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

20070173960 - Compact modular programmable logic controller: A compact lower cost programmable logic controller with modular I/O is described. SPI bus is used for accessing multi-byte data from I/O modules, while 8 bit data bus is used to access single byte data from I/O modules. Compact I/O modules with use with the PLC are described. The include... Agent: Autotech Technologies, LLP

20070173961 - Automation controller with integrated hmi and modular i/o: Automation Controller with integrated HMI and Modular I/O is described. The controller offers advantage of being a single physical unit over traditional controllers, while offering the flexibility of modular I/O.... Agent: Autotech Technologies, LLP

20070173956 - System and method for presenting geo-located objects: A system and method for presenting digital information is described. The system comprises a local client, a plurality of geo-located objects (GLOBs), a GLOB Data Sheet, a grouping of GLOBS, and a display device are described. The local client is configured to collect a plurality of objects, in which each... Agent: Michael A. Kerr Virtual Legal P.C.

20070173957 - Subsea control system: The invention relates to a control system for a subsea installation based on CAN bus technology. A single cable forms a backbone for transmitting signals and/or power from a central control unit to a number of devices or sensors on the installation. Terminals are attached to the cable at intervals,... Agent: Henry C Query Jr

20070173958 - Method and apparatus for controlling a deformable mirror: A deformable mirror system includes a mechanical assembly housing a deformable mirror and electronics. A thermal insulator may be employed to insulate the deformable mirror from thermal output of the electronics. Wireless communications may be used to send information to the electronics for use in operating the deformable mirror. Multiplexer... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070173959 - System and method for automatically updating the memory map of a programmable logic controller to customized hardware: System and method for automatically updating a memory map coupled to or included in a programmable logic controller (PLC). A PLC may automatically detect at least one programmable hardware element (PHE) coupled to the PLC. The PHE may provide a customizable interface, i.e., input and output (I/O) interface, between one... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070173962 - Audio system with varying time delay and method for processing audio signals: The invention regards a method for processing audio signals whereby an audio signal is captured, digitized and processed in the digital domain by a digital signal processing unit or DSP, and where a processed output signal from the digital signal processing unit is converted to the analog domain and served... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070173963 - Apparatus and method for selecting a mechanical seal: An automated seal selection, seal design, manufacturing, and post sales system allows a distributor or untrained user to select a replacement seal for a pump. The automated system designs and engineers the seal, whether standard or special, and creates all drawings, documentation, quotations, and other output forms. The automated system... Agent: Kenneth P. Robinson

20070173964 - Method for determining addendum and binder surfaces of springback compensated stamping dies: A method for determining compensated addendum and binder surfaces as part of a springback compensated stamping die for producing a stamped part includes modeling of the existing addendum surface and binder surface of the stamping die. The addendum and binder surfaces are modified according to a number of compensatory surface... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070173965 - Method and system for reducing lead-time in the packaging industry: A system for integrating a packaging supply chain from a point that a digital contract proof is available through delivery of finished packaging materials to an end user, wherein said system comprises a computer system accessible for interactive communications with users, said computer system comprising a first memory area for... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070173966 - Visual fiber placement inspection: An apparatus and method are provided for performing, on-the-fly, real time inspection of a composite structure formed by an automated fiber placement machine, through comparison of a visual image of at least a portion of the composite structure to a virtual image of the composite structure. Proper formation of the... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070173967 - Device, system and method for accurate printing of three dimensional objects: A system and method for building three dimensional objects may adjust data used to build the objects to, for example, improve quality or correct for defects. A printer may, for example, accept data representing the object and modify the data according to an adjustment parameter; the printer may build the... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070173968 - Method and device for simulating wearing of a knit garment and program thereof: A body and sleeves of a designed virtual seamless knit garment are expanded into an elliptic cylindrical shape and tentatively positioned with respect to a human model. Each part of the expanded seamless garment is moved towards each axis of the torso and both arms of the human model and... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070173969 - Method for predictive maintenance of a cutting unit of an automatic machine: A method for predictive maintenance of a cutting unit of an automatic machine; the method determining, with a given frequency, the value of a characteristic quantity of the cutting unit related to contact between a cutting member and a counter-member; determining a curve for extrapolating the time pattern of the... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070173970 - Inline system for collecting stage-by-stage manufacturing metrics: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is coupled to a circuit board to track the specific operating and environmental conditions of each manufacturing stage as the circuit board passes through the manufacturing stages. An RFID reader and data collector are used at each stage to read the RFID tag and... Agent: Loza & Loza

20070173971 - System and method of providing medication compliance packaging: An interface between a compliance packaging device and a pharmacy transaction system includes accepting a pharmaceutical order from a user of a pharmacy transaction system, entering the order into a database, reading the order from the database, and communicating the order to the compliance packaging device. The pharmaceutical order may... Agent: Intellectual Property Group Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.

