Celebrity Inventors
Superstar singer Michael Jackson co-patented a "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion" in 1993.
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 |
| 8190278 | Method for control of a device Control of a device including aiming a pointing device comprising a camera and a source of invisible light in the direction of an object associated with the device to be controlled, upon which object a number of retroreflective marker elements are positioned, which ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185219 | Graphic element with multiple visualizations in a process environment Smart graphic elements are provided for use as portions or components of one or more graphic displays, which may be executed in a process plant to display information to users about the process plant environment, such as the current state of devices within the proce... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185220 | HMI devices with integrated user-defined behavior The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that facilitates utilizing a human machine interface (HMI). An interface component can facilitate receipt of data. A human machine interface (HMI) component communicatively coupled to the interface component... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180467 | Household appliance with user selected default settings A household appliance functions according to multiple operating cycles, wherein each operating cycle comprises at least one step characterized by a parameter having a factory-set default value. A user can access a controller of the household appliance through a user... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8155767 | Remote building control data display with automatic updates A method includes receiving at a first computer at least one interpreted program over the Internet using a web-browser. The method further includes executing at the first computer at least one interpreted software program to display at least a first graphical elemen... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155768 | Projector, projection display system, and corresponding method and recording medium A projector that projects images includes a projection display module by which the projector projects the images, a network interface by which the projector can communicate with a network, and a web server module coupled to the network interface and to the projectio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8126577 | Monitoring and control of electronic devices A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing one or more electronic devices. Performance of an electronic device is monitored and presented to a user through a digital agent interface. The performance of the electronic device is controlled automat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121710 | Visual control process for valve gates The present invention is a system for electronically controlling the movement of a pin assembly used in a valve gate mechanism of an injection molding machine. The system of the present invention includes at least one valve which is part of an injection molding mach... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8103366 | Apparatus and method for installing a foam proportioning system in existing fire fighting equipment A method and apparatus for installing a foam proportioning system into existing fire fighting equipment is provided. The method can include installing a foam proportioning library into a first application of a processor of the existing fire fighting equipment and in... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8103367 | Methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators Example methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting an elect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090457 | Method for operating a lighting system A method for operating a lighting system comprising at least one central control unit and a plurality of lighting devices, including in the lighting devices a positioning sensor system, by which the locations of the lighting devices is determined and wherein locatio... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078296 | Dynamic procedure selection A dynamic selection component for an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes one or more abstraction layers that are executed by a controller, the abstraction layers specify higher level requirements of a process. At least one execution layer i... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8065024 | Coordinative control system for adjusting the back and knee bottom sections of an adjustable bed A bottom adjusting action control system for an adjustable bed is provided that facilitates adjustment of the adjustable bottom sections of the bed via a predetermined path of angular adjustment in reaching final set positions for the back and knee bottom sections. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060222 | Control system configurator and methods with object characteristic swapping Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050782 | Method and system to retrieve and display technical data for an industrial device A method to retrieve and display technical data for an industrial device supervised by a computer program for control, configuration or condition monitoring in an industrial or commercial plant. The method can use a substantially static and easily visible large size... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8024054 | Building automation system facilitating user customization Systems and methods for interacting with and customizing a dynamically extensible and automatically configurable building automation system (BAS). In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) of the BAS comprises a building summary pages. The invention is als... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014650 | Feedback of out-of-range signals Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, relatively immediate feedback may be provided for out of range signals. Embodiments may include, subsequent to an edit of at least a portion of one or more received signals, compositing the one or more received si... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7991491 | Control device and method for generating control signals for technical devices A control device for controlling a controlled system, such as steering, braking or accelerating when driving a car, as well other operations for other vehicles or systems, includes an automatic control system that generates automatically generated control signals, a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7991490 | Control unit for utility treatment systems A system and method for control and maintenance units for utility treatment systems, having a start-up routine, an installation routine and a communication exchange between a user and the control unit of a utility treatment system. Communications from the control un... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983771 | Graphical user interface including a pop up window for an ocular surgical system A graphical user interface for use in an ocular surgical system, such as phacoemulsification and vitreo-retinal surgical systems. A display screen shows a display element that includes a representation of a parameter of pulses generated by the ocular surgical system... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7962229 | Hybrid user interface having base presentation information with variably prominent supplemental information Systems and methods are provided that enable various interface applications that more efficiently communicate data to users in an industrial control system. In one aspect, an industrial automation system is provided. The system includes a base presentation component... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945341 | Graphical user interface for selecting pulse parameters in a phacoemulsification surgical system A graphical user interface for use in phacoemulsification surgical systems that allows a user to select different pulse modes by touching portions of the display screen. The user interface includes first and second display elements. One display element includes a re... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941234 | Exposure apparatus and parameter editing method An exposure apparatus for exposing a substrate to radiation based on parameters. The apparatus includes a display, an input device, and a processor configured to execute a program for editing the parameters. The processor is configured to cause, in accordance with t... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937171 | Appliance with user interface behavioral model An appliance includes one or more control boards having control software to control the cycle of operation, and a graphical user interface with one or more instances of a user interface control in communication with the control boards. The appliance also has a bindi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937170 | Operator interface device for HMI system The operator interface device for an HMI system provides for generic, simple communication between Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software and an operator workstation. The device has at least one signaling device, at least one serial communication port, and an Ethern... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937169 | System and method for compartment control A system and method for a computer program product is provided. The computer program product generates a graphical user interface for controlling a compartment. The graphical user interface comprises at least one compartment graphical indicator, and at least one com... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933668 | Wireless industrial control user interface with configurable software capabilities A user interface operable to connect to a device within an industrial control system includes a memory and a processing unit. The memory is operable to store a plurality of software applications for interfacing with the device and a configuration mask including acce... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933669 | Control of an adjustable bed and a multimedia device associated with the bed A controller for an adjustable bed also provides control functions for a multi media device. The multimedia device may be an MP3 player, an audio/visual player, and the like. The controller controls a function of the bed, such as a bed position selection, and functi... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925363 | Error-correction assistance system Upon detection of an error such as a malfunction occurring at a drive mechanism, a sensor transmits an error signal to a control section. The control section selects character information about details of the error corresponding to the error signal and an image repr... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917235 | Apparatus for remotely controlling computers and other electronic appliances/devices using a combination of voice commands and finger movements An apparatus for remotely operating a computer using a combination of voice commands and finger movements. The apparatus includes a microphone and a plurality of control elements in the form of touch-sensitive touchpads and/or motion-sensitive elements that are used... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7904186 | Building automation system facilitating user customization Systems and methods for interacting with and customizing a dynamically extensible and automatically configurable building automation system (BAS). In one embodiment, a graphical user interface (GUI) of the BAS comprises a BAS summary page, at least one building summ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7904187 | Internet appliance system and method An Internet appliance, comprising, within a single housing, packet data network interfaces, adapted for communicating with the Internet and a local area network, at least one data interface selected from the group consisting of a universal serial bus, an IEEE-1394 i... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7877155 | Methods and apparatus for controlling display in a networked device Methods and apparatus for controlling display elements within a networked device. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable television network, and the device a digital set-top box (DSTB) with front panel display(s). A downloadable software module is provided... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7860874 | Method for searching across a PLC network Certain exemplary embodiments can comprise a method, comprising: recognizing, by a PLC, that a memory device has been connected to the PLC; and configuring the PLC via a PLC executable software program resident on the memory device. Certain exemplary embodiments can... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7844353 | Method of communication by relay between a portable remote control and home automation appliances The method governs the operation of a home automation installation comprising a portable remote control, a relay and home automation appliances, and in which at least some home automation appliances can receive, by wireless channel, control commands sent by the port... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835807 | Method of displaying the status of an asset using an external status asset monitor A system and method of monitoring assets of an enterprise using a stand-alone software system and a process automation software system are provided. The stand-alone system is operable to generate a web page about a condition of the asset and to transmit data items f... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831319 | Sensor based anticipatory lighting of controls A control system for selectively lighting and/or highlighting a control interface for a specific individual function generally includes at least one sensor for detecting at least one condition; a controller in operative communication with the at least one sensor and... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7818075 | Automated programming system employing non-text user interface An automated programming system that includes configuring the automated programming system to include an input module, a programming module, and an output module. Employing a non-text user interface system for real-time representation of the input module, the progra... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7801629 | Management of the flow of passengers, baggage and cargo in relation to travel facilities Processing passengers for departure from an airport comprises a first line for passengers to be processed through a control point on the basis of first-in first-out. There is a second line for passengers to be processed on a non first-in first-out basis. The availab... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7787971 | Rotor selection interface and method In a user interface to select a desired rotor from a set of rotors corresponding to compatible rotors for use in a centrifuge device, a home menu is utilized to access a previously selected rotor and an add menu is utilized to add the desired rotor in response to th... | 08/31/2010 |
