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7610785 Work positioning device  
Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M 1 , M 2 ), ((G 1 , G 2 ), (N 1 , or N 2 ), (K 1 , K 2 )), there is provided image processing means ( 40 B) for obtaining by image processing,...
7603296 Method for monitoring well equipment during transport and storage  
Items of equipment and assemblies for use in drilling or completion of a well or in other well operations are monitored from the time they are assembled for shipment to a particular well site for a...
7598863 Method and apparatus for making status reporting devices for container handlers  
A mechanism and method for making status reporting devices for container handlers, including: providing a micro-controller module, and installing a program system into memory accessed by a computer...
7592916 Smart shipping and storage container  
The system of the preferred embodiment includes a container that functions to hold objects for shipping and storage; a sensor system coupled to the container that functions to detect the state of...
7591365 Networkable zone control modules and method and conveyor system incorporating the same  
A package control conveyor system comprises a plurality of independently-controllable package conveying units each of which comprises a zone control module operably connected to a package sensing...
7577517 Guided vehicle system and teaching method in the guided vehicle system  
Each of guided vehicles has an operating condition memory unit for storing the total travel distance, the travel time, the number of travels, the number of errors at a stop position, and the number...
7570176 Radio frequency identification tag and a method of operating same  
A tag can transmit a tag signal, and responds to receipt of a wireless signpost signal by determining whether the signpost that generated the signal is currently active. When the signpost is...
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...
7552527 Non-contact interface for pick-and-place machines  
In an for controlling a feeder or feeder cart used in a pick-and-place electronics assembly machine, non-physical contact transmitters and receivers transfer data, such as feeder trigger signals,...
7541942 Method and apparatus for processing signpost signals received by a tag  
A tag receives a wireless signpost signal that contains a signpost code, converts the signpost code into location information representative of a physical location of a signpost that transmitted...
7536255 Sensor or networks with server and information processing system, method and program  
An information processing device (central apparatus ( 2 )) in a sensor network system is arranged so as to include an input-output processing section ( 101 ); an information converting section (...
7512455 Method for self-synchronization of modular production systems  
A system and method for self-synchronization of modular production systems having components with various alternative capabilities for processing and transporting work units along transport...
7474935 Method and system for tracking product data for a product mass flow in a transport storage section of the tobacco-processing industry  
The application relates to a method for tracking product data for a product mass flow in a transport storage section of the tobacco-processing industry having the steps: production of product data...
7474213 Object management apparatus  
An object management apparatus is provided which can reliably and easily perform a confirmation operation of necessary objects depending on a destination when a vehicle travels. The object...
7440880 Design support program and design support method  
A computer readable design support program for inspecting a processing operation of software that controls a sheet conveyance mechanism by displaying the behavior of feeding a virtual sheet from a...
7412863 Work positioning device  
Regarding predetermined positioning criteria (M 1 , M 2 ), ((G 1 , G 2 ), (N 1 , or N 2 ), (K 1 , K 2 )), there is provided image processing means ( 40 B) for obtaining by image processing,...
7406360 Method for detecting transfer shift of transfer mechanism and semiconductor processing equipment  
A dummy substrate ( 17 ) differs from a substrate to be processed in having a first guide (G 1 ) for assisting centering, however, it can be handled as a substitute of the substrate to be...
7392198 Method for tracking postal items  
In a method for tracking postal items, the shipping details of each postal item are stored in a data base that can be interrogated and is updated during shipping. A data record which can be changed...
7363107 Substrate transfer system  
A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided...
7363106 System and method for carrier identification in a pneumatic tube system  
A system and method provides for the identification and monitoring of carriers within a pneumatic carrier system. Each carrier which is to be employed within the system includes an identification...
7363102 Method and apparatus for precise marking and placement of an object  
The present invention provides a precise marking apparatus for performing precise marking on an object and methods of using the same. The precise marking apparatus comprises an object input handler...
7348884 RFID cabinet  
An RFID for cabinet for monitoring items having an RFID tag includes a cabinet having at least one locking front door. An RFID detector is used for monitoring each item placed within the cabinet...
7343995 Air cargo transport system  
The cargo transport system according to this invention employs a tow vehicle that can automatically follow and run upon guide lines. The tow vehicle can tow cargo laden equipment such as container...
7319912 Management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment  
A management system for semiconductor manufacturing equipment in a manufacturing facility is provided. The system includes a host computer communicating with a tracking server, the tracking server...
7302306 Determining processing times at stations in an assembly system  
An assembly system may assemble articles of manufacture at a plurality of assembly regions and may log a time at which each article of manufacture enters or exits an assembly region. Assembly...
7277774 Transportation state notification system and method, and information storage medium  
A server includes a communication section which receives event information from an event detection device which detects a plurality of types of events occurring in a plurality of temporary storage...
7274971 Methods and apparatus for electronic device manufacturing system monitoring and control  
In a first aspect, a computer program product is provided. The computer program product includes a medium readable by a computer. The computer readable medium has computer program code adapted to...
7269475 Distributed control system with global contraints for controlling object motion with smart matter  
Embedded in a transport assembly are arrays of microelectromechanical sensors and actuators for detecting and propelling an object. A controller having defined therein local computational agents...
7260449 Device for conveying and positioning of structural elements in non-contact way  
In a device for conveying and positioning structural elements at a conveying track, a structural element is brought into pending state at the conveying track and the conveying track is tilted in...
7251544 Storage system  
A storage system comprises a first plurality of storage cartridges along an accessible side of a path, a second plurality of storage cartridges along a non-accessible side of the path, and a...
7245988 Garment inventory management system  
A laundry inventory management system comprises several components in combination. A structure has a computer system with a program to store data with the computer being coupled to an electrical...
7216013 Singulation detection system for objects used in conjunction with a conveyor system  
A system and method for reliably detecting singulated parcels traveling on a conveyor belt by comparing parcel characteristics before and after parcel agitation. First, parcel characteristics are...
7194330 Container tracking system  
A container tracking system comprises a dispatcher workstation with a graphical user interface and a database. These are used to track the whereabouts of shipping containers in a storage and...
7158856 Apparatus for enabling part picking in a manufacturing facility  
An apparatus for enabling part picking in a manufacturing facility comprises a conveyor 30 for transporting containers each bearing a barcode defining a plurality of parts to be placed in the...
7155299 Method and apparatus for precise marking and placement of an object  
The present invention provides a precise marking apparatus for performing precise marking on an object and methods of using the same. The precise marking apparatus comprises an object input handler...
7139640 Substrate transfer system  
A substrate transfer system is used in fabricating a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. The system includes a cassette having a bar code, a cassette stocker to store the cassette; an auto guided...
7135976 Wireless monitoring device  
The system of the invention includes a method for monitoring changes in the status or condition of a Container using one or more monitoring units mounted to the Container. The monitoring units...
7107121 Autonomic fiducial search pattern in an automated tape library  
A storage system or subsystem, method of locating components in the storage system and program product therefor. Storage system components have fiducial marks identifying component location. A...
7092788 Transport system for articles, in particular containers for baggage pieces  
A transport system, in particular an airport baggage handling system, includes a container for receiving an article, a sensor assembly including an inductive sensor for monitoring a transport of...
7086518 Method of supplying workpieces to workstations using an autoloader  
A method of controlling an autoloader that supplies workpieces to a plurality of workstations. Each of the workstations is operable to generate and transmit a call signal, a ready signal and an...
7082344 Real time total asset visibility system  
A system and method for tracking articles and controlling inventory thereof on a real time basis comprising the use of a tag assembly including a plurality of tags including both active tags and...
7039501 Method for determining a position of a robot  
Generally, a method of determining a position of a robot is provided. In one embodiment, a method of determining a position of a robot comprises acquiring a first set of positional metrics,...
7039499 Robotic storage buffer system for substrate carrier pods  
A storage/buffering system for the stocking and/or buffering of substrate and/or substrate carriers in a process environment includes a 6-axis robot. An end-effector is connected with the robot...
7031791 Method and system for a reject management protocol within a back-end integrated circuit manufacturing process  
A method and system for a reject management protocol within a back-end IC manufacturing process. In one method embodiment, the present invention implements a tracking process for a die-strip. The...
6985796 Method of controlling physical distribution and a physical distribution controlling system  
A mail order firm receives a request for purchasing an article through Internet and the destination address. The terminal at the mail order firm converts the destination address into latitude and...
6978192 Single pass sequencer and method of use  
A single pass sequencer and method of use for transporting the mail pieces in a single pass through a set of feeders. The system includes a transport system which transports articles to an...
6941190 Apparatus for positioning a carriage for loading or unloading a wound reel, such as printing material webs for web-fed rotary presses  
In combination with a transport mechanism that includes a plurality of conveyor rollers, an apparatus is used to position a carriage loadable with a wound reel at a desired location on the...
6898483 Driver board control system for modular conveyor with address-based network for inter-conveyer communication  
A method and control system are provided for controlling a modular conveyor system, which may be networked together with other such systems in order to implement a control strategy for a modular...
6873881 Automated paperless order selection system  
Provided is an automated paperless order selection system of the type wherein an electronic order picking unit moves horizontally along a rail directly to a product storage location, thereby...
6853875 System for the combined handling, delivery and/or protection of multiple standardized containers and their controllable payloads  
An unmanned system is provided for the handling and delivery of a plurality of operational payloads. Each of a plurality of standardized shipping containers houses an operational payload, a...
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