20070173972 - System and method for pneumatic transport: A pneumatic transport system has a plurality of interconnected stations for transporting a carrier containing a material. Pneumatic travel tubes interconnect the stations. Each station has a rotatable cartridge assembly with a first tube for pass-through of the carrier, a second tube for loading the carrier, and a third tube... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070173975 - Center robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage for endoscopic camera: A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the endoscopic camera. Two inboard links are respectively pivotally coupled... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070173976 - Center robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage for endoscopic camera: A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the endoscopic camera. Two inboard links are respectively pivotally coupled... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070173974 - Device and method for interacting with autonomous robot: A novel device and a related method are provided for use with a trigger-and-respond autonomous robot. The device functions both as an electronic repository of graphical images, each containing an encoded instruction, and a presentation mechanism of the encoded instructions to the autonomous robot. The device contains the following major... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070173973 - Sticky-footed space walking robot & gaiting method: A robot having three or more pairs of legs can be walked along the surface of a space vehicle in zero gravity using a pair-wise gait of the robot's feet by which a clean-lifting adhesive fixes each foot of the robot to the space vehicle's surface by a pre-load force... Agent: Carmen B. Patti & Associates, LLC

20070173977 - Center robotic arm with five-bar spherical linkage for endoscopic camera: A robotic arm including a parallel spherical five-bar linkage with a remote center of spherical rotation. The robotic arm movably supports an endoscopic camera. Two outboard links are pivotally coupled together. At least one of the two outboard links supports the endoscopic camera. Two inboard links are respectively pivotally coupled... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070173978 - Controlling environmental conditions: Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, one or more environmental conditions may be controlled via a control unit.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20070173979 - Method for organizing the software of a fluid management system: A method and device for organizing the software of a fluid management system is disclosed. The processor system of a machine for the treatment of a patient is provided with an interface for connection to an external data storage device. The software of the processor system is divided into a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070173980 - Insect control apparatus and method: A method and apparatus for insect control by delivery of fluids combined from different sources is disclosed, wherein a first fluid is provided in a cartridge configured with a first fluid coupling and a first wireless transmitter (FWT), and a second fluid, or diluent, is supplied to form a mixture... Agent: Timothy F. Mills

20070173981 - Method and apparatus using soil conductivity thresholds to control irrigating plants: Method and apparatus determining the water absorption gradient and controlling the irrigation system based upon the water absorption gradient. The means for determining uses at least a first electrical coupling and a second electrical coupling, which electrically couple with a first probe and a second probe, placed in the soil... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20070173982 - Systems and methods for controlling a ramp rate of a wind farm: A method for controlling a ramp rate of a wind farm is described. The method includes predicting an initial predicted power to be output by a wind farm including a wind turbine.... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22402)

20070168066 - Aaa model for fatigue testing: The present invention is directed to the fabrication of a test apparatus and the test apparatus itself. The test apparatus is designed to be a component used in a durability/fatigue testing unit. One such test apparatus made in accordance with the present invention is a life-size model of an Abdominal... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20070168047 - Apparatus, system, and method for selectively protecting a motion sensitive component in a computerized device: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for balancing the read and write requirements of applications running in a computerized system against the requirements to protect a motion sensitive device in the system and requirements to protect data. The apparatus includes an application interface, a motion policy module, and a... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070168046 - Image information apparatus and module unit: An apparatus has not been configured without accompanying entirely changing and revising the system LSI when the specification of the apparatus or the system LSI configuring the apparatus is changed, and also, development cost has not been able to be reduced and development period has not been able to be... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070168048 - Secure processor supporting multiple security functions: A secure processor such as a trusted platform module supports multiple security functions within a single secure processing environment. For example, the secure processor may be configured to perform functions in accordance with the TPM specification and to perform other, non-TPM, security functions. These security functions may be operated independently... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20070168050 - Asset performance optimization: Included are embodiments for asset management. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving, at a performance assessment and optimization center, data from at least one asset, the asset being configured to service an environment and performing at least one calculation, from the received data, to determine whether the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070168049 - System and method for the automated generation of events within a server environment: A system and method is disclosed in which the buses and physical characteristics of a server computer are monitored through server management software. A data structure for a monitored characteristic or group of characteristics is created and stored in a repository of data structures for other monitored devices and attributes... Agent: Roger Fulghum Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070168051 - Method and system for filtering home-network content: The present invention relates to a method for filtering and storing information about content, which is available on a network device in a network, wherein said network further comprises network rendering devices adapted for rendering content, the method comprising filtering the information by removing information about content, which cannot be... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070168052 - Identification apparatus for backup-type power supply systems: An identification apparatus for backup-type power supply systems aims to be used on a backup-type power supply system which includes real power supply devices and dummy power supply devices to form a N+1 architecture to output power. It has signal generation means located on the real power supply devices and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070168053 - Framework for automatically analyzing i/o performance problems using multi-level analysis: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and computer usable code are provided for analyzing input/output problems. A monitoring agent collects input/output data from a plurality of levels in a multi-level input/output stack. The monitoring agent analyzes the input/output data from the plurality of levels to form an analysis. A... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20070168054 - Device and method for controlling a plant by using an identifier for partially identifying a model parameter: A control apparatus that can partially identify model parameters is provided. The apparatus for controlling an object that is modeled using at least one first model parameter and at least one second model parameter comprises a partial model parameter identifier for recursively identifying the second model parameter based on an... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070168055 - Adaptive real-time methodology for optimizing energy-efficient computing: Dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) is an effective way to reduce energy and power consumption in microprocessor units. Current implementations of DVFS suffer from inaccurate modeling of power requirements and usage, and from inaccurate characterization of the relationships between the applicable variables. A system and method is proposed that... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070168056 - Well control systems and associated methods: Well control systems and associated methods. A well control method includes the steps of drilling a wellbore and predicting a change in flow between the wellbore and a reservoir prior to the change occurring, the predicting step being performed, and the change in flow occurring while drilling. Another well control... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070168057 - Multi-objective predictive process optimization with concurrent process simulation: A system and method for controlling a process includes simulating the process and producing a simulated output of the process, developing a set of target values based on measured inputs from the process and based on the simulated output from the process simulator, and producing multiple control outputs configured to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070168058 - Method for redundant controller synchronization for bump-less failover during normal and program mismatch conditions: The present invention relates generally to process control systems and devices and, more particularly, to an apparatus for and a method of implementing redundant controller synchronization for bump-less failover during normal and mismatch conditions at the redundant controllers. The redundant controllers are configured to transmit state information of the process... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070168059 - Display and operation system and method for a machine in the tobacco-processing industry: A display and operating system for a machine in the tobacco-processing industry includes a visual display unit for the display of screen displays, and a data processing unit which is programmed to generate the screen displays and output them to the visual display unit as well as to store actions... Agent: Venable LLP

