Field-measuring system and method supported by PDA

• US 20050060108A1
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Metal Industries Research and Development Centre
• Original Assignee: Metal Industries Research and Development Centre
• Inventors: Ku, Chia-Lin
• Application Number:
  US10/780,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20050060108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/62
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 15/063 using electrical means
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 3/2815 using pressure measurements

Abstract

The present invention is a field-measuring system and method supported by a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) at the control processing field, comprising: a plurality of energy converters for sensing the processing variables at the control processing field and outputting the electric signals in response to the processing variables; a processing controller with a multi-port input interface for receiving the electric signals, processing the electric signals based on a single-chip microprocessor, and outputting the digital data corresponding to the processing variables; a personal digital assistant (PDA) for executing a driver to receive the digital data, and displaying the messages related to the processing variables; and a communication interface circuit for transmitting the data to a PDA. The combination of a PDA with a communication protocol technique facilitates the establishment of a real-time system for data retrieval and monitoring at a control processing field. In addition, the present invention improves the safety of the pipeline operation, and monitors the abnormalities of the pipelines around the clock by operating the pipe switch device at the field.

Claims

1. A field-measuring system used at a control processing field, includes:

a plurality of energy converters for sensing processing variables at the control processing field, and outputting electric signals in response to said processing variables;

a processing controller having a multi-port input interface to receive said electric signals, said processing controller processing said electric signals and outputting digital data corresponding to said processing variables based on a single-chip microprocessor;

a personal digital assistant (PDA) for executing a driver software to receive said digital data and display the messages related to said processing variables; and

a communication interface for transmitting said digital data from said processing controller to said PDA.

2. The field-measuring system according to claim 1, wherein said energy converters include a temperature sensor, pressure sensor or flow sensor.

3. The field-measuring system according to claim 1, wherein said processing variables may be the temperature, pressure or flow volume of a fluid.

4. A field-measuring controller used at a pipeline fluid control field, includes:

a multi-port interface circuit for receiving analog signals outputted by a plurality of energy converters which are used to sense the processing variables at the pipe fluid control field;

an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting the analog signals into digitalized electric signals;

a single-chip microprocessor for receiving said electric signals and outputting data corresponding to said processing variables;

a communication interface circuit for transmitting the data to a PDA, so that said PDA displays data message related to said processing variables.

5. The field-measuring system according to claim 4, wherein the energy converters are temperature sensors, pressure sensors or flow sensors.

6. The field-measuring system according to claim 4, wherein the processing variables are the temperature, pressure or flow volume of a pipeline fluid.

7. A field-measuring control method used at a pipeline fluid control field, includes the following steps:

processing variables at the control processing field are sensed and analog signals in response to said processing variables are obtained;

said analog signals are converted to digitalized electric signals;

said electric signal are calculated and the data corresponding to said processing variables are obtained;

said data is transmitted to a personal digital assistant; and

said personal digital assistant installed with a driver receives said data and displays messages related to said processing variables.