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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5548773 | Digital parallel processor array for optimum path planning The invention computes the optimum path across a terrain or topology represented by an array of parallel processor cells interconnected between neighboring cells by links extending along different directions to the neighboring cells. Such an array is pref... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5546564 | Cost estimating system A data estimating system for estimating a value of the highest probability which would correspond to a desired factor by statistically processing data having been determined from a plurality of factors. The factors are roughly divided into basic factors a... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5539393 | Information system An information system comprises a master station (2, 10) controlling information to be displayed on a number of information units (30, 40) arranged remotely from said master station. The master station broadcasts instructions by modulated infrared signals... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5506661 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming image information corresponding to an image of original document on recording sheets includes a sheet size sensor device for detecting the size of the recording sheets, a counter device for counting the number of pag... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5481463 | Pay-per-use access to multiple electronic test capabilities A system and method for testing an electronic circuit is disclosed. The system includes a circuit board test platform having multiple electronic test capabilities, and a pay-per-use module that is coupled to the circuit board test platform. The pay-per-us... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5412575 | Pay-per-use access to multiple electronic test capabilities A system and method for testing an electronic circuit is disclosed. The system includes a circuit board test platform having multiple electronic test capabilities, and a pay-per-use module that is coupled to the circuit board test platform. The pay-per-us... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5394324 | Auction-based control system for energy resource management in a building An auction-based apparatus and method for supplying temperature conditioned air. Each room in an office building makes a bid based on a difference between an actual temperature of the room and a desired temperature of the room. Each room submits the respe... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5386369 | License metering system for software applications An improved software metering system is disclosed. In one embodiment the metering system is in a hardware based "dongle" style meter that plugs into a port of the computer system on which the metered software is running, in software with the metering info... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5382779 | Shelf price label verification apparatus and method A price verification method for retail stores using shelf pricing, and apparatus therefor, in which the shelf labels are provided with an extended bar code having the item number and price of the item. A remote unit scans the item number and price, and us... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5383129 | Method of estimating cost of printing materials used to print a job on a printing apparatus There is provided a method of estimating cost of printing materials used to print a job on a printing apparatus. The method includes the steps of: storing billing rates reflecting the cost of printing materials to be used in printing the job, selecting a ... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5377098 | Method and apparatus for compiling data relating to damage extent, panel and chassis member rectification work, painting work and costs The amount of time required to perform panel beating and/or repainting and like repair work is estimated by sequentially compiling data which indicate which panel is damaged, the degree of the damage, the degree of repair difficulty and the area thereof. ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5349535 | Battery condition monitoring and recording system for electric vehicles A device for accumulating information about storage batteries, especially useful for electric vehicles, in which a microcomputer having memory and associated sensors is built into each battery pack. The device accumulates data about the usage and conditio... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5337258 | Cost metrics A resource oriented host computer-printer system is disclosed in which the host computer and printer share information and data processing duties. A system and method for analyzing the execution times for draw primitives allows the host computer to determ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5317503 | Apparatus for calculating a repair cost of a damaged car Necessary information in an estimate of repair cost of a damaged car, for example, damage types, repair work items, parts names, values of repair cost are stored. By displaying these information on a screen and selecting necessary items for a repair work,... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5315521 | Chemical process optimization method A method for producing two or more products from a production site such as an air separation plant to satisfy a given demand for each of the products in which energy consumption and the rate of product production are correlated so that product production ... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5301234 | Radiotelephone installation for prepayment operation with security protection In the course of the intercommunication between the base station and the autonomous telephone set, the first means of authentication initially generates a keyword dependent on the call charge for the current service and transmits it to the autonomous tele... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5257179 | Audit and pricing system for coin-operated games An audit system for recording the activation of coin-operated electronic equipment and the amounts of money collected employing a real-time clock to time stamp information recorded in non-volatile or battery powered memory, such as total collections, numb... | 10/26/1993 |
| 5255207 | Method for designing and detailing cabinets An interactive method for designing and detailing cabinets utilizes a computer for storing design constraints and standards in a database and for performing the tedious parts of cabinet placement, costing, and planning. The user is freed from performing t... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5249120 | Automated manufacturing costing system and method An automated manufacturing cost estimating method and system with indirect cost allocation which identifies a material in an initial state for manufacturing a product in a final state; defines an operation for converting the material from its initial stat... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5196686 | Checkout system with inlaid checkout counter keypad A checkout counter includes an optical scanning system mounted therein for projecting scanning light beams through an aperture in the counter for scanning a coded label attached to a merchandise item positioned adjacent the aperture. The counter includes ... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5172314 | Apparatus for communicating price changes including printer and display devices An improved price updating apparatus for use in retail store pricing systems has an input for receiving update data indicative of a product for which a price change is desired and the changed price. The apparatus looks up records in a database relating to... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5140526 | Partitioning of Boolean logic equations into physical logic devices An automated system for partitioning a set of Boolean logic equations onto one or more devices selected from a plurality of commercially available devices. The system utilizes a processor having a memory containing information on the different architectur... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5109337 | Conceptual design tool A conceptual design tool uses a sketch sheet approach on a computer display to enter the functional design of a product, thereby encouraging the designer to use a top down approach to the design process. The user keys in part descriptions, and the system ... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5081591 | Optimizing reactive power distribution in an industrial power network A system and method for optimizing the costs associated with the generation and flow of reactive power in an industrial plant connected to receive power from an electrical power utility and including a plurality of electromechanical rotating machines and ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5063506 | Cost optimization system for supplying parts A cost estimation system estimates the cost of supplying parts to a manufacturing facility. The system comprises a first database for storing cost information for various supply methods including air freight, ocean freight, land freight, warehouse storage... | 11/05/1991 |
| 5050031 | Video cassette rental system and method and record playback counter therefor A computerized video record rental system and method in which a video record unit such as a tape cassette is provided with an integral counting device for counting the number of times the record is played. Upon rental and return of the record, the counts ... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5005125 | Surveillance, pricing and inventory system An EAS (electronic article surveillance) system and tag of type responsive to incident energy comprising EAS messages and other messages related to pricing and identification of articles includes circuitry for response to such EAS messages and for the rec... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4984170 | Automatic ticket vending machine Two different values of fare or fee are previously stored, and tickets are issued or vended at the first fare or fee in specific day and time and at the second fare or fee in other day and time. That is, tickets can be vended through an automatic ticket v... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4893248 | Monitoring and reporting system for remote terminals A system is disclosed for monitoring and accumulating data indicative of viewer authorized pay per view TV programs at each of a plurality of remote terminals, wherein each remote terminal is coupled illustratively by non-dedicated telephone lines to a ho... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4887206 | Automated system for estimating impact on inventory cost due to an engineering change to a component A conceptual tool for inventory cost analysis based on an engineering change request for an item. The invention is a conceptual tool that uses both existing and new product structure in which an engineering change is requested on the item. Based on the pr... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4885694 | Automated building control design system Disclosed is a computer system for substantially automating the design of a building control system. The system comprises a processor for processing data stored in a data base, the data being related to a building control system design and comprising both... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4870589 | Management apparatus for equipment A management apparatus for equipment such as a copying machine has cards recording section data or the like, a card controller for reading the data from a card when the card is inserted and used when the number of sections using the machine is relatively ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868758 | Data communication system A data communication system comprises calculation means for calculating a communication charge to be charged when a given amount of data is to be transmitted, and display means for displaying the calculated communication charge prior to the data transmiss... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4782448 | Contract estimating system utilizing a digitizing ruler A contract estimating system includes a digitizer ruler divided into a plurality of equally spaced increments. The ruler generates an output signal representing the distance along the ruler at a point touched by a hand held probe. A digitizer board carrie... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4766295 | Electronic pricing display system An electronic pricing display system for displaying pricing and other specialized information in real time on shelf display tags (18). Display tags (18) are battery operated and receive remotely transmitted infrared signals from optical heads (20) mounted... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4751669 | Videotex frame processing A videotex decoder apparatus which, in various aspects, displays a status line to indicate when connect charges are occurring; overlays menus over displayed videotex frames with portions of the displayed frames remaining visible; provides easily called lo... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4679150 | Automatic vending machine with discount function An automatic vending machine is provided which has a continuous sale controller for continuously selling a plurality of products within a total amount of coins inserted therein for a single purchase. Until the outstanding balance becomes zero single sale ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4675824 | Method of replacing a tolling system for toll roads A method of replacing a punched-card tolling system with a magnetic-card tolling system gradually by installing controllers sequentially at entrance and exit gates, each of which controllers is capable of controlling the terminals for both of these two to... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4593361 | Vending machine control circuit A vending machine control circuit having a plurality of capacitively coupled switches for enabling a customer to indicate his choice of a product to be vended. A logic circuit is responsive thereto for controlling the vending of products by the generation... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4528638 | Shopping calculator with comparison feature The present invention discloses a shopping calculator into the budget memory of which, when shopping, a previously decided budget value is entered for storage by means of a budget key, and each time a purchase is made the cost of the purchase is entered i... | 07/09/1985 |
