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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7711506 | Sensor calibration A method of calibrating a sensor system comprising a disposable sensor and a computer device, both the sensor and the computer device having circuitry for facilitating the transmission of data between them via a wireless communication link. The method comprises stor... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7587289 | Data cable powered sensor fixture A sensor fixture can be affixed within a wall and powered using the same cable along which data signals are transmitted. A data cable is attached to the fixture, and power for a sensor is isolated from the data signals. The sensor may be used in conjunction with a b... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7415363 | High resolution torque measurement on a rotating shaft with movement compensation An apparatus for determining the torque imposed on a rotatable shaft. The shaft has at least four paired probes, paired horizontal probes and paired vertical probes. The horizontal probes are positioned 90 degrees apart from the vertical probes. If the shaft moves h... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7386408 | Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end effecter based on kinematics of the parallel kinematic mechanism. A pos... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7366624 | Multi-element smart gas sensor An electronic gas sensor signal conditioner which can automatically adapt to a wide variety of commercial off-the-shelf sensors and provide a digital output in a standard, easily used format. The signal conditioner has analog and digital sections. The analog section... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356937 | Method for calibrating parallel kinematic mechanism, method for verifying calibration, program product for verifying calibration, method for taking data, and method for taking correction data for spatial posturing correction A calibration method is provided for calibrating a parallel kinematic mechanism that has an end effecter. The method includes setting an adjustment tool attached to the end effecter in predetermined postures in a reference coordinate system by taking coordinates of ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340364 | Test apparatus, and control method There is provided a test apparatus that tests a device under test. The test apparatus includes a control processor that executes a test program for testing the device under test, a test unit that is connected to the device under test and tests the device under test ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339283 | Electronic load regulator An electronic load regulation system for a locomotive may comprise a solid state replacement for existing electro-mechanical load regulators that are used to adjust the excitation current in the field windings of the locomotive's generator. A pressure sensor may inc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334510 | Vehicle brake lathe with variable speed motor The present invention relates to on-car brake lathes configured for resurfacing brake rotor components, and in particular, to improved on-car brake lathes configured with a controlled variable speed drive system. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324919 | Apparatus for analysing the condition of a machine An apparatus for analysing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft, includes: at least one input for receiving measurement data from a sensor for surveying a measuring point of the machine, the measurement data being dependent on rotation of the shaft; an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323859 | Auto-measuring universal meter An auto-measuring universal meter is disclosed. The auto-measuring universal meter includes a main unit having a display and a single button. A pair of test probes is electrically connected to the main unit in a removable manner to detect a first input signal; an in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313495 | Method of processing marine magnetic gradient data and exploration methods using that data A method of processing marine magnetic data is disclosed which comprises towing first and second magnetometers M1 and M2 behind a ship (10). Raw magnetic gradient data is obtained from the sensors and the trend of the gradient of the shi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7299145 | Method for the automatic simultaneous synchronization, calibration and qualification of a non-contact probe The present invention relates to an improved method for the simultaneous calibration and qualification of a non-contact probe on a localizer using a single artifact, in which non-contact probe readings and localizer readings are synchronised using parameters determi... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7283917 | System and method for calibrating an adjustable delay time for a delay module A timing calibration system for an adjustable delay time of a delay module for an electronic circuit is provided. The system includes a control delay module including at least one calibration delay module, the control delay module having a second delay time. The sys... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281181 | Systems, methods and computer programs for calibrating an automated circuit test system In one embodiment, an automated circuit test system is calibrated by electrically coupling a first calibration unit between a plurality of drivers and comparators of the test system, and then executing an AC timing calibration procedure to determine a timing delay f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279046 | Method and apparatus for aligning patterns on a substrate A system and method for aligning prior patterning positions formed by a first SPM tip with a second SPM tip in combination with an SPM system includes identifying first location information that includes a location of the first SPM tip and a sample reference locatio... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7266490 | Apparatus and method for connecting hardware to a circuit simulation A system and method is described for connecting a logic circuit simulation to a hardware peripheral that includes a computer running software for communicating data to and from the hardware peripheral. The software transmits the data received from the hardware perip... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7251552 | Diagnostic display unit including replaceable display protector A vehicle diagnostic display unit including a case, a display screen disposed within a front portion of the case, and a main support coupled to a side of the case for allowing a user to lift the vehicle diagnostic display unit with one hand. A navigation pad is disp... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248977 | Phasor transducer apparatus and system for protection, control, and management of electricity distribution systems A system for measuring the delivery of electrical energy from an energy supplier to a consumer through an electric circuit is disclosed. The system includes devices coupled with the network. Each device comprises a sensor, an analog to digital converter, a processor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231641 | X-ray examination apparatus containing a shared software modules and an application to access software module services A family of complex systems has a shared family architecture. A component framework supports participating plug-in components. Individual plug-in components provides one or more services. The component framework defines roles providing one or more common interfaces ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7223014 | Remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter A remotely programmable integrated sensor transmitter device for measuring and reporting a physical quantity of a given medium comprises a sensor for measuring a physical quantity of a medium and providing an electrical output as a function of the property measured,... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212930 | Method and apparatus for phase determination An electricity metering method and apparatus is provided for determining the phase of first waveform relative to a harmonically distorted, second waveform having cycles temporally distinguished by an occurrence of an amplitude that is neither zero amplitude nor a ma... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206710 | Incremental generation of calibration factors for automated test equipment In one embodiment, a request to perform a calibration process for automated test equipment (ATE) is received. The request is associated with a calibration parameter set. After receiving the request, one or more signatures for calibration data corresponding to the ca... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200519 | Analysis system for analyzing the condition of a machine A system for analyzing the condition of a machine having a rotating shaft and a machine body with a measuring point includes a client part communicating with a supplier part computer via a communications network. The client part includes a sensor attachable at the m... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7183953 | Calibrating automatic test equipment containing interleaved analog-to-digital converters Automatic test equipment (ATE) includes interleaved analog-to-digital (A2D) converters to produce digital signals, where the digital signals are used to produce an output signal, the output signal having spurs, a look-up table (LUT) to store correction values, where... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181356 | Device and method for analyzing the structure of a material The invention relates to a device that is used to analyse the structure of a material. The inventive device comprises: probe elements (5) which are used to (i) emit a wave, in the material, with emission delay laws that correspond to several simultaneous devi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167814 | Analysis system for analyzing the condition of a machine An apparatus for analyzing the condition of a machine, comprising: at least one input for receiving measurement data from a sensor for surveying a measuring point of the machine; data processing means for processing condition data dependent on said measurement data;... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7117746 | Digital pressure gauge A digital pressure gauge comprises a power supply, an input button unit, a pressure sensor, a display unit, a warning unit, and a control unit. The control unit counts the number of operations and/or operation duration of the digital pressure gauge and generates an ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116237 | Pressure measuring device The invention relates to a pressure-measuring device (M1) with a controller (C) for controlling the functions of the measuring device (M1) and/or for processing measured data, a sensor (S1) for measuring a variable (p1) to provide first m... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114388 | Geographically distributed environmental sensor system The present invention is directed to a sensor network that includes a number of sensor units and a base unit. The base station operates in a network discovery mode (in which network topology information is collected) in a data polling mode (in which sensed informati... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089775 | Device and method for calibrating a sensor A device and a method for calibrating a sensor, e.g., a force sensor such as a belt-force sensor, which allow reliable calibration of the sensor in a simple manner to counteract age-related distortion of measured values. The device for calibrating a sensor includes ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7065457 | Methods and apparatus for updating firmware in an electronic electricity meter The present invention, in one embodiment, is a method for operating an electronic electric meter having current and voltage sensors configured to generate measurements of current and voltage, respectively; a microcomputer coupled to the current and voltage sensors a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7064914 | Position error signal quality In a method for generating a confidence level of a position error signal (PES) component that is indicative of a quality of the PES component, a PES component is generated using position signal samples of a read back signal corresponding to a servo burst pattern. Ne... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7058485 | System for controlling operational sequences A system for controlling operating sequences, in particular in a motor vehicle, is described. The system contains program modules for controlling the operating sequences, and the program modules themselves and/or the program modules in their totality are divided int... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054342 | High density optical source bank An optical test system for use in testing fiber optical transmission systems and components comprises a modular construction in a single housing. The modular construction includes a plurality of laser source channels, a MUX, additional optical conditioning devices b... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054463 | Data encoding using frail watermarks Image, video, or audio data is encoded with both a frail and a robust watermark. The two watermarks respond differently to different forms of processing (e.g., copying the object may render the frail watermark unreadable), permitting an original object to be disting... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043378 | Measurement unit A measurement unit (1) for collecting and forwarding measured data, includes at least one measuring point for determining the measured data, and at least one interface for at least indirectly transferring the measured data to a control center (2). A pa... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036382 | Liquidless seal connection A pressure instrument may include a seal connection connecting a pressure gauge to a process. A pressure sensor located in a base of the seal connection is in data communication with the pressure gauge that is spaced apart from the pressure sensor. Embodiments are p... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7031865 | Universal sensor adapter A sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a transducer, a memory element to store a plurality of transducer signatures, and a processor to identify the transducer using the transducer signatures, to process the environmental characteristic using the identified... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027834 | Mobile telephone featuring accelerated ambient temperature measurement module A mobile phone has various components, including a housing and a battery, and an accelerated ambient temperature measurement module for measuring the ambient temperature of the environment surrounding the user equipment based on the temperature of at least one point... | 04/11/2006 |
