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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8131385 | Positioning device and positioning method with non-contact measurement A positioning device includes a driver which moves a positioning object and a sensor which measures the distance to the positioning object in a non-contacting manner and outputs a detection signal if the positioning object is detected only in a length measuring area... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8005554 | Device for controlling a regulated system, and an engine including such a device This device for controlling at least one operating variable of a regulated system comprising: a filter module for filtering at least one setpoint input to the control device, the module using a first order integrator; and a correction module for correcting the varia... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996097 | Methods and apparatus for position estimation using reflected light sources The invention is generally related to the estimation of position and orientation of an object with respect to a local or a global coordinate system using reflected light sources. A typical application of the method and apparatus includes estimation and tracking of t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7957822 | Component mounter control method and component mounter A method controls a component mounter which includes a mobile unit for mounting a component onto a circuit board, and judges on which side of the component mounter as user, who issues an instruction to the component mounter, is present. Additionally, the method perf... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7873423 | System and method for distributing and tracking media A system and method for tracking media is disclosed. A tracking device package includes a container for shipping media and a tracker coupled to the container wherein access to the media is monitored electronically by the tracker to enable media access. The tracker c... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7805208 | System for positioning a control element A system is provided for positioning a control element. The control unit positions the control element. A limit signal transmitter monitors achievement of an expected position of the control element. The control unit and the limit signal transmitter are each electri... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7787970 | Position-measuring device and method for position measuring A position-measuring device having integrated function testing includes a position-recording unit, a processing unit, and a control-word generator. In a positional-data request, a positional-data word is first generated in the position-recording unit and output to t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7729788 | Method and facility for positioning an element of a machine There is described a method and a device for positioning an element of a machine. A setpoint position variable is generated, said setpoint position variable is reduced by means of a limiting variable and a modified setpoint position variable which is forwarded as a ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7720554 | Methods and apparatus for position estimation using reflected light sources The invention is generally related to the estimation of position and orientation of an object with respect to a local or a global coordinate system using reflected light sources. A typical application of the method and apparatus includes estimation and tracking of t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7657334 | Lithographic apparatus and control method A lithographic apparatus includes a movable part and a controller to control a position quantity of the movable part. The controller includes a first controller transfer function and a second controller transfer function. A selector selects the first controller tran... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7596417 | System and method for configuring and parametrizing a machine used in automation technology An aim of a system and method for configuring and parametrizing a machine used in automation technology is to simplify configuration of an automation process. Said aim is achieved by graphically representing the different technological components as model components... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7577484 | Device and method for the configuration of a microscope A partially or fully automated microscope includes one or more configurable subassemb1y. Each subassembly has at least one element. The element can be configured in various positions. A computer, associated with the microscope and having an input device and display,... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7532940 | Transfer mechanism and semiconductor processing system A transfer mechanism is used for transferring a target object having a mainly circular contour. The transfer mechanism includes a transfer unit that supplies movements in angular and rectilinear directions to a pick for supporting the target object. An optical senso... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7496415 | Digital servo control unit and laser machining apparatus A digital servo control unit which uses a D/A converter, which suppresses the spike-like pulsation superimposed on a current error signal inside a current control circuit, and which has control performance not lower than that in the background art even when a low-vo... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493178 | Electrode positioning device for three-axes independent electrode positioning The present invention disclose a device for electrode positioning. The electrodes are preferably positioned in the XYZ planes for collecting and recording the signals of the cell activity. This activity is afterwards amplified, filtered, sorted and acquired into an ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7433758 | Control apparatus of robot A robot control apparatus capable of largely reducing a calculation amount to be capable of lowering a load of a CPU is provided. A control apparatus of a robot includes: a plurality of shafts interfering with each other; each of the shafts including a motor (8 | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424339 | Method and system for acquiring delivery position data of carrying apparatus In a searching step, a laser beam by a laser beam projector is projected toward an object to be detected, which is previously disposed at a delivery position, while moving a holding member which is positioned apart from the object to be detected. In a delivery posit... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421308 | Digital control servo system A limited rotation motor optical scanning system is disclosed that includes a limited rotation motor scanner, a digital controller servo system, a position feedback unit, a wide angle compensation unit, a digital processor, and an adjustment unit. The limited rotati... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7415313 | Spatial coordination system A system and process uses pheromone propagation to provide direction and/or distance information to a remote destination through the use of localized decision making processes. Locally available information is exchanged and translated with global information through... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7358516 | System and method for determining a position or/and orientation of two objects relative to each other as well as beam guiding arrangement, interferometer arrangement and device for changing an optical path length for use in such a system and method A system and a method for determining a position of two objects relative to each other is suggested, comprising: a source 43 of coherent radiation, a beam guidance for providing a measuring branch 49 for a measuring beam, which has an optical path leng... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358973 | Mixture model for motion lines in a virtual reality environment Improved human-like realism of computer opponents in racing or motion-related games is provided by using a mixture model to determine a dynamically prescribed racing line that the AI driver is to follow for a given segment of the race track. This dynamically prescri... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347084 | Roughness measuring instrument with testing standard The roughness measuring instrument (1) has a receiving device (2) for a feeder device (3), which serves to drag a roughness sensor (4) over a workpiece surface. The receiving device (2) carries a testing standard (24) with a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7346432 | Earthquake disaster prevention system An earthquake disaster prevention system having: an estimation section to estimate a size of an earthquake from a P-wave of the earthquake detected by the earthquake detector; a stopping control section to control to stop the motion of the operation device when the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342368 | Automated garage door closer An automated garage door closing device for a remote controlled overhead garage door wherein the device is mounted on one of a pair of parallel tracks receiving rollers suitably mounted on the outer edges of the door panels, the device including a switch housing con... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333862 | Position control device of moving body, stage device using the position control device, and position control method of moving body A position control device of a moving body, by which position control device a moving body can be driven in a translational manner with high precision where the moving body is not rotated in a yawing direction even if disturbance is input, a stage device using the p... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7319909 | Position control device, measuring device and machining device In a quadruple loop position control device (1) including: a drive controller (5) having a current control loop that controls motor current (I) and a motor speed control loop that controls a motor speed (Vm); a speed control loop (3) that contro... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312646 | Method and apparatus for controlling switching transients An apparatus for controlling switching transients including a bus interface unit and a waveform shaper coupled to the bus interface unit and a peripheral device. The bus interface unit generates a number of control signals defining the beginning and end of an operat... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310560 | Numerically controlled drive device with device for detecting operating anomalies intended for detecting accidental collisions and method of detecting operating anomalies for this device A drive device for a load (18a) comprises a device for detecting accidental collisions with a motor (14a), a first, respectively a second position sensor (15a, 16a) disposed upstream, respectively downstream of... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305319 | Methods and systems for three-dimensional motion control and tracking of a mechanically unattached magnetic probe Methods and systems for controlling motion of and optically tracking a mechanically unattached probe (202) in three-dimensions are disclosed. A mechanically unattached magnetic probe (202) is placed in the system under test. The position of the probe i... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289230 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289438 | Method and device for serial data transmission between a position measuring system and a processing unit A method for serial data transmission between a position measuring system and a processing unit that includes transmitting position data and further data between the position measuring system and the processing unit in serial form as digital data words, transmitting... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283886 | Practical measurement system for a manufacturing process A complete Direct Digital Numerical Control (DDNC) automation system for a practical measurement system for a manufacturing process where a given slide or ram is moved under power by input of GO-TO location commands to cause a cascade of motion events to an approxim... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283255 | Wireless substrate-like sensor A wireless substrate-like sensor is provided to facilitate alignment and calibration of semiconductor processing systems. The wireless substrate-like sensor includes an optical image acquisition system that acquires one or more images of targets placed within the se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280095 | Hierarchical methods for generating force feedback effects Embodiments of the invention relate to a hierarchical method for generating force feedback effects. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first force contribution associated with a first (e.g., previous) position of a manipulandum; determining a second f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7276718 | System and method for determining a position or/and orientation of two objects relative to each other as well as beam guiding arrangement, interferometer arrangement and device for changing an optical path length for use in such a system and method A system and a method for determining a position of two objects relative to each other is suggested, comprising: a source 43 of coherent radiation, a beam guidance for providing a measuring branch 49 for a measuring beam, which has an optical path leng... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7278062 | Method and apparatus for responding to access errors in a data processing system In one embodiment, a data processing system (10) has a processor (14) coupled to a bus, where the data processing system (10) includes access error detection circuitry (26) and access error response circuitry (12), each coupled to ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276877 | Sensorless control method and apparatus for a motor drive system A method and apparatus provide a state observer control system 600 for a motor 106 that uses an extended Kalman filter 330 to predict initial rotor position and afterwards accurately predict rotor position and/or speed under variable types of lo... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270730 | High-throughput electrophysiological measurement system Systems, including apparatus and methods, for performing electrophysiological measurements on membranous samples, including living cells, isolated cell fragments (such as organelles), and/or artificial membranes (such as vesicles). The apparatus may include a high-t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267240 | Method and device for maintaining a position of a load suspended from a lifting gear In a method for maintaining a position of a load on a lifting gear, a position of a load, which is suspended from a trolley of a lifting gear via at least four cables, is determined and a swinging motion of the load is counteracted by selectively adjusting the lengt... | 09/11/2007 |
