Abstract: A vehicle monitoring device includes a camera or other optical sensor configured to be disposed at a trailing end of a first vehicle system. The camera or other optical sensor is configured to output one or more images or video of a field of view behind the first vehicle system. The monitoring device also includes a controller configured to receive output from one or more sensors and to activate the camera or other optical sensor to output the one or more images or video based on the output from the one or more sensors. The output from the one or more sensors indicates one or more of a change in movement of the first vehicle system, a temperature, an acoustic sound, or movement of a second vehicle system.

Abstract: A method for building a mold and building a protective skin on a premade body. The surface of the premade body can be sprayed with a mold release agent and then coated with bedliner material.

Abstract: A phosphor for use, for example, with an ultraviolet LED to provide a broad-spectrum white light approximating diffuse sunlight, that includes quantum dots spaced from an activator material by a capping layer surrounding the quantum dots. This approach of spacing an activator material from the quantum dots provides improved spectral output for quantum dots of materials such as zinc sulfide.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a number of fans (2) of a heat exchanger that can be used in refrigeration, air conditioning, or process technology. The fans (2) form a number of fan groups (5), and each fan group (5) is connected to an electrical energy supply (7) selectively by means of a constant power supply (14) or by means of a variable power supply (15). The fan group (5) is operated at a constant fan speed with the constant power supply (14) and at a variable fan speed with the variable power supply (15). A power parameter (I) indicating an instantaneous total power demand of all fan groups (5) supplied by means of the variable power supply (15) is detected. At least one of the fan groups (5) that is currently being fed by means of the variable power supply (15) is switched to the constant power supply (14) if the power parameter (I) exceeds a limit value (Imax).

Abstract: A phosphor for use, for example, with an ultraviolet LED to provide a broad-spectrum white light approximating diffuse sunlight, that includes quantum dots spaced from an activator material by a capping layer surrounding the quantum dots. This approach of spacing an activator material from the quantum dots provides improved spectral output for quantum dots of materials such as zinc sulfide.

Abstract: An operating system (OS) includes a color adjuster that can map a color space to an adjusted color space that a user can discriminate. The color adjuster can map colors in the gaps of the user's discriminable color space to colors that the user can discriminate or, alternatively to cues. The OS can also include an assessor to determine whether a user would benefit from the use of an adjusted color space. The assessor can also receive color discrimination data associated with a user without having to perform an assessment (e.g., from a profile or “passport” that includes data from a previous assessment performed on another computer or device). This data can be stored on removable media, a smart device, a node on a network, and then accessed by the assessor.

Abstract: The present invention enables a user to create, modify, simulate and save an electrical circuit using an Internet browser over an Internet connection. The user can change the connectivity of the circuit as well as add and/or remove components in a free form manner. The schematic is displayed within a web page on the user's machine with which the user may interact. Block symbols may be used to represent at least a portion of the schematic.

Abstract: A thermal insulation material for articles of clothing, the material including fibers for providing thermal insulation and fibers for providing a stable structure for the material.

Abstract: The present invention enables a user to create, modify, simulate and save an electrical circuit using an Internet browser over an Internet connection. The user can change the connectivity of the circuit as well as add and/or remove components in a free form manner. The schematic is displayed within a web page on the user's machine with which the user may interact. Block symbols may be used to represent at least a portion of the schematic.

Abstract: A drive system comprises a brushless multi-phase motor which is supplied with power by way of an inverter including thyristors which are fired by a firing network. The firing network is supplied with information relative to the position of the rotor of the motor, by means of a transducer and this information flows by way of a logic network. Also provided is a current sensing device, a signal from which is passed through a control network to the logic circuit, and the logic circuit acts to modify the signals applied to the inverter in the event that the current flowing in one of the d.c. supply lines to the inverter exceeds a predetermined value for more than a predetermined length of time.