Matthew Joseph Sullivan

US Patent:

20190101882, Apr 4, 2019

Filed:

Aug 31, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/119302

Inventors:

- Round Rock TX, US
Julian K. Naidoo - Cedar Park TX, US
Robert B. Havekost - Austin TX, US
Stephen G. Hammack - Austin TX, US
Matthew Joseph Sullivan - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G05B 19/042
G05B 19/418

Abstract:

A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment so that the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical display views (or portions thereof) are able to be validated and/or verified in-line with their configuration workflows wholly within the configuration environment, without having to publish, compile, and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. The validation may be based on data provided from one or more sources external to the draft display view configuration, e.g., from the configuration and/or the operating environment. Examples of such features include in-line data reference link validation, local test, completeness and/or visual salience assessments, and/or disassociation of configuration comments from published configurations, to name a few.

US Patent:

20190102072, Apr 4, 2019

Filed:

Aug 30, 2018

Appl. No.:

16/117326

Inventors:

- Round Rock TX, US
Julian K. Naidoo - Cedar Park TX, US
Cindy A. Scott - Georgetown TX, US
Adrian A. Sanchez - Manila, PH
Camilo Fadul - Round Rock TX, US
Cristopher Ian Sarmiento Uy - Metro Manila, PH
Robert B. Havekost - Austin TX, US
Stephen G. Hammack - Austin TX, US
Matthew Joseph Sullivan - Austin TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/0483

Abstract:

A graphical display configuration system of a process control system provides features within the configuration environment that allow a user to create, define, edit, and easily preview the runtime appearance and/or runtime behavior of graphical elements and/or graphical displays in-line with the configuration workflow of the user, without having to compile and/or download draft graphical configurations into the operating environment of a process plant supported by the process control system, and/or without requiring specialized scripts to be implemented within the operating environment of the process plant. Previews of runtime appearances and/or runtime behaviors of draft configurations of graphical elements and/or graphical displays (that are eventually to be executed within the operating environment of the process control system) are able to generated and presented exclusively within the configuration environment, e.g., for testing and/or verification.