Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 03/07

20070073417 - Pressure transmitter with acoustic pressure sensor: A transmitter configured to measure a process variable of an industrial process, includes a pressure sensor configured to couple to a pressure of a fluid. An acoustic detector receives an acoustic signal from the fluid. Measurement circuitry coupled to the pressure sensor and the acoustic detector provides an output related... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070073416 - Trusted platform module for generating sealed data: Embodiments of a method and system for creating sealed data are disclosed herein. A trusted platform module (TPM) is used to seal data and other information in a sealed blob. In one embodiment, a monotonic counter parameter is included in the sealed blob. In another embodiment, a tick counter parameter... Agent: Courtney Stanford & Gregory LLP C/o Intellevate

20070073418 - Aom relay: The AOM Relay is a micro controller output-multiplying relay that will connect to any PLC or programmable controller with universal outputs. The PLC or programmable controller will send an analog voltage signal to the AOM relay. The AOM relay utilizes this analog voltage to determine which of its relays will... Agent: Richard D Talbert

20070073419 - Process control system and method for configuring a process control system: A process control system comprising: a programmable automation controller; and at least one process control peripheral. Each process control peripheral is in data and control communication with the programmable automation controller. Upon configuration of the process control system, the programmable automation controller executes a single software program to assist a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070073420 - Detachable tip for communicating with adapter and electronic device: A detachable tip, utilized with a power adapter, includes a memory, a receiver, and a transmitter. The memory stores a character string, the character string identifying whether an approved power adapter is coupled to the detachable tip. The receiver receives an identification request from an electronic device. In response to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070073421 - System and method for dynamically simulating value stream and network maps: A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed by a computer system causes the computer to implement a method for creating a dynamic value network map of a process flow is provided. For a plurality of processed objects, the method identifies corresponding value stream metrics and triggers a state... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070073422 - On-demand auto-tuner for a plant control system: A method to automatically tune control systems, the method comprising selecting a target loop transfer function for at least one plant subsystem in response to an input excitation, selecting at least one fit-error criterion for a plant subsystem transfer function, and automatically inputting the input excitation and tuning the plant... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070073424 - Apparatus and method for transmitting sound information in web-based control system: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for transmitting information in a Web-based control system. The control target device of the present invention includes a Web server module, a sound information generation module and an independent communication module. The Web server module transmits a Web page required for device control to... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070073423 - Remote monitoring device for laundry machine: A remote monitoring device for a laundry machine is disclosed. The remote monitoring device for a laundry machine includes a case for defining an exterior thereof, a communication modem board provided within the case for transmitting/receiving data with a laundry machine performing washing and drying to control the laundry machine,... Agent: Fleshner & Kim, LLP

20070073425 - Running object and method of controlling the same: A running object includes a body, at least two drive wheels disposed on a first axel, and at least one driven wheel disposed on a second axel. The running object is capable of switching between a standing posture in which the driven wheel is suspended in the air and a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070073426 - Editing and configuring device: The claimed subject matter provides an editor system for employment in an industrial automation environment that enhances programmability of at least one of a controller and an industrial process. An interface component can facilitate the receipt of instructions relating to programming a programmable logic controller. A programming assist component communicatively... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070073427 - Audio signal processing device: An audio signal processing device includes a digital stream signal processing device which outputs a multi channel surround sound stereo signal as an FL-FR stream signal which includes front L and R signal components and an SL-SR stream signal which includes surround L and R signal components. Moreover, this audio... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070073428 - Method and device for deciding support portion position in a backup device: A host computer 80 for wholly controlling an electronic component mounting line displays a surface side image and a reverse side image which respectively show a surface side and a reverse side of a board having components mounted thereon, with the images being superposed; displays components mounted on the surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070073429 - Optimisation of the design of a component: A method of optimising the design of a component is provided, in which a set of principal design variants is generated, the variants having design parameters which are common to all design variants of the set and some which differ between variants. Subsets of secondary design variants are generated by... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070073430 - Optimization-based process scheduling method and system: Embodiments of a method of optimally scheduling, in near real-time, workunits for processing on processing stations in a processing system, while accounting for constraints such as processing station qualifications by workunit type and service type, and to meet certain business objectives such as cycle time and demand targets, are described.... Agent: Courtney Stanford & Gregory LLP C/o Intellevate

20070073431 - Method and apparatus for planning a manufacturing schedule using an adaptive learning process: An apparatus and method for a production planning system using a process of adaptive learning is disclosed. A production planning system receives production objects wherein each production object has at least one attribute. In one embodiment, the production objects include information relating to product to be manufactured. After receipt of... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070073432 - System and method for capturing manufacturing data automatically: A method for capturing manufacturing data automatically includes the steps of: setting and storing data capturing parameters; initializing a host computer (1) and at least one data communication terminal (3); controlling the at least one data communication terminal to capture the manufacturing data from at least one corresponding workstation (5)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070073433 - Method of manufacturing a pressure intensifying tool and tool produced thereby: A tool used to direct the pressure applied to features of a plastic laminate part layup during co-curing or co-bonding is manufactured using direct digital manufacturing techniques. A CAD drawing representing the tool is generated and converted into digital data file suitable for controlling the operation of a rapid prototyping... Agent: Tung & Associated

20070073434 - Disposable custom coat sizing template: A custom clothing sizing template includes an oversized upper body measuring garment adapted to be worn by a customer desiring custom made clothing. The measuring garment includes a pair of overlapping front panels, a back panel and pair of sleeves secured together to form a template. The measuring garment is... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070073435 - Machined part and method of manufacture: A machined part is provided. The machined part is formed from a porous substrate material that is machined to shape. After machining to shape, a resin is infused into the machined part precursor to a layer thickness depending on the end use of the finished part. The resin is then... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070073436 - Robot with audio and video capabilities for displaying advertisements: The invention is an autonomous robot configured with audio and video display mechanisms for displaying advertisements to an audience. The advertisement data may be stored locally within the robot, transmitted through a wired docking/recharging station or provided via the Internet, through a wired or wireless connection. The robot can receive... Agent: Peter S. Canelias Law Offices Of Peter S. Canelias

