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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7418309 | Methods and systems for optimizing punch instructions in a material forming press system Methods and systems are disclosed to optimize punching instructions. An example method disclosed herein obtains a tool bed layout, the tool bed including a description of a plurality of tool punch parts, each tool punch part further including tool definition informa... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7363112 | Digital moisture monitor controller with wide applications soil, and hydroponics moisture sensors, and optional X10 multi-sensor, multi-pump controller Utilizing the latest microprocessor technology, the digital moisture monitor controller along with its wide applications alternating current conduction moisture sensors and optional X10 multi sensor multi pump controller, controls moisture levels in all soils and al... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363099 | Integrated circuit metrology Sites to be measured on a device that is to be fabricated using at least one fabrication process, are selected based on a pattern-dependent model of the process. A metrology tool to measure a parameter of a semiconductor device includes a control element to select s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356377 | System, method, and medium for monitoring performance of an advanced process control system A method for monitoring performance of an advanced process control system for at least one process output includes calculating a variance of a prediction error for a processing performance and/or a probability for violating specification limits of the processing per... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353084 | Generator controller A generator controller, in its various embodiments, displays genset fault messages, a genset elapsed time hour meter, service countdown reminder, monitors battery voltage changes over multiple periods of time to establish and display the “battery level,” uses th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353071 | Method and apparatus for authoring and playing back lighting sequences Systems and methods for authoring and playing back lighting programs that include a plurality of lighting sequences for controlling a plurality of lights. One aspect stores the lighting program in a data format that represents a final data stream capable of directly... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349763 | System and method for systematically irrigating subregions of an irrigation region A method for irrigating an irrigation region (30) with an irrigation unit (20) includes the steps of subdividing the irrigation region (30) into a plurality of subregions (34), establishing a sequence for irrigating the subregions (34 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346412 | Manufacturing method of semiconductor integrated circuit device The invention intends to provide a manufacturing method of a semiconductor integrated circuit device, which can detect an off-specification faulty wafer in real time. An abnormality detection server stores apparatus log data outputted from semiconductor manufacturin... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346432 | Earthquake disaster prevention system An earthquake disaster prevention system having: an estimation section to estimate a size of an earthquake from a P-wave of the earthquake detected by the earthquake detector; a stopping control section to control to stop the motion of the operation device when the ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343212 | Item substitution in the manufacture of products A method for item substitution in a manufacturing process includes receiving an order for manufacture of a product and generating a first electronic bill of material for the product. The first electronic bill of material identifies multiple primary components to be ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7343226 | System and method of controlling an HVAC system A system and method manage delivery of energy from a distribution network to one or more sites. Each site has at least one device coupled to the distribution network. The at least one device controllably consumes energy. The system includes a node and a control syst... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340318 | Method and apparatus for assessing controller performance A method includes providing a process controller for controlling a process tool. The process tool is controlled in accordance with a process parameter. Measurements associated with the processing parameter for a plurality of runs of the process tool are accessed. A ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337029 | Design data management system and trace system A design data management program directs a computer to perform a procedure of converting design data generated at a designing side to a data format applicable to a production side and transmitting the data to the production side, and a procedure of converting the da... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333876 | Systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate The present invention comprises systems and methods for providing electronic quality control in a process for applying a polyurethane to a substrate. One aspect of the present invention includes a computer-implemented method for providing electronic quality control ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333874 | Method and system for designing and producing dental prostheses and appliances A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310566 | Quality control method for two-dimensional matrix codes on metallic workpieces, using an image processing device A quality control method for two-dimensional matrix codes on metallic workpieces, the codes being in the form of stamped marking dots is disclosed. The stamping process for the marking dots is carried out by a marking tool (17) with the aid of predetermined d... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310572 | Predictive contract system and method A control method includes modeling a power generation apparatus, monitoring the generation of a total amount power from the power generation apparatus, monitoring internal consumption of power for a power generation apparatus, acquiring a power generation requiremen... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7308326 | Methods of optimizing stochastic processing parameters in crop harvesting machines A precision farming method including a stochastic parameter , which is continuously optimized to adjust the model to the latest prevailing working conditions. Such parameter may be considered to constitute a variable which characterizes the instantaneously prevailin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7286905 | Method for calculating availability for line power systems A method for calculating availability in line power systems composed of power circuit modules determines power circuit parameters associated with the power circuits, accepting input from central databases. The method calculates a required number of power circuits to... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286895 | Safety device and method for determining an overtravel in a machine A safety device for a machine has a first machine part for carrying out a working movement towards a second machine part. It also has at least a first and a second optical barrier moving along with the first machine part during the working movement. The first optica... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283883 | Method and device for obtaining orthosis models The present invention provides a method and a device for producing an orthosis model for a patient. The method comprises the input of patients' data, the determination of a curvature type of the patient's spine to be treated from a predefined number of curvature typ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283886 | Practical measurement system for a manufacturing process A complete Direct Digital Numerical Control (DDNC) automation system for a practical measurement system for a manufacturing process where a given slide or ram is moved under power by input of GO-TO location commands to cause a cascade of motion events to an approxim... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280887 | Outsourcing method and system for sheet metal processing industry An outsourcing service center (7) discloses information obtained through outsourcing services for a first sheet metal processing factory (3) to promote sales. A first ordering customer (5) requests a first sheet metal processing factory (3 | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269481 | Method and apparatus for memory bandwidth thermal budgetting An electronic system includes a device and a controller to the device. The controller is adapted to calculate a temperature estimate of the device and to control access to the device in accordance with the calculated temperature estimate. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260451 | Air conditioner management system and converter unit therefor A converter unit connected to a monitor apparatus for monitoring and controlling a plurality of air conditioners, including: PAC transmission software for transmitting a setting data from the monitor apparatus regarding a running start/stop state, a running node, an... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257454 | Dynamically adjusting the distribution for dispatching lot between current and downstream tool by using expertise weighting mechanism A system and method that prioritizes product lots for fabrication and dispatching to manufacturing equipment establishes priorities for dispatching product lots based on a criticality factor and establishes a priority for dispatching product lots to manufacturing eq... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251540 | Method of analyzing a product The present invention includes a system and method configured to analyze a performance of a product. The product has associated process and performance characteristics. The method includes the steps of establishing a plurality of process characteristics associated w... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245978 | Managing apparatus for managing assisting work to assist substrate-related-work performing system, and managing program for managing assisting work to assist substrate-related-work performing system Assisting-work management apparatus and an assisting-work management program for performing the assisting work in a substrate work machine system efficiently by a plurality of workers. A worker determining section (140) determines a worker to perform an objec... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245985 | Process and apparatus for improving and controlling the vulcanization of natural and synthetic rubber compounds A process for curing a natural or synthetic rubber compound under a plurality of curing conditions by: (1) obtaining time dependent data streams of dielectric or impedance values from a non-bridged impedance sensing circuit and a capacitor having the rubber compound... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233831 | Systems and methods for controlling programmable lighting systems One embodiment of the present invention is directed to a control system. The control system may be adapted to control one or more lighting systems (e.g. stand-alone or networked lighting systems). The control system may also have a user interface (e.g. dial or butto... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7228204 | Fan unit for forced air cooling, motherboard formed wiring for operating fan unit, and electronic equipment to be fan-cooled The present invention relates to a fan unit used for forced air cooling, a motherboard with predetermined wiring formed as a wiring pattern, disposed on the rear face of an equipment, and an electronic equipment provided with the fan unit and the motherboard. It is ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225047 | Method, system and medium for controlling semiconductor wafer processes using critical dimension measurements Methods, systems, and mediums of controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process are described. The method comprises the steps of measuring at least one critical dimension of at least one device being fabricated on at least one of the plurality of wafers, determin... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7225039 | Control system for semiconductor processing apparatus A control system for a semiconductor processing apparatus comprises a control server connected to a semiconductor processing apparatus, a verification server connected to the control server, and a database connected to the verification server. The verification serve... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221988 | Creation and display of indices within a process plant A process control system uses an asset utilization expert to collect data or information pertaining to the assets of a process plant from various sources or functional areas of the plant including, for example, the process control functional areas, the maintenance f... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221995 | Method for determination of optimal spin axis for a log for peeling in a veneer lathe The invention relates to a method for centering a log for veneer peeling in a lathe. In the method the log is first centered in the centering arrangement of the lathe equipment using centering alignment data based on the contour of the log. On the basis of the thus ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221992 | Defect detection using multiple sensors and parallel processing Techniques for detecting defects on semiconductor wafers are described. The techniques involve a parallel processing system wherein a data distribution system contains data distribution nodes that are interconnected by multiple data transfer paths. This configuratio... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216016 | Failure mode for HVAC system A HVAC system provides a central control which detects failed stage(s); removes the failed stage(s) from the staging sequence used by the controller; and later checks the failed stage periodically to see if the failed stage has become functional so that the no prope... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200455 | Method of process control The present invention relates to a method of run-to-run control of a manufacturing process. A plurality of runs of the manufacturing process is performed. In each of the runs, a value of a process input is applied to the manufacturing process. A measured value of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197370 | Method and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of an active sensor list The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of an active sensor list. The method includes providing an active sensor list indicative of at least one sensor associated with at least one processing tool, the at least one sensor being c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197378 | Coordinating controller for electric power equipment A coordination controller prevents the deterioration of electric power quality in an electric power system, such as in terms of voltage values, that can be caused when distributed power resources connected in parallel to the electric power system are operated withou... | 03/27/2007 |
