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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6224249 | Compound design system and method for mechanism parts A drawing apparatus is connected to a compound design apparatus. The design apparatus includes at least a display for displaying a drawing, a data base device for storing therein reference data to analyze the drawing, a storage for storing therein analysi... | 05/01/2001 |
| 5926386 | Configuration based cooling fan speed control A configuration based cooling fan speed controller for use with computers and other heat intensive electronic devices. Methods of using and manufacturing the controller are also disclosed. The cooling fan speed controller generally comprises a EEPROM coup... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5909660 | Signal conditioning module for sensing multiform field voltage signals A signal conditioning module for sensing multiform field signals and for providing isolated digital signals appropriate for a processing system. The present invention allows sensing of field signals which are either AC or DC and which have magnitudes rang... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5895438 | Inline disk tester The present invention is an inline tester for analyzing the integrity of a disk drive. Structurally, the inline tester includes a set of statistical and diagnostic routines included in the ROM of a disk drive and a diagnostic logic section included in the... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5875419 | System and method for determining yarn hairiness A computer-controlled device for determining relative yarn hairiness. Yarn is moved past a light source to create a yarn shadow, and an imaging device captures the yarn shadow. The imaging device includes a number of separate, closely-spaced light sensing... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5850344 | Medication dispensing and timing system A medication dispensing and timing system includes a central monitoring computer which generates and sends an address-specific medication prompting message in accordance with a prescribed medication dispensing schedule over a two-way paging system to a co... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5847963 | Method for monitoring the effect of adjustments of paint application equipment A source reduction analysis software in a paint application system to minimize paint usage. The differences in paint volumes per paint applicators' settings are identified. These settings include trigger point count settings, and/or pushout count settings... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5844813 | Information processing apparatus and method with setting of power off state and with recognition of printer operating state An information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit power saving controller for controlling a power saving function of an information control unit for controlling various devices, and a printer unit power saving controller for cont... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5839093 | System for locating faults and estimating fault resistance in distribution networks with tapped loads Both fault location and fault resistance of a fault are calculated by the present method and system. The method and system takes into account the effects of fault resistance and load flow, thereby calculating fault resistance by taking into consideration ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5838981 | Data communication apparatus with a program renewal function A data communication apparatus which has a program renewal operation to renew an original program with a renewal program. The original program is stored in a first non-volatile memory, which also stores the renewal program after the program renewal operat... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5832419 | Apparatus and method for identifying an integrated device An apparatus identifies an integrated circuit. The apparatus includes a portable housing that has mounted thereto a processing circuit for reading identification data stored in the integrated circuit. A communication device is mounted to the housing and c... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5832412 | Programmable digital frequency ultrasonic generator A digital programmable ultrasonic generator for driving an ultrasonic transducer includes a computer for receiving and storing a plurality of selectable programs. The programs are indicative of different modes of operation. A profile generator is coupled ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5832411 | Automated network of sensor units for real-time monitoring of compounds in a fluid over a distributed area A plurality of sensor units are distributed over an area and communicate via a network with a central monitoring unit. The sensor units include sensor arrays that provide them with raw data in response to the presence of selected compounds in the ambient ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5832410 | Method of using a computer to collect chemical signals directly The present invention relates to a method of using a computer to collect chemical signals directly from a chemical sensor. This method first converts output signals received from the chemical sensor into digital signals by using a transforming circuit and... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5828983 | Method and apparatus for processing a sampled waveform A method and apparatus are provided for approximation of integral and RMS values for waveforms of uncertain or unknown period. The technique employed processes values of the waveform sampled at fixed sampling intervals, monitors the actual period of the w... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5828984 | Data processing method for an electronic compass system A method for converting distorted compass data values into corrected data values which employs linear transforms. A linear transform is formulated and programmed into the read only memory of the microcomputer of the electronic compass system. The microcom... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819202 | Apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a control system In an apparatus for detecting an abnormality of a control system, the internal property calculating section thereof calculates an internal property of the control system only on the basis of a command value representing a position or a speed of the contro... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812421 | System for cooperatively operating river management facilities A river management system for controllably operating devices of management facilities installed at pluralities of rivers and waterways to manage water volumes in a river network including the pluralities of rivers and waterways. The river management syste... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812962 | Method and apparatus for organizing storing and retrieving information to administer a sewer system A composite code assigned to each manhole of a sewer system in a geographical region is associated with an x-y location of the manhole on a digitized geographical map of the region containing a representation of the sewer system including manholes plotted... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812411 | Tapped variable potentiometer resistor with current sense and safety circuit An electronic selector knob circuit (10) which uses a tapped potentiometer (POT1) to provide accurate operation without requiring factory calibration. The potentiometer (POT1) is calibrated through on-board circuitry which includes a tap voltage biasing d... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812765 | Multi-media remote data access terminals and system A public internet access terminal includes an access station, and computer apparatus at the station and including a user keyboard and data display, and a user credit card reader at the station, and the computer apparatus including circuitry operatively co... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5812428 | Process controller having non-integrating control function and adaptive bias A process controller controls an integrating-type process based on a measured process variable and a set point. The process controller includes an error generating circuit, a non-integrating control circuit and an adaptive bias circuit. The error generati... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5808903 | Portable, self-contained data collection systems and methods A portable self-contained data collection system for measuring and collecting vibration data from machines includes an accelerometer which is coupled to the analog input of a data acquisition card. The data acquisition card samples and digitizes the analo... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5798941 | Surge prevention control system for dynamic compressors A surge prevention control system for use with a dynamic compressor provides a multiple module controller for operating an anti-surge valve to bypass flow around the dynamic compressor. The multiple module controller includes a PID control module and a ra... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5798940 | In situ oxidation reduction potential measurement of soils and ground water A ground penetrometer for determining pH and oxidation reduction potential (ORP) of soils. The penetrometer includes an ORP electrode, a pH electrode, reference electrodes, and a temperature sensor. A singular reference electrode device establishes two re... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5796630 | Protective relay system provided with difference and addition filters A protective relay system detects a first electric variable and a second electric variable of a power system to discriminate in a time series whether or not a fault portion of a line or equipment included in the power system exists within a predetermined ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793653 | Apparatus and method for monitoring compliance with handsink use regimen An apparatus is provided for monitoring use of a handsink to determine compliance with a use regimen by a user, the apparatus including a first data collection device for determining an identity of the user of the handsink during each use for comparison t... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5790419 | Fail-safe system and method of operation A system is provided to automatically terminate a fail-safe state. When an abnormality detection signal of Lo and a pulse having a frequency outside a specified range are input to set and reset terminals S, R of an R-S Flip-Flop (R-SFF) 24, respectively, ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5784274 | System and method for monitoring errors occurring in data processed by a duplexed communication apparatus A performance monitor system monitors a number of errors occurring in data processed in a communication apparatus having a duplex configuration formed of two systems. The performance monitor system includes a first unit for monitoring a number of errors o... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5781434 | Control system for communication apparatus An information processing system includes a modem communicating with a remote console through a telephone line, an information processing apparatus communicating with the remote console through the modem, a service processor, a power supply continuously s... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5777892 | Doppler shift velocity measuring system with correction factors To determine the average velocity of a fluid stream, an ultrasonic signal is transmitted into the fluid and reflected ultrasonic signal received. The signals are mixed with a frequency of the transmitted ultrasonic signals. A Fourier transform is performe... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5768143 | ID card issuing system and method A system for issuing ID cards to which personal information data such as a personal identification number are written and verifying whether or not the information data are successfully written to the ID card. When the information data are confirmed to be ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764524 | Method and apparatus for detection of missing pulses from a repetitive pulse train A method and apparatus for detection of missing pulses from a repetitive pulse train including signal detection circuits for capturing the rising and/or falling edges of an input signal, time-stamping the captured edges, calculating the maximum and minimu... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5764539 | Non-invasive system and method for a fluid flow monitoring system A non-invasive system and method is provided for a fluid delivery system of the type including a fluid delivery pump delivering fluid in pulses through a fluid delivery tube. The non-invasive monitoring system and method includes a sensor which is brought... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5761466 | Soft programmable single-cycle/pipelined micro-programmed control system A control system operates in a pipelined mode for executing multiple clock cycle instructions and in an open loop mode for executing single clock cycle instructions. A plurality of electrical functional units are capable of executing single clock cycle in... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5761086 | Apparatus and method for monitoring pressure-temperature margins A real-time parameter margin monitoring system, for a pressurized vessel of an operating nuclear power plant, includes a data acquisition subsystem for acquiring a plurality of real-time parameters associated with the pressurized vessel; a first subsystem... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5757661 | Garment grading system A computer system of the invention for grading includes means for automatically generating grading rules from a measurement scale. Advantageously, the system includes a database including one or more scales (50) of standard measurements for target populat... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5758092 | Interleaved bitrate control for heterogeneous data streams A heterogeneous multimedia stream has interleaved samples of two or more different substream types. For example, a heterogeneous video stream may have interleaved intra, predicted, and bi-directional frames. In addition to a global bit bank, a different b... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5757666 | System for analyzing compounds contained liquid samples A system for analyzing sample liquids using dry reagents is configured for the determination of clinical parameters. The system including an analysis instrument containing the test elements to carry out the test. Form and design of the test elements are a... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5754440 | Apparatus for harmonic analysis of waveforms in an AC electrical system A monitor for an ac electrical system generates on-line a display presenting the values, either in magnitude or as a percent of the fundamental, of 50 harmonics of any of the currents and voltages in the system. The display also incudes the phase angle of... | 05/19/1998 |
