Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 09/07

20070225829 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus includes: a plurality of interfaces each of which supports any one of a plurality of types of devices; and a controller which controls devices. The interfaces and the controller are connected so as to link together in series.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070225830 - Application activating method: An information processing apparatus for managing a schedule of at least one event includes a storage unit which stores the schedule of the event, an activation-date-and-time registering unit which registers, in a form associated with the event, an activation date and time at which an application is to be activated,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070225831 - Electronic apparatus and computer-readable medium containing program for implementing control method thereof: An electronic apparatus which allows even a visually-handicapped user to perceive the function or state related to an operating element in advance. When an operator makes a RF tag mounted in a predetermined portion of the human body operating an operating element approach the operating element and then a RFID... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070225835 - Computer method and apparatus for adaptive model predictive control: A computer method and apparatus for adaptive model predictive control (MPC) of multivariable processes is disclosed. The adaptive MPC system can perform automatic implementation for a new MPC controller, and, for an existing MPC controller, it can perform automatic maintenance when necessary. The adaptive MPC system consists of three modules:... Agent: Yucai Zhu

20070225837 - Communication device: A communication device includes: a display unit; a storage unit; and an image display control unit. The display unit is capable of displaying two or more pieces of image data at the same time. The storage unit keeps sent historical information containing sent image data and received historical information containing... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC

20070225839 - Apparatus and method for processing audio data: An ExOR circuit performs volume comparison between a sound level expressed by audio data and zero level by detecting whether or not the sign of audio data at a given time stored in a first register is inverted from a sign of audio data which is one sample before the... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070225841 - Controller: A controller remote-controlling a digital mixer which performs signal processing to an input signal by a DSP to output the processed signal is provided with functions of: accepting the setting of level of a dummy signal; calculating a gain of the signal processing at each stage in the DSP based... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20070225846 - Dynamic tracking of compliance with parameter limits in computer-aided design models: A designer of a CAD model is automatically notified when parameter limits or tolerances are violated during the iterative design process. The efficiency in the design of a complex model is much improved from the automatic notification, because it enables the user to detect violations of parameter limits and tolerances... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070225825 - Locator apparatus and method using that apparatus: An apparatus to locate an article is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a host device comprising a transmitter, and a client device attached to the article. The client device comprises a client controller, a receiver interconnected with the client controller, a battery interconnected with both the client controller and the receiver.... Agent: Dale F. Regelman

20070225827 - Computer everywhere wall system: For the need for a computer user to be able to work with any wired room or office and operate a computer or select from multiple computers that are located in a closet or different location. A Computer Everywhere Wall System Panel would allow a user to plug in a... Agent: Jay Tankersley

20070225828 - System and method for defining a controlled device command set: A system and method for configuring a controlling device to allow the controlling device to generate commands for commanding operations of a new appliance which new appliance was previously unable to be supported by the controlling device. The system and method uses a definition input into the controlling device to... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070225826 - Validation system with flow control capability: A validation system includes: a source agent for storing a plurality of test patterns; a drain agent for performing a validation operation according to a test result; and a device under test (DUT). The device under test includes: a first interface electrically connected to the source agent for communicating with... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070225832 - Isolation list creation program, method, and device: An isolation list containing information on a master/slave relation of isolation devices is stored in a history file. A range setting unit sets an isolation range according to a specifying operation with respect to the system diagram of equipment displayed on the screen. A master device registration unit extracts an... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070225833 - Automatic sensing power systems and methods: An automatic sensing power system automatically determines a power requirement for an electrical device, converts power to the required level, and outputs the power to the electrical device when the electrical device is connected to the automatic sensing power system... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070225834 - Method and means for using a control file with a control unit of a machine: A computer (20) that determines a sequence of control vectors (16) using predetermined functional instructions. Each vector includes a number of vector elements (17). Each vector element (17) is designed for a maximum of one final drive unit (2 to 4) of a machine (1). Each control vector (16) comprises... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070225836 - Predictive emissions monitoring system and method: A method for predicting emissions from an emissions source. Test values of process variables relating to operation of the emissions source are gathered, along with corresponding time-correlated test values of the emissions variable to be predicted. Using the test values of the process variables, test values of a plurality of... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20070225838 - Programmable controller for use in automation systems: The invention relates to a programmable controller (S) for use in automation systems, comprising a first area (A) for storing and running control codes for automation units (I, O), programmed in a first programming language, whereby a second area (B) is connected to the first area (A) via at least... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070225842 - Discrete multichannel audio with a backward compatible mix: A multichannel audio format provides a truly discrete as well as a backward compatible mix for surround-sound, front or other discrete audio channels in cinema, home theater, or music environments. The additional discrete audio signals are mixed with the existing discrete audio channels into a predetermined format such as the... Agent: Dts, Inc.

20070225840 - Stream reproduction device and stream supply device: A stream playback device for playing back an audio stream including audio frames which are each made up of base data and extension data is provided. The stream playback device includes a decoder and an interface unit operable to receive the audio stream supplied from a stream supply device. The... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (matsushita)

20070225843 - Controller with information conveying backlight module and cable for connecting the controller to an automated tool: A controller that controls an automated tool that comprises a monochromatic display, a backlighting module, and a processor. The monochromatic display comprises a plurality of pixels that are selectively activated and deactivated to convey information to a user. The backlighting module provides a backlight for the display, wherein the backlighting... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070225845 - Achieving perceived reliability for repairable systems: A method to achieve perceived reliability for repairable systems including goal setting of different phases of the product life cycle. The method includes consideration of a plurality of product life cycle phases to determine a plurality of failure rate multipliers which are transformed to mean time between failures multipliers and... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070225844 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing a reusable new product planning model: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing a reusable new product planning model is provided. The method includes gathering historical demand data for products in a product set and determining a launch period for the products, the historical demand data broken down by time periods. For each of... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

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20070225848 - Method and system for providing automatic and accurate manufacturing delivery schedule: Aspects of the present disclosure provide a method and a system for providing automatic and accurate manufacturing delivery schedule without human operations. The method and system receive a delivery schedule, monitor performance of at least one manufacturing process to produce a specific lot of a product based on a plurality... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070225849 - Automated part procurement and service dispatch: A method for repairing an HVAC system is disclosed. The method includes monitoring a plurality of sensors positioned throughout the HVAC system and receiving data associated therewith, determining whether the data received from the plurality of sensors is within corresponding predetermined operational parameters, analyzing data determined to be outside the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070225850 - Maintenance system and method and program therefor: To provide a technique of reducing the costs for maintenance work and also the downtime of products. There is provided a maintenance system that calculates a timing to make a visit for maintenance work for consumable parts of a machine to be maintained. The maintenance system includes: a visit-interval calculating... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070225851 - Optical metrology model optimization for process control: To evaluate the adequacy of a profile model, an initial profile model is selected. The profile model includes profile model parameters to be measured in implementing types of process control to be used in controlling a fabrication process. A measurement of profile model parameters is obtained using a first metrology... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20070225854 - Method, system, and apparatus for use in locating a structure in an integrated circuit: A method, system, and apparatus use in locating a structure in an integrated circuit are provided. Electrical activities are induced in the IC for producing respective unique electromagnetic radiation patterns that collectively contain information on the location of the structure. The electromagnetic radiation patterns are detected, and an area of... Agent: Global Intellectual Strategies Unit 1

20070225853 - Method for controlling semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and control system of semiconductor manufacturing apparatus: A method for controlling a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus for processing wafers divided for each lot, has acquiring quality control value data group containing quality control value data of wafers in a plurality of lots previously processed, and an equipment engineering system parameter group containing equipment engineering system parameters corresponding to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070225852 - Method of packaging integrated circuit devices using preformed carrier: Disclosed is a method of packaging integrated circuit devices using a preformed carrier. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes providing a carrier having a plurality of pockets formed therein, positioning an integrated circuit chip and a substrate in each of the plurality of pockets and conductively coupling the integrated... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20070225855 - Data structure of branch-structured vector data, branch-structured vector data editing apparatus, and embroidery data creation apparatus: A data structure of branch-structured vector data that is created from line drawing information of an embroidery design and provides a basis for creating embroidery data by a computer that includes at least one data piece of a branch, which is an embroidery path connecting two endpoints. The branch data... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070225856 - Method and system for toolpath generation: A system and method for toolpath creation is provided. The method includes exporting CAD defined 3-D geometry to a slicing module; slicing the 3-D geometry creating a set of 2-D patterns representing the 3-D geometry; generating vector code from the set of 2-D patterns; and translating the vector code to... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070225858 - Control system for a pallet load transport system: A pallet load transport system includes a shuttle car that is supported by and moves along a track between a pick-up location to a deposit location. A control system monitors and controls all operation of the shuttle car, ensuring proper and safe transfer of pallet loads from the pick-up location... Agent: Stites & Harbison, PLLC

20070225857 - Specimen carrier transfer apparatus: A transfer apparatus includes a shuttle depending from an overhead support with a pair of arms for receiving and shifting a specimen carrier from one conveyor to a second conveyor of a dual-conveyor track. The shuttle is operable to retain a specimen carrier along either the first or second conveyor... Agent: George R. Nimmer

20070225859 - Wardrobe management system: The invention relates to an intelligent wardrobe management system for advising appropriate clothing to a user. It comprises a wardrobe controller which is arranged to: receive input data, said input data comprising information about the clothing in a wardrobe; receive user data; process said input data and said user data;... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070225860 - Multiple service vending machine with unitized pricing and proportionalized analog display: Coin operated vending machines and vending methods for self service car washes that vend different commodities or services at a united price. The machines vend vacuum at different speeds, and spot remover or fragrance. Each machine has a computer-controlled, multi-segmented bar graph providing an analog indication of the amount of... Agent: Carver Patent Law Ltd.

20070225861 - Method and apparatus for reducing environmental load generated from living behaviors in everyday life of a user: An apparatus calculates, based on unimproved behavior amounts, behavior amount variations of living behaviors when each of living behaviors increases by one unit behavior amount, calculates environmental load variation of living behavior when the living behavior increases by one unit behavior amount, by calculating sum of values each obtained by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070225862 - Industrial robot with controlled flexibility and simulated force for automated assembly: An industrial robot that uses a simulated force vector to allow a work piece held by the robot end effector to be mated with a work piece whose location and orientation is not precisely known to the robot. When the end effector makes contact with the location and orientation in... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20070225863 - System and method for monitoring the restoration of damaged property within a drying chamber: In an exemplary embodiment, a server system provides a user interface that allows a user to submit a category and a class of water loss and dimension data for one or more rooms within a drying chamber. The server system utilizes this drying chamber data to generate air movement requirements... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070225864 - Controlling a waste combustion process: An automated, real-time control of a waste incineration plant is disclosed for treating waste of variable moisture content. In an exemplary method of and a system for controlling a waste combustion process, time varying process parameters of the waste combustion process, such as a water content of the incoming waste,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070225867 - Automation control system having a configuration tool and two-way ethernet communication for web service messaging, discovery, description, and eventing that is controllable with a touch-screen display: An automation system and process of operating an automation system in a Web Service environment, includes providing at least one client and at least one device, the at least one client and the at least one device configured with a web services for devices stack protocol, connecting a network includes... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070225866 - Automation control system having device scripting: A process of operating an automation system with an internet protocol based network includes receiving a user input to a client having a user interface implemented with Web Service for Devices (WSD) to initiate a series of scripted automation commands, executing the scripted automation commands by communicating the commands to... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070225869 - Controller with programmable service event display mode: Controllers and systems for displaying servicing information via a display unit are disclosed. A controller in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention may include an interface for programming a service event display mode in the controller, and a display unit configured to display servicing information when a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070225865 - Device automation using networked device control having a web services for devices stack: Automation system and process of operating an automation system in a Web Service environment includes providing at least one automation client and at least one automation device, the at least one automation client and the at least one automation device configured with a web services for devices stack protocol, connecting... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20070225868 - Devices and methods for providing configuration information to a controller: A controller equipped with a controller interface configured to accept one or more input parameters is disclosed, including methods for programming such devices. An illustrative controller interface may include a number of knobs, slides, buttons, or other input means for setting various set-points within the controller that can be used... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070225870 - Pressure control system with optimized performance: A pressure control system for controlling pressure of a fluid in a chamber includes a pressure sensor configured to measure the pressure of the fluid in the chamber, and a valve configured to control the pressure of the fluid in the chamber by regulating flow of the fluid from the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070225871 - Managing predictable thermal environments: Managing predictable thermal environments for equipment in a proactive manner. Short and/or long term predictors of impending temperature change are defined. Predictors may comprise physical acts, pattern recognition, job scheduling, and so forth. For each predictor, at least one action to be taken upon occurrence of the predictor is defined.... Agent: Marcia L. Doubet Law Firm

20070219644 - Information processing apparatus and system state control method: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body, a system memory, a display controller, a temperature sensor, a first state control unit which transitions a system state of the apparatus from a working state to a first state in which the main body is powered off... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070219651 - Medical image interpreting apparatus and cursor-moving method: In the medical image interpreting apparatus having a pointing device for moving a cursor, medical image, interpretation report, and cursor are displayed on a display screen, and initial movement information and information on the destination of movement of the cursor are linked and stored, via the pointing device when the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070219654 - Internet-based advertising via web camera search contests: A contest system and method providing an interactive Internet-based contest including steps of providing at least one real-time image on at least one networked display, and verifying an answer to at least one question posed in reference to the image. The system and method in alternate embodiments provides a network... Agent: Bentley Dean Frink

20070219659 - Multi-occupant structure in a geo-spatial environment: A method, apparatus, and system of multi-occupant structure in a geo-spatial environment are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes determining that a marker (e.g., associated with a profile of a user) is colliding with another marker simultaneously displayed in a map based on an overlap area of the marker... Agent: Raj Abhyanker, LLP C/o Intellevate

20070219645 - Building management system: A building management system for one or more buildings, having a processor and a display for showing a model of a building being managed. The model may be shown as a three dimensional depiction or rendition, or a virtual building. A database may provide information regarding sensors, actuators and other... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070219646 - Device performance approximation: Embodiments relate to determining a value of a type of performance parameter of a target device configuration that has known values of various types of configuration attributes. Reference device configurations can be obtained that respectively having known values for types of configuration attributes corresponding to the types of configuration attributes... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20070219647 - System and method for moving a component through a setpoint profile, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method: A system to move a component in accordance with a setpoint profile including a plurality of target states of the component, each of the plurality of target states to be substantially attained at one of a corresponding sequence of target times, is presented. The system includes a displacement device to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070219648 - Control calculation device: When there exists an error between a model considered in feed-forward and an actual device, it is configured so as to enable the application of control having feed-forward such as predictive control without problem to reduce a model error. Furthermore, it is configured to enable more fine adjustment of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070219650 - Mass flow meter or controller with inclination sensor: A thermal mass flow meter associated with an inclination sensor that detects an angle of inclination of at least one portion of a thermal mass flow sensor relative to at least one reference axis. Based upon the detected angle of inclination, the output signal of the mass flow meter that... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070219649 - Sampling messages from a data feed: Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for sampling a data feed of messages at regular time intervals. A current sample point is identified. A time interval is also identified which is defined by the current sample point and at least one of the previous sample point and the... Agent: Ibm Corporation Intellectual Property Law

