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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7409249 | Error display system Upon detection of an error such as a malfunction occurring at a drive mechanism, a sensor transmits an error signal to a control section. The control section selects character information about details of the error corresponding to the error signal and an image repr... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7324860 | Method, apparatus and program storage device for providing a cascading timeline of manufacturing events leading to completion of a manufactured product A method, apparatus and program storage device for providing a cascading timeline of manufacturing events leading to completion of a manufactured product is disclosed. A cascading timeline, or waterfall chart, is updated and distributed weekly to provide week-to-wee... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312802 | Coordinate design and information system A coordinate design and information system (CDIS) combining coordinate geometry, spatial features and drafting into one package. CDIS uses an object-oriented and spatial-based approach in which all objects have a set of attributes, while space and areas are defined ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7233831 | Systems and methods for controlling programmable lighting systems One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a control system. The control system may be adapted to control one or more lighting systems (e.g. stand-alone or networked lighting systems). The control system may also have a user interface (e.g. dial or butto... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225091 | Method and device for monitoring a system The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a system in which a datum-line display (11) is generated on a viewing screen (4) for at least one parameter of the system, comprising a baseline (14) that represents a base value for the p... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191028 | Electrically controlled apparatus An electronically controlled apparatus of the present invention includes: an input-output section, which electronically processes and outputs input data; a control section, which electronically controls the input-output section according to operating status data of ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7155381 | Module for developing wireless device applications using an integrated emulator An apparatus for facilitating development of an application for a wireless-connected device including a module have a plurality of development tools for use in the creation of the application and an emulator of the wireless-connected device integrated with the modul... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143363 | Method for displaying marine vessel information for an operator A method for displaying marine vessel information automatically selects a chosen visual display based on the magnitudes of one or more vessel-related parameters, such as engine speed, gear selector position, or vessel velocity. Based on the selected marine vessel op... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7112806 | Bio-imaging and information system for scanning, detecting, diagnosing and optimizing plant health A portable Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging Time (CFIT) system for use in determining plant health. The system includes an enclosure for placement around a plant to be imaged in-situ. There is a controlled light source that controllably provides to the plant light o... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089077 | Monitor wafer purchase and controls database Controlling stocker capacity in an automated facility and controlling monitor budgets by capped releases, capped FOUP supplies, and wafer reuse methodology. A Database is used to order, track, and reclaim test (monitor) wafers in the FAB. The database automatically ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7016755 | Information processing method and apparatus used in an exposure system and exposure apparatus An information processing apparatus used for an exposure system. The apparatus includes a generation unit which generates a parameter file described in a markup language based on a parameter used in the exposure system, the parameter file including information for d... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6990381 | Electrically controlled apparatus An electronically controlled apparatus of the present invention includes: an input-output section, which electronically processes and outputs input data; a control section, which electronically controls the input-output section according to operating status data of ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6690981 | System and method for encapsulating user interface code for a graphical program System and method for enabling user interface code to be encapsulated in a sub-program of a graphical program. A node referencing a user interface element of a graphical program may be connected to a node referred to as a "property node". The user may con... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6683624 | System and method for managing programming object visual representations participating in alternative execution paths A method and apparatus for depicting programming state of programming objects through a combination of associating semantic stat space with programming objects, updating semantic state through affiliated state updates with each programming action, and res... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6671691 | Method and apparatus for expression building editors According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method and an apparatus for a user-friendly expression builder GUI is disclosed. The preferred embodiment GUI design enables users to construct syntactically valid expressions, without any kn... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6614453 | Method and apparatus for medical image display for surgical tool planning and navigation in clinical environments A medical imaging display system includes a memory (40) for storing first image data representative of a region of interest. The memory (40) stores image data generated by medical imaging devices such as magnetic resonance devices (20), computed tomograph... | 09/02/2003 |
| 5859631 | Apparatus front panel allowing indicia on an indicia-bearing element to be read therethrough An apparatus front panel has a mechanical user interface in the form of a mechanically controllable regulation and setting elements on the face of the front panel. The front panel is manufactured at least in part from a transparent material in which elect... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5838973 | System and method for interactively transforming a system or process into a visual representation A computerized modeling system is provided. The present invention is a computer-implemented, interactive, real-time software tool, for physically transforming a system or process into a visual representation. The software tool includes a class developer f... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5831612 | Cell overlap detection and correction in a medical imaging system A programmable, medical imaging system which incorporates algorithms for enhancing the usability of the system for clinicians is described. With respect to programmability, and in one aspect, the present invention relates to a programmable system which in... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5818450 | Method of displaying data setting menu on touch input display provided with touch-sensitive panel and apparatus for carrying out the same method Either a data input key window of step switches type or a data input key window of step numeric keys type is displayed with data item indicating blocks or set value indicating blocks displayed when a touch is made to any one of the data item indicating bl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5801694 | Method and apparatus for interactively creating new arrangements for musical compositions Methods and apparatus are provided for interactively creating new arrangements of prerecorded musical works. The musical work is represented on a digital medium in the form of a database comprising a plurality of fixed musical sequences, and a template co... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5745114 | Graphical display for an energy management device A graphics based display for use with an electronic circuit protection device is taught. Briefly stated, a utility-type electric meter or an electronic circuit protection device has incorporated therewith an LCD display which allows for the graphical disp... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5602997 | Customizable program control interface for a computer system A dashboard interface includes a plurality of software buttons provided on a panel. Each software button represents one of a plurality of applications. Upon a user selecting a first software button, a first application represented by the first software bu... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5522026 | System for creating a single electronic checklist in response to multiple faults A computer-based electronic checklist system automatically generates a single electronic checklist upon the detection of two or more control system faults. The checklist contains a plurality of notes to be read by, and action items to be performed by, the... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5499325 | Brightness controls for visual separation of vector and raster information Methods and apparatus for aiding the user of graphics systems to visibly distinguish areas (images) on a display screen generated from raster data from areas on the same screen generated from vector data. An example of where the invention may be applied i... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5280275 | Graphical interface control buttons with scalar values A method and apparatus for allowing users of computers having a graphical user interface to efficiently convey scalar control information (such as Likert scale data) are described. A graphical control button is displayed on the screen combined with a grap... | 01/18/1994 |
| 5274759 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus capable of multi-frame representation An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and an image display apparatus allowing a user to select multiple images for a multi-image format display while sequentially viewing a plurality of full-screen-sized images. Viewing all of the full-sized images before di... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5261820 | Computer simulation playback method and simulation The invented computer simulation playback method includes the steps of recording commands entered during use of a simulation, operating the simulation with the recorded commands and allowing new commands to be entered at any point during the step of opera... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5254978 | Reference color selection system A reference color selection system is provided for creating a palette of colorimetrically measured colors. Palettes of colorimetrically measured colors representing naturally occurring objects and specified using a standard device independent color specif... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5237648 | Apparatus and method for editing a video recording by selecting and displaying video clips A video editing system comprising a computer system having a mass storage and a display, a video source, such as a video cassette recorder (VCR), camera, or optical disc player, and a video processor/controller linking the computer to the video source. Th... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5211564 | Computerized figural response testing system and method A method and system for interactive test taking is provided, having a computer with memory, an image display screen, and a pointing device such as a mouse for examinee manipulation of symbols or objects on the screen. Starting figural material is presente... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5204969 | Sound editing system using visually displayed control line for altering specified characteristic of adjacent segment of stored waveform A hardware and software system and method for a personal computer such as the Macintosh allows recording, editing, and playback of sound. The system includes a sound editor which displays sound waveforms, and permits the user to mix together several simul... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5146557 | User interface for a golf green and a golf putt modelling system The present user interface for a golf green and golf putt modelling system includes actuators which allow a user to select camera positions and illumination of a golf green. The user also may select, using the interface, a location of a golf ball and a go... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5120944 | Image-based document processing system providing enhanced workstation balancing An image-based transaction processing system which captures and stores images of debit and credit transaction documents, while also extracting document data for storage in a computer data base. The computer processes the extracted document data to identif... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5117372 | Graphics-assisted terminal administration arrangement Telecommunication terminal administration is facilitated by a graphical user interface which uses an on-screen graphical display of a representation of a terminal including its actuators and a display of a list of telecommunications functions assignable t... | 05/26/1992 |
| 5111426 | Instructional device and method thereof A hand-held instructional device and a method of data selection is disclosed. Indexed information is stored in ROM and retrieved to an LCD display. Retrieval is by pressing keys with associated indicia indicating broad subsets of the information, consulti... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5056059 | Medical monitoring system interface An input device, in particular for a medical monitoring system, comprises a keyboard, a screen and a control processor. The keyboard comprises various hardkeys enabling access to an object mode in which the user may enter an object to be manipulated. Once... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5046024 | Vector calculator apparatus for graphic waveform manipulation A software system that simulates the appearance and operation of a calculator provides a user interface to graphic waveform data base manipulation software. The calculator includes a plural key calculator pad, with the keys in the pad being associable in ... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4996645 | Vehicle navigation device with reproduction of a selected map element according to a predetermined representation standard A vehicle navigation device including a control unit, storage memory, reproduction unit and map element selector. Road map data is stored in the storage memory. The map element selector selects elements from the road map data. The reproduction unit includ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4991091 | Self-contained examination guide and information storage and retrieval apparatus Self-contained examination guide and information storage apparatus comprising a flat rectangular enclosure having a front panel with first display arrays along side edges of the front panel associated with a plurality of general patient examination catego... | 02/05/1991 |
