FRANKLIN ROBERT KOENIG
Pilots at Tasso St, Palo Alto, CA

2008015, Jun 26, 2008

Mar 3, 2008

12/074283

Peter Ham - Palo Alto CA, US
Boris Klots - Belmont CA, US
Radhakrishna Hari - Belmont CA, US
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA, US
Gautam Bhargava - Cupertino CA, US
Gerry Perham - San Francisco CA, US

G06F 17/00, G06Q 10/00

705 10

A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replicated” over multiple pods in the distribution center. Rather, they are constrained to reside at a single pod within the distribution center. Items that are ordered somewhat more frequently than those in the slowest group are replicated in multiple pods across the distribution center. In other words, these items are separately stocked at locations on more than one pod in the distribution center. This means that a container passing through the distribution center can obtain each of the items in the second group of item types at multiple pods in the distribution center. Thus, these items do not create a bottleneck in the order fulfillment process. Inventory types in a third group, the fastest movers, are segregated from items in the first two groups. They are stored in a separate type of pod that fulfills orders even faster than the other type of pods.

2010024, Sep 23, 2010

May 22, 2010

12/800759

Peter Ham - Palo Alto CA, US
Boris Klots - Belmont CA, US
Radhakrishna Hari - Belmont CA, US
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA, US
Gautam Bhargava - Cupertino CA, US
Gerry Perham - San Francisco CA, US

G06F 19/00, G06F 7/00, G06Q 10/00, G06Q 30/00

700214, 700216, 700218, 705 10, 705 28

A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e.g., potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc.) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replicated” over multiple pods in the distribution center. Rather, they are constrained to reside at a single pod within the distribution center. Items that are ordered somewhat more frequently than those in the slowest group are replicated in multiple pods across the distribution center. In other words, these items are separately stocked at locations on more than one pod in the distribution center. This means that a container passing through the distribution center can obtain each of the items in the second group of item types at multiple pods in the distribution center. Thus, these items do not create a bottleneck in the order fulfillment process. Inventory types in a third group, the fastest movers, are segregated from items in the first two groups. They are stored in a separate type of pod that fulfills orders even faster than the other type of pods.

4752898, Jun 21, 1988

Jan 28, 1987

7/008389

Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Tencor Instruments - Mountain View CA

B65G 4724

364559

A system for finding the orientation of a substantially circular disk shaped wafer with at least one flat region on an edge thereof, in which the wafer is spun one 360 degree turn on a chuck and the edge position is measured by a linear array to obtain a set of data points at various wafer orientations. The rotation axis may differ from the wafer center by an unknown eccentricity. The flat angle is found by fitting a cosine curve to the data, subtracting the expected data derived from the cosine curve from the actual data to obtain a deviation. The angle of maximum deviation of the data from the cosine curve is a first estimate of the flat angle. The estimate may be corrected for errors due to a finite number of data points and wafer eccentricity by calculating an adjustment angle from data points on the wafer flat. After determining the flat angle, the wafer is spun to the desired orientation. The wafer eccentricity may be calculated from four of the data points located away from the flat edge region, and the wafer is then centered.

7370005, May 6, 2008

May 10, 2000

09/568570

Peter Ham - Palo Alto CA, US
Boris Klots - Belmont CA, US
Radhakrishna Hari - Belmont CA, US
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA, US
Gautam Bhargava - Cupertino CA, US
Gerry Perham - San Francisco CA, US

G06Q 30/00

705 26, 705 28

A load balancing technology segregates various inventory types (e. g. , potatoes vs. milk, vs. pretzels, vs. tissue paper, etc. ) based upon how frequently they are ordered in a distribution center. Inventory types that are ordered at the slowest rate are not “replicated” over multiple pods in the distribution center. Rather, they are constrained to reside at a single pod within the distribution center. Items that are ordered somewhat more frequently than those in the slowest group are replicated in multiple pods across the distribution center. In other words, these items are separately stocked at locations on more than one pod in the distribution center. This means that a container passing through the distribution center can obtain each of the items in the second group of item types at multiple pods in the distribution center. Thus, these items do not create a bottleneck in the order fulfillment process. Inventory types in a third group, the fastest movers, are segregated from items in the first two groups.

4898471, Feb 6, 1990

Sep 19, 1988

7/248309

John L. Vaught - Palo Alto CA
Armand P. Neukermans - Palo Alto CA
Herman F. Keldermann - Berkeley CA
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Tencor Instruments - Mountain View CA

G01B 1100

356394

A particle detection on a periodic patterned surface is achieved in a method and apparatus using a single light beam scanning at a shallow angle over the surface. The surface contains a plurality of identical die with streets between die. The beam scans parallel to a street direction, while a light collection system collects light scattered from the surface with a constant solid angle. The position of the collection system as well as the polarization of the light beam and collected scattered light may be arranged to maximize the particle signal compared to the pattern signal. A detector produces an electrical signal corresponding to the intensity of scattered light that is colelcted. A processor constructs templates from the electrical signal corresponding to individual die and compares the templates to identify particles. A reference template is constantly updated so that comparisons are between adjacent die.

6228079, May 8, 2001

Oct 6, 1998

9/167505

Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Somnus Medical Technology, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

A61B 1804

606 34

In an embodiment of the invention an apparatus for power measurement in an electro-surgical instrument is disclosed. The apparatus includes: sensors, a first summer and differencer, a peak detector, a second summer and differencer, and a multiplier. The sensors produce a voltage signal and a current signal proportional to a voltage and a current delivered by the first channel to the surgical site. The first summer and differencer sum the voltage signal together with the current signal to produce a first signal and difference the voltage signal with the current signal to produce a second signal. The peak detector couples to the first summer and differencer to form a third and a fourth signal proportional respectively to peak voltage levels in the first and the second signals. The second summer and differencer produce a fifth signal and a sixth signal proportional respectively to a difference and a sum of the third signal and the fourth signal. The multiplier multiplies the fifth and the sixth signals to produce a power signal equivalent to the actual power delivered by the first channel to the surgical site.

6139546, Oct 31, 2000

Oct 6, 1998

9/167217

Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA
Bruno Strul - Portola Valley CA
Robin Bek - Campbell CA

Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

A61B 1804

606 34

A method and apparatus for delivery of energy by an electro-surgical instrument to a surgical site is disclosed. The apparatus delivers power to electrodes of an electro-surgical instrument during an operation performed at a surgical site. The apparatus includes a processor and a plurality of power delivery channels. The processor signals the onset of an impedance interval and a heating interval. The processor determines a target value of a control parameter to be delivered to a corresponding one of the electrodes. The plurality of power delivery channels are each coupled to the processor and to a corresponding electrode. Each of the power delivery channels responsive to signaling from the processor transitions between the impedance interval and the heating interval. Each of the power delivery channels measures, during the impedance interval, an impedance associated with a delivery of energy to the surgical site by a corresponding electrode. Each of the power delivery channels, during the heating interval, minimizes a difference between a measured value of a control parameter and the target value of the control parameter determined by the processor, to deliver the energy to the surgical site.

6293941, Sep 25, 2001

Oct 6, 1998

9/167215

Bruno Strul - Portola Valley CA
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

A01B 1804

606 34

This invention is an improved method and apparatus for tissue electrical impedance determination and electrical power control in a surgical device. In an embodiment of the invention an apparatus for controlling power delivery in an electro-surgical instrument is disclosed. The electro-surgical instrument includes a first channel and a second channel for delivery of energy to a surgical site. The apparatus includes: a switch, a measuring unit, a processor and a drive unit. The switch electrically isolates the second channel during a first measurement interval and the first channel during a second measurement interval. The measuring unit is coupled to the first and the second channel. The measurement unit measures a first power level of the first channel during a first measurement interval and a second power level of the second channel during a second measurement interval. The processor is coupled to the measuring unit and to the switch.

6231569, May 15, 2001

Oct 6, 1998

9/167508

Robin Bek - Campbell CA
David Wills - Palo Alto CA
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Somnus Medical Technologies, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA

A61B 1818

606 34

The present invention provides for an electro-surgical instrument with a rich graphical user interface (GUI) capability and a verifiable hardware and software platform meeting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirements. The rich GUI makes for a device which is more easily operated than prior art devices which lacked a sophisticated user interface. The increased functionality is achieved without sacrificing the ability to validate the device for FDA purposes. This goal is achieved by a dual processor design. In the dual processor design a control or master processor with verifiable source code implements the functions of: power delivery, temperature measurement, power measurement and power control. A display or slave processor, is functionally isolated from the first processor receiving only messages from the first processor. In a first embodiment of the invention an electro-surgical instrument is disclosed.

4285053, Aug 18, 1981

May 21, 1979

6/040930

George J. Kren - Los Altos CA
Franklin R. Koenig - Palo Alto CA

Tencor Instruments - Mountain View CA

G01S 1532

367 99

A gauge for measuring variations in distance of a surface relative to a reference by means of phase shifts in a zone of high acoustic impedance. A gauge head is provided with a first orifice for emitting acoustic waves, driven by a reference signal, toward a surface positioned very close to the gauge head, forming a high impedance zone. A second orifice in the gauge head picks up acoustic waves subjected to the zone and these waves are converted to electrical signals for comparison to the reference signal in a phase detector. The phase error between the two signals is indicative of surface distance variations.