Abstract: Devices and meters comprising: a housing configured to mount to a pole supporting an existing meter, the housing defining an interior; a sensor within the interior of the housing, the sensor configured to collect environmental information pertaining to the local external environment of the existing meter; a wireless radio within the interior of the housing, the wireless radio configured to transmit the environmental information to the existing meter or to a remote server in communication with the existing meter; a power unit within the interior of the housing, the power unit supplying power to the sensor and the wireless radio.

Abstract: A computer implemented method including receiving, by a monitoring system that is configured to monitor a property and from an electronic pool device that is configured to monitor a swimming pool at the property, sensor data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the sensor data, based on analyzing the sensor data, generating, by the monitoring system, an instruction to activate a camera of the electronic pool device, providing, by the monitoring system to the electronic pool device, the instruction to activate the camera, receiving, by the monitoring system from the electronic pool device, image data, analyzing, by the monitoring system, the image data, based on analyzing the image data, identifying a monitoring system action to perform, and performing the monitoring system action.

Abstract: A physical data acquirer included in an operator device acquires at least one of health data indicating a health condition of an operator or posture data indicating a posture of the operator. A distance determiner included in an information processing apparatus determines whether a distance between the operator and a machine is below a predetermined threshold. A corrector corrects an avoidability definition value defined as a value indicating a possibility of the operator avoiding a hazard caused by the machine in accordance with at least one of the health condition of the operator indicated by the health data acquired from the operator device or the posture of the operator indicated by the posture data acquired from the operator device. A risk value calculator calculates a risk value by substituting the corrected avoidability definition value and a riskiness definition value into a calculation function for the risk value.

Abstract: A device includes a signaling means and a motion sensor, and logic for activating or controlling the signaling means in response to a sensed motion according to an embedded logic. The device may be used as a toy, and may be shaped like a play ball or as a handheld unit. It may be powered from a battery, either chargeable from an AC power source directly or contactless by using induction or by converting electrical energy from harvested kinetic energy. The embedded logic may activate or control the signaling means, predictably or randomly, in response to sensed acceleration magnitude or direction, such as sensing the crossing of a preset threshold or sensing the peak value. The visual means may be a numeric display for displaying a value associated with the count of the number of times the threshold has been exceeded or the peak magnitude of the acceleration sensed.

Abstract: A display system includes: a display that displays an image; and a display controller that causes the display to display a first image resembling roads around a vehicle and a second image resembling a recommended lane determined on the basis of a route to a destination set by the vehicle among the roads around the vehicle. The display controller causes the display to display the second image and a third image guiding a course of the vehicle when the vehicle has reached a second position located a predetermined distance before a first position at which the vehicle has to make a turn in the route to the destination.

Abstract: A system can comprise a radio frequency (RF) monitoring device configured to collect information relating to livestock and transmit the collected information to a management device, and a management device configured to process the collected information and generate corresponding livestock management information.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a location of one or more user equipment (UE) in a wireless system can comprise receiving reference signals via a location management unit having two or more co-located channels, wherein the two or more co-located channels are tightly synchronized with each other and utilizing the received reference signals to calculate a location of at least one UE among the one or more UE. Embodiments include multichannel synchronization with a standard deviation of less than or equal 10 ns. Embodiments can include two LMUs, with each LMU having internal synchronization, or one LMU with tightly synchronized signals.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining a timing offset of a plurality of emitter antennas in a wireless network. The methods include deploying a network synchronization calibration unit at a location within receiving range of a plurality of direct path reference signals transmitted by the plurality of emitter antennas. The synchronization calibration unit receives the plurality of direct path reference signals and one or more reflected reference signals, which are then separated from one another to identify the direct path reference signals when a signal strength of one direct path reference signal is less than a signal strength of a reflected reference signal. A set of data is collected from the reflected reference signals that is indicative of the timing offset and that set of data is analyzed to estimate the timing offset.

Abstract: At least some aspects of the present disclosure direct to systems and methods for monitoring a physiological condition with a plurality of sensors. The system includes a wireless adaptor device and a wireless sensor device. The wireless adaptor device is configured to transmit wireless identification of the wireless adaptor device to the wireless sensor device via a NFC communication. The wireless sensor device is configured establish a wireless communication with the wireless adaptor device using the wireless identification of the wireless adaptor device. The wireless sensor device is further configured to transmit sensor signals to the wireless adaptor device via the established wireless communication.

Abstract: An object monitoring system includes a plurality of wireless sensor devices and at least one user device A method for controlling a response time of one of the wireless sensor devices in such a system includes determining one or more metrics representing a present state of an object; and calculating a probability that one of at least one user devices will interact with the wireless sensor device within a pre-determined time period by executing a trained model with the one or more determined metrics as input and controlling the response time of the wireless sensor device based on the calculated probability.

Abstract: A method of operating an alarm device including a processor and a light detector, the method including for operating the light detector to sample a light intensity within an interior space a plurality of times to produce a plurality of light intensity measurements, operating the processor to determine a light intensity value, wherein the light intensity value is based upon the plurality of light intensity measurements, and operating the processor to decide whether a night cycle can be determined based on the light intensity values.

Abstract: A container content monitoring system includes at least one container content monitoring device including a top plate connected to a housing, a weight sensor configured to detect a weight of an object arranged on the top plate, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the object where the object contacts the top plate, a transmitter, and a controller operatively connected to the temperature sensor, the weight sensor, and the transceiver. The transmitter may be configured to communicate with a cloud server remote from the container content monitoring device. The container content monitoring system further includes a router device configured to communicate with the at least one container content monitoring device, a cloud server remote from the at least one container content monitoring device, and a first user device configured to communicate with the cloud server.

Abstract: A terminal product usable time management system includes a remote server and a local apparatus. The local apparatus includes a data memory storing an identifier and an encrypted usable time of the terminal product, a microprocessor used to send a start notification of a usable time management process, a product controller used to control a product load, and a wireless networking device used to communicate with the remote server to receive a new expiry date to update the usable time. The usable time management process includes: reading the encrypted usable time stored in the data memory, decrypting the encrypted usable time, decreasing the usable time per time unit, encrypting the decreased usable time, storing the encrypted and decreased usable time into the data memory, and instructing the product controller to disable some or all functions of the terminal product, if the usable time is inaccessible or decreased to zero.

Abstract: An aircraft system that includes an aircraft and a detector assembly. The aircraft can include at least one data system coupled to at least one component. The at least one data system or the at least one component can communicate an output via a wireless network. Output information is collected and communicated to the detector assembly. The detector assembly can include a receiver and at least one of a memory, a controller, or a communication link.

Abstract: Apparatus, methods, and systems according to which shutdown features are provided to battery-powered electronics. An automatic shutdown device detects periods in which the battery-powered electronics are motionless using a sensor and, based on such detection, disconnects the battery from the battery-powered electronics using an electronic switch, rendering the battery-powered electronics inoperable. In addition, the automatic shutdown device is able to reenergize the battery-powered electronics using the electronic switch once motion is detected by the sensor so that the battery-powered electronics can resume normal operations. In several embodiments, the battery-powered electronics include a keyless fob associated with a vehicle and the automatic shutdown device is part of a vehicle theft prevention system.

Abstract: A device and a method including a power supply module operative to extract electric power from magnetic field surrounding an electric cable, a transceiver operative to communicate in a backhaul network, a transceiver for a wireless local area network and/or a remote sensing unit, and a controller module communicatively coupled to the transceiver and/or remote sensing unit, where the device is mounted around a single electric cable of an electric transmission grid or an electric distribution grid, and where the device derives power form the single electric cable.

Abstract: System and methods are provided for warning a worker of a rail vehicle, or an operator of the rail vehicle of the worker. The system includes a worker device, a vehicle device, and a central server. The devices and server operate on one or a combination of actual or simulated satellite navigational signals, and beacon signals to determine the position of the devices, to generate a warning. The position determination may prioritize beacon signals over satellite navigation signals. The position determination may involve correcting a calculated position based on a measured power level of the beacon signal received from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous beacon signal was last received by the device from the beacon transmitter, an elapsed time since a previous satellite navigation signal was received by the device, or an accuracy of the position of the device based on the satellite navigation signal.

Abstract: Examples of selective state change of a remote metering device are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a connection between a mobile communication system and a remote metering device is established. A command to selectively change a delivery state of a valve of the remote metering device is then sent by the mobile communication system.

Abstract: An information processing device has an obtaining unit, a controller, and a giving unit. The obtaining unit can obtain vehicle information. The controller creates first warning information when the passability of a road in the vehicle information indicates non-passable. The controller creates recovery information when the passability of the road at the same position in the vehicle information indicates passable, after creation of the first warning information. The giving unit gives the recovery information.

Abstract: Connection systems, apparatus, and related methods for use with vehicle electronic components are disclosed. A disclosed connection system for a vehicle includes an electronic component of the vehicle and a primary connector positioned on the electronic component. The connection system also includes a mounting feature positioned on a portion of the vehicle. The mounting feature includes a substrate and an aperture defined by the substrate. The mounting feature is configured to electrically couple the electronic component to a wiring system of the vehicle in response to insertion of the primary connector in the aperture.