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Data Processing: Generic Control Systems Or Specific Applications > Specific Application, Apparatus Or Process > Article Handling Article HandlingArticle Handling patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.12/07/06 - 20060276929 - Distributed architecture for food and beverage dispensers A method and apparatus wherein traditional design methodologies directed toward obtaining minimized component costs are largely set aside in favor of mass customization, reduced design and ownership costs, and shorter design cycles. The distributed architecture contemplates widespread distribution of monitoring and control functions for most device-specific hardware under the direction ... 12/07/06 - 20060276928 - Distributed architecture for food and beverage dispensers A method and apparatus wherein traditional design methodologies directed toward obtaining minimized component costs are largely set aside in favor of mass customization, reduced design and ownership costs, and shorter design cycles. The distributed architecture contemplates widespread distribution of monitoring and control functions for most device-specific hardware under the direction ... 11/30/06 - 20060271235 - Method and apparatus for automatic loading of dumper A method for loading a dumper with broken rock or the like and an apparatus for implementing the method. In the method, a loading area is defined for the dumper. The dumper is stopped at the loading area at a predefined position for loading. An emptying area is correspondingly defined ... 11/30/06 - 20060271234 - Dock management system and method A system comprising a device generating at least one of a storage assignment and a movement schedule for each of a plurality of items based on item information and scheduling processes and an interface for displaying the generated storage assignments and movement schedules. The instant abstract is neither intended to ... 11/16/06 - 20060259182 - Process and system for product packaging A process and system are provided for printing variable data on packaging material at a package printer and machine reading the variable data on a packaging facility packaging line and associating the variable data with other information in a computer database. The process and system render unnecessary the use of ... 09/28/06 - 20060217834 - Dynamic category compression in a data storage library Methods and apparatus are provided for dynamically compressing categories in a data storage library. In one embodiment, the method includes retrieving an identification of a first category in the data storage library, the first category being a last-compressed category. Next, an identification number of a first order of the first ... 09/21/06 - 20060212163 - Reference-based automatic address assignment system and method for a material handling system A material handling system and method of automatic address assignment of components of the material handling system, includes a conveying surface divided into a plurality of zones, a plurality of motors propelling each zone, a plurality of lower level controllers and a plurality of sensors adapted to communicate the presence ... 09/21/06 - 20060212162 - Floating three-dimensional instrument panel dial structure A viewed component of a vehicle instrument cluster includes a housing and a first dial structure. The first dial structure includes an outer boundary presenting a first radial portion supported by the housing and a face portion presenting a second radial portion offset within the first radial portion. The face ... 08/31/06 - 20060195220 - Wheelchair lift with a rotary sensor used to determine lift position A wheelchair lift having a pivot and a platform. A rotary position sensor is mounted at the pivot and configured to generate an output signal. A controller is configured to receive the output signal of the rotary position sensor and determine the position of the platform based on the output ... 08/24/06 - 20060190124 - Arrangement for collision prevention of mine vehicle A mine vehicle and a method of preventing a mine vehicle from colliding. The mine vehicle (1) includes at least one scanner (13, 14) to scan the environment in front of the vehicle. On the basis of the scanning, an obstacle-free route is determined whose outermost points in a sideward ... 08/17/06 - 20060184268 - Method to determine when a media handling system configuration is valid and a media handling system arranged in accordance with the same method A media handling system comprises a configuration of N linked modules. Each module has an order based on the module's linkage in the configuration. Thus, a first module of order 1 links to a second module of order 2, the second module links to a third module of order 3, ... 08/10/06 - 20060178773 - Method, apparatus, and system for monitoring amount of liquid poured from liquid containers Some embodiments of the invention provide a system for monitoring liquid consumption at one or more establishments. At each establishment, the system includes one or more spouts and a local computer. Each spout is mounted on a liquid container. Also, each spout generates data regarding the amount of liquid poured ... 08/10/06 - 20060178772 - Wafer movement control macros A computer-implemented method for creating a set of wafer transfer instructions configured to transfer a wafer between an origination wafer-holding location and a destination wafer-holding location in a plasma cluster tool, which has a plurality of wafer-holding locations. The method includes receiving a first user-provided location indicator and a second ... 07/13/06 - 20060155419 - Method for obtaining a random sampling The invention relates to a method of obtaining a random sample. The method includes randomly selecting a sample of a mailing at a DMU. This sample is then analyzed for conformance with United States Postal Service standards. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149413 - Pre-load data capture and handling instruction generator for parcel sorting The present invention provides systems and methods for electronically-capturing a destination address of a package and for using the destination address to automate a package pre-load operation. An embodiment of the invention includes a compression system for compressing the destination address as a compressed MaxiCode symbol, a smart shipping label ... 