Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 04/08

20080097623 - Standard mes interface for discrete manufacturing: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates data transportation between two ore more systems. A manufacturing execution system (MES) can include a portion of recipe data associated with discrete manufacturing. An MES interface component can seamlessly communicate with the manufacturing execution system (MES) to delivery... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097624 - State propagation for modules: A system facilitates state processing in an industrial control environment is provided. The system includes a module component to facilitate control operations in an industrial control environment. A propagation component is embedded within the module component to communicate state information to at least one other module component. The state information... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097625 - Iterative matrix processor based implementation of real-time model predictive control: A system for embedding real-time Model Predictive Control (MPC) in a System-on-a-Chip (SoC) devices is provided. In the system, a microprocessor is connected to an auxiliary unit or application-specific matrix coprocessor. The microprocessor can control the operation of the MPC algorithm, i.e., carry out the tasks of input/output for the... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080097626 - Configuration methodology for validation industries: An automation control system can be efficiently developed and maintained as a hierarchical arrangement of configured components that pass process control parameters received from a control component and return reports back to the control component. In particular, control components compare a current configuration to a validated, saved configuration in order... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097628 - Automatic fault tuning: System(s) and procedure(s) facilitate monitoring of devices and automatic adjustment of fault timing parameters. A fault tuning component is embedded within a control module involved in a batch operation. The component executes a configurable tuning method that allows one or more devices to automatically tune fault timers. The fault tuning... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097629 - Unit module state processing enhancements: A system is provided to facilitate state processing in an industrial control environment. The system includes a unit module to process components in an industrial control facility. A status component associated with the unit module provides present state information for the components.... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097630 - patterns employed for module design: The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate constructing automation applications for utilization in an industrial automation environment. A design template component can provide a design template to yield a modular, hierarchical framework for an application. Further, a design pattern table can include a library of design patterns,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097631 - Home network system: The present invention discloses a home network system (1) which can provide an efficient address system for home appliances by using a dynamic address field selectively including at least two different kinds of logical address codes. The home network system (1) includes at least one slave device (40), and a... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20080097632 - Handheld device, integrated circuit and methods for playing sponsor information with the playback of program content: A handheld device includes a memory that stores a digitally formatted file, the digitally formatted file having a first portion that includes program content and a second portion that includes sponsor information. A playback module, coupled to the memory, plays the digitally formatted file by generating an analog audio signal... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080097622 - Extensible manufacturing/process control information portal server: A manufacturing/process control system information access provider architecture is disclosed. Manufacturing/process control system data provider flexibility is achieved through a user-configurable manufacturing/process control information portal server that comprises multiple selectable data provides (sources) and/or data types that a particular data provider accommodates. A user configures the portal server to deliver... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080097621 - Graphical automated machine control and metrology: A graphical programming system allows a user to place geometric shapes onto a scaled image, the shape having associated behavior that operates on the image or on the object of which the image is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the shapes are objects in the Visio program by Microsoft Corporation.... Agent: Michael O. Scheinberg

20080097627 - Monitoring method of processing state and processing unit: The present invention is a monitoring method of monitoring a change of a processing state of an object to be processed when a predetermined process is conducted to the object to be processed by using a processing unit. The method includes: a step of respectively setting constant response variables for... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080097633 - Beat matching systems: Beat detection in audio streams for various applications: (i) to encourage desired athletic parameters, such as target or current heart rate, during training or workout by adjusting tempo of accompanying music; (ii) to monitor operating conditions of mechanical devices which inherently include vibrations; (iii) to synchronize audio play-out beat rate... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080097634 - Digital filter device: A digital filter device that filters a digital sound signal input to an input terminal and outputs an output digital signal from an output terminal, has a peak value controlling circuit compares a first gain multiplier value and a second gain multiplier value with each other, and replaces a filter... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080097635 - 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

20080097636 - Automated systems and methods employing attribute-based binding and configurable rules for selection of run time equipment: The subject invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating automated manufacturing processes in an industrial controller environment, wherein a system is provided for automated industrial processing in one aspect. The system includes a processor that determines a plurality of attributes of a class-based recipe in order to facilitate various... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080097637 - Application of abnormal event detection (aed) technology to polymers process: The present invention is a method and system for detecting an abnormal event for process units of a Polymers Unit. The method compares the operation of the process units to statistical, engineering or heuristic models. The statistical models are developed by principle components analysis of the normal operation for these... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20080097638 - Temperature control system for food items: A program comprises a code for implementing a method for regulating the temperature of an environment containing a product when the program is run in a computer system. The method includes measuring an environment temperature; detecting a product temperature; comparing the product temperature with a reference temperature; and varying the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080097639 - Remote multipoint monitoring and timeline analysis equipment: The equipment is comprised of three different modules, to with: control unit (UC), one or more retransmission units (HUBs) and, sensor units (Uss) with sensors. Initially, the device is meant for automated, real time analysis of time lines of manufacturing processes where there is interaction between operators and machines in... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080097640 - Semiconductor equipment control system and method: A semiconductor equipment control system and method is provided. The semiconductor equipment control system preferably includes semiconductor equipment having a process recipe stored therein and a host connected to the semiconductor equipment through a network. The host preferably includes a database in which a reference recipe is stored and is... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.C.

20080097641 - Interconnect structure of semiconductor integrated circuit, and design method and device therefor: A method for designing an interconnect structure of an interconnect layer in a semiconductor integrated circuit device includes the steps of: (a) inputting layout data of the semiconductor integrated circuit device; (b) controlling an air gap exclusion area based interconnects in the layout data; and (c) outputting layout data including... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080097642 - System and well as procedure for the organization of work pieces which can be worked on: A system and method provides computer-assisted organization of workpieces to be processed in a production process, wherein the workpiece in question is subjected to at least one processing, preferably to a plurality of different processings. A workpiece position is assigned to each workpiece, and at least one, preferably several, workpiece... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080097643 - Combined mailing streams: A method including assembling printed products to form a first mail stream on a finishing line, providing a second mail stream of printed products to the finishing line, and combining the first and second mail streams on the finishing line.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080097644 - Ball robot: Ball robot comprising a shell, a diametric main axle, at least one pendulum, and a drive mechanism comprising at least two drive motors, wherein the drive motors are arranged on the pendulum(s) in the vicinity of the inner surface of the shell. There is also provided a ball robot with... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080097646 - Calibration of a substrate handling robot: A method of calibrating a robot in a processing system is provided. The method includes removably coupling a distance sensor to an end effector of the robot and causing the distance sensor to measure a distance from the sensor to a substrate support. Then it is determined whether the distance... Agent: Christopher R. Christenson Westman, Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080097645 - System and method for determining the location of a machine: A system is employed for defining a position (location) of a receiving element inside an area surrounded by a wire loop, along the perimeter (a perimeter wire loop), of a work area or other bounded area. In particular, the system can determine whether the receiver is inside or outside the... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080097647 - Liquid processing apparatus, liquid processing method, computer program, and storage medium: The feature of the present invention is to enhance the throughput of manufacturing semiconductor wafers and/or liquid crystal substrates, by reducing the time required for performing a rinsing process. In this invention, the position of an object to be processed is controlled, such that a distance (L1) between the surface... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080097648 - Control system for a reciprocating object: The present invention is related to a control system of the reciprocating object comprising a microprocessor (01), a reciprocating mode control circuit (02), a reciprocating travel control circuit (03), a power supply circuit (04) and a motor driving circuit (05), with the microprocessor (01) provided with matrix type on-off signal... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080097649 - Process control methodologies for biofuel appliance: Apparatus for controlling the operation of a biomass stove utilizes three proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers as part of a closed loop to control the fuel feed rate, the convection fan speed and the combustion fan speed. The first loop controls room temperature, the second loop controls the convection fan... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080097650 - Process control methodologies for biofuel appliance: Apparatus for controlling the operation of a biomass stove utilizes three proportional integral derivative (PID) controllers as part of a closed loop to control the fuel feed rate, the convection fan speed and the combustion fan speed. The first loop controls room temperature, the second loop controls the convection fan... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20080097651 - Method of verifying proper installation of a zoned hvac system: A method and control is provided wherein the sensors in a plurality of zones are properly associated with the dampers associated for each of the zones after installation. A technician goes to each zone and sends a signal from the sensor, and the control then makes a change at the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080097652 - System for positioning a control element: A system is provided for positioning a control element. The control unit positions the control element. A limit signal transmitter monitors achievement of an expected position of the control element. The control unit and the limit signal transmitter are each electrically powered separately from each other. A sensor for sensing... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080097653 - Computer controlled fertigation system and method: A system and a method of computer controlled irrigation and fertigation composed of one or more sensors positioned in order to quantify the amount of water and/or nutrients that a plant is consuming. By controlling the fertigation, the plant or a part thereof, has improved yield and quality.... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20080097654 - Method and system for controlling irrigation using computed evapotranspiration values: A system for providing irrigation control is provided. The system includes a number of non-local data sources for providing data, a processor and an irrigation system. The processor is configured to receive data from one or more of the non-local data sources and calculate an evapotranspiration (ET) value for an... Agent: Hydropoint Data Systems

20080097655 - Method and system to provide a distributed local energy production system with high-voltage dc bus: A method and system to provide a distributed local energy production system with high-voltage DC bus is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a management unit to be interconnected via a network bus to a set of link modules, each link module coupled to a separate local energy production... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20080097656 - Method, system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames: A method and system and calibration technique for power measurement and management over multiple time frames provides responsive power control while meeting global system power consumption and power dissipation limits. Power output of one or more system power supplies is measured and processed to produce power values over multiple differing... Agent: Ibm Corporation (mh) C/o Mitch Harris, Attorney At Law, L.L.C.

20080097657 - Method and system for wafer temperature control: Systems and methods for controlling the temperature of a wafer are disclosed. These systems and methods may employ a back side wafer pressure control system (BSWPC) that includes subsystems and a controller operable in tandem to control the temperature of wafers in one or more process chambers. The subsystems may... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080091278 - Freight elevator door control utilizing serial communication: A freight elevator door installation including a plurality of vertically sliding landing doors and a vertically sliding car gate, each landing door and said gate being power driven by an associated electrically energized operator, serial communication slave hardware for each landing, and serial communication slave hardware on the car, a... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080091282 - Controller and method of controlling an apparatus: In the field of electronic or computerized control apparatuses, known methods of compensating for disturbance signals rely on less than ideal analytical or empirical models. There is provided a controller (200) or method of controlling which observes and learns the correlation between various measured signals and automatically learns how to... Agent: Sadler, Breen, Marasch & Colby, Ps

20080091283 - Brownfield workflow and production forecast tool: Computer-based method and system are disclosed for conduction a brownfield assessment. The system/method involves a workflow manager that standardizes the tasks needed to be performed during the brownfield assessment and streamlines the completion of these tasks. The workflow manager incorporates expert knowledge and best practices identified over time for previous... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20080091287 - Flexible multichannel outputs for dual audio decode: A system and method for flexibly outputting audio from a plurality of programs to the particular outputs that are desired for each audio stream. This routing flexibility enables the audio system to operate in a variety of configured usage modes, wherein each usage mode identifies the routing of each audio... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20080091288 - Methods and apparatus for embedding codes in compressed audio data streams: Methods and apparatus for embedding codes in compressed audio data streams are disclosed. An example method to embed a code in a compressed audio data stream disclosed herein comprises obtaining a plurality of transform coefficients comprising the compressed audio data stream, wherein the plurality of transform coefficients is represented by... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080091286 - Off-stage control of on-stage digital audio processing: A digital processing stage-box that may be placed on stage to process audio input from on-stage audio input devices and generate output to audio output devices for playback to an audience. The on-stage audio input and output devices may be connected to the digital processing stage-box using an analog or... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/apple Inc.

20080091279 - Installation and method for a configuration of a control system: The disadvantages known to occur in prior art methods during the configuration of a control system are overcome by the device of the present invention in that the I/O access points (3) in the model configuration field (4), the hardware functionalities (5) in the function configuration field (6), and the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080091280 - Stage command autostop: The present system teaches an autostop system for a stage control system in which some of all of the device implemented effects associated with a production may be automatically stopped when certain conditions exist. The conditions causing the effects to stop may be configurable by the show creator to prevent... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris

20080091281 - Method for the monitoring and control of a process: A method for process control, said method comprising: (a) providing a computational fluid dynamics model of a first process, (b) inputting to the computational fluid dynamics model data on the feed to said first process, said data representing the situation at an initial time t0, such that the model generates... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080091284 - Device operation control device and method thereof: Appropriate operation control over appliances is provided depending on the status of the user and the appliances. An appliance status acquisition unit 101 acquires the operating status of appliances used by a user and a user status acquisition unit 102 acquires user information related to the user. An appliance status... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080091285 - System and method for controlling access to local services without losing failover capibility: A system and method are provided for controlling access to local electronic devices in an automation network while maintaining failover capability. The method can include the operation of setting a state of a networked device to an online state. Another operation is sending a communication from the networked device to... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080091289 - Scheduling system and work order scheduling protocol for such a system: A scheduling system (DPS) for planning and scheduling production in an industrial production system (CL), which scheduled production is to be executed by the production system (CL) under the control of a manufacturing execution system (MES), wherein: —said scheduling system is a multi-agent scheduling system (DPS); —at least a part... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080091290 - Substrate processing method and storage medium having program stored therein: First feedforward calculation is executed when a preprocessing surface profile is measured and a processing chamber with its processing parameter value having been obtained through the first feedforward calculation judged to be within an allowable range is determined. Wafer transfer is executed only in conjunction with a processing chamber having... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080091291 - Systems and methods for tracking the composition of distilled spirits in production and storage: Systems, methods, and apparatus for propagating distilled spirit composition throughout production are disclosed. The composition of distilled spirits in each of a plurality of containers is tracked. A first distilled spirit from a first container in the plurality of containers is blended with a second distilled spirit from a second... Agent: Jones Day

20080091292 - Methods and a device for the regulation of the web tension in a multi-web system: The tension of a web in a multi-web system is regulated. At least two webs initially run through a first processing step independently of each other and are subsequently combined with each other to form one resultant web strand. The web tensions of these two initially independent webs are adjusted... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20080091293 - 90 degree ply placement system and method: A method of placing a 90 degree ply on a separate 0 degree material includes providing 90 degree ply from a 90 degree ply material source; moving the 90 degree ply in a 90 degree ply carrier to a position over the 0 degree material; removing the 90 degree ply... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080091294 - Electrical motor drive and method for operating such electrical motor drive: A compensation of cyclical interferences occurring during operation of motor controlled by an electrical motor drive comprising the controllable motor and a speed governor, wherein a position determiner is provided for continuously determining a position of said motor, responsive to a position signal indicative of said position of said motor... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080091295 - Cnc machine tool and integrated machine tool controller incorporating 3d and up to 8-axes real time interactive tool compensation: A CNC machine tool deflection compensation system integrated in a CNC machine tool Controller for providing continuous, accurate, real-time compensation for unintended and/or undesired X, Y and/or Z-axis coordinate deflections from a preprogrammed path of tool movement in an X, Y-axis coordinate plane, and methods for carrying out same, so... Agent: Gary John Corey

20080091296 - Method for positioning axes in machine tools: In a method for positioning machine axes in machine tools, a numerical control converts setpoint positions of a tool, predefined in workpiece coordinates, into setpoint positions of machine axes based on a kinematic chain defined by a kinematic table. In this context, transformations of the coordinates are indicated in the... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080091297 - 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

20080091298 - Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software: Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software. In one embodiment, a mail processing device uses the sorter application software to communicate with an identification code server. In this embodiment, different types of mail processing devices... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080091299 - Weighing and packaging system and setting input device for product processing system: A weighing and packaging system includes a weighing unit, a packaging unit, a dropping path, a display unit, a determination unit and a display control unit. The dropping path is disposed between the weighing unit and the packaging unit. The display unit includes a display screen to display an image... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080091300 - Robotic system with distributed integrated modular avionics across system segments: A robotic system includes a plurality of robotic elements, each having at least one processing component, at least one memory component, and an I/O interface; and a virtual backplane coupling the plurality of robotic elements.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080091302 - Device and methods of improving laparoscopic surgery: An improved interface between the surgeon and an endoscope system for laparoscopic surgery, holding a laparoscopic came and/or controlling an automated endoscope assistant includes at least one wireless transmitter with at least one operating key (12a). at least one wireless receiver (11), at least one conventional laparoscopy computerized system (15)... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080091301 - System and a method for controlling movements of an industrial robot: A system and a method for controlling movements of an industrial robot during a work cycle including visiting and performing work on a plurality of workstations in a work cell. The system includes a set of predefined workstations. Each workstation includes preprogrammed robot code adapted to the workstation, an entry... Agent: Venable LLP

20080091303 - Cleaning robot and method for controlling the same: A cleaning robot may be provided having a case and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly may include a sensor hole having a first opening provided at an outer surface of the case and a second opening provided inwardly of the first opening, with respect to a center of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080091305 - Coverage robot mobility: An autonomous coverage robot includes a drive system, a bump sensor, and a proximity sensor. The drive system is configured to maneuver the robot according to a heading (turn) setting and a speed setting. The bump sensor is responsive to a collision of the robot with an obstacle in a... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080091304 - Navigating autonomous coverage robots: A method of navigating an autonomous coverage robot between bounded areas includes positioning a navigation beacon in a gateway between adjoining first and second bounded areas. The beacon configured to transmit a gateway marking emission across the gateway. The method also includes placing the coverage robot within the first bounded... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080091306 - Apparatus and method for pressure fluctuation insensitive mass flow control: A mass flow controller includes a thermal mass flow sensor in combination with a pressure sensor to provide a mass flow controller that is relatively insensitive to fluctuations in input pressure. The pressure sensor and thermal sensor respectively provide signals to an electronic controller indicating the measured inlet flow rate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080091307 - Calculating an et value for an irrigation area: A method of method of calculating an ET value for an irrigation area is disclosed. The method includes a weather parameter measurement system collecting at least one weather parameter of a weather parameter area, the at least one weather parameter of the weather parameter area providing a representation of weather... Agent: Hydro Point Data Systems, Inc.

20080091308 - Devices, systems, and methods for adaptive rf sensing in arc fault detection: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method, which can comprise automatically generating an output signal responsive to an input signal. The input signal can be indicative of an arc fault. The output signal can be configured to cause an electrical circuit to open. The output signal can be generated responsive to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080086219 - System and method for coordinating remote response services: A system for coordinating remote response services, such as emergency services for safeguarding populations during environmental and other disasters, such as storms, floods, fire in order to ensure that resources are appropriately allocated and emergencies dealt with. The system comprises a host computing system and a number of remote computing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080086220 - Machine-tool controller: Machine-tool controller (1) having: a drive control unit (13) controlling, based on moving-body operational commands, feed-mechanism actuation to control moving-body move-to points; a modeling data storage (15) storing moving-body and structural-element modeling data; and a screen display processor (20) for generating, based on the moving-body move-to points, data modeling the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080086221 - Machine-tool controller: Machine-tool controller (1) has a screen display processor (19), and a movement-status recognition processor (18) that defines for modeled structural elements interference-risk regions obtained by displacing outwards the structural elements' outer geometry, then generates data modeling post-movement moving bodies to check whether the they would intrude into any interference-risk region,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080086222 - Intelligent electronic device having audible and visual interface: An intelligent electronic device having an audible and visual interface for providing audible and visual instructions to a user in an event of an alarm or trouble indication in the electrical power system. The intelligent electronic device includes at least one sensor configured for measuring at least one power parameter... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080086223 - System and method for evaluating a baseball player: A system for evaluating a baseball player combines data from a proprietary database and graphical evaluation tools of the player's performance. The database contains certified content data from professional scouts for each baseball player. The graphical evaluation tools include Hot Zone and Pitch Zone grids with ratings for each of... Agent: Akc Patents

20080086225 - Audio converting and playing device: An audio converting and playing device includes a power amplifier host and a converter. The power amplifier host includes a body coupled to an amplifier speaker. Both sides of the body respectively form a sliding groove. Multiple signal input connectors are mounted on the body. The converter forms an open... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080086226 - Internet enabled voice communication: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method and/or system for enabling voice communication over an Internet Protocol.... Agent: Berkeley Law & Technology Group, LLP

20080086227 - System and method for providing audio content to a person: Described herein is a serving tray that includes a removable cartridge that houses an audio player. In a preferred embodiment, the serving tray includes an item supporting portion having a periphery, and a wall extending upwardly from at least a portion of the periphery of the item supporting portion. In... Agent: Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP

20080086224 - Triple- double index rating and classification system: A method of rating and classifying players of a game comprising the steps of: evaluating a players rebounding proficiency to provide a rebounds per game for a player; evaluating a players shooting proficiency to provide a points per game for a player; evaluating a players passing proficiency to provide assists... Agent: Meredith & Keyhani, Pllc

20080086228 - Method of optimizing process recipe of substrate processing system: The present invention is a method of optimizing a process recipe of a substrate processing system including: a substrate processing apparatus that performs a film deposition process of a substrate to be processed according to a process recipe; a data processing unit that executes a calculation for optimizing the process... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080086229 - Substrate processing system: There are provided at least one or more of substrate processing apparatuses that process a substrate, and a group management device connected to each substrate processing apparatus, so that the group management device monitors an operation state of the substrate processing apparatus, thereby grasping a timing of updating a program... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080086230 - Apparatus for creating a turning program: One element is taken from a machined shape. When the element is a straight line element, whether or not the distance D between the start point and the end point of the element in a direction orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the workpiece is equal to or greater... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080086231 - System for storing tool assemblies: A system includes a rail unit, which is provided in the space defined above an automatic palletizing line, a moving unit which moves along the rail unit, a driver for moving the moving unit, and a plurality of tool hangers, which are hung on and supported by the moving unit... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080086232 - Mail sorter system and method for productivity optimization through precision scheduling: A mail sorting system, method, and software product are provided for transitioning from an earlier phase to a later phase of mail sortation. Information acquired during the earlier phase is used in order to calculate, while continuing the earlier phase, a transition time. At the transition time, there would be... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080086233 - Apparatus and methods for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software: Apparatus and methods consistent with the present invention provide for processing mailpiece information in a mail processing device using sorter application software. In one embodiment, a mail processing device uses the sorter application software to communicate with an identification code server. In this embodiment, different types of mail processing devices... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080086234 - Fuel dispenser using intelligent intermediaries: A fueling-station information-processing network is disclosed for a fueling station that comprises one or more fuel-dispenser stations each of which comprises one or more fuel dispensers for controlling transfer of fuel purchased by a customer from a fuel vendor's fuel-storage tank to the customer's fuel reservoir. The fueling-station information-processing network... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP 111 E. Wayne Street

20080086235 - Method for controlling access to and segregating dispensed items: A method for controlling access to and segregating items dispensed from a vending machine having a stock of said items, said method comprising: vending an item only when a control procedure is satisfied; storing a record indicating said vended item has been dispensed; if said vended item is not distributable... Agent: Howard Ip Law Group

20080086236 - Mobile robot and controller for same: A mobile robot includes a radio communication unit; a radio environment detector detecting plural types of radio environment data indicating the degree of goodness of radio environment, a comprehensive radio environment data being calculated from results of weighting the plural types of radio environment data with predetermined weights; a self-position... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080086237 - Redundantable robot assembly for workpiece transfer: A redundantable robotic mechanism is disclosed for improving reliability of tranport equipment. The redundantable robot assembly typically comprises independent robots with separate controls, motors, linkage arms, or power, thus providing the capability of operation even if parts of the assembly are not operational or when parts of the assembly are... Agent: Tue Nguyen

20080086238 - Brush control system and method on a washing brush installation for cleaning vehicles: The brush control system in a washing brush installation for vehicles comprises a first means (5) of control of the rotation speed and torque of a first actuation motor (2) for the rotation of at least one brush (1) of said installation, directly or indirectly connected with a second means... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080086239 - Method for voltage instability load shedding using local measurements: A method of voltage instability load shedding, that includes the steps of measuring current and voltage waveforms of an electrical system at a local bus estimating the Thevenin equivalent admittance based on Kalman Filter techniques, then a voltage stability margin index is calculated using the voltage magnitude. The determined Thevenin... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, Pllc

20080082179 - Eye guard with voice indication: An eye guard with voice indication is provided, and it includes an eye guard body, a filter, a display device and a voice output device. The display device is mounted inside the eye guard body to display a circumstance value or operating condition information. Furthermore, the voice output device is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080082182 - Adaptive control device, image forming apparatus, and recording medium: An adaptive control device includes an identifier and a feedforward controller. The identifier estimates an unknown coefficient in a discrete-time transfer function model of a controlled object to identify the discrete-time transfer function model. Estimation is performed based on a manipulated variable supplied to the controlled object and a controlled... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080082183 - Building automation system with automated component selection for minimum energy consumption: A software module for a building automation system includes a plurality of software modules. A first module is configured to compute energy consumption characteristics of a building. A second module is configured to determine at least one alternate hardware configuration for the building, and to provide an estimated performance level... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20080082185 - Hmi views of modules for industrial control systems: A human machine interface (HMI) interface for an industrial automation system is provided. A module is provided that employs resources and logic to expose functionality of the module while providing generic interfaces to external components of the module. A human machine interface (HMI) component associated with the module adapts functionality... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080082186 - Module and controller operation for industrial control systems: A controller and module for an industrial automation system is provided. A logical module employs resources and logic to expose functionality of the module while providing generic interfaces to external components of the module. A controller is operable with the logical module to provide interactions with components that are at,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080082188 - Audio player and related method capable of saving memory space: An audio player includes a logic block, an encoder, a first memory, and a decoder. The logic block has a first output end and a second output end. The logic block is used for determining whether to encode an audio signal or not, and outputting the audio signal at the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080082189 - Method and apparatus for processing digital audio signal and related computer program: Every extreme value in an audio waveform represented by a digital audio signal having a sequence of samples is detected. A number of samples between samples corresponding to the first and second latest extreme values is detected. A corrective value is generated in response to the detected sample number and... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20080082187 - Systems, devices, and methods for remote access: A first computer is remotely accessed by a second computer. Sound output is generated at the first computer, but is selectively muted at the first computer and transmitted to, and output at, the second computer.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP

20080082190 - Software architecture for engineering analysis framework for semiconductor manufacturing: An engineering analysis system may provide an engineering analysis framework that operates both with an engineering analysis application and the databases that include the data to be analyzed. The framework includes a plurality of components which may be used in different combinations in different situations.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20080082192 - Method and system for designing smooth surfaces for vehicle parts: The invention relates to a method and system for designing a smooth surface (13) for a vehicle part, such as the hull of an aircraft, covering an area of its body (11) organized around an axis X, comprising the following steps: Providing data indicating the profile, area and the position... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080082178 - Method for operating a field bus network system having a ring topology and a corresponding field bus network system: A method is provided for operating a field bus network system having a ring topology, which has a master unit and a plurality of slave units, which are connected by a field bus in a ring topology. The method includes transmission of a data message by the master unit to... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080082180 - Wireless communication of process measurements: A method and device or monitoring parameters in a process reduces power consumption and bandwidth requirements in the transmission of the monitored parameter to for example, a monitoring application. In particular, new monitoring parameter values are only transmitted if the difference between a measured or calculated parameter value and the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082181 - Statistical signatures used with multivariate analysis for steady-state detection in a process: Methods and systems to detect steady-state operations in a process of a process plant include collecting process data. The collected process data is generated from a plurality of process variables of the process. A multivariate statistical model of the operation of the process is generated using the process data. The... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082184 - Safety instrumentation system and plant safety system: An instruction converting unit converts the data form of an instruction of an operation received by a receiving unit to the data form of a safety instrumentation system from the data form of a plant control system. An operation carrying out unit receives the instruction of the operation obtained by... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080082191 - System and method for drawing and manufacturing bent pipes: Novel systems and methods of using a bent-tube object in a drawing file include entering a custom bent-tube object in a drawing file, and using the bent-tube object to generate bender driver data. In a particular method, the step of entering the custom bent-tube object in the drawing file includes... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080082193 - Methods and apparatus to generate schedules to execute functions in a process control system: Example methods and apparatus to generate schedules to execute functions in a process control system are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a first interface configured to identify a first function associated with a process control routine. The example apparatus also includes a sub-schedule generator configured to generate a first... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20080082194 - On-line multivariate analysis in a distributed process control system: A method and system for monitoring a process in a process plant includes collecting data from a process control system within the process plant, where the data is representative of a normal operation of the process when the process is on-line and operating normally, performing a multivariate statistical analysis to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082195 - Univariate method for monitoring and analysis of multivariate data: A method and system of monitoring multivariate process data in a process plant, where the multivariate process data comprises a plurality of process variables each having a plurality of observations, includes defining each process variable as a process variable vector comprising a set of observation components, where the set of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20080082196 - Manufacturing system and method: An automated manufacturing system, intermediate control device for implementation in such a system, and method of performing a manufacturing operation are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the automated manufacturing system includes a first sensor that provides a first output signal, a first controllable device, and a first process controller... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc. / Whd Attention: Susan M. Donahue

20080082197 - Global predictive monitoring system for a manufacturing facility: A global predictive monitoring system for a manufacturing facility. The system may be employed in an integrated circuit (IC) device fabrication facility to monitor processing of semiconductor wafers. The system may include deployment of a swarm of individually separate agents running in computers in the facility. Each agent may comprise... Agent: Okamoto & Benedicto, LLP

20080082198 - Method of operating a papermaking process: A method of operating a papermaking process containing a press section with at least one press nip is disclosed. The method comprises simultaneously performing the following steps: (a) providing a press media for said papermaking process that has a MFP size that is less than the MFP size of a... Agent: Nalco Company

20080082199 - System for determining array sequence of plurality of processing operations: A method and system for determining an array sequence of processing operations to maximize the efficiency of steel plate processing. Between two processing operations, a first sequence constraint based on a first attribute of each processing operation and a second sequence constraint based on a second attribute of each processing... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080082200 - Device for estimating machining dimension of machine tool: A device for estimating machining dimensions of a machine tool which employs tool members each being rotatably driven by a driving unit includes: a vibration sensor; a characteristics extracting unit for extracting amounts of characteristics from an output of the vibration sensor; a neural network for classifying the amounts of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080082201 - Processing method of workpieces using combined processing machines: Plural combined processing machines perform various processes to workpieces W. The combined processing machines are arranged in a processing line according to a volume of products of the workpieces, operating time of the combined processing machines and a tact time to complete processing one of the workpieces. Each combined processing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080082202 - Machining control method and machining information generating method for machine tool: To provide a method to carry out complicated surface machining such as graining or the like without decreasing machining accuracy and machining efficiency. In a machine tool including a main spindle head capable of relatively moving in three perpendicular directions with respect to a workpiece and an additional spindle being... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080082203 - Numerical controller: A spindle is subjected to speed control and contour control according to a path table in which the speed and the position of the spindle are stored in association with a time. A switchover command for starting a contour control during speed control and a time La at which the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080082204 - Building lumber package assembly method and system: A system for assembling a building lumber package includes a lumber sorter sequentially receiving a plurality of boards of different dimensions and selectively placing boards into a plurality of bins, a computer programmed to receive a list of different dimension lumber, to designate one or more bins for accumulating the... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080082205 - Logistical system and method for controlling flow of postal mail in real-time: A method and system for controlling the flow of postal mail in real-time are provided. The logistical system includes a pre-application processing system, a real-time mail planning and adjusting system, and a real-time working planning and performing system. The pre-application processing system registers bulk mail inputted in a generating system... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080082206 - Automated conveying system: An automated control system is described for a conveying system including an input conveyor supplying a product, a segmented output conveyor delivering a product in a pattern, and one or more synchronizing conveyors disposed between the input conveyor and the output conveyor. The control system comprises a plurality of product... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20080082207 - Coin deposit and dispensing apparatus: A coin dispensing apparatus (100) has a cabinet (102) serving as an apparatus housing for said apparatus (100). The apparatus further has a controller and at least one dispenser for coins to be dispensed. The apparatus is adapted to dispense a specific composition of coins, under control by the controller,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080082208 - Method, apparatus, and medium for controlling mobile device based on image of real space including the mobile device: Provided is a method, apparatus, and medium for controlling a mobile device based on the image of a real space including the mobile device, more particularly, a method and apparatus for moving a mobile device based on the image of a real space photographed by a remote control of a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080082209 - Robot actuator and robot actuating method: A robot actuator and a robot actuating method. In the robot actuator, when an input part detects an external stimulus signal according to a user's contact, a control part receives the detected external stimulus signal to create sensor data. The control part determines an output reaction, and an output actuator... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080082210 - Management ship and working robots in waters based on wireless network and working robot control method thereof: Provided are a management ship and working robots in waters based on a wireless network and a method for controlling working robots thereof. The robot-ship group includes: a signal strength measuring unit for measuring strengths of pre-defined signals; and a working robot control unit for determining which of the first... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080082212 - Programmable controller: While a microcomputer 100A is executing a self-diagnosis (A), second diagnosis pulse output means 110B of a B-system microcomputer 100B is not used utterly. Further, during this time, the B-system microcomputer 100B does not execute a processing relating to at least the self-diagnosis (A) utterly. By shifting the timings for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080082211 - Remote presence display through remotely controlled robot: A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The robot and remote station contain monitors, cameras, speakers and microphones that allow for two-way videoconferencing between a physician at the remote station and a patient in the vicinity of the robot. The system also includes a patient monitor... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20080082213 - Workpiece picking apparatus: A workpiece picking apparatus includes a robot, a workpiece recognition device for recognizing the workpieces located in a wide area, an accurate measurement device for accurately measuring the three-dimensional position of the workpiece, a workpiece select device for selecting the workpiece to be picked, and an NG workpiece storage device... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080082214 - Method for animating a robot: A method for animating a robotic device utilizes 3D modeling and animation tools and techniques. The method begins with creating a digital three-dimensional model of the robotic device. Using the digital three-dimensional model, one or more digital animations for the robotic device are created. These digital animations are converted into... Agent: Meyer Unkovic & Scott LLP

20080082215 - Method and apparatus for enhancing operation of a fluid transport pipeline: The present application is directed to an apparatus and method of managing transport of fluid commodities in a pipeline network. The method includes obtaining operational settings, which include equipment settings and measured parameters, associated with a pipeline network as a fluid commodity is transported through the pipeline network. From the... Agent: Exxonmobil Research & Engineering Company

20080082216 - System and method for the detection of regenerated ac voltage: A system and method are presented to detect and account for regenerated voltage in a three phase power source failures. The method involves monitoring a power source for phase voltage unbalances to determine the presence of a single phase failure. If the voltage unbalance caused by the single phase failure... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20080082217 - Cooking apparatus with temperature display unit and method of controlling the same: Disclosed are a cooking apparatus and a method of controlling the same, which are capable of easily recognizing change in temperature of one of an oven and a cooktop through change in color corresponding to the temperature change at a position remote from the cooking apparatus, and which are capable... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080082218 - Cooling compressor intake air: Cooling air provided to a compressor air inlet such that water vapor in the inlet air condenses to lower a moisture content of the air provided to the compressor.... Agent: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC

20080082219 - Heat sink system management: In one embodiment, a computing system comprises one or more processors and a memory module communicatively connected to the one or more processors. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed on the one or more processors configure the one or more processors to activate a primary heat sink... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company