Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 06/06

20060142875 - Appendable system and devices for data acquisition, analysis and control: An appendable system includes a plurality of appendable devices that are adapted to interoperate with each other and/or a workstation via a communication network to monitor and/or control a process. Each of the appendable devices can communicate with one or more sensors and/or control outputs and includes a housing that...

20060142873 - Method to increase the safety integrity level of a control system: Controller capable of executing non-safety-related control logic. A safety module is added to the controller in order to increase the safety-integrity level of a control system. The controller is able to execute safety-related control of real-world objects. Such a control system may exist at an offshore production platform or in...

20060142874 - System for reducing electrical wiring in complex apparatus, such as vehicles and aircraft: A system for controlling multiple processors, each of which controls a group of hardware devices. Each processor is equipped with storage space for a database. A single, shared, database circulates among the processors, and only a single processor receives the database at any given time. All processors are idle, except...

20060142876 - Location-specific adaptation of an intelligent unit: For adaptation of an intelligent unit, the invention provides that a configuration device (21, 22, 24, 25) can be associated with a defined application and/or a defined location and have the capability to store application-based and/or location-based configuration data and/or behavior description data, such that data can be transmitted from...

20060142877 - Method and apparatus for controlling a deformable mirror: A method, or corresponding apparatus, for controlling deformation of a structure, in part, includes applying a command signal at a first signal level to at least one actuator mechanically coupled to a structure, the first signal level known to produce an energy level in the actuator(s) substantially the same as...

20060142878 - System for virtual process interfacing via a remote desktop protocol (rdp): The invention relates to a system and a method for virtual on line process interfacing for distributed engineering systems in automation technology based on a remote desktop protocol. A communication channel is established from any client within the system to a server via the RDP by means of online access....

20060142880 - Messaging system based building control: An arrangement using an Instant Messaging (“IM”) chat-type interface for monitoring and controlling devices in an automated home is provided. The automated home is arranged to be accessible as an IM contact (often called a “buddy”) to a user of an IM service that is located remotely from the automated...

20060142879 - Method and apparatus for controlling digital electronic products: A method and an apparatus for controlling a digital electronic product, using a control signal transmitter and a signal receiver combined with a gate system for controlling a digital home appliance, such that a system activation/inactivation control mechanism is established. The on/off status of the gate system is remotely controlled...

20060142881 - Method and apparatus for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures with a robotic arm that has a passive joint and system which can decouple the robotic arm from the input device: A system for performing minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The system includes a pair of surgical instruments that are coupled to a pair of robotic arms. The instruments have end effectors that can be manipulated to hold and suture tissue. The robotic arms are coupled to pair of master handles by...

20060142882 - System for preparing a standard framework for automation appliances: The invention relates to a system and a method for preparing a standardised functionality which is independent form the type of appliance and is used to create a solution in the field of automation. The specific properties and functions of different automation systems are directly covered or generalised on respective...

20060142883 - Design supporting system for supporting component design: A design supporting system includes a unit that acquires, from a component design supporting program which is executed in a client terminal, component design information including volume information indicative of a volume of a designed component, a unit that generates list information that is indicative of a list of names...

20060142884 - Method of optimising the joints between layers in modelling or prototyping involving layer decomposition, and parts thus obtained: A method for optimizing the joints between layers in that portion thereof which is flush with the surface of a part obtained by means of computer-aided modeling or prototyping of the type involving layer decomposition, characterized in that the connecting profile of two successive layers is mathematically and numerically defined...

20060142885 - Information processing device and production device: An information processing apparatus includes a line information storage unit for storing pieces of line information, a data reception unit for receiving numerical control (NC) data for producing a first board, a line identifier acquiring unit for acquiring a line identifier from line identifiers stored in the line information storage...

20060142886 - Method and system of production planning: Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-aided production planning method and system for accurately and quickly drafting a production plan for a given period for a production system employing a production line with a salvage process. In one embodiment, the method includes a new parts supply quantity recalculating step of...

20060142887 - Systems and methods for managing lot aggregation: A system for managing lot aggregation. An interface receives a lot aggregation rule. A storage device stores first lot manufacture information and the lot aggregation rule. A processor integrates the lot aggregation rule into the first lot manufacture information to generate second lot manufacture information....

20060142888 - Process monitoring device for sample processing apparatus and control method of sample processing apparatus: A plasma processing apparatus for processing a sample within a vacuum vessel, including: a plurality of sensors for detecting plural kinds of information relating to a processing state of the sample as monitor data; data selecting means for selecting a detection time range of the monitor data thus detected which...

20060142889 - Verification system: A verification system for a batch manufacturing process comprises comparing manufacturing order information obtained from an electronic database to the label or other representative data obtained from the beginning and end of the production batch. In a preferred embodiment, an empty carton is produced at the beginning and end of...

20060142890 - Substrate processing apparatus, method of controlling substrate, and exposure apparatus: A load-lock apparatus including a load-lock chamber, a chuck, arranged in the load-lock chamber, to hold a substrate, a pressure reduction system to reduce a pressure in the load-lock chamber using an exhaust valve, a pressure measurement system to measure a pressure in the load-lock chamber, and a time measurement...

20060142891 - Device for designing tubular knot fabric and method of designing: Shapes of a front and a rear part of a tubular knit fabric are displayed on a monitor, and the input of a pattern across the front and rear knit fabrics is received. When a user appoint on the monitor a start point of the pattern on the knit fabric,...

20060142892 - Method and apparatus for automatically dividing machining process in automatic programming apparatus: An automatic programming apparatus includes a process division control section, which automatically divides a machining process executed to obtain a predetermined product shape from a material shape of a workpiece. The process division control section computes a removal shape, which is a shape to be removed from the material shape...

20060142893 - Tool damage/abnormality detecting device: A tool damage/abnormality detecting device capable of easily appropriately setting an allowable range for a value of comparison between a present value and a near past average for indexes indicative of loads on a tool. A machining cycle counter index i is adjusted to i=0, machining is performed as the...

20060142894 - System for assisting selection of power tool: it is judged whether a power tool is suitable for a work description for which the power tool is used or not, and when it is not suitable for the work description, a suitable power tool is selected and presented to a user. The power tool has a memory, and...

20060142895 - Method and system for order fulfillment in a distribution center: Order allocation techniques that reduce the number of stops that a container makes in the process of fulfilling a customer order is disclosed. In one embodiment, this is accomplished by first identifying a pod that stocks the largest number of different items in a customer order. Then, a second pod...

20060142897 - Roll-pitch-roll wrist methods for minimally invasive robotic surgery: A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers (72R and 72L) for control of right and left manipulators (24R and 24L) through use of a servomechanism that includes computer (42). Cameras (46R and 46L) view workspace (30) from different angles for production of stereoscopic...

20060142896 - System for carrying an item: The item-carrying system comprises: a robot comprising: a gripping portion for gripping an item and can open/close; external force detecting means for detecting an external force applied to the gripping portion; opening-degree detecting means for detecting an opening-degree of the gripping portion; and autonomous movement means; and receiving/passing motion deciding...

20060142898 - Hvac control using modulated evaporator outlet temperature: A vehicle climate control system operates an evaporator at a minimum temperature adjusted by a temperature offset. The control system determines a desired temperature and a blend potentiometer position that is indicative of the desired temperature. The control system determines a target temperature for the evaporator according to the blend...

20060142899 - Method of operating a wind park: Wind power installations were initially always erected in the form of individual units and it is only in recent years that, caused also by administrative and building regulations, wind power installations are frequently installed in wind parks. In that respect a wind park in its smallest unit is an arrangement...

20060142900 - System and method for enabling home power management: A system and method for enabling home power management. The method includes polling a plurality of power managed appliances in a network to determine a power state for each of the power managed appliances. Based on a corresponding power rating for the power state of each of the power managed...

20060142901 - Microcontroller methods of improving reliability in dc brushless motors and cooling fans: A method of controlling a motor speed for a fan assembly includes receiving a duty cycle value at a microcontroller. The microcontroller receives a measured fan speed from a speed sensor. An expected fan speed is determined, where the expected fan speed corresponds to the duty cycle value. The measured...

20060136073 - Ophthalmic surgical system with embedded product catalog: An ophthalmic surgical system 10 includes an ophthalmic surgical console 12 and a plurality of surgical modules 14 for performing a plurality of surgical tasks. Surgical console 12 includes a memory 16. A display screen 18 forms a part of surgical console 12 for displaying a variety of surgical information,...

20060136074 - Thermal management of a multi-processor computer system: A method and apparatus are provided for thermal management of a multiprocessor computer system. The temperatures of the various processors within a multiprocessor system are monitored. When a processor is identified as overheated, a dummy process will be assigned to it, causing all other processes to be put on hold,...

