Abstract: A footbed for use in footwear is provided. The footbed assembly includes a resilient, flexible material (e.g. EVA or PU foam) that extends the entire length of the footbed. a heel plate made from a material that is more rigid (plastic, carbon fiber) than the resilient foam attaches to the flexible material. The shape of the resilient footbed defines a geometry that provides support and comfort to the user by reducing peak pressures, improving cushioning, and enhancing foot support. The resilient foam and heel plate defines the shape of the midfoot R2 and rearfoot R1 of the footbed while the resilient flexible foam continues forward to define the shape of the forefoot R3 region of the footbed.

Abstract: The present invention is to allow for an automatic correction of an offset amount of a tool used in actual workpiece processing at an appropriate timing. The present invention provides a numerical control device for a machine tool including: an execution unit for executing a processing program; a storage unit for storing, for each tool used in each processing program, a wear amount of the each tool when executing the processing program, as a tool offset amount; a monitoring unit for monitoring the timing of the work processing end or work processing start; and a changing unit for changing, for each processing program, the present tool offset amount at the timing of the work processing end or work processing start monitored by the monitoring unit, on the basis of the tool offset amount of the processing program stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A cooling controller receives, from one or more sensors, wafer information associated with a wafer. The cooling controller determines a pattern mask area for the wafer based on the wafer information. The cooling controller determines a cooling time for the wafer based on the pattern mask area. The cooling controller causes a cooling plate to cool the wafer for a time duration equal to the cooling time. Determining the cooling time for a wafer based on a pattern mask area provides stable and consistent wafer temperatures for wafers having different mask and layout properties, which reduces mask overlay variation and increases wafer yield.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining causal models for controlling environments.

Abstract: A debugging method for production line devices may include: receiving control commands for a plurality of first devices in a production line, where respective control programs may be configured for the plurality of first devices; and calling the control programs for the plurality of first devices according to the control commands for the plurality of first devices respectively so as to debug the plurality of first devices.

Abstract: A control apparatus which controls a force applied to an object, includes a driver configured to apply the force to the object, an estimator configured to estimate, based on information related to a state of the object, an estimated value of a disturbance force to be applied to the object, a corrector configured to correct, based on the estimated value, a command value provided to the driver so as to reduce an influence of the disturbance force, and a determiner configured to execute processing for determining a plurality of parameter values to be used by the estimator to obtain the estimated value based on the information.

Abstract: An automated computer-implemented method for generating commands for controlling a computer numerically controlled milling machine to fabricate a machined object from a workpiece, the machined object being configured to facilitate subsequent finishing into a finished object, the method including defining a surface of the finished object, defining an offset surface defining an inner limiting surface of the machined object, defining a scallop surface defining an outer limiting surface of the machined object and calculating a tool path for the milling machine which produces multiple step-up cuts in the workpiece resulting in the machined object, wherein surfaces of the machined object all lie between the inner limiting surface and the outer limiting surface and the number of step-up cuts in the workpiece and the areas cut in each of the step-up cuts are selected to generally minimize the amount of workpiece material that is removed from the workpiece.

Abstract: A control system unit for a 3-dimensional (3D) object manufacturing system is disclosed herein that comprises one or more sensors and a controller. The one or more sensors are to sense 3D-objects manufactured in the manufacturing system in accordance with product specification data and to generate sensor signals representative for the sensed 3D-objects. The controller is to determine 3D-object characteristics of said sensed 3D-objects on the basis of said sensor data signals and to issue one or more corresponding control signals to control a system actuator unit so as to act on said sensed 3D-objects in accordance with their respective determined characteristics. The controller comprises a synthetic sensor data module to generate synthetic sensor data from product specification data of 3D-objects to be manufactured with the object manufacturing system, to therewith simulate sensor data for said 3D-objects to be sensed when manufactured.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control system comprises a plurality of devices and a controller. The controller stores first information representing a linkage of a plurality of functions that realize a single process and second information representing a correspondence between the devices and the functions, and controls the devices based on the first information and the second information to realize the single process.

Abstract: An air conditioner control method and apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The air conditioner control method includes: determining whether a time interval between the current moment and a preset moment at which work is started is less than or equal to the maximum early start duration; if the time interval is less than or equal to the maximum early start duration, acquiring a preliminary demand load corresponding to a central air-conditioner, and acquiring a startup combination load corresponding to the central air-conditioner; and based on the startup combination load and the preliminary demand load, determining a start moment of a host to be started.

Abstract: One embodiment includes a monitor module for a first device, wherein the first device is configured to obtain measurement data from a second device, to compare the measurement data to a reference value, and to send a signal when the measurement data in comparison to the reference indicates an error condition. Machine learning can be used, where a head-end is capable of modifying the second device when the reference value so indicates. This enables various embodiments to fix the second device without human intervention.

Abstract: A production data creation device includes an input unit and a setting unit. The input unit receives an input of one application from among a plurality of applications displayed on a screen. The setting unit sets one or more operation parameters used by a component mounter to mount a component on a board, on the basis of the input application.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a novel system and methods for modeling process components using segmental analysis. As opposed to analyzing the entire system at once, each element representing a process component is assigned parameter inputs that enable the system to determine a current state. Changes in the element's parameter inputs are fed in a bi-directional manner to other elements connected by segments where the other elements use the parameter inputs to determine a predictive or current process condition that are used as new parameter inputs for the next element. In some embodiments, the system allows for the prevention of component state change with only a portion of the entire process being solved, as abnormal conditions can be detected without solving for the entire system.

Abstract: A system for servicing watercraft includes one or more waterborne platforms. Each waterborne platform includes an electric power supply, a driving system for moving the waterborne platform in a body of water, a watercraft interfacing system configured to at least supply electric power to an electrically-powered watercraft, and a control interface configured to exchange data with a controller. The controller is configured to: receive input data, determine respective destination locations for the waterborne platforms to supply electric power to the electrically-powered watercraft, and send control data that includes data indicating the destination locations to the waterborne platforms.

Abstract: A system and method of improving facility performance and reliability includes the integrated use of feedstock property management, condition-based monitoring (CBM), neural network augmented predictions of the impacts of feedstock properties, and feedstock properties/plant operation databases used for machine learning applications. Sensors are used to identify feedstock properties and operating parameters throughout the facility. Understanding how feedstock properties impact facility performance over time allows the system to predict how feedstock properties will impact processing outputs so that adjustments to operating parameters may be made to improve facility performance.

Abstract: A load control system, such as a lighting control system, may be configured to control a first electrical load in response to a sensed operational characteristic of a second electrical load. The load control system may include a load control device electrically connected to the first electrical load, and a load-sensing remote control device that is configured to sense an operational characteristic of the second electrical load. The load-sensing remote control device may be configured to communicate with the load control device via wireless communication. The load-sensing remote control device may be configured to transmit messages to the load control device in response to sensing a change in the operational characteristic of the second electrical load. The load control device may be configured to, upon receiving messages from the load-sensing remote control device, control an amount of power that is delivered to the first electrical load.

Abstract: Systems and methods for managing power on supplied to a load are provided. In some embodiments, a hybrid power system includes a generator and a power source having an inverter connected to one or more loads. The generator may have a controller that is configured to adjust a parameter (e.g., frequency) of electrical power output via the generator based on a current magnitude of electrical power output of the generator. The inverter is configured to detect the parameter of the electrical power supplied to the load and to adjust a magnitude of current electrical power output based on the detected parameter.

Abstract: A power generation device capable of maximum power tracking includes a power generation assembly and at least one optimizer, the optimizer includes a maximum power tracking circuit, a drive control circuit, a first switch and a second switch arranged in a chip. The maximum power tracking circuit includes a voltage and current detection unit, a multiplier, and a maximum power tracking processing unit, wherein the multiplier is configured to multiply an assembly output voltage of the power generation assembly by an assembly output current of the power generation assembly to obtain an assembly output power of the power generation assembly; the maximum power tracking processing unit is configured to track and determine a current maximum power of the power generation assembly according to the assembly output power, determine the duty ratio signal according to the current maximum power, and send the duty ratio signal to the drive control circuit.

Abstract: A method of planning the manufacture of component carriers includes defining a set of final product parameters as a target for component carriers to be manufactured, ranking the process parameters concerning their impact on the final product parameters, selecting a subset of higher ranked process parameters, inputting the selected subset of process parameters for processing by an artificial intelligence module, and determining an action plan for the manufacturing based on an output of the artificial intelligence module, where the product parameters are influenceable by a set of process parameters settable during the manufacturing method.

Abstract: Provided is a method, device, and program for determining a timing of removing a substrate from a cassette in substrate processing device, and substrate processing device. In the method, a tentative removal time point of each substrate is calculated by adding a transfer time to a tentative removal time point of the one previous substrate, wherein the transfer time is required from the start of an action of removing a substrate from the cassette to the end of an action of delivering the substrate to an exchanger.