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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436291 | Protection of devices in a redundant configuration A network communication device is provided, comprising a control processor for controlling operation of the device, a reset module which is controllable independently of the control processor for performing a reset operation of the device, and a reset control interf... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7236338 | System and method for remotely detecting and locating faults in a power system A system and method are provided for remotely detecting and locating faults in a power system. The system includes at least one slave controller and at least one supplemental protection module. The slave controller is disposed proximate at least one load and electri... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7181511 | System and method for using software objects to manage devices connected to a network in a vehicle The invention is the use of a software object as an interface between a device and a network. Both the network and device are located in a vehicle. The system uses a connectivity subsystem that includes a device management object for interfacing between a device and... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167998 | Problem determination using probing The deployment of probing technology for the purpose of problem determination in a server or network element is disclosed. One can actively select which probes to send in order to be able to diagnose problems which one is particularly interested in, allowing for gre... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7098798 | Process device with loop override A process device for use in a process control system includes output circuitry configured to couple to a process control loop. The output circuitry controls electrical current through the loop. Loop override circuitry is configured to override operation of the outpu... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6980127 | Trainline controller electronics Trainline controller including testing of signal quality on a trainline network by commanding each node to transmitter calibration signal. A signal detector is connected to the trainline at a common junction with a head end termination circuit. A stuck-on transmitte... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973356 | Method and assembly for operating and/or observing a device that monitors an industrial controller A system for operating/observing a monitoring device of a process controller device of/in a remote operator unit. An additional function block is provided in/on the monitoring device, which intervenes in the communication between the monitoring device and the connec... | 12/06/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6950732 | Car control device electronics An electronic control system (20) for an electropneumatic brake for a rail vehicle having a power trainline (18), comprising a battery (34); a functional control module (30) and a power management module; wherein the functional control mo... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943558 | System and method for remotely detecting electric arc events in a power system A system is provided for remotely detecting and locating damaged conductors. The system includes at least one slave controller disposed proximate at least one load and electrically connected to the loads via at least one conductor. The slave controller includes at l... | 09/13/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6687649 | System, method and computer program for a synoptic interlock prompting and input override system with a maintenance log A system, method and computer program for facilitating the operation of a control system utilizing one or more input devices is disclosed. The control system provides the ability to monitor and modify operating parameters of the input devices. A function ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6487375 | System to communicate information from a plurality of machines to a remotely located receiver The invention provides automatic machinery with the capability to communicate to an operator or technician or other machine user with a description of a machine condition, such as, for example, a machine problem, if the machine requires attention.... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6275165 | A.A.R. compliant electronic braking system A system reliably communicates brake commands from a master controller on a lead locomotive to the brake equipment on each rail vehicle of a freight train. The system includes a mechanism for detecting whether the brake commands are being successfully com... | 08/14/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6157091 | Power supplying apparatus for a vehicle and an intensive wiring apparatus The electric power breaker for breaking the electric power is placed on the midpoint of the electric power line from the battery power supply, and the electric power line is extracted from the electric power breaker. In addition, the electric power supply... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6043461 | Over temperature condition sensing method and apparatus for a domestic appliance A cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and method of controlling the same including a remote control unit which has a built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery detection circuit is in two-way intermittent... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6025788 | Integrated local or remote control liquid gas leak detection and shut-off system A novel system for detecting liquid and/or gas leaks and automatically shutting off the source of the liquid and/or gas leak. The system includes electronically detecting undesirable liquid and/or gas leaks, electronically transmitting signal about such u... | 02/15/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5687391 | Fault tolerant multipoint control and data collection system A multipoint data collection system uses multiple parallel data buses connecting a central controller to addressable sensor interfaces to permit any sensor to be connected to a central controller over any one of the data buses. Both ends of each data bus ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5621395 | Networking apparatus which detects a stoppage of data transfer in a processing apparatus on a data origination side and then cancels the corresponding path in the switching unit A networking apparatus has its switching unit set a path for a data transfer from a processing apparatus on the data origination side to a processing apparatus on the data termination side. In case of a stop in the processing apparatus on the data origina... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5576739 | Carbon monoxide safety system Described is a system for measuring noxious gas concentration in an affected space and for controlling the device producing the noxious gas or for decreasing the concentration of the gas in the affected space. The invention is particularly described in re... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5565855 | Building management system A building management system improves the regulation and controls the functioning of appliances (41, 42, 51), such as luminaires, window blinds and heating equipment in a building. The appliances are connected via a communication bus (20) to a control sys... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5479056 | Power source device A power source device to and from which an interchangeable first device can be attached and detached and operating in such a manner that when the first device is attached and when the first device is judged to be normally operating, electric power is supp... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5461608 | Ring network with temporary master node for collecting data from slave nodes during failure In a ring network where network nodes are interconnected by an optical fiber ring, one of the nodes acts as a master node and each of the other nodes acts as a slave node. The master node successively designates a different slave node in a descending orde... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5450403 | Method and apparatus for multiplex transmission A multiplex transmission apparatus includes a communication control circuit connected to a bus for successively receiving data from the bus, and the received data is output from an output port to a load via an output circuit. The successively received dat... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5436624 | Communication system with monitoring means connected in parallel to signal carrying medium A communication system comprises a signal carrying medium (8) coupled to a series of end station ports (2-5). The end station ports (2-5) enable respective end stations (21) to transmit signals onto and receive signals from the medium (8). A controller (7... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5402115 | State information communications system and method A state information communications system includes a bus and first and second terminal units of TV set and VCR connected to the bus. The first terminal unit includes control command generator for generating a control command, an information request comman... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5369584 | Control apparatus for a vehicle The output signals of sensors, which sense the operations of the driver of a vehicle, are input to a central control unit which determines, based thereon, the operating conditions of the driver and generates, as a result of such determination, instruction... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5349162 | Fault detection method and apparatus for a domestic appliance A cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and a method of controlling the same including a remote control which has built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery detection circuit is in two-way intermittent wire... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5327172 | Polling for detection of power supply or other failures of a digital circuit A television receiver includes a standby power supply, and an operational or run mode power supply. A microprocessor coupled to the standby power supply controls switching between a run mode, where the standby and run mode power supplies are operative, an... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5321229 | Remote control for a domestic appliance A cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance or an electronic control for a cooking appliance and method of controlling the same includes a remote control unit having a built-in temperature sensor, positional switch and low-battery... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5301186 | High speed transmission line interface A high performance data link interface includes receive and transmit data framing paths. The data link interface interlocks certain communication link control signals, such as the CCITT standard data set signals, with data being received or transmitted th... | 04/05/1994 |
