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7403120 Reverse infrastructure location system and method  
Methods and apparatus are provided to locate a terminal within a workspace. Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided in known locations, preferably in, on or adjacent the light...
7402966 Linear drive with travel measurement  
The invention concerns a linear drive ( 1 ) with a linear stroke for the displacement of movably supported parts, in particular of articles of furniture, comprising a rotary spindle ( 2 ) which is...
7402635 Process for preparing polyethylene  
Disclosed is process for producing polyethylene using a slurry loop reactor. The process includes using a mathematical model to predict a plurality of process control parameters based on the...
7402438 Automated identification of carbohydrates in mass spectra  
Disclosed is a computerized method for identifying peaks corresponding to glycans from a mass spectrum. At least one glycan spectrum is received from a mass spectrometer, with each glycan spectrum...
7402219 Method and device for the production of a multi-layered three-dimensional component  
The invention relates to a method and a device ( 12, 13 ) for producing a multi-layered three-dimensional component ( 14 ). In a first step, a layered geometrical structure is formed, said...
7402179 Garment processing with biological inspection procedures  
Biological inspection procedures and surface sanitization procedures are incorporated with a garment providing service to look for and monitor the presence of microbes, such as bacteria in...
7402178 Garment processing with biological sanitization and inspection procedures  
Biological inspection procedures and surface sanitization procedures are incorporated with a garment providing service to look for and monitor the presence of microbes, such as bacteria in...
7401934 File system for a stage lighting array system  
A file system for a stage lighting system that maintains the different files associated with the stage lighting system. Each of the files that can represent an effect are maintained within the...
RE40437 Thermostat system with remote data averaging  
A thermostat system according to the invention includes: a central control device (typically a programmable thermostat with a processor having: a CPU, real time clock and a memory for storing a...
7401319 Method and system for reticle-wide hierarchy management for representational and computational reuse in integrated circuit layout design  
A hierarchical representation encapsulates the detailed internal composition of a sub-circuit using the notion of a cell definition (a CellDef). The CellDef serves as a natural unit for operational...
7401066 Correlation of end-of-line data mining with process tool data mining  
One embodiment of the present invention is a process tool optimization system that includes: (a) a data mining engine that analyzes end-of-line yield data to identify one or more process tools...
7401013 Method to optimize test data  
A method for optimizing data gathering, is provided wherein the method comprising the steps of designing a first system test comprising two or more maneuvers, compiling a one or more data variable...
7401004 System for reviewing defects, a computer implemented method for reviewing defects, and a method for fabricating electronic devices  
A system for reviewing defects includes an analysis module configured to analyze defect information of a plurality of intermediate products, the defect information including information of an...
7400992 Fitting multidimensional measurement data to tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainty of the measurements  
Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the...
7400974 Method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device  
A method and apparatus for locating position of a GPS device is described. In one example, a method for provisioning a mobile device with a model for determining a position of the mobile device in...
7400945 On-die temperature monitoring in semiconductor devices to limit activity overload  
Thermal control for a controller in a data processing environment is described. In one embodiment, the invention includes detecting a temperature of a semiconductor device at a thermal sensor on...
7400944 Wireless irrigation control device and related method  
An irrigation control device has a controller sealed within a watertight housing. The control device also has an antenna, power supply and battery charging device, such as a solar array. The...
7400943 Methods and systems for analyzing engine unbalance conditions  
Methods and systems for analyzing engine unbalance conditions are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving vibrational data from a plurality of locations distributed over an engine...
7400942 Apparatus for temperature control using a cycle rate control algorithm  
The present invention controls a room temperature by controlling an environmental control unit. A total span about a setpoint temperature is adjusted in accordance with a previous total span and a...
7400941 Method and apparatus for monitoring polyolefin production  
The present technique provides for the use of spectroscopic probes, such as Raman probes, within the conduits of a polyolefin production system. The Raman probe or other spectroscopic probes may be...
7400940 Method and apparatus for generating a volatilized liquid  
A programmable aerosol generator forms a volatilized liquid by supplying a material in liquid form to a flow passage and heating the flow passage, such that the material volatilizes and expands out...
7400939 Robot device, motion control device for robot device and motion control method  
A motion equation with a boundary condition regarding a future center-of-gravity horizontal trajectory of a robot is solved so that the moment around a horizontal axis at a point within a support...
7400938 Method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric  
The present invention relates to a method for assigning states to stitches of a fabric, wherein the state can vary between a first and a second state, that comprising the steps of allocating a part...
7400937 MP3 player with code sensor  
An MP3 player ( 10 ) is provided with an image sensor ( 16 ) capable of imaging invisible infrared tags ( 78 ) on a substrate ( 70 ). The tags ( 78 ) encode identity data which is directly or...
7400936 Mechanism for rapidly installing and detaching hard disk  
The present invention is to provide a mechanism for rapidly installing and detaching a hard disk, comprising a U-shaped handle pivotally mounted at both sides of the hard disk and having a latch in...
7400935 Method for implementing indirect controller  
A system and method for implementing an indirect controller for a plant. A plant can be provided with both a direct controller and an indirect controller with a system model or a committee of...
7400934 Methods and apparatus for polishing control  
A CMP station can be closed loop controlled by using data obtained by an inline metrology station from a first polished wafer to affect the processing of subsequent polished wafers. The first wafer...
7400933 SISO model predictive controller  
A method of predictive control for a single input, single output (SISO) system, including modeling the SISO system with model factors, detecting output from the SISO system, estimating a filtered...
7400932 Management of the flow of persons and advertisement distribution via wireless media  
A system and method of wirelessly managing the loading of patrons to an attraction in an entertainment environment is disclosed. A patron can register with the entertainment environment utilizing a...
7400239 Universal control apparatus and methods  
Apparatus and methods for control of one or more functions within a premises. In one embodiment, the control apparatus comprises a “universal” electronic switch which can be configured...
7399917 Music content playback apparatus, music content playback method and storage medium  
A music content playback apparatus includes: a selection section that selects a piece of music content out of a plurality of pieces of music content; a recognition section that recognizes playback...
7399446 Apparatus and process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal surface of equipment  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal suface of equipment.
7399380 Jet velocity vector profile measurement and control  
In a papermaking system having a headbox to dispense a jet of liquid and paper forming fibers, an improvement comprising at least one sensor arrangement for simultaneously or sequentially measuring...
7399364 Hermetic cap layers formed on low-κ films by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition  
A method of forming a cap layer over a dielecrtic layer on a substrate including forming a plasma from a process gas including oxygen and tetraethoxysilane, and depositing the cap layer on the...
7399325 Method and apparatus for a hydrogen fuel cassette distribution and recovery system  
A cassette-based hydrogen fuel distribution and recovery method and system is disclosed.
7398850 Transport apparatus  
A transport apparatus including: a travel route having a plurality of retrieval locations continuous with the route; a plurality of article transporting vehicles that move along the route; control...
7398700 Bolt tightening method and bolt tightening apparatus  
After it is tightened with a snug torque T A , a bolt is tuned by a total turning angle θ S equivalent to the sum of an initial-set turning angle θ A and a corrective additional-turning angle...
7398585 Method for manufacturing an internal core for injection mold tool  
An internal core is separated along a horizontal plane delineated at the transition point between the tapered wall portion and the parallel wall portion of the core to divide the core into a...
7398412 Measure controlled delay with duty cycle control  
The disclosed embodiments relate to circuits that produce synchronized output signals. More specifically, there is provided a synchronization circuit adapted to receive an input signal, the...
7398257 Multiobjective optimization apparatus, multiobjective optimization method and multiobjective optimization program  
A multiobjective evolutionary algorithm unit feeds a set of parameters of an individual to a search history storage device in a fitness estimating unit and to an optimization target. The...
7398254 Component cost estimation system, component cost estimation method, cost standard data providing system, cost standard data providing method, recording medium, and computer data signal  
An external storage device of a component cost estimation system stores various cost information representing a component material and its cost in association with each other, and a component...
7398194 Distributed energy resources  
An improved method for analyzing power systems; in particular, power systems that may incorporate distributed energy resources (DER), that provides a thorough determination of the potential for...
7398164 Sensor network system, base station, and method to forward measured data  
The object of the invention is to facilitate the entry of a sensor node and the adoption of a protocol in the existing sensor network system effectively utilizing limited resources of...
7398162 Quantum mechanical model-based system and method for global optimization  
A model-based system and method for global optimization that utilizes quantum mechanics in order to approximate the global minimum of a given problem (e.g., mathematical function). A quantum...
7398139 Remote programming and diagnostic of decoder irrigation system  
A plurality of receptacles in an irrigation controller removably receive a plurality of modules. At least one station module is configured for insertion into a first one of the receptacles and is...
7398138 Swimming pool and spa controller systems and equipment  
Systems for controlling aspects of recreational or other environments are described. Such systems are especially, but not exclusively, useful for controlling either or both of pool or spa settings...
7398137 System and method for remotely controlling machine operations using mapping information  
Systems and methods are disclosed that enable one or more work machines to control operations of one or more remote work machines. In one embodiment, the systems and methods perform a process...
7398136 Biped robot control system  
In a biped robot control system, stereoscopic images captured by CCD cameras are analyzed, the analyzed images are then utilized to detect presence of any moving object around the robot and if it...
7398135 Method for simulating conveyance of medium  
A method for simulating the behavior of a flexible medium which is conveyed along a conveying path constructed of a pair of conveyor rollers includes the steps of dividing the surfaces of the...
7398134 Sorting apparatus with arbitrary user-specified sequence control  
A sorting system may include a sorting apparatus coupled to a programmable control system which is configured to actuate the sorting apparatus so that it assembles similar products for packaging in...