20070168061 - Hand-held controller: A manual pulse generator (1) attached to the control panel of a machine tool made up of: a spindle mechanism for holding a tool; a workpiece mounting mechanism; a feed mechanism for moving the spindle mechanism relative to the workpiece mounting mechanism along three orthogonal X-axis, Y-axis and Z-axis paths,... Agent: Judge & MurakamiIPAssociates

20070168060 - Markup language-based, dynamic process graphics in a process plant user interface: A user interface system for a process plant includes a graphic display editor to configure a process graphic display having a graphic display element representative of a process plant element of the process plant. The process graphic display is specified via configuration information set forth in a declarative language. A... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070168062 - Computer audio system and method: A computer audio system and method is disclosed. The system includes an input to receive a digital audio input signal and a splitter to split the digital audio input signal into a plurality of digital audio signals. The system also includes a plurality of digital signal processing software modules corresponding... Agent: Toler Schaffer, LLP

20070168064 - Personalized audiographs in association with collectibles: Aspects of the present invention relate to improved systems and methods adapted to receive an audio recording from a celebrity, store the audio recording in a digital format, wherein the audio recording contains a personalized message from the celebrity to an intended recipient, transfer the audio recording with authentication information... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070168063 - Programmable tone control filters for electric guitar: A method and apparatus for simulating the characteristics of an analog tone control circuit using digital computation means. The desired analog tone control circuit is modeled using initial treble, middle, and bass settings, following which simulation software is used to generate the model's magnitude and phase responses versus frequency, extending... Agent: Michael L. Harrison

20070168065 - System for configuring graphic display elements and process modules in process plants: A system for facilitating configuration of a process plant may include a process graphics editor and a process module editor. The process graphics editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of a graphical representation of physical entities In the process plant. The process module editor may facilitate creation and/or modification of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070168067 - Production schedule creation device and method, production process control device and method, computer program, and computer-readable recording medium: A production schedule creation device includes: a production simulator (100) simulating a production process expressing the production state and the production constraint of the production process; a mathematical expression holding device holding a mathematical model (110) crated by acquiring information relating to creation of the production schedule in attention as... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070168068 - Display apparatus, program product causing computer to function as the display apparatus, and recording medium storing the program product: A display apparatus allowing observation of the abnormal state of control target equipment is provided. A process performed by a control unit of the display apparatus capable of reproducing a moving image includes the steps of: receiving an input of an analog video signal; converting the video signal to a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070168069 - Solid model of statistical process control: A computer based proactive process control technique used to predict the capability of a manufacturing process. A solid model of statistical process control is created by a computer program to simulate the Bell Curve of the data or the data with in +/−3 standard deviation. With product knowledge and process... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC

20070168071 - Automatic transfer apparatus for liquid crystal display device and method for sensing obstacle using the same: An automatic transfer apparatus for a liquid crystal display device comprising a mounting unit for placing a cassette in which a plurality of substrates are received, a moving unit disposed at a lower surface of the mounting unit and moving within a designated interval or section, and a sensing member... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, LLP

20070168070 - Manufacturing process control methods and systems: A manufacturing process control system comprises a process controller and an order manager coupled to a network. When receiving an order for a batch of lots requiring a manufacturing process by a manufacturing entity, the order manager automatically provides an electronic list comprising entries corresponding to stages of the manufacturing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070168072 - Apparatus and a management method for a flow production line system: The present invention provides an apparatus and a management method for a flow production line system. The apparatus for the flow production line system includes a plurality of flow production lines, a plurality of display devices for showing correlate data, a plurality of bar-code scanners arranged at the end of... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070168073 - Method and system for morphometric analysis of human dental occlusal function and uses thereof: A method is disclosed for determining and predicting temporomandibular joint (TMJ) motion and to use the predictive model to prepare improved TMJ replacement joints, improved crown, cap or bridge contouring, improved teeth alignments and placements, and improved mouth guard and dentures.... Agent: Robert W Strozier, P.l.l.c

