Abstract: A communication system for hygiene compliance monitoring comprising a plurality of hygiene dispensers for dispensing hygiene product, each dispenser having a transmitter for transmitting data indicating the status of dispenser, such as product remaining in the dispenser to a central monitoring station.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a system for monitoring and detecting a level of a tank storing a material. The system may be used in making a determination of whether and/or when to provide additional material to the tank, to refill the tank partially or entirely. In some embodiments, the tank may be disposed at a premises such as a residence or commercial building and the system may be disposed in part at that premises to monitor the level of the material in the tank. In some embodiments, the material may be a fuel and the tank may be a fuel tank, to provide fuel to utilities equipment at the premises. In other embodiments, the tank may include other materials, such as other utilities materials. In some embodiments, the utilities material may be potable water.

Abstract: Described herein are embodiments of a system for monitoring and detecting a level of a tank storing a material. The system may be used in making a determination of whether and/or when to provide additional material to the tank, to refill the tank partially or entirely. In some embodiments, the tank may be disposed at a premises such as a residence or commercial building and the system may be disposed in part at that premises to monitor the level of the material in the tank. In some embodiments, the material may be a fuel and the tank may be a fuel tank, to provide fuel to utilities equipment at the premises. In other embodiments, the tank may include other materials, such as other utilities materials. In some embodiments, the utilities material may be potable water.

Abstract: A security system that can be used in a home, office, or other building in order to generate alarms or take other actions depending on conditions within the building. The security system may rely on sensors within the building which sense various conditions and collect other data. The information learned from the sensors can be communicated to a location outside the building for processing, such as, but not limited to, processing associated with a need to instigate an alarm.

Abstract: A system and method for placement of sensors for sensing hazardous substances released from a plurality of hazard points. A processor identifies a location of a hazard point, a fenceline of the plant-site, and a toxic level of concern (LOC) for the hazardous substance. The processor calculates a minimum amount of the hazardous substance (Q) for which a concentration at a centerline of a plume carrying the hazardous substance reaches the toxic LOC at the fenceline, and simulates a release of the hazardous substance in the calculated amount Q from the hazard point. The processor further calculates a pair of sensor locations where the concentration of the plume is equal to the minimum detectable concentration level of sensor based on the simulated release. The pair of sensor locations is then output by the processor.

Abstract: A system is for monitoring arrival of a vehicle at a given location. The system includes a server, and a vehicle sensing device. The vehicle sensing device is configured to sense arrival of the vehicle to the given location, and to transmit information about the vehicle to the server in response to sensing arrival of the vehicle to the given location. The server is configured to determine a context of the vehicle based upon the information about the vehicle, and take action based on the context of the vehicle. The system may be installed at parking lots, shipping yards, restaurants, stores, and other locations.

Abstract: A flashing beacon may include a signal unit, a control unit associated with the signal unit, a solar panel or collector, and an activation device that may all be mounted or otherwise positioned on a post of a roadway sign. Light units associated with the signal unit may be programmed to flash on and off in a unique wig-wag pattern. Further, a light bar may also be used with the beacon to generate an intense flash of light soon after activation of the beacon as an additional means of grabbing the attention of the operator of a vehicle.

Abstract: A valet parking system for automatically bringing a vehicle to a parking space within a predefined parking area. The valet parking system includes a central control unit and a parking-space monitoring system having a stationary parking-space sensor. The parking-space monitoring system is designed to detect the current state of occupancy of the parking spaces of the parking area and to transmit that to the central control unit. The parking-space monitoring system may localize all autonomously moving or waiting vehicles that are currently in transit autonomously within the parking area either to be brought to their assigned parking space or received by their driver at a predefined pick-up location, and to transmit information about the present position of all these vehicles to the central control unit. A free parking space is assigned to the vehicle by the central control unit as a function of the geometrical dimensions of the vehicle.

Abstract: A system and method for coordination between at least two participating vehicles for peer-to-peer trade of the vehicles' positions including a local device on the participating vehicle that measures and transmits at least one output signal; a computing device configured to receive the at least one output signal from the device and display the at least one output signal in real-time; a graphical user interface on the computing device that allows a system administrator to view and customize options for monitoring the at least one output signal; and a hosted server that initiates a peer-to-peer trade of the participating vehicle's position based on determination of a multitude of factors, wherein the local device and the computing device are communicatively connected to each other via a communications network, and wherein the participating vehicle is human-driven, partially-automated, or fully-automated.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a system for reducing vehicular collisions having: (a) a vehicle comprising sensors, an acceleration system, a braking system, a processor, and memory; and (b) programs operatively coupled to the vehicle including: (1) a marking program configured to mark an outside vehicle as V2X or standard; (2) a reaction program configured to generate a signal in response to the mark, the signal being based on the mark.

Abstract: In various embodiments, the present disclosure includes a system for reducing vehicular collisions having: (a) a vehicle comprising sensors, an acceleration system, a braking system, a processor, and memory; and (b) programs operatively coupled to the vehicle including: (1) a marking program configured to mark an outside vehicle as V2X or standard; (2) a reaction program configured to generate a signal in response to the mark, the signal being based on the mark.

Abstract: Control system, which is adapted for application in a vehicle and intended to detect following vehicles on the basis of environmental data which are obtained from one or several environmental sensors disposed on the vehicle. The environmental sensors are adapted to provide an electronic controller of the control system with the environmental data which reflect the area in front of, laterally next to and/or behind the vehicle. The control system is at least adapted and intended to detect one or several other vehicles participating in traffic behind the own vehicle with the environmental sensors. A lane associated with each other vehicle, in which the other vehicle(s) drive(s), is detected. A traffic density of the own lane and/or of at least one adjacent lane by the other vehicle(s) is determined.

Abstract: A parallel parking system may include a controller configured to generate an alert identifying a discrepancy between a permitted parking distance that is defined by local requirements and a recommended parking distance that is defined by a minimum distance between an object adjacent to an available parking place to avoid contact with the object and an open vehicle door in a parked position in response to the recommended distance exceeding the permitted distance.

Abstract: A vehicle park assist system may include a sensor, a signal device, and a controller configured to locate via the sensors an available parking place and activate the signal device in response to locating the available parking place and recognizing a park trigger indicative of a desire to park in the available parking place upon passing the available parking place.

Abstract: A path prediction device comprises a storage unit that generates and stores, based on information collected from a plurality of vehicles including a first vehicle, traveling path information indicating information associated with paths where the respective vehicles have traveled; a positional information acquisition unit that acquires a first position indicating the current position of the first vehicle; and a path prediction unit that predicts the traveling path of the first vehicle using at least one of first path information indicating paths of the first vehicle and second path information indicating paths of second vehicles among the traveling path information, wherein the path prediction unit determines a use ratio of the first path information, which is used to predict the traveling path, based on a past traveling record of the first vehicle at the first position.

Abstract: A method for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the use of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location is described. Individual and package transportation may be provided. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.

Abstract: A travel path setting apparatus includes an information acquiring unit, a memory, a predictable scenario creating unit, and a path searching unit. The information acquiring unit acquires surrounding information on a surrounding situation of a movable body. The memory stores a probability model related to the surrounding situation of the movable body. The predictable scenario creating unit creates, on a basis of the surrounding information and the probability model, a plurality of predictable scenarios for each of a plurality of predetermined times in future. The predictable scenarios are each the surrounding situation of the movable body that is predicted for corresponding one of the predetermined times. The path searching unit searches for and sets the travel path on a basis of the predictable scenarios created by the predictable scenario creating unit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flight instructing method and device as well as an aerial vehicle. The flight instructing method may comprise: obtaining meteorological information of a target flight region; determining a flight-limiting parameter candidate of an aerial vehicle in the target flight region according to the obtained meteorological information; and issuing a flight-limiting indication based on the determined flight-limiting parameter candidate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an Operational Flight Efficiency Evaluation (OFEE) system for an aircraft. The system comprises an Avionics Situation Awareness Device (ASAD). The ASAD includes one or more processors, a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and a flight data collection interface configured to, via the one or more processors, collect empirical flight data for a flight and store the empirical flight data in the memory. The OFEE also includes a Simulation And Comparison System (SACS) in communication with the ASAD. The ASAD includes a database communicatively coupled to a National Airspace System (NAS). The database is also configured to automatically acquire and store avionics systems available for flight efficiencies from the NAS. The ASAD also includes a simulator configured to identify at least one avionics upgrade based on the collected empirical flight data and the avionics systems available for flight efficiencies.

Abstract: Communication method for an aircraft (1) comprising the steps of: installing a security system (100 or IDDS) in a non-pressurized zone (2) of the aircraft (1), said security system (100) comprising a GPS localization device (101) with satellite link and an autonomous battery (102);—detecting in the GPS localization device (101) at least one position (A) of the aircraft;—sending the position (A) to a control station (200) interconnected with the satellite link; said steps of detecting and sending the position (A) being performed if an anomaly is detected.

Abstract: A collision avoidance system for an airplane under tow may include a sensing device configured to capture image data of at least a portion of the airplane and an object while the airplane is being towed. The sensing device may be located remotely to both the airplane and the object. Positions of two or more features of the airplane may be determined based on the image data. A bounding box encompassing the airplane may be generated based, at least in part, on the positions of the two or more features. Additionally, based on a comparison of the position of an object relative to the bounding box, it may be determined whether the object is within a predetermined distance from the airplane.

Abstract: A device that simulates motion used for training and testing accommodation, vergence, and dynamic visual acuity is provided. The device includes an apparatus having plurality of light sources that can be adjusted in color and luminance disposed on a flexible substrate that can be adjusted to adjust the path and signal to simulate motion of an object. The device can include a controller that includes a processor to provide pre-determined, customizable, or random timing, location, and sequence of the motion presentation. The user response to the simulated motion can be collected, processed, and transmitted by the controller.

Abstract: A global information training and tracking system is provided for training of employees, clients or trainees. The system may include a data management system accessible remotely. The system may include various modules for training of specific skills and may include testing. The system may be configured to compile testing/evaluation information regarding the training and individuals being trained.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for automatic review of forms with filled boxes in a sheet and digital processing of the image using augmented reality patterns, a form with binary codes on the edges of a printed template on each sheet, an optical device to read binary codes and a central processing unit for processing data from the binary codes. The form includes binary boxes on the edges of a printed template on each sheet. Binary codes along the edges of each pattern allow different templates simultaneously and automatically determine the sheet position with respect to the optical device. Pixel positions are read from user filled boxes to indicate options of the printed template in paper. Metrics are provided relevant to the assessment of each template as alternatives marked, scores obtained, grades and statistics associated with the results of the filling of boxes.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for weld training are provided. An example weld training system includes a display device, an input device, a processor, and a machine readable storage device comprising machine readable instructions. The instructions may be executed by the processor to: enable the user to design a weld procedure by selecting weld parameters; enabling the user to simulate setting up a simulated physical welding environment; simulating a welding operation on a simulated workpiece using the selected weld parameters in a welding model and a setup of the simulated physical welding environment to determine a modeled result of the welding operation; displaying a simulation animation of the welding operation on the display device according to the simulation; and displaying the modeled result on the display device using at least one of an image of a surface of a weld bead or a cross-section of the weld bead and the workpiece.

Abstract: A driving simulation test apparatus includes a movable body, a first translational drive portion that extends along a first direction, a first translational guide portion that extends along the first direction, and a plurality of first bases that extends along the first direction and is spaced from each other in a second direction. The first translational drive portion and the first translational guide portion are aligned in the second direction on each of the plurality of first bases, and the first translational drive portion includes a plurality of first translational drive portions arranged on each of the first bases.

Abstract: A heavy equipment cockpit training apparatus, device, system, and method is disclosed. The disclosed features include at least one substantially clear, substantially seamless pane to at least partially present an approximation of physical portions of the cockpit, at least one projector capable of backprojecting a simulation of the cockpit onto the at least one substantially seamless pane, at least one tactile aspect, discrete from the at least one seamless pane, interactively provided in association with the simulation, and at least one processor having communicatively associated therewith non-transitory computing code for at least partially providing the simulation and the interaction with the at least one tactile aspect.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for learning to play a musical instrument, such as a guitar, by incorporating a markable, erasable surface onto the neck of the instrument such that the student may apply, as needed, removable markings to the instrument that indicate the correct finger positions for playing the instrument. The incorporation of this markable, erasable surface onto the instrument is an improved method of learning because a student is better able to place his or her fingers in the correct positions on the instrument when learning how to play the instrument.

Abstract: Methods and systems for mapping human values and purpose employ a library of value chips, each chip displaying a different human value; chip organizers comprising value and purpose prompts and input sections and values bracket template for selecting user-relevant chips from the library; and a visual values board configured to display and map the selected chips.

Abstract: The Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs predict that 70 percent of soldiers who return from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, many of whom suffer from depression and PTSD, will not seek treatment in either the military health care system or the V.A. hospitals. Suicide in the Army has reached epidemic proportions. A U.S. Court of Appeals has rule the health care at the V.A. hospitals to be unconstitutional. There have been more than 18 mass shooting on military bases since 2008. The combination of these forces on the civilian public mental health system will be catastrophic; and they have been described by the director of NIMH as “the gathering of a storm”. In concert with this dire prognosis it is entirely appropriate to factor in the extremely long delays at the V.A. hospitals and the epidemic problems they have with inadequate staff.

Abstract: An educational system utilizing a contest and a method of conducting the same is provided. The educational system and contest may utilize: 1) various objects and stories provided for in electronic and/or book form wherein an individual may participate in the creation and adaptation of the objects and stories; 2) various computer codes for Internet interaction between an individual and a computer program and/or other individuals related to the stories; 3) a plurality of building blocks; 4) electronic circuit paths for providing sound and movement to the plurality of building blocks; and 5) a voting system for providing awards based on the creation/adaptation of the stories and objects. The plurality of building blocks, when assembled correctly may create a functional QR Code. The individual may also submit his/her creation to a website which may allow for votes and prizes.

Abstract: An adaptive sport training system is disclosed. The adaptive sport training system comprises of a first screen and a second screen in communication with each other, a target rendering module configured to display a target on the first screen and the second screen, a target impact sensor module configured to sense impact of an object on the first screen and the second screen and to determine a proximity of impact to the target, and a processor configured to generate an impact score based on the proximity of the impact to the target, wherein the target rendering module is configured to display a subsequent target on the first screen based on the impact score for the first screen and the impact score for the second screen.

Abstract: The system of the preferred embodiments is a method for human training coordinated by a computer interface, where a human user interacts with at least one computing interface; where the at least one computing is provided by a computing device having at least one processor, computer readable storage medium, and a network connection to at least one additional computing device; where the user can enter and read from the computing interface; where the computing device executes computer software code; where the user executes steps displayed by the computing interface related to at least what types of food and how much food the user eats; where the computing interface displays at least once a week at least seven of at least one of questions and instructions to the user related to at least one area including water consumption, types of food eaten, timing of food eaten, type of drink consumed, amount of sleep the user has gotten, dietary supplements taken, amount of food eaten, amount of specific types of foods eaten

Abstract: A method is provided for configuring an agricultural tractor and implement combination. In the first step, a preferably handheld wireless electronic device obtains identifying and/or relevant information from the tractor and/or from the implement. In the optional second step guidance and/or safety information is provided through the handheld wireless electronic device or other devices, such as the tractor display, concerning making physical connections between the implement and the tractor, while the operator actually performs the physical connections. In the third step, the combination of the tractor and the implement is automatically configured. This may include downloading to the tractor and/or to the implement up to date software drivers and/or configuration information, user preferences, and/or a mission profile from a database server and/or from the handheld wireless electronic device.

Abstract: Synchronized weld training systems are disclosed. Example systems include a display device; a processor to execute instructions to: collect, from welding-type equipment during a welding-type operation, data describing the operation; collect, from a set of one or more cameras, first images of an operator, the first images depicting a posture or technique of the operator; collect, from the set of cameras, second images of a welding torch; collect third images of a weld bead; synchronize the data, and the first, second, and third images; display the data and the first, second, and third images; and, after the operation and in response to an input specifying a portion of the welding-type operation, display corresponding synchronized portions of the data and the first, second, and third images to present a relationship between the posture, a position of the welding torch, and the data to the weld bead.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for weld training are provided. An example weld training system includes a computing device comprising a display device on a first side and a camera on a second side, the computing device configured to: capture images with the camera; process the captured images to identify a first simulation device as a simulation weld torch and a second simulation device as a simulation workpiece; and display images of a simulated welding operation on the display device of the computing device based on analyzing the captured images to detect indicia of weld performance, the images of the simulated welding operation reflecting the indicia of weld performance.

Abstract: Systems and methods for crowdsourcing geographic images and other information for use in a geographic information system are provided. Geographic images and other useful information can be crowdsourced from users via an accessibility platform. More particularly, a vision-impaired person can capture an image of a geographic area and submit the image to an accessibility platform to get information associated with the image in audio format spoken to the vision-impaired person in close to real time. The image and other information submitted to the accessibility platform can be used to update a geographic information system.

Abstract: Described herein are propulsive force devices for providing propulsive force to integrated wireless devices for science education (e.g., Newton's laws of motion, kinematics, etc.). A propulsive force device includes a motor to drive a rotating member to generate a propulsive force and a motor driver coupled to the motor. The motor driver controls operation of the motor and at least one processing unit is coupled to the motor driver. The at least one processing unit is configured to receive a control signal from an integrated wireless device to adjust at least one parameter of the propulsive force device and to provide a control signal to the motor driver to control operation of the motor driver including adjustment of the at least one parameter.

Abstract: A producing method of a tooth model for clinic practice having steps of: obtaining a tooth data, wherein the tooth data comprises inner and outer appearance and size of a real tooth; 3D printing a semi-finished tooth model according to the tooth data by using a first material and a second material, the first and second material is cured by light when 3D printing; wherein the semi-finished tooth model has a tooth body, a tooth pulp portion and a sacrificial portion; the tooth body is covered by the sacrificial portion and the tooth pulp portion is covered by the tooth body; the tooth body and the tooth pulp portion having a crown part at the top and a least one root part at the bottom of the semi-finished tooth model; the tooth pulp portion is in tube shape which is gradually contracted from the crown part to the root part; the tooth body is printed by using the first material and the tooth pulp portion and the sacrificial portion are printed by using the second material; the first material has greater mechani

Abstract: An orthopaedic surgical simulator includes a bone (a simulated bone or cadaver bone). The simulator further includes a base, wherein the bone is operatively connected to the base, an optical system mounted proximate the base, wherein the optical system comprises at least one camera and provides a first view and a second view of an incision area associated with the bone. There are fiducial markers on a surgical wire to represent depth of the surgical wire when a tip of the surgical wire is not visible. The simulator further includes a computing device in operative communication with the camera and configured to track position of a surgical wire by determining position of the surgical wire using the fiducial markers on the surgical wire and to generate imagery based on a three-dimensional model of the bone and position of the surgical wire relative to the bone.

Abstract: This disclosure relates generally to display of cardholders. Cardholders can be used in a variety of ways in conjunction with mobile devices. Leveraging cardholders with mobile devices can allow for greater visibility of cards and additional marketing.

Abstract: Systems and methods for a tamper-evident cargo container seal bolt lock are disclosed herein. The device can include a receiving member, a conductive bolt member adapted to be snap-locked into the receiving member, and a plastic encapsulant which tethers the bolt member to the receiving member. The encapsulant can contain an electrically conductive medium, such as a wire, which runs from the receiving member to the second end of the bolt. A sensory circuit disposed within the receiving member can be configured to sense whether the circuit has been interrupted (e.g., if the bolt has been cut). In the event of an interruption, the circuit can record the present time and/or date in memory. An RFID transponder disposed within the encapsulant or the receiving member can then transmit the recorded date/time to an RFID interrogator if a dispute subsequently arises as to when the lock had been broken.

Abstract: A labeling system that enables labels to be attached to medication dispensing products that lack adequate surface area for the labels. The labeling system utilizes a panel having a first planar surface with a geometric center. The first planar surface extends to a periphery having a polygonal shape. An opening is formed in the panel proximate the geometric center. The opening is sized to receive the medication dispenser. Labels are adhered to the first planar surface. The polygonal shape of the panel provides its periphery with a first number of flat side surfaces. The polygonal shape is a visual indicator, wherein the labels adhered to the first planar surface correspond in number to the flat side surfaces along the periphery.

Abstract: A badge mounted on a vehicle is provided herein. The badge includes a substrate and a housing attached thereto defining a cavity therebetween. A light source is configured to emit an excitation light. A first photoluminescent structure and a second photoluminescent structure are disposed within the badge and each is configured to convert the excitation light emitted from the light source into a converted light of a different wavelength. A light scattering layer is disposed between the first and second photoluminescent structures.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a test circuit, a test method, a display panel and a display apparatus. Each of the signal input terminals may input a plurality of signals in a time division multiplexed manner, and in turn may be controlled by the corresponding switches to form a plurality of signal lines, a signal flow of the plurality of signal lines are totally different from each other under control of the switches. For example, one of the signal lines may function as a signal input line, and the other one of the signal lines may function as a signal input line for other specific testing, such as aging process so as to input signals different from the normal turn-on state signals. Consequently, by controlling the corresponding switches through the control signal terminals so that different input signals pass through different signal lines into the display panel to meet testing requirements of normal turn-on state testing, aging process and so on for the display panel.

Abstract: A method of self-adaptive conversion for images includes: calculating the degree of color saturation of each pixel of an RGB image and original grey value of each primary color component, and calculating a global gain value; calculating a total gain value of each pixel based on the global gain value and the partial gain value of each pixel; enhancing luminance of the white color component of each primary color component of each pixel based on the total gain value of each pixel, so to output an RGBW image. The present invention improves deviated color saturation to ensure display quality while elevating the display luminance when a conversion from an RGB image into an RGBW image.

Abstract: A display device and a method of driving a display panel. The display device includes a color calculating unit, a color data converting unit, a display and a panel driving unit. The color calculating unit supplies a first, a second, a third, and a fourth color data to the color data converting unit according to an image data. The color data converting unit outputs a first, a second, a third, and a fourth display data to the panel driving unit. A panel driving unit outputs a first, a second, and a third pixel voltages according to a first gamma curve to drive a first, a second, and a third color pixels of the display panel, and outputs a fourth pixel voltage according to a second gamma curve to drive a fourth color pixel of the display panel, wherein the first gamma curve is different from the second gamma curve.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, in a display device, pixels have memories respectively. A signal supply circuit includes a mode control circuit, and switches into a first mode or a second mode to supply digital data pieces to sub-pixels. In the first mode, the circuit receives from the outside first video data pieces corresponding to n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories. In the second mode, the signal supply circuit receives from the outside second video data pieces corresponding to m sub-pixels fewer than n sub-pixels, and supplies digital data pieces for the n sub-pixels to corresponding memories based on the second video data pieces.

Abstract: Disclosed is a GOA circuit cell, comprising a GOA registering module having a shift register unit and a GOA output module having a digital logic circuit. An current-stage excitation pulse, a second additional clock signal, a first clock signal and a second clock signal are provided to the digital logic circuit, such that only during a first half pulse width of the current-stage excitation pulse, a first gate line driving pulse corresponding to a first half cycle of the first clock signal is output at a first current-stage output terminal, and a second gate line driving pulse corresponding to a second half cycle of the second clock signal is output at a second current-stage output terminal. It also discloses a GOA circuit formed by cascading the GOA circuit cell and a display panel comprising the driver circuit.

Abstract: A repair circuit, a display substrate, and a related display panel and a repair method are disclosed. The repair circuit comprises a repair unit and at least three repair lines electrically connected to the repair unit. The repair unit comprises a charging module, an input module, and a pull-down module. The charging module is configured to charge when a first level signal is transmitted on a first repair line and discharge after the transmission of the first level signal is completed on the first repair line. The input module is configured to provide a first driving signal to a second repair line when the charging module discharges. The pull-down module is configured to pull down a discharge level of the charging module and pull down an output level of by the input module when the first level signal is transmitted on a third repair line.