| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-6,381,546 |
Panel tester and grader There is provided an improved panel tester and grader which is used for determining the strength and stiffness values for individually tested panels. In one... |
| US-6,381,545 |
Diagnostic method for an automotive HVAC compressor An improved method and apparatus for diagnosing the condition of an automotive HVAC refrigerant compressor based on information contained within the signal... |
| US-6,381,544 |
Deterministic cancellation of air-coupled noise produced by surface seimic
sources A speaker system is used in conjunction with a surface seismic source that may be vibratory or impulsive. A speaker system having one or more speakers produces a... |
| US-6,381,543 |
Method for forming a model of a geologic formation, constrained by dynamic
and static data Method for forming, by means of an inversion technique, a model of an underground zone, constrained by static data: data obtained by seismic exploration or... |
| US-6,381,542 |
Generic, accurate, and real time borehole correction for resistivity tools A Neural Net (NN) is trained, validated and used for borehole correction of resistivity logging data. In the training stage, the entire range of possibilities of... |
| US-6,381,541 |
Airplane ground location methods and systems Airplane ground location methods and systems are described. In one embodiment, a ground location evaluator includes one or more interrogators. Individual... |
| US-6,381,540 |
GPS device with compass and altimeter and method for displaying navigation
information A portable, handheld electronic navigation device includes an altimeter, a compass, and a GPS unit. An internal memory stores cartographic data, for displaying... |
| US-6,381,539 |
Preference information collection system, method therefor and storage
medium storing control program therefor A preference information collection system is capable of automatically obtain preference information of user. The preference information collecting system is... |
| US-6,381,538 |
Vehicle specific hazard estimation, presentation, and route planning based
on meteorological and other... This invention combines meteorological and other environmental data with data specific to a particular craft or vehicle, such as, for example, the weight, speed,... |
| US-6,381,537 |
Method and system for obtaining geographic data using navigation systems A system and method for collecting address data for a geographic database are disclosed. Data are collected using a plurality of end users navigation systems.... |
| US-6,381,536 |
Apparatus for generating road information from stored digital map database A road information generating apparatus has a stored digitized map database having data identifying roads on a route. The roads of the map database are stored as... |
| US-6,381,535 |
Interactive process for use as a navigational aid and device for its
implementation The invention relates to a system to be used as an aid in navigation comprising a mobile terminal (1, 2) connected to a centralized server (5), and more... |
| US-6,381,534 |
Navigation information presenting apparatus and method thereof When a navigation script has a contradiction with respect to time and place, a navigation information presenting apparatus adjusts the contradiction, executes... |
| US-6,381,533 |
Method and system using positions of cellular phones matched to road
network for collecting data A data collection system and method match the positions of one or more cellular phones, or other types of wireless phones, to data indicating the locations of... |
| US-6,381,532 |
Queued port data controller for microprocessor-based engine control
applications An engine control system comprising a host processor in operative communication with a data bus and a plurality of peripheral devices for communicating engine... |
| US-6,381,531 |
Process and device for adjusting the braking effect in a vehicle The braking effect in a vehicle is set in the sense of preventing a tendency to lock-up with at least two wheels which are arranged on at least one axle on the... |
| US-6,381,530 |
Transfer case having temperature compensation A transfer case for a four-wheel drive motor vehicle includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and a synchronizer which facilitates shift on the fly operations... |
| US-6,381,529 |
Control system for hydrostatic transmission A control system controls a hydrostatic transmission having an engine driven variable displacement pump coupled to a fixed displacement motor. The pump has a... |
| US-6,381,528 |
Control unit for electric power steering apparatus There is provided a control unit for an electric power steering apparatus that controls a motor for giving steering assist force to a steering mechanism, based... |
| US-6,381,527 |
Control unit for rear-wheel steering apparatus Controller is designed to control operation of a rear-wheel steering apparatus typically provided in a four-wheel steering vehicle, and is based on electronic... |
| US-6,381,526 |
Torque detection apparatus A torque detection apparatus includes a torque sensor, a sensor circuit, a signal processing circuit, and an abnormal state monitoring circuit. The torque sensor... |
| US-6,381,525 |
Electric power steering apparatus To provide an electric power steering apparatus that is superior in operationability and reliability and is capable of keeping stable steering feeling by... |
| US-6,381,524 |
Vehicle travel control apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle control apparatus which makes it possible to share information by a plurality of devices and which can... |
| US-6,381,523 |
Travelling vehicle system A distribution computer 10 and a plurality of controllers 12.about.15 are connected together via a LAN. One of the controllers acts as a main controller 12 to... |
| US-6,381,522 |
Method for controlling a hybrid vehicle In a vehicle equipped with an engine and a regenerative system, the quantity of energy storage by the regenerative system is scheduled, and fuel efficiency and... |
| US-6,381,521 |
Dynamic angle of attack measurement system and method therefor A method measures the angle of attack for the leading and trailing sets of wheels in trucks of rail vehicles traveling over track in a wayside system. At a first... |
| US-6,381,520 |
Sun seeking solar array control system and method A control system and method that keeps solar arrays on a satellite pointing toward the sun. Exemplary control systems and methods are implemented as follows. An... |
| US-6,381,519 |
Cursor management on a multiple display electronic flight instrumentation
system An aircraft display and control system generally includes a processor, a cursor control and selection device, an aeronautical information database, a geographic... |
| US-6,381,518 |
Electronic oven temperature controller having adaptable temperature
regulation limits An oven temperature controller for regulating temperature to a temperature setpoint over a temperature range in an oven compartment comprising a microprocessor... |
| US-6,381,517 |
Method and apparatus to analyze accessor performance An automated data storage system which comprises one or more robotic accessors movably disposed therein, each such accessor including a revolving memory buffer... |
| US-6,381,516 |
Modular off-line micro device processing system An off-line micro device processing system is provided having a longitudinally extending feeder/processing/buffer system for providing processed micro devices to... |
| US-6,381,515 |
Robot apparatus In a robot device, its functions and performance can be improved with ease. According to the present invention, control device detachably mounted on a prescribed... |
| US-6,381,514 |
Dispenser system for preventing unauthorized fueling A fuel dispensing system and method for preventing unauthorized fueling by controlling access and delivery of fuel from a fuel dispenser, based on information... |
| US-6,381,513 |
Electronic information distributing terminal equipment Herein disclosed is an electronic information distributing terminal equipment for storing and distributing the electronic information containing a text... |
| US-6,381,512 |
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... |
| US-6,381,511 |
Textile machine with individual work station processors A textile machine, such as a spinning or bobbin winding machine, has a plurality of identical work stations and an improved control and information system,... |
| US-6,381,510 |
Methods and apparatus for facilitating electronic commerce in area rugs Methods and apparatus are provided for facilitating the sale and distribution of handmade rugs. High resolution images are obtained of rugs in the inventories of... |
| US-6,381,509 |
Automatic manufacturing monitoring and tracking A computerized system for tracking the activities of a manufacturing system. Identifiers for parts, subassemblies or assemblies produced or used by the... |
| US-6,381,508 |
Process and equipment for optimizing production A process and equipment for optimizing production includes identifying the breakdown that is actually responsible for a shutdown on a machine production line,... |
| US-6,381,507 |
Command pass-through functionality in panel subunit A command pass-through mechanism for allowing a set of pre-defined user command codes to be passed directly to the target device. By using the command... |
| US-6,381,506 |
Fail-safe microprocessor-based control and monitoring of electrical devices A fail-safe microprocessor-based system and method permits the controlling and monitoring of electrical devices for use in fail-safe interfacing of electrical... |
| US-6,381,505 |
Robust steady-state target calculation for model predictive control A method and apparatus for steady-state target calculation that explicitly accounts for model uncertainty is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the... |
| US-6,381,504 |
Method for optimizing a plant with multiple inputs An on-line optimizer is provided wherein a boiler (720) is optimized by measuring a select plurality of inputs to the boiler (720) and mapping them through a... |
| US-6,381,503 |
Interface circuit for processor controlled system and vehicle laundry
system utilizing such interface circuit A smart module circuit board carries a programmable microprocessor and a plurality of relay type interface circuits for use in organizing relatively high voltage... |
| US-6,381,502 |
Virtual tool box for use with industrial control system An industrial control system incorporating a plurality of human/machine interfaces provides for the identification of an operator using the human/machine... |
| US-6,381,501 |
Data logging apparatus The data logging apparatus according to the present invention has one or more units of programmable logic controller connected to each other through... |
| US-6,381,500 |
Cardiac stimulator lead with two-stage extendable/retractable fixation and
method for using same A cardiac stimulator lead is provided that includes a two-stage extendable/retractable fixation. A cardiac stimulator lead comprises a connector for connecting... |
| US-6,381,499 |
Method and apparatus for using vagus nerve stimulation in surgery A method and apparatus for facilitating coronary surgery on the beating heart wherein the vagus nerve is electrically stimulated to purposely temporarily stop or... |
| US-6,381,498 |
Method and apparatus for controlled contraction of collagen tissue A method and apparatus applies radiant energy through the skin to underlying collagen tissue without substantially modifying melanocytes and other epithelial... |
| US-6,381,497 |
Method for smoothing contour irregularity of skin surface by controlled
contraction of collagen tissue A method and apparatus applies radiant energy through the skin to underlying collagen tissue without substantially modifying melanocytes and other epithelial... |