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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7937167 | Methodology to program sensors into collaborative sensing groups Embodiments of the invention employ a distributed algorithm to enable sensor nodes in a sensor network to adaptively self-configure into sensor clusters to provide a desired higher-level functionality. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7426666 | Noisy channel emulator for high speed data Bit error patterns for high speed data systems are generated by randomly distributing a first error pattern of G bits, output from a group of substantially uncorrelated bit error generators, into a second error pattern of N bits, where G and N are integers and G is ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7392370 | Method and apparatus for autonomically initiating measurement of secondary metrics based on hardware counter values for primary metrics A method, apparatus, and computer instructions in a data processing system for processing instructions are provided. Instructions are received at a processor in the data processing system. If a selected indicator is associated with the instruction, counting of each ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7293148 | Method for reliably verifying a memory area of a microcontroller in a control unit and control unit having a protected microcontroller A method is provided for controlling a microcontroller in a control unit in a motor vehicle, having a processor core, at least one read-only memory area and at least one rewritable memory area, at least one control program which is intended to be processed by the pr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7206645 | Mobile, unitary, wall-plugged, temperature and/or power monitoring and warning system for critical spaces A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor modul... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7185809 | RF point of purchase apparatus and method of using same The present invention provides a checkout device that includes a purchasable item having an RFID tag affixed thereto and a scanner for detecting the RFID tag. A dispenser proximate to the scanner dispenses a point of purchase product upon selection by a user of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181501 | Remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment A remote data acquisition, transmission and analysis system including handheld wireless equipment to obtain operational data and the status of remote machines is disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with the remote machines from which ope... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167892 | System, method and apparatus for vending machine wireless audit and cashless transaction transport The present invention provides a system, method and apparatus for collecting, storing and communicating vending machine transaction data. The system preferably includes an embedded data collection and storage device that, when placed inside a vending machine, will c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164884 | Method and system for interfacing a machine controller and a wireless network A wireless interface module interfaces a machine control system, such as a vending machine controller, with one of plural wireless networks through one of plural removably coupled wireless transceivers. Communication between geographically distributed vending machin... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162534 | Transactional data communications for process control systems A transactional data communications system and method communicates information within an enterprise having a process control system and a plurality of information technology systems that are communicatively coupled to the process control system via a web services in... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148635 | Motor drive with synchronized timing A motor control system for controlling a motor includes control logic and a motor controller. The control logic is operable to generate a control signal at a first periodic time responsive to a synchronization signal. The motor controller is operable to generate a d... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149591 | Multi-resolution controller A method for producing a control output is described. The method includes identifying an error signal and decomposing the error signal into a plurality of signal components. The signal components are determined based on a plurality of orthogonal functions representi... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7148648 | Controller for controlling actuator device installed on vehicle so as to maintain silence and comfort in vehicle A controller for controlling an actuator device which is installed on a vehicle and operated by a motor. The controller includes: a motor control portion operable to control the motor on the basis of a target value; and a target-value determining portion operable to... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7139616 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for real-time monitoring and control of field assets. A monitoring device may be coupled to a field asset to determine the occurrence of one or more error conditions. Error conditions may be detected either as they occur or by t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133727 | System and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring A system and method for continuous online safety and reliability monitoring is disclosed. The method includes the steps of obtaining operating information about at least one of a plurality of instrumented function components, which are part of an instrumented functi... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131051 | Coding method for coding control commands for actuators and actuator control unit for controlling actuators A coding method for coding control commands for actuators includes a system that is sensitive to data transmission errors and determines a degree of danger for the system by using a system control unit. A current transmission control command is coded to form a contr... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7103425 | Method of regulating a target system using a frequency comparison of feedback and reference pulse trains A method of regulating a target system generates a plurality of digital signals which define a reference pulse train with a frequency dependent upon a reference signal. A target system to be regulated (such as a transport speed of a paper transport assembly in a pri... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099720 | Method for identifying a control path of a controlled system A method for identifying a control path of a controlled system, and more particularly to a method for identifying a control path in the presence of deterministic perturbations is described. At least one deterministic perturbation correcting signal is determined in a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096074 | Methods and apparatus for early fault detection and alert generation in a process A method and apparatus for providing early fault detection and alert generation in a multi-parameter process is provided. The method comprises defining a multi-dimensional space, each dimension representing a parameter of the process; applying an analysis of the pro... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088352 | Dynamic device and method for dispensing machines The present invention relates, in general, to dispensing machines and methods and, more particularly, to dispensing machines capable of dynamic-content presentation and methods of using dispensing machines capable of dynamic-content presentation. The dispensing mach... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7058489 | Method and device for treating suspected errors A method and a device are provided for producing an error signal and carrying out measures based thereon in a motor vehicle equipped with a wheel-slip control system and/or a wheel deceleration control system. At least one function variable representing the function... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7039471 | Method and device for calculating the steady-state time point of a controller A device for calculating the steady state behavior of a controller includes an amount generating unit for generating the amount of deviation of the regulator, a first threshold value calculation unit that detects whether the amount of deviation of the regulator has ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7039474 | Packaging system and method therefor A system for monitoring the condition of a packaging machine during operation and diagnosing potential problems in the performance of the machine. The system comprises an input device, an output device and a processing unit that supports a user interface presented b... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7020680 | System and method for monitoring and control of beverage dispensing equipment A remote data acquisition and transmission system and method are disclosed. A plurality of application controllers are interfaced with remote beverage dispensing equipment from which operation data is acquired by the application controllers. The application controll... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013337 | Method and system for the optimal formatting, reduction and compression of DEX/UCS data A method and system for communicating data between a network operations center and a remote device is described. Vending machine state information is communicated between a vending site and a network operations center using a delta scheme. A database, maintained by ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010594 | System using environmental sensor and intelligent management and control transceiver for monitoring and controlling remote computing resources The present disclosure provides a system and apparatus for the remote monitoring and control of a computing component. An intelligent management and control transceiver (IMCT) is preferably attached to a computing component to be monitored and controlled. The IMCT p... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006026 | Digital-to-analog converting circuit, electrooptical device, and electronic apparatus Aspects of the invention can provide a digital-to-analog converting circuit capable of, after converting digital data into an analog current, correcting the current value based on digital current correction data without any complex processing. The exemplary digital-... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999846 | Apparatus and method for feedback-adjusting working condition for improving dimensional accuracy of processed workpieces A feedback compensating apparatus for adjusting the working condition of a working machine of a working system adapted to process working portions of successive workpieces under control of a machine controller, which determines the working condition from an extraneo... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6947797 | Method and system for diagnosing machine malfunctions A system (830) and method (800) for diagnosing a malfunctioning machine. A fault event is selected (806) together with sequential operating parameter data (808) from a selectively focused time interval about the fault event for evaluation... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944508 | Adaptive value generating apparatus, adaptive procedure control program, and adaptive value generating program The present invention is directed to generate an adaptive value in a short time. An adaptive value generating program has an adaptive procedure control program and a DOE tool. The DOE tool is a general statistical processing tool. The adaptive value procedure genera... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6925335 | Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies An apparatus and system are disclosed for the real-time monitoring and control of field assets. The monitoring device, operable to couple to a field asset, may be designed to leverage one or more technologies included in the field asset or as a stand-alone unit and ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6809489 | Print control unit and print control method, and storage medium storing print control program There is provided a print control unit capable of transferring and stopping an object to be controlled at a target position when unexpected load is applied to the object. A print control unit includes: a selection control part, operating at a predetermined timing, t... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6728580 | Method and apparatus for estimating time to failure acceleration factor An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor includes a sensor, a clock for controlling sensor sampling times, and a memory address calculator for mapping output signals of the sensor to a memory address. A unit is ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6654648 | Technique of monitoring abnormality in plurality of CPUs or controllers The technique of the present invention prevents endless circulation of reset operations of CPUs in a control system including a plurality of CPUs that mutually monitor the opposite CPUs. The plurality of CPUs, which are connected with one another and incl... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6618649 | Methods and apparatus for characterizing a circuit breaker device Techniques characterize a circuit breaker device utilizing an apparatus having an energy storage device for storing and releasing a particular amount of energy and a controller. The controller (i) disconnects the energy storage device from an interface an... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6512960 | Positioner and method for operating the positioner The invention relates to a method for operating a positioner with a first input for an input variable W for prescribing a desired value, a second input for a controlled variable X, an output for a manipulated variable Y, and an actuator, which, dependent ... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6487465 | Method and system for improved computer security during ROM Scan A system and method of improving security during power-on-self-test (POST), particularly the ROM scan portion identifying ROM adapters, while selectively allowing user input. While a user input during ROM scan may be normally locked out to prevent the use... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6445961 | Control system and method A multi-purpose controller for variables which closely controls such variables to set point by making sequential corrections to the level of input to the system of the variable based on: system response time, relationship of controller output to the varia... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6438440 | Method and system for managing semiconductor manufacturing equipment A management method capable of making an accurate decision about a malfunction of the semiconductor manufacturing equipment includes sampling a plurality of data of at least one parameter under normal operating conditions of the semiconductor manufacturin... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6415200 | Apparatus and method for feedback-adjusting working condition for improving dimensional accuracy of processed workpieces A feedback compensating apparatus for adjusting the working condition of a working machine of a working system adapted to process working portions of successive workpieces under control of a machine controller, which determines the working condition from ... | 07/02/2002 |
