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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6198975 | Interpretive language architecture for controlling the attributes of a physical chemical or thermodynamic process An interpretive system architecture for a seamless transfer of energy to a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream, or microwave oven. The interpretive system architecture overlays the operational finctions of the process stream or host microw... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6158117 | Electronic component mounting method and apparatus The behavior of a nozzle tip is measured with a jig when the suction nozzle moves vertically and rotatively before the start of production. The nozzle tip displacement is formulated from the results with a component thickness and a mounting angle used as ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6085999 | Corner irrigation system An irrigation system is disclosed which includes a center pivot support having an elongated main water boom pivotally connected thereto which extends outwardly therefrom. An elongated extension boom is pivotally connected at its inner end to the outer end... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6045066 | Corner irrigation system An irrigation system is disclosed which includes a center pivot support having an elongated main water boom pivotally connected thereto which extends outwardly therefrom. An elongated extension boom is pivotally connected at its inner end to the outer end... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5933344 | Microprocessor having timer circuit generating complementary non-overlapped PWM signals Two up-counters and two down-counters having a time difference corresponding to a dead time are provided to realize an up-down symmetric count, such that the up-counters and the down-counters are made to count the lower limit and the upper limit (a 1/2 pe... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5909369 | Coordinating the states of a distributed finite state machine The states of a distributed finite state machine composed of a plurality of devices are coordinated by a sequence of operations to effect a self-timed cycle. Each device is arranged to apply a voltage over one or more leads and measure the current on the ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5737730 | Measuring process for measuring chargeable electrical consumption from an electrical network and electronic electricity meter A process for measuring electricity consumption, especially suitable for small consumers, comprises the steps of continuously measuring consumer current, integrating the current with time to obtain a value (A.h) relating to consumption; adjusting the inte... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5227965 | Fast programmable limit switch A programmable limit switch employs high speed special purpose hardware and a general purpose microcontroller to achieve high speed limit switch operation. A state sequencer controls the high speed special purpose hardware in a fixed sequence. The state s... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5130919 | Industrial machine control device for monitoring mechanical coordinate data of a controlled machine This invention relates to an industrial machine control device for controlling machine tools and other industrial machines. The industrial machine control device is able to provide a predetermined position arrival signal with no detectors attached to the ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4985822 | Multistation switch system The multistation switch system comprises position detector for detecting current position of a main shaft, programmable switch device provided for each of the stations for receiving position data formed in accordance with output of the position detector a... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4896288 | Programmable controller input module A high-speed input module for a programmable controller has two sensor inputs, one for receiving an indication of a sensed event and another or receiving an indication as to whether the count of such events should be incremented or decremented. Each input... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4860051 | Copying process timing control system for electrophotographic copying machine A copying timing counting system for counting the rotation angle of a photoreceptor drum in an electrophotographic copying machine comprises a pulse generator, and a pulse counter. The pulse counter is responsive to the pulse generator for counting both t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4839789 | Programmable control device for high speed processing of data The programmable control device is arranged to accept numerical data information from a transducer associated with a particular machine. Selected outputs are stored in addressable tables, including an I/O address table, relative to outputs which are of sp... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4835676 | Programmable control apparatus including an absolute position transducer The programmable control apparatus includes an absolute position transducer capable of being mechanically coupled to a machine and electrical circuitry for generating signals indicative of and related to the machine position, a programming unit including ... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4744022 | Programmable control apparatus including an absolute position transducer The programmable control apparatus includes an absolute position transducer capable of being mechanically coupled to a machine and electrical circuitry for generating signals indicative of and related to the machine position, a programming unit including ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4662739 | Method of controlling copying machine operation In a copying apparatus which comprises a plurality of rotatable photosensitive members and an image transfer belt rotatably movable in synchronism with the photosensitive members and in which visible image formed on the photosensitive members are transfer... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4608637 | Control device for driving road-vehicle electric-powered equipment Automatic opening/closing control of side windows of a vehicle. An electronic control device mainly composed of a microcomputer reads respective time-serial opening/closing patterns of key switches. These time-serial opening/closing patterns are respectiv... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4514796 | Method and apparatus for controlling the position of a hydraulic boom A method is set forth for controlling the orientation of an articulated boom of the type having a first portion and a second feed arm portion such that the first portion remains parallel to a predetermined position during movement of the articulated boom.... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4404637 | Process control system A variable limit is utilized to prevent a position controller which requires a velocity set point signal from overdriving a stuck control valve. Control based on a comparison of the actual position to desired position is utilized unless the valve is stuck... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4401930 | Method of sensing position of movable body and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to improvements in a method of sensing a position of a movable body by directly or indirectly converting a unit movement of the movable body into digital pulse signals and an apparatus therefor. A reference position is select... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4360882 | Process control system In a process in which both a turbine or motor and an expander are utilized to drive a compressor, the use of the expander is substantially maximized while still insuring that the driving force applied to the turbine or motor does not go below a low limit.... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4242621 | Programmable limit switch for a movable member, particularly a machine tool slide A first signal representative of the position of a movable member, such as a machine tool slide, is generated. A plurality of second signals each representative of one or more positions and one of a plurality of actuatable output switches is stored in an ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4202225 | Power tongs control arrangement Apparatus for controlling a tongs arrangement which includes a tongs lift and lift speed arrangement, a backup tong and a power driven tong, is characterized by means for generating electrical signals to lift the backup tong and power tong at a predetermi... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4158226 | Programmable controller with limit detection A programmable controller for sensing the status of sensing devices and controlling the state of operating devices in accordance with a stored program includes a position encoder input module which receives position data. In response to instructions in th... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4074177 | Methods and apparatus for automatic movement of a member to precisely indexed positions despite signal drift or offset Methods and apparatus by which a member is moved automatically to any one of a plurality of predetermined positions each of which is precisely established by guiding lock-up means such as a shot pin, and characterized in that inaccuracy of a feedback sign... | 02/14/1978 |
| 4070561 | Method and apparatus of controlling an automatic inspection device An automatic inspection device is installed in a field of alignment holes, and the location of the device is shifted, by making use of the holes, by means of a control system in which addresses are assigned to the respective alignment holes, the location ... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4007028 | Electronically controlled glassware-forming machine A controlled glassware-forming machine is disclosed which has a plurality of individual machine sections each capable of individually forming glassware. Fluid actuators such as pneumatic pistons and cylinders are connected to move the various machine elem... | 02/08/1977 |
| 3969703 | Programmable automatic controller A programmable automatic controller for operating machines having a plurality of components which operate in a timed or sequential relationship with one another. The controller includes a timing means for generating cycle clock pulses in synchronism with ... | 07/13/1976 |
