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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6694201 | Supervisory parallel switching device for computer integrated manufacturing system with secs-compliant serial communication links A supervisory parallel switching device is designed for use with a CIM system including a host computer unit connected via an extended computer integrated unit to at least one equipment unit through an SECS-compliant (Semiconductor Equipment Communication... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6689324 | Communication system for automatic synthesis apparatus A communication system for automatic synthesis apparatus is formed of an automatic synthesis apparatus and a computer connected to the automatic synthesis apparatus. The automatic synthesis apparatus has a reaction block to produce synthetic compounds alo... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687571 | Cooperating mobile robots A miniature mobile robot provides a relatively inexpensive mobile robot. A mobile robot for searching an area provides a way for multiple mobile robots in cooperating teams. A robotic system with a team of mobile robots communicating information among eac... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6678566 | Backup control system (BCS) for optimizing utilization of multiple fabrication facilities Within both a method for operating a plurality of fabrication facilities and a system for operating the plurality of fabrication facilities there is providing within each of the plurality of fabrication facilities a corresponding plurality of backup contr... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6668075 | Position detection apparatus and method A position detection apparatus for and method of detection the position of a pattern formed on a substrate (e.g, a wafer). The apparatus (100) comprises an illumination system capable of illuminating the pattern, and an imaging optical system arranged to ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6668205 | Control method of factory automation system, recording medium recording a program therefor and central processor of factory automation system A central processor of a factory automation system which has an application program 13 for issuing instructions to a plurality of controllers 1 to 4 in parallel and controlling the controllers 1 to 4, a plurality of interface 30a, 30b for connecting the a... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662073 | Apparatus and method for machining simulation for NC machining A machining simulation is performed on a graphic data basis prior to machining. Machining simulation means (17) simulates a forced-vibration frequency and/or a load variation frequency occurring due to interrupted cutting on the basis of machining informa... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6662353 | System and program for estimating person-hours required to prepare a pattern film of a circuit to be printed on a board The present invention relates to an estimation system that can provide a highly reliable estimation result when the estimation system estimates person-hours required to prepare a film pattern for a circuit to be printed on a board. Upon receiving design c... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6647543 | Method for manufacturing a pair of complementary masks A method for manufacturing a pair of complementary masks for use in an electron projection lithographic (EPL) technique uses an algorithm for distributing the design data to a pair of EPL masks. The algorithm allocates a positive sign or negative sign to ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636774 | CAD supporting apparatus, and CAD supporting program storage medium A CAD supporting apparatus supports an assembling of an assembly by a CAD for assembling an assembly constituted of a plurality of components, which creates a geometry of objects, in cooperation with the CAD. The CAD supporting apparatus has: a data separ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6633787 | Production machine A production machine that allows a machine user to accurately and simply determine a parts code for a desired part in order to replace a defective or exhausted part. A production machine includes a production machine body and a controller for controlling ... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6629002 | Semiconductor automation markup language based gem/secs development application A system and method of transmitting instructions to control at least one fabrication machine includes generating a user interface including a series of selectable instructions, selectable machines and at least one graphical input associated with executing... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6618689 | Method for the non-destructive inspection of wall strength A method for non-destructively inspecting the wall thickness of a component, where the dimensions of the component or of the component surface are measured, substantially without making any contact, and are described by digital data. In accordance with th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6615091 | Control system and method therefor A flexible control system and method of controlling a processing operation. The control system and method may be employed to control a high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articl... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6615095 | Goods processing device and managing system An object of the present invention is to present a control system that can be constructed using existing equipment and that can be adapted easily to changes in a production line. A product processing apparatus 2 or an RCU 3 and information terminals 4 are... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6591232 | Method of selecting an optimum mix of resources to maximize an outcome while minimizing risk A method of selecting the optimum mix of resources for achieving an outcome while minimizing risk is presented. In one embodiment, the method is applied to selecting the optimum mix of manufacturing technologies and amount of use of each technology for fa... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6577911 | System and method for controlling surface mounting process A system and a method for controlling a surface mounting process are proposed. Barcodes of feeder trays in a work station are scanned, prompting an inquiry module to retrieve a corresponding work station serial number, which is transmitted to a microproce... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6574520 | Flexible manufacturing system A flexible manufacturing system including at least one module, a operational unit mounted to said at least one module and a local controller operatively connected to the operational unit. The local controller is adapted to control the operational unit. Th... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6571203 | CAD-data management system having a plurality of interfaces corresponding to a plurality of CAD applications In a CAD-data management system for managing a plurality of types of CAD data: a plurality of CAD-data processing units are capable of processing a plurality of predetermined types of CAD data, respectively: a processing-request generation unit receives a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6567714 | Method and system for manufacturing a computer system with the assistance of a wireless information network A manufacturing process starts from installing a wireless communication subsystem on a computer system, and allows information exchanges made wirelessly by the computer system and a manufacturing control computer of the wireless information network to com... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6535782 | Automatic optioning method for printed circuit boards A method and apparatus for removing a pre-determined electrical trace from a printed circuit board to manufacturing a printed circuit board with options corresponding to a specific catalog number. The apparatus comprises a computer numerically controlled ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6529802 | Robot and information processing system A robot provides a communicating means to move based on the transmission and reception of information to/from the outside, thereby making it possible to realize a robot with high usability. In addition, it recognizes the user's condition based on sensors ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6502005 | Elapsed time clock for part call tag-based replenishment system An elapsed time clock is incorporated into a part call tag for requesting replenishment of components used by workstations of a manufacturing facility. One or more transmission readers spatially distributed around the manufacturing facility detect a part ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6501996 | Process automation system A process automation system includes terminals for operating and monitoring purposes, automation devices for executing control functions, and a host computer. Communication between the terminals and the automation devices is exclusively established via th... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6496751 | Machine management systems and monitoring methods A process management system for at least one of monitoring and controlling operation of a machine comprises at least one sensor assembly capable of being disposed on the machine for at least one of sensing, monitoring, and transmitting machine process var... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6477436 | System and method for creation of a network computing environment A system and method for organizing the computer network components, including hardware, software, peripherals and services (i.e. internet and online backup). This, in order to make the creation of a computer network environment more user friendly, highly ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6463352 | System for management of cutting machines Controlling software components for cutting machines are distributed in nature, and can be placed on any convenient processor on a network. Each is provided with its own network address, or specific ports are assigned thereto at a shared (e.g., IP or netw... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6463577 | Method of manufacturing mask using independent pattern data files There are independently made data of a device pattern, an identification and scribe pattern including a scribe pattern surrounding the device pattern, identification patterns formed in a scribe region indicated by the scribe pattern and outer periphery of... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6459943 | Seal producing apparatus A seal producing apparatus includes file storing and recalling procedures wherein calling of a file is permitted only when a seal loaded in the seal producing apparatus is a seal type having a shape and size suitable to contain the allowable number of lin... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459944 | Self-organizing industrial control system using a specific process to evaluate bids An industrial control system uses a number of autonomous control units, each associated with one piece of equipment in an industrial process. The autonomous control units negotiate by bidding among themselves to determine a common set of input and output ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459949 | System and method for corrective action tracking in semiconductor processing A system and method for recording and addressing out of control (OOC) events in a semiconductor processing line. The method includes steps of (a) opening OOC entries in an OOC database, and (b) working the OOC entries. Opening an OOC entry is performed in... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456893 | Apparatus management system A machine management system improves flexibility in control of an apparatus and installation of an additional apparatus. A plurality of refrigerators sends operational information to a virtual machine constructor. The virtual machine constructor construct... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6453210 | Autonomous control method and process for an investment casting shell A predictive industrial control system for controlling individual cells of machines through multiple Programmable Logic Controllers in an investment casting processing and handling operation. An application server located in a remote, non-industrial envir... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6445959 | System for monitoring CNC machine controllers A number of computer-numerical-control (CNC) machine controllers are associated in the same plant or facility or in related facilities. Each CNC machine controller gathers and stores status information related to the state of operations being performed. A... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6438441 | Semiconductor factory automation system and method for resetting process recipe by employing trace file A method for resetting a process recipe in a semiconductor factory automation (FA) system, includes the steps of: a) sending the process recipe and a lot identifier inputted from an operator to a process equipment, wherein the process recipe represents a ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6434439 | Method for controlling the assembly cycle of a frame assembling machine and machine for carrying out the method A cross-section of one of the strips in a frame is digitized in binary format by means of a scanner and graphically visualized; dimensions of the cross-section and points suitable for positioning a strip locking device are determined, together with points... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6434438 | Method and device for evaluating assemblability and reverse assemblability With respect to a plurality of evaluation items for evaluating assemblability of an evaluation-target product, assemblability evaluation information as to the evaluation-target product is entered and an assemblability evaluation is performed based on the ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6415192 | Process flow preparation system and method A process flow preparation system including a condition receiving unit for receiving and storing at least one process condition, a recipe storing unit for storing recipe names and corresponding process conditions, a recipe searching unit for searching and... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6408501 | Automatic system of manufacturing ball studs for vehicles An automatic system of manufacturing ball studs for vehicles which establishes various processes inline to diagnose each process and perform production and inventory control. The system comprises a cold forging unit for uncoiling and forming a cold coil f... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408226 | Cooperative system and method using mobile robots for testing a cooperative search controller A test system for testing a controller provides a way to use large numbers of miniature mobile robots to test a cooperative search controller in a test area, where each mobile robot has a sensor, a communication device, a processor, and a memory. A method... | 06/18/2002 |
