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7617403 Method and apparatus for controlling heat generation in a multi-core processor  
The disclosed methodology and apparatus may reduce heat generation in a multi-core processor. In one embodiment, a multi-core processor cycles selected processor cores off in a predetermined...
7567859 Methods and apparatuses for control of building cooling, heating and power co-generation systems  
A control system and method for achieving economic operation of CHP systems. A plurality of factors, including power source prices and operational needs, are assessed using multiple strategies. The...
7558687 Method and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of a sensor sampling rate  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dynamic adjustment of a sensor sampling rate. The method includes providing a data collection plan indicative of at least one first...
7558646 Cooperative control system of robots  
The present invention has a communication connection means ( 21 ) which mutually connects communicatably control units (Ca, Cb) for individually controlling operations of robots (Ra, Rb) to...
7551974 Processing method of workpieces using combined processing machines  
Plural combined processing machines perform various processes to workpieces W. The combined processing machines are arranged in a processing line according to a volume of products of the...
7526365 Continuous-flow irrigation timer  
An apparatus for controlling an irrigation system having multiple irrigation zones. The apparatus comprises a processor with associated memory, a plurality of valve controllers, an input device and...
7499764 Constraint-based solution method, constraint-based solver and constraint-based solution system  
The purpose is to solve target problems in short calculation time certainly without describing algorithms that are data procedures on computers. As the solution method, because it is configured so...
7469219 Order management system  
A system for managing orders for products, including goods and services, which dynamically creates processes for providing those products has been developed. This order management system creates...
7432681 Scanner system  
A scanner system includes a servo control unit. A rotation angle of a rotating shaft supporting a mirror is detected, and an error of the detected value with respect to a commanded value is...
7406353 Method and system of programming at least one appliance to change state upon the occurrence of a trigger event  
An automation system for programming appliances having programmable controllers, programmable devices and trigger devices that communicate over a communication link. The user programs the...
7376548 Methods and apparatus for simulating industrial processes  
In order to design and implement industrial processes in an efficient manner, an apparatus ( 1 ) is provided which can simulate a process to be implemented. The processing of the simulation is...
7349763 System and method for systematically irrigating subregions of an irrigation region  
A method for irrigating an irrigation region ( 30 ) with an irrigation unit ( 20 ) includes the steps of subdividing the irrigation region ( 30 ) into a plurality of subregions ( 34 ), establishing...
7325171 Measurement and data acquisition system including a real-time monitoring circuit for implementing control loop applications  
A measurement and data acquisition system including a real-time monitoring circuit for implementing control loop applications. The system control loop may include the real-time monitoring circuit,...
7291285 Method and system for line-dimension control of an etch process  
A method and system for controlling a dimension of an etched feature. The method includes: measuring a mask feature formed on a top surface of a layer on a substrate to obtain a mask feature...
7261245 Adaptive irrigation of vegetation  
Adaptive irrigation of vegetation is achieved with a probe implanted into the soil for detecting rootage wetness needs by measuring soil impedance with contacts distributed along the probe. When a...
7256769 System and method for text entry on a reduced keyboard  
A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system...
7231262 Apparatus for monitoring and controlling use of equipment  
Apparatus is provided for controlling and limiting the amount of time that a television, computer game, or other electrical appliance can be utilized. The apparatus is inserted in the electrical...
7228185 Method for controlling and/or regulating industrial processes  
In a method for controlling and/or regulating industrial processes ( 1, 20 ), a standard operating system ( 3 ) with a real-time module or a real-time operating system is implemented on a hardware...
7167772 Machining time calculating apparatus  
A structure having a parameter storing unit which stores a parameter to be used when a numeric control apparatus drives and controls the numeric control machine tool, a program interpretation unit...
7149606 Synchronizing controllers linked by a communications network  
A control system includes controllers that are coupled mutually by a communications network, on which information, transmitted from a master controller to a slave controller, is used to make timing...
7146265 Control device with time measuring function  
A control device with a time measuring function measures a turned-off time of an ignition switch with a low consumption current and high accuracy at a level adapted for a demand from the...
7110836 Controllable appliance arrangement  
A transmission/reception device is provided merely as an embedded system, and a domestic appliance control program and/or an industrial appliance control program is/are transferred from the...
7107120 Apparatus and method for controlling inter-process buffer, and program and storage medium realizing the same  
An object of the invention is to minimize the number of in-process items. To this end, in an inter-process buffer controlling apparatus according to the invention, the size of a buffer to be used...
7096104 Control unit for a load  
Control unit for a load, in particular for a sliding sunroof control of a vehicle, having a microprocessor and having an integrated voltage regulator for generating the supply voltage of the...
7039472 Schedule execution managing apparatus and method  
A schedule execution managing apparatus comprises a planned start time setting unit setting the planned start time of a schedule in correspondence with a predetermined base time and an offset from...
7036025 Method and apparatus to reduce power consumption of a computer system display screen  
In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a computer system may determine focus areas and non-focus areas of the display screen. The brightness of non-focus areas may then be...
7030749 Parallel measurement alarm processor  
An alarm processor suppresses alarms when a physiological parameter is below a predetermined value but recovering toward a normal range.
7024254 Method for controlling a discrete system  
A system and method for controlling a controlled parameter that affects a target parameter of a target zone is disclosed. The method comprises providing a feedback control loop having a switching...
7010361 Clock radio with computer-based remote control facilitator  
A clock radio includes a clock a user interface that is dynamically configurable from a remote computer. Once configured, the user interface allows a user to select radio programs that are...
7010360 Automatic conversion of dates and times for messaging  
A system and method are disclosed for automatically converting dates and times in electronic text messages to the local dates and times of the message recipients. For example, when a text message...
6999832 Production machine with capability of transmitting production information and method for generating events regarding production information while operating the production machine  
A production machine has at least one signal output with the capability of transmitting production status information to a production control system or production monitoring system. Signal outputs...
6970838 Methods and systems for online express ordering of goods and services  
A method of processing an online purchase request from a customer includes steps of receiving a first online purchase request for a first item; retrieving pre-stored information about the customer...
6965801 Method and system for controlling one or more apparatus based on a geographic location  
A method and device that controls one or more apparatus in relation to the expected time of sunrise and sunset at the location of the apparatus. The operator enters a geographic location...
6961630 Hybrid microcontroller system and method  
A hybrid microcontroller system for controlling a function of a device in an apparatus. The system controls the switching of the device so as to inhibit the formation of an abrupt transient spike...
6957111 Automated system for cooking and method of use  
The present invention comprises an improved device and method for automated cooking foods with a liquid such as water. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a cooking chamber ( 46 ); a...
6952622 Robot pre-positioning in a wafer processing system  
A wafer cluster tool is described which operates in a regular, periodic fashion. Embodiments of the invention have a periodicity of one sending period. The invention enables the determination of...
6944575 Slave unit, node unit, controllers and network system  
Providing a slave that can precisely measure operating time of an output device that is service information, without having effects on a control system. To Mix slave 13 connected to a field...
6941175 Method of operating an industrial controller  
Mechanisms for operating an industrial controller (S) equipped with a runtime system (RTS), in particular for production machines, which enable a user to wait in the program flow for any desired...
6924731 Power supply alarm control system  
Methods and systems are provided for controlling the enabling and/or disabling of an audio alarm that indicates an occurrence of a predetermined event of a power supply, such as an uninterruptible...
6909921 Occupancy sensor and method for home automation system  
A room occupancy sensor, a home automation system and a method for automatic control of controlled devices throughout a home. A unique architecture of occupancy sensors includes entry/exit sensors...
6882656 Speculative transmit for system area network latency reduction  
A speculative transmit function, utilizing a configurable logical buffer, is implemented in a network. When a transmission is started the logical buffer is configured as a FIFO to reduce transmit...
6868309 Dialysis machine with symmetric multi-processing (SMP) control system and method of operation  
A method and control system computing platform for a dialysis machine that uses Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) architecture. The SMP architecture tightly couples multiple (e.g., 2) independent...
6862486 System and method for processing data relating to conditions in a manufacturing process  
The invention provides a system and method for processing data relating to conditions in a manufacturing process. The system and method provide a time based relationship between data items of the...
6862482 Appliance control system with LED operation indicators  
An appliance controller includes a plurality of LEDs that are configured annularly about a control knob of the appliance controller. The LEDs are operated so as to indicate status of the operation...
6856841 Appliance control system with solid state appliance controller  
A solid state appliance controller includes circuitry formed on a circuit board, the circuitry defining a voltage trace in communication with a voltage source, a first state trace, and a second...
6853957 Date and time processing in computers  
A process data capture and reporting system captures process data values at sensors. A client computer appends absolute-value time stamps to the values to complete records, which are uploaded to a...
6834207 Operating guidance system for medical equipment  
A remote maintenance and operating guidance system in which data relating to the operation of a medical system in a hospital is transmitted to an operator who operates an operating device of the...
6809489 Print control unit and print control method, and storage medium storing print control program  
There is provided a print control unit capable of transferring and stopping an object to be controlled at a target position when unexpected load is applied to the object. A print control unit...
6804562 Method and apparatus for overload-free driving of an actuator  
The invention relates to a method for overload-free driving of an actuator, in which an activation counter is incremented or decremented each time an activation request signal occurs, in which,...
6801811 Software-directed, energy-aware control of display  
A method and system for reducing energy consumption of a display in a computer system. The method includes profiling screen usage patterns and the impact of the screen usage patterns on energy...
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