Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 06/08

20080154387 - Management system for managing a use status of a device: A management system that manages a use status of a plurality of devices that are connected a plurality of power supply systems provided in a facility to be used, includes a plurality of reporting apparatuses attached to the devices, and a management apparatus, wherein each of the reporting apparatuses includes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154388 - Automation system: An automation system includes at least one device that detects measured values and is connected to a automated process, at least one field device connected to the at least one device detecting measured values, and a master computer connected to the at least one field device. In order to simplify... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080154389 - Method and system for performing invasive medical procedures using a surgical robot: A method and system for performing invasive procedures includes a surgical robot which is controlled by a guidance system that uses time of flight calculations from RF transmitters embedded in the robot, surgical instrument, and patient anatomy. Sensors around the room detect RF transmissions emitted by the RF transmitters and... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20080154391 - Mobile apparatus, and control method thereof, control program and supervisory system therefor: A mobile apparatus or the like capable of moving or acting by avoiding contact with an object, such as a person, while reducing the possibility of inducing a change of the behavior of the object. It is determined whether or not there is a first spatial element Q1 that satisfies... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080154390 - Predicting reactant production in a fuel cell system: A technique includes providing a mathematical model of reactant production by a reactant processor of a fuel cell system. The technique also includes during a time period in which the fuel cell system is continuously operating, adapting the model based on feedback received from the fuel cell system and controlling... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080154392 - Operating time reducing method, operating time reducing apparatus, program and component mounter: An operating time reducing method in which a processing procedure of a component mounting order determination method can be changed depending on the type of an operation loss that affects a component mounting time for mounting components onto the board is an operating time reducing method for a component mounter,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080154393 - Scada system with instant messaging: A system for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) comprising: a remote terminal unit associated with a site; a SCADA hub in communication with the remote terminal unit; and at least one user station removed from the SCADA hub, the remote terminal unit being operable to: identify a change in... Agent: Simon Kahn - Pyi Tech, Ltd. C/o Landonip, Inc

20080154394 - Bathroom environment remote controller: Abstract of the disclosure A remote controller sets up an environment of a bathroom. Water temperature, smell and bathtub function are set with convenience, A person in the bathroom thus feels comfort and relaxed in a bathing.... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080154395 - Device: The present invention relates to an actuator (2) for controlling and observing functions of a machine, comprising two or more hand-operated control members (3-8), functional display elements connected to each control member. Each of said hand-operated control members (3-8) are arranged to control one or more functions included in different... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080154397 - Centralized management unit and management system of facility equipment: There is provided a compact centralized management unit of facility equipment, as well as a management system using the centralized management unit, that is capable of accommodating changes in data transmission simply and at low cost. The centralized management unit has an input-side interface connected to the facility equipment, an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080154396 - Home electrical device control within a wireless mesh network: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for associating a first node in a mesh network with an electrical device, wherein the electrical device comprises a home control device, enabling the mesh network to perform channel adjustment, transmitting data through the mesh network between the first node... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080154399 - Plant control system, monitoring operation device, and plant monitoring program: A plant control system includes a monitoring operation device and a centralized management device. The monitoring operation device comprises a calling unit which transmits a transmission request of a maintenance screen data of a control program to the management device, a maintenance screen generation unit which generates a maintenance screen... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154398 - Portable device for convergence and automation solution: A convergence and automation system (CAS) includes an internet-protocol (IP) based network implemented with a web service for devices (WSD) protocol, devices connected to the network, each configured to perform at least one service, a server implemented with the WSD protocol, connected to the network and configured to control the... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20080154405 - Audio system: An audio system includes a microprocessor, a digital/analog converter, an amplifier circuit, a feedback circuit, a switch circuit, and an output interface. The digital/analog converter converts digital audio signals from the microprocessor to analog audio signals. The amplifier circuit amplifies the analog audio signals. The feedback circuit controls the amplitude... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080154408 - Communication system and its method and communication apparatus and its method: This invention relates to a communication system including a first apparatus having a first storage medium, and a second apparatus for transmitting data to the first apparatus, the second apparatus comprising: a second storage medium for storing management information of data to be transferred to the first storage medium; communication... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154404 - Disposable media player: A portable media player has controlling circuitry, a memory, and a non-rechargeable battery built into the media player's housing such that the battery cannot be removed, replaced, or detached without damaging the media player or otherwise rendering it inoperable. The portable media player may protect multimedia content, for example, by... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080154402 - Efficient background audio encoding in a real time system: Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for efficient background encoding/trancoding in a real time multimedia system. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for encoding/trancoding audio data. The method comprises decoding a first audio frame; executing at least one encoding task on a second audio frame, said at... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080154401 - Method and system for content sampling and identification: A method and system for content sampling (106) and identification is presented. A data stream is recorded, and samples of the stream are identified. Samples (106) can be initially taken at random for identification. Once a sample (106) is identified and segmented within the data stream, the next time to... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.l.p

20080154403 - Methods and apparatus for acoustic model based soundtracks: A system provides a model for use within a digital environment. The model comprises at least one music segment, and supplies music for the digital environment. The system identifies a location within the digital environment. The location requires at least one music segment supplied by the model. The system selects... Agent: Barry W. Chapin, Esq. Chapin Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20080154407 - Pre-processing individual audio items in a media project in order to improve real-time processing of the media project: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method of processing audio data while creating a media presentation. The media presentation includes several audio streams. The method processes a section of a first audio stream and stores the processed section of the first audio stream. The method also processes a section... Agent: Adeli & Tollen, LLP

20080154406 - Reproducing apparatus and reproducing method: Disclosed herein is a reproducing apparatus including: an interface section configured to have a plurality of ports each connectable with a portable player including a storage medium; an integrated content management data creation section configured to identify the portable players; a reproduction content designation section configured to designate the content... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154400 - Universal integration system for auxiliary digital audio playback: A vehicle audio system 30 reconfigures with a PDAD 32 device by sending a series of queries through a supported channel, preferably a UART channel to the PDAD with the PDAD sending back requested control information 42 and meta-data housing information 46.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080154409 - Intelligent production station and production method: One aspect related to design of systems and methods for manufacturing products that include technology in skilled areas is configuring a production station for use by an operator without specialised skills. The present invention contemplates an approach to designing a station configurable to perform one or more of incoming inspection,... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080154410 - Method for cleaning vacuum apparatus, device for controlling vacuum apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium storing control program: A vacuum apparatus such as PM 400 or LMM 500 includes: a chamber to transfer or process a wafer; a plurality of movable parts in the chamber; a high-voltage power supply 485 to introduce a high voltage HV to the chamber; a gas supply unit 445 to supply a gas... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080154411 - Consistency checking and repair of manufacturing operation groupings to be aggregated for use in planning: Generating data used in planning the execution of a manufacturing process includes consistency checks that are performed on proposed groupings of manufacturing operations to make sure that the groupings are defined in a way that enables the information to be aggregated for use in planning. To do this, defined groupings... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154412 - Structural transformation of execution-level manufacturing process routings into planning-level routings: Computer-implemented methods, and associated computer program products and systems, are disclosed for generating electronic data for use in planning the execution of a manufacturing process. The methods, generally, are used in the structural transformation of execution-level routings for manufacturing processes into planning-level routings. The methods applies various transformation techniques when... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080154413 - System and method for internet based automated memorial design and manufacturing: A system and method for manufacturing a memorial. The method providing a blank pattern in a memorial design and collaboration system having a specified shape and size and building a memorial preview thereon, then sending the memorial preview to a host computer. The host computer routes the memorial preview as... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080154414 - Lead time and validity based supply determination: A system and method schedule manufacturing of a product by a requested availability date. Sources of supply are selected for a given material to be used for manufacturing the product. A check is then performed for each source of supply to ensure that a valid-to date of the source of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/sap

20080154416 - Apparatus and method to monitor an out-sourced manufacturing process: A method is disclosed to monitor an out-sourced manufacturing process: A second manufacturer, manufactures a product under contract with a first manufacturer, using an out-sourced manufacturing process. The method supplies a yield monitoring assembly in communication with both the first manufacturer and the second manufacturer. The method establishes a warning... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Quarles & Brady, LLP

20080154415 - Method and apparatus for optimized work flow monitoring: A method and apparatus for monitoring work flow of a resource is disclosed. The method accounts for the expected work flow of the resource in determining the location of the resource as well as dwell times at each work zone.... Agent: Gates & Cooper LLP

20080154417 - Manufactured product configuration: One aspect related to design of systems and methods for manufacture of products is configuration. More particularly, this relates to verification of an existing configuration and to reconfiguration of a product following manufacturing. The present invention contemplates an approach to designing a station capable of configuration verification and reconfiguration and... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080154418 - Overmolding system: Disclosed is (i) an overmolding system, (ii) a method of an overmolding system, (iii) an article of manufacture for directing a data processing system to control a molding system, and (iv) an article manufactured by an overmolding system.... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20080154419 - System and method for representation, modeling and application of three-dimensional digital pontics: In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, systems and methods for representation, modeling and/or application of pontic geometry of teeth to facilitate orthodontic treatment are provided. Such systems and methods for representation, modeling and application of pontic geometry of teeth can automatically facilitate a changeable and stage-dependent pontic... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080154422 - Control method for plasma etching apparatus: The invention aims at solving the problems of throughput deterioration, reproducibility deterioration and plasma discharge instability when performing continuous discharge during multiple steps of plasma etching. According to the present invention, the gas supply unit is operated while determining the timing for switching conditions of a plurality of plasma etching... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080154420 - Method and algorithm for the control of critical dimensions in a thermal flow process: A method of controlling one or more critical dimension (CD) features, dependent upon at least a first and a second processing parameter, with a single metrology step, while still enabling decoupled feedback to the first and the second processing parameter, includes an initial process characterization; producing a production piece; a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ibm Fishkill

20080154421 - Real-time fault detection and classification system in use with a semiconductor fabrication process: A real-time fault detection and classification (FDC) system, which is in use with a semiconductor fabrication process having a first sub-fabrication process and a second sub-fabrication process, includes a computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) host adopting a SEMI equipment communication standard (SECS), a semiconductor tool for executing the first sub-fabrication process... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080154423 - Apparatus and method for correcting defects by friction stir processing: A method for correcting surface and near surface defects in metal components in which the component is first inspected to identify both the site and size of a component defect. Thereafter, it is determined if the defect is correctable by friction stir processing and, if so, the defect is corrected... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080154424 - Method for machining a workpiece by means of a rotating cutting tool: A method for machining a workpiece 1 by means of a rotating cutting tool 2, in which the tool 2 is moved along paths 3 relative to the workpiece 1, characterized in that limits of machining portions to be machined by means of at least one tool 2 are determined,... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080154425 - Systems and methods for stamping packaged goods in the nature of cigarettes: A computer-implemented method for processing tobacco-oriented goods is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first set of data indicative of the outcome of an automated scan of a first package of tobacco-oriented goods. Based on the first set of data, a determination is made as to the brand of tobacco-oriented... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080154426 - Printing system, job processing method, and storage medium: A printing system is configured to be able to use a plurality of types of stacking units. The printing system comprises a first controller configured to execute operations to stack printed material which is printed by a printing unit to a stacking unit such that the printed material is stacked... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080154427 - Dispenser programming authorization system and method for fraud prevention: Methods and systems for preventing fraud by a customer at a fuel dispenser within a retail fueling environment are disclosed. According to one method, an authorization to access programming mode (AAPM) signal is received at the fuel dispenser from an authorization terminal coupled to the fuel dispenser. A request is... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20080154429 - Apparatus, method, and medium for distinguishing the movement state of mobile robot: An apparatus, method, and medium for distinguishing the movement state of a mobile robot are provided. The apparatus includes at least one driving wheel rotatably driven by a driving motor, a first rotation sensor to sense rotation of the driving wheel, at least one caster wheel installed corresponding to the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080154428 - Device, method, program and recording medium for robot offline programming: An offline programming device for preparing an operation program for making a robot with a hand perform a handling operation for an object with respect to a machine tool. The device includes a hand-position designating section designating a relative positional relationship between the object and the hand when the hand... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080154430 - Mobile apparatus, and control method thereof, control program and supervisory system therefor: A mobile apparatus for moving or acting while avoiding contact with an object, and reducing a change in the behavior of the object. It is determined whether there is a first spatial element that satisfies a contact condition that there is a possibility of contact with a reference spatial element... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080154431 - Initiation and control of nanothermal plasmonic engineering: The present disclosure concerns a means to use at least a form of electromagnetic excitation or light-matter interaction, including solar or laser energy to generate localized conditions that enable initiation and spatial and temporal control of catalysis, chemical reactions, deposition, synthesis, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis and catalytic processes. Initiation and spatial and... Agent: Matter, Inc.

20080154432 - Catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor apparatus and process: A process for controlling a refinery or chemical process has been developed. The process comprises flowing a feed stream to a process unit; operating on the feed stream in the process unit to generate an effluent stream; flowing the effluent stream away from the process unit; passing at least a... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080154433 - Catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor apparatus and process: A modular assembly for sensing hydrogen in a refinery process stream or a chemical process stream has been developed. The assembly comprises a main support having a flow conduit with flow components attached to the main support and interacting with the flow conduit. The flow components comprise a needle valve,... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080154434 - Catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor apparatus and process: An apparatus comprising a processing unit; a feed conduit and an effluent conduit connected to the processing unit; at least one operating parameter device associated with the processing unit, the feed conduit, the effluent conduit or a combination thereof; a catalytic alloy hydrogen sensor in fluid communication with the processing... Agent: Honeywell Intellectual Property Inc Patent Services

20080154435 - Geomorphology for environmental remediation process and systems: The present invention includes methods for investigating a site for possible selective removal of sediment containing a contaminant. The methods include calculating an adjusted contaminant concentration for sediment zones on the site. The site preferably contains a water course. The methods may also include determining whether sediment zone need remediation... Agent: Simmons Perrine Plc

20080154436 - Control device for a pneumatically operated actuator: The disclosure relates to a control device for a pneumatically operated actuator in the field of process automation, in particular for continuous control of material flows in the industrial environment. The control device has a communications interface for receiving an electrical setpoint value, and an output for the output of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080154437 - Landscape irrigation time of use scheduling: A number of water related issues concern most communities. Among there are the availability of water, and the ability of the existing infrastructure to efficiently pump and deliver that water without wasting energy. The present invention addresses these issues with respect to landscape water use. A preferred embodiment of the... Agent: Mark D Miller Kimble, Macmichael & Upton

20080147205 - Method and system for controlling devices in a network: A method and system for controlling one or more devices (104, 106, 108 and 110) in a network (100) is provided. The method includes accessing (304) weather-forecast data. Further, the method includes scheduling (306) operation of the one or more devices in the network as a function of the weather-forecast... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080147206 - Control system for real time applications for cooperative industrial robots: A control system adapted for real time applications for carrying out the following functions: communication, control of a process or a device, and safety functions. The control system includes a plurality of function modules adapted for at least carrying out the control function and the safety functions. Each function module... Agent: Venable LLP

20080147207 - Dynamic procedure selection: A dynamic selection component for an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes one or more abstraction layers that are executed by a controller, the abstraction layers specify higher level requirements of a process. At least one execution layer is provided that is responsive to the abstraction layers, where... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080147208 - Process for controlling a production process: A production process such as an isocyanate production process, conducted with a production facility having (a) at least two incoming streams, b) at least one exit stream and c) at least one inner recycling stream is controlled by adjusting at least one incoming stream amount by means of regulating controls... Agent: Bayer Material Science Llc

20080147209 - Automated creation and adaption of a machine or system model: An automation system for creating and adapting a machine or system model, and for checking a control program of an open-loop control based on a virtual machine or a virtual system has a control system, a data recording unit for recording machine or system data, a data preparation unit for... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080147210 - Process of specifying print time fold method, location, and orientation: A method for specifying a folding option for a print job includes displaying a file from the print job, after selection by a user for printing, the file comprising a legend, opening the file in a preview window, displaying markers in corners of the preview window, reading out a user... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080147212 - Home appliance control device and method of controlling home appliance: A home appliance control device includes a terminal, a communication adapter, and a switch control unit. The switch control unit includes an allocating unit configured to recognize the number of the terminals, allocate specific identification numbers in accordance with a home appliance control protocol and store a correspondence relation between... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080147211 - Monitoring beverage dispensing using pour event data and ring up data: A system and method for monitoring beverage dispensing from a container. Independently obtained data from a pour event and ring up are matched using a recipe database. The method involves receiving ring up data for a transaction of the beverage dispensing, determining one or more beverage brands from a selected... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080147213 - Lock-free shared audio buffer: An exemplary audio system includes an audio engine, one or more shared buffers where each shared buffer is associated with a client application and one or more lock-free mechanisms to help ensure that a write position of a shared buffer stays equal to or ahead of a read position for... Agent: Lee & Hayes Pllc

20080147217 - Motion responsive portable media player: A motion responsive portable media player is provided. The portable media player includes a processing unit and at least one vibration part. The vibration part acts as an input unit and operates independently of the input unit. The vibration part includes a swing means and at least one pressure sensor.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080147215 - Music recommendation method with respect to message service: A music recommendation method and a music recommendation system are provided. The music recommendation method includes: selecting music files according to a theme of the message service and music, a mood of the music, a similarity between content of the message service and content of the music; and recommending selected... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080147218 - Recording/reproduction apparatus: A song change detecting section and a frame boundary division section are provided. The song change detecting section reads, for example, a subcode corresponding to audio data read by a control section as song location information, and based on a song number included in the subcode, determines whether the audio... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080147216 - Secured storage media: A device for associating image areas with audio recordings includes a user-programmable image holder having a touch-sensitive surface. Logic circuitry within the image holder is operative to define at least one image area and to associate the image area with an audio signal. The image area is defined, by the... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20080147214 - System and method for enhanced media playback: Systems and methods for enhanced media playback are disclosed. According to one aspect, during media playback, auxiliary (or secondary) media can be integrated with primary media. For example, an electronic device offering media playback can not only play back media item data but can also play back other auxiliary media... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20080147219 - Method of making an article of footwear: A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, Llc

20080147220 - Processing cell of automatic machining system and automatic honing system: A processing cell of automatic machining system configured in that it is easy to decide or change the number of steps and to design, and to reduce the installation cost. The control unit of the processing cell comprises an operation data storing means for storing every position necessary data for... Agent: Cheng Law Group, Pllc

20080147221 - Grid modeling tool: A network-based publish/subscribe model wherein a subscription request is received over the network from a subscriber and a community of interest is identified based on at least one of the subscription request and a network parameter related to the subscription request. Data pertaining to the subscription request and additional data... Agent: Thorne & Halajian Applied Technology Center

20080147222 - Method and apparatus for implementing a universal coordinate system for metrology data: A method includes receiving a metrology report including metrology data collected by a metrology tool, position data associated with the metrology data, and context data associated with the metrology tool. A first coordinate system employed by the metrology tool is determined based on the context data. The position data is... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080147223 - Method and system for associating objects in a manufacturing process: A system for associating objects in a manufacturing process. In response to an occurrence of an event for an object, a time is recorded of the event for the object. Entries for parts and assemblies associated with the object are located within a database. An entry of the event for... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080147224 - Method and apparatus for compensating metrology data for site bias prior to filtering: A method includes acquiring metrology data associated with a process. Bias information associated with the process is determined. The metrology data is adjusted based on the bias information to generate bias-adjusted metrology data. The bias-adjusted metrology data is filtered to identify and reject outlier data. The process is controlled based... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080147226 - Method and system for managing semiconductor manufacturing device: A management system includes a variable-period setting unit that sets a variable period in which quality-control values vary. Then, a retrieving unit retrieves events sandwiching the variable period. The events can be a maintenance of the semiconductor manufacturing device and/or a change of a correction value. An analysis-period setting unit... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080147225 - System for implementing intelligent and accurate updates to state-based advanced process control (apc) models: In one embodiment, an apparatus and method for implementing intelligent and accurate updates to state-based advanced process control (APC) models are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving at least one of a re-measurement or a data invalidation at a state-based advanced process control (APC) model, referencing a state... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080147227 - Systems and methods for improved product variant configuration and distribution in hub-based distribution: Systems and methods for distribution of a product that may be configured in accordance with any of a plurality of sub-model configurations. An unconfigured product may be shipped to a customer accompanied by a plurality of authorization codes each representing a possible sub-model configuration of the unconfigured product. The authorization... Agent: Lsi Corporation

20080147228 - Automated dynamic recipe generation and selection for semiconductor manufacturing: In one embodiment, an apparatus and method for automated dynamic recipe generation and selection for semiconductor manufacturing are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a lot at a tool of a semiconductor manufacturing system; making, by a host controller for the tool, a lookup recipe call to an... Agent: Intel/blakely

20080147229 - Method and apparatus for monitoring a microstructure etching process: An etching monitoring apparatus and related method for use in the manufacture of microstructures (and in particular MEMS) located within an etching chamber is described. The apparatus and related method operates by setting the temperature of the chamber within which the microstructure is located at a starting temperature, and maintaining... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080147230 - In-line system for processing textile material: The present invention relates to an in-line system for processing textile material that has been finished beyond a greige state. The in-line system includes an upstream unrolling station adapted to generally continuously pay out the textile material from a roll, a downstream winding station adapted to take up the textile... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080147231 - Reconfigurable garment definition and production method: Computer-aided design and manufacture software and hardware automate garment and fashion definition and production. Configurable garment includes ornamental element, pattern display, and personal identifier and wireless sensor electronics.... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20080147232 - Maintenance method and component mounter: Provided is a maintenance method which makes it possible to collectively and quantitatively detect maintenance timings of parts included in respective devices in a component mounter. A management apparatus determines a position of an equipped device using a RF-tag reader/writer (S1001). Then, from the RF tag, the RF-tag reader/writer obtains... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080147233 - Combined mailing streams: A method comprising providing printed products to form a first mail stream on a printing line, providing printed products to form a second mail stream on a printing line, and placing printed product from the second mail stream onto a printed product of the first mail stream to create the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080147234 - Module identification method and system for path connectivity in modular systems: A configurable self-identifying workpiece transport system is described for moving an associated workpiece relative to a plurality of associated workpiece functional units selectively performing operations on the associated workpiece. The transport system includes a plurality of transport modules and a control unit. The plurality of transport modules are disposed in... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20080147235 - Surgical instrument: The invention concerns a surgical instrument defined by shape and function. The instrument includes and identification part for the identification of the instrument, connected to the external surface of the instrument. The invention can be used for the automated sorting of surgical instruments.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080147236 - Method and apparatus for the assembly and welding of automotive door panels: A method for assembling and welding vehicle door panels is disclosed. At an initial assembly station (20) components (10, 10′) of the panels are assembled and arranged on carriages (14, 15) for carrying the panels, which are profiled in a way adaptable to the shape of the panels. The carriages... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20080147237 - Gait generator for mobile robot: When gait parameters for specifying a gait to be generated of a mobile robot (1) are determined, the values of the priority parameters of the gait parameters are updated from the values of the priority gait parameters of predetermined base gait parameters such that the priority parameters approach and reach... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080147238 - Method and apparatus for controlling displacements of a moving portion of a multi-axis robot: The inventive method consists in supplying motion instructions (300) at least including information about the path geometry (320) and load instructions (310) to a path generator (400), calculating an allied load signal (800), transmitting said applied load signal (800) to the path generator (400), calculating motion instructions (500) along the... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080147239 - Apparatus with surface information displaying and interaction capability: The present invention provides an apparatus with surface information displaying, wherein a skin unit comprising a flexible display is covered on the surface of a moving object of the apparatus such that the surface of the apparatus is capable of displaying the information such us color, pattern or text immediately... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080147240 - Apparatus for separating a composite liquid with process control on a centrifuge rotor: An apparatus and a method for separating at least two discrete volumes of a composite liquid into at least two components. Independent microprocessors are provided on a rotor of a centrifugal separation apparatus, which respond to commands from a control computer, gather sensor data and independently control devices on the... Agent: Gambro Bct, Inc Ip Department

20080147241 - Control system for the conversion of carbonaceous feedstock into gas: The present invention provides a control system for the conversion of carbonaceous feedstock into a gas. In particular, the control system is designed to be configurable for use in controlling one or more processes implemented in, and/or by, a gasification system for the conversion of such feedstock into a gas,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080147242 - Stackable thermostat: The invention relates to a thermostat including a user interface module. The user interface module has a display, a plurality of user interface buttons, and a first power and communications interface. The thermostat also includes an I/O module, the I/O module electrically coupled to a HVAC plant and the I/O... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20080147243 - Systems and methods for remote power management using 802.11 wireless protocols: Systems and methods are disclosed for using 802.11 based wireless protocols in various energy management applications wherein a host controller uses various types of communication networks to distribute information to an on-premise processor that in turn uses 802.11 based wireless protocols to communicate with various types of end devices, such... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080147244 - Tunable object detection: A computer-implemented method includes defining a valid scan or range of valid scans as a valid activity of an object in an application-specific activity taking place through a light curtain sensing area of a light curtain, defining an invalid scan or range of invalid scans as an invalid activity of... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20080140223 - Control apparatus and control method, network system, program for control apparatus, and information recording medium: In a bus system S in which an apparatus C to be controlled and a control apparatus CC are exclusively associated with each other and the operation of one apparatus C to be controlled is controlled by one control apparatus CC, exclusive control information indicating correspondence between operation of each... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080140224 - Multi-level controller system and method: The invention is a state machine having a host controller that controls a level-1 controller, wherein the level-1 controller controls the level-2 controller. The level-2 controller controls system component controllers, which in turn control system components to execute a process segment. For example, the machine includes a host controller that... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080140225 - Determining root cause for alarm in processing system: A method, system and computer program product for controlling a processing system are disclosed. Alarms and information regarding operating components within the processing system are collected by a knowledge base and are related to one another therein. Data in the knowledge base is then analyzed to determine a root cause... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro Llc

20080140227 - Dynamic model predictive control: A method of dynamic model predictive control is presented in which both steady state optimization and dynamic moves calculation of the manipulated variables are determined together as part of one optimization solution (211). The method combines steady state optimization and dynamic move calculation such that the steady state optimal targets... Agent: Fakhruddin T Attarwala

20080140226 - Statistical method for electric machine optimization used for electric drives: A method is provided for selecting and optimizing an electric drive system by analyzing critical-to-quality subjects of the electric drive system according to Six Sigma theory. The critical-to-quality subjects include weight, volume, reliability, efficiency and cost. Various design approaches may be evaluated to select an optimal design. The design approaches... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080140228 - Multi-objective optimization method for ubiquitous computing environment and wearable computer using the same: Provided is a multi-objective optimization method in a ubiquitous computing environment. The wearable computer includes: a wireless communication unit configured to receive features of condition information and features of service from the outside; a feature collecting unit configured to collect features of condition information according to user's input, and the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080140229 - Method for optimizing an industrial product, system for optimizing an industrial product and method for manufacturing an industrial product: A method for optimizing a structure of an industrial product includes selecting control factors from among manufacturing parameters affecting a target characteristic, which is scheduled to be manufactured by a sequence of manufacturing processes; setting levels to the respective control factors; selecting a reference characteristic having a trade-off relation with... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080140230 - Autogeneration of code via human-machine interfaces (hmi) and self-building hmi: A system that facilitates generation of code from a HMI representation of objects in an industrial automation environment. A component analyzes the HMI representation of objects, and a code generation component generates code based at least upon the analyzed HMI object.... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080140231 - Methods and apparatus for authoring and playing back lighting sequences: Systems and methods for authoring and playing back lighting programs that define a plurality of states for a plurality of lights. The lighting programs may be stored in a data format that represents a data stream capable of controlling the plurality of lights, wherein the data stream is transferred to... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080140233 - Determining team effectiveness through sporting events: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for analyzing team effectiveness for a sports team, based at least in part on information obtained from an ongoing sports game. Location data is generated by tracking a location for at least some players in the sports team during... Agent: Mollborn Patents Attn: Ibm

20080140234 - Method and system for remotely directing a fishing tournament: A method for remotely directing a fishing tournament makes use of a data network over which participants transmit submissions indicating sizes of fish caught. The submissions may include digital images of fish, and size may be determined from a scale established using a reference object depicted in the image. The... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080140232 - Method of indexing last pitching shots in a video of a baseball game: A method of indexing final pitching shots for each batter in a video recording of a baseball game is disclosed. The method includes locating pitching video frames in the video, identifying individual pitching shots contained in the video, determining which of the pitching shots is a final pitching shot for... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080140235 - Equalization application based on autonomous environment sensing: The invention is directed to both a method of, and system for, applying equalizations based on autonomous environment sensing. A method in accordance with the present invention includes providing a multimedia repository device, wherein the device further includes a environment detection means; operatively utilizing the multimedia repository device in conjunction... Agent: Hoffman Warnick & Dalessandro Llc

20080140241 - Kernel-mode audio processing modules: Multiple kernel-mode audio processing modules or filters are combined to form a module or filter graph. The graph is implemented in kernel-mode, reducing latency and jitter when handling audio data (e.g., MIDI data) by avoiding transfers of the audio data to user-mode applications for processing. A variety of different audio... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080140238 - Method for playing and processing audio data of at least two computer units: A method for playing and processing of audio data by at least two computers over a packet switching data network, wherein at least one first computer receives audio data via an audio input and further transmits it to the second computer, the audio data of the first computer is provided... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080140236 - Musical composition reproducing apparatus and a method for reproducing musical composition: The musical composition reproducing apparatus acquires a musical composition feature value indicating respective feature of a plurality of musical composition data recorded on a recording means, judges according to the musical composition feature value of musical composition thus acquired whether or not each musical composition data has a predetermined musical... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080140239 - Personalized audio system and method: A personalized audio system and method that overcomes many of the broadcast-type disadvantages associated with conventional radio stations.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.c.

20080140237 - Replay device and method with automatic sentence segmentation: A replay device and method thereof with automatic sentence segmentation is provided. A soundwave analysis module receives a soundwave signal and analyzes the soundwave signal to determine plural segmentation points. A replay actuation module receives a replay command and sets a replay endpoint on the soundwave signal. A replay access... Agent: Apex Juris, Pllc Tracy M Heims

20080140240 - Vehicular system for playing audio files: A system for transferring, storing and/or playing at least one audio file operatively associated with at least one vehicular device. When a vehicular device is activated, the system of the present invention plays at least one audio file associated with the vehicular device. In a preferred embodiment, the invention may... Agent: Knoble, Yoshida & Dunleavy

20080140242 - System and method for controlling structural type integration: A system and methodology for controlling structural type integration to major fittings requires creating a geometrical set of objects identified here as basic starting geometry which consist of external references and relationships to a main component structure. Structural interface detail characteristics and hardware components are identified that make up a... Agent: The Boeing Company C/o Weiss & Moy, P.c.

20080140243 - method for autonomic control of a manufacturing system: Disclosed is a method of controlling a manufacturing system. The invention automatically monitors current levels of partially completed products waiting to be processed by a tool (or group of tools) and determines whether the current levels exceed a predetermined limit. If the current levels do exceed the predetermined limit, the... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb & Rahman, Llc

20080140244 - Method and apparatus for planning a manufacturing schedule using an adaptive learning process: An apparatus and method for a production planning system using a process of adaptive learning is disclosed. A production planning system receives, production objects wherein each production object has at least one attribute. In one embodiment, the production objects include information relating to product to be manufactured. After receipt of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080140245 - Method for automatically designing buffer packing size and computer accessible storge media to store program thereof: A method for automatically designing a buffer packing size and a computer accessible storage media to store program thereof are provided. First, a buffer thickness of a buffer material is calculated, and a buffer area for a surface of the object receiving an impact is calculated according to a weight... Agent: J C Patents, Inc.

20080140246 - System for managing production of semiconductors: A system for managing production of semiconductors that can improve or maximize productivity. In an embodiment, the system comprises: a host computer for outputting control signals to control semiconductor production processes; semiconductor production apparatuses each of which performs a corresponding semiconductor production process using the control signals output from the... Agent: Marger Johnson & Mccollom, P.c.

20080140247 - Method and system of data weighted object orientation for data mining: A computing system, method, and computer program product facilitates data mining of information, for example image data, relating to a surface of a manufactured product when the manufactured product is processed using a tool relative to which the manufactured product may be randomly oriented. For each manufactured object, data pertaining... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080140248 - Method and system for determining characteristics of lumber using end scanning: A process and equipment for an automated lumber end-scan system includes a conveyer to carry sawn lumber in a direction transverse to the axis of the boards, a light source to illuminate at least one butt end of each board as it passes by a scanning region, at least one... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080140249 - Method and apparatus for determining positions: For determining positions of a support having a bar code relative to a sensor array, the position of lines in the region of the sensor array is determined at least once and a position is determined therefrom. Thereafter, at least one line of the bar code is selected, a displacement... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080140250 - Secure dispensing system: A secure dispensing system comprising a container (10) arranged to dispense a quantity of a material through a delivery port (40). The system has a locking mechanism to prevent the dispensing of the material and a control device (70) to enable release of the locking mechanism. A key (110) is... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080140251 - Method and system for communicating with a medicaments container: The invention relates to a method of determining a status condition of a medicament container having a memory contained therein for storing medicament effect data, such as, for example, drug interaction, side effect, and other information for determining the status condition of the container.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080140252 - Method and system for communicating with a medicaments container: The invention relates to a method of determining a status condition of a medicament container having a memory contained therein for storing medicament effect data, such as, for example, drug interaction, side effect, and other information for determining the status condition of the container.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080140253 - Automated self powered waste container: An automated self propelled refuse container travels from a parking or storage location to a refuse discharge location and return in response to a control unit cooperating with a tracking unit to control the direction of travel. Power is provided by an electric motor associated with each of two driving... Agent: C. Robert Von Hellens Cahill, Von Hellens & Glazer P.L.C

20080140255 - Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning: An autonomous floor cleaning robot includes a transport drive and control system arranged for autonomous movement of the robot over a floor for performing cleaning operations. The robot chassis carries a first cleaning zone comprising cleaning elements arranged to suction loose particulates up from the cleaning surface and a second... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080140254 - Robot cleaner system and control method thereof: A robot cleaner system is disclosed. The robot cleaner system includes a robot cleaner to carry out a cleaning operation while automatically traveling around along a surface to be cleaned, and a charging station connectable with the robot cleaner to charge a charging battery mounted in the robot cleaner with... Agent: Paul D. Greeley, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080140256 - Robot apparatus and control method therefor: There is provided a robot apparatus which can improve work safety while ensuring high working efficiency and a control method for the robot apparatus. The robot apparatus includes a moving body detection unit which generates a predicted moving range for a movable unit region by predicting a range within which... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080140257 - Robot control apparatus for force control: A robot control apparatus for controlling force exerted between a working tool mounted at the forward end of a robot arm and a workpiece is disclosed. The apparatus includes a force measuring unit for acquiring the force data required for the control operation, a calculating unit for calculating the force... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080140258 - Method for controlling parallel kinematic mechanism machine and control apparatus therefor: First of all, in a first step S1, each actuator command value for position command value and posture command value of an end-effector is determined. Next, in a second step S2, rotational resistance values of a first and a second universal joints are obtained, and in a third step S3,... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080140259 - Energy efficient crac unit operation using heat transfer levels: A method for controlling one or more computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units for energy efficient operation, in which, the temperature of the air returned (Trat) into the one or more CRAC units and the temperature of the air supplied (Tsat) by the one or more CRAC units is detected.... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080140260 - Controller gain scheduling for mass flow controllers: A mass flow controller having a feedback controller gain, comprises: a sensor configured so as to sense the flow of fluid through controller; a valve arranged so as to adjust the flow of fluid through the controller; and a processor configured so as to controlling the valve as a function... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080140261 - Method and apparatus for mixing two or more gaseous or liquid streams: m

20080140262 - Irrigation controller with removable station modules: An irrigation controller includes a housing for enclosing a microprocessor that stores and executes at least one watering program. The microprocessor has a parallel output bus with a plurality of pin sets for controlling a plurality of irrigation stations. The connection between the controller and the irrigation stations is through... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080140263 - Method for predicting a power curve for a wind turbine: A method for calculating a high-altitude power curve for a wind turbine is provided, the method including the steps of determining a cp-λ curve for a predetermined blade pitch angle of said wind turbine; calculating a first power curve without power limit based on the cp-λ curve; and calculating the... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080133029 - Method for interlinking technical data and system for operating and observing an industrial plant: In a method for processing process data of a technical plant, documentation data of the process data stored in different data formats are fed to a documentation generator (7), these documentation data are extracted by means of the documentation generator (7) from associated files and/or tools and converted into at... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080133030 - Process control system: A function block used in another process control system is previously associated with an data item by taking the function block being as data on a same rank as the data item. A definition-information generating section previously generates definition information about the function block associated with the data item, depending... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080133031 - System and method for validating data for a machine: A system and method for validating data for a machine arrangement includes a controller, such as a programmable logic controller, connected to a processor, which is configured to execute an algorithm using the data collected by the controller. The algorithm includes one or more rules that are applicable to the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080133032 - System and method for on-line diagnostics: An on-line diagnostics system and method enable equipment information stored in each piece of industrial equipment to be safely disclosed to maintenance personnel to the extent permitted by the user of the industrial equipment. The on-line diagnostic system comprises industrial equipment and a maintenance apparatus for the maintenance of the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080133033 - Hvac zone control panel: A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080133036 - Apparatus and method for playback test: A method for playback test includes the steps of: controlling an audio analyzer (3) connected to a host computer (2) to generate digital audio signals at different sampling frequencies, different sampling bit width and different signal amplitude, and controlling the audio analyzer to output the digital audio signals to a... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080133038 - Kernel-mode audio processing modules: Multiple kernel-mode audio processing modules or filters are combined to form a module or filter graph. The graph is implemented in kernel-mode, reducing latency and jitter when handling audio data (e.g., MIDI data) by avoiding transfers of the audio data to user-mode applications for processing. A variety of different audio... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080133037 - List building system: A system implementable using a programmable processor includes a plurality of pre-stored commands for building an inventory of audio, musical, works or audio/visual works, such as music videos. A plurality of works can be collected together in a list for purposes of establishing a play or a presentation sequence. The... Agent: Eugene M. Cummings, P.c.

20080133035 - Method and apparatus to process an audio user interface and audio device using the same: A method and apparatus to process a user-defined audio user interface (UI), and an audio device using the same. The method includes designating a specific portion of an audio signal being reproduced, using a specific input member, capturing audio data of the designated specific portion, mapping the captured audio data... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080133034 - Method and system for refining a media program item by item: A media system interface (200) includes a display (210) that provides a play list (300, 400) of media items to be played, such as songs or broadcast television or radio programs. A user input device (220) such as buttons on the interface allows the user to highlight a selected media... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080133039 - Method and system for modeling a batch manufacturing facility: A system and method for the modeling of biopharmaceutical batch process manufacturing facilities uses process time lines. The system employs an eleven-field delimited string code which specifies the unit identifier code and the iteration value for each of the ten levels of nested scheduling cycles of the biopharmaceutical drug production... Agent: R.d. Johnson & Associates, P.c.

20080133040 - Methods and systems for specifying a blood vessel sleeve: Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that include accepting three-dimensional blood vessel data; applying a sleeve-fitting algorithm to the three-dimensional blood vessel data; and presenting a sleeve-fitting algorithm output in response to said applying the sleeve-fitting algorithm to the three-dimensional blood vessel data.... Agent: Searete Llc Clarence T. Tegreene

20080133041 - Method and system for controlling substrate handling at substrate buffers by interrupting process jobs depending on job priority: By enabling an interleaved mode when supplying substrates from a system-internal buffer area to a respective process area, a reduction of non-productive time of the process tool and/or a reduction of cycle time may be achieved compared to a conventional sequential processing of carriers. Upon arrival at a substrate buffer... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080133042 - Exposure apparatus: wherein one the plurality of substrate stages is different from another of the plurality of substrate stages in constituent units thereof, and the controller is configured to determine the execution sequence of the plurality of jobs based on information of respective positions of the plurality of substrate stages, information of... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.l.p.

20080133043 - Inserter integrated method and system for logic analyzing error conditions: An integrated logic analyzer system that provides enhanced troubleshooting capabilities for an inserter machine. The system includes sensors positioned within the inserter machine. A controller is coupled to the sensors, and also provides control signals for operation of the machine. The controller generates error signals upon the occurrence of predetermined... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080133044 - Method and arrangement for the online regulation of a batch process in a bioreactor: The invention relates to the online regulation of a batch process in a bioreactor. According to the invention, spectra of the actual charge in the bioreactor are recorded at successive points during the running batch process. A measuring vector is produced, for each spectrum, in the low-dimensional main constituent region... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080133045 - Cleaning apparatus and method for immersion light exposure: A cleaning apparatus for immersion light exposure includes a cleaning apparatus main body including a mechanism configured to perform a cleaning process on the substrate, and a control section configured to control respective components of the cleaning apparatus main body. The control section is arranged to fabricate a new process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080133046 - Powered mobile storage system with select and drag operation and selectable aisle width feature: The present invention is a mobile storage system that includes a number of mobile storage units movably disposed with respect to one another and including a logic system. A signal from a motion control actuator on a mobile storage unit which is to move where an aisle is desired directs... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080133047 - Identifying a cable with a connection location: The illustrative embodiments provide a cable management system, a computer program product, a cable, a method for manufacturing a cable, and a method for guiding a user in identifying a connection location for a cable of interest. A processor, in a data processing system, receives a cable identification from the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080133048 - Method for quality assurance in the operation of a paper-handling unit: A paper-handling unit serves for generating groups of items, wherein each group includes a plurality of items. The paper-handling unit includes at least one input channel for receiving the items, a portion to generate groups from the received items, a drive-out station for driving out a generated group, a detector... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080133049 - System and method for directly connecting an advanced facer canceler system to a delivery bar code sorter: Systems and methods that allow for orienting and delivering mail between a postage verifier and a mail sorter. A postage verifier includes an optical character reader for decoding addresses on mail pieces that do not have bar codes. A reverter orients mail from the postage verifier into a position required... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080133050 - Method for shipping objects: A method and a system for shipping objects and/or goods which are transferred from a drop-off point (4) constructed as an organized franking system for the application of at least partially coded labels to a delivery service (7-10) for transport of the objects to a remote destination, wherein the delivery... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner Suite 910

20080133051 - Remote conveyor belt monitoring system and method: A remote conveyor belt monitoring system for monitoring an operation of a conveyor belt at a first geographic location. A local HMI is operable to acquire and store data representing conveyor belt conditions and operating characteristics. First and second computers at different geographic locations acquire the data via an internet.... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080133053 - Determination of foot placement for humanoid push recovery: A legged robot subjected to a force is controlled by determining an instantaneous capture point where the robot will step with a swing leg to reach a balanced home position, the balanced home position being a state in which the Center of Mass remains substantially over the Center of Pressure... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20080133054 - Method and apparatus for returning cleaning robot to charge station: Provided are a method and apparatus for ensuring a cleaning robot to return to a charge station. The method includes the steps of: (a) measuring a battery usable time, a running speed, and an actual return distance of a cleaning robot during a cleaning operation; (b) calculating an allowable return... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080133052 - Robot development platform: A modular robot development kit includes an extensible mobile robot platform and a programmable development module that connects to the mobile robot platform. The mobile robot platform includes a controller that executes robot behaviors concurrently and performs robot actions in accordance with robot control signals received from the development module,... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080133055 - Gait generator of legged mobile robot: A gait generator determines a desired motional trajectory and a desired object reaction force trajectory of an object 120 for a predetermined period after the current time by using an object dynamic model while supplying, to the object dynamic model, a model manipulated variable (estimated disturbance force) for bringing a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080133056 - Robot system: The present invention provides a robot system which can move a robot hand with ease and enable fine adjustment, as well as can prevent collision of the hand with surrounding structures. In this invention, a robot system 10 includes a robot body 11 and a control section 20 for controlling... Agent: Dla Piper Us LLP

20080133057 - Gait generating device of legged mobile robot: When a new desired gait of a robot is generated, it is determined, on the assumption that the trajectory of an acting force between the robot and an object at a predetermined time point in the future changes to a trajectory different from a desired trajectory, whether a predetermined dynamical... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080133058 - Robot, control method therefor and control program therefor: It is determined whether or not the position and posture of a handle (object) determined based on an image obtained by a camera (external information) and the position and posture of the handle in the case where the handle is assumed to be properly grasped, which are determined from the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080133059 - Table-driven test sequence: A method for controlling a test sequence for performing an analysis of an analyte in a fluid sample includes providing a hard-coded software application adapted to process a plurality of blocks to perform the test sequence. The blocks include a wait block, a read block, and a threshold block. A... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080133061 - Hvac zone control panel: A zone control panel that is easy and intuitive to use and to program. In some embodiments, a zone control panel may be configured to have an easy to use, single level menu structure with, for example, a configuration mode and/or a checkout mode. The configuration mode may, if present,... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080133060 - Hvac zone control panel with checkout utility: A zone control panel may be adapted to accommodate a method of verifying communication and/or connections between the zone control panel and one or more thermostats that are electrically connected to the zone control panel. In some cases, the one or more thermostats may be set to a particular state... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080133062 - Interface for retrofitting a manually controlled machine for automatic control: An operator controllable machine is retrofitted to be operator controlled or to be automatically controlled. An electrical joystick output is provided by a manually actuated joystick control, including a joystick, to a machine control in the manually controlled machine. An interface is added between the joystick control and the machine... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080133063 - Water leak detection system: A water leak detection system for generating a control signal indicative of a water leak detection. The system is connectable to a power line carrying an AC power signal. The system includes a master unit connectable to the power line for generating the control signal indicative of a water leak... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080133064 - System and method for electric current and power monitoring and control of a generator: A control device measures a voltage drop across a conductor in a generator to determine and control the total generator output current. A temperature of the conductor is also measured to improve the accuracy. The control device may further improve on the accuracy by compensating for the electrical current through... Agent: Law Offices Of Michael M. Ahmadshahi

20080133065 - Utility load control management communications protocol: A load control management protocol, system, and method that address many different customers, individually, in geographic groups, or in other predefined groups to control at least one or more electrical power consuming appliances are disclosed. The computer-implemented protocol provides wired and wireless communication schemes that enable a utility to quickly... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a. 4800 Ids Center