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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 13/42 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/0423 (2013.01); G05B 19/4184 (2013.01); G05B 2219/33323 (2013.01); G06F 13/4282 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process control system includes an I/O module configured to be connected to a field device which is installed in a plant in which an industrial process is controlled, the I/O module autonomously transmitting data received from the field device, and a higher-level device that comprises a memory which temporarily stores the data autonomously transmitted from the I/O module, the higher-level device reading the data stored in the memory at a predetermined period.