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7590499 Recording and conveying energy consumption and power information  
Aspects of the invention provide apparatuses, methods, and systems that support measuring and conveying energy consumption by an electrical device. An apparatus includes an energy sensor that...
7580815 Information processing apparatus and its control method  
When the convey behavior of a flexible medium conveyed in a conveying path is analyzed by simulation, a design support apparatus of this invention executes 1) processing for approximating a nip on...
7571019 Integrated configuration, flow and execution system for semiconductor device experimental flows and production flows  
According to embodiments of the invention, an integrated configuration, flow and execution systems (ICFES) may be used to specify, control and record a history of processing of both semiconductor...
7568198 Control of tasks in a programmable logic controller  
System and method for modifying properties of tasks on a programmable logic controller. Input specifying modification of a property of a task included in a programmable logic controller (PLC) may...
7565654 Programmatic control of tasks in a programmable logic controller  
System and method for modifying properties of tasks on a programmable logic controller. Input specifying modification of a property of a task included in a programmable logic controller (PLC) may...
7561929 Industrial controller based on distributed technology objects  
A method and system for controlling an industrial controller based on technology objects are disclosed. Technology object types may be loaded and instantiated into the run time system of a...
7546232 Mechanical-electrical template based method and apparatus  
A method and apparatus for identifying sections of an existing schematic that are consistent with best design practices, the method comprising the steps of providing a template set, each template...
7526353 Sequence design support system  
A sequence design support system is used to support a design of a sequence control program which controls a flow path condition of a fluid in an apparatus and piping system which is constructed...
7519440 Output cam system and method  
A position of a motion control axis is monitored and an output device responsive to the position of the motion control axis is controlled. The controlling further includes latching an electronic...
7516265 System and method for providing an application with memory access methods  
A system for providing an application with a plurality of methods for accessing memory of a programmable logic controller includes an application, an interface for establishing communication...
7505821 Layout-oriented recording of automation information  
The invention relates to a system and a method for the graphical recording of system requirements and specifications in electronically readable form. Elements of a plant are graphically represented...
7505817 Programming automation by demonstration  
A system for programming automation by demonstration where a control program may be created or modified through the process of demonstrating desired behavior using graphical representations (or...
7493595 Multiple-user graphical programming and analysis environment  
A multiple-user graphical programming and analysis environment is disclosed that includes graphically represented code objects, graphically represented inter-code object connections, application...
7490766 Apparatus and methods for monitoring transfusion of blood  
Apparatus and methods are described for ensuring that blood transfused into a patient is the correct blood for that patient, is transfused in the correct manner and that a complete audit trail is...
7483757 Control system migration  
A migration system for distributed control system migration uses a parser that parses system configuration information for a source control system into an intermediate language. A block equivalence...
7474929 Enhanced tool for managing a process control network  
A process control configuration and management system provides a plurality of function blocks representing a plurality of devices in relation to a spatial layout of a facility in which the process...
7474925 System for automation of technical processes  
A system for automation of technical processes and/or experiments having a measurement unit and a control unit which are connected to sensors and actuators of the process or of the experimental...
7450119 Method and system for developing image processing applications  
The described method relates to the delelopment of image processing applications. In order to facilitate the development of image processing applications the described method provides a plurality...
7444199 Method for preparing mask and wafer data files  
A method for converting a data file into a writer file for a mask writer is provided. A plurality of sub-files is created from the data file. The plurality of sub-files is transferred to the mask...
7433743 Process control using co-ordinate space  
In a control system for controlling a plant system or process ( 22 ), a model based problem is formulated and an explicit control solution is constructed off-line such that a parametric profile (...
7424328 Apparatus and method for wireless process control  
An apparatus includes a programmable logic controller capable of receiving input data from and/or providing output data to at least one device in a process control system. The programmable logic...
7421307 Operating method and apparatus for controlling a machine tool  
The invention relates to a control device ( 5 ), controlling a machine tool ( 1 ), which processes a step sequence (S 1 -S 11 ), by a wireless reading of a partial program ( 18 ) from a workpiece...
7418300 System and method for reusing project engineering data  
The invention relates to a system and a method for managing and/or providing elements, in particular technological objects. The system enables elements, in particular technological objects, to be...
7409253 System and method for processing a substrate and program therefor  
A substrate processing system allows to reduce the number of works that should be done by a software engineer. The system 100 includes a substrate processing apparatus 101 ; a substrate...
7409250 Method and apparatus for the development of a control process for an instrument  
A method and an apparatus for the development of a control process for an instrument are disclosed. The method comprises a first step of selecting one or more commands from a plurality of...
7406353 Method and system of programming at least one appliance to change state upon the occurrence of a trigger event  
An automation system for programming appliances having programmable controllers, programmable devices and trigger devices that communicate over a communication link. The user programs the...
7389302 Method for generating a structure representation which describes a specific automation system  
The invention facilitates the creation of a control software for a data processing device of a specific automation system. The method generates a structure representation, describing a specific...
7369917 System and method for automatic sorting of elements in drawing specifications for efficient tracing using motion control  
System and method for utilizing a drawing specification for motion control. A plurality of elements in a drawing specification may be automatically identified. The elements may include one or more...
7349757 NC hole-machining programming device and method  
A numerical control (NC) hole-machining programming device includes: a tool information storing unit for storing tool information, including types and sizes of tools used for hole machining; a form...
7349748 Development system for process control systems as well as associated method and computer program product  
The invention relates to methods and devices for developing programs for process control systems and in particular for mathematically intensive or, as the case may be, mathematically complex...
7328083 Injection molding system data management method  
A controller of an injection molding machine and a controller of a molded-product removing robot are connected to each other via communication means. When a molding condition save command is...
7325229 Method for graphically visualizing an automatism application and computer terminal for carrying out said method  
A method of visualizing or graphically printing an automatism application programmed on a programming station with the aid of a graphic automatism languages on a computer terminal. The method...
7324856 Autogeneration of code via human-machine interfaces (HMI) and self-building HMI  
A system that facilitates generation of code from a HMI representation of objects in an industrial automation environment. A component analyzes the HMI representation of objects, and a code...
7313458 NC machine Tool  
The NC device of the machining center has the data memory for storing exchange history and data concerning a tool therein when the tool has been manually exchanged. When the data concerning the...
7299110 Systems and methods for using statistical techniques to reason with noisy data  
Systems and methods are presented that enable logical reasoning even in the presence of noisy (inconsistent) data. The knowledge base is processed in order to make it consistent and is also...
7299099 Programmable logic controller contained on a chip  
Various embodiments of a programmable logic controller and a system for programming a programmable logic controller are disclosed. One PLC embodiment comprises an I/O component, a processor, a...
7296270 Method and control unit for controlling technical procedures in a motor vehicle  
A method and a control unit for controlling technical procedures, particularly in a motor vehicle. In the method, a control program of a computing element, particularly a microprocessor, is...
7286886 Safety controller and method for loading a new operating program onto the safety controller  
The invention relates to a safety controller and to a method for loading a new operating program onto such a safety controller. The safety controller has an input module for automatically reading...
7286885 Safety programmable logic controller  
The function block memory unit stores a plurality of function blocks by programming each ladder circuit for computing output signals which has to be determined based on input signals from each...
7283888 Method and system for controlling a machine tool with direct transfer of machining data  
Method and system for a direct transmission of motion path data ( 310 ) from a generating system ( 204 ) to a control system ( 205 ) for use in controlling a servo-driven machine. For example, a...
7269468 State machine function block with a user modifiable output configuration database  
A control system, a safety system, etc., within a process plant may each use one or more state machine function blocks that can be easily integrated into a function block diagram programming...
7266476 Simulation method and apparatus for use in enterprise controls  
A method, apparatus and data construct set for generating simulation data structures which can be used by a modeling system to interface between a PLC and simulator, the construct set encapsulating...
7250738 Nonlinear hysteresis control system  
A nonlinear hysteresis control system for controlling an actuator with nonlinear hysteresis effect is disclosed. An improved extended hysteresis effect profile further stores the displacement when...
7242991 Workflow control configurator for use with process, factory-floor, environmental, computer aided manufacturing-based or other control system  
The invention provides improved methods and apparatus for workflow editing. Such methods and apparatus permit, for example, user-defined and/or other tasks to be combined in any combination or...
RE39716 System and method for creating a controlling device  
A system and method for creating a controlling device. In response to a user specifying one or more operating criteria for the controlling device, the system selects executable instructions from a...
7231060 Systems and methods of generating control signals  
Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; computing a short-time similarity measure...
7225054 Controller with programmable service event display mode  
Controllers and systems for displaying servicing information via a display unit are disclosed. A controller in accordance with an illustrative embodiment of the present invention may include an...
7225037 System and method for implementing logic control in programmable controllers in distributed control systems  
The present invention provides a system and method for implementing logic control in programmable controllers in distributed control systems using a wired or wireless network. A software...
7209794 Controller with interface attachment  
A controller with attachments for controlling specific electronic circuits is disclosed. Each attachment has a connector connectable to the electronic circuit to be controlled, and a memory...
7200542 Method and apparatus for biased identification of potential data sharing locations  
A method for identifying predictable data sharing locations includes generating a testcase thread of code, creating a list of data lines used by the generated testcase thread of code, and...