Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 07/08

20080183303 - Operator interface device for hmi system: The operator interface device for an HMI system provides for generic, simple communication between Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software and an operator workstation. The device has at least one signaling device, at least one serial communication port, and an Ethernet port mounted on a housing. Disposed within the housing is electronic... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080183304 - Framework and programming model for efficient sense-and-respond system: A sense-and-response system that may include a server with a rules-engine where the server may receive sensor values for rules-engine operation from a plurality of sensors. The system may further include a controller that provides controller parameters to the server for the rules-engine operation. The server may provide to the... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080183305 - Master-slave security devices: A computer or other electronic device requiring physical integrity of its components, for example, a pay-per-use computer may use a master security device in communication with a plurality of slave security devices, known as security beans. Each security bean may be given a cryptographic key or keys for use in... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (microsoft)

20080183306 - Vital solid state controller: A vital programmable logic device (VPD) is provided having at least two microprocessors. The VPD is configured to provide failsafe operation of a vital control system while operating in a closed circuit environment. In at least one embodiment of the present invention, railroad grade crossing signals are controlled by the... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c.

20080183307 - Upgradeable automation devices, systems, architectures, and methods: A multi-level automation control architecture, methods, and systems are disclosed, which provide enhanced scalability, functionality, and cost effectiveness for energy, access, and control. The systems include various combinations of automation controllers, remote controllers and peripheral devices that are used to provide monitoring and control functionality over the various systems in... Agent: Michael Antone

20080183308 - Resonant frequency identification: Systems and methods that determine resonant frequencies of a motor system via employing an output of a velocity regulator. The velocity regulator enables the motor drive to command the rotation of the motor at predetermined rotations, by setting rotational speeds of the motor. The output of the velocity regulator can... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080183309 - Device control system: A device control system includes a general device component, a feature definition set, and a specific device component. The feature definition set is operatively connected to the general device component. The specific device component is operatively connected to the general device component. The general device component defines an application program... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080183311 - Apparatus and method for automated closed-loop identification of an industrial process in a process control system: An apparatus, method, and computer program are provided for automated closed-loop identification of an industrial process in a process control system. Multiple models (such as multiple model structure-model order combinations) can be identified, where the models are associated with a process to be controlled. One or more metrics (such as... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080183310 - Systems for managing flow control valves in process systems: Systems for managing the operational condition of flow control valves in process systems. As a control valve experiences mechanical wear during operation, the physical changes to the valve can alter its dead band and flow coefficient. A non-linear dynamic model determines the present dead band by modeling the relationship between... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20080183312 - Real-time parameter tuning for etch processes: The invention can provide a method of etch processing a wafer using a Real-Time Parameter Tuning (RTPT) procedure to receive an input message that can include a pass-through message, a real-time feedforward message, or a real-time optimization message, or any combination thereof. The RTPT procedures can use real-time wafer data... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080183313 - System, device and method for steering a mobile terminal: An impact detecting system for a mobile terminal, and a method for detecting an impact, is used for controlling functionality in a mobile terminal. The system comprising the mobile terminal having a control unit that is operatively connected to an impact detector adapted to recognize different impacts on the mobile... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080183317 - Building management system: Disclosed is a building management system which includes a BACnet gateway including a protocol converter which receives data in a remote communication protocol format and converts the data according to a BACnet communication protocol, a central controller which connects to the BACnet gateway and controls a sub-system of a building,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080183318 - Programmable method and apparatus for real-time adaptation of presentations to individuals: The present invention is a method of obtaining information regarding an individual's environment using a programmable device. The first step of the method is sensing a psychomotor behavioral element of an activity engaged by the individual. The type of activity engaged by the individual can be any sensible activity under... Agent: Hayes, Soloway P.C.

20080183314 - Quantum interaction control system: A quantum interface control system for manipulating, evaluating, modulating, and responding to characteristic changes in a matrix of two or more stochastic generators when influenced by other external stochastic generators, such as mental or thought field energy is provided. The QICS device includes two or more quantum source generators, a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080183316 - Upgradeable automation devices, systems, architectures, and methods: A multi-level automation control architecture, methods, and systems are disclosed, which provide enhanced scalability, functionality, and cost effectiveness for energy, access, and control. The systems include various combinations of automation controllers, remote controllers and peripheral devices that are used to provide monitoring and control functionality over the various systems in... Agent: Michael Antone

20080183315 - Video signal control circuit: An exemplary video signal control circuit includes a central processing unit, a signal bus, an address bus, a data bus, a latch module, and a display module. The central processing unit is connected to a latch-enable terminal of the latch module via the signal bus and connected to an input-enable... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080183319 - Compressed audio file player: A compressed audio file player for replaying an audio file including basic data streams in any location includes a size calculator calculating an average size of the basic data streams, a computational circuit calculating a logical location of each basic data stream and a location memory storing location subtraction data,... Agent: Junichi Mimura Oki America Inc.

