Abstract: Providing a system for applying a pesticide to a crop. The system includes a trap and counter device, a data collecting platform, a data analyzing platform and a pesticide-applying control device. The trap and counter device generates an information of an insect amount, and sends the insect amount information via a communication network. The data collects platform collecting an environmental parameter information and the insect amount information via the communication network. The data analyzes platform analyzing a historical monitoring data, the environmental parameter information and the insect amount information to generate a control criterion. The pesticide-applying control device controls an amount of the pesticide to be applied to the crop based on the control criterion.

Abstract: An automatic image-capturing system is used for capturing an image and transmitting the image to a remote device. The automatic image-capturing system includes a photography module for capturing the image; a storage module for storing the image captured by the photography module; a transmission module for receiving a control instruction sent by the remote device; a master core module for making the photography module to capture the image based on the control instruction, and segmenting the image into a plurality of files and segmenting the files into a plurality of packets to be transmitted to the remote device by the transmission module, and a slave core module for monitoring the operations of the master core module to turn off and restart the master core module when there is an abnormal operation in the master core module.

Abstract: An automatic image-capturing system is used for capturing an image and transmitting the image to a remote device. The automatic image-capturing system includes a photography module for capturing the image; a storage module for storing the image captured by the photography module; a transmission module for receiving a control instruction sent by the remote device; a master core module for making the photography module to capture the image based on the control instruction, and segmenting the image into a plurality of files and segmenting the files into a plurality of packets to be transmitted to the remote device by the transmission module, and a slave core module for monitoring the operations of the master core module to turn off and restart the master core module when there is an abnormal operation in the master core module.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for adjusting a maximum power of a circuit having a first voltage output and a first power. The method includes the following steps: (a) obtaining a voltage coefficient by measuring the first power of the circuit and calculating an open-circuit voltage of the first voltage output; (b) estimating an estimated power based on the voltage coefficient; and (c) repeating the steps (a) to (b) for a specific number of times, in which the specific number of times is determined based on a variation of the estimated power during a time period.

Abstract: An underwater wireless sensor is provided. The underwater wireless sensor comprises a floating-diving device enabling the underwater wireless sensor to dive to a first predetermined water depth in response to a predetermined condition; a sensing device converting a plurality of environmental parameters into a plurality of environmental messages; a micro controller receiving the environmental messages and sending a command signal including the environmental messages; and a communication device receiving the command signal, sending the command signal via a wireless sensor network, receiving an external message including a second predetermined water depth, and sending the external message to the micro controller so that the micro controller performs a corresponding operation and sends out a control signal to enable the underwater wireless sensor to move to the second predetermined water depth.

Abstract: A routing method for a network is provided. The routing method includes the steps of a) selecting one of a plurality of basic nodes as a cluster head; b) broadcasting a first message by the cluster head; c) continuing to broadcast the first message by any of the plurality of basic nodes which receives the first message, until all the plurality of basic nodes receive the first message; and d) selecting a corresponding father node by each of the plurality of basic nodes based on an information associated with the first message.

Abstract: A shock absorber includes a resilient element; a gear set comprising a first non-return gear and a second non-return gear; and an electric generator driven by the first non-return gear to generate a power when the resilient element is compressed and driven by the second non-return gear when the resilient element is loosened.

Abstract: A multi-checkpoint type clustered animal counting device is proposed, which is capable of providing a counting function that can be used for statistically determining the number of animals (such as fruit flies) within a region such as farmland or garden. The proposed animal counting device is characterized by the utilized to at least two object sensors, wherein the first object sensor is disposed at a first checkpoint while the second object sensor is disposed at a second checkpoint, and wherein the first object sensor is initially set to power-on state while the second object sensor is initially set to power-off state and can be switched on only when the first object sensor is triggered. When the second object sensor is triggered, the counting operation will increase the output count number by one. This feature allows a more accurate result and can help save power consumption.

Abstract: An automated remote water quality monitoring system with wireless communication capability and the method thereof is provided. A water quality monitoring system is provided, including: a plurality of monitoring apparatuses, each of which has a radio communication module transmitting at least one environmental parameter; a server receiving the at least one environmental parameter via a base station; and a gateway being one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses, being geographically the closest one to the base station, receiving the at least one environmental parameter and transmitting the at least one environmental parameter to the base station.

Abstract: A positioning method for a sensor node is provided, and the method includes steps of: providing a first antenna having a first omnidirectional radiation pattern on a first plane; rotating the first antenna about an axis substantially parallel to the first plane; transmitting a wireless signal while the first antenna rotates about the axis for every a predetermined central angle; receiving the wireless signal at the sensor node; obtaining Received Signal Strength Indications (RSSIs) of the respective wireless signals; and determining a location of the sensor node according to the RSSIs.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for adjusting a maximum power of a circuit having a first voltage output and a first power. The method includes the following steps: (a) obtaining a voltage coefficient by measuring the first power of the circuit and calculating an open-circuit voltage of the first voltage output; (b) estimating an estimated power based on the voltage coefficient; and (c) repeating the steps (a) to (b) for a specific number of times, in which the specific number of times is determined based on a variation of the estimated power during a time period.

Abstract: An underwater wireless sensor is provided. The underwater wireless sensor comprises a floating-diving device enabling the underwater wireless sensor to dive to a first predetermined water depth in response to a predetermined condition; a sensing device converting a plurality of environmental parameters into a plurality of environmental messages; a micro controller receiving the environmental messages and sending a command signal including the environmental messages; and a communication device receiving the command signal, sending the command signal via a wireless sensor network, receiving an external message including a second predetermined water depth, and sending the external message to the micro controller so that the micro controller performs a corresponding operation and sends out a control signal to enable the underwater wireless sensor to move to the second predetermined water depth.

Abstract: A front-end gateway unit is designed for integration to a remote ecological environment monitoring system that is equipped with a wireless sensor network (WSN) system installed at a remote site, such as a farmland or a garden, for the purpose of allowing the WSN system to exchange data with a back-end host server via a wireless communication system. The front-end gateway unit is characterized by the capability of using either the WSN system or a built-in sensing module for collecting ecological data, and the capability of combining geographical location data in the ecological data. This feature allows the collection of a comprehensive set of ecological data (including geographical location, temperature, humidity, sunlight data, wind speed, and pest number) for transfer to the back-end host server, such that research/management personnel at the local site can conveniently browse these ecological data and learn the ecological conditions of the remotely monitored area.

Abstract: A wireless-linked remote ecological environment monitoring system is proposed, which is characterized by the use of a sensor network such as WSN (wireless sensor network) installed at the remote site for collecting ecological data, and the use of a public wireless communication system such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) for transferring all the collected ecological data to a back-end host server unit where the ecological data are compiled into webpages for posting on a website. This feature allows the research/management personnel to browse the ecological data simply by linking a network workstation via a network system such as the Internet to the website, without having to travel to the remote site and collect ecological data by human labor.

Abstract: A shock absorber is provided in the present invention. The shock absorber includes a resilient element; a gear set comprising a first non-return gear and a second non-return gear; and an electric generator driven by the first non-return gear to generate a power when the resilient element is compressed and driven by the second non-return gear when the resilient element is loosened.

Abstract: An automated remote water quality monitoring system with wireless communication capability and the method thereof is provided. A water quality monitoring system is provided, including: a plurality of monitoring apparatuses, each of which has a radio communication module transmitting at least one environmental parameter; a server receiving the at least one environmental parameter via a base station; and a gateway being one selected from a group consisting of the plurality of monitoring apparatuses, being geographically the closest one to the base station, receiving the at least one environmental parameter and transmitting the at least one environmental parameter to the base station.

Abstract: A positioning method for a sensor node is provided, and the method includes steps of: providing a first antenna having a first omnidirectional radiation pattern on a first plane; rotating the first antenna about an axis substantially parallel to the first plane; transmitting a wireless signal while the first antenna rotates about the axis for every a predetermined central angle; receiving the wireless signal at the sensor node; obtaining Received Signal Strength Indications (RSSIs) of the respective wireless signals; and determining a location of the sensor node according to the RSSIs.

Abstract: A routing method for a network is provided. The routing method includes the steps of a) selecting one of a plurality of basic nodes as a cluster head; b) broadcasting a first message by the cluster head; c) continuing to broadcast the first message by any of the plurality of basic nodes which receives the first message, until all the plurality of basic nodes receive the first message; and d) selecting a corresponding father node by each of the plurality of basic nodes based on an information associated with the first message.

Abstract: A wireless sensor network gateway unit is proposed, which is designed for integration to a wireless sensor network (WSN) for providing a gateway function with a failed link auto-redirecting capability for the wireless sensor network. The proposed WSN gateway unit is characterized by the provision of an failed link auto-redirecting capability, which can respond to the failure of any sensor node in the WSN system by performing a failed link auto-redirecting operation for redirecting the down-linked good sensor nodes for linking to a nearby good sensor node to thereby allow the down-linked good sensor nodes to be nevertheless able to transfer data to the WSN gateway unit of the invention. This feature allows the WSN gateway unit of the invention to maintain good operational reliability for the WSN system.

Abstract: A back-end host server unit for remote ecological environment monitoring system is designed to provide a back-end host server function for a front-end gateway unit and sensor network, such as WSN (Wireless Sensor Network) installed at a remote site such as farmland. This back-end host server unit is characterized by the capability of using a public wireless communication system, such as GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), for receiving ecological data from the front-end gateway unit and WSN system, and the capability of compiling received ecological data into webpages for posting on a website that allows the research/management personnel to browse the ecological data via a network system such as the Internet. This feature allows the research/management personnel at the local site to conveniently gather ecological data and learn the ecological conditions of the remote site.