ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,027, issued on May 27, was assigned to ABB Schweiz AG (Baden, Switzerland).
"Collecting data on an industrial automation device" was invented by Ville Sarkimaki (Helsinki) and Zhongliang Hu (Helsinki).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide adaptiveness to data collected on an industrial automation device, a test is used for a specific need. A set of parameter values to be used during the test are temporary and send to the industrial automation device with an indication of a test. Before the test is run, existing parameter values are backed up, and they are restored after the test."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2022, under Appli...