Data processing: structural design – modeling – simulation – and em – Simulating electronic device or electrical system
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-02
2011-08-02
Gaffin, Jeffrey A (Department: 2129)
Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em
Simulating electronic device or electrical system
C706S045000, C700S029000, C700S275000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07991602
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention relates to integrating agents, control logic, and simulations in order to simulate and validate a control strategy for a physical system. The systems and methods integrate agents and control logic with simulations, and utilize the integrated agents, control logic, and simulations to generate a proxy. The proxy can be employed to couple one or more controllers executing the agents and control logic with the simulations. Visualization is utilized to visualize the simulation, including the agents and the control logic. In addition, the systems and methods utilize a synchronization algorithm to synchronize the execution times of the controllers and the simulations. The foregoing mitigates validation through building and testing physical system and/or test beds. Upon validating control strategies, associated agents and logic can be loaded in one or more industrial controllers controlling the physical system, and the simulation can be utilized to represent the physical system.
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Hall Kenwood H.
Maturana Francisco P.
Slechta Petr
Staron Raymond J.
Tichy Pavel
Gaffin Jeffrey A
Miller John M.
Rifkin Ben M
Rockwell Automation Technologies Inc.
Speroff R. Scott
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