Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 06/07

20070150072 - Method for controlling electronic apparatus, program for controlling electronic apparatus, electronic apparatus, and recording apparatus: A method is provided for controlling an electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including a USB interface that is used for connecting a USB device of a first device class in a first operation mode controlled by a first control program. The method includes reading, upon connection of a USB device... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070150071 - Processor arrangement: A processor arrangement having a plurality of processor units and a control computer. Each of the processor units is connected to at least one adjacent processor unit and has one control element and at least one communications interface for providing a data communications link with an adjacent processor unit. The... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070150073 - Asset management system: An asset management system is provided. The system may include one or more data collection devices configured to monitor one or more operating conditions of a machine in real time. The system may also include a processor configured to receive data from the one or more data collection devices and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070150074 - Component feeder exchange diagnostic tool: A method and apparatus for facilitating validation of component feeder exchanges in pick and place machines are provided. A pre-exchange image of a component from a feeder is acquired and compared with an image a component from the exchanged feeder placed after the feeder exchange. A comparison of the pre-exchange... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070150076 - Adaptive motor drive method and apparatus including inertia estimator: A method and apparatus for use with a plant drive system that receives a reference command signal and generates a torque command to drive a plant, the method for estimating plant inertia and comprising the steps of providing a reference model that models the plant, the model receiving the reference... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(qb)

20070150077 - Detecting instabilities in time series forecasting: A predictive model analysis system comprises a receiver component that receives predictive samples created by way of forward sampling. An analysis component analyzes a plurality of the received predictive samples and automatically determines whether a predictive model is reliable at a time range associated with the plurality of predictive sample,... Agent: Amin. Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070150075 - Process model transformation for event-based coordination of composite applications: A process model specified using, for example, UML activity diagrams can be translated into an event-based model that can be executed on top of a coordination middleware. For example, a process model may be encoded as a collection of coordinating objects that interact with each other through a coordination middleware... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070150078 - Remote control system for equipment and optical signal transmitting device: An adapter is provided for allowing existing equipment to be controlled by a remote control device capable of controlling a plurality of equipment. A remote control adapter includes a reception circuit externally receiving an input of a signal, a flash memory, a control circuit generating a signal to be transmitted... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070150079 - Self-diagnostic process control loop for a process plant: A method of diagnosing an adaptive process control loop includes measuring process control loop signal data, generating a plurality of process control loop parameters from the process loop signal data and evaluating a condition of the adaptive process control loop from one or more of the plurality of process control... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070150080 - Multihead composite material application machine post-processor method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures: A composite part program post-processor that produces a composite part program for use with a computer-numerical control (CNC) multihead composite material application machine. The post-processor includes a definition receiver, a route delineator, an approach and departure profiler, a machine axis solution computer, and an output file composer. The definition receiver... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20070150081 - Integrated graphical runtime interface for process control systems: An integrated graphical runtime interface that provides a secure, highly available environment for process control systems is disclosed. In one example, a method for displaying process control information via a graphical user interface instantiates a runtime workspace application to operatively interpose between an operator station operating system and a user.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20070150082 - Method, mechanism, implementation, and system of real time listen-sing-record star karaoke entertainment (star \"sing through and record\"): A hand-held audio mixing device includes an I/O interface, an AD/DA converter, a dual-direction codec which sample rate is set in 8-48 KHz with a 16-bit resolution, an MCU, a memory, and an operational amplifier. The device executes a first process that the I/O interface receives a first source of... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20070150083 - Sheet metal factory processing system: A sheet metal factory processing system includes a production manager which generates a processing schedule for multiple units each including at least one material sheet, to manage the processing schedule on a per-unit basis. The processing schedule is generated based on sheet processing data obtained by allocating parts to be... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070150084 - Method and apparatus for product defect classification: Method and apparatus for processing defect data indicative of defects in a product is described. In one example, each of the defects is assigned one of a plurality of severity levels and one of a plurality of impact levels. The defects are classified into categories based on combinations of severity... Agent: General Instrument Corporation Dba The Connected Home Solutions Business Of Motorola, Inc.

20070150085 - Conveyance method for transporting objects: The present invention relates to conveyance method for transporting a plurality of unprocessed/processed objects between an automatic transporting device (AGV) and a semiconductor manufacturing device (prober). The prober has a load port to/from which the objects are delivered from/to the AGV. The method comprises the steps of: making a communication... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070150086 - Contact lens manufacture: A method for tracking multiple SKUs of contact lenses in a manufacturing line comprising the steps of: a) moulding a plurality of contact lenses, b) providing a plurality of carriers each having a carrier indicator, c) inspecting each contact lens to determine information relating to its prescription, d) transferring each... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070150088 - Digitally active 3-d object creation system: A method of printing a three-dimensional object is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of stationary printhead layer groups, each layer group comprising at least one printhead for printing a respective layer of the object; conveying a partially-formed object past the layer groups; and simultaneously printing material from at... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070150087 - Head assignment modeling and simulation: To model head assignments for a multihead composite material application machine having a set of heads, a ply geometry for a composite part is received and a configuration for the multihead composite material application machine is received. In addition, a constellation of head locations is generated in response to the... Agent: Baker & Hostetler, LLP For Boeing Company

20070150089 - Operating method and apparatus for controlling a machine tool: The invention relates to a control device (5), controlling a machine tool (1), which processes a step sequence (S1-S11), by a wireless reading of a partial programme (18) from a workpiece data support (15), provided for a workpiece (3) and processing the workpiece (3), following the downloaded partial programme (18).... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070150090 - Method of measuring a condition in a mail processing machine using a diagnostic mail unit: A method for acquiring data regarding operation of a mail processing system includes the steps of configuring a diagnostic module as a mail piece, inserting the diagnostic module into a stream of mail being processed by the mail processing system, and collecting data with the diagnostic module as it travels... Agent: Philip G. Meyers Philip G. Meyers Law Office

20070150091 - Electronic sock sorting and mating system: An organizing apparatus for sorting and mating members (1) of a plurality of members, the mated members forming a matched set. A preferred application is to sort socks (1). The invention comprises indicia (14) and electronic devices (3) preferably attached to each member (1) of the matched sets; a means... Agent: John Philip Griffits

