Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 06/09

20090164030 - Method for programming and/or diagnosing a programmable controller: The present invention relates to a method for programming and/or diagnosing a stored-program controller that includes at least one programmable function block, a specified programming system being used for programming, and, within the scope of this programming system, variables are specified and information-exchange sequences are used for programming; according to... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090164031 - Methods and apparatus for control using control devices that communicate via an ip network: The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for control using field and control devices that provide a virtual machine environment and that communicate via an IP network. By way of non-limiting example, such field device can be an “intelligent” transmitter or actuator that includes a low power processor, along with... Agent: Nutter Mcclennen & Fish LLP

20090164035 - Handheld computing device: A handheld computing device and handheld music player are disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless enclosure formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20090164032 - Mobile device and method for concurrently processing content according to multiple playlists: A mobile device, such as a media player, a telephone, or a gaming console, concurrently produces multiple content streams based on differing playlists. The mobile device includes a memory, a controller, and at least two output interfaces. The controller processes concurrently the content stored in the memory to produce a... Agent: Mark M. Friedman

20090164033 - Sound effect sensing turntable for a digital music broadcaster: A sound effect sensing turntable for a digital music broadcaster includes a capacitive charge sensing plate able to independently detect the variation of charge. A signal transmission unit is disposed between the sensing plate and a control plate for transmitting signals and thus, on receiving a signal, the control plate... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090164034 - Web-based performance collaborations based on multimedia-content sharing: Systems and methods for web-based performance collaborations based on multimedia-content sharing are disclosed. In one aspect of the present disclosure, an audio mix request with a first audio track representing a beat is received. One embodiment includes, recording a second audio track provided by the recording user while simultaneously performing... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20090164036 - Computer based cae fsi models for simulating the physical behavior of diapers, diaper materials, and/or diaper machines during diaper manufacturing processes: Computer based CAE FSI models for simulating the physical behavior of diapers, and/or diaper materials, and/or diaper machines during diaper manufacturing processes.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20090164037 - Method of selecting an arrangement of sectors for a turbomachine nozzle: m

20090164038 - Method for optimizing the machining process in a machine: The invention relates to a method for optimizing the machining process in a machine (1), wherein a control program (10) having a machining block (11a,11b,11c) controls the machining process, wherein an item of process information which arises during execution of the machining block (11a,11b,11c) is stored in a manner related... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090164039 - Secure robotic operational system: Methods and systems for a secure robotic operational system include but are not limited to receiving an authorization associated with a directive to perform robotic operational tasks regarding one or more objects; verifying the authorization associated with the directive; and controlling operation of the robotic operational system via controlling a... Agent: Searete LLC Clarence T. Tegreene

20090164040 - Method of processing semiconductor substrate and processing apparatus: A method of processing semiconductor substrates includes the steps of: storing attribution data indicating an attribution of each of the semiconductor substrates in a recording medium according to piece identification codes of the semiconductor substrates; generating a start direction accompanying one of the piece identification codes of the semiconductor substrates... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090164041 - System for zonal warehousing management: The present invention discloses a system for zonal warehousing management, which comprises a central processing system and a data collection terminal which exchanges data with the central processing system. The said data collection terminal collects the in/out warehouse data of kinds of goods and then sends them to the central... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090164042 - Medicament inventory system and method: The invention relates to a method and system that utilizes one or more cassettes or trays, which hold one or more types of medicaments, the cassettes or trays being configured for intelligent dispensing of the medicaments. In one embodiment, a smart tray for dispensing medicaments includes: a housing; an information... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090164043 - Platform to perform remote commercial transactions by means of vending machines: A new system for the sale of intangible products through vending machines, featuring a controlling device placed within a vending machine, an application for the member of the staff of the vending machine (VM) operator working in the field (which runs on his/her cell phone), one or more applications for... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090164044 - Localiazation service framework for estimating robot position and method therefor: A localization service framework for estimating a position of a robot includes a plurality of sensors, a sensor property based localization module connected to the plurality of sensors for converting sensor data sensed by the sensors into position data of the sensors on a basis of the properties of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090164045 - Weapon robot with situational awareness: A mobile, remotely controlled robot includes a turret subsystem, a robot controller subsystem configured to control the robot, control the turret, and fire the weapon, a robot navigation subsystem configured to determine the position of the robot, a turret orientation determination subsystem, and a robot communications subsystem for receiving commands... Agent: Iandiorio & Teska Intellectual Property Law Attorneys

20090164046 - Continuous catalyst activator: Methods and systems for preparing catalyst, such as chromium catalysts, are provided. The valence of at least a portion of the catalyst sent to an activator is changed from Cr(III) to Cr(VI). The catalyst is prepared or activated continuously using a fluidization bed catalyst activator.... Agent: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Lp

