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6754554 Semiconductor manufacturing apparatus detecting state of connection between controllers  
An interlock system can discriminate a controller in which an abnormality occurs in a control system of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus in which a plurality of controllers are connected...
6748282 Flexible dispatching system and method for coordinating between a manual automated dispatching mode  
The present invention discloses a tool control system (TCS) having an operation management interface providing an interface for an operator to communicate with the tool control system and with an...
6745142 Recipe comparison system  
A recipe comparison system having recipe management ability in both offline accessing and online operating modes. The recipe comparison system includes an equipment server, an analysis module, and...
6745092 Product management system, and host computer and recorded medium used in the system  
The product management system for sputtering targets is configured between a target manufacturer and target customers via a computer network. The customer and the manufacturer share the various...
6735492 Feedback method utilizing lithographic exposure field dimensions to predict process tool overlay settings  
A system and method of monitoring and predicting tool overlay settings comprise generating current lot information, generating historical data, categorizing (binning) the historical data into...
6732007 Method and apparatus for implementing dynamic qualification recipes  
A method includes retrieving current state information associated with a process tool. A dynamic qualification recipe is generated based on the current state information. The dynamic qualification...
6728589 Customized respiratory mask and method of manufacturing same  
An apparatus and method for making a customized respiratory mask without contacting a facial area of the subject is provided according to the invention. The apparatus includes an image capturing...
6725112 Method, system and storage medium for optimizing a product design  
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a method for optimizing a product design. The method includes specifying a plurality of application parameters for the product. A plurality of...
6718219 Production control system and method for assigning fabrication facility production demand  
Within both a computer assisted system for assigning a production demand within a plurality of fabrication facilities and a computer assisted method for assigning the production demand within the...
6718222 Automatic machine for processing cigarettes  
An automatic machine for processing cigarettes, whereby a control device, which can be activated when the machine is stopped, activates at least one test operating member as of a rest condition and...
6714828 Method and system for designing a probe card  
A method and system for designing a probe card from data provided by prospective customers via the Internet is provided. Design specifications are entered into the system by prospective customers...
6714831 Paint defect automated seek and repair assembly and method  
A method of detecting and repairing paint defects on a vehicle body ( 10 ) is provided, including developing paint defect data using electronic imaging of the vehicle body (S 1 ), referencing said...
6711731 Web based tool control in a semiconductor fabrication facility  
In brief, the present invention provides a system for the interconnection of semiconductor fabrication tools (“process tools”) in a semiconductor fabrication facility by use of a data network...
6704611 System and method for rough milling  
An automated computer-implemented method for generating commands for controlling a computer numerical control machine to fabricate an object from a workpiece. The method includes the steps of: (1)...
6701206 Method and system for controlling a process tool  
A method includes processing a workpiece in accordance with a first operating recipe. The workpiece is processed in accordance with a second operating recipe subsequent to processing the workpiece...
6697692 Control system of factory automation facility for seatbelt retractor assembly and method thereof  
a control system of a factory automation facility for a seatbelt retractor assembly comprising a factory automation facility and a control portion for controlling the operating of all parts in the...
6697693 Product development system using common format data  
In a car development system, a control specification development computer transmits Excel-format matching data of a car manufacturer to an XML database computer of an ECU supplier. The XML database...
6694210 Process recipe modification in an integrated circuit fabrication apparatus  
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for modifying process recipe information utilized by a wafer processing system having a controller with permanent rewritable storage, memory, a...
6690984 System and method for assembly integration  
The present invention is directed to a system and method for assembly integration. A method of assembling a product based on a received order includes receiving an order for a product having a...
6687567 Power tools  
Power tool ( 1 ) may include a drive source ( 22 ). A device for generating an elevated torque, such as a hammer ( 4 ) and anvil ( 2 ), may be operably coupled to the drive source. Further, a...
6687559 Apparatus and method for a vertically integrated construction business  
A system and method for a vertically integrated construction business. More specifically, a system and method for employing the World Wide Web in a business that vertically integrates the concrete...
6687561 Method and apparatus for determining a sampling plan based on defectivity  
A method includes processing a plurality of workpieces in accordance with an operating recipe. A defectivity metric is determined based on the operating recipe. A sampling plan for measuring a...
6687556 Method of and apparatus for thin plate assembly, and computer product  
A blade as an edged member having separated two forward ends is inserted into an opening of a holder as a U-shaped member, and a gap between the two forward ends of the inserted blade is widened so...
6684123 Method and apparatus for accessing a multiple chamber semiconductor wafer processing system  
A factory interface for a multiple chamber semiconductor wafer processing cluster tool having a K-wafer load-lock (KWLL). The KWLL comprises a variable number of K+1 wafer slots assigned as inbound...
6675057 Integrated circuit annealing methods and apparatus  
Improved methods for performing thermal annealing of objects, such as wafers of integrated circuits (ICs), employ a scanning continuous wave laser beam. The annealing time is dependent upon the...
6671572 Method and computer program for automated design and manufacture of custom workholding fixtures requiring machining of substantially unique mounting geometries  
A method and computer program providing for substantially automated CAD/CAM design and manufacture of custom workholding fixtures used to locate and secure workpieces on which work, such as, for...
6668199 Fabrication method for a control unit for electronic microcontrollers or micoprocessors  
A method of fabricating or designing a control unit for electronic microcontrollers or microprocessors that includes fabricating a finite state machine having at least one combinatorial network,...
6662061 System and method for simulation and modeling of batch process manufacturing facilities using process time lines  
A system and method for the simulation and modeling of biopharmaceutical batch process manufacturing facilities using process time lines is described herein. The system employs a four-field...
6662069 Slider having independently controlled crown and cross curvature and method of controlling curvature  
An apparatus and method for controlling cross and crown curvatures of a bearing surface is provided. The apparatus obtains a measure of the cross and crown curvatures. Material stresses are altered...
6658313 Apparatus for adjusting the origins of module heads of a surface mounting apparatus and method therefor  
There is disclosed an apparatus for adjusting the origins of module heads of a surface mounting apparatus for a dual gantry, the adjusting apparatus, and method therefor. The invention includes the...
6658316 Parametric programming of robots and automated machines for manufacturing electrical enclosures  
The present invention provides a system and method for creating products of varying characteristics on an automated production line. The system includes one or more production line devices, for...
6650958 Integrated process tool monitoring system for semiconductor fabrication  
An integrated process tool monitoring system for semiconductor fabrication. Specifically, a process tool parameter auditing system, where a process tool user need not run a different verification...
6647308 Key manufacturing method  
A method of making duplicate keys employs the use of a scanning device for capturing the physical profile of a master key or alternately, formulating the profile as a data construct without the use...
6640149 System and method of developing a can bottom profile and a can with a domed bottom structure  
A method of developing a can (e.g. beverage) bottom profile is presented. More specifically, finite element analysis on a parametric representation of a beverage can is used for developing an...
6615159 Method and system for supporting maintenance for a molding system  
A method and system is provided to determine or estimate components that may have to be maintained before a molding system that has those components is caused to be stopped by problems with those...
6609041 Method and system for SKU tracking and changeover  
A method for tracking multiple SKUs of ophthalmic devices in a manufacturing line, comprises the steps of: assembling first molding devices, at least one of the first molding devices having an...
6606532 Method of manufacturing system LSI and system LSI manufactured using the method  
A method of manufacturing a system LSI is disclosed, in which the running cost such the power consumption is not increased even in the case where the hardware, and software are reused for reducing...
6594539 Three-dimensional dental imaging method and apparatus having a reflective member  
An intra-oral imaging system that produces images of a dental surface includes a probe that contains an optical conduit for transmitting light with spatially varying wavelengths for illuminating a...
6585328 Customized mattress evaluation system  
A customized mattress evaluation system allows for uniquely designed mattresses based upon a particular customer's physical attributes. The system allows a retail mattress store to collect data...
6587741 Method and system for designing a spline coupling  
A method and a system for designing a spline coupling, comprising the steps of creating signals representing a spline coupling knowledge base of information having a plurality of rule signals with...
6577912 Computer device for production equipment  
A computer device 1 for production equipment comprises an arithmetic unit 10 , an input device 11 for inputting operation data, a display device 12 for displaying operation data, and an HDD...
6574519 Method of repairing a vehicle body, method of calculating amount of a repair work, and sheet for repairing vehicle body  
A method of calculating the amount of a repair work of a vehicle body including marking pulling-out points of a damaged part at prescribed intervals in the damaged part of the panel of the vehicle...
6567714 Method and system for manufacturing a computer system with the assistance of a wireless information network  
A manufacturing process starts from installing a wireless communication subsystem on a computer system, and allows information exchanges made wirelessly by the computer system and a manufacturing...
6560500 Method and apparatus for manufacturing objects having optimized response characteristics  
A method for manufacturing an object having a potential {x} which is generated in response to a field {f} applied thereto is provided. The method includes the step of designing a geometric model of...
6553273 Fraction defective estimating method, system for carrying out the same and recording medium  
A method and a system for estimating an assembling-related fraction defective coefficient of an article in the stage preceding to manufacturing, e.g. at a stage of design. Assembling operation,...
6553332 Method for evaluating process chambers used for semiconductor manufacturing  
A process chamber ( 12 ) is used for plasma etching of a wafer ( 21 ) disposed therein. A gas mixture supplied to the chamber eventually passes through openings ( 28 ) in a baffle plate ( 27 )....
6546306 Method for adjusting incoming film thickness uniformity such that variations across the film after polishing minimized  
A method comprising determining a polishing profile produced by a polishing tool and manufacturing a process layer with a surface profile prior to polishing operations based upon the determined...
6546301 Method for reinsertion in a reduced retooling cost system  
A method for reducing retooling costs, particularly relative to painting processes for vehicles. The method includes dividing the order into groups based on color, painting them in color order, and...
6535825 Method and device for obtaining calibration data of mechanical press, and load display device for mechanical press  
When obtaining load displaying calibration data, first, a reference die height position (a) where a load (F) of a mechanical press ( 1 ) comes to minimum load value (Fa) is sought as well as a...
6535785 System and method for monitoring and controlling gas plasma processes  
A system and method for monitoring the conditions in a gas plasma processing system while varying or modulating the RF power supplied to the system, so that resulting signals of the electrical...