20070168074 - Methods for supporting substrates during fabrication of one or more objects thereon by programmed material consolidation techniques: Methods for supporting substrates during programmed material consolidation include securing a substrate in position over a support with a surface and, optionally, other features that receive the at least one substrate and prevent unconsolidated material from contacting undesired regions, such as the bottom surface, of the at least one substrate.... Agent: Trask Britt, P.C./ Micron Technology

20070168075 - Method and installation for processing waste paper: A method for the treatment of waste paper to produce a finished product in several process stages, comprises the steps of for at least one quality parameter, prescribing a set value for the finished product, wherein ahead of and/or following at least two of the process stages a value is... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070168076 - Knitting method, knitting fabric, knit designing device and knitting program for intarsia pattern: A yarn feeder is caused to perform a single reciprocating motion in a section in which the boundary of an intarsia pattern varies discontinuously such that a jump occurs between a yarn feeding end position of the yarn feeder and a following yarn feeding start position, and thus the stitches... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070168077 - Automation system with integrated safe and standard control functionality: An industrial control system includes a machine, a machine controller, and a safety controller. The machine controller is operable to identify a need for a human interaction, place the machine into a ready state for the human interaction, and generate a ready message responsive to placing the machine into the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20070168078 - System and method for automatic sorting of elements in drawing specifications for efficient tracing using motion control: System and method for utilizing a drawing specification for motion control. A plurality of elements in a drawing specification may be automatically identified. The elements may include one or more lines, polygons, arcs, splines, alphanumeric characters, and/or ellipses. Additionally, the drawing specification may be a drawing or digital drafting file,... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070168079 - Control system and a control method for injection molding machines: A control system for injection molding machines comprises a memory means (16) for storing set values. Further, a signal input for the transmission of actual values to the control system is provided. A first control means (18) is used for the transmission of a control field with consideration to previous... Agent: Thomas E. Kocovsky, Jr. Fay Sharpe LLP

20070168081 - Analytic integration of tolerances in designing precision interfaces for modular robotics: A robotic system providing precision interfaces between a rotary actuator and a robotic structure. The robotic structure responsive to control by a rotary actuator via a connection means whereby interface design parameters are relayed to the rotary actuator. The rotary actuator for controlling the robotic structure includes an actuator shell,... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20070168080 - Gait generating system for mobile robot: A gait generating system for a mobile robot has n dynamic models and determines a first gait parameter defining a desired gait such that the boundary condition of a gait on a first dynamic model is satisfied. The first gait parameter is corrected step by step by using an m-th... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070168082 - Task-based robot control system for multi-tasking: The present invention relates to a PC-based robot control system, which is a new type of a robot control machine. The present invention has aimed at a task-based control machine configuration not a centralized control configuration so that a multi-tasking function is possible through a distributed control system. An embodiment... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070168083 - Method and apparatus for optimizing fossil fuel fired boiler burner combustion: Burner combustion of a fossil fuel fired boiler is optimized by using information about the combustion of each burner in the one or more groups of burners in the boiler. Controlled changes to certain combustion related manipulate variables selected for each burner are used with the combustion index for that... Agent: Michael M. Rickin Abb Inc.

20070168084 - Cycle rate control algorithm: The present invention controls a room temperature by controlling an environmental control unit. A total span about a setpoint temperature is adjusted in accordance with a previous total span and a multiplicative factor. The multiplicative factor is periodically updated from a desired cycle time and a previous cycle time. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070168085 - Systems and method for adaptively adjusting a control loop: A system and method for controlling output of a system component includes a control loop operable to measure the output and to adjust one or more operating characteristics of the system component in response thereto, the control loop including a plurality of parameters that define its performance and a loop... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20070168086 - Condition assessment system and method: System and method for monitoring and controlling one or more valves. The method can include sensing a condition of a valve, transmitting the condition to a sensor server, and transmitting a data stream including the condition to an assessment application. The method can also include generating a predictive model and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070168087 - Generator controller: A generator controller, in its various embodiments, displays genset fault messages, a genset elapsed time hour meter, service countdown reminder, monitors battery voltage changes over multiple periods of time to establish and display the “battery level,” uses the “battery level” to automatically start and stop the genset, and accepts multiple... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20070168088 - Power distribution load shedding system and method of use: A method of power administration includes monitoring at least one of a plurality of operating conditions relating to a plurality of outlets within a power distribution unit, determining whether a pre-determined operating condition threshold has been met, and, if the pre-determined threshold has been mete powering off less than all... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070162160 - Fan speed control methods: Fan speed control methods are provided to dissipate heat from an electric device in a computer system. A load-temperature curve of the electronic device is determined by detecting load and temperature thereof within a working interval. Subsequently, a fan speed-temperature curve is determined according to the load-temperature curve, and the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070162155 - Serial data transfer in a numerically controlled control system to update an output value of the control system: The invention relates to a serial data transfer in a numerically controlled control system to update an output value of the control system. A variable write depth shift register is used to update an output value of the control system in such a way that only a number of bits... Agent: Joseph J. Laks, Vice President Thomson Licensing LLC

