Device in a process system for detecting events
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1. A process device coupled to a process control loop, comprising:
- a process signal input providing a process signal related to a process;
memory containing a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process signal and a rule;
computing circuitry calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical function of the process signal and operating on the current parameter and the trained parameter based upon the rule to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event and responsively providing a failure event output in response to an event in the process detected based upon the operation; and
output circuitry outputting the failure event output.
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Abstract
A process device couples to a process control loop. The process device receives process signals. A memory in the process device contains a nominal parameter value and a rule. Computing circuitry calculates a statistical parameter of the process signal and operates on the statistical parameter and the stored nominal value based upon the stored rule and responsively provides an event output based upon the operation. Output circuitry provides an output in response to the event output.
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1. A process device coupled to a process control loop, comprising:
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a process signal input providing a process signal related to a process; memory containing a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process signal and a rule; computing circuitry calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical function of the process signal and operating on the current parameter and the trained parameter based upon the rule to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event and responsively providing a failure event output in response to an event in the process detected based upon the operation; and output circuitry outputting the failure event output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A transmitter in a process control loop, comprising:
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a sensor sensing a process variable; an analog to digital converter coupled to the sensor having a digitized process variable output; a memory containing a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process variable and a rule; computation circuitry coupled to the memory and the analog to digital converter, the computation circuitry calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical parameter of the digitized processed variable, operating on the current parameter based upon the rule and the trained parameter to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event and responsively providing a process failure event output; and output circuitry coupled to the process control loop outputting the process failure event output onto the loop. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method performed in a process device for detecting a process failure event in a process control system, comprising:
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obtaining a process signal related to a process variable; retrieving a rule from a memory; retrieving a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process variable from the memory; calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical function of the process signal; comparing current parameter to the trained parameter in accordance with a relationship defined by the rule to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event; and responsively providing a process failure event output based upon the step of comparing. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A transmitter coupled to a two wire process control loop which completely powers the transmitter, comprising:
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a process signal input providing a process signal related to a process comprising a sensor providing a sensor output related to the process, and an analog to digital converter which converts the sensor output into a digitized process variable; memory containing a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process signal and a rule; computing circuitry providing a control signal output as a function of the digitized process variable and calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical function of the digitized process variable and operating on the current parameter and the trained parameter based upon the rule to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event and providing a failure event output in response to a failure event in the process detected based upon the operation; and output circuitry outputting the failure event output on the two wire loop. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. A process device coupled to a process control loop, comprising:
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a process signal input for providing a process signal related to a process, the process signal input comprising a control signal for controlling the process; memory containing a trained parameter representative of statistical function of an observed process signal and a rule; computing circuitry calculating a current parameter representative of a statistical function of the digitized process variable and operating on the current parameter and the trained parameter based upon the rule to thereby recognize a pattern in the process signal associated with a failure event and providing a failure event output in response to a failure event in the process detected based upon the operation; and output circuitry outputting the failure event output. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65)
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