Abstract: It is provided a method for determining when a break-in attempt is in process. The method is performed in a break-in determiner and comprises the steps of: determining that a first vibration condition is tme when a vibration parameter associated with a barrier is greater than a first threshold, wherein the first vibration parameter is obtained from measurements from an accelerometer; determining whether an acceptable activity condition is tme or not, such that the acceptable activity condition is true only when there is an auxiliary signal indicating acceptable activity comprising determining that the acceptable activity condition is tme only when a time difference between determining that the first vibration condition is true and receiving the auxiliary signal is less than a threshold duration; and determining that a break-in attempt is in process when the first vibration condition is tme and the acceptable activity condition is false.

Abstract: Systems and methods for tracking a subject using radio-frequency identification (RFID). In an embodiment, an antenna array comprising a plurality of articulating brackets and a plurality of antennas is provided. Each of the articulating brackets is configured to move one of the plurality of antennas into a plurality of positions, and each of the antennas is configured to receive a RFID signal. In addition, a processor receives RFID data based on RFID signals received by the antennas of the antenna array, and determines a trajectory of a subject based on the RFID data. Based on the determined trajectory of the subject, the processor controls one or more of the articulating brackets to move one or more of the antennas into a position to track the subject.

Abstract: Provided are a diagonal parking space detection method and device, and an automatic parking method and system. The diagonal parking space detection method includes: operation S11, determining a target diagonal parking space in multiple diagonal parking spaces arranged along a reference line, wherein the target diagonal parking space is located between a first reference parking space and a second reference parking space; operation S12, detecting a first reference point identifying an intersection point between the first reference parking space and the reference line; operation S13, calculating a slope of the target diagonal parking space; operation S14, detecting a second reference point identifying an intersection point between the second reference parking space and the reference line; and operation S15, calculating a width of the target diagonal parking space.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a tag. The tag comprising a flexible elongate structure comprising a cord or a cable; an electronic thread device integrated into the cord or cable that is operative to wirelessly communicate with external devices for inventory management or security purposes; and/or an Electronic Article Surveillance (“EAS”) component integrated into the cord or cable.

Abstract: Methods and systems for motion detection are provided. Aspects includes receiving, from a sensor, sensor data associated with an area proximate to the sensor, determining an event type based on a feature vector, utilizing a machine learning model, the feature vector comprising a plurality of features extracted from the sensor data, and generating an alert based on the event type.

Abstract: A folded coil label and associated methods of making a folded coil label are provided. On example folded core label may include a core, a coil, and a capacitor. The coil may be wrapped around the core and connected to the capacitor to form a resonant circuit. The coil may be formed of angled traces wrapped around the core to form turns of the coil, and each angled trace may be electrically and physically connected in series to an adjacent angled trace to form a helical structure of the coil.

Abstract: A flame detector system (10) includes a flame detector (10) and a plurality of targets (22). The flame detector includes a housing (30), a flame sensor (32), an imaging device (34) having an optical view (70) that correlates to the field of view (50), and a controller (24) in communication with the imaging device. The plurality of targets are disposed within the optical view. The controller is programmed to operate the imaging device to capture a first image of an external environment (26) containing the plurality of targets and store the first image and a location of the plurality of targets within the first image.

Abstract: Public safety official accessories, such as remote speaker microphones and body cameras, can include an infrared thermometer for enabling public safety officials to detect whether individuals have fevers. Temperature readings obtained using the public safety official accessories can be output to a display of a radio or of the public safety official accessory. By integrating an infrared thermometer into a public safety official accessory, the public safety official can discreetly determine whether an individual has a fever.

Abstract: Provided is an information provision system capable of reducing secondary damage in the case of a disaster. The information provision system includes: a vehicle; and an information provision apparatus communicatively connected to the vehicle and configured to provide information to the vehicle. The information provision apparatus includes an acquirer that acquires fire-related information indicating information about fire, a fire detector that detects an occurrence of fire based on the fire-related information, and a fire information generator that generates, in response to the detection of the occurrence of fire by the fire detector, fire avoidance information for avoiding the fire, and transmits the fire avoidance information to the vehicle. The vehicle includes an information receiver that receives the fire avoidance information, and a display controller that causes a display to display the fire avoidance information.

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: An out-of-vehicle notification device includes a moving person detecting unit configured to detect a moving person who is to be notified of information by means of light based on a result of detection performed by an outside situation detecting unit, a plurality of light emitting units, a light emission control unit configured to cause the light emitting units to emit light, and an operating state detecting unit configured to detect operating states of blinkers of the host vehicle. When an operation of the blinker is detected, the light emission control unit forbids light emission of the light emitting unit that is provided within a predetermined area around the blinker in operation.

Abstract: A drill string communication system is described. An uphole transceiver can couple a signal onto the drill string at a power that is always greater that a selectable power for a downhole signal. Communication from a drill rig to an inground tool can be re-initiated using a maximum uphole transmit power of an uphole transceiver. A procedure can establish a new set of transmission parameters for a drill string signal to establish communication between the drill rig and the inground tool. The system can include a walkover locator that receives an active/inactive status-controlled electromagnetic locating signal. Responsive to a locating signal degradation, a reconfiguration command can modify the locating signal. The uphole transceiver and a downhole transceiver can automatically modify at least one parameter of a downhole signal. An uphole receiver can apply a compensation response to a transferred signal to compensate for a drill string channel transfer function.

Abstract: A method may be implemented to prioritize and analyze data exchanged in a connected vehicle transit network. The method may include receiving, at a roadside unit, vehicle data from a connected vehicle. The method may further include prioritizing the vehicle data received from the connected vehicle based on of urgency, network latency or available computing resources.

Abstract: A driving information generating section 20 successively generates as driving information diverse types of information indicative of a driving state of a vehicle. A dangerous driving determining section 31 determines whether dangerous driving is underway on the basis of the driving information generated by the driving information generating section 20. A supplementary information acquiring section 32 acquires state supplementary information manually or automatically upon determination of dangerous driving by the dangerous driving determining section 31, and associates the acquired state supplementary information with the result of the determination of dangerous driving. An information communication section 34 transmits the result of the determination of dangerous driving and the state supplementary information to an information management apparatus 40.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to prevent at least one vulnerable road user (VRU) from having an accident including a driver monitoring unit configured to utilize at least one sensor provided in a vehicle to detect a gaze area corresponding to a gaze direction of a driver of the vehicle, a VRU monitoring unit configured to calculate position information including current position and predicted motion information of the VRU existing in a peripheral area of the vehicle, the VRU is detected by using the at least one sensor, a detection unit configured to detect whether the driver is aware of the VRU and whether the VRU is aware of the driver based on a gaze area of the driver and the position information of the VRU, and a warning processing unit configured to output warning information on a dangerous situation to some or all of the driver and the VRU in response to a detection result of the detection unit.

Abstract: A battery powered do-it-yourself (DIY) swimming pool sensor and alarm unit that is removably mounted in a floating assembly. The sensor monitors movement in the pool and around the pool deck and provides remote video alerts to designated cell phones as well as a localized audible and visual alarm when motion is detected. It has an above waterline camera and a below waterline camera that provides a video feed for further remote investigation. It utilizes a float stabilizing means to ensure the floating assembly is not capsized by large waves or wind. It cannot be defeated because of its floating location, and can be simply installed and set up by the average homeowner. Optionally, it has sensors that monitor the pool water's chemistry and provides the results to an owner's cell phone or to a remote chemical dispensing unit located at the pool.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring emergency personnel during an emergency incident is disclosed. The emergency personnel wear wireless communication units (CU) including a short-range radio and a long-range radio. CUs are configured to periodically transmit a unique identification from the short-range radio of the CU, receive the unique identification transmitted from the short-range radio of any other CU within range of the short-range radio, and transmit a data packet from the long-range radio, each data packet containing the unique identification of the CU and all the unique identifications recently received from any other CUs. The system can include an incident command monitoring system including a computing device to access a personnel and unique identifier database and analyze the data packets and initiate an alert if the unique identification associated with one of the emergency personnel has not been received by the communication unit of a team member.

Abstract: A remote programming system for engine control units of vehicles operates by coupling an onboard diagnostic interface device with an engine control unit of a vehicle, communicatively linking the interface device with a hand held device, communicatively linking the hand held device with a back end programming machine that is remotely located from the vehicle, communicating identifying information about the vehicle to the programming machine via the interface device, the hand held device, and the communication network(s), determining an action and programming information needed to program the engine control unit of the vehicle to accept a replacement key, sending the action and programming information from the programming machine to the hand held device via the communication network(s), and programing the engine control unit of the vehicle to accept the replacement key to activate the vehicle using or responsive to use of the action and programming information.

Abstract: An electronic controller and a control system are provided that allow the rider to comfortably ride a human-powered vehicle. The electronic controller includes at least one processor configured to control a notification device based on environmental information related to a surrounding environment of a human-powered vehicle.

Abstract: An apparatus including an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive video frames. The processor may be configured to perform video operations on the video frames to detect objects in the video frames, detect a license plate and a driver of the vehicle based on the objects detected in the video frames, detect a use of an electronic device by the driver and generate a notification signal. The notification signal may comprise data to enable correlating the driver using the electronic device in the vehicle with the license plate. The notification signal may be generated if the use of the electronic device is unauthorized. The processor may comprise a dedicated hardware module configured to perform feature detection to calculate descriptors for determining a likelihood that pixels of the video frames belong to the objects that correspond to the use of the electronic device by the driver.