20070219652 - System for monitoring and controlling an aquatic environment: A system for monitoring and controlling an aquatic environment thus regulating the aquatic environment and maximizing the stability of the aquatic ecosystem. This system uses sensor and data fusion algorithms to perform system anomaly analysis and predictive failure diagnostics based on the output of sensors associated with the aquatic environment... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070219653 - Knowledge management system for requesting, gathering, and evaluating knowledge in a common environment: A computer implemented system and method for requesting, gathering, evaluating, and scoring knowledge. The system includes a first user interface for allowing a first group of users to define prompts and response choices, a second user interface for allowing a second group of users to view prompts and select response... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Fulbright Tower

20070219655 - External remote with display accessory: The invention is a system, apparatus, and method for controlling and enjoying playback from a portable playback device, such as an MP3 player. The apparatus is a remote control, with a first portion having a dock configured to be attached to the portable playback device, and a second portion having... Agent: Richard B. Cates

20070219657 - Manufacturing design and process analysis system: Methods, apparatuses and systems that facilitate the design, production and/or measurement tasks associated with manufacturing and other processes. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an understanding of how the multiple characteristics of a given process output are related to each other and to process inputs. This knowledge facilitates a... Agent: Law Office Of Mark J. Spolyar

20070219656 - Modeling manufacturing processes to include defined markers: A method, and corresponding computer program product and system, defines and uses marker points within a modeled manufacturing process routing that includes multiple sequenced operations. The method includes receiving user input that defines one or more marker points within the modeled manufacturing process routing and between sequential ones of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20070219658 - Method for automating hydraulic manifold design: A method for automating the manifold design process based on a hydraulic circuit cavity geometry and manifold design parameters successively merges stored design patterns, including orientations and connectivity data of each cavity into an evolving manifold topology. Cross-drill connections are added to the topology. A complete 3-D manifold model is... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070219660 - Substrate transporting and processing apparatus, fault management method for substrate transport and processing apparatus, and storage medium storing fault management program: Disclosed is a countermeasure to be taken when a fault occurs in one of process modules 11-17 or a transport module 20 that makes it impossible to transport substrates to a process module positioned downstream of a post-exposure baking module 15 in accordance with a predetermined transport schedule in a... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070219661 - Systems and methods for forecasting demand for a subcomponent: Techniques for determining how to translate forecast sales data of at least one configuration of assembled product into a forecast schedule of subcomponents composing the assembled product is described. To this end, forecast sales data of at least one configuration of assembled product is received. Usage factors of a plurality... Agent: Priest & Goldstein, PLLC

20070219662 - Method for the automatic transfer of a load hanging at a load rope of a crane or excavator with a load oscillation damping an a trajectory planner: The invention relates to a method for the transfer of a load hanging at a load rope of a crane or excavator comprising a slewing gear, a luffing mechanism and a hoisting gear comprising a computer-controlled regulator for the damping of the load oscillation which has a trajectory planner, a... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070219663 - Tracking an item on a packaging line: A system for managing a packaging line, the system including a common data-storage system in data communication with a plurality of item-interaction units, the common data-storage system configured for receiving, from the item-interaction units, item data identifying each item in the packaging line, the item data including information indicative of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070219664 - Device processing system, information display method, program, and recording medium: A support device that is provided in a device manufacturing plant collects data from a device processing apparatus and analyzes the operating state and the like of the device processing apparatus based on the collected data. This support device consists of a data collection condition setting portion (231) that sets... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070219665 - Method and system for accomplishing product detection: The present invention provides for a vending system wherein a monitoring system verifies that a product ordered by a vending customer is actually delivered through a delivery area to the customer. If the product ordered is unavailable either because of an out of stock situation or a blockage of the... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070219667 - Home network system and method for an autonomous mobile robot to travel shortest path: Provided are a home network system and a method for an autonomous mobile robot to travel along a shortest travel route. The home network system capable of home automation includes a plurality of beacons for sensing a user located in a cell coverage area and for transmitting resulting sensing information... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070219666 - Versatile robotic control module: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide robotic control modules for use in a robotic control system of a vehicle, including structures, systems and methods, that can provide (i) a robotic control module that has multiple functional circuits, such as a processor and accompanying circuits, an actuator controller, an actuator... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070219668 - Hand control system, method, program, hand, and robot: According to the hand control system (2), the position and posture of a palm (10) are controlled such that the object reference point (Pw) and the hand reference point (Ph) come close to each other and such that the i-th object reference vector (αwi) and the i-th hand reference vector... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070219669 - 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

20070219670 - Multiple power supply apparatus with improved installability: In a multiple power supply apparatus installed in a vehicle, a first power supply system includes a generator and a first battery. The generator is driven by an operation of the engine. The first battery is chargeable by an electrical output of the generator. A second power supply system includes... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070219671 - Electrical control unit for an automobile: An electrical control unit for an automobile of which standby current is smaller. In an electrical control unit for an automobile having a microcomputer, an input circuit, a driver circuit, and a power supply circuit, which is started by a wake-up signal from the circuit other than the ignition switch... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070213851 - Streaming kernel selection for reconfigurable processor: In one embodiment, a subset of a set of streaming kernels of an application is selected for implementation on a reconfigurable processor. The streaming kernels are selected by first forming a stream flow graph of the application by parsing a program of instructions of the application, the stream flow graph... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070213859 - Method and computer for playing instant music: A method for playing instant music comprises the steps of: generating a hardware time by reading a real time clock (RTC); determining whether the hardware time meets a predetermined start-up time or not; if positive, executing a BIOS; determining whether a CD instant playing module of the BIOS is started... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070213857 - Rss content administration for rendering rss content on a digital audio player: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for RSS content administration for rendering RSS content on a digital audio player. Embodiments include retrieving, through an RSS feed, RSS content; extracting text from the RSS content; creating a media file; and storing the extracted text of the RSS content as... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20070213860 - Method for tracking characteristics in joined assemblies: A method for uniquely identifying an assembly of at least two components, comprising the steps of: reading a first identifier associated with a first component; reading a second identifier associated with a second component; joining the first component to the second component with a joinder process; associating the first identifier... Agent: Aaron Mcgushion

20070213844 - Coordination method and mobile terminal: When a command for starting up a specific versatile application of a versatile application section is made during an execution of a native application included in a basic processing section, a judgment of the following condition for combining is satisfied: whether or not the specific versatile application is in a... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070213843 - Method and apparatus for multiradio control in a lightning detection device: A method includes receiving information related to an operational status of at least one radiating component, and controlling an operation of a lightning detector at least partially in accordance with the information.... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20070213845 - Clock system for controlling autonomous transfer of data: A system that controls the application of a clock signal used to autonomously transfer data from a remote device to a host device. The clock signal can be allowed to continually cycle for legacy applications, or can be controlled to only cycle when data transmissions are occurring.... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20070213846 - Functional block for field devices used in process automation technology: A function block for field devices of process automation technology. The function block can be loaded into a component of a field device and is linkable with other function blocks (e.g., PID, AI, AO). The function block includes a web-server which makes information available in a general descriptive language (e.g.,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070213847 - Apparatus for, and method of, positioning an interface unit of an automatic test system: There is disclosed a manipulator for positioning an interface of an automatic test system. In an embodiment, the manipulator includes a support device to support the interface. A base portion is in connection to the support device. The base portion includes a rotational adjustment mechanism for moving the support device... Agent: Verigy

20070213849 - Method and system for supporting design: The present invention provides a method and a system for deciding an optimal improvement measure for a product assembling time and defective assembly generated in an assembling process. This is achieved by extracting an assembling element having a high assembling time and a high defective assembly potential from similar assembling... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070213848 - Rubidium elution system control: A method of controlling an 82Sr/82Rb elution system having a generator valve for proportioning a flow of saline solution between an 82Sr/82Rb generator and a bypass line coupled to an outlet of the generator such that saline solution traversing the bypass line will merge with eluted saline solution emerging from... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070213850 - Systems and methods for analysis and simulation of package net content decisions: The present invention comprises a method for determining a set of fill conditions for packaged goods. More particularly the present invention comprises a method for modeling a preferred set of fill conditions for packaged goods considering relevant regulatory and cost constraints, including the steps of: obtaining a historical data set;... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070213852 - Positioning and aligning the parts of an assembly: The invention is an apparatus and process for obtaining values for one or more alignment quantities using one or more transportable devices. The process consists of establishing and maintaining a transportable device in a reference position and a reference orientation, then establishing and maintaining the transportable device in a fixed... Agent: Robert E Malm

20070213853 - System and method for implementing safety instrumented systems in a fieldbus architecture: 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: Kimton N. Eng, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070213856 - Data management system, data transmitter-receiver, data management server, and method for data management: A receiver 12 receives measurement data transmitted by a predetermined wireless communication system from the data measuring instrument 14 or the like, and transmits measurement information to a service provider side server 64. The service provider side server 64 records the measurement information onto DB 66 on the basis of... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070213855 - Diagnostic information providing apparatus for construction machine and diagnostic information display system for construction machine: Each of the apparatus and the system comprises a sensor 40, etc. for detecting status variables related to an operating state of a hydraulic excavator 1 or ambient environment, and a controller 2. The controller stores combinations between a plurality of snapshot items and one or more status variables related... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070213854 - Redundant fieldbus system: A redundant fieldbus system provides power and communications in a parallel physical configuration between the host system and attached field devices irrespective of any single point failure in the network. In case of a fault, the redundant fieldbus system automatically eliminates the faulty section of the network, switches power and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070213858 - Acoustic adjustment device and acoustic adjustment method: The present invention provides an audio control device and an audio control method capable of promptly controlling a desired sound source, by simply selecting the sound where the sound state should be adjusted among multiple sounds, without displaying the sound state of multiple sounds on a display for identifying. An... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070213861 - Layout setting device for processing eyeglass lens, eyeglass lens processing apparatus, eyeglass frame measuring device and cup attaching device, each having the same: A layout setting device that sets layout of a target lens shape used as a processing shape with respect to an eyeglass lens when the lens is processed to fit the lens to an eyeglass frame, the layout setting device includes: means for inputting data on the target lens shape;... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070213862 - Data collector control system with automatic communication port switch: A data collector control system for semiconductor manufacturing comprises a data collector and a automatic communication port switch control circuit. The control system is placed between an equipment and an equipment automation programming (EAP) system. The data collector processes and transmits communication messages between the equipment and the EAP system... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070213863 - System and method for correcting material and data mismatch in an automated manufacturing environment: A system comprises a parser operable to receive a log file containing detailed processing tool transactional data and generate an operation journal containing a subset of the detailed processing tool transactional data arranged in a known format, a comparator operable to receive automated material tracking data, and compare with the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070213864 - Control device and method for a substrate processing apparatus: A control device controls a substrate processing apparatus including a processing chamber for processing a substrate and a plurality of units for controlling a condition in the processing chamber. The control device includes a storing device for storing a return time required for each unit to be returned from an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213865 - Embroidery data processing apparatus and embroidery data processing program recorded on computer-readable recording medium: An embroidery data processing apparatus and an embroidery data processing program that creates embroidery data usable by an embroidery sewing machine to sew an embroidery pattern that includes a plurality of partial patterns. The embroidery data processing apparatus and program store a maximum sewing region; set a plurality of unit... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070213866 - Machine with program check function: A motor is driven at a low speed to move a moving part at the start and end of movement based on a movement command given in one block of a program in a machining program check mode and at a high speed in an intermediate section. Since the moving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070213867 - Method for compensating thermal displacements: A method for compensating thermal displacements is carried out on a machine tool having a worktable for mounting workpieces to be machined, and having a tool spindle which can be traversed relative to the worktable on at least one axis and into which it is possible to clamp tools with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070213868 - System for overmolding insert: Disclosed is a system. The system includes a mold-moving assembly that is cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part. The mold-moving assembly is also cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold another insert previously formed by the insert-forming station in cooperation with the mold-moving... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20070213869 - Cargo transporter with automatic data collection devices: A cargo transportation device includes a lift assembly for raising and lowering cargo and an operator cabin in which an operator controls the lift assembly. A load backrest is coupled to the cabin, and an automatic data collection device, which is configured to interrogate wireless communication devices, is coupled to... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070213870 - Printing system: A printing apparatus is disclosed, the printing apparatus comprising: an input for receiving a plurality of first documents in electronic form, each first document including an identifier of a respective one of a plurality of groups, and a controller adapted to generate a first print instruction for printing each received... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070213871 - Optical vend sensing system for product delivery detection: An optical vend sensing system for use in vending machines employs a row of light emitters on one side of a region through which a vend product passes during delivery and a row of light detectors on the opposite side. Each detector is substantially aligned with a corresponding one of... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070213874 - Device, program, recording medium and method for robot simulation: A robot simulation device for simulating an operation of a robot having a vision sensor in an off-line mode. The device includes a working-environment model setting section for arranging a sensor model, a robot model and a plurality of irregularly piled workpiece models in a virtual working environment; and an... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070213873 - Teaching position correcting apparatus and teaching position correction method: A teaching position correcting apparatus (1) corrects plural teaching point positions of a robot (2) in a robot operation program, by sequentially moving the robot (2) to each of the plural teaching points and by sequentially reading a current position of the robot (2) at each of the plural teaching... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070213872 - Robot, hint output device, robot control system, robot control method, robot control program, and integrated circuit: There are conventional pet robots that distinguish users and take a different behavior pattern per user, and pet robots that phase their behavior patterns based on their own behavior history to stage a growth process. The present invention provides a robot that, when in contact with a user in possession... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20070213875 - Method of controlling the hydrocarbon content of a vapor circulating in an installation fitted with a vapor intake system: A method of controlling the hydrocarbon content of a possible explosive mixture of air/hydrocarbon vapor circulating from an intake point into an installation fitted with a vapor intake system comprising a vapor intake circuit incorporating a suction pump enabling vapor to be circulated at a vapor flow rate QV. A... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20070213876 - Control algorithm for backup power system: A method for controlling fossil fuel fired heating systems according to an improved adaptive cyclical control method when operating on backup (auxiliary DC) electrical power. Battery life is prolonged when used in conjunction with such improved method. Operating characteristics of the heating equipment and home or building being heated are... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070213877 - Hand cleaning apparatus and method of use of same: An apparatus for providing control for the access to a building or a portion of a building based upon a user washing or disinfecting their hands comprises a hand cleaning apparatus and an output module wherein the output module controls the operation of automatic doors or provides an access card... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070213878 - Apparatus and method for predictive control of a power generation system: A method for controlling a power system control area according to a first and a second control performance standard, wherein operation of the control area determines area control parameter values. The method comprises (a) determining a first compliance target for the first performance standard and a second compliance target for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070213879 - Systems and methods for use in providing local power line communication: The present embodiments provide systems and methods for implementing and controlling local power line communication (PLC) networks. Some embodiments include a central controller communicationally coupled with a PLC power line, a sensor adaptor coupled between the PLC power line and a consumer product, with the sensor adaptor comprising a current... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20070213880 - System and method for demand limiting resistive load management: An electricity demand limiting system for limiting the electricity consumption of at least one resistive load device. The demand limiting system includes a consumption controller associated with the resistive load device that is operable to infinitely vary the amount of electricity being consumed by the load device. The consumption control... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070213882 - Thermal management system: A thermal management system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises processing units which are provided in a chip, a performance monitor circuit which monitors performances of the processing units and outputs performance data, a thermo sensor which provided in the chip, the thermo sensor outputting a detection... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20070213881 - Liquid cooling of electronic device environments: In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more electronic components, one or more coolant sources, one or more coolant supply lines in fluid communication with the one or more coolant sources, a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the coolant supply lines and the one or more electronic components;... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070208435 - Assembly for an automation system: There is described an assembly, having at least one input/output and having means for storing a program and a method for project planning a program for an assembly of an automation system, with an absolute address being assigned to each of the inputs/outputs and a unique identifier being assigned to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070208439 - Support for flexible integration of an industrial process simulation system with a control system: A computer implemented method is disclosed for facilitating communication within an industrial application environment. The method includes receiving a signal from an industrial application simulation system. The signal is converted into a different format that is recognizable by a component that is outside of the industrial application simulation system.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070208440 - Programmatic access to controller construct and variable names: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method for employment in an industrial automation environment that facilitates utilizing data within a programmable logic controller. An interface component can facilitate receipt of a portion of data related to a programmable logic controller. An access component integrated within a programmable logic... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20070208441 - Computer readable recording medium recorded with graphics editing program, and graphics editing apparatus: When an element is interactively arranged in cooperative with an input device and a display device, if the arranged element is overlapped with a line segment which connects the already arranged two elements to each other, the relation is provided among these three elements, to be displayed, so that the... Agent: Patrick G. Burns, Esq. Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20070208432 - Hydrocarbon fluid processing plant design: The current invention is related to methods of designing hydrocarbon fluid processing plants and methods of producing hydrocarbon fluids using hydrocarbon fluid processing plants. More particularly, some embodiments of the invention are related to methods of designing natural gas liquefaction plants and methods of producing LNG using natural gas liquefaction... Agent: Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070208433 - System and method for selecting an external user interface using spatial information: A method and system for selecting an external user interface using spatial information is described. In one configuration the floor space of a mailroom is mapped using a two dimensional grid. At least one machine is located on the mapped grid and an associated control zone is defined for that... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20070208434 - Interface for remote monitoring and control of industrial machines: interface for connecting one of a plurality of industrial machines having different data format and storage configurations to a communications medium for remote monitoring and control, includes a programmable apparatus having a memory for storing data in predetermined locations and in a predetermined format, and for storing configuration information relating... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070208436 - Integrated, multi-step computer implemented system and method for measuring and improving manufacturing processes and maximizing product research and development speed and efficiency using high-throughput screening and governing semi-empirical model: An integrated multi-step computer-implemented system and method for measuring and improving manufacturing processes and maximizing product research and development speed and efficiency includes a predictive model that predicts output from data input, an optimizer that optimizes input variables based upon desired output variables, and a library that stores data and... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070208437 - Characterization of utility demand using utility demand footprint: Utility demand is continuously monitored and monitoring data is aggregated and organized. The results are presented visually as a Utility Demand Footprint, referred to herein as a UDF. A UDF characterizes the utility demand in relation to selected influencing factors over a selected time period and over selected time intervals... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070208438 - Remote building control data display with automatic updates: A method includes receiving at a first computer at least one interpreted program over the Internet using a web-browser. The method further includes executing at the first computer at least one interpreted software program to display at least a first graphical element, each graphical element having characteristics dependent upon a... Agent: Elsa Keller Siemens Corporation

20070208442 - General purpose robotics operating system: The present invention provides a general purpose operating system that shows particular usefulness in the robotics and automation fields. The operating system provides individual services and the combination and interconnections of such services using built-in service extensions, built-in completely configurable generic services, and a way to plug in additional service... Agent: LatimerIPLaw, LLP

20070208443 - Method for determining optimal damping treatments layouts and panel shape layouts: The present invention is directed to an optirising method for vibration damping treatments and panel shape layouts of vehicle body structure parts in view of acoustic performance. This new optimisation tool is based on a genetic algorithm and is able to efficiently predict the optimum damping package on vehicle body... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070208444 - Production planning system: A production planning system creates executable an production plan for a production workplace while adjusting production capacity giving consideration to a period where production capacity is fixed in each workplace, a period where management of workers between workplaces is possible, and a period where it is not necessary to consider... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070208445 - Systems and methods for managing information relating to medical fluids and containers therefor: The present invention relates to management of information relating to medical fluids, containers therefor, and medical fluid administration devices for administering such medical fluids to patients. Data tags (e.g., RFID tags) are generally associated with containers of the invention and may be electromagnetically read from and/or written to using an... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070208446 - Automatic dotting machine for manufacture of heat sink for electronic component: An automatic dotting machine (100) includes a feeding device (10) for unloading workpieces (200) one by one with the same interval, a conveying device (40) for conveying the workpieces to a predetermined dotting region, a sensor unit (70, 251) for detecting whether the workpieces reach the predetermined dotting region, a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20070208447 - Direct manufactured fillets for composite structures: A method of manufacturing a composite structure comprises laying up a multi-surface structure comprised of at least one surface joint forming a radial gap. A fillet element is direct manufactured having a fillet cross-section configured to match the radial gap. The fillet element is inserted into the radial gap and... Agent: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman, P.C.

20070208448 - Printer system including a placement mechanism for placing objects: A printer system is provided for developing a three dimensional (3D) printed structure. The system includes a plurality of spaced apart sets of printing devices. A conveyor system is arranged to serially convey a print medium in register with each set so that printed voxels from each successive set can... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20070208449 - Method for manufacturing a high-frequency assembly: In the manufacture of a high-frequency assembly, a plurality of components, at least one (12) of which is frequency-specific, are placed with respect to each other using a placing apparatus and are interconnected. In a specimen of the frequency-specific component (12, 30) a feature (23, 24) which encodes the frequency... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070208450 - Combined trimming and skiving of stock: Cutting and skiving patterns to be used in the production of product rolls from a master roll are selected so as to optimize trim efficiency. The product rolls have widths ordered by customers. In selecting these cutting and skiving patterns, cutting patterns that can be used to trim master rolls... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070208451 - Part of an electrical connecting device: Part of an electrical connecting device, especially for use in medical technology, with a display device to display an effect on the part resulting from a preparatory step for the use of the part, whereby the display device has a visible field whose colored appearance changes at least in sections... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20070208452 - Manipulatable model for communicating manufacturing issues of a custom part: Any issues associated with manufacture of a part are identified and highlighted on a part model. A software method and system then uses motion of the part model for communicating the manufacturability issues to the customer. The motion can include a repositioning of a part rendering to a preferred orientation... Agent: ShewchukIPServices

20070208453 - Method and apparatus for receiving and/or transporting substrates: The invention relates to a method for receiving and/or transporting substrates, wherein, by means of at least one sensor, a deviation of the position of a substrate, in particular of a substrate arranged in a slot of a container, is detected at least with respect to one degree of freedom... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20070208454 - Adaptive interface for product dispensing systems: An adaptive interface is provided that is capable of brokering requests from a diverse set of customer host systems to a diverse set of backend servers (or backend device or backend automation system) controlling product dispensing devices and/or systems. The interface may be fully configurable and extensible (i.e., there is... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070208455 - System and a method for sorting items out of waste material: For sorting items out of waste material, a system is provided including a conveyor for transporting waste material, a detector for identifying and locating items of the waste material on the conveyor, at least one depositing area along the conveyor, at least one robot along the conveyor; and a control... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070208456 - Business portal for electronically tagging product packaging: A system is provided in which electronic tags are pre-encoded and mounted on a continuous web for subsequent application to packaging at a packaging supplier plant. A B2B portal provides the information needed to coordinate the pre-encoding of the electronic tags with the packaging manufacture according to a goods packager's... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20070208457 - Method of transporting vials and cassettes in an automated prescription filling apparatus: An apparatus for filling vials comprises a shelving unit defining an array of storage locations. The shelving unit may be an array in an XY plane or one or more carousels. A plurality of storage containers are provided, each removably carried by one of the storage locations. A counting and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070208459 - Sentry robot: A monitoring and sentry robot which can perform wide and narrow monitoring in short and long ranges and can automatically shoot at a target. The sentry robot includes a base, a main body installed on the base capable of pivoting, a master camera capable of rotating with the main body,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20070208458 - Industrial robot: The present invention provides an industrial robot which can reduce torque required for driving an object to be moved. By providing a third reduction device and a third driving device separately, the dimension in the third axial direction of the third reduction device can be reduced, thus the distance from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070208461 - Hvac control with programmed run-test sequence: An HVAC control system is disclosed that includes an HVAC unit and a control device for controlling operation of the HVAC unit. The control device has a plurality of terminals configured to receive or transmit control signals for the HVAC unit, a memory device storing a run-test initiation code and... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20070208460 - Remote sensing for building automation: A line of sight temperature sensor in a thermostat allows placement at locations other than on a wall. For example, the thermostat is positioned in a ceiling, allowing easier wiring access. Wall placement may be used. By remotely sensing user selection associated with a remote location, control of the building... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070208462 - Expandable irrigation controller: An expandable irrigation controller for controlling a plurality of watering stations in an irrigation system includes a removable front panel and an inner housing, connected to the front panel. The removable front panel includes a plurality of manual controls operable to input instructions for a watering program, a memory operable... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070208463 - Learning a predicted voltage to supply an electronic device based on dynamic voltage variation: In an embodiment, a predicted voltage to supply to an electronic device is learned based on a dynamic voltage variation that occurs at the electronic device. The dynamic voltage variation occurs in response to the electronic device processing a functional event, and the predicted voltage is supplied to the electronic... Agent: Ibm Corporation RochesterIPLaw Dept. 917