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6958823 Internet facsimile apparatus  
An object of the invention is to provide an internet facsimile apparatus used by plural users, capable of reading out an electronic mail to each user by a simple operation. The internet facsimile...
6959232 Force sense imparting type input apparatus  
A force sense imparting type input apparatus includes an operation portion, an actuator for imparting a force sense to the operation portion, a position sensor for detecting an operating direction...
6957111 Automated system for cooking and method of use  
The present invention comprises an improved device and method for automated cooking foods with a liquid such as water. In a preferred embodiment, the system comprises a cooking chamber ( 46 ); a...
6957110 Method and apparatus for automatically generating a SCADA system  
A method for automatically configuring a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system using an as-built drawing. The electronic as-built file is scanned for devices selected from a menu....
6952620 Declaring application data  
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for declaring application data. The techniques include establishing a model, the model implementing application...
6947796 Hardware configuration and interfacing in a component-based environment for a medical scanner  
A system and method for a hardware configuration and interfacing in a component-based environment for a medical imaging system is disclosed. Specifically, the invention directed to software...
6947798 System and method for developing software programs by way of multiple applications and users  
A system and method are disclosed for developing programs for operating industrial processes. The system includes an operator interface, and a computer coupled to the operator interface, where the...
6944831 Operator buttons as active buttons  
A programmable controller has a processing unit, a display screen, an operator unit, and signal inputs and signal outputs. The processing unit, the display screen, the operator unit, the signal...
6934592 Household appliance with advertising display mode  
A household appliance is provided with a visual display, as well as a control system which enables the visual display to be used in an advertising mode of operation. The advertising mode can be...
6931288 User interface and system for creating function block diagrams  
A controller configuration system and user interface therefor are disclosed for creating and editing controller function block diagrams for use in control systems. The interface provides feedback...
6931300 Control device for injection molder determining whether user of injection molder is registered  
A control device which controls an industrial machine according to an aspect of the invention includes a unit which determines whether the user is a registrant registered in advance, a unit which,...
6928625 Systems and methods for managing process control in a graphical user interface  
Systems and methods for managing process control in a graphical user interface are provided. One embodiment is a method for managing process control in a graphical user interface. Briefly...
6928327 Process control system  
The process control system includes at least one master computer, at least one master system bus and at least one communication network, where the communications network is physically decoupled...
6928336 System and architecture for providing a modular intelligent assist system  
An intelligent assist system having a modular architecture, coordinated by electronic communication links between the modules, is provided. Motion modules provide an assist upon actuation, and are...
6928337 Robot simulation apparatus  
A computer is connected to a system formed by combining a robot with a peripheral device (such as a welder). The computer receives robot mechanical unit motion position information supplied from a...
6925335 Real-time alert mechanism for monitoring and controlling field assets via wireless and internet technologies  
An apparatus and system are disclosed for the real-time monitoring and control of field assets. The monitoring device, operable to couple to a field asset, may be designed to leverage one or more...
6924727 Method for remote control of home-located electronic devices and a management facility  
A security system 63 and an electronic device group 62 to be stored in a home network 6 are controlled by a home server 61 . A home network management facility 5 obtains status information...
6917167 Method and apparatus for tracking sequences of an electrical device controllable from multiple locations  
In an electric system that controls electrical or state variable devices through inputs received from device operators such as switches, buttons and the like, where some of the button control or...
6917850 Motion data command system and control signal definition system for motion program  
A motion data command system for a motion program having a numerical controller for controlling a servo amplifier in accordance with a given motion command. A memory is provided in the numerical...
6915174 Automation installation  
Information available in an automation installation can be accessed via the automation installation by a computer that is coupled to the automation installation. The computer can access, via an...
6915330 Web function blocks capable of exchanging HTTP type of messages in automation equipment  
A communication system for automation equipment on a TCP/IP network. The automation equipment controls an automation application by executing an application program written according to standard...
6912431 Method and apparatus for indicating states of electronic devices  
An electronic device operation method and apparatus. A current state of a device such as TVs or VCRs is indicated as a graphic moving picture of a familiar character shape. Pictures containing an...
6907300 User interface for fire detection system  
A user interface for controlling and displaying information about devices in a system is disclosed. The user interface is designed to meet the needs for different types of users. A user with no...
6903652 Input apparatus for vehicle-installed instruments  
A input apparatus for vehicle-installed instruments includes main input unit (operation unit) being placed in the proximity of a driver's seat for a user (driver) to switch a plurality of...
6898557 System and method for remote testing of components  
A system and method are disclosed for remote testing of items where the tests are performed at a first site and monitored and controlled at a second site. A first remote test control station at the...
6895284 Supervisory unit and supervisory control system provided with the same  
A supervisory control system including a control unit to which an object load is connected and an operation unit, both being connected to each other via a communication line. The object loads can...
6895289 Document management system and method  
Documents used for process control can be managed and maintained from a document server and a terminal. In order to update the documents quickly so that an operated process is always kept in the...
6895288 Device for controlling track lamps  
A device for controlling track lamps used to control the light-emitting order or brightness of the track lamps. The device includes: a low pass filter for obtaining a low-frequent signal from an...
6892358 Method and automatic machine for processing a product  
A method and automatic machine for processing a product, whereby, from all the regulating and/or monitoring items as a whole, a first group is determined containing a small number of frequently...
6892102 Signal processor for a joystick input device  
A signal processor for a joystick which includes a joystick input device ( 11 ) which varies a joystick voltage input value Vi according to an operating amount of a joystick ( 10 ) from a neutral...
6889096 Industrial plant asset management system: apparatus and method  
An industrial plant asset management system comprising of a synchronized multiple view graphical user interface combining simultaneous real time and database display capability, a database...
6889097 Data source and converter  
The parameterization information needed in a universal motion controller UMC (description of system variables, alarms, and commands) is generated from a uniform description language via a central...
6885984 Apparatus and method for aiding programming  
An apparatus for aiding a machinist in preparing a machining program. A machining simulator simulates a basic machining program. Values of machining variables are obtained during the simulation and...
6882961 Method and system for providing diagnostics for a work machines  
A computer based system and method for providing case base diagnostics for a work machine, is provided. The case bases include diagnostic information and processes related to the work machine. The...
6883030 Data visualization with independent data-utilization and data-supplying components  
The embodiment of a respective application-specific call code, necessary in the existing art, as an external control element implemented in a separate component is described. The external control...
6876891 Method and apparatus for providing tactile responsiveness in an interface device  
A method and apparatus implementing a user interface device, such as a mouse or trackball, having electronically controllable tactile responsiveness which is flexibly programmable. A user interface...
6873876 System for programming a household appliance having an electronic control  
A system is described for programming a household appliance that has electronic control means for executing a plurality of control programs. The household appliance operates in accordance with...
6870469 Display controller for display device of vehicle  
A display screen switches between a monitor display and a trouble display. If a pause switch on the trouble display is operated, the display screen will be fixed to the trouble display for a...
6868295 Intelligent home control bus  
This invention is an intelligent home control bus (IHbus). It comprises at least one input node (sensor, announcer) A and at least a output node (operator, listener) L. A control instructions are...
6867749 Control system, display device, control-use host computer, and data transmission method  
A control system including control devices with each control device including a control unit and a display device connected with the control unit via a dedicated communication line and being...
6868538 Object-oriented programmable controller  
An apparatus having a programmable processor and a memory for performing a plurality of user-selectable control functions includes a database for storing a plurality of items associated with each...
6868308 Operation guidance method of clinical system  
An operation guidance method of clinical system which enables a doctor or nurse unskilled in testing to operate the clinical system without operation error by providing operation guidance. In the...
6865428 Method and apparatus for providing distributed control of a home automation system  
A method and apparatus for providing distributed control of a home automation system is provided. Each device participating in a home automation system is equipped with control logic for providing...
6862497 Man-machine interface unit control method, robot apparatus, and its action control method  
There is proposed a method that may be universally used for controlling a man-machine interface unit. A learning sample is used in order at least to derive and/or initialize a target action (t) to...
6862553 Diagnostics method and apparatus for use with enterprise controls  
A data construct set and method for use with an industrial process which is controlled according to execution code wherein a processor running the code generates requests to mechanical resources to...
6850973 Downloadable code in a distributed process control system  
A method of reprogramming a field device in a process control network using the standard communications protocol for the network, and a reprogrammable field device in the process control network...
6845275 Flowchart-based control system with active diagnostic objects  
A machine programming and control system includes a computer including a processor, memory, a display, and a device that is associated with a process. A flowcharting module executed by the computer...
6845277 Hardware monitoring process having on screen display capability  
Process and apparatus for communication between an Information Handling System (HIS) and a display having On “Screen Display” (OSD) capability. The HIS system includes a processor under control...
6842653 Method and apparatus for displaying a multi-level menu  
The invention relates to a method of displaying a multi-level menu. A first menu level is displayed in a first display area, while, in response to selection of a menu item of the first menu level,...
6842652 Image capture device  
An image capture device is provided, a portion of which is insertable into an expansion slot of a handheld PC or PDA device, which is configured like a camera familiar to the user. In one...