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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154381 | System and method for interactive appliance control A controlling device interacts dynamically with a plurality of appliances using state information known to a master appliance. The master appliance conveys to the controlling device the state information and the controlling device uses the state information to dynam... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149084 | Appliance remote control apparatus and method of using same A remote control apparatus and method of using are disclosed for controlling an electronic appliance such as a television set, radio, computer, or other. The remote control apparatus may include a hand held housing, a wireless transmitter for sending signals to the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125310 | Method and system for providing a user interface A method for providing a user interface for an industrial control system. Information is presented at least in part displayed in layers or filters on one or more display screens of a control system. The control system may include other media for presenting or displa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7884700 | Composite electronic apparatus A composite electronic apparatus that prevents misoperation of a remote control device and provides easy remote control operations for electronic devices is provided. When a DVD mode switching key is pressed, for example, in this composite electronic apparatus, a DV... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7821377 | Remote controller, equipment operation system, and remote control method A remote controller having a plurality of keys arranged thereon, sending a remote control signal allocated to each of the keys upon being operated to thereby remotely control control-target equipment. The remote controller can send a remote control signal correspond... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7639115 | Method for matching bidirectional objects A method for pairing a bidirectional object acting as a command receiver with a bidirectional object acting as a command transmitter, includes the stages of: (a) temporary allocation of at least one bidirectional object acting as a command receiver to a bidirectiona... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7619503 | Power semiconductor apparatus provided with power controlling semiconductor modules connected in parallel to each other A power semiconductor apparatus is provided with power controlling semiconductor modules connected in parallel to each other. Each power controlling semiconductor module controls driving of a power semiconductor device. The power semiconductor apparatus includes a t... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7372360 | Item information system and method An item price notification system automatically interrogates product labels to determine product, pricing, and other unique data. The system uses a radio frequency (RF) radio frequency transceiver to generate an RF field to communicate with radio frequency identific... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363031 | System for monitoring and controlling a set of household appliances A system for monitoring and controlling a set of power users, in particular household appliances, which users (U) are connected to a first communication network (RE) through appropriate interfacing means (N) for the exchange of information and/or instructions, where... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363457 | Method and system for providing virtualization data services for legacy storage devices A method, and associated system, for delivering data services such as virtualization to legacy devices. The method involves reserving a metadata region in memory of a storage resource in a storage pool that is controlled by (or is captive to) a data services platfor... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7343163 | Adaptive channel access scheme An adaptive channel access scheme allows for statistics that are collected to be used to group radio users into subgroups according to the desired statistic. The subgroups then utilize channels, separated by time or frequency, to access the communication system (... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7271732 | Remote operating apparatus and remote operating system A remote operating apparatus includes a selection decision operating device, a controller, a first operation function changing button and a second operation function changing button for changing an operation function of the selection decision operating device. The c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7197364 | Portable electronic controller A portable electronic device includes a communication component, an integral display operatively connected to the communication component, an operator input component operatively connected to the display and a processing component operatively connected to the commun... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7175793 | Lamps within full bodied exact replicas of natural objects A realistic three-dimensional replica casting of naturally occurring samples of wood, rock and marine specimens produces realistic appearing landscape or indoor light modules that can simulate flickering candles in nightclubs and restaurants. The method employs a tw... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7155214 | I-port controller A multi-zone audio system is provided that is portable to a handheld audio device at a plurality of locations. The system includes a multi-zone audio system controller having an audio input/output selection circuit for selectively regulating the source and distribut... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143804 | Overhead door locking operator with remote light assembly A system for raising and lowering a sectional overhead door between an open position and a closed position including, a counterbalance system adapted to be connected to the door, an operator motor assembly mounted proximate to the sectional overhead door in the clos... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7127305 | Method and apparatus for unified control of multiple devices A method and apparatus to control any one of a plurality of devices. The method comprises, for each device of the plurality, receiving a definition language. The definition language including a command description to be associated with the device. The method further... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092768 | Distributed control system A technique is disclosed for controlling a plurality of devices in a building. The technique includes detecting a first network event at a first device, updating a network state on the first device based on the first network event, determining at the first device an... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7084781 | Programmable vehicle-based appliance remote control A universal in-vehicle remote control automatically assists in appliance activation configuration. The appliance responds to a radio frequency activation signal having characteristics represented by one of a plurality of activation schemes. The user is automatically... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7068143 | Method and apparatus for the remote control of an operating table Remote control of an operating table which can be motor-adjusted by means of a drive device is provided for. Command signals for controlling the drive device are wirelessly transmitted to the operating table from an operator control unit. A unique association betwee... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7050867 | Remote controlled system with computer-based remote control facilitator A remote controlled system employs a computer-based remote control facilitator to facilitate remote control of a controlled device from a non-dedicated remote controller. The computer facilitator is coupled to the remote controller and controlled device via a wirele... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038571 | Polymer thick film resistor, layout cell, and method A printed circuit polymer thick film (PTF) resistor includes tolerance control material that substantially surrounds the resistor body and significantly improves the linearity of resistance vs. resistor length, and significantly reduces resistor-to-resistor and boar... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7023498 | Remote-controlled apparatus, a remote control system, and a remote-controlled image-processing apparatus A voice-signal/remote-control-pulse converter (30) receives a voice signal (S) by means of infrared rays (RV) from a remote control transmitter, and then performs voice recognition. An item of control information indicated by a recognized word (W) is converte... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010294 | Wireless control of a field device in an industrial process A mobile terminal is arranged to communicate over a cellular communication system with a control system connected to a plurality of field devices in an industrial process, in order to remote control, configure or monitor the field devices. The mobile terminal access... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7007521 | Combination and key operated padlock with indicator A padlock for luggage that can be operated by setting a combination or by inserting and turning a key is provided with an indicator that normally displays a first state when the lock being used in a normal way as a combination operated padlock, but which displays a ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980080 | RF home automation system with replicable controllers The present invention relates to a wireless home automation system having controllers for controlling a broad variety of functions via two-way communication with a plurality of devices. More specifically, the invention relates to sharing information related to the s... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963266 | Lock system, lock system device and method of configuring a lock system A method of configuring a lock system comprising a plurality of lock system devices comprises the following steps: defining a plurality of command and status messages, wherein each of the messages has a specific function when received by a device, defining a plurali... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6889096 | Industrial plant asset management system: apparatus and method An industrial plant asset management system comprising of a synchronized multiple view graphical user interface combining simultaneous real time and database display capability, a database including a knowledge manager and having input and output interfaces, a norma... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6882267 | Device controller A device controller is provided which allows a vehicle occupant to confirm a device to be operated without looking an operation section. When a controller of a microswitch indicates a device such as a window regulator or a sun roof, a control circuit feeds a motion ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6856236 | RF home automation system comprising nodes with dual functionality The present invention relates to a wireless home automation system having a controller for controlling a broad variety of functions via two ways communication with a plurality of devices. The controllers and devices of the system comprises means for generating a sig... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6853883 | Method and means for reading the status of and controlling irrigation components A method and means is disclosed for remotely reading the status of and controlling irrigation components and ancillary equipment. A handheld remote user interface (RUI) is provided which includes a display and a keypad. The RUI has the ability to communicate with an... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6844807 | Home electronics system enabling display of state of controlled devices in various manners A home electronics system enabling rapid execution of remote control of controlled devices includes a home server, a cellular phone connected to the home server via a public line network, and devices to be controlled controlled in response to a signal from the home ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6775577 | Method and system for controlling a medical device In a medical device, a Tx Clock Button is presented on a graphics display overlain with a touch screen which allows an operator to control multiple functions of the medical device. Various parts of Tx Clock Button may be displayed in different colors, and based on t... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6763272 | System having a process element with a screen and an activation element for remote-controlled cancellation of a screen saver function A system including at least one automatically controlled process element (1), in particular an automatically controlled process system, having at least one screen (4) for displaying status data or operational data of said process element (1). Th... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6753790 | Method and an apparatus for an adaptive remote controller A method and an apparatus for an adaptive remote controller are provided. The remote controller comprises a user control input, a detector, and a user interface. The user control input is configured to receive user input and issue at least one control signal to a ta... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6748278 | Remote controlled system with computer-based remote control facilitator A remote controlled system employs a computer-based remote control facilitator to facilitate remote control of a controlled device from a non-dedicated remote controller. The computer facilitator is coupled to the remote controller and controlled device via a wirele... | 06/08/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6509834 | Device having vehicle remote convenience control and interpersonal communication function abilities A device (10) is presented for controlling remote convenience function at a vehicle (32) and for interpersonal communication between two operators. The device (10) has components located in a common housing (24). The components include structure (e.g., 14... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6463338 | Industrial controller and network card with buffer negotiation An interface for a network communication card for industrial controllers uses a dual-port memory that may be re-partitioned by values communicated through the dual-port memory itself. A default partitioning and a non re-partitionable common area allow fle... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6310560 | Communication device and process The communication device comprises a central unit and at least one station connected by a network. The station comprises a checking circuit and a storage circuit connected to the checking circuit. The storage circuit stores data representative of informat... | 10/30/2001 |