20090164048 - Fan operation control method and apparatus: An outside air temperature of a vehicle is detected, an operating time of a fan is set in accordance with the detected outside air temperature based on a fan operating time map, and an idle speed increase time is set in accordance with the an operating time based on an... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090164047 - Method for controlling motor of air conditioner: The present invention relates to a method of controlling a three-phase motor of an air conditioner by using an inverter including a total of three pairs of upper and lower arm switching elements connected in parallel, wherein the motor includes a stator coil and a rotor of a permanent magnet... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090164049 - Residential environmental management control system with automatic adjustment: Automatic adjustment of the control and operation of residential environmental management systems is made based upon a time of year, a geographic location, or both. A controller receives input of the time of year or the geographic location of the residential environmental management system, or both. The controller then automatically... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090164050 - Diagnostics for mass flow control: A flow control system comprises a flow sensor, a valve controller, a signal processor, a control processor and an interface. The flow sensor generates a sensor signal characterizing a flow rate. The valve controller controls the flow rate as a function of a control output. The signal processor converts the... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20090164051 - Blended sensor system and method: A blended sensor system and method including a velocity sensor (52) operably connected to monitor velocity of a payload (58) and generate a velocity signal (62); a position sensor (54) operably connected to monitor position of the payload (58) and generate a position signal (64); and a summing node (56)... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090164052 - Device with intergrated position sensor: b

20090157198 - Information processing device and home network system: There is provided an information processing device capable of dynamically generating and presenting to the user a user interface for remotely controlling at least one other device connected via a network and performing conjunctive operations between the information processing device and the other device, the interface being generated in accordance... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090157199 - Motion control systems: A system for allowing communication between a software application and at least one motion controller in a set of motion controllers comprising a set of motion operations, a set of motion commands, a set of selectable software modules, a software system, and a driver administrator. At least one motion command... Agent: Schacht Law Office, Inc.

20090157200 - Apparatus and method for defining and controlling graphical faceplates in a process control system: A method includes receiving information identifying one or more elements to be presented in a first faceplate. The first faceplate is associated with control of a process system. The method also includes receiving information identifying an auto-selection behavior associated with the first faceplate. The method further includes displaying the first... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090157201 - Control device, control system, method and computer readable medium for setting: There is provided a control device for making settings, comprising: a setting item selection unit configured to select setting items to which same setting should be set, from among a plurality of setting items regarding the control device, based on externally inputted instructions; a setting value accepting unit configured to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090157202 - Therapy rules for closed loop programming of medical devices: Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090157203 - Client-side audio signal mixing on low computational power player using beat metadata: A low computational power digital audio player achieves beat continuous transitioning between digital audio pieces based on beat metadata, which can be generated via offline processing on a higher computational power computer or via background or idle processing on the digital audio player. The digital audio player produces playlists of... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman LLP

20090157205 - Data recording device, data reproduction device, program, and recording medium: A data recording device of the invention has: a reception state acquisition processing section (21) for creating a reception state value on whether the reception state of a broadcast content is good or poor; a recording data creation process section (22) for creating recording data from them; and a recording... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090157206 - Detecting user gestures with a personal mobile communication device: System and methods for recognizing user gestures by processing audio from a microphone in a personal mobile communication device (PMCD) are disclosed. One such method includes sensing audio using a microphone in the PMCD and detecting a user gesture from audio sensed by the microphone. One such system includes a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090157207 - System and method for request, delivery and use of multimedia files for audiovisual entertainment: A personal computer connected to the Internet can receive and store audio and audiovisual data or programming from the Internet. This audio and audiovisual programming can be provided by the computer over a digital connection to speakers and/or a monitor located away from the computer at a location convenient for... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090157204 - Temporally accurate watermarking system and method of operation: A system for identifying audio data is provided. The system includes a transform system receiving left channel audio data and right channel audio data and generating a plurality of frequency bins of left channel magnitude data, left channel phase data, right channel magnitude data and right channel phase data. A... Agent: Mr. Christopher John Rourk Jackson Walker LLP

20090157208 - Method and apparatus for controlling the closing of a plant application: A method and system control for closing a plant application running on a manufacturing execution system (MES) application. The method includes the steps of providing to a set of classes, a custom shutdown rule to be customized at engineering time; defining, for certain classes belonging to the set of classis,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090157210 - Method for analyzing reflection properties: A method allows analyzing and describing the reflective properties of a three-dimensionally structured original surface. The topology of the original surface is determined and the topological data are stored in the form of a depth map in a first data record and evaluated with respect to the influence of the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090157209 - Wire option expressions in wiring harness designs: A method of designing a wiring harness using a wiring harness design tool can include creating a first wire option expression corresponding to a first wire within a wiring harness design, generating a wire option expression truth table based at least in part on the first wire option expression, modifying... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090157211 - Producing a locally optimal path through a lattice by overlapping search: A system and computer-implemented method for the creation of a structure using Lego building blocks is disclosed. Aspects of the methods are equally appropriate for numerous structures, including but not limited to, studs-up and studs-out configurations or a ‘wall’ style mosaic or a ‘floor’ style mosaic. Given the systems and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090157212 - System and method of determining paint formula having a effect pigment: A system and method of determining a paint formula having an effect pigment is provided. The system includes a coarseness gauge which may be placed adjacent to a painted surface, such as that of a vehicle. A technician compares the gauge to the painted surface to determine a coarseness of... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC Basf Corporation

20090157213 - Method and system for monitoring batch product manufacturing: A system and method for monitoring product through a batch manufacturing plant is provided. The system includes, a parallel flow mode when product flows concurrently from at least two units to a single unit; and a serial flow mode where product flows from one unit to another at a given... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090157214 - Maintenance system, substrate processing apparatus, remote operation unit and communication method: The present invention is a maintenance system of a substrate processing apparatus, including a remote operation unit for operating the substrate processing apparatus from a remote place by transmitting a remote operation information to a side of the substrate processing apparatus through a communication network and providing the remote operation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090157215 - Method for producing three-dimensionally structured surfaces: A method for producing three-dimensionally structured surfaces of objects, the object surface being created as a reproduction of a three-dimensionally structured original surface with the aid of a machining tool. Accordingly, the topology of the original surface is first determined, a measured depth value being assigned to each surface or... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090157216 - Automated scheduling of test wafer builds in a semiconductor manufacturing process flow: An automated, computer-implemented method for managing test wafers in an integrated, automated semiconductor manufacturing environment includes: managing a test wafer inventory; consuming inventoried test wafers in the automated process flow; and distributing the consumed test wafers according to their level of usage after an evaluation thereof. An automated, computer-implemented method... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20090157217 - Method and device for measuring the geometry of a cutting edge to be chamfered: The machining of drills (1) includes an operation for chamfering the cutting edges (8) performed in two steps. In the first step the rotating grindstone (15) is directed to various locations of the cutting edge (8) and the point of contact is detected by an electronic appliance (17) whereof the... Agent: Clifford W Browning Krieg De Vault

20090157218 - Numerical controller for controlling five-axis machining apparatus: A numerical controller for controlling a five-axis machining apparatus, in which a tool orientation command is corrected to thereby attain a smooth machined surface and a shortened machining time. The numerical controller includes command reading means that successively reads a tool orientation command, tool orientation command correcting means that corrects... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20090157219 - Intelligent sleeve container for use in a controlled syringe system: Various embodiments of the present invention concern improving the dosing accuracy and efficacy of systems that calculate medicine doses for injection in animals and prepare the correct dose in an automated syringe subsystem. In an embodiment, the improvement is gained by simultaneously protecting the medicine from ambient outdoor temperatures that... Agent: Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

20090157220 - Products and processes for communicating information regarding a product dispensed by a vending machine: According to an embodiment, information about a product is communicated to at least one customer of a vending machine. It is determined whether to dispense a product from the vending machine, and the product is dispensed from the vending machine.... Agent: Walker Digital Management, LLC

20090157222 - Network-based robot system and method for performing content transmission/execution therein: A network-based robot system for performing content transmission/execution includes a content management unit for managing contents created in a tree-like, hierarchical structure, and one or more robots connected to the content management unit over a network. Each robot requests the content management unit to provide a content to be executed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090157221 - Robotic system, robot and mobile phone: A robot includes a storage unit, a card, a wireless communication module, a center controller, action units, and drive units. The action units execute motions. The medium contains an electronic identifier to identify the robot. The storage unit stores predetermined motion control programs for control the action units to motion.... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20090157223 - Robot chatting system and method: A robot chatting system includes an interface for generating a chatting text including robot motion having a text part and a motion part; a robot chatting server for providing a robot chatting service between chatting persons, using the chatting text including robot motion; a first unit for generating motion control... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090157225 - Detecting apparatus and method of robot cleaner: A detecting apparatus and method of a robot cleaner is disclosed. The apparatus includes a detecting unit provided with a transmitting unit for sending a signal to detect the floor and a receiving unit for receiving a signal sent from the transmitting unit to be reflected on the floors an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090157224 - Robot service system and a method for providing remote service for a robot: A robot service system including a robot including least one manipulator and a controller controlling the motion of the manipulator. A remote service center includes an analyzing computer, and a communication line between the robot controller and the remote service center. A monitoring component is configured to monitor the current... Agent: Venable LLP

20090157226 - Robot-cell calibration: A calibration system for a robot and its peripheral includes an emitter attached to the robot or its peripheral and emits a laser beam and a receiver also mounted to the robot or its peripheral at a point to permit calibration and for receiving the laser beam and to permit... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090157227 - Apparatus, method, and medium for sensing slip in mobile robot: An apparatus, method, and medium for sensing a slip in a mobile robot is provided. The apparatus for sensing a slip in a mobile robot includes a driving motor control unit to control a driving motor that rotates a plurality of driving wheels of the mobile robot, a first rotation... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090157228 - User interface device of remote control system for robot device and method using the same: A user interface device of a remote control system for a robot and a method using the same are provided. The user interface device includes: a radio frequency (RF) unit for receiving, from a remote control robot, camera data and at least one sensor data detecting a distance; a display... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090157229 - Method and apparatus for plating solution analysis and control: A plating system comprises a plating solution and an apparatus for control of the plating solution, the apparatus including a Raman spectrometer for measurement of organic components, a visible light spectrometer for measurement of metallic components, and a pH probe. The plating solution can be sampled continuously or at intervals.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090157230 - Method for controlling a flowrate of a recirculated exhaust gas: A method for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system is provided. The EGR system may allow for the removal and the sequestration of at least one constituent within the exhaust before the recirculation occurs. The method may monitor the level of at least one constituent and adjust an EGR... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20090157232 - Method and apparatus for preserving battery operation and life during vehicle post idle shutdown control: A method for preserving battery operation and life during vehicle post idle shutdown, such vehicle having a delayed accessory power mode operative when an ignition state of the vehicle is in a non-engine running condition while an ignition switch of the vehicle is in the ON position to supply accessories... Agent: Richard M. Sharkansky

20090157231 - Washing machine and controlling method for the same: The present invention relates to a washing machine and a method of controlling the same. The washing machine includes a home network switch unit for selectively inputting a home network mode or a standby power mode, a standby power unit for supplying or shutting off a main power according to... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20090149967 - Management system for operation items used in manufacturing: A management system for operation items used in manufacturing on a production line includes a module on which one of several production based operation items is storable as a header of a group list in relation to a manufacturing sub-system. For each production based operation item, at least one non-production... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090149968 - Control apparatus, control method, and computer program product: A control apparatus for controlling procedure of a controlled apparatus includes an update controller that determines, when the software is updated, whether a post-update software is to be selected based on an actual operation result of operating the controlled apparatus using the post-update software. The update controller puts the pre-update... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090149969 - Method and a system for feedback control or monitoring of an oil or gas production system and computer program product: A method for automatic feedback control and/or monitoring of an oil and/or gas production system, or part(s) thereof, which includes one or more processing unit(s) and/or one or more flow line(s) and/or one or more controls. The method includes measuring or estimating value(s) of at least one level or pressure... Agent: Venable LLP

20090149970 - System control device: Disclosed is a system control device that includes a semiconductor element; an actual control value acquisition section; a deviation computation section for computing the deviation between the actual control value and a target control value; an integral term computation means for computing an integral term contained in a control command... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090149971 - Intelligent medical consumables: The present invention is directed to a host device and an associated consumable item that electronically communicates with the device. Exchanged information between the device and attachment is used to prevent improper device operation, limiting injury and ensuring reliable and proper operation. Communication between the host device and consumable electrodes... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090149972 - Real-time system for verification and monitoring of protective device settings within an electrical power distribution network and automatic correction of deviances found: A system for real-time verification of protective device system configuration settings on a monitored system, is disclosed. The system includes a data acquisition component, a virtual system model database, a protective device system verification engine. The data acquisition component is communicatively connected to a sensor configured to real-time protective device... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20090149974 - Method of evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in instances with inherited base runners: A method of evaluating the performance of a relief pitcher in instances with inherited base runners factors through storage and processing of data as to when a pitcher inherits at least one player on base. The following steps of the method are disclosed: first, establishing the number of runs Ri... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090149975 - Systems for predicting sporting success conditions: A hand held or portable device (1) is configured to include a multitude of factors from which sporting success conditions such as applicable to fishing and hunting success may be predicted. In one embodiment, these may include: a lunar information element (2), a solar information element (3), a barometric information... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

20090149976 - Method and system providing a customized audio presentation tailored to a predetermined event sequence: There is provided a method of customizing an audio presentation for tailoring to a predetermined event sequence, one embodiment comprising identifying the predetermined event sequence from a predetermined event sequence database, associating a first audio asset with one or more selected events of the predetermined event sequence, synchronizing the timing... Agent: Disney Enterprises C/o Farjami & Farjami LLP

20090149977 - Methods, systems, and computer program products for shaping medical implants directly from virtual reality models: A virtual interactive environment enables a surgeon or other medical professional to manipulate implants, prostheses, or other instruments using patient-specific data from virtual reality models. The patient data includes a combination of volumetric data, surface data, and fused images from various sources (e.g., CT, MRI, x-ray, ultrasound, laser interferometry, PET,... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20090149973 - Automated lighting and building control system: An automated lighting and building control system that is operative to control a large number of lights and to provide control to other control systems, such as security systems, powered window coverings, and HVAC systems, within a geographic area based on a large amount of input data, including day light... Agent: Silversky Group LLC

20090149978 - Method for self-synchronization of modular production systems: A system and method for self-synchronization of modular production systems having components with various alternative capabilities for processing and transporting work units along transport highways, for various component/transport highway configurations. The method includes determining jobs of interest, with each job requiring the production of at least one work unit. The... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Parc

20090149979 - Run-time dispatch system for enhanced product characterization capability: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an automated manufacturing system that is used to process multiple jobs in a product fabrication environment, where such processing comprises performing the same multiple consecutive process steps for each job and where each process step can be accomplished using one or more different available processing... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20090149980 - Method and system for portioning workpieces to directly-controlled and indirectly-controlled specifications: A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, into both shape and other user-defined specification(s). Workpieces are portioned both to shape and weight, such as to a weight-specific uniform shape, by adjusting (e.g., scaling up and down or slightly modifying) a desired template shape... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090149982 - Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method, and computer program: In the present invention, when a ghost wafer which is not recognized by a control unit on a coating and developing treatment apparatus side is carried out of another apparatus which is connected to the coating and developing treatment apparatus, the ghost wafer is temporarily housed in a buffer cassette... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090149981 - System and methods for continuous, online monitoring of a chemical plant or refinery: A near real-time system and method for continuous online monitoring of a plurality of operations in a continuous chemical process facility is described. The method of monitoring the operations is based on a multivariate statistical model developed using off-line, selected process-specific historical process data. Such a model is used by... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090149983 - Quality control system and method thereof: A quality control system and method for monitoring an assembly operation is provided. The method can include: (1) providing an assembly line having a plurality of machines being assembled thereon; (2) providing a tool for performing an assembly operation; (3) performing a plurality of the assembly operations with the tool;... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090149984 - Burst communications for an automated data storage library: An automated data storage library with storage shelves, data storage drive(s), a bus bar; and a robot accessor with a drive system for moving the robot accessor, an accessor communication interface, a bus bar relay configured to engage and disengage the bus bar; and a robot control configured to operate... Agent: John H. Holcombe IBM Corporation,IPLaw Dept.

20090149985 - Automated store for selling articles: An automated (2) store for storing and then distributing articles. The store includes a housing (4) for receiving closed shipping containers for storage, and for distributing articles to an output (20) of the housing, which articles were retrieved from inside the shipping containers. The store further includes a sensing means... Agent: Lawrence C. Edelman, EsqIPCounsel, Automatic Impulse Machine Design

20090149986 - Method and system for portioning foodstuff to user-specified shape: A system is provided for cutting a three-dimensional portion from a foodstuff. The system includes a conveyor for carrying a foodstuff to be portioned, a scanner located adjacent to the conveyor for scanning the foodstuff, a computer coupled to the scanner for receiving scan information from the scanner to determine... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090149987 - Programmed dispensing of consumable compositions: A system for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) means for dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; (b) means for detecting at least one aspect of the consumable composition; and (c) means for providing... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090149988 - Programmed dispensing of consumable compositions: A system for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) means for dispensing a first dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; (b) means for detecting at least one aspect of the consumable composition; and (c) means for providing... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090149989 - Medicine dispensing system: A medicine dispensing apparatus is described including at least one module having a plurality of compartments. At least one side of the module has apertures to the compartments arranged in an array of rows and columns. The module includes an engagement track extending along columns of compartments. A compartment cover... Agent: Law Offices Of Donald Cox

20090149990 - Method, medium, and apparatus for performing path planning of mobile robot: A method, medium, and apparatus for performing path planning of a mobile robot is provided. The apparatus for performing path planning of a mobile robot includes a coarse map generation unit to generate a coarse map composed of a plurality of cells; a fine map generation unit to generate a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090149991 - Communication robot: A communication robot including: a situation change detection unit for detecting writing of information into a situation database; a rule detection unit for detecting, from a rule database, a rule corresponding to the situation indicated by the data stored in the situation database when the writing of information into the... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090149992 - Robot: A robot that is capable of traveling while moving an object such that the object and the robot itself will not step out of a predetermined area is provided. If a traveling requirement that the robot and the object remain within a pathway area is not met, then an action... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090149993 - Robot: The Robot is configured to enable adjustment of the position and/or posture by controlling movement of at least a hip joint mechanism, and a knee joint mechanism in the spot while the robot is allowing each foot to keep its floor-arriving state. Accordingly, when the position and/or posture is inappropriate... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090149995 - Charging apparatus for mobile robot: A charging apparatus for a mobile robot enabling the mobile robot to move relatively freely even during charging using a wiring member, while preventing occurrence of an inconvenience such as damage to the wiring member, is provided. The charging apparatus includes a charging power source, a control board which controls... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090149994 - Method, medium, and apparatus for correcting pose of moving robot: A method, apparatus, and medium for correcting a pose of a moving robot are provided. The method includes sensing an entrance using a distance-sensing sensor mounted on the moving robot, storing first distance data of the sensed entrance, after the moving robot travels, newly sensing the entrance using the distance-sensing... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090149996 - Multiple inlet abatement system: A method of operating an electronic device manufacturing thermal abatement system is provided, including: flowing a gaseous effluent through an inlet into a thermal abatement reaction chamber; abating the effluent; flowing the abated effluent through an outlet out of the thermal abatement reaction chamber; using a pressure sensor to measure... Agent: Dugan & Dugan, PC

20090149998 - Digital position transmitter: The disclosure relates to a digital position transmitter for control of an actuating element having a positioner in a process installation, with the position transmitter having a regulator with a dead band in order to suppress disturbance signals. It is proposed that the dead band in each case lags the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090149997 - Ice protection system: An ice protection system is disclosed for a structure having at least one surface to be protected from a range of icing conditions, the ice protection system comprising: at least one heater device (108, 110, 112), arranged in thermal contact with said at least one surface, —at least one temperature... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090149999 - Gearbox noise reduction by electrical drive control: A system for damping audible noise from a drive train. One embodiment is a system with an audible noise signal from a drive train wherein a damping circuit produces a damping torque that is a phase shifted and amplified version of the noise signal that is applied to the air-gap... Agent: General Electric Company Ge Global Patent Operation

20090150001 - System and method for wireless irrigation utilizing a centralized control server and field module matrix: The invention is a centralized server-based system containing a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system, which utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may... Agent: Jafari Law Group, P.C.

20090150000 - System and method of managing substances in a plant root zone: A method for managing substances in a plant root zone, including the steps of providing a fluid distribution system, controlling the fluid distribution system, modeling the plant root zone, and distributing the substances thereto. The fluid distribution system is associated with an agricultural area. The fluid distribution system is controlled... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090150003 - Turf irrigation system: An irrigation system has a water distribution system, a controller, and a pet monitoring system. The controller may modify an irrigation setting of the water distribution system based on a pet elimination signal from the pet monitoring system. The pet elimination signal may correspond to an event such as a... Agent: B. Delano Jordan

20090150002 - Wireless irrigation control server for monitoring and controlling a field module matrix: The invention is a centralized server-based system containing a database with relevant information regarding features, parameters, and characteristics of a particular irrigation system, which utilizes proprietary irrigation software to control a plurality of field modules, at one or more remote locations, via a network bridge adapter. An irrigation system may... Agent: Jafari Law Group, P.C.

20090150005 - Method and system to provide a distributed local energy production system with high-voltage dc bus: A method and system to provide a distributed local energy production system with high-voltage DC bus is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system comprises a management unit to be interconnected via a network bus to a set of link modules, each link module coupled to a separate local energy production... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv)IPDocketing

20090150004 - Wireless building automation and control network: A network (20) employs a wireless network topology (30), a wireless network manager (40). Network (20) further employs a wireless device (70) and wireless device manager (80) pairing and/or a wireless system (90) and a wireless system manager (100) pairing. Managers (40, 80) cooperatively control an operating profile and monitor... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090150006 - Ergonomic computer alignment: A system and computer program product for automatically positioning a computer to an ergonomically correct orientation are presented. An optic sensor at a top of a computer monitor measures a distance and angle to a user's eye. This distance and angle, along with stored anatomical data for a specific user,... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20090143871 - Controllers, observers, and applications thereof: Controller scaling and parameterization are described. Techniques that can be improved by employing the scaling and parameterization include, but are not limited to, controller design, tuning and optimization. The scaling and parameterization methods described here apply to transfer function based controllers, including PID controllers. The parameterization methods also apply to... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090143872 - On-line adaptive model predictive control in a process control system: A method of creating and using an adaptive DMC type or other MPC controller includes using a model switching technique to periodically determine a process model, such as a parameterized process model, for a process loop on-line during operation of the process. The method then uses the process model to... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090143873 - Batch process monitoring using local multivariate trajectories: A system and method include determining a state of a batch process. Historical segments are retrieved from a historical database of trajectories of the batch process as a function of the state of the batch process. A model is created as a function of the retrieved historical segments. The model... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143874 - System and method for optimizing optical and digital system designs: A software product includes instructions stored on computer-readable media, that when executed by a computer, perform steps for optimizing an optical system design and a digital system design. The instructions are for simulating an optical model of the optical system design, simulating a digital model of the digital system design,... Agent: Lathrop & Gage LLP

20090143875 - Action evaluation apparatus and method: An action evaluation apparatus includes action detection unit which detects an action of a user, environmental load detection unit which detects a load on an environment which is caused by the action, first storage unit which stores identification information of the action and the detected load in correspondence with each... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20090143876 - Method for limiting expansion of earthquake damage and system for limiting expansion of earthquake damage for use in semiconductor manufacturing apparatus: To predict occurrence of an earthquake so as to minimize damage by preventing an object to be processed from flying out of an opened container. A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus 1 includes: a transfer area Sa including a transfer mechanism 13 for a container 3; a detection mechanism 32 configured to... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090143880 - Hvac controller with context sensitive help screens: An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143879 - Hvac controller with parameter clustering: An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143877 - Method of controlling a portable user device: The invention relates to a method of controlling a portable user device (100, 420), the method comprising the steps of (260) detecting a change of orientation of the portable user device, and (270) selecting, upon said detection of the orientation change, at least one command from a list of commands.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090143878 - Operator profile control system for a machine: A control system for a machine has an input device operable to receive an input indicative of an operator profile and to generate a signal related to the operator profile. The control system also has a controller in communication with the machine and the input device. The controller is configured... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090143881 - Digital media recasting: In one embodiment, a method of tagging content can include: accessing a frame of a digital media production; identifying an object for tagging within the frame; defining a metadata tag for the object; and storing the metadata tag in association with the identified object and the frame in the digital... Agent: Trellis Intellectual Property Law Group, PC

20090143882 - Machine and method for caddying and golf instruction: The present invention relates to a machine and method used to capture, analyze, score, archive, track and communicate real-time relevant golf data specific to individual golfers: 1) during practice/lessons; or 2) for every shot on every hole of an entire recreational golf round; and 3) archive all such practice sessions... Agent: Julius Young

20090143883 - Determining a bowling game score: Methods and systems for determining a bonus bowling score may include determining a speed with which bowling pins are knocked down by a player. The speed may correspond to a bonus score that may be used, in some configurations, to break ties. In one arrangement, a bowling game may determine... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090143884 - Systems and methods for sample rate conversion: Systems and methods are provided for converting input data streams having variable input sample rates to an output sample rate, which systems and methods are used in processing the data streams. In one embodiment, a system includes a clock source, a counter configured to count cycles for a corresponding data... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20090143886 - Method and system for portioning workpieces to user-entered shape and other specifications: A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, into both shape and other user-defined specification(s). Workpieces are portioned both to shape and weight, such as to a weight-specific uniform shape, by adjusting (e.g., scaling up and down or slightly modifying) a desired template shape... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090143885 - Orifice formation control system: An orifice formation system is provided. The system includes a manufacturing machine configured to form an orifice in a workpiece, a computed tomography x-ray machine configured to generate data based on geometry of the workpiece, and a computer in communication with the manufacturing machine and the computed tomography x-ray machine.... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143887 - Dynamic order swapping in mass customization production environment: A method for addressing process variability in a build-to-order, mass customization production environment. The method includes receiving an order for a product having a particular configuration defined by the order, initiating a production order specifically assigned to the order, fabricating the product based upon the production order, determining if an... Agent: Hamilton & Terrile, LLP

20090143888 - Method and system for product projection analysis: Disclosed is a method and system for generating a projection result of a product quantity. The generation of the projection result involves generating a product group for the product quantity by extracting a first partial product group from an actual output and extracting a second partial product group from an... Agent: Sap Ag

20090143889 - Equipment operating status tracking system: An equipment operating status tracking system is provided, which may include a graphical user interface (GUI), a processor, and a computer-readable medium operatively coupled to the processor. The computer-readable medium may include a memory in which are stored instructions for receiving operating status data for at least one piece of... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143890 - Substrate processing apparatus, program, storage medium and conditioning necessity determining method: A control unit of a substrate processing apparatus controls a process to be performed in a chamber. The process includes a step of performing a preceding first process; a step of performing a subsequent second process after performing the first process; a step of determining whether to perform an inter-process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090143892 - Methods of monitoring acceptance criteria of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes: Methods of monitoring an acceptance criteria of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validation and quality control on an integrated level whereby a pharmaceutical manufacturer can ensure data and product integrity and minimize cost.... Agent: Shane M. Popp Smp Logic Systems LLC

20090143891 - Wire electrical discharge machine with deformation compensation ability: A wire electrical discharge machine (WEDM) is disclosed, which comprises: a movable crane; a measure unit, mounted on the crane for measuring the deformation of the same; and a control unit, electrically connected to the measure unit and used for controlling the crane to move; wherein a lookup table describing... Agent: Wpat, PC

20090143893 - Incremental encoder and serializer: An apparatus and associated method directed to encoding data from an object in order to simultaneously identify a serialization value of the object from the data while incrementally tracking the object's position from the data.... Agent: Mccarthy Law Group

20090143894 - Bevel/backside polymer removing method and device, substrate processing apparatus and storage medium: A bevel/backside polymer removing method removes multi-layered bevel/backside polymers adhering to a bevel surface and a backside of a target substrate. The multi-layered bevel/backside polymers include an inorganic layer and an organic layer. The bevel/backside polymer removing method includes mechanically destroying the multi-layered bevel/backside polymers and heating residues of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090143896 - Payload system with center of gravity compensation: The present disclosure is directed to a payload calculation system for use with a work implement having at least two linkage members. The payload calculation system may have at least one state sensor configured to measure a state of the at least two linkage members. The payload calculation system may... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090143895 - Process and apparatus for monitoring sheet-like products transported by clamps: The invention relates to a first product (20) which supports identification information (30) and a second product (22) which, optionally, supports identification information (30′). Said first and second products are maintained and transported together by a clamp (12), such that the second printing product (22) at least partially overlaps the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090143897 - Tire rack, loading and unloading systems and method: A tire loading apparatus and method of packing tires that includes placing the tires in a rack, compressing the tires, and assembling the rack are disclosed. The apparatus includes one or more conveyors, scanners, and robots that load tires from a conveyor to a rack. A tire unloading apparatus is... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (main)

20090143898 - Determining disposition of undeliverable as addressed mail: In some example, a computerized method includes sorting mail, wherein sorting mail for a mail piece comprises reading an encoded value located on the mail piece. Sorting the mail also includes decoding the encoded value to determine an identification of a class of the mail piece and an identification of... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090143901 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143902 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143903 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143899 - Communication regarding aspects of a dispensed consumable composition: s

20090143900 - Reordering of consumable compositions: A system for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following: (a) means for dispensing a dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; (b) means for detecting an amount of consumable composition dispensed; and (c) means for requesting an additional amount of... Agent: Iv - Suiter Swantz PC Llo

20090143904 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143905 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143906 - Automated business system and method of vending and returning a consumer product: System and method of dispensing disc-based media and other consumer products. A user can interact with an automated business system to select disc-based media for rental and/or purchase. The automated business system can retrieve the selection from the interior of the automated business system and dispense the selection through a... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20090143908 - Balancing device: A balancing device includes an active balancing mechanism. The active balancing mechanism maintains the balancing device in an actively balanced state within a range of the active balancing mechanism. An auxiliary balancing mechanism is configured to support the balancing device in an unbalanced state that is outside the range of... Agent: Van Pelt, Yi & James LLP

20090143910 - Intelligent printing system with delivery robots for delivering printed documents and method therefor: An intelligent printing system includes a printed document delivery robot for delivering printed documents. The robot identifies a location of each user PC requesting for printing based on a network address of the PC and establishes a print plan based on the print request. Upon completion of a printing job,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090143909 - Network-based robot system and method for action execution of robot: A network-based robot system includes an activity creating device creating activities in hierarchical structure, and a robot downloading the activity tree over a communication network and executing an activity selected in the activity tree. The activities describe action execution procedures to be run by the robot and are arranged in... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090143907 - Robotic positioning and orientation device and needle holder comprising one such device: The invention relates to a robotic device for the positioning and orientation of a platform that is connected thereto by means of articulated support structures forming parallel mechanical links, each in the form of a serial kinematic chain of articulations that are interconnected by support segments. The inventive device (1)... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090143911 - High throughput method of in transit wafer position correction in system using multiple robots: Methods correcting wafer position error are provided. The methods involve measuring wafer position error on a robot, e.g. a dual side-by-side end effector robot, during transfer to an intermediate station. This measurement data is then used by a second robot to perform wafer pick moves from the intermediate station with... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP - Novl Attn.: Novellus Systems, Inc.

20090143913 - Image-based self-diagnosis apparatus and method for robot: An image-based self-diagnosis apparatus and method for a robot determines the abnormality of a driving unit of a mobile robot by using a camera and reporting to the user in real time. The image-based self-diagnosis method may include: capturing a reference image at the current location and storing the captured... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20090143912 - System and method for graphically allocating robot's working space: System and method for graphically allocating robot's working space are provided. The system includes an image extractor, a task-allocating server and a robot. A graphic user interface (GUI) of the task-allocating server includes a robot's working scene area, a space attribute allocating area and a robot's task area. Thus, a... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20090143914 - System for operating modes for an electric toothbrush: Various operational mode arrangements of an electric toothbrush (10) include pre-programming a controller portion (16) of the electric toothbrush such that a single brushing event of approximately two minutes comprises automatically at least two different operating modes and specified times for each mode. Another operational mode includes the capability of... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090143915 - Environmental control system: A system for providing outside air to a space for dilution of contaminants within the space. The system includes an air handler that supplies a flow of outside air to the space and an occupancy detector that calculates the occupancy of people in the space. Also included is a processor... Agent: Thomas W. Epting Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP

20090143916 - Hvac controller having a parameter adjustment element with a qualitative indicator: An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143917 - Residential environmental management control system interlink: Various ways of expanding the capability, practicality and/or convenience of residential environmental management systems are contemplated. In one embodiment, a residential environmental management system may include a first master control, a second master control and an interlink operably connected to the first and second master controls. The system may further... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090143918 - Method and apparatus for configuring an hvac controller: An HVAC controller is described that is configured to be more intuitive and user friendly to program and operate than convention HVAC controllers. In some instances, the HVAC controller may include a touch screen interface that provides greater flexibility in displaying information to the user and/or soliciting information from the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20090143919 - Suppression of vibrations: Disclosed are a method and a device for suppressing vibrations (18) in an installation comprising an actuator (14) for actuating a flap (12) or a valve (70) used for metering a gas or liquid volume flow (16), especially in the area of HVAC, fire protection, or smoke protection. Vibrations (18)... Agent: Thaddius J. Carvis

20090143920 - Dimmer having a microprocessor-controlled power supply: A two-wire load control device for control of power delivered to an electrical load from a source of AC voltage, comprising a first controllably conductive device adapted to be operatively coupled to the source of AC voltage and to the electrical load for controlling the power delivered to the load;... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20090143921 - Generalized predictive control (gpc) based position control method for an axle: An instantaneous actual position value, an instantaneous desired position value and future desired position values as well as, for each future desired position value, a value which is characteristic of the temporal offset between said future desired position value and the respective immediately preceding desired position value are predefined for... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department