Bizarre Patents
Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8108063 | User interface for color transfer control in textile processing equipment Dye transfer in a dying machine or washing machine is controlled via a user display by showing a dialog having with color level indicators for setting a threshold to trigger a dye transfer control action, and with threshold adjustment controls; responsive to the thr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7983785 | Fibre monitoring apparatus and method A computer-based fibre production monitoring system includes at least one sensor, and a computer server in communication with the sensors. Each sensor is configured to provide data packets each being associated with a respective threadline and providing a measuremen... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7349889 | System and method for remotely diagnosing faults A method and system for diagnosing a fault that includes a decision tree having a plurality of decision points wherein at least some of the plurality of decision points terminate in a resolution point representing a diagnosis for the fault. Also included is a plural... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346411 | Automatic control and monitoring system for splice overlapping tolerance in textile ply The present system enables the monitoring and automatic control of the tolerance in splice overlap of textile play , though the identification of the overlap area, identification and counting of textile cords in the overlap area, and the generation of a control sign... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337036 | Three-way connector for connecting weft feeders of textile machines to a serial bus, and a control system based thereon The three-way connector comprises a first, a second and a third gates directly connected to one another. The first and second gate are pluggable onto respective spans of a bus, and the third gate is connectable to a weft feeder. The three-way connector further compr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7308333 | Computerized stitching including embroidering A stitching apparatus with thread tension control is provided. Tension in a thread is monitored during stitching apparatus operations, and remedial action is taken in response to the detection of an anomaly in the thread tension profile. The remedial action can incl... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7272972 | Method and apparatus for measuring a thickness of a thin film in motion An apparatus for monitoring a thickness of a film in motion. The apparatus comprises a roller for receiving and supporting the film in motion, the roller being adapted to rotate about an axis of rotation. The apparatus also comprises a position detector for detectin... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7231709 | Component mounting apparatus In accordance with a component mounting apparatus, a component stored in a component feeder is held by a component holding member and is then mounted in a mounting position on an object. The apparatus functions to, when a mounting posture of the component in which t... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7210322 | Dent distribution diagram drawing method and system in shotblasting, and processing conditions setting method and shotblasting device A method and a device for easily setting a processing condition from a dent rate of a product by giving an arbitrary dent producing condition and a shotblast processing condition in a shotblasting process. The method calculates a processing time, a projection amount... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7187995 | Maximization of yield for web-based articles Techniques are described for inspecting a web and controlling subsequent conversion of the web into one or more products. A system, for example, comprises an imaging device, an analysis computer and a conversion control system. The imaging device images the web to p... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187988 | Web service and method for customers to define their own alert for real-time production status An automated method and system that uses a Web service to make real-time production status available to customers from a manufacturing environment. Each time Work in Process (WIP) data is updated from manufacturing execution systems to a central database, a database... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184860 | In-store equipment remote monitoring system A monitoring system is provided for remotely monitoring in-store equipment. A controller is provided in each store for monitoring and controlling in-store equipment. A monitoring computer is connected to the controller in each store through a communication line. The... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7156730 | Method and system for achieving acceptable process time A method and system for automatically portioning workpieces, such as meat products, into pieces having acceptable process time (e.g., acceptable cook time) are provided. The method includes generally five steps. First, measurement data of a workpiece carried on a co... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7130709 | Manufacturing information and alarming 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 ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123981 | Autosetpoint registration control system and method associated with a web converting manufacturing process Systems and methods for providing registration control in connection with a web converting manufacturing process such as that used for manufacturing disposable absorbent garments. Some of the disclosed embodiments include relating inspection data, such as product (o... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7120515 | Inventory control for web-based articles Techniques are described for inspecting a web and controlling subsequent conversion of the web into one or more products. A system, for example, includes an imaging device, an analysis computer and a conversion control system. The imaging device images a sequential ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7103440 | Use of microwaves for sensors in the spinning industry The invention uses microwaves in the spinning industry in order to determine the band mass of an elongated, substantially non-twisted fiber structure. In addition, a method for measuring the sliver mass from the frequency detuning and the damping of resonance signal... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7080499 | Machine and method for producing chenille yarns A machine and a method for producing chenille yarns is provided; the machine comprises yarn-forming parts and spooling parts directly downstream disposed, and an apparatus for controlling the quality of yarns located between the yarn-forming parts and the spooling p... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7054708 | Sheet material cutting system and methods regarding same A system and/or method for cutting designs of text and/or shapes out of sheet material, such as paper, vellum, and other materials used in, for example, the scrapbooking and card making industries. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7031527 | Automatic digitization of garment patterns The present invention relates to a system and method for digitizing shapes especially for garment styles by using image scanning techniques. ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999837 | Device and method for controlling and/or monitoring a yarn processing system A device for controlling and monitoring a yarn processing system, which comprises an electronic main control unit and at least one yarn feeding unit, and inside of which a serial communications field bus system is provided with at least one field bus for carrying ou... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990431 | System and software to monitor cyclic equipment efficiency and related methods Systems, software and methods of embodiments of the present invention are able to monitor and evaluate the efficiency of an equipment operating cyclically to displace a variable workload without any input from an operator or the use of specialized metering equipment... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6983065 | Method for extracting features from an image using oriented filters A method of analyzing machine vision images to identify low contrast features such as scratches or cracks on the polished ends of optical fibers. A bank of oriented filters having incremental angles of orientation are tuned to respond to the frequency characteristic... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6978041 | Review work supporting system An object of the present invention is to increase efficiency in review work by appropriately narrowing down review work that verifies shapes of visual defects relating to an enormous amount of defects detected by a visual inspecting apparatus with high sensitivity. ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6928335 | Device for optimizing fabrics based on measured thread data and optimization method An apparatus for optimizing actual woven fabrics on the basis of measured yarn data has at least one measuring device for measuring the yarn diameter, a structure input device for inputting and freely changing definable structures, a device for controlling the measu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6901309 | Programming platform for generating parts programs for machine tools or production machines A programming platform for generating parts programs for a machine tool or production machine is described. A user inputs an instruction to an interpreter integrated in the programming platform, a simulator then simulates an effect of the instruction, and a display ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6807457 | System for the telemanagement of weaving looms in weaving premises and method of assistance thereof A method and system for the management of and assistance to weaving looms in the weaving premises includes, for each loom, a unit to control actuators, a set of operation sensors, and a logic a unit apt to correlate signals from the sensors with the control unit. Th... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6745097 | Management method for fiber processing and a management apparatus thereof A management method for fiber-processing and a management apparatus thereof, which can detect the occurrences of the selected monitoring events by monitoring the occurrences, can investigate the causes of the occurrences of the events by treating the events so that ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6728593 | System for analysis of fabric surface A system for analyzing fabric surface appearance includes a feed mechanism for running a fabric over a crest including a frame for holding the fabric bent to form a crest, an image capturing device for capturing profile images of the fabric surface at the crest, and... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6690987 | System for presenting a textile sheet automatically Apparatus for automatically presenting a generally pre-needled textile sheet coming from an upstream module and intended to feed a cross-layer module, the apparatus comprising means for measuring the positions of the longitudinal edges of the textile shee... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6650959 | Method and apparatus for the detection of foreign materials in moving textile materials A method and an apparatus for detecting foreign fibers in a moving textile material, in particular in moving threads, yarns or slivers, include providing a probe for picking up triboelectric signals from the moving textile material and comparing the outpu... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6628807 | Method and equipment for testing the color and reflectivity of high-visibility garments A device for testing the color and reflectivity of garments by obtaining a image of the garment to be tested and reference samples simultaneously and segmenting the image of the garment into zones and obtaining characteristics, i.e. color, reflectivity, a... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6618632 | Process for monitoring processing plants A method of monitoring and/or controlling machining plans having time-dependent machining parameters includes measuring desired time-dependent machining parameters as a measured curve, generating time-independent numerical values from the measured machini... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6556885 | System and method for controlling a group of fiber processing machines A control system for a group of fiber processing machines includes a superordinated control console; and separate machine-specific control consoles connected to each respective fiber processing machine. The superordinated control console and the machine-s... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6532396 | Process and apparatus for control of a component of a textile machine with a plurality of similar, adjacent workstations A process and apparatus are provided for controlling components of individual work stations of a textile machine wherein the textile machine includes a plurality of adjacent such work stations. The work station components are run at a first speed during n... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6408221 | Method of and installation for optimizing the process of cleaning cotton To optimize the cleaning of cotton in a spinning milk, there is entered into a control original data concerning fiber characteristics and proportions of different types of contamination inherent to the origin of fiber cotton bales. Also there is entered i... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6338002 | Internet inline control apparatus for knitting machine An Internet inline control apparatus for knitting machines includes a producer computer processor, a user computer processor linked to the producer computer processor, an intelligent communication unit linked to the user computer processor, a human machin... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6317645 | Suction-air system of a textile machine A suction-air system of a textile machine, especially a rotor spinning machine, has at least one suction-air conduit, at least one spark sensor for detecting flying sparks within a measuring extent of the suction-air, the sensor including a measuring devi... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6285917 | Electric power system protection and control system and distributed control system An electric power system protection and control system, including, a plurality of protection controllers, each for executing protection and control of an electric power system by inputting a status quantity of the electric power system and for converting ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6266573 | Process and device for the control of draft in a drafting system for textile fiber material The present invention relates to a process and to a device for the control of draft in a drafting system for textile fiber material, whereby a measuring element (MS) which measures the moving fiber material (FM) before its entry into the drafting system (... | 07/24/2001 |
