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6577912 Computer device for production equipment  
A computer device 1 for production equipment comprises an arithmetic unit 10 , an input device 11 for inputting operation data, a display device 12 for displaying operation data, and an HDD...
6546523 High speed first pass yield report program and method  
A method and software macro are disclosed for generating a first pass yield report, which may be employed in the manufacture and testing of semiconductor products. The method comprises obtaining...
6528901 Automatic protection switching  
In a system that has a redundant pair of modules where one module is the active module and the other module is the standby module, each of the two modules includes equipment such as an inexpensive...
6516249 Fluid control system with autonomously controlled pump  
A plurality of autonomously controlled valves and pumps in a fluid distribution system are interconnected by a data communication network. The system also includes fluid flow sensors which report...
6501996 Process automation system  
A process automation system includes terminals for operating and monitoring purposes, automation devices for executing control functions, and a host computer. Communication between the terminals...
6498966 Method and system for distribution of stand-by electric power  
A method and system for distribution of stand-by electric power via a network separate from the standard or ordinary electric power network is disclosed. Voltages are transformed/produced in...
6498957 Power supply control in portable data terminal  
A data terminal apparatus includes a basic unit, a plurality of units, a power supply circuit, switching units and a controller. The basic unit realizes a basic function of the data terminal...
6487464 Power-on software for robust boot  
A processor-based system performs automatic reboot for some initialization failures. The processor-based system runs an operating system. When initialization failures occur, the operating system...
6487465 Method and system for improved computer security during ROM Scan  
A system and method of improving security during power-on-self-test (POST), particularly the ROM scan portion identifying ROM adapters, while selectively allowing user input. While a user input...
6487466 Control system with selectable reset circuit  
A control system includes a switch for selecting whether or not a reset signal is outputted to input/output means, and a reset circuit for directly outputting a reset signal having an implication...
6473711 Interchangeable differential, absolute and gage type of pressure transmitter  
A pressure transmitter with first and second absolute pressure sensors receives process pressures from corresponding first and second process inlets. A transmitter circuit coupled to the first and...
6466826 Apparatus and method for providing bypass functions for a motion sensor switch  
An apparatus and method for controlling a motion sensor switch which is adapted to control a lighting circuit in an area monitored by the motion sensor switch. The apparatus and method employs a...
6463342 Method for preventing computer down time  
A method for preventing computer down time, particularly relative to painting processes for vehicles. The method includes dividing the order into groups based on color, painting them in color...
6456891 System and method for transparent handling of extended register states  
A system and method for transparent handling of extended register states. A set of additional registers, or an extended register file, is added to the base architecture of a microprocessor. The...
6411857 Redundant, multitasking industrial controllers with synchronized data tables  
An industrial control system employs a primary and secondary controller each having a processor and at least one I/O data table. Updating of the secondary processor's I/O data table is performed...
6381512 Molding-condition recovery device in injection molding machine  
There is provided a molding-condition recovery device which may easily recover the molding condition having been applied in the past, and also permits the storage of the past molding conditions in...
6356795 Synchronization method  
A synchronization method for a redundant automation system composed of at least two subsystems is provided, where these subsystems execute functionally identical sequences of machine instructions,...
6272386 Systems and methods for minimizing peer-to-peer control disruption during fail-over in a system of redundant controllers  
There is disclosed a redundant process controller for use in a process facility having a plurality of process systems that produce process data, wherein the process data are gathered by process...
6226633 Method of forming a user interface for a telecommunications exchange  
A user interface for a telecommunication exchange in which the user gives control commands via the interface from an external terminal to the telecommunication exchange of which commands at least...
6216051 Manufacturing backup system  
A manufacturing system is disclosed which includes first and second control devices as well as a communication terminal which controls communication with the control devices. The communications...
6201995 Wiring method and apparatus for distributed control network  
A multi-tier, master-slave control network having multiple buses comprises a master node and a plurality of slave nodes operating over each of the multiple buses. Each master node comprises a...
6131050 Control device having a control logic switching function  
A control device having control logics that respectively generate operated quantities by simutaneously parallel-processing observed quantities obtained from a controlled object. A switch...
6061600 Backup control mechanism in a distributed control network  
A multi-tier, master-slave control network having redundant backup for a master node in which the slave nodes are provided with means for detecting a failure of the master node and for taking over...
6061599 Auto-configuration support for multiple processor-ready pair or FRC-master/checker pair  
Auto-configuration support for a multiple processor-ready pair or FRC-master/checker pair is achieved through the use of an initialization signal issued to each agent on a bus during system reset....
6061601 Redundant data processing system having two programmed logic controllers operating in tandem  
A tandemized data processing system has a first and a second programmed logic controller and centralized governance for alternatively governing one controller in a master state, whilst allowing the...
6049578 Digital plant protection system  
A digital plant protection system for use in nuclear power plants of the pressurized water type includes cross-connected sensed-parameter processing channels that provide a suitably conditioned...
6047222 Process control network with redundant field devices and buses  
6038684 System and method for diagnosing errors in a multiprocessor system  
A fault-tolerant computer architecture is described wherein the effect of hardware faults is diminished. The architecture employs a main data bus having a plurality of interface slots for...
5997166 Redundant industrial controller storing module and chassis level redundancy status  
A redundant controller employs two controller chassis having replaceable functional modules interconnected electrically within the chassis. System back up modules in the chassis coordinate the...
5984504 Safety or protection system employing reflective memory and/or diverse processors and communications  
A safety or protection system includes a plurality of divisions of first signals; a plurality of safety or protection subsystems each of which receives a corresponding one of the divisions of first...
5977735 Tracking detection system of electrical servomotors  
The invention relates to a tracking detection system of electrical servomotors with incremental position detection in particular for servomotors in motor vehicles. To determine the position, said...
5974136 Apparatus for electronic exchange having a general-purpose bus separating the exchange unit and control unit  
An electronic exchange apparatus where an exchange unit for controlling extension-line and trunk-line interface cards unique to the exchange apparatus is provided separately from a general-purpose...
5966301 Redundant processor controller providing upgrade recovery  
An industrial controller provides a primary controller and a redundant secondary controller and allows switchover between the controllers in the event of a failure in the primary controller. The...
5966300 Redundant automation controller with deductive power-up  
A redundant industrial controller system has a primary controller backed up by a secondary controller and recovers from a power loss by analyzing the state memories of the controllers to reach a...
5966304 Redundant automation controller permitting replacement of components during operation  
On-line upgrading of a primary industrial controller is provided through the use of a secondary industrial controller that may assume control of the process controlled by the primary industrial...
5963448 Industrial controller having redundancy and using connected messaging and connection identifiers to enable rapid switchover without requiring new connections to be opened or closed at switchover  
A redundant controller employs connection-based messaging to ensure reliability and determinacy in communications. The need to close connections and reopen connections with a backup module when...
5963634 Method for warming up a spare process in a replicated real-time system, in particular in a telephone exchange  
The invention relates to a method for warming up a spare process in parallel with an active process in a replicated real-time switching system, in particular in a telephone exchange. The switching...
5949677 Control system utilizing fault detection  
A control architecture having improved fault detection and correction capabilities is disclosed. The system comprises primary and monitor control systems, each having an associated control signal....
5933347 Industrial controller with program synchronized updating of back-up controller  
An industrial control system employs a primary and secondary controller each having a processor and an I/O data table. Updating of the secondary processor's I/O data table is accomplished...
5930823 Shared data storage for two hosts with a storage manager that permits each host to exclusively read operating system  
A data storage system in which system activation is performed in cooperation with two host systems sharing a data storage system. A determination unit determines which of the two host systems makes...
5930736 Fan monitoring system  
A fan monitoring system for an electronics system or a computer system. The fan monitoring system includes a fan which produces a rotation signal, where the rotation signal is a function of the fan...
5906315 Watchdog timer for controlling a cooling system  
A system and method for preventing a computer system from overheating when a processor or software controlling the processor which controls the cooling system fails. The apparatus utilizes a...
5878247 Automatic data backup apparatus for microcomputer  
An improved automatic data backup apparatus for a microcomputer capable of automatically backing up a user's program at a central processing unit(CPU), which includes a central processing unit(CPU)...
5844475 Apparatus for alarming abnormality of tire air pressure  
An apparatus for alarming abnormality of tire air pressure, including: a display section capable of displaying information in a normal operation mode and information in a special operation mode; an...
5838698 Alignment of parity bits to eliminate errors in switching from an active to a standby processing circuit  
Glitchless switching between active and standby telecommunication apparatus having hierarchical nested parity bits is provided. A higher order parity bit is calculated based on defined data as well...
5831849 Data control system  
In a data control system according to the present invention, a data storage unit such as a memory or a register of each slave apparatus receives supply of power from a first power source which...
5828569 Method and apparatus for maintaining network connections across a voluntary process switchover  
A method and apparatus for maintaining network connections across a voluntary takeover involving the use of dual processors in an protocol process node running a protocol process application as an...
5825648 Backup system for a time of day clock in an electronic device  
A backup system for a time of day clock in an electronic device that enables a microprocessor to accurately maintain the time of day clock in the event of a power interruption. The backup system...
5825649 Kernel substitution method in multi-processor system and multi-processor system having kernel substitution function  
At the time of starting to a kernel substitution, all processes executed on a first process are migrated to a second processor. Thereafter, a new kernel is loaded onto a main memory (substitution...
5790791 Apparatus for synchronizing flight management computers where only the computer chosen to be the master received pilot inputs and transfers the inputs to the spare  
A method and apparatus for choosing which flight management computer (FMC) of two FMCs will function as a master FMC (11) and which will function as a spare FMC (13) in maintaining data commonalty...
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