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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2008
Applicants:

Natalia Kroupnova, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Aleksey Yanovich, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Thorsten Kril, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mikhail B. Kozine, Campbell, CA (US);

Inventors:

Natalia Kroupnova, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Aleksey Yanovich, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Thorsten Kril, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Mikhail B. Kozine, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Applied Materials, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G21C 17/00 (2006.01); G05B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 23/021 (2013.01); G05B 23/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for automatically providing a virtual sensor have been described. In one embodiment, a method for automatically providing a virtual sensor includes receiving a plurality of virtual sensor templates from a server. The method further includes selecting a virtual sensor template from the plurality of virtual sensor templates. The selected virtual sensor template has an algorithm to provide a desired functionality. The method further includes selecting at least one parameter to configure the selected virtual sensor template. The method further includes automatically creating a virtual sensor associated with the selected virtual sensor template.


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