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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2019
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Musashino, JP;
Abstract
A field device according to one aspect of the present invention may include a first processor configured to perform a process of communicating first information used for process control and a process of generating second information including a diagnosis result obtained by performing self-diagnosis of the field device, a second processor including a first wireless unit configured to perform wireless communication, the second processor being configured to request the first processor to read at least the second information and to perform a process of transmitting, from the first wireless unit, the second information obtained through the read request as a wireless signal, and a security unit configured to permit or reject a request made to the first processor by the second processor in accordance with a rule which is specified in advance.