20070073437 - Method to monitor proper fastening of an article of assembly at more than one location: A full proof method to relate torque values to a fastener position has been presented. A unique number based on a position location is used in conjunction with running fasteners in a fixed order allows a person to be able to prove the torque value of an installed fastener. The... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070073438 - Numerical controller: A numerical controller which has a plurality of command systems and controls a machine having a plurality of spindles, and in which a program can be prepared without taking account of the correspondence between the command systems and the spindles. The numerical controller has n number of command systems and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070073439 - System and method of visual tracking: A machine-vision system, method and article is useful in the field of robotics. One embodiment produces signals that emulate the output of an encoder, based on captured images of an object, which may be in motion. One embodiment provides digital data directly to a robot controller without the use of... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070073440 - Vending machine: A flap provided on one side of a commodity storage chamber so as to be capable of being opened and closed is opened, and a commodity is released from a commodity transfer mechanism having been moved to above the flap, by which the commodity is received by the flap and... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070073441 - Inventory management systems: An inventory management system for use, for example, in automatically distributing items (such as laundered items) to users within a particular facility (e.g., a hospital), and for monitoring the amount (e.g., weight) of items distributed by the system. The system may include, for example, at least one automated dispenser having... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070073443 - Methods and apparatus for positioning a substrate relative to a support stage: In a first aspect, a substrate positioning system includes a plurality of pushers arranged in a spaced relation about a stage adapted to support a substrate. Each pusher is adapted to assume a retracted position so as to permit the substrate to be loaded onto and unloaded from the stage,... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070073442 - Robust impedance-matching of manipulators interacting with unknown environments: A system for replicating the behavior of a target robotic manipulator with respect to a payload and worksite, has a real-time simulator capturing the dynamics of the target robot manipulator; a mock-up of the payload and worksite; and an emulating robotic manipulator for interacting with said payload and worksite. The... Agent: Marks & Clerk

20070073444 - Offline teaching apparatus for robot: An offline teaching apparatus for generating, in an offline mode, a robot operation relating to tracking and working relative to a workpiece traveling along a carrier route. The apparatus includes a model-image generating section for generating images of a carrier-route model, a workpiece model and a robot model; an indicator... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070073445 - Method for operation of a converter system: The present invention relates to a method for operating a converter system of a wind turbine, wherein the converter system includes converter modules capable of converting electric power produced by a generator to electric power applicable to a utility grid. The converter modules include generator inverters and grid inverters. The... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070073446 - Method for dynamically allocating controlling and self- assigning of addresses in a network: An apparatus an method for dynamically allocating, controlling and self-assigning addresses in a network for protecting circuit loads. The loads to be protected are powered through load outputs in a master Point-Of-Use (POU) module and the load outputs of one or more slave Point-Of-Use (POU) modules. These load outputs are... Agent: Jesus Sanchelima, Esq. Sanchelima And Associates, P.A.

20070073447 - Optical transponder: Methods and apparatus are provided in accordance with the present invention in which a control mechanism, such as for example, a microcontroller, provides an interface between an optical transponder and an external control system, such that monitoring and controlling of the optical components of the optical transponder are accomplished in... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group

20070073448 - Semiconductor device having a hole or a step of normal mesa shape as viewed from any cross-section and manufacturing method of the same: A semiconductor device capable of overcoming a drawback due to the shape of a concave portion present in the zinc blende type compound semiconductor substrate in which the area of the bottom is larger than the surface in the cross sectional shape, as well as a manufacturing method thereof. A... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070067046 - Method and system for communicating an information packet through multiple networks: Through a first network, a first computing device receives an information packet originating from a client. In response to the information packet, the first computing device identifies a computing device that stores a data structure of a connection with the client. When the identified computing device is the first computing... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070067047 - Hot water supply system: A hot water supply system which allows two hot water supply apparatuses to operate cooperatively and which can avoid degrading a hot water supply capability when one of the two hot water supply apparatuses cannot perform as a master or slave. The two hot water supply apparatuses each have a... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070067048 - Variable transmission window constructions: An electrical control system is disclosed for controlling a plurality of variable transmittance windows. The electrical control system of the present invention comprises a master control circuit for supplying control signals representing transmittance levels for the variable transmission windows, and a plurality of window control circuits coupled to each of... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt, & Litton, LLP/gentex Corporation

20070067049 - Method and apparatus for robust shape filter generation: According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided a system and method of robust control profile generation which suppresses one or some resonant modes in a flexible dynamic system. This robust control profile is a smooth function which can be used as a velocity profile, or... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20070067050 - Method for soft-computing supervision of dynamical processes with multiple control objectives: A method to supervise a local dynamical system having multiple preset control objectives and operating in conjunction with other dynamical systems. The method includes receiving state input from dynamical systems in an environment at a distributed soft computing level, generating weights and applying the weights to the preset control objectives... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070067051 - Repetitive controller to compensate for odd harmonics: A repetitive controller scheme with negative feedback and feedforward introduces infinitely many poles on the imaginary axis located at the resonant peaks. The feedforward introduces zeros, which produce notches located in between two consecutive resonant peaks. The latter has the advantage of making the controllers more selective, in the sense... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070067052 - Control method for twin synchronization: According to the present invention, in a control method for a twin synchronization in which two motors for driving two axes (moving elements 3) mechanically fastened to each other by a fastening part (a fastening jig 6) are synchronously operated, one of the two axes is operated at low speed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070067053 - Graphical interconnection of hardware signals: In one aspect, a system and a method for graphical interconnection of hardware signals of a device, especially of a controller device are provided. The object of the invention is to design the graphical interconnection in a simple manner so that a user can perform this function intuitively and without... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070067055 - Digital audio mixer: In a digital audio mixer, a link group assigner assigns one or a plurality of link groups exclusively to channels of the digital audio mixer. An operating data setter sets a value of an operating data element for each of concerned channels to the same value when the operating data... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070067054 - Programmable portable media player for guidance, training and games: A portable media player system and method are provided. One of potential application of the portable media player system is to help guide a user through a religious activity. Another potential application is to assist a user in learning a language.... Agent: Jones Day

