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7627394 Robot trajectory control including emergency evacuation path system and method  
A system and process is provided for controlling a robot path of a robot including providing a main path for movement of the robot based on path data having points along the main path and providing...
7615961 Control device for stepping motor  
A control device for a stepping motor of the present invention stores setting data for controlling a state of the stepping motor in a data storage unit for each of a plurality of basic control...
7606514 Belt driving apparatus, image forming apparatus, belt driving method, and computer-readable medium for driving a belt  
A belt driving apparatus is disclosed, that uses feedback signals for executing feedback control of a motor that drives the rotation of a belt. The belt driving apparatus includes a first sensor...
7597531 Method of controlling mover device  
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of controlling a mover device The method includes generating a moving force from a moving force generating unit to move a processing base with...
7599771 Parking assisting apparatus  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking assisting apparatus for assisting a vehicle driver in parking a vehicle more easily than the conventional apparatuses. The parking...
7595600 Method and system for torque control in permanent magnet machines  
Methods and systems are provided for controlling permanent magnet machines. The method includes determining a maximum torque of the PM machine based on an error between a commanded d-axis flux and...
7586282 Hardware based configurable motion control apparatus and method  
Apparatus for generating a motion control algorithm for the control of an AC electric machine, the apparatus comprising a motion control engine comprising a motion control sequencer, a motion...
7587260 Autonomous navigation system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller, which executes instructions for autonomously navigating a robot. The instructions repeat, on each iteration through an...
7584020 Occupancy change detection system and method  
A robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller. The system controller executes instructions for producing an occupancy grid map of an environment around the robot,...
7579803 Robot confinement  
A method of confining a robot in a work space includes providing a portable barrier signal transmitting device including a primary emitter emitting a confinement beam primarily along an axis...
7576509 Drive control method, drive control device, belt apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading apparatus, computer product  
Driving of a pulse motor is controlled in such a manner that a rotating body driven by the pulse motor rotates at a uniform angular velocity. Angular displacement of the rotating body is detected,...
7568536 Omni-directional robot cleaner  
An omni-directional robot cleaner, composed of a platform and a plurality of driving units for driving and controlling the movement of the platform, in which the platform further comprises: a...
7567052 Robot navigation  
A directed beam emitter system for robot navigation in which a light beam emitter emits a modulated directed light beam of a first modulation and an omnidirectional diffuse light region emitter...
7557528 System, method, and computer software code for detection and interchangeability of a motor  
A method for autonomously identifying a type of motor based on a characteristic value of the motor, the method including measuring a characteristic value of a motor, comparing the measured...
7531981 Controller for servomotor  
A controller for a servomotor capable of improving accuracy of positioning and quality of a machined surface by switching modes of correction of a position command or the like, and reducing a shock...
7525274 Method and device for controlling a plurality of manipulators  
A method and a system for controlling a plurality of manipulators with a large number of control units associated with the manipulators in such a way that each control unit controls at least one...
7526362 Remote robot control method using three-dimensional pointing procedure and robot control system using the remote robot control method  
A remote robot control method using a three-dimensional pointing procedure and a robot control system using the remote robot control method. The robot control system controls a robot in response to...
7518329 Method and device for cutting freeform surfaces by milling  
A method and a device for cutting freeform surfaces is disclosed. In 5-axis cutting, a workpiece is milled by a tool, i.e., a milling cutter, in such a way that a desired freeform surface is...
7479752 Rotation actuator for endoscopic devices  
Methods and devices are provided for rotating an end effector on a long, flexible medical device. The methods and devices utilize an actuator mechanism that is effective to rotate an end effector...
7479750 Controller for electric motor  
A controller including a learning control unit for determining learning data based on a positional deviation between a target-position command commanding superimposed-type motion including...
7479751 Elimination of unintended velocity reversals in s-curve velocity profiles  
A method is employed to eliminate undesired velocity reversal in a motion profile. A start speed, a start acceleration, a speed limit, an acceleration limit, a deceleration limit, an acceleration...
7456593 Direct drive transport system  
A system, method and apparatus for controlling a linear stage a pallet is described herein. In one aspect, a conveyor system includes a conveyor pallet that includes a first mobile magnetic...
7456600 Pulse code width modulation motor drive system  
A detailed architectural and operational characteristic of a pulse code width modulation (PCWM) motor drive system is presented. The system can drive a three phase permanent magnet AC (PMAC) motor...
7451016 Industrial robot comprising a portable operating unit which a movable key device for identification of the robot  
An industrial robot system including a plurality of industrial robots. Each robot includes a manipulator, a control unit for automatically operating the manipulator, and a movable key device...
7436140 Image display device and stand for image display device  
A self-supporting stand for a thin display device is to be controlled so that the display device faces in a preset screen direction in a one-touch manner. A function of constantly recognizing the...
7429845 System and method for controlling a stage assembly  
A stage assembly ( 220 ) that moves a work piece ( 200 ) a movement step ( 257 ) includes a first stage ( 238 ), a first mover assembly ( 242 ), a second stage ( 240 ), and a second mover assembly...
7427846 Method of optimizing servo controller power in two-dimensional flexure mems storage devices  
A method of optimizing a servo controller power required in the operation of two-dimensional flexure (Microelectronic Memory Storage) MEMS devices. Furthermore, provided is an arrangement for...
7423404 Sample-loading system and anti-collision device and anti-collision method thereof  
Some embodiments of the present invention provide an anti-collision device used for a sample-loading system. This device may include a code plate, an optical coupler, a location signal-detecting...
7417393 Load driver capable of suppressing overcurrent  
A control device determines whether a motor generator is controlled in a PWM control mode, an overmodulation control mode or a rectangular-wave control mode. If a command to perform a boosting...
7414378 High precision positioning powered turntable and control method thereof  
The invention relates to the field of material handling or logistic equipment in particular, relates to turntables, which can be used especially for automation of production line, assembly...
7402974 Device for detecting lift of autonomous mobile robot  
Disclosed herein is a device for detecting lift of an autonomous mobile robot. The device comprises at least one detection unit to detect lift of the main body of the robot during driving of the...
7397212 DC motor phase estimation with phase-locked loop  
A DC motor phase estimation algorithm that estimates a speed-related harmonic frequency of a DC motor current under dynamic load conditions having known geometry parameters. The algorithm estimates...
7391177 Master-slave manipulator system and this operation input devices  
In a master-slave manipulator system capable of presenting an obstacle and a limit to an operating range as a force feed-back with no use of a motor in an operation input device and having high...
7378811 Device for absorbing floor-landing shock for legged mobile robot  
A landing shock absorbing device 18 disposed in a foot mechanism 6 of a leg of a robot, wherein an inflatable bag-like member 19 (variable capacity element) is provided at a bottom face side...
7375485 Control systems and methods for starting permanent magnet rotating machines  
Systems and methods for controlling a rotating electromagnetic machine. The rotating machine, such as a permanent magnet motor or hybrid switched reluctance motor, includes a stator having a...
7372230 Off-axis rotary joint  
An off-axis rotary joint ( 20 ) for selectively enabling communication of a signal (i.e., electrical and/or optical) between a housing ( 21 ) mounted for rotation about an axis (y-y) relative to a...
7365510 Motor spindle control system and method  
In a method for measuring motor speed and position by detecting the back EMF generated during pole-pair interactions, a separate respective duration of a power phase suppression signal, that is set...
7348748 Motorized system and method of control  
A system and method for generating a controlled motion path with a machine-tool system having a controller operating in a servo rate. The method includes a first interpolation step, in which a path...
7348742 Lighting fixture with synchronizable optical filter wheel and related method  
A method of making an optical filter wheel of a device synchronizable with an internal, rotatable virtual reference wheel, created in a memory of a motor controller of the device, is disclosed. The...
7339342 Stepper motor controlling apparatus and pen recorder  
A stepper motor controlling apparatus has a driver which drives a stepper motor in response to an input pulse signal, a PWM controlling section which changes a duty ratio of the pulse signal fed to...
7313461 Data connectivity with a robotic device  
A method for data connectivity in a room with a robotic device. In the method, at least one condition is detected with a plurality of sensors and the detected at least one condition is communicated...
7286903 Robotic library communication protocol  
A method and system are disclosed for transmitting data among robots and a controller computer system within an automated robotic library. A robotic library communication protocol is described for...
7282882 Robot controller  
A robot control system for simultaneously controlling multi-axial robots each of which has actuators, a standard movement part being set in each of the robots, includes: a single main controller...
7276866 Moving control apparatus and moving control method  
A moving control apparatus comprising: a moving member provided movably at least in one direction; a driver having a movable element connected to the moving member and a stator to displace the...
7274165 Numerical controller  
A numerical controller capable of mitigating mechanical shock caused by tool compensation while a machine tool is operated according to table data. X- and Z-axis path tables Tx, Tz store X- and...
7248006 Electronically controlled electric motor  
A system for controlling an electric motor comprises, in one embodiment, an encoder; a central processor in communication with said encoder; a module processor in communication with said central...
7227328 Method for detecting a possible collision of at least two objects moving with respect to each other  
A method is for detecting a possible collision of at least two objects moving with respect to each other by simulating the intended relative motion of the two objects. At least one of the objects...
7221120 Robot hand  
A robot hand has a plurality of fingers and is provided, at a location at which the robot hand touches an object, with a moving means for touching the object and moving the object. The moving means...
7211980 Robotic follow system and method  
Robot platforms, methods, and computer media are disclosed. The robot platform includes perceptors, locomotors, and a system controller, which executes instructions for a robot to follow a target...
7208898 Near time-optimal jerk trajectory for positioning a control object  
Method and apparatus for control object manipulation from an initial position to a final position. A jerk control profile describes a near time-optimal jerk trajectory for the control object and...