Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 12/06

20060293763 - Process analysis tool: Methods and apparatus for graphing data associated with a manufacturing process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus enable a person to select variables and statistical functions from a plurality of manufacturing process variables and a plurality of statistical functions. The methods and apparatus then automatically detect where in the collected... Agent: Nalco Company

20060293764 - Method for reading and writing non-standard register of serial advanced technology attachment (sata) device: A method for reading non-standard register of Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) devices discloses an unused input parameter of standard command setting up as an executive parameter. While receiving the standard command, a SATA host controller converts the executive parameter and the standard command into input frame information structure (FIS)... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20060293765 - Apparatus, apparatus system, image forming apparatus, and control method and computer programs of apparatus: Disclosed is an apparatus having a controller which reproduces operation procedure information received from an operation terminal as an external apparatus, the operation procedure information including a series of operation information as a time-series procedure, and the controller sequentially accepts various settings according to the series of operation information.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060293766 - Compensation method for time delays in oscillatory control: A system and method that compensates for the time delay between a sensed oscillatory signal and an oscillatory input control signal TCin are provided. Initially, an oscillation signal is detected and/or a need for time delay compensation is determined. An algorithm is performed on the TCin to provide an actuator... Agent: Tung & Associates

20060293767 - Policy based automation rule selection control system: A method, apparatus and program storage device for managing policy-based automated systems comprising a gravity bar to determine what rule to apply to instances with parameter values between rule spaces. The gravity bar defines a boundary between gap spaces associated with adjoining rule spaces. When a parameter value of an... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation

20060293768 - System and method for accessing registers of a hardware device in a graphical program: A system and method for creating a graphical program which accesses registers of a hardware device. In one embodiment, a register access node or primitive may be included in a graphical program, such that when the graphical program is executed on the computer system, the register access node is operable... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20060293769 - Remotely controlling playback of content on a stored device: A system, method, and computer-readable media are disclosed for remotely controlling playback of content stored on a device. The system, method, and computer-readable media can transmit state-based commands from a host unit to the device in order to control playback of the content. The host unit can control playback of... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. (c/o Microsoft Corporation)

20060293770 - Operation monitoring system: An operation monitoring system comprises a signal converter connected to a serial interface of an operation control portion of plural type reefer containers, a connection processing device which can connect to one or more signal converters and individually identifies an operation state of each the reefer container from an output... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060293771 - Method for creating and accessing a menu for audio content without using a display: A method for creating a menu for audio content, e.g. music tracks, uses means for classifying the audio content into clusters of similar tracks, the similarity referring to physical, perceptual and psychological features of the tracks. The method comprises a means for automatic representative selection for clusters, and a means... Agent: Thomson Licensing Inc.

20060293772 - Method for providing audio rendition and storage medium recording the same thereon: Disclosed is a method for providing audio rendition and storage medium recording the same thereon wherein audio rendition is provided so as to play audio content based on MPV Standard as the content writer desires, without respect to system environment. The method for providing audio rendition functions comprises generating a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060293773 - Process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording: The present invention relates to a process for adjusting the sound volume of a digital sound recording characterised in that it comprises: a step consisting of determining, in absolute values, for a recording, the maximum amplitude values for sound frequencies audible for the human ear, a step consisting of calculating... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060293774 - Auto-configuration of hardware on a portable computing device: A method of manufacturing a portable computing device, involves the steps of (1) performing one manufacturing step in the manufacture of the portable computing device by interfacing a hardware component with another component of the computing device; and (2) performing a subsequent manufacturing step in the manufacture by (i) identifying... Agent: Heenan Blaikie LLP

20060293775 - Method for manufacturing product formed with a plurality of parts and method for combining parts: A first step in this method is to enter an identification number group 21 of nondefective products whose manufacture has already been completed beforehand, an association table 22 of a product identification number group and a parts identification number group, a characteristic data group 23 of parts A with respect... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20060293776 - Determination of a model of a geometry of a metal sheet forming stage: The invention relates to a method for determining a geometrical object for modeling the geometry of a metal sheet forming stage (1) in a CAD system. According to said method, an operator is defined which links a first geometrical model with a second geometrical model. The link is associated with... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20060293777 - Automated and adaptive threshold setting: A method for managing a computer system includes monitoring first violations of a service level objective (SLO) of a service running on the computer system so as to determine a first statistical behavior of the first violations. Second violations of a component performance threshold of a component of the computer... Agent: Stephen C. Kaufman IBM Corporation

20060293778 - Metrology tool error log analysis methodology and system: A method of identifying failures in a metrology tool system used to measure desired dimensions in microelectronic features. Each metrology tool in the system runs a plurality of recipes for measuring desired dimensions in microelectronic features, with each recipe comprising a set of instructions for measuring at least one dimension... Agent: Delio & Peterson, LLC

20060293779 - Method and a system to communicate and manage work-order information on the manufacturing floor: A system and a method for communicating a plurality of work-orders to a plurality of users using a plurality of communication units over a factory floor, where each communication units is associated with a different work-order and each work-order is associated with a different communication unit. Each communication units has... Agent: Martin Moynihan Prtsi, Inc.

20060293781 - Method of optimizing seasoning recipe for etch process: A method for optimizing a seasoning recipe for a dry etch process. The method includes setting a critical value of reproducibility, a main etch recipe, and a preliminary seasoning recipe. A test wafer is then etched using the preliminary seasoning recipe in a dry etch chamber. Next, a main etch... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20060293780 - Systems and methods for tool monitoring: A system for tool monitoring is provided. The system comprises a first cassette, a second cassette, a processing tool, a first metrology tool, and a second metrology tool. The first cassette contains a first control wafer used for a first metrology process. The second cassette contains a second control wafer... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060293782 - Method for regulating the flow of product along an accumulation conveyor: A method of controlling the transport of product along an accumulation conveyor is provided. The accumulation conveyor has a plurality of zones. Each zone is independently driven and has a status corresponding to the presence of product thereon. The method includes the steps of generating a first data table containing... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20060293784 - Automatic distributed vending system: The principals and designs described in my application—provide essential tools for automation of a number of vending applications. It is unique in the way the content (item) is handled, and the levels of flexible, modular automation and security, which together could fully automate the entire process from point of Item... Agent: Zachary L. Braunstein

20060293783 - Intelligent cash control system: A lottery terminal or kiosk such as a video lottery terminal, a lottery ticket printing terminal and/or other remotely controlled retail or gaming kiosk, which allows for transactions of the type in which a user can deposit currency that is validated by a bill validator, and valid currency is stored... Agent: James D. Erickson C/o Jcm American

20060293787 - Communication robot control system: A communication robot control system displays a selection input screen for supporting input of actions of a communication robot. The selection input screen displays in a user-selectable manner a list of a plurality of behaviors including not only spontaneous actions but also reactive motions (reflex behaviors) in response to behavior... Agent: Bodner & O'rourke, LLP

20060293790 - Controlling the trajectory of an effector: The invention refers to a method for controlling the effector trajectory from a current state to a target state. First invariant control parameters of the trajectory are determined. The effector trajectory is then represented in a task description being void of the invariant control parameters. The effector trajectory is controlled... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20060293789 - Enhancements to mechanical robot: A mechanical robot senses smoke or CO or other indication of air quality and alarms when air quality falls below a threshold.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20060293785 - Industrial robot: An industrial robot is provided with consistency judging means for judging whether or not software in a teach pendant is consistent with software in a control unit, and therefore, it is possible to display a state of inconsistency in the teach pendant, in case where inconsistency has happened. Moreover, it... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20060293792 - Path generator for mobile object: A path generator includes a map generator for generating a map for a movement space based on information on the position and shape of a mobile object, an obstacle, and a target object. It also includes a composite potential generator for calculating an attractive potential and a repulsive potential based... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20060293791 - Regenerative actuation in motion control: A motion controlled system for a robotic system stores energy when the robotic system uses negative power and releases the stored energy when the robotic system uses positive power. The motion controlled system calculates the power for causing the robotic system to follow a prescribed motion and applies the appropriate... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20060293786 - Robot system and remote operation system of robot: The invention provides a robot apparatus not requiring any incidental equipment in a building since an autonomous behavior is enabled, and capable of coping with abnormal phenomena. The robot apparatus includes means (112) for judging an autonomous mode or an autonomous/remote collaboration mode, means (113) for executing an autonomous motion... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060293788 - Robotic floor care appliance with improved remote management: A robotic floor care appliance with flexible web-enabled scheduling and status information/diagnostics systems. The robotic floor care appliance is supplied with a wireless network interface unit, which enables the appliance to establish network connections with remote network entities. The appliance may be provided with web and/or e-mail server(s) to enable... Agent: Pavel Pogodin, Esq.

20060293793 - Network system, mobile device, method of controlling same, and computer program: A network system including a plurality of mobile devices is provided. The plurality of mobile devices each have a sensor function and a wireless communication function, the mobile devices communicating sensor information about a target with one another and tracking the target; a target searching section configured to obtain sensor... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLC

20060293794 - Rfid navigational system for robotic floor treater: Disclosed herein are navigational systems for automated robotic floor cleaners. RFID passive tags are positioned at specified areas of a floor to be treated so as to increase or decrease dwell time of the cleaning device adjacent the tags. An RFID interrogator on the robot learns from each tag its... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20060293795 - Three-axis motion table: According to the above-mentioned configuration, the first through third motors (M1 through M3) rotate. The inside frame (7) holding the tested model (J) rotates in the space inside the intermediate frame (5). The intermediate frame (5) rotates in the space inside the outside frame (3). In this manner, rotations are... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060293796 - Method and device for controlling movement of a large mass: A device suitable for efficiently controlling movement of a large mass where frequent acceleration and deceleration occur and precise positioning is desired is provided. A plurality of servomotors with drive gears are engaged with a main gear. A master feedback signal based on the speed and position of the servomotors... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20060293797 - Programmable irrigation controller having user interface: An irrigation controller includes a user interface capable of presenting information to a user and allowing the programming of the controller in a simple and intuitive fashion. Information presented may include values of all programmable irrigation parameters associated with an irrigation zone. Information presented may include values of irrigation parameters... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060293798 - Parallel redundant power system and the control method for the same: A power redundant power system and a method for controlling the power system are presented, wherein the power system is composed of at least one inverter for supplying AC power to a load through a bus, a phase lock system to synchronize all output voltages of the inverters and a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20060287735 - Multifunctional system for application in home automation: This system comprises a central unit (1) responsible for controlling the system and to which are connected: an intercom unit (2), an electronic learning unit (3), a consumption management unit (4), a receiver link unit (5), a simulation unit (6) which reproduces facial images with voice through a plasma display... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20060287736 - Sequence program editing apparatus: When carrying our replacement of a signal address referred to in a sequence program, before-after replacement information which specify the relationship between signal addresses before replacement and signal addresses after replacement in a format with a specifying of range are stored in advance. Based on the stored before-after replacement information,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060287737 - System and method for determining correct sign of response of an adaptive controller: According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by an adaptive controller, performance measurement for a computing system. The method further comprises estimating a performance model for use by the adaptive controller, and determining whether the estimated performance model has a correct sign for approaching performance desired for the computing... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060287739 - Method and apparatus of capacity learning for computer systems and applications: The present invention provides a method of determining a metric of capacity in computing systems and computer applications. Capacity in this sense refers to the ability of computer systems and computer applications to perform work. Many applications and multi-hop system strategies could benefit from understanding the amount of work a... Agent: Michael J. Buchenhorner

20060287738 - Optimized performance counter monitoring: In a management system, computing devices collect sample performance values that describe utilization or usage of resources or processes. The sample performance values may in the form of performance data or performance counters. Sample performance values are either sent or not sent to a management server, based on a delta... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20060287740 - Monitoring system for support of customer-specific configuration of remote devices: A method and system for providing generic configuration parameter values and criteria-specific parameter values to a remote device by a centralized system, comprises generating a template having generic configuration parameter values as well as criteria-specific configuration parameter values based on a predetermined criteria, and updating a parameter in the remote... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20060287741 - On-line dynamic advisor from mpc models: A method is disclosed for removing the dynamics of the PID controllers from a Model Predictive Controller that was developed using identification testing of a process. This then allows the creation of a very fast final control element based on-line operator advisor that operates in conjunction with the process so... Agent: M. A. Ervin & Associates

20060287742 - Distributed processing architecture with scalable processing layers: The present invention is a system on chip architecture having scalable, distributed processing and memory capabilities through a plurality of processing layers. In a preferred embodiment, a distributed processing layer processor comprises a plurality of processing layers, a processing layer controller, and a central direct memory access controller. The processing... Agent: Patentmetrix

20060287743 - Negotiated channel information reporting in a wireless communication system: Techniques to enhance the performance in a wireless communication system using CQI feedback optimized to support different scenarios. According to one aspect, an access terminal may select a CQI feedback table based on the access terminals capability. According to another aspect, an access point may select a CQI feedback table... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20060287747 - Audio buffers with audio effects: An audio buffer includes one or more audio effect resources that modify audio data received from an audio data source. A first audio effect resource in the audio buffer receives audio data from the audio data source and modifies the audio data to generate a stream of audio data. Subsequent... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20060287746 - Network speaker for an audio network distribution system: The present invention is a network speaker 100 for an audio network distribution system 20. The present invention includes a network interface 110 that couples the network controller 120 to the audio network distribution system 20. The present invention additionally includes an audio format converter 121, a digital to analog... Agent: Matthew J. Booth & Associates, PLLC

20060287744 - Recording medium, apparatus for mixing audio data and method thereof: A recording medium, apparatus for mixing audio data and method thereof are disclosed, by which various sounds can be provided according to variations of contents provided by a content provider in a manner of dynamically mixing various audio streams provided by an external input signal and/or high-density recording medium. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060287748 - Sonic landscape system: A system for providing a listener with an augmented audio reality in a geographical environment said system comprising a position locating system for determining a current position and orientation of a listener in. said geographical environment; an audio track creation system for creating an audio track having a predetermined spatialization... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20060287745 - Wireless speakers: A wireless audio distribution system may include a wireless transmitter, responsive to a plurality of audio input channels, for transmitting an encoded digital bitstream serially combining each of the audio input channels with control data a receiver responsive to the transmitted encoded digital bitstream for decoding a preselected one of... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20060287749 - Data management system and trace system: A design data management program directs a computer to perform a procedure of converting design data generated at a designing side to a data format applicable to a production side and transmitting the data to the production side, and a procedure of converting the data to data described in a... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20060287750 - Design data management system and trace system: A design data management program directs a computer to perform a procedure of converting design data generated at a designing side to a data format applicable to a production side and transmitting the data to the production side, and a procedure of converting the data to data described in a... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20060287751 - Computer-implemented methods for performing one or more defect-related functions: Computer-implemented methods for performing one or more defect-related functions are provided. One method for identifying noise in inspection data includes identifying events detected in a number of sets of inspection data that is less than a predetermined number as noise. One method for binning defects includes binning the defects into... Agent: Daffer Mcdaniel, LLP

20060287753 - Process change detection through the use of evolutionary algorithms: The present invention provides a method for creating a process change detection algorithm. An evolutionary computing technique is applied to at least one process dataset containing at least one known process change. The evolutionary computing technique will generate a process state function (or a scaling coefficient set for use with... Agent: Phelps Dunbar LLP

20060287754 - Process control system, process control method, and method of manufacturing electronic apparatus: A process control system includes a client computer which prepares a correlation between a reference monitored value of apparatus information and a feature quantity, a manufacturing execution system which prepares a processing recipe describing, as a first setting value in an actual manufacturing process, a value of the control parameter,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060287752 - Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method thereof: According to the present invention, there is provided a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus having: a process flow information creating section which registers an exposure device as a device for performing the pattern writing processing and an electron beam direct writing device as an alternative to the exposure device, when creating process... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060287755 - Configuration of tools and processes for metal forming: In a method, a data processing system and a computer program for the configuration of tools and/or processes for the manufacturing of formed metal parts, raw data (r) for the description of a geometry and of a condition of a formed metal part are calculated from a set of nominal... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20060287756 - Grinding method and apparatus: In a grinding method and apparatus, a machining portion of a workpiece is ground with a grinding wheel on a trial, and shape errors in respective rotational phases of the machining portion are measured after the trial grinding. Based on the shape errors, control data defining workpiece rotational speeds for... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060287757 - Power tool system including a multi-core cable with an electronic memory module: A power tool system comprises a portable power tool (10), a stationery control unit (11), and a multi-core cable (12) for communicating power and/or signals between the power tool (10) and the control unit (11), wherein the cable (12) is provided with an electronic memory module in the form a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20060287758 - Method for displacably guiding a displaceable machine element of a numerically controlled tool machine or production machine: The invention relates to a method for displacably guiding a displaceable machine element (8) of a numerically controlled tool machine or product machine on a predetermined displacement path (S) of a machine element (8). Supporting points (32) are defined in the work chamber (31) of the machine. The maximum possible... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20060287759 - Self-contained rf identification apparatus for pallet conveyances: An RFID reading apparatus includes a frame. The RFID reading apparatus also includes an RFID interrogator, coupled to the frame, for triggering transponders in picked cases and receiving and decoding replies. The RFID reading apparatus further includes at least one vertically movable antenna mount coupled to the frame, at least... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20060287760 - Rf identification apparatus for pallet conveyances: Apparatus for reading RFID tags of picked goods as they are loaded onto a picked pallet, and a method of picking and tracking goods using the device. The invention is mounted on a pallet support on a pallet conveyance, and has an RFID interrogator connected to at least one antenna... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20060287761 - Transfer mechanism and semiconductor processing system: A transfer mechanism is used for transferring a target object having a mainly circular contour. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer unit that supplies movements in angular and rectilinear directions to a pick for supporting the target object. An optical sensor is disposed at a standby position on a route... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060287762 - Method and apparatus for planning the installation position of rfid tags: An RFID installation position planning technology according to the present invention is used for outputting an optimum RFID installation position, which facilitates access to an RFID tag, before construction with work pieces. Work pieces layout data storage device stores work piece layout data including shape and disposition data of a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20060287763 - Power transmitting device, power receiving device, authentication/billing proxy device, electrical charging system, power transmitting method, power receiving method and electrical charging method: To realize charging while in non-contact processing operation for the purpose other than charging. An approach of a portable electronic device 2 with a rapid bulk electricity storing module 20, which is a chargeable power source, is detected at the side of a power transmitting device 1, and power transmission... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060287764 - Privacy information reporting systems event classification and reporting: A system for providing background check information to consumers searches both primary and secondary sources of data to expose discrepancies and provide consumers the ability to take steps to correct misinformation held in publicly available records. The comprehensiveness of the approach may also help to provide earlier notification of identify... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20060287765 - Privacy information reporting systems with broad search scope and integration: A system for providing background check information to consumers diversifies a search vector by iteratively searching databases to obtain comprehensive identifying information while eliminating redundancies. Fuzzy expansion operators based on phonetics, misspellings, and other factors may be employed. The self-background check is intended to be used by consumers to safeguard... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20060287766 - Privacy information reporting systems with enhanced utility: A system for providing self-background checks for consumers attempts to provide a goal number of records while ensuring that no records are excluded arbitrarily. To ensure against overwhelming consumers with information where overly lax search criteria are used, a goal record number is employed to limit the retrieved quantity of... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20060287767 - Privacy information reporting systems with refined information presentation model: A system for providing background check information to consumers provides a convenient single-document format may include controls and supporting information in adjacent relationship to record groups. Controls may include expandable frequency lists of search criteria, explanatory text, and links. Other controls define feedback forms for customer annotations for independent reports,... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP Patent Department

20060287768 - Method and system for determining a servicing requirement: A method determines the servicing requirements of axes of a robot arm of an industrial robot. The data of a movement sequence of at least one axis during at least one working cycle of the industrial robot is made available. The rotational movements of the at least one axis are... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20060287770 - Process execution apparatus, process execution method and process execution program: A process execution apparatus and method is disclosed by which a process can be executed significantly simply and readily. The process execution apparatus includes a direction recognition section for recognizing a housing member shaking direction in which a housing member is shaken, and a process execution section for executing a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20060287769 - Robot multi-arm control system: A robot multi-arm control system includes robot controllers that communicate via a network to transmit synchronization information from a master controller to one or more slave controllers in order to coordinate manufacturing processes. The system accounts for the network communication delay when synchronizing the event timing for process and motion... Agent: Butzel Long

20060287771 - Robotic arm for use with pharmaceutical unit of use transport and storage system: A robotic arm (10) for use with a pharmaceutical unit of use transport and storage system (200) comprises a base plate (14) with a first cam track segment (16) and a second cam track segment (18). A first arm segment (20) is rotatably attached to the base plate (14) and... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060287772 - Device and method for programming an industrial robot: In a device and method for programming an industrial robot using a simulation program, control commands are issued by a handheld programming device and these commands are visualized on an image surface as movement and/or processing operations by the robot on the basis of data of the robot. An object... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20060287773 - Methods and systems for redesigning pre-existing concrete mix designs and manufacturing plants and design-optimizing and manufacturing concrete: Design optimization methods can be used to design concrete mixtures having optimized properties, including desired strength and slump at minimal cost. The design optimization methods use a computer-implemented process that is able to design and virtually “test” millions of hypothetical concrete compositions using mathematical algorithms that interrelate a number of... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20060287774 - Multi-air conditioner central control system: Disclosed herein is a multi-air conditioner central control system, which shares the physical network and control resources with a multi-air conditioner system so as to control a ventilation system in an integrated manner. The central control system comprises a multi-air conditioner system including one or more multi-air conditioners connected to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20060282176 - Supply control method and apparatus: In some embodiments, a supply control system is provided that assesses degradation of a CPU core and increases a supply to the core based on the assessed degradation. Other embodiments may be disclosed herein.... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060282178 - System and method for solving equality-constrained quadratic program while honoring degenerate constraints: A system and method more accurately solves equality-constrained a quadratic program without significantly increasing computational load. The solver can be used to iteratively determine the solution to a general quadratic program via an active set method. The algorithm determines which of the equality constraints are binding and which constraints are... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060282177 - System and method of applying interior point method for online model predictive control of gas turbine engines: A Model Predictive Control System, particularly useful in controlling gas turbine engines, formulates a problem of controlling the engine to achieve a desired dynamic response as a solution to a quadratic programming problem. The Model Predictive Control System also includes a quadratic programming problem solver solving the quadratic programming problem... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20060282180 - Motion control systems: A system for controlling at least one selected motion control device selected from a group of supported motion control devices. The system comprises a set of software drivers, a selection component, and a software system. Each software driver in the set of software drivers is associated with one motion control... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20060282179 - Positioning system for eliminating lost motion effect: A mechanism for determining the position of a point relative to a coordinate system defined by coordinate scales aligned along coordinate axes includes a coordinate reference plane and a coordinate read plane and a read mechanism associated with each coordinate scale. Each read mechanism is engaged with the coordinate read... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20060282181 - Output cam system and method: A programming interface for a control system comprises a display region that provides a representation of a plurality of output cam profiles. The representation provides information concerning latch/unlatch operations of a plurality of cam elements that control on/off states of a plurality of output devices and that form the plurality... Agent: Rockwell Automation Attention: Susan M. Donahue, 704-p

20060282182 - Field bus distribution unit: A field bus distribution unit (VE) designed for use in process automation technology involving several field devices. The unit is equipped with a microcontroller μC, which is connected to a field bus (FB) and transmits device-specific information of the field devices that are connected to the field bus distribution unit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060282183 - Fishing assistance device: A fishing assistance device is disclosed. The fishing assistance device includes a housing and a microprocessor provided in the housing. The microprocessor is programmed to receive information regarding fishing conditions and information regarding selection of fishing lures and correlate this information with the information regarding selection of fishing lures to... Agent: Global Patents

20060282185 - Device and method for signal processing: The present invention relates to a signal processor and methods of using a signal processor. In one aspect, the present invention relates to a signal processor that includes a pulse width modulator having a clock rate, and also includes a digital filter configured to receive an output of the pulse... Agent: Ess Technology, Inc C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20060282184 - Voice interference correction for mixed voice and spread spectrum data signaling: A method, a process and an audio system for embedding bit stream in a voice signal is disclosed. A voice/data interference signal is composed and supplied to the mixer of the voice signal and the data signal such that the resulting mixed signal effectively cancels the interference and allows the... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20060282186 - Optimization of a production process: A method or system for optimizing a process for producing a cast or molded product made by one or more production steps in respect of one or more predetermined parameters towards one or more optimal values, the process comprising the steps of: defining one or more technical requirements for the... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20060282187 - System for dispatching semiconductors lots: A system for dispatching a plurality of semiconductor lots among a plurality of tools is provided. The system includes a dispatch server manager and a dispatch integrator and display device. The dispatch integrator and display device conveys a dispatch request to the manager and receives a dispatch list from the... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20060282188 - Remote maintenance system: Factories (102-104) have host computers (107) for monitoring industrial equipment (106). Each host computer (107) is connected to a management host computer (108) on a vendor (101) side through the internet (105). The host computer (107) on the factory side detects occurrence of a trouble of the industrial equipment (106)... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20060282190 - Automatic defect review and classification system: The invention proposes a system that interrupts a processing associated with an ADC having low priority when an ADC processing cannot catch up with ADR by an ADC alone that is not under execution but uses an ADC for an ADR having high priority. To preferentially execute ADR/ADC having high... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060282189 - Manufacturing control apparatus, manufacturing control method, and computer product: An information storing unit stores information relating to the manufacturing of the product in each of a plurality of manufacturing processes. An information acquiring unit acquires, when a defect is detected in a current manufacturing process, information relating to the manufacturing of the product in a preceding manufacturing process from... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060282191 - System and method for determining worker productivity: A worker productivity tracking system for determining the productivity of a worker using a manufacturing device. The worker productivity tracking system may include a central processing unit coupled to one or more remote processing units. A remote processing unit may track the amount of time a worker needs to complete... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060282192 - Method and apparatus for surface shaping of polymer composite components: A method of precision surface re-profiling of a composite component comprising a region capable of being re-profiled, comprising the steps of locating the composite component with a formable surface relative to a supporting fixture, the thickness of composite component comprising the formable surface being greater than the desired final thickness... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20060282193 - Method of and system for managing rack operation, method of and system for managing multistage rack, article conveyance and storage device, and computer product: When a first article is to be delivered to a customer and a second article is to be collected from the customer, first rack components required for delivery of the first article and second rack components not required for delivery of the first article, yet required for collecting the second... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060282194 - Tape library storage bridge: A digital data storage unit, such as tape library, has a multiplicity of storage media slots, each storage media slot for receiving a storage media, such as a tape, one or more of data transfer drives, such as tape drives, for writing data to and reading data from the storage... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20060282195 - Method and system for synchronizing climate control devices: A method, computer program product, and a data processing system for controlling a first climate control device is provided. An operational mode is obtained for each of a plurality of climate control devices. The operational mode of each of the plurality of climate control devices is compared with a desired... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20060282196 - 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... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20060276913 - System for motion control, method of using the system for motion control, and computer readable instructions for use with the system for motion control: A motion control system and method that includes a central controller configured to generate first and second demand control signals to be used to define actuation motion of respective first and second actuators. The central controller is in communication with first and second nodes by way of a data network,...

20060276912 - System for motion control, method of using the system for motion control, and computer-readable instructions for use with the system for motion control: A motion control system and method that includes a central controller configured to generate first and second demand control signals to be used to define actuation motion of respective first and second actuators. The central controller is in communication with first and second nodes by way of a data network,...

20060276914 - Point of load regulator having a pinstrapped configuration and which performs intelligent bus monitoring: A new system-level approach to managing the delivery of DC voltage and current. Several system level functions may be enabled without requiring separate ICs to perform those functions. Supervisory functions for a voltage converter may be performed by a central control module or chip that may be coupled to point-of-load...

20060276915 - Self compensating closed loop adaptive control system: An adaptive control system is described. The system includes a control having a plurality of control parameters, the control parameters providing for control of an associated plant. The control parameters are tuned using a prediction error filter, the prediction error filter selecting values of the control parameters that minimise the...

20060276916 - System and method for electronically processing address information: Systems and methods for electronically correcting uncoded addresses include collecting uncoded addresses in an uncoded address database, sorting uncoded addresses by postal code, automatically emailing delivery personnel to notify them they have records to resolve, limiting personnel's access to various postal codes, correcting and/or adjusting the address, determining whether the...

20060276917 - Monitoring and control of electronic devices: A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a computer. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automatically, or by the user...

20060276918 - Adaptive gdfe: Adaptive generalized decision feedback equalization (GDFE) allows variations in one or more channels and noise of a multi-line/multi-channel communication system to be tracked. Such tracking can be used in vector upstream (one-sided) situations in communication systems such as ADSL and VDSL, among others. The GDFE may be separated into adaptive...

20060276919 - Music playback apparatus and processing control method: A processing control method for a portable music playback apparatus includes the steps of determining whether a motion mode of the music playback apparatus is a steady-motion mode that is associated with motion of a user or an unsteady-motion mode that is not associated with the motion of the user...

20060276920 - Portable music player: A portable audio player including a housing, at least one interface connected to the housing and a storage medium contained in the housing. The storage medium being adapted to store at least one audio file such as a song downloaded from the internet or a personal computer. The portable audio...

20060276921 - Dynamic line configuration: A dynamically-reconfigurable production line includes an item-interaction unit and an item-identification unit configured to read item data from an item approaching the item-interaction unit. On the basis of the item data, a processor accesses a memory to select particular configuration data stored therein provided by the item-identification unit. The processor...

20060276923 - Methods, systems, and software program for validation and monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes: Methods, systems, and software program for validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and quality assurance process are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validation on an integrated level whereby the quality control unit can ensure data and product integrity and minimize cost....

20060276922 - Systems and methods of process control: A system of process control. A measurement database stores work-in-process (WIP) measurement data. A monitor database stores tool monitor data. A design of experiment (DOE) database stores DOE data determined by a method of design of experiment, comprising tool operation data and WIP measurement data. A processor determines a compensation...

20060276924 - Method and system for remote controlling the current status of a production process of an article having a number of production process steps: A method and system for remote controlling the current status of a production process of an article having a number of production process steps; whereby a user, by means of a pickup device, communicates confirmation of completion of a production process step to a central control unit, which stores the...

20060276925 - Integrated global layout and local microstructure topology optimization approach for spinal cage design and fabrication: A method of designing an interbody fusion cage is disclosed. The method uses topology optimization algorithms to define the structural layout and the inner microstructures of the cage. After the structural layout is defined, a density distribution process is performed. Based on the density distribution, the inner microstructures of the...

20060276926 - Method for controlling a semiconductor processing apparatus: A method for controlling a batch-type semiconductor processing apparatus is provided. The method checks whether a recipe set based on basic process information is within a recipe group stored in the semiconductor processing apparatus. The method also checks whether the quantity of wafers read through lot mapping is correlated to...

20060276927 - Controller for injection molding machine: There is provided the torque limiter for limiting a torque command to be output when pressure feedback control of the pressure holding step is performed. After the start of the pressure holding step, the torque limiter limits output toque of the servomotor for injection for a predetermined time period after...

20060276928 - Distributed architecture for food and beverage dispensers: A method and apparatus wherein traditional design methodologies directed toward obtaining minimized component costs are largely set aside in favor of mass customization, reduced design and ownership costs, and shorter design cycles. The distributed architecture contemplates widespread distribution of monitoring and control functions for most device-specific hardware under the direction...

20060276929 - Distributed architecture for food and beverage dispensers: A method and apparatus wherein traditional design methodologies directed toward obtaining minimized component costs are largely set aside in favor of mass customization, reduced design and ownership costs, and shorter design cycles. The distributed architecture contemplates widespread distribution of monitoring and control functions for most device-specific hardware under the direction...

20060276930 - Article transport facility and a method of operating the facility: An article transport facility includes a plurality of mobile bodies movable along a single track for transporting articles, and a control device for controlling movement of the mobile bodies. The control device is capable of executing a joint moving operation for moving the mobile bodies in combination. In this operation,...

20060276931 - Systems and methods for improved health care compliance: According to some embodiments, systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture may provide for improved health care compliance. Embodiments may comprise, for example, identifying an occurrence of an event associated with the taking of a substance by a patient, determining output information associated with a game, and providing the output...

20060276933 - Controlled inventory device and method using pressure transducer: A method and apparatus for controlled dispensing of consumable supply items, such as office supplies, wherein the quantity of items added or removed from the apparatus is determined by sensing a change in weight of items within the apparatus. The apparatus may be in the form of a cabinet having...

20060276932 - Ice-making machinery with lockout and method: An ice-making machine and method that control the ability of an ice-making machine to make ice in response to the occurrence of lockout events, which may be due to part malfunction, power load maintenance, failure to make lease payments and other concerns. Upon the occurrence of a lockout event, a...

20060276934 - Device and method for controlling robot: A robot controller making a robot execute tasks including several work units in a parallel manner for several workpieces, in accordance with several operation programs for individually commanding the work units. The robot controller includes an information collecting section collecting state information showing, in real time, a state of an...

20060276936 - System and method for verifying connection of correct fluid supply to an infusion pump: A system and method for verifying that a particular fluid supply is connected to an infusion pump or pump channel. An upstream pressure sensor coupled to a fluid conduit associated with the fluid supply is used to provide pressure signals in response to pressure sensed in the conduit to a...

20060276935 - System for controlling fluid flow: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of controlling fluid dispense to ensure clean break off of fluid at the end of a dispense process and to reduce crystallization of fluid in the dispense nozzle. One embodiment of the present invention can include a controller that can, generate...

20060276937 - Power generation control apparatus for internal combustion engine: An increment of a fuel consumption rate caused by power generation is determined from a difference in fuel consumption rate between a case of performing power generation of an alternator and a case of stopping the power generation. The increment of the fuel consumption rate is divided by a power...

20060276938 - Optimized energy management system: Methods and systems are provided for optimizing the control of energy supply and demand. An energy control unit includes one or more algorithms for scheduling the control of energy consumption devices on the basis of variables relating to forecast energy supply and demand. Devices for which energy consumption can be...