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Data processing: generic control systems or specific applications April category listing, related patent applications 04/10

20100106261 - Alternative user-interface: A system for programming a programmable device having an interface for a portable memory medium has an interactive interface executable on a stand-alone computer appliance for creating a program for the programmable device, a portable memory medium, and a downloading mechanism for transferring the created program to the portable memory... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20100106262 - Device for a networked control system: The invention relates to a networked control system, comprising a plurality of devices (100a, 100b, 100c), wherein each device (100a, 100b, 100c) is specified by a corresponding device logic and means (332) for collecting the device logics of the plurality of devices (100a, 100b, 100c) and for specifying a runtime... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20100106263 - System for revenue management using location based services: A method for revenue management using location based services includes setting a static offering price of an offered product and monitoring a geographic sales region for at least one potential customer. The offering price may be optimized into a targeted price based on at least one dynamic attribute of the... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20100106264 - Plant operation system: There has been a problem that, in the case where, when a plant operation control system is replaced by a backup plant operation control system, the position of an operation device differs from the position upon normal plant operation, a problem is posed while the plant is operated. There is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100106265 - Smart filter for an appliance: A filter assembly is provided for an appliance that performs a useful cycle of operation on a physical article and uses a resource that passes through the filter assembly. The filter assembly includes at least one replaceable filter mounted in a filter holder. The filter holder has at least one... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20100106266 - Enabling community tournaments: Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable mediums as set forth herein are directed to accessing a plurality of proposals for consideration and generating and enabling a tournament, the tournament having at least one tier, the at least one tier having at least one match. Generating and enabling the tournament may include... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100106273 - Audio data associated with a surface and a position on the surface: A method of playing audio data by a portable device is disclosed. The method starts with an optical sensor of the portable device sensing a tag on a surface. The tag encodes an identity of the surface and a location of the tag on the surface. Audio data is recorded... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20100106270 - Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal: A method of processing an audio signal is disclosed. The present invention comprises receiving downmix signal including object signals, transforming the downmix signal per frequency band, determining a direction of an object signal from the transformed downmix signal, and determining blind information by estimating a level of the object signal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100106271 - Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal: A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having an independent object and a background object downmixed therein; generating a first multi-channel information for controlling the independent object; and generating a second multi-channel information for controlling the background object... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100106269 - Method and apparatus for signal processing using transform-domain log-companding: A method and apparatus for audio signal processing by applying log companding on spectral domain or time domain representations of the audio signals to provide an encoded audio signal, which is decoded upon receipt. A frequency domain representation or time domain representation of the audio signal is computed by separating... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20100106267 - Music recording comparison engine: A method is provided to compare recordings that includes providing a list of a plurality of recordings and selecting at least a first recording and a second recording from the plurality of recordings. The first recording and the second recording have predetermined lengths The method also includes selecting a first... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20100106268 - Packet-based audio conversion and distribution device: An embodiment of an apparatus for distributing a digital audio signal includes a digital audio to packet data converter configured to receive a digital audio signal and convert the digital audio signal to a packetized audio data stream. The embodiment of the apparatus further includes a wireless packet data transmitter... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20100106272 - Sound recording device, sound recording method, and sound recording program embodied on computer readable medium: In order to facilitate the operation to select a directional microphone and a non-directional microphone, an IC recorder includes a directional microphone having directivity, a non-directional microphone not having directivity, a scene selection portion to select one of the four scenes of oral dictation, conference, lecture, and music, a first... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20100106274 - Wiring design apparatus: A wiring design apparatus includes a first acquirer that acquires a first wiring block whose region has a maximum number of crossings with regions of other wiring blocks from printed circuit board data of a printed circuit board having a plurality of wiring blocks with a specific region on a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100106275 - Method and apparatus for obtaining data for a dental component and a physical dental model: Methods for obtaining data and for manufacturing a dental component and a physical dental model of at least a part of a dental structure are provided which can improve processing times and provide sufficient manufacturing accuracy. An embodiment of the method can comprise obtaining a first data record for manufacturing... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20100106276 - Method for modelling or producing a denture supply, machine-readable data carrier, and computer: The invention relates to a method of modelling a denture supply, such as a bridge construction, a crown, a cap, a set of artificial teeth or the like, said method comprising the following steps: creating or loading a first data record recording the shape of an initial situation before any... Agent: Rissman Hendricks & Oliverio, LLP

20100106277 - Package design method using stratodesign integrated in the method for designing the product to be packaged: The invention relates to a method for designing and producing a package intended for the protection and/or transportation of a product. All of the digital design steps for the package are integrated in the method for digitizing the product, which includes a step of laminating a virtual key form of... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20100106278 - Product-related feedback for process control: A method, apparatus, and a system for performing a product feedback for process control are provided. Metrology data relating to a first workpiece is received. An end of line parameter relating to the first workpiece is received. The end of line parameter is correlated with the metrology data. A process... Agent: Williams, Morgan & Amerson

20100106279 - Server device, information processing method and program: A server device includes: a recipe storage unit for storing therein at least a recipe used in a manufacturing apparatus; a recipe receiving unit for receiving a modified recipe in case a content of the recipe in the manufacturing apparatus is modified; a recipe accumulation unit for accumulating the recipe... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20100106280 - Method and an apparatus for identifying variable and common module variants in a product family and managing resulting variants: A method and an apparatus reduce the complexity of the design of product platforms, of the design of product lines and of variant management. A product is broken down into systems, which are subdivided into modules. In any given product, each module is realized by one concrete module variant out... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100106281 - Flexible manufacturing system and control method therefor: In a flexible manufacturing system, a control apparatus for a transfer device stores in a memory section thereof correlation information for correlating workpieces (ante-machining workpieces) to be attached to pallets with blank materials contained in blank material baskets. When a selected one of the pallets is to be transferred to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100106282 - Item workflow tracking in an automated production environment: The progressive tracking of items in relation to other items as they are processed and transformed through a sequence of processes executed in a workflow procedure intended to produce a finished hard copy document product for transport to a destination location, as a result of a production run, enables permission... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100106283 - Embroidery system and method: An embroidery system and method are provided in which a consumer can provide a design, such as images or text, have it converted into a digitized image and then used to generate customized embroidery that can be placed onto a product.... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us )

20100106284 - Machine tool monitoring device: The invention relates to a machine tool monitoring device having a detection unit for detecting an application in a machine tool. According to the invention, at least one component of the machine tool is used as a reflector for a transmitting and/or receiving signal of the detection unit.... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20100106285 - Method and apparatus for robotic welding of drill bits: A system and method for the welding of drill bits using an automated robot or robots.... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C. / Baker Hughes, Inc. Baker Hughes, Inc.

20100106286 - Method for ordering and assembling printed products and add-on products inside a dispatch area using a guide system and a facility for realizing said method: A method for ordering and assembling printed products, processed together with allocated supplements or add-on products, into package bundles, including processing printed products in a dispatch area of a shipping facility, picking and assembling allocated add-on products inside an allocation area, where the allocation area is operatively associated with the... Agent: Venable LLP

20100106287 - Article storage facility and operation method thereof: An article storage facility having an article storage shelf including a plurality of storage sections arranged in a vertical direction and parallel to a width direction of the shelf a stacker crane for conveying an article between the storage sections and an article carrying-in/carrying-out portion, and a controller for controlling... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20100106288 - Device for automatically sorting glass plates: The invention relates to a device and a method for sorting and stacking glass plates of different thicknesses and/or different formats over a divided transport line, characterised by the following: 1) an aligning device (1) which aligns the glass plates against a left and/or a right abutment strip (7) by... Agent: J. Rodman Steele Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20100106289 - Cryptographic device having active clearing of memory regardless of state of external power: A cryptographic device that will actively clear its memory even in the absence of external power when a security breach is detected is provided. The memory cell clusters of the cryptographic device are provided with an internal power source that provides sufficient energy for the memory cell clusters to perform... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20100106290 - Method and system for applying a postal authority barcode on a document processing system: Systems, methods, and an article of manufacture for printing a new postal authority code on a mail piece prepared by and received from an inserter or wrapper. A barcode post-processing system receives a mail piece from an inserter and communicates with the image capture equipment. The barcode post-processing system during... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100106291 - Multiple drawer and compartment vending: A multi-drawer and doored vending system in which each drawer has one or a plurality of compartments each holding an items to be vended, and each doored compartment contains at least one item for vending. Drawer control is provided by a drawer opening and position control system comprising an array... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20100106292 - Universal bill recycler: A vending machine includes a coin handler, a bill handler, and a vending machine controller (VMC). The bill handler communicates with the coin handler and the VMC. The bill handler includes a bill recycler and a controller. The controller receives a Coin Tubes message from the coin handler. The Coin... Agent: Docket Clerk

20100106293 - Postal kiosk system and method for providing electronic post office box services: A system and method for providing electronic post office box services including a storage system, a retrieval system a postal kiosk and a system processor. The storage system images and stores a plurality of mailpieces and includes a plurality of escort devices disposed in combination with a transport assembly for... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20100106296 - Robot and control method thereof: The present invention relates to a robot and a control method adapted for the robot. The method includes a) measuring time; b) performing a normal biological action when the time reaches a beginning time of a biological function; c) judging whether an instruction is received while during the biological function;... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100106294 - Robot control system and control method for robot: During robot operation, a CPU (22) of a sensor unit (10) transmits the sensor output of a sensor (15) to a robot CPU (12) during a transmission period within a control period. During the remaining reception period within the control period, the robot CPU (22) transmits update parameters to the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100106295 - System and method for stabilization control adopting vestibulo-ocular reflex: A system and a method for stabilization control may control position and direction of an object having first and second bodies connected to each other. The system may include an artificial vestibular apparatus for outputting a movement signal corresponding to movement of the first body and a rotation signal corresponding... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero, Esq. Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20100106297 - Workpiece detecting system, picking apparatus, picking method, and transport system: A workpiece detection system includes: a plurality of transmitters disposed on a workpiece, each transmitter transmitting a first signal; three or more receivers receiving the first signal transmitted from the transmitter; and a position calculator detecting a location of the transmitter based on the first signal received by each of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100106298 - Outdoor home cleaning robot: A method, system and apparatus comprising an autonomous all weather outdoor cleaning robots designed to identify and clean various outdoor household objects including but not limited to personal automobiles and other vehicles and outdoor objects. The robot will autonomously navigate to a designated area and scan the vehicle or object... Agent: Michael C. Colucci

20100106299 - Automatic machine system and method for controlling communication thereof: An automatic machine system and its communication control method not stopping the robot action even if wireless communication of a wireless portable teaching/operating unit fails. The automatic machine system comprises a mechanism unit having one or more drive mechanisms, a controller for driving/controlling the mechanism unit, and a portable teaching/operating... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100106304 - Control device for a blower and air conditioner module for motor vehicles: A control device of a blower and air conditioner module a for motor vehicle is disclosed with a blower controller and an air conditioner controller, which governs the refrigerating plant with a refrigerant condenser, as well as flaps and valves of the blower and air conditioner module, and processes information... Agent: Fraser Clemens Martin & Miller LLC

20100106303 - Control of pull-down in refrigeration systems: A method for operating a refrigeration system for a container to pull down the temperature of cargo from ambient to a predetermined set-point temperature, and a system employing the method. The method includes operating a compressor at a first power to compress a refrigerant and direct the refrigerant through a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100106302 - Controlling frozen state of a cargo: A method for operating a refrigeration system for a container for refrigerating frozen cargo, and a system employing the method. The method includes providing a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator connected in series, and providing an evaporator fan. The method also includes alternating operation of the compressor and the... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100106300 - Device for controlling an electromagnetic valve: In a device for controlling an electromagnetic valve, input device(s) write a multitude of measured values for the current and/or the voltage into a first memory to represent a characteristic. Analysis device(s) perform a state analysis and/or a change-over-time analysis. On the basis of the state analysis and/or the change-over-time... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20100106301 - Method for controlling an electric drive: The invention discloses a method for controlling an electric drive that drives reels of a slitter in the paper machine. In the method at least speed and acceleration/deceleration of a slitter is controlled. According to the invention a limit value of the electric drive is defined in the method, values... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100106316 - Alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure includes an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. One embodiment of the network includes a subnet controller, a system device and a system status display. The subnet controller is configured to communicate via a data bus. The first system device is... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106311 - Alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment the network includes a subnet controller, a system device and a gateway. The controller is configured to publish control messages over a data bus. The system device is configured to... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106310 - Alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed- architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure includes an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing an HVAC data processing and communication network. In one embodiment, the network includes a system device and a controller. The system device is configured to communicate over a data bus, and further configured to store... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106318 - Alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed- architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the HVAC data processing and communication network includes a system device, a subnet controller and a user interface. The system device is configured to receive a control message from a... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106312 - Alarm and diagnostics system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure includes an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing an HVAC data processing and communication network. In one embodiment, the HVAC data processing and communication network includes: (1) a subnet controller configured to publish a control message to a data bus and (2) a... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106320 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: An HVAC data processing and communication network includes a subnet controller and at least one demand unit. A bus interface device associated with the demand unit is configured to receive a demand message from the subnet controller over the network. The bus interface device controls an operation of said demand... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106322 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a system device and a subnet controller. The system device is adapted to provide a service and publish a message including a device status vector representing an... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106323 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: An HVAC data processing and communication network includes a first subnet and a second subnet. The first subnet includes a first demand unit, a first comfort sensor and a first subnet controller. The second subnet includes a second subnet comprising a second demand unit, a second comfort sensor and a... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106324 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a system device coupled to a data bus. The system device includes a functional block adapted to respond to a message received via the data bus. The... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106325 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a demand unit and a subnet controller. The demand unit is coupled to a data bus and configured to provide a primary service having a maximum service... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106326 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment the network includes a subnet controller and at least one demand unit. A bus interface device associated with the demand unit is configured to receive a demand message from the... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106327 - Communication protocol system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a first subnet controller and a system device. The first subnet controller is coupled to a data bus and configured to arbitrate with a second subnet controller... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106313 - Device abstraction system and method for a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning system: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the method includes configuring a subnet controller. The subnet controller is configured to assign to a first device associated with the network a first equipment type number based on a... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106317 - Device abstraction system and method for a distributed- architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning system: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the method includes configuring a device to store a plurality of character strings. The device is further configured to associate a text ID with each of the character strings. The... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106307 - Device abstraction system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning system: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a system device and a subnet controller. The system device is coupled to a data bus and configured to locally store feature or parameter data related to... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106328 - Extremum seeking control with reset control: An extremum seeking control method optimizes a control process for a plant such as an air handling unit. The method compensates for abrupt changes in the operation of the plant by resetting the extremum seeking control strategy in response to a detection of the abrupt change.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100106309 - General control techniques in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In various embodiments of systems and methods including a bus, a compressor is coupled to the bus, and a subnet controller is coupled to the bus. The subnet controller disables the compressor when acting upon a dehumidification command.... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106306 - Integration of led lighting with building controls: An LED-based light can be installed in a conventional light fixture. The LED-based light can include a sensor operable to output a first signal indicative of whether an area of one or more of the rooms is in an occupied state or a non-occupied state, and the LED-based light can... Agent: Young Basile

20100106321 - Memory recovery scheme and data structure in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides various systems and methods for conveying information between a communicating first device and a second coupled device of a HVAC network. In various embodiments, a checking of a subnet of the HVAC network for both communicating device and a non-communicating device by the communicating first device occurs.... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106319 - Method of controlling equipment in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the network includes a sensor and a local controller. The sensor is configured to detect a fault condition associated with operation of a demand unit. The local controller, associated with... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106305 - Programmable controller and a user interface for same: A programmable controller includes a user interface which includes a default interface, a home screen, an indoor settings interface and one or more tab interfaces. As the home screen covers a predominant portion of the default interface and is associated with the indoor settings interface, the home screen enables an... Agent: Mikebush PLLC

20100106308 - System and method for zoning a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In an embodiment, the network includes a first zone and a second zone. The first zone has a first demand unit and a first subnet controller configured to control an operation of the first demand unit via a data bus.... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106314 - System recovery in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: Various embodiments of systems and methods of employing a first subnet controller in an HVAC network. The method comprises conveying a fixed parameter from a first networked device in the HVAC system to the first subnet controller, conveying a variable parameter from the first networked device in the HVAC system... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106315 - System recovery in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides various embodiments of systems and methods of generating a heartbeat in an HVAC system and networks. In an embodiment, a method includes a heartbeat message being sent by a first subnet controller upon the first subnet controller taking active control of a subnet of the HVAC network.... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106329 - Apparatus and method for controlling an environmental conditioning system: An apparatus for controlling an environmental conditioning system serving an indoor space and having at least one environmental conditioning device coupled with a communication bus structure includes: (a) at least one user interface coupled with the communication bus structure for effecting access to the system by a user; and (b)... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106330 - Device abstraction system and method for a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning system: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In various embodiments, the network includes a subnet controller configured to control networked devices via a data bus. The subnet controller is configured to be addressable over the data bus. An environmental sensor... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106331 - Extremum seeking control with actuator saturation control: An extremum seeking control method optimizes a control process for a plant such as an air handling unit. The method improves the performance of an extremum seeking control strategy by limiting, removing or preventing the effects of an actuator saturation condition, particularly as the extremum seeking control strategy relates to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20100106334 - System and method for zoning a distributed architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network. In an embodiment, the network includes a user interface, a first subnet controller and a second subnet controller. The first subnet controller is configured to operate with a first zone of the network with a first program schedule. The second... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106333 - System and method for zoning a distributed-architecture heating, ventilation and air conditioning network: The disclosure provides an HVAC data processing and communication network and a method of manufacturing the same. In an embodiment, the HVAC data processing and communication network includes at least one environmental sensor, at least one subnet and a subnet controller. The subnet controller is configured to discover the at... Agent: Hitt Gaines P.C.

20100106332 - Using bi-directional communications in a market-based resource allocation system: Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for distributing a resource (such as electricity) using a resource allocation system. In one exemplary embodiment, a plurality of requests for electricity are received from a plurality of end-use consumers. The requests indicate a requested quantity of electricity and a... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100106335 - Dual-tuned vibration damper and method for damping vibrations in a power transmission system using a dual-tuned vibration damper: A vibration damper includes a hub, a first mass, a first resilient coupling, a second mass, and a second resilient coupling. The first mass is disposed concentrically about the hub. The first resilient coupling resiliently couples the first mass to the hub. The first resilient coupling has a first spring... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100106336 - Electric toothbrush and method for controlling thereof: An electric toothbrush is disclosed. The electric toothbrush according to some example embodiments includes a bristle-vibrating unit that vibrates toothbrush bristles to clean a side of teeth in contact with the toothbrush bristles, a bristle direction-sensing unit detecting a direction to which the toothbrush bristles are directed in an oral... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100106337 - System and method for irrigation controller: A method of controlling the duration of irrigation is described, comprising compiling a database that includes information relating to historical evapo-transpiration rates for a plurality of sectors (preferably identified by zip code) located within a geographical area. Period Reduction Factors for each sector are derived. Parameters are entered into the... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20100106338 - Optimized system voltage control method through coordinated control of reactive power source: The optimized system voltage control method includes verifying a voltage violation substation having a voltage exceeding a predetermined voltage reference value among buses of a test system on a computer program, configuring a local system with eight to ten substations with respect to the verified voltage violation substation, generating a... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100106339 - Data acquisition apparatus and methodology for self-diagnosing of ac modules: Method and apparatus for monitoring, measuring and recording the operating values of each of a plurality of inter-connected AC PV modules and performing a diagnostic analysis, including comparing the those operating values to each other and to operating values recorded at an earlier time to determine laminate degradation and the... Agent: Mark J. Pandiscio Pandiscio & Pandiscio

20100106342 - Day-ahead load reduction system based on customer baseline load: Provided is a day-ahead load reduction system based on a customer baseline load for inducing a user to efficiently manage energy consumption by applying an incentive (user compensation according to load reduction) to achieve load reduction and load decentralization. The day-ahead load reduction system based on a customer baseline load... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100106341 - Device for controlling an arc furnace installation: A device for controlling an arc furnace installation has an automatic controller (3) wherein a functional unit (6) for furnace control, a functional unit (7) for electrode control and a functional unit (8) for melting control are integrated in the controller (3).... Agent: King & Spalding

20100106343 - Multi-power source locomotive control method and system: Control modes for operating multiple power sources include energy storage systems and applicable to large systems such as locomotives. Selectable operating modes are provided for different locomotive speed ranges and work loads. A common DC bus electrical architecture is used so that prime power sources need not be synchronized. Multiple-engine... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20100106340 - System for monitoring and controlling the consumption of a utility: A system for monitoring and controlling the consumption of electrical energy and for warning a consumer of the status of their use including subsystem that produces three warning levels. The first warning is a visual signal while the second signal is an audio signal. The third signal is an audio... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100100198 - System and method for functionalization in line with demand, for control and regulatory devices: A system for demand-based functionalization of a motor control unit comprises a motor control unit, a first data store having a plurality of functional modules each configured to perform one or more functions of the motor control unit and an access device configured to access the first data store and... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100100199 - Control of an operation of a coordinate measuring device: In a method for controlling an operation of a coordinate measuring device, at least one operational parameter is determined. One value of the operational parameter is allocated to a plurality of components. A sequence for determining the operational parameter is provided for the majority of the components. The method for... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100100200 - Discovery of connections utilizing a control bus: Discovery of connections utilizing a control bus. An embodiment of a method includes detecting a transition of a control bus from a high state to a low state by a source device, the source device being configured to be coupled with a sink device via an interface, the interface including... Agent: Silicon Image/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100100201 - System and method for monitoring variable parameters: A method for monitoring a processing machine includes selecting a number of variable parameters from all of the parameters of the processing machine by a selecting module; setting an updating frequency of the selected variable parameters by an updating module according to the number of the selected variable parameters; converting... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100100202 - Method and related apparatus for controlling operating mode of a portable electronic device: A method for controlling an operating mode of a portable electronic device having a first plane and a second plane connected together comprises forming a magnet in the first plane, forming a magnetic flux sensor in a position of the second plane corresponding to the magnet for sensing magnetic flux,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20100100203 - Insuring proper communication with chosen implant among multiple implants in proximity to one another: A system and method for restricting proper regulation by a control unit of only the functionality of the targeted device whose operations are intended to be programmed so as to insure no adverse regulation of functionality with respect to any other non-targeted device. A memory associated with each of the... Agent: Cheryl F. Cohen, LLC

20100100204 - Fantasy sports confidence scores: Methods, systems, and interfaces are provided for enabling a user to adjust confidence rankings of predictions of outcomes of fantasy sports games. The methods include causing display in a graphical user interface of an ordered list of at least two confidence score indicators, receiving selection of a first confidence score... Agent: Yahoo C/o Mofo Palo Alto

20100100210 - Arithmetic-logic unit for digital signal processor: An arithmetic-logic unit for a digital signal processor, processing audio signals, having a multiplier circuit able to receive in input a first and a second signal and to supply in output a third signal which represents the result of the multiplication of said first and second signal, a generator circuit... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20100100205 - Device of playing music and method of outputting music thereof: Disclosed herein a device for playing music according to the present invention and a method of outputting sounds using the same. The device for playing music according to the present invention includes a rhythm bank unit including a plurality of rhythm banks, each of which stores a plurality of sound... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20100100211 - Effective deployment of temporal noise shaping (tns) filters: The MPEG2 Advanced Audio Coder (AAC) standard limits the number of filters used to either one filter for a “short” block or three filters for a “long” block. In cases where the need for additional filters is present but the limit of permissible filters has been reached, the remaining frequency... Agent: At & T Legal Department - Ndq

20100100212 - Efficient techniques for modifying audio playback rates: Improved techniques for modifying a playback rate of an audio item (e.g., an audio stream) are disclosed. As a result, the audio item can be played back faster or slower than normal. The improved techniques are resource efficient and well suited for audio items containing speech. The resource efficiency of... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20100100206 - Method and apparatus for wirelessly transferring music and other audio content to a car stereo or home stereo: A system for playing audio files comprised of an audio device for storing and playing audio files and a transmitter device, coupled to the audio device for receiving audio signals from the audio device and converting them into a wireless audio signal. A receiving device is also provided, configured to... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20100100207 - Method for playing audio files using portable electronic devices: A method for playing audio files using portable electronic devices, comprising: providing a portable electronic device and a processor wirelessly communicating with the portable electronic device; building a list of audio files to be played; downloading the audio files according to the list and storing the audio files in the... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Steven Reiss

20100100208 - Reproducing apparatus, reproducing method, program, and recording medium: A reproducing apparatus is provided containing a storage unit for storing therein one or a plurality of reproduction lists for managing data files selected from among a plurality of data files, each of the reproduction lists containing point information associated with each of the data files contained in the reproduction... Agent: Sheehan Phinney Bass & Green, PA C/o Peter Nieves

20100100209 - Sound-recording apparatus: There is provided in a substantially rectangular sound-recording apparatus including: two first audio acquirers to which audio is stereophonically inputted; a second audio acquirer to which audio is monophonically inputted; and a supporter for holding the sound-recording apparatus in a predetermined attitude, in which the first and second audio acquirers... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100100213 - Remote control and management of a vessel forming production line: Other embodiments include completing a sales transaction resulting in generation of the plurality of consumer or event data, generating the plurality of consumer or event data based in part on the current status of an event, and decorating the shaped vessel based in part on the plurality of consumer or... Agent: The Coca-cola Company Patent & Technology Dept--nat 19

20100100214 - Custom-designed printed office products and related method: A software application that can be downloaded from a server and execute within the web browser of an electronically linked computer is programmed to include advanced editing tools that assist in the interactive design of a print file used to customize a printable office product. For example, the software application... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation Patent Group

20100100215 - Environmental load amount calculation method, execution program therefor, and execution apparatus therefor: Actual line power consumption of a production line, apparatus characteristics of each apparatus of the production line, a rated power of each apparatus, and numerical data of each specification item of each product are received (S31). A coefficient for each apparatus is determined by using a relation between an apparatus... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100100216 - Multiple product, multiple step optimization methods: Multiple product, multiple step optimization methods useful for manufacturing products. The optimization methods comprise defining a first group and a second group. The first and second groups each comprise at least two subgroups. One or more of the subgroups for each group comprises one or more variables and one or... Agent: Wendell Ray Guffey Nestle Purina Petcare Global Resources, Inc.

20100100220 - Arrangement for guiding user design of comprehensive product solution using on-the-fly data validation: A computer-implemented method guides a user in designing a product defined by data. The method involves examining (420) items of the data to detect whether each item conforms to rules (106) or violates the rules; performing (431 . . . ) at least one action in response to a detection... Agent: At&t Legal Department - Glenny Attn: Patent Docketing

20100100217 - Control system and method for controlled object in time variant system with dead time, such as single crystal production device by czochralski method: To accurately control controlled object in a time variant system with a dead time such as a Czochralski method single crystal production device (CZ equipment). The dead time, the time constant, and the process gain value of a controlled object (CZ equipment) (200) are set. The process gain preset value... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100100221 - Expert knowledge methods and systems for data analysis: A method for adjusting a data set defining a set of process runs, each process run having a set of data corresponding to a set of variables for a wafer processing operation is provided. A model derived from a data set is received. A new data set corresponding to one... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20100100219 - Fabrication system of semiconductor integrated circuit, fabrication device, fabrication method, integrated circuit and communication system: m

20100100218 - Method for controlling and/or regulating an industrial process: The invention relates to a method for controlling and/or regulating an industrial process for producing or processing products, wherein a physicomathematical model of the industrial process is formed, with which control parameters for controlling or regulating the industrial process are calculated during the production or processing of the product, a... Agent: King & Spalding

20100100222 - Adjustable platform assembly for digital manufacturing system: A platform assembly for use in a digital manufacturing system, where the platform assembly comprises a deformable platform having a surface configured to operably receive a deposited material from a deposition head, and at least one mechanism configured to adjust at least a portion of the first surface to compensate... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100100223 - Process control using process data and yield data: A method for monitoring a manufacturing process features acquiring metrology data for semiconductor wafers at the conclusion of a final process step for the manufacturing process (“Step a”). Data is acquired for a plurality of process variables for a first process step for manufacturing semiconductor wafers (“Step b”). A first... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20100100224 - Adjustable head mount for digital manufacturing system: A head mount for use in a digital manufacturing system, where the head mount comprises a first component supported by at least one gantry of the digital manufacturing system, and a second component configured to retain a deposition head of the digital manufacturing system, and to move relative to the... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20100100225 - Integrated aircraft cargo loading and monitoring system: A cargo loading and monitoring system for an aircraft having a plurality of separate cargo compartments includes a processor in communication with a plurality of power drive units located within a first cargo compartment. A cargo monitoring display unit is located in a second cargo compartment that is separate from... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC Goodrich Corp.

20100100226 - Pneumatic tube carrier tracking system: A system and method provides for a pneumatic tube carrier tracking system having a system control module that captures and presents tracking information associated with sending and receiving carriers. The pneumatic tube carrier tracking system comprises sending and receiving stations connected by pneumatic tubing, and which are configured to securely... Agent: Ward & Olivo

20100100228 - Carriage for the horizontal transfer of motor vehicles in automatic mechanical car parks: s

20100100227 - System and method for palletizing articles: A system is provided for palletizing articles including a stacking area for stacking palletized article layers. Each palletized article layer is constructed from a plurality of arranged articles. The stacking area includes a structural member for structurally carrying a stabilizer over the stacking area. The stabilizer provides substantially continuous lateral... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20100100230 - Item verification apparatus and method: A system for verifying whether an item retracted into a self-service terminal is the same item that was output from the self-service terminal, wherein the signature data sets generated prior to output and following retraction of the item are compared. A method of verifying whether an item retracted into a... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20100100231 - Medicine supply apparatus: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department - Sf

20100100232 - Medicine supply apparatus: A medicine supply apparatus which comprises, in a case accommodating section 8, a plurality of tablet cases 3 for accommodating medicine and charges or supplies medicine into a bag 72, which medicine has been discharged from each tablet case 3 based on a prescription. An identification code 26 is provided... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department - Sf

20100100229 - Systems, methods, apparatuses and computer program products for collecting recyclable goods: An apparatus and system are provided for facilitating a mechanism in which to collect and consolidate goods at a location for recycling. The apparatus includes a processor capable of defining a time period(s) and determining type(s) of recyclable goods and associating a defined time period(s) with one of the recyclable... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20100100233 - Universal intelligent postal identification code: A universal postal code system in which mail piece delivery address information is associated with a universal postal code affixed to a mail piece. As part of the association process, the delivery address information can be verified and formatted according to postal authority standards to help ensure reliable and efficient... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20100100234 - Automated drug preparation apparatus including syringe loading, preparation and filling: An automated medication preparation system for preparing a prescribed dosage of medication in a drug delivery device. The system includes a plurality of stations for receiving, handling and processing the drug delivery device so that the prescribed dosage of medication is delivered to the drug delivery device and a transporting... Agent: Leason Ellis LLP

20100100235 - Method and system for simultaneous bi-directional conveyor control for moving material holders in a fab: A method for managing flow of containers over asynchronous conveyors used in semiconductor automated material handling systems (AMHS) is defined. The method includes providing a conveyor and enabling travel of a first container in a first direction on the conveyor and enabling travel of a second container in a second... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20100100237 - Smart medicine container: Present invention discloses a dispenser having means to dispense desired number of pills from a bulk supply of pills contained in the dispenser. The dispenser comprises of storage compartment having bulk supply of pills and having a discharge port emptying into counting compartment. The counting compartment contains first and second... Agent: Nitesh Ratnakar

20100100236 - Vending machines with lighting interactivity and item-based lighting systems for retail display and automated retail stores: Vending machines, automated retail stores, and retail displays with computer controlled, item-based lighting that produces variable visual effects in conjunction with actual or potential vends to provide an enhanced vending experience. Offered products are stored within display tubes that are arranged in orderly geometric arrays. RGB lighting through a plurality... Agent: Stephen D. Carver

20100100238 - Personalized gift card templates with digital images: A customizable gift card that may be designed using a plurality of design templates that have modifiable fields and layouts. The gift cards may be designated for use at one or more stores based on contract arrangements between the stores and a vendor of the gift card. The gift card... Agent: Francis C. Kowalik Walgreen Co. Law Department

20100100239 - Robot mechanism for inspection of live-line suspension insulator string: Disclosed herein is a robot mechanism for inspection of a live-line suspension insulator string. A robot body of the robot mechanism reciprocates along the live-line suspension insulator string and includes upper and lower robot frames configured to encircle the insulator string, a battery module provided to either end of the... Agent: Lrk Patent Law Firm

20100100241 - Autonomous food and beverage distribution machine: The invention proposes an autonomous mobile robotic device in the form of an integrated machine for producing beverages or liquid comestibles.... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100100240 - Telepresence robot with a camera boom: A remote controlled robot with a head that supports a monitor and is coupled to a mobile platform. The mobile robot also includes an auxiliary camera coupled to the mobile platform by a boom. The mobile robot is controlled by a remote control station. By way of example, the robot... Agent: Irell & Manella LLP

20100100242 - System, method, and apparatus for end-to-end control of water quality: A method of providing end-to-end water quality control from a water system operator to a point of delivery proximate a consumer, which may be at the point of entry, and/or between the point of entry and point of use, and/or at the point of use. The method includes treating the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20100100244 - Reed's high rise emergency rescue egress system: An emergency rescue system includes a cantilever arm, a gondola, a ground unit, and a cable block. The cantilever arm is operable to be positioned on a roof of a building and extend one or more cables from the roof to the ground. The gondola is operable to be coupled... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100100243 - Refrigerator and control method for the same: A refrigerator and a control method for the same are disclosed. Precise temperature control for plural cooling compartments can be achieved so that the cooling compartments can be respectively cooled down in various temperature zones, the temperature in the cooling compartments can be efficiently controlled, and a refrigerant does not... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20100100245 - Sheet paper storage and dispensing device: A sheet paper storage and dispensing device according to the present invention stores and dispenses sheet paper, and includes: a first reel drum onto which a tape is wound from one side of the tape; a second reel drum on which sheet paper is stored by winding the tape thereon... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100100246 - Air-conditioning control algorithm employing air and fluid inputs: Sensing, actuation of apparatus, and a control algorithm for use in automatically controlling an air-conditioning system by sensing multiple conditions and responding by actuating the mechanical components of the air-conditioning system to optimize the temperature of the coolant fluid, provide improved zone temperature control, provide status of system components, and... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20100100247 - Modular and expandable irrigation controller: Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when inserted into position within the controller, expand the capabilities of the controller. Also described are various... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100100248 - Methods and systems for neural network modeling of turbine components: Embodiments of the invention can include methods and systems for controlling clearances in a turbine. In one embodiment, a method can include applying at least one operating parameter as an input to at least one neural network model, modeling via the neural network model a thermal expansion of at least... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20100100249 - Configuration of software for a wind turbine: Method and system of configuring a wind turbine software package having a multitude of software components includes providing a plurality of software components; providing information relating to component parameters for the software components; providing rules relating to compatibility between the component parameters; and establishing the configuration by performing a series... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20100100250 - Real-time performance monitoring and management system: A real-time performance monitoring system for monitoring an electric power grid. The electric power grid has a plurality of grid portions, each grid portion corresponding to one of a plurality of control areas. The real-time performance monitoring system includes a monitor computer for monitoring at least one of reliability metrics,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20100100251 - Fault tree analysis system for the instrument control process for nuclear power plant with advanced boiling water reactor background: The invention relates to the fault tree analysis system for a nuclear power plant with advanced boiling water reactor. The full digital instrument control system uses six different modes to simulate the transmission of the digital signals and the analog signals from the detection units. It is to develop the... Agent: Michael Lin

20100100252 - Centralized energy management in distributed systems: A distributed system of appliances that comprises a centralized energy-use controller to coordinate the use of energy among a plurality of distributed and interconnected appliances is disclosed. For example, the centralized controller directs when each appliance refrains from using energy from its energy-storage device during intervals when the energy-storage device... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100100253 - Systems and methods for controlling energy consumption: In particular embodiments, an energy gateway is described that is configured to receive power usage information from one or more power meters, transmit the power usage information to an energy management server, receive control signals from the energy management server, transmit the control signals to the one or more power... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20100100254 - System and method for adapting a power usage of a server during a data center cooling failure: A device comprising a temperature measurement module, a performance state module, a memory bandwidth module, and a fan speed module. The temperature measurement module is configured to determine a rate of temperature change in a server and to output a control signal when the rate of temperature change is above... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP

20100100255 - Control device and control method of temperature controller: A control device of a temperature controller, for adjusting the temperature of an environment having at least one active object, includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, a process unit and a control unit. The first image sensor is for capturing a first image containing the image of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20100094433 - Tool recognition with profinet: The invention provides a method for activating an automation station (200, 300, 400) in the automation apparatus (100) of an industrial application, in which the automation station comprises a plurality of Profinet-compatible devices (501, . . . , 507) to which an unambiguous symbolic name is provided for identification, and... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100094434 - Optimization of air cooled chiller system operation: A method is provided for operating a refrigerant vapor compression system, for example an air-cooled chiller or air-cooled condensing unit, at optimal energy efficiency rating. The method includes the steps of: determining the instantaneous values of a plurality of selected operating parameters of the system's refrigeration unit, calculating a desired... Agent: Marjama Muldoon Blasiak & Sullivan LLP

20100094435 - Accumulative method for estimating velocity limitation: calculating a length (DVi=∥{right arrow over (DV)}i∥) of a vector difference in the unit vectors between each block and its next block ({right arrow over (DV)}i={circumflex over (N)}i−{circumflex over (N)}i+1); calculating a sum of the length of the vector difference in a distance from a starting block (S=Σ DVn); and... Agent: Bever Hoffman & Harms, LLP 901 Campisi Way

