SELF EVALUATING TRANSMITTER
First Claim
1. A self-evaluating process control transmitter system, said system comprising:
- a transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral sensor;
a transmitter memory integrally disposed with said transmitter;
said transmitter memory configured to store a plurality of sets of said output data thereon, including an initial as-built data set, and at least one subsequent data set;
an as-built data set stored on said transmitter memory;
a self evaluation module integrally disposed with said transmitter, in communication with said transmitter memory and configured to identify one or more variations between said as-built data set and at least one subsequent data set.
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Abstract
A self-evaluating process control transmitter system includes a transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral sensor, and a transmitter memory integrally disposed with the transmitter. The transmitter memory is configured to store a plurality of sets of the output data thereon, including an initial as-built data set, and at least one subsequent data set. A self evaluation module integrally disposed with the transmitter, in communication with the transmitter memory is configured to identify one or more variations between the as-built data set and at least one subsequent data set.
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33 Claims
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1. A self-evaluating process control transmitter system, said system comprising:
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a transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral sensor; a transmitter memory integrally disposed with said transmitter; said transmitter memory configured to store a plurality of sets of said output data thereon, including an initial as-built data set, and at least one subsequent data set; an as-built data set stored on said transmitter memory; a self evaluation module integrally disposed with said transmitter, in communication with said transmitter memory and configured to identify one or more variations between said as-built data set and at least one subsequent data set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for monitoring the performance of a process control transmitter having an integral sensor, said method comprising:
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(a) installing said transmitter in a process; (b) capturing, on memory of the transmitter, an installed data set corresponding to output of the integral sensor at known conditions after said installing (a); (c) comparing, with an integral self evaluation module, the installed data set to an as-built data set stored on the memory of the transmitter, the as-built data set corresponding to output of the integral sensor at predetermined conditions; and (d) identifying, with the self evaluation module, any variation between the installed data set and the as-built data set that may indicate degradation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A self-evaluating process control transmitter system for the evaluation of pressure transmitter degradation, said system comprising:
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a pressure transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral pressure sensor; said pressure transmitter having a transmitter memory with initial as-built output data stored thereon; said transmitter memory having a predetermined acceptable range of data variation stored thereon; said transmitter memory configured to store subsequent output data thereon, along with temporal, orientation, and ambient temperature information associated therewith; said pressure transmitter having a self evaluation module communicably coupled to said transmitter memory and configured to standardize output data by adjusting for temperature and orientation; said self evaluation module configured to identify variations between the as-built output data and the subsequent output data; said self evaluation module configured to identify variations between individual sets of subsequent output data; and said self evaluation module configured to determine a trend of said output data over time, and to identify variations between said trend and individual sets of the subsequent output data. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A self-evaluating process control transmitter system, said system comprising:
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a transmitter configured to capture output data from an integral sensor; a transmitter memory integrally disposed with said transmitter; said transmitter memory configured to store a plurality of sets of said output data thereon, including a prior data set, and a plurality of subsequent data sets; a self evaluation module integrally disposed with said transmitter, in communication with said transmitter memory and configured to determine a trend of said output data sets over time; the self evaluation module being further configured to identify one or more variations between the prior data set and at least one of the subsequent data sets. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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