20080183320 - Music search system and music search apparatus: A time-series signal input section 205 inputs a time-series signal whose on state and off state are repeated alternately. A similar rhythm search section 206 searches a plurality of pieces of rhythm data stored in a data storage section for rhythm data having the same fluctuation pattern as or a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080183321 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for product randomization and analysis in a manufacturing environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for implementing product randomization and analysis in a manufacturing environment are provided. A method includes processing products for a plurality of lots, at process equipment, using a randomization technique for selecting each product in the lots. The method further including generating an operation identification... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080183322 - Equivalent material constant calculation system, storage medium storing an equivalent material constant calculation program, equivalent material constant calculation method, design system, and structure manufacturing method: An equivalent material constant calculation system that calculates an equivalent material constant of a structure constituted by a plurality of materials includes a shape data input portion that inputs shape data, a material data input portion that inputs material constant data, a dividing portion that divides the structure into a... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson P.C.

20080183323 - System, method and computer program product for evaluating an actual structural element of an eletrical circuit: A method, a system and a computer program product for evaluating an actual structural element of an electrical circuit. The method includes: detecting an actual structural element contour by processing a scanning electron microscope image of the actual structural element; aligning the actual structural element contour with a simulated contour... Agent: Applied Materials, Inc. C/o Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080183324 - Methods and apparatus for white space reduction in a production facility: Efficient manufacturing automation system and methods are described. The automation system controls movement of materials for processing by tools in a manufacturing facility. The system and methods include pre-emptive dispatching for transferring of materials. With the pre-emptive dispatching, the next destination and next lot to be processed is determined prior... Agent: HorizonIPPte Ltd

20080183325 - Process for producing holes: A method of producing holes in a component, in particular of turbomachines, wherein each hole extends from a first, outer surface to a second, inner surface of the component and wherein the method has, for example, the following steps: producing a 3D model of the actual geometry of the component,... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080183326 - Automatic a-frame picking system: An automated picking system is disclosed for filling orders of items. The A-frame picking system includes a central computer and a plurality of frames and their controllers, each frame including a plurality of items in dispensers with approximately vertical stacks. Each frame preferably also has a conveyor for transporting items... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080183328 - Laser guided system for picking or sorting: A laser-guided picking or placing system is provided. The laser guided picking system works with an inventory system including a plurality of items located in particular storage areas, such as drawers or bins. Each particular storage area stores a particular item. A computer system keeps track of the items and... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080183327 - Picking system with pick verification: An inventory system with feedback for picking or placing items is disclosed. In this system, there is a plurality of bins or storage locations, one for each item stored. The bins are typically used in a warehouse to fulfill and ship orders of a list of items. Each bin or... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20080183329 - System for processing addresses at a very fast rate: A mail processing system including a franking machine for franking mail items, which franking machine is connected to a first server that is itself connected to a second server in communication with a sorting machine, the franking machine including scanner means for scanning the destination addresses borne on the mail... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080183330 - Control panel for hot beverage dispensing machines: A control panel (10) for automatic beverage machines comprises a touch screen that visually represents icons (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h) saved in a memory unit as the displayed basic setting as a first selector mechanism (2) used for choosing a desired beverage and by means of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080183331 - Semiconductor process tool: A semiconductor process tool comprises two or more wafer stages for separately receiving wafers carrying or not carrying contaminating material. The semiconductor process tool may further comprise two rot arms, load ports, and two chucks separately used for the wafers. The wafers carrying or not carrying contaminating material can be... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080183332 - Maneuvering robotic vehicles: Configurations are provided for vehicular robots or other vehicles to provide shifting of their centers of gravity for enhanced obstacle navigation. A robot chassis with pivotable driven flippers has a pivotable neck and sensor head mounted toward the front of the chassis. The neck is pivoted forward to shift he... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080183333 - Apparatuses and methods for wireless monitoring and control of environmental sampling and chromatographic apparatuses: A liquid chromatographic system includes columns, column mounting fixtures to which the columns are mounted, a detector, a fraction collection system, a controller and a plurality of RFIDs. A first RFID communicates with the controller and cooperating RFIDs mounted to other components including the fraction collector to provide information such... Agent: Vincent L. Carney Law Office

20080183334 - System and method for environmental management of a vehicle: A system and method for environmental management of a vehicle automatically operates a vehicle climate control system to quickly and efficiently defog a vehicle windshield, while still operating at or near environmental comfort guidelines determined by a vehicle occupant. The method may be executed by an HVAC control system that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080183335 - Usage monitoring hvac control method: Systems and methods are described for a usage monitoring HVAC control method. A method, includes: receiving a request for an additional period of heating ventilation and air conditioning system services from a requesting system user, the requesting system user composing a plurality of system users; maintaining a data structure in... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20080183336 - Methods for managing flow control valves in process systems: Methods for managing the operational condition of flow control valves in process systems. As a control valve experiences mechanical wear during operation, the physical changes to the valve can alter its dead band and flow coefficient. A non-linear dynamic model determines the present dead band by modeling the relationship between... Agent: John W. Wustenberg

20080183337 - Methods and systems for controlling addressable lighting units: Systems and methods that provide improved control of addressable lighting fixtures. Individual lighting units have assigned schedules defining the power levels for the unit at various times of the day. Adjustments to a scheduled level for each unit may be made depending on predefined exceptions, ambient daylight, conservation commands, override... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080183339 - Methods and system for utility network outage detection: The present invention provides a system including a utility network including a product distribution pathway for delivering a product, a plurality of electronic utility devices associated with the utility network to monitor at least one parameter associated with the product distribution pathway, and a management processor in communication with the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080183338 - Ripple correlation control based on limited sampling: A method for controlling a variable of a switching electrical circuit detects values for each of a first waveform and of a second waveform in the switching circuit at a beginning of and at a predetermined instant during a switching interval of a switching operation of the electrical circuit, both... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080183340 - Pressure control device for low pressure processing chamber: A control device which quickly adjusts a low pressure processing chamber to a desired pressure regardless of gas type, gas flow rate or target pressure simply by optimizing constants. The device includes: a low pressure processing chamber; gas supply means which supplies processing gas to the low pressure processing chamber;... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080177396 - Process simulation in a computer based control system: A computer based control system including a field network to which field devices equipped with hardware addresses and logical names are to be connected, a control device performing addressing control in relation to the field devices and their logical addresses and a simulation handling device. The simulation handling device has... Agent: Venable LLP

20080177397 - Distributed input/output control systems and methods: Apparatus and methods for controlling a system that operates responsive to a plurality of input control signals are disclosed. During operation the system generates a plurality of output status/control signals. A master controller has at least first and second controllers. The first controller outputs and inputs signals over a first... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080177398 - Treatment of bladder dysfunction: A method is provided for treatment of bladder dysfunction of a patient. The method includes, at a site within a patient, measuring an indication of fill-level of a bladder of the patient, and in response to an indication of a high bladder fill-level, conveying a signal indicative of the high... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20080177399 - Method of process trend matching for identification of process variable: A method that involves matching the trend of process outcome with the trend of process variables to identify the variables that have an impact on the process outcome is disclosed. The method for process trend matching comprises processing of raw data of process outcome and of process variables using an... Agent: Stephen B. Ackerman

20080177400 - Footwear of command output: The present invention relates to a kind of footwear with function of control command output. The footwear is equipped with at least two control buttons, one signal processing module and one signal transmission module. Users can put on the footwear and use their feet to press on the control keys... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080177401 - Method for operation of an automation system: A method for operation of an automation system is specified, with programming elements for integration into a control program provided for the control and/or monitoring of a technical process being transferred or being able to be transferred from a programming device included at least part of the time in the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080177403 - Control unit: at least one vibration detection means (31 to 33) attached to a main shaft portion (30) of a machine tool or a movable body moving relative to the main shaft portion (30), for example, attached to a holding table for a workpiece; a storage means (11) for storing a vibration... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080177404 - Method and system for controlling a user interface of a device using human breath: Certain aspects of a method and system for controlling a user interface of a device using human breath may include detecting movement caused by expulsion of human breath by a user. In response to the detection of movement caused by expulsion of human breath, one or more control signals may... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080177402 - Room atmosphere creating system: r

20080177405 - Personalized audiographs in association with collectibles: Aspects of the present invention relate to improved systems and methods adapted to receive an audio recording from a celebrity, store the audio recording in a digital format, wherein the audio recording contains a personalized message from the celebrity to an intended recipient, transfer the audio recording with authentication information... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080177406 - Personalized audiographs in association with collectibles: Aspects of the present invention relate to improved systems and methods adapted to receive an audio recording from a celebrity, store the audio recording in a digital format, wherein the audio recording contains a personalized message from the celebrity to an intended recipient, transfer the audio recording with authentication information... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080177408 - Method, system and medium for controlling manufacturing process using adaptive models based on empirical data: A method, system, and medium of modeling and/or for controlling a manufacturing process is disclosed. The method includes the steps of identifying one or more input parameters that cause a change in output characteristics, defining global nodes using estimated maximum and minimum values of the input parameters, and defining a... Agent: Applied Materials/blakely

20080177407 - Program writing method of numerical controller, numerical controller and cutting machine controlled thereby: A next or later user-set-program controlling a duplicated axis controlled by plural user set programs identifies a virtual axis virtually controlled by own user set program, a program is written to replace the duplicated axis to the virtual axis. A control amount calculated by the user set program identifying the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177409 - Program to make of cutting data for inner face of dental prosthesis: To remove an undercut part from three-dimensional data of the inner face, the program includes a surface model creating means to create a surface model based on three-dimensional data of a gypsum model including an abutment tooth, a cutting direction specifying means to specify a direction of a cutting bar,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080177410 - System and method for generating instructions for customization: A method of creating a triangulated surfaces for generating machine readable instructions for customization is provided. The method comprises selecting text or symbols. The text or symbols are spaced. The text or symbols are mapped between first and second curves. Triangulated surfaces are generated from the mapped text or symbols.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080177411 - Method and apparatus for localizing and mapping the position of a set of points on a digital model: A computer implemented method, apparatus and computer usable program product for mapping a position of a physical point on a digital model. The method comprises receiving sensor data for the physical point from a sensor unit and correlating a position of the physical point to the digital model. The computer... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080177412 - Device, method and program for soldering: Soldering can be performed in a state where the temperature in an object zone is stable, regardless of the heat capacity of a soldering object. A soldering device includes: a position calculation unit which calculates the position of a heated object according to operational information of a conveyer which sequentially... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080177413 - Method for controlling a movable tool, input device and machine tool: In the method for controlling a movable tool, in particular a grinding tool, by means of a feed function that specifies the movement of the tool in time in at least one axis, an initial feed function in the form of at least one initial feed curve (29) is displayed... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080177414 - Gas purge method and apparatus:

20080177415 - Bonding garments with elastomers and method of production: The present invention relates to a system and method of bonding garments with elastomers and particularly to a system and method to cut and hem in a garment in a continuous process and also a system and method to incorporate an elastic strip into a garment in a continuous process... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080177416 - Method and apparatus for automatic construction of electrodes for rocking-motion electric discharge machining: Disclosed is a method for designing an electrode for electric discharge machining of a workpiece, based on a reverse shape to a shape of the workpiece by use of a CAD system, which comprises the steps of obtaining a first reverse solid having a reverse shape to a shape of... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080177417 - System, operation cell, method, product manufacturing method, and marker for locating operation position: An operation position locating system locates a position on a product where an operation is performed in a manufacturing process of the product including one or more operations to be performed. The system includes an operation completion coordinates detection unit and an operation position locating unit. The operation completion coordinates... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080177418 - Order-picking system and method using rfid: The invention relates to a method and a system for order picking different types of goods and respectively different product batches, according to which the goods are respectively stacked in an unmixed manner in output devices, removed from the output devices according to a order-picking order, and transported to a... Agent: Kevin J. Mcneely, Esq.

20080177419 - Virtual enclosure bins in printing architectures: Improved printing architectures and associated methods are disclosed for printing enclosures in substantially real-time for insertion with a document in a mail piece. The printing architecture allows for virtual enclosure bins in place of or in addition to actual enclosure bins. When a virtual enclosure bin is referenced in a... Agent: Duft Bornsen & Fishman, LLP

20080177420 - System and method for processing batches of documents: A method of processing documents by receiving at least a batch of documents and a separator card in an input receptacle of a document processing device. The separator card includes a conductive material disposed on one side, and a barcode indicative of the source of the batch of documents. The... Agent: Cummins-allison Corp. C/o Nixon Peabody LLP

20080177421 - Robot and component control module of the same: A robot and its component control module are disclosed. The robot includes a CPU and at least two component modules. Each component control module includes at least one actuator, at least one sensor, and a controller. The sensor is used for detecting outside information and correspondingly generating a sensing signal.... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080177422 - Impurity amount control system for manufacturing single crystal and impurity amount control method for manufacturing single crystal: This control system for manufacturing a single crystal has a resistivity profile memory which stores a resistivity profile for a portion of a single crystal that is rendered into wafers; a simulator which determines a resistivity profile formula for indicating a resistivity profile within a reusable ingot that is the... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080177423 - Automatic energy management and energy consumption reduction, especially in commercial and multi-building systems: Automatic energy management is provided, in even the most complex multi-building system. The necessity of a human operator for managing energy in a complex, multi-building system is reduced and even eliminated. Computer-based monitoring and computer-based recognition of adverse energy events (such as the approach of a new energy peak) is... Agent: Mcguire Woods,

20080177424 - Regulating power consumption: A system for dynamically regulating power consumption in an information technology (IT) infrastructure having a plurality of compute nodes interconnected over a network is provided. The system includes at least one virtual machine (VM) host deployed at each of the plurality of compute nodes, the at least one VM host... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080177425 - Damping electromechanical oscillations in power systems: The present disclosure is concerned with the combined voltage or power flow control and damping of electromechanical oscillations in an electric power system by Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) devices or High Voltage DC (HVDC) transmission devices. To this end, information about a state or operating point of the power... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080177426 - Program and method for locating fasteners: A method and system for determining fastener locations at the joints of chord and web members of a roof truss determines an allowable area within which fasteners can be placed at the joints. Fastener locations within the allowable areas are determined, and additional information is associated with each fastener location.... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080172133 - System and method for controlling access to the gas supply of a stove: Disclosed is a system and method for controlling access to the gas supply of a stove and other similar appliances which utilize lit gas as a heat source. The present invention consists of a control device which controls a valve which can enable or disable the gas line to a... Agent: Avi Outmezguine

20080172134 - System and method for projecting b-rep outlines to detect collisions along a translational path: A system, method, and computer program for detecting collisions in a three-dimension environment, comprising the steps of establishing a projection path along a translational path of a first object toward a second object; projecting a first object outline from said first object with a second object outline from said second... Agent: Siemans Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.

20080172135 - Device and method for controlling functional status of a computer remotely: A device for remotely controlling the functional status of a computer, including an input that is adapted to receive telephone calls or SMS messages, an output that is coupled to the motherboard of the computer and adapted to communicate with the motherboard of the computer, an electronic circuit that is... Agent: Soroker-agmon Advocate And Patent Attorneys

20080172136 - Operation monitor: An operation monitor for performing control operation and monitoring of a plant through an operation monitor screen includes a transparent sheet display section for superposing a transparent sheet and entered information thereon for display on the operation monitor screen and storage sections for retaining an operation monitor screen file, an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080172137 - Online music production, submission, and competition: Methods and systems for recording music online using music recording software executable in a Web browser and for submitting the recording to a music competition conducted over the Internet are described. A user downloads pre-recorded musical beat tracks and music recording software. The software allows the user to record (with... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20080172140 - Audio playback time estimating apparatus and method: An audio playback time estimating apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a sampling unit to sample a plurality of sample frames of audio data from audio data including an ID3 tag and a plurality of frames using a quasi-random sampling method, an average-bit-rate-calculation unit to calculate an average bit rate... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080172138 - Maintaining music playback: Described is a technology for managing audio playback queues maintained in separate memory spaces, e.g., in a game console, such that that audio playback continues upon transitioning between states (including reboots) that change a memory space's contents. For example, before transitioning from a dashboard mode to a game playing mode,... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080172139 - System and method for enhancing perceptual quality of low bit rate compressed audio data: A system and method for converting an audio data is described. The method includes separating the audio data into a first set of data and a second set of data. The method further includes converting the first set of data into a track of the audio data. The method also... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080172141 - Chemical mixing apparatus, system and method: A system and method of formulating a batch comprising at least two ingredients. The ingredients are admitted to a container to partially fill it (28). The quantities of the ingredient in the container are determined (30), and a ratio of a target quantity to the determined current quantity for at... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080172142 - Derived metric for monitoring die placement: A method for monitoring die placement includes receiving measurements of an alignment of a semiconductor die mounted in a package by a die packaging tool. The measurements include center offset metrics associated with displacement of a center of the die. A plurality of corner offset metrics is determined based on... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080172143 - Method for controlling a laser body shell welding system, and laser body shell welding system: In a method for controlling a laser body shell welding system, in which a scanning head is attached to a machine arm or is operated as an external tool of the machine arm, the scanning head having at least one scanning mirror for positioning a laser beam on a workpiece... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080172144 - Systems and methods for processing packaged goods in the nature of cigarettes: A materials handling system for processing packaged tobacco products is disclosed. The system includes a picking area where individual packages of tobacco products are picked and placed onto a transport mechanism. The system also includes a picking support software component that manages activity in the picking area. The picking support... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080172145 - Method of producing mailing covers and machine utilizing said method: A method for producing unique and personalized pieces of mail, including integrating envelope production with the production of the documents for insertion within the envelopes. The machine for producing the pieces of mail includes a device for producing, from the same width of paper, both the documents and the envelopes... Agent: Davis Bujold & Daniels, P.l.l.c.

20080172146 - Robot platform provided with changeable/expandable module: The present invention relates to a robot platform provided with a changeable/expandable module, which comprises a base provided in the interior thereof with a power source, a drive mechanism, a plurality of wheels, and a control unit for receiving and executing commands. The base can be controlled by the control... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20080167732 - Method and system for remote control of a local system: A system and method for remote control including a control system having a memory and a CPU for sending and receiving control information and instructions at a first location, a software application for manipulating the control information sent and received by the control system resident in the memory, a remote... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20080167733 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials in an automated manufacturing environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials between processing units in an automated manufacturing environment are provided. A system includes a host system in communication with a work-in-process (WIP) material lot. The system also includes an application executing on the host. The application implements a... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080167734 - Method and apparatus for digital control of a lighting device: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for digitally controlling a lighting device which enables a desired lighting device operational set point to be reached in a rapid manner while substantially reducing overshoot and oscillation about the desired lighting device operational set point. In particular the present invention is... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080167735 - Repetitive controller to compensate for (61±1) harmonics: A repetitive controller scheme with two feedbacks one negative and one positive plus a negative feedforward introduces infinitely many poles on the imaginary axis located at j(6l±1)ωo (l=0,1,2, . . . ,∞) which produces resonant peaks tuned at 6l±1 (l=0,1,2, . . . ,∞) multiples of the fundamental frequency ωo.... Agent: Defillo & Associates, Inc.

20080167736 - Post-sterilization programming of surgical instruments: A surgical instrument with a programmable control unit and methods for programming the control unit while the surgical instrument is in a sterile container. The method may comprise packaging the surgical instrument in the container and then sterilizing the surgical instrument while the surgical instrument is in the container. The... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080167737 - Golf scoring system and method: A system for administrating tournaments and rounds, includes an automated server that collects tournament, round, player, score and statistic information, e.g., for golf, via text communication, and calculates and distributes standings, rankings, and points data derived from, the information to players and spectators via text communication. A text communication device... Agent: Beem Patent Law Firm

20080167739 - Autonomous robot for music playing and related method: An autonomous robot mainly contains an image capturing device, an interpretation device, a synthesis device, and an audio output device. The image capturing device captures pages of graphical images in which appropriate musical information is embedded, and the interpretation device deciphers and recognizes the musical information contained in the captured... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080167740 - Interactive audio recording and manipulation system: A system for interactive audio recording and manipulation may include a controller having at least one two-axis analog control and plurality of control buttons. The controller may be coupled to a computing device including a processor, a memory, and an audio interface including at least one audio input port to... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080167738 - Media connect device, and system using the same: Provided a media connect device which serves as a medium between a media player and an audio device, controls the media player in response to a user's manipulation of the audio device, performs USB-packet processing on an audio signal reproduced by the media player, and provide the audio signal packets... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080167741 - Portable data system: A data system includes an article such as footwear, model car or toy, an electronic module carried by said article, the electronic module having a microprocessor and a data storage device to which the user can selectively store and retrieve data, a data input to the electronic module configured for... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080167742 - Method of designing a diffusion film, a process for producing the same, and a diffusion film obtained thereby: A transparent support and plural types of particle groups having different particle size distributions each other that are to be contained in a light diffusing layer are provided. a blending ratio of the plural types of particle groups is computed such that a space packing ratio of respective particles in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080167743 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials in an automated manufacturing environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing movement of work-in-process materials (WIPs) between processing units are provided. A system includes a host system and an application executing thereon. The application implements a method that includes receiving a list of WIP lots, and indexing a list of routes with raw... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20080167744 - Controlling device for substrate processing apparatus and method therefor: A TL performs a feed forward control and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a target value that serves as a control value when an etching process is performed on a wafer. A communication unit causes an IMM to measure a processing state of the wafer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080167745 - Method and device for the diagnosis of technical devices disposed within an industrial installation: Disclosed is a method for diagnosing technical devices, especially pumps and valves, which are arranged within an installation used in the processing industry. According to said method, disturbance variables that affect the devices and influence the service life thereof are detected by means of sensory technology while the data of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080167746 - Debug method for determining excursive machines and application system thereof: A process debug method used to identify at least one excursive machine in a manufacturing process comprising the following steps: First, a series of validity identification data is collected, and the serial validity identification data is associated with its pathway to obtain a plurality of validity identification data sequences in... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080167747 - Article management system: There is provided an article management system having a previous process and a next process successively connected, which is provided with a product data creation unit to create product data corresponding to products of the previous process, a part data creation unit to create part data corresponding to parts in... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080167748 - Integrated pressure and flow ratio control system: An integrated pressure and flow ratio control system includes N mass flow controllers MFCi (i=1, . . . , N) that each control the flow rate of a fluid Fi (i=1, . . . , N) flowing into a processing chamber. These N mass flow controllers are linked together by... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080167749 - Weft knitting machine with density adjusting function, knitting method, and knitting program: A decision is made as to whether a fabric to be knitted is tubular or flat, and density is corrected such that knitting-start density is smaller and knitting-end density is larger for a tubular fabric. Knitting-start density is larger and knitting-end density is smaller for a flat fabric. A variable... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20080167750 - Robotic catheter system and methods: A robotic instrument system and method, comprising at least two instrument drive assemblies each detachably coupled to a respective instrument assembly. Each instrument assembly comprising an elongate, flexible guide instrument configured to be inserted into a patient's body. The instrument drive assemblies comprise one or more motors configure to operate... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080167751 - Robotic device: A robotic device in accordance with a plurality of embodiments is provided. The robotic device generally includes a plurality of groups of sensing devices for sensing environmental events; a plurality of controllers for recognizing the environmental events and generating corresponding commands; a plurality of driving devices for driving the robotic... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080167752 - Tracked robotic crawler having a moveable arm: A tracked robotic crawler capable of multiple movement moves is disclosed. In one embodiment, the tracked robotic crawler includes at least one frame unit, the frame unit having a continuous track rotatably coupled thereto. Disposed on the at least one frame unit is at least one articulated arm, the arm... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080167753 - Area coverage with an autonomous robot: There is therefore provided, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a robotic system for systematically moving about an area to be covered. The system includes at least one boundary marker (48) located along the outer edge of the area to be covered, a robot (40) with... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080167755 - Method and apparatus for smart circuit breaker: A smart circuit breaker is provided. An electronic device can be electrically positioned between a utility and an electrical power outlet, electrical subpanel, load center, transformer, or other power distribution center. The electronic device can include a circuit breaker associated with an electrical power circuit, a communications device, a monitoring... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080167754 - Ozone and other molecules sensors for electric fault detection: High impedance fault detection uses, in addition to sensors that measure purely electrical (i.e., current and voltage), molecule sensors are provided in an electrical grid. These molecule sensors are sensitive to the surrounding environment and may detect one or more of a variety of molecules, such as ozone (O3), combustion... Agent: Whitham Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20080167756 - Utility console for controlling energy resources: A system and method for managing power consumption and storage in a power grid. Measurements are received from a plurality of geographically distributed energy management controllers. Each energy management controllers has energy storage units with stored energy. The measurements comprise the energy production and storage capacity of the energy management... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080161940 - Framework for parallel business object processing: The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and software for performing parallel processing on a set of business object actions forming a batch process. The batch process may be performed by compiling a group of independent work packages, each work package representing a discrete business object action. The work packages... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.c.

20080161941 - Graph-theoretic technique of analyzing and optimizing policy deployment: A method and a device for managing state changes (Init, Run, Suspend, Resume, End) of a managed entity (302) includes a memory (906) and a processor (904) adapted to represent each state change of a managed entity (302) as a separate node (1-5) in a graph (300), represent a state... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080161942 - Oilfield analysis system and method: A system for analyzing an oilfield having at least one wellsite, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, that includes a data collection means for obtaining source data having a plurality of data elements of heterogeneous data... Agent: Osha . Liang L.l.p. / Slb

20080161943 - Methods to present problem solutions: Methods and apparatus to present solutions to problems are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a set of rules defining a problem, electronically propagating a first solution to determine a second solution and a third solution, automatically determining if a cost associated with the third solution is less than a... Agent: Hanely Flight & Zimmerman, Llc