20070150092 - Automatic dispensation device and medicine: An automatic drug dispenser includes: a drug cassette which ejectably accommodates drugs; a base unit which detachably supports the drug cassette and drives a motor to eject drugs; a drug feeder storage which is designed to store a large number of base units; a reading device which is provided in... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070150093 - Device and method for automatically setting interlock between robots: A device and a method for automatically setting an interlock based on a suitable interference area obtained by executing an offline simulation in relation to a system including a plurality of robots. The device executes the simulation on the offline programming system based on a motion program so as to... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070150098 - Apparatus for controlling robot and method thereof: An apparatus for controlling a robot and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes: a state interpretation unit determining whether or not a current situation belongs to a preset unstable state by evaluating the current situation based on a plurality of perception information items; and a target generation unit... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150097 - Localization system and method of mobile robot based on camera and landmarks: A localization system and method of a mobile robot using a camera and artificial landmarks in a home and a general office environment (or working zone) is provided. The localization system includes artificial landmarks having an LED flash function in an invisible wavelength band, a camera with a wide-angle lens,... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150099 - Robot for generating multiple emotions and method of generating multiple emotions in robot: A robot for generating multiple emotions is provided. The robot includes a sensor unit sensing external environment information, a database unit storing a predetermined list including information on types of behavior the robot is allowed, a user's reaction corresponding to each behavior of the robot, and favorite objects of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150104 - Apparatus and method for controlling network-based robot: An apparatus and method of controlling a network-based robot are provided. The apparatus includes a first connection unit connecting to at least one application component server or content server through a network, a second connection unit connecting to a wireless internet sharing router to communicate with the robot, and a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150109 - Area coverage with an autonomous robot: There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker (48) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot (40) with... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070150110 - Dynamic legged robot: A legged robot having a robot structure (20) in the form of a closed kinematic chain and an actuator (26) that contracts when activated. The contraction of the actuator extends a foot element (30) such that it can excerpt a pushing force against a ground surface. When the foot element... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070150107 - Legged mobile robot control system: In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which generates gaits based on an external force, more specifically gaits for walking by taking a hand of a human... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070150108 - Legged mobile robot control system: In a control system of a legged mobile robot having a body and legs connected to the body and driven by a leg actuator, there is provided an operation controller which identifies a human being like visitor to be conducted in a company building and the like, and controls operation... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070150105 - Legged mobile robot controller, legged mobile robot and legged mobile robot control method: A legged mobile robot, a legged mobile robot controller and a legged mobile robot control method are provided to perform a loading operation to load a gripped object in parallel on a target place having a height where a stretchable range of arm portions of the legged mobile robot is... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070150102 - Method of supporting robot application programming and programming tool for the same: A method of supporting robot application programming and a programming tool for the same are provided. In the method of supporting robot application programming, behaviors that constitute operations to be performed by a robot are assembled in the programming tool for programming an application program for the operations to be... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070150106 - Mobile robot: A mobile robot which has a communication with a detection target by a motion of the mobile robot or by an utterance from the mobile robot, the mobile robot includes: a personal identification unit detecting an existence of the tag based on a signal transferred from the tag and obtaining... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070150096 - Mobile robot platform and method for sensing movement of the same: A mobile robot platform and a method for sensing movement of the same are disclosed, which utilize two omni-directional meter wheels perpendicular to each other and a magnetic sensing module for detecting a moving condition of the platform moving on a planar surface while transmitting the detected moving condition to... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20070150103 - Positioning method and system for indoor moving robot: A positioning device and method using two transmirrors for positioning a moving robot which moves in an indoor environment is provided. The positioning device includes a transmitter transmitting signals to first and second transmirrors; a receiver receiving signals from the first and second transmirrors; and a positioning unit determining the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070150100 - Robot calibration system and method: A robot calibration system and method for robots in semiconductor wafer processing systems is disclosed. The calibration system comprises a calibration array, a dummy wafer and a control system programmed with a calibration routine. The calibration array has an plurality of inductive proximity sensors to determine parallelism of the robot... Agent: Crockett & Crockett

20070150095 - Robot controller: The motion of a robot is switched from a first motion, which the robot is currently performing, to a second motion. Postures of the robot in both the motions are pre-defined with a plurality of frames at a plurality of different time points. When switching from the first motion to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070150101 - Robotic wash cell using recycled pure water: The present invention pertains to a robotic wash cell including a six-axis robotic arm and end effector equipped with nozzles that spray unheated, solvent free, pure water at high-pressure to clean or debur objects by maintaining the nozzles in close proximity and substantially normal to each surface being cleaned or... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20070150094 - System and method for planning and indirectly guiding robotic actions based on external factor tracking and analysis: A system and method for guiding robotic actions based on external factor tracking and analysis is presented. External factors affecting a defined physical space are tracked through a stationary environmental sensor. The external factors are analyzed to determine one or more of activity levels and usage patterns occurring within the... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20070150111 - Embedded network-controlled omni-directional motion system with optical flow based navigation: The present invention discloses an embedded network-controlled omni-directional motion system with optical flow based navigation, wherein multiple motion units and at least one embedded network control system are installed to the body, and at least one optical flow sensor is installed on the ground-facing surface of the body. The movement... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070150112 - Substrate processing method and program: In the present invention, an insulating material is applied onto a substrate in a coating treatment unit to form a coating insulating film. The substrate is heated in the heating processing unit, whereby the coating insulating film is hardened partway. A brush is then pressed against the front surface of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070150113 - System of energy-efficient and constant-pressure parallel-coupled fluid-transport machines: The present invention discloses a system of energy-efficient and constant-pressure parallel-coupled fluid-transport machines, which can flexibly and massively provide gas and water to every fabrication unit. The system of the present invention comprises: variable-frequency centrifugal fluid-transport machines, pressure gauges, power meters, flow meters, and controllers. The performance curves of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070150114 - Location determination of power system disturbances based on frequency responses of the system: A system for detecting and locating a disturbance event within a power grid includes a series of frequency disturbance recorders (FDRs) taking measurements in the power grid at dispersed points of the power grid, an information management system, configured to receive data from the series of FDRs and analyze the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070150115 - Operation and design of integrated circuits at constrained temperature ranges in accordance with bit error rates: An improved system and associated methods for the operation and design of integrated circuits at constrained temperature ranges in accordance with bit error rates is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer is used to derive an operational temperature for the integrated circuit from an assumed bit error rate using the... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070142925 - Bundling database: A method and system for bundling objects containing related data. Objects that are related to each other are bundled together to avoid synchronization problems. The bundling process is performed in parallel, as are operations, such as calculations, performed on the objects.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070142926 - Remote monitoring and control of an i/o module: An industrial automation monitoring and/or control system comprises a receiver component that receives a request for a web page associated with a network adaptor. An execution component executes instantiated objects within the web page to effectuate at least one of monitoring and control of an input/output module that is communicatively... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070142927 - Systems and methods for notifying of persistent states of monitored systems using distributed monitoring devices: A system and method for providing notification when a state of a monitored system persists for a specified period of time utilizing distributed monitoring devices is disclosed. It is first detected, utilizing a monitoring device, that a monitored system is in a specified state. A timer within the monitoring device... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070142928 - Process management system for work machine environments: Systems and methods are disclosed for process management in a work machine environment. According to one embodiment, an exemplary disclosed process management system for a work machine environment is disclosed. The system includes a database configured to store information associated with a work machine environment. The system also includes a... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070142929 - Specifying optional and default values for method parameters: An embodiment provides a way to handle default parameters in a method call that are not constant values. During the compiling process of a source code method a compiler generates code before the method body, for every optional parameter. The generated code checks if each optional parameter has a valid... Agent: Westman Champlin (microsoft Corporation)

