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8414469 |
Medical robotic system having entry guide controller with instrument tip velocity limiting
A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with articulatable instruments extending out of its distal end, an entry guide manipulator providing controllable four degrees-of-freedom movement...
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8392007 |
Mobile device audio playback
This disclosure is directed to providing audio playback to a mobile device user. According to one aspect of this disclosure, a mobile device may be to modify audio playback in response to detecting...
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8386069 |
Method of synchronizing a pickup of a handling device, a computer readable medium and a control device
A method of synchronizing a pickup of a handling device, a computer readable medium and a control device are disclosed. During movement, a pickup of a multi-axis handling device is synchronized...
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8364289 |
Method and apparatus for moving a free-swinging load from a starting point to a target point
In a method and apparatus for moving a free-swinging load that is suspended relative to a suspension point, a first path along which the load should be moved from a starting point to a destination,...
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8244387 |
Operation control method, operating device, and circuit-board working apparatus
A method of controlling an operation of an operating member from a first position to a second position, wherein an operating speed of the operating member is initially increased from zero while an...
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8175725 |
Adapting move constraints for position based moves in a trajectory generator
Adapting move constraints for position based moves in a trajectory generator. Specification of a trajectory may be received. The specification may include a geometry of the trajectory, where the...
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8155781 |
Automation system and method for movement control of at least one moveable machine element
In order to improve movement control in an automation system for movement control, profiles for movement control are freely defined via functions. Polynomial interpolations or spline interpolations...
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8121711 |
System and method for controlling movement of a measurement machine
Controlling movement of movable arms on motion shafts of a measurement machine is disclosed. Each motion shaft of the measurement machine are divided into different motion ranges. The movable arms...
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8090474 |
Apparatus for controlling at least one machine
An apparatus and a method for controlling at least one machine, such as an industrial robot, having drives, safety peripheral components and a controller for a machine, and also having a safety...
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8050780 |
Apparatus and method for controlling a force-activated controller
A servo-controlled system is disclosed for providing simulated feel equivalent to that of traditional mechanical hand controllers. Processed position and force sensor signals are used in a feedback...
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8040087 |
Control devices and methods
A control device for driving a motor which includes a rotor and a stator is provided. The control device includes a Hall detector and driving circuit. The Hall detector detects magnetic flux...
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8032605 |
Generation and distribution of motion commands over a distributed network
A method of causing movement of at least one target device based on at least one of a plurality of motion programs stored on a content server connected to a network. At least one identified...
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8024069 |
System and method for path planning
A method for mapping a motion of a first object within a first motion path defined by a path planner based on a second motion path of a second object. The method includes creating the first motion...
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8005554 |
Device for controlling a regulated system, and an engine including such a device
This device for controlling at least one operating variable of a regulated system comprising: a filter module for filtering at least one setpoint input to the control device, the module using a...
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7856282 |
Hydraulic system with coordinated multiple axis control of a machine member
A member of a machine, such as a boom on construction equipment for example, is pivoted by a first actuator and has a length that is alterable by a second actuator. A control method allows an...
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7818073 |
Method for obtaining improved feedforward data, a lithographic apparatus for carrying out the method and a device manufacturing method
A method of obtaining improved feedforward data for a feedforward control system to move a component through a setpoint profile is presented. The setpoint profile includes a plurality of target...
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7801700 |
Simulating a vibration pattern in a computer subsystem
Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that generates a simulated vibration pattern in a computer subsystem. During operation, a vibration pattern is monitored at a location in...
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7778716 |
Position command generating device
A command generating device includes a command shape calculating unit for calculating an nth derivative command shape which is a fixed multiple of the nth derivative with respect to time of a...
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7693587 |
Control of friction at the nanoscale
Methods and apparatus are described for control of friction at the nanoscale. A method of controlling frictional dynamics of a plurality of particles using non-Lipschitzian control includes...
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7689300 |
Numerical control unit
When causing manual movement of a moving section of a machine tool, shape data of the moving section is made to move in a movement direction that has been input manually, and it is confirmed...
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7672741 |
Position/force control device
A position/force control device includes position detectors on a master 1 side and on a slave 3 side. Reaction force estimation observers 2 and 4 estimate reaction force based on outputs of the...
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7627387 |
Position command generating device
A command generating device includes a command shape calculating unit for calculating an nth derivative command shape which is a fixed multiple of the nth derivative with respect to time of a...
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7603188 |
Servo motor control system
An electronic cam using a servo motor is controlled such that its motion including its acceleration will be connected between synchronized and non-synchronized control sections. A controlled object...
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7598697 |
Electric motor and a method therefor
A motor and a method for serves finding the position of an armature in relation to a stator of the motor. In the method and the motor the armature is driven by an exciting field which is produced...
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7567879 |
Circuit for driving a plant such as a mechanical beam scanner and related system and method
A device for driving a plant such as a beam scanner includes a memory, drive-signal generator, and a calibrator. The memory stores data corresponding to the drive signal, and the generator...
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7519441 |
Systems, methods and apparatus for powered assistance of a motorized support device
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which movement of a medical imaging device is detected and the movement is assisted in magnitude by an external force.
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7353135 |
Positioning and aligning the parts of an assembly
The invention is an apparatus and process for obtaining values for one or more alignment quantities using one or more transportable devices. The process consists of establishing and maintaining a...
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7341822 |
Time-optimal setpoint generator in a lithographic apparatus
The present invention discloses a lithographic apparatus, a device manufacturing method, and a robotics system capable of specifying a trajectory to be followed by a substrate relative to a...
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7319910 |
Method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine
A method and device for controlling a movement of a movable machine element of a machine tool or production machine with at least two drive axles are disclosed. At least one mechanical...
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7286890 |
Transfer apparatus for target object
A processing system includes a transfer chamber, a plurality of chambers connected to the transfer chamber, a transfer apparatus disposed in the transfer chamber, and a control section configured...
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7191031 |
Reverse rotation preventing electronic cam curve generating method based on electronic cam type rotary cutter control and control device therefor
It is an object of the invention to provide a reverse rotation preventing electronic cam curve generating method of an electronic cam type rotary cutter control which serves to prevent the reverse...
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7181296 |
Method of adaptive interactive learning control and a lithographic manufacturing process and apparatus employing such a method
By applying time-frequency analysis to a given standard iterative learning control or ILC an adaptive filter for the learned feed-forward loop is designed. This time varying filter varies according...
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7154377 |
Movable barrier operator compressed information method and apparatus
In a movable barrier operator, data that corresponds to force requirements to effect desired movement of a movable barrier is compressed and stored for later retrieval. Multiple compression schemes...
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7110853 |
Processes and devices for computer-aided adaptation of an application program for a machine tool
A process and device for computer-aided adaptation of an application program for a machine tool is described. A sequence of control commands for feed axes of the machine tool defines a contour to...
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7072724 |
Method for processing the parameters of a spatiotemporal trajectory
Method for processing parameters of a spatiotemporal trajectory of movement of a moving body, this method being characterized in that: after having collected the data of the trajectory, the...
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7035694 |
Automatic tuning of motion controllers using search techniques
System and method for user configuration of an autotuning algorithm for a controller in a motion control system. A desired trajectory in one or more dimensions for the motion control system is...
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6996506 |
Process and device for displacing a moveable unit on a base
A Process and device for displacing a moveable unit on a base. The process includes:a) a force (F) is determined which, applied to the moveable unit (4), produces a combined effect, on the one...
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6973355 |
Accurate positioner suitable for sequential agile tuning of pulse burst and CW lasers
A positioning system including a sensor, a drive sequencer and an actuator. The sensor senses the actuator position and provides position signals to drive the sequencer which responsively computes...
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6920363 |
Acceleration and deceleration control method
An acceleration and deceleration control in which, for a relation between speed and acceleration, the low speed part need not be symmetrical with the high speed part, is performed such that an...
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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...
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6909938 |
Method of and apparatus for synchronous control
A method of and apparatus for synchronous control of a leading element and a follower element in which synchronism is started smoothly and a mechanical shock at the start of synchronism is reduced....
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6842651 |
Programmable controller having plural speed pattern generators
A programmable controller comprises a speed pattern generator(12) including speed pattern generator units (12a-12n) that respond to input quantities of the amount of movement, speed, acceleration...
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6823221 |
Motion control system and method which includes improved pulse placement for smoother operation
A motion control system and method are disclosed which provide improved pulse placement for smoother operation of a motion device such as a stepper motor. A placement of pulses may be determined...
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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...
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6807463 |
Processor-controlled mixture with weight sensors
A system of intelligent appliances coupled by common household power lines or wireless links. One or more of the appliances serves as a system controller and may include a further communications...
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6799079 |
Method and apparatus for correcting positional deviation of finite linear rolling guide
There is provided a finite type rolling guide deviation correcting method and system capable of detecting the deviation in relative position between a rolling guide and a movable body if the...
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6792330 |
Drive control system
A drive control system having constituent devices such as control unit for drive control, servo amplifier for driving motor by receiving a command from the control unit, spindle amplifier, and...
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6778866 |
Method and apparatus for learning specific body motion
A method and apparatus for teaching a person how to perform a specific body motion in a consistent manner is based on electronically measuring one or more parameters of an actual body motion,...
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6772053 |
Aspects of a control system of a minimally invasive surgical apparatus
A surgical method and a control system is provided. The surgical method and the control system can advantageously be used in a minimally invasive surgical apparatus. The method includes generating...
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6757583 |
Interpolated motion control over a serial network
The invention provides a system for controlling motion in machine tools, industrial robots, and motion stages over a computer serial port. From a process or listing of coordinate data points which...
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