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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026790 | Device for safe data transmission to railway beacons A device (1) for safe data transmission to railway beacons has a first and a second circuit section (1a, 1b) independent of and galvanically separate from each other, and each having: a microprocessor (6a, 6... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7359831 | Diagnostic context A diagnostic context can be associated with a request and the diagnostic context can be used for determining whether to do diagnosis functions at predetermined points. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356385 | End-user electrical load controller An end-user load controller that can be used in an electrical energy supply system for controlling electrical energy to an end-user load is disclosed. The controller periodically evaluates whether the load should be on or off based on comparisons of load-operating i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340763 | Internet browsing from a television A system for automatically using internet information which is contained within a commercial on an entertainment medium e.g. television. The system determines information indicative of the web address. This can be done automatically by optical character recognition ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333022 | Safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform A safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a vibration sensor mounted at the loading apparatus of the wafer fabrication platform for detecting vibration generated during the operation of the loading apparatus;... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324876 | System for remotely controlling energy distribution at local sites A power management system and associated method includes provision of local wireless energy control units at remote sites for controlling power delivery to customer loads, and a central station with a wireless transmitter for broadcasting commands to the wireless en... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7265652 | Controllable electronic switch A controllable electronic switch for, e.g., controlling power distribution comprises a deformable member such as a bimetal arm that can be deformed to break an electrical path. The deformable member may be anchored at one end and in controllable contact with an elec... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7231283 | Method for regulating the power supply of a number of multiple field devices In a method for regulating the power supply of a plurality of field devices S1, S2, S3, A1, A2, connected to a data bus DBL and supplied with electrical current over the data bus DBL, the electrical current requirements of the indi... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218998 | System and method for limiting power demand in an energy delivery system An intelligent demand controller protects the local customer premises supply transformer from overload and senses conditions on the transformer. The intelligent demand control system utilizes a communications network with a plurality of load control units having a u... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209838 | System and method for energy monitoring and management using a backplane An energy monitoring and management system and method are provided herein. The system and method centralize load metering by utilizing at least one sensor for observing load characteristics (e.g., Volts, Amperes, Watts, active energy . . . ) communicatively coupled ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206821 | System and method for recording information on a storage medium A method and system for controlling the downloading of information to a computer. Depending upon the characteristics of a storage drive and/or the data which is to be downloaded, the data may be downloaded to a recordable storage medium without first storing the dat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200643 | Controller and controlling method thereof A controller, a system, and a method of controlling the operation of the controller of an electric device. The method comprises: sending a user interface software packet stored in the controller's memory to a first external device; disassembling the user interface s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184861 | System and method for controlling generation over an integrated wireless network An intelligent network demand control system provides a system and method for controlling demand in an energy delivery system. The intelligent network demand control system employs a transceiver network with a plurality transceivers coupled to meters and appliances ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7165132 | Processing node including a plurality of processor cores and an interconnect configurable in a test-mode to cause first and second transaction source indicators to be interchanged In one embodiment, a processing node includes a plurality of processor cores and a reconfigurable interconnect. The processing node also includes a controller configured to schedule transactions received from each processor core. The interconnect may be coupled to c... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137770 | Transporting apparatus with position detection sensor A transporting apparatus is provided with a moving platform capable of moving vertically, an article loading platform that can be moved horizontally with respect to the moving platform, a contactless sensor provided on the moving platform, a detected member that is ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7136725 | Load shed notification method, product, and apparatus At a first time, an authorized directive is received by the utility provider to perform an operative action for shedding load of a power system by a minimum system load value on or before a second time. The utility provider may operate the SCADA/DCS system to assist... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130722 | Smart disconnect switch interbase Apparatus (10) for controlling supply of electricity through an electrical distribution network to a customer. An electrical meter (12) is plugged into an electrical socket (14) at a customer's premises. Electricity flows from a power line throu... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110836 | Controllable appliance arrangement A transmission/reception device is provided merely as an embedded system, and a domestic appliance control program and/or an industrial appliance control program is/are transferred from the transmission/reception device to an external control apparatus, and the latt... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7095335 | Arrangement including a remote control device and a first electronic device In an arrangement including a remote control device and at least a first electronic device, the remote control device includes a first memory for storing a set of code data for controlling a further electronic device, the first memory being connected to an input of ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079046 | Multi-point data acquisition apparatus An object of the present invention is to realize a multi-point data acquisition apparatus which enables communication with multiple measurement modules at high speed. The present invention improves upon a multi-point data acquisition apparatus comprising a main modu... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6982625 | Event-recorder for transmitting and storing electronic signature data An electronic event recorder for attachment to a vehicle is provided which can broadcast encrypted signature and data, thereby leaving behind an electronic version of a “fingerprint” in the event of an accident or traffic violation. The fingerprint, captured by ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6961641 | Intra-device communications architecture for managing electrical power distribution and consumption A power management architecture for an electrical power distribution system, or portion thereof, is disclosed. The architecture includes multiple intelligent electronic devices (“IED's”) distributed throughout the power distribution system to manage the flow and... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6917281 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and decoding pre-programmed messages Each of a plurality of wireless communication units (102) is pre-programmed (402) with a plurality of orthogonal codes corresponding to a plurality of canned messages, the plurality of orthogonal codes chosen such that when a group of different canned ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6909659 | Zero power chip standby mode A zero power standby mode in a memory device used in a system, such as a battery powered hand held device. By disconnecting the internal power supply bus on the memory device from the external power supply during standby mode, the junction leakage and gate induced d... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906617 | Intelligent appliance home network The instantaneous power consumption of an appliance is used to determine the status of the appliance, from which further actions may be taken. This invention is premised on the observation that most appliances have a characteristic power consumption pattern that can... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6737954 | Event-recorder for transmitting and storing electronic signature data An electronic event recorder for attachment to a vehicle is provided which can broadcast encrypted signature and data, thereby leaving behind an electronic version of a “fingerprint” in the event of an accident or traffic violation. The fingerprint, captured by ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734793 | Method of transmitting a measurement signal between a measuring unit and a control unit In a method of transmitting a measurement signal M between a measuring unit 1 and a control unit 10, the uniform measurement signal has a supplementary signal Z superimposed on it which alternates over time. To check the operation of the measuring unit... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6693534 | Emergency alarm system using pull-station with camera An emergency alarm system is provided having a manually operated pull-station that activates the system. The emergency alarm system has a camera that provides image data of the area surrounding the pull-station. The emergency alarm system also has a contr... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6600421 | System to automatically locally control a device according to preferences of a user entering a local area of the device from a remote area The present invention provides sensor generating measurement information based upon a patient parameter measured by the sensor and a processor managing local output of the measurement information according to automatically detected control signals locally... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6545587 | Bidirectional remote control system, bidirectional remote controller, and device controlled by bidirectional remote controller A bidirectional remote control system including a bidirectional remote controller and first and second devices controlled thereby, wherein the first device is for receiving a request of device information from the bidirectional remote controller and for s... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6539342 | Sorting objects based on physical characteristics In this invention, the detection result indicating physical characteristics obtained from sensor sections and associated with a to-be-detected object for which it is determined that determination of detection thereof by a high-speed detecting process is d... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6344802 | Control system A control system is disclosed which permits information captured by each sensor to be sent exactly to a main controller and a fall in the level of sensor signals with time to be automatically compensated for with no need to make sensor signal lines long a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6198394 | System for remote monitoring of personnel A system for remotely monitoring personnel status includes a plurality of sensors disposable on a soldier or other person for developing signals which may be used to determine the physiologicalal status. The sensors communicate with a soldier unit which c... | 03/06/2001 |
| 5815085 | Storage and retrieval machine having improved real-time responsiveness and improved noise immunity A communication system for a storage and retrieval machine comprises a conductor bar, base and carriage electrical devices, a sliding brush, first and second transmitters, and first and second receivers. The sliding brush is mounted to the carriage and is... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5790046 | Sensor with a programmable switching threshold A programmable switching threshold sensor including a sensing element having its measurement output terminals connected to a comparator, a current-signal generator, for generating a reference current signal changing in steps. An encoding unit has a code a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5754596 | Field transmitter for storing information A transmitter in a process control loop includes a sensor for sensing a process variable. An analog-to-digital converter coupled to the sensor provides a digitized process variable at various sample times. An interface couples the transmitter to the contr... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5686888 | Use of mutter mode in asset tracking for gathering data from cargo sensors The condition and/or integrity of goods is monitored while in transit using a local area network of tracked assets. Autonomous electronic sensors are situated in proximity to the cargo being shipped. These sensors communicate with an asset tracking unit a... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5648917 | Self-monitoring circuit, especially for electrical equipment, and in particular for a high tension SF6 circuit breaker A circuit for automatically monitoring equipment, including a plurality of transducers for measuring operating parameters and providing data to a multiprocessor system comprising stations interconnected by a local network and constituting a distributed da... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5619184 | System for monitoring disaster prevention A fire disaster monitoring system of the present invention has a control unit and a fire sensor. The fire sensor includes a sensor base and a sensor body. The sensor base incorporates a first memory which stores first address information of the first memo... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5576700 | Apparatus and method for controlling an electrical load and monitoring control operations and the electrical load A method and apparatus for controlling an electrical load in an electrical load management system and monitoring the load control operations and the energy supplied to the electrical load. The apparatus includes a controller for controlling an electrical ... | 11/19/1996 |