20070067056 - Method for optimizing an industrial product, system for optimizing an industrial product and method for manufacturing an industrial product: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070067057 - Lithographic apparatus and control method: A lithographic apparatus includes a movable part and a controller to control a position quantity of the movable part. The controller includes a first controller transfer function and a second controller transfer function. A selector selects the first controller transfer function or the second controller transfer function depending on a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070067058 - Fractal structure, super structure of fractal structures, method for manufacturing the same and applications: A three-dimensional fractal structure body that had not been realized by the prior art and newly developed technologies is provided. The fractal structure body partially or entirely comprises a three-dimensional fractal structure, the fractal structure body having a local minimum value at a particular wavelength determined by structural and material... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070067059 - Closed-loop cnc machine system and method: A closed-loop feedback system and method for performing a machining operation. A tool's operational properties are measured in real-time. The operating parameters of the machining process are adjusted in real-time based on the measured properties.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070067060 - Bending process estimation apparatus, bending process estimation program, and bending process estimation method: A laser bending process estimation apparatus that estimates a result of a bending process performed using a laser beam comprises: a process condition acquisition section 1 that acquires a process condition of the bending process; an analysis model creation section 3 that creates an analysis model based on the process... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070067061 - Method and device for milling freeform surfaces: In a method and a device for cutting freeform surfaces, a workpiece is cut by a tool or a cutter to produce a desired freeform surface. For the purpose of cutting, the tool is moved along at least one defined tool path or cutting path relative to the workpiece. In... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070067063 - Application of microsystems for real time ieq control: An arrangement includes a plurality of wireless microsystems and a central data processor. Each microsystem is operable to measure a plurality of indoor environmental quality-related parameters and is operable to communicate first information pertaining to the measured parameters wirelessly to a network device. The central data processor is operably coupled... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck Chase Tower

20070067062 - Building automation system facilitating user customization: Systems and methods for interacting with and customizing a dynamically extensible and automatically configurable building automation system (BAS). In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) of the BAS comprises a building summary pages. The invention is also directed to a space summary page and an equipment summary page.... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070067064 - Surface level control systems and material recycling systems for use with programmable material consolidation apparatus: A surface level control system for use with a fabrication tank of a programmable material consolidation apparatus includes at least one aperture with a lowermost edge located at about the same elevation as a desired surface level for unconsolidated material within the fabrication tank. The surface level control system may... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070067066 - Electric element and electric circuit: Each of the plurality of conductive plates is formed on a principal surface of each of stacked dielectric layers. Side anode electrodes are connected to positive electrodes of conductive plates, while side cathode electrodes are connected to cathodes of conductive plates. Anode electrodes are connected to the side anode electrodes.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070067065 - Electricity market-oriented dc-segmentation design and optimal scheduling for electrical power transmission: A method of segmenting a power distribution network which comprises a plurality of AC power generating stations synchronously interconnected by AC power transmission paths is disclosed. The stations operate within associated market sectors and are subject to associated market rules. The method includes identifying all transmission paths which extend between... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20070067067 - Method for adapting a wind energy installation to given wind conditions: A method for operating a wind energy installation, in particular for adapting a wind energy installation (10) to given wind conditions, the wind energy installation (10) having a rotor (16), which can be driven by wind, with at least two rotor blades (20), whose respective angles of incidence of the... Agent: Powell Goldstein LLP

20070067068 - Predictive contract system and method: A control method includes modeling a power generation apparatus, monitoring the generation of a total amount power from the power generation apparatus, monitoring internal consumption of power for a power generation apparatus, acquiring a power generation requirement for a first selected time period of a power generation apparatus to meet... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070067069 - Digital power factor correction controller and ac-to-dc power supply including same: A PFC AC-to-DC power supply is disclosed. According to various embodiments, the PFC AC-to-DC power supply comprises a switching converter comprising at least one main power switch and a PFC controller for controlling the at least one main power switch. The PFC controller may comprise a processing unit comprising a... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20070067070 - Rotary work lifter and working machine: The invention is provided with means for detecting a situation of rotating a rotary work lifter at any time, and a determining portion for determining whether operation of the rotary work lifter is to be stopped by a state of rotating the rotary work lifter detected by the means, thereby,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070061018 - Network communications in an industrial automation environment: An industrial automation device comprises a reception component that receives a request for data resident within the industrial automation device. An encoding component communicatively coupled to the reception component that receives a binary bit stream associated with the request and encodes a payload of the bit stream as XML data,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070061019 - Control system having verification module: The present invention relates to an intermediate module capable of being implemented in conjunction with a safety isolation system, as well as a control system employing such an intermediate module and related operational method. In one embodiment, the intermediate module includes a first input terminal capable of receiving a first... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20070061020 - System for home automation: A home automation protocol system provides a network consisting of a number of node devices, controllers, and servers for storing information about node device settings and scene settings in a home environment is provided. The node devices are controlled by the controllers, in that the node devices are set to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070061021 - Combining power prediction and optimal control approaches for performance optimization in thermally limited designs: The operating rate of an electronic system is maximized without exceeding a thermal constraint, such as a maximum junction temperature of an integrated circuit (IC) or other portion of the electronic system. An operating parameter of the system that controls the thermal output of the system is calculated for an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070061022 - Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore: The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a... Agent: Milde & Hoffberg, LLP

