ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,906, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Beckhoff Automation GmbH (Verl, Germany).

"Method for operating an automation system, control system and automation system" was invented by Christian Henke (Frastanz, Austria), Michel Matuschke (Meschede, Germany), Armin Pehlivan (Nuziders, Austria), Gerhard Holzer (Au am Leithaberge, Austria) and Johannes Beckhoff (SchloB Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for operating an automation system which comprises a drive system and an optical projection unit. The drive system comprises a movable rotor, where the rotor can be driven with the aid of a drive. A ...