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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8117007 | Statistical analysis for maintenance optimization A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying an interval for performing a maintenance task. The process retrieves scheduled maintenance data and un-scheduled in-service maintenance data for a given apparatus type. The proces... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7840376 | Risk-based design and maintenance systems and methods A method for determining an optimal inspection schedule for a structure is described. The method includes determining a crack size distribution table for the structure, determining a plurality of risk values, each risk value for a different estimated usage hours of ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7818143 | Activity recording module The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves record... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7818144 | Activity recording module The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves record... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7523013 | Methods of end of life calculation for non-volatile memories A system and methods are given for providing information on the amount of life remaining for a memory having a limited lifespan, such as a flash memory card. For example, it can provide a user with the amount of the memory's expected remaining lifetime in real time ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7398163 | Sensing apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a sensing instrument capable to detect a substance existing in a very small quantity, such as environmental pollutants, instantly with a high degree of precision. As a specific means for solving the problem, a frequen... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395181 | Motion tracking system Tracking a motion of a body by obtaining two types of measurements associated with the motion of the body, one of the types including acoustic measurement. An estimate of either an orientation or a position of the body is updated based on one of the two types of mea... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379395 | Precise time measurement apparatus and method A time measurement system that uses two signals generated by direct digital synthesis. The generated signals have the same frequency but different phase. One signal is used to identify the start of the measurement interval and the other signal is used to identify a ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373402 | Method, apparatus, and machine-readable medium for configuring thresholds on heterogeneous network elements A system is disclosed that automatically translates a threshold into a raw threshold value, and, when a data violation is generated when the raw threshold value is violated based on a measured data value generated by one of a plurality of heterogeneous network eleme... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369463 | Electronic alarm timer for use with a medical regimen A timer for assisting in the control of various medical regimen is described. The timer is particularly adapted for use in avoiding or assuring conception by providing a graphic representation on the timer to alert a user as to when a medically correct step needs to... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364078 | Bar code reading method and apparatus for a battery tester charger An apparatus for entering information into a battery test/charger that includes a bar code reader, a controller that is used to receive information from the bar code reader wherein the controller controls a battery tester/charger. In addition, a method for entering ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359783 | Method of detecting obstructions caused by motor-driven power windows and similar devices using fuzzy logic algorithms The mobile element is a vehicle window pane, panel, movable seat or similar, conveniently guided, and driven by a DC electric motor with a permanent magnet, and the method comprises a step of detecting an entrapment or collision situation of the mobile element by me... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353138 | System state monitoring circuit An exemplary state monitoring circuit includes a data transform unit, a counter, and a clock generator. The data transform unit is connected to a system management bus (SMBUS) to obtain serial signals output from the SMBUS, and convert the serial signals to parallel... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352190 | Calibration apparatus, calibration method, and testing apparatus A jitter measuring circuit includes a jitter signal generating section that generates a jitter signal, and an integrating section that charges and discharges a capacitor with a predetermined electric current according to the jitter signal to integrate the jitter sig... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7343263 | Electronic timer and system LSI An electronic timer having a parallel unit, a current detecting unit, and a time measuring unit. The parallel unit is formed of a plurality of aging devices connected in parallel and configured to be turned on or off for a predetermined time after storing electric c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333918 | System and method for calculating part life A system and method for utilizing reliability data from a plant to dynamically calculate an expended life for a selected part. A system is provided that includes a central database for storing service data for different parts of a unit within the plant, wherein the ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321837 | Synchronization and calibration of clocks for a medical device and calibrated clock Apparatus and method support the synchronization and calibration of a plurality of clocks in a medical device system that may provide treatment to a patient with a nervous system disorder. The plurality of clocks, which may be located at different components of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7307245 | Medical item thermal treatment systems and method of monitoring medical items for compliance with prescribed requirements Various present invention devices enable adherence to requirements for medical items. A medical item of the present invention includes a monitoring or data recording device to monitor and/or record medical solution conditions. The device may further include indicato... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7289016 | Portable timer apparatus, home system and method of timing for an object A home system includes a server having a first wireless communication port, and a plurality of devices, such as sensors. Each one of the devices includes a corresponding second wireless communication port. One or more of the devices is a timer/reminder sensor device... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286966 | Rotation planning apparatus and rotation planning system An apparatus or system is used for planning the rotation of part usage between shafts or plants based at least on schedule information relating to operation and inspection-purpose shutdown, attribute information relating to part life, part maintenance periods, and o... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283927 | Activity recording module The invention refers to a system of recording the activities carried out by an individual person during specific time intervals. This system will normally be on an electronic device, but the initial method of recording may be paper-based. This system involves record... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7266472 | Method for determinating of an oil condition A method for determining an oil condition, namely, an oil condition corresponding to the oil age or oil damage, with the following steps: a) measuring a temperature of the oil or of the part through which the oil flows, coordinating each temperature measured with on... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263035 | Early auto-on mobile communications device Apparatuses and methods for starting a mobile communications device are disclosed. The mobile communications device is operated by a device user. The device includes an output device for emitting a sensible signal. An input device receives user input from the device... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7242307 | System for monitoring hygiene appliances A hygiene appliance monitoring system for determining washroom element functional status and sequence of operation generally includes a plurality of wireless communication devices with a first number of the wireless communication devices being disposed within or adj... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239982 | Information processing device and method The present invention suppresses charges incurred by data communications. A controller transmits data values acquired by sensors to a data center at predetermined intervals. When a predetermined interval has elapsed, a data value to be transmitted is compared with t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7233877 | System health monitoring Monitoring the health of a system module can be carried out during state transitioning, for example when starting or stopping a system module. A monitor module can be operationally connected to the system module. The system module can output a status signal for pred... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222051 | Working machine, failure diagnosis system for work machine and maintenance system for work machines A working machine maintenance system having a plurality of working machines. A center server is provided that manages maintenance on the plurality of working machines by engaging in data exchange through bidirectional communication with each of the plurality of work... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216046 | Method of generating a variable persistence waveform database A variable persistence waveform database is generated by defining a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) time-ordered queue buffer for maintaining a selected number of waveform records. Digital data samples of a measurement signal are acquired and stored in a plurality of wave... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212876 | Maintenance opportunity planning system and method A system, method, and apparatus are provided for maintenance opportunity planning in a production line having a plurality of machines and buffers between machines on the production line, with the buffers processing production units between at least two of the machin... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206719 | Diagnostic method for predicting maintenance requirements in rotating equipment This invention is a method to determine the condition of rotating equipment, namely drive spindles, to enable the timely maintenance or replacement of same. The method uses an electrical signal from a vibration sensor mounted on part of the drive train to measure th... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197538 | Time-dependent message delivery method and system A message delivery system allows a member to obtain a message delivery service at a designated time with easy operation. The message delivery system has an initialization function of initializing a list of member identification information. The list of member identi... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188051 | Apparatus and methods for maintenance task analysis A system for evaluating time requirements for performing maintenance on a maintenance object. One or more processors and memory are operable to provide a form on which a user describes a maintenance task. The described task is made available for maintenance time ana... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184509 | Delay locked loop circuit for internally correcting duty cycle and duty cycle correction method thereof A delay locked loop (DLL) circuit having a duty cycle corrector (DCC) that has a broad range of duty cycle correction, consumes only a small amount of power, has few restrictions on operating frequency, and improves the characteristics of a memory device is describe... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177775 | Testable digital delay line A testable digital delay line that uses XOR gates as delay elements is provided. The use of XOR gates enables independent control of each input to the multiplexer. With test inputs that enable each delay element, the multiplexer inputs can be assigned any value duri... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174305 | Method and system for scheduling online targeted content delivery A method and system are provided for scheduling the delivery of multiple items of content selectively to online users. Expected values relating to each user being online during a given time period are determined. An ordered list of the items of content to be selecti... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171295 | Construction device information processing system and construction device information processing method An intermediate server 6 or a main server 5 executes the steps of displaying a work site of a construction machine or a predetermined area regarding the work site on a subcontractor's personal computer 62, prompting an input for applying to an o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170823 | Medical dispenser, a blister card for use in the dispenser and a method of dispensing medical doses A medical dispenser being adapted to hold a number of medical doses and being adapted to determine when a user or patient gains access to one or more of the medical doses, the dispenser comprising: means for determining each of a first plurality of points in time or... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155371 | Measuring device with comment input function A measuring device (1) has, e.g., a voice input portion (27) for a measurer to input an arbitrary comment at a time of measurement, and it allows a voice recognition portion (28) to recognize the measurer's comment inputted by the voice input po... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155663 | Technique for implementing browser-initiated user-transparent network-distributed advertising and for interstitially displaying an advertisement, so distributed, through a web browser in response to a user click-stream A technique for implementing in a networked client-server environment, e.g., the Internet, network-distributed advertising in which advertisements are downloaded, from an advertising server to a browser executing at a client computer, in a manner transparent to a us... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7149958 | Technique for implementing browser-initiated user-transparent network-distributed advertising and for interstitially displaying an advertisement, so distributed, through a web browser in response to a user click-stream A technique for implementing in a networked client-server environment, e.g., the Internet, network-distributed advertising in which advertisements are downloaded, from an advertising server to a browser executing at a client computer, in a manner transparent to a us... | 12/12/2006 |
