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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216005 | Control apparatus for injection molding machine Test molding and mass-production molding are performed by an injection molding machine that includes a control apparatus in which neural networks are used. A quality prediction function determined based on the test molding is revised as necessary during mass-product... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194323 | Method and system for object oriented approach and data model for configure-to-order manufacturing system A method and system for product fulfillment in an automated manufacturing system is disclosed. The method and system of the present invention includes obtaining requirements for a product from a customer. The method and system further includes creating a plan from t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171394 | Global paint process optimization The present invention provides a method of optimizing a painting process for applying a paint layer on an article. The method comprises defining a functional relationship paint processing parameters and a paint layer property (i.e., the average paint layer thickness... | 01/30/2007 |
| 6845289 | Hybrid model and method for determining manufacturing properties of an injection-molded part A method of determining properties relating to the manufacture of an injection-molded article is described. The method makes use of a hybrid model which includes at least one neural network and at least one rigorous model. In order to forecast (or predict) propertie... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6830606 | Method for decarbonization refining of chromium-containing molten steel The present invention: solves the problems of hitherto disclosed technologies, such as insufficient suppression of the oxidation loss of [Cr] and the excessive erosion of refractories, in the decarburization-refining of chromium-contained molten steel under a normal... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6772134 | Control means for a horizontal boring tool Control apparatus for a horizontal boring tool is described which drives a boring lance via boring rods. The tool includes an input interface for receiving actual values of controlled variables of the horizontal boring tool, and an output unit for issuing control si... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6757665 | Detection of pump cavitation/blockage and seal failure via current signature analysis A system and method is provided for monitoring the operating condition of a pump by evaluating fault data encoded in the instantaneous current of the motor driving the pump. The data is converted to a frequency spectrum which is analyzed to create a fault signature ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6655922 | System and method for detecting and diagnosing pump cavitation The present invention provides cavitation detection systems and methods employing a classifier for detecting, diagnosing and/or classifying cavitation in a pumping system. The classifier can be integral to tie cavitation detection system and/or operativel... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6600961 | Intelligent control method for injection machine An intelligent control method for injection machine is to transplant the intelligent control and prediction techniques of a neural network to an injection machine, which has been exemplified capable of deciding the quasi best machine parameters rapidly in... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6584366 | Method and arrangement for neural modeling of a paper winding device A method for modeling a paper winding device, particularly for modeling a tambour drum cutter. Influencing and control quantities are determined at a real paper winding device and are stored dependent on time. Said quantities are used to determine the web... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6553300 | Harvester with intelligent hybrid control system A control system for a harvester or similar implement includes a supervisory controller, a set of low-level controllers and a neuro-fuzzy inference system. The supervisory controller employs human expert knowledge and fuzzy logic. The controller monitors ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6418487 | Method to track agents after a loss of state event A method for tracking agents across loss of state events is described. After determining the number of terminal agents within a hierarchical agent system, an algorithm forms a first matrix containing data identifying agents within the hierarchical agent s... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397122 | Apparatus and method therefor of maximizing the production run speed of a sheet fabrication machine To maximize the production run speed of a sheet fabrication machine such as a turret punch press, and yet at the same time maintaining the requisite accuracy for each part produced from the production run, historical data pertaining to the various paramet... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6314335 | Fuzzy control apparatus for jet loom A fuzzy control apparatus for a jet loom detects a flying state of a weft yarn, performs, based on a detected value thus detected, fuzzy inference to determine a modification amount to a rotational frequency of a motor, drives the motor to rotate at a pre... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6311099 | Apparatus for regulating welding parameters during laser beam welding An apparatus for regulating welding parameters during laser beam welding includes a camera for detecting the geometry of a melt bath formed during the welding process. The camera is connected with an image-data-processing unit. The welding depth is regula... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6236905 | Method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to platform positioning movement A method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to the error in positioning movement of a platform in a vehicular wheelchair lift or any moving member of machinery or an equipment. The method includes the steps of programming the platform... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6128563 | Electronic control device for management of the steering in earth-moving machines An electronic control device for management of the steering in earth-moving machines, essentially comprises a programmable logic electronic control unit (1) which is arranged as an interface between a pushbutton console (2) for setting a steering mode and... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6009421 | Device and method for decreasing web breaks in a printing system based on web tension ratios A device and a method use a decision-tree induction analysis to determine a web tension ratio range for which web breaks are less likely to occur within a printing system based on web tension data collected from a plurality of previous runs of the printin... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5923558 | Automated integrated input-output control system apparatus The automated integrated input-output control system apparatus. A versatile industrial control apparatus that can be utilized as a modular unit or integrated into industrial machinery or tools to provide an apparatus and method for programmable control of... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5832421 | Method for blade temperature estimation in a steam turbine A method for blade temp estimation in a steam turbine utilizes measurement values including pressure and temperature at locations other than directly at the blades, principally at the input and output stages. Initially, blade temperature is simulated by u... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5808891 | Method for creating a direct hot charge rolling production schedule at a steel plant A scheduling method suitable for use in a primary steel production area operating in either direct rolling or direct hot charge rolling modes, collectively referred to as synchronized rolling. The steel production area comprising a continuous caster, for ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5805453 | System identifier for paper machine A system identifier for a paper machine which allows an operator having no special skills to easily implement step responses in a profile control and which comprises a mechanism for storing theoretical positional correspondence determined by paper contrac... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5764824 | Clustering mechanism for identifying and grouping of classes in manufacturing process behavior A clustering technique groups manufacturing data in clusters of similar parametric behavior. Each cluster groups data points which satisfy a given criterion of process behavior similarity. These data may be widely separated in time and thus need not form ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5757661 | Garment grading system A computer system of the invention for grading includes means for automatically generating grading rules from a measurement scale. Advantageously, the system includes a database including one or more scales (50) of standard measurements for target populat... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5745382 | Neural network based system for equipment surveillance A method and system for performing surveillance of transient signals of an industrial device to ascertain the operating state. The method and system involves the steps of reading into a memory training data, determining neural network weighting values unt... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5712922 | Neural network optical character recognition system and method for classifying characters in a moving web A neural network based optical character recognition technique is presented for identifying characters in a moving web. Image acquisition means defines an imaging window through which the moving web passes such that the characters printed thereon can be i... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5693110 | Processes for controlling of the temperature of glass inside forehearth A process for controlling the temperature of glass inside a forehearth for the formation of gobs comprises the steps of: determining a set temperature of the glass in the zone No. 1 by effecting a fuzzy inference based on a preset membership function and ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5669421 | Method of controlling the yarn tension in a weaving machine A control curve is calculated for controlling the yarn tension including warp and weft yarn tensions in a weaving loom by comparing a previously determined yarn tension curve with a desired value for the yarn tension curve. The control characteristic is o... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5659479 | Method and apparatus for real-time control of laser processing of materials There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling, in real-time, processing variables in laser processing of materials using fuzzy logic control procedures by embedding expertise in the form of a rule base within a fuzzy logic controller. The metho... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5638522 | Graphically constructed control and scheduling system A system and method for controlling a model train system and for defining a finite state machine for implementing control of the system. A computer (32) that is running a graphic user operating system is coupled through its serial port to a master control... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5623713 | Self-reparir type image forming apparatus utilizing functional representation The present invention makes it possible to make good self-repair on which little secondary effect is exerted by calculating a manipulated variable of a parameter at the time of the repair by a functional amount in an image forming apparatus having a self-... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5617321 | Methods and apparatus for the testing, monitoring and improvement of manufacturing process effectiveness Apparatus for optimising the design of a manufacturing process in order to achieve predetermined goals including: A computer simulation model of the structural elements of a manufacturing process pre-programmed to operate according to predetermined flow a... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5586033 | Control system with neural network trained as general and local models A neural network is trained with a general set of data to function as a general model of a machine or process with local condition inputs set equal to zero. The network is then retrained or receives additional training on an extentd data set containing th... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5571426 | Method of determining electric discharge machining conditions and electric discharge machining controller A method of determining electric discharge machining conditions comprises the steps of establishing multiple sets of predefined machining parameters, establishing for each set of predefined machining parameters a set of basic machining data indicating rel... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5570292 | Integrated method and apparatus for selecting, ordering and manufacturing art glass panels An integrated system for selecting, ordering and manufacturing art glass panels is provided. An artistic art glass design is combined with a set of design rules specifically applicable to such art glass design to produce a digitized data file uniquely ide... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5566092 | Machine fault diagnostics system and method The invention provides a machine fault diagnostic system to help ensure effective equipment maintenance. The major technique used for fault diagnostics is a fault diagnostic network (FDN) which is based on a modified ARTMAP neural network architecture. A ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5555406 | Method and apparatus for assisting the design of parts of a product A design assisting apparatus for assisting the design of parts of a product comprised of an assembly of a plurality of parts. The design assisting apparatus is comprised of a plurality of part suitability examination devices and a product suitability exam... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5544350 | Ratio of running work in progress This method provides for increasing integrated circuit production of a fabrication facility comprising collecting data from a plurality of machines, calculating of the present Ratio of Running Work (RRW), comparing present RRW to optimum RRW, checking the... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5523953 | Method and apparatus for correcting positioning errors on a machine tool A machine tool having a tool member which is moveable along at least one axis relative to a workpiece to be machined, comprising thermosensors for sensing temperatures of a plurality of components of the machine tool. Responsive to the sensed temperatures... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5517420 | Method and apparatus for real-time control of laser processing of materials There is provided a method and apparatus for controlling, in real-time, processing variables in laser processing of materials using fuzzy logic control procedures by embedding expertise in the form of a rule base within a fuzzy logic controller. The metho... | 05/14/1996 |