20070142930 - Web-enabled solutions for memory compilation to support pre-sales estimation of memory size, performance and power data for memory components: A method, system, and program product includes an interactive network-based site that permits a user to specify, compile, analyze and export memory configuration data associated with at least one memory component manufactured in a manufacturing environment. Such memory configuration data can be specified, compiled analyzed or exported in response to... Agent: Pete Scott, Senior Corporate Counsel Lsi Logic Corporation

20070142931 - Electronic module arrangement for cloth washing machines: “ELECTRONIC MODULE ARRANGEMENT FOR CLOTH WASHING MACHINES” constituted by an electronic control module (6) with its components separately installed from the electronic power module (2), however keeping conventional links between both boards and the mechanic components of the cloth washing machine, so that, with such configuration, the electronic power module... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20070142932 - Technique for switching between controllers: A controller design for switching between m linear multivariable controllers each of whom stabilizes a linear plant has been presented. A Youla-Kucera factorization was exploited in the interest of obtaining a closed-loop system that is exponentially stable for any switching signal σ(t) in the absence of plant model uncertainty. Robustness... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070142933 - Device for supplying power to equipment with varying requirements for the power supply: The invention relates to a device for supplying power to equipment disposed in a space, with varying requirements for the power supply, comprising a main distributor which can be connected to a mains electricity supply and which is provided with a fuse, and at least one sub-distributor which is connected... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070142934 - System and method for implementing an extended safety instrumented system: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070142936 - Analytical server integrated in a process control network: A process control system integrates the collection and analysis of process control data used to perform certain computationally expensive process control functions, like adaptive model generation and tuning parameter generation, in the same control device in which one or more of the process control routines are implemented, to thereby provide... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070142937 - Control apparatus: A control apparatus which is capable of ensuring both high-level stability and accuracy of control and reducing manufacturing costs thereof and computation load thereon, even when controlling a controlled object having extremal characteristics or a controlled object of a multi-input multi-output system. The control apparatus is comprised of an onboard... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070142935 - Method and arrangement in a computer system for controlling a process: The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in a computer system for controlling processes. A process is described as a number of process variables and as process elements, each process element including a rule for transitions to at least one other process element and actions to be performed when... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070142938 - Programmable logic controller having power frequency carrier: The present invention integrates electronical devices for switching any of the devices on or off as one wish easily through an indoor power circuit by using a programmable logic controller.... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070142939 - System and method for implementing time synchronization monitoring and detection in a safety instrumented system: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, a time synchronization monitor is provided for monitoring... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070142941 - Historian module for use in an industrial automation controller: A distributed historian framework is provided where historical data is collected in accordance with an organizational model of a hierarchical system that is distributed across various elements of an enterprise. A directory service operates with the organizational model to enable configuration of historian components within the organization and to enable... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070142940 - Processes for monitoring user-selected parameters: A method for gathering user-selected parameters in a work machine environment includes receiving a set of parameters associated with a work machine controller and providing the received set of parameters to a user interface. The user interface may be configured to allow a user to select one or more parameters... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070142944 - Audio player device for synchronous playback of audio signals with a compatible device: The present invention discloses a method, system and apparatus for playing an audio signal synchronously on a first mobile audio player and at least a second mobile audio player. More particularly, the invention pertains to an audio player device enabled for wireless transmission and reception of an audio signal. In... Agent: The Mcintosh Group

20070142942 - Audio profiles for portable music playback device: A portable music player includes an audio circuit for processing input audio signals to generate output audio signals and a set of speakers connected to said audio circuit for converting output audio signals into audible signals. A headset interface provides means for connecting a headset to said audio circuit for... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070142943 - Digital security system: A system and method for processing a digital audio signal is disclosed. The system includes an input to receive a digital audio signal and a first output to provide a first digital output signal. The digital audio signal has a first fidelity characteristic and the first digital output signal has... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070142945 - Interactive sound reproducing: An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the sound reproduction device with a computer. The computer provides... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070142946 - Method for the start-up of numerical controls of machine tools or production machinery and numerical control for machine tools or production machinery: A method for the start-up of a numerical control of machine tools or production machinery, wherein the numerical control includes a main computer and a follow-up device, which are connected with each other via a data transmission network, wherein the follow-up device is addressable by the main computer via a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070142948 - Manufacturing analysis using a part-process matrix: A computer readable medium has computer executable instructions for performing a method that includes accessing a part-process matrix containing data associated with a plurality of parts and a plurality of machines of a mixed-model manufacturing system. The method may convert the data from a non-binary to a binary representation and... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070142947 - Mechanism for execution of global flow changes in a manufacturing system: In one embodiment, a method for upfront specification of lot process parameters to enable automated processing is disclosed. The method comprises building a hierarchical representation of a process plan for a manufacturing object using data structures to represent operational flows of the manufacturing object, performing a query execution on the... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070142950 - Device and method for connecting device manufacturing processing apparatuses, program, device manufacturing processing system, exposure apparatus and method, and measurement and inspection apparatus and method: A communication server connects together device manufacturing processing apparatuses such as exposure apparatuses and various inspection apparatuses and the like. This communication server is provided with a file format conversion section that converts the format of data exchanged between device manufacturing processing apparatuses, a communication message conversion section that converts... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070142949 - Enhanced state estimation based upon information credibility: A method, apparatus, and a system for performing an adaptive state estimation process for processing semiconductor wafers. A processing of a first workpiece is controlled using a process controller and a processing tool. Manufacturing data relating to the processing of the first workpiece is acquired. Status data relating to the... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070142952 - Error-correction assistance system: Upon detection of an error such as a malfunction occurring at a drive mechanism, a sensor transmits an error signal to a control section. The control section selects character information about details of the error corresponding to the error signal and an image representing the drive mechanism where the error... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070142951 - Method to identify machines causing excursion in semiconductor manufacturing: The present invention discloses a method that recognizes and uses the grouping patterns of process material by different machines at different process steps to identify potential problem machines causing the excursion in semiconductor manufacturing. The excursion could be a yield problem at the final test or at any inline electrical... Agent: George O. Saile