20070061023 - Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore: The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides an enhanced interface for facilitating human input of a desired control sequence in a... Agent: Steven M. Hoffberg Milde, Hoffberg & Macklin, LLP

20070061024 - Device for programming a controller: A device and a method for programming a controller by transferring software using a copy-protected plug-in memory unit. Software, controller software in particular, is stored encrypted in the copy-protected plug-in memory unit. Software may be transferred from a central device to a controller of a vehicle in a particularly simple... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070061027 - Audio converter device and method for using the same: An audio converter device and a method for using the same. The audio converter device receives the digital audio data from a first device via a local area network. The audio converter device decompresses the digital audio data and converts the digital audio data into analog electrical data. The audio... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070061028 - Audio converter device and method for using the same: An audio converter device and a method for using the same. The audio converter device receives the digital audio data from a first device via a local area network. The audio converter device decompresses the digital audio data and converts the digital audio data into analog electrical data. The audio... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070061029 - Audio converter device and method for using the same: An audio converter device and a method for using the same. The audio converter device receives the digital audio data from a first device via a local area network. The audio converter device decompresses the digital audio data and converts the digital audio data into analog electrical data. The audio... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070061025 - Data recording method, data recording apparatus, and data recording program: A data recording method is disclosed which includes the steps of: firstly recording audio data onto a temporary storage medium following retrieval of the audio data from an external storage medium in response to an audio data import request; detecting whether a leading frame of the audio data held on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070061026 - Systems and methods for audio processing: Systems and methods for audio signal processing are disclosed, where a discrete number of simple digital filters are generated for particular portions of an audio frequency range. Studies have shown that certain frequency ranges are particularly important for human ears' location-discriminating capability, while other ranges are generally ignored. Head-Related Transfer... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070061030 - Reliability analysis system and method: In order to analyze the reliability of a package, firstly, a manufacturing process analysis simulating unit conducts and analyzes a manufacturing process analysis simulation. Then, a reliability evaluation analysis simulating unit conducts and analyzes reliability evaluation analysis simulation. Each simulation analysis result is reflected in a manufacturing process one after... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070061031 - Methods and apparatus for a band to band transfer module: A band to band transfer module according to the present invention may be used with a substrate carrier transport system, or other systems, to transfer substrate carriers (e.g., small lot substrate carriers) from one conveyor to another conveyor or between two points on the same conveyor. The transfers (e.g., pick... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070061032 - Data representation relating to a non-sampled workpiece: A method, apparatus, and a system for providing data representation associated with non-sampled workpieces. Measured metrology data relating to a first workpiece is received. Metrology data corresponding to a second workpiece is approximated based upon the metrology data relating to the first workpiece to provide a projected metrology data relating... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070061033 - Version control for objects in a process plant configuration system: A version control system helps to keep track of versions of process plant items that may represent, or be capable of representing, entities in a process plant. The process plant items may comprise, for example, module objects which may be capable of specifically representing process entities of the process plant.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070061034 - Methods and apparatus for integrating large and small lot electronic device fabrication facilities: In at least one aspect, the invention provides an electronic device fabrication facility (Fab) that uses small lot carriers that may be transparently integrated into an existing Fab that uses large lot carriers. A manufacturing execution system (MES) may interact with the inventive small lot Fab as if the small... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070061035 - Method and computer-readable medium for in situ photoresist thickness characterization: An in situ photoresist thickness characterization process and apparatus characterizes a photoresist process used for processing a semiconductor wafer. Photoresist is dispensed on a spinning semiconductor wafer as part of the characterization process. The thickness of the photoresist is monitored at a plurality of locations on the spinning semiconductor wafer... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070061036 - Method for estimating polishing profile or polishing amount, polishing method and polishing apparatus: A polishing method can automatically reset polishing conditions according to a state of a polishing member based on data on a polishing profile changing with time, thereby extending life of the polishing member and obtaining flatness of a polished surface with higher accuracy. The polishing method, includes steps of: independently... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070061037 - Simulation system: In order to improve a simulation system for representing actions of machining units of a machine tool, in particular actions in the machining of a workpiece, in accordance with a CNC machining program complex by means of at least one first visualization unit in the form of actions of virtual... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070061039 - Encoder: In an encoder constituted from a detection part (a light-emitting part, rotating disk, and light-receiving part), which detects a signal corresponding to the state of a specimen, and calculates and stores the position information of the specimen from a signal outputted from this detection part, and a signal processing part... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070061038 - Gait generating device for moving robot: To generate a desired gait of a robot 1 such that a permissible range of a predetermined component (a translational floor reaction force horizontal component or the like) of a floor reaction force acting on the mobile robot 1, a gait generating system for a mobile robot creates a provisional... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070061041 - Mobile robot with wireless location sensing apparatus: A robotic navigation system for computerized mobile robot. Typically the robot, which may be in an unknown location, will have an onboard internet web server, a capability of establishing a first connection to a remote web browser on the internet for robotic control purposes, and a capability of establishing a... Agent: Stephen E. Zweig

