Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications inventions 08/09

20090216341 - Method and system for providing a user interface: A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system. Information is presented at least in part displayed in layers or filters on one or more display screens of a control system. The control system may include other media for presenting or displaying information. The content for the... Agent: Venable LLP

20090216342 - Method for generating and using a plasma processing control program: A method is provided of generating and using a control program for a Obtain plasma process. The method comprises obtaining predetermined process data defining, in a series of time steps, changes in at least one control parameter for the plasma process during the said process. Control data are generated from... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090216343 - Method for determining the processing order of modules in a function plan and electronic data processing system for carrying out the method: There is described a method for determining the processing sequence of components of a function plan for a sequentially operating automation system. Each component is allocated a component code in a reversible unambiguous manner and, whilst the components have a signal input and output connection, these should be applicable to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090216345 - Fault-tolerant wireless irrigation system: A node of a fault-tolerant system relies upon a primary communication mechanism, when possible, for primary connection to a central server. The node monitors its primary connection to the server. While the primary connection is active, the node operates in a supervised mode, in that it generally does not perform... Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP

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20090216346 - Optimizing reuse of artifacts: The present invention refers to a method automatizing optimization of reuse of artifacts in industrial engineering, wherein the reuse of artifacts is optimized by assessing of artifacts based on classifying of artifacts. Further, the present invention relates to computing entities and system supporting the optimization of reuse of artifacts in... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090216348 - Dynamically updated predictive model: Data of at least one of past values and present values of a system is consolidated from a plurality of sources. Virtual data of future values of the system is generated by applying the acquired data to a predictive model. Additional acquired data is received. The virtual data is dynamically... Agent: Marina G. Portnova Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

20090216347 - Neuro-fuzzy systems: A systematic method of generating a neuro-fuzzy structure a system comprises: recording data relating sample system outputs to sample system inputs, granulating the data to identify rules relating the inputs to the outputs, measuring information loss during the granulation process to enable identification of an optimum number of rules, and... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Llc

20090216349 - Method and system for extending lifetime of sensor nodes in wireless sensor network: A method and system are provided that extend the lifetime of sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network while ensuring network availability. An availability level is set for ensuring network connectivity corresponding to importance of network connectedness. An operation probability that a sensor node is in operation is calculated. A... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, LLP

20090216350 - Control valve and positioner diagnostics: Valve positioning systems may include one or more components and a controller. Components may include one or more electric-to-pressure output converters, relays, gas supplies, and/or actuators. A controller may adjust a position of a valve by sending a signal. The valve positioning system may individually monitor components and determine the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20090216355 - Audio recording and playback system: A handheld electronic pen having an audio recording mode and an audio playback mode. In the audio recording mode, the pen is configured to activate a microphone for recording audio, determine a position on an encoded substrate during interaction with the substrate associate said the position with the recorded audio.... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090216353 - Device for and method of processing an audio data stream: A device (200) for processing an audio data stream, the device (200) comprising a transient detection unit (201) adapted to detect a transient portion of an audio input data stream (202), and a harmonics generator (203) adapted to generate an audio output data stream (204) based on the audio input... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20090216352 - Method for providing an improved music experience: The present invention provides adapting an audio frequency range to a linear vibrator. This may be achieved by detecting presence of signal components in a first audio frequency range. A control signal may then be provided in response to the detected first signal components. A second signal component in a... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090216354 - Sound signal processing apparatus and method: Character value of a sound signal is extracted for each unit portion, and degrees of similarity between the character values of the individual unit portions are calculated and arranged in a matrix configuration. The matrix has arranged in each column the degrees of similarity acquired by comparing, for each of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20090216351 - System and method for providing universal follow-me functionality in a upnp av network: A system and method is provided for extending the capabilities of an UPnP AV network architecture with “Universal Follow-me” functionality to provide users of such networks with a capability to pause or stop the playing of media content at one location in the UPnP AV network (100, 700) and resume... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20090216356 - Customized manufacturing method for an optoelectrical device: The disclosure provides a customized manufacturing method for an optoelectrical device. The customized manufacturing method comprises the steps of providing a manufacturing flow including a front-end flow, a customized module subsequent to the front-end flow, and a pause step between the front-end flow and the customized module, processing a predetermined... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20090216358 - Assembly information management apparatus, and assembly information management method: An assembly information management apparatus includes a detection means for detecting an update of a selected part selected from a group of parts constituting any assembly information in the set, a first calculation means for calculating outline shape data of the selected part after being updated from the selected part... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090216357 - System and methods for automatic generation of component data: A method of manufacturing electronic circuits including generating CAD data, a bill of materials and an approved component vendor list for an electronic circuit and employing the CAD data, the bill of materials and the approved component vendor list for automatically generating a pick & place machine-specific component loading specification,... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20090216359 - Pruning-based variation-aware design: For application to analog, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits, a system and method to begin with a complex problem description that encompasses many variables from statistical manufacturing, the circuit's environment, and the circuit's design parameters, but then apply techniques to prune the scope of the problem to make it manageable... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090216360 - Constant velocity universal joint and quality control method for the same: A quality control method for a constant velocity universal joint 13 includes a step of attaching an IC tag 9 to the constant velocity universal joint 13, a step of recording information in the IC tag 9 about the constant velocity universal joint 13, a utilizing step for reading the... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20090216361 - Method and apparatus for managing production history information of pipe or tube and method for producing pipe or tube therewith: The production history information management apparatus 100 comprises: machining means 1 for machining an identifier for identifying a pipe or tube in a region of the pipe or tube on which thread cutting is to be performed before an initial production process is performed among production processes which are management... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090216362 - Calibration of a machine tool: Calibration apparatus comprising a positional calibration means, and a machine tool assembly chuck configured to, in use, locate a machine tool assembly comprising a machine tool configured to be adjustably mounted on a machine tool mount. The positional calibration means and chuck are mounted on a common base relative to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090216363 - Work head: A work head adapted to support at least one elongate work piece, said work head having a first drive shaft capable of rotation about a central axis, said work pieces being supported from the work head at a position spaced radially from the central axis such that the axis of... Agent: Merchant & Gould Pc

20090216365 - Media deposit apparatus and method for controlling the same: Provided is a media deposit apparatus including: a deposit transfer portion providing a deposit circulation path of media deposited via a media deposit portion; a temporary transfer portion providing a temporary circulation path that contacts with the deposit circulation path to transfer the media to a temporary stack portion, and... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20090216364 - Systems and methods for efficiently determining item slot assignments: Techniques are described for assigning an item to a slot in an item storage facility, such as a warehouse or a distribution center. A plurality of scores are determined, each score associated with an item and slot pair, the slot chosen from a plurality of slots and each score representing... Agent: Priest & Goldstein Pllc

