Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 02/09

20090054997 - Apparatus and method for addressing modules in a system for controlling the release of material: A method includes receiving a token over a token line at a first control module and, in response to receiving the token, receiving a first address. The first control module is configured to control one or more first actuators. The method also includes using the first address for communications over... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090054998 - System and process for optimizing process control: A system and process is provided for optimizing process control by linking planning linear programming and advanced process control optimization activities. The processing steps include feeding back constraint data to a planning LP, LP modeling a process, calculating optimum setpoints, and passing LP plan parameters to a plurality of APC... Agent: Chevron Corporation

20090054999 - Nonelinear system observation and control: An observation system configured to observe one or more initially unknown state variables of an observed system includes an input interface configured to receive a system input, and a processing module coupled to the input interface. The processing module is configured to determine the one or more initially unknown state... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090055000 - System and method for routing selection using statistical data: A system, method, and medium, the method including receiving parameter information associated with a mailer, associating the parameter information with a mailing, receiving statistical information, the statistical information including historical performance data of at least one carrier, determining a delivery sequence for the mailing based on the received mailer parameter... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090055001 - Controlled terminal in centralized control system and centralized control system: A content providing device includes: a second communication device transmitting and receiving data with a mobile phone having a connection function to a second network; and a control device requesting the mobile phone to receive content as a substitute by using the second communication device, and receiving the content from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090055002 - Arbitration system for redundant controllers, with output interlock and automatic switching capabilities: An arbitration mechanism is provided for arbitrating between redundant controllers having outputs electrically connected together and provided as input to at least one device under control. The arbitration mechanism includes logic for automatically determining which controller of the redundant controllers is active controller, and a hardware output interlock for the... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.

20090055003 - Controlling remote control devices: A control apparatus for controlling one or more functions of a controlled device includes a movement sensor operable to detect both a direction of movement and an amount of movement of the control apparatus, a microcontroller for receiving a signal corresponding to the direction and amount of movement and generating... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090055004 - Method and apparatus for creating visual effects on grass: A method and apparatus for imprinting high resolution images onto fields, such as sports fields and landscapes is disclosed. In one embodiment, precise and consistent lawn and field patterning is accomplished by use in combination of a global positioning system; a processor for generating a desired pattern which is translated... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090055005 - Audio processor: Apparatus for processing audio signal streams including a plurality of audio signal inputs, an audio signal output, and a plurality of audio signal processing units, wherein the audio signal input, the audio signal output, and the plurality of audio signal processing units are connected to and controlled by a Micro... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090055006 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer program: An information processing apparatus performing a process for generating a playlist defining a reproduction sequence of contents includes: a model information holding part storing therein probability models corresponding to a time series pattern of content feature volumes being feature information about contents; a content feature extracting part acquiring a content... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090055008 - Interactive apparatus with recording and playback capability usable with encoded writing medium: An interactive apparatus is disclosed. The interactive apparatus has an audio recording mode and an audio playback mode. Further, the interactive apparatus includes a writing tool for manually writing on an encoded writing medium, an audio input device for recording audio, an audio output device for playing the recorded audio.... Agent: Murabito, Hao & Barnes, LLP

20090055007 - Method and system of controlling and/or configuring an electronic audio recorder, player, processor and/or synthesizer: A method and system of controlling and/or configuring an electronic audio recorder, player, processor, and/or synthesizer, comprises a network or bi-directional data port that allows such a device to be connected to a computer or computer network, as well as within the memory of the device, or within memory or... Agent: John Grigsby

20090055009 - Method for determining machining plane of planar material, machining method and device for determining machining plane and flat surface machining device: Provided is a surface machining method for performing machining such as cutting, grinding, electrical discharging or the like to obtain a planar material of a uniform thickness. This method includes the steps of mounting a planar material on a surface plate, setting the coordinate axis in the plane direction of... Agent: Howson And Howson

20090055010 - Back annotation equipment, mask layout correcting equipment, back annotation method, program, recording medium, process for fabricating semiconductor integrated circuit: The present invention provides a back annotation apparatus for determining the delay value of a logic cell used in a timing simulation in view of the changes in the properties of a transistor element to be disposed at a position overlapped with an electrode pad of a semiconductor IC. The... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090055011 - Integrated design-for-manufacturing platform: An integrated design-for-manufacturing (DFM) platform is provided. The integrated DFM platform an automatic warning and verification system; an automatic data feedback and feed forward system; an automatic intellectual property (IP) library management system; and a data management system integrated under a same platform.... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20090055012 - Printing system, printing apparatus, job processing method, storage medium, and program: A printing system which is capable of performing square back processing and has a mechanism that makes it possible to prevent occurrence of a new trouble of inadvertently creating a saddle-stitched brochure defective in appearance and/or stackability, which is unexpected by an operator. A printing apparatus receives plural jobs including... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090055013 - Method for controlling semiconductor-processing apparatus: A method controls an apparatus such as a semiconductor-processing apparatus including a controller and at least one device controlled by the controller, wherein the controller is provided with an interface for communicating with the device, and the interface has an internal clock for measuring time intervals for the communication. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090055014 - Logistics system for managing at least a warehouse of a printing company that operates at least one printing press: An accompanying document for a printing substrate, which is to be printed in a printing press, is configured as an electronic data set that is stored in a memory of an RFID tag. Data relating to a production-preparatory generation of an adhesive surface, on the printing substrate to be fed... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090055015 - Sewing order for basic elements in embroidery: A sewing order is determined in embroidering at least one embroidery element on a sewing material in a sewing machine, which has access to a memory for stitch data for the embroidery element and a processor for reading the stitch data and for maneuvering the sewing machine to execute stitches... Agent: Venable LLP

20090055016 - Numerical controller with program resuming function: A numerical controller with a program resuming function of acquiring program-resuming block data with which a machining program is resumed without producing a scratch on a workpiece. It is determined whether there are registered non-cutting commands. Whether all the registered non-cutting commands are analyzed is determined. Data of registered non-cutting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090055017 - Method for handling cassettes for bank notes: A method is provided for handling cassettes for bank notes, for automatic tellers and/or deposit devices. The method for handling cassettes for bank notes, for automatic tellers and/or deposit devices, includes the step of determining the filling level of the cassette or cassettes, comparing the determined filling level of each... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090055018 - High capacity drawer with mechanical indicator for a dispensing device: One aspect of the invention relates to an assembly comprising a plurality of bins with a plurality of lids associated therewith. Each of the bins has a lock assembly that includes a catch operable to lock the lid in its closed position and a mechanical indicator responsive to the catch.... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090055019 - Interactive systems employing robotic companions: An interactive system for interacting with a sentient being. The system includes a robotic companion of which the sentient being may be a user and an entity which employs the robot as a participant in an activity involving the user. The robotic companion responds to inputs from an environment that... Agent: Gordon E Nelson Patent Attorney, PC

20090055020 - Apparatus, method and medium for simultaneously performing cleaning and creation of map for mobile robot: Provided is an apparatus, method, and medium for allowing a mobile robot to simultaneously perform a cleaning process and a map-creating process. The apparatus includes a feature-map-creating unit creating a feature map for recognizing the position of a mobile robot; a path-map-creating unit creating a path map including a plurality... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090055021 - Fixed point stablization device for legged mobile body: The present invention provides a fixed point stabilization device for a legged mobile body having a generating mechanism for generating a fixed point. The present invention also provides a fixed point stabilization device for a legged mobile body comprising stabilizing means for stabilizing the fixed point in accordance with a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090055022 - Obstacle following sensor scheme for a mobile robot: A robot obstacle detection system including a robot housing which navigates with respect to a surface and a sensor subsystem aimed at the surface for detecting the surface. The sensor subsystem includes an emitter which emits a signal having a field of emission and a photon detector having a field... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090055024 - Robotic arm and control system: A robotic arm and control system includes a robotic arm which moves in response to one or more command signals. One or more “active” fiducials are located on the arm, each of which emits its own light. A 3D camera having an associated field-of-view is positioned such that at least... Agent: Koppel, Patrick & Heybl

20090055023 - Telepresence robot with a printer: A remote controlled robot system that includes a robot and a remote controlled station. The robot includes a camera and a printer coupled to a mobile platform. The remote control station may display one or more graphical user interfaces with data fields. The graphical user interfaces allow a user to... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090055025 - System and method enabling sensorless actuator: An actuator having a two-parameters energy converter is coupled to a transducer and is driven by a controller. Prior to assembly and operation of the actuator, a calibration procedure is performed. The calibration procedure, together with the unique controller, enable accurate control of the output parameters of the actuator. In... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20090055026 - Integrated motor controller with direct networking capability: The present invention provides methods and apparatuses for controlling an environmental system with an adjustable speed motor from environmental information received through a network A network controller receives differential environmental information through the network. A motor controller, which controls the speed of the variable speed motor, obtains the received differential... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090055028 - System for dynamically controlling the torque output of a pneumatic tool: Pneumatic tightening tools can be used for high speed assembly of critical bolts to precise loads by dynamically controlling the output power of the pneumatic tool during a tightening cycle using an electronically controlled air pressure regulator to reduce the tightening rate, or the load increase per impact for impact... Agent: Cohen, Gary M.

20090055027 - Water pump disconnect clutch: A water pump disconnect clutch including: a first race having first and second portions with first and second diameters, respectively; a second race having at least one ramp; at least one rolling element disposed radially between the first and second races; and an engagement means for axially displacing the at... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20090055029 - Real-time onsite internet communication with well manager for constant well optimization: An apparatus and method for well control and monitoring including an independent web server computer integrated with a pump controller located at each well in an oil field. The well controller locally controls the well pump, processes well and pump data, generates surface and downhole cards, and communicates production reports,... Agent: Andrews & Kurth, L.L.P.

20090055030 - Control of active power reserve in a wind-farm: A method and system of active power reserve regulation in a wind farm with a communication network having a plurality of wind turbines that provide an active power reserve in order to support eventual power grid contingencies and to deliver an increase of power in case it is needed.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090055031 - System and method for synchronizing an auxiliary electrical generator to an electrical system: There is provided herein methods and apparatus for apparatus for controlling the interconnection of an auxiliary AC generator with an electrical system, such as an electrical distribution system, e.g., a utility grid. A measuring circuit measures the frequency of an auxiliary AC generator and the phase angle between one voltage... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090055032 - Systems and methods for remote power management using 802.11 wireless protocols: Systems and methods are disclosed for using 802.11 based wireless protocols in various energy management applications wherein a host controller uses various types of communication networks to distribute information to an on-premise processor that in turn uses 802.11 based wireless protocols to communicate with various types of end devices, such... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20090048688 - Method and system for monitoring electronic transactions: A method and system for monitoring electronic transactions, such as credit card transactions, to determine whether associated transaction costs, such as interchange fees, are being properly qualified. This is accomplished by monitoring for a “spike” in interchange qualifications and generating an alert when one or more spikes are detected. Spikes... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090048689 - Actuation response oscillation detection monitor: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for monitoring an actuator for a control surface on an aircraft. In one advantageous embodiment, an error signal generated is received in response to sending a command to the actuator to move the control surface on the aircraft. Responsive to receiving the... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090048690 - Anomaly anti-pattern: A method is presented for representing anomalies to a process. These anomalies are represented in an anti-pattern, which depicts non-productive emergent information that describes activities that are detrimental to the progress of the process. The anti-pattern includes visually-coded areas that describe how severe the detrimental activities are to the process... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090048691 - Embedded building conroller with stored software license information: A building controller unit having a building controller adapted to control one or more building components of a building, and a license file stored within the building controller unit for storing software license information. In some cases, the building controller unit may include a license server for granting and/or denying... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090048698 - Audio buffers with audio effects: An audio buffer includes one or more audio effect resources that modify audio data received from an audio data source. A first audio effect resource in the audio buffer receives audio data from the audio data source and modifies the audio data to generate a stream of audio data. Subsequent... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20090048697 - Audio-video reproduction apparatus: An audio-video (AV) reproduction apparatus capable of analyzing the spectrum of the audio component of an input or reproduced AV signal. The audio component is fed into an unused electronic graphic equalizer (106), the audio frequency bands corresponding to the frequency bands of the electronic graphic equalizer (106) are sampled... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090048694 - Computer program, information reproduction device, and method: A computer program makes a computer perform: a measuring process of measuring a beat candidate value, which is the number of beats of content per unit time; a reference setting process of setting a beat reference value according to a user's input; and a determining process of determining a beat... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090048693 - Content reproduction system: An object is to provide a content reproduction system in which matching of a content reproduction apparatus and a device is performed flexibly and efficiently. For this purpose, the content reproduction system includes a content reproduction apparatus which reproduces a content including at least one of audio and an image,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090048696 - Digital audio processing: The invention concerns digital audio processing and in particular the detection of periods where samples can be deleted or repeated unobtrusively so as to change the average sample-rate or to provide time delay modification. Differences between succeeding sample values are evaluated and compared with a threshold and samples are deleted... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20090048692 - Selective invocation of playback content supplementation: A system, method, computer program product, and carrier are described for obtaining one or more positions in a playable message and at least an indication of a playback system configuration and signaling a decision of which supplemental content to use in supplementing the one or more positions in the playable... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090048695 - Sound-quality improving apparatus and method, and computer program: A sound-quality enhancing device has delay elements for delaying a processed sound signal generated by subjecting an original sound signal to a predetermined type of processing by a predetermined time thereby to generate a basic sound signal, delaying the processed sound signal by a time shorter than the predetermined time... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090048699 - System and method for detecting a geometry of a workpiece: There is described a system and method for detecting a geometry of a workpiece for the purposes of processing the workpiece. In order to simplify optimization of a manufacturing strategy for processing a workpiece, the system has at least one camera for producing at least one image of the workpiece... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090048702 - Method and device for controlling advance of a web material, corresponding computer program product: Described herein is a system for controlling advance of a web material having characteristics of extensibility and comprising successive stretches of web for the production of respective articles, such as sanitary articles. In the passage from a delivery assembly to a treatment station functioning cyclically, the web material is subjected... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20090048701 - Method for reporting the status and drill-down of a control application in an automated manufacturing environment: Disclosed are embodiments that provide near real-time monitoring of a control application in a manufacturing environment to detect and determine the root cause of faults within the control application. The embodiments monitor the flow of data within the control application during events (i.e., transactions, stages, process steps, etc.). By comparing... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090048700 - Method for reporting the status of a control application in an automated manufacturing environment: Disclosed are embodiments that provide near real-time monitoring of a control application in a manufacturing environment to detect and determine the root cause of faults within the control application. The embodiments monitor the flow of data within the control application during events (i.e., transactions, stages, process steps, etc.). By comparing... Agent: Frederick W. Gibb, Iii Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090048703 - Tool selection method for machine tool, control device, and numerically controlled lathe: A tool selection method, for a machine tool, comprising the steps of identifying the maximum tip distance (D2) of a currently selected tool (141), a next designated tool (142) and an intermediate tool (143) disposed therebetween; moving a tool rest (10) in the +(plus)X-axis direction after a machining by the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090048704 - Process and system for tracking of mail: A process of tracking mail during postal handling includes an initial step of sorting an incoming stream of mail on an automated sorting machine to a series of pockets based on a sort scheme. During sorting, RFID-tagged, machine-sortable markers are introduced into the incoming mail stream at intervals and the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090048705 - Method and apparatus for the dynamic generation and transmission of geometrical data: An object geometry measurement apparatus (10, 20) for the dynamic generation and transmission of geometrical data of objects (14) moved on a conveying device (12) is set forth, wherein the apparatus has a first optoelectronic sensor (10) which is made for the detection of the object geometry in a section... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090048706 - Fuel dispenser: A fuel dispenser comprising a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, control electronics operatively connected to the fuel dispensing apparatus, at least one display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics, and a nozzle operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus and the... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048707 - Fuel dispenser: A method of operating a fuel dispenser comprising providing a fuel dispenser having a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, the fuel dispensing apparatus having control electronics, at least one display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics, a nozzle operatively coupled to... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048708 - Fuel dispenser: A fuel dispenser comprising a housing having at least one display, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, the fuel dispensing apparatus having control electronics, and at least one directional speaker operatively coupled to the fuel dispensing apparatus control electronics and configured to project a directed cone of sound... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048709 - Fuel dispenser: A fuel dispenser comprises a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, the fuel dispensing apparatus having control electronics, at least one touch display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics, the touch display being configured to allow a user to make selections for... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048710 - Fuel dispenser: A method of conducting a transaction at fuel dispenser comprises the steps of providing a fuel dispenser having a fuel dispensing apparatus, control electronics operatively connected to the fuel dispensing apparatus, at least one display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics, a nozzle operatively coupled... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048711 - Fuel dispenser: A method of operating a fuel dispenser comprising receiving an input signal to activate the fuel dispenser, detecting vehicle specific information regarding at least one of a required fuel grade, a capacity of the vehicle fuel tank, volume of fuel necessary to fill the vehicle fuel tank and data necessary... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090048712 - Automatic prescription drug dispenser: An automatic prescription drug dispenser including a remote dispenser, a prescription entry system, and a communications network. The remote dispenser transmits and receives information from the communications network and dispenses prescription drugs to the patient. The prescription entry system transmits and receives information from the communications network and provides an... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20090048713 - Method and control device for targeted reaction in the event of a contact between a machine element of a machine and an object: The invention relates to a method for the targeted reaction in the event of contact between an element (4, 6) pertaining to a machine and an object (5, 7), and a corresponding control device (14). Upon identification of contact between the machine element (4, 6) and the object (5, 7),... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090048714 - Control system and method for controlling an air handling fan for a vent hood: A system and method of controlling a variable speed air handling fan for a vent hood includes a temperature sensor and a processor. Speed setpoints and a deadband range are received from a user by the processor. The processor computes deadband setpoints and receives a temperature from the temperature sensor.... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20090048715 - Contingency mode operating method for air conditioning system: An air conditioning apparatus including a heater or furnace includes a controller for receiving control signals from a thermostat and from a user interface for initiating a contingency mode of operation when a signal from the thermostat is not available. The user interface includes a visual display and multiple keys... Agent: The Trane Company Patent Department 12-1

20090048716 - Method and apparatus for optimization of distributed generation: An energy optimization method and control apparatus may be used in a single building or a group of buildings to optimize utility-supplied and renewable sources in order to minimize the total energy cost. Simultaneously, it may also produce and store energy, such as electricity or hydrogen, that can be used... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20090048717 - Multiple input building controller: Controllers associated with the high energy devices may are programmed or configured with processing rules by a building manager or an energy usage coordinator such that the controllers can respond to various changing conditions without having to be contacted by the energy usage controller. Such autonomous control allows the controllers... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090048718 - Multi-building control for demand response power usage control: An energy usage coordinator controls the energy usage of individual buildings of a group (or portfolio) of buildings in one or more load zones. These buildings have all contracted with an energy company which controls (directly or indirectly) the energy usage coordinator. By agreeing to lower energy usage during times... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090048719 - Environmental temperature control system: An environmental temperature control system comprises one or more thermostats (10). The or each thermostat is integrated into an electronic control circuit having an external temperature sensor means (12), with a floor temperature sensor means (14) and a room ambient temperature sensor means (16) provided for the or each thermostat.... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20090048720 - Support of deep power savings mode and partial good in a thermal management system: A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for managing a thermal management system. A determination is made as to whether a plurality of digital thermal sensors is faulty or functional. A power savings mode of at least one unit within the integrated circuit associated with the... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090043404 - Discoverable services: A goal or desired output can be stated in terms of a high-level overview in a natural language or other format. The high-level overview can be automatically partitioned into steps to be performed in order to achieve the stated goal, such as by interpreting terms within the overview, analyzing definitions,... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090043405 - Method and system of monitoring, sensor validation and predictive fault analysis: The present invention provides an improved method and system for real-time monitoring, validation, optimization and predictive fault analysis in a process control system. The invention monitors process operations by continuously analyzing sensor measurements and providing predictive alarms using models of normal process operation and statistical parameters corresponding to normal process... Agent: Phillips Lytle LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090043406 - System and method for planning the operation of, monitoring processes in, simulating, and optimizing a combined power generation and water desalination plant: The disclosure relates to a system and a method for planning the operation of, monitoring processes in, simulating, and/or optimizing a technical installation comprising several units that can be combined with each other. Said system comprises at least one process planning module, at least one process simulation module, and at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090043407 - Method for controlling an industrial automation device or process: A method for controlling an industrial automation device or process including a control unit, at least one actuator, and at least one device arranged for wireless communication with the control unit. The method determines characteristics of the wireless transmissions used to communicate sensor and/or actuator data to the control unit.... Agent: Venable LLP

20090043408 - Integrated drive management and configuration using instantiated objects: A programming tool provides an interface between an industrial controller and a motor drive that allows the logic development tool used to program the industrial controller to be used to configure the motor drive and its supported components directly. This allows a programmer to configure the topology for the motor... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20090043409 - Equipment control apparatus, control method, and control program: An alcohol density test can be avoided, but the alcohol density test is prevented from being easily avoided at the same time. A vehicle control unit sets a controlled vehicle in a mobile state when an alcohol density detected from the driver is determined to be lower than a predetermined... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090043410 - Digital audio processor: A digital audio processor is described, wherein a graphical user interface is presented on the monitor of the processor to display user actionable control elements in a scene of a real world environment for creating and processing music; the graphical user interface is adapted to activate pre-set functions for generating... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090043411 - Information processing device, information processing method, and program: An information processing device for reproducing content data is provided. The information processing device includes a reproducing unit for reproducing content data; a sound image localization processing unit for sound image localization processing the content data to be reproduced by the reproducing unit so that a sound image by the... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090043412 - Method and system for managing rights for digital music: A method is described for managing rights for digital music, including registering music players, from among a plurality of music players, with digital archives that store songs, from among a plurality of digital archives, wherein songs can be copied from digital archives to music players, and from music players to... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090043413 - Component mounting apparatus, service providing device and servicing method: A service providing method for monitoring a mounting tact of a component mounting apparatus includes collecting, from the service receiver, mounting tact information including a mounting tact result value of the component mounting apparatus from the service receiver by use of a service provider via a communication system. The method... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090043414 - Method for determining arrangement of production equipment: In a method for determining arrangement of production equipment that can determine component arrangement positions in a component mounting apparatus so as to reduce as much as possible the workload of an operator that exchanges components and the like, the number of pickup nozzles of a line gang pickup head... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090043415 - System and method for distributed control of a plant process: Exemplary methods and systems for a distributed control system (DCS) in an industrial environment such as a plant. The DCS includes sensors for monitoring plant processes, and controllers for controlling plant processes. The sensors and controllers each have an associated communication protocol. The DCS also includes an interface that receives... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090043416 - Methods and apparatus for ex situ seasoning of electronic device manufacturing process components: In one aspect, a method of improving the performance of an electronic device manufacturing facility is provided, including the step of reducing the number of electronic device manufacturing component seasoning steps which are performed using production equipment, whereby the amount of electronic device manufacturing system downtime is reduced. Several other... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090043417 - Data processor and computer readable medium: A data processor that processes embroidery data for sewing an embroidery pattern on a workpiece cloth held by an embroidery frame attached to an embroiderable sewing machine, and printing data for printing an image pattern with a printer to be transferred onto the workpiece cloth through a thermal transfer sheet,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090043418 - Machine tool having a tool checking device: A machine tool for chip removing machining operations on workpieces using tools comprises a tool checking device for checking a tool of the machine tool as regards damage or fracture by means of a sensor. There is a provision on the machine tool such that sensor is a contact-free sensor... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090043419 - Substrate processing system, substrate processing method, sealed container storing apparatus, program for implementing the substrate processing method, and storage medium storing the program: A substrate processing system which is capable of preventing dust from becoming attached to substrates without increasing the degree of cleanliness of a clean room to a predetermined level, and also capable of increasing the substrate processing throughput without increasing the burden on workers. a plasma processing apparatus 2 that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090043420 - Control device in feeding line: The present invention relates to a control method in the feeding of plate shaped workpieces to a work station, comprising feeding of the workpiece (8) to a control station (1) at which control station (1) it is controlled that the desired number of workpieces (8) are fed to the work... Agent: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

20090043421 - System and method for dispensing prescriptions: A pharmaceutical dispensing system includes: a frame having first and second opposed sides; a plurality of bins configured to house pharmaceutical tablets, each of the bins being accessible from the first side of the frame for replenishment of pharmaceutical tablets; and a plurality of chutes, each of the chutes connected... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090043424 - Automated plumbing, wiring, and reinforcement: An apparatus may include a nozzle assembly configured to extrude material through an outlet; and a controllable robotic arm coupled to the nozzle assembly, the robotic arm having at one end a gripper configured to pick up an element and deposit the element at a desired position relative to the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090043423 - Information processing system, method of processing information, and program for processing information: An information processing system, method, program and robot is provided. The system includes analysis means for analyzing a message and determining the most effective direction for transmitting the message. The analysis means also analyzes received messages and determines the most effective direction for receiving the message. Motion control means turn... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090043422 - Photographing apparatus and method in a robot: A method and apparatus for taking a picture are provided, in which a mobile apparatus detects a current position of a mobile apparatus, moves from the current position to a predetermined position to take a picture, information about an ambient image around the mobile apparatus through the image sensor, after... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090043425 - Robot program adjusting system: A robot program adjusting system (11) adjusting an operating program of a robot arm having a plurality of axes including an overload identifying means (12) for successively reading operational instructions from said operating program of said robot arm to run simulations and thereby identify an axis where overload is acting... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090043426 - Apparatus and method for controlling fan motor of air conditioner: An apparatus for controlling a fan motor of an air conditioner comprises: a hybrid induction motor (HIM) for discharging warm air outwardly by a control signal; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of an evaporator; and a controlling unit for comparing the temperature of the evaporator with a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090043427 - Systems and methods of reducing peak water usage: An irrigation management system reduces high peak water use values by utilizing a microprocessor disposed in an irrigation controller to (a) receive peak water use information from a source other than a water supplier (b) receive water use information at a consumer site, and (c) automatically derive a new irrigation... Agent: Fish & Associates, PC Robert D. Fish

