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| 20080201001 | INVENTORY MECHANISM THAT GENERATES LOGICAL INVENTORY FROM ASSEMBLIES IN INVENTORY - A logical inventory mechanism takes components in assemblies into account when determining purchase requirements. The inventory control system determines assemblies that are available, determines their components and whether or not each component may be reused, then adjusts physical inventory to generate therefrom logical inventory based on physical inventory plus parts in the assemblies that may be reused if the assemblies are disassembled. By computing logical inventory that would be available by disassembling assemblies, inventory levels may be reduced, thereby enhancing the efficiency of an inventory control system that includes the logical inventory mechanism. Assemblies in inventory thus may be used in two very different matters, as the starting point for a higher-level assembly, or to be disassembled to use one or more reusable components in the assembly in a different assembly. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080228301 | SYSTEM TO OPTIMIZE A SEMICONDUCTOR PROBE CARD - A novel information system for optimizing a phase in the lifespan of a probe card for semiconductor wafer testing, by receiving, storing, and disseminating probe card data over a network between the probe card customer and supplier. The system optimizes the ordering of a probe card by a customer, the manufacture of the probe card by a supplier, and the performance and repair of the probe card during its lifespan. The information system includes at least one server that is coupled to a network, where the server receives, stores, and disseminates historical information gathered during the order, manufacture, performance, and repair phases of many probe cards. An application on the server receives current information from a probe card customer or supplier, calculates a variety of metrics based on this information, compares the metric to historical data already stored in the system, and communicates the results of the comparison and the historical data to a system user. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080228302 | METHOD FOR GENERATING CONTROL DATA FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A PRODUCT - A method and a corresponding computer program product for generating control data for the manufacture of a product including a processing unit and a data-input unit, wherein the processing unit processes into a data structure data which are entered via the data-input unit and suitable for controlling production equipment for the manufacture of a product or can be transformed into such control data, the processing unit comprises at least two processing modules, a first processing module generates first control data having a first data structure and the second processing module generates second control data having a second data structure, the first processing module processes first input data from a first user and the second processing module requires second input data from a second user, and the first control data are generated for use by the second user while the second control data are generated for use for the first user. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080243283 | Process Control Simulator and Process Control Simulating Method - This invention provides a process control simulator configured to efficiently debug a plant control system. A computer stores simulated data generated by a model executing part to a time-series memory area. A programmable controller stops input from the input-device interface when there is a virtual input/output request received. A virtual input/output processor sets simulated data from a time-series memory area of the computer to a time-series memory area of the programmable controller. A program executing part sets simulated data from the time-series memory area to a memory area at the same resolution as an arithmetic operation period of program execution and executes the program. Control output as a result of the execution is fed back to the model executing part of the computer, and the computer calculates simulated data as process value at this timing, and stores the data to its time-series memory area. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080255693 | Software Factory Readiness Review - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer-readable medium for determining if a software factory is ready to take on a software project is presented. In a preferred embodiment, the computer-implemented method includes the steps of: determining if an infrastructure for a software factory has been procured; determining if operational software needed to assemble work packets in an assembly line in the software factory has been installed; determining if a workflow event model for an assembly line in the software factory has been configured; determining if workload in the assembly line has been balanced; determining if communication channels between the software factory and a customer's computer system have been defined and cleared for data transmission; and in response to determining that any element described above has been determined not to have occurred, prohibiting an induction of a software project into the software factory. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080294278 | Determining Viewing Distance Information for an Image - A method for enabling a user to interactively design a sign to be manufactured. The method may provide viewing distance information to a user during the design process, thus allowing the user to more intelligently specify various criteria for the sign, such as sign size, image/text size, etc. Alternatively, the user may specify viewing distance information, and the method may automatically determine the appropriate sign size and/or image/text size based on the viewing distance information. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080300703 | HEARING DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED CHANNEL - A hearing device having at least one of an acoustical/electrical converter and an electrical/acoustical converter respectively with an acoustical input or output. The input or output, as the case may be, is linked to a coupling opening at the outer surface of the device via a channel. At least a part of the outer surface of the device is formed by a one-part shell. The shell defines an inner space of the device, with the channel being provided within and along the part of the shell and being formed within the material of the shell. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080319566 | Custom Package Wrap - One method embodiment herein inputs a package size and a package wrap pattern. The method calculates a sheet size corresponding to the package size, and prints the sheet of package wrap. The sheet of package wrap has the package wrap pattern and can have fold markings corresponding to corners of the package. The sheet of package wrap has dimensions equal to the sheet size. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090005894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING THE YIELD IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING - Roughly described, a manufacturing process is enhanced by using TCAD and TCAD-derived models. A TCAD simulation model of the process is developed, which predicts, in dependence upon a plurality of process input parameters, a value for a performance parameter of a product to be manufactured using the process. Estimated, predicted or desired values for a calculated subset of the parameters (including either process input parameters or product performance parameters or both), are determined in dependence upon the process model, and further in dependence upon actual, estimated or desired values for a different subset of the parameters (again either process input parameters or product performance parameters or both). The determination is preferably made using a process compact model of the process, itself developed in dependence upon the simulation model. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090069919 | INTELLIGENT MASS PRODUCTION PLANNING AND ROUTING SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to manufacturing production and provide a method, system and computer program product for mass production planning and routing. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for mass production planning and routing can be provided. The method can include initiating a production process sequence to produce a product according to an initial routing receiving a request to change the initial routing to a new routing, dynamically comparing the initial routing to the new routing, removing each production process from the new routing that had already been completed in the initial routing, and resuming the production process sequence with the new routing. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090069920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORK INSTRUCTION GENERATION - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for manufacturing a product. In response to receiving an identification of the product, a process object associated with the product may be identified. A completed instance of the process object may be created for the product. A set of instructions may be presented to manufacture the product using the completed instance of the process object. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090069921 | Method of implementing a production execution system - In a method of implementing a production process in an industrial production system having control equipment, a plant model of the industrial production system is created, and based on the plant model, at least one interface (SFC type) for external access to the control equipment is defined. A strategy is defined for the interface representing a single function of a functionality provided by the interface. A method call is defined for activating the functionality provided by the interface. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090076638 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING COMPOSITE PANEL MANUFACTURING - A method and apparatus for managing production of a composite part. A three dimensional digital part definition is received for the composite part. A plurality of layers for the composite part is generated using the digital part definition with respect to a set of performance variables for an automated material placement system. A time needed to form the plurality of layers for the composite part to form a result and a cost ratio of production rate are identified. Production of the composite part is managed using the result. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090088881 | SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An exemplary simulation system for manufacturing a printed circuit board is provided. The simulation system includes at least one simulation sub-system. The simulation sub-system includes an input module, a storing module, a processing module, and an output module. The input module is configured for acquiring a number of processing parameters associated with steps of a process for manufacturing the printed circuit board. The storing module is configured for storing a number of simulation functions relating to the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board. The processing module is configured for selecting and performing the corresponding simulation function according to the acquired parameters, thereby obtaining a simulation result. The output module is configured for output the simulation result. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090093901 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS ON MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN MODELS - A system and method for using design specification and measurements on manufactured products in conceptual design model are provided. In one aspect, a conceptual model is extended to map one or more model elements to corresponding external reference values. The corresponding external reference values include at least design specification values and manufacturing properties associated with one or more model elements. The model elements mapped to corresponding external reference values are presented, for example, for identification and consistency checks of attributes at various stages of product life cycle. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090099675 | System and Method for Optimizing Transmission Component Life and Transmission Power - A power transmission system including a component having a surface and a plurality of micro-defects is provided. The surface has a distribution of asperities. The component has a first resonance frequency distribution. The distribution of asperities has a second resonance frequency distribution that is substantially outside of the first resonance frequency distribution. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090099676 | Modeling Manufacturing Processes to Include Defined Markers - A method, and corresponding computer program product and system, defines and uses marker points within a modeled manufacturing process routing that includes multiple sequenced operations. The method includes receiving user input that defines one or more marker points within the modeled manufacturing process routing and between sequential ones of the operations. The marker points define a user-defined point within a manufacturing process and include one of multiple defined types that each define a different use to be made by the marker point. The method also includes detecting if any marker points of a specified one of the defined types have been defined in the manufacturing process routing. If a marker point having the specified one of the defined types is detected, a predefined computing function is executed that uses the detected marker point. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090105860 | Container Design System, Methods, and Storage Medium Featuring Specific Colors or Indicia - A container design system, method of operation, and storage medium which allows a user(s) to: (1) design a unique complete container including: container size, shape, color, and medium; cap size, shape, color, and medium; label, wherein the label includes one or more specific colors or indicia; what the container will be filled with; and how the containers will be packaged and shipped; and (2) cause the final container to be manufactured, labeled, filled, packaged, and/or shipped according to the user's specific unique parameters; thereby, providing the user a complete container according to the user's particular parameters. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105861 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A TOOL FOR DEEP DRAWING AND TOOL FOR DEEP DRAWING OF SHEET METAL - The invention concerns a method for the creation of addendums ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090112340 | METHOD OF ANIMATING STRUCTURAL VIBRATION UNDER OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS - A method of analyzing structural vibration according to one aspect of the present invention includes reception of data from a plurality of sensors on a structure, filtration of the data to exclude data outside of a selected frequency band, association of sensor locations with locations on computer model, and generation of an animation which displays the structural vibration. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090112341 | CONTROL DATA CREATION DEVICE FOR MACHINING, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - An NC data creation device for creating NC data for forming at least one shape by electric discharge machining using at least two blades formed on one or more tool electrodes. Blade registration means registers the at least two blades (Q). Step registration means registers at least two steps to form the at least one shape (P). Blade assignment means assigns the at least two blades to the at least two steps. NC data creation means creates NC data including the at least two steps. The NC data creation means may create position commands for causing movement of the tool electrodes between two consecutive steps. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090125137 | Method of Manufacturing an Optical System - The invention relates to a method of calculating an optical system (OS), the optical system (OS) being identified by a function (OF), the optical system (OS) comprising a first part (F | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090138112 | Designing An Apparatus To Substantially Minimize Exergy Destruction - In a method of designing an apparatus formed of at least one component to substantially minimize exergy destruction, at least one of one or more candidate materials and one or more candidate processes are identified. The one or more candidate materials are capable of being used in forming the at least one component and the one or more candidate processes are associated with either or both of the one or more candidate materials and the at least one component. Exergy destruction values of at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes are determined. In addition, at least one of the one or more candidate materials and the one or more candidate processes having the substantially lowest exergy destruction values are selected for the apparatus design. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090143885 | Orifice formation control system - An orifice formation system is provided. The system includes a manufacturing machine configured to form an orifice in a workpiece, a computed tomography x-ray machine configured to generate data based on geometry of the workpiece, and a computer in communication with the manufacturing machine and the computed tomography x-ray machine. The computer is configured to control the manufacturing machine based on the data generated by the computed tomography x-ray machine. A method of controlling formation of an orifice in a workpiece is also provided. The method includes acquiring computed tomography data about the workpiece, determining geometry of the workpiece based on the computed tomography data, and forming an orifice in the workpiece based on the determined geometry of the workpiece. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090143886 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORTIONING WORKPIECES TO USER-ENTERED SHAPE AND OTHER SPECIFICATIONS - A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, into both shape and other user-defined specification(s). Workpieces are portioned both to shape and weight, such as to a weight-specific uniform shape, by adjusting (e.g., scaling up and down or slightly modifying) a desired template shape until the desired weight is achieved depending on the varying thickness of each workpiece. For example, from a thicker workpiece, a smaller-sized piece having a predefined shape and weight is portioned, while from a thinner workpiece, a larger-sized piece having the same predefined shape and weight is portioned. The system permits a user to scan in and edit a desired (reference) shape to be used as a template in the portioning process. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090157209 | WIRE OPTION EXPRESSIONS IN WIRING HARNESS DESIGNS - A method of designing a wiring harness using a wiring harness design tool can include creating a first wire option expression corresponding to a first wire within a wiring harness design, generating a wire option expression truth table based at least in part on the first wire option expression, modifying the first wire option expression truth table, and modifying the first wire option expression based at least in part on the modified wire option expression truth table. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090157210 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING REFLECTION PROPERTIES - A method allows analyzing and describing the reflective properties of a three-dimensionally structured original surface. The topology of the original surface is determined and the topological data are stored in the form of a depth map in a first data record and evaluated with respect to the influence of the data on the reflective properties. Each surface element is assigned a reflective value in accordance with the evaluation and the value is stored in a second data record and made available to other machining or inspection systems. There, the reflection values of the second data record are divided into classes and the depth values of the first data record, assigned to the classified reflection values, are varied in accordance with the classification. Finally, the changed depth values are employed as parameters for electronically controlling a tool in order to machine the artificially produced surface. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090171489 | INTERCHANGEABLE DRIVE ELEMENT FOR BOTTLE OR CONTAINER SUPPORTS IN A CONTAINER LABELING MACHINE OR A MACHINE CONFIGURED TO PRINT INFORMATION ON BOTTLES OR CONTAINERS, WHICH INTERCHANGEABLE DRIVE ELEMENT IS CAPABLE OF BEING USED IN DIFFERENT CONTAINER LABELING OR CONTAINER INFORMATION PRINTING MACHINES IN BOTTLE OR CONTAINER FILLING PLANTS - An interchangeable drive element for bottle or container supports in a container labeling machine or a machine configured to print information on bottles or containers, which interchangeable drive element is capable of being used in different container labeling or container information printing machines in bottle or container filling plants. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090171490 | IDENTIFICATION OF ENGINEERING INTENT REQUIREMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT - Engineering requirements are defined in an electronic environment. In one embodiment, a method includes providing at least one of a set of master requirements and a set of version requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition, and referencing an electronic reference document from at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the electronic reference document including one or more particular engineering requirements to be applied to the electronic product definition. Alternately, a method includes defining a callout linked to the at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements, the callout being adapted to supersede a conflicting engineering requirement set forth in at least one of the set of master requirements and the set of version requirements. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177305 | METHOD FOR ORGANIZING A MANUFACTURING OR ASSEMBLING PROCESS - A method and system for organizing a process having a plurality of operations is described. The process can be a manufacturing or assembly process. Some sequences of operations in the process are unfeasible. The method includes ordering the various operations of the process in a sequence by iteratively performing via a computer environment the acts of adding information on either a mandatory or an allowable sequence between two operations, and determining from the information on the sequence between the two operations further information on mandatory or allowable relations between operations of the plurality of operations, until all relations between couples of operations of the plurality have been determined. The method further includes organizing the process compliant with the set of relations obtained in the ordering via the computer environment. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090198362 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING ORDERS - Order handling apparatus of the present invention stores assembly standard information that at least one component is managed for each assembly and component standard information which is basic information of a component to be mapped with each other. Order handling apparatus duplicates component standard information together with assembly standard information to generate individual assembly information for arranging an assembly, assigns arranging formation representing whether a component is arranged or not to generate individual component information and stores them. Order handling apparatus determines whether to reflect an update of component standard information in component standard information contained in individual assembly information based on arranging information when component standard information stored in standard assembly storing unit is updated. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090216356 | Customized manufacturing method for an optoelectrical device - The disclosure provides a customized manufacturing method for an optoelectrical device. The customized manufacturing method comprises the steps of providing a manufacturing flow including a front-end flow, a customized module subsequent to the front-end flow, and a pause step between the front-end flow and the customized module, processing a predetermined amount of semi-manufactured products queued at the pause step, tuning the customized module in accordance with a customer's request, and processing the semi-manufactured products by the tuned customized module to fulfill the customer's request. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090240362 | SIMULATION MODEL CREATING METHOD, MASK DATA CREATING METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A simulation model creating method computes, for measurement results of a line width of a resist pattern formed with varied an exposure amount and focus value, a permissible fluctuation range of the pattern line width from a distribution of the exposure amount and a distribution of the focus value; computes difference values between the measurement results and corresponding approximation values on a fitting function which has the exposure amount and focus value as parameters; compares the difference values with the permissible fluctuation range; deletes any measurement values for which the difference value is larger than the permissible fluctuation range, and recomputes the fitting function accordingly; and deletes measurement values outside a permissible fluctuation range of a pattern line width of the mask, and creates a simulation model. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090240363 | MOBILE PAINT SYSTEM UTILIZING SLIDER ATTRIBUTE PROMPTS AND REFLECTANCE MEMORY STORAGE - What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of paints from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed, which may include a vehicle having a paint production system, a spectrometer and a gloss meter. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected paints from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select a value for a paint attribute on a slider; and automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints. The method may also comprise storing information about the reflectance of produced paints in a local data storage device. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090254207 | DISPLAY CARD FOR CUSTOM-MANUFACTURED ITEM AND METHOD - A system and method allows a consumer to custom-order an item, such as footwear. The system is capable of accepting a designation for the design of the item by a consumer wherein the item is custom-manufactured according to designation of a characteristic made by the consumer. A display card is associated with the system and has a card member having indicia thereon. The indicia correspond to the designation of the characteristic provided by the consumer. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090271017 | MACHINE TOOL AND ITS PROGRAM CONVERSION METHOD - In a machine tool which executes a plurality of programs simultaneously to perform machining, whether or not a precision machining operation period exists in each of the programs is analyzed before machining. If the precision machining operation period exists as a result of the analysis, the start timing and end timing of an ordered precision machining is recognized. Also, at least one of the speed, acceleration, and jerk of a general operation from start timing to end timing in a program for which the precision machining operation period is not specified is lowered. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a machine tool and its program conversion method, capable of performing precision machining with high precision without receiving an adverse effect from other operations, and capable of obtaining good machining efficiency. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090281648 | SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING PART DESIGN AND DIE DESIGN, SERVER, PART DESIGN TERMINAL APPARATUS AND DIE DESIGN TERMINAL APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - Information with regard to each finished part model is transmitted from a part design terminal | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090299509 | Method for Simulating a Controller and/or Machine Response of a Machine Tool or of a Production Machine - There is described a method and device for simulating a control and/or machine behavior of machine tools or production machines, in which data concerning the machine tools or production machines are transmitted to a simulation device by mans of an intranet and/or by means of an internet. The data can be automatically transmitted to the simulation device, whereby particularly after a change in an item of data from the quantity of data, this item of data is transmitted to the simulation device. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090306800 | ELECTRONIC STREAM PROCESSING CIRCUIT WITH LOCALLY CONTROLLED PARAMETER UPDATES, AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SUCH A CIRCUIT - A receiver circuit has a chain of stream processing circuits ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090319067 | Method for sequence programming of an enjection molding cycle of an injection molding machine - Disclosed is a method for programming the progress of an injection molding cycle of an injection molding machine. The injection molding cycle includes several sequences which are manually started as a whole or in part in a setup mode and in a teaching mode. In the setup mode, parts of the injection molding machine are first actuated and are tested as to the functionality thereof. The tested parts are then actuated once again in the teaching mode according to the desired sequence of movements, said sequence of movements being stored in a controller of the injection molding machine. Specific actions such as building up and reducing forces and generating holding pressure can also be taught. The individually taught sequences can then be freely combined into new processes in a controller having a suitable operator interface and can be repeated multiple times. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090326693 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING PROGRESSIVE REFRACTION LENS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND EYEGLASSES LENS SUPPLYING SYSTEM - A subject matter is to provide an efficient method for designing a progressive refraction lens in consideration of not only its optical performance but also its appearance performance. The method for designing the progressive refraction lens includes a step (S | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100004769 | METHOD OF DESIGNING A STRUCTURE - A method of designing a structure, such as an airfoil section. A first set of candidate designs is generated in a first optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of M design variables associated with an M-dimensional design space. A subset of the first set of candidate designs is selected. The selected subset of candidate designs is analysed by proper orthogonal decomposition or principal component analysis to generate an N-dimensional design space defined by N design variables, N being less than M. A second set of one or more candidate designs is then generated in a second optimisation process, each candidate design comprising a set of N design variables associated with the N-dimensional design space. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100010654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERVASIVE DIAGNOSTICS - Model-based production control systems and methods are presented for constructing plans for controlling operation of a production system with a plant having a plurality of resources to achieve one or more production goals, in which a planner constructs plans for execution in the plant based on production goals while balancing both production objectives (e.g., production cost, production time) and diagnostic objectives (e.g., diagnostic cost, information gained, repair cost), and a diagnosis engine determines a current plant condition based on a previously executed plan and corresponding observations from the plant, and provides expected information gain data to the planner, with the planner generating a plan that will achieve a given production goal and is improved for one or more diagnostic objectives and the expected information gain data. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100017004 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTION SYSTEM DESIGN SUPPORT - A method and system for examining, auditing, and safely evaluating process systems, including fluid pressure systems, to aid overpressure design and/or sizing of overpressure equipment. The system includes a server subsystem, a storage subsystem, an assessment subsystem, and optionally a report generation subsystem, including computer hardware and application software for supporting these subsystems. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100017005 | METROLOGY THROUGH USE OF FEED FORWARD FEED SIDEWAYS AND MEASUREMENT CELL RE-USE - Metrology may be implemented during semiconductor device fabrication by a) modeling a first measurement on a first test cell formed in a layer of a partially fabricated device; b) performing a second measurement on a second test cell in the layer; c) feeding information from the second measurement into the modeling of the first measurement; and after a lithography pattern has been formed on the layer including the first and second test cells, d) modeling a third and a fourth measurement on the first and second test cells respectively using information from a) and b) respectively. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100023148 | PRINTABLE PRE-SEWN STUFFED TOY COMPOSITE SHEETS - Embodiments of the invention provide a composite sheet for creating a customized design. The composite sheet includes a first fabric portion, a second fabric portion, and a membrane portion disposed between the first fabric portion and the second fabric portion, where the first fabric portion is sewn with stitching to the second fabric portion. One advantage of the composite sheet and related systems and methods is that users can create customized designs conveniently on their own home printer. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100030354 | CONTAINER DESIGN SYSTEM, METHODS OF OPERATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A container design system, method of operation, and storage medium which allows a user(s) to: (1) design a unique complete container including: container size, shape, color, and medium; cap size, shape, color, and medium; label; what the container will be filled with; and how the containers will be packaged and shipped; and (2) cause the final container to be manufactured, labeled, filled, packaged, and/or shipped according to the user's specific unique parameters; thereby, providing the user a complete container according to the user's particular parameters. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030355 | METHODS OF CREATING CUSTOMIZED BEVERAGE PRODUCTS - A method of creating customized beverage products includes providing a multiple stream filing system suited for producing an array of beverage products. The method also includes receiving an order for a customized beverage product from the array of beverage products. The order indicates at least one characteristic of the customized beverage product. The at least one characteristic comprises one or more of the following: a beverage formulation, a beverage additive, a package size, a package shape, or label content. The method further includes instructing the multiple stream filling system to produce the customized beverage product. The multiple stream filing system produces the customized beverage product without performing an operation to reduce contamination of the customized beverage product with ingredients from a previously produced beverage product. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100030356 | DESIGN PROCESS RECORDING - Description of works such as “requirement”, “definition”, and “confirmation” in the narrow sense in a design process is made possible. A design work recording unit ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100042240 | DYNAMIC FULFILLMENT PLANNING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention relates to a method for production planning in which changing demands and current demands are combined and separated into fixed demands, time-flexible demands, and quantity-flexible demands before being prioritized according to a set of rules that optimize efficient handling of changing demands while minimizing changes in and maximizing flexibility of a production schedule. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100042241 | MODELING DATA CREATING SYSTEM, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND MODELING DATA CREATING PROGRAM - A modeling data creating system comprises: a correction unit that corrects structure data expressing the form of a desired structure based on change amount data; a contour generation unit that generates contour data expressing the contour of a support member for supporting the structure on a modeling table, based on the structure data; a support member generation unit that generates support member data expressing the form of multiple column bodies within the contour expressed by the contour data; and a cross-section generation unit that generates cross-sectional data expressing the cross-sectional shape of each of multiple planes approximately parallel to the modeling table, the planes making up a model configured of the support member expressed by the support member data and the structure expressed by the structure data. Through this, the modeling data creating system suppresses a difference in the model that is to be formed and the modeling data expressing the form of the model. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100063608 | Method and System for Programmable Numerical Control - A method of controlling a machine tool and other controlled devices, as well as a programmable numerical control (PNC) system, are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method of controlling includes receiving a first part program at a programmable logic controller (PLC), and storing the first part program in a string array library of a memory portion of the PLC. The method further includes communicating information between the PLC and an operator interface regarding the first part program, and providing a first signal from the PLC to a first port so as to cause the first machine tool to be operated in accordance with the first part program. Also, in at least some embodiments, the PNC system allows for control of multiple machine tools and/or other controlled devices, by way of one or more part programs, and/or for editing of a part program while that program is being executed. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070060 | Method for designing a light guide plate and method for manufacturing the same - A method for designing a light guide plate includes the following steps. A raw light guide plate having a light input surface and a light output surface is provided. A region of the light input surface is divided into several annuluses according to a luminance distribution E(ρ,θ) of the light output surface. A scattering dots density D(ρ,θ) of each annulus on the light input surface is figured out. A total number N of the scattering dots of each annulus on the light input surface are gained, and the scattering dots is randomly distributed in the each annulus defined on the light input surface, whereby a designed light guide plate is obtained. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100076580 | Semiconductor integrated circuit design method for determining thickness of wiring based on plural factors contributing to thickness of wiring - A semiconductor integrated circuit design method, includes modeling a layer thickness of a wiring by a function including as independent variables, a percentage of surface area of the wiring in a first two-dimensional region where the wiring is formed, and a percentage of surface area for elements other than the wiring in a second two-dimensional region, and designing the wiring based on the wiring modeled. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100094445 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING GLASS ANTENNA - The present invention features a technique comprising the design of a glass antenna having a desired performance regardless of the kind of vehicle and the glass size and the shape of vehicle, by operating an EM (engineering model) simulation tool with an optimization algorithm. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100100214 | CUSTOM-DESIGNED PRINTED OFFICE PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHOD - A software application that can be downloaded from a server and execute within the web browser of an electronically linked computer is programmed to include advanced editing tools that assist in the interactive design of a print file used to customize a printable office product. For example, the software application includes a text merge tool that enables each text element in the print file to be merged with a corresponding set of variable data using a series of highly intuitive graphical user interfaces. One graphical user interface includes a workspace for the print file and at least one data field button identifying a particular category of variable data that can be bound with a corresponding text element displayed on the workspace. Using the text merge tool, each printable office product produced in conjunction with a custom print order can be personalized with individual-specific data. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100106274 | WIRING DESIGN APPARATUS - A wiring design apparatus includes a first acquirer that acquires a first wiring block whose region has a maximum number of crossings with regions of other wiring blocks from printed circuit board data of a printed circuit board having a plurality of wiring blocks with a specific region on a wiring layer, a second acquirer that acquires second wiring blocks whose region does not cross the first wiring block from the printed circuit board data, and a wiring execution requester that causes a wiring processor to perform wiring processing on the first wiring block and the second wiring blocks in parallel. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100114347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVENT BASED EXECUTION OF FIELDBUS PROCESS CONTROL STRATEGIES | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114348 | Frozen compositions and methods for piercing a substrate - Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100114349 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING JOINT PRESS SET FOR USE WITH A PLURALITY OF BALL JOINTS - A method and article for designing dual-mode adapters in a joint press kit. A plurality of ball joints for use with the adapters are selected. An adapter design is created by defining a first variable representative of a physical characteristic of the adapter design; defining a second variable representing a quantity of ball joints that are not compatible with the adapter design in a second operational mode; generating data sets including the first and second variables; and utilizing the data sets to determine a value for a characteristic of the adapter. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100138017 | Ontology-Based System and Method for Industrial Control - An industrial control system and method of controlling an industrial process are disclosed herein. In at least one embodiment, the control system includes an order system configured to receive an order from an external source and process the order to generate an order instance in accordance with an order ontology, at least one database storing a plurality of selectable generalized production plans and information identifying capabilities of a plurality of control entities, and a product agent in at least indirect communication with the order system, the at least one database and the control entities. The product agent receives at least one portion of the order instance, selects at least one of the generalized production plans, and communicates with the control entities so as to determine a production plan instance suitable for governing at least one aspect of an industrial process in order to satisfy at least one portion of the received order corresponding to the at least one portion of the order instance. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138018 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PARTS PROGRAM - A method and a computer program for producing a parts program are disclosed. The parts program includes control instructions which enable a control device of a machine tool to control movements of a tool, with the steps of reading in movement information relating to movements and machining operations to be performed by the tool, reading in availability information which identifies control subprograms available in the control device for predetermined machining operations to be performed by the tool and, if a control subprogram associated with a predetermined machining operation is available in the control device, generating a control instruction for the parts program from the available control subprograms and the movement information in form of a call for the control subprogram associated with the machining operation. Production of a parts program for a machine tool is thereby simplified. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100138019 | METHOD OF PERFORMING OPTICAL PROXIMITY EFFECT CORRECTIONS TO PHOTOMASK PATTERN - A method of performing an optical proximity effect correction to a first photomask pattern for a wiring of a semiconductor device for use in combination with a second photomask pattern for a via, the wiring including an end portion coupled to the via, the method being performed by a computer including a memory storing layout data of the first photomask pattern and the second photomask pattern, including extracting a pattern of layout data of the first photomask pattern for the wiring corresponding to the end portion of the wiring and layout data of the second photomask pattern for the via. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100145489 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A SPECTACLE LENS - The invention relates to a method, a computer program product and a system for designing or producing a spectacle lens for a spectacle wearer. Said method consists of the following steps: individual user data or application data of the spectacle wearer is obtained; the design concept for the spectacle lens having a plurality of evaluation points is determined; a main beam path through the plurality of evaluation points is determined; a local wavefront is specified for each of the main beams in the surroundings of the respective main beam; optical properties of the spectacle lens are determined on the evaluation points by determining an influence of the spectacle lens on the local wavefronts in the surroundings of the respective evaluation point; and the design concept is evaluated in accordance with the determined optical properties and the individual user data. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100152870 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTS FOR WELDING WORKPIECES - The invention relates to a method for controlling robots for welding three-dimensional workpieces, comprising the following steps: positioning and tacking profiles to a plate in order to form the workpiece to be welded, depicting the workpiece by means of a three-dimensional imaging system in the form of three-dimensional pixels, determining the geometric data of the plate and profiles, including the allocation of cutouts and final cutting shapes from the three-dimensional pixels, determining the weld seam data from the geometric data while considering the profile placement lines and the contact lines of profiles, allocating the weld seam data to parameterizable specifications for the weld plan into stored predefined movement patterns of the robot, and into commands for the control of the welding process. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100161093 | MULTIVARIABLE SOLVER FOR OPTICAL PROXIMITY CORRECTION - The method of the invention tracks how the collective movement of edge segments in a mask layout alters the resist image values at control points in the layout and simultaneously determines a correction amount for each edge segment in the layout. A multisolver matrix that represents the collective effect of movements of each edge segment in the mask layout is used to simultaneously determine the correction amount for each edge segment in the mask layout. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100168888 | DIGITAL MATERIAL MANAGEMENT METHOD, DIGITAL MATERIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - An aspect of the present invention provides a digital material management method including a verification step of automatically verifying, in manufacturing of a product in which digital materials are used, digital materials that should be used and digital materials that are actually used in the product. According to the digital material management method of the present invention, whether the entire digital materials that should be used in the product manufactured using the digital materials are arranged and used is automatically checked, and the result is displayed. Therefore, the use of the digital materials that should be used in the product can be automatically checked. The efficiency is improved, and the power can be saved. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100168889 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A substrate treatment apparatus eliminates breakage of a wafer W due to having the wafer supported by a supporting member when heat treatment is performed on the wafer W a plurality of times by a heat treatment module. The substrate processing apparatus includes a recipe setting unit for setting process conditions for a process recipe for the semiconductor wafer W and a direction of the semiconductor wafer W, by associating the conditions and the direction with each other. Through the recipe setting unit, the direction of the semiconductor wafer W can be set, and the semiconductor wafer W can be arranged in a direction set by an alignment module. Thus, portions R to be supported by the supporting members | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100191357 | PATTERN LAYOUT CREATION METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A graph in which patterns are each regarded as nodes and nodes of patterns adjacent to each other at a first distance are connected with each other by an edge is produced, each of the patterns is classified into two types so that the two patterns corresponding to the nodes at both ends of the edge are types different to each other, a classification result is corrected by grouping the patterns in each node cluster connected by the edge or each node cluster connected via the node by the edge, and by inverting each of types of a pattern belonging to a same group as that of one pattern, out of a pair of patterns that are classified into a same type and that belong to respectively different groups adjacent to each other at a second distance, and a pattern layout diagram is created based on the corrected classification result. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191358 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODELING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A method and a system model a manufacturing process wherein an manufacturing executing system implements the modeled manufacturing process and plans and/or controls the corresponding manufacturing at the shop floor. The method includes providing a number of real machines at the shop floor and describing each real machine by a real machine module having machine attributes in order to control the execution of the real machine. Within the manufacturing process a specific manufacturing activity is defined that requires the execution of a distinct subset of real machines in order to perform its specific production activity. Virtual equipment is provided by combining the real machines included in the subset and describing the virtual equipment by a virtual equipment model to plan and control the specific production activity. The virtual equipment model contains a planning level model and a controlling level model. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100191359 | Engagement Milling - A method using a computer for generating a spiral-like tool path for milling a region of a workpiece is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: creating a family of concentric indexed circular arcs at each of two or more separate and distinct selected points within the region; determining parameters of a first set of blends to connect together the circular arcs of adjacent families of the circular arcs having an identical index to form a plurality of isoloops; determining parameters of a second set of blends for blending between adjacent isoloops to form the spiral-like tool path, and generating instructions for controlling the milling cutter in accordance with the generated tool path. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100198381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING CLIP-ONS FOR A PRIMARY EYEWEAR - A method for providing data regarding a given primary eyewear to a remote data processing center where the data is processed to yield production instructions for producing a clip-on for the primary eyewear. The production instructions are provided to one or more remote production units. Preferably, the site providing data regarding the primary eyewear and the site for producing the secondary eyewear object are the same site. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100198382 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEMS - In a method of configuring a manufacturing execution system implemented in industrial production systems, data of a first coding type is received from a first hierarchical layer, and data of a second coding type is received from a second hierarchical layer. The method transforms at least one of the data of the first type and the data of the second type to a complex data structure configured for implementing uniform data processing within the manufacturing execution system. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100204814 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL DATA FOR CONTROLLING A TOOL ON A MACHINE TOOL COMPRISING AT LEAST 5 AXES - A process and an apparatus for generating control data for controlling a tool on a machine tool comprising at least 5 axes for the production of a predetermined finished part having a base body and at least one flank section protruding from the base body, finished part geometry data of the predetermined finished part geometry of the finished part being generated by means of fundamental geometry parameters and path data being generated by means of the finished part geometry data, the path data indicating the tool path along the surface of the flank section over which the tool has to travel with what tool orientation relative to the workpiece to remove material from the workpiece, the tool orientation of the tool corresponding to an orientation of a axis of rotation of the tool and the tool rotating about the axis of rotation of the tool to remove material from the workpiece. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100211202 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR EXAMINING WAFERS - Method and machine utilizes the real-time recipe to examine a series of wafers during the fabrication of integrated circuits. Each real-time recipe essentially corresponds to a practical fabrication history of a wafer to be examined and/or the examination results of at least one examined wafer of same “lot”. Therefore, different wafers can be examined by using different recipes where each recipe corresponds to a specific condition of a wafer to be examined, even these wafers are received by a machine for examining at the same time. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100249966 | LABEL DESIGN PRODUCING APPARATUS - A label design producing apparatus of the present invention comprises a first memory unit in which a plurality of designs are stored, a second memory unit in which label combination information expressing each design by combination of a plurality of rectangular labels is stored, a selecting unit for selecting a design to be employed from designs stored in the first memory unit, a reading-out unit for reading out the label combination information corresponding to the design selected by the selecting unit from the second memory unit, and an output unit for outputting labels constituting the design according to the label combination information read out by the reading-out unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100262270 | DESIGN DATA MERGING APPARATUS AND DESIGN DATA MERGING METHOD - A design data merging apparatus includes a merging determining unit that determines, for a plurality of design data of which each has product name information and has a same identifier for uniquely identifying a product, whether the product name information given to the plurality of design data are the same, and a merged data creating unit that merges the plurality of design data when it is determined by the merging determining unit that the product name information given to the plurality of design data are the same, and creates merged data obtained by merging a plurality of design data. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100268362 | Method for optimizing the design of an irrigation plant and apparatus for implementing such method - The present invention relates to a method for optimized design of an irrigation system with tubing spans equipped with components including distributors, each composed of elements. The method comprises the steps of: inputting first data about spans into storage means of a computer apparatus where an IT product for designing the plant is stored, which comprises a database of the elements; inputting second data concerning the terminals of the last spans into the storage means; selecting elements from a group of sets of elements contained in the database; and generating, by the IT product, a list of components comprising the selected elements. Each of the sets is processed by the IT product by selecting, of all the available elements, those having mechanical properties suitable for the first and second input data and the previously selected elements for mechanical continuity of the irrigation plant. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100286807 | System and Method of Verification of Analog Circuits - In a particular embodiment, a first digital function module is created that represents a first analog circuit and a second digital function module is created that represents a second analog circuit. A first value representing a first analog signal is transmitted from the first digital function module to the second digital function module while concurrently or substantially currently, the second digital function module transmits a second value representing a second analog signal to the first digital function module. In a particular embodiment, the first digital function module is a current signal related to an output of the first analog circuit and the second analog signal from the second digital function module is a voltage signal related to an output of the second analog circuit. The values may be transmitted along a bidirectional analog data bus capable of communicating real floating point numbers. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100286808 | Article Manufacturing Process - A substrate having a surface representative of the geometric shape of the article is first modeled. Then, a plurality of paths for placing tape strips upon the substrate are serially defined. The first path is defined by first starting coordinates and an initial angle such that it follows a natural path along the surface of the modeled substrate. Subsequent paths are also defined by their respective starting coordinates and initial angles, wherein the starting coordinates are disposed adjacent a adjacent path and the initial angle causes the subsequent path to follow a natural path along the modeled substrate. The starting coordinates are adjusted to minimize a minimum gap between the adjacent paths, and the initial angle is adjusted to minimize an average gap between adjacent paths, all without the paths overlapping. Finally, tape strips are laid upon the substrate according to the defined paths, thereby forming the article. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110009991 | DISTRIBUTION BACKBONE - Digitally distributing media content using a distribution backbone system, including: receiving a request for media content from a client, the request including a client profile; performing inventory and analysis of source assets by iteratively progressing through the client profile to create output; performing a capability mapping in which a series of rules that allow the source assets to be mapped to the client profile; and planning a manufacturing process, which determines work items and execution steps from capabilities mapped in response to the request for media content from the client. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110009992 | Process for the Production of a Three-Dimensional Object With Resolution Improvement by Pixel Shift - The invention relates to a process or device for the production of a three-dimensional object by layer-wise solidification of a material which is solidifiable under the application of electromagnetic irradiation by means of mask illumination, wherein the mask is produced using an image forming unit having a prescribed resolution, which is formed from a constant number of image forming elements (pixels) being discrete and being arranged in a spatially mutually fixed manner. For the improvement of the resolution along the outer and inner contours of the sectional areas of the object to be generated layer-wise in the sub-pixel range, a multiple illumination per layer is performed, which consists of a series of multiple images that are mutually shifted in the sub-pixel range in the image/construction plane, wherein a separate mask/bitmap is produced for each shifted image. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110015771 | NUMERICALLY CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A numerically controlling apparatus is provided in which the automatic operation of a machine tool can be stopped at a desired block and yet at plurality of desired blocks without changing NC programs. In this numerically controlling apparatus, an operator performs a change into the “EDIT” mode with a mode selecting switch on a keyboard | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110015772 | Measurement System - A measurement and workpiece cutting system is disclosed. The measurement and workpiece cutting system has a physical dimension measuring apparatus and a cutting apparatus. The physical dimension measuring apparatus has a physical dimension measuring unit and a transmitter. The physical dimension measuring apparatus measures a physical dimension for a workpiece to be cut. The transmitter transmits either information representative of the measured physical dimension or cutting dimensions. A processing unit is configured to calculate cutting dimensions from the information representative of the physical dimension. The cutting apparatus has a cutting mechanism for cutting the workpiece, a receiver for receiving either information representative of the measured physical dimension or cutting dimensions, a data storage unit, a display, and a physical dimension control for setting the cutting mechanism to cut the workpiece to the cutting dimensions. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110029114 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING A TEST ARTICLE HAVING EMBEDDED FEATURES FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION - A method in a computer system having a display for producing a representation of an article having embedded features including calibration target(s) or simulated defect(s) on the display. The method can include generating a representation of a test component on the display, generating a representation of embedded features on the display and combining the representations of the test component and the embedded features on the display to generate a combined representation. The method can further include converting the combined representation to a layer-by-layer format including manufacturing parameters for additive manufacturing, and producing the test article with an additive manufacturing process. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110029115 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An integrated circuit device includes a host I/F, an information register, and a control section. The information register stores wave selection information for selecting waveform information which defines a waveform of a drive signal of the electro-optical device. Waveform information selected by the wave selection information stored in the information register from among a plurality of pieces of waveform information is loaded to an information memory at the time of manufacturing an electronic apparatus including the electro-optical device. The control section controls the display of the electro-optical device on the basis of the waveform information read from the information memory at the time of an actual operation of the electronic apparatus. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110046762 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING DATA FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING - There is provided a charged particle beam writing apparatus in which data processing is optimized by automatically dividing process regions on which parallel distributed processing is performed. A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes: a data storage unit to which layout data defining a plurality of figure patterns in a chip region is input and which stores the layout data; a dividing unit configured to divide the chip region into a plurality of process regions; a shot data generating unit configured to perform distributed processing on pattern data in the process regions using a plurality of computing processors so as to convert the pattern data to shot data for shooting a charged particle beam onto a target object; a determining and instructing unit configured to compare an amount of output data from each of the computing processors with a predetermined threshold, and when the amount of the output data is larger than the threshold, instruct corresponding one of the computing processors to divide corresponding one of the process regions and continue the data processing; and a writing unit configured to write on the target object using the shot data. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110060437 | SEARCH METHODS FOR CREATING DESIGNS FOR MERCHANDISE - Systems and methods are described for creating designs that can be imprinted on articles of merchandise. A wide range of designs may be selected by purchasers of customized merchandise, for one-off production or for production small or large quantity, without significantly compromising cost and speed of production. An online platform for selecting and combining designs in order to create customized merchandise that can be automatically manufactured. Searches of large design databases comprising uniquely identified design elements are enabled. The design elements can include one or more of fonts, colors, themes, shapes and images. Results of the searches can be selectively incorporated in customizable designs and can be embodied in merchandise. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110060438 | Treating Cleft Palate - The present application describes, inter alia, methods, devices, and systems for modeling and fabricating corrective appliances and methods of treating cleft palate using same. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110071659 | Application Specific Solar Cell and Method for Manufacture Using Thin Film Photovoltaic Materials - A method for manufacture of application specific solar cells includes providing and processing custom design information to determine at least a cell size and a cell shape. The method includes providing a transparent substrate having a back surface region, a front surface region, and one or more grid-line regions overlying the front side surface region. The one or more grid regions provide one or more unit cells having the cell size and the cell shape. The method further includes forming a layered structure including photovoltaic materials overlying the front surface region. Additionally, the method includes aligning a laser beam from the back surface region to illuminate a first region within the one or more grid-line regions, subjecting a first portion of the layered structure overlying the first region to the laser beam to separate the first portion of the layered structure from the first region, and scanning the laser beam along the one or more grid-line regions to cause formation of one or more unit cells having the cell size and cell shape. The method further includes transferring the one or more unit cells. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110077759 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMPOSITION INFORMATION AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In an imposition information generating apparatus ( | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110106284 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN PERFORMANCE OF INJECTION MOLDING OPERATIONS - There is provided a system for use in performance of injection molding operations, wherein the system can include a plurality of injection molding assembly components. In one embodiment, the system can be operative so that various information respecting components of the system can be recorded within a component database. The component database can be a computer implemented database and in one embodiment can be utilized to output information that indicates past and/or present conditions prevailing within the system. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110125302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMAL SAFETY VERIFICATION OF MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS - A method and system is provided for verifying and certifying the safety logic of a manufacturing automation system including safety logic, where the logic may include one or more safety modules, routines, programs and tasks or a combination thereof; testing specifications corresponding to the safety logic; one or more formal model generators adapted for automatically transforming the safety logic and testing specifications through a logic parser into their respective mathematical models, formatted for example, as a Petri-net or binary decision diagram; a safety logic verifier configured for automatically comparing the safety logic formal model against the testing specification formal model to verify the safety logic model for the purpose of certifying the safety logic. The testing specifications may include testing of safety logic behavior including reaching safe state, remaining in safe state without reset, recovering from safe state with reset and remaining active with false alarm detection. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110172794 | COMPUTERIZED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING TECHNOLOGY USED IN VEHICLE PRODUCTION - Various embodiments may include a computerized system and method for determining a selection of technologies or processes for use in part production. A dataset of technologies or processes may be considered and standardized. Generic CAD models may be generated from the standardized dataset. Optimization metrics for each generic CAD model may be received. Data from a sourcing, a manufacturing and a design data source may also be received. An optimization algorithm may be used for each generic CAD model based on the optimization metrics and the data from the data sources. One or more optimized CAD models may be generated and one or more optimized technologies or processes for use in part manufacturing may be obtained. The optimized technologies or processes may be based on the one or more optimized CAD models. The optimized technologies or processes may be transmitted for selection and use in producing manufactured parts. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110172795 | CONSIDERATION OF MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY DURING AIRCRAFT DESIGN - A system comprises a configurator for providing a configuration definition that specifies existing engineering designs and manufacturing capability of aircraft structures that have already been designed and manufactured; and a processor for accessing the configuration definition from the configurator and filtering the configuration definition according to customer specifications for a new aircraft. The filtering selects existing designs and identifies existing manufacturing capability to fabricate structures for the new aircraft. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110178620 | Software-Based System and Method for Changing Structural Feature Designations - A software-based system for changing structural feature designations within a production environment includes a menu page component adapted to support a menu page; an information document component interfacing with the menu page component and adapted to support at least one information document having structural feature designations of structural features; and an edit component interfacing with the information document component and adapted to view and edit the structural feature designations to expedite flow of materials in the production environment. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110184544 | MOVING PROGRAM MAKING-OUT PROGRAM AND DEVICE - Object: To provide a working environment in which, when programming work of a moving program is executed, work of drawing a movement path diagram, etc. and the programming work can be performed in parallel and, in addition, height information can be visually confirmed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110190915 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOL FOR RESTARTING AUTOMATIC OPERATION - A machine tool is controlled to restart automatic operation thereof for machining a workpiece from an interrupted point after the machine tool, which has been automatically operated by NC program commands output from an NC apparatus, is caused to interrupt the automatic operation. The NC program commands are classified into a plurality of main groups with respect to the contents of motions for changing the machine state of the machine tool. When the automatic operation of the machine tool restarts after the automatic operation has been interrupted halfway, an order of execution of the NC program commands is determined such that the main groups are arranged in a prescribed order of execution, for automatically generating a machine state restoration command. After the machine tool has been caused to interrupt its automatic operation under NC program commands, the automatic operation of the machine tool can restart from the interrupted point without the need for the operator to manually generate or correct a command for restoring the machine tool to its machine state upon interruption and also with safety free from physical interference between the workpiece and a tool during their movement. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110208337 | PREDICTION AND SCHEDULING SERVER - A server creates a plurality of projects pertaining to providing manufacturing service results. Each of the plurality of projects specifies operations to be performed relating to providing the manufacturing service results and at least one of the plurality of projects generates a requested manufacturing service result. The server initiates the at least one project that generates the requested manufacturing service result, wherein the at least one project is associated with an execution engine. The initiation of the at least one project may include sending input data to the execution engine based on configuration data that is associated with the execution engine, and obtaining the requested manufacturing service result from the execution engine. The server provides the requested manufacturing server result to at least one recipient. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110208338 | SYSTEM FOR CREATING PERSONALIZED AND CUSTOMIZED MOBILE DEVICES - The present invention provides a mobile device ecosystem that is simpler than existing options for all of its participants regardless of their role or business model. The ecosystem includes a mobile device and operating software development kit and store, both of which are implemented as web-based services such that creation, testing, and distribution of customized mobile devices, as well as discovery, investigation, and delivery of same, can all be performed using a standard web browser. The device development kit offers such capabilities as simply personalizing the exterior decoration of an existing device, designing the physical form factor of a device incorporating existing electronic components, and even creating new electronic components for incorporation in multiple device designs. The operating software development kit offers such capabilities as rearranging or redrawing the user interface for existing devices, or designing entirely new complete operating systems usable across multiple target device brands or brand groups. The device and operating software store is also not specific to any mobile device brand or brand group, and integrates with both branded and independent application stores. Further, the web-based development kit and store are integrated with one another such that creation of new devices, operating software packages, and applications can be accelerated by incorporation or customization of existing items or components thereof. In addition, the development kit incorporates tools for creating and embodying logic, interfaces, data, form factors, and functionality which can be used intuitively by all people, including children and adults who are not skilled software or hardware developers, while at the same time offering compatible advanced capabilities to those who are so skilled. Finally, the ecosystem itself includes features that facilitate communication, interaction, community, and sharing among and between creators, users, and other interested parties. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110213479 | Method and apparatus for performing pattern alignment to die - In a method for patterning a workpiece provided with dies in a direct write machine, pattern data associated with a selected die, or group of dies, is transformed into adjusted circuit pattern data dependent both on the original pattern data and the transformed positions, wherein the adjusted circuit pattern data represents the circuit pattern of the plurality of dies, or group of dies, such that the adjusted circuit pattern is fitted to a plurality of sub-areas of the workpiece area, and wherein each sub-area is associated with a die, or group of dies, among the plurality of dies distributed on the workpiece. A pattern is then written on the workpiece according to the adjusted circuit pattern data. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110224813 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device is provided with a designating operation accepting unit which displays a setting screen on which an image indicating the entire shape of an object appears. The designating operation accepting unit accepts first, second, and third designating operations on the setting screen, and which allows selection of a process item. The first designating operation sets a common process sequence. The second designating operation sets a section-specific process sequence. The third designating operation designates a target section of a section-specific process. The common process sequence includes a process item by which the section-specific process is performed, and through this process item the common process sequence and each section-specific process sequence are associated with each other. Information indicating data in model data, and corresponding to the designated target section is associated with the section-specific process, and is then entered as section specifying information. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A method and a system control a manufacturing process of a plant via a MES system. The MES system is provided with a catalogue of a tool model, the catalogue of the tool model contains tool entities and tool methods on the tool entities. The tool entities contain engineering-time tool entities and run-time tool entities and the tool methods contain engineering-time tool methods and run-time tool methods. At engineering time or at run time, via a tool manager, the tool model catalogue is exposed and information on the tool model data is stored in a database. At engineering time, the specific engineering-time tool entities are defined by invoking engineering-time tool methods. At run time the specific tool entities are instantiated into run-time tool objects and the manufacturing process is controlled relative to physical plant tools by invoking the run-time tool methods on the run-time tool objects. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110224815 | Industrial Robot And Path Planning Method For Controlling The Movement Of An Industrial Robot - The invention relates to an industrial robot ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110230992 | PROCESS SIMULATION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DESIGNING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a method of simulating a manufacturing process of a structure including adjacent components, the method includes causing a computer to perform operations of: importing mesh and material data set for each component; specifying, as a calculation target, a region in a first component in which impurities are to be diffused among the components; setting a virtual film of a desired thickness in contact with the region whose material is the same as that of a second component in contact with the specified calculation target; setting boundary conditions at interface between the region and the virtual film, based on the material data; incorporating the boundary conditions into diffusion equations to solve the diffusion equations of the region and the virtual film; and bringing data on the concentration of impurities of the region obtained by the calculation into data on the structure before the specification of the region. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110245948 | Method And Circuit To Generate Race Condition Test Data At Multiple Supply Voltages - A method and circuit for characterizing a process variation of a semiconductor die is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes operating a circuit at multiple supply voltage levels to generate race condition testing data. The circuit is disposed on at least one die of a wafer and includes at least one racing path circuit having at least two paths. The method further includes collecting the race condition testing data and evaluating the collected race condition testing data. The race condition testing data is correlated to a process variation of the at least one die. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110245949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PATTERNING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is an apparatus for fabricating a semiconductor device. The apparatus includes a first photomask and a second photomask. The first photomask has a plurality of first features thereon, and the first photomask having a first global pattern density. The second photomask has a plurality of second features thereon, and the second photomask has a second global pattern density. The plurality of first and second features collectively define a layout image of a layer of the semiconductor device. The first and second global pattern densities have a predetermined ratio. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110251706 | IMR (IN-MOLD ROLLER OR IN-MOLD RELEASE)/IMF (IN-MOLD FORMING) MAKING METHOD USING A DIGITAL PRINTER PRINTING AND PRE-FORMING TECHNIQUE - An IMR (in-mold roller or in-mold release)/IMF (in-mold forming) making method using a digital printer printing and pre-forming technique is disclosed to employ a digital printing technique to prepare a release layer, a protective wear-resistance layer (durable layer), an ink pattern layer, a metal pattern layer and a bonding layer (adhesive layer). In-mold roller or in-mold forming film is shaped and then molded on a plastic material through an injection-molding or pressure-casting technique so that the finished product is obtained after release from the mold and removal of the outer base layer. Further, shaped in-mold decoration film is put in an injection-molding mold or pressure-casting mold for molding and then the molded product is cut into the desired shape, finishing the fabrication. Trimming process may be applied to the shaped in-mold forming film before injection molding or pressure casting. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110264251 | ELECTRONIC WORK INSTRUCTION CONFIGURED FOR ISA-95 STANDARD - A method and a system provide, to production process personnel, an electronic work instruction for a production activity, compliant with an ISA-95 standard. The system contains at least one connection configured for exchanging at least one electronic work instruction between a production process based on the ISA-95 standard and an Electronic Work Instruction entity. The Electronic Work Instruction entity is configured for being compliant with the ISA-95 standard of the production process and capable of loading and storing at least one electronic work instruction. A device for accessing the electronic work instruction is also provided. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110264252 | COMBINATORIAL PROCESSING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A combinatorial processing management system is described, including determining an identification for a substrate, retrieving data from tools operating on the substrate, generating an analysis of the data in response to the retrieving, and storing the data and the analysis in a database indexed by the identification. The analysis may include comparisons between multiple processes performed on multiple regions of the substrate. The multiple processes may process at least one region of the substrate differently from at least one other region of the substrate. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110282472 | COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF QUEUE TIMES IN MICROELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING - A system for determining a group of semiconductor manufacturing process steps with a similar influence on individual semiconductor products. The system generates a first table including time stamps for the individual semiconductor products. The system creates a second table including Q-times based on the first table. The Q-times refers to time differences between every pair of the time stamps. The system forms a dependency table by grouping the Q-times with similar dependencies together. The system identifies groups of the similar dependencies. The system extracts semiconductor process steps belonging to the groups. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110295398 | SLICING METHOD FOR RAPID PROTOTYPING APPARATUS - A slicing method for a rapid prototyping apparatus with a printing module is provided, which comprises the following steps: (a) accessing data of plural cut points generated from a slicing plane of an object intersecting with plural grids; (b) determining whether a printing module performs an achromatic color printing or not; (c) if yes, connecting two cut points to form a first slicing outline based on the data of the plural cut points, wherein the cut points are generated from the slicing plane intersecting with each grid; (d) checking whether a discontinuous plane exists in the first slicing outline or not, wherein if yes, cut points are paired with a polar coordinate, a connecting path with a smaller included angle is selected, and the first slicing outline connects with the connecting path to form a closed slicing outline to perform an achromatic inkjet printing in the closed slicing outline. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295399 | ROBOT INTERACTION SYSTEM - In the case of a robot interaction system comprising a robot ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295400 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A PERFUME WITHIN A SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INTERACTIVE TERMINALS FOR FORMULATING PERFUMES AND A SERVER CONFIGURED TO EXCHANGE DATA WITH THE PLURALITY OF TERMINALS - A method of dispensing at least one test scent within a system includes a server configured to exchange data with a plurality of interactive scent-formulation terminals, each interactive terminal including a plurality of odorous substances, serving when combined in various proportions to create a plurality of scents; dispenser means for dispensing a selection of the odorous substances out from the terminal; a network interface enabling the terminal to communicate with the server; and a user interface; in which method the server automatically sends data to at least one terminal, the data describing at least one formulation enabling the terminal to dispense a test scent, while leaving the user of the terminal free to select the moment at which the test scent is dispensed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110295401 | Programmable Sensor Suitable for Controlling Yarn Feed to a Textile Machine and Method for the Programming Thereof - Sensor for controlling thread or yarn feed to a textile machine wherein a body or casing suitable for being arranged on a support of the machine or positioned near to it and having detection methods suitable for detecting at least one feed characteristic of the yarn to the machine. In the casing or body of the sensor, resources are provided for control of the detection and suitable for modifying the modes of control according to a plurality of control algorithms stored in memory associated with the casing; associated with the latter, selector methods are also provided suitable for allowing a user to choose one of the algorithms, thus selecting the desired operating mode of the sensor during its yarn feed control. The method for selecting desired sensor operating mode is also disclosed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110313556 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT AT IMPLANTS PREFERABLY FOR A HUMAN INTERVERTEBRAL AND SUCH IMPLANT - In an arrangement for production of implant consisting of biocompatible material and intended for a vertebral disk, preferably intervertebral disk in the human body, the condition (state) of the disk is established by aids of condition establishing means and parameters. A first information created by aid of said means and parameters is arranged to control a computer equipment for production of a simulation model of the disk in question with surrounding vertebras. A second information created by the computer equipment in dependency of the simulation incorporates or consists of information about the outer volume and design of the implant put in relation to the present alteration of or in the disk. The second information is arranged to initiate or contribute to the control of one or more equipments for production of the implant. In this matter it is possible to arrange a technical arrangement and method for an individually adapted implant. The invention also refers to such an implant. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110313557 | MOBILE PAINT SYSTEM UTILIZING SLIDER ATTRIBUTE PROMPTS AND REFLECTANCE MEMORY STORAGE - What is disclosed is a plurality of prepaints which are used in any combination to produce base paints and/or colored paints of varying end-use application characteristics. Additionally, a mobile paint factory for producing a plurality of lines of paints from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed, which may include a vehicle having a paint production system, a spectrometer and a gloss meter. Furthermore, a method of producing a plurality of lines of user-selected paints from a plurality of prepaints en route to and/or at various locations is disclosed. The method may include: providing a mobile paint factory; prompting a user to select a value for a paint attribute on a slider; and automatically dispensing predetermined amounts of appropriate prepaints. The method may also comprise storing information about the reflectance of produced paints in a local data storage device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120035755 | PROCESS CONTROL USING PROCESS DATA AND YIELD DATA - A method for monitoring a manufacturing tool features acquiring metrology data (“Step a”). Data is acquired for process variables for a first process step performed by the manufacturing tool (“Step b”). A mathematical model of the first process step based on the metrology data and the acquired data is created (“Step c”). Steps b and c are repeated for at least a second process step (“Step d”). An nth mathematical model is created based on the metrology data and the data for the process variables for each of the n process steps (“Step e”). A top level mathematical model is created based on the metrology data and the models created by steps c, d and e (“Step f”). A multivariate metric is calculated based on the top level model of step f and data from subsequent runs of the manufacturing tool. Service is performed if the metric satisfies a condition. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120078404 | CONSUMPTION RATE CALCULATING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONSUMPTION RATE CALCULATING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An operation information outputter includes a power data acquirer that acquires time-series data of a physical quantity consumed or generated when production equipment executes a process, a single-cycle detector that detects time-series data of predetermined duration out of the time-series data acquired by the power data acquirer, a production-quantity calculator that calculates a production quantity of objects to be produced by the production device in a specific period using the time-series data detected by the single-cycle detector, and a power-consumption-rate calculator that calculates the consumption rate of the physical quantity using the time-series data of the physical quantity for the specific period and the production quantity calculated by the production-quantity calculator, and makes it possible to achieve a consumption rate calculator or the like that easily calculates an energy consumption rate. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120101612 | Personalizing New Or Already Existing Wheels To Match A Person's Particular Desire - A method for customizing off the shelf, inexpensive automobile wheel rims, or inserts for automobile wheel rims which include an art image, a name, or a logo comprises:
| 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101613 | Method and Apparatus for Integrated Simulation - In an automated system which includes a robot manipulator, a workcell, and a control system implemented on a hardware platform based on a programmable logic controller (“PLC”), a method and apparatus for performing integrated simulation that does not require the presence of both the robot manipulator and the workcell. If one component is real, the other component is simulated so as to be sufficiently responsive to responses from the real component such that the real component is unable to discern that the other component is not also real. A computing device simultaneously displays simulacra of both the components, real and simulated, and visualizations of the responses provided by each. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101614 | System and Method for Manufacturing Optical Network Components - A system and method for calibrating optical components is disclosed. The method may include accumulating data indicative of the variation of selected variables with temperature for a batch of sample optical components, over an operating temperature range; determining the values of the selected variables at a single temperature of at least one new optical component for installation within an optical sub-assembly; and estimating the values of the selected variables as a function of temperature over the operating temperature range for the at least one new optical component based on the accumulated data and the values determined at the single temperature. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120116561 | PROGRAM TESTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF TESTING A PROGRAM, AND PROGRAM TESTING PROGRAM - A program testing apparatus includes a program input section for receiving externally inputted program codes corresponding to system components disposed hierarchically in accordance with a plant system configuration to divide a program to be tested which is inputted from an input section into a plurality of modules on a function-by-function basis, based on the system components, and a program retrieving section for retrieving a program having a predetermined relationship to a program corresponding to one of the system components, based on system information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120123574 | Plating method of substrate and manufacturing method of circuit board using the same - A method of plating a substrate and a method of manufacturing a circuit board using the method of plating a substrate. The method of manufacturing a circuit board may include: providing a panel substrate, the panel substrate divided into a circuit board area and a dummy area; calculating a ratio of an area of a circuit pattern to be formed by plating in the circuit board area; determining a ratio of an area being plated in the dummy area by considering the ratio of the area being plated in the circuit board area; setting a plating part in the circuit board area and the dummy area; and forming the circuit pattern by electroplating the panel substrate. Accordingly, deviation in thickness of plating between circuit patterns can be improved. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123575 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING COMPONENT MOUNTING SEQUENCE WITH VARIABLE PITCH HEADS AND COMPONENT MOUNTING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method is provided for determining a sequence of mounting a plurality of components on a board by using variable pitch heads having a plurality of pitches. The method includes: partitioning the board into a plurality of sectors, each of the sectors including a plurality of mounting points arranged in parallel with a direction in which the heads are arranged; dividing the board into a plurality of sub-boards including first sub-boards based on the sectors, each of the first sub-boards including as many mounting points as the heads; and determining a combination of a sequence of mounting the components on the board and at least one pitch among the pitches required to mount the components on the board in a shortest time, compared to another sequence or other sequences of mounting the components on the board and another pitch or other pitches among the pitches, based on the first sub-boards. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120158165 | Workflow Centered Mechatronic Objects - A method for generating workflows for product development or for the design or the operation of industrial systems, wherein the workflow comprises activities, inputs, outputs, attributes, and time dependencies for the activities, wherein the method comprises providing software objects representing parts, functions and/or artifacts of the product or the industrial systems, assembling the software objects by interconnecting them via the interfaces to design a product or an industrial system, generating the workflow for product development or for the design or operation of an industrial system based on the workflow information. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120158166 | MODULAR LOW STRESS PACKAGE TECHNOLOGY - A method of designing a desired modular assembly: determining a package outline of a modular package assembly; determining seating plane and overall package length characteristics; calculating minimum package height of the modular package assembly; designing the dimensions and the configuration of semiconductor subassemblies by receiving semiconductor subassembly user input design data at the design tool, each semiconductor subassembly of the one or more semiconductor subassemblies comprising a modular sidewall element and a semiconductor substrate base element coupled to the modular sidewall element, the semiconductor substrate base element having at least one semiconductor element with a layout sized to be accommodated by modular dimensions of the modular sidewall element and the semiconductor substrate base element configured to form a base of the semiconductor subassembly; and incorporating the configuration and dimensions of the modular package assembly and the one or more semiconductor subassemblies into a manufacturing assembly process. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120179281 | SYSTEMS FOR DENTURE PREPARATION - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to systems and methods for designing and manufacturing dentures. More particularly, in certain embodiments, the invention relates to a system for preparing a denture base plate. The system includes a user interface and a design application for creating a virtual model, and a manufacturing apparatus for fabricating a denture base plate corresponding to the virtual model. In other embodiments, an apparatus is provided that includes a graphical interface and a design application for selecting a set of virtual denture teeth and placing and adjusting the virtual denture teeth in relation to each other and a virtual denture base plate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120197421 | MACHINE TOOL CONTROL SYSTEM - An optimum cutting feed rate of a machine tool is calculated at the outset and a tool path as well as the optimum cutting feed rate calculated is directly output to a driving unit of the machine tool. A relative movement between the work and a tool is made to occur along the tool path at the optimum cutting feed rate for each part of the tool path. To this end, a control system includes a CL data generating unit | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120215334 | TOOL PATH GENERATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A tool path generation device for machining a workpiece with a machine tool including a reading and interpreting portion which reads out a tool path from a machining program, a target coordinate value calculating portion which sets a plurality of target points at equal intervals on the read out tool path, and a curve approximation calculating portion which generates a tool path based on the plurality of target points, so as to obtain a smooth machined surface without formation of step differences between adjacent tool paths. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120259444 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING A DICING DEVICE, AND A DICING APPARATUS FOR DICING A WORKPIECE - A method of configuring a dicing device | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259445 | METHOD FOR MATCHING ASSISTANT FEATURE TOOLS - A method for matching assistant feature tools includes the steps of: generating an objective assistant feature according to a specific test layout by a first assistant feature tool; generating a compared assistant feature according to the specific test layout by a second assistant feature tool; and determining whether to accept or reject the second assistant feature tool by comparing the compared assistant feature with the objective assistant feature. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120283861 | METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A SHEET METAL PART - A method for the characterization of a sheet metal forming product uses the correlation of material flow data to a priori calculated or measured data. It determines whether the product falls within the acceptable production limits in terms of quality, areas of potential defects and an approximation of the process parameters prevailing during its production. The characterization is performed in real-time during production, tool deployment or try-out. The method includes the steps of: | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120283862 | PROCESSING PATH GENERATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SAME - In devices for generating a path of a tool of a processing machine by way of computer simulation, an NC program is created using a generated processing path. The NC program used to be corrected by verification of actually moving the processing machine. In contrast, the disclosed processing path generation device has been constituted to be provided with a means for calculating a closest distance and direction from a relationship of a position and posture between a tool and a work at an arbitrary point upon the processing path; a means for imparting a color determined by the closest distance and the direction calculated at the point upon the processing path; a means for panoramically displaying the color imparted to the work; and a means for correcting the relationship of the a position and posture between the tool and the work on the basis of information from a display device. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120303149 | FABRICATION AND TRACKING - A method of fabrication for a component to be installed in a facility, the facility being represented by an electronic design model, the method including extracting, at a computing device and from the model, details of the component and controlling a plurality of stations with the computing device to fabricate and track the component. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120316664 | METHOD FOR CREATING A FOLD PREPARATION PATTERN, COMPUTER FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING THE COMPUTER - A method for creating a fold preparation pattern includes supplying job-specific signature characteristics to a computer and determining job-specific cutting requirements by using general cutting requirements assigned to respective general signature characteristics in the computer and using the job-specific signature characteristics. The computer accesses a database that contains cutting, trimming, and clipping patterns and compiles job-specific fold preparation patterns in accordance with the job-specific cutting requirements. A computer for implementing the method and a system having the computer are also provided. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120316665 | LED PACKAGE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - There are prepared element characteristic information | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120323350 | SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SETTING EQUIPMENT PARAMETERS - An object is to provide an equipment parameter setting support system for supporting the setting of parameters in various processing equipment. The equipment parameter setting support system has an execution results acquisition unit for acquiring, from an equipment controller or EES of the equipment design and manufacturing support system, execution results of a real equipment at any two points in time; a parameter calculation unit for calculating PID parameters at each time point on the basis of the acquired execution results; a difference calculation unit for calculating the difference between the calculated PID parameters; and a variation value calculation unit for calculating a variation value for a unit interval in relation to the calculated difference, wherein, in the equipment design and manufacturing support system, the calculated variation value and a PID parameters stored in the equipment simulator are computed to calculate a new PID parameter, and PID control is executed in the equipment simulator using the new PID parameter. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120323351 | BICYCLE FITTING METHOD FOR PRODUCING BICYCLE, BICYCLE FITTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A bicycle fitting method for producing a bicycle is provided. The method includes the steps of receiving a bicycle riding information and a body measurement corresponding to a cyclist. According to the bicycle riding information, a bicycle model is provided. According to the body measurement and the selected bicycle model, a bicycle frame size and a set of bicycle geometric adjustment parameters are provided. According to the bicycle model, the bicycle frame size, and the set of bicycle geometric adjustment parameters, a bicycle which fits the cyclist is produced. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120330449 | RAPID CONVERTING OF SHEET MATERIAL METHODS AND APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus provide an input for a user located remote from a cutting machine to cut a part. The user can instruct the cutting machine to cut the part to the user's specification in many ways, for example such that the user can instruct the cutting machine without having knowledge of the machine's cutting processes or construction. The methods and apparatus of the embodiments described herein can convert a machine processes into an image of the part to be cut such that the user can easily view and understand the image of the part to be cut remote from the cutting machine. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120330450 | COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF QUEUE TIMES IN MICROELECTRONIC MANUFACTURING - A system for determining a group of semiconductor manufacturing process steps with a similar influence on individual semiconductor products. The system generates a first table including time stamps for the individual semiconductor products. The system creates a second table including Q-times based on the first table. The Q-times refers to time differences between every pair of the time stamps. The system forms a dependency table by grouping the Q-times with similar dependencies together. The system identifies groups of the similar dependencies. The system extracts semiconductor process steps belonging to the groups. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130006406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING A MACHINE TOOL OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS - A method, a system and a computer program product suitable for use in a manufacturing environment comprising a multiplicity of nominally identical independent tools. A computing device generates a multi dimensional array of process trace data derived from at least one of the independent tools, wherein, the array includes data representing a first dimension comprising a list of steps in a manufacturing recipe and data representing a second dimension comprising a list of a set of sensors generating measurements from at least one of the independent tools. The computing device conducts an analysis on at least one preselected subset of the multi dimensional array for the purpose of evaluating at least one operating characteristic of at least one of the independent tools. The computing device presents results of the analysis via a set of hierarchically linked and browseable graphics. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130041493 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY POURING MOLTEN METAL BY TILTING A LADLE AND A MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAMS FOR CONTROLLING A TILT OF A LADLE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for accurately dropping molten metal that flows from a ladle into a pouring gate in a mold. The present invention includes a method for controlling the respective input voltages transmitted to a servomotor that tilts the ladle such that the molten metal that flows from the ladle drops accurately into the pouring gate in the mold, a servomotor that moves the ladle back and forth, and a servomotor that moves the ladle up and down, by using a computer. In the method, a mathematical model of the area on which the molten metal that flows from the ladle will drop is produced, and then the inverse problem of the produced mathematical model is solved. In view of the effect of a contracted flow, the position on which molten metal drops is estimated by the estimating device for estimating the pouring rate and the estimating device for estimating the position on which molten metal will drop. Then the estimated position is calculated by a computer. Thereby the respective input voltages transmitted to the servomotor that tilts the ladle, the servomotor that moves the ladle back and forth, and the servomotor that moves the ladle up and down, are obtained. Then the three respective servomotors are controlled based on the obtained input voltages. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130053995 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT MOLDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROGRAM - A three-dimensional object molding apparatus to mold a three-dimensional object by sequentially stacking a molding material including at least: an input section for inputting information including three-dimensional shape information of a target to be molded necessary to produce a desired molded object; a database for storing weight information per unit volume of one or a plurality of the molding materials; a parameter generating section for calculating a filling rate indicating degree of denseness/sparseness of the molding material, or a mixture proportion of a plurality of the molding materials, based on the information necessary to produce the desired molded object obtained from the input section, and the weight information of the one or plurality of the molding materials obtained from the database, and generating molding information for stacking the molding material according to the calculated filling rate and mixture proportion; and a molding section for stacking the molding material. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130066454 | METHOD OF GENERATING A RECIPE FOR A MANUFACTURING TOOL AND SYSTEM THEREOF - A computer creates a recipe for a manufacturing tool based on design data. The computer obtains the design data, which includes basic elements and hierarchical levels corresponding to the basic elements. The computer selects one or more basic elements of interest and generates one or more sets of simple array cells corresponding to a level of interest. The computer uses the sets of simple array cells to identify periodical areas in level-of-interest coordinates to enable automated recipe creation. The periodical areas are identified with respect to one or more basic elements. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130073067 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANNING/GUIDING ALTERATIONS TO A BONE - A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130085588 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY NAMING OBJECTS IN A BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A system, process, and method for modeling a building automation system is provided that permits a control program to easily and efficiently add building automation devices and automatically name them to improve efficiency and reduce errors. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130085589 | REMOTE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MODELING SYSTEM FOR MATERIAL JOINING AND MATERIAL FORMING - A system and method for creating computerized models of forming processes, wherein forming process parameters including material type, material geometry, forming method, incoming material properties, forming die geometry, forming die thermal management method, lubrication method, forming rate, material constraint conditions, incoming material temperature, and other possible parameters are preselected by a user. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130090753 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD - A design-support-apparatus includes a storage unit that stores mounting information on an order of manufacturing processes, first-region-information indicating a region to be secured in mounting of each component on the substrate, second-region-information indicating a region occupied when each component is mounted on the substrate, a discrimination unit configured to determine a before-and-after relationship between manufacturing processes of mounting a first-component and a second-component that are arranged on the substrate, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be later by the discrimination unit between the first component and the second-component and acquire the second-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be earlier, and a determination unit configured to compare the first-region-information and the second-region-information so as to determine presence of interference. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130096707 | METHOD OF MODELING THE COLORING PROCESS IN MOVING WEB MANUFACTURING - A method and apparatus are set forth for modeling a coloring process in moving web manufacturing through dye response gain adaptation using measured sheet color spectrum; and dye response shape adaptation using measured color spectrum of the production sheet. The adaptation of colorant (dye) response gain uses the measured sheet color spectrum value at the value of maximum light absorbance of the dye. The adaptation of dye response spectrum uses the measured sheet color reflectance spectrum and sample sheet color spectrum with a corresponding response shape calculated using a formula to adapt the current sheet condition dye response shape using the dye response from the sample sheet on the assumption of a constant ratio of absorption change to dye concentration change. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130103174 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - This disclosure provides a method and system for measurement system analysis (MSA) that present a structured and effective way of performing an MSA. The MSA system and method involves determination of a category of MSA for a measurement system based on an application of the measurement system, a quantification of measurement variation, calculation of a decision rule value based on the quantified measurement variation and a decision rule associated with the determined category, a determination of whether the measurement system is capable of performing MSA for the category based on a comparison of the calculated decision rule value and a decision rule threshold value, and applying a measurement system determined as capable for performing MSA to manage. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130110270 | Pi estimating method (PEM Algorithm) and device (D) | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130123964 | ROUTING OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING MESSAGES - An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) gateway is provided for routing of ERP messages to Manufacturing Execution System (MES) applications. The gateway can receive a message from an ERP system via a manufacturing services bus specifying a business objective requiring action at a control level of an enterprise. The received message can be routed to a selected MES application capable of carrying out the business objective based on attributes within the message. Message routing can be based on location tags contained in the message. The message can also be routed to a selected subset of MES applications based on an analysis of respective capabilities and control contexts of the MES applications. Messages can be routed between the ERP system and the MES applications via the manufacturing services bus, which can manage protocol transformations for a heterogeneous set of applications. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130123965 | INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC WORKFLOWS IN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM WITH PREMIER INTEGRATION - A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is provided that leverages industry-specific workflows to process business requests. The MES system can maintain activity sets representing industry-specific workflows that can be selected and executed in order to satisfy business-driven goals. The activity sets can comprise both business-level and control-level operations, and can be configured using an intuitive graphical interface that mitigates the need for low-level programming by the end user. Some features of the MES system are enabled or disabled based on data type compatibility with devices in communication with the MES system. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130150992 | X-RAY MICROSCOPY FOR CHARACTERIZING HOLE SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS IN SURGICAL NEEDLES - A novel method of characterizing laser drilled boreholes is disclosed. The method uses x-ray microscopy for dimensional characterization. The x-ray output may be processed to control manufacturing equipment in automated production systems, including laser drilling systems and swaging apparatus. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130150993 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL APPARATUS - A method for designing a control apparatus includes: determining first, second and third threshold values; setting a first weighting function for calculating a first controlled variable by being multiplied by a difference between a control target value and an output value of a storage battery, a second weighting function for calculating a second controlled variable by being multiplied by the output value of the storage battery, and a third weighting function for calculating a third controlled variable by being multiplied by an integrated value of the output value of the storage battery; and determining a transfer function of the control apparatus in accordance with an H-infinity control theory such that the first controlled variable, the second controlled variable and the third controlled variable are respectively smaller than the first, second and third threshold values. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130173039 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING A TEACHING POINT LOCATION USING PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS - Certain embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to devices and methods for using pressure measurements to teach a robot a teaching point location. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130184845 | ON-DEMAND PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE ACCESSORIES - An on-demand production system for accessories for use with electronic devices is configured to generate digital templates defining the design of the accessories and provide the digital templates to retail or other locations. The retail or other locations may receive access to the digital templates automatically and/or electronically within a week, a day, or even minutes, of the digital template being created. When a customer requests an accessory, the digital template may be accessed. Using an electronic production machine and a supply of stock material, the accessory can be cut, formed, printed, or otherwise produced based on instructions or designs of the digital template. The electronic production machine may automatically read the digital template to automate the production at a retail location. The electronic production machine may produce the accessory on-demand, and production of the accessory may be completed within two hours, or potentially within ten minutes, of a request. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130190911 | RAPID PROTOTYPING PROCESS AND DEVICE - A method for producing a product including steps for determining whether each working point is inside or outside an object corresponding to the product or part to be produced: determining at least one line from between a line passing through the working point with which is associated a counter dedicated to the working point and a line passing through an image of the working point associated with a counter dedicated solely to the working point image; on each of the surfaces, (i) searching for an intersection between the surface and one of the lines from the line passing through the working point and the line passing through the image of the working point and (ii) modifying the counter if the intersection exists, steps (i) and (ii) being performed in a repeated manner; and determining whether the working point is inside or outside the object as a function of the counter. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130197684 | PARAMETER DETERMINATION SUPPORT METHOD, PARAMETER DETERMINATION SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND PARAMETER DETERMINATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a parameter determination support method includes extracting a first and second parameters that are interaction factors from parameters used in manufacturing of a product, and creating an experimental design, the first parameter being assigned to a signal factor in a dynamic characteristic and the second parameter and another parameter being assigned to control factors in the experimental design. The method further includes setting a characteristic curve expressing a relationship between the signal factor and the characteristic in regard to an experimental result based on the experimental design, and determining a value of the first parameter, a value of the second parameter, and a value of the other parameter satisfying the characteristic of the objective and minimizing a manufacturing variation of the product out of values of the first, the second, and the other parameters as optimum values in accordance with the characteristic curve. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130204418 | Novel Design of Tool Function to Improve Fab Process in Semiconductor Manufacturing - The present disclosure relates to a process tool system that utilizes tool sensor data and an embedded or built-in tool model to facilitate semiconductor fabrication. The process tool system includes a sensor data component, the tool model, and an execution system. The sensor data component is configured to provide the tool sensor data. The tool model is built in a process tool and is configured to generate model outputs based on model inputs. The manufacturing execution system is configured to provide tool process data, including actual metrology and previous process data, to the sensor data component. Additionally, the execution system provides the model inputs to the tool model and receives the model outputs from the tool model. The execution system provides one or more execution system outputs based on the sensor data and the model outputs. The sensor data can include measured semiconductor device characteristics. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130204419 | OPTIMIZING PRODUCTION OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for optimizing production of packaging products. Packaging products can be automatically produced on-demand and can be optimized based on stored and/or real-time information. In some embodiments, a request for a packaging product is received and a real-time design optimization system accesses information about one or more design groups. The one or more design groups include multiple design options. The multiple design options are scored based on stored and/or real-time criteria. Based on the score, one or more top designs are identified for production and/or selection by an operator of the system. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130211569 | System and Method for Providing Enterprise Information Technology Lifecycle Tools Synchronization Platform - The present invention relates to a system and method for integrating and assembling plurality of service delivery tools created on disparate technologies on a product assembly platform. Further, the invention provides a reference architecture and method for orchestrating the assembled plurality of service delivery tools and monitoring the lifecycle activities of the plurality of service delivery tools. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130238109 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A method is provided for inspecting a plurality of parts with an electronic measurement device and a processing system. The method includes a step of creating surface geometry maps of the parts utilizing the electronic measurement device, where each part was manufactured utilizing the manufacturing device. Geometric part models of the parts are generated from the surface geometry maps. The part models can subsequently be analyzed to determine whether a manufacturing device that manufactured the plurality of parts manufactures parts that comply with a part design specification. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130238110 | PRODUCT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - Systems and methods synchronize automation cell definition and control logic definition during design of an industrial automation system. The method includes adding a description of a subassembly to the automation cell definition stored in a first database; the subassembly being a component used in the industrial automation system; adding a description of an object to the control logic definition stored in a second database, the object providing logic to control the subassembly; comparing the automation cell definition and the control logic definition for identifying any inconsistencies between the automation cell definition and the control logic definition; presenting any inconsistencies to a user; accepting instructions from the user that indicate which of the inconsistencies are to be eliminated; and eliminating the indicated inconsistencies by modifying one of the description of the subassembly and the description of the object to synchronize the automation cell definition and the control logic definition. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130253681 | System and Method for Improved Automated Semiconductor Wafer Manufacturing - A method for aligning a photolithographic machine in an automated semiconductor manufacturing system is provided. The method may include identifying a maximum precision degree for a wafer and identifying a maximum overlay correction value. The method may simulate one or more algorithms to determine whether an algorithm aligns a leading lot within alignment specifications. The method may align a photolithography machine using an algorithm selected based on the simulations. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130297057 | CONTOUR FORM CONTROL - This invention describes methods and apparatus for implementing a Convergence Process to Converge a Lens Design wherein a previous DMD Show may be modified for a subsequent Iteration. In preferred embodiments, an Iterative Loop may be initiated during a Convergence Process wherein one or more of various: techniques, modalities, and thickness correction methods may be implemented. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130310960 | RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A recipe management system associates a selected process recipe with a recipe group and checks to see if other recipes of the recipe group have been updated since the selected recipe was last run. If another recipe of the recipe group has been run and adjustments have been made to the other recipe based on an analysis of a manufacturing or test run, the recipe management system identifies the selected recipe as requiring an update. The recipe management system sends error reports noting the discrepancy between a parameter setting changed in the test run and needing adjustment in the selected run. The recipe management system also effectuates the needed adjustments to the selected recipe before the selected recipe is allowed to be used in the manufacturing environment. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130310961 | ADDITITVE MANUFACTURING OF COMPONENTS FOR DOWNHOLE WIRELINE, TUBING AND DRILL PIPE CONVEYED TOOLS - Additive manufacturing may be used to manufacture components of downhole tools conveyed by downhole wireline, tubing, drill pipe and/or the like. A method in accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosure uses starting materials to incorporate one or more feedthroughs, passages, channels, chambers and the like in a downhole tool structure during the formation of the structure. A CAD may be made and then converted to a STL file, and then stereo lithography, selective laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, direct metal laser sintering and/or electron beam melting may be used to form the downhole tool. Subtractive manufacturing may be performed on the downhole tool after the downhole tool is formed by additive manufacturing. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130310962 | SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS - A shape measuring apparatus includes: a probe having a stylus tip; a movable mechanism configured to move the stylus tip; an information acquiring unit configured to acquire design information of a workpiece; a path setting unit configured to set a path of the stylus tip; a path component calculating section configured to calculate a path velocity vector; a push direction component calculating section configured to detect a deflection, and calculate a push correction vector; a locus correction component calculating section configured to detect an amount and a direction of locus deviation of the probe from the path, and calculate a locus correction vector; a velocity synthesizing section configured to calculate a velocity synthesis vector by combining the path velocity vector, the push correction vector, and the locus correction vector; and a drive control unit configured to move the probe according to the velocity synthesis vector. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130317636 | System and Method For Manufacturing Using a Virtual Frame of Reference - System and method to use a virtual frame of reference to evaluate and control a manufacturing system. Electronic images from a vision system may be analyzed using the virtual frame of reference to control the phasing of devices in the manufacturing system and to generate alerts. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130317637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING USING A VIRTUAL FRAME OF REFERENCE - The system and method uses a virtual frame of reference to evaluate and control a manufacturing system. Electronic images from a vision system may be analyzed using the virtual frame of reference to control the phasing of devices in the manufacturing system and to generate alerts. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130325156 | MANUFACTURING CONTROL BASED ON A FINAL DESIGN STRUCTURE INCORPORATING BOTH LAYOUT AND CLIENT-SPECIFIC MANUFACTURING INFORMATION - Disclosed are embodiments of an improved design method, the results of which are a final design structure for an integrated circuit that incorporates, not only layout information, but also client-specific manufacturing information (e.g., import/export information, service requests, processing directives, purchase order requirements, design rule information, etc.) in the same data format in hierarchical form. Also disclosed are embodiments of a manufacturing control method and system. In these embodiments, a final design structure, such as that described above, is received at tape-in. The information contained therein (particularly, the client-specific manufacturing information) is sorted by type and then forwarded to the appropriate tools within the manufacturing facility for processing. By providing the client-specific manufacturing information directly to each manufacturing facility in the final design structure in conjunction with the layout information, the embodiments eliminate the need for independent information gathering by each manufacturing facility. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130325157 | SINGLE-PEGGING-BASED PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN STAGED PRODUCTION PROCESS - Provided is a single-pegging-based product supply chain management system, which manages a supply chain of products with respect to the demand for end products in a continuous process of supplying products to produce other products, represents the supply chain of each product as a node, and converts a multi-pegging process comprising a plurality of nodes in each stage into single-pegging graphs each comprising a single node in each stage by division. The system extracts a certain single-pegging graph from a multi-pegging graph in each stage, excludes the supply amount of the single-pegging graph extracted from the multi-pegging graph, and repeats the process of extracting another single-pegging graph, thus generating a group of single-pegging graphs. According to the system, since the supply chain is represented through only one correlation, it is possible to intuitively show the supply planning to allow a user to easily establish production planning and increase its accuracy. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130338808 | Method and Apparatus for Hierarchical Wafer Quality Predictive Modeling - An apparatus for performing enhanced wafer quality prediction in a semiconductor manufacturing process includes memory, for storing historical data relating to the semiconductor manufacturing process, and at least one processor in operative communication with the memory. The processor is operative: to obtain data including tensor format wafer processing conditions, historical wafer quality measurements and/or prior knowledge relating to at least one of the semiconductor manufacturing process and wafer quality; to build a hierarchical prediction model including at least the tensor format wafer processing conditions; and to predict wafer quality for a newly fabricated wafer based at least on the hierarchical prediction model and corresponding tensor format wafer processing conditions. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130338809 | SIMULATION APPARATUS OF NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - A simulation apparatus of a numerical controller that controls a movable unit of a machine tool on the basis of a machining program sequentially generates, when the machining program includes a machining cycle command, a series of movement commands from designated work shape data and machining conditions, and stores the movement commands in a memory. The simulation apparatus displays the machining program and a moving image of the machining program in first and second areas of a display screen and displays the movement commands generated from the machining cycle command in a third area of the display screen. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140005816 | Design Support System | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140012404 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MACHINE CUT PLANNING - A system for determining a cut location for a machine implement is disclosed. The system may have one or more memories that store instructions and one or more processors that are capable of executing the instructions. The one or more processors may be configured to select a first potential cut location for a machine implement to begin modifying a work surface, and determine a profile extending from the selected first cut location to an end location along which the machine implement will travel to modify the work surface. The one or more processors may be further configured to calculate a volume of material that will be moved by the machine implement as it travels along the profile, and select, based on the calculated volume of material, a second potential cut location for the machine implement to begin modifying the work surface. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140031963 | Computerized System for Chemical Production Scheduling - A scheduling system for chemical processing provides an electronic computer that models the process as a set of tasks with known production ranges. A desired output from the process is back projected through the process to determine production quantities of each task of the process within the production ranges. These values are used to constrain a mixed integer programming evaluation of the schedule which may be used to control operation of the equipment. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140039656 | AUTOMATED PLANNING OF CONTROL EQUIPMENT OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM - A method of producing a specific planning document for control equipment to be planned for a technical system, in particular for power plant control equipment to be planned for a power plant, and to a device designed to carry out the method are provided. A specific description of a technical system is created. Using the specific description, planning objects are selected from an archive having specified planning objects. Then the selected planning objects are adapted to the system using the specific description, wherein the specific planning document is formed from the adapted or specific planning objects. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140039657 | ORTHOPODS AND EQUIPMENT TO GENERATE ORTHOPEDIC SUPPORTS FROM COMPUTERIZED DATA INPUTS - Systems and methods of measuring feet and designing and creating orthopedic inserts are described. The method can include measuring a pressure the foot exerts during a stride at a plurality of points over a period of time, and analyzing a pressure at the plurality of points over the period of time and designing the orthopedic inserter based on the analysis. The system can include a device that measures a pressure exerted by foot at a plurality of times at each of a plurality of points and a computer connected to the device, the computer having a memory that stores the measured pressures and a program operable to analyze the measured pressures to create a design of an orthopedic insert. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140046465 | FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - Apparatus and methods for storage and transmission of recipe data (process parameters) for the molding of articles in an injection molding apparatus. A controller includes a flow control microcontroller (MCU) that receives recipe data from a recipe storage microcontroller (MCU) mounted to a mold of an injection molding machine, the recipe storage MCU storing the recipe data defining process parameters for the molding of articles in the mold. The flow control MCU executes instructions for controlling valve pin motions according to the recipe data. In one embodiment, a human operator interface is provided for transmitting data to and/or from at least one of the recipe storage and flow control MCU's, allowing the operator to monitor, modify and/or control the process parameters during a molding cycle and/or to create a modified or new recipe for subsequent storage on the recipe storage MCU. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046466 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PRODUCT YIELD OPTIMIZATION USING THE RESULTS OF PERFORMANCE PATH TESTING - Disclosed are embodiments of a method, system and computer program product for optimizing integrated circuit product yield by re-centering the manufacturing line and, optionally, adjusting wafer-level chip dispositioning rules based on the results of post-manufacture (e.g., wafer-level or module-level) performance path testing. In the embodiments, a correlation is made between in-line parameter measurements and performance measurements acquired during the post-manufacture performance path testing. Then, based on this correlation, the manufacturing line can be re-centered. Optionally, an additional correlation is made between performance measurements acquired during wafer-level performance testing and performance measurements acquired particularly during module-level performance path testing and, based on this additional correlation, adjustments can be made to the wafer-level chip dispositioning rules to further minimize yield loss. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046467 | Continuous Production Planning Using a Transition Matrix - A method for continuous production planning includes identifying a forbidden transition associated with production of first and second end products. The forbidden transition indicates that a manufacturer should not produce the first and second end products consecutively. The method also includes identifying a bridge product associated with the forbidden transition. The bridge product represents a product that the manufacturer could produce between production of the first and second end products. The method further includes determining a quantity of the bridge product that could be produced by the manufacturer. In addition, the method includes scheduling production of the first and second end products and the bridge product. At least a portion of the quantity of the bridge product is scheduled for production between the production of the first and second end products. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140046468 | Customized Instrument Evaluation and Ordering Tool - A tool is provided to allow a user to customize the components of a vehicle instrument panel from an Internet-enabled Web site. A user can navigate to a Web site and select a vehicle for configuration. From the Web site, input may be obtained regarding the components and appearance of an instrument panel such as selecting particular types of components (e.g., display panels, gauges, etc.) and arranging where the selected components are to be located. The input generated by a user is translated into a build specification for assembling the instrument panel at the manufacturer. Accordingly, the system and method serve as an interface between the Web site that obtains user configuration data and a manufacturer's system that manages assembly of the vehicle. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140067104 | CREATING ON-DEMAND PACKAGING BASED ON STORED ATTRIBUTE DATA - Methods, computer-readable media, and systems described herein relate to producing on-demand packaging. For example, packaging can be automatically produced on-demand and be sized and configured for use with a customized set of items. In one aspect, a request for multiple items is received and a packaging customization engine accesses an information store that includes information about each of the requested items. The information may include dimensional information about the three-dimensional size of the items. The packaging customization engine may use the dimensional information to simulate a model arrangement of all of the requested items, and then calculate the dimensions of a box or other package that can provide a precise fit for the items when physically arranged consistent with the model arrangement. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140067105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING BATCH PRODUCTION WITHIN ANSI/ISA/95 PRODUCTION SCHEDULING EXTENDED WITH BATCH PRODUCTION PARAMETER HISTORIAN - We add a new entity Production Parameter History to the ISA-95 Production Schedule Model, thereby extending the model. The new entity stores the recent history of the values assumed by a subset of batch parameters most relevant for production control and resource planning, thus without the ERP system being charged with retrieving the historian from a log or from a warehouse in order to schedule the plant production. Putting together the batch information present in the ISA-95 Segment Requirement and the new Production Parameter History, the MES creates and stores a fully Electronic Batch Record close to a real situation found during product manufacturing. The MES system can provide the Electronic Batch Record to the ERP system through the ISA-95 Production Performance model extended thereof, since a production performance report is made up of a set of one or more Production Responses associated with Production Requests. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140074272 | SYSTEM FOR CREATION OF THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING FILES - A system for storing and modifying a 3D printing file for use in 3D printing comprising: a server having a non-transitory computer readable medium and a processor in electronic communications to the non-transitory computer readable medium; a set of computer readable instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable medium that when executed by the processor causes the server to: receiving a 3D model file representing a physical shape from a first designer's computer system in communications with the server generated by a first designed using a 3D fluent development language having a set of basic selection commands and a set of workplane commands, the 3D model having dynamic parameters and static parameters, the workplane commands having 2D commands and 3D commands. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140088746 | CONTACT PATCH SIMULATION - A method and an apparatus for smart automation of robotic surface finishing of a three-dimensional surface of a workpiece is described. A finite element analysis simulation is conducted providing data for generation of a three-dimensional path along the surface of the workpiece. The finite element can include properties of the workpiece, finishing tool, and the robot configured to maneuver the finishing tool. The surface of the workpiece is finished using one or more surface finishing tools along the three-dimensional path. The surface of the workpiece includes at least a flat region and a curved region. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140121798 | BIODIESEL DIDACTIC PLANT AND INDUSTRY SIMULATION - It refers to a system and method for producing biodiesel in a didactic way and in small amount, providing a reactional and processing system which simulates the conditions and existing characteristics in industrial processes of biodiesel production, allowing the study, knowledge and control of important process variables. For it has transparent tanks in borosilicate-type glass, it allows the follow-up in a didactic way of all steps of the process and, considering the small amount processed, it provides an economy in the use and consumption of reagents and supplies, in addition to being easily transported and allocated in reduced spaces. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140121799 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING MEASUREMENT DATA - A method is provided for validating measurement data, such as data obtained from a scanning electron microscope using in a semiconductor fabrication facility. The method includes applying a signal on a material feature by using a source in a measurement tool having a tool setting parameter, collecting a response signal from the material feature by using a detector in the measurement tool to obtain the measurement data, calculating a simulated response signal by a smart, and validating the measurement data by comparing the collected response signal with the simulated response signal. The system also includes a design database having a design feature, a measurement tool collecting a response signal, and a smart review engine configured to connect the measurement tool and the design database. The smart engine generates a simulated response signal using the design feature and a measurement tool setting parameter so that the measurement is validated by comparing a collected response signal and a simulated response signal. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140142736 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DESIGNING AND PRODUCING DENTAL PROSTHESES AND APPLIANCES - A virtual model of an intraoral cavity is provided, wherein this process is initialized by a dental clinic, and the design and manufacture of a suitable dental prosthesis for the intraoral cavity is shared between a dental lab and a service center. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140156049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTION ABSTRACTION - A frame design and a sheathing design for a design model may be produced by the systems and methods described herein. A processor in communication with a database may receive a design model comprising building specifications. The processor may define a panel in the design model and generate the frame design and the sheathing design for the panel. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140163709 | EMBEDMENT POSITIONING SYSTEM - Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an embedment positioning system that facilitates the positioning of a plurality of embedments along an edge of a concrete form. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an embedment positioning tape formed with embedment position indicators indicating the positions at which a plurality of embedments are to be positioned along a concrete form. In operation, a user unrolls and attaches the embedment positioning tape along the concrete form such that the control line location indicator lines up with the actual control line. The user then uses the embedment positioning indicators to position the embedments at the correct positions along the edge of the concrete form without having to hand-measure those positions for each embedment. The present disclosure also provides an embedment positioning tape forming system and method. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140180461 | REAL-TIME ACTIVITY PLANNING AND MONITORING OF ACTIVITY EXECUTION - A request to calculate workload for a number of time buckets is received. In response to the request, one or more sets of activities with equal execution timeframe are determined. In one aspect, for the one or more sets of activities, net execution duration of activities from the one or more sets of activities is aggregated to determine workloads of the one or more sets of activities. Planned work time consumption of the determined workloads is calculated. In one aspect, calculated planned work time consumption of the workloads is distributed across the number of time buckets. Distributed planned work time consumption of the workloads is aggregated, by the time buckets to calculate the workload for the time buckets. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140195029 | FOUNDRY PRODUCTION PLANNING - Various embodiments include computer-implemented methods of modeling production for a semiconductor foundry. One method includes: obtaining a multi-part order including: a first order for a fixed number of preliminary products; and a second order for a fixed number of completed products formed from the fixed number of preliminary products; and determining an amount of inventory required to fulfill the first order and the second order, wherein the determining includes: creating a first model including a first inventory amount required to meet the first order; and creating a second model including a second inventory amount required to meet the second order, wherein the second model accounts for results from the first model, including the first inventory amount; and running a single linear programming (LP) process using the first model and the second model to determine the amount of inventory required to fulfill the first order. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140207267 | METRIC BASED ON ESTIMATE VALUE - A method includes obtaining an estimate value generated by an estimation process and obtaining an actual value corresponding to the estimate value. The method further includes computing a metric based on a ratio of a loss function and a weighted sum of the estimate value and the actual value. The loss function includes a penalty parameter to control a relative penalty of positive and negative prediction errors. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140214191 | Adaptive Integrated Circuit to Optimize Power and Performance Across Process Variations - An integrated circuit is disclosed that measures and/or monitors a substrate parameter. An actual value of the substrate parameter can vary from its expected value as a result of characteristics of the integrated circuit and/or characteristics of an environment surrounding the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit classifies the semiconductor substrate upon which it is fabricated as being a fast semiconductor substrate or a slow semiconductor substrate based upon the substrate parameter. The integrated circuit operates in a fast-substrate mode of operation when the semiconductor substrate is classified as being a fast semiconductor substrate to adjust an operational parameter to compensate for the fast semiconductor substrate or in a slow-substrate mode of operation when the semiconductor substrate is classified as being a slow semiconductor substrate to adjust the operational parameter to compensate for the slow semiconductor substrate. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140222180 | BATCH CONVERSION - Batch conversion systems and methods by which residual ingredients from a previous product batch can be used in a subsequent product batch, with the required amount of ingredients in the subsequent batch being adjusted accordingly. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222181 | AUTOMATICALLY UPDATING GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS IN A CONTROL LOOP STRATEGY DIAGRAM - Editing an appearance object corresponding to a control object having a plurality of attributes and displayed on a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays a plurality of interconnected appearance objects in a strategy diagram, where each of the plurality of interconnected appearance objects corresponds to an aspect of a control process. An appearance object is selected for editing. A pre-defined symbol from a template is selected using a graphical editor. The symbol includes either elements representing attributes of the control process or a symbol definition. The symbol replaces the appearance object in the strategy diagram. The symbol definition is modified using a symbol definition editor. The elements are modified corresponding to a desired change of an attribute of the control process. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140222182 | Process for the Manufacture of Custom Optical Elements - A process for the manufacture of custom freeform optical elements utilising parameterized modelling. A system for the automatic manufacture of a custom optical element is also described with the manufacturing being by laser micro-machining. The process and system allow customers to specify and order via a web interface and so reduce engineering time, overhead and cost. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140236334 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Manufacturing systems and methods are disclosed. In one example, a computer based system comprises a non-transitory computer readable memory, a processor, and logic instructions stored in the non-transitory computer readable memory. When executed by the processor, the logic instructions configure the processor to perform operations, comprising receiving a first digital map of a first component and a second digital map of a second component, defining a first surface on the first component and a second surface on the second component, wherein at least a portion of the first surface is to adjoin at least a portion of the second surface in a manufactured assembly, updating a first part definition for the first component to include the first surface and, optionally, updating a second part definition for the second component to include the second surface. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140244015 | COMPUTERISED CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRODUCT PROCESSING PLANT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A production configuration is determined for controlling a product processing plant that comprises a collecting system having a conveyor and a plurality of feeders for preparing product collections from products supplied by the feeders. The production configuration defines a production of a plurality of production sequences for a plurality of delivery routes, wherein each delivery route is assigned one or more production sequences, each of which define a production of a plurality of production collections of a collection type comprising a plurality of products. For each feeder an occupancy with products, which are to be conveyed by the feeder to the conveyor for preparation for the product collections, is determined. A production optimization parameter determines whether a defined production order is to be maintained for the delivery routes or whether the production order of the delivery routes can be altered. If the production order can be altered, the production sequences of a plurality of delivery routes for the production of production collections of the same collection type are combined to a cohesive production sequence and the occupancy of the feeders is determined for the production order with combined production sequences. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140257542 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING ERROR COMPENSATION DURING MANUFACTURING OF COMPLEX-SHAPED GAS TURBINE ENGINE PARTS - A system and method for error compensation in positioning a complex-shaped gas turbine engine part during manufacturing thereof with a machine. Theoretical measurements for a plurality of control points on the part are first retrieved. Actual measurements for the control points are then acquired in a coordinate system of the machine. If an error between the actual and theoretical measurements is beyond a tolerance, a transformation matrix is computed. The transformation matrix represents a transformation to be applied to the coordinate system to adjust a pose thereof for compensating the error. The transformation matrix may be computed and applied to the coordinate system iteratively until the actual measurements are brought within tolerance. A machining program may then be generated for manufacturing the part accordingly. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140257543 | ADAPTIVELY MACHINING COMPONENT SURFACES AND HOLE DRILLING - A method includes receiving a design surface data set, obtaining a component surface data set from the inspection of a component, creating a modified surface data set in response to the design surface data set and the component surface data set, generating a machining path in response to the modified surface data set, and machining the component in response to the machining path to produce a machined component according to the modified surface data set. The machined component deviates from the design surface data set. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140277658 | Protective Patient Footwear Design and Manufacturing System and Methods - This disclosure relates to a design and manufacturing system for protective patient footwear, as well as related methods. The system includes suitable hardware, software, and related peripherals, which function to acquire data related to the patient's particular footwear needs, such as by three-dimensional scanning. A design subsystem interfaces with the inputted data to permit the resulting design to reflect particular foot conditions in the design and subsequent manufacturing process. A manufacturing subsystem receives the resulting design and includes hardware and software to manufacture the protective patient footwear. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277659 | Systems and Methods for Remote Manufacturing of Medical Devices - A system and method for remote manufacturing of medical devices are provided. The system can be installed at a facility (e.g., at a hospital or other medical facility), and includes a remote manufacturing unit (RMU) that allows for customized, rapid fabrication of medical devices at the medical facility using suitable manufacturing techniques such as three-dimensional (3D) printing, additive manufacturing, subtractive manufacturing, etc. The RMU can communicate with a computer system which presents a healthcare professional with a digital catalog of medical products, and allows the healthcare professional to select and customize a desired device to be manufactured at the facility. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277660 | Computer-Implemented System And Method For Determining Spatial Locations Of Fixture Element Fixturing Points On A Part To Be Manufactured - Automated fixture layout is approached in two distinct stages. First, the spatial locations of clamping points on the work piece are determined to ensure immobility of the fixtured part under any infinitesimal perturbation. Second, spatial locations are matched against a user-specified library of reconfigurable clamps to synthesize a valid fixture layout or configuration that includes clamps that are accessible and collision free. The spatial locations matching during the second stage can be the same spatial locations chosen in the first stage to ensure immobility, or a different set of spatial locations. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277661 | FULL COLOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FABRICATION - The subject disclosure is directed towards technology managing three-dimensional object fabrication in full color. In order to transform the object's model into an instruction set for a fabrication device, a fabrication manager computes color values corresponding to geometry within a later of the object's model. After determining an amount of each colored material to deposit, the fabrication manager generates coordinated instructions configured to deposit a combination of colored materials according to the geometry and efficiently transitioning between colored materials during object fabrication. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140277662 | MANUFACTURE MODELING AND MONITORING - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for analyzing, monitoring, and/or modeling the manufacture of a type of part by a manufacturing process. Non-destructive evaluation data and/or quality related data collected from manufactured parts of the type of part may be aligned to a simulated model associated with the type of part. Based on the aligned data, the manufacturing process may be monitored to determine whether the manufacturing process is operating properly; aspects of the manufacturing process may be spatially correlated to the aligned data; and/or the manufacturing process may be analyzed. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140288687 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF A MACHINE, LOCKING INSERT FOR SUCH AN APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF OPERATION - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140288688 | System and method for manufacturing window frames - An array of boxes in one or more carts is closely associated with addresses in a database of a computer. This computer-box association is used to keep track of the sequence, placement and presentation of each window frame element to each workstation. This association is maintained until these frame elements are assembled into rectangular window frames. Then, individual window frames are tracked into other workstations using bar code labels. Temporary storage of frame elements between workstations constitute work banks to each workstation. In another aspect, the lengths of frame elements are adjusted to compensate for the melt factor of the specific welding head in which a joint will be made. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140297013 | METHOD AND AUTOMATION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION EXTRACTABLE FROM AN ENGINEERING DRAWING FILE USING INFORMATION MODELING AND CORRELATIONS TO GENERATE OUTPUT DATA - A method and an automation system for processing information extractable from an engineering drawing file. The automation system includes a controller which models in the engineering drawing file ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140316545 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PLANNING/GUIDING ALTERATIONS TO A BONE - A computer-assisted surgery system for guiding alterations to a bone, comprises a trackable member secured to the bone. The trackable member has a first inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A positioning block is secured to the bone, and is adjustable once the positioning block is secured to the bone to be used to guide tools in altering the bone. The positioning block has a second inertial sensor unit producing orientation-based data. A processing system providing an orientation reference associating the bone to the trackable member comprises a signal interpreter for determining an orientation of the trackable member and of the positioning block. A parameter calculator calculates alteration parameters related to an actual orientation of the positioning block with respect to the bone. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140330416 | METHOD OF DESIGNING ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS USING IN VIVO DATA - The present disclosure is directed to orthopedic implants and methods of rapid manufacturing orthopedic implants using in vivo data specific to an orthopedic implant or orthopedic trial. Specifically, the instant disclosure utilizes permanent orthopedic implants and orthopedic trials (collectively, “implants”) outfitted with kinematic sensors to provide feedback regarding the kinematics or implant to discern which implant is preferable, and thereafter rapid manufacturing the implant. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20140336805 | Dental Device - The invention relates to a dentel device for the treatment of a dental restoration part, comprising at least one operating program, a storage of the dental device and at least one detection device for at least one object. The detection device can detect data of the object and this data, in particular together with an operating program associated with the object, can be stored in a storage of the dental device or can be compared to the data of objects which have been stored in advance in the storage of the dental device. The dental device, depending on the comparison result of the data of a detected object with the data of objects which have been stored in advance in the storage of the dental device, starts the associated operating program or shows it for selection. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140343706 | Customizable Healing Abutment - A custom healing abutment and a method of manufacturing the same. The custom healing abutment can include a head with a customizable geometry configured to engage the surrounding gingival tissue to form an anatomically desirable emergence profile in the gingival tissue during healing. The method of manufacturing the custom healing abutment may include either additive or subtractive fabrication of the custom healing abutment directly or a casting pattern from which the custom healing abutment may be cast. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140343707 | PROSTHODONTIC DEVICE - A framework for a removable, partial or complete prosthodontic device is made by machining, using a CAD/CAM technique, a disc | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140358268 | Method and computing system for designing a sheet-metal-forming process - In a method for designing a sheet-metal-forming process in which a sheet-metal part is formed, a visual representation of the sheet-metal part is computed and displayed. Visual labels are displayed, each label being visually linked to the representation of a feature of the part. The labels indicate one or more processing units of the sheet-metal-forming process that are assigned to the features. The labels can also indicate process operations to which these processing units are assigned. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140364983 | Systems and Methods for Harmonizing Customer Orders and Production Capacities in Lean Manufacturing - A system, a method a computer program product for harmonizing customer orders and production capacities in lean manufacturing are provided. A capacity to produce an item identified in a received demand is determined. A production bandwidth for producing the item based on the received demand for the item is generated based on the determined capacity. A delivery time for the item described in the received demand is identified based on the generated production bandwidth. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140379110 | System and Method for Generating Design Specifications for Custom Equipment - A system for generating design specifications for custom equipment may include a data collection unit configured to collect data, wherein collected data is based on one or more attributes related to an activity performed by a user utilizing equipment and a preference engine configured to generate design specifications for custom equipment based on the collected data received from the data collection unit. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379111 | Designing A Folded Sheet Object - It is provided a computer-implemented method for designing a folded sheet object, comprising the steps of providing (S | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140379112 | MODELING TOOL FOR PLANNING THE OPERATION OF REFINERIES - A modeling tool for determining the operation of a production facility. A variety of different activities can be modeled by the present invention, including (a) feed material selection, including quantity and timing, (b) product sales, including quantity and timing, (c) process operations, including process conditions and timing, (d) blending operations, including process conditions and timing, and/or (e) inventory management. The modeling tool may represent time using continuous-time, discrete-time, asynchronous time periods, synchronous time periods, and combinations of these various approaches. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150025665 | DIGITAL EXPOSURE DEVICE - A digital exposure device includes: a stage having a substrate seated thereon where a pattern is to be formed and moving in a scan direction; a data modification unit receiving design data and generating modified data by extending the design data; and a digital exposure unit receiving the design data and projecting a light controlled according to the design data on the substrate, wherein the modified data includes intermedial data corresponding to the size difference between an image of the design data and an image of the modified data and some of unit data forming the intermedial data are data obtained when unit data of the design data are shifted in any expansion direction. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150039112 | SUPERVISORY PROCESS CONTROL AND MANUFACTURING INFORMATION SYSTEM APPLICATION HAVING AN EXTENSIBLE COMPONENT MODEL - A template-based supervisory process control and manufacturing information application development facility is disclosed that includes a number of time-saving application development tools that significantly enhance design productivity and allow re-using of previously developed application building blocks. The development facility includes an application object template library that stores a set of previously defined application object templates. The template library is accessed by developers through a configuration utility that facilitates specifying instances of the set of previously defined application object templates to be included in an application. Thereafter, application objects are instantiated from the selected ones of the set of previously defined application object templates in a build of the specified application. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150045923 | MATERIAL CUTTING OPTIMIZATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - In a material cutting optimization method, a material cutting plate and a shape to be cut out are received. Then, a point cloud is generated according to the shape, and a maximal surrounding box of the material cutting plate is calculated. After that, a triangular mesh surface of the point cloud is constructed and a total area of triangles in the triangular mesh surface is computed. A maximum number of the shapes that can be contained in the material cutting plate is calculated and the shapes are arranged in the material cutting plate according to the total area of the triangles, using an iteration function. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150051724 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND SIMULATION METHOD FOR GENERATING A DOUBLE CONTOUR OF AN OBJECT - A computing device processes an object according to a first CNC processing program. The computing device adjusts the first CNC processing program and processes the object according to the adjusted first CNC processing program. The computing device adjusts a second CNC processing program and processes the object according to the adjusted second CNC processing program. The double contour of the object is generated after the object is processed by the computing device according to the adjusted first CNC processing program and the adjusted second CNC processing program. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150066176 | BLOCK CHANNEL GEOMETRIES AND ARRANGEMENTS OF THERMAL OXIDIZERS - Apparatus and methods are disclosed to improved block channel geometries and arrangements of thermal oxidizers. One described example apparatus includes a block of a converter having a plurality of channels defining interior walls, which define a cellular pattern in a cross-sectional view of the block. The pattern comprises regular sub-patterns consisting of at least one central channel, which is proximate an interior of the block, and a plurality of surrounding channels. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150066177 | METHOD OF DISPATCHING SEMICONDUCTOR BATCH PRODUCTION - Disclosure is a method of dispatching semiconductor batch production, including: measuring an actual line width to calculate an estimated value of line width bias reference level, an estimated value of product bias, an estimated value of chamber bias and a standard error of chamber bias, and storing in a historical data module; inputting a product category, a line width measurement before manufacturing and a target line width after manufacturing in a batch production module; calculating a similarity index of each chambers by a computing engine of a matching module according to the data stored in the historical data module; transforming the similarity index into a priority of machine allocation by a dispatching module and dispatching a production machine; updating the historical data module by measuring a line width after manufacturing. The line width bias generated by various variations will be eliminated during the manufacturing process. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150094836 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A TASK ON A MATERIAL, OR LOCATING THE POSITION OF A DEVICE RELATIVE TO THE SURFACE OF THE MATERIAL - Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate generally to facilitate performing a task on a surface such as woodworking or printing. More specifically, in some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to mapping the surface of the material and determining the precise location of a tool in reference to the surface of a material. Some embodiments relate to obtaining and relating a design with the map of the material or displaying the current position of the tool on a display device. In some embodiments, the present disclosure facilitates adjusting, moving or auto-correcting the tool along a predetermined path such as, e.g., a cutting or drawing path. In some embodiments, the reference location may correspond to a design or plan obtained from obtained via an online design store | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150105887 | LINE MANAGEMENT IN MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM - A manufacturing execution system (MES) that provides tools for modeling and determining information about physical production lines made up of arrangements of entities. The MES includes configuration tools for modeling the entities in a physical production line. The MES also includes configuration tools for modeling the physical production line. Entity data models and line data models conform to the data structure of respective model templates. Line data models include line definition models and line layout models. Line layout models include an entity link model for each of the entities in the physical production line. The MES includes tools for dynamically determining the bottleneck for the physical production line. Other production metrics are also calculated using the MES. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150105888 | PARAMETER DOWNLOAD VERIFICATION IN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM - An industrial control system includes a download verification subsystem to execute a verification test using the parameters stored in a configuration database before an execution subsystem downloads the recipe parameters to the input/output addresses of a piece of equipment to determine a first verification value. The download verification subsystem executes the verification test using the recipe parameters downloaded to the piece of equipment to determine a second verification value. The download verification subsystem compares the first and second verification values to determine whether the recipe parameters were downloaded to the input/output addresses of the piece of equipment successfully. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150120030 | CUTTING DATA GENERATOR, CUTTING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A cutting data generator includes an editing unit configured to edit a plurality of figures into a desirable pattern and a control device. The control device is configured to detect superposition of outlines of the figures adjacent to each other and/or an intersection of the outlines of the adjacent figures and to generate cutting data including a first cut line which is an outline of the pattern and a second cut line which is the detected superposed outline and/or a line segment between the intersections, the first cut line being a line along which the pattern is cut out of a sheet, the second cut line being a groove-shaped or perforated line. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150134093 | SPRINGBACK COMPENSATION IN FORMED SHEET METAL PARTS - Finite element methods for compensating for springback in aircraft parts meet the visual appearance and aerodynamics of complex parts including those made of fabricated sheet metal. The methods can be used to make narrow parts (e.g., leading edge and slats) and double negative curvature parts, and do not need to leave marks on the surface of the sheet so that visual aspects are not adversely affected. The compensation technique, point to point uses approach equations with constant adjustable for curves. The constant(s) used depend on geometry and type of forming (e.g., stretch or hydraulic press). This example non-limiting process does not need to use mechanical properties of the material. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150293530 | MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM AUTHORIZATION - A manufacturing execution system (MES) for selectively controlling the display of MES content. The MES displays a first view with data about a first aspect of an industrial process and determines whether the user is authorized to view data about a second aspect of the industrial process related to the first. An inactive informational display item is generated when the user is not authorized to view the data about the second aspect. The informational display item provides a visual indication of the relationship between the first and second aspects and is non-selectable for navigating to another display. An active navigational display item is generated when the user is authorized to view the data about the second aspect. The navigational display item provides a visual indication of the relationship between the first and second aspects and is selectable for navigating to a second view including data about the second aspect. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150314891 | Metrology System for Positioning Assemblies - A method and apparatus for maintaining a selected configuration for a structure during a manufacturing process for forming a product using the structure. Metrology data for a support system is received. The support system holds the structure during the manufacturing process. A determination is made as to whether a current configuration of the structure is within selected tolerances of the selected configuration for the structure based on the metrology data. The support system is reconfigured to move the structure into the selected configuration in response to a determination that the current configuration of the structure is not within the selected tolerances of the selected configuration for the structure. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317862 | FOOD PRINTING DATA STORE SUBSTRATE STRUCTURE INGESTIBLE MATERIAL PREPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Electronically directing control at least in part of acquisition of refuse intelligence including information related to one or more discarded portions of at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products discarded by the particular individual subsequent to ingestion by the particular individual living being of one or more other ingested portions of the at least one of the one or more selected ingestible products within a second vicinity of the electronically outputting of the electronically generated one or more selection menus. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150320524 | CNC MACHINE CALIBRATION - A method for calibrating a computer numerical control (CNC) machine for milling an implant abutment includes creating a calibration part by milling reference surfaces with predetermined coordinates into a blank stock held by a CNC fixture. By measuring the milled reference surfaces of the calibration part and comparing the measurements to the predetermined coordinates, the CNC fixture can be accurately placed in a global coordinate system, thereby allowing for the derivation of shifts in an abutment geometry in each of the x, y, and z axes in order to align a fabricated abutment relative to the CNC fixture. The shifts may then be used to adjust a control of the CNC machine to match a present state of the CNC machine and the CNC fixture. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150337561 | PRODUCING A LOCK AND MATCHING KEY - Technology for producing and/or reproducing a lock and/or matching key in which a user enters a personally selected alphanumeric input, such as a password or passphrase, or other personally memorable data, to an input processor. The alphanumeric input is converted by a deterministic transformation function, such as a hashing function, to an alphanumeric output which corresponds to a key cutting code. A manufacturing apparatus makes a lock and key corresponding to this code. When the same personally selected alphanumeric input is entered by the user, the deterministic transformation function outputs the same key cutting code which is used to make a duplicate key. The duplicate key may be made by a 3D printer and the deterministic transformation function may be part of a network-provided service. In this way, key reproduction can be accomplished without storing a key cutting code. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150343709 | DATABASE AND MARKETPLACE FOR MEDICAL DEVICES - The present disclosure provides a database and methods to allow users to download and/or upload scanned or raw data for objects from or into a database. The data relating to the objects will be stored in a design file on the database, and will allow for end users to print the objects on a 3D printer at their location. A fee may be charged by a manager of the database. The database will allow for sharing of images between health care providers so that they can reproduce and/or redesign the saved images to produce instruments, cutting guides, models, prosthesis for procedures that are specifically suited for their procedure and patient. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150343733 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING AN OPTIMIZED TRAJECTORY - A method for calculating an optimized trajectory with a simulation program and an optimization routine includes making available a trajectory and adjusting it to boundary conditions, implementing a loop having the steps of a provision of one first trajectory, a modification of a (further) trajectory and adjustment of the (further) trajectory on the basis of boundary conditions, using as the optimized trajectory a trajectory which has been made available on the basis of an extremal or predetermined parameter, and, after being calculated, making available the optimized trajectory to a control device in order to move a holder for a component part. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355620 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PROCESS RECIPE - A management system includes a product specification data base for storing a plurality of product numbers and product specifications corresponding to the product numbers respectively; a parameter-setting data base for storing principles of parameter-settings; a device specification data base for storing application rules for a plurality of process devices; an execution processor coupled to the product specification data base, the parameter-setting data base and the device specification data base for processing based on the product specification data base, the parameter-setting data base and the device specification data base to produce process recipes of products corresponding to the specification numbers and converting into a plurality of process files adapted to be applied by corresponding process devices; and a process recipe data base coupled to the execution processor for storing the plurality of process files. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150378352 | INTEGRATED PROTECTIVE PACKAGING CONTROL - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for creating protective packaging. The device includes a processor and a memory, the memory containing computer readable instructions. When executed by the processor, the instructions may cause the processor to receive, from a scanner, item data for at least one item to be packaged, based on the item data, determine one or more types of packaging elements for packaging the at least one item, and based on the determination, cause one or more packaging machine to create the one or more types of packaging elements. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160026174 | Method for Planning an Object Comprising a Multitude of Single Parts and Subassemblies, Construction Module and Manufacturing System - A computer implemented method for planning an object which comprises a multitude of single parts and subassemblies, especially an aerospace object, the method comprising: calculating the total weights of the subassemblies and/or of the object on the basis of the data sets of the single parts and the subassemblies, wherein measured weights are used preferably to calculated weights, and calculated weights are used preferably to target weights for the calculation of the total weight(s) of the subassemblies and/or of the object, and calculating and providing the information about the shares of the used weight types in the calculated total weights. The invention further also relates to a manufacturing system and a computer implemented construction module. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160038245 | METHOD FOR CREATING A CUSTOMIZED ARTHROPLASTY RESECTION GUIDE UTILIZING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products for customized arthroplasty cutting guides or jigs. In particular, the present disclosure provides for a method of creating a customized arthroplasty cutting jig from one or more two-dimensional (2D) images of the patient's joint. The method includes receiving the 2D images of the joint from an imaging device, reformatting the images, and creating a customized jig template from the images. One or more landmarks are electronically marked on one or more of the series of 2D images of the patient's joint through a computing device. Once the template for the cutting jig is created utilizing one or more of the electronic markers on the 2D images, a cutting or milling program is generated by the computing device that may then be provided to a milling machine to create the cutting jig corresponding to the milling program. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041543 | SELF-ADJUSTING TEST TIME ESTIMATION - A test case is executed on a product using a hardware machine, the product being configured in manufacturing according to a configuration, the test case being related to an estimation function. A set of data points resulting from the executing is collected. Using the estimation function, an estimated time needed for the executing is computed. Using the set of data points, an actual time used for the executing is computed. A determination is made whether a difference between the estimated time and the actual time is within a tolerance. Responsive to the difference not being within the tolerance, the estimation function is adjusted using the set of data points and at least one other set of data points, the other set of data points being generated by executing the test case on a second product configured according to a second configuration at a previous time. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048127 | COMPONENT ARRANGEMENT DETERMINATION METHOD - There is provided a component arrangement determination method, in a component mounting apparatus including a plurality of component supply units for supplying components, for determining arrangement of the component supply units used for production of a plurality of types of component mounted boards. The method includes specifying a production frequency of each of the plurality of types of component mounted boards for a predetermined period of time, grouping the plurality of types of component mounted boards into a plurality of groups capable of being produced without changing the arrangement of the component supply units based on the production frequency, and determining arrangement, in the component mounting apparatus, of the component supply units for supplying components necessary for production of types of component mounted boards that belong to each group of the plurality of groups. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160052217 | Calculation System For Manufacturing An Ophthalmic Lens - A calculation system ( | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160054723 | ROBOT CONTROLLER OF ROBOT USED WITH MACHINE TOOL, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A robot controller configured to manage production management information of a machine tool and transmit the information to an upper-level computer, and a processing system including the machine tool, the robot and the robot controller. When a processing-start notification and/or a workpiece exchange-request is transmitted, at least a part of the production management information held by the machine tool is transmitted to the robot controller via a first network. The robot controller combines the production management information of the machine tool and other production management information held by the robot controller, and stores the combined production management information as substantially one production management information. After that, when the upper-level computer requests the robot controller or the machine tool to transmit the product management information, the production management information stored in the robot controller is transmitted to the upper-level computer via a second network. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160064368 | PATTERN DATA CREATING METHOD, TEMPLATE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a pattern data creating method includes a calculation process, a determination process, and a correction process. In the calculation process, it is calculated a stress distribution of stresses that are applied to a template when a distance between the template and a substrate on which resist are disposed is predetermined, the template including a template pattern. In the determination process, it is determined whether or not there is a stress concentration spot in the template pattern at which a stress value larger than a predetermined criterion value is to appear. If the stress concentration spot is present, in the correction process, it is a corrected pattern data of the template pattern such that the stress value at the stress concentration spot becomes a stress value not larger than the predetermined criterion value. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160066655 | Custom Footwear And Custom Footwear Fabrication System and Methods - Disclosed embodiments include systems for fabricating custom footwear, custom footwear, and blanks useful for creating custom footwear. System embodiments include a processor which controls the fabrication of custom footwear based in part upon contemporaneously received customer input concerning design choices and further based in part upon physical attributes of the customer's feet determined contemporaneously with a foot scanning unit. In some embodiments the entire design and fabrication process is completed at a retail location within the view of the customer. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070250 | PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a production management apparatus includes a flow obtaining module configured to obtain a plurality of processing flows to process a wafer from a flow storage module. The apparatus further includes a route creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the plurality of processing flows, and configured to create a processing route to execute the plurality of steps selected from the plurality of processing flows. The apparatus further includes a flow creating module configured to select a plurality of steps from the processing route, and configured to create a new processing flow including the plurality of steps selected from the processing route. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070273 | PREVENTION OF DISEASES VIA ARTIFICIAL SOIL EXPOSURE - A system and methods for determining and delivering soil composition for preventing allergic diseases. An example method includes providing a computer network which communicates with health sensors and environmental sensors. The method, includes providing environmental sensors in a first geographic region to measure environmental conditions of the first geographic region. The method also includes providing health sensors for a sample human population in the first geographic region to measure health conditions of the sample human population. The method also includes computing a soil model that prevents allergic diseases based on the environmental conditions and the health conditions, and synthesizing artificial soil that replicates the computed soil model. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160074985 | BLOCKING CALCULATION MODULE - The invention proposes a blocking calculation module ( | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077517 | METHOD FOR GROUPING REGION OF INTEREST OF MASK PATTERN AND MEASURING CRITICAL DIMENSION OF MASK PATTERN USING THE SAME - A method for measuring a critical dimension of a mask pattern, including generating a mask pattern using an optically proximity-corrected (OPC) mask design including at least one block; measuring a first critical dimension of a target-region of interest (target-ROI) including neighboring blocks having a same critical dimension (CD), in the mask pattern; determining a group region of interest including the target-ROI and at least one neighboring block adjacent to the target-ROI; measuring second CDs of the neighboring blocks of the group region of interest; and correcting a measuring value of the first CD using a measuring value of the second CDs. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160091888 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY FABRICATE FILLERS - Methods and apparatus to automatically fabricate fillers are disclosed. An example method includes aligning rigid surface data with flexible surface data, the rigid surface data and the flexible surface data being permitted to overlap when aligned; when aligned, defining the rigid surface data and the flexible surface data based on a same parameter space; calculating a displacement function based on differences between corresponding ones of first points in the flexible surface data and second points in the rigid surface data; determining a modified position of a first one of the first points by modifying the first one of the first points based on a value of the displacement function; calculating a gap between the modified position of the first one of the first points and a second one of the second points; and creating a physical filler to fill a physical gap corresponding to the calculated gap. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160109473 | WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE PROCESS FACILITIES AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT - Web-based interactive process facilities and systems management apparatus and methods are described, which have general applicability to industrial facilities and equipment utilized to carry out unit or sequential operations in the specific processing application. The apparatus and methods of the present disclosure have particular applicability to the management and operation of commercial high pressure liquid chromatography installations, and enable a substantial simplification of chromatography instruments to be employed in networked arrangements. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160116903 | TILE DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for tile design production, the system comprising a processor, and a memory having executable instructions stored thereon that when executed by the processor cause the processor to receive a size of a surface, receive dimension information of a basic pattern, receive a configuration for replicating the basic pattern to cover the surface, receive selection of tiles to fill the basic pattern, generate a plurality of possible combinations of the basic pattern based on the tiles, configuration, dimension information and size of the surface, receive a selection of a given one of the possible combinations, and generate assembly instructions and a list of quantities of the selected tiles for the selected combination. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160121558 | METHOD FOR DEFINING FIBER TRAJECTORIES FROM A VECTOR FIELD - A method for defining trajectories of fiber on a layup surface for producing at least one ply having a given theoretical orientation, including:
| 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129636 | MODIFYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT TO BE PRINTED WITHOUT EXCEEDING A TIME OR COST THRESHOLD - A method and a computer program product for performing the method are provided. The method includes identifying a data file including parameters for causing a three-dimensional printer to print a three-dimensional model of an object, identifying a total time or total cost threshold for printing the three-dimensional model of the object on the three-dimensional printer, obtaining a unit time or unit cost for one or more resources required for printing, modifying one or more of the parameters of the data file so that the three-dimensional model of the object can be printed without exceeding the time or cost threshold, and causing the three-dimensional printer to print the three-dimensional model of the object using the modified parameters. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160147217 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MATERIALS TO SATISFY DESIGN CRITERIA - A design application is configured to determine design problem geometry and design criteria associated with a design problem to be solved. Based on this information, the design application identifies one or more design approaches to creating a custom material having specific material attributes needed to solve the design problem. The design application then executes the design approaches to create material designs that reflect one or more custom materials. With these designs as input, a manufacturing machine may then construct physical instances of those custom materials. A given custom material may have a unique combination of material attributes potentially not found among existing materials. Additionally, a design fabricated from a custom material may better satisfy the design criteria than a design fabricated from a known material. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160179081 | Optimized Production Scheduling Using Buffer Control and Genetic Algorithm | 06-23-2016 |
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