20090216366 - Optimizing vehicle loading operations: Computer-implemented method of loading goods stored in a warehouse on a vehicle for transporting and delivering to a number of destination locations, whereby the destination locations are on a predetermined route, comprising the following steps: receiving a number of delivery requests, each request specifying the goods to be delivered, and... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20090216367 - Method for selecting optical fiber for use in fiber and cable systems: An optical fiber inventory selection system selects optical fibers from inventory for use in a communication network. In one embodiment, the system generates an internal specification of requirements to select optical fiber reels from an inventory to be used as components in spans, such as dispersion managed spans, wherein at... Agent: Corning Incorporated

20090216368 - Method for batching and grading: The present invention provides a method and a system for increased efficiency during grading and/or batching. Partial batches are formed based on their characteristics and the fact that the items (1) forming a partial batch have appropriate and desired characteristics. The items (1) are then transported jointly to its destination... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20090216369 - Method for processing mailed items: An exemplary method for processing mailpieces is adapted to be performed in a data network having a plurality of first processing units situated in at least two mail processing centers, the plurality of first processing units having a first functionality, and having at least one second processing unit having a... Agent: International Ip Law Group

20090216370 - Targeted product distribution system and method: A targeted product distribution system is described herein with respect to an exemplary management of product flow through a distribution center. Specifically, the system and method described herein is directed to the management and display of direct and easily-understood instructions, such that average individuals, as well as those with mental... Agent: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

20090216371 - Dynamic inventory distribution system: Embodiments include systems and methods of delivery DVDs, games, other electronically or computer readable media, or other high value items through the mail or via any other delivery service for return and redelivery to a second customer. For example, in one embodiment, items returned by a first customer are identified... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090216372 - Apparatus for detecting malfunctions of electromagnetic brakes of robot: An apparatus is provided for detecting a malfunction occurring in an electromagnetic brake of a robot. In the apparatus, the main relay and the sub-relay are controlled to open the main contact and the sub-contact when the robot is activated. Detecting is then made whether or not the main contact... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20090216374 - Mitigating effects of biodynamic feedthrough on an electronic control device: Biodynamic feedthrough in a master control system can be mitigated. An accelerometer is used to measure the acceleration of an environment. In one embodiment, mitigation damping forces can then be determined based on the velocity of an effector of a haptic manipulator and the measured accelerations. The haptic manipulator applies... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP

20090216373 - Mobile device for irradiation and detection of radiation: A mobile equipment endowed with a neutrons source possibly in combination with other radiation sources including a robot system that, moving on a controlled trajectory, realize the conditions to observe from different positions the radiation emerging from a specimen either mobile or fixed, properly irradiated, is described.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20090216375 - Industrial robot tending a machine and a method for controlling an industrial robot tending a machine: An industrial robot for tending a machine includes a machine part providing a repetitive sequence of movements. The robot includes a robot controller having a program storage for storing a path of programmed positions for the robot and a path of programmed positions for the machine part, and a motion... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, Llc

20090216377 - Air conditioner and method of controlling the same: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner includes a first temperature sensor configured to measure an indoor temperature during a heating operation, a second temperature sensor configured to measure a discharge temperature of a compressor, a valve provided at an outlet side of an indoor heat exchanger during the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20090216376 - Group elevator scheduling with advanced traffic information: A near-optimal scheduling method for a group of elevators uses advanced traffic information. More particularly, advanced traffic information is used to define a snapshot problem in which the objective is to improve performance for customers. To solve the snapshot problem, the objective function is transformed into a form to facilitate... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.a.

20090216379 - Method of controlling the operation of an electronic device: A method of operating an electronic system includes determining first and second temperature signals with a thermostat processor. The first and second temperature signals are provided by a temperature sensor. The method includes adjusting the operation of an air conditioning unit in response to an indication that a difference between... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090216378 - Power assist apparatus and control method thereof: In a control method for a power assist apparatus, a pressing force acting on a workpiece held by a workpiece holding apparatus is detected, a determination is made as to whether or not the detected pressing force exceeds a preset threshold, a determination is made as to whether or not... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090216380 - Adaptive algorithm for setting the proportional integral (pi) gains in lag-dominated hvacr systems: A method to determine and apply PI gain constants to an HVAC PI controller used to control an HVAC component includes the steps of: recording an opened loop HVAC component dynamic step response; fitting the HVAC component dynamic response to a transfer function model; calculating the PI gain constants from... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20090216381 - Closed data center containment system and associated methods: A containment system includes a control unit comprising a cooling system and a control panel in communication with the cooling system. The containment system also includes a containment unit in communication with the control unit for containing a plurality of electronic components. The containment unit includes a base including a... Agent: Zies Widerman & Malek, P.l.

20090216382 - Direct load control system and method with comfort temperature setting: A method (700) and system (100) for facilitating direct load control in an HVAC system while maintaining customer comfort is provided. A local controller (101) coupled to a HVAC system, receives direct load control signals from a remote source (111), such as an energy provider or utility. An analysis module... Agent: Philip H. Burrus, Iv

20090216383 - User interface for adjusting parameters for climate control systems in motor vehicles: A user interface for adjusting a plurality of parameters of a climate control system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The user interface includes an input element having a system of coordinates having multiple dimensions, wherein each of the dimensions of the system of coordinates is associated with at least... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller Llc

20090216384 - Flow rate control system in refrigeration circuits, method for controlling a refrigeration system and a refrigeration system: The present invention relates to a flow rate control system in refrigeration circuits, to a method for controlling a refrigeration system and to a refrigeration system properly speaking, which may include, for example, from a domestic refrigerator to an air conditioning system. In particular, the present invention is directed to... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090216385 - Method and device for increasing the operational flexibility of a current-generating system, in particular a gas turbine or steam turbine: Discussed is a method and device for increasing the operational flexibility of a current-generating system with a turboset, comprising a turbine coupled to an electrical generator, a power set point value being predefined, and a future target time at which the turboset is supposed to be at the power set... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090216386 - Load shed transfer mechanism and method: A transfer mechanism and method are provided for transferring the supply of electrical power on a load between a utility source and a stand-by electrical generator wherein load includes an essential load and a secondary load. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer switch that transfers the supply of electrical power... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090216387 - Methods and system to manage variability in production of renewable energy: Methods and systems to control loads coupled to an electric energy or power grid within corresponding ranges of load values in response to one or more factors, such as to manage variability in production of renewable energy. Loads may be controlled in response to an indication of balance between available... Agent: Garrett Ip, Llc C/o Cpa Global

20090216388 - Wafer and temperature testing method of the same: A wafer on which a plurality of semiconductor chips are formed, and the wafer includes a temperature control circuit embedded in the wafer and configured to control its periphery temperature in the wafer to a predetermined target temperature; and a pad to which a start signal is supplied to start... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090210069 - 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

20090210070 - 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

20090210071 - Operational process control data server: A system for implementing operational process control servers includes an application server for receiving operational process control data from operational process control servers associated with components of the monitored process, a data visualization server for receiving the data from the application server and producing reports based on the data, and... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20090210072 - Detection systems for power equipment: Improved methods to detect when a human body contacts a predetermined portion of a machine are disclosed. The methods distinguish contact with a person from contact with other materials. The methods are particularly applicable in woodworking equipment such as table saws to distinguish contact between a person and the blade... Agent: Sd3, LLC

20090210073 - Can system: A CAN system includes a plurality of CAN modules and a CAN bus connecting the CAN modules. In at least one embodiment, a filter device is mounted between at least one CAN module and the CAN bus, by which CAN messages transported via the CAN bus and destined for the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090210074 - Interface device: According to the invention, the interface device (100) is able to accommodate simultaneously at least two sensor interface units (110, 120) for connecting to the sensors (210, 220), where each sensor interface unit (110, 120) can be selected from a plurality of sensor interface units, which differ at least by... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090210075 - Sensor net management method: There is provided a sensor node management method in which a user is unconscious of a service break even when a sensor node has failed among a plurality of sensor nodes assuming intermittent operation. Moreover, it is possible to provide a flexible sensor node management method capable of freely modifying... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20090210076 - Method and system for generating an optimized solution for a process: A method, system and computer program product for generating an optimized solution for a process in a manufacturing under a set of constraints. A solution is evaluated under the set of constraints and first violation metrics and first states corresponding to one or more solution elements are generated, based on... Agent: William L Botjer

20090210077 - Method for operating a field device in automation engineering with special functionalities: In a method for operating a field device of automation technology capable of special-functionalities, an enabling code set having a plurality of enabling code is managed in a superordinated, key-management unit. With the assistance of the enabling codes, special-functionalities can be enabled in field devices. Associated with individual enabling codes... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090210078 - Electronic analysis of athletic performance: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented athletic performance analysis method that includes obtaining, at a computer system, first motion data reflecting motion of a sporting device during one or more drills performed by an athlete. The method also includes creating and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090210079 - Communication between a media player and an accessory using a protocol with multiple lingoes: An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090210080 - Programmable audio system: An audio system and method. The audio system comprises a sensing device and a memory device. The memory device comprises a list of groups of gesture types. A first specified audio sound is stored within the memory device. A user programs a first association between the first specified audio sound... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20090210081 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090210082 - Composite material for use in forming a product fixture assembly for reduced weight, improved safety, and ease of manufacture: A method and apparatus thereof for providing a material for use in forming a product fixture assembly. One or more flaws of a currently utilized material can be analyzed for use in meeting a particular requirement of a product fixture assembly in order to identify one or more alternate materials... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090210083 - System and method for electronic inspection and record creation of assembly, repair and maintenance operations: A system and method for generating a real time electronic quality record of an assembly, test, and repair or maintenance operation. The method involves generating inputs from a plurality of information sources located within a manufacturing environment, the information sources providing information pertaining to at least a tool being used,... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090210084 - Rapid prototyping apparatus: Apparatus for producing an object by sequentially forming thin layers of a construction material one on top of the other responsive to data defining the object, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of printing heads each having a surface formed with a plurality of output orifices and controllable to dispense the... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090210085 - Method for suppressing the influence of roll eccentricities: The invention relates to a method for suppressing the influence of roll eccentricities on the run-out thickness of a rolled stock, which runs through a rolling stand, roll eccentricities being identified by using a process model and taken into consideration in the determination of a correction signal for a at... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090210086 - Systems and methods for sorting irregular objects: A system and method is provided for computerized sorting irregular objects. The method includes receiving a representative set of irregular objects comprising at least two types of user-specified qualities. The method also includes receiving at least two types of measured data for the representative set of irregular objects. The method... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20090210087 - Ultrasonic sensor for detecting the dispensing of a product: A vending machine includes a vend sensor for detecting a completion of a vend operation. The vend sensor includes an electronic circuit connected to first and second sound elements positioned on opposing sides of a product delivery chute of the vending machine. The first sound element directs a sound beam... Agent: Docket Clerk

20090210088 - Apparatus and a method and a system for dispensing goods: The invention relates to a dispenser apparatus for goods, said apparatus comprising a storage unit (1) for storing goods in a number of storage passages (7), a unit (8) for conveying one or more goods from the storage unit (1) to a conveyor unit (2, 20), said conveyor unit (2,... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20090210089 - Lock status notification & next case medication method, apparatus and corresponding medication storage device: A lock status notification method, apparatus and corresponding medication storage device (e.g., mobile medication dispensing cart, medication cabinet, nurse server, etc.) are provided. In order to generate the notification, a computing device operating on the medication storage device may monitor the status of a manual lock associated with one or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090210091 - Legged mobile robot and control system thereof: The legged mobile robot the foot comprises a foot main body connected to each leg, a toe provided at a fore end of the foot main body to be bendable with respect to the foot main body, and a bending angle holder capable of holding a bending angle of the... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P.

20090210090 - Robotic system and method for observing, learning, and supporting human activities: An example method for allowing a robot to assist with a task, the task being carried out in an environment including one or more non-human objects each having associated object locations, comprises detecting one or more changes in object locations within the environment, predicting a task requirement (such as a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090210092 - Method for self-localization of robot based on object recognition and environment information around recognized object: A method for self-localization of a robot, the robot including a camera unit, a database storing a map around a robot traveling path, and a position arithmetic unit estimating the position of the robot, includes: acquiring an image around the robot, in the camera unit. Further, the method includes recognizing,... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090210093 - Contact displacement actuator system: A robot displacement device for use with a robotic frame shaped to approximate and be coupleable to at least a portion of the human body and configured to mimic movement of the human body. The device employs a plurality of force sensors which are attached to the robotic frame which... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20090210094 - Apparatus and method for controlling an air supply for drying painted vehicles and other objects: A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a supply of conditioned air for drying one or more objects. The method also includes generating one or more control signals to control one... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090210095 - Humidity control for multiple unit a/c system installations: An air conditioning (A/C) system that may have a plurality of air conditioning units disposed in different zones of an area that each operate to cool the different zones, a humidity sensor for sensing the humidity in the area, and a controller. The controller may be adapted to analyze a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090210096 - Climate control system for data centers: A data center has equipment racks in which electronic equipment is disposed and a climate control system that includes a computer room air conditioner (CRAC) and an air economizer. The climate control system includes a control module that controls the climate control system. The control module determines whether outside air... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090210097 - Systems and methods for computer equipment management: Methods of managing computer equipment: the methods may comprise receiving data indicating a power dissipated by computer equipment in a portion of the server room and receiving data indicating an actual airflow through the portion of the server room. The methods may also comprise calculating a target airflow in the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090210098 - Marking apparatus and methods for creating an electronic record of marking apparatus operations: A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090210099 - Systems and methods for computer equipment management: Methods of placing computer equipment within a server room. The methods may comprise receiving a reservation request for a first piece of computer equipment and selecting a first zone of the server room. The reservation request may specify a type of the first piece of computer equipment. Also, the power... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090210100 - Prioritization of power system related data: A method for prioritizing events on an electrical power system, including: (a) acquiring at least one data portion representative of the behavior of the electrical power system, the at least one data portion containing at least one power system event; (b) assigning at least one rank value to the at... Agent: Trego, Hines & Ladenheim, PLLC