20090037018 - Processing device, control method for a processing device, program, processing system, and control method for a processing system: A hybrid processing system improves the reliability of multifeed detection even when plural different types of media are processed together without increasing the cost or size of the hybrid processing device due to increased performance, and without incurring a drop in throughput. In addition to image data captured from the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090037019 - Vending machine dispensing system: A dispensing system for a vending machine includes a vend motor, a cradle, a load bar and a push arm. Upon selection of a particular product, the vend motor rotates the cradle, causing the product to emerge from the vending machine. The cradle is designed to accommodate a wide array... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090037020 - Patient-specific medication dispensing and notification system: A medication dispensing system is described. In some embodiments, the system includes a medication station and a controller responsive to patient admittance status information. The medication station includes at least one securable compartment configured to hold medication. The controller is configured to assign a patient to the at least one... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery

20090037021 - Blending algorithm for trajectory planning: The present exemplary embodiment relates to motion control and planning algorithms to facilitate execution of a series of moves within a motion trajectory. In one example, a trajectory is specified as a sequence of one or more path segments. A velocity profile is calculated for each of the one or... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./fay

20090037022 - System and method for robotic accuracy improvement: A system and method for sensing and compensating for unintended joint movement of a robotic arm caused by application of a load. The system may have a plurality of external encoders each in intimate contact with an external edge portion of one of a plurality of robotic arm joints to... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090037023 - Information processing system, robot apparatus, and control method therefor: Provided is an information processing system including a display device for displaying an image on a display screen, and a robot apparatus for performing input/output of information from/to a user. The information processing system acquires a position of the display screen in a real space, and moves the robot apparatus... Agent: Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20090037025 - Controller for robot having robot body and additional mechanism providing additional operation axes: A controller is provided to control operations of a robot provided with a robot body having operation axes to be controlled and an additional mechanism having an additional operation axis. The controller comprises a manual operation device, determination means and control means. The manual operation device enables a user to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090037024 - Robot operator control unit configuration system and method: A unified framework is provided for building common functionality into diverse operator control units. A set of tools is provided for creating controller configurations for varied robot types. Preferred controllers do one or more the following: allow uploading of configuration files from a target robot, adhere to common user interface... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090037026 - Method and system for calculating and reporting slump in delivery vehicles: A system for managing a concrete delivery vehicle having a mixing drum 14 and hydraulic drive 16 for rotating the mixing drum, including a rotational sensor 20 configured to sense a rotational speed of the mixing drum, a hydraulic sensor 22 coupled to the hydraulic drive and configured to sense... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090037027 - Method and apparatus for monitoring polyolefin production: The present technique provides for the use of spectroscopic probes, such as Raman probes, within the conduits or other equipment of a polyolefin production system and upstream systems. The Raman probe or other spectroscopic probes may be used to obtain spectroscopic measurements of the contents of the conduits or other... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (chevron Phillips)

20090037028 - Apparatus for dispensing precise volumes of fluid: A dispensing measuring system for dispensing a measure of fluid for use with a system to treat semiconductor workpieces is disclosed. The dispensing measuring system includes at least one feedline having a receiving tank having a volumetric capacity for receiving a measure of fluid. A sensor senses when the receiving... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090037029 - Method for operating a firing plant: A method for operating a firing plant with at least one combustion chamber and with at least one burner for producing hot gas, especially a gas turbine, preferably of a power generating plant, includes an operating characteristic for operating the combustion chamber close to the lean extinction limit defined in... Agent: Cermak Kenealy & Vaidya LLP

20090037030 - Graphical interface for configuring a power supply controller: Information for configuring control apparatus for a power system including a plurality of controlled power supplies is produced using a graphical interface which displays the topology and sequencing of the power supplies in the power system. A database is used to select power supplies to add in determining the power... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090037031 - System comprising a plurality of incubators: A system comprised of a number of incubators each having a housing, a sample chamber placed inside the housing, a temperature control unit, and control electronics that control the temperature control unit. The sample chambers of the incubators can be heated and/or cooled. The housings of the incubators each have... Agent: Myers Wolin, LLC