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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110184536 | SAMPLE ANALYZER, SAMPLE ANALYZING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT A sample analyzer comprising: a measurement section for performing measurement of a sample; a display for displaying an analysis result that is obtained based on the measurement of the sample performed by the measurement section; a controller for receiving a transmissio... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110153038 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINES AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONTROL SYSTEM A control system for a construction machine includes at least one sensor and at least one controller, wherein a serial connection exists between the sensor and the controller, and wherein at least one sensor and/or controller are of the two-channel or multi-channel type... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110077752 | SAMPLE TESTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAMPLE TESTING APPARATUS A sample testing apparatus which can be operated by a plurality of use authorities, comprising: a measurement mechanism for measuring a sample; a setting data storage section for storing setting data used to operate the apparatus, the setting data at least comprising me... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110060426 | Scanning Systems The present application is directed toward cargo scanning systems having scanners, each arranged to scan a respective object and generate a set of scan data, processors arranged to process each set of scan data to determine whether it meets a predetermined threat condit... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110029101 | Methods for Data Acquisition Systems in Real Time Applications A system may include a processing unit executing program instructions (SW), a data acquisition (DAQ) hardware device for acquiring sample data and/or generating control signals, and host memory configured to store data samples and various data associated with the DAQ an... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20080195236 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROPORTIONAL-INTEGRAL-DERIVATIVE CONTROL A PID controlling apparatus and method for providing a control value to a control object according to the difference between an output value of the control object and a target value are provided, in which an error calculator outputs an error value between the target val... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080133031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING DATA FOR A MACHINE A system and method for validating data for a machine arrangement includes a controller, such as a programmable logic controller, connected to a processor, which is configured to execute an algorithm using the data collected by the controller. The algorithm includes one... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080039960 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS A signal processing method that includes inputting sample values of a signal and considering the signal to have a plurality of portions. For each portion, a predetermined function is fitted to the sample values of that portion of the signal by calculating values of coef... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20070265802 | Fuel cell operation to minimize RH cycles to improve durability A fuel cell system that includes an over-arching algorithm for providing a strategy that reduces relative humidity cycling of the cathode outlet gas between wet and dry operation to extend the useful life of the membrane. The algorithm receives sensor signals indicative... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070219650 | Mass flow meter or controller with inclination sensor A thermal mass flow meter associated with an inclination sensor that detects an angle of inclination of at least one portion of a thermal mass flow sensor relative to at least one reference axis. Based upon the detected angle of inclination, the output signal of the mas... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070219649 | Sampling messages from a data feed Disclosed is a method, apparatus and computer program for sampling a data feed of messages at regular time intervals. A current sample point is identified. A time interval is also identified which is defined by the current sample point and at least one of the previous s... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070156262 | Enhanced feedback for plant control A method and system for controlling the behaviour of a plant having an input and an output by enhanced feedback. A simulation input signal is derived from an input to be applied to the plant and a simulated signal is generated by simulating an aspect of an assumed behav... | 07/05/2007 |
| 20070122899 | Target substance analysis apparatus and determination software update method There is provided a biochemical reaction cassette analysis apparatus capable of automatically updating determination software. A biochemical-reaction-cassette-equipped automatic analysis apparatus having a storage section in which determination software is stored in ass... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070112443 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL Methods and systems for adaptive control. ... | 05/17/2007 |
| 20060271211 | Method for siting detectors within a facility A method, system and article of manufacture of siting one or more detectors in a facility represented with zones are provided. Signals Si,j representing an effect in zone j in response to a release of contaminant in zone i for one or more flow conditions are ... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060167570 | Process for rapidly controlling a process variable without overshoot using a time domain polynomial feedback controller A method for controlling a process variable as it approaches a predetermined value (setpoint) so that the setpoint is not exceeded. The method employs a time domain polynomial equation in a feedback configuration and utilizes a controller that acts as an On/Off controll... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20050192682 | METHOD OF KEYING A BOREHOLE IN A SEISMIC BLOCK The aim of the present invention is the determination of the best possible correlation (keying) for electric recordings obtained in a borehole with seismic recordings obtained in a volume of subsoil (the seismic block) containing the bore. This is accomplished by defini... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050149210 | Methods to support process quality and maintenance during control of an industrial process such as welding A number of methods to support process quality and maintenance during control of an industrial process such as welding are provided. The methods provide, among other things: automatic process limit programming based on runtime data; user-initiated process limit programm... | 07/07/2005 |
| 20050143846 | Alternative energy system control method and apparatus A multivariable control system provides regulation for a plurality of control variables of interest based on selecting a particular one of the variables for regulation relative to a corresponding setpoint, while continuing to monitor the other variables and switching re... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050143849 | Controlling method for manufacturing process In a method of controlling a manufacturing process, a Mahalanobis space of plural manufacturing control parameters is generated on the basis of first sampled data. Then, a Mahalanobis distance from the Mahalanobis space and second sampled data is calculated. A manufactu... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050107895 | Process control In a control system for controlling a plant system or process (22), a model based problem is formulated and an explicit control solution is constructed off-line such that a parametric profile (24) techniques (26). As a result the system can operate ... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050090911 | User interface for correlation of analysis systems A system for management, correlation and combination of various analysis techniques, or “advisors.” Graphical user interface (GUI) controls and displays are provided to allow a user to configure different aspects of an analysis system. A financial analysis applicati... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050090914 | Process monitoring device for sample processing apparatus and control method of sample processing apparatus A monitor data acquisition section acquires a plurality of monitor data relating to a processing state of one sample in a processing apparatus, via sensors. A data selection section selects monitor data belonging to an arbitrary processing division included in a plurali... | 04/28/2005 |
| 20050038533 | System and method for simplifying and manipulating k-partite graphs The system has a collection of a plurality of objects. Each object defines a node in a k-partite graph, such that, the nodes can e divided into a number of mutually exclusive sets such that all of the nodes are in exactly one of the sets; further edges occur only betwee... | 02/17/2005 |
