Abstract: A system including a point monitor case including a point monitoring case port electrically coupled to a confined space monitoring device for acquiring monitoring data from a confined space. A centralized monitoring station cabinet communicatively connected to the point monitor case includes a display device, a processor, and a centralized monitoring application. The centralized monitoring application executes instructions on the processor to display: a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, a camera feed from a camera located at a confined space, a control button configured to control the confined space monitoring device, and gas sensor indicators. A hub is communicatively interposed between the point monitor case and the centralized monitoring station cabinet. The hub includes a cableless access point, an aggregator, and a graphical user interface configured to display an aggregated current state of the confined space, including a combination of data streams aggregated by the aggregator.

Abstract: A system including a point monitor case including a point monitoring case port electrically coupled to a confined space monitoring device for acquiring monitoring data from a confined space. A centralized monitoring station cabinet communicatively connected to the point monitor case includes a display device, a processor, and a centralized monitoring application. The centralized monitoring application executes instructions on the processor to display: a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, a camera feed from a camera located at a confined space, a control button configured to control the confined space monitoring device, and gas sensor indicators. A hub is communicatively interposed between the point monitor case and the centralized monitoring station cabinet. The hub includes a cableless access point, an aggregator, and a graphical user interface configured to display an aggregated current state of the confined space, including a combination of data streams aggregated by the aggregator.

Abstract: Various implementations include seats and related systems for detecting user proximity and controlling one or more functions based on that proximity detection. In particular cases, the seats include capacitive sensors for detecting user proximity. In some particular aspects, an automobile seat includes: a core section; a cover over at least a portion of the core section, the cover having a set of capacitive sensors across a front of the seat; and a processor for processing signals from the set of capacitive sensors to detect a proximity of a user.

Abstract: A method that includes receiving a data stream from point monitoring cases proximate to confined spaces, the data stream include at least on camera feed of the confined space, generating a display from the data stream for a single display device, wherein the display comprises a tile view including a tile for each confined space of confined spaces being monitored. The tile includes at least one camera feed from a camera located at the confined space, a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, wherein the number of workers is displayed in the tile above the at least one camera feed, control buttons located in the tile to a right of the at least one camera feed, and gas sensor indicators located in the tile.

Abstract: Various implementations include seats and related systems for detecting user proximity and controlling one or more functions based on that proximity detection. In particular cases, the seats include capacitive sensors for detecting user proximity. In some particular aspects, an automobile seat includes: a core section; a cover over at least a portion of the core section, the cover having a set of capacitive sensors across a front of the seat; and a processor for processing signals from the set of capacitive sensors to detect a proximity of a user.

Abstract: A wearable audio system with a first active portion that in its normal use position is carried on a user's body on a first side of the mid-sagittal plane and a second active portion that in its normal use position is carried on the user's body on a second side of the mid-sagittal plane. Sound is transmitted from one active portion and received at the other active portion. The received sound is used to estimate whether the active positions are in their use positions.

Abstract: A system comprises a wearable item comprising a film of an electrically active material configured to exhibit one or more electrical properties that vary responsive to a movement or gesture performed by a user wearing the wearable item and a controller configured to read the one or more electrical properties of the electrically active material and to activate a control function of an electronic device responsive to detecting a predetermined pattern exhibited by the one or more electrical properties of the electrically active material.

Abstract: A system comprises a wearable item comprising a film of an electrically active material configured to exhibit one or more electrical properties that vary responsive to a movement or gesture performed by a user wearing the wearable item and a controller configured to read the one or more electrical properties of the electrically active material and to activate a control function of an electronic device responsive to detecting a predetermined pattern exhibited by the one or more electrical properties of the electrically active material.

Abstract: A wearable audio device includes a body configured to be worn on or abutting an outer ear of a user. The body is configured to contact at least one of the outer ear and the portion of the head that abuts the outer ear. The body comprises at least at a first portion proximate the upper region of the outer ear helix and a second portion proximate the otobasion inferius. At least one of the first and second portions of the body are configured to change shape upon application of a predetermined stimulus. An acoustic module is carried by the body and is configured to locate a sound-emitting opening proximate the user's ear when the body is worn on or abutting the ear of the user.

Abstract: A method that includes receiving a data stream from point monitoring cases proximate to confined spaces, the data stream include at least on camera feed of the confined space, generating a display from the data stream for a single display device, wherein the display comprises a tile view including a tile for each confined space of confined spaces being monitored. The tile includes at least one camera feed from a camera located at the confined space, a number of workers in proximity to the confined space, wherein the number of workers is displayed in the tile above the at least one camera feed, control buttons located in the tile to a right of the at least one camera feed, and gas sensor indicators located in the tile.