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6941185 Operating method of vacuum processing system and vacuum processing system  
A vacuum processing apparatus and method wherein a plurality of processing units are for conducting processing, a transfer processing unit is connected with the plurality of processing units for...
6925367 Control method and system for automatic pre-processing of device malfunctions  
In a control method and a system for the automatic pre-processing of device malfunctions, first data about a device malfunction are sent to a central control device by means of first terminal...
6922143 Serial bus type configuration recognition and alarm apparatus  
A serial bus type configuration recognition and alarm apparatus for a system having a plurality of various boards. The apparatus includes a plurality of first transmission units, a second...
6920377 Self-sustaining control for a heating system  
A self-sustaining control for a heating system, having conventional operational modes and pilot burner assembly, is disclosed. A controller directs operation in accordance with a need-based...
6917837 Controller having an impact sensor  
A portable operation section of a controller has an impact sensor. When the controller receives an impact due to the drop or the like of the portable operation section, the impact sensor outputs an...
6915173 Advance failure prediction  
Failure prediction for complex processes is performed utilizing one or more nonlinear regression models to relate operational variable values measured at two or more times to predicted process...
6915364 Automatically downloaded link active schedule  
A system and method for managing delivery of a link active schedule has a master link active scheduler and a backup link active scheduler communicatively coupled together via a databus. The system...
6912664 Energy-aware software-controlled plurality of displays  
Energy-aware software control in a computer system requires a plurality of displays. At least two of the displays have diverse attributes that enable reduction in the energy consumption of the...
6912428 System for developing an application system and implementing thereof  
A system for developing application systems and implementing the system for an automated machine, which can reduce the burden of installing the peripheral devices with a controller. The system...
6909923 Safety communication on a single backplane  
Safety level error detection comparable to that provided by redundant wired safety relays is obtained on a backplane of a programmable logic controller or the like by a combination of error...
6909922 Apparatus, method and computer system for reducing power consumption of a processor or processors upon occurrence of a failure condition affecting the processor or processors  
An apparatus, a method and a computer system can be used to reduce power consumption of one or more processors in response to a failure condition such as an overtemperature condition affecting the...
6901303 Method and apparatus for controlling fans and power supplies to provide accelerated run-in testing  
A method and apparatus controls fans and power supplies to provide accelerated run-in testing. By modulating fans to increase case temperatures and adjusting power supplies to provide “worst...
6901298 Saving and restoring controller state and context in an open operating system  
The present invention relates to a system and methodology for saving and restoring controller state and context in an industrial controller. In an aspect of the invention, the industrial controller...
6898468 Function block implementation of a cause and effect matrix for use in a process safety system  
A cause and effect function block, which can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming environment in a process plant safety system to implement the cause and effect logic...
6885897 Module for controlling a drive and method of using the module  
A module for controlling a drive is described. The module contains a terminal for connecting to a control system for operating tasks and a control system for safety tasks. Commands from the control...
6871299 Hierarchical failure management for process control systems  
A hierarchical failure management technique uses an integrated equipment hierarchy to automatically pass failure information from control modules to unit modules. Each control module collects...
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...
6850807 Triple redundant control device and method  
A triple redundant control device, including, first to third control units, each outputting corresponding one of first to third control signals, and outputting corresponding one of first to third...
6850821 Control system for a wind power plant  
A control system for a wind power plant that includes a damage module and a control module. The damage module compares existing stress conditions on one or more component parts of the wind power...
6839599 Kiln/cooler control and upset recovery using a combination of model predictive control and expert systems  
Kiln/cooler control and upset recovery using a combination of model predictive control and expert systems. A method for controlling a non-linear process includes the steps of first providing a...
6832343 Apparatus for controlling safety-critical processes  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling safety-critical processes. The apparatus includes at least one safe control unit for controlling the safety-critical processes and at...
6826433 Failsafe data output system and automation system having the same  
An apparatus for and a method of operating an automation system. A processing unit subjects useful information which is received via a telegram to a user designated logic operation and drives an...
6816993 Control method of electronic device controllable from external control apparatus by communication  
A video camera having a control target which can be controlled by an external control apparatus via communication, and a control method of the video camera. In first memory of the video camera,...
6813527 High integrity control system architecture using digital computing platforms with rapid recovery  
A control system architecture suitably includes sufficient computation redundancy and control command management to isolate and recover a faulted processor and/or to recover all processing units in...
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...
6795795 Probabilistic map for a building  
A probabilistic map generator for indicating the probability of a chemical, biological or other agent in a structure or building. The building is mapped in to floors and several levels of cubes in...
6778868 Remote control of laundry appliance  
A remote control system for a laundry appliance which includes a remote control device externally accessible via a communication network, the remote control device including a data base storing...
6763486 Method and apparatus of boundary scan testing for AC-coupled differential data paths  
Boundary scan testing methods that detect manufacturing defects in AC-coupled differential pairs may be based on a selected signal parameter: phase or frequency. The data is encoded by the signal...
6751509 Method for access control of aggregated data  
A class manager stores the information which is divided into hierarchical classes, wherein each class includes a policy for showing how to treat the information according to the security level, and...
6745083 Method and device for safely monitoring a speed of an electric machine  
In a method and device for monitoring speed, in particular for monitoring the rotation speed of an electric machine, two processors are employed which monitor the speed using different checking...
6745085 Fault-tolerant multi-node stage sequencer and method for energy systems  
A method for controlling energy systems such as multiple boiler systems to meet an energy need includes a controller configured as a sequencer with the remaining controllers act as individual...
6741916 Accident point locating system  
An accident point locating system locates an accident point on a power transmission line. A digital protective control system has a plurality of digital protective controllers that receive state...
6738675 Method, apparatus, and system to reduce microprocessor power dissipation  
A method and apparatus for reducing a microprocessor's power dissipation. In one embodiment a microprocessor includes a clock circuit, a core coupled to said clock circuit, and an on-die logic...
6728580 Method and apparatus for estimating time to failure acceleration factor  
An apparatus for estimating the time to failure acceleration factor of a large industrial motor includes a sensor, a clock for controlling sensor sampling times, and a memory address calculator for...
6725106 System and method for backing up distributed controllers in a data network  
A system and method for the rapid configuration and connection of a backup controller in a distributed data network such as an automated fuel distribution network. Each service-station site in the...
6721799 Method for automatically transmitting an acknowledge frame in canopen and other can application layer protocols and a can microcontroller that implements this method  
A method for use in a CAN device (e.g., a CAN microcontroller) that includes a processor core, for automatically transmitting an acknowledge message. The method includes the steps of receiving a...
6711713 Method and apparatus for detection, transmission and processing of safety-related signals  
The use of radio technology for transmission of EMERGENCY-OFF, START-, STOP- and process and confirmation signals from industrial processing machines, such as numerically controlled machine tools...
6701198 Safety network for industrial controller allowing initialization on standard networks  
A highly reliable industrial control system is produced such as may use a standard network for configuration by symmetrically transmitting configuration data to intercommunicating controller...
6690980 Method for an alarm event generator  
An alarm event generation method and apparatus for signaling an alarm ( 436, 1400 ) for a process control system ( 100 ). The process control system ( 100 ) monitors a production run using a...
6684111 Apparatus for power failure identification in a programmable household appliance and method for identifying power failure  
An apparatus for power failure identification in a programmable household appliance includes an electronic program control apparatus having a first device disposed upstream of the mains switch on...
6678566 Backup control system (BCS) for optimizing utilization of multiple fabrication facilities  
Within both a method for operating a plurality of fabrication facilities and a system for operating the plurality of fabrication facilities there is providing within each of the plurality of...
6647301 Process control system with integrated safety control system  
A process control system receiving input signals from a controlled apparatus and using the input signals in determining at least one output signal modifying the characteristics of at least one...
6636771 Method and system for analyzing continuous parameter data for diagnostics and repairs  
The present invention discloses system and method for analyzing continuous parameter data from a malfunctioning locomotive or other large land-based, self-powered transport equipment. The method...
6631310 Wireless engine-generator systems digital assistant  
Using a personal digital assistant (PDA) to collect operational data for analysis on computers from systems including engine-generator controllers and the downloading of operational parameters to...
6611723 Device and method for monitoring the running of processes in a digital computer  
The invention relates to a device and a method for run monitoring of processes in a digital computer. In accordance with the present invention, time-stamped analysis data are manipulated such that...
6600963 Low cost modular architecture for piloting an aerodyne operating with high level of security  
A modular architecture for electronic equipment. Data-concentration modules, processing modules and display devices are interconnected by data-transmitters with sensors, measuring instruments and...
6600960 Boiler system ignition sequence detector and associated methods of protecting boiler systems  
An event detector and associated methods of protecting systems provide convenient and economical safety features. In a described embodiment, an ignition sequence detector for a boiler system has a...
6580951 Communications distribution apparatus and method  
A computer system and method for distributing, decisions in a network. The network is partitioned into multiple levels including a user interface level, a gateway level and a domain level. All...
6577909 Method for automatically shutting down a machine during an operator's absence  
The present invention provides a method for automatically shutting down an engine on a machine in during an operators absence in order to prevent potential damage to the machine. A determination is...
6567709 Integrated monitoring, diagnostics, shut-down and control system  
An integrated monitoring, control and shut-down (IMCS) system for monitoring and controlling the operation of a machinery is provided. The IMCS system includes: input ports for receiving sensor...
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