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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190272 | Geometric inspection of machined objects A method and apparatus may be present for inspecting an object. A plurality of locations associated with a plurality of operations performed by a tool on the object may be tracked. The plurality of locations is tracked while the plurality of operations is performed ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7787964 | Operating and display device for a household appliance, household appliance, and system An operating and display device for a household appliance includes a display and an operating element. The display includes a number of display areas. A first of the display areas is configured to show, as summary information, a status and/or a setting of another ho... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7603182 | Ultrasonograph, work flow edition system, and ultrasonograph control method The present invention relates to an ultrasonic diagnostic equipment 1 which projects ultrasonic signals into a patient, and which generates an ultrasonic image on the basis of reflection echoes from within the patient. The ultrasonic diagnostic equipment 1... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7444296 | Disk dispensing and retrieval system and associated methods A kiosk dispenses and receives recorded optical disk media using an interconnected system central server computer through an Internet Service Provider. The system central server contains databases and processing, and is connected to a credit verification system. The... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437271 | Methods and apparatus for data analysis A method and apparatus for testing semiconductors according to various aspects of the present invention comprises a test system comprising composite data analysis element configured to analyze data from more than one dataset. The test system may be configured to pro... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7389150 | Display system for controller A controller and a display device are connected to each other by a network. The controller comprises a network control program which controls a network control section to communicate with the display device for each of a plurality of operation modes, including an in... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7351941 | Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in microwave oven The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data transmitting/receiving between a microwave oven and an information appliance PDA. The apparatus includes a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7225057 | Virtual dial irrigation controller The present invention includes an irrigation controller utilizing a “virtual” dial. In particular, the present invention contemplates an electronic programming and controlling interface that is controlled according to actuation of a simple on/off switch (i.e., a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7188002 | Appliance diagnostic display apparatus and network incorporating same An appliance diagnostic display and interface system providing a centralized user interface for appliance diagnostic information and control of system self-tests is provided. This centralized user interface is provided via an intelligent thermostat that includes an ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7158449 | Electronic timepiece and electronic apparatus An electronic timepiece includes a radio wave receiving antenna (8) for receiving radio waves, electromagnetic motors (61, 65) for driving a time display part, a battery (5), and a body case for receiving the antenna (8), electromagnetic ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7092778 | Fabrication management systems and methods Systems and methods for semiconductor fabrication management. A processing unit receives an engineering change request (ECR) comprising information regarding new engineering for a wafer lot, generates an ECR reminder comprising information regarding the ECR request,... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7058457 | Hot water supply system A hot water supply system operated by linking plural water heaters. A system controller is provided in every specific number of water heaters for centralizing controls thereof. A host system controller is further provided in every specific number of the system contr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036025 | Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption of a computer system display screen In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system may determine focus areas and non-focus areas of the display screen. The brightness of non-focus areas may then be reduced with respect to focus areas, thereby reducing power consumption of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7010360 | Automatic conversion of dates and times for messaging A system and method are disclosed for automatically converting dates and times in electronic text messages to the local dates and times of the message recipients. For example, when a text message is sent to an intended recipient, a messaging server can recognize dat... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7010361 | Clock radio with computer-based remote control facilitator A clock radio includes a clock a user interface that is dynamically configurable from a remote computer. Once configured, the user interface allows a user to select radio programs that are accessible by the remote computer. When a user selects a radio program via th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006876 | Safety cabinet with simplified operability The invention pertains to a safety cabinet with an interior that is enclosed by a housing and a housing front side with a work opening that can be closed with a height-adjustable window. The safety cabinet contains an operating unit for controlling device functions ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999823 | Power shut-off method for injection molding machine Even when a power switch is turned off, the controller of an injection molding machine does not shut off a power supply immediately. The controller determines whether the present state of the injection molding machine is a previously-set confirmation-requiring state... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996439 | Recording medium having a computer-executable program for data transmission to plural devices An apparatus is disclosed to include a transmission device 151 having a rule generation device 101 for generating rules, and a data transmission device 102 for converting rules generated by the rule generation device 101 into rule data an... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980891 | Power plant operation control system and a power plant maintaining and managing method An operation control system for a plurality of power generating plants and a method of maintaining and managing a plurality of power generating plants which supply power to arbitrary power systems. The operation control system includes a general supervision/diagnosi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978186 | Modular functional block for an electronic control system An electronic control system, such as a field oriented control system, is provided, including a device to be controlled; an application control arrangement including a plurality of functional blocks configured to perform a cascaded computation, the application contr... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6904161 | Workflow configuration and execution in medical imaging A computer-implemented method and apparatus is provided for workflow configuration and execution in medical imaging. One method embodiment comprises the steps of creating and storing a workflow template (the workflow template comprising a standard form for entering ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6862486 | System and method for processing data relating to conditions in a manufacturing process The invention provides a system and method for processing data relating to conditions in a manufacturing process. The system and method provide a time based relationship between data items of the data collected in a manufacturing process. More abstract and different... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6687552 | Data indicator A data indicator is disclosed which comprises a non-volatile memory (26), control circuitry (24) by which data can be read from and written to the memory, a timer (28) and/or an event detector (30), means such as a terminal (20) for connection to an elect... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6681137 | Communications medium for controlling the attributes of a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process An interpretive system architecture for a seamless transfer of energy to a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream, or microwave oven. The interpretive system architecture overlays the operational functions of the process stream or host microw... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6658303 | Program timer A timer processing section 10 instructs a transmission processing section 11 to control load in accordance with a time schedule stored in a program storage section 12. The transmission processing section 11 is connected to a two-wire signal line and gives... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6647319 | Irrigation controller A simple, inexpensive multi-station sprinkler controller has three pushbuttons: the first selects one of a plurality of predetermined combinations of watering cycle durations and repetition rates; the second selects a starting time, and the third initiate... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6487456 | Method and apparatus for creating a selectable electrical characteristic A device having a variable output electrical characteristic includes first and second output terminals and a number of switching circuits, each switching circuit having two states. One of the states produces a first electrical effect (such as an increased... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6460009 | Time delay measurement for response system A system that is adapted for determining the delay time between an initiating event and a response to that event. The system includes an optical sensor which is preferably a photo resistor having a resistance inversely proportional to the intensity of a w... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6336043 | Method for processing biomagnetic field data, magnetic field contour mapping, forming their waveforms and a biomagnetic instrument using the same A method for processing biomagnetic fields generated by biocurrents resulting from activities of human brain or myocardia and its mapping apparatus are provided, which features biomagnetic measurement and its analysis, magnetic field mapping and its imagi... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6259955 | Programmable electronic control unit for automatic watering systems Electronic control unit comprising an electronic circuit with a programmable processing unit and operating buttons to execute and to vary manually the programming of the processing unit and a display for the visualization of the programming stages. The pr... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6249710 | Method and apparatus for managing the thermal activity of a microwave oven The present invention provides an interpretive BIOS machine for controlling the cooking of food in a microwave oven or the conduct of a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream wherein the microwave oven or process stream functionally operates ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6205366 | Method of applying the radial return method to the anisotropic hardening rule of plasticity to sheet metal forming processes A method (100) for predicting distortion of a sheet metal during a sheet forming process to form the sheet metal into a part. The method (100) of the present invention is for use with a computer including memory and sheet forming tools. The method (100) c... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6198975 | Interpretive language architecture for controlling the attributes of a physical chemical or thermodynamic process An interpretive system architecture for a seamless transfer of energy to a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream, or microwave oven. The interpretive system architecture overlays the operational finctions of the process stream or host microw... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6195339 | Method and apparatus for local provisioning of telecommunications network interface unit A method and apparatus for local provisioning of a network interface unit. The local provisioning is performed by depressing a pushbutton on the front panel for an extended set determined time, at which time the NIU enters into the local provisioning mode... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6088621 | Portable apparatus for rapid re-programming of irrigation controllers An irrigation control system including an irrigation controller, a portable data shuttle, and a personal computer. The user creates a watering program comprising watering schedules by using a graphical user-friendly interface of the personal computer. The... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6064311 | Process for generating at least one warning signal relating to the level in a product storage tank and device for implementing the process The process for generating at least one warning signal relating to the level in a tank (3) for storing a product (4) comprises the following steps: the storage level of the product in the tank, together with the values of the product quantity consumed dur... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5883801 | Method and apparatus for managing electromagnetic radiation usage The present invention provides an interpretive BIOS machine for controlling the cooking of food in a microwave oven or the conduct of a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream wherein the microwave oven or process stream functionally operates ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5818711 | Method for visually determining the status of program edits in an on-line programming environment A method for visually displaying the status of edits utilizes a plurality of visual indicia proximal the portions of edited program segments. Program segments which have not been edited and are currently part of the executable program in the programmable ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812393 | Interpretive BIOS machine and method of use thereof The present invention provides an interpretive BIOS machine for controlling the cooking of food in a microwave oven or the conduct of a physical, chemical, or thermodynamic process stream wherein the microwave oven or process stream functionally operates ... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5392223 | Audio/video communications processor A communications processor serves a group of several workstations with audio and video transmission processing for the purpose of providing video conferencing. The communication processor utilizes artificial intelligence software to read the connection. C... | 02/21/1995 |