20090210101 - Electronic dice: An electronic die capable of reporting roll results is disclosed. The die can include an acceleration measurement system capable of outputting roll data. A processor can then interpret the roll data and transmit it through a wireless interface to a monitoring device. The monitoring device can then show a user... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090210102 - Method for controlling temperature in a refrigeration system: A method for controlling a temperature in a refrigeration system using a quality decay value expressing an expected decay rate in quality of the products being refrigerated, and which depends on the temperature of air present in the refrigeration system. The quality decay value is obtained using a mathematical model... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090204232 - Self sensing component interface system: The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to optimize control systems for networked industrial sensors or devices and methods for self sensing, communicating with, monitoring of, controlling and optimizing utilization of networked industrial sensors and related control systems primarily in an industrial automation environment. The invention provides self-sensing and... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204233 - Apparatus and method for system identification and loop-shaping controller design in a process control system: One method includes obtaining a preliminary model associated with a system to be controlled and constructing a weighted model using one or more weighting factors. The method also includes identifying a final model of the system using the preliminary and weighted models, where the final model has a stability margin... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090204234 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204235 - Triggering and activating device for two coupled control systems that can be mutually activated, and corresponding method: A triggering and activating device and an automated process coupling two reciprocally activatable monitoring devices or operational-intervention devices. A first synchronizing module synchronizes transmissible operational-intervention parameters of a lookup table with operational devices assigned to the first monitoring device, and a second synchronizing module synchronizes storable threshold-value parameters for activating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204236 - Method and system for vibration avoidance for automated machinery: A method for vibration avoidance in automated machinery produces actuator space-time contours that meet design objectives of the machinery while suppressing energy content at frequencies in the space-time contour, by concatenating multiple space-time contour segments together in such a way as to be mostly free of energy at the frequencies... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20090204237 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204238 - Electronically controlled marking apparatus and methods: A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204239 - Led light controller system and method: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for selecting a color show generated by LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights. The system can include a faceplate indicating the color shows available to select from. The faceplate includes a selector positioned to select one of the color shows. The system includes... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20090204240 - Cnc controller and method for data transmission: A CNC controller for a machine tool has a read/write device for use with an interchangeable memory unit for storing and loading machine data, it being possible to act on the read/write device using an interchangeable memory unit, and the CNC controller being set up to transfer machine data to... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090204242 - Installer, peripheral device control apparatus, and documentary information server: There is provided a computer-readable medium having an installer stored thereon and readable by a peripheral device control apparatus that controls a peripheral device, the installer, when executed by the peripheral device control apparatus, causes the peripheral device control apparatus to install a program for the peripheral device control apparatus.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090204241 - Method of controlling heating cooking apparatus: Provided is a method of controlling a heating cooking apparatus that involves accurate heating processing of food by one sequence and can prevent even underheating while preventing overheating by using only a humidity sensor if the food has a weight within a given weight range. When a generated steam volume... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090204244 - Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple protocol versions: An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090204243 - Method and apparatus for creating customized text-to-speech podcasts and videos incorporating associated media: Method and apparatus for creating a customized text-to-speech podcast by receiving a text file, parsing and tagging the text file, creating multiple audio files by text-to-speech technology, and creating a podcast by combining the audio files. The podcast can be an audio podcast or a video podcast. Video podcasts associate... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090204245 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204246 - Apparatus and method for optimizing operation of sugar dryers: A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a sugar dryer. The method also includes generating one or more control signals to control one or more controlled variables associated with the sugar... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090204247 - Method for customizing a bearing bore: A method for customizing a bearing bore in a housing so that the bearing assembly will transmit load in a desired manner over a predetermined range of operating temperatures.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090204248 - Method and system for determining a demand on a product variant using bill of material: Disclosed is a method and system for receiving a product parts list containing parts for creating a product variant of a product and updating a bill of material with the parts and a selection condition to identify a part of the product variant. The method includes determining a characteristic and... Agent: Sap Ag

20090204249 - Quality assurance method when operating an industrial machine: There is described a method for operating an industrial machine, the latter being e.g. a processing machine, a production machine or a manipulation robot. At least part of the operation of said industrial machine is simulated with the aid of a simulation model and the simulated results and real-time data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090204250 - System and method for integrating rfid sensors in manufacturing system comprising single use components: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring physical, chemical and biological properties of a manufacturing system comprising embedding a plurality of RFID sensors in a plurality of corresponding single use components wherein each of the plurality of RFID sensors is configured to provide multi-parameter measurements for at... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090204251 - Method of determining mounting condition: To provide a method for determining a mounting condition to be set for at least one apparatus among apparatuses for manufacturing component-mounted boards. The method includes: determining, from among the apparatuses, a specific apparatus which satisfies a predetermined standard in performance associated with a manufacturing operation (S1); obtaining the mounting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090204252 - Substrate processing method and apparatus, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and storage medium: A substrate processing method includes a first step of forming a metal complex by allowing a processing gas containing an organic compound to be adsorbed by a metal layer formed on a target substrate while setting the target substrate to be kept at a first temperature, and a second step... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204253 - Method and device for composite machining: Computer-enabled methods and devices allow for the ready set-up for machine instruction generation by addressing various combinations of machining patterns and tool axis orientations via the selection or designation of a machining pattern and the selection or designation of a tool axis orientation via exemplary separate menus of a user... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20090204254 - Method and apparatus for removing, inserting and securing receptacles in a receptacle tray: A method and apparatus for controlling removal of one or more receptacles from a receptacle tray are described herein, in which a removal indicator indicates which of the one or more receptacles to remove. Thereafter, the indicated one or more receptacles may be manually removed from the receptacle tray using... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090204255 - System for supporting medicine filling operation: Provided is a system for supporting medicine filling operation determines whether or not a combination of a medicine container and a medicine is appropriate and performs filling operation reliably and quickly without making a mistake. A control means (7) determines whether or not a medicine and a mounting object conform... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090204256 - Method and device for indicating future need for product replacement of random-use dispensing: A method and device for indicating whether a dispensable product will require refilling prior to the next scheduled service interval includes tracking the amount of use over a first interval, and calculating a frequency based from the use over the first interval. The quantity remaining is compared with the required... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090204257 - System and method for visualization of process errors: A system for visualizing process errors that occur in connection with processing a workpiece by means of a process tool and an industrial robot moving the tool along a path in relation to the workpiece during the processing. The system is configured to store information on process errors and information... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090204258 - Dynamic space check for multi-arm system moving on a rail: A system and method for controlling motion interference avoidance for a plurality of robots are disclosed, the system and method including a dynamic space check system wherein an efficiency of operation is maximized and a potential for interference or collision is minimized.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090204259 - Control method and system for hydraulic machines employing a dynamic joint motion model: A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can include determining a dynamic model of the motion of the hydraulic arm for each hydraulic arm link by relating the input... Agent: Unr/dri Technology Transfer Office

20090204260 - Door opener arrangement for use with an industrial robot: A door opener arrangement for a robot coating device, used for detecting a position of a part (6) of a door (7) so that the door can be opened and/or closed for interior painting. The door opener is arranged with at least one non-contact sensor member (1), preferably for detecting... Agent: Venable LLP

20090204261 - Industrial robot system: An industrial robot system including at least one manipulator, at least one control device adapted to control the operation of the at least one manipulator and at least one wireless, portable interface device adapted for communication with a user and for communication with at least one control device. The industrial... Agent: Venable LLP

20090204262 - Environmental control apparatus, environmental control system, environmental control method, and environmental control program: An environmental control apparatus that is installed in a room and is portable, includes a sensor unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The sensor unit senses the air environment of the room. The determination unit determines whether the air environment of the room is within the range of... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090204264 - Method and apparatus for operating an automated biomolecular preparation system: A system automatically prepares and analyzes a macromolecule prepared from a complex liquid mixture. To prepare the macromolecule, a controller executing executable instructions, such as compiled software or firmware, operates a hydraulic subsystem in response to operational input, which may be interpreted by the executable instructions at run-time. To analyze... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090204263 - Pool temperature controller: A device for controlling the temperature of a swimming pool is disclosed. The device measures the temperature of the water as well as other environmental conditions (such as air temperature). The device controls a circulation pump, which circulates water throughout the pool. The pool water exchanges heat with the surfaces... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20090204265 - Long-range radio frequency receiver-controller module and wireless control system comprising same: A long-range radio frequency (RF) transceiver-controller module configured to transmit and receive RF signals in one or more of the 433, 868, 915 MHz, and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands is provided that is capable of consistently transmitting such signals over a range of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090204266 - System and method of controlling a wind turbine in a wind power plant: The invention relates to a central controller adapted for controlling a number of wind turbines. The wind turbines being controlled and monitored by the central controller via a first monitoring and control network and a second monitoring and control network. The term monitoring and control network is in accordance with... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090204267 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204268 - Power distribution system with fault protection using energy packet confirmation: The disclosed power distribution system regulates the transfer of energy from a source 1 to a load 3. Source Controller 5 on the source side closes Disconnect Device 7 and monitors the transfer of a pulse or “packet” of energy to the load side. A Load Controller 9 on the... Agent: Stephen S Eaves

20090204269 - Variable transmission window constructions: An electrical control system is disclosed for controlling a plurality of variable transmittance windows. The electrical control system of the present invention comprises a master control circuit for supplying control signals representing transmittance levels for the variable transmission windows, and a plurality of window control circuits coupled to each of... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090204271 - Cooling device for a reaction chamber for processing a biochip and method for controlling said cooling device: The invention relates to a cooling device for a reaction chamber for processing a biochip and to a method for controlling said cooling device. The cooling device (50) according to the invention comprises a cooling piston (51), a cooling unit (52) for cooling the cooling piston (51) and a drive... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090204270 - Method and system for redundant management of fans within a shared enclosure: A method for providing redundant management of fans within a shared enclosure, comprising: detecting for an abnormal cooling condition in an enclosure configured for housing a first server having a first fan and a second server having a second fan; operating the first fan and the second fan to run... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20090204273 - Computer system and method for determining the impact of an earthquake event: For determining the impact of an earthquake event, received and stored (S1) in a computer is location information associated with geographic locations. Moreover, received (S3) via a communications network from an earthquake data server is regional intensity data, indicative of ground shaking intensity caused at the geographic locations. An average... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204274 - Control devices for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer: A control device or “bird” for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer is provided with an elongate, partly flexible body which is designed to be electrically and mechanically connected in series with a streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has two opposed wings which are independently controllable... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20090204272 - Positioning device and positioning method: A positioning device includes moving means (2) for relatively moving a positioning object (21) and length measuring means (8) for measuring the distance to the positioning object (21) in non-contact manner and outputting a detection signal if the positioning object (21) is detected only in a length measuring area within... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090204232 - Self sensing component interface system: The subject innovation provides for systems and methods to optimize control systems for networked industrial sensors or devices and methods for self sensing, communicating with, monitoring of, controlling and optimizing utilization of networked industrial sensors and related control systems primarily in an industrial automation environment. The invention provides self-sensing and... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204233 - Apparatus and method for system identification and loop-shaping controller design in a process control system: One method includes obtaining a preliminary model associated with a system to be controlled and constructing a weighted model using one or more weighting factors. The method also includes identifying a final model of the system using the preliminary and weighted models, where the final model has a stability margin... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090204234 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204235 - Triggering and activating device for two coupled control systems that can be mutually activated, and corresponding method: A triggering and activating device and an automated process coupling two reciprocally activatable monitoring devices or operational-intervention devices. A first synchronizing module synchronizes transmissible operational-intervention parameters of a lookup table with operational devices assigned to the first monitoring device, and a second synchronizing module synchronizes storable threshold-value parameters for activating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204236 - Method and system for vibration avoidance for automated machinery: A method for vibration avoidance in automated machinery produces actuator space-time contours that meet design objectives of the machinery while suppressing energy content at frequencies in the space-time contour, by concatenating multiple space-time contour segments together in such a way as to be mostly free of energy at the frequencies... Agent: Brown & Michaels, PC 400 M & T Bank Building

20090204237 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204238 - Electronically controlled marking apparatus and methods: A marking system may hold a container from which markers are dispensed to mark the presence or absence of an underground facility in a dig area. The container may identify a marker characteristic regarding the markers in the container. The marking system may receive activation of a trigger, dispense a... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090204239 - Led light controller system and method: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a system for selecting a color show generated by LED landscape, pool, and/or spa lights. The system can include a faceplate indicating the color shows available to select from. The faceplate includes a selector positioned to select one of the color shows. The system includes... Agent: Greenberg Traurig (phx)

20090204240 - Cnc controller and method for data transmission: A CNC controller for a machine tool has a read/write device for use with an interchangeable memory unit for storing and loading machine data, it being possible to act on the read/write device using an interchangeable memory unit, and the CNC controller being set up to transfer machine data to... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090204242 - Installer, peripheral device control apparatus, and documentary information server: There is provided a computer-readable medium having an installer stored thereon and readable by a peripheral device control apparatus that controls a peripheral device, the installer, when executed by the peripheral device control apparatus, causes the peripheral device control apparatus to install a program for the peripheral device control apparatus.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090204241 - Method of controlling heating cooking apparatus: Provided is a method of controlling a heating cooking apparatus that involves accurate heating processing of food by one sequence and can prevent even underheating while preventing overheating by using only a humidity sensor if the food has a weight within a given weight range. When a generated steam volume... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090204244 - Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple protocol versions: An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090204243 - Method and apparatus for creating customized text-to-speech podcasts and videos incorporating associated media: Method and apparatus for creating a customized text-to-speech podcast by receiving a text file, parsing and tagging the text file, creating multiple audio files by text-to-speech technology, and creating a podcast by combining the audio files. The podcast can be an audio podcast or a video podcast. Video podcasts associate... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20090204245 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204246 - Apparatus and method for optimizing operation of sugar dryers: A method includes determining how to adjust one or more manipulated variables using at least one model. The one or more manipulated variables are associated with a sugar dryer. The method also includes generating one or more control signals to control one or more controlled variables associated with the sugar... Agent: Anthony Miologos Honeywell International Inc.

20090204247 - Method for customizing a bearing bore: A method for customizing a bearing bore in a housing so that the bearing assembly will transmit load in a desired manner over a predetermined range of operating temperatures.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090204248 - Method and system for determining a demand on a product variant using bill of material: Disclosed is a method and system for receiving a product parts list containing parts for creating a product variant of a product and updating a bill of material with the parts and a selection condition to identify a part of the product variant. The method includes determining a characteristic and... Agent: Sap Ag

20090204249 - Quality assurance method when operating an industrial machine: There is described a method for operating an industrial machine, the latter being e.g. a processing machine, a production machine or a manipulation robot. At least part of the operation of said industrial machine is simulated with the aid of a simulation model and the simulated results and real-time data... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090204250 - System and method for integrating rfid sensors in manufacturing system comprising single use components: The present invention provides a system and method for measuring physical, chemical and biological properties of a manufacturing system comprising embedding a plurality of RFID sensors in a plurality of corresponding single use components wherein each of the plurality of RFID sensors is configured to provide multi-parameter measurements for at... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20090204251 - Method of determining mounting condition: To provide a method for determining a mounting condition to be set for at least one apparatus among apparatuses for manufacturing component-mounted boards. The method includes: determining, from among the apparatuses, a specific apparatus which satisfies a predetermined standard in performance associated with a manufacturing operation (S1); obtaining the mounting... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20090204252 - Substrate processing method and apparatus, method for manufacturing semiconductor device and storage medium: A substrate processing method includes a first step of forming a metal complex by allowing a processing gas containing an organic compound to be adsorbed by a metal layer formed on a target substrate while setting the target substrate to be kept at a first temperature, and a second step... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204253 - Method and device for composite machining: Computer-enabled methods and devices allow for the ready set-up for machine instruction generation by addressing various combinations of machining patterns and tool axis orientations via the selection or designation of a machining pattern and the selection or designation of a tool axis orientation via exemplary separate menus of a user... Agent: Michael Blaine Brooks, P.C.

20090204254 - Method and apparatus for removing, inserting and securing receptacles in a receptacle tray: A method and apparatus for controlling removal of one or more receptacles from a receptacle tray are described herein, in which a removal indicator indicates which of the one or more receptacles to remove. Thereafter, the indicated one or more receptacles may be manually removed from the receptacle tray using... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090204255 - System for supporting medicine filling operation: Provided is a system for supporting medicine filling operation determines whether or not a combination of a medicine container and a medicine is appropriate and performs filling operation reliably and quickly without making a mistake. A control means (7) determines whether or not a medicine and a mounting object conform... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090204256 - Method and device for indicating future need for product replacement of random-use dispensing: A method and device for indicating whether a dispensable product will require refilling prior to the next scheduled service interval includes tracking the amount of use over a first interval, and calculating a frequency based from the use over the first interval. The quantity remaining is compared with the required... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20090204257 - System and method for visualization of process errors: A system for visualizing process errors that occur in connection with processing a workpiece by means of a process tool and an industrial robot moving the tool along a path in relation to the workpiece during the processing. The system is configured to store information on process errors and information... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090204258 - Dynamic space check for multi-arm system moving on a rail: A system and method for controlling motion interference avoidance for a plurality of robots are disclosed, the system and method including a dynamic space check system wherein an efficiency of operation is maximized and a potential for interference or collision is minimized.... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20090204259 - Control method and system for hydraulic machines employing a dynamic joint motion model: A control method and system for controlling a hydraulically actuated mechanical arm to perform a task, the mechanical arm optionally being a hydraulically actuated excavator arm. The method can include determining a dynamic model of the motion of the hydraulic arm for each hydraulic arm link by relating the input... Agent: Unr/dri Technology Transfer Office

20090204260 - Door opener arrangement for use with an industrial robot: A door opener arrangement for a robot coating device, used for detecting a position of a part (6) of a door (7) so that the door can be opened and/or closed for interior painting. The door opener is arranged with at least one non-contact sensor member (1), preferably for detecting... Agent: Venable LLP

20090204261 - Industrial robot system: An industrial robot system including at least one manipulator, at least one control device adapted to control the operation of the at least one manipulator and at least one wireless, portable interface device adapted for communication with a user and for communication with at least one control device. The industrial... Agent: Venable LLP

20090204262 - Environmental control apparatus, environmental control system, environmental control method, and environmental control program: An environmental control apparatus that is installed in a room and is portable, includes a sensor unit, a determination unit, and an output unit. The sensor unit senses the air environment of the room. The determination unit determines whether the air environment of the room is within the range of... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090204264 - Method and apparatus for operating an automated biomolecular preparation system: A system automatically prepares and analyzes a macromolecule prepared from a complex liquid mixture. To prepare the macromolecule, a controller executing executable instructions, such as compiled software or firmware, operates a hydraulic subsystem in response to operational input, which may be interpreted by the executable instructions at run-time. To analyze... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20090204263 - Pool temperature controller: A device for controlling the temperature of a swimming pool is disclosed. The device measures the temperature of the water as well as other environmental conditions (such as air temperature). The device controls a circulation pump, which circulates water throughout the pool. The pool water exchanges heat with the surfaces... Agent: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

20090204265 - Long-range radio frequency receiver-controller module and wireless control system comprising same: A long-range radio frequency (RF) transceiver-controller module configured to transmit and receive RF signals in one or more of the 433, 868, 915 MHz, and 2.4 and 5.8 GHz Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency bands is provided that is capable of consistently transmitting such signals over a range of... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090204266 - System and method of controlling a wind turbine in a wind power plant: The invention relates to a central controller adapted for controlling a number of wind turbines. The wind turbines being controlled and monitored by the central controller via a first monitoring and control network and a second monitoring and control network. The term monitoring and control network is in accordance with... Agent: St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC

20090204267 - System and method for dynamic multi-objective optimization of machine selection, integration and utilization: The invention provides control systems and methodologies for controlling a process having computer-controlled equipment, which provide for optimized process performance according to one or more performance criteria, such as efficiency, component life expectancy, safety, emissions, noise, vibration, operational cost, or the like. More particularly, the subject invention provides for employing... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP Attention: Heather Holmes

20090204268 - Power distribution system with fault protection using energy packet confirmation: The disclosed power distribution system regulates the transfer of energy from a source 1 to a load 3. Source Controller 5 on the source side closes Disconnect Device 7 and monitors the transfer of a pulse or “packet” of energy to the load side. A Load Controller 9 on the... Agent: Stephen S Eaves

20090204269 - Variable transmission window constructions: An electrical control system is disclosed for controlling a plurality of variable transmittance windows. The electrical control system of the present invention comprises a master control circuit for supplying control signals representing transmittance levels for the variable transmission windows, and a plurality of window control circuits coupled to each of... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090204271 - Cooling device for a reaction chamber for processing a biochip and method for controlling said cooling device: The invention relates to a cooling device for a reaction chamber for processing a biochip and to a method for controlling said cooling device. The cooling device (50) according to the invention comprises a cooling piston (51), a cooling unit (52) for cooling the cooling piston (51) and a drive... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090204270 - Method and system for redundant management of fans within a shared enclosure: A method for providing redundant management of fans within a shared enclosure, comprising: detecting for an abnormal cooling condition in an enclosure configured for housing a first server having a first fan and a second server having a second fan; operating the first fan and the second fan to run... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Tuscon Division

20090204273 - Computer system and method for determining the impact of an earthquake event: For determining the impact of an earthquake event, received and stored (S1) in a computer is location information associated with geographic locations. Moreover, received (S3) via a communications network from an earthquake data server is regional intensity data, indicative of ground shaking intensity caused at the geographic locations. An average... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090204274 - Control devices for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer: A control device or “bird” for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer is provided with an elongate, partly flexible body which is designed to be electrically and mechanically connected in series with a streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has two opposed wings which are independently controllable... Agent: Westerngeco L.L.C. Jeffrey E. Griffin

20090204272 - Positioning device and positioning method: A positioning device includes moving means (2) for relatively moving a positioning object (21) and length measuring means (8) for measuring the distance to the positioning object (21) in non-contact manner and outputting a detection signal if the positioning object (21) is detected only in a length measuring area within... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090198347 - Access-controlled storage system: The present invention relates to a container for an access-controlled storage system comprising a plurality of compartments, each compartment designed to contain an article, and a control means to control the accessibility of said compartments, wherein said control means is capable of granting access to the article of only one... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Operations Inc.

20090198348 - Method and apparatus for interconnecting modules: An industrial process control apparatus and method that includes a number of processors and a number of input/output modules. Each processor is connected to a plurality of the input/output modules by a unidirectional command line. Each input/output module is connected to a plurality of the processors by a unidirectional response... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20090198349 - System and method for shielding open process control client applications from bad quality initial data: A system (10) and method (200) for managing components in a control system can include a plurality of devices (150) operably coupled to a processing system (125) for controlling a process run by the processing system. A server (100) is in communication with the plurality of devices. A client (20)... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090198350 - Robust adaptive model predictive controller with tuning to compensate for model mismatch: An MPC adaptation and tuning technique integrates feedback control performance better than methods commonly used today in MPC type controllers, resulting in an MPC adaptation/tuning technique that performs better than traditional MPC techniques in the presence of process model mismatch. The MPC controller performance is enhanced by adding a controller... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20090198351 - Control circuit and camera apparatus: A control circuit includes a desired value arithmetic unit that calculates a desired value of a control object, a sensor that detects a value indicating a state of an actuator used to displace the control object, a deviation arithmetic unit that calculates a deviation of the control object from the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090198352 - Method for programming a control device: A method for programming a control device for a machine includes the steps of obtaining a component that is required to program the control device, this component being called up from a data collection, storing the component in a memory device, processing the component, integrating the processed component in the... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20090198353 - Parameterizing an automation device: The invention pertains to a method for parameterizing an automation device, in which at least one control parameter is defined (101) in order to specify a control characteristic of the automation device and a device parameter is assigned (103) to the at least one control parameter in order to specify... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20090198354 - Controlling objects via gesturing: The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing device and pointing analysis subsystem also employing the pointing device, are combined... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090198361 - Communication between an accessory and a media player with multiple lingoes: An interface and protocol allow a media player to communicate with external accessories over a transport link. The protocol includes a core protocol functionality and a number of accessory lingoes. Examples of accessory lingoes include a microphone lingo, a simple remote lingo, a display remote lingo, an RF transmitter lingo,... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090198355 - Ear-mounted mp3 player with radio and remote control: The ear-mounted MP-3 player with radio and remote control is a battery-operated MP3 player that can be mounted on a user's ear. The ear-mounted MP3 player includes a wireless feature, a talking stopwatch/clock with display, an am-fm radio, a built-in antenna, and a device locator. A separate key fob-sized wireless... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090198360 - Method of associating recorded audio with position: A method of enabling recorded audio to be associated with a position on a surface. The surface has coded data printed thereon. The coded data is indicative of a plurality of locations on the surface. The method comprises the steps of: (i) interacting with the surface using a handheld audio... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20090198357 - Portable audio player: An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter... Agent: Charles G. Call

20090198359 - Portable electronic device configured to present contact images: Methods and systems are disclosed for navigating or browsing through images, such as contact images, on electronic devices, such as portable electronic device having a touch screen display. In one embodiment, users of electronic devices are able to browse through contact images to locate a particular contact within a plurality... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20090198356 - Primary-ambient decomposition of stereo audio signals using a complex similarity index: An audio signal is processed to derive primary and ambient components of the signal. The signal is first transformed to generate frequency-domain subband signals. Primary and ambient components are separated by comparing frequency subband content using a complex-valued similarity metric, wherein one of the primary and ambient components is determined... Agent: Creative Labs, Inc. Legal Department

20090198358 - System for disseminating media content representing episodes in a serialized sequence: An audio program and message distribution system in which a host system organizes and transmits program segments to client subscriber locations. The host organizes the program segments by subject matter and creates scheduled programming in accordance with preferences associated with each subscriber. Program segments are associated with descriptive subject matter... Agent: Charles G. Call

20090198362 - Apparatus and method for handling orders: Order handling apparatus of the present invention stores assembly standard information that at least one component is managed for each assembly and component standard information which is basic information of a component to be mapped with each other. Order handling apparatus duplicates component standard information together with assembly standard information... Agent: Nec Corporation Of America

20090198363 - Production system creating system, production system creating method, and storage medium storing production system creating program for allowing computer to execute production system creating method: To provide a production system creating system that can create a production system of an article by freely combining a plurality of production factors of various types from a superordinate concept toward a subordinate concept thereof. In a production system creating system 10, a plurality of two-term relationships of various... Agent: Clark & Brody

20090198364 - Method and system for integrating a restriction object with a material object: A method and system for integrating a restriction object with a material object is provided. A reference is generated between a material object and a restriction object. A restriction note is received from a supplier having a material restriction for a material in the material object. A material position is... Agent: Sap Ag

20090198365 - Computer program product, apparatus and system for managing a manual assembly sequence: A computer program product, apparatus and system are disclosed for managing a manual assembly sequence by electronically referencing unique identifiers associated with physical components to be assembled in the sequence. Certain embodiments facilitate management of an assembly of a consumer product. In one embodiment, RFID tags are used as unique... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20090198366 - Method and device for operating a machine tool: A method and a device for operating a machine tool are disclosed, wherein a machining operation of the machine tool is controlled by a parts program by storing a simulated configuration of the machine tool in the parts program, determining an actual configuration of the machine tool, comparing the actual... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090198367 - Work machining apparatus control program and work machining apparatus control device for executing the control program: A control system is provided for each pair of a work fixing part and a work machining part. In each control system, a work receiving program block, a work machining program block and a work discharge program block are provided, and the work machining program block starts on the condition... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090198368 - Manufacturing apparatus, information processing method, and program: Provided is a manufacturing apparatus for appropriately managing information about parts of the manufacturing apparatus. The manufacturing apparatus includes: a parts identification information receiving unit receiving parts identification information used to identify parts of the manufacturing apparatus for performing a semiconductor process with respect to a substrate to be processed;... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090198369 - Adaptive control of composite plycutting: The feed rate of an ultrasonic knife used to cut composite material is optimized using adaptive control. One or more parameters such as ultrasonic power or side load on the knife is sensed and used to generate feedback control signals. The feedback control signals are used to optimize the commanded... Agent: Tung & Associates

20090198370 - Production system provided with a production control apparatus: A production control apparatus (10) of a production system (1) provided with a storing means (3) for storing in advance a production system model (4) comprised of workpiece information regarding workpieces (W) and program information regarding a plurality of work programs of robots (11 to 13) and a plurality of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090198371 - Apparatus and method for asset tracking: An apparatus and method for tracking the location of one or more assets, comprising an integrated system that identifies an asset, determines the time the asset is acquired by a conveying vehicle, determines the position, elevation and orientation of the asset at the moment it is acquired, determines the time... Agent: Steven W. Lucas

20090198372 - Battery charging and transfer system for electrically powered vehicles: A battery transfer and charging system for electric vehicles is described. A station removes one or more spent batteries of electric vehicles having multiple batteries. The receiving system includes an engagement device for engaging with engagement structures of the batteries, in order to assist the removal of spent batteries. Spent... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090198373 - Automated dispenser with a paper sensing system: A dispenser for dispensing a portion of sheet product stored in a dispenser, in which a dispensed sheet portion is to be removed by tearing the sheet portion from the remaining product supply. The dispenser includes a system which detects the presence of sheet product in a region of a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090198375 - Human-guided mapping method for mobile robot: A method of mapping an operation area by a team of a human and a mobile robot 200 includes the steps of defining a graph representing the area by a human 201, guiding the robot by human along an edge 203, stopping at a vertex in the graph by the... Agent: Yutaka Kanayama

20090198374 - Nursing system: A nursing system of the present invention can position where a person to be nursed through a sensor network widely deployed in an environment, instantaneously detect if the person to be nursed has an accident, and forward a message to inform a relative or medical staff. An autonomous robot will... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090198376 - Distributed multi-robot system: A system is provided that includes at least one manager and one or more robots configured to communicate wirelessly. The manager can include certain functions that generate data, instructions, or both used by one or more robots. The manager can also facilitate communications among several robots, or robots could also... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090198378 - Method for restarting a robot: A method for restarting a robot after a premature interruption of a processing program, which controls it, at an interruption point. The robot has an atomiser apparatus for automatic coating of workpieces, and the processing program is used to preset a nominal movement of the atomiser apparatus with respect to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090198379 - Robot safety monitor device, and robot safety monitor method: It is determined whether the first tool identification information that is output from a robot control device, and that indicates a present tool and the second tool identification information for detecting and identifying a tool attached to the robot are unequal to each other. The position coordinates of the taught... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090198377 - Wafer position teaching method and teaching tool: In the wafer position teaching method for a wafer carrying system, a teaching tool is mounted at a position of the container or the processing equipment where the semiconductor wafer is to be set. The teaching tool is sensed by a sensor provided at a wafer gripping portion of the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090198380 - Methods for real-time and near real-time interactions with robots that service a facility: In accordance with aspects of the present invention, a service robot and methods for controlling such a robot are provided. In particular, the robot is configured to sense the presence of a person and to take a next action in response to sensing the presence of the person. As examples,... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090198381 - Methods for repurposing temporal-spatial information collected by service robots: Robots and methods implemented therein implement an active repurposing of temporal-spatial information. A robot can be configured to analyze the information to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the primary service function that generated the information originally. A robot can be configured to use the information to create a three... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090198382 - Tool control system: A tool control system is disclosed. The control system may have a first actuator configured to control a first linkage. The control system may further have a second actuator configured to control a second linkage. The control system may also have a third actuator configured to control a work tool,... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.L.P.

20090198383 - Location determination of power system disturbances based on frequency responses of the system: A system for detecting and locating a disturbance event within a power grid includes a series of frequency disturbance recorders (FDRs) taking measurements in the power grid at dispersed points of the power grid, an information management system, configured to receive data from the series of FDRs and analyze the... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20090198384 - Electronic smart meter enabling demand response and method for demand response: The electric smart meter enabling demand response and method for the demand response are disclosed capable of acquiring an option and response information from a subscriber for enabling an active demand control, and to this end, the electric smart meter is embedded therewithin at least one or more integrated monitoring... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Waimey

20090198385 - Storage medium for storing power consumption monitor program, power consumption monitor apparatus and power consumption monitor method: A power consumption monitor device monitors power consumption of one or more devices through a network. The monitor device includes a storage unit, a load information collecting unit and a power consumption estimation unit. The storage unit stores power consumption estimation information indicating a relation between power consumption and processing... Agent: Fujitsu Patent Center C/o Cpa Global

20090198386 - Digital excitation control system utilizing swarm intelligence and an associated method of use: A system and method of use for self-tuning a PID controller utilized with an exciter and generator is disclosed. The system includes a power source, an exciter electrically connected to the power source, a generator that is electrically energized by the exciter, and a processor that provides a PID controller... Agent: Thompson Coburn LLP

20090198388 - Operation ready transportable data center in a shipping container: A movable data center is disclosed that comprises a portable container in which an operable computer system is assembled. A data link, power supply link and cooling system are provided through ports on the exterior of the container. The computer system is assembled to a rack that is secured to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Sun / Stk

20090198387 - Portable computer and method for preheating portable computer before booting: The invention provides a portable computer. When a power input terminal of the portable computer is connected to a power source, a sensor senses the temperature of electronic components of the portable computer to provide a sensed temperature value. When the sensed temperature value is lower than a preset temperature... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP