Richard Mcdaniel

US Patent:

7505817, Mar 17, 2009

Filed:

Mar 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/809155

Inventors:

Richard Gary McDaniel - Oakland CA, US
Daniel Conrad Benson - Seattle WA, US
Steven Michael Schofield - Berkeley CA, US
Frank Dittrich Schiller - Erlangen, DE

Assignee:

Siemens Technology-to-Business Center, LLC - Berkeley CA

International Classification:

G05B 11/01
G05B 15/00
G05B 19/42
G06F 9/44

US Classification:

700 18, 700 17, 700 83, 700 86, 717106, 717107, 717108, 717109

Abstract:

A system for programming automation by demonstration where a control program may be created or modified through the process of demonstrating desired behavior using graphical representations (or widgets) of physical, programming, and user interface elements. Widgets have state, or properties, and may also have inherent events associated with them or indirect events that are generated through the demonstration process. The general process of demonstration consists of providing several individual example behaviors. Complete behavior, and thus the resultant code, is generated through inferencing from a number of individual example behaviors. The process of programming automation by demonstration reduces the complexity of the programming task and thereby greatly simplifies the workload of the control programmer, allowing the programmer to concentrate more on the specific automation application at hand rather than on the particulars of the programming language or tools. The invention may be applied to a wide range of automation applications, from home and building automation to industrial automation, and may be practiced by novice and expert-level users.

US Patent:

7586490, Sep 8, 2009

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111168

Inventors:

Richard McDaniel - Oakland CA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - Munich

International Classification:

G06T 11/20

US Classification:

345441, 345419, 345629, 382181, 382173

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer program code for three-dimensional sketching may comprise, according to some embodiments, receiving input from a computer-augmented surface such as a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) of a tablet computer, recording the input as “digital ink”, and interpreting the ink to convert the drawing into a three-dimensional sketch model.

US Patent:

8004539, Aug 23, 2011

Filed:

Apr 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/111293

Inventors:

Richard McDaniel - Oakland CA, US
Daniel Benson - Berkeley CA, US

Assignee:

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft - München

International Classification:

G09G 5/00

US Classification:

345619, 345650, 345661, 345676

Abstract:

Systems, methods and computer program code for improved graphical parameter definition may comprise, (i) receiving, by a graphical editing tool, a command associated with a graphical editing operation directed to performing a transformation to a graphical object, wherein the transformation is associated with changing a value of a first parameter of the graphical object, (ii) displaying, by the graphical editing tool, a transformation object associated with the transformation, wherein the transformation object comprises a second parameter comprising a value associated with the transformation, and wherein the value of the first parameter of the graphical object is related to the value of the second parameter, (iii) receiving, by the graphical editing tool, an indication associated with defining the transformation object as a new parameter of the graphical object, and (iv) defining, by the graphical editing tool, the transformation object as the new parameter of the graphical object.