20070162156 - Low powered activation electronic device: A low powered activation electronic device includes a power source, an electronic circuit, having two spaced apart electrodes, electrically connected to the power source to form an opened circuit, and two fabric contacts made of textile material provided at the two electrodes of the electronic circuit, wherein the electronic circuit... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20070162157 - Control of tasks in a programmable logic controller: System and method for modifying properties of tasks on a programmable logic controller. Input specifying modification of a property of a task included in a programmable logic controller (PLC) may be received. The property of the task may be modified based on the input, and the task may halt or... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20070162159 - Method for modification of a number of process control protocols: A method for modification of a number of process control protocols of a set of defined process control protocols for control of a medical-technical system is provided. Within a modification process protocol selection signals are thereby detected for selection of a number of process control protocols with regard to which... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070162158 - Software architecture system and method for operating an appliance utilizing configurable notification messages: A method for controlling a system of devices through a series of steps to perform a useful cycle of operation comprising the steps of running a control program for directing the operation of the devices through a series of steps; dynamically generating during the running of the control program a... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070162162 - Method and apparatus for generating alternative representation of optimization models: A method for determining an alternative representation of an optimization model reduces model input through compact representation of model parameters. Model generation is performed at varying levels of complexity (approximation) depending on pre-defined, business approved thresholds.... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C.

20070162161 - Multivariable controller design method for multiple input/outputs systems with multiple input/output constraints: A method for dynamically controlling a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system having multiple input and output constraints, the method comprising. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes configuring a MIMO tracking controller to implement closed loop tracking of multiple control reference inputs of the system, in the absence of... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070162163 - Method and system for analyzing throughput: Described is a method and system for analyzing throughput of a production line. The method includes selecting among the stations, a set of susceptible stations that are affected by at least one selected event, ranking the susceptible stations with respect to a selected event and the predetermined criteria to determine... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070162164 - Reconstruction, retargetting, tracking, and estimation of pose of articulated systems: A control system and method generate joint variables for motion or posing of a target system in response to observations of a source system. Constraints and balance control may be provided for more accurate representation of the motion or posing as replicated by the target system.... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20070162165 - System and method for using web syndication protocols as an out-of-band upnp service discovery system: An architecture where Web Syndication mechanisms such as RSS/Atom feeds can be used to discover remote UPnP devices for environments where the standard UPnP discovery mechanism (e.g. SSDP) does not work due to bearer-induced limitations or policy restrictions along the path. The present invention can be used to enable remote... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070162166 - Audio playing system and operating method thereof: An audio playing system and an audio playing method thereof. The audio playing system includes a storage unit, an audio playing unit, an identification unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores a first group of songs and a second group of songs. The audio playing unit analyzes and... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070162168 - Audio signal delay apparatus and method: An apparatus for delaying an audio signal in conformance with the format of the audio signal. An input device is receptive to an audio signal having one of a plurality of formats. A processing device coupled to the input device is operable to provide a delay in the audio signal... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20070162167 - Digital recorder: A recorder includes a processing device that runs numerous processes which include a process of inputting music sound stored in a storage device, a process of inputting music sound stored from the recording process in the storage device, a replay process which replays the musical sound stored in the storage... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070162169 - Music reproduction apparatus, audio player, and headphone: A music reproduction apparatus comprises an audio player and a headphone. The audio player comprises a circular main body, a display panel provided at a front face of the main body, an operating switch rotatably provided at a periphery of the display panel, and a wireless communication antenna provided at... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070162170 - Production design support facility, production design support program, production design verification device and production design verification program: Cooperation management means for cooperating and managing an assembly procedure data formed by showing a combination of assembly enabled components and an assembling order thereof and a component object data for displaying the components in a virtual space as a component object; object display means for displaying the component object... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070162171 - Method for supplier collaboration and data accuracy: Methods, systems and apparatus for supplier collaboration and data accuracy within a materials requirement planning scenario. An external supplier is easily integrated into an inter-enterprise planning engine by generating uniquely modified external supplier input files that only include demand information, inventory coverage, and bills of material data associated with the... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20070162172 - Process monitoring device for sample processing apparatus and control method of sample processing apparatus: A plasma processing method for processing a sample by using plasma on a lot unit basis, including: detecting plural kinds of information as monitor data relating to a processing state of the sample, using a plurality of sensors; selecting a detection time range of the monitor data thus detected; converting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20070162173 - Contact lens manufacture: A method for controlling a production line for the manufacture and/or packaging of contact lenses which production line simultaneous by processes at least two lots, the method comprising dividing at least a portion of the production line into a series of cells through which the contact lens pass sequentially, and... Agent: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated

20070162174 - Automated box opening apparatus: An apparatus includes a conveyor, a programmable motion device, and a controller. The conveyor preferably includes actuatable rollers, and the programmable motion device is preferably a robotic arm. The controller operates the conveyor, a stopping rail, and a positioning rail to move and position a box in a cutting position... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070162175 - Semiconductor wafer processing tape winding body, semiconductor wafer processing tape sticking apparatus and semiconductor wafer processing apparatus that use the semiconductor wafer processing tape winding body: A semiconductor wafer processing tape sticking apparatus is provided and is capable of sticking a semiconductor wafer processing tape to a semiconductor wafer under the optimum conditions based on the processing data that has been written to a data carrier member and that has been read from the data carrier... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070162177 - Embroidery data creation apparatus and embroidery data creation program recorded in computer-readable recording medium: The process searches a block that contains a current line segment for any other line segments and, if they are found, calculates a distance between an endpoint of the current line segment and endpoint nodes of all the line segments found in the block. The process sequentially searches for the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070162176 - Methods and apparatus for applying appliques: Methods and apparatus for creating decorative multi-layer applique patterns for garments or other items are disclosed. In some aspects, the invention includes cutting a first pattern out of a first material to form a bottom layer, cutting a composite of the first pattern and a second pattern out of a... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070162178 - Aspherical optical element and method for producing same: The invention relates to an aspherical optical element and method for producing same based on numerical control data for controlling a surface processing machine such as a CNC wet-grinding machine for processing workpieces made of optical materials to produce aspherical forms, the data of the aspherical forms to be formed... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20070162179 - Automatic tablet filling method and system: at least one automatic tablet dispenser (50) containing supplies of a plurality of tablet types for automatically filling at least one tablet compartment of a respective tablet container, wherein the allocation means (40) or the automatic tablet dispenser (50) is/are designed for determining, from the prescription data (REZ), the number... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070162181 - Image display system: An image display system includes a projector having an RFID tag section and a first wireless LAN section whose network setting is automatically performed, and a wireless terminal including an RFID reading device and a second wireless LAN section, wherein the image display system transmits RFID tag information including information... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070162180 - Inventory method for automated data storage library with packed cartridges: An automated data library system employs a plurality of cartridges, a slot physically configured to store the cartridges, and a library controller operable to build a slot inventory of the slot storing the plurality of cartridges. The building of the slot inventory includes the library controller generating slot inventory data... Agent: Cardinal Law Group

20070162182 - Cabinet monitoring and reporting apparatus and system: Embodiments of the invention include a vending cabinet monitoring system, apparatus and method. A system according to the invention includes a plurality of cabinets configured to hold inventory. Each cabinet has at least one sensor configured to sense data about at least one of an operation of the first cabinet... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070162183 - Random access and random load dispensing unit: The present invention provides a random access and random load dispensing unit including a housing, at least one support located in the housing and defining a first axis, a plurality of platforms movable along the support along the first axis, a plurality of bins supported on the platforms, the bins... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070162184 - Random access and random load dispensing unit: The present invention provides a random access and random load dispensing unit including a housing, at least one support located in the housing and defining a first axis, a plurality of platforms movable along the support along the first axis, a plurality of bins supported on the platforms, the bins... Agent: Heller Ehrman LLP

20070162185 - Distance measurement for building automation devices with wireless data communications: In a building environment, a distance associated with a building automation device is determined as a function of an interval or an inserted time delay between a wireless transmission of a signal and wireless reception of another signal. For example, a two-way communication is provided with an automatic interval or... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070162187 - Card processor: From the detection result of a sensor for detecting a card, whether or not the card exists in the inside, and whether or not the card exists in a return area are determined, respectively, and in the state where it is determined that the card exists in the inside, if... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070162186 - Memory flashing and data collection device for motor vehicles: A portable, hand-carriable access device for communicating with a vehicular electronic control unit is coupled to a vehicular communication bus of the vehicle. The device includes a microprocessor, a bus interface unit coupled to the microprocessor and adapted to be coupled to the vehicular communication bus, a memory card port... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070162188 - Wireless irrigation control device and related method: An irrigation control device has a controller sealed within a watertight housing. The control device also has an antenna, power supply and battery charging device, such as a solar array. The controller receives signals through the antenna and updates one or more watering schedules stored in a memory module, based... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070162189 - Method and apparatus for determining actual reactive capability curves: A system for generating updated reactive capability curves of a generator operates the genarator at a number of operating load levels and at a number of different power factors to collect data regarding the real and reactive power generated at each of the various operating load levels and power factors.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070162190 - Automated generation of transfer functions based upon machine data: A system and method for servicing a medical device, which provides for generation of a transfer function that correlates historical machine data with the health of the medical device. The transfer function may be validated and stored. The transfer function is automatically updated based on current machine data.... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Fletcher Yoder