20080161947 - Device and method for the inspection of containers: An arrangement for inspecting filled and closed containers (F), having a transporting means (3) which transports the containers (F) for a preset distance of travel at a speed of transport VTrans and at which are arranged a plurality of holding elements for the containers (F), the holding elements each being... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20080161944 - Method and apparatus for group filtered reports: Systems and corresponding methods are provided that, in at least one embodiment, includes the act or acts of receiving a plurality of first representations; receiving a second representation of a first user; determining at least one group to which the first user belongs; determining at least one set of members... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080161945 - Method and apparatus for group filtered reports that includes an originator of the reports: Systems and corresponding methods are provided that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of receiving a plurality of first representations, and responding to a request from a user by providing the user at least one second representation of at least one subset of the plurality of... Agent: Dean P. Alderucci

20080161946 - Method and system for monitoring apparatus: calculating averages and standard deviations of sensor values detected by the sample apparatuses for each sample apparatus; calculating a confidence interval of the averages and an average of the standard deviations; and calculating an average of sensor values detected by an arbitrary apparatus among the plural apparatuses as an object... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080161952 - Audio data processing apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an audio data processing apparatus including: a decoding unit configured to decode audio encoding data, while the decoding unit switches an M/S stereo application mode and an M/S stereo non-application mode, and thereby outputting frequency domain audio data; an inverse... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080161954 - Audio device and audio system receiving radio signal to reproduce sound: An audio device includes a connector to which a headphone or an earphone is connected, a receiver receiving a radio signal that is converted from an audio signal corresponding to video to be displayed at another device, a controller selecting music data or the received radio signal, and a second... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080161950 - Electronic system, electronic apparatus and method of operating audio unit: An electronic system includes an electronic apparatus and a portable electronic apparatus detachably provided to the electronic apparatus. The portable electronic apparatus includes a display portion equipped with a touch panel detecting an instruction from an operator and a first controller notifying the instruction detected by the touch panel, to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080161953 - Low distortion switching amplifier circuits and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include switching amplifier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a low distortion method of driving a switching amplifier comprising modulating an audio input signal to produce a half-wave rectified pulse-width modulated signal and a complementary half-wave rectified pulse-width modulated signal. These... Agent: Chad R. Walsh, Fountainhead Law Group

20080161955 - Method of and apparatus for displaying messages on a mobile terminal: A method and apparatus simultaneously displays the main text and/or more attached filed of a message received in a mobile terminal. This simultaneous display allows a user to confirm the main text and attached files in the message. The main text and attached files may be shown in respective areas... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080161956 - Musical content utilizing apparatus: A musical content utilizing apparatus has a data input portion B11, transformation process portion B13 and utilization process portion B15 implemented via programmed processes. The data input portion B11 inputs musical content data comprising different kinds of content material data about music and content definition data defining the handling of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080161951 - Portable memory device with dynamically loaded audio content: A USB flash memory device is provided which, when inserted into a USB port of a personal computer, automatically connects to a remote central management system via a wide area network such as the Internet to download updated audio and plays recorded audio. The housing of the memory device may... Agent: Ryndak & Suri LLP

20080161948 - Supplementing audio recorded in a media file: Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for supplementing audio recorded in a media file. Embodiments include receiving a media file; identifying the subject matter of audio portion of the media file; identifying supplemental content for supplementing the subject matter recorded in the audio portion of the media file;... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080161949 - Templates and style sheets for audio broadcasts: An audio broadcast creation client applies the concept of style sheets to audio data intended for audio broadcasts. The creation client associates style sheet elements to sections of the audio broadcast. An audio broadcast rendering engine applies the style sheet elements at runtime to alter or enhance sections of the... Agent: Ibm Corp. (wip) C/o Walder Intellectual Property Law, P.c.

20080161957 - Transaction interface for standardizing transactions with a measurement instrument: A transaction interface sits between a client application and hardware of a measurement instrument. The client application submits queries to the transaction interface to determine what capabilities the measurement instrument possesses. The query conforms to a standard format required by the transaction interface. The transaction interface executes the query and... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080161958 - System for storing and presenting sensor and spectrum data for batch processes: A system for monitoring and controlling a batch process. The system includes a control system that is operable to control the batch process and to receive measured process variables of the batch process. An analyzer analyzes a material sample from the batch process and generates array data representative of the... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080161959 - Method to measure tool wear from process model parameters: A system and method for monitoring tool wear in CNC machining operations by monitoring spindle power and extracting instantaneous cutting geometry. The method is based on a physics-based two parameter process model and measuring at two different cutting conditions. The process model parameters are measured with easily accessible spindle power.... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.a.

20080161960 - Device for the production of print products and method for the control of its drives: To control a saddle stitcher, an inserting machine or the like, a data processing network (1) is provided in accordance with the present invention, whose nodes are formed by the motor control units (31, 32, 33, . . . , 3n-1, 3n). A coordinating node (2) provided in the network... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.c. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080161961 - Profile characterization: A system and method are disclosed for quickly characterizing the profile of a surface of a workpiece using a non-contact scanner, such as a laser scanner, in preparation for subsequent machining. The method determines the location of a plurality of features of a workpiece on a machine tool, and comprises... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.c.

