Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 04/09

20090112333 - Smart infusion pump: An apparatus for delivering a fluid to a patient is provided. The apparatus includes an infusion pump for delivering the fluid, a control unit electrically connected to the infusion pump, a display operatively connected to the control unit, a communications interface operatively connected to the control unit and adapted for... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090112334 - Fixed-point virtual sensor control system and method: One aspect of the present disclosure includes a method for a control system of a machine. The method may include establishing a virtual sensor model indicative of interrelationships between at least one sensing parameter and a plurality of measured parameters related to the machine. The method may also include obtaining... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090112335 - Method and apparatus for intelligent control and monitoring in a process control system: A controller includes a control module to control operation of a process in response to control data, a plug-in module coupled to the control module as a non-layered, integrated extension thereof, and a model identification engine. The plug-in detects a change in the control data, and a collects the control... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090112336 - System and method for implementing time synchronization monitoring and detection in a safety instrumented system: An apparatus, system and process is provided from communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, a time synchronization monitor is provided for monitoring... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090112337 - Method and system for the autonomous design of cybernetic systems: A system and method is provided for constructing optimal cybernetic based systems. The method is based on a process of formalized rational inquiry, measurement and planned action. More particularly, the method relies upon the precise determination of alternatives through inquiry, a formal logical model of measurement, and the subsequent matching... Agent: The Johns Hopkins Universityapplied Physics Labora Office Of Patent Counsel

20090112339 - Audio system for an information handling system: An audio system for an information handling system, the audio system comprising an audio interface operable to connect a mobile information handling device and a docking station, an audio module in the docking station, and an audio jack configured to connect the audio module to a speaker.... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20090112338 - Wireless and dockable audio interposer device: An apparatus meant to be interposed between a wired device and a wireless device gathers information concerning the functions of which each of the wired device and wireless devices are capable, and induces the wireless device to enable a wider range of wireless protocols by presenting the wireless device with... Agent: Bose Corporation C/o Donna Griffiths

20090112341 - Control data creation device for machining, and program therefor: An NC data creation device for creating NC data for forming at least one shape by electric discharge machining using at least two blades formed on one or more tool electrodes. Blade registration means registers the at least two blades (Q). Step registration means registers at least two steps to... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090112340 - Method of animating structural vibration under operational conditions: A method of analyzing structural vibration according to one aspect of the present invention includes reception of data from a plurality of sensors on a structure, filtration of the data to exclude data outside of a selected frequency band, association of sensor locations with locations on computer model, and generation... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090112342 - Device and method for planning a production unit: A device for planning a production unit with a production building and a manufacturing facility, wherein the manufacturing facility has machines with equipment for automation systems integrated at least partially in a communication network, wherein the device has a product data management system, in which data relating to the product... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090112343 - Framework for automatic generation of sequence of operations: A method for generation of a sequence of operations for a manufacturing process including modeling the manufacturing process through a finite state machine to create a sequence of operations generator operative to generate a list of sequences of operations for the manufacturing process and utilizing the sequence of operations generator... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090112344 - Design optimization: A method for optimizing a design for a device is disclosed. Such an optimization is performed with respect to a predetermined metric, e.g. device speed, area, power consumption or yield. In one aspect, the method comprises obtaining a design for a device. The design comprises design components. The method also... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090112345 - Dimpled golf ball and dimple distributing method: A golf ball having a plurality of dimples on its surface based on a dimple pattern determined by circle packing theory. In particular, the dimple pattern is determined by arranging a plurality of circles on a Riemann surface where each circle is not tangent to any other circle in more... Agent: Hanify & King Professional Corporation

20090112346 - Method and system for adaptive equipment notifications: The present invention improves on existing Equipment Fault Detection and Classification (FDC) and Equipment Automation methods and systems. Its novelty is in a new method and system to provide adaptive notifications based on the basic capability to detect interruptions and out-of-process-spec conditions at automated manufacturing or processing equipment through the... Agent: Steffen Tichatschke

20090112347 - Article marking system: A method of marking an article includes, in a control system, selecting one of a number of containers. The method further includes each container having a fluid containing respective unique marking elements therein. The method further includes generating control signals in accordance with the selected container. The method further includes... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090112349 - System for assembling aircraft: A system automatically moves large scale components of a vehicle such as an airplane, into final assembly alignment. A noncontact measurement system determines the locations of aerodynamically significant features on each of the components. The measured locations of the components are used to control an automated jacking system that includes... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090112348 - System, method, and computer program product for computing jack locations to align parts for assembly: Illustrative computer-executable methods, systems, and computer software program products compute assembly jack locations to align parts for assembly. Initial locations of at least one component to be moved and a desired final location for the at least one component to be moved are determined from initial position measurement data for... Agent: Boeing (tlg) C/o Toler Law Group

20090112350 - Process for generating control sequence of operations: A method for generation of a control code set for a manufacturing process includes generating a list of sequences of operations with an automatic sequence of operations generator, selecting an optimized sequence of operations from said list of sequences of operations, and utilizing said optimized sequence of operations to generate... Agent: Cichosz & Cichosz, PLLC

20090112351 - Product and method for manufacturing a three dimensional core mass and related inventions: A three dimensional shape core mass is manufactured by machining a ribbon or tape of any material with various slots, channels, or holes of any shape before the ribbon or tape is spooled or layered onto a layering template or spooler. The machining is adjusted so the slots, channels, or... Agent: Frederick William Klatt

20090112352 - Equivalent gate count yield estimation for integrated circuit devices: A storage medium including a method of modeling yield for semiconductor products includes determining expected faults for each of a plurality of library elements by running a critical area analysis on each of the library elements, and assessing, from the critical area analysis, an expected number of faults per unit... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Burlington

