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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7984421 | Web application cloning A user accessing a first web application can request to clone that application to form a second web application, where the first web application may be owned by another user. The cloning operation involves copying at least part of a directory for the first web appli... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7286894 | Hand-held computer device and method for interactive data acquisition, analysis, annotation, and calibration A handheld computer device for data acquisition is described. The device includes a hardware interface to be connected to a processing device and to an attachable sensor. The device also includes a data module to interact with the sensor and with the processing devi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277763 | Configurable controller A configurable controller, comprising a configurable digital unit having a synchronization control module; a plurality of signal acquisition modules connected with said synchronization control module for receiving reference control data therefrom; and a control logi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7253942 | Image projection lighting devices with projection field light intensity uniformity adjustment A lighting system is disclosed comprised of a plurality of image projection lighting devices including a first image projection lighting device. The first image projection lighting device is typically comprised of a microprocessor and a camera. The microprocessor an... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218973 | Adaptive control system having hedge unit and related apparatus and methods The invention includes an adaptive control system used to control a plant. The adaptive control system includes a hedge unit that receives at least one control signal and a plant state signal. The hedge unit generates a hedge signal based on the control signal, the ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7206643 | Apparatus, system, and method for automation using automation modules A system, apparatus and method for performing automation is disclosed. An apparatus configured to control an automation function includes one or more automation modules connectable into an assembly. The automation modules include a data interface for exchanging data... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206657 | Real-time measurement of tool forces and machining process model parameters A system and method are provided for real-time measurement of tool forces. A relationship between a motor characteristic and tool forces is determined by first directly measuring tool forces for a standard tool, work piece, and part program in a central facility. A ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206651 | Method of displaying and editing mixer configuration by mixer engine control program A mixer engine control program is executable by a computer for performing a method of displaying and editing a mixer configuration which specifies a mixing process of a signal processing apparatus. Logging on is made to the mixer engine control program with a user a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203555 | Predictive regulatory controller Methods and apparatus for adjusting control signal values for use in controlling a plant to conform a system parameter to a set-point are disclosed. To adjust control signal values, a reference trajectory for the set-point is generated based on a set-point tracking ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200450 | Diagnostic system for an appliance A system and method of determining and displaying a failure in an electronic appliance control system employs diagnostic codes which indicate both a primary system where a fault occurs and a subsystem in fault. The diagnostic codes are displayed so that repair perso... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197374 | Robotic assembly A method of assembling an object using a component that has coded data on it, or in it. The coded data is indicative of the components identity and at least one of: i) a position of the sensed coded data portion; i... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194339 | Method of controlling motor, motor control device, and printing method A motor-controlling method includes the steps of: preparing a motor control device provided with a motor for moving an object to be moved and causing the motor to move the object to a target position by first accelerating the object and then moving the object at a c... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187989 | Use of core process models in model predictive controller A method is presented for updating process models (100) used in a model predictive controller when a change has been made in any regulatory controller configuration and/or it's tuning without having to conduct new full identification testing of the process. T... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187991 | Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances whereby at least one electrical load (10) is activated, the control circuit comprising logic control means (1), operation switching means (8) between said electrical load (10) and a suppl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187990 | Process controlling method with merged two-control loops The architecture of the controller of the present invention is mainly composed of three portions, which are a model predictive controller, a local controller (also called stably assistant controller), and a coordinator. This modified model predictive control structu... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187988 | Web service and method for customers to define their own alert for real-time production status An automated method and system that uses a Web service to make real-time production status available to customers from a manufacturing environment. Each time Work in Process (WIP) data is updated from manufacturing execution systems to a central database, a database... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187987 | Method and a control system for controlled operation of movable members Operation of movable members such as wing or sash parts of openable windows or facade sections forming part of a natural ventilation system is controlled by communication of operating commands from centralized and/or distributed control means to operator units for m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184940 | Collaboration session recording model A decision tracking object model and interface which captures and stores administrative and substantive meeting information, along with their associated relationships, in an object model database is presented. Each object model includes information and relationships... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184854 | Device and method for generating piston outline machining data and computer-readable recording medium on which machining data generation program is recorded A machining data generator generates NC machining data specifying machining operations for shaping the external shape of a piston. The machining data generator uses a machining data sheet (provided by a spreadsheet software) describing noncircular part shape data on... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184845 | System and method of applying adaptive control to the control of particle accelerators with varying dynamics behavioral characteristics using a nonlinear model predictive control technology The present invention provides a method for controlling nonlinear control problems within particle accelerators. This method involves first utilizing software tools to identify variable inputs and controlled variables associated with the particle accelerator, wherei... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181317 | Controller interface with interview programming A controller and a method of programming a schedule of a controller having a user interface, the schedule having a number of schedule parameters, the method including the steps of: providing one or more interview questions to a user via the user interface; accepting... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181301 | Engineering and automation system An engineering system (1) and an associated automation system (1), whose components cooperate in accordance with specifications from the engineering system. These systems include a database (3) and at least one first and one second production mo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181295 | Method and apparatus for PID controller with adjustable deadtime compensation In the present invention, a Smith predictor enhanced PID controller, SP-PID, is proposed. A tuning parameter Ksp is devised and the SP-PID controller would be gradually transformed from a PID controller to a Smith predictor as Ksp changes from ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181292 | System control method, control processing system, and control processing apparatus In a system control method, a transaction is transmitted from a control processing apparatus to remaining control processing apparatuses via a connection network, and held in a home reception buffer through a transmitting circuit. Transactions read out from the home... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177712 | Programmable laundry appliance A laundry machine control system and method of operating the same are disclosed. The system includes various slates of cycles pre-programmed into a CPU which controls the machine. Each of the slates includes numerous different cycles, each preferably designed to cle... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177707 | Variable specification functional blocks integrated circuit system suitable for detecting resistor identifications The invention discloses a specially designed resistor identity IC provided for products that require article identification on contact. The invention is further developed to provide a family of Variable Specification Functional Block ICs that can be selected to form... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174228 | Field device with display A display for on-site visualization of conditions of an automated process is disclosed. It comprises a display controller which at least temporarily provides a state indication signal representing a constellation of states of at least two process data signals. At le... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174367 | Information providing method and information providing apparatus for network A master content generation unit generates information (master content) that is concretized based on the original idea of a content generator. An intermediate content generation unit re-constructs a complete and concrete content that has an adequate amount of inform... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162312 | Method, system and device for predictive error recognition in a plant Method, system and device for predictive recognition of errors in a manufacturing system, said comprising: online monitoring of data of the manufacturing system; and online comparing said data with archived error patterns to predict errors supposed to occur in the m... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162313 | Electronic equipment operating component function setting system In a system for function settings of operating components in a piece of electronic equipment, a microcomputer circuit (4) of a radio receiver outputs function control signals to a radio receiver circuit (2), based on operating input signals. An input-o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162311 | Safety network system, safety slaves unit, safety controller and communication method and information collecting method and monitoring method for the safety network system A safety PLC 1 and at least a safety slave unit 2 are connected through a safety network 3. The safety slave unit has the safety information transmission function for transmitting the safety information for determining whether a safe state preva... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158865 | Current driver employing pulse-width modulation A current driver capable of generating a controlled current in the form of a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal suitable for controlling an electronic device such as a solenoid is disclosed. The current driver has a feedback loop incorporating a dual-slope integrat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158841 | Active DC output control and method for controlling targeted applications A feedback control-loop system that employs an active DC output control circuit is disclosed which compares an input parameter measurement against a target specification associated with the input parameter measurement. In one embodiment, the active DC output control... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155508 | Target information generation and ad server An advertisement selection and delivery system for selecting advertisements based on profile information and rendering the advertisements as accessible to a user operating a network-capable appliance connected to a data-packet-network is provided. The system compris... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155297 | Method to control a unit of a technical apparatus A method to control a unit of a technical apparatus, where the apparatus can be operated in a plurality of operating circumstances in which the unit is controlled with a control command belonging to respective operating circumstance in order to active an operating m... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151968 | Intelligent coffeemaker appliance The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a coffeemaker (116) receives a plurality of timer settings from a network and communicates the state of the coffeemaker (116) to another network device while keeping a real-time clock ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151967 | Monitor with adjustable angle and operating method thereof A monitor with an adjustable angle and operating method thereof. The monitor includes a rotation component to control display angle, an OSD (On Screen Display) module, a microprocessor and a motor. The OSD module provides an interface from which a target angle can b... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149589 | Method of adjusting a process control device, adjustment tool therefor and process control device thereof In a method of adjusting a process control device wherein a closed loop system comprising a control subject and external compensator is approximated by a transfer function expressed by the time constant of a first-order delay filter and a dead time, adjustment is ef... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7146233 | Request queue management Methods and apparatus providing, controlling and managing a dynamically sized, highly scalable and available server farm are disclosed. A Virtual Server Farm (VSF) is created out of a wide scale computing fabric (“Computing Grid”) which is physically constructed... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146232 | Agent program environment A system and method for programming a plurality of agents onto a distributed control system are disclosed. The system includes a terminal that displays a graphical user interface having a plurality of images. The plurality of images includes a first image showing a ... | 12/05/2006 |
