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Process control system

US6571273B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 1999
Grant dateMay 27, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/23389
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An improved process control sytem wherein objects having functions for configuring a process control system are distributed and arranged in a plurality of computers connected to a network and each distributed and arranged object shares the functions of the process control system; information component cassettes are provided having individual information related to monitoring and operation and methods to display the information in an optimum display form, and the cassettes are provided according to the types of information; an information component deck is provided which arranges the information component cassettes and offers a unified interface for accessing the information component cassettes; and control objects are provided for controlling a plant and display objects for monitoring and operation of the plants, the control objects and display objects being related to each other and operated in association with each other.

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