Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135482 | Intelligent shelving system An intelligent shelving system integrates touch sensors, displays, lighting, and other components into shelves. Touch sensors can be used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor items borne on shelves, to detect spills, and to control lighting and othe... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8019448 | Stage device The vibrations of a second table supported on a first table that is movable in one horizontal direction can be controlled. A stage device includes an XY axis table movable in the X-direction, a Z-axis table supported by a support portion on the XY axis table, a pair... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7848833 | Flexible fixing system for product testing A flexible/adjustable fixing system (100) for fixing a workpiece (40) includes an information management module (10), a plurality of driving devices (20), and a positioning device (30). The information management module receives an... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848832 | Alignment apparatus To be able to restrain a height of a machine even when the machine is large-sized and smoothly move a table in XYθ directions. An alignment apparatus includes two translational freedom degree guide portion (13), one rotational freedom degree guide por... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7689299 | Rotary work lifter and working machine The invention is provided with means for detecting a situation of rotating a rotary work lifter at any time, and a determining portion for determining whether operation of the rotary work lifter is to be stopped by a state of rotating the rotary work lifter detected... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7512452 | Positioning system for eliminating lost motion effect A mechanism for determining the position of a point relative to a coordinate system defined by coordinate scales aligned along coordinate axes includes a coordinate reference plane and a coordinate read plane and a read mechanism associated with each coordinate scal... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7402966 | Linear drive with travel measurement The invention concerns a linear drive (1) with a linear stroke for the displacement of movably supported parts, in particular of articles of furniture, comprising a rotary spindle (2) which is driven by a motor and which at the drive output side is in ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7372231 | Movable body position control device and stage device using the movable body position control device A movable body position control device includes a pair of position detectors configured to detect moving positions of both ends of a movable body; a pair of driving parts, the driving parts being configured to drive the both ends of the movable body based on a detec... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7333862 | Position control device of moving body, stage device using the position control device, and position control method of moving body A position control device of a moving body, by which position control device a moving body can be driven in a translational manner with high precision where the moving body is not rotated in a yawing direction even if disturbance is input, a stage device using the p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330093 | Alignment apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An alignment apparatus moves an X-Y slider together with X and Y beams. Electromagnetic guides (electromagnetic mechanisms) are interposed between the X-Y slider, the X beam, and the Y beam. The electromagnetic guides include alignment and acceleration electromagnet... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7316155 | Test table for measuring lateral forces and displacements A test table for measuring lateral forces and displacements while simultaneously applying, if necessary, normal forces, particularly in nanoidenters and in scratch and wear testers. The test table is mounted in a manner that enables it to be laterally displaced, and... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7280185 | Stage system including fine-motion cable unit, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device A stage system that reduces disturbances caused by deformation of a cable and achieves high-precision positioning. The stage system includes a substrate stage movable in at least two axial directions, a fine-motion cable unit that holds a cable and finely moves in a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269467 | Shelf system A shelf system with computer-controlled compartment displays, whereby the displays indicate a number of articles to picked out of the compartment. The shelf system has a plurality of sliding shelves in that the shelves have at least one display element in their fron... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260438 | Intelligent shelving system An intelligent shelving system uses touch sensors to operate power-operated, adjustable shelves. Touch sensors also are used as limit switches to control shelf motion, to monitor the encroachment of shelved items on shelves, to detect spills, and to control other re... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245949 | Drawer-type mobile phone A drawer-type mobile phone includes a main body with a drawer cover which is slidably movable along a face of the main body. The drawer cover has a panel form, allowing sides of the drawer cover to move along both side faces of the main body. A speaker is mounted at... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215885 | Wavelength division element and optical module A wavelength division element includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter has incident angle-to-transmission wavelength characteristics and separates multiplexed lights in a plurality of wavelength bands into first lights that are in a first wavele... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7193493 | Alignment apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An alignment apparatus moves an X-Y slider together with X and Y beams. Electromagnetic guides (electromagnetic mechanisms) are interposed between the X-Y slider, the X beam, and the Y beam. The electromagnetic guides include alignment and acceleration electromagnet... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180662 | Stage assembly and method for optical microscope including Z-axis stage and piezoelectric actuator for rectilinear translation of Z stage A stage assembly mountable on an optical microscope for orienting a sample into a desired focal position includes an X-axis plate operable for rectilinear shifting in the X-axis direction and a Y-axis plate mounted on the X-axis plate operable for rectilinear transl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181296 | Method of adaptive interactive learning control and a lithographic manufacturing process and apparatus employing such a method By applying time-frequency analysis to a given standard iterative learning control or ILC an adaptive filter for the learned feed-forward loop is designed. This time varying filter varies according to the momentary frequency content of the error signal and allows to... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174586 | Operation control apparatus for electric bed An MPU sends pieces of information supplied by the input signals from a hand switch to a semiconductor memory device and the memory device stores these pieces of information. These pieces of information are: input points of an operation start signal and an operation... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7154377 | Movable barrier operator compressed information method and apparatus In a movable barrier operator, data that corresponds to force requirements to effect desired movement of a movable barrier is compressed and stored for later retrieval. Multiple compression schemes and/or compression rates can be made available. Selection of a given... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7136708 | Control system, control apparatus, and control method for microscope stage A control system of a stage of a microscope includes: a stage transfer unit for transferring the stage for loading a sample perpendicular to an optical axis of the microscope; a transfer command acquisition unit for obtaining command information for a transfer of th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7119879 | Stage alignment apparatus and its control method, exposure apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method A stage alignment apparatus includes a first moving member which moves in a first direction, a second moving member which moves in a second direction different from the first direction, a stage which is slidably supported by the first moving member and the second mo... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113836 | Control device for maneuvering an apparatus Reliable and at the same time simple operation of a plurality of system components using only a single control element is guaranteed by means of the combination of a control lever (10) which can be swiveled manually and a rotational control unit (11) w... | 09/26/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7079914 | System and method for producing a three-dimensional body comprising bone or tissue-compatible material A system useful in producing a three-dimensional body comprising bone or tissue-compatible material includes a detection and analysis site which identifies and simulates a portion of a body in connection with an implantation situation. A production device produces a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7057710 | Stage system including fine-motion cable unit, exposure apparatus, and method of manufacturing device A stage system that reduces disturbances caused by deformation of a cable and achieves high-precision positioning. The stage system includes a substrate stage movable in at least two axial directions, a fine-motion cable unit that holds a cable and finely moves in a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7043330 | System and method for closed-loop control of laser cladding by powder injection A system is disclosed for monitoring and controlling laser cladding process by powder injection in real-time. The invention combines laser cladding technique along with automated direct feedback control to achieve a good quality clad in terms of dimensional and meta... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043335 | Mapping device A regression mirror reflects light from a light projector in a reflecting direction opposite an incident direction. A light receiver combined with the light projector in a unitary unit receives the reflected light from the regression mirror. A detecting unit includi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7010376 | Diagnostic for poorly tuned control loops A method and apparatus to perform an automatic diagnosis for the poor performance of a control loop, and to determine whether or not the malfunctioning is caused principally by a poor adjustment of the controller tuning parameters. The method makes use of the fact t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009359 | Foam core chuck for the scanning stage of a lithography system A foam core chuck for use in a scanning stage of a lithography system is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the lithography stage includes a frame and a chuck supported by the frame. The chuck has a foam core structure that is cove... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7003073 | X-ray diagnostic device for mammography examinations An X-ray diagnostics device for mammography examinations has an arm for an X-ray tube and a subject table as well as a compression plate arranged between the X-ray tube and the subject table, the compression plate being connected to the arm and being displaceable al... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996506 | Process and device for displacing a moveable unit on a base A Process and device for displacing a moveable unit on a base. The process includes: a) a force (F) is determined which, applied to the moveable unit (4), produces a combined effect, on the one hand, on the moveable unit (4) so that it ex... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980840 | Drawer-type mobile phone A drawer-type mobile phone includes a main boy provided with a microphone; a drawer cover slidably movable linearly, having a panel form so as for both margins to be moved along both side faces of the main body; a speaker mounted at the upper inner surface of the dr... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975383 | Stage alignment apparatus and its control method, exposure apparatus, and semiconductor device manufacturing method A stage alignment apparatus includes a first moving member which can move in a first direction, a second moving member which can move in a second direction different from the first direction, a stage which is slidably supported by the first moving member and the sec... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6973355 | Accurate positioner suitable for sequential agile tuning of pulse burst and CW lasers A positioning system including a sensor, a drive sequencer and an actuator. The sensor senses the actuator position and provides position signals to drive the sequencer which responsively computes and drives the actuator in open loop moves containing dwell intervals... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6973353 | Programmable controller for controlling an output state A programmable controller for controlling one or more outputs based on position indicated from a position transducer. The controller includes an interface that converts the transducer signals into a change in position, a transducer position counter that accumulates ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6958588 | Machine equipped with a temperature compensated lathe spindle A machine for machining a workpiece with at least one revolving or rotating tool has a work spindle with a shaft (5), whose temperature is monitored by means of at least one temperature sensor (26). The temperature sensor is detected in contactless fas... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950727 | Vibration controller for active vibration insulators and method for controlling vibrations of the same A vibration controller includes an input signal generator for generating input signals based on cyclically pulsating signals emitted from a vibration generating source, an actuating waveform detector for detecting actuating waveforms of an electromagnetic actuator o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6937911 | Compensating for cable drag forces in high precision stages A positioning system is disclosed. The positioning system includes a movable stage. The positioning system also includes a cable carrier movable relative to the stage. The cable carrier is configured for carrying a cable so as to prevent cable drag forces from actin... | 08/30/2005 |
