Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 01/09

20090030532 - Method for operating an automation system: There is described a method for operating an automation system which comprises at least two measuring modules, each connected to a higher order processing unit in order to communicate therewith. The higher order processing unit is informed of an event that is recorded by one of the at least two... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090030533 - Products, device, and system for controlling: A product for controlling physical properties comprising data processing means with inputs and outputs is disclosed. The product has approved bounds of behaviour. At least one of said outputs comprises at least one control signal disposed to be output by said product, and said data processing means comprises a processing... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20090030534 - Method for the programming of a safety controller: The invention relates to a method for the programming of a safety controller to be interconnected with encoders and actuators, wherein a wiring plan or a specific wiring is first prepared, whereupon an automated programming of the safety controller takes place using the wiring information.... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090030535 - Audio playback apparatus and nethid based on a general spi interface: An audio playback apparatus is based on a pre-defined data communication protocol, and communicating with an external host. The audio playback apparatus includes an audio playback engine, having a plurality of I/O pins based on the pre-defined data communication protocol for communicating with the external host. The pre-defined data communication... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090030540 - Audio system for interacting with article: A system for interacting with an article having a position-coding pattern and a plurality of different print elements printed thereon. Each print element corresponds to a different audio output. The system comprises: an optical sensor for reading a portion of the position-coding pattern; a processor coupled to the optical sensor... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090030541 - Handheld audio playback device with memory and means for downloading audio data files to memory: A handheld audio playback device for interacting with an article having a position-coding pattern and a plurality of different print elements printed thereon. Each print element corresponds to a different audio output. The device comprises: a nib for indicating a selected print element; an optical sensor for reading a portion... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090030537 - Interactive radio system and method: An interactive radio system and method are disclosed. The system enables platforms, data solutions, and building community to deliver value for listeners, stations and advertisers. The system synchronizes the on-air activity of the radio station with websites, streaming audio, ecommerce systems, text messages and visuals and may include music, promotions... Agent: Olympic Patent Works Pllc 705 Second Ave.

20090030539 - Interactive system: An interactive system for playing audio. The system comprises an article having a position-coding pattern and a plurality of different print elements printed thereon; an optical sensor for reading a portion of the position-coding pattern; a processor coupled to the optical sensor for determining a position using the read portion... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090030536 - Method and system for dynamic aliasing suppression: A method of for aliasing suppression in a sub-band speaker-phone system, comprising receiving an analog audio signal from a near end analog audio input interface, converting said analog audio signal into a near end digital audio signal using an A2D; receiving N≧2 sub-bands decoded digital audio data from a far-end,... Agent: Hasse & Nesbitt Llc

20090030538 - Prerecorded digital portable personal stereo: This digital portable personal stereo comprises a housing containing a connection interface for connection to earphones; a digital memory immovably attached to the housing; an electronic circuit for accessing said memory; and a control interface for controlling said electronic circuit wherein that a encrypted audio content is prerecorded in the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090030542 - Apparatus and method for handling short run quick changeover fabrication jobs: In a flexible manufacturing system (FMS), a shelving module of a work cell is fitted with a dedicated lift conveying mechanism so that work materials of desired sizes may be retrieved individually from different shelves of the shelving module for conveyance to the machine of the work cell. By having... Agent: Louis Woo Law Office Of Louis Woo

20090030543 - Semiconductor manufacturing process monitoring: A system and method for monitoring a semiconductor manufacturing process is disclosed. The system communicates with one or more process tools, and monitors each tool during a predetermined process window time. Errors and warnings are provided to users, allowing corrective action to be taken. Additionally, the system of the present... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090030544 - Multi-unit process spatial synchronization of image inspection systems: A conversion control system is described that includes a database to store data defining a set of rules and an interface to receive local anomaly information from a plurality of different analysis machines associated with a plurality of manufacturing process lines that perform a plurality of operations on a web... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20090030545 - Numeric control device of machine tool: A numeric control device with a simple structure of a machine tool, capable of detecting a defect of a spindle or a spindle motor of the machine tool and automatically informing an operator of the defect. A numeric control device has a first storing part, a calculating part and a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090030546 - Apparatus and method for positioning control: The present invention discloses a positioning control apparatus which receives a moving command and a feedback signal outputted from a controlled device, and controls the controlled device for moving and positioning. The positioning control apparatus includes a first control loop, a second control loop and an arbitration module with a... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.a.

20090030547 - Calibration of high speed loader to substrate transport system: In one aspect, a system is disclosed having a substrate carrier loader adapted to load substrate carriers onto a moving conveyor; and a controller coupled to the substrate carrier loader, the controller adapted to assist in at least one of alignment of the substrate carrier loader to the moving conveyor... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, Pc

20090030548 - Automatic vending machine: The preset invention relates to an automatic vending machine that provides novel services so as to attract the interest of purchasers to promote use of the automatic vending machine. An automatic vending machine (1) is provided with a vending machine main unit (10), with a play device (20) including a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090030549 - Working station: Immediately before a robot 20 starts to move at a high speed, a monitoring area 53 is expanded in a returning direction Y, and absence of an obstacle in the monitoring area 53 is confirmed. During the high speed movement of the robot 20, the monitoring area 53 is expanded... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090030550 - Automatic machine system and wireless communication method thereof: the controller (2) includes a controller communicating portion for carrying out a wireless communication with the teaching unit (3), a second field intensity monitoring portion (26) for monitoring a field intensity of communication data in the controller communicating portion, and a driving portion for driving the mechanism unit (1) based... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090030551 - Method and system for controlling a mobile robot: A method and a system for operating a mobile robot comprise a range finder for collecting range data of one or more objects in an environment around the robot. A discriminator identifies uniquely identifiable ones of the objects as navigation landmarks. A data storage device stores a reference map of... Agent: Deere & Company

