Monitoring system for an industrial process using one or more multidimensional variables

US6985779B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Smiths Detection Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chang-Meng Hsiung · Redwood City, US
• Bethsabeth Munoz · Pasadena, US
• Ajoy Roy · Danvers, US
• Michael Gregory Steinthal · Los Angeles, US
• Steven A. Sunshine · Pasadena, US
• Michael Allen Vicic · Pasadena, US
• Shou-Hua Zhang · Pasadena, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Jul 12, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P90/80
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system for monitoring an industrial process and taking action based on the results of process monitoring. Actions taken may include process control, paging, voicemail, and input for e-enterprise systems. The system includes an input module for receiving a plurality of parameters from a process for manufacture of a substance or object. The system also includes a library module. The library module includes a plurality of computer aided processes. Any one of the computer aided processes is capable of using each of the plurality of parameters to compare at least two of the plurality of parameters against a training set of parameters. The training set of parameters is generally predetermined. The computer aided process is also capable of determining if the at least two of the plurality of parameters are within a predetermined range of the training set of parameters. Additionally, the system includes an output module for outputting a result based upon the training set and the plurality of parameters.