06/22/06 - 20060136091 - Mobile chemical preparation plant and method of managing a chemical inventory thereon A mobile chemical preparation plant and method of managing a chemical inventory is claimed. The mobile chemical preparation plant includes a mobile work area outfitted with a chemical compound preparation unit, a remote processing unit, and a global positioning system. Inventory of one or more chemical agents is also located ... 05/18/06 - 20060106487 - Programmable load forming system, components thereof, and methods of use Programmable load forming systems, components thereof, and methods of use are disclosed. In one aspect, a programmable load forming system is programmed to perform the method of downloading a calculated path from the computer to the robot controller, moving one or more bundles along the calculated path to position the ... 05/04/06 - 20060095156 - Method and system for tactical airline system management The present invention provides a method and system for managing, within the constraints of an aviation system having defined resources, the operational assets of an airline for the transport of the passengers, luggage and cargo of the airline in such a manner as to allow the business and operational goals ... 04/06/06 - 20060074519 - Medication accuracy comparison system The medication administration accuracy of a number of hospitals is compared and reports are produced. Data is received from each of the reporting hospitals including dosage error information and matching characteristics on which the hospitals can be compared. The received data is merged to provide a medication accuracy comparison database, ... 04/06/06 - 20060074518 - Apparatus and/or method of controlling image forming apparatus A method of controlling an image forming apparatus is provided. The method includes transferring control information of a second driving source from a body into an optional cassette by a first control unit; re-transferring the control information of the second driving source from the body into the optional cassette by ... 04/06/06 - 20060074517 - Crane or excavator for handling a cable-suspended load provided with optimised motion guidance The invention refers to a crane or excavator for the transaction of a load, which is carried by a load cable with a turning mechanism for the rotation of the crane or excavator, a seesaw mechanism for the erection or incline of an extension arm and a hoisting gear for ... 02/16/06 - 20060036346 - System and method for tracking inventory An RFID enabled paper roll includes a tubular core, a paper stock wound around the core, and a radio frequency integrated circuit electrically coupled to an antenna and positioned on the core. A system for reading a radio frequency integrated circuit positioned on an item of inventory in a warehouse ... 02/09/06 - 20060030968 - Integrated control card for conveying systems A material handling system, and method of controlling the material handling system, includes a conveying surface with a plurality of individually controlled zones and a plurality of motors. At least one of the motors propelling the conveying surface at each zone. A plurality of motor controller circuits adapted to control ... 01/19/06 - 20060015212 - Chemical substance total management system, storage medium storing chemical substance management program and chemical substance total management method A chemical substance total management system aids for reduction of release and transferring amount of managing substances in business entities. The system retrieves releasing and transferring amount record relating to predetermined managing substance on the basis of total tabulation link information with correlation between the tabulation result record managing releasing ... 01/19/06 - 20060015211 - Method and device for processing a moving production part, particularly a vehicle body A method for processing a moving workpiece (1), in particular a vehicle body (1) which is moved using of a conveyor belt (10). A processing tool (5) is used which is attached to the hand (12) of a robot (7) and comprises a sensor system (18) which is permanently connected ... 12/29/05 - 20050288817 - Chamber based dispatch method A chamber based dispatch method for dispatching a plurality of wafers to an equipment is disclosed. The equipment has a plurality of chambers for processing the wafers according to a plurality of recipes. The method includes setting states of the equipment and the chambers, determining whether the recipes are executable ... 11/17/05 - 20050256608 - Method and apparatus for making status reporting devices for container handlers A mechanism and method for making status reporting devices for container handlers, including: providing a micro-controller module, and installing a program system into memory accessed by a computer directing the micro-controller module. The micro-controller module communicatively couples with means for wirelessly communicating and for sensing a state of the container ... 11/17/05 - 20050256607 - Operator display system An operator display system for a material handling vehicle, the material handing vehicle having a material handling device comprising an arm and a material handling implement mounted on the arm, the operator display system being operable to receive input information comprising information relating to the orientation of the arm and ... 11/17/05 - 20050256606 - Method in the control of a machine tool cell The invention relates to a method for controlling a machine tool cell consisting of a press brake (6) and one or more robots (9) serving the same. According to the invention, the data needed for designing the movement plan (200), or the like, for the robot (9) is collected in ... 11/03/05 - 20050246057 - Aircraft cargo loading logistics system using machine readable identifiers A cargo loading logistics system for verifying cargo loaded on an aircraft receives a desired restraint configuration from a database and determines an actual restraint configuration on the aircraft by receiving data from a plurality of machine readable identifiers corresponding to a plurality of install points and data from a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246056 - Materials handling system The present invention relates to a package arranging system for arranging a plurality of package sets into a predetermined configuration. The package sets occupy respective ones of a plurality of second positions in the predetermined configuration. A positioning means is provided for positioning, when required, the package sets at respective ... 11/03/05 - 20050246055 - Method and system for providing dynamic verification and alignment of production tool loadports Exemplary embodiments of the invention include a method and system for providing dynamic verification and alignment of production tool loadports in an automated material handling system environment. The method includes transmitting light beams from a production tool loadport fixture to an overhead transport vehicle, reading values received from the light ... 09/29/05 - 20050216116 - Microprocessor integrated multifunction hoist system controller The present multi-function cable hoist system controller monitors a variety of drilling rig hoist system functions, including: positioning of the hoist block of the hoist system, speed/momentum of the hoist block, and hoist block loading. The controller can also monitor: cable ton-mile parameters, weight on the drill bit, and drill ... 09/29/05 - 20050216115 - Transport management system and method thereorf A system and method for carrier transport traffic management. A host computer connects to a fabrication tool, configured to acquire an available number of a resource type for the fabrication tool upon detecting a fabrication tool loadport of the fabrication tool is available. A material transport system connects to the ... 09/15/05 - 20050203664 - Method and apparatus for aligning a cassette An alignment tool, method and system are provided for aligning a cassette handler to a robot blade in a workpiece handling system, in which the tool comprises a frame or fixture adapted to be supported by the cassette handler support surface, in which the frame has one or more distance ... 09/01/05 - 20050192702 - Optical device for the automatic loading and unloading of containers onto vehicles The invention relates to an automatic method for increasing the throughput of a container reloading point or a container storage space and for reducing the loading and unloading time for a container transport vehicle. According to said method, after the identification of a container transport vehicle, the loading platform of ... 09/01/05 - 20050192701 - Automated airport luggage system An airport terminal (100) has a department area (200) which includes at least one, and preferably a plurality of check-in counters (202), at least one, and preferably a plurality of airplane-loading zones (204), and a track system (110), arranged for the movement of wagons (10). Wagon (10) is for automatically ... 08/25/05 - 20050187653 - Substrate transfer device The present invention provides a vacuum stage device that moves a substrate to be processed in a vacuum environment. In a substrate transfer device in accordance with the present invention, a wafer mounted to a wafer platen is moved in a vacuum processing chamber. This substrate transfer device includes a ... 08/11/05 - 20050177271 - Screening system for objects in transit The present invention relates to the screening of objects in-transit and materials, for security purposes (i.e. explosives detection). The invention provides an adjustable computerized system suitable for use at airports, seaports, land terminals, distribution centers, railway terminals, border crossings or other transit terminals, in order to achieve maximal efficiency and ... 08/04/05 - 20050171632 - Method for tracking a mail piece A system and method for tracking a mail piece includes capturing an image of the mail piece, associating a tracking number for the mail piece with the image, providing the mail piece and tracking number to a carrier, and utilizing information from the image to investigate a lack of delivery ... 07/21/05 - 20050159838 - Baggage transportation security system and method In a communications network, such as the Internet system and method for arranging the transportation of baggage for airline passengers. Flight information and baggage information from a user is received via the communications network. Typically this is accomplished via a combination of information capture from an online travel provider (e.g., ... 07/21/05 - 20050159837 - Network controlled sorter conveyor The present invention relates to a sorter conveyor having a plurality of conveyor units with article-supporting means, such as tilt trays or cross-belts, equipped with discharge means for discharging articles conveyed on the article-supporting means, which discharge means are driven by means, typically electric motors, controlled from the moving part ... 07/07/05 - 20050149225 - Feeder control system and method A feeder control system and method are disclosed. The system includes a feeder information detector, and a feeder information leverager to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. The method includes the steps of detecting feeder information, and leveraging the feeder information to provide integrity verification, system control and/or reporting. ... 06/16/05 - 20050131574 - Method and apparatus for quay container crane-based automated optical container code recognition with positional identification A method and system for a quay container crane with container code recognition of a container identified by a container code with container positional identification is disclosed. The system and method are capable of performing these tasks without the use of non-standard container tagging. ... 06/09/05 - 20050125093 - Relaying apparatus and communication system A relaying device for providing optimum communication between a non-contact information medium and an information read/write device, and a communication system employing the relaying device, in which the adverse effect on communication, brought about by limitations on the mounting site of the information read/write device may be eliminated. The relaying ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |