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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7463936 | Method and device for adapting a stop of an electrically triggered actuator A method and device for adapting a stop of an electrically triggered actuator are provided, which may be implemented in a precise and simple manner and allow for a continuous adaptation. For this purpose, a check is performed to determine whether a setpoint value fo... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463941 | Quality control system, quality control method, and method of lot-to-lot wafer processing A quality control system has: a QC value storage unit, a data acquisition device, a device internal information storage unit, a recipe storage unit, a QC value prediction unit, a wafer determination unit, a recipe selection unit, and a measurement device. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7460917 | System and method for identifying manufacturing data deviations Systems and methods of industrial control processes that employ a data matching component associated with a programming logic controller (PLC), to substitute a plurality of collected data points with a data pattern (e.g., a curve). Such data matching component can f... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460916 | Nonlinear system observation and control An observation system configured to observe at least one known state variable of an observed system includes a plurality of filters that are configured to receive a system input, and generate the at least one unknown state variable. Generating the unknown state vari... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460915 | Methods and apparatus for process control using catalyst state estimation In a process control system, the hidden properties of a catalyst are estimated by including those properties in hidden states within a state space model and solving the state space model based on measurable inputs and outputs of the process. The process may include ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457675 | External status asset monitor The present invention is directed to a system and method of monitoring assets of an enterprise using a stand-alone software system and a process automation software system. The stand-alone software system is operable to generate a web page about a condition of the a... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7457674 | System, device, and methods for updating system-monitoring models A system for updating a plurality of monitoring models is provided. The system includes a model association module that, for each of a plurality of monitored systems determines, an association between a particular monitored system and at least one of a plurality of ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7447566 | Occlusion system and method for a flow control apparatus A flow control apparatus having a flow monitoring system capable of detecting and identifying a downstream occlusion present within an administration feeding set loaded to the flow control apparatus is disclosed. A software subsystem is associated with the flow cont... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7444197 | Methods, systems, and software program for validation and monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes Methods, systems, and software program for validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and quality assurance process are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validation on an integrated level whereby the quali... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444191 | Process model identification in a process control system Disclosed is a method of controlling and managing a process control system having a plurality of control loops. The method includes implementing a plurality of control routines to control operation of the plurality of control loops, respectively. The plurality of co... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7444207 | Modular and expandable irrigation controller Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when ins... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437202 | System and method for control scheduling A system and method for controlling a device such that device operates in a smooth manner. The system may switch between control architectures or vary gain coefficients used in a control loop to control the device. As the architecture or gains are switched, the cont... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428442 | Methods of performing path analysis on pharmaceutical manufacturing systems Methods of performing path analysis on pharmaceutical manufacturing systems are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validation and quality control on an integrated level whereby a pharmaceutical manufacturer can ensur... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426426 | System and method for simultaneously controlling spectrum and kurtosis of a random vibration A system and method for producing and controlling a random signal with simultaneous control of both the power spectral density (PSD) and kurtosis (100) where a controlled signal is measured from a transducer, and converted to a PSD (111) using a Fast F... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424344 | HVAC control using modulated evaporator outlet temperature A vehicle climate control system operates an evaporator at a minimum temperature adjusted by a temperature offset. The control system determines a desired temperature and a blend potentiometer position that is indicative of the desired temperature. The control syste... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418307 | System and process for supply management for the assembly of expensive products A Managing component supply for complex products is achieved by monitoring the delivery performance of component suppliers and optimizing the times at which orders are placed. Supply delivery performance targets are set for each supplier, and component order times a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418315 | Power generation system A power generation system (200) of the present invention comprises a power generation portion (202) configured to generate power, a load power detecting means (205) configured to detect a load power supplied from a power source including the pow... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415317 | Method and system for correlating and combining production and non-production data for analysis This document discusses, among other things, a method and system for correlating and combining production and non-production data for analysis for the purposes of increasing manufacturing efficiency and reducing manufacturing downtime due to abnormal conditions. In ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392107 | Methods of integrating computer products with pharmaceutical manufacturing hardware systems Methods of integrating computer products with pharmaceutical manufacturing hardware systems are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validation and quality control on an integrated level whereby a pharmaceutical manufa... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392106 | Fabrication system and fabrication method A fabricating method for a system that includes a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to each other by an inter-apparatus transporter and a computer storing managing information of processing and transporting of semiconductor wafers. The processing apparat... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383097 | Method for managing machine tool data A method for managing machine tool data includes operating the machine tool to perform at least a portion of an operation cycle which includes a non-machining operation. Data is processed from signals output from at least one sensor and from a controller to define a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379791 | Integrated metrology systems and information and control apparatus for interaction with integrated metrology systems A system is disposed at a location of a utility commodity subscriber for informing the subscriber of and controlling utility commodity usage. The system includes utility meters, an information and control apparatus, and a first and second data communication link. Th... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7373212 | Allocating products using classifications of orders for the products A method and device for planning a production includes determining material flows of products that are part of the production. This determination is done by allocating available quantities of a product for covering demanded quantities of the product in time. An allo... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369910 | Method for the optimizing of a production process The present invention relates to methods for optimizing a production process having starting products, intermediate products and at least one final product. The present invention also relates to a digital storage medium and a computer program product that can be use... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369908 | Method for manufacturing product formed with a plurality of parts and method for combining parts A parts-combining method having high quality or yield for a product having a large number of parts. First entering an identification number group of nondefective completed products, a table of a product identification number group and a parts identification number g... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369917 | System and method for automatic sorting of elements in drawing specifications for efficient tracing using motion control System and method for utilizing a drawing specification for motion control. A plurality of elements in a drawing specification may be automatically identified. The elements may include one or more lines, polygons, arcs, splines, alphanumeric characters, and/or ellip... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366582 | Method for defining status index in copper electrolysis The invention is a method for controlling an electrolytic process and plant, utilizing history data collected in the process as well as mathematical and heuristic models created on the basis of empirical knowledge, and by means of said models, there are defined inde... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353077 | Methods for optimizing die placement A method of optimizing die placement on a wafer having an alignment mark with a computing system includes arranging a plurality of fields on the wafer in a first position. Dummies are inserted between at least one arranged field and the alignment mark and inserted a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353085 | Electrolyzer cell stack system As an electrochemical cell stack gets older the internal resistances within the stack rise overtime as the materials that the stack is made of degrade. Consequently, an old and “worn” electrochemical cell stack draws less current at the same stack voltage and op... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353074 | Production loss tracking system A production loss tracking system for a manufacturing system includes a collection module, an event module, and a report module. The collection module collects a processing status from a plurality of processing stations. The event module forecasts an upstream produc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346418 | System and method for creating orthotics Systems and methods for constructing custom orthotics are described. Several embodiments of the system use sensor pads to obtain both static and dynamic three dimensional information concerning the shape or topography of the bottom surface of a patient's foot. The i... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346424 | Machining configuration drawing apparatus and machining configuration drawing method A machining configuration drawing apparatus includes a drawing unit for drawing a machining configuration and a present machining position, a setting unit for setting a display area in an overall drawing area, a division unit for dividing the overall drawing area in... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346415 | Semiconductor wafer positioning method, and apparatus using the same The intensity of light of a predetermined wavelength corresponding to the type of a protective tape joined to the surface of a semiconductor wafer is adjusted by a controller, and a holding stage for holding the semiconductor wafer is scanned rotationally. At this t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7346423 | Method for adaptive feed rate regulation on numerically controlled machine tools In a method for the adaptive feed rate regulation on a numerically controlled machine tool, which is used for the metal-removing processing of workpieces using a tool rotating on a spindle according to the specification of an NC program, the input power of the spind... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337030 | Automated derivative view rendering system A system and method for creating a derivative view from graphical data which is derived from native application data. The native application data may be extracted from a graphical application, such as a CAD application, converted to an intermediate or derivative for... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333867 | Substrate processing system managing apparatus information of substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing system comprises a substrate processing apparatus and a support computer, which are connected to a network respectively. Updated countermeasure information is accumulated in the support computer by a system administrator. When the substrate pr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333872 | Product processing system A product processing system applicable to a production process for producing an electronic device is disclosed. The product processing system includes a plurality of processing apparatuses installed according to processing stages in the production process of the ele... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7310563 | Fabrication system and fabrication method A fabricating method for a system including a plurality of processing apparatuses connected to each other by an inter-apparatus transporter. The semiconductor waters are processed in the processing apparatuses and are transported to specified processing apparatuses ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310567 | Method for the preparation, treatment and updating tool data A method for the preparation, editing and maintenance of tool data sets for machining processes in an NC control system has at least one tool data organization that is separate from the control and is stored in the memory of an ADP system. The tool data organization... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310561 | Identifying critical operations of a production process Identifying an operation that is critical to meeting a due date of a production order includes identifying operations associated with the production order, obtaining schedules for the operations using infinite production planning, obtaining start intervals for the o... | 12/18/2007 |