20090112353 - System and method for design of stitched objects: A system and method for designing a stitched object, the system and method including: determining a style; determining a size; determining a stitch material; automatically calculating a grid-based template based on the determined style, size and stitch material; and outputting the grid-based template to a user as a design for... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090112354 - Method of determining optimal parameters for machining a workpiece: A method of determining optimal parameters for machining a workpiece comprises performing a first computer simulation to determine parameters for machining a workpiece, including a tool nose radius and a tool rake angle, performing a second computer simulation to determine additional parameters for machining a workpiece, including a tool rotational... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds/pratt & Whitney

20090112355 - Device and method for dressing cutting tools: Disclosed are a computer numerically controlled machine and methods for forming, grinding, or dressing cutting tools in a computer numerically controlled machine. In some embodiments, the computer numerically controlled machine is provided with a cutting tool and an abrasive surface. The abrasive surface is brought into contact with the cutting... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090112356 - Numerical control apparatus with manual shift operation functionality: A numerical control apparatus provides for manual shift operation involving feed shafts of a machine tool in terms of a work coordinate system easily and readily understood by an operator. The numerical control apparatus includes a manual shift amount input unit for receiving an amount of manual shift involving linear... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP Floor 30, Suite 3000

20090112357 - Machine tool method: Apparatus and method for fitting a workpiece to geometric design data of a workpiece. Nominal data points are selected from the geometric design data. Command codes are created to generate measured data points. The measurement data points have associated nominal measurement points which are used to fit the workpiece to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090112358 - System and program for virtualization of data storage library addresses: Disclosed is a system and program for using storage slots efficiently. A storage element count is assigned to each one of multiple logical libraries, and the sum of the storage element count for each one of the multiple logical libraries exceeds the total number of storage slots in the library.... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20090112359 - System, method, and computer program product for realization of online virtual objects: A system, method, and computer program product for an online transferring system where a conveying user may transfer a virtual object, representative of a real object, to a receiving user using an electronic ID of the receiving user and have a real object delivered to a shipping address of the... Agent: Michael A. Rahman

20090112361 - Items dispenser: An automated small items dispensing apparatus is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the invention includes a networked, programmable, automatic medication items dispensing apparatus for use by individual patients who are enrolled in a medication protocol or medication therapy regimen. The device is located separate from the patient's health care provider's... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090112360 - System and method for interactive items dispenser: A networked items dispenser is disclosed. The device includes a housing having a bulk storage bin for storing items, a temporary storage bin for receiving the items, and a dispensing receptacle for receiving the items from the temporary storage bin. A communications network interface is provided for entering programming instructions.... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090112362 - Controller of work piece-conveying robot: A controller for work piece-conveying robot having: a coordinate system storage section for storing one or more manual jog feed coordinate systems; a working area setting section for setting to a machine tool a working area to which the manual jog feed coordinate system is assigned; a hand position obtaining... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090112363 - Adaptive control system for reagent distribution control in scr reactors: A method for controlling dosage of a reagent in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system includes the step of providing the system with a plurality of reagent injection nozzles, each nozzle being configured and adapted to be independently calibrated during an SCR reaction when the system is in operation. The... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090112364 - Chemical treatment system and method: A chemical treatment system that injects a dosage chemical solution into a process. A condition of the process is sensed by a sensor, communicated to a controller and used as a basis for varying in real time the dosage of the chemical solution. The sensor, the controller, a pump and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Department

20090112365 - Apparatus and method for polymerisation surgical cement: An apparatus for monitoring the polymerisation of surgical cement comprising a container for holding the surgical cement, sensing means to detect at least one environmental factor affecting surgical cement polymerisation or property of surgical cement indicating the level of polymerisation, wherein the sensing means is adapted to produce an output... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20090112366 - Actuator with memory part for building management system: A building management system (1) for the control of plural actuators (10) arranged in a distributed manner, comprised of a central control unit (2) and at least one actuator (10) controlled by the central control unit (2), wherein the actuator (10) has a control device (11) which is formed to... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20090112367 - Apparatus and method for dislodging and extracting solid materials from tubes: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for efficiently dislodging and extracting at least a portion of solid materials from one or more reactor tubes of shell-and-tube reactors without damage to at least a portion of the solid materials which would otherwise render the solid materials unsuitable for re-use.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20090112368 - Maintenance and control system for ground support equipment: Ground support equipment for servicing an airplane includes a ground support equipment cart upon which are mounted at least two equipment modules and a control module. A first equipment module mounted upon the cart contains ground support equipment for servicing an airplane and also has a network connection, and at... Agent: Perry Hoffman And Associates, P.C.

20090112369 - System for controlling room temperature in building using predictive control: In a building which has at least two floors, an apparatus for controlling and regulating room temperature having a hierarchical structure includes a predictive device on the top level, that provides optimal control of the use of at least one free energy source, and at least one device on a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090112371 - Method and apparatus for producing paint: A paint manufacturing system, having a paint component storage system with a dispenser positioned below and a computer system which controls a flow of paint components. The paint component storage system having a plurality of paint component cartridges containing paint components; wherein at least two of the paint component cartridges... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090112370 - Vacuum system and method for operating the same: The present invention provides a vacuum system including a vacuum pump capable of operating at a rotation rate controlled appropriately when a predetermined process is performed in a vacuum chamber, which contributes to energy conservation. The vacuum system serves as a semiconductor manufacturing system comprising a vacuum pump controller which... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090112372 - Adaptive feedback sources for application controllers: The present invention provides an advanced spray control system for controlling a sprayer, which comprises a controller, a plurality of sensors and feedback means, and an output means for controlling the application system of the sprayer. The controller receives inputs from the operator through a user interface, and/or various feedback... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090112373 - Power over ethernet port enabling and disabling responsive to access control system: An electronically controlled method of controlled enabling and disabling of ports, the method constituted of: receiving a message responsive to an access event, the message comprising an identifier of the accessing party and an indication of the access event; determining at least one power over Ethernet supplying port associated with... Agent: Microsemi Corp - Amsg Ltd.

20090112374 - Method and system for power plant block loading: Block loading may occur during the process of restoring an electrical grid after a blackout. A method and system for coordinating the loading of a combined cycle power plant to support block loading is provided. The power plant may include a gas turbine and a steam turbine. The method and... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090112375 - System and method for control of power distribution: A system for controlling a multi-feed power distribution network is described herein. The network includes a first network sector that includes a first plurality of devices connected to a first power source and a second network sector that includes a second plurality of devices connected to a second power source.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090112376 - Position controlling device: A structure is provided in which a thrust feed forward structure for operating a structure to be driven without vibration and a control structure which simultaneously compensates for positional deviation caused by the thrust feed forward structure and positional deviation caused by a base displacement are included in a position... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090105846 - Can communication for building automation system: Systems and methods for implementing CAN communication for building automation systems are disclosed. An exemplary system may comprise at least one sending device linked to a plurality of receiving devices over a CAN automation network. A control frame may be broadcast over the CAN automation network by the at least... Agent: Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.c

20090105847 - Instrumentation control system: In an instrumentation control system in which plural control devices are connected to each other through a network, and transfer of data is performed asynchronously, a reset switch is provided in one of a control device, and when this switch is depressed, an instruction to reset unreliable information in the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090105848 - Redundant fieldbus system: A redundant fieldbus system provides power and communications in a parallel physical configuration between the host system and attached field devices irrespective of any single point failure in the network. In case of a fault, the redundant fieldbus system automatically eliminates the faulty section of the network, switches power and... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090105849 - System and method for implementing safety instrumented systems in a fieldbus architecture: An apparatus, system and process is provided for communicating safety-related data, over an open system, from a sender to a receiver. Safety-related components, including function blocks, flexible function blocks, resource blocks and transducer blocks, as well as, safety-related objects are provided. Also, an extended safety-related protocol provides for authenticating communications... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090105850 - Field control system and field control method: In a field control system in which a plurality of field equipments that are operated in a previously set schedule and constitute a control loop perform a packet communication via a network, there is provided a configurator for collecting measured result packets to which a time stamp of each field... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090105852 - Control loop for regulating a process, in particular a combustion process: A control loop, which is for regulating a process in a plant having a controlled system, comprises: at least one measuring device for recording observation values of the controlled system, at least one adjustment device for acting on the controlled system in response to the adjustment device being controlled by... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090105851 - Methods and systems for operating an automated system: A method is provided for operating an automated process defined by an execution model. The automated process includes a plurality of sub-processes. The method includes detecting an event during a first sub-process of the plurality of sub-processes, and resetting the first sub-process by operating an unload procedure that is written... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090105853 - Process-parameter prognostic system for predicting shape of semiconductor structure, semiconductor fabrication apparatus having the system, and method of using the apparatus: Provided are a process-parameter prognostic system for predicting the shape of a semiconductor structure, a semiconductor fabrication apparatus having the process-parameter prognostic system, and a method of using the same. The process-parameter prognostic system may have a process prediction unit and a process-change point corresponding unit. The process prediction unit... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090105854 - Method of optimizing queue times in a production cycle: A method of optimizing production cycle queue time includes selecting a plurality of process steps for a production cycle, calculating queue times for each of the plurality of process steps, statistically analyzing the queue times, and generating at least one visual output that illustrates the statistically analyzed queue times.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20090105855 - Dynamic management of a process model repository for a process control system: A method of managing a process model history having process models stored therein, includes organizing the process models according to first and second priority criteria, wherein each process model is represented according to a combination of a value in connection with the first and second priority criteria. The representation may... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090105856 - Method and device for providing a lighting setting for controlling a lighting system to produce a desired lighting effect: The present invention relates to a method for providing a lighting setting for controlling a lighting system (10a, 10b) to produce a desired lighting effect. The method comprises, in a remote server (24), receiving data related to the lighting system and generating a lighting setting related to the desired lighting... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090105857 - Method of automatic playlist creation on multimedia player: A multimedia player capable of automatically creating a play list and a method thereof are described. The play lists corresponding to a variety of time segments are created according to time segments in a time period. The multimedia player creates a play list for a certain time segment according to... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20090105859 - Playback program: A plurality of audio object (AOB) files and a plurality of picture object (POB) files are stored. Default Playlist Information and sets of Playlist Information each show an order in which AOBs stored in the plurality of AOB files are to be reproduced. The DPLGI includes DPLI_POB_SRPs that specify at... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090105858 - System and method for digital signal processing: The present invention provides methods and systems for digitally processing audio signals. Some embodiments receive an audio signal and converting it to a digital signal. The gain of the digital signal may be adjusted a first time, using a digital processing device located between a receiver and a driver circuit.... Agent: Don J. Pelto Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20090105860 - Container design system, methods, and storage medium featuring specific colors or indicia: A container design system, method of operation, and storage medium which allows a user(s) to: (1) design a unique complete container including: container size, shape, color, and medium; cap size, shape, color, and medium; label, wherein the label includes one or more specific colors or indicia; what the container will... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20090105861 - Method for designing a tool for deep drawing and tool for deep drawing of sheet metal: The invention concerns a method for the creation of addendums (4) of tools for sheet metal formed parts (2). In the case of this method, fill surfaces (7) for the smoothing of irregular zones of a component edge (3) are generated. Initial directions (31) of sectional profiles (10) are determined... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090105862 - Seating system and assembly: This invention relates specifically to a seating system or assembly which utilizes a modularized system of standard sized components. The system reduces manufacturing costs, simplifies storage and shipping and improves assembly efficiencies. The system of modularized components allows flexibility in seating use and design.... Agent: Gene S. Winter Onge Steward Johnston & Reens LLC

20090105863 - Automated integration of feedback from field failure to order configurator for dynamic optimization of manufacturing test processes: The present invention addresses the deficiencies of the art in respect to the manufacturing test processes and provides a novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for dynamic optimization of manufacturing test coverage with automated integration of field failure feedback with the order configurator. In one embodiment of the invention,... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090105864 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing an article and generating a report: A method of manufacturing an article, the method comprising: storing a set of manufacturing instructions for a machine; inputting at least some of the manufacturing instructions into the machine; manufacturing an article with the machine in accordance with the input manufacturing instructions; generating a realization log which is indicative of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090105865 - Metric based performance monitoring method and system: A metric based performance monitoring A process control system is disclosed in which diagnostics are performed at multiple levels of the plant, results of the diagnostics converted into Key Performance Indicators and compared to predetermined benchmarks such that an integrated and overall determination of the plants' performance may be displayed.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090105866 - Method of controlling a production process: In order to increase the efficiency of a production process a new method is presented. Thereby a flow of items is generated in a production system. Electronic devices that are attachable to the items are used for tracking the items. An identification of a first electronic device attached to a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090105868 - Method for assembling a customized printed circuit board: A system and a method are provided for assembling a customized printed circuit board having at least one electrical component. The system includes an input device for allowing a user to input predetermined information on the customized printed circuit board to be assembled. A central processing unit is operatively connected... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090105867 - Temperature control method, method of obtaining a temperature correction value, method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and substrate treatment apparatus: In a temperature control method in which a target temperature is given in a thermal treatment furnace and plural heaters are controlled according to the target temperature, the correlation of the each heater and plural profile temperature sensors provided in the thermal treatment furnace is determined, a virtual temperature is... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090105869 - Method for register correction of a processing machine, and a processing machine: A method for the register correction of a processing machine for processing a continuous material, in particular a shaftless printing press, with which the continuous material is processed by at least two processing units with at least one compensator for adjusting the length of the continuous material in the continuous... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090105872 - Multi-step system for processing workpieces: Systems, including method and apparatus, for processing workpieces driven automatically along a linear path to a plurality of positions disposed substantially along the linear path. In some embodiments, a workpiece may be processed at one or more of the positions using two or more processing stations, such as a first... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090105870 - Multi-step systems for processing workpieces: Systems, including method and apparatus, for processing workpieces driven automatically along a linear path to a plurality of positions disposed substantially along the linear path. In some embodiments, a workpiece may be processed at one or more of the positions using two or more processing stations, such as a first... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090105871 - Multi-step systems for processing workpieces: Systems, including method and apparatus, for processing workpieces driven automatically along a linear path to a plurality of positions disposed substantially along the linear path. In some embodiments, a workpiece may be processed at one or more of the positions using two or more processing stations, such as a first... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090105873 - Method of dynamic temperature control during microcrystalline si growth: The present invention generally comprises a method for dynamically controlling the temperature of a solar cell substrate during microcrystalline silicon deposition. In amorphous silicon/microcrystalline tandem solar cells, microcrystalline silicon may be deposited using a higher power density and to a greater thickness than amorphous silicon. The higher the power density... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, LLP - - Appm/tx

20090105874 - Device and method for controlling the loading and/or unloading process of an airplane: The invention relates to a device and a method for controlling the loading and/or unloading process of an aeroplane. According to the invention, a parcel introduced into the aeroplane is identified, a weight is associated with the parcel, the position of the parcel inside the aeroplane is monitored, and the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090105875 - Dairy product and process: The present invention relates to a system for dispensing a customised serving. The system includes an ingredient storage module 12, an ingredient processing module 18, a serving dispenser 20, a user interface 24, and a formulation database containing an inventory of ingredients stored in the storage module 12 from which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090105876 - Pill dispensing apparatus: A dispenser (200) and method for dispensing pills to patients from cartridges (224) featuring downloadable remotely programmable timer (1B) and network communications links (504), alerting timer, databasing, printer, and battery (60).... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20090105878 - Control system, control method, and robot apparatus: There is provided a control system which controls a link structure constructed by connecting a plurality of rigid body links and driven by making a joint actuator generate an actuator force. The control system includes a mechanical model including geometric parameters and dynamical parameters of the link structure, a virtual... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090105879 - Evaluation of communication middleware in a distributed humanoid robot architecture: A publish-subscribe architecture based blackboard system for selecting and exchanging selected information among a plurality of processing modules using filters for implementing conditions described in a procedural language to reduce the amount of information transmitted between the processing modules. More than one filter may be dynamically installed in a message... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20090105877 - Method and apparatus for recyclable absorption of electric retardation energy from an industrial robotics system: An embodiment of the present invention discloses an apparatus for recyclable absorption of electric retardation energy from a multiple axis industrial robotics system, including a robot control unit and at least one drive unit which at retardation generates the retardation energy. By an apparatus according to the present invention, the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090105880 - Device and method for controlling robot arm, robot and program: In a robot arm controlling device, a mechanical impedance set value of the arm is set by an object property-concordant impedance setting device based on information of an object property database in which information associated with properties of an object being gripped by the arm is recorded, and a mechanical... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090105881 - Medical tele-robotic system: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090105882 - Medical tele-robotic system: A robotic system that includes a remote controlled robot. The robot may include a camera, a monitor and a holonomic platform all attached to a robot housing. The robot may be controlled by a remote control station that also has a camera and a monitor. The remote control station may... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090105884 - Cooling storage cabinet and method of operating the same: A cooling device is provided with an inverter compressor. Set speeds of the inverter compressor can be switched to six stages from a first speed to a sixth speed. The relationship between each of the set speeds of the rotational speed is set so that the stages adjacent to each... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090105883 - Method and system for meeting end conditions in a motion control system: One embodiment of a system and method for meeting end conditions of a path plan utilizing a path generator that continuously generates commands for a path plan while tracking the total time expired in the path plan. The path generator computes the time remaining in the path plan and substitutes... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090105885 - Characterizing vibrational health in computer systems with variable component configurations: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that efficiently conducts vibrational characterizations for a computer system having variable component configurations. During operation, the system receives a given component configuration associated with the computer system. Next, the system looks up the given component configuration in a resonant spectra library,... Agent: Pvf -- Sun Microsystems Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090105886 - Conduit with attached sensors for sensing a characteristic of plant growth: A system for automating the growing of crops, such as grapevines. Combinations of data from sensors local to a vineyard, and from optional remote stations and sensors, is combined with a control system to accurately control the dispensing of water and chemicals such as insecticides, disease prevention fungicides and fertilizers.... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20090105887 - Redundant fieldbus system: A redundant fieldbus redundant system includes two independent conditioned power modules which automatically detect cable faults, such as short or open circuits on both the host and field sides of the network. The power modules are interfaced directly on one side to the primary and backup H1 cards of the... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090105888 - Methods, circuits, and computer program products for generation following load management: Two water heaters may be installed in series at a customer location, such that an output of a first (or storage) water heater is coupled to the input of a second (or primary) water heater, the output of which provides hot water to the customer location. During normal operation, only... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090105889 - Thermal control system and method: A system for improving the thermal efficiency of a thermal control loop in which refrigerant after compression and condensation is applied to an evaporator employs a subsidiary counter-current heat exchange intercepting refrigerant flow to maintain the quality of the refrigerant by exchanging thermal energy between the input flow and the... Agent: Jones, Tullar & Cooper, P.C.

20090099667 - Plant controlling device and method, thermal power plant, and its control method: The controlling device comprising: a model for predicting the value of a measured signal obtained when an operation signal is given to the control target, a function for learning a method of generating a model input so that a model output satisfies the target value, a function for determining an... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090099668 - Html driven embedded controller: A method and system is provided for gathering, processing, displaying, and manipulating data from building equipment using a dedicated HTML-driven, non-PLC controller having an integral web server. Authorized users who use microprocessor controlled devices to access the website are provided with displayed equipment data that can be selected, monitored, and... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20090099669 - Monitoring and control of electronic devices: A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a digital agent interface. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automatically by digital agent through the digital agent interface.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090099672 - Channel patching apparatus for network audio system: In a channel patching apparatus, an output patch setting part assigns a name to an audio signal of an internal channel of an audio device, which outputs the audio signal to a transmission channel of an audio network. A transmission channel allocation setting part allocates a transmission channel of the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090099674 - Financial transaction product with connection cable: A financial transaction product includes an electrical assembly, a housing at least partially enclosing the electrical assembly, a connection cable, and an account identifier. The connection cable includes a first end, which is coupled with the housing and in electrical communication with the electrical assembly, and a second end, which... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090099671 - Media player with customizable advertisement: A media clip which has open areas therein that can be personalized using auxiliary information. The auxiliary information can be customized to age group, time of year, advertisers, or the like.... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090099670 - Personal audio player with wireless filesharing and radio recording and timeshifting: A portable MP3 player, which includes radio capability therein. The device includes a radio part which enables receiving radio, either over the airwaves, or via a network. The radio information can be time shared for later use, and sequences within the radio information can be identified for storage within the... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090099673 - Sound playing system: A sound playing system is disclosed. The sound playing system is used for playing sound from a portable media carrier and a personal computer, including a controlling unit and a switching unit. The controlling unit includes an audio signal receiving terminal, a data transmission terminal and a signal switch terminal.... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090099676 - Modeling manufacturing processes to include defined markers: A method, and corresponding computer program product and system, defines and uses marker points within a modeled manufacturing process routing that includes multiple sequenced operations. The method includes receiving user input that defines one or more marker points within the modeled manufacturing process routing and between sequential ones of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson, P.C.

20090099675 - System and method for optimizing transmission component life and transmission power: A power transmission system including a component having a surface and a plurality of micro-defects is provided. The surface has a distribution of asperities. The component has a first resonance frequency distribution. The distribution of asperities has a second resonance frequency distribution that is substantially outside of the first resonance... Agent: Pratt & Whitney

20090099677 - Method for anatomically aware automatic faceplate placement protocols for hearing instrument design: A method is provided for automatically determining the position of and placing a faceplate assembly on a hearing instrument shell that takes into account patient anatomical features. These anatomical features of the shell are used as landmarks for ensuring that the final position of the faceplate on the hearing instrument... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090099678 - Manufacturing management method, manufacturing management apparatus, and mounter: The method includes: a throughput determining step of acquiring manufacturing information included in a manufacturing plan while manufacturing equipment is manufacturing mounted boards and determining a throughput of the manufacturing equipment for the mounted boards based on the manufacturing information while the manufacturing equipment is manufacturing a sequence of the... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090099679 - Method, apparatus and system for reducing waste in production systems: A production system includes at least one production component having a production cycle which is interruptible by a detected production failure, at least one detector configured to monitor an output of the at least one production component, the detector configured to detect a production failure and to generate a signal... Agent: Robert D. Shedd Thomson Licensing LLC

20090099680 - Manufacturing equipment: Manufacturing equipment is provided for safely changing the setup of a jig while maintaining production line utilization. A safety wall prevents entry into a machining area where multiple machining installations are installed. Openable and closable access doors are provided for the machining installations. A workpiece holding tool is moved in... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090099681 - Method for creating wafer batches in an automated batch process tool: A method of batching substrates in an automated processing tool, the automated process tool and a system for batching substrates in the automated process tool. The method includes selecting a first container containing a first group of substrates; simultaneously transferring each substrate of the first group of substrates into a... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090099682 - Reduction of wire numbers in a paper scanner power track: The performance of scanning systems can be significantly enhanced by replacing the traditional power track with preferably just two wires or transmission channels for effecting communication between (i) the sensors on the mobile carriage of the scanning system and (ii) the controls, power sources, and related devices that are typically... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090099683 - Device and method for designing a garment: e

20090099684 - Tool wear correction method: The present invention relates to a method for machining a workpiece 1 by means of a rotating tool 2 provided with at least one cutting edge 3, in which method the machining operation is interrupted at predetermined time intervals, the tool 2 is moved away from the workpiece 1, and... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090099685 - Method and device for transporting articles with the aid of a display device: A method and a device teach transporting a plurality of articles to destinations. Each article for transportation is provided with an identification of a destination and is transported to a destination. Each specified change in destination determines a destination that differs from the destination. The transportation is carried out using... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090099686 - Work transfer system, route setting method, and route setting program: A route setting method according to the present invention sets, in a work transfer system including a plurality of work transfer units which connect a plurality of loading places to a plurality of unloading places, a route of the work transfer units to pass a work between a planned loading... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090099687 - Method and apparatus for continuous motion tipping of tip-on products onto continuously moving base products: A method and apparatus to facilitate accurately matching and placing non-uniformly spaced tip-on products from a friction feeder onto non-uniformly spaced base products that are traveling on a base conveyor while both the friction feeder and the base conveyor are continuously moving. Using encoders on the conveyor drive motors to... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090099688 - Integral robot system and method for the dislodging process and/or anode handling from casting wheels: The robotic system is composed mainly of a robotic manipulator of at least 4 degrees of freedom which is mounted on a fixed and/or mobile system and is provided with a gripping mechanism to take anodes and deposit them in the cooling chain. When this is being performed, a vision... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20090099689 - Legged mobile robot and control program for the robot: A legged mobile robot and a control program for the robot cancel a spin force, which is generated by motions of a lower body (242), a leg (2) or the like, by a twisting motion of an upper body (241) relative to the lower body (242) and a swinging motion... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090099691 - Cooking assistance robot and cooking assistance method: l

20090099690 - Method for robot-assisted measurement of measurable objects: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a robot-assisted measurement of measurable objects. The paths of a sensor (S) are defined and transmitted to a robot co-ordinate system. The actual paths of the sensor (S) guided on the robot are recorded. A plurality of measurable objects (200) is... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090099692 - Medical robotic system with sliding mode control: A medical robotic system has a joint coupled to medical device or a slave manipulator or robotic arm adapted to hold and/or move the medical device for performing a medical procedure, and a control system for controlling movement of the joint according to user manipulation of a master manipulator. The... Agent: Patent Dept Intuitive Surgical, Inc

20090099693 - System and method for control of emotional action expression: A system for control of emotional action expression including an emotion engine for creating an emotion according to information provided from a plurality of sensors, and an emotional action expression/actuation control unit for detecting an emotion platform profile and an emotion property from the created emotion and determining the action... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090099694 - Color integrated and mobile paint systems for producing paint from a plurality of prepaint components: What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural coatings from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090099695 - Color integrated and mobile paint systems for producing paint from a plurality of prepaint components: What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints, colored paints and/or additive enhanced paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of architectural, industrial and/or specialty coatings from a plurality of... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090099698 - Equipment item management system, control method thereof, and equipment item management apparatus: A method A communication section 200 in an optical communication interface 100 communicates with outdoor units 300a and 300b and indoor units 310a and 310b using a communication method A. A central management controller 600 communicates with the optical communication interface 100 using the same communication method A and manages... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090099697 - Power supply switch for dual powered thermostat, power supply for dual powered thermostat, and dual powered thermostat: A power supply switch for a dual powered thermostat switches the power supply to a dual-powered thermostat with a touch-screen display when a change in primary power supply is detected. The switch switches to an auxiliary power supply. The auxiliary power supply can be a battery.... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20090099696 - System and method of reporting and managing real-time airflow within an information handling system: A system and method of reporting and managing real-time air flow within an information handling system is disclosed. In one form, a method of managing airflow can include obtaining airflow data using a range of fan speeds of a first cooling fan within a first information handling system. The method... Agent: Larson Newman Abel & Polansky, LLP

20090099699 - System and method for using a network of thermostats as tool to verify peak demand reduction: The invention comprises systems and methods for verifying the occurrence of a change in operational status for climate control systems. The climate control system measures temperature at least a first location conditioned by the climate control system. One or more processors also receive measurements of outside temperatures from at least... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090099700 - Method and device for measuring and controlling the amount of flow/volume of liquid pumped/transferred by an electro-pump: Disclosed is a method and system for measuring and controlling an amount of flow and volume of liquid fluid and/or electrical energy consumed by an electro-pump. The method and system obtains a plurality of values for electrical parameters of the electro-pump including voltage value, currents value and active/reactive energy value;... Agent: Barry Choobin

20090099701 - Remote access to irrigation control systems: The present embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and systems for use in remotely accessing irrigation control systems. Some embodiments provide irrigation control systems that comprise a local irrigation system comprising a plurality of satellite irrigation controllers coupled with water delivery devices, and a computer coupled with a distributed network and the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090099702 - System and method for optimizing wake interaction between wind turbines: A system and method to increase the overall power output of a windpark during conditions when the wake created by an upstream turbine effects the power production of a downstream turbine. Minimizing the wake effects created by an upstream turbine on a downstream turbine increases the net power produced by... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090099703 - Control system for an electrical machine: In a control system and a method for operating a permanent-magnet electrical machine, when the electrical machine is switched off after one of a functional computer and a monitoring computer of the control system has identified a fault, in order to reduce the braking torque of the electrical machine, which... Agent: Klaus J. Bach

20090099704 - Digital controller: There is provided a digital controller which can generate no oscillation even if sensing a load side and enables control of supplying a desired voltage to the load. In an power amplifier which supplies an output voltage vo to the load connected via a load connecting line, a load voltage... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090099705 - Temperature management system for a multiple core chip: A multiple unit processing system which processes tasks using a plurality of different processing units. Each of the processing units is individually monitor for temperature. A new task is assigned to the processing units based on their level of sale, based on their temperature, and based on the rate of... Agent: Scott C Harris

20090099706 - Apparatus for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, and piece of furniture: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of furniture parts which can be moved with respect to one another, having a drive unit by means of which a first furniture part can be moved in a driven manner relative to a second furniture part via a monitoring... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090093892 - Automatic determination of the order of a polynomial regression model applied to abnormal situation prevention in a process plant: A system for preventing abnormal situations in process plants is provided. A polynomial regression model is employed to predict values of a monitored variable based on measured samples of a load variable. An abnormal situation is detected when a predicted value of the monitored variable differs from a measured value... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090093893 - System and method for recognizing and compensating for invalid regression model applied to abnormal situation prevention: A system for preventing abnormal situations in process plants is provided. A polynomial regression model is employed to predict values of a monitored variable based on measured samples of a load variable. An abnormal situation is detected when a predicted value of the monitored variable differs from a measured value... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090093894 - Production management system and method of controlling the same: A system for managing an Ethernet/IP-based network production system and a control method thereof are disclosed. A production management system, minimizes the loss and negative influences caused by interrupted conventional installations when a new installation is added to the network production system, so that the production management system maximizes the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090093898 - Audio player for download and playback of audio files: Provided is an audio player for download and playback of audio files. The audio player includes at least one sensor device capable of sensing an image, a decoder for extracting data from the sensed image data, and a transceiver for transmitting the decoded data to a computer system and for... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090093895 - Data output apparatus and data output method: A data output apparatus is provided. The data output apparatus includes a playback unit and an audio processing unit. The playback unit carries out playback of data at 2x speed from a tape-shaped recording medium, on which has been recorded video data with a field frequency of 59.94 Hz and... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090093897 - Method of retrieving audio data via coded medium: A method of retrieving audio data using a coded medium is provided in which first and second coded data printed on the coded medium is sensed using an image sensor, the first coded data being printed in a linear pattern and encoding a medium identifier linked to the audio data... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090093899 - Portable music player and transmitter: A hand-held music player for use in conjunction with radios, including a casing, a receiver socket on the casing through which digital audio data is received, a digital-to-analog audio converter housed within the casing, a first transfer socket on the casing through which a song is transferred to a radio... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090093896 - Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and program therefor: A signal processing apparatus subjects an audio signal to musical pitch analysis using different analysis techniques for the higher and lower frequencies. When an audio signal is input, a first extractor extracts a high-frequency signal, and a second extractor extracts a low-frequency signal from the audio signal. A high-frequency processor... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090093900 - Production moving line system and method: A production moving line system. An illustrative embodiment of the production moving line system includes at least one metallic guide strip and at least one tow vehicle which may be adapted to follow the guide strip. The tow vehicle may include control circuitry and a power source and a wireless... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20090093901 - Method and apparatus for using design specifications and measurements on manufactured products in conceptual design models: A system and method for using design specification and measurements on manufactured products in conceptual design model are provided. In one aspect, a conceptual model is extended to map one or more model elements to corresponding external reference values. The corresponding external reference values include at least design specification values... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20090093902 - Method for production scheduling in a manufacturing execution system of a shop floor: In a method for production planning in a manufacturing execution system of a shop floor, the following steps are performed: obtaining shop floor data from the shop floor; analyzing the shop floor data using detection logic to detect a disturbance and to provide an opportunity for a corrective action; and... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090093903 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for automating process and equipment qualifications in a manufacturing environment: Methods, systems, and computer program products for automating process and equipment qualifications in a manufacturing environment are provided. A method includes defining a triggering event for initiating a qualification of an equipment, process module, or process. The qualification is configured to identify whether the equipment, process module, or process is... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20090093904 - System and method for rule-based data mining and problem detection for semiconductor fabrication: A fabrication history a group of wafers is provided, having a record for each wafer of the manufacturing events that did or did not occur in its fabrication, and having the measured value of a given target. A binary decision rule is formed based on the fabrication history, the rule... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C.

20090093905 - Numerical controller having workpiece setting error compensation means: A numerical controller controlling a 5-axis machine tool compensates setting error that arises when a workpiece is set on the table. Error in the three linear axes and the two rotation axes are compensated using preset error amounts to keep the calculated tool position and tool direction in a command... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090093906 - Position sensor system for substrate transfer robot: A substrate processing apparatus comprises a substrate handling chamber, a pair of position sensors, and a substrate transfer robot. Each of the sensors comprises an emitter configured to emit a beam of light, and a receiver configured to receive the light beam. The substrate transfer robot comprises an end effector... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090093907 - Robot system: In a robot system constructed by a superior controller and a robot, it is necessary to carry out a high-speed computation in a system which simultaneously generate a map together with identifying a posture of the robot, there is a problem that the robot system becomes expensive because a computing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090093908 - Target position detection apparatus for robot: A target position detection apparatus for a robot includes: a robot including an arm configured to be freely moved in at least two directions of X and Y axes, the arm having a wrist axis provided at a distal end of the arm and configured to be freely moved in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090093909 - Control system and a method for controlling a refrigeration system comprising two or more compressors: A control system (12) for controlling a refrigeration system (17) comprising two or more compressors (13a, 13b) (e.g. a twin compressor system). Each compressor (13a, 13b) is connected to an electronic unit (14a, 14b), and the electronic units (14a, 14b) are adapted to communicate appropriate signals to each other when... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090093910 - Controllable caliper: An embodiment of the invention is directed to an electronic caliper which combines positioning and measurement in one unit without the use of hydraulics for subsea use. In certain embodiments, several attachments can be affixed to accommodate a range of measurement tasks. In a preferred embodiment, one jaw is adjustable... Agent: Duane Morris LLP - Houston

20090093911 - Vibration protection in a variable speed compressor: Vibration protection in a compressor system with a variable speed compressor may include operating a variable speed compressor at a plurality of frequencies, measuring a plurality of vibration values associated with the plurality of frequencies, determining a frequency characteristic of the compressor system based on the plurality of vibration values,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090093912 - Air control system for therapeutic support surfaces: This disclosure describes a patient support surface having a cover defining an interior region, with a plurality of inflatable zones and a plurality of control nodes located within the interior region. Each control node comprises an air control system including an air supply and a processor.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

20090093913 - Door closer assembly: A door closer assembly is provided, including a valve regulating an amount of hydraulic fluid that flows through the valve. The amount of hydraulic fluid flowing through the valve controls a force generated by the door closer assembly on a door. A first sensor measures an angular position of the... Agent: Moore & Van Allen PLLC

20090093915 - Pumping station configuration techniques: In accordance with some embodiments, a pumping station controller (14) is provided for monitoring pumping station hardware such as a well level sensor (8) and pumps (10a, . . . , 10n). A user interface (12) enables a user to input data to the controller (14) for controlling the operation... Agent: Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20090093914 - Temperature control system and method: In a temperature control system and method, a compressor is left on during steady state operation even when cooling is not needed, and an electronically controlled valve (e.g., a solenoid valve) is used to enable and disable the flow of coolant through a heat exchanger system in order to selectively... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090093916 - Utility managed virtual power plant utilizing aggregated thermal energy storage: Disclosed is a system and method for providing power generation and distribution with on-site energy storage and power input controlled by a utility or a third party manager. The system allows a utility manager to decide and direct how energy is delivered to a customer on both sides of the... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090093917 - Monitoring system: A monitoring system is provided that is capable of determining when the temperature of at least one point along a refrigeration unit is not within a standard temperature range known for the operation of the refrigeration unit at the at least one point. In particular, the monitoring system is capable... Agent: The Eclipse Group LLP

20090088869 - Sample processing apparatus and data processing apparatus: A sample processing apparatus, comprising: a sample processing unit for processing a sample, wherein the sample processing unit comprises an operating device for processing a sample, a drive circuit for driving the operating device, and a first communication part which is configured so as to be capable of external communication;... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090088870 - Mes appliance integrated with control modules: Activities within various environments (e.g., industrial control environment) can be automated through a number of interchangeable modules configured to perform an action or series of actions. Each interchangeable module can be dedicated to a specific function or task (e.g., quality control, performance) and can take into consideration various business aspects.... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090088871 - Historian integrated with mes appliance: A simulation that integrates historical data and real-time data as a test or simulation tool can capture an entry that relates to a desired output as function points. A determination can intellectually be made as to which activities can achieve the desired output. The activities can be process steps that... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090088872 - Method and apparatus for producing a linearized amplified continuous wave (cw) signal: In one embodiment, at least one parameter set for at least one harmonic of a continuous wave (CW) signal is digitally generated in response to a parameter set for the CW signal. In response to the parameter set for the CW signal, the CW signal is synthesized; and in response... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20090088873 - Apparatus and method for thermal management of electronic devices: A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a thermal management device having a controller to monitor pressure parameters for hot and cold rooms where the hot and cold rooms are divided by a rack for electronic devices and are substantially isolated from each other,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20090088874 - Valve manifold assemblies and method of operating valve manifold assemblies: A fieldbus valve station with a valve manifold and a communications module having a bus communication unit mounted therein for using a fieldbus protocol and connectable to a fieldbus network and to provide local and peer to peer network control by the valve station if a fault is detected or... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20090088875 - Visualization of workflow in an industrial automation environment: A visualization system that generates a visualization of manufacturing operations and corresponding workflow is provided. An interface component receives input concerning displayed objects and information. A context component can detect, infer or determine context information regarding an entity or application. A workflow component binds workflow information to industrial automation manufacturing-related... Agent: Amin Turocy & Calvin, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090088879 - Audio reproduction device and method for audio reproduction: According to one embodiment, the invention provides an audio reproduction device including a generation module which generates selection information used for dividing input audio information into an audio channel which can be reproduced by a first audio reproduction device and an audio channel which cannot be reproduced by the first... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090088893 - Dynamic selection of fold-address to match document layout: A method for coding the address location on a document or in a data base so that two or more electronic mailings with differing address placements may be combined together and sorted while the mailings are still in electronic form in order to take advantage of workshare discounts, delivery sequence... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc. 35 Waterview Drive

20090088894 - Transport system capable of optimizing transport time: A transport system includes a plurality of automated guided vehicles that run on a first track to transport an article, a second track connected to the first track on which the plurality of automated guided vehicles wait, a transport controlling apparatus which calculates transport time by using transport completion information... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090088895 - Method and system for controlling transport sequencing in a process tool by a look-ahead mode: By providing a look-ahead functionality for a tool internal substrate handling system of process tools on the basis of a process history, the tool internal substrate sequencing may be significantly enhanced. The look-ahead functionality enables a prediction of process time of substrates currently being processed in a respective process module,... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090088896 - Modular rotary multi-sensor sensor ring: An intelligent modular rotary multi-sensor sensor ring platform for such uses as in mobile robotics allows a few sensors to scan the local area and environment, provides a cost saving, volume and a power savings as well as reducing calibration and maintenance costs. The sensor ring platform has a large... Agent: Lathrop & Clark LLP

20090088901 - Method and apparatus for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network: A method for configuring a communicating environmental conditioning network having a plurality of environmental interactive units communicatingly coupled with a plurality of space interactive units, each respective space interactive unit presenting a conditioned output when engaged with a particular environmental interactive unit, includes: (a) turning on selected delivery elements associated... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20090088903 - Control structure for setting a set point of a temperature of a space: The invention provides a system adapted to modify a temperature of a space based on a user selected set-point for the temperature of the space, e.g. a refrigerator, a sauna or a regular building with a HVAC system. The set-point is selected via a control structure which includes a handle... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090088902 - Unitary control module with adjustable input/output mapping: A unitary control module having adjustable input and output mapping functionality, including methods of configuring such devices for use in different applications, are disclosed. The unitary control module can include a unit type selector such as a DIP-switch that can be used by an installer to configure the control module... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090088904 - Pneumatic automation system for mobile screens: A pneumatic automation system (1) is disclosed for mobile screens (2) comprising at least one of said mobile screens (2), means for compressing a control fluid, means for channelling and checking the control fluid, means for pneumatically actuating a movement of the mobile screen (2) equipped with at least one... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP