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| 7436306 | Method and system for checking completeness in a package System and method for checking completeness in a package, which comprises a plurality of objects, which are each provided with at least one electronic information storage medium. The method includes the steps of (a) storing in at least one electronic information sto... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7352288 | Apparatus and method for preventing malfunction of remote controller A malfunction of interpreting one remote control operation as a plurality of remote control operations by mistake is prevented without impairing the responsiveness of a remote controller. A counter code which is updated each time a key of the remote controller is op... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7198348 | Inkjet printer identification circuit An inkjet printer identification circuit is provided. It includes a plurality of control lines, a control circuit providing a control signal to the plurality of control lines, and an identification module including an identification unit. The identification unit inc... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7164364 | Swimming pool spotlight lighting system This system is characterized in that it comprises a radio remote control, with transmission protocol, and a modulator-receiver decoding the radio signal and modulating the network voltage to thus transmit the information to the light source being installed inside th... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162444 | Method, system and computer program product for valuating natural gas contracts using weather-based metrics A method, system and computer program product for valuating natural gas futures and options contracts using weather-based metrics. The method and computer program product allow gas buyers and traders to make informed decision on purchasing/selling natural gas future... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151351 | Method, system and apparatus for opening doors An improved garage door opener is disclosed. The garage opener has a motor drive unit for opening and closing a garage door. The motor drive unit has a microcontroller. Connected to the motor drive unit is a wall console that is located inside the garage. The wall c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7127632 | Method and device for synchronizing integrated circuits A method and device for synchronizing the time between at least two integrated circuits (201, 202), which receive the same pulse signal. In the integrated circuits (201, 202) a counter (204, 206) is used to count the number of pulses in the rece... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7080018 | Method for weather-based advertising A system and method that allows for weather-based planning of future activities and/or events, and the like. The system includes weather forecast, weather history, activities, advertisement and external information source databases. Also included in the system is a ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069232 | System, method and computer program product for short-range weather adapted, business forecasting A system, method and computer program product for short-term forecasting of future retail performance are described herein. The system includes a Web-based graphical user interface, a weather history database and a weather forecast database. The method and computer ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6931209 | Remote commander A remote commander in which a switching element connected in series to an infrared light-emitting diode is turned on and off in response to carrier pulses to energize the infrared light-emitting diode to generate an infrared remote control signal includes varying me... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926821 | Water treatment device with volumetric and time monitoring features A totalization meter system for a water treatment device, the device having an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, and a channel for channeling water between the inlet and outlet apertures. A flow reactive device is positioned in the channel and is exposed to the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6804562 | Method and apparatus for overload-free driving of an actuator The invention relates to a method for overload-free driving of an actuator, in which an activation counter is incremented or decremented each time an activation request signal occurs, in which, depending on each occurrence of an activation request signal, a drive si... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6788202 | Customer conversion system A customer conversion system connects existing, conventional sensors to a point of sale computer or other computer. Entries by people into a retail space so equipped are counted and recorded on a continuous or on a periodic interval basis. ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6687293 | Method, system and apparatus for calibrating a pulse position modulation (PPM) decoder to a PPM signal A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag device having a pulse position modulation (PPM) decoder circuit which calculates a relative frequency relationship between an internal oscillator of the RFID tag device and an external PPM source such as a RFID ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6472999 | Apparatus and method for remote convenience message reception with signal strength determination An apparatus (14) and an associated method determine signal strength of a received electromagnetic signal (18) that is comprised of a plurality of pulses that convey a remote convenience function request, and which causes performance of the requested func... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6118387 | Counter When a cylinder is urged to displace a piston rod, and a pulse signal is inputted into a counter from an encoder, then the number of pulses of the pulse signal is counted by a counting section. A time-measuring section starts measurement for the elapsed t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5982815 | Circuit for setting a device into a test mode by changing a first port to a fixed clock and a second port to a non-fixed clock An apparatus for setting a device into a test mode. The apparatus has a first input port for receiving a fixed, constant signal during a normal mode of the device, and for receiving a non-fixed, clocked signal so as to set the device into a test mode. The... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5936540 | Process for the management of concurrent access and device for practicing the same Process for managing concurrent access permitting the successive input or storage of several slave devices (receiver/transmitter) in the field of action of a master device (emitter/reader) so as to render possible the exchange of data in two directions wh... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5847665 | Method and device of encoding-decoding for actuating system The present invention provides an encoding-decoding method for an actuating system having an encoding device, a decoding device, at least one code having a counter code, and an actuating device. The method includes steps of: a) executing a first logic ope... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5818351 | Data transfer system A data transfer system is disclosed in which digital signal conditions existing in different positions of series-connected units can serially be transferred, the transfer of the signal conditions being effected in synchronism with clock pulses emitted by ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5790046 | Sensor with a programmable switching threshold A programmable switching threshold sensor including a sensing element having its measurement output terminals connected to a comparator, a current-signal generator, for generating a reference current signal changing in steps. An encoding unit has a code a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5781123 | Operator control logging device for an electrical device In a logging device for registering the frequency of manually entered operator control functions for an electrical device, the frequency of entered operator control functions are selectively counted. Consequently, it can be established with which frequenc... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5748465 | Method of processing data in numerically controlled drive unit Detection data of an amount of control is directly monitored and a correction control command is directly outputted by a plurality of numerically controlled drive units 4, 5, 6 via the common sending line 3 and the common receiving line 2 without using NC... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5517188 | Programmable identification apparatus and method therefor A programmable identification apparatus, and associated method, includes a transceiver and a transponder. The transponder is powered by the energy of a transceiver transmit signal generated by the transceiver and includes a programmable memory element. A ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5512888 | Communications system having a semiconductor integrated circuit for simultaneous mode control and a system control method In a communications system having a plurality of stations interconnected by a two-line circuit, in which the two-line circuit consists of a data bus circuit for transmitting a series of data bits between at least one sending station and at least one recei... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5508687 | Remote control, in particular for a locking device A remote control for a locking device, especially in a motor vehicle, including a control or operating unit for the transmitting of key words to the evaluating circuit of a reading unit fora comparison with key words which are stored therein. The remote c... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5432713 | Usage parameter control circuit for effecting policing control in an ATM network A usage parameter control circuit for effecting a policing control in an ATM transmission network, comprising a time interval measuring unit for measuring a time interval between a current arrival time of a cell to be judged, and an arrival time of a cell... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5414744 | Serial bit input controller A serial bit input controller uses clock and data input lines for communicating command information, as well as the clock and data information, to an integrated circuit chip. The circuit functions by employing a multi-stage shift register as a command sto... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412644 | Serial bus system with a single-wire line A method and circuit arrangement for a single-wire bus system wherein a commercially available processor reads data from a transmitter. The transfer of the data over a single-wire line is controlled exclusively by the processor. The processor generates a ... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5365224 | Error recovery arrangement in a time division multiplex data transmission system A system for defining and controlling data transmissions in a multiplexing system having a host controller in bi-directional communication with a plurality of remote stations or nodes. The system comprises a series of simple frame flags generally defined ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5341131 | Communications system and a system control method In a communications system having a plurality of stations interconnected by a two-line circuit, in which the two-line circuit consists of a data bus circuit for transmitting a series of data bits between at least one sending station and at least one recei... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5329468 | Actual operating time indicator An actual operating time indicator includes: a lifting motor for lifting a load up/down; a power detection unit for detecting an input power based on a current and a voltage supplied to the motor, and converting the input power into a first voltage propor... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5313199 | Method for detecting and correcting pulse noise in multifunctional remote control transmitter A method for detecting and correcting noise occurring by internal or external factors in a PPM signal waveform analyzing device such as a multifunctional remote control transmitter includes the steps of determining the existence of a carrier in a received... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5250941 | Customer activity monitor A customer, automobile or other moving entity is monitored by sensing the presence of the entity to generate a signal. The signals are correlated with individual increments of time during an extended time period of days or months. Each signal may represen... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5245316 | Identification marking system for objects An identification marking system for objects involves giving each object its own electronic name tag. The electronic name tag can be specific amount of ferrite material that has been added to the object. An electronic reader system then measures the effec... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5218276 | Integrated circuit device of remote control type for driving a D.C. motor An integrated circuit for driving a d.c. motor for use in a device, such as a toy car. The device include a noise filtering circuit, a pulse expansion circuit, a first oscillator, a second oscillator power voltage reset circuit, a constant voltage supplyi... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5204671 | Random one-of-N selector An apparatus for selecting at random one item of N items on the average comprising counter and reset elements for counting repeatedly between zero and N, a number selected by the user, a circuit for activating and deactivating the counter, a comparator to... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5200745 | System and method for communicating data between control unit and master station applicable to automotive vehicle A system and method for communicating data between a master station and a plurality of control units applicable to an automotive vehicle are disclosed in which if an echoback communication in response to a control command is not received by the master sta... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5181227 | Receiver having a signal detector and bit synchronizer An apparatus and method for processing a signal is capable of determining the presence of absence of a signal having a predetermined baud rate. By initializing counting registers to either first or second values, and receiving the signal, either the prese... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5128677 | Apparatus and method for transferring data along a serial data bus An apparatus and method are disclosed for transferring data between devices located on a serial data bus of a data communication system. A first counter and flag are provided which are associated with a device on the serial data bus. The first counter and... | 07/07/1992 |
