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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7231316 | Method for performing a hazard review and safety analysis of a product or system A method for analyzing a system for safety to personnel or other systems is disclosed comprising: identifying at least one operating parameter of a first subcomponent of said product; identifying an inherent hazard of said first subcomponents based on an analysis of... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7146237 | Controller and method to mediate data collection from smart sensors for fab applications The present invention relates to control of and data collection from sensors associated with tools. In particular, it relates to using a controller to mediate communications among a tool, sensors associated with the tool and data users, such as a host system or dist... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7133729 | Pattern-and model-based power line monitoring Power line monitoring is disclosed. The monitoring can be performed in conjunction with an automation system designed to control and monitor devices and sensors. Model-based power line monitoring uses a model of acceptable power line activity. Activity that does not... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119456 | Switch system capable of automatic configuration A switch system capable of being automatically configured and used with any electrical system, particularly vehicle electrical systems, having an operator-activated control and an electrical device. This switch system generally includes an electro-mechanical switch ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7117048 | Safety controller with safety response time monitoring A safety controller having a total worst case propagation delay, exceeding the required propagation delay required by a safety process, may be used to control the safety process by monitoring actual delays in signal processing in the safety controller and moving to ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7068153 | Vehicle window control system for a vehicle having a data communications bus and associated methods A vehicle window control system for a vehicle having a data communications bus may include at least one vehicle device associated with operating a window of the vehicle, a window operation transmitter, and a controller connected to the data communications bus for co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053575 | Method for controlling operation of power seat for vehicle A method for controlling operations of power seats for a vehicle, comprises the steps of moving a first seat toward a second seat by a first reversible motor, causing a seat cushion of the first seat to be tipped up, by a second reversible motor, relative to a seat ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7046126 | Vehicle window control system for a vehicle having a data communications bus and associated methods A vehicle window control system for a vehicle having a data communications bus may include at least one vehicle device associated with operating a window of the vehicle, a window operation transmitter, a receiver at the vehicle for receiving signals from the window ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6970776 | Communication error detecting method for bus communication network in vehicle A communication error detecting method for a bus communication network including a first type ECU which is powered on whether an ignition key is situated at an ON position or a cranking position and a second type ECU which is powered on when the ignition key is situ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965487 | Controller for information recording and reproducing device and control method for the information recording and reproducing device A control device for preventing abrasion inside bearings in an information recording and reproducing device mounted on an automobile and preventing degradation in rotational accuracy, the information recording and reproducing device including disk media holding info... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6909977 | Method for diagnosing degradation in aircraft wiring Wiring in new and older aircraft use bundled insulated conductors that are subject to deterioration overtime that can result in on-board fires, loss of in-flight control and eventual crashes of the aircraft. The present invention provides a diagnostic method which p... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6895349 | Gate comparator A gate comparator control panel, in accordance with the subject invention, allows a user to define up to four different gate regions that may exist on any of the live waveforms, maths waveforms, or REF waveforms. A menu for each gate controls the position of each ga... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6744348 | Security system utilizing group supervision polling In a security system that has a large number of individually-addressable modules interconnected on a data bus to a control panel, a method of concurrently supervising the modules by first configuring each module with a unique zone number including a group number and... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6630889 | Security lock control method for remote control system When an operation is performed to set a subcontroller in remote-control enable mode, the subcontroller first checks the operation mode of a main controller, then setting itself in the remote-control enable mode if the main controller is in the remote-cont... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6404769 | Directional routing of packets in a satellite network A method and apparatus encompasses a technique for routing an information packet through a satellite communications system 20 from a source satellite 38 to a destination satellite 40. A path through the system 20 is chosen for the packet and an identifier... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6243627 | Electronic control system and method for erasing abnormality data generated during controller reloading A control system for an automotive vehicle comprising a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) connected by a communication line and including at least one ECU having program reloading capability. The system prevents erroneous abnormality informatio... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6188767 | Method of providing group call services in a CDMA communications system The present invention encompasses a base station and method of providing communication services to a plurality of communication units. The method includes the steps of sending communication information between the base station and at least two of the plur... | 02/13/2001 |
| 5835537 | Multiple transmission apparatus A multiplex transmission apparatus, having a communication control circuit for carrying out transmit-receive control of a frame of data transmitted through a bus, and an output port for outputting data in frame received by the communication control circui... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5798694 | Food storage apparatus and methods and systems for monitoring a food item A food storage apparatus comprises a container (140) for containing a food item, and a cover (142) for covering an opening of the container (140). A first electrical component (144) is associated with the container (140). A second electrical component (14... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790042 | Automobile multiplex data communication method and system capable of preventing chattering phenomenon of switching component An automobile multiplex data communication system includes: a plurality of child stations; a parent station for controlling a multiplex data communication established with the plurality of child stations; and a signal transmission path for mutually connec... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5754103 | Transmission line-monitoring apparatus for use in a fire alarm system A transmission line-monitoring apparatus which is able to detect the occurrence of a short circuit even when a line has a large resistance and also to speedily disconnect the short-circuited transmission line upon detection of a short circuit. When a shor... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5748616 | Data link module for time division multiplexing control systems A programmable data link module is used on a time division multiplex data bus and includes a system master clock signal. The module is functional as an input device, an output device, or both as an input and output device. It receives data from the data b... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5736931 | Remote control system for electronic devices A remote control system is provided for remotely controlling at least two electronic devices one of which is a master device and the other is a slave device. Each device has a remote control sensor and both devices are connected with each other by a bus. ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5726644 | Lighting control system with packet hopping communication Building lights are master controlled to reduce power consumption under building master control, or in response to electric utility commands to the building computer. Each lighting wall control unit includes a transceiver which can communicate to at least... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5708416 | Wireless detection or control arrangement for escalator or moving walk A control or detection arrangement for escalators, moving walks and the like includes a detector, an encoder unit connected to the detector, a wireless transmitter connected to the encoder unit, a wireless receiver, a decoder unit connected to the wireles... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5692215 | System for generating periodic reports, generating trend analysis, and intervention in accordance with trend analysis from a detection subsystem for monitoring daily living activity A system is provided for monitoring a user in a user living area. The system includes a system controller and an activity detection subsystem. The activity detection subsystem monitors a daily living activity of the user and provides information represent... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5651000 | Method and systems for determining the nearest downstream reconfiguration unit in a dual ring communication system Methods and systems for determining the address of the nearest downstream reconfiguration unit in a dual ring communication system. In a dual ring communication system having a plurality of reconfiguration units one of the reconfiguration units determines... | 07/22/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5543669 | Remote feed circuit in communication systems In communication systems, a dc voltage source can be connected via a first and a second winding of an input transformer and a subscriber line to every communication terminal equipment device by using an electronic switch. In case of an overload, the turn-... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5486817 | Communication system for vehicle control system having presettable initial state A communication system for a vehicle conducts mutual communication between a central station and peripheral stations via a communication signal line. A communication signal from the central station is inputted via the communication signal line, which is o... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5475363 | Disaster prevention monitoring apparatus A disaster prevention monitor is disclosed in which the power consumption during a line monitoring process is reduced, and a disconnection or a short circuit of control lines can be detected by using a single switching means. A central station has a monit... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5469150 | Sensor actuator bus system A four-wire bus is provided with a two-wire power bus and a two-wire signal bus and a plurality of sensors and actuators attached to both two-wire busses. A modification is provided to the standard CAN protocol developed and provided by Robert Bosch GmbH,... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5467079 | Incoming message processing method in plurality of terminal equipments and terminal equipment executing said method In a plurality of terminal equipments connected to one line, in each of the terminal equipments a delay time by which a response from the terminal equipment when in an abnormal state is delayed, is preset. When a message arrives at the plurality of termin... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5414416 | Temperature dependent control module cluster unit for motor vehicle A control module cluster unit which enables high-speed communication by restraining the effect of noise, for constituting a high-reliability vehicle control system including a plurality of control modules each having control functions modularized in accor... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5398233 | Method of resetting coupled modules and system using the method A method of resetting coupled modules and a system using the method are disclosed. The method comprises applying a reset instruction signal to a selected module, the selected module generating a reset permission request signal, one or more other modules (... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5390165 | Method and apparatus for transmitting digital data packets on a wireless channel In a method and apparatus for transmitting digital data packets from a station (12,14) in a wireless communication system, successive time intervals (T) are established and a packet is transmitted only if the transmission thereof does not cause a predeter... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5389914 | Anti-disaster monitoring system and anti-disaster monitoring method An anti-disaster system for receiving terminal data in response to the sequential calling of the terminals which is achieved by designating addresses from a receiver and for performing alarming or the like. Each of the terminals has an interrupt transmiss... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5341400 | Method and apparatus for automatically sensing and configuring a termination in a bus-based network A method and an apparatus for automatically sensing and configuring a termination in a network bus configuration are provided by input logic signals indicating whether or not a device connected to the network bus is located at an end position. If the devi... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5307058 | Remote supervisory and controlling system A remote supervisory and controlling System for remotely supervising and controlling loads in time-divisional multiplex transmission of control and monitor data between a central control and terminal units each connected to the central control unit throug... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5299194 | Multiplex transmission system A multiplex transmission system according to this invention includes a plurality of multiplex nodes connected to one another via a common multiplex bus, for effecting data transfer between the nodes. When reception nodes correctly receive data transmitted... | 03/29/1994 |
