Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 03/09

20090082879 - Transferable intelligent control device: An integrated intelligent system includes a first intelligent electronic device, a second intelligent electronic device, a transferable intelligent control device (TICD) and a cross product bus. The first intelligent electronic device performs a first function and the second intelligent electronic device performs a second function. The cross product bus couples... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090082880 - Wireless device for a building control system: A wireless adapter module receives data from a monitor device through a wired interface, where the data conforms to a first protocol. The wireless adapter device translates the data to a format compatible with a supervisory control system. The data is transmitted to the supervisory control system through a wireless... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090082881 - Component mounter, warning notification apparatus, and warning notification method: An component mounter including a warning notification apparatus, which includes a warning generating unit which generates a warning for notifying that an action involving human resource is required, by referring to warning generation information, a warning level judging unit which judges a level of the warning indicating difficulty of an... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090082882 - Devices, systems, and methods for reducing signals: Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, which can comprise a circuit adapted to cause an actuation of an output device according to a control output. The control output can be generated comprising a control signal, the control signal extracted from a sequence of clock pulses. The sequence of clock... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090082883 - Process for rapidly controlling a process variable without overshoot using a time domain polynomial feedback controller: A method for controlling a process variable as it approaches a predetermined value (setpoint) so that the setpoint is not exceeded. The method employs a time domain polynomial equation in a feedback configuration and utilizes a controller that acts as an On/Off controller until the process variable approaches setpoint. As... Agent: Erickson, Kernell, Derusseau & Kleypas, LLC

20090082884 - Method and system for processing signals for a mems detector that enables control of a device using human breath: A method and system for processing signals for a MEMS detector that enables control of a device using expulsion of air via human breath, a machine and/or a device are provided. A microprocessor may receive one or more signals from the MEMS detector that may comprise various component sensor(s), sensing... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090082885 - Method and tool for wireless communications with sleeping devices in a wireless sensor control network: A method of communicating with automation components configured for use within a building automation system is disclosed. The method includes determining a first communication schedule such that the first communication schedule configured to govern an activity schedule for use by an automation component, communicating the first communication schedule to the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090082886 - Audio system and audio processing method: An audio system and an audio processing method are provided. The audio system comprises a down mixer, an ADC, a storage unit, a control unit, a DSP unit, and a DAC. The down mixer first down-converts an analog signal, which is then converted by the ADC into a first audio... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090082888 - Audio-visual system control using a mesh network: In embodiments of the present invention, improved capabilities are described for a home audio-visual system that is at least in part controlled through a mesh network, wherein the home audio-visual system produces at least two effects. Each of the at least two effects may be controlled through separate mesh network... Agent: Strategic Patents P.C..

20090082887 - Method and user interface for creating an audio recording using a document paradigm: A computer-implemented method of producing a sound recording can begin with receiving an audio signal. The method can continue with displaying the audio signal in a user interface as a waveform. Upon the waveform reaching an end of a line of the user interface, the waveform scrolls to a next... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.L.C. Kevin T. Cuenot

20090082889 - Storage apparatus and storage method: According to one embodiment, a storage apparatus comprises storage devices, a first selection module configured to select a first storage device in accordance with selection made by a user, a determination module configured to determine whether or not the first storage device can store data, a second selection module configured... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090082890 - Wireless audio adapter: An adapter for receiving a wireless digital signal that includes an audio signal and audio metadata concerning the audio signal from a portable electronic device has a Bluetooth wireless receiver for receiving the wireless digital signal from the portable electronic device in a Bluetooth digital format. A microprocessor having format... Agent: Hornkohl Intellectual Property Law, P.l.l.c

20090082891 - Optimizing task assignments for multi-head tape laydown: The operation of automated tape heads used to layup a composite structure is optimized in order to reduce layup time and better balance tape head loading. Ply data is generated that defines the ply segments and tape courses for each sequence of the layup. Each sequence is partitioned into groups... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090082892 - Optimizing non-productive part motion in an automated tape laydown machine: The non-productive motion of an automatic composite tape laydown machine is optimized to increase the overall rate of the laydown. Ordering of tape courses is analyzed to determine the time required to move between courses using a time function that reflects operating characteristics and limitations of the tape laydown machine.... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090082893 - Method for consistent updates to automated process control (apc) models with partitioning along multiple components: Methods for consistent updates to APC models with partitioning along multiple components are generally described. In one example, a method includes acquiring measurement data from one or more semiconductor wafers of a processed first lot, the data having a plurality of contexts, applying a model having parameters with partitioning along... Agent: Cool Patent, P.C. C/o Cpa Global

20090082894 - Online recipe synchronization in a real-time batch executive environment: A method of executing a batch process in a manufacturing environment according to a product recipe, such that the product recipe specifies a plurality of actions and a plurality of parameters, includes performing at least one action of the batch process corresponding to a first version of the product recipe,... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090082895 - Integrated wafer transfer mechanism: An integrated high speed robotic mechanism is disclosed for improving transport equipment, integrating an object movement with other functionalities such as alignment or identification. The disclosed integrated robot assembly typically comprises an end effector for moving the object in and out of a chamber, a rotation chuck incorporated on the... Agent: Tue Nguyen

20090082896 - Credential manufacturing device information management: One embodiment of a credential production system includes a credential manufacturing device comprising a memory containing credential manufacturing device information relating to the credential manufacturing device, a client computer, a data store and a credential production server remote from the client computer and the credential manufacturing device and configured for... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090082897 - Method and apparatus for generating metrology tags to allow automatic metrology recipe generation: A method includes generating a layout for an integrated circuit device. A plurality of metrology sites on the layout is generated. A metrology tag associated with each of the metrology sites is generated. Each metrology tag includes identification data, location data, and metrology context data relating to the associated metrology... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090082898 - Knit simulation device, knit simulation method, and program thereof: The presence or absence of putting round of a yarn is detected according to whether carriers are positioned on a near side or a far side and according to the relationship of connection between loops, and the result is displayed on a monitor. On the monitor, for example, the degree... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090082899 - Calibration assembly for an inspection system: A method of calibrating an inspection system is provided. The method includes contacting a test part with a run-out measurement device and rotating the test part and measuring a first run-out using the run-out measurement device. The method also includes moving the run-out measurement device to a new position and... Agent: General Electric Company (pcpi) C/o Fletcher Yoder

20090082900 - Numerical controller of machine tool: A numerical controller having a function-generating unit which executes function generation for shaft movement according to a machining program is provided, the numerical controller further comprising a unit which stores shape data of the movable unit and shape data of an interfering structure; a retracting direction determining unit which determines... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090082901 - Control device, device for fixing a stack of paper sheets and unstacking device: Furthermore, the invention relates to un unstacking device for the removal of a partial stack from a stack of paper sheets, comprising a parting mechanism (20) with a parting knife (21), wherein the parting knife (21) can be swivelled upwards and/or downwards in order to be able to follow the... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090082902 - Warehouse management system based on pick velocity: A method and system are disclosed for determining the locations of parts in a warehouse. The method comprises the step of generating for each part an associated designator having first and second components, including the steps of, for each of the parts, (i) determining the first component of the associated... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090082903 - Automated stacking system for wood products: Provided is a system for cutting and sorting of engineered wood products. Using appropriate software, a designer may model an entire house's structural frame. The dimensions and labeling for individual members of the structure are extracted from the model and captured by the software. The software may batch and optimize... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20090082904 - Bulk material handling system and control: A bulk material handling system includes a bulk material handling apparatus to convey bulk material and a bulk material handling accessory to aid the bulk material handling apparatus in conveying the bulk material. The bulk material handling accessory includes a controller having one or more sensors. The controller generates a... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20090082905 - Method and apparatus for transforming coordinate systems in a telemanipulation system: In a telemanipulation system for manipulating objects located in a workspace at a remote worksite by an operator from an operator's station, such as in a remote surgical system, the remote worksite having a manipulator with an end effector for manipulating an object at the workspace, such as a body... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20090082906 - System and method for providing aqueous stream purification services: A system and method are disclosed for providing aqueous stream purification services. The system includes at least one separation unit. Each separation unit may include a mechanical vapor recompression separator, a steam stripper, and a secondary recovery heat exchanger. The system for wastewater purification may receive water from a waste... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090082908 - Calculating airflow values for hvac systems: A method of calculating a control parameter for a component in an HVAC system includes receiving a plurality of input signals, and calculating a value of the control parameter using a control parameter equation having a plurality of predetermined coefficients and a plurality of variables, each variable corresponding to one... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090082907 - Mechanically isolated environmental test chamber: In some embodiments a data storage device environmental test system and associated method of use is associated with a testing volume and a control volume that are separately contained in first and second enclosures, respectively, wherein the first and second enclosures possess no common structural member.... Agent: Mccarthy Law Group

20090082909 - Power supply control system and method of controlling power supply: A power supply control system includes a plurality of electronic control units, a monitoring device, a power source line coupled with each of the electronic control units for supplying an operating voltage to each of the electronic control units, and a power source switch disposed on the power source line.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090082910 - Information processing apparatus: An information processing apparatus is provided that has a processor for performing an information processing, a power supply unit for receiving an external electric power from an external electric power source and for supplying the external electric power to the processor, a first power receiving unit connected to a first... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090082911 - Temperature setting method of thermal processing plate, computer-readable recording medium recording gprogram thereon, and temperature setting apparatus for thermal processing plate: In the present invention, a thermal plate is divided into a plurality of thermal plate regions, and a temperature is settable for each of the thermal plate regions. A temperature correction value for adjusting the temperature within the thermal plate is settable for each of the thermal plate regions of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076627 - Gobo virtual machine: Producing complicated effects based on image processing operations. The image processing operations are defined for a processor which may be different than the processor which is actually used. The processor that is actually used runs an interpreter that interprets the information into its own language, and then runs the image... Agent: Law Office Of Scott C Harris Inc

20090076629 - Field bus distribution unit: A field bus distribution unit (VE) designed for use in process automation technology involving several field devices. The unit is equipped with a microcontroller μC, which is connected to the field bus (FB) and transmits device-specific information of the field devices that are connected to a field bus distribution unit... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090076628 - Methods and apparatus to upgrade and provide control redundancy in process plants: Methods and apparatus to upgrade and provide control redundancy in process plants are disclosed. An example disclosed method to upgrade software for a control device of a process control system comprises instantiating a replacement component of the software, copying state data from an existing component to the replacement component, and... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090076630 - Electronic control apparatus: The electronic control apparatus includes at least two microcomputers at least one of which is always supplied with electric power and configured such that, when rewriting of control software of these microcomputers are performed, control software of the microcomputer always supplied with electric power is rewritten after control software of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090076631 - Configuring a physical condition at a source to obtain a desired physical condition at destination: An apparatus for determining an operation mode of a device, wherein the device is capable of adjusting a physical condition at a source position to correspondingly influence a physical condition at a destination position, the apparatus comprising a determining unit adapted for determining the operation mode by defining a time... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090076632 - Integrated resource monitoring system with interactive logic control: A system for resource usage optimization employs an automatically controlled sensor suite providing data to a computer system for the analysis of spatial relationships of the sensors and resources. A control module incorporates an interactive logic, in an exemplary embodiment of well-stream coupled dynamic or game theory engines, operating in... Agent: Felix L. Fischer, Attorney At Law

20090076633 - Dynamic marking system: A method for configuring a marking device includes, at a control system, establishing communication with the marking device; receiving, from the marking device, information about capabilities of the marking device; presenting the received information about capabilities of the marking device to a user; receiving, from the user, instructions to set... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090076634 - Plant alarm apparatus and plant alarm method: A plant alarm apparatus has: plant data input means for periodically taking in plant data; a latest plant data value table for temporarily storing latest values of the plant data; plant data recording means for taking out the latest values of the data of the latest plant data value table... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076635 - Digital music system: A digital music system includes a first unit (e.g. a home unit) having a processor in communication with a memory device for storing music files. The first unit includes an input device for receiving a compact disc such that music files from the disc may be stored to memory if... Agent: Harshaw Research, Inc.

20090076636 - Method of enhancing sound for hearing impaired individuals: A portable assistive listening system for enhancing sound for hearing impaired individuals includes a fully functional hearing aid and a separate handheld digital signal processing (DSP) device. The focus of the present invention is directed to the handheld DSP device and a unique method of processing incoming audio signals. The... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20090076637 - Vehicular music replay system: There is a need for providing a vehicular music replay system that can allow a car user to select a music source appropriate to the user's character or biological condition even from genres unknown to the user, allow even a first music source to be felt suited for the user,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090076638 - Method and apparatus for simulating composite panel manufacturing: A method and apparatus for managing production of a composite part. A three dimensional digital part definition is received for the composite part. A plurality of layers for the composite part is generated using the digital part definition with respect to a set of performance variables for an automated material... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090076639 - Method for providing customized cosmetics and the system used therefor: The present invention relates to a method and system for providing cosmetics customized for an individual customer, and more particularly, to a method and system for providing cosmetics customized for an individual customer, wherein customized cosmetics appropriate for skin condition or scalp and hair condition of the customer are produced... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090076640 - System, method and storage medium for controlling a processing system: A processing system 10 applies an etching process on a wafer W in a PM1 or PM2. An EC 200 includes functions of a transfer/process control unit 250, a communication unit 255, a log management unit 260, and a backup unit 265, and controls the processing system 10. The transfer/process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076641 - System and method for semiconductor identification chip read out: A system and method for semiconductor identification chip read out is presented. A user uses a stand-alone handheld device to extract product data, which includes manufacturing process attributes, from a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device couples to the hand held device through a subset of pins, such as a power... Agent: Ibm Corporation- Austin (jvl) C/o Van Leeuwen & Van Leeuwen

20090076642 - System for making custom prototypes: A system for making custom prototypes including devices for making the prototype, logic, software, firmware, hardware, circuitry or other components and responsive to user input.... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090076643 - Production line incorporating equidistantly spaced apart sets of printheads: A production line is provided for forming a layered product. The production line includes a conveyor configured to convey a substrate. A plurality of elongate printheads extend transverse to the conveyance direction and is configured to print voxels upon the conveyed substrate to form the layered product. The printheads are... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090076644 - Method of operating a temperature management device: There are provided a method of operating a temperature management device. For example, there is disclosed a method of operating a temperature management device. The method comprises transmitting towards the temperature management device a probe, the probe having a pre-determined format; receiving a probe response, the probe response being representative... Agent: Husky Injection Molding Systems, Ltd Co/amc Intellectual Property Grp

20090076645 - Pre and post-harvest qc data acquisition system for agricultural products: A system for monitoring parameters of produce including at least one sensor assembly for sensing at least one parameter of packaged produce at a plurality of times and locations of the packaged produce; a communications network operative to receive information from the at least one sensor assembly at the plurality... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090076646 - Intelligent shelving system and dividing element: An intelligent shelving system and associated dividing element. One or more dividing elements are arranged to communicate with a controller, each of the one or more dividing elements including an antenna having a detection plane and a base for placement on a shelf. The detection plane of the antenna is... Agent: J. Charles Dougherty

20090076647 - Device for controlling processing system, method for controlling processing system and computer-readable storage medium stored processing program: A processing system includes process modules, load lock modules, an equipment controller, and a machine controller. The equipment controller controls transfer and processing of wafers in the processing system. A transfer destination determining portion determines the transfer destination of each wafer such that each wafer is sequentially transferred to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076649 - Method and device for transporting items: A method and a device for transporting items, in particular mail items. uses multiple transport processes for transporting the items respectively to a processing system. For each item, a measurement is made before the transportation as to whether the item has a predefined characteristic, and if so, in what form.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090076648 - System, method and storage medium for controlling a processing system: A processing system includes process modules, load lock modules, an equipment controller, and a machine controller. The equipment controller controls transfer and processing of wafers in the processing system. A transfer destination determining portion determines the transfer destination of each wafer such that each wafer is sequentially transferred to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090076650 - Article storage and retrieval apparatus and vending machine: A apparatus for moving an article that contains a first telescoping tube movably connected to a second telescoping tube, a suction cup connected to said first telescoping tube, and a drive assembly connected to the first telescoping tube.... Agent: Howard J. Greenwald P.C.

20090076651 - Apparatus and method for calculating position of robot: Provided are an apparatus and method of calculating the position of a robot, which determine the position of a robot and create a map of the surroundings of the robot which account for the travel state of the robot. The apparatus includes a state variable calculation module which calculates a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090076652 - Smooth clipping of data streams: A method for controlling movement of movable object having a plurality of movable subcomponents comprises receiving an instruction configured to generate a defined movement of a selected subcomponent of the movable object between a first state and a second state. The method further comprises determining whether execution of the defined... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090076653 - Method and device for adjusting and controlling manipulators: The invention relates to a method for adjusting and controlling an automatically controlled manipulator, for example a robot. This is often achieved with the aid of dynamic manipulator models, taking into account friction torques, which occur in gear mechanisms that are provided to displace axes of the manipulator. A model... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090076655 - Robotic calibration method: A robot is characterized by an external measurement device. The robot generates a first point cloud of data. The external measurement device generates a second point cloud of data. These two points clouds are analyzed to determine an accuracy of the robot.... Agent: Zimmer Technology - Baker & Daniels

20090076654 - System and method for aligning and for controlling the position of a robot tool: The invention relates to a method and to a system for aligning and controlling the position of a robot tool, wherein a monitoring device is equipped with a detection unit and processing unit which co-operates with the control device of the robot and automatically determines the alignment of the robot... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090076656 - Collecting debris from a tool: An apparatus and associated method for collecting debris from a tool, wherein programming instructions are stored in memory and executed by a machine tool controller, and wherein the controller is responsive to an intermittent debris collect signal in altering an operative path of the tool in order to engage the... Agent: Fellers, Snider, Blankenship, Bailey & Tippens, PC (seagate Technology LLC)

20090076657 - Control device, control method, computer program, and recording medium: A control device that controls grip of an object is disclosed. The control device includes: detecting means for detecting a slip of the object and outputting a slip detection value; change-value calculating means for calculating, on the basis of the slip detection value, a change value for changing a command... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090076658 - Building climate control system and method: The climate in a primary space within a building having a secondary space open to and above the primary space is controlled by creating a primary microclimate within the primary space that is resistant to convection phenomena in the primary and secondary spaces. When the temperature in the secondary space... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090076660 - Pc-programmed irrigation control system: A free-standing field irrigation controller is selectively programmed by a personal computer over a radio link. The computer is equipped with software that displays a screen with seven horizontal time bands representing one day each, arranged vertically to display one week's time. Box icons representing watering settings for a plurality... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20090076659 - Wireless extension to an irrigation control system and related methods: Several embodiments provide wireless extensions to an irrigation controller system and related methods of use, as well as other improvements to irrigation control equipment. In one implementation, an irrigation control system includes a transmitter unit including a controller and having a connector to be coupled to an irrigation controller having... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090076661 - Apparatus, system, and method to manage the generation and use of hybrid electric power: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed to manage the generation and use of hybrid electric power. A monitoring module receives signals from one or more sensors. The signals comprise power level information of an electric energy storage device, power level information of one or more energy converters, and power... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090069905 - System and method for analyzing a production process: The invention relates to a system and a method for analyzing a production process. In order to make it possible to analyze the production process in an improved manner for the purpose of production planning, the invention proposes a method for analyzing a production process in which at least one... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090069906 - Method for comparing, an automation system and a controller: The invention relates to a method for comparing variable values obtained from different versions of an application program in an automated system. An input signal obtained from an automated process is inputted to at least two different versions of the application program residing within a same controller. The same tasks... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090069907 - Punching tool provided with a tool identification medium and punch press provided with a tool identification medium reader: A processing program preparing apparatus for a numerically controlled punch press includes a processing intention data generator for generating, on the basis of product shape data, processing intention data for specifying a processing region to be processed to manufacture a product. The processing program preparing apparatus also includes a tool... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090069908 - Methods for selecting golf club head configuration: Methods for fitting a golf club to a golfer are described. An optimum club head configuration is determined based on the golfer's swing characteristics, ball flight trajectory tendency information, course and weather conditions, golf ball dynamic flight characteristics and personal preferences. Lookup tables or mathematical algorithms, such as impact and... Agent: Luedeka, Neely & Graham, P.C.

20090069917 - Audio player and audio fast-forward playback method capable of high-speed fast-forward playback and allowing recognition of music pieces: Audio data to be played back is associated with meta data indicating the timing of beat that serves as a basis for a rhythm of a music piece. In a fast-forward playback mode, the associated meta data is read. A portion of the audio data containing the timing of beat... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090069915 - Audio visual player apparatus and system and method of content distribution using the same: A system is presented providing content to a plurality of handheld devices (including musical selections). The devices can access a server over the Internet via a WIFI or other similar wireless interconnection and can download songs requested by a user from the server or from other users using, e,g, a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/sandisk

20090069912 - Digital media player and method for facilitating music recommendation: A portable digital media player and method for providing convenient music recommendation are presented. A collection of music is maintained and includes a multiplicity of music stored in digital media form. A music recommendation is automatically generated in response to a recommender input. An identifier for a recipient is provided.... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090069911 - Digital media player and method for facilitating social music discovery and commerce: A portable digital media player and method for providing convenient music discovery are presented. Music is maintained and includes a multiplicity of music stored in digital media form on a portable digital media player. A music recommendation is displayed to a recipient. A message included is processed for information to... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090069913 - Digital media player and method for facilitating social music discovery through sampling, identification, and logging: A portable digital media player and method for providing convenient music logging is provided. A music collection is maintained and includes music stored in digital media form on a portable digital media player. A music sample is recorded from an ambient environment and is encoded in digital media form. Information... Agent: Cascadia Intellectual Property

20090069910 - Encapsulation of high definition audio data over an input/output interconnect: Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for encapsulation of high definition audio data over an input/output interconnect. In some embodiments, a system includes tunneling logic coupled with a high definition (HD) audio controller. The tunneling logic may receive digital audio data from the HD... Agent: Philip A. Pedigo Intel Corporation

20090069914 - Method for classifying audio data: A method for classifying audio data. For a given piece of audio data a location or position for the given audio data within a mood space is generated and compared to a comparison mood space location. As a result of the comparison, comparison data are generated and provided as a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090069909 - Method of generating a footprint for an audio signal: Method of generating a footprint for a useful signal, wherein the useful signal represents the evolution of a spectrum comprising useful signal frequencies, for example audio frequencies, over time, which allows automatic detection of identical or similar useful signals in a cost-efficient way and where the footprint is robust against... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090069916 - Patch time out for use in a media application: A media application for providing outputs (e.g., audio outputs) in response to inputs received from an input device is provided. The media application may connect input mechanisms of an input device with parameters of channel strips (e.g., which may define output sounds) using an intermediate screen object. The media application... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090069918 - Portable digital device: The present invention relates to a portable digital device. According to an embodiment, the method comprises a main unit including a display provided on the main unit and a terminal insertion portion; and an auxiliary unit including a terminal portion configured to be electrically connectable to the terminal insertion portion... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090069919 - Intelligent mass production planning and routing system: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to manufacturing production and provide a method, system and computer program product for mass production planning and routing. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for mass production planning and routing can be provided. The method can... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090069920 - Method and apparatus for work instruction generation: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for manufacturing a product. In response to receiving an identification of the product, a process object associated with the product may be identified. A completed instance of the process object may be created for the product. A set of instructions... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090069921 - Method of implementing a production execution system: In a method of implementing a production process in an industrial production system having control equipment, a plant model of the industrial production system is created, and based on the plant model, at least one interface (SFC type) for external access to the control equipment is defined. A strategy is... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090069922 - Processing system and method: A method and computer program product for monitoring one or more processes occurring during a first portion of a multi-portion recipe being executed on a processing device to obtain data concerning at least of portion of the one or more processes. At least a portion of the data is stored.... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090069923 - Method of managing a machine for manufacturing tobacco products: A method of managing a machine for manufacturing tobacco products (2) includes the steps of monitoring the operation of single devices and/or units making up the machine (3; 4), and supplying error signals (48) to a master control unit (46) to indicate faults or malfunctions in any of the devices;... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20090069924 - Combinatorial process system: A combinatorial processing chamber is provided. The combinatorial processing chamber is configured to isolate a radial portion of a rotatable substrate support, which in turn is configured to support a substrate. The chamber includes a plurality of clusters process heads in one embodiment. An insert having a base plate disposed... Agent: Martine Penilla Gencarella, LLP

20090069925 - Rfid system and method: An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP

20090069926 - Cnc apparatus with mechanism for controlling length variation of lead screw due to thermal expansion and method therefor: CNC apparatus having a mechanism for controlling length variation of a lead screw due to thermal expansion and method therefore when the apparatus is rotating in high speed and/or when load is high are disclosed. The lead screw is supported by two spaced ball bearing sets and is hollow to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090069927 - Vibration suppressing device for machine tool: A calculating member carries out Fourier analysis of a vibrational acceleration to calculate a maximum acceleration and frequency thereof. The calculating member then compares the maximum acceleration with a threshold value, and when the acceleration exceeds the threshold value, the calculating member calculates a k-value and phase information, and stores... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090069928 - Virtual code for delivery to the nearest building of organizations having multiple buildings: A method that enables the post to deliver mail addressed to a recipient nearest location virtual address to be delivery directly to the recipient's nearest designated location or facility to the place the mail was posted. Mail addressed to the nearest location virtual address (mapping to a street address or... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090069929 - System and method for creating customized multi-media greeting cards via a kiosk: The subject application is directed to a system and method for creating customized, multimedia greeting cards via a kiosk. Template data, associated with greeting card templates, and multimedia data files are first stored in an associated data storage. Indicia are then generated on an associated display corresponding to the greeting... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20090069930 - Systems and methods for dispensing consumable products: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for dispensing consumable products. One embodiment of the invention can provide a product dispenser. The product dispenser can include an ingredient matrix operable to receive a plurality of product ingredients. In addition, the product dispenser can include a controller in communication... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069931 - Systems and methods for facilitating consumer-dispenser interactions: Embodiments of the invention can include systems and methods for dispensing consumable products. In one embodiment, a system comprising a product dispenser and processor can be provided. The processor can be operable to execute a set of instructions operable to receive a consumer preference to receive a notification associated with... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069932 - Method and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage: Methods and apparatuses for providing a selectable beverage from a post-mix beverage dispenser are provided. In one embodiment, the method for providing a beverage having a separately selected color from a post-mix beverage dispensing system comprises: (a) providing at least two beverage bases for dispense from the post-mix beverage dispensing... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069934 - Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling the dispense of a plurality of product forming ingredients: Systems and methods for dispensing a product are provided. A plurality of product ingredients are associated with a product dispenser that is operable to form a plurality of selectable products from the plurality of products ingredients. Input for a selected product is received and a recipe that defines the ratio... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069933 - Systems and methods of selecting and dispensing products: Embodiments of a dispensing system for dispensing a number of products to a user are disclosed. The dispensing system may include an input/output device and a dispenser. The input/output device may be adapted to receive a selection of one of the products from the user. The dispenser may be adapted... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069935 - System and method of distributed control of an interactive animatronic show: A system and method of distributed control of an interactive animatronic show is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of animatronic actors, at least one of the actors comprising a processor and one or more motors controlled by the processor. The system also includes a network interconnecting each of the... Agent: Disney Enterprises, Inc. C/o Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

20090069936 - Control method for robots: A method of an industrial robot including a control unit and a manipulator including a tool including a defined tool center point and a device for determining a distance error between an inaccurately programmed position for a spot on a surface of a work piece and a corresponding actual position.... Agent: Venable LLP

20090069937 - Method and device for the fully authomatic final inspection of components and/or their functional units: The object of the present invention is equipment (1) and a method for the fully automated final inspection of components (2), in particular of their driven modules, further comprising a robot (3) fitted with a testing system (8) to carry out the final inspection comprising the stages: Self-driven alignment of... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090069938 - Autonomous vehicle and planar obstacle recognition method: In an autonomous vehicle, position of a planar obstacle such as a wall or a fence having apertures is determined. A horizontal plane is scanned with a laser range tinder so as to acquire positional coordinates of a plurality of scanning points. An element vector is formed with each two... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090069940 - Legged robot and its control method: There is provided a legged robot that performs motion by changing a joint angle, which includes a section of generating a center-of-gravity trajectory of the legged robot based on a trinomial equation obtained by discretizing a ZMP equation and a target ZMP, a section of calculating time-varying data of a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090069941 - Legged robot and its control method: There is provided a legged robot that performs motion by changing a joint angle, which includes a trajectory generating section to calculate a center-of-gravity trajectory in designated stepping motion from the stepping motion including at least one of walking motion, running motion and stopping motion, and generate a center-of-gravity trajectory... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090069939 - Robot programming device for palletizing operation by robot: A robot programming device capable of reducing the operation of a robot in the field required for generating a program for palletizing operation, and shortening a time to generate the palletizing program. The robot programming device includes a storing part for storing three-dimensional models of the plurality kinds of units,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090069942 - Robot apparatus and method of controlling the same: A robot apparatus having a multi-link structure including a plurality of links and joints serving as link movable sections, and in which at least some of the links are driven by combination of position control and force control is disclosed. The apparatus includes: position control means for performing the position... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20090069943 - Robot system: The safety of an operator which may be endangered by an erroneous instruction by the operator or a robot control system is ensured by making more stringent a condition regarding the separation of the operator from the vicinity of a robot when an operation program of the robot is activated.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090069944 - Chemical process optimization method that considers chemical process plant safety: A method for assuring safety of a particular chemical process plant includes measuring, for each of a plurality of sets of proposed process conditions for a particular chemical process within the particular chemical process plant, a pressure rise rate following a deliberate contained ignition of at least one material used... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090069945 - Adjusting and guiding system for tools: The invention relates to an adjusting and guiding system for guiding tools (1) in relation to a workpiece (2), said system comprising the following characteristics: a navigation system (3) used to identify reference points, a first reference point unit (4) that can be fixed to the workpiece (2), a first... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20090069946 - Apparatus and method for isolating a temperature sensing device in a thermostat: An improved thermostat is provided that comprises a first wall disposed within the thermostat, which partitions off a portion of the interior space to form a compartment along a side wall of the thermostat that is separated from the rest of the thermostat's interior space. The thermostat includes a second... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090069947 - Systems and methods for providing portion control programming in a product forming dispenser: Disclosed are systems and methods for configuring portion control for a dispenser apparatus. A plurality of beverage ingredients may be associated with the dispenser apparatus, and a plurality of selectable beverages may be formed from the plurality of beverage ingredients. Input for one or more preferences associated with portion control... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069948 - System and method for controlling fluid flow: A method for controlling the flow of fluid in an appliance includes permitting a fluid to flow to an appliance for a first length of time, measuring a volume of the fluid flowing to the appliance during the first length of time, determining a second length of time based on... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090069949 - Systems and methods for providing dynamic ingredient matrix reconfiguration in a product dispenser: Embodiments of the invention include systems and methods for providing dynamic ingredient matrix reconfiguration in a product dispenser. In one embodiment, a system can include an ingredient matrix operable to receive one or more ingredient packages within respective locations. In addition, the system can include a controller in communication with... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20090069950 - Electric power control apparatus, power generation system and power grid system: An electric power control apparatus outputs output from a power generation apparatus to a power system has a power converter that converts power output from the power generation apparatus and a power storage apparatus that stores output from the power generation apparatus or output from the power converter as well... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090062929 - Field device and fieldbus controller: Disclosed is a field device that transmits and receives data via a fieldbus in accordance with any of a plurality of communication protocols. The field device includes: a control section to give an instruction on a communication protocol to be used for transmitting or receiving data via the fieldbus; and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090062931 - Appendable system and devices for data acquisition, analysis and control: An appendable system includes a plurality of appendable devices that are adapted to interoperate with each other and/or a workstation via a communication network to monitor and/or control a process. Each of the appendable devices can communicate with one or more sensors and/or control outputs and includes a housing that... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090062930 - System for transmitting and remotely managing data of a machine: A system for transmitting and remotely managing data of a machine selected in a group comprising a packaging machine, a wrapping machine, a wood working machine tool, comprises a processing and exchanging data device communicating with a remote processing arrangement through a first communication network, wherein an intermediate processing device... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090062932 - Process model identification in a process control system: Disclosed is a method of controlling and managing a process control system having a plurality of control loops. The method includes implementing a plurality of control routines to control operation of the plurality of control loops, respectively. The plurality of control routines may include at least one non-adaptive control routine.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090062933 - System for preserving and displaying process control data associated with an abnormal situation: A system for preserving process variable data relating to the operation of a process is provided. The system is adapted to preserve process variable data obtained before, during, and after the occurrence of an abnormal situation or event. The preserved process variable data maybe communicated from smart field devices or... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090062934 - Recipe generation system and method: There is provided a recipe generation apparatus and method for reducing the time required to reflect an optimal value and changed value in an input file by automatically reflecting a value obtained by optimizing an input file for recipe generation in the input file for recipe generation. This invention eliminates... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090062935 - Automatic generation of pid parameters for an atomic force microscope: Linear PID controllers have a transfer function that resembles the frequency response of a notch filter. The PID parameters, KP, KI, and KD (proportional, integral, and derivative gains, respectively) can be extracted from the parameters of a linear notch filter. The linearized modes of scanning probe microscope (SPM) actuators have... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090062936 - System and method for sensor tasking: A system for sensor tasking includes a plurality of sensors operable to perform one or more tasks and a processor. The processor may receive a mission, wherein the mission comprises one or more tasks to be performed by one or more of the plurality of sensors. The processor may also... Agent: Baker Botts LLP

20090062937 - Wireless transmission of signals: A system for wireless transmission of signals is provided. The system includes a mobile operator unit that is operable to transmit signals; and a base unit of a safety-critical device that is operable to receive signals from the mobile operator unit. The mobile operator unit is operable to categorize the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090062938 - Design element for a control panel of a device: There is described a design element for a control panel of a device and further a device having a plurality of design elements that can be freely positioned on a control panel, and to a method for configuring such a device and a corresponding computer program. An aim is to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090062939 - Mobile terminal and device control method for the same: A mobile terminal and device control method for the same are disclosed. The device control method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen, includes: downloading, during registration of a device capable of short-range wireless communication operating in a short-range communication mode, a user interface (UI) of the device; finding... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090062940 - Method and system of programming at least one appliance to change state upon the occurrence of a trigger event: An automation system for programming appliances having programmable controllers, programmable devices and trigger devices that communicate over a communication link. The user programs the programmable devices by placing the programmable controller in its training mode, activating the trigger device to generate a trigger signed and places select programmable devices in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090062941 - Heat index: The system generates a heat index for each player in a sporting event. Historical data is maintained over time and is available for display by a user. In one embodiment, the heat index is provided via a network such as the internet. In another embodiment, the heat index is displayed... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20090062949 - Audio data player and method of creating playback list thereof: An audio data player may include a storage unit for storing one of more sound source files containing tag information, and an extraction unit for extracting one piece of information among the tag information (e.g., information on artist, album, title, year, genre, and user preference) of the stored sound source... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090062945 - Method and system for estimating frequency and amplitude change of spectral peaks: Methods, digital systems, and computer readable media are provided for estimating change of amplitude and frequency in a digital audio signal by transforming a frame of the digital audio signal to the frequency domain, locating a frequency peak in the transformed frame, determining an interpolated peak of the located frequency... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090062942 - Method and system for matching audio recording: Our invention describes a method and a system for matching securely an unknown audio recording with known audio recordings. A plurality of known audio recordings, each known audio recording associated with an index to information uniquely identifying the known audio recording is stored on a server. An unknown audio recording... Agent: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.

20090062943 - Methods and apparatus for automatically controlling the sound level based on the content: In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses detect content and information related to the content; utilize the content at a current sound level; and modify the current sound level based on the information and the content.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090062944 - Modifying media files: The present invention includes apparatuses, methods, computer readable media and systems comprising means for using a portable, handheld electronic device (such as Apple's iPod™) to capture analog signals, convert them into digital signals and store the digital signals as media files (e.g., audio files, video files, image files, etc.). The... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

20090062947 - Protocol for remote user interface for portable media device: Remote user interfaces for portable media devices provided improved access by accessories to media assets and metadata stored in a database of a portable media device, enhancing a user's ability to control operation of the portable media device using a remote user interface provided by the accessory. In one example,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090062946 - System and method for digital signal processing: The present invention provides for methods and systems for digitally processing audio signals by adjusting the gain of a signal a first time, using a digital processing device located between a radio head unit and a speaker. The methods and systems may filter the adjusted signal with a first low... Agent: Don J. Pelto Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090062948 - Systems and methods for controlling audio volume in the processor of a high definition audio codec: Systems and methods for controlling the audio volume of an audio signal in an HDA codec having a programmable processor such as a DSP, wherein the codec receives digital audio signals and audio volume control verbs over an HDA bus, and the audio volume levels associated with the audio volume... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20090062950 - System and method for monitoring production of cnc machines: A system and method for monitoring production of CNC machines is provided. The system comprises a monitoring host and a displaying device. The monitoring host comprises an NC interpreter, a production analysis module, and a user interface module. The NC interpreter interprets first format data received from CNC machines into... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090062951 - Production condition determining method, production condition determining apparatus, mounter, and program: This invention provides a production condition determining method by which a production schedule of boards can be determined in a short time. The production condition determining method is for determining production conditions, under which various types of boards are to be produced. This method includes: judging whether or not all... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090062952 - Method and system for managing and validating product development: A method is provided for managing and validating product development. The method may include obtaining a product specification for a product and identifying prior products that have capabilities within a defined range of the product specifications. The method may also include developing a performance specification based on the product specification... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090062953 - System validation using validation programs depicted using markup language: System validation using validation programs for a plurality of root functions depicted using a markup language is disclosed. One embodiment of a method includes establishing a validation program template defining a style of input/output usable by a plurality of root functions to be performed by at least one of a... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090062954 - Method and system for auto-dispatching lots in photolithography process: A method and a system for auto-dispatching lots in a photolithography process are provided. According to the method, first, a prioritized lot list is established according to the working status of a plurality of photolithography equipments. Then, a processable lot with the highest priority from the lot list is selected... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090062955 - Numerical controller with interference check function: A numerical controller having an interference prevention function whereby calculation for preventing interference is reliably performed. The numerical controller has the function of defining interference regions corresponding to multiple machine structural objects, respectively, moving the interference regions in accordance with machine coordinate values of the machine structural objects updated by... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090062956 - Method and structure for automated inert gas charging in a reticle stocker: At least a first reticle is stored in a housing of a stocker. A first gas is delivered to the housing. At least one reticle pod having an additional reticle is delivered into a enclosure within the housing of the stocker. A second gas different from the first gas is... Agent: Duane Morris LLP (tsmc)IPDepartment

20090062957 - Method and position regulating device for controlling the operation of a load bearing apparatus, based on two dimensions: The invention describes a method and a position control system (22″) for controlling operation of a computer-controlled load handling device, with a displacement drive for a displacement unit, a lift drive for a vertically displaceable lifting unit and an actuator drive for a loading and unloading device, and a computer... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090062958 - Autonomous mobile robot: An autonomous mobile robot. The robot includes a computing device and a modeling module. The modeling module is communicably connected to the computing device, and is configured for autonomously generating a model for each navigation mode of the robot.... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090062959 - Method and apparatus for robot calibrations with a calibrating device: Described herein is a method and apparatus for performing calibrations on robotic components. In one embodiment, a method for performing robotic calibrations includes moving the calibrating device across a target (e.g., a wafer chuck). Next, the method includes measuring distances between light spots from the sensors and a perimeter of... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090062960 - Method and system for robot calibrations with a camera: Described herein is a method and system for performing calibrations on robotic components. In one embodiment, a method for performing robotic calibrations includes manually calibrating a center of a robot blade aligned with respect to a target. The method further includes recording a first positional value of the center of... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090062961 - Method for sootblowing optimization: A controller determines and adjusts system parameters, including cleanliness levels or sootblower operating settings, that are useful for maintaining the cleanliness of a fossil fuel boiler at an efficient level, Some embodiments use a direct controller to determine cleanliness levels and/or sootblower operating settings. Some embodiments use an indirect controller,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090062962 - Control device for an electronic domestic appliance: A control device for an electronic domestic appliance has a control panel of an electrically conducting material and an electronic control system with a mains-connected circuit and a circuit that is galvanically separated from the mains. To protect the electronic control system from electrostatic discharges the control panel is grounded... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090062963 - Cooling fan controller and cooling fan controller for working machinery: A cooling fan controller is provided for controlling the revolving speed of a cooling fan that introduces outside air as a cooling wind to cool a fluid being cooled; in order to optimally control the revolving speed if the cooling fan in accordance with load, and to suppress noise caused... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090062964 - Remote hvac control with remote sensor wiring diagram generation: An HVAC control system that accommodates and/or facilitates control from a remote location. The HVAC control system may include a web-enabled building control appliance with a controller, a first port and a second port. The controller may implement a web server that is coupled to the first port for serving... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090062965 - Apparatus and method for control of a thermostat: A thermostat is provided that includes a temperature sensor for sensing ambient temperature, and a switching device that is configured to apply electrical power to a heating element when the switching device is activated. The thermostat further includes a processor that is configured to periodically determine for a finite switching... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20090062966 - Devices, systems and methods for flow-compensating pump-injector synchronization: Systems, devices, and methods to mitigate the pressure disturbance associated with the injection of low-pressure analyte samples into a high-pressure HPLC fluid stream (52), to enhance chromatographic performance related to retention time and reproducibility. The preferred embodiment coordinates the injection run with active pressure control of a binary solvent delivery... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090062967 - Hybrid vehicle recharging system and method of operation: A system and method for recharging a plug-in hybrid vehicle. The system includes a controller that schedules the recharging of the vehicles on local electrical distribution networks. The system arranges the schedule to minimize the demand loading on the local distribution network to more efficiently operate power plants providing electrical... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090062968 - System and method for coordinating transfer of electricity: A system for coordinating transfer of electricity between parked mobile machines is disclosed. Each parked mobile machine may include a propulsion system operable to propel the mobile machine, and one or more of the mobile machines may have an electricity-generation system. The system may include one or more information-processing devices... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090062969 - Hybrid robust predictive optimization method of power system dispatch: A method of power system dispatch control solves power system dispatch problems by integrating a larger variety of generation, load and storage assets, including without limitation, combined heat and power (CHP) units, renewable generation with forecasting, controllable loads, electric, thermal and water energy storage. The method employs a predictive algorithm... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090062970 - System and method for active power load management: A system for managing consumption of power supplied by an electric utility to power consuming devices includes at least one client device and a server. Each client device operates at least partially responsive to control messages received from the server and controls operation of one or more controllable devices. Each... Agent: Gary Robinson, P. A.