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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:
Mar. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Hanns-erik Endres, München, DE;
Inventor:
Hanns-Erik Endres, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for monitoring a process consists of repeatedly acquiring at least two different pieces of information of the process, performing a component transformation using the acquired information to calculate a main component measurement vector in a main component space, calculating a process indicator quantity by using the calculated main component measurement vector with one or several main component measurement vectors of a previous acquisition, and detecting a process end by using the process indicator quantity. Apparatus for monitoring a process is also disclosed.