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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6089742 | Method and apparatus for controlling robots and the like using a bubble data hierarchy placed along a medial axis A robotic controller or similar machine represents the shape of an object as a hierarchy of bubbles. The position and radius of each of the bubbles is determined by first calculating the coordinates of the medial axis of the object and then creating a hie... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6089743 | Delay coordinating system for agricultural machines An improved mobile agricultural products crop input application control system including a delay coordinating system particularly adaptable for use in site-specific (precision) farming, wherein selected discrete delay information unique to each on-board c... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050718 | Method and apparatus for providing high bandwidth force feedback with improved actuator feel A method and apparatus for providing low-cost, realistic force feedback including an improved actuator. Force sensations are provided to a user and an interface device coupled to a host computer allows a user to interact with a host application program. A... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6036348 | Luggage management system A luggage management system arranged so as to improve the efficiency of parcel collection, parcel examining and parcel delivery, to save the labor of operators, to accurately manage parcels, and to improve the efficiency and accuracy of parcel tracing ope... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6036346 | Semiconductor manufacturing process simulation apparatus for calculating a pressure field generated by a dislocation loop A semiconductor manufacturing process simulation apparatus using a diffusion model in which a dislocation loop generated in a crystalline substrate during an ion implantation process of a semiconductor manufacturing process is considered with respect to a... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5956465 | Production facility with automatic movable body for man-machine cooperation For a combination of a first movable body adaptive for an automatic motion to provide an equivalent service to a required service, and a second movable body capable of exercising a voluntary motion and to cooperate with the first movable body to provide t... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5946449 | Precision apparatus with non-rigid, imprecise structure, and method for operating same An apparatus which allows one to maintain precision placement of a manipulator which undergoes repeated controlled motions or trajectories is provided. The structure of the apparatus is compliant such that the manipulator may be displaced by forces applie... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5943234 | Paving mixture design system An apparatus and a method optimizes a job mix formulation (JMF) for hot mix asphaltic concrete. The apparatus receives JMF data input, including hand-entered data, hand-drawn data, or computer optimized data. The apparatus then generates a voids in the mi... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5933350 | Semiconductor device development information integrating system A semiconductor device development information integrating system comprises a semiconductor device information management system that stores and manages electronic data of photomask specifications created in a semiconductor device design process and elect... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5923553 | Method for controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process by failure analysis feedback A method for controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process by failure analysis feedback compares a previous failure analysis result with current real-time process conditions. The method uses the steps of: a) establishing a monitoring data base with ab... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5920488 | Method and system for maintaining a desired air flow through a fume hood A system for maintaining a desired air flow through a fume hood having a sash. The system comprises a mechanism for controlling air flow through the fume hood based on at least one gain. The system is also comprised of a mechanism for automatically tuning... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920480 | Method and apparatus for detecting pallet full load state in sheet metal machining line and method and apparatus for controlling sheet metal machining line and work identifying apparatus An apparatus for detecting a pallet full load state determines a pallet full load state while switching the upper limit value of the mounting height of workpieces according to workpiece size. The controller of an apparatus for controlling a sheet metal ma... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5920679 | Apparatus and method for computer-aided low-harmonic trajectory planning for computer-controlled machinery A method for using a special class of low-harmonic Bezier curves to plan and generate trajectory patterns for computer-controlled machinery in which desired motion information is input into a first processor. A low-harmonic trajectory is then generated fr... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5914885 | Thermal treatment apparatus and method A thermal treatment apparatus comprises a heating device for heating a thermal treatment chamber, and a gas supplying device for supplying atmospheric gas to the thermal treatment chamber. A temperature measuring device measures temperature in the thermal... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5914883 | Method for controlling a machine tool, in particular an EDM machine A method and a device for controlling the entire machining operation of machine tools, in particular EDM machines, whereby the entire machining operation is broken down into individual machining objects, such as workpiece, work step etc., and the current ... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5912817 | Working area limiting method in machine tool A method for limiting a working area of a CNC machine tool uses a servo controller for transferring a tool which periodically generates an interrupt signal to a main controller and the main controller periodically transmits position data to the servo cont... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5909371 | Process of operating a numerical control with critical-time and non-critical-time processes in a real time system In a real-time system of a digital control system, in order to prevent a single program sequence (PS2) of a non-time-critical computing process ("task") from using up a load-dependently disproportionate amount of the total computing time still available, ... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5907489 | Automated fixture builder system A system and method for constructing fixtures for holding physical parts for welding, checking, inspection, and other related activities is provided. The physical parts include parts of cars as may appear in an automotive plant. The optimum L-unit compone... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5894418 | Method for creating a machining condition series A method for creating machining conditions and/or machining condition series capable of meeting a plurality of the required machining specifications, in which the method designates at least one of ranges of the machining specifications, ranges of satisfac... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5892680 | Method of correcting positional displacement of machining point There are determined by measurements: the maximum -A of the positional displacement, which is caused by a deflection when a machining point is moved in a +X direction; and a movement command D in effect until the machining point is reversed to a -X direct... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5892679 | Method and system for controlling a multiple input/output process with minimum latency using a pseudo inverse constant A control system regulates a controlled process. A first controller receives at least a first input variable and a second input variable and produces at least a first control variable and a second control variable. A delay unifier associated with the firs... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5886898 | Computer assisted method for conducting library research from a remote location and associated apparatus A computer assisted method for conducting library research from a first location which is remote from the printed work storage location includes identifying at the first location a book to be viewed and delivering the request through computers and telecom... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5886897 | Apparatus and method for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a sheet metal production facility An apparatus and method is provided for managing and distributing design and manufacturing information throughout a factory in order to facilitate the production of components, such as bent sheet metal components. In accordance with an aspect of the prese... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5883799 | Method of operating an electronic controller to operate a plurality or output devices An electronic controller is operated according to a method which efficiently generates output signals to a relatively large number of output devices, yet which utilizes only a relatively small amount of programming code to accomplish this. The electronic ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5883805 | Manufacturing control system capable of changing a manufacturing line easily and its data modifying method A manufacturing control system, having a data base storing a procedure table for managing the sequence of manufacturing processes and manufacturing conditions in industrial products to be manufactured, and for controlling a manufacturing line of industria... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5883800 | Arrangement for components included in mobile hydraulic equipment A control system for control of components in mobile hydraulic equipment, the control system being in the form of a CAN system and comprising modules controlling the components and a bus connection. A signal mirroring unit is provided via which the module... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5880959 | Method for computer-aided design of a product or process A method for computer-aided design. The method includes the steps of representing a computer-aided design activity as a design cycle and defining a goal of the design activity. The method also includes the steps of defining alternate design steps toward a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880952 | Sliding mode control method According to a sliding mode control method, a hyperplane for a sliding mode control process is established with a linear function having as variables a plurality of state quantities of an object to be controlled. The state quantities are converged onto th... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880961 | Appararus and method for creating three-dimensional modeling data from an object A method and apparatus for the creation of a electronic domain geometric modeling data file containing internal and external features of an object of interest by first successively removing contours of material forming the object to form exposed surfaces ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880953 | Control system and information recording and reproducing apparatus An actuator moves a signal reproducing element based on an applied control input. An error detector detects a difference in relative position between a desired track and the signal reproducing element. A drive circuit computes the input valuable applied t... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5872893 | Gait generation system of legged mobile robot A system for generating or determining a desired height of a biped mobile robot having a body and two articulated legs each connected to the body through a hip joint and each including a knee joint, an ankle joint and a foot. In the system, body trajector... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5870303 | Method and apparatus for controlling maneuvers of a vehicle Maneuvers of a vehicle, in the presence of obstacles, are planned using a three-dimensional configuration space. Axes of the configuration space correspond to x and y coordinate locations of the rear differential of the vehicle and angle of the vehicle. T... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5870302 | Evapotranspiration remote irrigation control system A system and method for using evapotranspiration (ET) and/or predicted precipitation data in controlling automated and semi-automated irrigation systems. In accordance with the present invention, meteorological data is monitored and used to adjust waterin... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5870528 | Automatic MDF apparatus An automatic main distributing frame (MDF) apparatus for connecting and disconnecting an exchange and a user terminal includes a first-staged matrix board having a plurality of input/output lines, the input/output lines being disposed in a matrix pattern.... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5870307 | Method and apparatus for production of high resolution three-dimensional objects by stereolithography An improved stereolithography system for generating a three-dimensional object by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed at a selected surface of a fluid medium capable of altering its physical state in response to appropriate syner... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5867387 | Method for sizing and distributing automotive vehicle components A method of sizing and distributing automotive seat covers. The method includes creating a data base of different seat configurations installed as original equipment by the manufacturer in each model of various vehicle makes and developing a minimum numbe... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5867383 | Programmable logic controller In a programmable logic controller data is exchanged between a data communication section and a sequential control section. Within the sequential control section a communication task is activated for a given period during each PLC cycle. Subsequently, int... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5864483 | Monitoring of service delivery or product manufacturing A system (10) is provided for monitoring services or products. The system (10) includes an interface (12, 18) which can receive criteria information (14) specifying an unacceptable level for services or products. The interface (12, 18) can also receive se... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5862055 | Automatic defect classification individual defect predicate value retention A method of determining classification codes for defects occurring in semiconductor manufacturing processes and for storing the information used to determine the classification codes. A wafer is selected from a production lot after the lot is sent through... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5859780 | Portion controller A control for delivery system made up of a plurality of variable output feed sources each with an independently variable input of material defines the capability of each of the feed sources based on the level of material and combines these capabilities to... | 01/12/1999 |
