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7616895 Safety edge with status and failure recognition  
A device and method for operating an optoelectronic safety sensitive edge ( 100 ) for the safeguarded motor-driven movement of a gate having a closing edge ( 141 ). The device has a deformable,...
7609019 Photovoltaic system and method for operating a photovoltaic system  
A photovoltaic system includes a plurality of photovoltaic modules and a DC motor connected to a three-phase generator driven by a shaft. The three-phase generator is connected to a power mains....
7570003 Automatic opening garbage can  
A lid assembly for use with a garbage can having a frame that includes a lip at the bottom of lid and a housing. The housing is defined by a lower wall and a sidewall with an opening. A static...
7504793 DC motor driving method for reducing adverse RF interferences and application to a vehicle lighting or signaling device  
The invention concerns a method of controlling a control circuit, which comprises a step in which a variation in a control parameter for the control circuit is effected, said variation being...
7477035 Dynamic aperture driving apparatus and method for reducing vibration  
The present invention generally relates to a dynamic aperture for controlling the intensity of light of projection lens, more particularly to a dynamic aperture driving apparatus and method for...
7466097 Wiper control method and wiper control device  
A wiper control method and a wiper control device are provided which can smoothly respond to rapid change of a rainfall situation at passage of a rainfall shutoff environment such as a tunnel. A...
7463948 Robot control apparatus  
A robot control apparatus allows a plurality of mobile robots to carry out tasks at a reduced or minimized cost as a whole with consideration given to costs derived from an encounter with an...
7425805 Three-in-one control device for a ceiling fan  
A three-in-one control device for a ceiling fan includes a signal receiving module, which is able to receive segmented controlled signals, stepless controlled signals and wireless controlled...
7420349 Microcontroller interface with hall element  
A device controller system incorporates an inexpensive Hall element to detect motion of a brushless DC motor. A magnet, which is part of a motor rotor, passes by the Hall element producing a Hall...
7417397 Automated shade control method and system  
This invention generally relates to automated shade systems that employ one or more algorithms to provide appropriate solar protection from direct solar penetration; reduce solar heat gain; reduce...
7348586 Exterior element sensor  
An exterior element sensor can include an optical element mounted on a window. The optical element can include a cylindrical lens having both ends shaped spherically and a central portion that...
7256694 Automatic lid opening and closing system for a waste container  
A lid opening and closing system for a waste container having an opening and a lid for covering the opening, the system including a proximity sensor, which may be a capacitive proximity sensor, for...
7248010 Wiper controller for controlling windshield wiper  
A wiper controller includes: a sensor for detecting a waterdrop on a windshield; a wiper for wiping the windshield; and control means for controlling operation of the wiper. The control means...
7242162 Apparatus and method for retracting awning  
An apparatus and method for retracting an awning. A sensor detects an awning acceleration caused by wind impacting the awning, and generates a signal having an amplitude corresponding thereto. When...
7235944 Wiper control system  
A wiper control system for detecting an amount of raindrops landed on a windshield of a vehicle and driving a wipe operation of a wiper to wipe the landed raindrops. The wiper control system...
7221858 Pulse-width modulation motor speed control circuit  
A PWM motor speed control circuit ( 10 ) includes a PWM signal generator ( 20 ), a driver integrated circuit (IC) ( 101 ) and a photocoupler ( 30 ) coupled between the PWM signal generator and the...
7199543 Power drive unit with unit load device sensor  
A cargo power drive unit includes a motor and at least one driver roller element coupled to the motor. The power drive unit further includes a light transmitter for emitting light and a light...
7193201 Method for measuring external light to control protection means against sunlight or illumination  
The invention concerns a method which consists in detecting and discriminating at least three states, respectively blue sky, white sky and direct sunlight. The discrimination between the three...
7154241 Wiper control method and wiper control device  
There are provided a wiper control method and a wiper control device in which unnecessary wiping operation is not performed. When a fixed amount of water passing through a detection area 4 , the...
7129660 Motor-temperature estimation apparatus and motor control apparatus  
A motor-current square value calculation section 45 calculates, as a motor-current square value, the sum of respective square values of two phase currents converted from three phase currents...
7122987 Safety garage door  
A safety garage door apparatus includes a garage door, two tracks, a controller, a linking device and a detecting device. Two tracks are installed on two sides of the garage door, respectively. The...
7081724 Electrical actuator having a direct current motor  
An electrical mains-powered actuator designed to operate a closing, darkening or solar protection element, having in a common enclosure, a direct current motor, a board controlling the motor power...
7045984 Method and apparatus for adjustment and automatic readjustment of the lamp in a microscope  
Method and apparatus for the adjustment and automatic readjustment of the lamp in a microscope. The present invention is used for adjusting the lamp in a microscope. In the solution according to...
7019476 Method for recognizing an obstructive situation in a motor driven element  
A method for recognizing an obstructed situation of a traveling element. The method includes evaluating a variable containing information about the motor's rotational speed as the motor is driving...
7006799 Energy saving motor-driven locking subsystem  
In an access control system, a method and system for conserving battery life comprising an electronic control processor in a motor-driven locking subsystem for measuring samples of back...