20100094436 - Plant control system: A plant control system includes: an engineering apparatus for defining change information so as to change definition information about the system; and a control apparatus for referring to the change information downloaded from the engineering apparatus to set an output value of a field device. The control apparatus includes a... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100094438 - Method for exchanging structural components for an automation system: According to the invention, during continuous operation of an automation system, one type of structural component is initially modified by a projection tool in the surroundings of the projection, independently of the start of operation of the structural component and a characteristic of the type is maintained in a constant... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100094437 - Method for the conversion of ladder diagrams: A method for converting traditional ladder diagrams for programmable controllers according to model 984, for example, the traditional ladder diagrams being read and executed column by column, into ladder diagrams for IEC 61131-oriented controllers, for example, with the ladder diagrams being read and executed in a data flow-oriented manner. In... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20100094439 - System for selecting and controlling light settings: An interactive method and system include a card (310) including scene data, a reader (320) configured to read the scene data, and a processor (350) configured to activate at least one controllable device (340) in accordance with the scene data to provide a scene associated with the scene data. The... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property And Standards

20100094443 - Apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof: An apparatus for processing an audio signal and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes an apparatus for a processing a signal, the apparatus comprising: a wire/wireless communication unit receiving object information and an audio signal which comprises multiple object groups from a multipoint control unit; a signal coding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100094440 - Externally-connected audio apparatus and method for processing audio signals thereof: An externally-connected audio apparatus and a method for processing the audio signals are described. This approach is primarily to improve the externally-connected audio quality by applying a memory sharing mechanism into an audio apparatus. Preferably, the audio apparatus has one end connected to a computer system through an interface control... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100094441 - Image selection apparatus, image selection method and program: There is provided an image selection apparatus, an image selection method and a program. The image selection apparatus includes a selection number designation portion to designate a selection number of images, an image analysis portion 228 to analyze a plurality of images and extract a feature amount of each image,... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100094442 - Method and electronic device: The invention relates to a method and an electronic device especially for car audio entertainment including a car audio equipment (2) and an other electronic device (4) like a handheld including at least one data connection (5) and at least one control connection (3) between the car audio equipment and... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20100094444 - Playback apparatus, playback method, and playback program: A playback apparatus includes: a storage unit storing music data and group identification information for identifying groups in which the music data are arranged in a predetermined unit; a selection unit selecting the group identification information stored in the storage unit; a notification unit notifying the group identification information selected... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100094445 - Method for designing glass antenna: The present invention features a technique comprising the design of a glass antenna having a desired performance regardless of the kind of vehicle and the glass size and the shape of vehicle, by operating an EM (engineering model) simulation tool with an optimization algorithm.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100094446 - Feature driven rule-based framework for automation of modeling workflows in digital manufacturing: A method for designing a prosthetic device includes acquiring a three-dimensional image of an anatomical surface. A rules script for automatically performing a plurality of image processing rules using a script interpreter is executed. For each particular rule of the plurality of rules, one or more anatomical features that are... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20100094447 - Operation sequence creating apparatus, method for controlling same, and program: An operation sequence creating apparatus creates an operation sequence of a workpiece processor using an industrial robot carrying a workpiece between a plurality of devices. The apparatus includes a layout view displaying section displaying a layout view where device images of the devices are laid out; a designating section designating,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100094448 - Method and system for controlling semiconductor manufacturing equipment:

20100094449 - System for rejection of tablets produced in a rotary tablet press and a method of rejection of tablets: A system for rejection of tablets produced in a rotary tablet press comprises pan ejection nozzle for sorting out defective tablets. The ejection nozzle is supplied with compressed gas through a supply line having an inlet end for connection with a source of compressed gas and an outlet end communicating... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100094450 - Automatic programming method and automatic programming device: The present invention relates to a conversational automatic programming device or the like capable of generating an NC program in a simpler manner and in a shorter period of time. The automatic programming device 1 is provided with: a machining-profile setting processor 14 in which based on data for specifying... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20100094451 - Pneumatic transport delivery control: The presented inventions seek to create a verifiable and closed loop chain-of-custody for a specific transaction in a pneumatic tube transport system while allowing a sender and recipient to perform asynchronous activity. That is, one aspect the presented inventions allows a sender to securely send a carrier to a desired... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20100094452 - Substrate transfer method, control program, and storage medium storing same: A substrate transfer method for use in a substrate processing apparatus including a first processing unit that performs a first process on a substrate, a second processing unit performing a second process on the substrate, and a substrate transfer mechanism that transfers the substrate between the first and the second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20100094453 - Handling system, work system, and program: A handling system able to efficiently process information relating to a plurality of conveyed articles, the handling system provided with a conveyer for conveying workpieces, a visual sensor for detecting positions of workpieces by acquiring images of a plurality of tracking ranges obtained by dividing a belt into sections, an... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20100094454 - Pan inverting and/or cleaning system: A pan inverting system (10) comprises a rotating table (11) having a central longitudinal axis (13), the table being rotatably mounted within a static frame (15) for rotation about the longitudinal axis (13). Conveyors (21) are disposed on opposed pan-receiving surfaces (20) of the table (11). The conveyors (21) are... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20100094455 - Device attached to a blister: The present invention concerns a device (14) adapted to be releasable attached to a blister (10) including at least one piece of medicament (13). The device (14) comprises means for releasable attachment to said blister (10) a sensor arrangement including at least one first sensor arranged to register the sound... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100094456 - Devices and methods for providing cashless payment and diagnostics for vending machines: A peripheral device for a vending machine, a method of communicating with a vending machine, a vending system, and a computer readable storage medium including software that is adapted to control a computer to implement a method of communicating with a vending machine are provided. The peripheral device includes a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100094457 - Method and apparatus for use in a vending machine: During operation of a vending machine, visual images of the next product to be dispensed from product dispensing locations are obtained. Features of the visual images are compared to a data base of features to determine the identity of the next product to be dispensed from each of the dispensing... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100094458 - Devices and methods for providing cashless payment and diagnostics for vending machines: Devices and methods for generating an alert for a vending machine are disclosed. A method of generating an alert includes monitoring a bus for at least one communication from the vending machine controller via the bus. The bus is then monitored for a response to the communication from a peripheral... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20100094459 - System for cooperation of multiple robots using dynamic behavior binding and method thereof: The present invention relates to a system for cooperation of multiple mobile robots and a method thereof that allow the multiple mobile robots to cooperatively execute one complicated task. The system and method can use centralized control architecture, create robot cooperation application codes on the basis of conceptual behavior units... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100094460 - Method and apparatus for simultaneous localization and mapping of robot: A SLAM of a robot is provided. The position of a robot and the position of feature data may be estimated by acquiring an image of the robot's surroundings, extracting feature data from the image, and matching the extracted feature data with registered feature data. Furthermore, measurement update is performed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100094461 - Method for teaching an industrial robot, and a correspondingly equipped industrial robot: A method is provided for teaching movement processes for an industrial robot having a stand and at least one moving jointed arm. The method includes fitting a measurement system to a measurement head at a free end of the jointed arm, fitting a handling appliance to an end effector at... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100094462 - Robot control system: Communication is performed between a sensor unit (10) and a robot CPU (12) by using a serial data line (14). A variable length data format includes a transfer size section, a command section, a transfer pattern section, a measurement data section, and a CRC section; and, along with increasing and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100094463 - Robot: A robot includes: a moving mechanism; a position recognition section that recognizes a current position of the robot within a guide zone having at least one guide location; and a movement control section that moves the robot to each of guide locations in the guide zone by using the moving... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100094466 - Integrated quiet and energy efficient modes of operation for air-cooled condenser: An integrated quiet and energy efficient modes of operation for an air-cooled condenser according to the present disclosure can allow a user to select operation along a continuum that extends from a relatively more efficient mode of operation to a relatively more quiet mode of operation. The user-selected mode allows... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100094464 - Method and apparatus for moving a free-swinging load from a starting point to a target point: In a method and apparatus for moving a free-swinging load that is suspended relative to a suspension point, a first path along which the load should be moved from a starting point to a destination, with a first location-dependent velocity, is provided to a processor. In the processor, a second... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20100094465 - Methods and systems for controlling air conditioning systems having a coolnig mode and a free-cooling mode: An air conditioning system having a cooling mode and a free-cooling mode. The system having a refrigeration circuit having a compressor and a pump; a suction pressure sensor for measuring a suction pressure of the compressor; a discharge pressure sensor for measuring a discharge pressure of the compressor; a controller... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100094467 - Energy saving system: An energy saving system acquires seat occupation information from a database of a seat occupation management system, detects equipment appliances of the places at which personnel are not seated, on the basis of the seat occupation information and transmits control information based on the detection result to an equipment control... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100094468 - Level sensor for conductive liquids: A sensor for measuring a level of a conductive liquid, is provided. The sensor includes at least two electrodes that can be positioned in a holding tank so as to be partially submerged in the conductive liquid, sensor leads coupled to the at least two electrodes, and circuitry and a... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100094469 - Control method and system for a fluid control device, based on position sensor learning: A control method is provided for a fluid control device, particularly for an internal combustion engine, equipped with a position sensor having a nominal characteristic curve representative of a predetermined relationship between an admissible range of position values and a corresponding range of return electric signal values. The method includes,... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100094471 - Control system: A control system receives control information generated from reference information received from system sensors of physical parameters. The control system uses the information to control a plurality of control devices. The control system has a second control unit which receives and processes the control information and generates control device output,... Agent: Mcnees Wallace & Nurick LLC

20100094470 - Demand side management of household appliances beyond electrical: A system and method for communicating between a master and slave devices for managing home utility costs is provided. The system includes a measuring device for determining gas or water flow in the home, a memory that stores data relating to past usage, and that also receive data from the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20100094472 - Irrigation system with soil moisture based seasonal watering adjustment: A soil moisture based irrigation system includes a stand alone irrigation controller with a seasonal adjust feature and a stand alone weather station including at least one soil moisture sensor. The soil moisture based irrigation system further includes a stand alone soil moisture control unit operatively connected to the irrigation... Agent: Michael H Jester