20070061040 - Multi-function robotic device: A multi-function robotic device may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect, a multi-function robotic device may be selectively configurable to perform a desired function in accordance with the capabilities of a selectively removable functional cartridge operably coupled with a robot body. Localization and mapping techniques may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070061042 - Substrate carrier handler that unloads substrate carriers directly from a moving conveyor: In a first aspect, a substrate loading station is served by a conveyor which continuously transports substrate carriers. A substrate carrier handler that is part of the substrate loading station operates to exchange substrate carriers with the conveyor while the conveyor is in motion. A carrier exchange procedure may include... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070061043 - Localization and mapping system and method for a robotic device: A multi-function robotic device may have utility in various applications. In accordance with one aspect, a multi-function robotic device may be selectively configurable to perform a desired function in accordance with the capabilities of a selectively removable functional cartridge operably coupled with a robot body. Localization and mapping techniques may... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070061044 - Method and system for comprehensive management of chemical materials: The present invention provides a method and system for management of chemical materials comprising providing a first data set containing which substances comprise the materials, providing a second data set containing which of the substances are to be controlled, the substances being categorized by a group control number, and providing... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070061045 - Planning method and apparatus for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis hybrid remedy: The present invention is a peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis hybrid-remedy planning method using an index that is shared by both peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and indicates an effect of dialysis. To be specific, the index is M/C(0)/VB, which is obtained by dividing a ratio M/C(0)—where M is a removal amount... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070061046 - Building automation system facilitating user customization: Systems and methods for interacting with and customizing a dynamically extensible and automatically configurable building automation system (BAS). In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) of the BAS comprises a BAS summary page, at least one building summary page, at least one building space page, at least one end... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070061047 - Method of automatically setting vibration suppression filter: A filter is set by a control apparatus automatically detecting a vibration frequency and determining a filter to be needed, in a simple method that does not require a special process. A servo control apparatus which drives a servo motor includes a vibration detection section which detects vibration of a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070061048 - Integrated actuator coil and decoder module for irrigation control: An integrated actuator coil and decoder module for use in decoder-based irrigation control systems, and related methods of manufacture and installation, are provided herein. In one implementation, an irrigation control device comprises a body, decoder circuitry located within the body, a coil located within the body and coupled to the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070061050 - Lighting energy management system and method: A lighting energy management system and method for controlling lighting fixtures in an area a, uses an energy control unit to receive information from the occupancy sources to determine an optimal brightness command for each lighting fixture using a coordinated system of zone and fixture representation. Each zone representation is... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070061049 - System, method and program for designing a utility facility and method for manufacturing a product by the utility facility: A system for designing a utility facility includes a state analyzer analyzing operational states of tools included in a production line, an extraction module extracting an operational period and a standby period of each of the tools, a calculator calculating changes in a quantity of utilities consumed by the tools... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070061051 - Controlling spas: A spa control system, the spa control system comprising a processor, wherein the processor is adapted to provide a signal to a user interface representing a spa operation. The user interface coupled to the processor, the user interface comprising a display, wherein the display can comprise of various display technology... Agent: Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & Mcivor, LLP

20070055386 - Abstracted display building method and system: A machine can be accessed and controlled with the help of an interface device. The customizable interface device contains device elements that define features relating to the external representation and internal functionality of the interface device, as linked to one or more machines. An operator can use a configuration station... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070055385 - Hmi reconfiguration method and system: A machine can be accessed and controlled with the help of an interface device. The customizable interface device contains device elements that define features relating to the external representation and internal functionality of the interface device, as linked to one or more machines. An operator can use a configuration station... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070055387 - Intelligent coffeemaker appliance: The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a coffeemaker (116) receives a plurality of timer settings from a network and communicates the state of the coffeemaker (116) to another network device while keeping a real-time clock (1112) synchronized and correctly set by receiving period time synchronization... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070055388 - Plc for distributed control and distributed control system: A PLC for distributed control includes a storage unit that stores common-data specifying information for specifying common data shared by a corresponding PLC and another PLC, a receiving unit that receives the common-data specifying information from another PLC, and a collating unit that collates the common-data specifying information stored in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055390 - Extensible universal home automation integration framework and user interface: A software architecture and methods that provide an extensible and intuitive interface to all digital managed resources in the residential environment. The application of data management methods will create a normalized representation of all potentially managed digital resources and a modularized and customizable presentation layer to provide tailored views of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070055389 - Method and system of controlling media devices configured to output signals to surrounding area: A system of controlling media devices configured for outputting signals to a surrounding area. The system including a control strategy for controlling operation of the media devices to execute operations according to a common schedule and a communications strategy for use in communicating the control strategy between the media devices... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20070055391 - Method for the automatic adjustment of a busable field device used in a process automation to the bus protocol utilized on the fieldbus: In a method for automatically adjusting a bus-capable field device of process automation technology to the bus protocol utilized on the fieldbus, fieldbus telegrams are relayed to various fieldbus stacks. The fieldbus stack which properly processes the telegrams is selected for exchanging data with the fieldbus.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20070055392 - Method and system for model predictive control of a power plant: System and method for model predictive control of a power plant. The system includes a model for a number of power plant components and the model is adapted to predict behavior of the number of power plant components. The system also includes a controller that receives inputs corresponding to operational... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070055393 - Method of increasing the control precision of the path of a product in a levelling machine with interlocking rollers, and levelling installation used to implement same: A method of increasing control precision of a path of a product in a leveling machine including: a fixed support cage; two leveling assemblies with parallel rollers, which are placed above and below the strip respectively; devices necessary to adjust the interlocking of the rollers; a mechanism for measuring leveling... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20070055399 - Audio switching system with interactive puppet: An audio switching system alternately directs an input audio signal to an audio output and to a remote puppet. The system includes an audio switching arrangement with a transmitter and a puppet including a receiver, an amplifier and a speaker. The audio switching arrangement includes an electronic switch electrically switchable... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070055395 - Audio system controlling: An audio system includes an audio device for processing an audio signal and a controller having a control switch that controls a function of the audio device. An external device may be coupled to the audio device to modify the function of the audio device. The control switch controls a... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20070055397 - Constant pitch variable speed audio decoding: A digital audio signal can be processed to have a constant pitch for a range of playback rates. A playback rate associated with a portion of the digital audio signal can be received, which differs from the rate at which the digital audio signal was recorded. A channel of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20070055398 - Content-based audio comparisons: A content-based comparison of a plurality of digital audio signals can be performed by generating, for a portion of a corresponding channel, a first set of spectral characteristics associated with a first audio signal and a second set of spectral characteristics associated with a second audio signal; comparing the first... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20070055394 - Method and system for efficiently transmitting power when acoustically irradiating rooms: The Invention relates to a method for effectively transmitting power and signals to an acoustic irradiation system (1), with which a number of groups of people at different locations receive information. To this end, data in digital form, together with the power supply, are led to at least one digital... Agent: Horst M. Kasper

