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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8041448 | Mouse-based hand wheel control for a machine tool A machine tool is controlled using a pointing device coupled to two rotatable hand wheels. The pointing device tracks movement of the two hand wheels and communicates the movement to a control system which controls a moveable element. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8010225 | Method and system of monitoring manufacturing equipment A method and system is provided for monitoring manufacturing equipment and, more particularly, for monitoring manufacturing equipment in a semiconductor fabrication facility using existing tool elements. The method includes operating a tool working at an operating m... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7949422 | Machine tool control system A machine tool control system. A machine tool controller is provided to receive commands from an input source and provide control instructions to a machine tool based at least in part on the commands. An operator interface is provided for inputting commands to the c... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941239 | PLC The PLC according to this invention includes I/O modules, a CPU module, an input/output bus, and a PC having a display. The CPU module includes a control program storage unit which previously stores an intrinsic control program in which operation processing and an i... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7792602 | Material processing system and a material processing method including a saw station and an interface with touch screen A material processing system includes an apparatus having a processing path. A saw station is located along the processing path. A positioner is configured to push a trailing end of a work piece along the processing path toward the saw station. A computer is connect... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7751926 | Power source selector A computerized method for aiding a user in selecting a proper power source for a welding, heating, or cutting application is provided. The user is prompted to provide data about the process type, power source type, and materials used in the application, and is provi... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7698016 | Feature-based translation system and method A system having a server having processing circuitry and an operation manager configured to compare source geometric data of each of a plurality of features in a source geometric model with target geometric data of respective features in a target geometric model, an... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7664566 | Graphical automated machine control and metrology A graphical programming system allows a user to place geometric shapes onto a scaled image, the shape having associated behavior that operates on the image or on the object of which the image is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the shapes are objects in the Visio ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7460928 | Setup information display device and method for processing machine The present invention provides a setup information display device for a processing machine which enables required setup information to be easily displayed. The present invention is applied to a multi-turret type punch press or the like. A setup information display d... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7444201 | Machine tool or production machine with a display unit for visually displaying operating sequences The invention relates to a machine tool or production machine in which the tool/machine has a display unit (4, 5) for visually displaying operating sequences and/or parameters of the tool/machine, whereby the display unit (4, 5) is provided in the form... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440809 | HTML driven embedded controller A method and system is provided for gathering, processing, displaying, and manipulating data from building equipment using a dedicated HTML-driven, non-PLC controller having an integral web server. Authorized users who use microprocessor controlled devices to access... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437211 | Enhanced remote jog handle A system for controlling a machine tool is provided. The system includes a user input device deflectable from a neutral position and a controller configured to receive information corresponding to an amount of deflection of the user input device from the neutral pos... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428445 | Method for constructing menu in washing machine integrally having drier There is provided a method for constructing a menu in a washing machine integrally having a drier where communication is possible. The method includes the steps of: transmitting sent data if a power is applied; reading received data that depends on transmission of t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7376483 | Location selection system and method Systems and methods to select a location to perform a process are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system receives tool data defining a tool including its location within a manufacturing facility and process data defining a process for assembling at least a p... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369916 | Drill press A power tool control system connected with a drill press provides a system for determining operational settings for the drill press and/or structural factors of a workpiece to be operated upon by the drill press. For instance, the power tool control system may estab... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359762 | Measurement and alignment device including a display system A graphical user interface communicatively coupled with a non-contact measurement and alignment device enables user control over and display of the readings from the non-contact measurement and alignment device. In operation with a power tool, the graphical user int... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348556 | Method of measuring three-dimensional surface roughness of a structure An improved method of measuring the three-dimensional surface roughness of a structure. A focused ion beam is used to mill a succession of cross-sections or “slices” of the feature of interest at pre-selected intervals over a pre-selected measurement distance. A... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346406 | System and method for data retrieval in AC power tools via an AC line cord An apparatus and method for obtaining data stored in an electronic module within a power tool over a power line cord of the tool, and without any disassembly of the tool being required. An interface subsystem applies a high frequency, low power AC input signal to th... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346422 | System for assisting selection of power tool It is determined whether a power tool is suitable for a work description for which the power tool is used or not, and when it is not suitable for the work description, a suitable power tool is selected and presented to a user. The power tool has a memory, and data c... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346424 | Machining configuration drawing apparatus and machining configuration drawing method A machining configuration drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit for drawing a machining configuration and a present machining position, a setting unit for setting a display area in an overall drawing area, a division unit for dividing the overall drawing area in... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340312 | Method and system for monitoring and control of complex systems based on a programmable network processor A method and apparatus for monitoring and control of a system is disclosed. The method and apparatus include providing a plurality of sensors, a table, and a network processor. The sensors monitor attributes of the system. The table includes a plurality of entries. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336265 | Display control device for touch panel-type setting-operation unit, electronic apparatus and image forming apparatus Disclosed is a display control device for a touch panel-type setting-operation unit, which is designed to display a plurality of manually operable keys on a display screen and to perform an input processing corresponding to the operation of one or more of the keys. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333876 | Systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate The present invention comprises systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate. One aspect of the present invention includes a computer-implemented method for providing electronic quality control ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324869 | Tool information display device for processing machine The present invention provides a tool information display device for a processing machine which can display information on tools installed in appropriate parts of the processing machine, in an easy-to-understand manner. The present invention allows even the identifi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312880 | Wafer edge structure measurement method A method of determining the distance from an edge feature to a wafer edge. The wafer is put onto an image acquisition tool, and images are captured and classified. Based on the coordinates of the images and their classifications, the distance between an edge feature... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308334 | Graphical automated machine control and metrology A graphical programming system allows a user to place geometric shapes onto a scaled image, the shape having associated behavior that operates on the image or on the object of which the image is formed. In a preferred embodiment, the shapes are objects in the Visio ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305320 | Metrology tool recipe validator using best known methods A method of preparing recipes for operating a metrology tool, each recipe including a set of instructions for measuring dimensions in a microelectronic feature. A database includes a plurality of known instructions with best known methods for measuring different fea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299730 | Saw calibration wheel A calibration disk for use primarily with table saws. In an embodiment, the disk is installed on depth control axle and spaces away from the saw cabinet with a spacing collar. A friction collar provides a frictional engagement between the disk and the axle that may ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7289864 | Feature dimension deviation correction system, method and program product A system, method and program product for correcting a deviation of a dimension of a feature from a target in a semiconductor process, are disclosed. The invention determines an origin of a deviation in a feature dimension from a target dimension regardless of whethe... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286897 | Real time monitoring system of semiconductor manufacturing information The present disclosure provides a system for monitoring semiconductor manufacturing in real time which includes an icon module with a database for storing a plurality of icons to provide stored icons that use vector data to represent respective pieces of equipment e... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286896 | Multi-function teach pendant for a semiconductor manufacturing environment Provided are a device and method for a programmable hand-held device for use in a semiconductor manufacturing environment. In one example, the device includes an interface, a processor, an input device, and a memory. The interface may establish a connection between ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7254550 | Interactive symptomatic recording system and method utilizing symptomatic memory The Internet provides communication between a plurality of service sites and a plurality of equipment sites at which equipment needing periodic service and emergency service are operated. Each piece of equipment includes a sensor array and a manual actuator that is ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7243000 | Method and apparatus for automatically dividing machining process in automatic programming apparatus An automatic programming apparatus includes a process division control section, which automatically divides a machining process executed to obtain a predetermined product shape from a material shape of a workpiece. The process division control section computes a rem... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239936 | Numerical control system When the system is powered on, a BOOT device detecting unit detects which data exchange device (memory card or the like) is to be booted first, and the detected data exchange device is booted first. A data exchange process program which is set as software starting a... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236846 | Product quality information control method and display system for such information A product quality information control method including the act of feeding repair information for making a repair based on imperfection information found during an inspection process of a product back to a manufacture control department. The repair information includ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231989 | Drilling control arrangement A method and a control system for controlling rock drilling. A control unit of a rock drilling apparatus is provided with one or more control modes, each determining the drilling variables to be measured, their threshold values and the operating principles according... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7218989 | Machine tool control apparatus The control section can determine, on the basis of a detection signal from a detection device, whether operation of an element corresponding to the detection device has completed. The display device can display step sequence data and a three-dimensional model of a m... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7219041 | Measuring and simulation system for machine-tools or production machines A measuring and simulation system for a machine-tool or production machine is described. Measurement results and simulation results are visualized simultaneously side-by-side on a common monitor display screen. A user can then easily set and optimize the control par... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216010 | Article manufacturing apparatus The present invention provides an article manufacturing apparatus that even a user unfamiliar with the article manufacturing apparatus can operate appropriately. The article manufacturing apparatus is a combinational weighing apparatus (1) arranged in an arti... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209930 | Information providing system and a method for providing information A system and method are provided which are necessary for exchanging information among a sales agent a1, user a2 and manufacturer A, for preparing a parts check list on an on-line basis, and for storing information to be provided. If, for example... | 04/24/2007 |
