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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4665509 | Semiconductor memory device comprising address holding flip-flop This invention relates to a semiconductor memory having flip-flops which hold the address input in order to absorb skew thereof within the same chip. The flip-flops are connected to be of the master-slave type and an address decoder is provided between th... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4641243 | Computer-controlled interlocking system for a railway installation A computer-controlled interlocking system for a railway installation which comprises a plurality of sections, each of which sections has an associated plurality of elements, comprises a plurality of section computers to be respectively associated with the... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4636934 | Well valve control system An electro/hydraulic system for controlling remotely located valves or other types of hydraulically powered equipment. The electrical system uses multiple microprocessors to send, validate, and execute commands. Microprocessors at the central control stat... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4633720 | Load monitoring system for progressive dies A press control system monitors and is responsive to the loads associated with individual die stations in a progressive die. The system detects chipped, dull, or excessively loaded portions of the progressive die and provides automatic quality monitoring ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4628478 | Remote data controller for a communication system The communications system may include wireless two-way communications equipment having selectable functions and various operational features. Control modules each include mechanisms for providing indicia representative of the status of the features of the... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4626984 | Remote computer control for irrigation systems A remote computer system for controlling a plurality of irrigation systems, each of which has a local controller for controlling an individual system, includes an intelligent remote unit associated with each local controller, each intelligent remote unit ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4608575 | Computer controlled multi-tasking ink jet printing system A computer controlled ink jet printing system for printing messages in dot matrix format on objects such as cartons or the like as they move along conveyor lines past printing stations, and which includes one or more print head controls. The system furthe... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4598379 | Control system of an automatic vending machine At least two microcomputers are provided for the controlling operation of an automatic vending machine, which are connected by signal wires of a number selected from one to four with respect to each other. One of the microcomputers is a main microcomputer... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4591967 | Distributed drum emulating programmable controller system Master units and slave units are preferably housed in identical housings. Each master unit comprises a Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) which in turn comprises a drum processor and a communications processor, and an Input/Output Unit (IOU) having input ter... | 05/27/1986 |
| 4580232 | Single point microprocessor reset The present invention is the designation of one of the processors in the system as the master processor with the roll of resetting the other processors after a software crash. When a system software crash occurs, the master processor provides a reset sign... | 04/01/1986 |
| 4535401 | Apparatus and method for providing power from master controller to subcontrollers and data communication therebetween An apparatus having a two wire system for providing both power and data communication between a master controller and at least one subcontroller. The master controller can also be connected through the conductors to submaster controllers which in turn hav... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4527071 | Modular power plant for the combined production of electrical and thermal energy and installation comprising a plurality of modular power plants A modular power plant comprises an internal combustion engine coupled to an electrical machine. The electrical machine may be used to start the engine and to generate electrical energy. The power plant is provided with an electronic control and protection... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4507735 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling well drilling parameters A mud logging system for receiving and displaying conditions measured during the drilling of a well includes a plurality of units for receiving and processing signals from sensors responsive to the values of the conditions. A/D convertors in each of said ... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4497019 | Programmable control system for controlling at least two parameters in a predetermined sequence using both analog and digital control signals A method and apparatus for controlling a work function, such as, for example, welding, requiring the control of at least one parameter according to a predetermined sequence, the apparatus including at least one work station where the work function is carr... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494060 | Axis controller for robotic actuator A control for a robotic actuator employs a position processor to determine the phase of a pair of electrooptically generated position signals as well as to keep track of the number of whole cycles of the position signals. Whole cycles are tracked using a ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4467412 | Slave processor with clock controlled by internal ROM & master processor A graphical display of a video game is provided with "first person views" of game play, by generation of simulated three-dimensional perspectives. A slave computational unit relieves a master microprocessor of arithmetic and logical operations necessary f... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4459655 | Control system for a machine or for an installation A control system comprises several slave modules each operative to control a specific function and a master module operative to control all the slave modules. Each slave module comprises a processing circuit cooperating with an input/output interface perm... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4432064 | Apparatus for monitoring a plurality of operations An apparatus for monitoring a plurality of operations, particularly on an offshore drilling rig, comprises a portable housing, a plurality of dedicated monitoring units associated with the housing, and a master microcomputer unit associated with the housi... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4424559 | Modular instrumentation for monitoring and control of biochemical processes A modular instrumentation system for monitoring and control of biochemical processes, and in particular of fermentation processes is provided. The system includes a plurality of function monitoring and control modules each including a microprocessor and a... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4421468 | Foam molding machine Foam molding apparatus, including a rotatable table, a plurality of molds disposed on the table, a device for heating and cooling each of the molds, a device being fixed in place relative to the table for filling a specific quantity of foamable reaction m... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4380698 | Multiprocessor control bus A control arrangement for a multifunction appliance such as a cooking appliance wherein the control activity is distributed among a plurality of microprocessor based control circuits. In the exemplary embodiment each control circuit is associated with a d... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4347564 | Hierarchical-structure plant control system Sub-loop controllers arranged around a microprocessor are assigned to operation terminals to be controlled, and connected to a master controller and a host computer through a system bus to be supplied with a control command therefrom. Analog memories for ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4306292 | Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line An automated assembly line is controlled by a computer system. The assembly line is comprised of a plurality of machines which are each segmented into its basic unit operations providing work stations. The work stations are then controlled by the computer... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4304001 | Industrial control system with interconnected remotely located computer control units A control system for controlling an industrial process includes a plurality of remotely located process control units (remotes) each coupled to an associated input/output device(s) and adapted to communicate with one another through a dual channel communi... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4288849 | Machine tool control systems A machine tool control system includes a numerical control device associated with each machine tool and an interface unit interposed between each machine tool and the numerical control device. The numerical control device includes a first memory area for ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4283773 | Programmable master controller communicating with plural controllers A data communications system having a programmable master controller including memory means and command byte generating means and a plurality of additional controllers providing input data bytes to the master controller and having means for receiving comm... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4281379 | Computer driven control system for a numerically controlled machine tool A control system for a numerically controlled (NC) machine tool which includes a direct access, time sharing, general purpose host computer located remotely from the location of the machine tool, is provided with a dedicated microprocessor located proxima... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4262336 | Multi-axis contouring control system In a numerically controlled machine includes a first computer which stores command data for a path and derives sets of interpolation point data from said command data for a plurality of points along the path. A second computer stores two sets of interpola... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4251858 | Paging, status monitoring and report compiling system for support, maintenance and management of operator-supervised automatic industrial machines A distributed microcomputer network is interconnected with a plurality of operator-supervised, numerically controlled (N/C) machines, visual display paging boards, terminal printers and CRT/keyboard terminals for communicating operator-originated CALLs (r... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4208712 | Multi-unit optimization Optimization of the operation of a process unit in a multiunit multiplant processing system is controlled through a closed optimizing control loop on said process unit while periodically closing a second control loop on the plant in which said process uni... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4183089 | Data communications system for a reproduction machine having a master and secondary controllers A data communications system for an electrophotographic type reproduction machine or copier. The system includes a programmable master controller with memory and a command byte generator. A plurality of secondary controllers provide input data bytes refle... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4170791 | Serial data communication system for a reproduction machine A data communication system for an electrophotographic type reproduction machine or copier having a master unit, an interface, and one or more remote units. The master unit includes a programmable controller having a data processor, memory storage for sto... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4167785 | Traffic coordinator for arterial traffic system A traffic coordinator is disclosed which utilizes a master unit and a plurality of secondary units wherein the secondary units are positioned at artery cross streets for controlling the main artery traffic in a coordinated fashion. Both the master unit an... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4165534 | Digital control system with Boolean processor An eight-bit microprocessor sequentially reads controller type instructions from a memory and applies the operation codes of selected ones of the instructions to a hardwired Boolean processor. The microprocessor also couples status words between an I/O im... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4144550 | Reproduction machine using fiber optics communication system A reproduction machine having a plurality of operating stations and a plurality of devices for controlling operational tasks of said operating stations comprising a master controller having an arithmetic and logic unit for controlling the devices in accor... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4124889 | Distributed input/output controller system A distributed input/output system is disclosed for controlling numerous peripheral devices and the transfer of data signals and control signals between those devices and a general purpose digital computer. The control system described includes a multiplex... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4123794 | Multi-computer system A multi-computer system is disclosed which is composed of a plurality of interconnected computers, one of which operates as a schedule master for the others. Information stored in a bulk memory device is pre-loaded into the schedule master before the time... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4015548 | Distributed programmable control system A plurality of first logic processors are interconnected in a "ring" type network and individually exercise control over similar equipment group subsystems which individually contribute to the operation of an overall system. Each of the interconnected pro... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4001554 | Mode control computer interface In simulation equipment which performs the function of signal processing sensor systems simulation for in-depth analysis of critical parameters and systems response, a mode control interface allows a single operator of simulation equipment to remotely c... | 01/04/1977 |
