Abstract: An object of the present invention is to efficiently identify an abnormal device by analyzing and classifying characteristics such as periodicity and continuity of data related to each device. A programmable logic controller collects data held by a device as a collection target out of the plurality of devices in accordance with a predetermined collection setting for each scan cycle of the user program, classifies each of the devices into one of a plurality of types on the basis of a characteristic of the collected time-series data of each of the devices, and determines a detection algorithm used in identification of the device as an abnormal device in accordance with the time-series data of the device collected by the collection section and the type of the device classified by the classification section for each of the devices.

Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process that formulates an inference that a first group of mobile devices are at ground level, and obtains, for the first group of mobile devices, positions and barometric pressure readings. Ground heights with respect to a common reference height are determined for the first group of mobile devices, and reference barometric pressures are calculated for the first group of mobile devices, at the common reference height according to the barometric pressure readings and the determined ground heights. At least a portion of the reference barometric pressures are combined to obtain a reference barometric pressure. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: Processes for rapidly and accurately measuring the coefficient of moisture expansion for materials, such as adhesives, are disclosed. A replication technique may be used to manufacture highly flat and smooth adhesive samples. Moisture is introduced in a controlled humidity atmosphere, distortion is monitored with an accurate laser interferometer (e.g., ˜1 nanometer (nm) accuracy), and measurements are correlated with moisture content change. Such processes decrease sample size by three orders of magnitude as compared with conventional techniques and have a smaller adhesive mass requirement, which enables measurement of expensive microelectronic adhesives that were previously cost-prohibitive to measure. Also, thinner films allow CME measurements of ultraviolet (UV) cured adhesives that would otherwise have depth of penetration issues. Furthermore, saturation occurs quickly, allowing pre-stabilization at room temperature, which enabled parametric studies as a function of processing or cure state.

Abstract: Provided is a preheating thermometer, including a temperature measuring assembly, and a preheating assembly disposed on the temperature measuring assembly. The preheating assembly includes a heating material layer and a sealing film covering the heating material layer to isolate the heating material layer from air. When the preheating thermometer is used for body temperature measurement, the sealing film is removed to allow the heating material layer to produce heat due to the contact of the heating material layer with the air.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a balloon venting system. The balloon venting system includes a clamp. The clamp is to clamp to the balloon so as to bear a mechanical load away from an opening in the balloon. The balloon venting system includes a fluidic channel that is coupled to the opening in the balloon. The opening in the balloon is not located at the bottom of the balloon. The balloon venting system includes an electro-mechanical device that is mechanically coupled to a valve. The electro-mechanical device is to drive the valve to open the channel so that gas within the balloon escapes the balloon when the valve is open and to close the channel so that gas remains within the balloon when the valve is closed.

Abstract: A magneto-inductive DC magnetometer is provided that is operable to output fluxgate quality measurements in a low mass, volume, power and cost package. The magnetometer enables constellation-class missions not only due to its low-resource requirements, but also due to its potential for commercial integrated circuit fabrication. In addition, the magnetometer will be part of a ground-based Space Weather Underground Citizen Science instrument package that enables dense arrays of space weather-relevant observations at mid-latitudes. The magneto-inductive operating principle is based on a simple resistance-inductor (RL) circuit and involves measurement of the time it takes to charge and discharge the inductor between an upper and lower threshold by means of a Schmitt trigger oscillator. This time is proportional to the inductance that in turn is proportional to the field strength.

Abstract: A vessel environment condition assessment system and method, the system comprising a motion measurement unit on board a vessel configured to sense the vessels motion, wherein the motion measurement unit is configured to output a motion signal of the vessel, a processor adapted to receive the motion signal of the vessel, and apply an energy operator to the motion signal to calculate an energy signal representative of the environmental condition for the vessel.

Abstract: A method for bicycle fitting includes receiving evaluation factors based on one or more scenario parameters; positioning at least one of a saddle and a handlebar to one or more positions when a user is pedaling; determining values for the evaluation factors according to data received from one or more sensors at the one or more positions; and processing the values to identify one or more recommended positions for the saddle or the handlebar.

Abstract: A system and method for managing maintenance and repair of a commercial building roof that creates an access event log each time a roof location is accessed and precipitation event log is created each time precipitation occurs at the roof location to narrow the search for access events possibly resulting in roof damage causing a roof leak. A centralized computing system accessible by remote computing devices at each rooftop location is accessed to create an access event log when personnel access the roof. The computing system collects weather data for each rooftop location based on the global position coordinates for the rooftop location. Upon discovery of a roof leak, a system query will identify access events occurring since the latest precipitation event after which no leaks were reported to identify a list of potential causes for the roof damage. The system and method may also be used to consolidate roof maintenance, inspection, and repair to improve asset management.

Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a balloon venting system. The balloon venting system includes a clamp. The clamp is to clamp to the balloon so as to bear a mechanical load away from an opening in the balloon. The balloon venting system includes a fluidic channel that is coupled to the opening in the balloon. The opening in the balloon is not located at the bottom of the balloon. The balloon venting system includes an electro-mechanical device that is mechanically coupled to a valve. The electro-mechanical device is to drive the valve to open the channel so that gas within the balloon escapes the balloon when the valve is open and to close the channel so that gas remains within the balloon when the valve is closed.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein can dynamically adapt to changing nature of sensor data traffic and through artificial intelligence (AI, strike a good tradeoff between reducing volume of sensed data, and retain enough data fidelity so that subsequent analytics applications perform well. The example implementations eliminate heuristic methods of setting sensing parameters (such as DAQ sampling rate, resolution etc.) and replaces them with an automated, AI driven edge solution core that can be readily ported on any Internet of Things (IoT) edge gateway that is connected to the DAQ.

Abstract: A measuring device for snow flux and accumulated snow density at different heights, which comprises a shell, a plurality of collection devices and a support frame, the first side of the shell is provided with a plurality of collection ports along the height direction of the shell; each collection device comprises a collection pipe, a storage pipe and a fixed bolt, the first end of the collection pipe is horizontally arranged, the first end of one collection pipe is arranged in one collection port, both the second end of the collection pipe and the storage pipe are obliquely arranged downwards, the second end of the collection pipe and the first end of the storage pipe are detachably connected and communicate with each other; and the shell is detachably connected with the support frame.

Abstract: Devices, methods, and systems for operating gas meters are described herein. The systems may include a gas measuring system connectable to a gas line, where the gas measuring system may include a flow rate sensor, a pressure sensor, and a controller in communication with the flow rate sensor and the pressure sensor. The flow rate sensor and the pressure sensor may be configured to sense measures of a gas passing through the gas line. The controller may repeatedly obtain pressure measurements at set pressure measurement times. Measures from the flow sensor may be monitored and when a measure from the flow sensor measure meets a flow rate criteria, the controller may trigger an extra pressure measurement without waiting for a next pressure measurement time. The controller may initiate closing of a gas valve when a measure from the pressure sensor exceeds a threshold value.

Abstract: A sheet electric resistance measuring instrument includes first and second housings that are paired with each other and that sandwich a sheet from both sides of the sheet, a pair of electrodes that are provided on the first housing and that measure an electric resistance of the sheet sandwiched between the pair of electrodes and the second housing, and a contact member that is disposed between the pair of electrodes on the first housing and that is brought into contact with the sheet.

Abstract: A method may include receiving, by a calibration circuit, an output of a subsystem comprising the sensor and the analog front end. The method may further include separating the output individually into the sensor offset and the amplifier offset by using inherent properties of separate frequency ranges for the sensor offset and the amplifier offset. The method may also include calibrating, by the calibration circuit, the sensor offset by determining a first calibration value for the sensor offset such that the output approximates zero during an idle-channel condition. The method may additionally include calibrating, by the calibration circuit, the amplifier offset by determining a second calibration value for the amplifier offset such that the output approximates zero during the idle-channel condition.

Abstract: Some methods of scale and corrosion monitoring of a well include receiving information from a plurality of transducers disposed in a ring on a circumference of a tubing of the well, the received information including frequency domain information representing a first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and a first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers; determining arrival times for the first longitudinal ultrasonic wave and the first torsional ultrasonic wave to arrive at the plurality of transducers based on the received information; comparing the determined arrival times with a range of predetermined arrival times from a model that accounts for wave refraction using a ray tracing scheme to determine a wall thickness of the tubing, a scale thickness of scale within the tubing, and a scale shear wave velocity of the scale; and identifying a material of the scale based on the determined scale shear wave velocity.

Abstract: The invention discloses a digital sample plot for soil fauna in dry land and the construction method thereof, comprising the dry land with sample plots in the center, automatic monitoring equipment and power supply equipment; such equipment is set around, underground, on the surface of or above the sample plot; the invention realizes a full-coverage, all-weather and three-dimensional sample plot.

Abstract: A control apparatus includes: a data acquisition part that acquires correction data indicating a content regarding a correction process which corrects an error of an angle at which a rotation angle sensor that measures a rotation angle of a rotor included in an electric motor is attached; a determination part that determines, based on the correction data, whether or not the correction process has been performed; and a control method determination part that determines, in a case where it is determined that the correction process has not been performed, that an inverter which supplies an AC current to the electric motor is controlled under a pulse-width modulation control.

Abstract: A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) downhole tool and method that may include a housing, a power source, a Radio Frequency (RF) pulse generator tank electrically connected to the power source, a power switch electrically disposed within the RF pulse generator tank and disposed in the housing, and an NMR signal acquisition tank electrically connected to the RF pulse generator tank and disposed in the housing. The method may include disposing the NMR downhole tool into a wellbore, charging a first capacitor with the power source that is electrically connected to the first capacitor, generating a RF pulse, disconnecting the first capacitor from the RF pulse generator tank, and storing energy from the inductive coil in the first capacitor. The method may further include connecting the inductive coil to an NMR signal acquisition tank using a decoupler switch and acquiring an NMR signal with the NMR signal acquisition tank.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are various devices, systems, and methods for use in agricultural, particularly for use in harvesting agricultural crop such as corn. Various implementations relate to methods and devices for measuring plant stalk cross-sectional area during harvest and providing additional methods of predicting and displaying yield on a row-by-row level in real time.