Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for increasing construction site safety. The present invention reduces the risk of a construction or similar large vehicle or piece of mobile machinery hitting a construction worker. The system uses low-power wireless beacons embedded in a construction worker's hardhat or otherwise on the construction worker's person. The low-power wireless beacon interacts with sensor modules around the construction site, on construction vehicles, on construction equipment, or any other suitable placement known to or conceivable by one of skill in the art. The sensor modules send alert signals to a display accessible to a driver of the vehicle, and/or a foreman on the construction site. While the present invention is discussed herein in the context of construction safety, it should be noted that such a system can be applied to any situation where tracking and alert generation would be beneficial.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for increasing construction site safety. The present invention reduces the risk of a construction or similar large vehicle or piece of mobile machinery hitting a construction worker. The system uses low-power wireless beacons embedded in a construction worker's hardhat or otherwise on the construction worker's person. The low-power wireless beacon interacts with sensor modules around the construction site, on construction vehicles, on construction equipment, or any other suitable placement known to or conceivable by one of skill in the art. The sensor modules send alert signals to a display accessible to a driver of the vehicle, and/or a foreman on the construction site. While the present invention is discussed herein in the context of construction safety, it should be noted that such a system can be applied to any situation where tracking and alert generation would be beneficial.

Abstract: A direct mail form having a bond paper layer extending across an entire width and length of the form. An adhesive label portion extends across a limited portion of the bond paper layer. The adhesive label portion of the bond paper layer is treated with a silicone release coating prior to application of the adhesive label portion to the bond paper layer. A bottom surface of the bond paper layer is printed prior to application of the silicone layer. The adhesive label portion and remaining free portion of the bond paper layer are subsequently printed with the bond paper layer also being printed prior to application of the silicone layer and adhesive layer portion so that upon removal of the adhesive label portion, printing is exposed.

Abstract: Faster, yet, completely efficient and exhaustive testing is afforded an entity (e.g., protocol, VLSI circuit, software application) represented as finite state machines by employing the present method in which test sequences are generated according to minimum cost function rules. Minimum cost unique signatures are developed for state identification of the finite state machine. Based upon the minimum cost unique signatures, a minimum cost test sequence is generated to cover every state transition of the finite state machine. As a result, every testable aspect of the entity is guaranteed to be tested using a minimum number of steps which represents a considerable cost savings.

Abstract: A method of detecting and identifying faulty processors in a multiprocessor system. A processing task is assigned when possible to two processors, a primary processor and a secondary processor if a second idle processor is available. In one embodiment, the operations of a secondary processor are preempted and that processor is reassigned as primary for another task if no idle processor is available when the task is initiated. In a second embodiment, the operations of a secondary processor are not preempted, and a new task is queued until an idle processor becomes available. If a secondary processor completes a task, its results are compared with the results of the primary processor. Disagreement messages are broadcast to a central controller in a nondistributed embodiment and to all the processors in the system in a distributed embodiment. The disagreement messages are periodically analyzed by the controller or by each processor.

Abstract: A method for developing test sequences that verify the operation of a finite state machine. The method includes developing a set of unique input/output sequences for the various states of the machine and constructing a test sequence for each edge of the machine. The test sequence is a concatenation of a head sequence that brings the machine to the head state of the tested edge, the input/output sequence associated with the tested edge, and a unique input/output sequence which verifies that the machine entered the expected tail state.