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| 20080211661 | External conditions audio playback system and method - A method and system that controls the playback of different audio or video files in a motor vehicle mounted electronic device that includes a plurality of different audio or video files and an audio file player software program. The electronic device is connected to at least one external sensor that measures one of the following: the motor vehicle's current location, the time of day, and/or the weather or temperature. The software program is designed to automatically play the audio file when the external condition occurs. When the driver is driving and listening to the electronic device, the audio or video files that are automatically played based on the occurrence of the linked external conditions. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080278308 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTRUDER DETECTION - Systems and methods for detecting presence and movement of intruders. Various embodiments of an intruder detection system can be based on, for example, a beam-interrupt detector or a thermal imaging device. The beam-interrupt detection based system can provide functionalities such as counting of intruders crossing a given beam. A plurality of such beams at different heights can also allow distinguishing different-sized intruders. The thermal imaging based detection system can provide functionalities such as tracking movement of intruders. A recording can be triggered by detection of intruder movement, thereby improving the efficiency of recording and reviewing information indicative of presence and movement of intruders in a monitored area. In one embodiment, non-intruders can be distinguished from intruders by querying an RFID tag carried by non-intruders. In one embodiment, non-intruders can be distinguished from intruders by facial recognition. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090066501 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING ABNORMAL SIGNS IN DAILY ACTIVITIES - There are provided a method and system for sensing abnormal signs in daily activities, the method comprising, at the system, sensing the daily activities, reading previously stored daily activity information, generating a daily activity sequence based thereon, sensing the abnormal signs from the daily activity sequence by using a preset sequence alignment algorithm, and providing the sensed abnormal signs to a user. As described above, the abnormal signs, which should be checked to provide care services, are sensed via changes in a daily activity pattern and added to a care service system that will be installed in welfare facilities for the aged or a home of a solitary old person, thereby effectively sensing the abnormal signs in daily activities of the aged. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090072961 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING THE SENSITIVITY OF A SENSOR IN A SECURITY SYSTEM - A method for dynamically changing a control panel response to a transmission from one or more multi-output sensors. The transmission includes a state of a plurality of sensitivity levels for each multi-output sensor indicating multiple outputs. The method comprising the steps of receiving a transmission from the multi-output sensor, determining a source of the transmission, determining a state of each of the sensitivity levels determining if at least one selection criterion is set for selecting one of the plurality of sensitivity levels included in the transmission based upon the determined source. One of the sensitivity levels is selected based upon the determination and an alarm is generated based upon said selected sensitivity level. If more than one selection criterion is set, a priority for the selection criterion is determined. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090121861 | Detecting, deterring security system - A security system used to detect, deter, and/or document security events and information from a secured area. The security system may include an intelligence system for distinguishing between false alarms and actual alarm events. The security system may also include multiple deter devices actionable upon detection of an actual alarm event. The security system may further include a security event data collection system that collects event or alarm data pertaining to security events either onsite or remote and a video/camera system that records images of security events. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090237232 | ALARM SOLUTION FOR SECURING SHOPPING CHECKOUT - Under the present invention, a single, overall alarm for an entire set of shopping items will be used for any and all discrepancies. The metric used for creating an alarm for the overall set of shopping items can be based on any one of the following candidate policies: if at least one item generated an alarm; if some fixed number of items generated an alarm; if some threshold discrepancy metric got exceed; if basket size is larger than certain threshold cash value and the alarm exceeded certain threshold alarm rate; a randomly generated alarm (e.g., random audit); the customer's identity and track record (e.g., loyalty card); and/or any combination of the above. Regardless, if an overall alarm is generated one or more of the following actions can be taken: no action send the customer to customer service; appropriately record customer track record (e.g., loyalty card) when customer identity is available; audit the customer at the “shop exit; and/or any combination of thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090261966 | Remotely Directed Vehicle Inspection Method and Apparatus - A method of inspecting a vehicle, comprising providing at an inspection site a hand-held inspection wand that transceives audio-visual information with a command/remote site a safe distance from the inspection site and that is staffed by law enforcement personnel, stopping the vehicle at the remote site, instructing an occupant of the vehicle to exit the vehicle and grasp the wand, transmitting instructions from the command site to the occupant via the wand, that direct the occupant to capture video of the vehicle at the remote site using the wand, capturing video of the vehicle using the wand, transmitting the captured video from the wand to the command site, and displaying the transmitted captured video at the command site. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100109861 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING DEPARTURE NOTIFICATION FROM A TRAVEL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - Methods and systems for providing a departure notification from a travel assistance system are disclosed. A source location, a destination location and a desired destination arrival time are received at a travel assistance system. At least one travel parameter operable to affect departure time from the source location to the destination location is received at the travel assistance system. A departure time from the source location that enables arrival at the destination location at approximately the desired destination arrival time based on the source location, the destination location, the desired destination arrival time and the at least one travel parameter is determined. A departure notification is issued from the travel assistance system to a client system. The departure notification includes the departure time. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100277303 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING WEATHER-RELATED HEALTH INFORMATION - This specification discloses the system and method for dynamically displaying weather-related health information. It establishes an item table database to actively collect weather data and analyze them according to the item table, thereby providing weather-related health information. It solves the problem of time-consuming and complicated searching in the prior art for collect and analyzing weather-related health information. Therefore, the invention can effectively use system and network resources to retrieve weather-related health information. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110043357 | METHODS FOR DETECTING FAILURE STATES IN A MEDICINE DELIVERY DEVICE - A fluid medicament delivery device includes a patient attachment unit, containing the fluid medicament, and an indicator unit adapted to be detachably coupled to the patient attachment unit. A method for monitoring the fluid medicament includes independently setting a flow rate of a fluid medicament with the patient attachment unit. A pressure and/or a flow rate of the fluid medicament is sensed with a sensor located in a separate indicator unit in a sensing mode. A status of the fluid medicament delivery device is determined based at least in part on the pressure and/or the flow rate. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110090078 | Methods and Apparatus for Estimating Departure Time Based on Known Calendar Events - A method and apparatus generating a departure alert for an event based on a current location. The method may comprises: obtaining scheduling data associated with a first event, wherein the first event scheduling data includes a first event time value and a first event location value, obtaining a device location value, obtaining a current time value, determining if the first event location value and the device location value differ by more than a event location threshold, upon a determination that the first event location value and the device location value differ by more than the event location threshold, estimating a first travel time value from the device location and the first event location, generating a departure time value by comparing the first event time value and the estimated first travel time value, and generating a departure alert by comparing the departure time value and the current time value. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120001749 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Mood-Based Haptic Feedback - A method and apparatus of generating mood-based haptic feedback are disclosed. A haptic system includes a sensing device, a digital processing unit, and a haptic generator. The sensing device, in one embodiment, is configured to detect user's modalities in accordance with mood information collected by one or more sensors and capable of issuing a sensing signal in response to the user's modalities. The digital processing unit is capable of identifying a user's condition in accordance with the sensing signal and providing a haptic signal in response to the user's condition. The user's condition, in one aspect, indicates user's mood and/or user's psychological conditions. The haptic generator generates haptic feedback in accordance with the haptic signal. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120169490 | WATER LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE ALERT DEVICE AND KIT - A water level and temperature alert device including a temperature sensor, a level sensor, an alert unit, and a computing unit. The computing unit is connected to the temperature sensor, the level sensor, and the alert unit. The level sensor is connected to a first electrode and a second electrode. When the first and second electrodes are shorted, the level sensor would output a triggering signal to the computing unit. As the computing unit is enabled by the triggering signal, the computing unit further attains a water temperature signal off the temperature sensor. According to the temperature range where the temperature signal falls into, the computing unit would trigger the alert unit to illuminate in different colors. The aforementioned alert device can further transmit the temperature and power level data to a remote host unit or communication device via a wireless technology. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120194335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE ERROR DETECTION BY COMBINING MULTIPLE SENSOR INPUTS - One of the most significant safety concerns in the automation of extracorporeal blood treatments such as dialysis is the risk of blood leakage. Extracorporeal blood treatment systems draw blood at such a high rate that a loss of integrity in the blood circuit can be serious. There are a number of mechanisms for detecting and preventing leaks, but none is perfect. This tends to limit the use of such equipment in unsupervised settings, such as the home will be limited. Some leak detection schemes can be made sensitive enough to detect the barest of leaks, but when this is done, they result in too many false positives. The invention combines information from multiple inputs to enhance sensitivity in leak detection and reduce the problem of false positives. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120293320 | CALENDAR SYSTEM AND WORKING METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM - A working method for a calendar system includes: setting information of an event. Storing the information of the event, tracking a location of a user and comparing the location of the user with a location of the event when the deadline of the event is not passed to determine whether a distance between the two locations is greater than a preset distance. Comparing a time at present with a time period when the event can be dealt with to determine whether the event can be dealt with at present if the distance between the location of the user and the location of the event is less than the preset distance. In addition, informing the user to deal with the event if the time at present is in the time period when the event can be dealt with. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120313773 | Easy Wake System and Method - Disclosed embodiments are directed towards a system and method for awakening a user from a period of sleep by applying a stimulus of light for a period determined from a comparative analysis of the user's sleep stage and a desired wake time. One exemplary method includes setting an alarm time and then monitoring motion sensors to detect movements of the user that indicate the user is in a stage of light sleep. When it is determined that the user has entered a stage of light sleep, the alarm time may be compared with the timing of the light stage of sleep. If the alarm time coincides with the sleep stage timing, an alarm comprised of a gradually intensifying stimulus of light can be triggered to awaken the user. In some embodiments, the gradually intensifying stimulus of light can be made to simulate a dawn event of the sun rising. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120326858 | DISTRIBUTION OF ENTERPRISE RELATED ALERTS VIA THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM - Enterprise related alert messages are distributed via the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The enterprise community (e.g., a company, a business, or a firm, a school, a corporation, a department of transportation, a law enforcement agency, commuter service, or the like) is provide the ability to distribute enterprise related information via the EAS. Enterprise related alerts can be generated automatically, semi-automatically, and/or manually. Enterprise related alerts can be used to notify TV and radio broadcasters. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130002420 | MOBILE MEDICAL WORKSTATION - A medical workstation is defined by a supporting structure having at least one medical diagnostic instrument disposed thereupon. A first display is further disposed on a first side of the supporting structure and a second display is disposed on a second side of the supporting structure in a manner substantially opposite from the first display. Each of the first and second displays are interconnected to the at least one medical diagnostic instrument to permit at least one of the displays in order to display diagnostic results and are tandemly or independently controllable. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130214924 | Intelligent Construction Cone - An intelligent construction cone includes a light pervious body rotatable relative to a body. A rotating device is mounted to the light pervious body and driven by a driving device to rotate the light pervious body. A distance detector sends a distance signal to a controller coupled to the driving device. The distance detector is jointly rotatable with the light pervious body to eliminate detection dead angle. A warning device is coupled to the controller and generates a warning message responsive to the distance signal. A lighting device is coupled to the controller and provides illumination. A light sensor and a humidity sensor are coupled to the controller and detect environmental brightness and environmental humidity, respectively. The warning message and intensity of the illumination are adjusted according to a distance between an object and the distance detector, the environmental brightness, and the environmental humidity. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130321144 | SOUND OR RADIATION TRIGGERED LOCATING DEVICE WITH ACTIVITY SENSOR - A portable device is equipped with a signaling circuit that responds to a searching signal (e.g., hand clap, light flash, RF signal, infrared light) generated to locate the portable device when it is misplaced or lost. The device generates a location signal to enable the user to find the device. The location signal may be an audible, light, vibration, or other signal that calls attention to the device to enable the user to find it. The device may also sense events which cause it to disable the sensor, render it less sensitive, or suppress the generation of the location signal. The sensed event is any event, e.g., heat, motion, which indicates that the device is not, in fact, lost. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20140159892 | MOTION OR OPENING DETECTOR - An activity monitor which can be pre-programmed at the factory, the doctor's office or the pharmacist, or that can be programmed by the user. The activity monitor is affixed to a medicine bottle or container and activity associated with the bottle or container, such as movement, opening, volume changes, etc. are monitored in view to the schedule. If the schedule indicates that a dose of medicine should be taken at a particular time, but the monitored activity does not determine that the medicine has been taken, an alert signal will be issued to alert the user that it is time to take the medicine. In addition, if the monitored activity indicates that the medicine bottle has been opened prior to a scheduled time, then a tamper alert can be triggered. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140320283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING LEAKS FROM A DISENGAGED CANISTER CONDITION IN A REDUCED PRESSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM - A method of distinguishing leak detection and canister disengagement in a reduced pressure treatment system includes monitoring an actual power level and a source pressure of a reduced pressure pump. The actual power level is compared to a target power level, and the source pressure is compared to a first alarm pressure and a second alarm pressure. A leak alarm is indicated when the actual power level is greater than the target power level and the source pressure is greater than the first alarm pressure. A canister disengaged alarm is indicated when the actual power level is greater than the target power level and the source pressure is less than the second alarm pressure. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140361886 | Gun Shot Detector - A gunshot detection system provides an audio and visual surveillance system, embodied within a Gunshot Detector (GSD) attached to a building's walls and ceilings and a Firearm Event Detector (FED) worn on a person's outer clothing. In both embodiments, the system of the invention detects the physical signatures of a firearm discharge, specifically sound from a muzzle blast and light from a muzzle flash. The system would be linked to a software program and/or electronic transducer(s) and/or microprocessor(s) and/or electronic Logic Circuitry (using algorithms, logic gates) that would apply one or more identification algorithms to distinguish firearm discharge from other signals. Either embodiment may be linked to an emergency notification system or to a “Guardian Barrier System” (GBS) wherein a facility or premises, for example a school, is equipped with electromagnetically releasable and electromagnetically lockable doors such that facility or premises may be automatically locked down. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20160063833 | Environmental Sensor Device with Alarms - An environmental sensor device with alarms comprises a data bus, a multitude of sensors, at least one processing unit, a communications interface, and memory. The multitude of sensors may include particle counter(s), pressure sensor(s) and/or the like. The memory is configured to hold data and machine executable instructions. The machine executable instructions are configured to cause at least one processing unit to: collect sensor data from at least one of the multitude of sensors, generate processed sensor data from the sensor data, and set alarm(s) based, at least in part on processed sensor data. The communications interface is configured to communicate the report to at least one external device. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160071401 | EVACUATION SYSTEM - A method includes receiving, at a node located in a structure, an indication of an evacuation condition. The structure includes a plurality of nodes in communication with one another. The method also includes sending, by the node, a message to one or more additional nodes. The message informs the one or more additional nodes that the node is going to determine an evacuation route in response to the indication of the evacuation condition such that the one or more additional nodes do not determine the evacuation route. The method also includes determining, by the node, the evacuation route based at least in part on the indication of the evacuation condition and at least in part on a layout of the structure. The method further includes providing, by the node, the evacuation route to the one or more additional nodes. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160093187 | Sound and Temperature Sensors for Environmental Anomaly Detection - The sound wave and temperature sensor of the present disclosure can be used for detecting whether a fire accident occurs within a specific area without risking altering or damaging existing sensors, and can be a part of an intelligent home security system. One aspect is to provide an integrated sound wave and temperature sensor that can efficiently work together with the existing sensors. An example apparatus can include a sound sensor, a temperature sensor, a communication circuit, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller can be configured to, responsive to the sound sensor detecting an audible alarm emitted from an environmental detector, determine whether an ambient temperature exceeds a threshold value. Further, the microcontroller can, responsive to both the sound sensor detecting the audible alarm and the ambient temperature exceeding a threshold value, cause the communication circuit to transmit an alert to a recipient. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160163172 | EVENT PROCESSING DEVICE, EVENT PROCESSING METHOD, AND EVENT PROCESSING PROGRAM - An event processing device includes: an event detection unit that, when received data satisfies predetermined conditions, detects the data as an event; a data storage unit that, irrespective of the event detection result, stores data received by the event detection unit; a relevance information definition storage unit that stores relevance information definitions that define the association between data; an integrated analysis unit that, when data is newly stored in the data storage unit, links the newly stored data with past data included in the past data stored in the data storage unit and the relationship of which with the newly stored data satisfies the relevance information definition; and an event display unit that displays the newly stored data and the past data linked with each other. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160189513 | Situationally Aware Alarm - A method and system for a situationally aware alarm. A physical status of a premises, such as a home, may be determined. An occupancy status of the premises may be determined. Sensor data from the premises may be collected. An event, such as a hazardous event, may be detected based on the sensor data. A notice may be generated based on the detected event, the physical status of the premises, and the occupancy status of the premises. A recipient may be determined based on the detected event, the physical status of the premises, and the occupancy status of the premises. The notice may be transmitted to the recipient. | 06-30-2016 |