20070055396 - Portable media player: An audio and/or video system is disclosed. The audio and/or video system includes an entertainment module adapted for connection to a docking station. The entertainment module includes output means for provding programming that is audible and visible. The entertainment module includes an antenna connected to a wireless module that wirelessly... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070055400 - Parametric reverse engineering method for designing tools: A reverse parametric engineering method for the design of tools is characterized by the following steps: importing an existing model [the design of the tool for the existing piece], production of a template for the existing tool, separation of the tool from the piece, cataloguing [saving in the form of... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.c.

20070055401 - Two-dimensional graphics for incorporating on three-dimensional objects: A method and a carrier medium carrying code to execute a method of designing a carton. The method includes accepting carton structural information, forming a 2D unfolded model of the substrate that when cut and folded forms the carton, and forming a 3D model of the carton. The method further... Agent: Dov Rosenfeld

20070055402 - Intelligent modeling and control of automation: A system and method for advanced device specific knowledge based modeling as well as intelligent control to yield high performance, low cost automation for optoelectronic design, packaging and assembly. The control loop design is based on knowledge based model predictive control. A knowledge model, specific to the assembled package's characteristics,... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20070055403 - Methods of and apparatuses for maintenance, diagnosis, and optimization of processes: One aspect of the present invention is a method of monitoring processes, optimizing processes, and diagnosing problems in the performance of a process tool for processing a workpiece. Another aspect of the present invention is a system configured for monitoring processes, optimizing processes, and diagnosing problems in the performance of... Agent: Larry Williams

20070055404 - Method and apparatus for an elevator system for a multilevel cleanspace fabricator: The present invention provides methods and apparatus capable of routine placement and replacement of fabricator tools in a designated tool location. The tool location can be selected from multiple tool locations arranged in a matrix with horizontal and vertical designations. In another aspect, the fabricator tool placement and replacement can... Agent: Joseph P. Kincart, Esq.

20070055405 - Interactive on-demand orthotic vending machine and method of producing orthotic including disc version: An orthotic vending machine may comprise a measuring apparatus and an orthotic fabricating apparatus. The measuring apparatus may comprises a plurality of probes capable of sensing pressure at various pixels on the underside surfaces of the person's feet at various configurations (e.g., flat plane, shoe contour, or prescriptive optimal) and... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20070055406 - Detection and gripping of objects: Disclosed are a method and a device for establishing a data collection with the aid of at least one imaging apparatus (1, 2, 3) and at least one illumination device (11, 12, 13). According to the inventive method, an object is recorded from at least three different directions while being... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070055407 - Method and apparatus for optimizing soil moisture: A self-adjusting irrigation controller takes a pre-irrigation soil moisture reading prior to irrigation, chooses an amount of water to be dispensed corresponding to that reading from a table, and dispenses that amount of water. A predetermined length of time after the end of irrigation, the controller takes a post-irrigation soil... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070055409 - Methods and apparatus for providing and distributing standby power: Aspects of the invention are directed to power distribution systems and methods for distributing power from a primary power source and a backup power source to a load. In one particular aspect, a power distribution system includes a first input to receive input power from the primary power source, a... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070055408 - Power generation system: A power generation system includes a converter configured for supplying power from a constrained power or energy source to a power network and a control system configured for balancing instantaneously available power from the constrained source against demanded load from the power network by dynamically adjusting power network voltage, power... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070055410 - Control device, control method, and computer product: An input device includes an accepting unit that is made of a soft material having at least one of a concave form and a convex form and accepts an input from a user, a detecting unit that detects the operating force, and a control unit that determines an operation to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070050048 - Control apparatus and method, and program: A control apparatus including: inputting means for inputting control data; determining means for determining whether the control data input by the inputting means is a predetermined command; generating means for generating an input event of the control data when the determining means does not determine that the control data is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070050049 - Control device with two processors: A control device with two processors includes: a circuit substrate; a first central processing unit disposed on the circuit substrate to receive a control signal for controlling the operation of a first device; a second central processing unit disposed on the circuit substrate to receive a control signal for controlling... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070050050 - Information processing system: An information processing system, which processes information based on setting information, having: a first apparatus; a second apparatus; and a management apparatus, wherein the first apparatus includes sections which transmit a first device information and a first setting information to the management apparatus; the management apparatus includes sections to store... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070050051 - Cabinet with electronic lock: A cabinet with an electronic lock primarily comprises: a cabinet body having a plurality of slide tracks to allow a plurality of drawers each having a retaining hook on the bottom thereof to be installed and slide thereon; a lock mechanism settled at the inside of the cabinet body having... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050052 - Electronic appliance for and method of using substitutional module thereof: An electronic appliance implementing a method of using a substitutional module includes a specific module, at least one substitutional module which is substitutable for the specific module, a memory which stores control programs respectively prepared for the modules to control the modules, and a controller which checks a system of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070050053 - Adaptive multivariable mpc controller: A method is disclosed for developing and using a high-speed adaptive multivariable controller by removing the dynamics of the PID controllers from a Model Predictive Controller that was developed using identification testing of a process. The resulting multivariable controller, based on final control elements as the manipulated variables is then... Agent: M. A. Ervin & Associates

20070050054 - Mobile communication terminal with virtual remote control: A mobile terminal is configured to download a virtual remote control for a device to be controlled, wherein the virtual remote control includes a graphical interface corresponding to that device. The terminal is further configured to display the virtual remote control, and to transmit commands to the device responsive to... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070050055 - Methods for designing lobe-type rotors: The present invention provides a method for designing lobe-type rotors which enables a defined rotor and a conjugate rotor with three or more than three lobes intermeshing and conjugating to each other; by setting suitable parameters to generate a curve portion of a single lobe of the defined rotor as... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070050056 - Methods for designing single-lobe and double-lobe rotors: in which rF is two times pitch circle radius(Rp) of the defined rotor deducting the maximum radius(R) of the defined rotor(rF=2 Rp−R), and a center of the arc C is located in a straight extension direction from a center of the defined rotor and an end point of an arc... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070050057 - Method and apparatus for arranging program and i/o controls: A computer system includes a display and a processor. The processor operable to implement a user interface on the display. The user interface including a plurality of program controls for initiating processing tasks. The processor is operable to, responsive to an activation of a selected program control, place an I/O... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070050058 - Placemat for calculating and monitoring calorie intake: A placemat is disclosed having a scale, a calorie calculator, a memory for storing calorie and other nutritive intake history, and an interface that allows for communication and synchronization with outside computer entities.... Agent: Factor & Lake, Ltd

20070050063 - Apparatus for processing audio signal and method thereof: An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof applied to an audio playback system are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a decoder, an error-correcting circuit and an audio correcting module. The method for processing audio signals in accordance with the present invention decodes the audio signal to generate a... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050061 - Audio player remote control system: This invention relates to accessories for audio players used for downloading, storing and playing of audio files, i.e. music or spoken word content. More specifically the invention relates to an audio player remote control system, in particular a power supply and charging unit for a digital audio player, which is... Agent: Stephen D. Scanlon

20070050062 - Closed loop analog signal processor (\"clasp\") system: A system, apparatus, device, and method for recording sounds and music with the character and sonic benefits of a genuine analog tape recording is disclosed. More specifically, an electro-mechanical-software controlled closed loop analog signal processor (“CLASP”) system, which is comprised of a digital audio workstation (“DAW”) resident on a host... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070050059 - Digital audio signal player: An audio signal player includes a turntable unit, a conductive touch-control plate on top of the turntable unit, a round disk, a conductive central shaft joined to the touch-control plate and the round disk, an upright grating on a lower edge of the turntable unit, a flat grating joined to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050060 - Digital audio signal player: A player includes an actuating mechanism, and a touch-control plate; the actuating mechanism is joined to a turntable at an output shaft; the output shaft holds a central shaft therein, which has a conductive inner part, and an insulating outer part around the inner part, and which is connected to... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070050064 - Methods and systems for fabricating components: A method for fabricating a component using a tool includes determining an actual property of a region of the component, comparing the actual property of the region of the component with an expected property of the region to determine a difference between the actual property and the expected property, and... Agent: John S. Beulick (12729) C/o Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070050066 - Methods for designing lobe-type rotors: moreover, the straight line Y is the external common tangent line of the arc B and the arc F, and respectively getting two tangent points therefrom to be defined as two end points of the straight line Y.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070050065 - Methods for designing single-lobe rotors: The present invention provides a method for designing single-lobe rotors of the present invention includes: curve portions of the of a curve E, an arc A, an arc B, an arc F, an arc C, an arc H, a straight line Y, and an arc G, wherein a center of... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070050067 - Detection of component hole gaps for weld beads in a computer-implemented solid modeling system: A computer-implemented solid modeling system that determines whether a gap exists between components based on internal loops of the components, and then generates a fillet or groove weld bead that fills the gap between the components. The gap is a component hole gap between components where one or more internal... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20070050068 - Optimization method for optimizing shape of component: An optimization method for optimizing a shape of a component includes the steps of setting information including a shape of each part in the component to plural parameters, extracting a relationship between the plural parameters and a deformation of the component, changing a value of at least one of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070050070 - Automated batch manufactuirng: An integrated automated management system for batch manufacturing of products, particularly pharmaceuticals. The system comprises: a distributed data with process related information, a design module which extracts information to build operating models for the manufacturing; a planning module which interacts with the data base and design module to provide the... Agent: Pfizer Inc

20070050069 - Constraint based order optimization system and available to promise system: A computer system which uses customer-based business rules that are customized for each customer. These business rules, along with order information, are provided to a linear programming engine. The linear programming engine determines the priority of customer orders based on the business rules and allocates scarce inventory accordingly. In one... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070050071 - Production loss tracking system: A production loss tracking system for a manufacturing system includes a collection module, an event module, and a report module. The collection module collects a processing status from a plurality of processing stations. The event module forecasts an upstream production loss event for a first of the processing stations that... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070050072 - Blank for a dental prosthetic item containing machining information, machining device therefor, and machining method therefor: A blank (10) for the production of a dental prosthetic item (22) by being machined is provided with information relevant to the machining operation by an information-containing memory (22) which is connected to the blank (10) and readable by radio signals. A machining device for the production of dental prosthetic... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070050073 - Method and apparatus for surface partitioning using geodesic distance measure: An improved method of designing hearing aid molds is disclosed whereby regions of an ear impression model are identified as a function of a geodesic distance measure. According to a first embodiment, a canal point of an ear impression model is identified as that point having a maximum normalized geodesic... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070050074 - Method, computer, machine-readable medium, computer program and system, concerning the manufacture of dental prostheses: The invention relates to the examination of a dental prosthesis, wherein the dental prosthesis is examined with finite element methods. Furthermore, the invention relates to the automated manufacture of a dental prosthesis, wherein the shape of a remaining tooth area is directly determined on the basis of the remaining tooth... Agent: Ip Strategies