20070142953 - Methods and apparatus for electronically representing manufacturing flow: A method of electronically representing manufacturing flow is provided. The method allows a manufacturer to electronically track an infinite number of attributes related to components used in the production of a finished product. Using these attributes, the manufacturer can perform product recalls based upon information pertinent to a malfunctioning part,... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070142954 - Method and apparatus for automated processing by upfront specification of process parameters: In one embodiment, a method for upfront specification of lot process parameters to enable automated processing is disclosed. The method comprises specifying a combination of one or more process parameters in a template associated with a tool, the process parameters associated with a process flow for a lot to be... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070142955 - Footwear measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods: Foot measurement and footwear manufacture systems and methods. A three-dimensional foot frame of a foot and pressure data corresponding to a bottom of the foot are measured, and a first and a second group of characteristic points are respectively determined accordingly. A preset foot skeleton template model is adjusted according... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20070142956 - Method for adjoining adjacent coatings on a processing element: Two or more coatings applied to processing elements of a plasma processing system are treated with protective barriers or coatings. A method is described for adjoining two or more coatings on the processing element. Having applied a first protective barrier, a portion of the first protective barrier is treated. A... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070142957 - Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and control system and control method therefor: Disclosed herein is technology for, among other things, a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, and a control system and a control method therefor, by which a target parameter that is measured from a wafer processed with a plurality of processing parameters that are processing conditions of the semiconductor manufacturing apparatus to process... Agent: Wagner, Murabito & Hao LLP

20070142958 - System for generating standard operating procedure(sop) files: A standard operating procedure (SOP) file generating system (12) includes a drawing selection module (120), an information reading module (121), a data determining module (122), a machining type determining data module (124), and a file generating module (127). The drawing selection module selects an engineering drawing. The information reading module... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070142959 - Food product slicer with automatic indication of when to sharpen knife: A food product slicer with a rotatable slicer knife includes a knife sharpener and a control for indicating when the slicer knife should be sharpened.... Agent: Thompson Hine LLP

20070142960 - Sterile tubing welder system: A data management system for use with sterile tubing welders that documents welding process information and provides traceability of the individual welds made by the sterile tubing welder. The data management system includes a communication module, a tubing welder and application software, and documents information and provides traceability of each... Agent: Terumo Medical Corporation

20070142961 - System and method for providing visual aids: Systems and methods are disclosed that provide a visual aid for a picking operation. In one embodiment, a process is disclosed that includes capturing an image of a storage structure and associating an item to the captured image of the storage structure. The process may further include associating a task... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20070142962 - Semiconductor substrate transfer apparatus and semiconductor substrate processing apparatus equipped with the same: A semiconductor substrate transfer apparatus for transferring semiconductor substrates from a first container to a second container, includes: multiple end effectors; at least one robot arm with which the multiple end effectors are independently rotatably joined; and a controller storing software including instructions to judge which end effector or end... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070142963 - Methods and systems for sorting unaddressed items: Systems and methods for sorting a plurality of unaddressed items may comprise receiving delivery point address data. Furthermore, systems and methods for sorting a plurality of unaddressed items may comprise sorting the plurality of unaddressed items based on the delivery point address data. The plurality of unaddressed items may be... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070142968 - Robotic surgical system with joint motion controller adapted to reduce instrument tip vibrations: A robotic surgical system has a robot arm holding an instrument for performing a surgical procedure, and a control system for controlling movement of the arm and its instrument according to user manipulation of a master manipulator. The control system includes a filter in its forward path to attenuate master... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070142969 - Cable tensioning in a robotic surgical system: An apparatus, system, and method for setting, maintaining, and adjusting a cable tension in a telerobotic surgical system are provided. A cable tensioning apparatus includes, in one example, an arm, a pulley rotatably coupled to the arm, and a base operably coupled to the arm, the base including a translation... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070142966 - Process for moving a robot: A process for moving a robot, especially an articulated arm robot, in which motions of axes of the robot are synchronized with a primary motion. In particular, positions of the axes are assigned to the position of the primary motion via a path table.... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070142964 - Robot docking station and robot for use therewith: A docking station (20) and a robot (22) for docking therein, include corresponding transmission parts. These transmission parts are for the transmission of energy, such as electricity, for recharging the robot (22), and/or signals, for operating the robot (22), the energy and/or signals passing between the docking station and the... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070142967 - Robot trajectory control including emergency evacuation path system and method: A system and process is provided for controlling a robot path of a robot including providing a main path for movement of the robot based on path data having points along the main path and providing a safe evacuation path from each point in the main path to get to... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070142965 - Robotic system for synchronously reproducing facial expression and speech and related method thereof: A robotic system and a related method for reproducing a real person's facial expression and speech simultaneously and synchronously is provided herein. The robotic system comprises at least a robotic head which in turn comprises a speaker, a plurality of face actuators, and a computing engine. The robotic head drives... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070142970 - Electro-mechanical interfaces to mount robotic surgical arms: In one embodiment of the invention, a method of mounting a surgical robotic arm to a set-up arm of a robotic surgical system is provided that includes sliding a pair of guide slots of the surgical robotic arm over a pair of guide tabs in the set-up arm; aligning electrical... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070142971 - Hook and pivot electro-mechanical interface for robotic medical arms: A robotic medical system that includes a quick-connect/disconnect feature to facilitate the connecting and disconnecting of a robotic medical arm to and from a set-up arm is disclosed. The robotic medical system includes a robotic medical arm including an interface having a downward-oriented hook located at an upper portion thereof,... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070142972 - Autonomous machine for docking with a docking station and method for docking: An autonomous robot is designed for docking in a docking station. The autonomous robot is configured such that it will locate the docking station and dock therein, before its battery power is exhausted. The docking is such that the autonomous robot is automatically charged, such that its batteries will be... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070142973 - Offline programming device: An offline programming device capable of automatically generating a measuring program by which the time and the workload for making an offline program may be greatly reduced. The offline programming device includes a storing part for storing a plurality of data in relation to a plurality of measurement points of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070142974 - Process and systems for the epoxidation of an olefin: wherein B denotes a constant factor which is greater than 0; a reaction system suitable for performing the process for the epoxidation of an olefin; a computer program product which comprises a computer readable program recorded on a computer readable medium, suitable for instructing a data processing system of a... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070142975 - Model based optimization of a single or multiple power generating units: A method and apparatus for optimizing the operation of a single or multiple power generating units using advanced optimization, modeling, and control techniques. In one embodiment, a plurality of component optimization systems for optimizing power generating unit components are sequentially coordinated to allow optimized values determined by a first component... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070142976 - Electronic apparatus and thermal control method of electronic apparatus: According to one embodiment, there is provided an electronic apparatus including: a main body configured to be used in a first mode and a second mode; a fan installed in the main body; a control section that controls the fan on the basis of a detected acceleration of the main... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070135930 - Job log control method, computer readable medium for the same, image processing device, and image processing system: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a storage medium readable by a computer, the storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a function for controlling a job log, comprising: generating a job log after execution of a job; creating a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070135931 - System and method for providing configuration information of network-based apparatus: A method for automatically configuring an apparatus is provided by an apparatus configuration system including a plurality of apparatuses connected to a network, wherein the apparatuses include at least setting processing source apparatuses in which configuration information for configuring apparatus operation is stored, and a setting processing target apparatus for... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070135932 - Robotics programming interface: A programming interface for a hardware system includes an embedded layer for programmatic access to a physical realization of hardware, a simulation system for simulation of the hardware, and a diagnostics engine that analyzes and compares feedback data from the simulation system and the physical realization. The programming interface may... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070135934 - Variable specification functional blocks integrated circuit system suitable for detecting resistor identifications: The invention discloses a specially designed resistor identity IC provided for products that require article identification on contact. The invention is further developed to provide a family of Variable Specification Functional Block ICs that can be selected to form a COB assembly. An Integrated Programming technology is developed to program... Agent: Peter Ar-fu Lam

20070135933 - Web-based robotics simulation: A programming interface for a hardware system includes an embedded layer for programmatic access to a physical realization of hardware, a simulation system for simulation of the hardware, and a diagnostics engine that analyzes and compares feedback data from the simulation system and the physical realization. The programming interface may... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070135935 - Method for operating a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester: The present invention relates to a method for improving the operation of a grain cleaning system in a combine harvester characterized in that the method comprises the step of adjusting the position of the upper sieve in the grain cleaning system upon registering a deviance from a threshold value for... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070135936 - Event-based coordination of process-oriented composite applications: A process model specified using, for example, UML activity diagrams can be translated into an event-based model that can be executed on top of a coordination middleware. For example, a process model may be encoded as a collection of coordinating objects that interact with each other through a coordination middleware... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070135937 - The rational transfer function of a discrete control system and its linear quadratic controllers: A rational function for the transfer function model of a multivariable discrete control system is suggested and its controllers are obtained. There are two types of control systems depending on the nature of the disturbance. For tracking control systems, the disturbance is a set of set point changes. For regulating... Agent: Ky Minh Vu

20070135938 - Methods and systems for predictive modeling using a committee of models: Methods and systems for predictive modeling are described. In one embodiment, the method is a method for controlling a process using a committee of predictive models. The process has a plurality of control settings and at least one probe data representative of state of the process. The method includes the... Agent: John S. Beulick (17851)

20070135939 - Adaptive control system having hedge unit and related apparatus and methods: The invention includes an adaptive control system used to control a plant. The adaptive control system includes a hedge unit that receives at least one control signal and a plant state signal. The hedge unit generates a hedge signal based on the control signal, the plant state signal, and a... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070135942 - Electrical component monitoring system: A motor control centre is provided having an analyst system which is capable of recording data from the monitoring equipment provided therein, and providing a predictive analysis of the data received. The predictive analysis allows the operator to have the ability to schedule routine maintenance to correct a predicted failure... Agent: Gowan Intellectual Property

20070135940 - System and methods for controlling embedded devices using device style sheets: Systems and methods for controlling ambiance devices, or an embedded device, using a device style sheet are disclosed. Ambiance devices include devices used to control an environment in a room or area, such as a lighting device or a heating/cooling system. A device style sheet declaration is received, in one... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070135941 - Systems and methods for handling failover in a distributed routing environment: A computing device configured to implement a method for binding negotiation is disclosed. The computing device includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. A first binding has a first binding ID. Instructions are stored in the memory to implement a method for binding negotiation. The first... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070135943 - Output service providing system that updates information based on positional information, terminal and method of providing output service: This invention provides an output service provision system which is capable of allowing a user to easily receive a provided output service, providing an output service responsive to the user and flexibly coping with situational variations. Upon determining that a virtual object B is in an area-in state with respect... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070135946 - Command and argument description display corresponding to user actions on an electronic instrument: An electronic instrument displays commands and arguments and their description related to specific user operations of an electronic instrument. A command help bar is displayed in a window with the command help bar displaying a command and associated argument and a description of the command and argument as a function... Agent: William K. Bucher Tektronix, Inc.

