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7580810 Method for determining a measuring point in time for a field device and corresponding field device in which a measuring point in time has been determined  
A method and apparatus for determining a measuring point in time (t M ), at which a measured value is to be produced by a field device of process automation technology, wherein the field device...
7548823 Correction of delay-based metric measurements using delay circuits having differing metric sensitivities  
Correction of delay-based metric measurements using delay circuits having differing metric sensitivities provides improved accuracy for environmental and other circuit metric measurements that used...
7467051 Method and a system for testing of a power management system of a marine vessel  
Herein disclosed is a system for testing a power management system ( 2 ) of a marine vessel ( 1 ), in which said power management system ( 2 ) is arranged for controlling systems ( 6 ) that produce...
7413499 Grinding process and apparatus with arrangement for grinding with constant grinding load  
A process of grinding a surface of a workpiece, by a grinding tool rotated about its axis. The process includes a grinding step of grinding the workpiece surface, by pressing at least one of the...
7269481 Method and apparatus for memory bandwidth thermal budgetting  
An electronic system includes a device and a controller to the device. The controller is adapted to calculate a temperature estimate of the device and to control access to the device in accordance...
7260733 Distributed control system  
In a distributed control system, a first electronic control unit sends trigger information to a second electronic control unit. The trigger information includes a timing that triggers the second...
7184846 Systems and methods for providing optimal light-CO2 combinations for plant production  
Method and system for optimizing plant production in a cost effective manner. System ( 100 ) includes a processor ( 102 ) in communication with resource controllers ( 110, 112 ) for controlling...
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...
7114554 Controller interface with multiple day programming  
A controller equipped with a user interface having multiple-day programming capabilities, including methods of programming such devices, are disclosed. The user interface may include one or more...
7089144 Determining impact of test operations at a product assembly and test facility with repairable product  
A method and apparatus for establishing an average test time (T A ) include determining a first time interval (T G ) nominally associated with non-failing testing of a unit under test (UUT), and...
7058460 Real-time control process for a controller of an industrial technical process, and a real-time operating process for a computing device  
Measuring units measure state signals of an industrial technical process. The entirety of the state signals represents an image of the process. The measuring units transmit the state signals to a...
7043317 Semiconductor wafer fabrication furnace idle monitor and method of operation  
A system and method is disclosed for monitoring each of a plurality of furnaces in a furnace process in semiconductor wafer fabrication. A furnace that is left open too long will absorb moisture...
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...
7020231 Technique for creating extended bit timer on a time processing unit  
A technique for implementing an extended bit timer with a time processing unit (TPU), without using the channel hardware of the TPU includes a number of steps. A timer of the TPU is periodically...
7003416 Method and a device for monitoring the performance of test apparatus for testing components  
A method for monitoring the performance of a test apparatus ( 1 ) for testing a batch of integrated circuits. The apparatus 1 comprises a test site 2 in which the integrated circuits are...
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...
6868312 Method for real-time control of the fabrication of a thin-film structure by ellipsometric measurement  
Method for real-time control of the fabrication of a thin-film structure comprising a substrate by ellipsometric measurement in which: variables directly linked to the ellipsometric ratio...
6820018 Power control circuit  
Disclosed is a power control circuit utilizable in an electronic device. The power control circuit includes a power on/off switch having first and second switches; a capacitive element connected to...
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,...
6795738 Programmable controller  
Whenever operating tasks by means of which control functions are implemented, for example, are no longer called by a central task, that is to say the scheduler of a real-time operating system, for...
6789001 Digital multifunction relay  
A digital multifunction relay, for controlling one or more protection devices of an power distribution network from fault events, which comprises a digital signal processor for executing a set of...
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...
6483887 Timer control circuit  
A timer control circuit includes timers that perform count operations. A signal selection circuit selectively passes underflow signals supplied from the timers, based on control signals. A...
6415190 Method and device for executing by a single processor several functions of different criticality levels, operating with high security  
A processor for executing several functions. The processor has access to an addressable space including memories for program and for data and input/output registers. The method of operation...
6374160 Method and device for monitoring fluid consumption  
A method and device are disclosed for monitoring lacquer consumption per can in a lacquer application unit. The device includes a counter providing can number data on the number of cans being...
6345215 Phototherapeutic device and method  
A microprocessor to control and to prevent failure in mechanisms, particularly those that perform timed intervals of work. The microprocessor controls the length of each interval of work, and...
6275922 Method and apparatus for remotely managing multiple appliance control configurations  
A device for incorporation into a variety of consumer appliances for use in a home automation environment. The invention comprises an electronic hardware module having software resident on the...
6173207 Real-time control system with non-deterministic communication  
A control system that provides accurate timing information for sensor data samples and accurate timing for the application of control values to actuators in the face of non-deterministic...
6067483 Electrical distribution computer  
An electrical distribution computer panel for delivering and controlling power to a plurality of electrical circuits. The electrical distribution computer includes a unitary enclosure having a top,...
5999921 Electronic postage meter system having plural clock system providing enhanced security  
A system includes a system time counter associated with a micro controller and a secure clock module having a real time clock and an elapsed time counter. The system synchronizes operation between...
5990800 Remote engine starting and stopping device for construction machine  
The invention relates to a device which aims to improve safety and reliability in a remote engine starting and stopping device for construction machines. A starting signal for starting an engine is...
5974364 Method for controlling a test mode of an electric device  
A method for performing a test and controlling the test mode of an electric device. The method reduces the amount of time and labor expended during fabrication, and accordingly enhances...
5938962 Apparatus for detecting a characteristic of a product undergoing heating  
Apparatus for detecting a characteristic of a product undergoing heating senses a parameter of reflected light from the product and determines a point at which the sensed parameter reaches a...
5938961 Electronic controller for heating apparatus  
A controller for controlling the cooking of food within a cooking apparatus. The controller is comprised of a temperature sensor input for receiving an output of a temperature sensor and a system...
5819201 Navigation system with vehicle service information  
The navigation system has a display for displaying vehicle service reminders and an input device to permit the driver to define vehicle service intervals. A wheel speed sensor continuously inputs...
5818734 Method for controlling greenhouse light  
A method for controlling greenhouse light employs first and second algorithms for controlling a supplemental lighting system and a shade control system, respectively, in a greenhouse. The lighting...
5818732 Batch timer initialization for a sand classifying tank  
A process to determine the optimal initial settings for a series of timers in a timed-contribution batch process, based on the feed material flow rate and the composition of the material. The...
5815095 Surveying instrument  
A surveying instrument including an operating portion having a number of keys including specific keys which are assigned specific functions, an indicator which produces an indication corresponding...
5815071 Method and apparatus for monitoring parameters of vehicle electronic control units  
A system for monitoring and adjustment of control unit parameter settings of vehicle electronic control units. The monitoring system may be implemented in a vehicle in which are incorporated one or...
5760712 Fuel time indicator  
A fuel time indicator which is removably mountable about a fuel tank selector switch for monitoring and displaying tank usage times for each of a plurality of fuel tanks is disclosed. The fuel time...
5528136 VLSI component tester with average current measuring capability  
Automatic test equipment including a circuit to measure average current consumed by a device under test. The circuit operates during the execution of a test pattern which is not dedicated to...
5521445 Device for administering timed orders for the remote control of electrical apparatus  
Device and method for administering timed orders for the remote control of apparatus, comprising a clock (4) adapted to mark the time, an adjuster (5) for the clock, a programmer (6) permitting...
5489935 Laser printer power saver  
A system using a printer with a fuser-heater has control means for turning off the fuser-heater during times when no printing is required, while leaving the rest of the printing system operable....
5488565 Tamper detection methods and apparatus for load management terminals  
Apparatus and methods are claimed for detecting tampering with a load management terminal, wherein the terminal has a load control relay coupled to a power line for selectably decoupling the load...
5488274 Method for controlling activation of disk drive motors  
In a method of controlling activation of a motor, based on a device number (unit address) set value A d which is determined exclusively for a disk device and a motor activation start time delay T...
5486726 Power-supply control system of peripheral equipment of computer  
The present invention discloses a power supply control system for the peripheral equipment of a computer which generates a signal for automatically cutting off the input power supplied to the...
5475621 Dual mode timer-counter  
A programmable timer circuit which is integrated into an application specific integrated circuit includes a programmable timer counter. The programmable timer counter receives count data which is...
5457642 Mail processing system including required data center verification  
An improvement to a postage evidencing apparatus of the type having computer structure and a printer commanded by the computer for printing an indicia for indicating the amount of dispensed postage...
5432713 Usage parameter control circuit for effecting policing control in an ATM network  
A usage parameter control circuit for effecting a policing control in an ATM transmission network, comprising a time interval measuring unit for measuring a time interval between a current arrival...
5416728 System and method for determining ambient temperature outside of a vehicle  
A microprocessor based temperature determination system for displaying outside ambient temperature inside of an automotive vehicle. The system utilizes sensors for vehicle speed, engine temperature...
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