20070050077 - chemical mechanical polishing method and apparatus: A method for removing material from the surface of a semiconductor wafer with a chemical mechanical polishing process is described. The method uses a polishing pad on which a line-pattern of grooves is formed. The pattern comprises orderly spaced grooved-area and area without grooves. The method combines information of the... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20070050075 - Automatic wafer tracking process and apparatus for carrying out the process: A semi-conductor wafer processing information system which includes a sensor responsive to the presence of a wafer at a monitored location of a processing machine to read the wafer identification scribe and send both wafer and machine identification signals to a host computer which may be independent of a wafer... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070050076 - Method and apparatus for determining an operation status of a plasma processing apparatus, program and storage medium storing same: In an operation status determination method for a plasma processing apparatus, a principal component analysis is carried out by using operation status data groups. Processing parameter values in the respective operation status data groups are converted into principal component scores which are plotted in a two-dimensional coordinate system with axes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070050078 - Work positioning device:

20070050079 - Nc machine tool: The NC device of the machining center has the data memory for storing exchange history and data concerning a tool therein when the tool has been manually exchanged. When the data concerning the tool is updated, the data memory also stores update history. The main control unit determines whether the... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070050080 - Reconfigurable light-directed pick/put system: The present invention is directed to a reconfigurable light-directed pick/put system which includes at least one stationary storage bay unit including a plurality of reconfigurable physical storage locations for containing stored items to be picked and a plurality of intelligent light assemblies for directing the pick. Also disclosed is at... Agent: Leigh P. Gregory Attorney At Law

20070050081 - Methods and apparatus to combine mail streams in a binding line: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture to combine mail streams in a binding line are disclosed. An example method is used to create a first book on a production line, where the first book is associated with a first recipient address. The example method is then used to deposit the... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070050082 - Goods sales management system and goods sales management method: A goods sales management system has a plurality of goods vending machines 1 provided with containers for storing a plurality of goods and a vending machine management apparatus 80 connected to each of the plurality of the goods vending machines via a communication line 70. The goods vending machine 1... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070050083 - Systems and methods for providing network access: Some embodiments are associated with receiving, by a vending machine, a request from a customer to initiate a communication session, establishing a first communication link between the vending machine and a device associated with the customer, and establishing a second communication link between the vending machine and a remote network... Agent: Walker Digital

20070050087 - Input device and inputting method: An input device is disclosed which includes: a casing; an input unit provided in the casing; an orientation detection unit configured to detect the orientation of the casing; and a command assigning unit configured to assign commands to inputs from the input unit, based on the results of detection by... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070050084 - Mobile robot system and method of remote-controlling the same: A mobile robot system includes: a mobile robot; a station configured to accommodate the mobile robot; a call connection unit provided at the home station and configured to receive a call; and a call signal conversion unit configured to convert the call into a control signal and to transmit the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070050085 - Robot coordinated control method and system: A reference signal is transmitted from one of a plurality of robot control devices connected by communication connecting means to the other robot control device. The timing of generation of an operation basic period signal in each of the other robot control devices is synchronized with the timing of generation... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070050086 - System and method for returning robot cleaner to charger: A system for returning a robot to a charger includes: a homing signal transmitter, including at least first, second, and third signal transmitters, each adapted to be provided at a front side of the charger and to respectively transmit signals which are different from each other in at least one... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070050088 - Hardware abstraction layer (hal) for a robot: Methods and apparatus that provide a hardware abstraction layer (HAL) for a robot are disclosed. A HAL can reside as a software layer or as a firmware layer residing between robot control software and underlying robot hardware and/or an operating system for the hardware. The HAL provides a relatively uniform... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070050090 - Calibration method for improving the accuracy of a robotic measuring system with joint configuration dependent performance: Industrial robots have been widely used in industrial applications such as welding, and assembly. However, the application of the robots to precision manufacture is limited by their accuracy. As a highly non-linear system, the positioning accuracy of a robot varies with the configuration of the joints or the angular positions... Agent: Kenneth Onyema Cambridge Lawyers Group, LLC

20070050089 - Method for detecting the position and orientation of holes using robotic vision system: This invention is about the method for detecting the position, and orientation of holes using a robotic vision system. In certain industrial applications, there are parts with many tiny or large holes or tunnels of various shapes, and the orientation and position of each of the holes need to be... Agent: Kenneth Onyema Cambridge Lawyers Group, LLC

20070050091 - Robot monitoring system: A robot monitoring system including a robot controller for controlling a robot; and an image generating apparatus for generating, based on robot-control related information obtained from the robot controller, a three-dimensional model image showing the robot and a working environment thereof as a dynamic image corresponding to an actual motion... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070050092 - Event-based library process design: Systems, methods and apparatus for designing a process to be performed at regions of an experiment library, the process involving the application of components at the library regions. Components are associated with regions of the experiment library. Each of the components represents a material or process parameter to be applied... Agent: Symyx Technologies Inc Legal Department

20070050093 - Power supply system, power supply method and lot processing method: A power supply system is disclosed. The system includes a power supply unit which supplies power to a processing unit, an arrival time calculating portion which calculates arrival time taken for a lot to arrive at the processing unit from a present position based on the state of the lot,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070050094 - Electric vacuum cleaner: An electric vacuum cleaner comprises an electric blower having a commutator motor connected to an alternate current power source though a switching element, a current detecting section detecting a load current flowing in the electric blower, a control section generating a control signal that controls the input power to the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP