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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:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Applicants:
Mogens Mathiesen, Oslo, NO;
Niels Aakvaag, Oslo, NO;
Gilles Thonet, Meylan, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ABB Research Ltd., Zürich, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/02 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 15/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling an industrial automation device or process including a control unit, at least one actuator, and at least one device arranged for wireless communication with the control unit. The method determines characteristics of the wireless transmissions used to communicate sensor and/or actuator data to the control unit. The method, a system and a graphic interface enable a user to select a control strategy dependent on a value or values of the characteristics of the wireless communications.