6969964 Control device and method of use  
A control device and method of used includes receiving a signal from a first sensor and receiving a signal from a second sensor after receiving the signal from the first sensor. In response to the...
6963184 Adaptable spatial notch filter  
A spatial notch filter is described that adapts in accordance with changes to an angular velocity of a rotating component within a manufacturing system. In a manufacturing system, noise may appear...
6922153 Safety detection and protection system for power tools  
A detection system for detecting a dangerous condition for an operator using a power tool of the type which has an exposed blade relative to a work surface and a protection system for minimizing,...
6922033 Barbeque cover support device  
A cooking apparatus for controlling the opening of a cover over a barbecue grill includes a motor for opening and closing the cover over the barbecue grill, with the motor connected to the cover by...
6914401 Sensor arrangement for monitoring a spatial area  
A sensor arrangement for monitoring a spatial area of least one motor-driven wing of a door includes a plurality of primary transmitters emitting beams of radiation toward a spatial area, and a...
6894619 Sensor for optically detecting foreign bodies particularly raindrops on a glass pane  
A sensor for optical detection of foreign bodies, in particular raindrops, on a window, in particular on the windshield of a motor vehicle, having a sensor element that is coupled to the inside of...
6859005 Garbage container with automatic door operator  
A garbage container includes a base section for collecting garbage and a lid section attachable to the base section. The lid section includes an access door pivotally operable therewith. The...
6850017 Head rail-mounted actuator for window coverings  
A mini-blind actuator has a motor and a housing that holds the motor and a dc battery. The rotor of the motor is coupled to the baton of the mini-blind for rotating the baton and thereby opening or...
6819367 Shade-free light control system and method  
Light control system and method in which a privacy glass window having first and second transparent substrates with a film of liquid crystal between the substrates is mounted in the wall or roof of...
6812662 Photoelectric power supply system for motorized window coverings  
A photoelectric power supply system for motorized window coverings includes a light detector electrically connected to a relatively high dielectric capacitor. In turn, the capacitor is connected to...
6759816 Tape drive with non-contact optical tape tension sensor  
The invention is a non-contact optical tape tension sensor for a tape drive. A light source directs an incident beam to the tape in a region of the tape path near where the tape bends. The amount...
6752476 Structure of a garbage-box  
A structure of a garbage-box having a container body and a collection container, a moving door module being provided to the garbage inlet of the container body, characterized in that a sensor is...
6732018 Awning assembly and control system  
This invention relates to a retractable and extendable awning and control system for automatically extending and retracting the awning. A front of an awning fabric is attached to a front bar,...
6718240 Remote keyless entry system  
A remote keyless entry system and method is described, in which a keyless entry vehicle key fob can be toggled between a guest mode and a driver-specific mode. When the key fob is in the guest...
6690130 Windshield wiper system  
Operation of a windshield wiper system for cleaning a windshield of a motor vehicle includes driving at least one wiper by an electric drive motor so that the at least one wiper shifted between two...
6519130 Lid opener mechanism  
A lid opening mechanism includes an enclosure with at least one wall having an inner periphery which defines a bay. A lid is attached to the enclosure and is moveable between an open position and a...
6465975 Method and system for controlling torque in permanent magnet brushless electric motors  
A novel method is proposed for controlling the torque of a PM brushless motor with sinusoidal back-emfs without current sensors by computing the required input phase voltages with measured rotor...
RE37784 Barrier operator having system for detecting attempted forced entry  
A movable barrier or garage door operator has a barrier drive for moving the movable barrier or garage door between open and closed positions. Motion of the barrier is detected by a tachometer...
6414456 Positioning device  
A positioning device comprising a securing system for securing equipment thereto. The device may be removably clamped to an elongate support structure, and shifted to different positions on the...
6400112 Bi-directional pass-point system for controlling the operation of movable barriers  
An operator for opening and closing movable barriers such as garage doors comprising a pass-point limit system which is a component of an operating head. An operator for a rolling shutter or gate...
6369530 Battery-powered wireless remote-control motorized window covering assembly having controller components  
A wireless battery-operated window covering assembly is disclosed. The window covering has a head rail in which all the components are housed. These include a battery pack, an interface module...
6366040 Method and apparatus for controllably moving a window  
An apparatus 10 for controllably moving a vehicle window, which is deployed upon a vehicle 12 of the type having a cab 14 including a rear or “backlight” window 16 . Apparatus 10 ...
6359409 Encoder  
An encoder operates in accordance with the transparent scanning principle. The encoder includes a rotating shaft, a partial disk connected nonrotatably concentrically with the shaft, an...
6346789 Motor step-less speed control with active feedback of phase detector  
An apparatus for and method of controlling the circulating fan of a gas appliance. The circulating fan is powered by an alternating current electric motor. An electronic circuit, powered by the...
6329774 Ultrasonic method and apparatus for automatically controlling moving doors  
A method and apparatus for automatically controlling the movement of a door over a floor from an open position to a closed position with respect to a door frame, by mounting ultrasonic transmitters...
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