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Device in a process system for validating a control signal from a field device
Assignee: Rosemount Inc
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Filing: 1997-12-29
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Granted: 2000-04-04
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Expires: 2017-12-29
Abstract
Abstract A device in a process control system includes a memory for storing a series of sensed process variables and command outputs representative of a learned process cycle. Comparison circuitry compares recent process information to learned process information stored in the memory and responsively provides a validity output signal. A method includes learning a cycle of a process to provide learned process information which comprises stored process variables and stored control signals over a time period, measuring a process variable in the process and responsively calculating the control output, storing the process variable in the control output to provide recent process information, and comparing the recent process information to the learned process information and responsively providing a validity output signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Evren Eryurek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 09:52
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B13/00; G05B13/02; G05B13/0265; G05B13/0285; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/04; G05B19/042; G05B19/418; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/20; G05B2219/25; G05B2219/25428; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P90/00; Y02P90/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for validating a control output from a field device in a process, the method comprising: learning a cycle of the process to provide a learned process information, the learned process information comprising stored process variables and stored control outputs over a specified time period; measuring a current process variable in the process and calculating the current control output for the process as a function of the current process variable to provide current process information; and comparing the current process information to the learned process information in a validation circuit and providing a validity signal, the validity signal indicating that the current control output has exceeded a predetermined boundary derived from the learned process information.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
116 words
A method for validating a control output from a field device in a process, the method comprising: learning a cycle of the process to provide a learned process information, the learned process information comprising stored process variables and stored control outputs over a specified time period; measuring a current process variable in the process and calculating the current control output for the process as a function of the current process variable to provide current process information; and comparing the current process information to the learned process information in a validation circuit and providing a validity signal, the validity signal indicating that the current control output has exceeded a predetermined boundary derived from the learned process information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the steps are performed in the field device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the process variable is measured at a first location and the control output is calculated at a second location and the comparing is performed at the second location.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1 wherein process variable measured in a first location, the control output calculated at a second location and the comparing is performed at a third location.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the learned process information is modeled in a fuzzy logic algorithm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the learned process information is modeled by a neural network.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the learned process information is modeled by a regression algorithm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
123 words
A two-wire device of the type used in the process control industry, comprising: a process variable input receiving a process variable; a control circuit for calculating a control output as a function of the sensed process variable and the setpoint; a memory for storing a series of sensed process variables and command outputs representative of a learned process cycle; an output circuit for formatting the control output onto the two wires; and a validation circuit which compares the learned process cycle to the sensed process variable and command output to responsively provide a validation signal representative of a state of the control system, the validation signal indicating that the current control output has exceeded a predetermined boundary derived from the learned process information.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
123 words
A two-wire device of the type used in the process control industry, comprising: a process variable input receiving a process variable; a control circuit for calculating a control output as a function of the sensed process variable and the setpoint; a memory for storing a series of sensed process variables and command outputs representative of a learned process cycle; an output circuit for formatting the control output onto the two wires; and a validation circuit which compares the learned process cycle to the sensed process variable and command output to responsively provide a validation signal representative of a state of the control system, the validation signal indicating that the current control output has exceeded a predetermined boundary derived from the learned process information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
13 words
The device of claim 8 including a compensation circuit compensating the process variable.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the learned process cycle is modeled in a fuzzy logic algorithm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the learned process cycle is modeled by a neural network.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the learned process cycle is modeled by a regression algorithm.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the process variable input comprises a sensor for sensing a process variable.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the device is wholly powered through the two-wire loop.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
11 words
The device of claim 8 wherein the device comprises a transmitter.
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