20070135945 - Identifying property relationships: The embodiments contemplate a system and method for identifying a relationship of a property by displaying properties of style sheets, selecting a property, and identifying related properties on related style sheets. The selected property may be chosen from style sheets or from an element, such as an object. Style sheets... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070135947 - Location-based execution of software/hmi: A system and/or method that configures a HMI based at least upon a current state of parameters and a predefined protocol. A processing component queries an industrial automation environment receiving a current state of parameters relating to a human machine interface (HMI). A rendering component automatically configures the HMI to... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070135944 - Method, apparatus and computer program product for providing status of a process: An apparatus and method for receiving operational data and displaying summaries of processes for an industrial system includes a block object to define blocks for defining aspects of variables related to the operational data as well as a display client for using the blocks to provide useful and concise summaries... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070135949 - Administrative tool environment: In an administrative tool environment, user input is supplied to an administrative tool framework for processing. The administrative tool framework maps user input to cmdlet objects. The cmdlet objects describe a grammar for parsing the user input and input objects to obtain expected input parameters. The input objects are emitted... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20070135948 - Method and device for instructing a user: A method instructs a user how to operate of an appliance. The method issues information via at least one output device for instructing the user with regard to the operation of the appliance. The method also identifies a control element of the device, which is to be taken into account... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070135950 - Poker tournament management method: A Poker Tournament Management Method allows a plurality of players to enter a player-elimination poker tournament utilizing up to T poker tables designated tables T(1) to T(T), each poker table having up to P player positions designated P(1) to P(P); such METHOD comprising the steps of: Accessing the information for... Agent: R. Martin Oliveras

20070135951 - Systems and methods for conducting skill-based game tournaments: A method of conducting card, dice, or tile game tournaments that involve some element of chance or luck includes comparing the players with the same cards, dice results or tiles to one another to determine who played most skillfully, given the cards they were dealt. The tournament format is suitable... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20070135952 - Audio channel extraction using inter-channel amplitude spectra: Inter-channel amplitude spectra are used to extract multiple audio channels from two or more audio input channels comprising a mix of audio sources. This approach produces multiple audio channels that are not merely linear combinations of the input channels, and thus can than be used, for example, in combination with... Agent: Dts, Inc.

20070135954 - Method and apparatus for locating and correcting sound overload: The invention describes a graphical method for detecting and adjusting audio overload conditions. The graphical user interface provides a user complete playback control of several audio tracks, detection of overload conditions such as audio clipping, and graphical methods to correct the overload conditions. The graphical interface provides drag handles which... Agent: Hickman Palermo Troung & Becker LLP And Apple Inc.

20070135953 - Zipper speaker: A small electronic device that is either attached to or an integral part of a zipper pull tab that plays back sound when the pull tab is moved in either direction. The sound can be played back through the manual depression of a switch located on the device without moving... Agent: Us Corporations, Inc.

20070135955 - Bulk inventory network system: A system and method for remote monitoring of material storage levels for dry bulk goods, wherein an independent entity, such as a transportation carrier, can continuously monitor raw material supply levels at a remote manufacturing plant, and, based on projected usage rates, place timely orders on behalf of the plant,... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070135956 - Data location systems and methods: Data location methods are implemented in an information provider storing and providing engineering data sets of fabrication. The information provider is coupled to a network. A first operation is received through the network. A portion of the engineering data sets is provided through the network in response to the first... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070135957 - Model generating apparatus, model generating system, and fault detecting apparatus: A model generating apparatus includes: a first input device for inputting process state information; a second input device for inputting test result information; a characteristic quantity extracting device for extracting a process characteristic quantity from the process state information in each of the areas; and an analyzing device for generating... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070135958 - Integrated endpoint detection system with optical and eddy current monitoring: A chemical mechanical polishing apparatus and method can use an eddy current monitoring system and an optical monitoring system. Signals from the monitoring systems can be combined on an output line and extracted by a computer. A thickness of a polishing pad can be calculated. The eddy current monitoring system... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070135959 - Optical metrology model optimization based on goals: The optimization of an optical metrology model for use in measuring a wafer structure is evaluated. An optical metrology model having metrology model variables, which includes profile model parameters of a profile model, is developed. One or more goals for metrology model optimization are selected. One or more profile model... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070135960 - Production evaluation managing system and managing method: A production evaluation managing system in a factory including facilities in a plurality of production processes from materials to products and a means for evaluating the products based on at least one of inspection and testing characterized by comprising a network connecting the facilities in respective production processes with the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070135961 - Automated warehouse system: ID readers 22 are provided on both left and right sides of a hoisting frame of a stacker crane in an automated warehouse for reading an ID tag 44 of a container 40. ID readers 24 are provided above the hoisting frame 24 for reading ID tags 48 of individual... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070135962 - Interface apparatus and mobile robot equipped with the interface apparatus: A robot recording a message on a wireless tag which includes: a voice recognition unit recognizing a voice input by a voice input unit which inputs a voice of a person; a message extraction unit extracting the message from the vice recognized by the voice recognition unit based on a... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20070135963 - System and method for processing returned mail: Handling of undeliverable mail is improved so that mailers may take appropriate action to respond to nondelivery of mailpieces. Returned mail is received from a postal authority. Each mailpiece of the returned mail was part of a respective mailing and was determined not to be deliverable by the postal authority.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070135964 - Conveyor system and method: A conveyor system for sorting objects is provided. The conveyor system includes a plurality of lanes arranged in series with one another, wherein each of the lanes is operable to convey and sort a plurality of objects therealong. The conveyor system also includes at least one peripheral device associated with... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070135965 - System and method for storing items and tracking item usage: A system and method for storing items and tracking usage of items in a user configurable medication dispensing cabinet is disclosed. Items are stored in a tray or drawer having user-adjustable storage spaces. A graphical user interface comprising a touch screen enables users to rapidly customize the layout of storage... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070135966 - Legged mobile robot: When there is an object that has a possibility to come into contact with a robot 1 in a desired path, the robot 1 is decelerated stepwise according to the distance L from the robot 1 to a predicted contact position along the desired path. For example, legs 13 and... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070135967 - Apparatus and method of controlling network-based robot: A robot control apparatus and a method of controlling a robot are provided. The robot control apparatus includes an approval unit assigning a basic parameter required for communication including identification of each robot in order to prepare for communication when the robot is connected, a contents file acquisition unit acquiring... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070135968 - Apparatus, system, and method for calculating maximum back pressure: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for calculating a maximum back pressure for a particulate filter. An identification module identifies a target pressure function for an air flow and a pressure of the filter. A projection module projects a high air flow for the target pressure function. A calculation... Agent: Kunzler & Associates

20070135969 - Method and system for adjusting thermostat via telephone: A climate control system is presented. The system includes a remote signal input device and a controller. The controller is operable to receive input from the remote signal input device and to control a climate control device. The climate control device is operable to change or maintain an environmental condition.... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20070135970 - System and method for providing reactive power support with distributed energy resource inverter: A reactive power compensation system includes a distributed energy resource situated at a local location configured to also receive power from a remote location by a distribution feeder line. The distributed energy resource includes an inverter including power semiconductor switching devices and an inverter controller configured for controlling the power... Agent: General Electric Company Gegr Patent Docket Rm.

20070135971 - Integrated protection, monitoring, and control system: A method and system for monitoring and controlling a power distribution system is provided. The system includes a plurality of circuit breakers and a plurality of node electronic units. Each node electronic unit is mounted remotely from an associated circuit breaker that is electrically coupled with one of the node... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070135972 - Method and system for improving the efficiency and reliability of a power grid: A method for enabling more widespread use of distributed generation, thereby improving the efficiency and reliability of the power grid and infusing energy conservation opportunities into the rental residential sector. The method may include steps of purchasing energy from an electrical energy provider at a first rate, delivering the purchased... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070135973 - System for controlling electrically-powered devices in an integrated wireless network: An intelligent network demand control system provides a system and method for controlling demand in an energy delivery system. The intelligent network demand control system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to meters and appliances residing at a plurality of customer premises. Control room operators instruct a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070135974 - System and method for towing subsea vertical antenna: System and method for maintaining vertical alignment of the electrodes of a dipole antenna as it is towed submerged in water.... Agent: Craig Tame

20070129812 - Method for managing appliances: A method for maintaining and/or repairing an appliance is provided. The appliance includes collecting data from the appliance, wherein a flash device collects information from the appliance; launching an application from the flash device after the flash device interfaces with a computing system, wherein the application provides a user interface... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070129813 - System for managing appliances: A system for maintaining and/or repairing an appliance is provided. The system includes, a flash device that collects information from the appliance and stores an application for processing the collected information; and a computing system that interfaces with the flash device to receive the collected information from the flash device,... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070129814 - Industrial controller and method for providing an industrial controller: The present invention relates to a generic industrial controller that is easily configurable for different applications. By combining the power supply and by using standard connectors, the controller assembly fits nicely in a convenient economical standard electrical box. The industrial controller uses harnesses between its input port and sensors and... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070129815 - Control device and method for generating control signals for technical devices: The arbitration unit (4) is set up in order, in the case of mutually contradictory or overriding manual control command inputs (SM) and automatically generated control signals (SA), to continuously adjust to one another, within an arbitration phase selected in dependence on a dead space of the haptic control command... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070129816 - Component feeder exchange diagnostic tool: A method and apparatus for facilitating validation of component feeder exchanges in pick and place machines are provided. A pre-exchange image of a component from a feeder is acquired and compared with an image a component from the exchanged feeder placed after the feeder exchange. A comparison of the pre-exchange... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070129817 - User interface for a system and process for providing dynamic communication access and information awareness in an interactive peripheral display: The system and method of the present invention provides a user interface for providing peripheral awareness of information to a user. The information to be provided is either determined automatically, or specified by the user. Once the information to be provided is determined or specified, it is automatically tracked or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 003797 & 013797

20070129819 - Implementing a design flow for a programmable hardware element coupled to a processor: System and method for implementing a design flow for a programmable hardware element (PHE) coupled to a processor. A graphical program (GP) that specifies performance criteria is received. The GP is mapped for deployment, with a first portion targeted for execution by the processor, and a second portion targeted for... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070129818 - Implementing a design flow for a programmable hardware element that includes a processor: System and method for implementing a design flow for a programmable hardware element (PHE) that includes a processor. A graphical program (GP) is received, where the GP specifies performance criteria. The GP is mapped for deployment, with a first portion targeted for execution by the processor, and a second portion... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20070129820 - Integrated fieldbus data server architecture: A new and improved control system architecture with a single server interface for application software that eliminates manual intervention by providing online, immediate access to information needed for plant/enterprise optimization, operation, configuration, maintenance and diagnostic application software. The control system architecture provides a method of dynamically creating a server directory... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070129821 - Component of a technical installation: A Component of a technical installation comprises a memory unit for storing identification data related to the component and/or technical date related to the component and/or a user manual and/or transportation information related to the component and/or links directed to further information related to the component.... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070129822 - Methods and systems for operating a termination machine: A termination system used to apply a terminal to a wire includes a movable ram configured to be driven by a termination machine and tooling coupled to the movable ram and configured to apply the terminal to the wire. A smart tag having data related to the applicator is configured... Agent: Lisa B. Vaccarelli Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070129823 - Estimate process capability database populator: A method for creating a generated data set(s) for use in process capability calculations that mimics the statistics of a raw data set is presented. The method includes the steps of inputting desirable statistics and generating numbers from theoretical statistical distributions. This generated data can be combined with other generated... Agent: John S. Beulick Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070129824 - Communication control apparatus, communication control method, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method: A switched fabric is provided in a digital control system and data communication is performed using DMA transfer. A communication control unit is provided for controlling the switched fabric. The communication control unit determines the priorities of data to be transferred according to their types. When the communication control unit... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20070129825 - Control unit for utility treatment systems: A system and method for control and maintenance units for utility treatment systems, having a start-up routine, an installation routine and a communication exchange between a user and the control unit of a utility treatment system. Communications from the control unit prompt the user for installation and maintenance information; communications... Agent: Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

20070129826 - System architecture and method for network-delivered automation-related content: Content is generated on a host system based on real-time data from a controlled process collected over the internet from a customer's client automation system, such as a machine tool control system. The client system may request content from a host website. Instructions associated with the requested content, which may... Agent: White & Case LLP Patent Department

20070129827 - High temperature optical sensor device for substrate fabrication equipment: Methods and apparatus for sensing a substrate in a high temperature environment are provided. The invention includes a support frame having one or more apertures; one or more optical devices positioned in and aligned by the one or more apertures and adapted to detect an edge of a substrate. The... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20070129829 - Method for automatically creating an mp3 folder: A method for automatically creating an MP3 folder, includes: firstly, initializing a memory or a memory folder of an electronic product after turning on the electronic production that plays MP3s; next, judging whether an MP3 folder has already been created in the memory of the electronic product; if not, creating... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070129828 - Portable audio device providing automated control of audio volume parameters for hearing protection: A method of operating a media player includes playing back audio media. During the step of playing back audio media, a maximum volume parameter is refined for the playing back of the media by the media player. The refining is based at least in part on the playing back of... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070129831 - Method for at-factory pre-assembly of a transportation system, and assembly plant for manufacturing a transportation system: An assembly plant for at-factory pre-assembly of transportation systems has several assembly stations. In every assembly station a part of a respective transportation system is pre-assembled at each station. The assembly stations are arranged in the sequence of the assembly steps that are to be executed, and have assembly-step-specific tool... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070129830 - Parts delivery control system: The types and sequence of windshields 101 that are to be placed on a delivery pallet 100 are identified based on ordering information of windshields given by a vehicle manufacturer. A worker sequentially places windshields 101 on the delivery pallet 100 according to the ordering information. An IC tag 105... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070129832 - Method and apparatus for the creation of a tool: An apparatus 10 and a method 50 for the creation of a tool 40. The apparatus 10 and the method 50 allow for dynamic measurement of the tool 40 as it is being created and further allows for the use of positive feedback to increase the likelihood that the produced... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070129833 - Dispatch integration system and method based on semiconductor manufacturing: A dispatch integration method based on semiconductor manufacturing. When multiple tools are idle, idle messages are sent to a real-time dispatch system through a tool control system and a manufacturing execution system. The real-time dispatch system sorts tool parameters relating to tool efficiency based on a currently executed process using... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070129834 - Methods and apparatus for heuristic search to optimize metrics in generating a plan having a series of actions: Methods and apparatus to provide techniques for planners that records constraints over a set of numeric state variables for each fact and characterizes the set of states in which that fact is true to provide more information to reason about mutual exclusions among sets of states offering a tighter bound... Agent: Raytheon Company C/o Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP

20070129835 - Allocating manufactured devices according to customer specifications: A method and system sorts manufactured integrated circuit devices by evaluating performance characteristics of the manufactured integrated circuit devices. All of the integrated circuit devices are manufactured using an identical design, and differences in the performance characteristics among the integrated circuit devices occurs because of variations including manufacturing line variations.... Agent: Mcginn & Gibb, PLLC

20070129836 - Method and apparatus for classifying manufacturing outputs: A method for process monitoring involves acquiring data samples associated with a plurality of manufacturing related variables for a plurality of outputs of a manufacturing process. The distance of each data sample relative to every other data sample is then calculated. The outputs are then grouped based on the Euclidean... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070129837 - In-circuit testing and repairing system for pcb: An in-circuit testing and repairing system for printed circuit boards includes an in-circuit testing device for testing printed circuit boards, a shop floor control system connected to the in-circuit testing device via a network for collecting and processing the test data produced by the testing device, and a repair station... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070129838 - Method and system for generating foundry skew models using principal components analysis: Foundry skew models represent the variation in various manufacturing parameters for a given semiconductor manufacturing process. Typically, foundry skew models are generated by the foundries by taking measurements on large numbers of wafers. In many cases skew models are not available for a new process or are suspect because they... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20070129839 - System for controlling semiconductor device manufacturing process and method of controlling semiconductor device manufacturing process: In a system for controlling a semiconductor device manufacturing process, a recipe indicating a control condition for controlling processing in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus is calculated by a computation performed using manufacturing data obtained in the semiconductor device manufacturing process and a predetermined algorithm, and when the recipe cannot be... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070129840 - Embroidery data creation device, embroidery data creation method, and embroidery data creation program: Coordinates and a pen-stroke strength are input from a stylus. A section between the input coordinates is interpolated and needle fall points are determined such that the stitch width varies in accordance with the pen-stroke strength. Moreover, the stitch angle and the stitch density with respect to the stylus trace... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070129841 - Method and apparatus for transferring images to a wooden support with a laser beam: f. means (1, 3) for converting the information of the image to be transferred into instructions for the adjustment unit and control unit. The adjustment unit adjusts the emission of the laser beam by directly varying the pumping of the active material and/or by varying the operation of a modulator... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070129842 - Method & system for performing a package pre-load operation in accordance with a dispatch plan: The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically-capturing a destination address of a package and for using the destination address to automate a package pre-load operation. An embodiment of the invention includes a compression system for compressing the destination address as a compressed MaxiCode symbol, a smart shipping label... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070129843 - High volume conveyor sortation system: A sortation system and method of sorting product includes providing a sorter assembly and a supply system supplying product that is received by the sorter assembly. Product supplied to the sorter assembly is monitored and a parameter is determined that is indicative of the relationship between product supplied to the... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070129844 - Automatic medicine packaging machine: Disclosed is an automatic medicine packaging machine in which deterioration of sensing information due to accumulation of tablet dust is prevented, information on tablets and precise position of tablet cassette can be precisely detected even when operator mounts tablet cassette to tablet feeder, and tablet cassette is easily coupled with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070129845 - Information input device for tablet automatic packing machine: Disclosed is an information input device for a tablet automatic packing machine capable of easily and directly storing tablet information in a memory chip and updating/reading the tablet information in/from the memory chip at a user side.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070129846 - Anthropomorphic medical robot arm with movement restrictions: An anthropomorphic medical robot arm includes a base end, a first arm element, a base joint coupling the base end to the first arm element, a second arm element, a middle joint coupling the second arm element to the first arm element, a distal functional end, a distal joint coupling... Agent: Don W. Bulson (brainlab)

20070129847 - Method and system for automatically organizing and achieving a pre-given task by means of robot functionalities: Systems and methods for automatically organizing and achieving a pre-given task by means of plurality of robots, each robot having a robot specific set of functionalities, are described. In an example implementation, a method can include the following steps: providing and exposing, for each robot, a semantic description of the... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20070129848 - Arrangement for removable control elements: An arrangement is provided for the overall hand