20090030552 - Robotics visual and auditory system: It is a robotics visual and auditory system provided with an auditory module (20), a face module (30), a stereo module (37), a motor control module (40), and an association module (50) to control these respective modules. The auditory module (20) collects sub-bands having interaural phase difference (IPD) or interaural... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090030553 - Method and device for creating and analyzing an at temerature and pressure oxidation-reduction potential signature in hot water systems for preventing corrosion: Disclosed is a method of creating a real-time oxidation-reduction potential signature in a hot water system to detect REDOX stress and inhibit corrosion in the hot water system. The method includes defining one or more operational protective zones in the hot water system. One or more of the operational protective... Agent: Edward O. Yonter Patent And Licensing Department

20090030554 - Cooling control device and method: A method of controlling a cooling device comprising receiving an indication of a desired cooling capacity, providing a plurality of possible sets of operating parameters, determining a plurality of sets of estimated cooling outputs, each set of estimated cooling outputs corresponding to a respective one set of the plurality of... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20090030555 - Priority conditioning in a multi-zone climate control system: A method and mechanism for performing a prioritized determining of a climate conditioning to be provided to a zone in a multiple zone structure. In one embodiment of the invention, the determining of a climate conditioning to be provided to a zone is to be a prioritized determining, where a... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090030556 - Methods for assessing reliability of a utility company's power system: Methods are provided for assessing reliability of a power system of a utility company. At least one main overview display is obtained. Violation markers are displayed on the one main overview display. A monitored elements tab is updated with a list of monitored elements.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20090030557 - Energy management system that provides real time situation awareness of a potential energy management failure: An energy management system has a control center at a utility company, and logic resources coupled to the power system that provide a real time notice of conditions which effect energy management of the utility company. At least one user interface is provided at the control center that is coupled... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20090030558 - Wheel alignment head and system with advanced power management: A wheel alignment head and system use advanced power management to reduce non-essential power consumption, to extend operation time between charges. The wheel alignment head is operable in a first operation state and a second operation state that consumes less power than the first operation state. In response to an... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090030559 - System and method for cooling a heat-generating device: A method for cooling a heat-generating device, comprising setting a reference surface temperature of the heat-generating device, measuring a temperature of a surface of the heat-generating device, measuring a temperature gradient based on temperature measurements of two or more different locations on the heat-generating device, implementing a closed-loop control based... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090030560 - Temperature control system for machine tool: A temperature control system for a machine tool capable of quickly responding to an ambient temperature change. A mechanical section of the machine tool is surrounded by a machine cover. Gas of which temperature is controlled by a temperature controller is discharged from bearing portions of gas bearings in the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090024230 - Program development support apparatus of safety controller: The arrangement of the function block to the programming field is performed according to the guide by a function block arrangement template in which block arrangeable positions are defined vertically and horizontally and in which one end side in a row direction is defined as an input terminal side and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090024231 - Systems and methods for control over unreliable networks: A method and system may operate to receive a first data from a sensor of a controlled device via a wireless network at a first time, transmit the first data to a controller system, receive a second data from the sensor of the controlled device via the wireless network at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090024232 - Reactive replenishable device management: Reactive replenishable device management comprises receiving device measurement data from at least one device, updating one or more device usage profiles associated with the at least one device, and if an analysis of the one or more device usage profiles indicates usage of the at least one device is sub-optimal,... Agent: Thelen LLP

20090024234 - Apparatus and method for coupling two independent audio streams: In providing a seamless transition between two audio Streams using the cross-fade technique, a clock rate in processing the current audio Stream is increased. The increased audio Stream processing rate permits the current audio Stream to finish processing the initial audio Stream by the beginning of the fade-out or fade-in... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090024236 - Audio data transmission and reception methods and electronic apparatus using the same: Audio data transmission and reception methods and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The audio data transmission and reception methods send audio data by one bit at the rising edge and at the falling edge of a bit clock, and send audio data over a null interval carrying... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090024233 - Audio reproducing apparatus, audio reproducing method, and audio reproducing processing program: An easy-to-use and user-friendly apparatus is provided that displays motivation for exercise to a user to allow the user to continue comfortably exercising. An audio signal output processor reproduces audio data and a music sound is thus emitted from a loudspeaker. The user practices exercise, such as walking or jogging,... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20090024235 - Method and apparatus for transmitting and processing audio in inter-ic sound format: Provided are a method and apparatus for transmitting and processing an Inter-IC Sound (I2S) format audio signal. The method of transmitting an audio signal in a normal serial audio format between a first logic unit and a second logic unit, the method includes: converting a first additional information signal with... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20090024237 - Method and assembly for determining and/or producing a drive or parts for a drive and interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor sb: An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB for a drive, including gear unit and motor, provided for a load, an operational reliability factor SB is determined for the drive or its gear unit from a load collective that is at least three-dimensional.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090024238 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus includes a display unit having an operation screen, a first control section that transmits a control instruction for processing a substrate and a second control section that performs control according to the control instruction from the first control section. The first control section has a screen... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024239 - Work management apparatus and work management method: A work management apparatus of the present invention includes bar-code readers that detect the input and output of target objects to and from each facility in each facility, a process management device that obtains, as workpiece information, information of date and time when the target objects enter into each facility... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090024240 - Workstation display for an assembly location having a timing indicator portion: An assembly line includes a plurality of assembly locations. One of a plurality of sequential assembly tasks is performed at each assembly location. A workstation, located at each assembly location, is configured to display information regarding one of a number of variations of the one assembly task to be performed.... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20090024241 - Dual-mode robot systems and methods for electronic device manufacturing: Electronic device manufacturing systems and methods are provided. In some aspects, a system having a dual-mode robot is provided which is disposed within a system component (e.g., a factory interface or transfer chamber) and adapted to operate in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, Pc

20090024242 - Method of determining pickup order of components: To provide a method for determining a component pickup order used by a component mounting apparatus which has plural mounting heads, and which causes the mounting heads to alternately pick up components from a component supplying unit and mount the components onto boards. The component pickup order determining method includes... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.l.p.

20090024243 - Method and system for real-time monitoring and controlling height of deposit by using image photographing and image processing technology in laser cladding and laser-aided direct metal manufacturing process: The object of this invention is to provide a method and system for real-time monitoring and controlling the height of a deposit by using image photographing and image processing technology in a laser cladding and laser-aided direct metal manufacturing process. This invention also provides a method of controlling the intensity... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090024244 - High throughput semiconductor wafer processing: A wafer processing system has a wafer loading system accommodating sufficient wafer carriers to substantially maximize the processing speed capability of the processing system. Wafer carriers are placed into and removed from the loading system by one or two overhead carrier loading tracks. Carriers may be loaded or removed while... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP/semitool

20090024245 - Apparatus for monitoring and securing danger zones on power-driven textile machines: In an apparatus for monitoring and securing danger zones on power-driven textile machines, in particular spinning room preparatory machines, having movable machine parts, an optical monitoring device monitors a movable danger zone to form a movable protection zone, such that a person and/or an object intruding into the danger zone... Agent: Venable LLP

20090024246 - Bending apparatus: A bending apparatus is provided with a ram start-up device so as to be movable in a lateral direction. A controller moves the ram start-up device to a point in front of positioning points of abutments corresponding to points of selected edges of a workpiece. The bending apparatus includes a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090024247 - Slip sensor: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a sensor having a roller adapted on a shaft to roll along a workpiece surface, a compliant member adapted around at least a portion of the roller, and an encoder to code information regarding movement of the roller. In some implementations, the encoder... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20090024248 - Systems and methods of distributing medications: A system for securely providing medications in a group setting includes a medication dispensing apparatus for securely loading a portable medication container. The container can respond to one or more individual identifying indicia and unlock one or more storage containers which contain medications to be dispensed to the individual.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090024249 - Method for designing genetic code for software robot: A method for designing a genetic code for a software robot in a software robot apparatus is provided in which a request for writing a genetic code for a software robot is received from a user, a plurality of intuition traits associated with one or more pieces of genetic information... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20090024250 - Mobile robot and method for controlling mobile robot: A mobile robot includes: a main body; a drive unit that moves the main body; a contact force detecting unit that detects a contact force acting against an obstacle; and a controller that controls the drive unit to move the main body toward a target object under a condition that... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090024251 - Method and apparatus for estimating pose of mobile robot using particle filter: A method and apparatus for estimating the pose of a mobile robot using a particle filter is provided. The apparatus includes an odometer which detects a variation in the pose of a mobile robot, a feature-processing module which extracts at least one feature from an upward image captured by the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090024252 - Control device and control method for cooling fan: A hybrid ECU executes a program including the steps of: setting a fan driving level F for a cooling fan, as based on a high voltage battery's temperature TB, SOC and input and output currents, and a vehicular cabin's internal temperature and background noise; detecting from a signal transmitted from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090024253 - Process controller having improved surge capacity control and related methodology: A method and related non-linear level controller (NLLC) for controlling surge capacity in a processing system including at least one vessel receiving an inlet flow of a fluid including a liquid subject to variation and supplying an outlet flow to at least one downstream unit includes the step of computing... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090024254 - Field equipment of two-wire: A field equipment includes: a signal processing section; a first calculation control section for generating a first control signal which controls a start of a signal processing of the signal processing section; first and second insulating sections coupled to the first calculation control section; and a second calculation control section... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090024255 - Utility interactive inverter with var dispatch capabilities: A VAR dispatch system. A central control system connected to a network is configured to receive data reflecting local variations in conditions on a power grid and to transmit system control commands over the network. A plurality of VAR dispatch devices are connected to the network and to the power... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20090024256 - Centralized multi-zone cooling for increased battery efficiency: A system for managing battery temperature is described. The system may include a cooling system which may include a fluid. A cabin circulation subsystem may be coupled to the cooling subsystem and may utilize the fluid for cabin cooling. A separate battery circulation subsystem may also may also be coupled... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.a.

20090024257 - Control system: A pull-down control process for a chiller system is provided. The pull-down control process can override the capacity control process for the chiller system to pull-down the leaving chilled liquid temperature faster than the capacity control process. The pull-down control process can maintain pre-rotation vanes in a fully open position... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick Llc

20090024258 - Safety valve testing: A method of measuring the condition of a safety valve comprises measuring a condition parameter that varies with the sealing force of the valve. The condition parameter may be determined from in-line measurements, such as measurements of a pressure pso at which the valve will open and a pressure psl... Agent: Bliss Mcglynn, P.c.

20090018671 - Method and system for process control: A method and system for process control. The control system can be operably coupled to a processing system. The control system can include control devices operably coupled to the processing system; a modeling module to provide a linear model based at least in part on the processing system; a computational... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090018672 - System and method for monitoring the data traffic on a fieldbus: The disclosure relates to a device and a method for monitoring the data traffic on a fieldbus of a process automation system which comprises a plurality of field devices for carrying out a process function, which field devices can be controlled via at least one higher-level control unit, with a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090018673 - Environment, lighting and security control system: The present invention provides an environment measurement monitoring and response system. The present invention provides a method, system and program for managing multiple environmental systems in retail store locations geographically remote from each other.... Agent: David T. Bracken / Law Office Of David T. Bracken

20090018674 - Method for configuring a roller shutter automatic control device and roller shutter automatic control device: The method allows the configuration of a blind control device being capable of sending at least one automatic control command at a time changing in the course of a year in a periodic manner, the period being equal to the calendar year. It is wherein it comprises a first step... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090018675 - Process control system and method for operating a process control system: A process control system comprising: a programmable automation controller (“PAC”) (12); and at least one process control peripheral device (14). The peripheral devices are controlled by the PAC depending upon user-configured settings. The PAC uses an operating system which comprises a kernel, a configuration process and run-time processes. The run-time... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090018676 - Model structure parameter decision method, parameter decision device, control device, and temperature adjustment device: [Means for Solving Problems] Parameters K and T of a model structure (A structure) comprising a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, wherein a difference on the output side is fed back to the input side, are calculated based on parameters a and b of a black box... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090018677 - Upnp control point and method of handling upnp control request: Provided is a technique for preventing a loss by storing a universal plug and play (UPnP) control request and delaying handling of the UPnP control request. A method of handling a UPnP control request in a UPnP control point includes storing a UPnP control request that is not handled in... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090018678 - Artificial contests among temporal sequences: A method for arranging a primary contest including a primary computer system in communication with a data feed to a source of data including sequences, wherein the sequences are discrete functions of time, the method including selecting sequences as contestants in the contest, providing a definition of a contest outcome... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20090018681 - Apparatus and method of controlling reproduction of media signal using tag: A method and apparatus to control reproduction of a media signal by using a tag includes receiving a request for generating tag information for controlling the reproduction of the media signal using a tag, generating the tag information according to the request for generating tag information, and storing the generated... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090018682 - Cable adapter for a media player system: A media player system is disclosed. One aspect of the media player system pertains to a docking station that allows a media player to communicate with other media devices. Another aspect of the media player system pertains to a wireless media player system that includes a hand held media player... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090018680 - Data embedding device, data embedding method, data extraction device, and data extraction method: A data embedding device has: a phase adjusting unit for adjusting a phase of an acoustic signal in accordance with a frame unit in which arbitrary transmission data is to be embedded; and a combining unit for embedding the transmission data in the phase-adjusted acoustic signal. A data extraction device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090018684 - Media usage monitoring and measurement system and method: Media monitoring and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. Some embodiments of the present invention provide a media measurement system and method that utilizes audience data to enhance content identifications. Some embodiments analyze media player log data to enhance content identification. Other embodiments of the present invention analyze sample sequence... Agent: Mauriel Kapouytian & Treffert LLP

20090018683 - System and method for data transfer optimization in a portable audio device: A system and method are disclosed wherein a battery-powered portable audio device utilizes a spinning media device for data storage. To conserve batter power, the motor in the media storage device is not powered unless an actual data transfer is required. A processor calculates the amount of data remaining in... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090018679 - Time-shifting device in a home network: The present invention relates to a home network connected to an external audio/video source to stream an audio/video content received from the external source on a digital television receiver, or set top box, of the home network. The home network comprises: —a gateway device comprising audio/video reception means to receive... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090018685 - Method for building three-dimensional objects with thin wall regions: A method for modifying a computer-aided design model of a three-dimensional object, the method comprising establishing a threshold wall width, providing at least one sliced layer polyline of the computer-aided design model, determining a first distance between first and second portions of the at least one sliced layer polyline, and... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090018686 - Scheduling method and program for a substrate treating apparatus: A scheduling method for a substrate treating apparatus having a plurality of treating units for treating substrates, wherein, based on a procedure including a plurality of treating steps, a controller determines an order of treating a plurality of lots successively in the treating units. The method includes a step of... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090018687 - Production instruction system and production instruction method: To create production instructions in a short period of time, in the presence of a divergence between a planned production number and the number of performance generated by variations of production volume due to variations of yield with respect to production lines of electronic device products such as a hard... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090018688 - Methods and systems for designing and validating operation of abatement systems: A method of developing an integrated abatement system is provided, including the steps: a) determining whether an integrated abatement system meets a destruction removal efficiency standard wherein the determination includes the steps: i) operating an electronic device manufacturing process tool using a best known method, whereby effluent containing a target... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090018689 - Manufacture of large parts on small machines: The present invention provides a method for machining a part from a workpiece. The workpiece is divided into a plurality of sectors and a plurality of fiducials are disposed within each sector. The separation distance between each fiducial is then calibrated to a workpiece distance unit. The present invention then... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20090018690 - Method of controlling a robotic work station and a corresponding robotic work station: The invention relates to a method of driving a workstation (1) comprising operational units (2, 3) linked to a drive automaton (7) executing a drive program, the drive program comprising for each operational unit at least one sub-part defining a plurality of strings of actions as a function of synchronization... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090018691 - 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

20090018692 - Substrate processing apparatus: A substrate processing apparatus which can securely show the status of recipe transition is provided. In a substrate processing apparatus 100 including a main control unit 312 which sends a control instruction to process a substrate, and a sub control unit 314 which carries out control of the apparatus in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090018693 - Apparatus for projecting an optical marking on the surface of an article: A device for the projection of an optical marking onto the surface of an object comprises a projection mechanism for the generation of a pencil of rays directed to the surface and a manipulation mechanism for said pencil of rays. In addition, the device comprises a data storage unit for... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090018694 - Method for compensating wear of a finishing tool: The invention is a method of creating greater accuracies for wear compensation of a finishing tool during the finishing of workpieces, in which a reference surface is ablated by initially traversing the finishing tool over the reference surface and determining the actual wear of the finishing tool as a result... Agent: Van Ophem & Vanophem, PC Remy J Vanophem, PC

20090018695 - Vending machine service system and method therefore: A mono-directional data transmission and receiving system between vending equipment and service vehicles is provided so as to allow service personnel the ability to retrieve information about the vending equipment prior to entering facilities and arriving at the equipment's location. The preferred embodiment of the present invention teaches a monitoring... Agent: Joseph T. Regard, Ltd PLC

20090018696 - Method and device for controlling a robot: A robot controller including a multitude of simultaneously functioning robot controller units. Each robot controller unit is adapted to receive an input signal, receive top-down information, execute an internal process or dynamics, store at least one representation, send top-down information, issue motor commands wherein each motor command has a priority.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090018697 - Process for positioning an assembly tool on the end of an articulated arm and device for its implementation: The invention relates to a method for positioning an effector (12) in relation to a surface (14), said effector (12) comprising at least one tool for performing an assembly step such as drilling or riveting, and being attached to the end of an articulated arm (10) which is able to... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090018698 - Robot system based on network and execution method of that system: The present invention relates to a network-based robot system and an executing method thereof. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, predefine environment information is expressed in a universal data model (UDM) described by a linkage that shows a relationship among nodes, each node being an object of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090018699 - Work positioning device: Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M1, M2), ((G1, G2), (N1, or N2), (K1, K2)), there is provided image processing means (40B) for obtaining by image processing, measured values (CD1, CD2) ((GD1, GD2), (ND1, or ND2), (KD1, KD2)) and reference values (CR1, CR2) ((GR1, GR2), (NR1, or NR2), (KR1, KR2)), and for... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090018700 - Apparatus and method for robot handling control: A robot arm is provided with an end effecter for grasping an object and a force sensor for detecting a force acted upon the end effecter. In the state in which end effecter grasps an object, when there is a change in the force acting on the end effecter detected... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090018701 - Medical diagnosis and/or intervention device: On a medical diagnosis and/or intervention device having a movable component, collision sensors are to be arranged without the cabling outlay becoming too high. This is made possible by the collision sensors being capable of sending signals wirelessly. The voltage supply can also be provided wirelessly along a section by... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090018702 - System and method for controlling vehicle idling based on engine emmissions: An idle control system for a vehicle is provided.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090018704 - Method and system for control of osmotic pump device: Embodiments of a system including a remotely controlled osmotic pump device and associated controller are described. Methods of use and control of the device are also disclosed. According to some embodiments, an osmotic pump device is placed in an environment in order to pump a material into the environment or... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090018703 - System and method for control of aeroelasticity effects: A system is provided for control of a structure immersed in a fluid flow regime. The system comprises a plurality of flow sensors disposed on a surface of the structure, the flow sensors including at least one flow bifurcation point sensor. The system further comprises at least one structural sensor... Agent: J. Michael Martinez De Andino, Esq. Hunton & Williams LLP

20090018705 - Demand control device: A demand control device includes a storing unit (21) arranged to store performance data of a power consumption accumulated value by environmental condition in a power database (24), and a predicted value calculating unit (21) arranged to, at a start of a demand time period, calculate a predicted value of... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090018706 - Flexible electric load management system and method therefore: A system for controlling electricity consumption of an electricity consumer having a plurality of loads, including: (a) a main central processing unit, connected to a power source, and adapted to receive a signal therefrom; (b) a memory associated with the processing unit; (c) controlled relay assemblies connected to a plurality... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20090018707 - Adaptive system and method for controlling vehicle idling: An idle control system for a vehicle is provided.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090018708 - Method for pre-heating high power devices to enable low temperature start-up and operation: A method and system for utilizing the heat dissipated by quiescent IC leakage currents to control the start-up temperature of components. A temperature control sub-system utilizes a thermal sensor to sense the junction temperature of the component. When the temperature is below an operating threshold, the control sub-system applies power... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090012631 - Automation safety life cycle: The system subject of disclosure includes computer software inputted with machine readable data into a CPU that sequentially combines and integrates multiple activities and processes of a production or processing facility. The steps or functions performed by the software include but are not limited to performing control rationalization, process hazard... Agent: Law Office Of David Mcewing

20090012632 - Operation control method, operation control device, and operation control system: It is an object to provide an operation control apparatus and an operation control method which allow operation of a control object without causing adverse affect on the operational condition of the control object, even when a deviation of a real system from a model (model error) arises. The operation... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090012634 - Electrically adjustable furniture piece and method for servicing an adjustable furniture piece: The invention concerns an electrically adjustable item of furniture having at least one electric drive motor, at least one control device for operating the drive motor, and a display unit, characterized in that the control device is able to encode operating status data into a status code, and the display... Agent: Eschweiler & Associates, LLC National City Bank Building

20090012633 - Environmental monitoring in data facilities: Processes and techniques for environmental monitoring in a data facility are described. A network of environmental sensors is arranged to monitor a variety of environmental conditions of the facility. The sensors can be queried to generate data describing specific environmental conditions, and the data can be processed to generate an... Agent: Lee & Hayes PLLC

20090012637 - Chorus position detection device: An audio variation point detector detects whether a variation amount of audio power of the received audio signal is greater than a first threshold, and detects a variation point where the audio power variation is greater than the first threshold. A song detector determines whether the vicinity of the detected... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20090012638 - Feature extraction for identification and classification of audio signals: Characteristic features are extracted from an audio sample based on its acoustic content. The features can be coded as fingerprints, which can be used to identify the audio from a fingerprints database. The features can also be used as parameters to separate the audio into different categories.... Agent: Xia Lou

20090012636 - Method for recording a presentation: A method for recording a speaker's voice and operations during a computer aided presentation is disclosed. The method records the speaker's voice to convert into a voice data packet (VDP) when a presentation file, such as a PowerPoint file, is being executed. Once the speaker's operation to the presentation file... Agent: Hdsl

20090012635 - System and method for providing recommendations by a remote server based on acoustic analysis data: A music recommendation system receives a user selection of desired music, retrieves analysis data associated with the selected music, and generates a playlist of songs based on the analysis data. The analysis data is generated based on a processing of one or more audio signals associated with the selected music.... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090012639 - Axis control method: Methods and devices are provided for adjusting the relative position and/or relative movement between a workpiece and a tool of a machine tool in the direction of an axis. An actuating variable for a basic axis comprising one or more drives is generated in the first controller of a basic... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090012640 - 3d object fabrication methods and systems: A 3D object fabrication method implemented in a fabrication system includes the following steps. A digital object model is retrieved. Sections of the digital object model are respectively printed on plural pieces of plane material. The pieces of plane material are combined to form a physical 3D object of the... Agent: Quintero Law Office, PC

20090012641 - Method of real-time scheduling of processes at distributed manufacturing sites: In a method of scheduling of processes at distributed and interacting manufacturing sites, a potential availability of predictive pairings of materials and work machines processing the materials over a predetermined period of time is determined for a plurality of manufacturing sites. The potential availability data of the predictive pairings is... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090012642 - Modular transfer system for workpieces: A modular transfer system for workpieces. Workpiece carriers are positioned in a manufacturing module with the same CNC (x-y) axis systems and the same servo drives the workpiece carrier and transfers such between modules. A separate conveyor belt is thus not required for the transfer.... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090012643 - Method of achieving high productivity fault tolerant photovoltaic factory with batch array transfer robots: The present invention generally comprises a method for achieving fault tolerance in a PV FAB. A plurality of processing tools may be coupled together along a processing line, and a plurality of substantially identical processing lines may be arranged within the FAB. Whenever a processing tool within any processing line... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090012644 - Method for depositing individually packaged items in containers: A method for depositing real items into real containers, wherein the real items are transported along a picking line and are deposited into spaces in the real containers using robots. Placement of the items is predetermined by a controller. The controller provides for the real items and the real containers... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090012645 - Mail processing system and method of loading articles with reduced speed: A mail processing system has an infeed line coupled to receive a first article from a feeder. A loading device is coupled to receive the first article from the infeed line at a first speed, and a transfer unit is coupled to receive the first article from the loading device,... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20090012646 - Automatic vending machine and serial bus system suitable to the same: In a configuration where a main control unit and various peripheral modules are bus-connected on a communication line, the communication line includes a control line in addition to signal lines serving as a differential pair. The control line is, for example, a bus of the logical AND. When the main... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090012647 - Robot system employing multijoint robots and workpiece delivery method: A multijoint robot has a multijoint link and a hand attached to the link. The robot comprises motion separating means and control means. The motion separating means separates, in terms of vectors, a motion of the hand into a first motional vector component along a given plane and a second... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090012648 - Robotic arms with coaxially mounted helical spring means: A robotic arm comprising a plurality of segments, each comprising articulated links, and means for causing each segment to bend so the arm can follow a serpentine path. A helical spring is provided coaxially with the arm to urge the links to an initial datum position, and to distribute the... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090012649 - Oil sand processing apparatus control system and method: A control system for an oil sand processing apparatus and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus includes a rotatable drum, an oil sand feed mechanism, a drive mechanism for rotating the drum, a first drum support and a second drum support. The control system includes a first drum... Agent: Rodman Rodman

20090012651 - Including energy price in optimizing refrigerant system operation: An HVAC & R system controller is provided with time pricing information for electricity and/or natural gas. This pricing information is utilized to determine the most efficient system configuration and operation schedule to achieve desired conditions in an indoor environment. As an example, if electricity prices are high, then the... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090012650 - Network-based air-conditioning equipment remote monitoring and management system: A network-based air-conditioning equipment remote monitoring and management system is proposed, which is designed for use with a network system to allow the user to carry out monitoring and management tasks on one or more remotely-located air-conditioning equipment systems in a real-time manner via the network system. The proposed system... Agent: Law Offices Of Mikio Ishimaru

20090012652 - Duct heater control module: A duct heater control module for controlling an electric duct heater in an air duct. The duct heater control module includes a microcontroller for receiving an air flow signal from an air flow sensor for controlling the electric duct heater in response thereto. The microcontroller controls short cycling of the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090012653 - Use of statistical analysis in power plant performance monitoring: A technique of implementing performance monitoring in a power plant is appropriate to control operating parameters and factors connected with the efficiency of the energy production process in an energy marketplace that is more complex than in the past, and that takes into account more than just the cost of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090012654 - System and method for remote monitoring and controlling of facility energy consumption: A method for remote monitoring and controlling of energy consumption of a facility includes receiving energy consumption data associated with the facility at a processor disposed remotely from the facility. The method also includes receiving environmental data associated with the facility. The method includes determining whether an operating parameter of... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090012655 - Dialysis fluid heating algorithms: A dialysis fluid heating system includes a dialysis fluid heater; a dialysis fluid carrying element in operable communication with the dialysis fluid heater to heat a dialysis fluid; and a logic implementer configured to control the heater using (i) a heater input determined from a dialysis fluid temperature delta and... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20090012656 - Step time display device for injection molding machine: A step time display device for an injection molding machine selects two events (a time measurement start event and a time measurement end event), time of each of which is to be measured, from among a plurality of events (starts and ends of mold clamping, injection, holding pressure, metering, mold... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090005883 - System and method for providing device independent control and modification: A system and method for providing device independent control and modification is provided, where the system contains a supervisory controller and a first level controller in communication with the supervisory controller. The first level controller contains software therein, wherein the software is the intersection of program code and objects, and... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20090005884 - Plc: The PLC according to this invention includes I/O modules, a CPU module, an input/output bus, and a PC having a display. The CPU module includes a control program storage unit which previously stores an intrinsic control program in which operation processing and an input/output information item are packaged; a library... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090005885 - Power delivery systems and methods with dynamic look-up table: According to some embodiments, information about a power delivery stage is determined for a plurality of operating condition values. The determined information may then be stored in a dynamic look-up table of an adaptive tracking controller engine according to some embodiments. Other embodiments are described.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090005886 - Extended active disturbance rejection controller: Multiple designs, systems, methods and processes for controlling a system or plant using an extended active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) based controller are presented. The extended ADRC controller accepts sensor information from the plant. The sensor information is used in conjunction with an extended state observer in combination with a... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P. Intellectual Property Group

20090005887 - Method for adjusting a system that is modified in a cycle to a non-constant cyclical target profile and controller therefor: The invention relates to a method for adjusting a system that changes in a cycle to a nonconstant cyclic target profile by comparing measured actual values with appropriate target values for the target profile and outputting a control value.... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20090005888 - Configurable advanced process control: Systems and methods associated with configurable advanced process control (APC) application development are described. One embodiment includes a computing system that includes configuration files corresponding to APC clients. The computing system also includes computational models corresponding to the configuration files. The computing system also includes a Rapid Advanced Control Enabler... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20090005889 - Model predictive control system and method for reduction of steady state error: A technique is disclosed for reducing an error in a controlled variable via model predictive control. A predicted error in the controlled variable is determined for a forward-looking control horizon based upon measured or computed variables. The integral of the predicted error is computed. If the error or the integral... Agent: Fletcher Yoder Law (for Rockwell Automation)

20090005893 - Contents distribution system and center unit: A computer transmits to a center unit request data showing correspondence among a time zone, a music-genre, and a location in a store. Upon receipt of the request data, the center unit updates specifics of a contents distribution management table on the basis of the received request data. On the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090005891 - Data-driven media management within an electronic device: A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/apple Inc.

20090005892 - Data-driven media management within an electronic device: A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed.... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker LLP/apple Inc.

20090005890 - Generating music thumbnails and identifying related song structure: Provided are, among other things, systems, methods, software programs and techniques for generating an audio thumbnail for a musical piece, in which locations of different repeating segments within an input musical piece are identified. In addition, a singing segment within the musical piece is detected based on a calculated singing... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090005894 - Method and system for enhancing the yield in semiconductor manufacturing: Roughly described, a manufacturing process is enhanced by using TCAD and TCAD-derived models. A TCAD simulation model of the process is developed, which predicts, in dependence upon a plurality of process input parameters, a value for a performance parameter of a product to be manufactured using the process. Estimated, predicted... Agent: Synopsys, Inc. C/o Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP

20090005895 - Method to imporove the performance of a distrubuted scheduler: To improve the performance of a distributed scheduler for a manufacturing process comprising activities including a production resource management, a production definition management, and a detailed production scheduling, a method provides a decision and prediction function over the activities which carries out an analysis of a variability of the manufacturing... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20090005896 - Manufacturing work in process management system: A method for addressing high Work In Process (WIP) conditions for increasing throughput while minimizing risk in a manufacturing line. Selected products to be skipped over during high WIP conditions include determining toolsets having work in process exceeding a certain threshold. For each of the toolsets, products which meet a... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090005897 - Method for supplying a chemical or chemical compound in a fibrous web machine and an apparatus for implementing the method: A chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied via at least two displacement pumps (1, 4) to a common supply line (11), through which the chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied to the operating device (12) of a fibrous web machine. Each pump (1, 4) has a corresponding electric... Agent: Stiennon & Stiennon

20090005898 - Machine tool and method for processing a workpiece: The invention relates to a machine tool for processing a plate-like workpiece, including a processing tool. The processing tool is movable relative to the workpiece and the workpiece is movable relative to the processing tool along a common movement axis. A control unit selectively actuates the processing tool and the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090005899 - Punch representation for punch geometry: The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for representing punch geometry and associated manufacturing information.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090005900 - Method and system for gps augmentation of mail carrier efficiency: Mail carriers are assisted in delivering mail pieces. Each group of mail pieces is received from a sorting system, for delivery to respective final destinations. Also, the sorting system provides delivery data, preferably in electronic form, about delivering the group of mail pieces. Subsequently, GPS is used to determine a... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090005901 - Payment system for delivery services: According to some embodiments a system and a method are provided to assign a variable receptacle identifier to a mailbox, determine the variable receptacle identifier assigned to a mailbox at the time of delivery, receive delivery data regarding delivery of a mail piece to the mailbox at the time of... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090005902 - Method for operating and managing a re-fueling business: Disclosed is a method for operating and managing a re-fueling business. The method includes contracting with a customer to fuel a fuel consuming vehicle for the customer, providing a locking device with a fuel tank of the vehicle, the locking device being unlockable by the re-fueling business and the customer,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP - IBM Arc Division

20090005903 - Method of blending fuels and related system: A method and related system blend fuels and dispense a blended fuel to a vehicle at a fueling station. In one aspect, the method comprises selecting the desired proportion of at least one of the fuels available at the service station, blending that fuel with another one available, and delivering... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090005904 - System and method for communicating vending information: A system and method for communicating vending information for a digital video disc is provided. A plurality of vending transaction data is received, wherein each of the plurality of data comprises a transaction timestamp and corresponds to a rental transaction for a digital video disc. The plurality of vending transaction... Agent: Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg

20090005905 - System and method for communicating vending information: A system and method for communicating vending information for a digital video disc is provided. A plurality of vending transaction data is received, wherein each of the plurality of data comprises a transaction timestamp and corresponds to a rental transaction for a digital video disc. The plurality of vending transaction... Agent: Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg

20090005906 - Robot and control method thereof: The present invention provides a technique that makes a robot continue a stabilized walk, even when an actual movement state of the robot deviates greatly from a target movement state of the robot. The robot includes a trunk, a pair of leg links coupled with the trunk in a swingable... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090005907 - Manipulator unit: A manipulator add-on unit adapted for connection to a system designed for performing operations on a body having a central axis and a surface extending about said central axis, when mounted onto said surface and further adapted for performing rotary motion about said central axis, said manipulator add-on unit comprising... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090005908 - Multivariable process controller and methodology for controlling catalyzed chemical reaction to form phthalic anhydride and other functionalized aromatics: A multivariable method and process controller is for controlling a catalyzed chemical reaction to form phthalic anhydride (PA), produced by a production unit including a chemical reactor having a plurality of pipes connected in parallel having inner surfaces affixed with at least one solid catalyst. The reactor implements a process... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090005909 - Method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant and wind energy plant for executing this method: A method for running in a drive train component of a wind energy plant, wherein the wind energy plant has an operation management which can control at least one operational variable B significant for the strain of the drive train component to a desired value Bsoll, wherein after starting up... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090005911 - Method of configuring a system for driving a screen for closure, sun protection, or projection purposes: This configuration method applies to a system for driving a screen (1) for closure or sun protection purposes, the system comprising an actuator (10) for driving the screen (1), at least one control member (20, 30) provided with at least one button (201, 202, 301, 302, 303), and an electronic... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20090005910 - Synchronization control system: A synchronization control system includes plural controlling object apparatuses connected through first and second wired OR lines. Each controlling object apparatus includes a function of switching an output to the first wired OR line from a first state to a second state in an odd numberth synchronization waiting state and... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090005912 - Apparatus and method for the control of the indoor thermal environment having feed forward and feedback control using adaptive reference models: A controller for controlling thermal sources affecting an air temperature in a space subjected to thermal variables, including a sensor network measuring the thermal variables; a feed forward controller generating a feed forward control signal based on an adaptive model including a model of the space and a model of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090005914 - Feedback acceleration reduction for fluid supply valves: A system and method for controlling a variator operate to detect variator torques and/or internal pressures and generates a preliminary corrective command. The preliminary corrective command is transformed via a dynamic transform to account for system characteristics during transient operating conditions such as machine acceleration, such that the acceleration of... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090005913 - Method and device for determining a pwm signal on which a dither frequency is superimposed in order to control a solenoid valve: A PWM signal on which a dither signal is superimposed is used for adjusting a central position when controlling a solenoid valve. To improve this type of control process in which the amplitude of the dither signal depends on the current of the solenoid valve and thus on the PWM... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090005915 - Establishing switchyard zones of a high or medium voltage switchyard: The disclosure relates to minimizing the potential damage caused by the failure of a single central Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) responsible for calculating, assigning and storing information about switchyard zones of a high or medium voltage switchyard comprising switchyard elements interconnected by lines, and wherein the switchyard is operated by... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC