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| 7415375 | Systems and methods for food waste monitoring A food waste monitoring system and related methods are disclosed. The food waste monitoring system may include a local food waste monitoring device that is coupled to an electronic scale for weighing food waste. The monitoring device may capture and record the weigh... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386428 | Method and system for guided cable contact in finite element analysis A system, method and software product to simulate guided cable contacts is disclosed. The guided cable contact includes a slave node and an associated beam. A normal vector is established between the slave node's projection point and the slave node. Each of the slav... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7358974 | Method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video A method and system for minimizing an amount of data needed to test data against subarea boundaries in spatially composited digital video. Spatial compositing uses a graphics unit or pipeline to render a portion (subarea) of each overall frame of digital video image... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7321846 | Two-wire process control loop diagnostics A diagnostic device for coupling to a process control loop includes digital communication circuitry configured to receive a digital communication signal from the process control loop. The digital communication signal is a digitally modulated analog signal on the pro... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7290450 | Process diagnostics A diagnostic device for use in a industrial process includes monitoring electronics or diagnostic circuitry configured to diagnose or identify a condition or other occurrence in the industrial process. The system can be implemented in a process device such as a flow... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7254518 | Pressure transmitter with diagnostics In one embodiment, a pressure transmitter is provided which diagnoses the condition of a primary element and/or an impulse line which connects to a pressure sensor. A difference circuit coupled to the pressure sensor has a difference output which represents the sens... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7245748 | Apparatus for monitoring a system with time in space and method for diagnosing a condition of a prostate Apparatus and method for monitoring a prostate in a human body in which a fluid flows and which is characterized by a change in the prostate with time in space for the purpose of diagnosing a prostate condition, particularly cancer. A preselected place in the prosta... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233079 | Renewable energy electric power generating system A renewable electric power system includes a high temperature superconducting wind turbine using high temperature superconducting yttrium-barium-copper oxide for the rotor and stator windings as well as a superconducting bearing. Power from the turbine is stored in ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225208 | Systems and methods for backing up data files A system for backing up data files generates information from which those files can be recovered, and it sends that information to a back-up location. To determine what information to send, it generates summaries of those files from time to time and identifies chang... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7167856 | Method of storing and retrieving multi-dimensional data using the hilbert curve A method of partitioning and indexing multi-dimensional data that maps data to one-dimensional values according to the sequence in which an approximation of a Hilbert space-filling curve passes through all of the points corresponding to potential multi-dimensional d... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7114368 | Apparatus and method for verifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism An apparatus for improving the procedure for quantifying the volume of liquid dispensed by a liquid-dispensing mechanism of an analytical instrument. The apparatus of this invention comprises (a) at least one weigh cup; (b) at least one standard mass; (c) at least o... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7110904 | Control strategy for an internal combustion engine in a hybrid vehicle A system and method is disclosed for operating an internal combustion engine disposed in a hybrid vehicle, in which engine operation is selected to provide secondary vehicular functions, such as cabin heating, cabin cooling, and exhaust aftertreatment of exhaust com... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105751 | Calibration assisting method, device and system A calibration assisting device includes a reference load data storage means 30d for storing, as a reference load data, the reference load data produced from load sensor 10 when a desired reduced quantity is generated in a vehicle weight measurin... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7085610 | Root cause diagnostics An industrial process diagnostic apparatus is provided which can identify a source, or “root cause”, of an aberration in an industrial process. A plurality of process configuration models are provided which each represent a physical (or actual) implementation of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7046180 | Analog-to-digital converter with range error detection A circuit includes a multiplexer, an analog-to-digital converter, and a processor that compares a sequence of digital outputs from the analog-to-digital converter to a sequence of normal ranges that correspond with the digital outputs in order to provide an error ou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027072 | Method and system for spatially compositing digital video images with a tile pattern library A method and system for spatially compositing digital video images with a tile pattern library. Spatial compositing uses a graphics pipeline to render a portion (tile) of each overall frame of digital video images. This reduces the amount of data that each processor... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018800 | Process device with quiescent current diagnostics A process device for use on an industrial process control system includes a quiescent current sensor configured to sense quiescent current draw of the process device. Diagnostic circuitry determines a diagnostic condition of the process device as a function of the s... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7010459 | Process device diagnostics using process variable sensor signal A diagnostic device for use in a process control system receives a sensor signal related to a process variable of a process sensed by a process variable sensor. A signal preprocessor provides a sensor power signal output as a function of a frequency distribution of ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6985828 | Loading-assisting apparatus for use with centrifuge A loading-assisting apparatus for use with a centrifuge is provided with a measuring device configured to measure the weight of each of the object processing groups, a detector device configured to detect a difference between the weight of each of the object process... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6970094 | Remotely accessible combination weighing apparatus and combination weighing system In a combination weighing system, a connection is established by Internet between a combination weighing apparatus comprising a weighing machine control portion for setting an operating condition of a weighing machine and logging an operating state of the weighing m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6970003 | Electronics board life prediction of microprocessor-based transmitters A field device includes circuitry to successively measure a parameter related to current drawn by electronics of the field device. The measurements are provided to a prediction engine which calculates a diagnostic output based upon the plurality of current-related m... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6920799 | Magnetic flow meter with reference electrode An magnetic flow meter is provided which includes a reference electrode configured to electrically couple process fluid flowing within a flowtube of the flow meter. The reference electrode is adapted to measure potential of the process fluid. A current limiter is co... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6907360 | Closure measuring system A closure measuring system for measuring operable specifications of a door panel of an automotive vehicle. The closure measuring system includes a data sensing device adapted to be removably attached to the door panel on the vehicle for sensing and measuring a plura... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6907383 | Flow diagnostic system A flow diagnostic system for a flow sensing element and impulse lines. A pressure transmitter coupled to the impulse lines provides digital pressure data to a control system. The control system provides the pressure data and real time clock readings to a diagnostic ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6684228 | Steering process and steering model builder An application development environment for developing end user applications for supporting management of operational environment. The environment consists of a number of subsystems. An organization modeler for defining the operational processes and the or... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6665625 | Energy-based thresholds applied dynamic balancing A method and system for dynamically balancing a rotating system or rotating device utilizing energy-based threshold measurements, wherein the rotating system contains sensors therein. Sensor measurements are compiled from the sensors. The sensor measureme... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6633817 | Sequence database search with sequence search trees A method and system for generating and searching a tree-structured index of window vectors that represent database sequences comprise a window vector generation module, a tree-structured index generation module, a query sequence partitioning module, and a... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6622105 | Dynamic correlation extension for a self-balancing rotatable apparatus A method and system for detecting acceleration and force data associated with a rotating device or rotating system is disclosed, which includes a sine table and a cosine table that may be created based on a particular number of measured data points per re... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6552278 | Multiple load sensing multi-load cell scale and method The multiple load sensing multi-load cell scale is described that provides improved utility to scales with multiple decks that share load cells near supports so that more than one load may be determined at the same time on a single scale. In more detail, ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6550053 | Time estimator for object oriented software development A method of estimating the time a particular designer or any one of a group of designers will take to realize a new design using an object-oriented methodology. The particular version, for each designer, or group of designers, of a formula which links tim... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6477478 | Method and apparatus for automotive and other testing A method and apparatus for automotive testing comprises a base station and at least two handsets adapted to provide a testing function in at least two corresponding technically distinct areas. Embodiments employ Kelvin connectors and/or Hall effect probes... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470287 | System and method of optimizing database queries in two or more dimensions A method and system for storing and retrieving spatial data objects from a spatial database is discussed. The system stores multi-dimensional objects within the database by determining their position in a multi-tiered coordinate system. One each object ha... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6266594 | Body swing control apparatus for industrial vehicles A rear axle which supports rear wheels is attached to the body of a vehicle in such a way as to be swingable up and down around a center pin. A controller detects the running state from detection values θ and V of a sensor for detecting the tire angle of... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6080938 | Method and apparatus for resetting a product scale of a retail checkout terminal A method of resetting a product scale of a retail checkout terminal includes the step of detecting absence of an item on the product scale. The method also includes the step of generating an absence signal in response to the detecting step. The method fur... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6047245 | Resistive strain gauge control circuit A resistive strain gauge bridge circuit, including a pulse code modulation counter operative under an algorithm designed for calibration with a voltage signal for effectively canceling out voltage and voltage fluctuation influences to maintain centering o... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5878376 | Method for calibrating scales The invention relates a to method for calibrating scales having a weight-determining weighing system with a processor-controlled computer and with a memory unit for storing information regarding gravitational acceleration. The method can be executed at an... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5832417 | Apparatus and method for an automatic self-calibrating scale The present weight scale performs automated self calibration by periodically initiating a measurement operation to determine the zero offset from a true weight reading due the weight scale's intrinsic weight. The weight scale's intrinsic weight will vary ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5173868 | Scanning radiation sensor for multiple spots and apparatus and method of averaging radiation samples of same A scanning radiation sensor (10) for individually determining temperature of a plurality of spots (16') along a scan line (16) on a target (12) responds to inputs to a light marking apparatus (21, 29, 40, 21) to determine which of a plurality of samples p... | 12/22/1992 |
| 4980847 | Temperature measuring device A temperature measuring device is disclosed which comprises a light source for emitting light the spectrums of which are constant with respect to time, a photoelectric transducer for sensing the emitted light with a plurality of predetermined different wa... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4907179 | Electronic balance with quasi analog and digital display An electronic balance with a digital display for the exact display of the weighing result, with an quasi analog display for the estimated display of the balance (gross) load, whereby the a quasi analog display consists of at least one horizontal band of a... | 03/06/1990 |
