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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Luis A. Montestruque, South Bend, IN (US);
Michael D. Lemmon, Middlebury, IN (US);
Jeffrey W. Talley, South Bend, IN (US);
Luis A. Montestruque, South Bend, IN (US);
Michael D. Lemmon, Middlebury, IN (US);
Jeffrey W. Talley, South Bend, IN (US);
EmNet, LLC, South Bend, IN (US);
University of Notre Dame du Lac, Notre Dame, IN (US);
Abstract
A distributed monitoring and control system includes a plurality of nodes forming a redundant communication network. Each of the nodes includes a processor, a memory and a transceiver. At least one of the nodes includes a sensor for acquiring information. At least one of the nodes includes an actuator. At least one of the processors is programmed with a control algorithm to receive information acquired from the sensors, calculate a control command and communicate the control command to the actuators for execution.