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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
May. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles F. Ridolfo, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/900 ; G08B 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 2/900 ; G08B 2/500 ;
Abstract
An alarm management system and method includes structure and function for receiving one or more process parameter signals representative of one or more process parameters. Each of the received process parameters is then compared with an associated alarm point. An alarm status signal is generated on the basis of the comparison. An annunciation command signal is transmitted on the basis of the alarm status signal. And, a sound is then generated on the basis of the annunciation command signal.