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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108058 | Method of analyzing composite structures A method is provided for generating a data product that allows for enhanced design, analysis and manufacture of a composite structure comprising a plurality of plies. The method comprises the steps of obtaining geometric ply definitions, inputting the geometric ply ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103984 | System and method for compressed design phase contour data According to various embodiments of the invention, systems and methods are provided for compressed design phase contour data created during the manufacturing of integrated circuits. In one embodiment of the invention, the method begins by generating a contour layout... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090460 | System and method for protection system design support A method and system for examining, auditing, and safely evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure systems, to aid overpressure design and/or sizing of overpressure equipment. The system includes a server subsystem, a storage subsystem, an assessment subsy... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090461 | Product customization system and method A product customization system and method are provided in which a consumer can insert user content, such as images or text, onto a product, such as a skateboard, and then view the customized product before purchasing the customized product. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8068928 | Dynamic control system for manufacturing processes Methods, apparatuses and systems that facilitate the design, production, control and/or measurement tasks associated with manufacturing and other processes. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an understanding of how the multiple characteristics of a g... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069074 | Information processing terminal and server for supporting quality improvement concerning product manufacture An information processing terminal for supporting quality improvement concerning product manufacture includes a workflow arrangement part acquiring row information indicating a first arrangement location of each of a plurality of workflows being arranged in an area ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069071 | Suite of configurable supply chain infrastructure modules for deploying collaborative e-manufacturing solutions A suite of configurable supply chain infrastructure modules provides the “collective manufacturing management infrastructure” necessary to support a high velocity e-business initiative. At the core of the collaboration scheme is the Business Process Modeling Mod... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055366 | Simulation model creating method, mask data creating method and semiconductor device manufacturing method A simulation model creating method computes, for measurement results of a line width of a resist pattern formed with varied an exposure amount and focus value, a permissible fluctuation range of the pattern line width from a distribution of the exposure amount and a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050784 | Integrated programmer reference for industrial control device data A computer program to assist in programming an industrial control system provides a programmer with a functional description of the data of low-level devices in the industrial controller, as gleaned from electronic data sheets, whose data is extracted and combined w... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050785 | Apparatus and method for handling orders Order handling apparatus of the present invention stores assembly standard information that at least one component is managed for each assembly and component standard information which is basic information of a component to be mapped with each other. Order handling ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8027744 | Systems and methods for designing and manufacturing engineered objects A design system for generating an object design for producing an engineered object, the design system includes an estimate generator, a layout drawing generator, and a design generator. The estimate generator generates a cost estimate based on at least one of a requ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8014885 | Mobile paint system utilizing slider attribute prompts and reflectance memory storage What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of paints from a plur... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7983776 | System and method for matching silicon oxide thickness between similar process tools The present invention is one or more implementations is a method of fabricating a semiconductor for improved oxide thickness control, defining a process tool, determining and evaluating performance variables, determining a performance impact factor and thereafter mo... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974720 | Dynamic fulfillment planning method and apparatus This invention relates to a method for production planning in which changing demands and current demands are combined and separated into fixed demands, time-flexible demands, and quantity-flexible demands before being prioritized according to a set of rules that opt... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7966088 | System and method for manufacturing uniquely decorated components Uniquely decorated devices may be manufactured using high speed production equipment. In one approach, a master piece of artwork is selected. For each decorated part to be fabricated, a portion of the master artwork is selected. Image data for the portion of the mas... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7966087 | Method, system and medium for controlling manufacture process having multivariate input parameters A method, system, and medium of modeling and/or for controlling a manufacturing process is disclosed. In particular, a method according to embodiments of the present invention includes calculating a set of predicted output values, and obtaining a prediction model ba... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962232 | Methods and media for processing a circuit board A method of processing a circuit board including providing a circuit board having disposed thereon a conductive pattern, the pattern comprising a trace terminating at a terminal and depositing conductive material on the terminal and trace to form a land extending aw... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945343 | Method of making an article of footwear A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet m... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7933672 | Shape detailing device, shape detailing method, computer program product, mechanical CAD machine, and method of manufacturing three-dimensional structure A shape detailing device includes a storage unit that stores therein an identifier of each structure in an electrical computer-aided design (CAD) system and an identifier of the structure in a mechanical CAD system associated with each other, and a converting unit t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7904190 | System and method for protection system design support A method and system for assessing, auditing, designing, and evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure systems, to aid overpressure process plant design and/or the proper sizing and selection of overpressure equipment. The system includes a server subsyste... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7894922 | Structural transformation of execution-level manufacturing process routings into planning-level routings Computer-implemented methods, and associated computer program products and systems, are disclosed for generating electronic data for use in planning the execution of a manufacturing process. The methods, generally, are used in the structural transformation of execut... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7882481 | Wafer layout optimization method and system For determining an optimized wafer layout, at least two wafer layouts are specified for a given wafer, each wafer layout defining the location of a plurality of die with regard to the wafer. An optimization parameter value of at least one optimization parameter is d... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7877157 | Evaluation support apparatus and method for evaluation of recyclability/environmental load A design support apparatus includes an evaluation unit that evaluates a recyclability of the product, using evaluation condition and parts/material data, an analysis unit that analyzes a factor obstructing the recyclability based on an evaluation result of the evalu... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873429 | Network production planning method Methods of production planning, including a novel method of optimized production planning for a plurality of production plants producing a product for delivery to a plurality of customers using a common distribution network, wherein the product consumption by custom... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7860592 | Design method for industrial product using clothoid curve, industrial products designed by the design method, and method and device for numerical control using the clothoid curve A trajectory of motion of the mechanical element is designed by using a three-dimensional curve, referred to as a three-dimensional clothoid curve, in which each of a pitch angle and a yaw angle in a tangential direction is given by a quadratic expression of a curve... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860593 | Well prog execution facilitation system and method A prog analysis and execution system and method. The system includes a computer control system, an interface engine in communication with the computer control system, the interface engine being configured to receive prog information, and an action item development e... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7848835 | High power laser flat panel workpiece treatment system controller A pulsed DUV workpiece treatment apparatus and method for delivering light to irradiate the workpiece, for crystallization of a material on the workpiece, carried on a work stage, which may comprise a pulsed laser DUV light source and an optical train producing a ve... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7848834 | Computerized system for network-based management of engineering projects A computer system used for carrying out engineering tasks as a part of an engineering project. The system includes a plurality of client computers and one or more server computers accessible by the client computers via a communications network. Distributed across th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7840295 | Computer implemented method for defining an input product A computer system and implemented method for defining an input product to be manufactured into an output product, comprises steps of: (a) receiving an output product having attributes and comprising at least one sub-product, said s... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840294 | Layout setting device for processing eyeglass lens, eyeglass lens processing apparatus, eyeglass frame measuring device and cup attaching device, each having the same A layout setting device that sets layout of a target lens shape used as a processing shape with respect to an eyeglass lens when the lens is processed to fit the lens to an eyeglass frame, the layout setting device includes: means for inputting data on the target le... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7826912 | Method and assembly for determining and/or producing a drive or parts for a drive and interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB for a drive, including gear unit and motor, provided for a load, an operational reliability factor SB is determined for the drive or its gear unit from a load collecti... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822499 | Production design support facility, production design support program, production design verification device and production design verification program Cooperation management means for cooperating and managing an assembly procedure data formed by showing a combination of assembly enabled components and an assembling order thereof and a component object data for displaying the components in a virtual space as a comp... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809454 | Method and apparatus for simulating composite panel manufacturing A method and apparatus for managing production of a composite part. A three dimensional digital part definition is received for the composite part. A plurality of layers for the composite part is generated using the digital part definition with respect to a set of p... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7774080 | Method for manufacturing dental prostheses, method for checking a worked raw material area or a manufacturing arrangement, computer, computer program, and machine-readable medium The invention relates to a method for manufacturing dental prostheses, wherein from a raw material area, such as a blank, a dental prosthesis is manufactured (milled out) at a manufacturing position, such as a milling position, the manufacturing position of one or m... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7761178 | Automated process control using an optical metrology system optimized with design goals Provided is a method of designing an optical metrology system for measuring structures on a workpiece wherein the optical metrology system is configured to meet a plurality of design goals. The design of the optical metrology system is optimized by using collected d... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7751918 | Methods for configuring tubing for interconnecting in-series multiple liquid-cooled cold plates Methods of configuring a cooling subassembly for an electronics system are provided, that is, for establishing a coolant-carrying tube layout for interconnecting multiple liquid-cooled cold plates in series-fluid communication for cooling multiple heat-generating el... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7751917 | Optimisation of the design of a component A method of optimising the design of a component is provided, in which a set of principal design variants is generated, the variants having design parameters which are common to all design variants of the set and some which differ between variants. Subsets of second... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747623 | Product design support method and system A product design support method and system are disclosed in which assuming that a globally distributed commodity is disposed of as a waste product by different recycle methods in different regions or countries, the recycle cost and environmental load accrued by diff... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7734365 | Supply consumption optimization and multiple component utilization The invention disclosed here is a method for achieving simultaneous consideration of multiple independent dates associated with a single demand. The method iterates through the demands to match the demands with the supply quantities respecting demand priorities whic... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7715935 | Predetermining portioning yield A system and method for determining how food products might be portioned includes a scanner for scanning the food product and then using a computer to analyze the scanning data to develop a volume distribution of the food product. The computer operating scanning sof... | 05/11/2010 |
