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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185214 | Online configurable control system for fuel cells A fuel cell system control system includes a fuel cell system and a controller. The controller includes a display and a processor configured to execute a program for managing an operation of a fuel cell state machine having a plurality of states and capable of execu... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8170693 | Stage command autostop The present system teaches an autostop system for a stage control system in which some of all of the device implemented effects associated with a production may be automatically stopped when certain conditions exist. The conditions causing the effects to stop may be... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160725 | Energy saving control for a field device A control for a field device comprises a monitoring unit that is separate from a control unit for controlling the field device which monitoring unit, when the control unit is in a sleep mode, waits for an activation signal in order to switch the control unit to the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7809448 | Systems and methods for authoring lighting sequences The systems and methods descried herein relate in part to intuitive methods for creation and design of lighting sequences, e.g., for theatrical, entertainment or advertising purposes, using a software interface. Additionally, the lighting sequences can be coordinate... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7734356 | Method and system for controlling a luminaire Methods and corresponding systems for controlling a light fixture include a memory for storing data and software. A multi-tap capacitor has a plurality of tap capacitors integrated into a capacitor housing. A plurality of switches are each coupled to one of the plur... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7729785 | Method and controller for program control of a computer program having multitasking capability A method and a controller are provided for controlling the execution of a computer program having multitasking capability on a computing element of a controller for controlling and/or regulating a system. The system may take up various possible system states. At the... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7519436 | Button device A button device comprising a voltage source and a plurality of buttons is provided. The button device further comprises: a charging module, a loading capacitor, a control module, and an MCU. The charging module provides a plurality of charging paths. At least one ch... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7436291 | Protection of devices in a redundant configuration A network communication device is provided, comprising a control processor for controlling operation of the device, a reset module which is controllable independently of the control processor for performing a reset operation of the device, and a reset control interf... | 10/14/2008 |
| RE40504 | Display and display driver with on/off power controller used to prevent damage to the display Signal management control units 471-47n of respective scan drivers LSI in an LCD module are cascade-connected and each have the same construction. A detected signal of the signal management control unit 47J is a data signal latch clock LP appli... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7406364 | Method and system to calculate a demand for energy A method to calculate energy demand in an energy generation, transmission and distribution network including one or more power plants based on different energy source types including renewable energy, a communications system and one or more local consumption meterin... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7375035 | Host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing A host and ancillary tool interface methodology for distributed processing is described. The host tool manages a process, except for the generation of a product used in the process. To generate the product, the host tool provides an indication to an ancillary tool t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376470 | Control method and apparatus In a control method, when a state quantity serving as a specific reference is defined as a reference state quantity, and a state quantity which is controlled to maintain a relative quantity with respect to the reference state quantity at a specified value is defined... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372839 | Global positioning system (GPS) based secure access Presented herein are systems and methods for global positioning system based secure access. A request for access to a computer network is received. A determination is made whether a mobile terminal is within a predetermined location. If the mobile terminal is within... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7353074 | Production loss tracking system A production loss tracking system for a manufacturing system includes a collection module, an event module, and a report module. The collection module collects a processing status from a plurality of processing stations. The event module forecasts an upstream produc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349763 | System and method for systematically irrigating subregions of an irrigation region A method for irrigating an irrigation region (30) with an irrigation unit (20) includes the steps of subdividing the irrigation region (30) into a plurality of subregions (34), establishing a sequence for irrigating the subregions (34 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337032 | Scheduling ahead for various processes A method and apparatus for scheduling ahead in a process flow for a manufacturing domain entity are disclosed. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a triggering event defined for a current process operation on the manufacturing domain entity; and schedulin... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334443 | Radio frequency electronic lock A radio frequency (“RF”) electronic lock and a method of its operation are described. Also described is a programming key which may be used in connection with such a lock. It has several embodiments, including without limitations a mortise cylinder lock, a padlo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328089 | Satellite irrigation controller In one embodiment, the present invention provides a satellite irrigation controller that allows a user to insert a input/output card into any position in any sequence and be recognized as an input card or an output card. When the correct card type is determined, the... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328370 | Safety controller with simplified interface A safety controller with redundant controllers, each executing safety tasks and comparing their results, provides an improved interface in which a user interacts with a single processor and the second processor is invisible. The interacting processor provides for th... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310720 | Method for portable PLC configurations Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305271 | Device and a method for continuous casting A computer program product for controlling an apparatus for continuous casting of metals. The computer program product includes a computer readable medium and computer program instructions recorded on the computer readable medium executable by a processor for perfor... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302301 | Method for monitoring an automation system A method and a system for monitoring and determining preceding states of at least one terminal of an automation system are provided. The automation system includes one or more terminals (1, 2), each of which can assume two or more states and each of which out... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286376 | Soft-switching power converter having power saving circuit for light load operations A soft switching power converter includes a first switch for switching a transformer to transfer energy. A second switch is equipped to switch energy in a capacitor to the transformer to achieve soft switching for the next switching cycle. A control circuit is coupl... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283936 | Field panel trending on event in a building control system A building control system, such as an HVAC system, has a field unit incorporating a control panel (a field panel) with a local user interface allowing user selected parameters for collecting trend information when the system detects a change of value for a point in ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272455 | Remote controlling device, program and system with control command changing function A control device for controlling a control target device includes a control content acquisition unit, a recognition unit, a device control unit, and a communication unit. The control content acquisition unit acquires control information containing operation instruct... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7251534 | System and method for communicating device descriptions between a control system and a plurality of controlled devices A system that employs a chosen one of a plurality of presentation selections to present information from a field device. The system has a field device interface that configures the field device in accordance with the chosen presentation selection. A control configur... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242318 | Event detection and transmission system The present invention concerns a data acquisition and transfer device comprising a sensor responsive to change of predetermined nature, and a transmitter for transmitting over the mobile phone network data concerning the occurrence of such a change to a receiver sta... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231262 | Apparatus for monitoring and controlling use of equipment Apparatus is provided for controlling and limiting the amount of time that a television, computer game, or other electrical appliance can be utilized. The apparatus is inserted in the electrical cord leading to the electrical appliance and is programmable to limit t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228264 | Program-controlled unit A program-controlled unit includes a selection device which can determine whether the program-controlled unit is to be emulated by using a first emulation unit or by using a second emulation unit. As a result, it is possible to provide a mass production version of t... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228470 | Semiconductor testing circuit, semiconductor storage device, and semiconductor testing method A semiconductor testing circuit being arranged for testing a semiconductor storage device, and having a simple construction and a great number of executable test patterns. Counters designate portions of a write/read address by count values outputted from the counter... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7228536 | System for rewriting control program in vending machine The present invention provides a vending machine control program rewriting system that facilitates the rewriting of a control program in the vending machine. The vending machine comprises a communication controller which receives a new control program sent from a ho... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224509 | Programmable light beam shape altering device using programmable micromirrors A digital micromirror device (“DMD”) is used to alter the shape of light that is projected onto a stage. The DMD selectively reflects some light, thereby shaping the light that is projected onto the stage. The control for the alteration is controlled by an image... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219247 | Methods and apparatus for replacing cooling systems in operating computers An apparatus and method for replacing a CPU cooling system, for example, a fan, while a computer continues to operate has a mechanism for maintenance personnel to signal that cooling fan replacement is about to begin. In response to the signal, a control mechanism c... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209252 | Memory module, printer assembly, and method for storing printer code A memory module, a printer assembly, and a method for storing a computer code for a printer-controller application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) having a non-ROM memory control. The memory module has ROM memory cells and a non-ROM to ROM interface operatively c... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203317 | System for enabling lazy-revocation through recursive key generation A plurality of users may have access to a file. The file is encrypted with a key. Access for a user to the file is revoked. A new key is generated from the current key of the file in response to said revocation, and the file is encrypted with the new key. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200747 | System for ensuring data privacy and user differentiation in a distributed file system A security module is configured to provide an owner the capability to differentiate between users. In particular, the security module is configured to generate an asymmetric read/write key pair for respectively decrypting/encrypting data for storage on a disk. The o... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7190267 | System and method for managing power control and data communication among devices A system for managing devices comprises a first device comprising a first interface and a second device comprising a second interface. The second interface is coupled to the first interface using a communication cable that comprises both power wires and data wires. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7162319 | Manufacturing information and troubleshooting system and method Systems and methods for providing alarming indications and troubleshooting indications and actions in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159058 | State indicating information setting circuit and status bit setting circuit A state indicating information setting circuit and a status bit setting circuit are responsive to detection of a predetermined state by a predetermined state detecting part for setting predetermined state indicating information and, then, appropriately resetting the... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148814 | Methods and systems for displaying aircraft engine characteristics A method and system for displaying aircraft engine information. In one embodiment, the method includes directing the display of an icon that represents an overall operational state of an aircraft engine, with the overall operational state including one of a started ... | 12/12/2006 |
