| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7085607 |
Control system display for monitoring a complex process |
August 1, 2006 |
| A system for controlling a complex process in which a supervisory sequential controller interface provides automatic sequencing of a plurality of sequential steps of a procedure for operating the complex process, and a display in dynamic communication with the supervisory sequential |
| 5881115 |
Method and system for automatically executing multiple procedures for a complex process facility |
March 9, 1999 |
| A Supervisory Sequential Controller Interface (SSCI) provides for automatic and manual sequencing of the sequential steps of multiple procedures simultaneously in a complex process facility while preserving operator supervisory control over each procedure. The SSCI includes an Executive |
| 5553304 |
Method for generating and executing complex operating procedures |
September 3, 1996 |
| The present invention is a method for monitoring the operation of a nuclear power facility by generating a composite equation from a relational database which at execution time represents paper procedures. After generating the composite equation, a program stack is compiled on-line f |
| 5319579 |
Simulation of human performance of a process operation procedure |
June 7, 1994 |
| A system for simulating human performance of a predefined procedure for operating equipment uses operator characteristics defining how human operator performance will be simulated. The operator characteristics include at least one among decision making rules, execution accuracy rules |
| 5253186 |
Process facility monitoring method including transformation of sequential conditions into constr |
October 12, 1993 |
| A system for a process facility monitors the execution of a procedure in which steps are defined with associated conditions. Each condition is one of an initial condition, sequential condition or constraining condition. While constraining conditions are checked for violations during seve |
| 5121318 |
On-line plant operating procedure guidance system |
June 9, 1992 |
| A method of displaying data corresponding to a procedure is provided where all of the data required to follow the procedure is displayed together with abbreviated text corresponding to the procedure. Text and data corresponding to only a portion of the procedure is displayed at any given |
| 5089978 |
Automatic plant state diagnosis system including a display selection system for selecting displa |
February 18, 1992 |
| The present invention is a system that diagnoses plant state in conditions where plant state cannot be precisely determined from sensor signals. If a state is diagnosed with certainty an appropriate plant procedure step display is provided to the operator. If not, the steps corresponding |
| 5068080 |
Operation state responsive automatic display selection system |
November 26, 1991 |
| The present invention is a computer based system supporting plant operators in caring out nearly routine operations. The computer based system monitors available plant instrumentation signals and processes the gathered information to detect satisfaction of initial conditions to the s |
| 5032978 |
Status tree monitoring and display system |
July 16, 1991 |
| A display, a display method and an apparatus are disclosed which produce a summary display depicting function states using discrete state bars centered in one window of a two-window display. The other window on the summary display includes meters for the parameters along the active path |
| 4902469 |
Status tree monitoring and display system |
February 20, 1990 |
| A display, a display method and an apparatus are disclosed which produce a summary display depicting function states using discrete state bars centered in one window of a two-window display. The status bars represent the states of functions in a process as determined by status decision |
| 4816208 |
Alarm management system |
March 28, 1989 |
| A hybrid parallel/serial alarm management system in which sensor signals are intelligently processed to produce abnormality indication signals. The abnormality indication signals are divided into groups defined by functions of the system being monitored and are used to generate abnor |
| 4815014 |
Machine assisted execution of process operating procedures |
March 21, 1989 |
| A computer based system aids an operator in proceeding step-by-step through procedures for a complex process facility. At each step, monitored plant parameter values are used to evaluate relevant plant status and recommend action to be taken. The status and recommended action are present |
| 4803039 |
On line interactive monitoring of the execution of process operating procedures |
February 7, 1989 |
| The operator of a complex process facility is aided in executing step by step procedures by a computer based system which incorporates monitored plant data and interactive plant operator responses to prompts to progress step by step through selected procedures. At each procedure step the |
