Abstract: A system including a radar receiver, a computer readable medium, and a processor. A data structure containing historical information pertaining to weather conditions for multiple locations may reside in the medium. The processor may be configured to: obtain aircraft data including information of an aircraft position; obtain external data; obtain a portion of the historical information pertaining to a location corresponding to the aircraft position; obtain weather radar data; analyze the weather radar data to determine if windshear exceeds a windshear alert threshold; upon an occurrence of the windshear exceeding the windshear alert threshold, determine whether to issue or suppress a windshear alert based on the aircraft data, the external data, and/or the portion of the historical information; and one of a) output the windshear alert for presentation to a user or b) adjust the windshear alert threshold causing the windshear alert to be suppressed and/or suppress the windshear alert.

Abstract: A vehicle-mounted device includes a data collecting device that collects sensor data from a vehicle sensor, a data transmitting device that transmits the sensor data to a server, a data receiving device that receives data about an outside-vehicle status, and an inside-vehicle/outside-vehicle cooperation device that, in response to receipt of the data about the outside-vehicle status, cooperates with a device outside the vehicle and controls an operation inside the vehicle. The server includes a map creating device that maintains a traffic status overview map on the basis of received sensor data, a vehicle selecting device that selects a vehicle capable of transmitting optimum sensor data for maintaining the traffic status overview map in view of a line status among vehicle-mounted devices present within a specific area, and a transmission permission/prohibition signal transmitting device that transmits an instruction of permitting transmission of sensor data to the vehicle.

Abstract: A system may monitor usage of a cleaning chemical and indicate when the chemical has expired and needs to be replaced. In some examples, the system includes a reservoir containing the chemical and a sensor associated with the reservoir that can detect user interaction with the chemical in the reservoir. The system may track an amount of time until the chemical in the reservoir is deemed to have expired and provide a user alert indicating expiration of the chemical. The system can control the amount of time remaining until the chemical is deemed to have expired based on the detected addition of the object to the reservoir.

Abstract: A blood pressure estimation device includes a display unit (10), a belt portion (20), a first contact electrode (61) and a second contact electrode (62) for detecting an electrocardiographic waveform, and a pulse wave sensor. The display unit (10) displays a blood pressure estimation result. The belt portion (20) is connected to the display unit (10) and surrounds a target measurement site. The pulse wave sensor includes a pulse wave detection unit (40E) that detects a pulse wave of an artery (91) passing through the target measurement site. The first contact electrode (61) and the pulse wave detection unit (40E) are provided on an inner circumferential portion (20a) of the belt portion (20). The second contact electrode (62) is provided on an outer circumferential portion (20b) of the belt portion (20).

Abstract: A patient monitoring system includes: a biomedical sensor including: a transducer configured to produce a signal corresponding to a biological function; a sensor converter configured to convert the signal to a converted signal; and a transmitter configured to produce a communication, based on the converted signal, that is indicative of one or more values of the biological function, and to send the communication wirelessly; and a base station including: a receiver configured to receive the communication wirelessly and to produce a receiver output signal; a base station interface configured to produce a base station output signal indicative of the one or more values of the biological function; and at least one output port to receive the base station output signal and configured to be hard-wire connected to a display that is configured to display information indicative of the biological function.

Abstract: Methods and devices for determining movement associated with an antenna of a receiver are disclosed herein. An example method includes generating a first acceleration signal associated with the antenna, wherein the first acceleration signal includes one or more substantially non-zero axial components. The method may further include establishing an acceleration signature corresponding to the antenna based on the first acceleration signal, and generating a second acceleration signal associated with the antenna, wherein the second acceleration signal includes one or more substantially non-zero axial components. The method may further include determining a signal difference between the acceleration signature and the second acceleration signal, wherein the signal difference is attributable to a movement of the antenna. The method may further include generating an alert signal indicating the movement.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to line-powered wireless communications systems, and more specifically to methods and apparatus for providing persistent and ubiquitous wireless communications and sensor networks in physical premises to enable a wide variety of different applications and use cases.

Abstract: An indicator module includes first electrodes disposed on a first support surface, each of the first electrodes having a flexible portion having a sloped section forming an oblique angle with the first support surface, a second electrodes disposed on a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface along a longitudinal direction, a set of conductors elongated substantially in the longitudinal direction, each of the first electrodes being electrically connected to the a respective one of the second electrodes via a respective one of the conductors, and an indicator circuit, such as a set of LEDs, electrically connected to one or more of the conductors and adapted to generate a human perceptible signal when the indicator circuit receives electrical power from the one or more of the conductors.

Abstract: An occupancy detection system and method for an enclosed space includes a door sensor operatively coupled to a door of the enclosed space. The door sensor is configured to output a door sensor signal that indicates a status of the door. At least one presence sensor that is configured to output at least one presence sensor signal that indicates an occupancy status of the enclosed space. An occupancy detection control unit is in communication with the door sensor and the at least one presence sensor. The occupancy detection control unit is configured to receive the door sensor signal and the presence sensor signal(s). The occupancy detection control unit is configured to determine an occupancy status of the enclosed space based on the door sensor signal and the presence sensor signal(s).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of determining the nature of a fault in a radiotherapy device comprising a linear accelerator. The radiotherapy device is configured to provide therapeutic radiation to a patient. The radiotherapy device comprises a vacuum tube comprising an electron gun, a waveguide configured to accelerate electrons emitted by the electron gun toward a target to produce said radiation, and a flight tube. The electron gun is located at a first end of the vacuum tube and the flight tube is located at a second end of the vacuum tube. The radiotherapy device further comprises a first and a second sensor. The first sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a first region inside the vacuum tube and the second sensor is configured to provide signals indicative of pressure at a second region inside the vacuum tube. The first region is closer to the first end of the vacuum tube than the second region is.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and techniques for assessing driver safety based on noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of a vehicle are provided. Noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of a vehicle over a first interval of time may be compared to indications of vehicle motion over the first interval of time to identify noise levels or sounds at times when the indications of vehicle motion indicate unsafe driving. The identified noise levels or sounds may be analyzed to determine noise levels, sources, and/or characteristics of sounds associated with unsafe driving. Noise levels or sounds associated with the interior of the vehicle over a second interval of time may be analyzed to determine instances in which the noise levels, sources, and/or characteristics of sounds associated with unsafe driving occur over the second interval of time. Alerts may be generated for vehicle operators based on the determined instances.

Abstract: A domestic cooking appliance for heating a food item is provided. The domestic cooking appliance includes a housing; a cooking chamber located in the housing and having a wall, the cooking chamber being configured to contain the food item while the food item is being heated; a heating element that provides heat to the cooking chamber for heating the food item; a temperature detector located in the cooking chamber and configured to detect a temperature in the cooking chamber; and a temperature detector positive motion stop located in the cooking chamber and surrounding a portion of the temperature detector.

Abstract: A system and method for vehicle compartment item presence indication senses an item within a vehicle compartment and notifies a user if the item is expected or unexpected within the compartment based on a vehicle state. Should the item be expected in a compartment during a phase of flight where the compartment is expected to contain items, there is no abnormal indication. However, if a compartment is expected to be empty during a specific phase of flight and the sensors indicate an item is present, the system will alert the user to the unexpected item.

Abstract: A system and a method for presence detection and notification. The system includes a a first unit including a first sensor and a first visual alert, and a second unit including a second sensor and a second visual alert. The first unit is constructed to send a signal to the second unit to trigger the second visual alert, when the first sensor detects a presence. The second unit is constructed to send a signal to the first unit to trigger the first visual alert, when the second sensor detects a presence. The first and second visual alerts are constructed to be triggered independently of one another.

Abstract: A retrofittable commode attachment device that automatically measures and charts electronically one or more types of health data. The device includes a base platform with a back portion, a left side portion, a right side portion and a front portion, a plurality of load cells on the left side of the base platform and a plurality of load cells on the right side of the base platform, at least one microphone, at least one camera, and at least two commode connector brackets that engage the horizontal support of a commode and the base platform is positioned below the toilet seat of the commode and is not part of the toilet seat.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an image display apparatus and a method thereof.

Abstract: A diagnostic system of a vehicle includes: a diagnostic port configured to: connect to a diagnostic device; and receive a request for data from the vehicle from the diagnostic device; a private module connected to a controller area network (CAN) bus of the vehicle and to the diagnostic port; a public communication module configured to wirelessly connect to computing devices within a passenger cabin of the vehicle, where the public communication module is partitioned from the CAN bus of the vehicle; a second module connected to the private module; and an automotive audio bus (A2B) connecting the second module with the public communication module, where the second module is configured to selectively read data from the public communication module via the A2B in response to the request.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a processor and a lower module. The lower module includes a pressure sensor for detecting a mechanical movement of a skin that covers an artery. The mechanical movement of the skin is due to blood flow through the artery. The processor is configured to receive skin movement information from the movement sensor; calculate a pulse front velocity (PFV), which is a velocity of a blood wave as the blood wave passes under the pressure sensor; estimate a pulse wave velocity (PWV) using the PFV; and estimate the blood pressure using the PWV.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to assessment of cognitive workload using breathing pattern of a person, where cognitive workload is the amount of mental effort required while doing a task. The method and system provides assessment of cognitive workload based on breathing pattern extracted from photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal, which is collected from the person using a wearable device. The PPG signal collected using the wearable device are processed in multiple stages that include breathing signal extraction to extract breathing pattern. The extracted breathing pattern is used for assessment of cognitive workload using a generated personalized training model, wherein the personalized training model is generated and dynamically updated for each person based on selection of a sub-set of breathing pattern features using feature selection and classification techniques that include maximal information coefficient (MIC) techniques.

Abstract: An example method is disclosed, the method comprising: (i) detecting, via a first sensor of an alert system configured for use with a vehicle, a living being inside the vehicle; (ii) measuring, via a second sensor, an environmental feature inside the vehicle; (iii) based at least on the detection of the living being and the measured environmental feature, determining, an alert condition inside the vehicle; (iv) selecting a first computational action based at least on the determined alert condition; (v) transmitting an instruction that causes a component of the vehicle to perform the selected first computational action; (vi) selecting a second computational action based at least on the determined alert condition; and (vii) transmitting, via a network interface, to at least one computing device that is remote from the alert system, an instruction that causes at least one remote computing device to perform the selected second computational action.