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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898382 | Key fob and system for indicating the lock status of a door lock The present invention provides a system that records, at a remote location, the current status of a door lock. This invention provides a key fob device, which records the current status of a door look. The key fob indicates to the user the current lock status of the... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7683755 | Control system for electrical devices Systems and techniques for a lighting control system which include a control switch to control an electrical device are disclosed herein. The control switch includes a master display to display status information of the electrical device. Additionally, a remote cont... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7332997 | Remote control device for vehicle A door lock drive controller, after outputting a drive signal to a drive circuit of a door lock actuator based on a signal from a remote control terminal, outputs an answer back signal in the form of pulses to a lamp drive circuit to light a hazard lamp. In a buzzer... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324168 | Universal remote control unit A universal remote control unit for controlling the operation of a plurality of devices such as a cable box, a television, a video device, and an audio device, includes a processor having a plurality of operating modes. In one embodiment the universal remote control... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310049 | Status indicator A status indicator indicates an operating state, including an electrical malfunction, of an electrical load that is located and controlled from locations remote from a monitoring location. ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7280333 | Method and device for short circuit or open load detection A method or apparatus is provided for detecting an error condition associated with a load (RL) or a connection (P) to the load (RL). The load (RL) may comprise an energy storing element (Cext). During a first diagnosis phase, it is d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7256684 | Method and apparatus for remote powering of device connected to network A network node determines the suitability of coupled devices for being remotely line powered before actually powering them. The node scan its ports to determine which ports are coupled to devices. The node then interrogates the coupled devices. A unique discovery to... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7216007 | System and method for providing direct web access to controllers in a process control environment A controller includes an execution environment capable of executing an application for controlling a process element in a processing environment. The controller also includes a web server capable of being executed in the execution environment. The web server is also... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7184844 | Central site architecture for remote service delivery There is provided a central site system for communicating with at least one remote site equipment monitor, the at least one remote site equipment monitor collecting operational data concerning remote site equipment. The central site system includes a data transfer s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7135956 | System and method for monitoring and controlling energy usage A system and method for real time monitoring and control of energy consumption at a number of facilities to allow aggregate control over the power consumption. A central location receives information over a communications network, such as a wireless network, from no... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7127303 | System for automating, monitoring and controlling technical processes and acquiring measurements thereof A system for automation, monitoring and measurement acquisition for technical processes, having measurement and control units (2, 14, 15, 16) that are connected to sensors and actuators of the processes (1, 8, 9, 10) via measurement and control lines (... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7116645 | Method and device for communication on a network The communication method of the invention applies to communication stations adapted to communicate with each other when at least one of said communication stations supplies a control signal, said station then functioning in “base station” mode and the stations n... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117051 | Appliance communication system and method A method for communicating with and controlling an intelligent appliance by a user from a remote device. The intelligent appliance includes an integrated controller, such as a single board computer, user-interface and integrated networking capabilities. Typically, t... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7096284 | Receiving device connected to IEEE1394 serial bus The processor of a receiving device does not execute acquisition and release of resources of a band and a channel for the isochronous data transfer every time the processor receives data from the sending device by isochronous transfer, but executes the acquisition o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7043577 | Auto-detecting universal appliance communication controller Apparatus and methods for communicating a communications controller with a connected device over a serial bus is provided. The connected device is connected to the bus at one of a plurality of addresses, and the method includes sending a first request to the device ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024590 | Digital loop diagnostic port control monitor Methods and associated hub arrangements are described for use in diagnosis and recovery in high performance digital loops such as, for example, those seen in Fiber Channel systems. In one system having a hub configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations ... | 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 |
| 7009493 | Electronic device with paging for energy curtailment and code generation for manual verification of curtailment A curtailment module is disclosed for enabling an energy provider to send a request to curtail energy use to a user. The curtailment module includes an interface for electronic communications with a temperature control device. A paging module is used to receive the ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003612 | PC switching device selectively switching between an input device and a plurality of computers having different electric power control mechanisms This invention is to provide a PC switching device which can be applied to various kinds of PC's, some of which have an electric power control method different from the others. When a plurality of PC's 621–624, the power of which are controlled by po... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6985069 | Remote control with status indicator A remote control for controlling consumer electronic devices and/or PC's. The remote control including a progress/status indicator for indicating the status of a download process or the status of an e-wallet. ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6938189 | High performance digital loop diagnostic technology Methods and associated hub arrangements are described for use in diagnosis and recovery in high performance digital loops such as, for example, those seen in Fiber Channel systems. In one system having a hub configured for interconnection of a plurality of stations ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6928490 | Networking infrastructure for an operating room A networking infrastructure for an operating room, comprising a plurality of medical devices, each device of which is connected through a single communication channel to the network, wherein each device may be controlled through a local interface, or through a remot... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6861943 | System and method for network element equipment status monitoring A signalling system providing communications between a controller and a remote unit in a network element is provided. The signalling system comprises a first communication module associated with the controller, a second communication module associated with the remot... | 03/01/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6823223 | Method and apparatus for providing distributed scene programming of a home automation and control system A method and apparatus for providing a simple user interface for programming scenes and multi-way groups in a home automation and control system is provided. Each device participating in the home automation and control system is equipped with control logic for provi... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6717660 | System for monitoring and testing of light sources A light monitoring system provides a sensing unit coupled to a luminaire. The sensing unit monitors both the input and the output of the luminaire for both current and voltage. In this manner, a variety of problems with the luminaire can be detected by the sensor an... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6694201 | Supervisory parallel switching device for computer integrated manufacturing system with secs-compliant serial communication links A supervisory parallel switching device is designed for use with a CIM system including a host computer unit connected via an extended computer integrated unit to at least one equipment unit through an SECS-compliant (Semiconductor Equipment Communication... | 02/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6434438 | Method and device for evaluating assemblability and reverse assemblability With respect to a plurality of evaluation items for evaluating assemblability of an evaluation-target product, assemblability evaluation information as to the evaluation-target product is entered and an assemblability evaluation is performed based on the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6380866 | System and apparatus for controlling an appliance situated within a premises A system and apparatus for controlling an appliance situated within a premises such as a home or office has a premises controller for receiving and storing appliance control information. The premises controller includes a wireless transmitter for generati... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6060994 | Method for controlling united home security system A control method for united home security system includes steps of defining a set of signal codes which are transmitted between a client-side monitor/control server and a remote administrant through a public telecom-network by using multiple frequency sig... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5896292 | Automated system for production facility An automated system has a monitor computer, which is for remote monitoring and/or analysis of control information of an input/output control device connected to a production facility, a control computer for controlling the processes of operation of the pr... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5859593 | Method and apparatus for controlling positions of members provided on a car The positions of position-controlled members provided on a car, for example, the driver's seat, steering wheel and mirrors, are controlled by a host position control unit through a plurality of position control units which are controlled on the basis of c... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5757777 | Apparatus for inspecting and setting the state of electronics audio/video devices In order that an electronic device such as an audio or video device may be inspected and the state thereof may be set without making operation of the electronic device unstable when a rear cover is attached to the electronic device, an inspection jig (4) ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5731764 | Power control system for connecting and verifying slave connections A power control system which causes a first slave apparatus to be disconnected from a master apparatus and a second slave apparatus to be connected to the master apparatus, by command from a user; and causes the power to be turned off to the first apparat... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5719559 | System and method for the verification of a digital control system A verification system monitors the operation of a digital control system in order to insure proper operation. The verification system receives control signals and monitors these control signals to determine whether operation is proper. The digital control... | 02/17/1998 |