20060136075 - Method and system for controlling a process in a plant: A method and system are disclosed for controlling a process by establishing a control factor for a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller used to control a parameter of a process relative to a setpoint. A feedback signal regarding the parameter of the process is received via a sensor of the process and...

20060136076 - Device, system and method of thermal control: Briefly, some embodiments of the invention may provide devices, systems and methods for thermal control. For example, a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention may include modifying an operational parameter of a processor based on a temperature of a heat sink associated with the processor....

20060136077 - Data setting apparatus and data setting method: A data setting apparatus has an accepting section, a deciding section, and a data setting section. The accepting section accepts an input of data to be set into a field equipment and an input of a key correlated with the field equipment. The deciding section decides whether or not the...

20060136078 - Method of information technology application for food process: The present disclosure relates generally to home application of consumer electronic devices, and in particular, to software Application Programming Interface (API) of food process in consumer electronic devices....

20060136079 - Method for organizing tournaments: Concepts for a method for conducting gambling tournaments for large numbers of participants are disclosed. The total number of participants is divided into groups of “N” players each. Each table will have “X” players. Of the “N” number of players per group, only a certain number of the last players...

20060136080 - Audio fidelity meter: An audio fidelity meter includes a scale which uses colors to visually represent the fidelity of an encoded digital audio file based at least on its extracted bit rate. The bit rate is one of several digital audio quality descriptors. Other descriptors include format, source, bit width, and sample rate....

20060136081 - Pharmaceutical compounder and information management system: Information management systems and methods can be used with at least one pharmaceutical compounding device. The systems and methods comprise a controller coupled to the compounding device. A compounding control manager resides on the controller to receive compounding order input and generate control commands to the compounding device based, at...

20060136082 - Method of designing shape of product: Typical numeric data for specifying a shape of a first product having a typical size are stored in a storage portion. By an input portion (10), a size of a second product other than the typical size is input. A calculating portion (4) determines recommended numeric data for specifying a...

20060136083 - Process for achieving decor on surface elements: A process for achieving décor on surface elements (1) which comprises a decorative upper layer (2) and a supporting core (5). A selected main décor is entered via a terminal, the selected décor emanating from the group consisting of; an archetype digitised via digital camera or scanner and a digitised...

20060136084 - Method and system for manufacturing electronic device, electronic device, and electro-optical apparatus: A system for manufacturing an electronic device having a processing unit which includes a timer that processes a plurality of lots each having a plurality of work pieces and measuring in units of lots a processing time of the work pieces constituting the respective lots, an environmental information measurement module...

20060136085 - System and method for optimization of product throughput: A system, method and apparatus are provided so that the machines and machining stations and the distribution of product along a production line may be managed in a variety of manners while data is taken and analyzed in accordance with this invention to provide optimization conditions for improved throughput. A...

20060136086 - Inking process management systems and methods: Systems and methods for inking process management. An inking tool generates inking map data for a first wafer. A first computer connects to an inking tool to receive the inking map data. A second computer connects to the first computer, receives the inking map data from the first computer, generates...

20060136087 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus and image forming/processing apparatus: An image reading unit reads a paper formed with a predetermined pattern in a state folded into a predetermined shape, and a recognizing unit detects the shape of the paper based on the obtained image data. The recognizing unit reads the process instructing information corresponding to the detected shape and...

20060136088 - Numerical control apparatus and numerical control system: An NC apparatus controls a position of a tool by driving a plurality of shafts with a plurality of servomotors. The shafts includes at least one clamp shaft that can be mechanically clamped or non-clamped. A clamp determining unit determines whether a state of the clamp shaft and outputs a...

20060136089 - Numerical control device for machine tool and numerical control method for machine tool: [Problem]To provide a numerical control apparatus of a machine tool and a numerical control method of a machine tool capable of increasing a conversion ratio of the case of converting an NC program into an electronic cam program and improving working efficiency by eliminating the need to cut off electronic...

20060136090 - Method and system for presenting traffic-related information: Presenting of real-world situational data on a dynamically updateable user interface is provided for by providing a dynamically updateable user interface that includes dynamic objects having variable characteristics and that correspond to real-world objects, receiving situational data that corresponds to a status of the one or more real-world objects, and...

20060136091 - Mobile chemical preparation plant and method of managing a chemical inventory thereon: A mobile chemical preparation plant and method of managing a chemical inventory is claimed. The mobile chemical preparation plant includes a mobile work area outfitted with a chemical compound preparation unit, a remote processing unit, and a global positioning system. Inventory of one or more chemical agents is also located...

20060136092 - Floating deadband control: A control system having a floating deadband control includes an input device moveable from a first position to a second position. In addition, the control system includes a controller configured to automatically generate a first electronically defined deadband about the first position when the input device is at the first...

20060136093 - Tracking device for grain: A tracking device for transported grain. A tracking device for grain comprises a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag dimensioned to have a size approximating surrounding grain. The tag comprises a memory and an RF communication channel. Data is stored in the memory, comprising at least a time when the RFID tag...

20060136095 - Automated pharmacy admixture system (apas): An Automated Pharmacy Admixture System (APAS) may include a manipulator that transports medical containers such as bags, vials, or syringes about a substantially aseptic admixing chamber. In a preferred implementation, a gripper assembly is configured to substantially universally grasp and retain syringes, IV bags, and vials of varying shapes and...

20060136096 - Navigational control system for a robotic device: A navigational control system for altering movement activity of a robotic device operating in a defined working area, comprising a transmitting subsystem integrated in combination with the robotic device, for emitting a number of directed beams, each directed beam having a predetermined emission pattern, and a receiving subsystem functioning as...

20060136094 - Robot controller and robot control method: An input unit enters angular displacements by which drive shafts of a robot arm are to be turned as teaching data into a control unit. The control unit converts the input angular displacements into position-attitude data, namely, converted commands, indicating a position of the free end of the robot arm...

20060136097 - Robot system: A robot system includes a position information emitting unit including a light emitter to emit a light including phase information and a supersonic wave emitter to emit a supersonic wave, and a robot including a light receiver to receive the light, a supersonic wave receiver to receive the supersonic wave,...

20060136098 - Dynamically ranking nodes and labels in a hyperlinked database: The World Wide Web (WWW) can be modelled as a labelled directed graph G(V,E,L), in which V is the set of nodes, E is the set of edges, and L is a label function that maps edges to labels. This model, when applied to the WWW, indicates that V is...

20060136099 - Safety system architecture for a hydrogen fueling station: An apparatus and a method for use in controlling the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a purified hydrogen generator; at least one of a compression unit, a storage unit, and a dispensing unit; and a system controller. The system controller is capable of monitoring the operation of the hydrogen...

20060136100 - Process for controlling the energy performance of an industrial unit: Process for controlling the energy performance of an industrial unit, in which process: the value of a set (V) of variables relating to the industrial unit and to the environment are measured, as is the value of a quantity representing the energy performance (W), an estimate (We) of the quantity...

20060129250 - Control system for plant: A control system for a plant is provided. This control system can control the plant more stably, when the model parameters of the controlled object model which are obtained by modeling the plant, which is a controlled object, are identified and the sliding mode control is performed using the identified...

20060129249 - Network system for automotive shops: The invention relates to a network system for automotive shops comprising at least one computer-aided automotive shop machine an and a respective computer network, wherein said computer-aided machine is connected to said computer network by communication means configured to communicated by transmission of information signals on a power supply line....

20060129252 - Automatic sensing power systems and methods: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system....

20060129253 - Automatic sensing power systems and methods: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system....

20060129251 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus for autonomously controlling the supply of electric power to each functional unit constituting said apparatus includes a management part for controlling the supply of electric power to each functional unit; an execution control part for issuing an instruction concerning an operation, if the operation is required...

20060129254 - Method and system of programming at least one appliance to change state upon the occurrence of a trigger event: An automation system for programming appliances having programmable controllers, programmable devices and trigger devices that communicate over a communication link. The user programs the programmable devices by placing the programmable controller in its training mode, activating the trigger device to generate a trigger signed and places select programmable devices in...

20060129256 - Digital implementation of a fourth order linkwitz-riley network with a low cutoff frequency: A simplified digital implementation of a fourth order Linkwitz-Riley crossover network is provided using approximations and transformations of the classical form. The approximation is particularly beneficial when the crossover frequency is low relative to the digital sampling rate, such as when an audio stream is split between bass and treble...

20060129255 - Providing multiple audio streams to an audio device as a single input: According to some embodiments, a first audio stream associated with a first image stream and a second audio stream associated with a second image are determined. The first and second audio streams may each have, for example, at least two channels. The first and second audio streams may then be...

20060129257 - Novel method and apparatus for integrating fault detection and real-time virtual metrology in an advanced process control framework: A semiconductor manufacturing information framework to operate a processing tool includes a data acquisition system (DAS), a virtual metrology (VM) system, a fault detection and classification (FDC) system and an advanced process control (APC) system. The DAS is operable to receive data related to the processing of a workpiece by...

20060129258 - Article design support system and method and medium storing program for article design support: A furniture design support system comprises a computer system. The computer system comprises an HD unit, which stores a furniture design support program and data representing the basic forms of units and parts. An operator defines a size, a finishing color, a material (the kind of wood), etc. with respect...

20060129259 - Automatic calculation of minimum and maximum tolerance stack: Determining a minimum condition and a maximum condition of an assembly of parts includes determining a subset of the assembly of parts, constructing a tolerance chain comprised of tolerance features associated with the parts and that have tolerances that can assume maximum and minimum values, setting at least one tolerance...

20060129260 - Capacity management system and method: A capacity management system and method. The system includes a demand management module and a planning engine. The demand management module receives a demand comprising a request for a quantity of a device and a corresponding required date. The planning engine converts original planning buckets with varying bucket lengths into...

20060129261 - System for aiding the design of product configuration: While a base model has been determined for a product, in a system for performing a configuration designing operation of the product by setting a specification value to a specification item of the product, a product configuration design aiding system aids that a configuration designer can easily perform the configuration...

20060129262 - Systems and methods for process-driven bill of material: The present invention is directed to systems and methods for compiling production and planning information. In one embodiment, a system for planning the production of a product includes at least one database configured to store engineering information related to the product, and further configured to store process information related to...

20060129263 - Method and system for controlling tool process parameters: A system for controlling process parameters. The system contains first and second storage devices, and first and second processors. The first storage device stores first process parameters for the tools. The first processor retrieves the first process parameters from the first storage device and calculates a control limit for each...

20060129264 - Method for controlling semiconductor processing apparatus: Occurrence of a process abnormality in a semiconductor processing apparatus is obtained by obtaining an index of a processing size of each of wafers within an X-th lot, in which the X represents an integer, based on data obtained during processing of each of the wafers of the X-th lot,...

20060129265 - Directed defective item repair system and methods: The field of the present invention is the repair of a defective item where the item is directed through the repair process by a system. In the present invention, a manufacturing execution system controls and tracks an item through a sequence of workcenters that implement a process. A route defines...

20060129266 - Method of controlling tension in a web: A method of controlling tension in a material handling process. An error signal of the process is determined. The velocity analog value of the material is determined and an instantaneous integral gain is then determined according to the velocity analog value. A proportional gain is determined. A first material parameter...

20060129267 - Method for measuring with a machining machine-tool, tool adapted therefor and software product managing same: The invention concerns a measuring method applicable to a machine-tool (M) which consists in causing the tool (O) to contact a point selected as reference in the machining station by controlling said actuating means (200) which, through exceeding a force value defined as threshold, triggers the measurement so as to...

20060129268 - Tool data chip: An item of tooling such as an injection mold that is fixedly coupled with a memory device for storing information such as tool identification information, optimal and actual operating parameters, cycle count, and similar information useful for the tracking, use, maintenance, and repair of an item of tooling. Also covered...

20060129269 - Processes for using a memory storage device in conjunction with tooling: A process for using a data memory device in conjunction with an item of tooling such as an injection mold wherein the tooling is fixedly coupled with a memory device for storing information such as tool identification information, optimal and actual operating parameters, cycle count, and similar information useful for...

20060129270 - Processes and systems for creation of machine control for specialty machines requiring manual input: A system is provided for creating specialty machine control programs for manufacturing a part. A CA (computer aided) computer system is provided. The CA system may comprise a computer aided design and computer aided manufacture (CAD/CAM) computer system. The CA computer system may further comprise a computer aided engineering (CAE)...

20060129271 - System, method, and article of manufacture for generating a cad model indicating an amount of material added or removed from a part to form a feature in the part: A system, method, and article of manufacture for generating a CAD model indicating an amount of material added or removed from a part to form a feature in the part are provided. The method includes generating a first CAD model of the part. The method further includes generating a second...

20060129272 - Computerized method and system for loading and/or unloading a tray having a light grid over a surface thereof: A method and system for loading a tray, e.g., a multi-compartment tray, with at least one medication, the tray having a light grid over a surface thereof is provided. Further provided is a computerized method and system for delivering medication to at least one individual from a tray, e.g., a...

20060129273 - Medication tray having a light grid over a surface thereof: A method and system for loading a tray, e.g., a multi-compartment tray, with at least one medication, the tray having a light grid over a surface thereof is provided. Further provided is a computerized method and system for delivering medication to at least one individual from a tray, e.g., a...

20060129274 - Computerized method and system for loading and/or unloading a tray using laser scanning technology: A method and system for loading a tray, e.g., a multi-compartment tray, with at least one medication, the tray having a light grid over a surface thereof is provided. Further provided is a computerized method and system for delivering medication to at least one individual from a tray, e.g., a...

20060129277 - Architecture of an embedded internet robot system controlled by brain waves: The present invention discloses an architecture of an embedded internet robot system controlled by brain waves, wherein the brain-computer interface and the internet robot system cooperate with the alertness level detection technology and the instruction translation technology, and thereby, the user can control a distal-end robot purely via consciousness activities...

20060129276 - Autonomous mobile robot: Disclosed is a space-saving autonomous mobile robot capable of switching two types of light irradiation appropriately. The robot includes a moving mechanism, an autonomous movement controller for controlling the moving mechanism, a self-location recognition unit for sensing a self-location of the robot, a map data storage unit for storing a...

20060129275 - Autonomous moving robot: The present invention aims to provide an autonomous moving robot capable of visibly showing the human an initial check result for a sound input means in the initial stage after the robot device is turned on and activated, and whether or not the input sound was normally recognized. The robot...

20060129278 - Legged mobile robot control system: In a legged mobile robot control system having leg actuators each driving the individual legs and arm actuators each driving the individual arms, an external force acting on the right arm is detected, operation of the right arm actuators is controlled to produces a handshake posture, and operation of the...

20060129279 - Mobile emergency filtration system and method: A fee basis program for emergency response to accidental or intentional contamination of a water supply includes supplying equipment designed to treat contaminated water and restore it to desired levels of usability. The program also includes provisions for training of crews, determination of optimum numbers of treatment units, deployment of...

20060129280 - Work machine operating system and method: A method of operating a work machine includes sensing at least one operational characteristic of a work tool indicative of current work tool performance. The method also includes altering the operation of the work machine in response to the sensing to maintain a desired relationship between the at least one...

20060129281 - Systems and methods for updating graphical representations on multiple interface devices: A switch-gear system having a central controller for operating a plurality of circuit breakers, a first interface device, a second interface device, and an update system in communication with the first and second interface devices is provided. The first interface device can modify a lineup parameter of the plurality of...

20060116776 - Method and base chip for monitoring the operation of a microcontroller unit: To enable a method and a base chip (200) for monitoring, by means of at least one base chip (200), the operation of at least one microcontroller unit (300) that is intended for at least one application and is associated with a system (100) to be further developed in such...

20060116777 - Method and apparatus for utilizing a sequence interpreter approach to control logic of a programmable logic controller: The work memory of a programmable logic controller (PLC) is loaded with only one instruction at a time from the PLC's load memory which contains the entire instruction set to control a process. Each instruction has a format which contains at least one option code which must be evaluated to...

20060116778 - On-line statistical process control information system and method: On-line statistical process control information system and method are disclosed, which are particularly related to system and method of real-time reflecting and controlling quality of a manufacturing process by employing a database and computer network technology. With the system and method of on-line statistical process control information, information associated with...

20060116779 - Apparatus and method for tuning volume of downloaded sound: An apparatus and method for tuning the volume of a sound downloaded from an outside source in a device for outputting such a sound through a speaker are provided. The apparatus includes a memory, a speaker, a microphone, a codec, a volume tuning determining unit, and a volume tuner. The...

20060116781 - Artificial ambiance processing system: An apparatus and method simulates more accurately the natural statistics of a physical reverberation process. A new filter design is provided having a comb shaped group delay. Gain minimums at a plurality of frequencies are combined with a delay line to create a constant reverberation time independent of frequency while...

20060116780 - Digital audio recording and reproducing apparatus: In a digital audio recording and reproducing apparatus, an analog audio signal supplied from a microphone is converted into digital audio data, and after compressing the digital audio data such that the analog audio signal of sixty seconds is converted into digital data of not larger than 100K bytes, compressed...

20060116782 - Method of managing a system for the manufacture of tobacco products: A system for manufacturing tobacco products is managed using a method whereby, having programmed a number (Pn) into a master control unit (33) that represents a nominal production target for products of a given brand, such as boxes filled with cartons containing cigarettes of the particular brand, and programmed a...

20060116783 - Method and system for torque/force control of hydraulic actuators: A combined scheme of identification and torque control is provided for rotary hydraulic actuators. The composite controller consists of a dynamic feedback linearizing inner loop cascaded with a robust linear feedback outer loop. The proposed controller allows the actuator to generate desired torque irrespective of the actuator motion. In fact,...

20060116784 - System and method to analyze low yield of wafers caused by abnormal lot events: The present invention provides an Intelligent Engineering Data Analysis (I-EDA) system and method to help prevent low wafer yield and prevent occurrences of abnormal events. The I-EDA has a non-conforming wafer tracing (NCWT) system that operates to correlate occurrences of abnormal events with low wafer yield. The method generally has...

20060116785 - Method of predicting cmp removal rate for cmp process in a cmp process tool: A method of predicting CMP removal rate for CMP process in a CMP process tool. The method predicts CMP removal rates for CMP processes without polishing additional control wafers. The CMP process performed by the CMP process tool can be easily transferred accordingly, such that uptime of the CMP process...

20060116786 - Controller: An acceleration detection unit for detecting acceleration is mounted on a driven body. When a previous block is a positioning command, the system waits till the detected value of acceleration detected by the acceleration detection unit becomes equal to or less than a set value αs after the distribution of...

20060116787 - Power tool control system: A power tool control system includes a non-contact measurement and alignment device operative with the power tool and enabled to establish various readings, such as power tool settings. A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with the non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings...

20060116788 - Insertion control: According to the invention, an insertion system for collating sheets of printed material for insertion into an envelope is disclosed. The insertion system includes an insertion machine, application software and an operating system. Included in the application software is a first function and a second function, where the first function...

20060116789 - Methods and apparatuses for control of building cooling, heating and power co-generation systems: A control system and method for achieving economic operation of CHP systems. A plurality of factors, including power source prices and operational needs, are assessed using multiple strategies. The solutions achieved by each strategy are compared, and the best performing strategy is selected. The solution can then be implemented. The...

20060116790 - Apparatus for monitoring air conditioner: An apparatus for monitoring an air conditioner is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first wireless device connected to the air conditioner, and a second wireless device connected to a monitoring terminal. The first wireless device transmits and receives monitoring result information and monitoring-related information based on a monitoring program installed...

20060116791 - Intelligent communication method and system for an irrigation/sprinkler system: An intelligent local irrigation system includes one or more sprinklers and a controller coupled to the one or more sprinklers via a wired or wireless connection and enabled to control the sprinklers thereby. A controller arrangement establishes connectivity with an internet service portal which stores a profile of the local...

20060116792 - Irrigation controller: An irrigation controller modifies sophisticated irrigation protocols using an extremely simple user control. In one aspect of a particularly preferred class of embodiments, the user control includes a simple “more/less” (increase/decrease) adjustment. In another aspect of preferred embodiments, the controller automatically determines appropriate irrigation amounts, start times, durations, and frequencies....

20060116793 - Two-wire controlling and monitoring system for the irrigation of localized areas of soil: A controlling and monitoring system for irrigation of localized areas of soil includes a water pipeline, a plurality of controllable irrigation valves, a plurality of field sensors measuring specific irrigation parameters, and a plurality of localized irrigation control units. Each of the control units has a sensor decoder connected to...

20060116794 - Intelligent configuration system for power distribution feeder reclosers and switches: An exemplary method for configuring an intelligent electronic device in a power delivery system includes receiving identification data for the intelligent electronic device, based on the received identification data and on capabilities of the intelligent electronic device, generating a configuration profile for the intelligent electronic device, receiving operating parameters for...

20060116795 - Operation-assisting system and operation-assisting computer program: An operation assisting system enhances the operator's willingness to participate in energy-saving efforts. The operation assisting system stores information about the actual operation of operated equipment carried out by the operator, evaluates the stored operation information, and displays the results of evaluation. The evaluation results relate to the cost concerning...