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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162584 | Method and apparatus for semiconductor wafer alignment The invention provides, in some aspects, a wafer alignment system comprising an image acquisition device, an illumination source, a rotatable wafer platform, and an image processor that includes functionality for mapping coordinates in an image of an article (such a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8126253 | Automatically determining machine vision tool parameters A method for automatically determining machine vision tool parameters is presented, including: marking to indicate a desired image result for each image of a plurality of images; selecting a combination of machine vision tool parameters, and running the machine visi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111904 | Methods and apparatus for practical 3D vision system The invention provides inter alia methods and apparatus for determining the pose, e.g., position along x-, y- and z-axes, pitch, roll and yaw (or one or more characteristics of that pose) of an object in three dimensions by triangulation of data gleaned from multipl... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087034 | Virtual processor methods and apparatus with unified event notification and consumer-produced memory operations The invention provides, in one aspect, a virtual processor that includes one or more virtual processing units. These virtual processing units execute on one or more processors, and each virtual processing unit executes one or more processes or threads (collectively,... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074578 | Linear synchronous motor power control system and methods A system is disclosed that controls the power flow to Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) stators for a vehicle transport system. This invention allows multiple vehicles to operate in close proximity in a guideway without requiring an excessive number of separate control... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8052631 | Systems and methods for delivery of peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions The invention provides container systems, kits and methods for peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions. Such a system, for example, includes a first compartment that contains a PD osmotic agent and a second compartment that contains a PD buffer agent. The compartments ma... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8028275 | Control systems and methods with smart blocks Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028272 | Control system configurator and methods with edit selection Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023500 | Methods for process control with change updates A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019151 | Methods and apparatus for image compression and decompression using graphics processing unit (GPU) The invention provides, in some aspects, methods for image compression that utilize the central processing unit (CPU) of a digital data processor and its associated graphics processing unit (GPU), together, in order to compress an image. In related aspects of the in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7985212 | Systems and methods for delivery of peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions The invention provides container systems, kits and methods for peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions. Such a system, for example, includes a first compartment that contains a PD osmotic agent and a second compartment that contains a PD buffer agent. The compartments ma... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984420 | Control systems and methods with composite blocks Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979839 | Method for employing the computer in the creative act of programming A method is described which permits a computer programmer to write a program with the assistance of the computer itself. The computer will provide instant feedback, following the procedures herein described, to the result of performing each instruction. Therefore, t... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7979488 | Control system methods using value-based transfers A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7941507 | High-availability network appliances and methods The invention provides apparatus and systems for high availability execution of applications executing on one or more digital data processor platforms. For example, a system according to one aspect of the invention includes a first set digital data processors, each ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935070 | Systems and methods for dextrose containing peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions with neutral pH and reduced glucose degradation product The invention provides container systems, kits and methods for peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions. Such a system, for example, includes a first compartment that contains a PD osmotic agent and a second compartment that contains a PD buffer agent. The compartments ma... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7926644 | Three-dimensional motion using single-pathway based actuators The invention provides novel mechanisms and methods for effecting rotational and translational motion in three dimensions of objects carried by, or coupled to, actuators that move along a pathway. Vehicles or other conveyances (collectively, “vehicles”) that uti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7900056 | Digital data processing methods and apparatus for management of software installation and execution Methods for management of software installation and/or execution utilize a third-party management system to load a “fingerprint” to user digital data processing equipment before a file (such as a patch installation file) can be installed and/or executed on that ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899875 | Digital data processing methods and systems for cultivating and providing guest feedback on rental accommodations The invention provides, in some aspects, methods and systems for cultivating and providing guest feedback on rental accommodations that comprise a plurality of modules that execute on a digital data processor, including, a first module that obtains email addresses, ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899070 | Control system apparatus with change updates A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898111 | Power supply methods and systems The invention provides, in some aspects, a power supply that includes a first rectifier circuit configured to receive a first AC input and to generate a first DC output, a second rectifier circuit configured to receive a second AC input and to generate a second DC o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7890927 | Apparatus and method for configuring and editing a control system with live data Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882197 | Control system methods that transfer control apparatus information over IP networks in web page-less transfers A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7861744 | Tubular expansion device and method of fabrication The invention comprises a device for expanding tubular members to a controlled diameter and its method of fabrication. The device includes an expandable bladder held in a convoluted form. After the device is inserted into a cylindrical tube to be evenly expanded, th... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860857 | Digital data processing apparatus and methods for improving plant performance The invention provides, in one aspect, human machine interface (HMI) methods and apparatus that permit users to search and/or view plant and other real-time process automation data in a manner similar to that with which they search and/or view pages on the Internet ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7837666 | Systems and methods for delivery of peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions The invention provides container systems, kits and methods for peritoneal dialysis (PD) solutions. Such a system, for example, includes a first compartment that contains a PD osmotic agent and a second compartment that contains a PD buffer agent. The compartments ma... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7778717 | Component object model communication method for a control system The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or combinations to specify a workflow. The tasks can be linked for direct, s... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7761923 | Process control methods and apparatus for intrusion detection, protection and network hardening The invention provides an improved network and methods of operation thereof for use in or with process control systems, computer-based manufacturing or production control systems, environmental control systems, industrial control system, and the like (collectively, ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7739361 | Methods for remote process control with networked digital data processors and a virtual machine environment A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7720944 | Process control system with networked digital data processors and a virtual machine environment A system for process control comprises a server digital data processor and a client digital data processor that are coupled by a network, such as the Internet or an Intranet. The server digital data processor, which is additionally coupled to a control/sensing devic... | 05/18/2010 |
| D615549 | User interface for a display panel | 05/11/2010 |
| 7711919 | Methods and apparatus for digital data processing with mutable inheritance A method of automated workflow processing includes transforming an object, A1, which is of class X, into an object which is of class Y. The method includes the steps of separating existing data elements of A1 from the object itself, generating new data elements corr... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707305 | Methods and apparatus for protecting against overload conditions on nodes of a distributed network Methods and apparatus for protecting against and/or responding to an overload condition at a node (“victim”) in a distributed network divert traffic otherwise destined for the victim to one or more other nodes, which can filter the diverted traffic, passing a po... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7696872 | Rack mounted access/security control panel In one aspect, the invention provides an access panel that comprises one or more access control boards, each of which provide at least an interface for controlling access to one or more building entry points or zones (via associated sensors) and for monitoring intru... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7684475 | Control system methods and apparatus for inductive communication across an isolation barrier Improved control apparatus and methods transfer information between devices, such as controllers and field devices, utilizing a modulator that generates a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal containing information to be transferred by a first of the devices, e.g., th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7665063 | Integration of declarative rule-based processing with procedural programming The present invention provides methods and systems for integrating a procedural computational model with a declarative computational model. For example, in one aspect, the present invention provides a method for integrating a plurality of procedural instructions in ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653208 | Loudspeakers and systems The invention provides, in one aspect, a loudspeaker that has electrodynamically-driven piston mounted in one external wall and that has movable panels in one or more other external walls. Those panels are air-coupled to the piston, e.g., via air within the enclosur... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7640239 | Methods and apparatus for real-time business visibility using persistent schema-less data storage The invention provides methods for enterprise business visibility that transform any of marketing, e-commerce and transactional from a plurality of legacy and other databases into resource description framework (RDF) syntax. This information can be time-stamped (e.g... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7640222 | Rules base systems and methods with circumstance translation The invention provides, in one aspect, a method of finding a rule in a rules base that includes a plurality of rule entries, each having a rule and an associated objective and one or more associated circumstances. A rule finder accesses the rules base in response to... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7623732 | Method and apparatus for digital image filtering with discrete filter kernels using graphics hardware The invention provides, in some aspects, methods and apparatus for signal and/or image processing which perform convolution-based filtering utilizing a graphics processing unit (GPU, also called “graphics card”) to compute multiple output pixels at once. This ha... | 11/24/2009 |
