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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7847506 | Machine tool controller In a machine tool controller (1): a position control unit (12) controls, based on an operational signal input from without during manual operation, a moving body's move-to point and moving speed; a memory (13) stores data modeling the moving bod... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7259906 | System and method for voice control of medical devices A light source includes a wavelength shifter that is capable of shifting a shorter optical signal wavelength to a longer optical signal wavelength based at least in part on a Raman effect in a waveguide. The wavelength shifter includes a pump laser that operable to ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7215089 | Threading/tapping control apparatus A workpiece is rotated by a master motor and a tool is linearly moved by a slave motor to cut a thread in the workpiece. Position feedback of the master motor is multiplied by a coefficient K and the result used as the position command of the slave motor. Provision ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194321 | Modular multi-axis motion control and driving system and method thereof A modular multi-axis motion control and driving system includes a control board having a DSP and Flash ROM; a plurality of driver boards connected to the control board though a bus, each board including a FPGA device and a plurality of MOSFET power amplifiers; a com... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183736 | AC servo system with distributed movement control An AC servo system with distributed movement control is used for multiple axes control in distributed manner includes at least one drive containing a programmable movement controller to perform a customized procedure to control I/O signal of local axis or other axis... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171718 | Direct drive windshield wiper assembly A windshield wiper assembly including at least one motor having an output shaft and a windshield wiper operatively connected to the output shaft. The motor includes a stator adapted to provide an electromagnetic flux and a rotor assembly supported for rotation about... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7129666 | Motorized adjustable x-ray apparatus An x-ray apparatus has a servo-supported C-arm that is movable with two degrees of freedom in a movement space by means of a drive device. The servo support of the C-arm deviates at a stop point within the movement space from the servo support in the surrounding mov... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7084595 | Method for thermal optimization Method for optimizing the movement performance of an industrial robot for a current movement path with respect to thermal load on the driving system of the robot, wherein the method comprises the following steps: for at least one component in the driving system, the... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064512 | Positioning apparatus, exposure apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method A positioning apparatus includes an X stage, a linear motor (X-axis) which drives the X stage along the X-axis, a linear motor (Y-axis) which drives a Y stage along the Y-axis, a laser interferometer which detects position information of the stages along the X and Y... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057364 | Actuation system comprising a digital position sensor An actuating system having an electric motor that is controlled by a computer as a function of a setpoint position of a member that is to be actuated. The actuating system includes an encoder that is dependent on the movement of the motor, a sensor designed to deliv... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043333 | Device for checking the position of a spindle in a machine tool In a machine tool with a spindle capable of motion along at least three axes x, y, and z, the position of the spindle is checked by a device that operates utilizing electromagnetic signals sent out by four emitters, located externally of the machine tool, and picked... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016262 | Seismic sensor A seismic sensor, comprising a case, a pre-charged, non-conductive membrane located between two plates that form a capacitor and accommodated inside the case, with one of the plates being immovable relative to the case and the other of the plates being movable relat... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7009357 | Servo control system and its control method After a controller #1 has started giving an interpolating instruction, the length on an interpolation line is calculated by a first calculation means in synchronism with a clock signal from a clock synchronous circuit 45, and after having executed a fi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6968292 | Industrial controller event logging Industrial equipment is monitored by at least one industrial controller assigned to each group of industrial equipment. Queues are established by logic within one of the industrial controllers for each group. Each queue holds a number of event records. Logic is esta... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963792 | Surgical method A teleoperator system with telepresence is shown which includes right and left hand controllers (72R and 72L) for control of right and left manipulators (24R and 24L) through use of a servomechanism that includes computer. The teleoperato... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6944906 | Direct drive windshield wiper assembly A direct drive windshield wiper assembly including at least one brushless DC motor providing a drive torque through an output that is rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the motor and a windshield wiper that is driven by the motor about the longitudinal axis in... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6922034 | Method for designing a robot arm Provided is an arm structure for a robot which can favorably carry out jobs which are typically performed by humans. By determining the length of the arm and the height of the axis of rotation of the arm in such a manner that a range of rotational motion of the arm ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922611 | Automation equipment control system A automation equipment control system comprises a general purpose computer with a general purpose operating system in electronic communication with a real-time computer subsystem. The general purpose computer includes a program execution module to selectively start ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920363 | Acceleration and deceleration control method An acceleration and deceleration control in which, for a relation between speed and acceleration, the low speed part need not be symmetrical with the high speed part, is performed such that an actual acceleration curve may lie along a restricted acceleration curve a... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911797 | Multi-axes industrial processing machine A multi-axes industrial processing machine with a multi-axes electrical drive system and at least two axle drives that have each an axle module and a built-in motor is disclosed. The machine further includes an impedance that is transformer-coupled with a supply mod... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909255 | Drive controller for a self-commutated converter A drive controller for a self-commutated converter having two half-bridges with converter valves, includes two control circuits, with each control circuit associated with a corresponding half-bridge and operatively connected with the converter valves of that half-br... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6836315 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A method of providing pitch torque compensation for planar motors in which pitch torque is not inherently provided includes calculating and summing a given set of forces ideally required to be applied by each forcer in the planar motor. Correction forces for each fo... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6825630 | Machine tool, tool, and tool holder A longer life, low cost tool and tool holder enabling change of posture with respect to a spindle, having a high machining accuracy of a workpiece, and resistant to generation of vibration or heat, provided with a working tool for processing a workpiece, a motor hav... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6819073 | Active compensation of mechanical vibrations and deformations in industrial processing machines In a method for active compensation of mechanical vibrations and/or deformations in industrial processing machines, a main drive in a primary axis executes a first motion to move a mechanical machine element with an auxiliary drive in a secondary axis for execution ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6816755 | Method and apparatus for single camera 3D vision guided robotics A method of three-dimensional handling of an object by a robot uses a tool and one camera mounted on the robot and at least six target features which are normal features of the object are selected on the object. The features are used to train the robot in the frame ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6809450 | Software for system for controlling a magnetically levitated rotor In a rotor assembly having a rotor supported for rotation by magnetic bearings, a processor controlled by software or firmware controls the generation of force vectors that position the rotor relative to its bearings in a “bounce” mode in which the rotor axis is... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6804580 | Method and control system for controlling a plurality of robots A system for controlling a plurality of robots and a method for controlling said system. Said system comprises a plurality of controllers, each having an associated motion system adapted to control attached robots, with each motion controller being able to receive m... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6750625 | Wafer stage with magnetic bearings A high accuracy stage supported in six degrees of freedom by electromagnetic bearings. Movements in the horizontal plane of the stage are controlled by variable reluctance actuators which are mounted between the high accuracy stage and a coarse stage so as not to di... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6684128 | Robot and method of controlling the robot A robot capable of being operated at a high-speed by the full use of a power of a servo-motor, including a motor and a speed reducer, wherein the motor drives the robot through the speed reducer, and the speed reducer is a variable speed reducer capable o... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6675070 | Automation equipment control system A automation equipment control system comprises a general purpose computer with a general purpose operating system in electronic communication with a real-time computer subsystem. The general purpose computer includes a program execution module to selecti... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6671580 | Outer route for robots in a horizontal storage library A system for directing robot movement in a storage library is provided, the library comprising at least one horizontal array of storage cells and at least one robot that moves along the horizontal array and can retrieve objects from and place objects into... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6611122 | Method of control and control structure for the movement control, pre-control and fine interpolation of objects in a speed controller clock which is faster than the position controller clock The invention makes it possible to execute the pre-control and the fine interpolation in the drive (A) in the fast drive clock (tDR) with a slower path pre-setting in the clock (tNC) of the NC. For this purpose, in each NC clock (tNC) a setpoint speed val... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6611121 | Numerical control and method of automatically freeing an axis after running over safe end positions For automatically freeing an axis which, after running over a safe end position (E+), is monitored to ascertain when it is at a standstill (3), monitoring for overshooting the safe end positions (E+, E-) is switched off and a freeing range (4) is defined ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6532403 | Robot alignment system and method A robot alignment system (10) includes a sensor system (12). The sensor system (12) is designed to attach to an end effector of a robot arm (14). A rough alignment target (16) is attached to a work station. A fine alignment target (22) is placed on a work... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6445979 | Operation line tracking device using sensor An operation line tracking device for a robot for performing an operation with a tool mounted on the robot while tracking an operation line using a sensor wherein a detection failure of the sensor is restored by automatically changing or resetting a detec... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6442451 | Versatile robot control system An improved, versatile robot control system comprises a general purpose computer with a general purpose operating system in electronic communication with a real-time computer subsystem. The general purpose computer includes a program execution module to s... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6430473 | Power assist apparatus and control method for same A power assist apparatus includes an autonomously mobile base on which a manipulator for holding a load is mounted. The movement of the mobile base is controlled such that when the manipulator tip is within a prescribed operating region relative to the mo... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6366046 | System for servomotor driven press to permit performance of multi purpose tasks A general type press system with variable-speed slider-crank mechanism driven by a servomotor which can be used for various types of press work by providing various corresponding input speed trajectories. The press includes a frame, a linkage-mechanism wi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6327519 | Method and system for transferring energy between robotic mechanisms in an automated storage library A storage library includes a first robotic mechanism having an energy coupler and a second robotic mechanism having an energy coupler. The storage library further includes tracks disposed adjacent to media object storage cells for enabling access to each ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323616 | Self teaching robotic wafer handling system A wafer handling apparatus having input and output robotic systems directed by a programmed controller. Each system has components including a robot, a twist and rotate, and a carrier and automated carrier rail. The input system is for removing wafers fro... | 11/27/2001 |
