration of the coating dimension; a scale holding unit configured to hold the scale over the roller, the scale holding unit being disposed so as to enable free insertion and removal of the scale. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201192 | PLANT INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plant information display method for displaying elements related to a plant in a tree view of hierarchical representation comprises the steps of a tree view display step of displaying plural tree view representations based on different viewpoints side by side and a relation display step of graphically displaying a relation between elements separately contained in the plural tree view representations, which are displayed in the tree view display step. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130191597 | CACHE DEVICE, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A cache device may include a first storage unit configured to store first cache data, a second storage unit configured to store a cache file that stores copy of the first cache data as second cache data; a reading unit configured to select and read out one of the first cache data, which has been stored in the first storage unit, and the second cache data, which has been stored in the cache file stored in the second storage unit, in response to a reference request from outside, and an instructing unit configured to determine probability of expecting future referencing request based on the frequency of past referencing requests, the instructing unit being configured to instruct that either the first cache data or the second cache data is to be selected and read out based on the probability. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130190902 | DEVICE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A device information display apparatus displaying device information acquired by communicating with a field device may include a storage unit that associates and stores first position information indicating a position at which the device information displayed on the display device is acquired and reproduction information for reproducing display content of the display device that has been modified based on an operation instruction for the device information displayed on the display device; a position information acquisition unit that acquires second position information indicating a current position of the device information display apparatus; and a display control unit that calculates a distance between positions indicated by the first position information and the second position information, wherein if the distance is no greater than a prescribed reference distance, the reproduced information corresponding to the first position information is used to reproduce the display content of the display device on the display device. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130188557 | WIRELESS GATEWAY APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - A wireless gateway apparatus that forms a wireless communication network with wireless field devices may include: a first wireless communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly with wireless field devices that have joined the wireless communication network; and a display unit configured to display at least one of device information of the wireless field devices, which is acquired by communicating with the wireless field devices, and connection information, which indicates a condition of connection with the wireless field devices. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130185620 | LADDER PROGRAM CREATION APPARATUS - A ladder program creation apparatus may include a command listing table storage unit configured to store a command listing table, the command listing table registering standard command information and custom ladder command information, a custom ladder command information creation unit configured to create the custom ladder command information based on an operation by user, and a custom ladder command information storage control unit configured to register the custom ladder command information, which has been created by the custom ladder command information creation unit, and the standard command information in the command listing table. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185374 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM - A time synchronization system includes: a master including: a main processor to which a first IP address is assigned; and a time synchronization processor to which a second IP address is assigned; a plurality of slaves configured to send a first packet whose destination is the first IP address and a second packet whose destination is the second IP address to the master; and a relay configured to send the first packet to the main processor and to send the second packet to the time synchronization processor. The main processor receives the first packet from the relay and performs a certain process on the first packet. The time synchronization processor receives the second packet from the relay and performs a time synchronization process between the master and said one of the slaves based on the second packet. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130182595 | ANALOG FRONT-END CIRCUIT FOR MEASUREMENT - An analog front-end circuit for measurement used as an interface between a sensor and a control device includes: an isolated part including at least an AD conversion circuit configured to serve as an interface to the sensor; a non-isolated part including at least a control circuit configured to serve as an interface to the control device; and an isolated communication unit configured to perform isolated half-duplex communication between the isolated part and the non-isolated part. The control circuit is configured to transmit an AD conversion instruction to the AD conversion circuit after providing setting for measurement to the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, obtain a result of AD conversion by the AD conversion circuit from the isolated part via the isolated communication unit, and transfer the obtained AD conversion result to the control device. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130173038 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING LIFE-CYCLE OF BATCH IN PRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM IN REAL TIME - The embodiments herein provide a system and method for managing life cycle of a batch in a production control system in real time. The system comprises of an enterprise management system, manufacturing execution system (MES), task execution assistance (TEA) system and a production control system. The TEA system is interfaced between the MES and the production control system for executing the production request. The batch production request generated by the enterprise management system is received by the MES wherein the MES forwards the batch production request to the TEA system. The TEA system obtains information required to execute the batch production request from the production control system. Upon obtaining the information the TEA system instructs an operator to create the batch in the production control system. The production control system confirms the creation of the batch and updates real time status of the batch to the TEA system. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130148184 | CONFOCAL OPTICAL SCANNER AND CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE - A confocal optical scanner includes: a plurality of condenser elements each configured to concentrate illumination light to be applied on a sample to produce fluorescence from the sample; a plurality of optical scanning units including a plurality of openings each configured to allow the illumination light concentrated by the condenser element to pass the opening, the optical scanning units each configured to scan the sample with the illumination light that has passed through the opening; a moving mechanism configured to move the optical scanning units to select one of the optical scanning units; and an incident-angle adjusting part configured to adjust the incident angle of the illumination light incident on the optical scanning unit selected from the optical scanning units according to the selected optical scanning unit. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147630 | ALARM DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ALARM DISPLAY METHOD - An alarm display apparatus includes an acquisition module, a plant simulation module, a prediction module, an actual measurement alarm determination module, an estimation alarm determination module, a prediction alarm determination module and a display module. The display module displays, on the same screen, an actual measurement alarm information outputted from the actual measurement alarm determination module, an estimation alarm information outputted from the estimation alarm determination module and an prediction alarm information outputted from the prediction alarm determination module. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130139377 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESONANT TRANSDUCER - A method of manufacturing a resonant transducer having a vibration beam includes: (a) providing an SOI substrate including: a first silicon layer; a silicon oxide layer on the first silicon layer; and a second silicon layer on the silicon oxide layer; (b) forming a first gap and second gap through the second silicon layer by etching the second silicon layer using the silicon oxide layer as an etching stop layer; (c) forming an impurity diffusion source layer on the second silicon layer; (d) forming an impurity diffused layer in a surface portion of the second silicon layer; (e) removing the impurity diffusion source layer through etching; and (f) removing at least a portion of the silicon oxide layer through etching such that an air gap is formed between the first silicon layer and a region of the second silicon layer surrounded by the first and second gaps. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130136971 | BATTERY STORING DEVICE - A battery storing device may include: a case member having a positive terminal and a negative terminal and configured to store a battery therein; a positive pole coil spring in contact with a positive electrode of the battery; a negative pole coil spring in contact with a negative electrode of the battery; and a first support comprising a sidewall support section having an elastic force that is able to fix the battery while absorbing a size difference of the battery allowed according to a standard, and configured to support a sidewall of the battery. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130136019 | FIELD WIRELESS SYSTEM - A field wireless system may include a system manager that manages a wireless network including wireless field devices, and a backbone router that performs wireless communication with the wireless field devices. The system manager may include a network configuration collection unit that collects a connection configuration of the wireless network, and a path selection unit that selects relay paths for each of the wireless field devices that is a destination of a packet, based on the collected connection configuration. The backbone router may include a relay information storage unit that stores the selected relay paths, and a packet processing unit that replicates packets, each of which is destined for each of the wireless field devices, by the number of the stored relay paths, the packet processing unit storing information indicating a different relay path in each of the replicated packets. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135619 | LASER GAS ANALYZER - A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130128346 | MICROSCOPE DEVICE - A microscope device according to the present disclosure (the present microscope device) includes: a light source configured to oscillate coherent illuminating light, the illuminating light being applied on a specimen; a detecting unit configured to detect fluorescent light from the specimen as feedback light, the specimen being irradiated with the illuminating light; a phase distribution control unit disposed in an optical path of the illuminating light, the phase distribution control unit being configured to control phase distribution of the illuminating light; a controller configured to control the phase distribution control unit to vary the phase distribution; and an image generating unit configured to operate a difference of the feedback light between before and after the phase distribution varies, to generate an image of the specimen. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130124256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PLANT ASSETS - The invention is a method and system for monitoring plant assets automatically comprising the steps of calculating a sum of the plant assets to be monitored, storing the calculated sum in a database, calculating a sum of the bad actors, computing the percentage of bad actors from the calculated sum, storing the computed percentage of bad actors into the database, calculating a current sum of the plant assets to be monitored after a predetermined interval, retrieving the stored sum of the plant assets, determining whether the current sum of the plant assets corresponds to the stored sum. When the stored sum corresponds to the current sum, the current sum of bad actors is calculated, the percentage of bad actors is computed from the calculated sum to determine an Asset Health Risk Index (“ARI”). | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130116813 | OPERATING AND MONITORING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An operating and monitoring apparatus for monitoring an operating condition of a plant through a monitoring screen of the present disclosure. The apparatus includes a storage unit which stores a plurality of display screens to be displayed on the monitoring screen; a receipt unit which receives an operation of selecting one display screen among the display screens stored in the storage unit; and a display unit which displays the display screen, selected through the receipt unit, on the monitoring screen. The display screens stored in the storage unit includes, for example, five to nine display elements, and the display elements are, for example, graphs or patterns associated with numerical values based on data acquired from the plant. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113700 | OPERATING AND MONITORING SCREEN DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An operating and monitoring screen displaying apparatus according to the present disclosure selects a screen among a plurality of split display screens displaying information about a part of a process in a plant and displays the selected screen as an operating and monitoring screen. The apparatus includes a receipt unit which receives a selection of a screen to be displayed among a plurality of split display screens; a split screen display unit which displays the screen selected through the receipt unit; and a map display unit which displays a map in which process elements constituting the process are associated with display areas, and indicates, on the map, a display area associated with a process element included in the screen being displayed by the split screen display unit. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130110998 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT INTERFACE FOR HETEROGENEOUS DATA NETWORK AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130107804 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130100984 | OPTICALFIBER TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present apparatus includes: an intensity ratio calculation unit configured to calculate a first and a second intensity ratios which are ratios of Stokes light intensity to anti-Stokes light intensity obtained when a light pulse is output to a first end and a second end of an optical fiber, respectively; a temperature calculation unit configured to calculate a temperature distribution along the optical fiber based on a reference temperature, the first and the second intensity ratios, and a total length loss ratio, which is a loss ratio of Stokes light to anti-Stokes light with regard to a total length of the optical fiber; and a total length loss ratio calculation unit configured to calculate the total length loss ratio based on the first and the second intensity ratios with regard to a location in a predetermined section close to both ends of the optical fiber whose temperature is kept constant. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130086429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-DIAGNOSIS AND ERROR REPORTING - A system for self-diagnosing and error reporting of a software application in a computer system having a plurality of software applications and background processes, the system comprising a diagnosis module configured to collect and monitor usage data of resources of the computer system, execution status of the software applications and background processes of the computer system, and software application error conditions, adjust logging level of log files according to the execution status of the software applications and background processes of the computer system and the software application error conditions, and generate diagnosis advisory based on the usage data of the resources of the computer system and the software error conditions, and a reporting module configured to collect and report the usage data of the resources of the computer system, the log files and the generated diagnosis advisory automatically to a user. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085959 | APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING TASK PROCEDURES OF INDUSTRIAL PLANT ASSETS - An apparatus for presenting task procedures of industrial plant assets to a field operator, the apparatus comprising an editing module accessed through a computer terminal, the editing module configured to allow a specialist to create at least one task procedure of at least one plant asset; an integration module configured to retrieve plant information provided by at least one other plant system; a server configured to store the at least one task procedure and the plant information; a presentation module configured to present the at least one task procedure and the plant information; and a mobile device configured to be operatively connectable to the server and to display to the field operator the at least one task procedure and the plant information presented by the presentation module. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085717 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUALIFYING PERFORMANCE OF A CONVENTIONAL CONTROL VALVE - A method of qualifying performance of a conventional control valve in a process plant, the valve being controlled by a controller, the method comprising a processor obtaining data samples from a database stored on a server of the process plant, each data sample comprising a process variable, a set-point, and a manipulated variable; the processor computing a non-linearity index from the data samples and determining if the non-linearity index is greater than a threshold value; if the non-linearity index is greater than the threshold value, the processor charting a plot of the process variable against the manipulated variable and determining if the plot has an elliptical or rectangular fit; and if the plot has an elliptical fit, the processor determining if a percentage of the total number of data samples lying within a theoretical ellipse encompassed within the elliptical fit is less than or equal to a preset percentage. | 04-04-2013 |