20070156253 - Apparatus and method for wireless process control: An apparatus includes a programmable logic controller capable of receiving input data from and/or providing output data to at least one device in a process control system. The programmable logic controller is also capable of executing compiled code. The apparatus also includes a memory capable of storing source code corresponding... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070156254 - Abstract product description system and method: The present invention relates to abstract product descriptions and methods. In a first general aspect, a method comprises a computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, perform operations for configuring a logistic unit for planning and processing in a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070156255 - Selecting resources to perform physical operations: Resources to perform physical operations are selected upon receiving an electronic request. The physical operation is identified in the computer system as requiring use of a specific type of physical resource. The method includes determining whether at least one electronic resource object includes a physical characteristic attribute that meets a... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070156256 - Home automation system and method utilizing outdoor environmental conditions: A home automation system includes one or more electronic appliances for performing home automation operations in response to inputted operation control commands, a smart communicator for inputting condition setting information to be used for control of the electronic appliances, a data collector for repeatedly collecting environmental data corresponding to the... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20070156257 - System and method for hybrid conservation of fossil fuel: A system and method that optimizes use of renewable energy sources using modern satellites and telemetry to reduce the impact of renewable energy limitations. Location data corresponding to the device is retrieved using GPS technology and a GPS receiver which is located proximate to the device. Renewable energy generators are... Agent: Ibm Corporation - Rsw (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20070156258 - Circuit and method for limiting power to a load: A circuit and method for limiting the power supplied to a load are provided. The circuit and method prevent power supplied to the load from exceeding a power threshold for a programmable amount of time specified in a timer. The circuit includes a voltage controlled current source coupled to the... Agent: Edward N. Bachand Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070156259 - System generating output ranges for model predictive control having input-driven switched dynamics: A system for having input-driven output ranges for model predictive control. The system may involve range control and may use a particular formulation of a model predictive control (MPC) for determining the predicted future output trajectory from a set called range. The range may be defined for each output (i.e.,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070156260 - Method and apparatus for determining when hands are under a faucet for lavatory applications: A method of controlling a flow of liquid includes calibrating a PSD infrared sensor associated with the spout. The calibrating includes turning on the spout to thereby dispense a stream of liquid from the spout and into a stream space; emitting infrared energy from the PSD infrared sensor and toward... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070156261 - Intelligent shelving system: An intelligent shelving system integrates touch sensors, displays, lighting, and other components into shelves. Touch sensors can be used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor items borne on shelves, to detect spills, and to control lighting and other devices and functions. Displays can provide information relating to... Agent: Jenner & Block, LLP

20070156262 - Enhanced feedback for plant control: A method and system for controlling the behaviour of a plant having an input and an output by enhanced feedback. A simulation input signal is derived from an input to be applied to the plant and a simulated signal is generated by simulating an aspect of an assumed behaviour of... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20070156263 - Method, apparatus and system for recovery of a controller with known-compatible configuration and run-time data: A method includes obtaining current structural information describing a current structure of a process control system and retrieving from a checkpoint file stored structural information describing a previous structure of the process control system. If the current structural information matches the stored structural information, current configuration and operational information of... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070156266 - Methods and systems for machine-related information delivery: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for training, maintenance, trouble-shooting and repair of machinery and equipment.... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070156264 - Smart process modules and objects in process plants: An operator interface within a process plant includes an execution engine that implements process flow modules made up of interconnected smart process objects that are aware of devices and other entities within the plant and that can perform methods to detect conditions within the plant, especially on a system-level basis.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20070156265 - Taxonomy engine and dataset for operating an appliance: A control system for controlling the operation of a useful system comprises at least one controller configured to control an operation of the useful system in response to a well formed command from a group of well formed commands. At least one taxonomy engine of the system is adapted to... Agent: Mcgarry Bair PC

20070156267 - Game results evaluating method and apparatus: The score acquired during a game is used to provide a player with greater enjoyment after they get a game over notification. A plurality of ranks S, AI, . . . ,CIII is set and teams T1, T2, . . . are organized in each rank, wherein each team includes... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070156268 - Providing audiographs through a web service: Aspects of the present invention relate to improved systems and methods adapted to receive an audio recording from a celebrity, store the audio recording in a digital format, associate authentication information with the audio recording, and communicate the audio recording to an intended recipient via an Internet service.... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20070156269 - Voice review of privacy policy in a mobile environment: Systems and methods for providing aural review of a privacy policy are disclosed. Generally, a first version of a privacy policy is retrieved. A natural language version of the privacy policy is then retrieved based on at least one user preference and an audio representation of the natural language version... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070156270 - Method for monitoring and controlling the construction of an engineering project: There is provided a method for monitoring and controlling the construction of an engineering project, including dividing the construction of the engineering project into the construction of project segments arranged in order, each project segment representing a necessary stage in carrying out the complete construction of the engineering project, determining... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070156271 - Template for generating physical-operation objects: A method to be performed in a computer system in association with initiating a physical operation includes receiving a request in a computer system for a physical operation. The method includes generating a first object to be used in the physical operation, the first object being generated based on the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070156272 - Integrated configuration, flow and execution system for semiconductor device experimental flows and production flows: According to embodiments of the invention, an integrated configuration, flow and execution systems (ICFES) may be used to specify, control and record a history of processing of both semiconductor device experimental lots and production lots of wafers. Moreover, the system allows combining of one or more partial flows of pre-existing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070156273 - System and method for scheduling driven availability check: In an embodiment, a scheduling process and an availability process are provided in which both the scheduling process and the availability process reside in a service architecture. The scheduling process is configurable to invoke the availability process at a point in the scheduling process, and a user of the service... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth/sap

20070156274 - Automated state estimation system for cluster tools and a method of operating the same: By using weighted entity states for representing a state of a cluster tool, a highly efficient technique for the measurement and monitoring of cluster tool characteristics, such as reliability, availability and maintainability, is provided. For example, individual entities of the cluster tool may be weighted according to their capacity and... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070156275 - Automated metrology recipe generation: A method, system and encoded computer instructions provide for automatic generation of a metrology recipe without referencing a wafer. The highly accurate metrology recipe provides for locating measurement locations corresponding to test features on the wafer and directing the metrology tool to the locations, by calculating coordinates for the measurement... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20070156277 - Knit design method and apparatus: An object of the invention is to display an image having the feeling close to that of a knitted fabric actually knitted with a fuzzy knitting yarn. At least part of knitting yarn image data (1) on a knitting yarn with much fuzz (2) is divided into certain lengths in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070156276 - Process for producing a knitted fabric: A method for creating pattern instructions for an electronic patterning control of a knitting machine to enable the knitting machine to knit fabric having a desired pictorial image as part of the knitted structure, the pictorial image being created by a series of consecutive courses each having knitted stitches formed... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20070156278 - Monitoring device for machining apparatus: A monitoring device capable of automatically plotting a machining path according to a machining program to be executed or being executed for a machining apparatus in which workpieces and machining programs are automatically changed and executed successively. When a machining program is selected from machining managing means, the selected machining... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070156279 - Molding machine having human-machine interface: Disclosed is a human-machine interface, a molding machine, a computer system and a method. The human-machine interface includes a display of a computer system configured to display a molding-machine function curve, the molding-machine function curve representing a function of the molding machine, the display configured to display an emphasized point... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070156280 - Crane: The present invention relates to a crane, preferably a truck crane, comprising a plurality of crane elements which are movable by actuators, a crane control unit for controlling and/or monitoring the movement of the crane elements, and at least one actuating switch for actuating the actuators. In accordance with the... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070156281 - Tracking system and label for use in conjunction therewith: A hybrid label is provided with a unique product identification code which can be retrieved using multiple independent processes. In one embodiment, the hybrid label includes an RFID inlay and a printable face sheet which are secured together by a layer of adhesive material. The RFID inlay includes an integrated... Agent: Kriegsman & Kriegsman

20070156282 - Devices, systems and methods for point-of-use medication control: Devices and systems for controlling the dispensing of medication and methods for using the devices and systems are provided. The system can include a dispenser device capable of holding and delivering at least one medication. A controller can be operatively connected to the dispenser. The controller can automatically operate the... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20070156285 - Method for tracking and reporting usage events to determine when preventive maintenance is due for a medical robotic system: A medical robotic system comprises a number of components that may be monitored to determine their preventive maintenance needs by recording usage-related information for the monitored components into associated non-volatile memories. When usage of the component exceeds a specified usage threshold, the system displays a warning message on its display... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20070156286 - Autonomous mobile robot: A mobile robot is equipped with a range finder and a stereo vision system. The mobile robot is capable of autonomously navigating through urban terrain, generating a map based on data from the range finder and transmitting the map to the operator, as part of several reconnaissance operations selectable by... Agent: Irobot Corporation & The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20070156283 - Gait generator for mobile robot: When the placement of the elements (mass points, links having inertia, etc.) of a model expressing a robot 1 is determined according to a first geometric restrictive condition from an instantaneous desired motion of the robot 1 that has been created using a dynamic model, this placement is defined as... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070156284 - Gait producing device for moving robot: By using a first dynamic model of a moving robot 1, a provisional motion, which indicates a provisional value of a desired motion of the robot 1, is created such that a desired value of a floor reaction force moment horizontal component and a permissible range of a translational floor... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070156287 - Robot system and method for inspecting and repairing casts in smelting processes: At present, the repair of casts as it is done today has the disadvantage of being carried out manually or in a semiautomatic way which means less efficiency in the system and the superficial inspection has the disadvantage of being carried out in many occasions with low levels of vision... Agent: Hugo Salamanca P.

20070156288 - Model based control and estimation of mercury emissions: A method and apparatus for estimating and/or controlling mercury emissions in a steam generating unit. A model of the steam generating unit is used to predict mercury emissions. In one embodiment of the invention, the model is a neural network (NN) model. An optimizer may be used in connection with... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20070156289 - Computer system and program product for controlling vibrations: A computer programmable system and program product for controlling vibrations is provided. The computer programmable system and program product include first program instructions for actively driving a first imbalance mass concentration rotor and a second imbalance mass concentration rotor at a vibration canceling rotation frequency while controlling the rotational position... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20070156290 - Virtual dial irrigation controller: The present invention includes an irrigation controller utilizing a “virtual” dial. In particular, the present invention contemplates an electronic programming and controlling interface that is controlled according to actuation of a simple on/off switch (i.e., a binary switch), preferably a push button. For example, in one embodiment, an irrigation controller... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20070156291 - System and method for providing remote monitoring of voltage power transmission and distribution devices: The present invention provides a system and method for providing remote monitoring of a power device. In architecture, the system includes a service device that includes a transceiver circuitry to receive information of a power condition from the power device, and a computation circuitry to compute an electrical value for... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20070156292 - System and method of designing cooling fans: A computer program product stored in a computing device has a processor and a communication interface to determine cooling specifications of a remote housing. The computer program product includes a machine-readable storage medium and machine-readable program code, stored on the machine-readable storage medium. The machine readable program code includes instructions,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP