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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155761 | Process control system with integrated external data sources Methods and systems for integrating external and/or enterprise data into a process control system are disclosed. A user interface may be provided to enable browsing and selection of a data item from an external and/or enterprise data source. The selected data item m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8082044 | Apparatus and methods for precompiling program sequences processing for wafer processing Disclosed are apparatus and methods for embodiments for efficiently and flexibly controlling hardware devices in a semiconductor processing system are provided for use in a distributed control arrangement. In general, the distributed arrangement includes at least on... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8068922 | Method for operating a block model based field device for a distributed automation system In a method for operating a field device working according to the block model for a distributed automation system, which exchanges data via a fieldbus, a first function block application serving for process control is provided, which makes available to other system ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046086 | Methods and systems for batch processing and execution in a process system A system and method for implementing a control process within a process control system and resolving inconsistencies during execution of the control process includes loading the logical structure of the control process, loading a plurality of instantiation objects o... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7987002 | Arrangement for distributed measurement system for measurement and simulation in distributed control systems A first unit (200, 303, 304) works with analog and digital signals in physical sequences referring to one or several measurement objects (200′, 305, 307), which work with one or several functions (200″, 211, 302, 308, 309) and detectors (... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7818071 | Method for controlling and/or optimizing production of oil and/or gas wells and facilities This invention discloses a system for controlling and optimizing production operations oil and/or gas production wells and facilities, which are equipped with sensors that generate raw reservoir, production and/or production equipment performance data. This system c... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7769474 | Method for soft-computing supervision of dynamical processes with multiple control objectives A method to supervise a local dynamical system having multiple preset control objectives and operating in conjunction with other dynamical systems. The method includes receiving state input from dynamical systems in an environment at a distributed soft computing lev... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7693581 | Application and service management for industrial control devices The subject invention provides systems and methods that facilitate accessing and management of information (e.g., instructions, executables, classes, objects . . . ) associated with a control system. The systems and methods enable a control system entity the ability... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684874 | Server based gaming system and method for selectively providing one or more different tournaments A gaming system includes a central server or controller operable to communicate a plurality of different commands to a plurality of gaming machines to provide non-tournament game play and to provide tournament game play on the same gaming machines. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7664554 | Line balance control method, line balance control apparatus, and component mounting machine To provide a line balance control method, a line balance control apparatus, and a component mounting machine, which do not require a higher-level device. A production line 100 is equipped with a printing machine 120, a coating machine 130, a com... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7561926 | Apparatus for monitoring and controlling an isolation shelter and providing diagnostic and prognostic information Monitoring and controlling apparatus and related methods for use with collective protection shelters or other isolation environments utilizing one or more digital processors to monitor and control the operation of the shelter. The apparatus affords shelter design an... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7477948 | Apparatus and methods for precompiling program sequences for wafer processing Disclosed are apparatus and methods for embodiments for efficiently and flexibly controlling hardware devices in a semiconductor processing system are provided for use in a distributed control arrangement. In general, the distributed arrangement includes at least on... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7444186 | Programmable controller system A programmable controller system comprises networks including a plurality of programmable controllers and a development support device. One of the programmable controllers is set as a relay programmable controller. The development support device is used by online-co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440870 | System for monitoring the quality of industrial processes and method therefrom The invention relates to a system for monitoring industrial processes, comprising sensor means for detecting one or more process quantities in at least one process station, acquisition and processing means operating on signals generated by the sensor means for obtai... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435581 | Integrated bio-reactor monitor and control system Systems and methods for automatically controlling conditions of a process are disclosed. In one example, a controller is programmed with a sequence of steps and parameters required to carry out a bioreactor process. The controller receives information related to a c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433802 | Method for estimating damage to an object, and method and system for controlling the use of the object A communication system between a base station and a plurality of pieces of construction equipment, the communication system including a transmitter and receiver for transmitting measured operational information from the plurality of pieces of construction equipment ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428218 | Flexible approach for representing different bus protocols A method for flexibly defining communication constructs includes providing at least one communication element type for at least one layer of a generalized communication model, such as a bus model. Each communication element type has a user-definable structure that i... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7424327 | System and method for automatically matching programmable data of devices within an industrial control system An industrial control system includes a central controller having a memory containing programmable data including operating programs for operating the controller, control program for controlling an industrial process, and configuration data configuring values used b... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424329 | Industrial controller automation interface An automation interface is provided for interacting with industrial controllers. The automation interface provides for programming, editing, monitoring and maintenance of industrial controllers programmatically from a local or remote location. The automation interfa... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421516 | System and method for multi-vendor authentication to remotely activate a software-based option A system and method are provided to remotely activate options resident on a multi-vendor supported device. The technique includes receiving, at a centralized facility, an activation key sent from a first location and configured to activate an option of an in-field d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421302 | Automotive electronic control system including communicably connected commanding unit and driving unit An electronic control system mounted on an automobile, such as a motor-assisted power steering system, includes a commanding unit for calculating a command value and a driving unit for driving an actuator according to the command value. The commanding unit and the d... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418521 | Controller for bridging a host computer and networked laundry machines A laundry system has a plurality of laundry machines networked together and a remotely located host computer for collecting operation data and audit data from the laundry machines and to program the laundry machines with operation parameters. A bridging controller i... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415383 | Compiling method, apparatus, and program Brings response time of a Web server and the like closer to a targeted value. A controller controlling the average response time elapsed between reception by information processing apparatus of a processing request and response of information processing apparatus to... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7415310 | System for home automation A home automation protocol system provides a network consisting of a number of node devices, controllers, and servers for storing information about node device settings and scene settings in a home environment is provided. The node devices are controlled by the cont... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7412344 | System for synchronously controlling the testing of pluralities of devices and the method of the same The present invention discloses a system for synchronously controlling the testing of pluralities of devices, comprising a server, a switch coupled to the server, and a testing instrument coupled to the server. Pluralities of computers are coupled to the server resp... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412338 | Radio frequency device within an energy sensor system An energy measurement system including a radio frequency (“RF”) device powered by a solar panel. The RF device comprising a wireless communication port operative to transmit and receive communication over a wireless network of additional RF devices. The energy m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412292 | Remote control apparatus The present invention provides a remote control apparatus comprising a controlled appliance and a server being connected via communication means, in which if data stored in the server is present, a notice command is promptly issued to the corresponding controlled ap... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406364 | Method and system to calculate a demand for energy A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network including one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable energy, a communications system and one or more local consumption meterin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403827 | Equipment control system A technology for achieving energy saving by efficiently controlling each of a plurality of equipment systems is proposed. The equipment control system includes an air conditioner system, a refrigerator system, a refrigerator/freezer showcase system and a central coo... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398127 | Systems and methods for facilitating wireless communication between various components of a distributed system The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating communications between various components of distributed system. Specifically, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a wireless network for linking the various components of manuf... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7392293 | Method and apparatus for dynamically displaying real world data in a browser setting An apparatus and method for dynamically displaying data in a browser of a client computer. In one aspect, the invention is a method comprising: displaying a web page comprising a primary frame having dynamic fields in said browser, wherein said web page is created b... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389327 | Control and monitoring system for power system The object of the present invention is to make information necessary for judging whether control output is possible closer to the latest information than in the conventional method or made the latest, and shorten the time from control start to control execution. In ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7386352 | Modular sensor network node A distributed wireless sensor network node is disclosed. The wireless sensor network node includes a plurality of sensor modules coupled to a system bus and configured to sense a parameter. The parameter may be an object, an event or any other parameter. The node co... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381303 | System and method for controlling a thermo-mechanical wood pulp refiner Thermomechanical pulp is an important process for producing fibrous mass used in papermaking. A two-level control strategy that stabilizes and optimizes the refining process has been developed. The Stabilization layer consists of a multivariable model predicative ra... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375035 | Host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing A host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing is described. The host tool manages a process, except for the generation of a product used in the process. To generate the product, the host tool provides an indication to an ancillary tool t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373396 | Information delivery system and method and program of the system An information delivery system and its method and a program of the system, in which plural robots are used and users can obtain information effectively via the plural robots from the wider range than the range where only one robot moves, are provided. Each of the pl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7363094 | Multivariable controller design method for multiple input/outputs systems with multiple input/output constraints A method for dynamically controlling a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) system having multiple input and output constraints, the method comprising. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes configuring a MIMO tracking controller to implement closed loop ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363285 | Network management and control using collaborative on-line simulation A collaborative on-line simulation system and method to provide automated and pro-active control functions for computer network. In a wide area network, clients communicate through one or several nodes (108). Each node (108) contains routers which incl... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360474 | Fiber chopper and method of chopping A method and apparatus for chopping long unwound items like fiber, fiber strands, yarn, etc. The chopper has a backup roll, a blade roll and an idler roll. The improvements include one or both of a shield having an air jet at or near its upper end, the shield being ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359957 | Method for accessing information and/or services of a distributed automation system The invention relates to a method for accessing information and/or services of a distributed automation system comprising a plurality of automation devices, by means of one of the automation devices. According to said method, information concerning an automation dev... | 04/15/2008 |
