| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 340300430 | Fault condition detection | 15 |
| 20100219933 | GAS CUTOFF APPARATUS - It is an objective to appropriately assure a function of limiting use of appliances that cause changes in quantities of gas used. There are provided a flow detection unit | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110043323 | FAULT MONITORING CIRCUIT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND FAULTY PART LOCATING METHOD - To provide a fault monitoring circuit capable of reliably transferring fault information to a circuit that maintains the system in the safe state and ensuring the safety as a system, a semiconductor integrated circuit, and a faulty part locating method. A fault monitoring circuit in accordance with an exemplary aspect of the invention obtains a fault signal output from a peripheral monitoring circuit | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120249286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSURING UTILITY NETWORK SECURITY AND RELIABILITY - A system and method for detecting a utility network threat based on the quality of communications received at devices in the utility network. The quality of a communication signal received by a device in the utility network is determined and a threat to the utility network is determined based on the signal quality. Threat information is output to devices on the utility network. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20130021135 | SAFETY APPARATUS AND FAULT DETECTION METHODS - A safety apparatus includes: a latch circuit which retains an inconsistent state record when input signals from a plurality of sensors are in an inconsistent state, and frees the inconsistent state record when the input signals from the plurality of sensors are all in an OFF state; and an AND circuit which performs a sensor fault determination at timing when the input signals from the plurality of sensors are all in an ON state, the sensor fault determination including determining that at least one of the plurality of sensors is failed if the latch circuit retains the inconsistent state record and determining that none of the plurality of the sensors is failed if the latch circuit retains no inconsistent state record. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130207773 | Method and System for Detecting Door State and Door Sensor Failures - A system includes a controller that executes a method for determining failure of the door latch sensor using both the door latch sensor and a door lock sensor. If the door latch sensor is faulty, the controller adjusts an automatic feature of the vehicle based on a door lock signal instead of a door state signal. The controller is also configured to mark the door latch signal as faulty if the door latch system is not functioning properly by using a fault counter that tracks the door lock sensor. | 08-15-2013 |
| 340300440 | Control to correct fault | 10 |
| 20090256671 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING WASTEWATER TREATMENT INSTALLATION - Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a telemetry device. The remote monitoring center makes information concerning the individual system available through a website. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090322471 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING WASTEWATER TREATMENT INSTALLATION - Apparatus for managing a residential wastewater treatment system includes an in situ control unit that monitors an individual system. The control unit provides local control and alarms, and also sends status reports and/or alarms to a remote monitoring center via a telemetry device. The remote monitoring center makes information concerning the individual system available through a website. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100066484 | REMOTE MONITOR/CONTROL FOR BILLBOARD LIGHTING OR STANDBY POWER SYSTEM - A lighting monitor/control system for remote billboards uses a cellular network to provide utility power and light status information to a central controller, which in response provides control signals to individual remote billboard lighting controllers for setting operating parameters such as multiple on/off times, lighting power adjustments for individual billboards, and custom lighting schedules based upon geographic and environmental considerations. Battery back-up is provided in the event of utility power outage with automatic reversion to utility power when restored. Immediate notification of failure of utility power or of individual lamp or ballast failure is provided by SMS messaging formatted so as to minimize the number of messages and reduce communications costs. The monitor/control system is also adapted for use in remote power monitoring applications to automatically switch to standby power (generator) in the absence of primary power and to return to primary power when restored. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100214056 | EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN SHIPPING TERMINALS - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for a shipping yard and/or a container yard that is configured to communicate with at least one status reporting device to create at least one status report for a container handling device and/or the status reporting device. The status report may be processed to create at least one system action request and/or it may be logged to maintain at least one system log for the container handling device and/or the status reporting device. The container handling device may include any of an optical characteristic system and means for sensing the machine state of the handling device and/or any component coupled to it. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110234368 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD - A temperature control device is used to control a temperature of an electronic component. The temperature control device includes a temperature sensing circuit, a controlled unit, a caution circuit, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is used to sense the temperature of the electronic component, and determine whether the sensed temperature is higher than a predetermined high temperature stored in the microcontroller. If the sensed temperature is higher than a predetermined high temperature, the microcontroller controls the controlled unit to cool the electronic component and count the number of times the electronic component is cooled. The microcontroller determines whether the count of cooling the electronic component is equal to a predetermined cooling count. If the count of cooling the electronic component is equal to the predetermined cooling count, the microcontroller starts the caution circuit. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110267169 | Method For Determining the Configuration Of a Danger Warning System, and Danger Warning System - A danger warning system has a central station and appliances which are connected thereto by a monitoring line. Each appliance has an insulator switch, an unequivocal identification number, and a communication address. In order to determine the configuration of the danger warning system, the appliances that can be decoupled by the insulator switch are sequentially started and announced to the central station. In the event of simultaneous announcements of more than one appliance, only the announcement of one of said appliances is accepted. During the announcement of appliances at the central station with the communication addresses thereof, when appliances with different communication addresses are simultaneous announced, the communication addresses are differed according to an arbitration method, and the two different communication addresses are sequentially registered. When appliances with the same communication addresses are simultaneously announced, the collision of said same communication addresses is identified and resolved. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120306612 | Electric Line Interface System - Disclosed are advances in the arts with novel line interface apparatus for monitoring and controlling connections in an electrical system. Exemplary preferred embodiments include smart load ASICs and power control ASICs for monitoring signals at one or more device loads and controlling the monitored signals at the device loads and/or at the main transmission lines. The invention preferably provides the capability to test and monitor electrical interconnections without fully activating the host system. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130082817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - Included are embodiments for wireless control and management. Some embodiments include receiving a first signal regarding a device condition of a service device in an environment, determining a condition type of the device condition, and sending a first request for to correct the device condition, based on the condition type. Some embodiments also include receiving a second signal indicating whether the device condition was corrected. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130187750 | MANAGING APPLICATION FAILURES IN A SYSTEM OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES - A method of managing a system provides a minimum service in the system. The system includes a set of pieces of equipment including data-gathering equipment and/or equipment that is to be controlled, the pieces of equipment being connected to a management module via respective first communications links. The management module is suitable for determining a control command as a function of data received from at least one piece of data-gathering equipment via a first communications link and for transmitting the control command to at least one piece of equipment that is to be controlled. The method is adapted to detect an absence of application signaling activity from the management module over a predetermined time period and to trigger a minimum service by sending an alert message to at least one piece of equipment of the system. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130200990 | PLANT MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND PLANT MONITORING AND CONTROL METHOD - A monitoring apparatus has: an abnormality detecting unit which can detect an abnormality of a self apparatus; a second communication unit for receiving state information through a second communication network; a plant information forming unit for forming plant information as information regarding the whole plant equipment based on a plurality of state information; a first communication unit for transmitting the plant information to a maintenance tool through a first communication network; and an abnormal-case control unit constructed in such a manner that when the abnormality detecting unit detects the abnormality, a substituting request is transmitted to the other control unit, when a response to the substituting request is affirmative, an operation of the self apparatus is stopped, and when the response to the substituting request is negative or when the response to the substituting request is not received, the state information is transferred to the maintenance tool. | 08-08-2013 |
