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Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications May archived by USPTO category 05/09

20090138097 - Method and software product for managing data exchange in a high-dynamics safety-critical system: Disclosed herein is a high-dynamics safety-critical system, comprising a plurality of apparatuses, a plurality of interface devices through which a user can interact with the apparatuses, and a control computer connected to the apparatuses and the interface devices and on which there is installed a software product designed to implement... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090138098 - Method for controlling a modular production machine consisting of appliances and components: Modular production machines with appliances and components, controlled by means of projects. A project is the establishment of an arrangement of appliances and modules. A plurality of machine objects is associated with the determined arrangement locations in the project. In this way, the projects have a variability in terms of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090138099 - Energy use control system and method: Devices and systems control energy usage in accordance with instructions from a head end system. A device may be instructed to cease energy consumption. Another device may allow users to override some instructions. Messages may be provided to users to request the cessation of energy consumption; the users may, but... Agent: King And Spalding LLP (trilliant) Trilliant Customer Number

20090138100 - Intelligent grid system: The future of the utility industry will be defined by how its leaders can transform the grid from a “passive” network of cables, wires, poles, and other hardware to a self-aware and fully controllable grid system—an Intelligent Grid System (IGS). We will discuss a novel set of design guidelines for... Agent: Valuelp Consulting

20090138101 - Method, system and computer program product for improving information technology service resiliency: A method is provided. The method includes the steps of: generating a model of an information technology process, wherein the process comprises a plurality of process steps and wherein the model identifies resources associated with the process; identifying dependencies on the resources for at least one process step or the... Agent: Harrington & Smith, PC

20090138102 - Method and device for tuning and control: A method and a device for tuning and control of industrial processes having varying material flow rate. An adder is configured to add excitation signals to the controller output signal. A measurement system is configured to measure a property in response to the excitation signals. A model based tuning unit... Agent: Venable LLP

20090138103 - Electronic apparatus and disk protection method: An electronic apparatus includes a body, a triaxial acceleration sensor which is built in the body and includes a long axis and a short axis, a disk device built in the body, a calculation unit that calculates a value on a basis of an acceleration value which is detected by... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090138104 - Field device: A field device of a distributed automation system is disclosed for controlling and monitoring technical processes. In order to include the field device in an installation management system, an exemplary field device has an associated wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is equipped with an identification feature which comprises the identification... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090138106 - Control device, machine tool, and displaying method: A numerical control device includes a display, a memory, and a CPU (central processing unit). The display displays an image based on image information stored in a video memory. The memory stores internal information used when a failure occurs in the numerical control device. The CPU includes a code creator... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090138105 - Method of controlling an irrigation system: The present invention is a method of controlling an irrigation system that minimizes the amount of irrigation water applied with the use of evapotranspiration (ET) to adjust the irrigation controller. By basing the irrigation program on run times which equal a specific amount of water, ET can be used as... Agent: Jeffrey Crawford

20090138107 - Laundry apparatus: A laundry apparatus including a radio-communication device and a radio-communication control part, only to make possible communication with a mobile phone having a radio-communication device is disclosed. Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, without an auxiliary remote control, the user may identify the information of the laundry... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090138110 - Amplifier system: When any one of a plurality of amplifiers has been selected in response to amplifier selecting operation, an amplifier Detail View of the selected amplifier is displayed, where corresponding parameters are displayed via elements of the amplifier Detail View. When any one of a plurality of groups has been selected... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20090138109 - Apparatus providing function to delete files and method for deleting files thereof: A multimedia playing apparatus including a storage unit configured to store multi-media data files, and a control unit configured to determine whether each of the data files is playable or unplayable and to automatically delete unplayable data files.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090138108 - Method and system for identification of audio input: A method for use in identifying an audio input, comprising the steps of: deriving a signature code from the audio input; subjecting the signature code to Correlation Matrix Memory (CMM) processing; and identifying the audio input based on an output of the CMM processing.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20090138111 - Process for selecting a recording on a digital audiovisual reproduction system, and system for implementing the process: A process of selecting a recording on an audiovisual reproduction system consists of displaying a number of windows on a touch screen as an interface with a user. Items of information are stored in a bulk memory and are representative of an image of the album cover that is associated... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090138112 - Designing an apparatus to substantially minimize exergy destruction: In a method of designing an apparatus formed of at least one component to substantially minimize exergy destruction, at least one of one or more candidate materials and one or more candidate processes are identified. The one or more candidate materials are capable of being used in forming the at... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090138113 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for home and landscape design: This patent application relates generally to systems, methods, and computer program products for home and/or landscape design.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20090138114 - Method of release and product flow management for a manufacturing facility: A method and computer program product for scheduling product lots through operations of a manufacturing line. The method including: selecting a set of sequential operations required to manufacture the lots; partitioning the product lots into designated lots and non-designated lots; and generating a release schedule for each of the non-designated... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090138115 - Intelligent optimization method and system therefor: A method and system of optimizing a complex manufacturing process performed by an apparatus on a subject to achieve at least one processing objective. The system includes a graphical user interface, a process module, and an optimization module. The process module includes a training module, an empirical relationships database, an... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20090138116 - System for reliable collaborative assembly and maintenance of complex systems: A system and method of tracking location and orientation of power tools utilized in the assembly and maintenance of complex systems is disclosed. The system can facilitate collaboration between maintenance and alert maintenance personnel to complete complex system activities.... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090138118 - Server and program: A server device includes: an abnormality information output unit for storing a plurality of measurement information, which is time sequential information related to information measured in a plurality of manufacturing apparatuses, having manufacturing apparatus identifiers and time information, and storing at least one set of abnormality information indicating an abnormality... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090138117 - Tuning order configurator performance by dynamic integration of manufacturing and field feedback: A novel and non-obvious method, system and apparatus for tuning order configurator performance by dynamic integration of manufacturing and field feedback information. A method for dynamically tuning order configurator behavior by using product issue data can include collecting product issue data for a manufactured product, the product issue data including... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090138119 - Chip handler with a buffer traveling between roaming areas for two non-colliding robotic arms: Two robotic arms roam in separate, non-overlapping areas of a test station, avoiding collisions. A traveling buffer moves along x-tracks between a front position and a back position. In the front position, a first robotic arm loads IC chips from an input tray or stacker into buffer cavities in the... Agent: Stuart T Auvinen

20090138120 - Embroidery data generating apparatus and computer readable medium storing embroidery data generating program: An embroidery data generating apparatus for embroidering image data configured by multiplicity of pixels including a color difference calculator calculating a color difference between sewing thread color of the target segment and an underpass segment underlying the target segment; an angular difference sum calculator calculating an angular difference between the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090138121 - Object detection device: An object detecting device for detecting the existence and general placement of an object residing upon a surface. A preferred embodiment of the invention uses a laser measuring scanner operated positioned by a servo motor to allow the laser measuring scanner to generate signals related to the placement of an... Agent: Douglas E. Warren Attorney At Law

20090138122 - Pharmacy medication verification system: A pharmacy medication verification system is particularly useful for verifying medications to be dispensed to hospital patients while minimizing or eliminating verification by a pharmacist. Typically, a technician or robot picks the medications from storage bins in accordance with a medical prescription or stocking order and uses various sensors to... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090138123 - Robotic cbrne automated deployment, detection, and reporting system: A system having a plurality of networked detectors for detecting chemical, biological, or radiological, nuclear, or explosive agents is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of remote units, wherein each remote unit includes a robotic base, a lift, a sensor module, transceiver, navigation system, and power source. The remote units... Agent: Lockheed Martin C/o Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090138124 - Antenna for a building controller: The present invention relates generally to building controllers, and more particularly, to antennas for providing wireless communication capabilities in such building controllers. Methods and systems for automated surface mounting of such antennas are also contemplated and disclosed.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090138125 - Environmental control system: An environmental control system for conditioning air in a vehicle compartment, such as an aircraft cabin. Cool expanded higher-pressure air from a turbine is mixed with recirculated warmer, lower pressure air from the compartment. The air is mixed and recirculated by a jet pump which includes an inlet section, an... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090138126 - Controlled application of external forces to a structure for precision leveling and securing: Methods and systems provide for the controlled application of forces to a structure during leveling and securing procedures. According to embodiments described herein, a force distribution system includes a number of force application devices that are communicatively linked to a computing system. The computing system controls the force application devices... Agent: Hope Baldauff Hartman, LLC

20090138127 - Control apparatus and control method for multi-room air conditioner: A heat source side controller of an air conditioner has an operating mode allocator and an operating mode setter. The air conditioner has a heat source unit and a plurality of room units. The heat source unit can be switched among a plurality of operating modes having different noise-reduction levels.... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090138130 - Control unit for controlling the electric current of a solenoid control valve in a manner that is robust with respect to the voltage ripple of a vehicle electrical system and associated method: In a motor vehicle control unit having a digital control circuit for controlling the electric current, in a way which is robust with respect to the voltage ripple of a vehicle on-board power system, of a control magnet valve for a motor vehicle hydraulic device with simultaneously improved dynamic behavior... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090138129 - Freezer heat exchanger coolant flow divider control device: A controller of a refrigerant flow divider of a heat exchanger for a refrigerating device is provided. The controller supplies refrigerant to each one of a plurality of paths of the heat exchanger through the refrigerant flow divider having a plurality of paths. An electromagnetic on-off valve is provided in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090138128 - Local digital valve controller unit: A controller assembly is adapted for regulating at least one valve having a valve positioner. The controller assembly comprises a digital controller having a plurality of data inputs and data outputs and includes at least one proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller operative to modulate the valve positioner in response to data received... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090138132 - Accurate horticultural sprinkler system and sprinkler head: The present invention includes a unique irrigation sprinkler system with a unique sprinkler head design; a unique method of defining the planted area to be served by the sprinkler head; a unique method for determining when that planted area needs to be watered; a unique way of providing even coverage... Agent: Peters Verny , L.L.P.

20090138131 - Residential environmental management control system with sprinkler control module: A residential environmental management control system may include a master control and a sprinkler module. The system may include a user interface and/or a power supply. The system may include a housing for the master control and the sprinkler module.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090138133 - Power management in wagering game machines: Systems and methods provide power management on a wagering game machine. Power consumption for various components of a wagering game machine may be adjusted based on various factors, including inactivity, component activity, power source changes, time based events, wireless access point proximity, change in battery voltage, credit level threshold, change... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/wms Gaming

20090138135 - Alignment method, exposure method, pattern forming method, and exposure apparatus: An alignment method is provided in which a substrate including first and second layers is aligned in forming a second pattern in the second layer. The method includes storing first alignment measurement data to be used in alignment performed in forming a first pattern and a second alignment mark in... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090138134 - Device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part, and a piece of furniture having a device such as this: The invention relates to a device for controlling the movement of a moveable furniture part which can be moved, in a driven manner, relative to a stationary furniture part by means of a drive unit via a monitoring unit for monitoring the movement of the moveable furniture part. According to... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090132057 - Control system for controlling the movements of a plurality of mechanical units: A control system is disclosed for controlling the movements of a plurality of mechanical units. The control system includes a plurality of independent control units, each including one or more control programs having instructions for controlling movements of at least one mechanical unit, and software for executing the control programs,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090132058 - Control and communication system including an engineering unit: A control and communication system including a number of automation units which are adapted to process signals in function plans within the automation unit and which are connected in the same level to a common communication bus for providing a peer-to-peer communication between the automation units, further includes an engineering... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090132060 - Foundation fieldbus simulation system: A method and system for simulating the control of a process with a controller. The method creates a virtual process scheme having virtual devices connected on a virtual bus, such as a Fieldbus. The virtual scheme also includes process information. The process scheme is stored in a read/write medium and... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20090132059 - Industrial controller using shared memory multicore architecture: A multicore processor for industrial control provides for the execution of separate operating systems on the cores under control of one of the cores to tailor the operating system to optimum execution of different applications of industrial control and communication. One core may provide for a reduced instruction set for... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20090132061 - System and method for recovering from transient faults in an implantable medical device: A system and method is disclosed for system fault recovery by an implantable medical device which employs a global fault response. The system enables the device to consistently recover from transient faults while maintaining a history of the reason for the device fault. Upon detection of a fault, the primary... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner/bsc-crm

20090132062 - Apparatus and methods for precompiling program sequences for wafer processing: Disclosed are apparatus and methods for embodiments for efficiently and flexibly controlling hardware devices in a semiconductor processing system are provided for use in a distributed control arrangement. In general, the distributed arrangement includes at least one upper-level controller that is configurable with a computer program sequence of instructions for... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Novl Attn.: Novellus Systems, Inc.

20090132063 - Recording element setting method, image recording method, and device: The locality characteristic data supplied from a locality characteristic data setting unit (87) is used to obtain the number of recording elements (40) constituting recording element groups constituting exposure heads (24a to 24j) which elements are to be controlled to OFF state. Mask data for setting a particular recording element... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090132064 - Apparatuses, systems, and methods utilizing adaptive control: A method for controlling a process, wherein the process has an input and an output, and including controlling the input to the process; predicting the output of the process based on a first set of operating parameters; predicting the output of the process based on a second set of operating... Agent: Thorp Reed & Armstrong One Oxford Centre

20090132065 - Electronically keyed dispensing systems and related methods utilizing near field frequency response: A dispensing system is disclosed which utilizes an electronically powered key device and/or identification code associated with a refill container to preclude the need for mechanical keys. The system utilizes a near field frequency response to determine whether a refill container is compatible with a dispensing system. In particular, the... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090132066 - Low maintenance spa control system: A spa control system designed to reduce maintenance cost by providing modular construction for major control functions, with built-in diagnostic capabilities for isolating defective spa components. Multi-colored LEDs on the spaside panel constantly report the status of each component of the spa as well as the status of the functional... Agent: Jerrell P. Hollaway

20090132067 - Design device for designing a control system and method for examining the technological aims when designing a control system: The invention relates to a developer device for designing a control system comprising automation software and automation hardware for the automatic operation of a process. The designing device comprises a design module which is embodied in order to design the automatic software, an engineering module which is connected to the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090132069 - Asset commissioning: Included are embodiments for asset commissioning. At least one embodiment of a method includes classifying at least one data point of an environment controlling asset as a responder data point and classifying at least one other data point of the environment controlling asset as a predictor data point, the at... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090132070 - Client for an appliance network: A client having at least one memory location is provided for use with an appliance network. The client includes an arbitrary software component for performing a useful function, a software architecture or a software architecture driver configured to generate or enable transmission of messages, and means to communicate by message... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090132068 - Configuration method for device with virtual configurators: A configuration method for an SCS system, comprising a two-wire SCS bus (11), to which are connected configurable devices (16), such as actuators, controls, dimmers, etc., realised by means of virtual configurators stored in a memory inside the devices (16) themselves; the installer is therefore able to choose whether to... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090132071 - Rating system for identifying exciting sporting events and notifying users: Systems and methods for determining interest levels for sporting events and notifying users when the sporting events' interest levels reach threshold levels. One embodiment is a system that includes a processing engine that receives data associated with sporting events and, based on this data, determines interest levels associated with the... Agent: Law Offices Of Mark L. Berrier

20090132075 - interactive multimedia apparatus: An interactive multimedia apparatus (1) usable in combination with a software suite of authoring programs (2) installed in a computing means of a mobile data processing apparatus (3) of the type having a display means (4) and one or more input means (4) is disclosed. The interactive multimedia apparatus (1)... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090132074 - Automatic segment extraction system for extracting segment in music piece, automatic segment extraction method, and automatic segment extraction program: A segment automatic extracting system provides applications with an impressive segment of a musical composition as metadata on the composition by extracting a portion of the composition likely to be widely known by general users irrespective of the number of appearances in the composition. Associated method and program are also... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090132073 - Guiding-tour system and apparatus: A guiding-tour system and apparatus, including: at least one host, which adheres or near to an exhibition object, and sets an unique discriminate number corresponding to the exhibition object, has a memory slot and at least one wireless transceiver module, at least one memory card is inserted into the slot,... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20090132072 - Media player: A method of assigning a popularity rating to a media recording. A play instruction is generated in response to movement of a switch into an ON position and media playback is started. A stop instruction is generated in response to movement of the switch into an OFF position and the... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090132076 - Method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory: A method and system for allowing a media player to determine if it supports the capabilities of an accessory are disclosed. The method and system comprise requesting information about the capabilities of the accessory by the media player and providing information about the capabilities of the accessory by the accessory... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090132077 - Music information retrieval system: A music information retrieval system of the present invention can retrieve unknown songs including singing voices having similar voice timbres. Voice timbre features of the songs and identifiers for the respective songs are stored in voice timbre feature storage section 2. When one of the songs is selected, similarity calculation... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090132078 - Controlling device for substrate processing apparatus and method therefor: A target value that serves as a control value with feed forward control is optimized. A TL performs a feed forward and a feedback control of a PM. A storage unit stores a plurality of recipes indicating different processing sequences, and a target value that serves as a control value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090132079 - System and method for reducing toxic waste in manufacturing processes: A system and method of optimizing a manufacturing process so as to reduce toxic waste in the process. In an embodiment, the method includes: describing the manufacturing process using a plurality of nodes, each node representing a component or a process; connecting the plurality of nodes with directed edges to... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090132080 - Method and device for compensating for positional and shape deviations: A method for compensating positional and/or shape deviations in NC-controlled cutting production machines, the method having the following steps: a) chucking a new workpiece; b) processing the workpiece using the nominal data of the NC program; c) acquisition of the set deviation; d) optimization of the NC program using the... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090132081 - Method and device for producing a three-dimensional object, and computer and data carrier useful therefor: The invention relates to a method for producing a three-dimensional object by solidification of a material solidifiable under the action of electromagnetic radiation by means of energy input via an imaging unit comprising a predetermined number of discrete imaging elements (pixels), The method comprises performing solidification with exposure using bitmap... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090132082 - Striped on-chip inductor: Sub-100 nanometer semiconductor devices and methods and program products for manufacturing devices are provided, in particular inductors comprising a plurality of spaced parallel metal lines disposed on a dielectric surface and each having width, heights, spacing and cross-sectional areas determined as a function of Design Rule Check rules. For one... Agent: Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty & Del Zoppo Co., L.p.a.

20090132083 - Automated prescription filling system/method with automated labeling and packaging system/method and automated order consolidation system/method: Computer assisted systems, methods and mediums for filling one or more orders. One embodiment of the present invention is a system that includes an order consolidation station configured to receive at least one bottle containing pills individually counted and/or at least one package containing pharmaceutical products without having been designated... Agent: Wilmerhale/new York

20090132084 - Method of preparing and providing a sticker: A method of preparing and providing a sticker is disclosed. In one implementation, a user provides information to a central computer system. The central computer system uses the customer-provided information to prepare an electronic document that is sent to a printer. The electronic document is printed on a mailer blank... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090132085 - Detection of condition changes in an industrial robot system: A method and an apparatus for detecting condition changes in a robot system. The method includes logging a work cycle representative signal at a first and a second occasion, logging, synchronously with the logging of the work cycle representative signal, a reference signal associated with work cycles at the first... Agent: Venable LLP

20090132086 - Holding apparatus and holding unit: A holding apparatus and a holding unit are disclosed. The holding apparatus (4) includes a base plate (21), a fixed holding member (22) fixed on the base plate, a first movable holding member (11) arranged in opposed relation to and operated in collaboration with the fixed holding member, a second... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090132087 - Learning capture points for humanoid push recovery: A system and method is disclosed for controlling a robot having at least two legs, the robot subjected to an event such as a push that requires the robot to take a step to prevent a fall. In one embodiment, a current capture point is determined, where the current capture... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20090132088 - Transfer of knowledge from a human skilled worker to an expert machine - the learning process: A learning environment and method which is a first milestone to an expert machine that implements the master-slave robotic concept. The present invention is of a learning environment and method for teaching the master expert machine by a skilled worker that transfers his professional knowledge to the master expert machine... Agent: Isaac Taitler

20090132089 - System, method, and apparatus for end-to-end control of water quality: A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer, which may be at the point of entry, and/or between the point of entry and point of use, and/or at the point of use. The method includes treating the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090132090 - Field retrofittable refrigerator lock with temperature monitoring, temperature based access control and alarming: Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for temperature monitoring and controlled access to refrigerated medications. An electronically controlled lock is installed on a refrigerator used for storage of temperature sensitive medications. Lock access is given to individuals having differing levels of access authorization so that user level authorization holders... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090132092 - Demand control: Included are embodiments for demand control. At least one embodiment of a method includes sending a first control signal, the first control signal configured to indicate a first supply for an environment, the first supply based on a first environmental factor and a control setting and determining a change in... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090132091 - Parameter standardization: Included are embodiments for parameter standardization. At least one embodiment of a system includes a first determining component configured to determine at least one business rule associated with at least one environment and a second determining component configured to determine settings for a plurality of assets associated with the at... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090132093 - Tactile conforming apparatus and method for a device: A device (100, 2604) includes a controllable skin texture surface (2602), a sensor (2700), and control logic (200). The sensor senses a plurality of points of interest (2804, 2806) of a user surface (2800). The control logic controls a plurality of portions (2900) of the controllable skin texture surface to... Agent: Motorola Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20090132094 - System and method for a variable home position dispense system: Embodiments of the present, invention provide a system and method for reducing the hold-up volume of a pump. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for determining a home position to reduce hold-up volume at a dispense pump and/or a feed pump. The home position... Agent: SprinkleIPLaw Group

20090132095 - Control device for plant, control device for thermal power plant, and gas concentration estimation device of coal-burning boiler: A control device for a plant includes a manipulation signal generation section for generating the manipulation signal to the plant, a model adapted to simulate a characteristic of the plant, a learning section for generating an input signal of the model so that an output signal obtained by the model... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090132096 - System and method for on-line monitoring and billing of power consumption: The present invention comprises systems and methods related to monitoring of energy usage on a power line. In a preferred embodiment, this system comprises (a) an electronic microprocessor-controlled digital electricity metering device coupled to the power line and comprising a non-volatile non-battery-powered data-storage device, wherein the metering device is capable... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090132097 - Virtual cooling infrastructure: A virtual cooling infrastructure includes a demand manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of heat loads and the demand manager is configured to determine cooling load demands of the heat loads. The infrastructure also includes a capacity manager having logical descriptions of a plurality of cooling system components configured... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090132098 - Method and system for deployed shielding against ballistic threats: A system shields field-deployable equipment from effects of nearby multi-directional threats, the equipment including or being mounted in association with a sensor unit having at least one sensor operable to detect the motion of an in-flight projectile and to generate a nearby impact point determination. Shields are mounted in spaced... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090125122 - Method and apparatus for providing redundancy in an industrial control system: An industrial control system implementing a multi-tasking operating system employs a primary and secondary controller each having a processor and an I/O data table. The processors are configured to execute one or more priority ranked programs. A tracking of changes in the I/O data table of the primary processor is... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20090125123 - Computer having an auto-flipping screen and a method for automatically flipping the screen of the computer: A computer having an auto-flipping screen and a method for automatically flipping the screen of the computer are disclosed. The computer includes a base, a transmission module, and a screen. In the base, there is a motherboard, and the motherboard is installed with a BIOS, a south bridge chip, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090125125 - Industrial controller based on distributable technology objects: A method and system for controlling an industrial controller based on technology objects are disclosed. Technology object types may be loaded and instantiated into the run time system of a controller, thereby increasing the functionality and providing technological scaling of the controller. Technology object types may be loaded in the... Agent: King & Spalding

20090125124 - Programmable logic controller having micro-electromechanical system based switching: A programmable logic controller is disclosed. The programmable logic controller includes control circuitry integrally arranged with a current path and at least one micro electromechanical system (MEMS) switch disposed in the current path. The programmable logic controller further includes a hybrid arcless limiting technology (HALT) circuit connected in parallel with... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090125126 - Methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow associated with a process control system during recipe execution: Example methods and apparatus to modify a recipe process flow during recipe execution are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves executing a recipe, and before completion of execution of the recipe, receiving process flow change information indicative of a modification to a process flow of the recipe. Process flow rules... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090125127 - System for preventing unnecessary shutdown of a high-purity gas production plant: A novel fail-safe temperature monitoring system that can distinguish excessive chemical adsorbent temperature from temperature sensing component failure is provided. This system prevents the gas purifier from shutting down as a result of temperature sensing component failure, and thereby prevents a false shutdown of a high-purity gas production plant.... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20090125129 - Control system configurator and methods with edit selection: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090125128 - Control systems and methods with versioning: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090125130 - Control system editor and methods with live data: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090125131 - Control systems and methods with composite blocks: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090125133 - Component architecture: An audio server system for streaming audio content has an audio switch that receives commands from an audio control component and sends commands to an audio stream source, that receives events from an audio stream source and sends events to an audio browse list component, and that controls the switching... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090125134 - Method and system for controlling an accessory having a tuner: A method, system, and connector interface for controlling an accessory. The method includes obtaining, by a portable media player, tuning information from the accessory; and controlling, by the portable media player, the accessory based on the tuning information. According to the system and method disclosed herein, the portable media player... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090125136 - Playback apparatus and playback method: When a music file is played back as a piece of music, a CPU obtains date and time information associated with a music file to be played back, searches among image files memorized in a memory for an image file with which date and time information corresponding to the date... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090125135 - Simulation apparatus and program: In a simulation apparatus, a difference data generation part compares a simulation result of an existing sound generator with a simulation result of a virtual sound generator, and generates difference data representing a difference between the simulation result of the existing sound generator and the simulation result of the virtual... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20090125132 - Sound reproducer: When an attenuation process is performed by a digital signal processor 302, information on the attenuation amount is notified to a control microcomputer 307 of an analog amplifier 304 and to an external amplifier, or the like, connected via a digital audio interface 306, whereby the amount of analog amplification... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090125137 - Method of manufacturing an optical system: The invention relates to a method of calculating an optical system (OS), the optical system (OS) being identified by a function (OF), the optical system (OS) comprising a first part (F1) defined by a first equation (EF1) and a second part (F2) defined by a second equation (EF2), the method... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP

20090125138 - Method and apparatus for the free-form optimization of bevel and hypoid gears: Method for the optimization of the surface geometry or of a variable, dependent on this, or variables, dependent on this, of bevel or hypoid gears for their production on a free-form machine which can be mapped to a free-form basic machine with at most six axes uniquely in a reversible... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090125139 - Numerical controller for storing operating history during path table operation: During path table operation, date and time information at sampling, the value of the reference signal, the position of an axis controlled in synchronization with the reference signal, and information on the state of the numerical controller are stored, for each predetermined sampling cycle, in buffer as operating history information.... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090125140 - System and method for matching silicon oxide thickness between similar process tools: The present invention is one or more implementations is a method of fabricating a semiconductor for improved oxide thickness control, defining a process tool, determining and evaluating performance variables, determining a performance impact factor and thereafter modifying control of the process tool in the fabrication process to operate in direct... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20090125141 - Working apparatus and working method for circuit board: In estimating a curved surface model by approximating the shape of the board surface of a circuit board, auxiliary measurement spots are set other than measurement spots on the board surface, eligibility as a sampling displacement magnitude in estimating a curved surface model is determined according to a difference in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090125142 - Numerically controlled grinding machine and process for controlling same: The invention relates to a grinding machine in which the axis control command for the axis drive unit allocated to the axis is not calculated offline, and therefore beforehand outside of the grinding machine, as is common with the present state of technology, but rather online, in other words, in... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090125143 - Method and apparatus for generation of datamatrix barcodes utilizing numerical control drilling patterns: The illustrative embodiments provide a method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for generating datamatrix barcodes on parts. A digital datamatrix code associated with a machined part on a numerically controlled machine tool is converted into an x-y drilling pattern contained in a numerically controlled program. A drill cycle associated... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20090125144 - Method and apparatus for the calculation of coal ash fusion values: e

20090125145 - Robot apparatus: A working robot arm and an object recognizing unit used for recognizing a moving body such as a person and an animal are prepared, and while an object recognized by the object recognizing unit is blocked by a shielding operation by the use of the robot arm or a trunk... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090125146 - Method of and apparatus for automated path learning: A robot having a force sensor and a tool fixture for operating on a workpiece that may have a complex surface contour is programmed by an operator first teaching the robot by a suitable technique such as lead through teaching a few gross points of the contour. These points, known... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20090125147 - Remote controlled robot system that provides medical images: A remote controlled robot system that includes a mobile robot and a remote control station. The mobile robot is controlled by the remote control station and includes a robot monitor, and a robot camera that captures a robot image. The system also includes a medical image device that can be... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20090125148 - Control unit for an awning: The present invention relates to a control unit for controlling the motor drive for a sunblind, comprising:—an electric drive motor with which the sunblind can be driven;—an electric power supply; and—a universal, programmable microcontroller connected to the power supply and provided with:—at least one input port for receiving first operating... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20090125149 - Building energy management system: A computer control system (200) for controlling the energy management system performs program control as follows. Current date and time are acquired, a control pattern for that time is obtained using a control program, so as to determine whether operation of an air conditioner (186) is to be turned ON... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090125150 - System and method for control of heat pump operation: There is provided a space heating system (100) that includes a heat pump (105), a supplemental gas heating system (110), and a controller (115) connected to the heating system (100). The controller (115) controls a switching set point, which in its simplest case is an ambient temperature at which the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090125151 - System and method for using a network of thermostats as tool to verify peak demand reduction: The invention comprises systems and methods for estimating the rate of change in temperature inside a structure. At least one thermostat located is inside the structure and is used to control an climate control system in the structure. At least one remote processor is in communication with said thermostat and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090125152 - Method of measurement, control, and regulation for the solar thermal hybridization of a fossil fired rankine cycle: A method of measurement, control, and regulation for a solar integrated Rankine cycle power generation system can include a central processing unit (CPU) which receives input from an operator and/or sensors regarding load forecast, weather forecast, system cost, and capacity or efficiency needs. The method can include activation, in various... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090125154 - Control method and control system for a flow control valve: The invention relates to controlling (3) a flow control valve (1), comprising measuring a flow at a suitable point of a flow process (5) and calculating a pressure drop across the valve by means of a Cv curve of the valve, a measured valve opening αm, and the measured flow... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090125153 - Nozzle snap flow compensation: A fuel dispenser including a fuel delivery path configured to deliver fuel to a vehicle, a display configured to display the total dispensed fuel volume, and a fuel meter configured to measure a fuel delivery rate. A data set having a plurality of fuel volume compensation values corresponding to a... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20090125155 - Method and system for optimizing industrial furnaces (boilers) through the application of recursive partitioning (decision tree) and similar algorithms applied to historical operational and performance data: A method is provided for deriving optimized operating parameter settings for industrial furnaces of different designs as commonly used in power generation that will achieve robust and desirable operations (for example, low NOx and low CO emissions while maintaining specific furnace exit gas temperatures). The method includes the application of... Agent: Dr. Thomas Hill C/o Statsoft Inc.

20090125156 - Energy storage module: An industrial automation controller module includes a main module and an energy storage module (ESM) releasably connected to the main module. The ESM includes a back-up electrical power source such as a battery or a capacitor that is electrically connected to processor circuitry of the main module when the ESM... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./fay

20090125157 - Parameterization monitoring for analog signal modules: The invention relates to a method for monitoring an output driver that can be parameterized and is suitable for controlling actuators in industrial automation technology, for applying analog signals to an output channel, with the following steps: determining resulting internal leakage power based on the parameterization data provided for parameterizing... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090125158 - State and topology processor: A State and Topology Processor (STP) may be communicatively coupled to one or more intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) communicatively coupled to a electrical power system to obtain one or more current measurements, voltage measurements, and dynamic topology data therefrom. The STP may receive the measurement data and may determine a... Agent: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. Richard Edge

20090125159 - Heat dissipating system: A heat dissipating system includes a fan set and a monitoring module. The fan set has at least one fan. The monitoring module has at least one sensing unit, a controlling unit and a setting unit. The setting unit sets a plurality of parameter values. The controlling unit controls a... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090118839 - Methodology for secure application partitioning enablement: A computer implemented methods data processing system, and computer program product for configuring a partition with needed system resources to enable an application to run and process in a secure environment. Upon receiving a command to create a short lived secure partition for a secure application, a short lived secure... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20090118840 - Method and device for controlling a motion sequence of a machine element: For controlling a motion sequence of a machine element, with which the control of the motion sequence of the machine element is carried out based on a functional relationship between a master shaft and a slave shaft, the functional relationship IS ascertained with consideration for several conditions of this motion... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20090118841 - Virtual sensor network (vsn) system and method: A method is used for providing sensing data to a control system of a machine. The method may include providing a plurality of virtual sensors, each of which may have a model type, at least one input parameter, and at least one output parameter. The method may also include integrating... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090118842 - Manufacturing prediction server: In one embodiment, a method for providing predictions pertaining to a future state of a manufacturing facility includes collecting data from various source systems in a manufacturing facility, and generating predictions pertaining to a future state of the manufacturing facility based on the collected data. The method further includes providing... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090118843 - System and method for displaying status of field devices: The invention is a system for monitoring the status of a field device having data including a data acquisition module, a first and a second diagnosis engine, and a client having a user input element for receiving user input status.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090118844 - Work tool notification and user-selectable machine control configuration: A control system for controlling one or more actuators in a machine in response to installation of a tool to the machine detects the installation of a tool to the machine and prompts a user of the machine to configure the operation of the controller with respect to at least... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090118845 - Control system configuration and methods with object characteristic swapping: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090118846 - Control systems and methods with smart blocks: Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states,... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090118847 - Method for operating a calculating unit and signal for processing in a calculating unit: The invention relates to a method for operating a calculating unit, whereon at least one part of the signals and a marking relating to the quality of the signals and an attribute relating to a current transmission frequency of the marking are attributed. The inventive signal also comprises a marking... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090118848 - User interface for controlling a household electrical appliance remotely connected thereto: A user interface arranged at least to display, on a display unit or on a display panel, information relative to the operation of a household electrical appliance with which the interface is associated, the appliance presenting functional members controlled in their operation by a control unit, and an external housing... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20090118849 - Automated vending-type studio recording facility: The present invention is an improved portable automated recording facility and method of use thereof. In particular, the present invention relates to a self-contained, self-operated and fully automated audio/video recording and production system. The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises an external shell having sound-dampening material to dampen sound from... Agent: Loza & Loza LLP

20090118851 - Factory level and tool level advanced process control systems integration implementation: Integration of factory level advanced process control (FL-APC) system and tool level advanced process control (TL-APC) system using selectable APC operation modes indicating different operational settings for the FL-APC system and at least one TL-APC system is disclosed. During operation, the FL-APC system controls operation of the TL-APC system. The... Agent: Hoffman Warnick LLC

20090118850 - Transportation control method and transportation control system: Embodiments of the present invention provide a workpiece transportation control method and system that automatically processes a plurality of steps in a successive manner, thereby enhancing production efficiency. According to one embodiment, a transportation control method includes the steps of: monitoring the state of an automated manufacturing system to see... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090118852 - Virtual manufacturing of transmission elements: A software structure which when adapted in an apparatus is capable of virtual manufacturing of transmission elements for example gear means with chip formation, the software structure comprising a start module for loading the source file in a main editor-file that contains the computer program, an input module for providing... Agent: Venable LLP

20090118853 - Automated process for holding products at predefined points during manufacturing: 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 hold management and routing processing. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for halting, initiating or resuming production of a product during a... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul, LLP Steven M. Greenberg

20090118854 - Production planning support method and its system: A production planning support method and a system thereof are disclosed, wherein in order to facilitate the change in the production plan to suppress the inventory increase, the future timing to order the parts with an increased order amount and the quantity of the parts already ordered for the production... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20090118855 - Control method for a substrate processing apparatus: The centralized control apparatus gathers data at a predetermined interval from the substrate processing apparatus, on a component-by-component basis which components constitute the substrate processing apparatus, determines a status of each of the components depending upon the collection data gathered and regulation control information including attribute information about each of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090118856 - Status indication method and status indication system: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for solving a location designation problem to give specific instructions to workers as to where the device that has completed processing is in the production site, and a setup starting time designation problem to give instructions to workers as to... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090118857 - Method of controlling a fabrication process using an iso-dense bias: Embodiments of controlling a fabrication process using an iso-dense bias are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Tokyo Electron U.s. Holdings, Inc.

20090118858 - Method of controlling a fabrication process using an iso-dense bias: A method and apparatus for assembling a complex product in a parallel process system wherein a collection of components are provided for assembling the complex product. The present invention involves transferring the collection of the components to one of a plurality of similar computerized assembly cells through the use of... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090118859 - Ocean fertilization project identification and inventorying: Systems and methods for coordinating ocean fertilization efforts and inventorying carbon storage unit segments in ocean fertilization projects are disclosed. The system and methods can be used to segment and identify units of carbon sequestered for storage with additional information associated with the projects. The system and methods inventory carbon... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090118861 - Paper money receiving/dispensing mechanism and automatic teller machine: A paper money receiving/dispensing mechanism comprises a paper money storage unit that temporarily stores paper money; a paper money receiving/dispensing opening, arranged above the storage unit, used for receiving and dispensing paper money; a paper money transport unit capable of switching to either one of an operating position for transporting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090118860 - Coin deposit and dispensing apparatus: A coin dispensing apparatus has a cabinet housing the apparatus. The apparatus has a controller and at least one dispenser for dispensing coins. The apparatus is for dispensing a specific composition of coins, under control by the controller, from the at least one dispenser to a portable coin receptacle. A... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090118862 - Method and apparatus for teaching a workpiece transfer robot: A method is provided for teaching a transfer robot used in conjunction with a workpiece processing system including a pedestal assembly, a light sensor having an optical input fixedly coupled to the pedestal assembly, a transfer robot having an end effector, and a processing chamber containing the pedestal assembly and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (nvls)

20090118863 - Real-time self collision and obstacle avoidance using weighting matrix: A system, method, and computer program product for avoiding collision of a body segment with other structures in an articulated system are described. According to one aspect, a collision function is determined for avoiding such collision. A distance between the body segment and one such structure is measured. A weighting... Agent: Honda/fenwick

20090118864 - Method and system for finding a tool center point for a robot using an external camera: Disclosed is a method and system for finding a relationship between a tool-frame of a tool attached at a wrist of a robot and robot kinematics of the robot using an external camera. The position and orientation of the wrist of the robot define a wrist-frame for the robot that... Agent: Cochran Freund & Young LLC

20090118865 - Robot: Described herein is a robot having a camera mount that is movable along a curved surface of an upper part of the head, on a front side thereof, and two units of cameras that are mounted in the camera mount. The cameras are disposed such that the cameras are laterally... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090118866 - Control system design for a mixing system with multiple inputs: A method for mixing at least two materials is provided. The method comprises introducing the at least two materials into a physical system and combining the at least two materials to form a mixture thereof. The method also comprises independently controlling a desired characteristic of the mixture and a desired... Agent: John W. Wustenberg

20090118867 - Air conditioner and address setting method in air conditioner: A serial number detection portion simultaneously transmits a detection command for requesting a first digit of a serial number to plurality of indoor units, and the serial number detection portion simultaneously transmits a detection command for requesting a second digit immediately preceding the first digit to the indoor units when... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090118868 - Roll paper printing apparatus: A roll paper printing apparatus includes a transmission source identification unit to identify a transmission source of print data received from a host interface unit, a transmission source information storage unit to store the transmission source information identified by the transmission source identification unit, a transmission source information comparison unit... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090118869 - Heating and cooling system for pet enclosures: Various embodiments of the invention are directed toward a heating and cooling system for pet living spaces, which is easily transportable and is efficient in heating and cooling the pet because it heats and cools both the air surrounding the pet and the surfaces that the pet lays upon.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20090118870 - Humidity control system: A humidity control system (10) includes a refrigerant circuit (50) to which two adsorption heat exchangers (51, 52) are connected. In the humidity control system (10), air is humidified in the adsorption heat exchanger (51, 52) working as the condenser while air is dehumidified in the adsorption heat exchanger (51,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090118871 - Method and system for controlling a network of water appliances: An appliance control system is described for controlling a plurality of appliances. The system includes a control station located remotely from the appliances and having a control unit for controlling the plurality of appliances, at least one client station being associated with at least one of the plurality of appliances... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20090118872 - Temperature control device for target substrate, temperature control method and plasma processing apparatus including same: A temperature control device for a target substrate includes a mounting table having temperature control members respectively provided in temperature systems to control temperatures of regions of the target substrate to respective predetermined temperature levels; circulation channels through which fluids passing through the temperature control members flow; and heating channels... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090118873 - Variable rate feedforward control based on set point rate of change: A method of controlling a power generating unit or other process equipment with a slow reaction time includes creating a feedforward control signal to selectively include a fast response rate component or a slow response rate component based on the average rate at which a load demand set point signal... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)