20100094473 - System for detecting load loss following an electrical power disturbance: A method of detecting an electrical load loss following an electrical power disturbance in a monitored electrical power distribution system comprises (1) determining an expected characteristic of a parameter representing normal operation of an electrical load receiving power from the electrical power distribution system, (2) detecting a disturbance in the... Agent: Schneider Electric / Square D Company Legal Dept. - I.p. Group (np)

20100094474 - Voltage control at windfarms: A voltage control arrangement for a system of multiple windfarms with transmission lines. Voltage is regulated at a point of regulation on the system, such as a high voltage substation or other system bus. Regulation is achieved at the point of regulation by sensing the voltage, comparing to a reference... Agent: Ge Energy General Electric C/o Ernest G. Cusick

20100094475 - Electrical energy usage monitoring system: v

20100094476 - Energy usage monitoring method and system: A monitoring method and system. The method includes monitoring by a monitoring apparatus, a power configuration for electrical devices and a status for power supplier entities. The monitoring apparatus re-balances a power usage for the electrical devices. The monitoring apparatus generates a first report indicating current loads associated with the... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20100094477 - Determination and use of power system sensitivities: The present disclosure relates to power system sensitivities as computed from power flow parameters and control parameters of a Power Flow Control Device (PFC). To this end, control parameter variations are applied to or generated by a PFC, and comprise variations in a control input u, a control effort e... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100094478 - Power supply and methods thereof: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a power supply apparatus and method of utilizing the same. In one embodiment of the present invention, a power supply comprises a plurality of outputs, each output configured for an assignable start address and a variable number of slots, an input for... Agent: Maldjian & Fallon LLC

20100094480 - Apparatus and a method for a power transmission system: An apparatus for reducing subsynchronous resonance phenomena in a power transmission system. A determining arrangement determines components of the voltage from stator windings of a generator with one or more discrete frequencies. A calculating arrangement calculates, on a basis of the result of the determining, a voltage to be added... Agent: Venable LLP

20100094479 - System and method for providing voltage control in a power line distribution network: A system, method and device for controlling the voltage supplied to a customer premises that is supplied power from a substation via a power distribution network is provided and wherein a resident of the customer premises obtains internet access service via an internet access network. In one embodiment, the method... Agent: Capital Legal Group, LLC

20100087932 - Software architecture system and method for operating an appliance in multiple operating modes: In one embodiment, a system for controlling a plurality of devices having at least two operating modes comprises a first software operating layer configured to control the operation of at least one of the devices in a first operational mode and a second software operating layer configured to control the... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20100087933 - Two-stage model predictive control technique: A two-stage model predictive control (MPC) controller uses a process model and two separate MPC control modules, including a feedfoward MPC control module and a feedback MPC control module, to determine a set of control signals for use in controlling a process. The feedforward MPC control module uses the process... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20100087934 - Fuel cell system and adaptive open-loop and closed-loop control method and apparatus therefor: Closed-loop and open-loop systems are used for automated control of the operation of arbitrary systems. An open-loop control apparatus, which controls at least one controlled variable of a system such as a fuel cell system, has a pilot control module and an associated storage module, for storing pilot control characteristic... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100087935 - Complete integration of stand-alone batch operator interface capabilities into generic human machine interface using componentized objects: Systems and methods for providing an integrated HMI application for monitoring and interacting with both batch and non-batch processes in a process plant are disclosed. A plurality of independent stand-alone software objects defining various batch process interface views are embedded within a non-batch process control interface application. A blackboard service... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20100087936 - Golf performance assessment: A system for assessing the performance of a golfer is disclosed. The system allocates a score to a particular shot based on the point from which the shot has been played, and the accessibility of the target from the point at which the ball has come to a halt. Allocated... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20100087938 - Method and an apparatus for processing an audio signal: A method and apparatus for processing an audio signal is disclosed. Herein, the method includes receiving a downmix information having at least one independent object and a background object downmixed therein; receiving an object information and a mix information; and extracting at least one independent object from the downmix information... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100087937 - Portable recording device and method: A digital recording device (110) is portable and battery powered, designed particularly for operation with a guitar (115) and other stringed musical instruments (115a) whether fitted with magnetic pick-ups or not. The device (110) is sufficiently small and light weight to be carried by the musical instrument's jack socket (105)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20100087939 - Systems, methods, and tools for proofing a computer-aided design object: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100087940 - Systems, methods, and tools for proofing a computer-aided design object: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100087941 - Method and system for managing process jobs in a semiconductor fabrication facility: A method and system for managing process jobs in a semiconductor fabrication facility is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a plurality of process jobs associated with one or more priorities. The method further includes executing the plurality of process jobs in an order reflecting the priorities. The... Agent: Applied Materials/bstz Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20100087944 - Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, method of managing apparatus operation parameters, and program: A process information managing device including recipe storage units that store two or more recipes which comprise information about a process maintained by two or more control devices, and correspond to the two or more control devices, respectively, a receiving unit that receives process parameter information that is information about... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100087942 - Systems, methods, and tools for proofing a computer-aided design object: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100087943 - Systems, methods, and tools for proofing a computer-aided design object: Systems, methods, and tools for proofing computer-aided design (CAD) objects (e.g., CAD drawings or models). The objects are implemented with CAD software and represent an apparatus. An exemplary method includes receiving a CAD object representing the apparatus, determining criteria for proofing the CAD object, determining rules, extracting items of interest... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100087945 - Substrate reworking system, substrate reworking method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium: A substrate reworking system (1) improves rework tact time and eliminates unnecessary reworking to perform efficient reworking. The system (1) includes: a defect information acquisition unit (2) for acquiring defect information for an entire region on the target substrate (9); a reworking unit (3) having at least one liquid drop... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100087946 - Methods for automated fabrication and dispense of diffusion dressings for use in tissue treatment: A method supported by machine automation is provided for fulfilling a request for a diffusion dressing comprising the steps (a) translating the request into a set of machine readable instructions the translation performed by the machine receiving the request, (b) equating the commands in the machine instruction set to a... Agent: Central Coast Patent Agency, Inc

20100087947 - Electric control device in an engraving marchine with a usb interface: An electric control device in an engraving machine with a USB interface is provided, in which the engraving machine is provided with a platform. A cutting tool positioning mechanism is on the platform. A cutting tool is arranged in the cutting tool positioning mechanism and provided with a motor driving... Agent: Bor-yann Chuang

20100087948 - Collision preventing device incorporated in numerical control apparatus: A collision preventing device includes an acceleration/deceleration simulating unit 30 that performs acceleration/deceleration processing based on a moving command generated by a function generation unit 16 according to a method similar to that used by acceleration/deceleration units 18x and 18z and obtains a moving path resulting from the acceleration/deceleration processing,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20100087949 - High performance milling: Technology for milling selected portions of a workpiece by a cutting tool of a numerical control machine is described. The described technology can receive a main toolpath, the main toolpath comprising one or more cuts; compute one or more transition toolpaths, each transition toolpath defining a transition area intersecting one... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20100087950 - System for maximizing a value of lumber: A system and method is disclosed that uses moisture content readings in order to determine how to maximize the price value of lumber. Feedback can then be provided to a kiln controller on how to adjust kiln settings in order to increase the value of the lumber produced. In one... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20100087951 - Monitor postion adjustment device: A monitor position adjustment device comprises: a backseat monitor which is provided at a backward position of a front seat in a vehicle such that an angle of a screen thereof is electrically adjusted toward a backseat; an angle detection unit configured to detect the angle of the backseat monitor;... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20100087952 - Tray handling system and process: A device and method for sequencing trays includes a tray receiving conveyor and a recirculating conveyor. Trays are placed on the recirculating conveyor and merged with ejected trays into a multiple of sequenced trays at one or more merge locations. The system can include more than one merge location, with... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein

20100087953 - Merchandising apparatus: An apparatus for use in dispensing containers of liquid includes a dispensing device having a container dispensing location and a plurality of container storage locations. A light source is disposed at the dispensing location. Light from the light source is transmitted through the bottom of a container at the dispensing... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100087955 - Apparatus and method for controlling robot arm, and robot and program: A control device for a robot arm is designed such that, based on information on a transportation state database in which information on a transportation state of a person operating the arm is recorded, an impedance setting unit sets a mechanical impedance set value of the arm, and an impedance... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20100087954 - Robot and robot control system: An embodiment of the present invention provides a robot suitable for receiving an input signal to generate a response. The input signal includes a tone provided with a command and having a first frequency. The robot includes a receiver, a signal processor, a driver and a response device. The receiver... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20100087956 - Spring-loaded doors to prevent air recirculation without need for additional space: The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to modular information handling systems configured to automatically adjust coolant flow upon insertion and/or removal of heat-releasing elements (e.g., blades). A system may comprise, for example, a chassis at least partially defining a cavity, at least one fan in fluid communication with the... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p

20100087957 - System and methods for the preservation of mechanical assets: A system and methods for the storage, and preservation of mechanical assets, including collectable automobiles, small airplanes and watercraft in a storage unit. The storage unit includes a plurality of asset modules. The volume of each asset module is variable. The atmosphere of each asset module may be controlled by... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20100087958 - Control for positioning multiple barriers apparatus and method: A control routine for groups of remotely controlled, variable-position, position-aware, transceiver-equipped actuators manages data discrepancies by issuing a first set of generic actuation commands to start and stop the actuators, then polling the actuators to report their achieved positions. The routine then applies a rule to determine a preferred position... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20100087959 - Dynamic real-time power system monitoring: A method and system for real-time monitoring of a power system having a plurality of locations forming a transmission and distribution grid, wherein each location includes a plurality of connected components. A plurality of pseudorandom signals are injected at selected locations in the power system. A plurality of power system... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20100087960 - Wind turbine generator and yaw driving method for wind turbine generator: It is an object to make it possible to completely or partially eliminate a yaw driving device and to reduce power consumption in a nacelle. A moment around a wind-turbine tower axis is calculated; an angle command value around the wind-turbine tower axis is calculated by adding a yaw-control command... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100087961 - Hybrid electrical power system: Examples of systems and methods are provided for a hybrid electrical system for supplying power to an external load. The system may include an external load bus configured to be coupled to an external load. The system may include a first bus coupled to the external load bus. The system... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20100087962 - Electrical distribution feeder system and method of operation: A system and method for operating a transferable feeder system on an electrical distribution system is provided. The system includes a controller that is disposed in communication with switches associated with feeders of a first substation and circuit breakers associated with a second substation. The first substation and second substation... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20100087963 - Aggregate energy management system and method: A method includes collecting energy utilization information for machines in a center, such machines originating from multiple vendors. An energy management object is instantiated for each machine, wherein energy utilization is aggregated using such energy management objects. Energy utilization for the center is aggregated and may be used for controlling... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20100087964 - Electronic device and method determining a workload of an electronic device: An electronic device is provided with at least one functional unit (HB) performing a processing, wherein the functional unit (HB) receives a supply current (Isupply). A supply current monitor (SCM) is provided for monitoring the supply current (Isupply) to determine an average supply current (Iavg). A characterization unit (CU) is... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property & Licensing

20100087965 - Fan speed control: A method for controlling fan speed includes providing a fan that is in fluid communication with at least one heat producing component, detecting a temperature, determining a fan speed using the detected temperature and a nonlinear fan speed curve, and applying a control signal to the fan such that the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20100087966 - Physical quantity measuring apparatus: The physical quantity measuring apparatus includes a first function of generating voltage used for position-controlling a movable body, a second function of detecting a position of the movable body during a position detecting period, a third function of calculating a control amount necessary to keep the movable body at a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100082117 - Industrial controller with coordination of network transmissions using global clock: An industrial control system communicating among various control elements via a serial network synchronizes the scanning loops associated with collecting and forwarding data along the network so as to substantially reduce transmission delay and jitter, using synchronization information passed along the network.... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./bf

20100082118 - User interface display object for logging user-implemented solutions to industrial field problems: A visualization system utilizing preconfigured process problem solution models and graphical solution objects to create operator implemented solutions to process problems. The visualization system provides for collecting and sharing the intelligence and experience of the operator in addition to the process data associated with the solution. The operator can include... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082119 - Procedure classification for industrial automation: A processing component that executes one or more industrial control procedures is provided. A procedure class component implements at least one instance of the industrial control procedures, where the instance is dynamically adapted to a parameter of equipment that operates the industrial control procedure.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082120 - System and method for optimizing a paper manufacturing process: A technique is disclosed for optimizing a quality parameter in a process that is not directly measurable online using conventional measurement devices. The technique includes the use of a first inferential model to predict a value for the parameter based upon other process variables. A second inferential model predicts a... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082122 - Process control system having on-line and off-line test calculation for industrial process transmitters: Methods and systems for assessing transmitter electronics in an industrial process control system comprise generating a process condition reference equation signal, a process condition approximation equation signal, and an accuracy output signal. The process condition reference equation signal is generated using a process condition reference equation and process control inputs.... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20100082121 - Validation of laboratory test data: The present invention provides novel techniques for validating laboratory data values for properties of interest of products produced by a process system. In particular, samples of the product may be sent to a laboratory testing facility, where laboratory testing procedures may be used to obtain the laboratory data values for... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082124 - Asymetrical process parameter control system and method: A technique is disclosed for asymmetrically controlling a process parameter based upon the direction of a prediction error between a predicted value determined using an inferential model and a laboratory measurement of the parameter. The present technique provides for the adaptive biasing of the predicted value based upon the direction... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082123 - Modular object and host matching: An object can be used in an industrial control configuration in relation to performing a function or task. Matching can occur such that an object with operational requirements can bind with a host that has capabilities that meet those operational requirements—matching can occur automatically as well as through user operation.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082125 - Analytical generator of key performance indicators for pivoting on metrics for comprehensive visualizations: A guidance system of an industrial process captures process parameter data that is correlated with a human-machine interface (HMI) in order to learn how an experienced operator selects visualizations of key performance indicators (KPI) in order to take a corrective action to address an abnormal or non-optimal performance condition. Such... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082126 - Control device, control program, and control method: According to one embodiment, a control device that controls operation of a system includes a first selecting module, a second selecting module, a control error measuring module, a determining module, and a control module. The first selecting module selects a first neural network from neural networks different in network configuration... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20100082128 - Field communication test device and field communication test system using the same: A field communication test device is provided on a field bus, to which a plurality of field equipments are connected, and also connected to a debug network to apply a communication test to respective field equipments. The field communication test device transmits/receives cooperation data, which is used to apply the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20100082127 - Modular object dynamic hosting: An object can be used in an industrial control configuration in relation to performing a function or task. Matching can occur such that an object with operational requirements can bind with a host that has capabilities that meet those operational requirements—matching can occur automatically as well as through user operation.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082129 - Industrial automation interfaces integrated with enterprise manufacturing intelligence (emi) systems: A visualization system integrated with an enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) system utilizing preconfigured EMI data models, workflow reports and process event notifications to optimize a manufacturing process. The visualization system and the EMI system exchange data and information providing both systems with a broader process view than either system has... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082130 - Modular object publication and discovery: An object can be used in an industrial control configuration in relation to performing a function or task. Matching can occur such that an object with operational requirements can bind with a host that has capabilities that meet those operational requirements—matching can occur automatically as well as through user operation.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082131 - System and method for the automatic aggregation of industrial automation displays: A data aggregation system comprises an aggregation server. The aggregation server receives from a Human-Machine Interface (HMI) graphics data comprising a graphical representation of a portion of an industrial automation environment over an enterprise network, receives operation data associated with an operation of the industrial automation environment over the enterprise... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc/sr

20100082133 - Application builder for industrial automation: A control system development platform is provided. The platform includes a shell component adapted to support development of a control systems application. An abstract model is associated with the shell component to facilitate development of the control systems applications.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082132 - Recipe command steps and recipe inputs from external logic: A method of generating a product recipe for execution by a batch process in an automated manufacturing environment, such the product recipe is associated with a plurality of actions, a set of transitions, and a set of parameters, and such that the plurality of actions define a plurality of logical... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP (fisher)

20100082134 - Modular control system and method for a water heater: A water heater having a modular control system. The water heater includes a tank, a heating element, a first controller, and a second controller. The heating element is coupled to the tank. The first controller is supported by the tank and includes a housing, a first communication port, a processor,... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20100082135 - Activity indicators in a media sharing system: A system and method are provided for generating and displaying one or more indicators indicative of a level of activity within a media sharing system. In one embodiment, with respect to a user participating in the media sharing system, an indicator representative of an activity level of a media collection... Agent: Withrow & Terranova Ct

20100082137 - Content setting value information acquiring device, content output system, content setting value information acquiring method, its program, and recording medium on which its program is recorded: A server of a content output system acquires a user parameter registration information including a user name of a display and a title of a request content. When an image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter is included, the server acquires the image-quality and sound-quality optimum parameter as a user's user setting... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20100082136 - System and method for placeshifting media playback: Systems and methods of placeshifting media playback between two or more devices are provided. For example, a method for placeshifting media may include sending a first message from a media-receiving electronic device to a media-playing electronic device playing a media file and receiving a response identifying the media file and... Agent: Apple Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder, PC

20100082138 - System and method for a demand driven lean production control system: A system is disclosed providing visualization of a production control framework. The system includes a database storing production control data associated with one or more entities and a production control system coupled with the database and configured to model a production control framework of the one or more entities. The... Agent: I2 Technologies Us, Inc.

20100082139 - Energy optimizer for dehydrating biofuels through distillation towers and molecular sieves: The present invention provides novel techniques for controlling the balance between energy usage and biofuels dehydration between a distillation process unit and molecular sieves with model predictive control technology. In particular, the present techniques are presented in the context of biofuel production, wherein control of the balance between energy usage... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082141 - Method for managing and controlling manufacturing processes planned by an enterprise resource planning and produced by a plant floor: A Manufacturing Executing System (MES) implements a planned manufacturing process and controls the corresponding production at the plant floor in a method and in a system for managing and controlling manufacturing processes planned by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and produced by the plant floor. The method includes defining sequential... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100082140 - Model predictive control of biofuel denaturant blending: The present invention provides novel techniques for controlling the blending of multiple fluids. In particular, the present techniques are presented in the context of biofuel production, wherein blending of a denaturant with an undenatured biofuel may be controlled and optimized. However, the present techniques may also be applied to any... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082142 - Simulation system and method: A method and system are described that enhance the computational simulation, such as a fluid flowing through a porous media, under the present techniques. In particular, a computer implemented simulation method is described that includes initializing a simulator and utilizing an intelligent performance assistant to select a set of parameters... Agent: Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company

20100082143 - Data recorder for industrial automation systems: Systems and methods for efficiently improving manufacturing conditions are presented herein. A data collection component can record one or more manufacturing parameters of a product during a manufacture of the product. A historical component can retrieve stored manufacturing information related to the product. In addition, a prediction component can predict,... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082144 - Method of calculating pattern-failure-occurrence-region, computer program product, pattern-layout evaluating method, and semiconductor-device manufacturing method: Method of calculating pattern-failure-occurrence-region comprising calculating a pattern failure occurrence region using relation information and a layout used for forming a convex section, the relation information being a relation between a distance from a formed pattern in a film to cover the convex section on a substrate to the convex... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100082145 - Routing manager: The invention relates to systems and/or methodologies for route management. More particularly, the invention relates to an industrial controller (e.g., logic controller) based route management solution. The route management solution can statically and/or dynamically determine, maintain, or otherwise manage a route.... Agent: Rockwell Automation For Turocy & Watson LLP

20100082146 - Simulation or modeling method of cutting, program of that method, and medium recording that program: The present invention relates to a simulation method of cutting processing, a program for the simulation method of cutting processing, a recording medium recording the program for the simulation method of cutting processing, a modeling method, a program for the modeling method, and a recording medium recording the program for... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20100082147 - Method for the manufacturing of a reproduction of an encapsulated head of a foetus and objects obtained by the method: A method for manufacturing a reproduction of a three-dimensional physical object by obtaining a digital two-dimensional representation of the object, manipulating the two-dimensional representation to input-data for a manufacturing machine, and manufacturing a reproduction of a three-dimensional physical object based on the input-data. The method can include selecting a three-dimensional... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20100082148 - Computer-aided implanting of orthodontic anchorage devices using surgical guides: A system for implanting a temporary anchorage device in a jaw bone of a patient makes use of a digital representation of at least a portion of the patient's dental arch, including teeth and corresponding roots, in order to select a temporary anchorage device (TAD) implant site that does not... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20100082149 - Method for the monitoring, control and optimization of filling equipment for foods and beverages, such as, for beverage bottles: A method for the monitoring, control and optimization of filling equipment for foods and beverages, such as, for beverage bottles. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification... Agent: Nils H. Ljungman & Associates

20100082150 - Sheet processing system and checking method of the same: A sheet processing system includes an arrangement device, a sheet processing apparatus, and a server with a communication line to count and sort sheets. The arrangement device includes an input unit configured to input attribute information of the sheets, a reading apparatus configured to, sort the sheets to a first... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20100082151 - Systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at... Agent: Client 170101 C/o Thomas , Kayden , Horstemeyer& Risley , LLP

20100082152 - Systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels: Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A parcel receiving system has an imaging tunnel through which shipment parcels received at a materials handling facility are passed. While a shipment parcel is passing through the imaging tunnel, a camera captures at... Agent: Client 170101 C/o Thomas , Kayden , Horstemeyer& Risley , LLP

20100082153 - Substrate manufacturing system: A substrate manufacturing system comprises a substrate processing device for conveying pallets from an inlet to an outlet; a pallet conveyor for sequentially returning the pallets for conveying the pallets from an outlet to an inlet; and a pallet controller including: a counter for counting the conveyed pallets at the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20100082154 - Uniform turnover mechanism and method for controlling the same: A uniform turnover apparatus comprises a turnover body, a linear advance device, and a fixed base. The linear advance device has a fixed end and a movable end. The fixed end is turnably provided on the fixed base by a first fulcrum. The turnover body is movably connected with the... Agent: Mindray C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20100082155 - Apparatus for monitoring building status of cavity frame: Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring a building status achieved during building a cavity frame such as an internal freight warehouse of a cargo. The apparatus for monitoring a building status of a cavity frame includes a portable computer, a central host computer, and an indoor global positioning system. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100082156 - Method & apparatus for controlling the motion of a robotic device: A robot movement control device is connected to a communications network in a remote location relative to a robotic device that is also connected to the communications network. The robot movement control device is an electronic device with a video display for displaying a real-time video image sent to it... Agent: Robert Schuler

20100082157 - Bulk material blending control: A technique is disclosed for controlling a material blending process for blending a plurality of raw material feeds using model predictive control in order to produce a blended product conforming to one or more quality standards. The quality standards may be based upon control variables derived from relationships and/or ratios... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082158 - Condition monitoring parameter normalization system and method: In one embodiment, the disclosed method includes controlling operation of a machine system via actuators and a first set of signals received from sensors, receiving a second signal from a vibration sensor, calculating vibration parameters based on the second signal. The method further includes the steps of normalizing each of... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082160 - Refrigerating storage cabinet and control method for compressor thereof: Deviation calculating means 42 calculates a deviation between an internal temperature detected by a temperature sensor 35 and a target temperature provided from target temperature setting means 41 for each predetermined time period. The deviation is integrated by deviation integrating means 46. When the integrated value exceeds a predetermined reference... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20100082159 - Refrigerator having dispenser: A refrigerator includes a cooling chamber, a door that is configured to open and close at least a portion of the cooling chamber, and a dispenser positioned on the door and configured to dispense ice pieces or water through the door when the door is oriented in a closed position.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20100082161 - Method and apparatus for control of cooling system air quality and energy consumption: An energy saving air quality control system modulates supply fan speed by use of controlled, variable-frequency drive controls for automatic dampers or suction pressure to maintain adequate air flow across the evaporator coil at partial cooling loads. Indexing the fan speed to maintain the suction pressure of the energized coil... Agent: Micheline Kelly Johnson Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

20100082162 - Air conditioning system and method of control: An air conditioning system and control method to allow individual zone thermostats to directly control a variable capacity compressor and adaptively adjust the indoor supply air volume to meet zoning demands, without using static pressure or flow sensors or entering a set of pre-defined air flow values for each zone... Agent: Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

20100082163 - Belt driving control device, belt driving control method, and image forming apparatus: A belt driving control device that includes a belt, a driving roller transmitting drive force to the belt, a belt phase detecting section detecting a phase of the belt, a correction amount computing section computing a correction amount of a belt travelling velocity corresponding to the detected phase of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100082164 - Auto-configuring condition monitoring system and method: In one embodiment, the disclosed method includes receiving a user selection of a machine system type from a plurality of machine system types, where the system types corresponding to specific machine component combination. The method also includes configuring alarms based on the machine system type, configuring calculations of vibration parameters... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082165 - Torsional oscillation damper: A torsional vibration damper (1) comprising two elements (4, 5) which are rotatable relative to one another making use of at least one coupling part (3) which is arranged axially displaceable in a housing (2), in which the housing (2) is divided by the coupling element (3) into a first... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100082166 - Cook flash temperature optimization: The present invention provides novel techniques for controlling the output of a distillation sub-process by controlling, using model predictive control, the temperature of steam used in the distillation sub-process, wherein the steam is generated in a milling and cooking sub-process. In particular, the present techniques are presented in the context... Agent: Susan M. Donahue Rockwell Automation, Inc./fy

20100082167 - Method for setting a basal rate profile for an insulin pump: Methods for setting a basal rate profile for an insulin pump with an input unit and a calculation unit are disclosed. A number of interpolation nodes for the basal rate profile are defined by means of the input unit of the insulin pump. A continuous function with respect to the... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP Fifth Third Center

20100082168 - Flow rate measuring system: In a slave electromagnetic flow meter, the synchronization signal from a master electromagnetic flow meter (that is, a master electromagnetic signal) MPs is monitored, and if the master synchronization signal MPs ceases to be received, then the synchronization signal used for the flow rate measurement is switched to a synchronization... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20100082169 - Integrated control circuitry and coil assembly for irrigation control: An integrated irrigation valve control device has a coil adapted to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of irrigation equipment. Control circuitry is electrically coupled to the coil to control the flux at the coil. A housing covers at least a portion of the coil and at least... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100082170 - Modular sprinkler controller: A modular sprinkler controller is disclosed. The modular sprinkler controller includes a base unit and one or more add-on modules. The base unit and each add-on module include valve terminals for communicating with coupled sprinkler valves. The base unit includes one or more communication connection points for communicating with adjacent... Agent: Austin Rapp & Hardman

20100082171 - Network topology for monitoring and controlling a solar panel array: Embodiments of a network topology for monitoring and controlling an array of solar panels include an intelligent node adapted to send and receive data and commands by at least two redundant means of communication. An intelligent node includes a solar panel, a node controller, a photovoltaic module, a bypass relay,... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20100082172 - Load forecasting analysis system for calculating customer baseline load: A load forecasting analysis system for calculating a customer baseline load (CBL). The load forecasting analysis system includes a CBL forecaster for receiving a load profile and providing a CBL forecasting method, a period selector for selecting conditions used to calculate the CBL using the load profile, a CBL processor... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20100082173 - Maximized battery run-time in a parallel ups system: An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) includes a plurality of UPS modules. Each of the UPS modules has a battery that provides power to a protected load in the event of a utility power failure. A plurality of controllers control how much power each of the batteries deliver to the protected... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20100082174 - Managing energy usage: Accessing an energy usage rule for a device is described, wherein the device is coupled with a first structure. The energy usage of the device is monitored. The energy usage rule and the energy usage is then compared. Based on the comparing, an instruction is generated to modify an energy... Agent: Wagner Blecher LLP

20100082176 - Peer-to-peer home automation management: A first home automation control device is configured to control a first electrical appliance and to communicate via a peer-to-peer network with a second home automation control device which is configured to control a second electrical appliance. When the first home automation control device discovers the presence of the second... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20100082175 - Presence-based power management: The illustrative embodiment describes a system that manages the energy usage of a user's appliance based on: (i) the user's location, and (ii) the user's “presence information.” The “presence information” of a user is defined as a status indicator that includes, but is not limited to: the ability and willingness... Agent: Avaya Demont & Breyer, LLC

20100082177 - System and method for controlling multiple facts: Disclosed are a system and method with a cooperative control algorithm that can appraise voltage stability of a power system in cooperation with a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)/emergency management system (EMS) for cooperative control on multiple parallel flexible alternating current transmission systems (FACTS) to enhance voltage stability, and... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20100082178 - System and method to dynamically change data center partitions: A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium being operable to perform a thermal analysis of a data center and overlay the thermal analysis on a map of the data center to provide an overlaid thermal analysis. Additionally, the computer... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C