20080161962 - Method and system to create fashion accessories: In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments are directed to a method. In one embodiment, the method includes selecting a content stored in a device, transferring the selected content to an accessory creation system, and creating a physical accessory in a form corresponding to the selected content.... Agent: Perman & Green

20080161963 - Method and associated system for recording and retrieving fabrication and/or fitting data associated with a prosthetic component: A method for fabricating a prosthetic limb socket component includes the following steps: (a) obtaining measurements of an individual's residual limb; (b) generating electronic data representing outer dimensions of the individual's residual limb utilizing (at least in part) the obtained measurements; (c) storing the electronic data representing outer dimensions of... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080161964 - Robot system: There is provided a robot system which moves a laser beam in a processing path desired by a manipulator by moving a robot in an instructed path and controlling a driving shaft of a tool. In the robot system which includes a robot 1 having a plurality of driving shafts,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080161965 - Computer-aided manufacturing integrated machine probing: The present invention pertains to computer-aided manufacturing and, more particularly, to machine probing in computer-aided manufacturing. The invention comprises a method and apparatus employing an automated, integrated approach to generating add-on control software for a CNC tool.... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20080161966 - Method and system for controlling print operations in a mailpiece creation system: A system and method for processing mailpiece content material in a mailpiece inserter including a printer integrated with the mailpiece creation system. The integrated printer receives print stream data from a software application and prints the mailpiece content material based upon command signals from a system controller. The system further... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20080161967 - Envelope having a dynamic slogan: A mail item designed to be franked by a franking machine, in which mail item a slogan zone is constituted by an OLED screen having a control unit that includes memory means for storing various images designed to be displayed on said OLED screen, in still or animated manner, by... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080161968 - Bt' smart machine (btsm): A unique piece of engineering device “BT' Smart Machine” (BTSM) is described with the capability of lawn mowing, leave blowing/vacuuming, snow blowing, and general purpose blowing/vacuuming with other extra functionalities such as vehicle jump starter, heavy duty air compressor, vertical trolley, horizontal trolley, and outlets for AC and DC devices.... Agent: Babatunde Olanipekun Adegbile

20080161969 - Method for routing a robotic apparatus to a service station and robotic apparatus service system using thereof: A method for routing a robotic apparatus to a service station and robotic apparatus service system using thereof are disclosed in the present invention, wherein the system comprises at least one service station and a robotic apparatus. The service station is capable of providing charging service and has a signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161970 - Robot apparatus: A working robot arm and an object recognizing unit used for recognizing a moving body such as a person and an animal are prepared, and while an object recognized by the object recognizing unit is blocked by a shielding operation by the use of one portion of a robot mechanism... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20080161971 - Robotic arms: A robotic arm comprises a plurality of articulated elements, and control means for controlling the position of various of the elements such that the arm may adopt serpentine shape for tip following movement. Means for measuring directly the relative positions of at least some of the elements are provided in... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20080161972 - Calibration and metering methods for wood kiln moisture measurement: A moisture metering calibration method and system for, e.g., determining the moisture lumber within a lumber drying kiln is disclosed. Calibration of moisture indicative electrical signals obtained from, e.g., moisture sensing capacitive plates spaced apart within a stack of drying lumber is performed, wherein long lengths (e.g., up to 1000... Agent: Sheridan Ross Pc

20080161973 - Air conditioner: An indoor unit 10 includes an indoor side transmitting and receiving section 15 which is connected to a signal line L3 and employs a photocoupler, a relay MR10 which is connected between a power line L1 and a signal line L3 and is put in a closed state in a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080161974 - Environmental control and power system: A self-contained environmental control and power system (ECAPS) unit including an HVAC system with at least one variable-speed compressor driven by a DC motor, wherein the HVAC system is adapted to condition air and output the conditioned air and a variable-speed diesel engine connected to a generator. The generator is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080161975 - Fully articulated and comprehensive air and fluid distribution, metering, and control method and apparatus for primary movers, heat exchangers, and terminal flow devices: The described method and apparatus pertains namely to the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) industry, though its many functions extend into any and all forms of air-fluid movement, metering, distribution, and containment. Essentially, the scope of operation of the method and apparatus encompasses all forms of scientific and engineering... Agent: Daniel Stanimirovic

20080161976 - Fully articulated and comprehensive air and fluid distribution, metering, and control method and apparatus for primary movers, heat exchangers, and terminal flow devices: The described method and apparatus pertains namely to the HVAC (Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning) industry, though its many functions extend into any and all forms of air-fluid movement, metering, distribution, and containment. Essentially, the scope of operation of the method and apparatus encompasses all forms of scientific and engineering... Agent: Daniel Stanimirovic

20080161977 - Hvac zone controller: A zone controller having an electronic board with a plurality of electronic components attached thereto. The electronic components are constructed and arranged to receive a plurality of signals from a plurality of thermostats and to transmit a plurality of signals to a plurality of air control devices for controlling airflow... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080161978 - Graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller: A graphical user interface system for a thermal comfort controller. The user interface system has a central processing unit coupled to a memory and a touch sensitive display unit. The memory stores a temperature schedule data structure and perhaps a temperature history data structure. The temperature schedule data structure is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080161979 - Method for coordination study for protective devices with dynamic settings, multiple functions and multiple setting groups: A circuit protection system is provided in a circuit to protect power switches from fault conditions using the protective algorithms. The algorithms to control a response of said power switches to fault conditions to protect said circuit. The protective response of the power switches to a fault condition is displayed... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.