Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring the movement of a foundation may include an elevation sensor to detect changes in elevation of the foundation and positioned on the foundation to broadcast a signal responsive to the movement of the foundation; and a receiver to receive the signal responsive to the movement of the foundation and positioned off the foundation to provide a absolute measurement of the movement of the foundation.

Abstract: A system may include sensors that may acquire health data related to an individual. The system may also include a processor that may receive trip data associated with a current location of the individual and a destination location for the individual, traffic condition data associated with routes between the current location and the destination location, and weather related data associated with the routes. The processor may also receive the health data from the sensors and determine whether the individual is associated with a driver assessment score above a threshold based on the trip data, the traffic condition data, the weather data, the health data, or any combination thereof. The processor may then send an activation signal to a vehicle control system in response to the driver assessment score being above the threshold, such that the activation signal may enable the vehicle control system to control operations of a vehicle.

Abstract: A wearable device and a system for tracking the wearable device may enhance safety and peace of mind for a parent or caretaker of a child or other individual. The system may include a computing device, such as a smartphone, executing an application that provides alerts based on a distance between the computing device and the wearable device exceeding a threshold distance, based on the wearable device crossing a define geographic boundary, or one or more similar triggers. The wearable device may include an input button that allows a user of the wearable device to send a signal to the computing device of the parent or caretaker. An alert on the computing device might be disabled by pressing the input button on the wearable device.

Abstract: A patient monitoring system comprises a plurality of sensors and an analysis computing entity. The sensors comprise a visual sensor and a wearable sensor. The visual sensor is configured to capture images of a patient and provide the images of the patient such that the analysis computing entity receives the images. The wearable sensor is configured to capture wearable data. The wearable data comprises (a) biometric data of the patient and/or (b) movement data of the patient. The wearable sensor is configured to provide the wearable data such that the analysis computing entity receives the wearable data. The analysis computing entity is configured to receive the images of the patient and the wearable data, analyze at least one of the images of the patient and the wearable data to determine objective patient data, and update a patient record based on the objective patient data.

Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to a driver-monitoring system. The system includes a controller circuit that receives monitoring data from a driver-monitor sensor that is configured to monitor a driver of a vehicle while the vehicle operates in an autonomous-driving mode. The controller circuit determines a score of one or more driver-supervisory metrics based on the monitoring data, each of the driver-supervisory metrics being indicative of whether the driver is supervising the operation of the vehicle. The controller circuit determines a supervision score based on the score of the driver-supervisory metrics. The supervision score is indicative of whether the driver is ready to resume control of the vehicle. The controller circuit indicates a driver-awareness status on a display in a field of view of the driver based on the supervision score. The system can improve vehicle safety by alerting the driver when the driver exhibits reduced driver awareness behavior.

Abstract: A method for parking guidance and a parking guidance system are provided. The parking guidance system includes one or more access points located in a parking area that includes a plurality of parking spaces. Every access point collects parking information from parking space sensors disposed at different places of the parking area. The system provides an application that is executed in a device in a vehicle, and the application is used to communicate with the one or more access points. The method for parking guidance is performed in each of the access points. When one access point receives a parking request from the vehicle, the access point generates a message for indicating the available parking space to the driver.

Abstract: A video analytics based image verification system for obtaining initial vehicle profiles is presented. The system may include an external processing server that receives a location of a vehicle and proximate traffic information to determine whether it is safe for a user to obtain an initial vehicle profile. The external processing server may further determine first and second profile features from video data indicative of the vehicle. The external processing server may compare the second profile feature to an image verification indicator to generate an image verification score. A provider server may receive the first profile feature and the image verification score from the external processing server, and update a risk evaluation to include the initial vehicle profile if the image verification score is above an image verification threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a system for detecting an emotional state of a companion animal, including: a state information collecting device comprising a microphone and sound sensor which collects a sound of the companion animal, a temperature sensor which collects a temperature of the companion animal, and an acceleration sensor which collects an activity of the companion animal, the state information collecting device being worn on a body of the companion animal; and a companion-animal emotion analysis server configured to extract characteristic information of sound information of the companion animal transmitted from the state information collecting device, select emotional state information of the companion animal corresponding to the extracted characteristic information from a database, and transmit the selected emotional state information of the companion animal through a wireless communication network to a portable terminal of an animal guardian.

Abstract: An extended dipole antenna for an uplink transmitter positioned in a wellbore includes an electromagnetic telemetry system interface sub, wired or lined drill pipe segment, and upper dipole terminating sub. The electromagnetic telemetry interface sub includes an outer tubular in electrical contact with a negative output of the uplink transmitter and an inner conductor in electric contact with a positive output of the uplink transmitter. The wired or lined drill pipe segment includes an outer tubular in electrical contact with the outer tubular of the electromagnetic telemetry interface sub and an inner conductor in electric contact with the inner conductor of the electromagnetic telemetry system interface sub. The upper dipole terminating sub including an outer tubular at least partially in electric contact with the outer tubular of the wired or lined drill pipe segment and an inner conductor in electric contact with the inner conductor of the wired or lined drill pipe segment.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for detecting and reporting pollution at an oil facility are disclosed. The technology utilizes a logic control system to read from a pollution sensor and present the sensed data as a pollutant from a leak. The pollution leakage can be further managed and reduced.

Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a user's intoxication including receiving a set of signals, derived from a set of samples collected from the user at a set of time points; providing a sobriety task to the user proximal to a time point of the set of time points; generating a performance dataset characterizing performance of the sobriety task by the user; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing a demographic profile of the user and/or a physiological state of the user; determining a set of values of an intoxication metric, derived from the set of signals; generating a predicted temporal profile of the intoxication metric for the user based upon the set of values, the set of time points, and the supplementary dataset; generating an analysis of the user's sobriety based upon the performance dataset and the predicted temporal profile; and providing a notification to the user based upon the analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a process including: receiving biometric measurements; receiving from application components or network hosts, events or metrics indicative of objective performance; correlating psychophysical-performance values based on the biometric measurements indicative of psychophysical performance with objective-performance values based on the events or metrics indicative of objective performance; storing the correlation between the psychophysical-performance values and the objective-performance values in memory; and accessing the correlation to select hosts, application components, or routines to be adjusted to improve objective performance of the distributed application or psychophysical performance of the distributed application.

Abstract: A device and a method for outputting navigation information for a vehicle are provided. Position data, destination data, and parking data containing information relating to at least two parking space positions and the availability of parking spaces at the at least two parking space positions can be provided via an input interface. A data processing device is configured to determine an order in which at least some of the at least two parking space positions should be approached based on the provided position data, destination data and parking data in such a manner that the determined order meets an optimization criterion. The data processing device is also configured to check whether the optimization criterion can be met by waiting at the at least one parking space position or by returning to a parking space position to be approached before the at least one parking space position.

Abstract: A driving behavior evaluation device includes a memory and a processor. In a case in which a speed of a target vehicle exceeds a regulation speed and an amount of deviation of the speed of the target vehicle with respect to an average speed of vehicles around the target vehicle is equal to or greater than a threshold value, the processor is configured to set an evaluation of driving behavior of the target vehicle to a lower value than in a case in which the speed of the target vehicle exceeds the regulation speed and the amount of deviation is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: A system and method of wirelessly tracking a walking assistance tool notifies a user from escaping past a safe perimeter and monitors the location of the walking assistance tool with respect to the user. The system includes a wearable device, a locator tag, and a walking assistance tool. The method begins by tracking a current device location with the wearable device, and a current tag location is tracked with the locator tag. The current tag location is relayed from the location tag to the wearable device. A distance difference is calculated between the current device location and the current tag location with the wearable device. A separation alert is outputted with the wearable device, if the distance is greater than or equal to a proximal distance threshold. A desertion alert is outputted with the wearable device, if the current device location is outside of a geofenced area.

Abstract: A refrigeration manager that can be used to monitor and control disparate refrigeration systems at a site, even when the refrigeration systems are manufactured by different vendors. The refrigeration manager provides common views for the disparate refrigeration systems, which may help a technician more easily monitor and control the various refrigeration systems at a site.

Abstract: A seismic warning system comprises: a plurality of sensors, each sensor sensitive to a physical phenomenon associated with seismic events and operative to output an electronic signal representative of the sensed physical phenomenon; a data acquisition unit communicatively coupled to receive the electronic signal from each of the plurality of sensors, the data acquisition unit comprising a processor configured to estimate characteristics of a seismic event based on the electronic signal associated with a P-wave from each of the plurality of sensors; and a local device communicatively coupled to the data acquisition unit. The plurality of sensors, the data acquisition unit and the local device are local to one another.

Abstract: An approach is provided for determining map improvements based on detected accidents. The approach involves determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident. The approach also involves receiving a report indicating map data configured in the vehicle at a time of the accident. The approach further involves determining an association between the configured map data and the accident. The approach further involves performing one or more of the following operations: (1) transmitting the association and/or at least a portion of the configured map data to a database and/or a computing device; or (2) determining at least one map change to the configured map data based on the determined association, and transmitting the at least one map change to the vehicle, at least one other vehicle, the database, and/or the computing device.

Abstract: An emergency guidance and advisement system is provided to automatically determine a floor map of a building and using the floor map for advising how to exit the building during an emergency, such as a fire. The system can automatically create an escape plan, based on pre-disaster and in-disaster motion detection of users within the home, and provide dynamic advisement to guide users out of the home during an emergency.

Abstract: This application discloses example radio frequency identification systems and example methods for constructing a relay network, a reader, and a repeater. One example radio frequency identification system includes a reader, a repeater, and a target tag. The reader can be configured to send a first signal to the repeater. The repeater can be configured to send an excitation signal to the target tag based on the first signal. The target tag can be configured to send a target backscatter signal based on excitation of the excitation signal, where the target backscatter signal carries electronic product code information. The reader can be further configured to receive the target backscatter signal and obtain the electronic product code information in the target backscatter signal.