Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8125309 | Fail-safe remote control The present invention relates to a remote control (160) operates fail-safe. The remote control comprises a safety filter (150) in order to provide a fail save operation. The present invention also relates to an adjustable patient table (100) com... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7414965 | Hitless protection switching A network element with equipment protection has first and second redundant signal paths for first and second redundant signals; a selector for selecting either of the two redundant signals as active; and first and second transition monitors coupled to the first and ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414516 | System and method for remote controlling and monitoring electric home appliances A system for remote controlling and monitoring a home appliance includes a first home appliance having a master function, at least one second home appliance having a slave function, and a communication line path for communication only between the first home applianc... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403839 | Water shut-off system A moisture monitoring and control system comprising: 1) a plurality of moisture sensors; 2) one or more local or remote control stations capable of monitoring and controlling each of the individual elements of the moisture monitoring and control system; 3) at least ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382272 | System, a tool and method for communicating with a faulted circuit indicator using a remote display Provided is a system, a tool and a method for communicating with a faulted circuit indicator (FCI), the faulted circuit indicator including a detection circuit for monitoring an electrical conductor of a power system. The system includes a remote display mounted in ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372506 | Method and apparatus to display on-screen display user-guide information about status of external device A method and apparatus to display user-guide on-screen display information about a status of an external device on a display device connected with the external device may include attempting to detect a signal from the external device when the display device is in an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7337092 | Event-based automated diagnosis of known problems System events preceding occurrence of a problem are likely to be similar to events preceding occurrence of the same problem at other times or on other systems. Thus, the cause of a problem may be identified by comparing a trace of events preceding occurrence of the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337130 | Methods for automatically providing a personalized product A personalized product producing system enables customers to order a personalized product, such as a name card, a stamp, or a sticker/label, inexpensively and conveniently. Customers operate their own cellular phones to send personalized information to be engraved i... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327218 | Electronic identification system with forward error correction system An electronic radio frequency (RF) identification system 10 is disclosed and claimed. The system includes an interrogator 11 and a plurality of RF transponders 12.1 to 12.n. In use, each transponder is operative in response to an i... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7308331 | Apparatus and method for monitoring and maintaining plant equipment A computer system implements a process for gathering, synthesizing, and analyzing failure and other data relating to a pump, seal or other equipment. Data indicating the current state of the equipment may be gathered and verified prior to a failure occurring so that... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7262519 | Actuator unit with at least two actuators and a secure control unit In order to provide a bearing for an already prepositioned switching shaft, fitted with coupling levers, of a low-voltage circuit breaker in the region where the switching forces act, a bearing assembly is provided. The bearing assembly includes a bearing body which... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242291 | Arc fault circuit interrupter test circuit and test board A tester for an arc fault circuit interrupter that can selectively simulate and apply electrical arc faults and nuisance loads to at least one device under test (DUT). The tester includes a power supply, a test controller, and test circuitry coupleable to a DUT. AC ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7227461 | Security confirmation system and method thereof The present invention discloses a security confirmation system which can achieve efficient communication by optimizing an amount of transmitted data, and a method thereof. The security confirmation system includes a home master device connected to at least one secur... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7139239 | Self-healing control network for building automation systems In building automation architectures, components may be associated through physical communications paths and at a different level through building automation applications. Building automation applications implement control processes for a building function. Due to c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128260 | Methods of an operator handling a fault condition in an image-based self-service check depositing terminal A method is provided of an operator who is other than a check depositing customer handling a fault condition in an image-based check depositing terminal. The method comprises inserting a non-customer identification card into a card reader of the terminal to allow th... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119675 | Emergency alert service The emergency alert service responds to receipt of emergency alert messages by filtering, formatting and routing emergency alert information to a variety of different networked appliances and also to remote devices. In this way, a consistent warning message is disse... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119832 | Wireless microphone for use with an in-car video system An in-car video system and method is provided where a wireless microphone is configured with bi-directional communications capability. In response to a received RF activation signal, the wireless microphone is automatically switched on to capture (and transmit back ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7072751 | Controller for electric automobile A control device of an electric car in which any two of control devices fixed to the corresponding electric motors send signals to each other and send and receive control information by taking a bypass route when any one of transmission lines malfunctions is provide... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7023333 | Automatic activation of an in-car video recorder using a vehicle speed sensor signal An in-car video system and method are provided where a vehicle speed derived from a vehicle speed sensor (“VSS”) signal is compared against a user-settable threshold value. If the vehicle speed exceeds the threshold value, an alarm is generated. The alarm is use... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6959237 | Electric drive system, especially for vehicles For enhancing the operational safety of an electric drive unit of a vehicle comprising a generator, which is operated by a combustion machine, and drive motors, which are connected to said generator via a direct-voltage intermediate circuit, the generator and drive ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958678 | Electronic identification system with forward error correction system An electronic radio frequency (RF) identification system 10 is disclosed and claimed. The system includes an interrogator 11 and a plurality of RF transponders 12.1 to 12.n. In use, each transponder is operative in response to an i... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6934137 | Peer-to-peer control and decision making system A SkyCharger™ Node or “Node” that contains programmed instructions and/or “intelligence” for monitoring communication traffic on a communications network such that appropriate reactions to commands received over the communications network occurs. The “No... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930598 | Home gateway server appliance A home gateway server appliance allows home computers and other networked electronic devices to communicate with one another, operate without direct interaction with external networks, provide a variety of network services to computers and other devices both within ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924727 | Method for remote control of home-located electronic devices and a management facility A security system 63 and an electronic device group 62 to be stored in a home network 6 are controlled by a home server 61. A home network management facility 5 obtains status information of the electronic device group 62 fr... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6922143 | Serial bus type configuration recognition and alarm apparatus A serial bus type configuration recognition and alarm apparatus for a system having a plurality of various boards. The apparatus includes a plurality of first transmission units, a second transmission unit and a recognition unit. The first transmission units report ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909950 | Controller for electric automobile A control device of an electric car in which any two of control devices fixed to the corresponding electric motors send signals to each other and send and receive control information by taking a bypass route when any one of transmission lines malfunctions is provide... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6867701 | Computer-server rack enclosure fault light diagnostic system A computer-server rack enclosure fault light diagnostic system and a method for providing an overall rack level fault indicator of a fault incurred by a unit of electronic equipment housed in the rack. The rack may be an EIA standard rack holding constituent compone... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6862554 | Monitoring and preventing failure of an automated theater system An apparatus and method for maintaining operation of an automated theater are disclosed. An exemplary system includes an exhibitor support center for monitoring functional status of each of one or more exhibitor systems and for responding to failures at each of the ... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6853292 | Security control system, method for the operation thereof A safety-oriented control system with a plurality of decentralized stations is disclosed. The safety-oriented control system is provided with inputs and outputs and at least one centralized station exchanging information with each other via a bus line, wherein at le... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6847297 | Locator devices and methods for centrally controlled power distribution systems A data sample and transmission module for a power distribution system having a microprocessor, a locator device, and a network interface is provided. The microprocessor samples one or more first signals indicative of a condition of power in the power distribution sy... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6756907 | Maintainance support system for an electrical apparatus The present invention describes a maintenance support system that can be used to automatically isolate defective components in a complex electrical apparatus. The system includes programming instructions that activate individual components of the electrical operatio... | 06/29/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6728613 | Collision judging system The error determination section determines whether or not an acceleration data set has been received properly with no error. Received data memories store a plurality of the received acceleration data sets. Collision judgment control unit judges a possibility of a co... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6720872 | Ground fault/arc fault circuit interrupter and method of testing the same with a test button and a reset button An arc fault/ground fault circuit interrupter for a power circuit includes a line terminal; a load terminal; and separable contacts electrically connected between the line and load terminals. An operating mechanism opens the separable contacts and has a closed posit... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6686829 | Electronic identification system with forward error correction system An electronic radio frequency (RF) identification system 10 is disclosed and claimed. The system includes an interrogator 11 and a plurality of RF transponders 12.1 to 12.n. In use, each transponder is operative in response to an interrogation signal 14 t... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6683526 | Pager-based communications system A communications system is provided for communicating information to and from recipients scattered over wide geographic areas. A computer controlled head end communications interface adds address information to a message in accordance with who the intende... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6615087 | Supervisory control apparatus A supervisory control apparatus in which events that occur in the individual sections of equipment or a system having a hierarchical structure are identified and used for its maintenance and operation. To increase the efficiency and the flexibility of sup... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6567501 | Method and a system for transmitting alarms A method for transferring alarms, in which method a pre-determined area (1) is monitored by a monitoring device (24) connected to a subscriber line (10, 12, 14); the condition of the subscriber line (10, 12, 14) is monitored by line testing; when the ISDN... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6552647 | Building environment monitor and control system A monitor and control system that responds to alarm signals representing different hazardous conditions in an environment having a number of utility service supply lines, such as a home residence. One or more sensors coupled to the processor are each asso... | 04/22/2003 |
