Abstract: Various embodiments include a fire or smoke alarm comprising: a detection arrangement arranged within an alarm housing; and an alarm-housing cover having, on an inner side, a plurality of housing ribs pointing radially in the direction of an alarm dome. The detection arrangement comprises a level divider with an opening. A maximum possible spacing between two points on a peripheral line of the opening or on a common peripheral line of a plurality of openings is larger than a diameter of the alarm dome. The peripheral line of the opening or the common peripheral line of a plurality of openings in the level divider extends beyond the alarm dome of the alarm-housing cover on all sides.

Abstract: An ultrasonic sensor comprises a transducer in operable communication with a power source, a waveguide comprising a metal and at least one of a fissile material or a fertile material in operable communication with the transducer and configured to propagate and reflect acoustic waves generated by the transducer, the transducer configured to convert reflected acoustic waves to an electric signal, a thermally insulative material proximate the waveguide, and a control system in operable communication with the transducer, the control system configured to determine at least a temperature of the waveguide based on the reflected acoustic waves. Related methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A control valve (2) for regulating a fluid flow in an HVAC comprises a valve body (21) and a temperature sensor (25) configured to measure the temperature of a fluid (24) flowing within the control valve (2). The temperature sensor (25) is arranged such that the temperature sensor (25) is essentially thermally decoupled from the valve body (21).

Abstract: A system and method for detecting swelling of a battery cell using a temperature sensor pre-mounted on a battery module without a separate additional device.

Abstract: Combining several capillary tubes in one depth gauge, which measure the depth in different ranges, will allow obtaining a measuring scale close to linear and eliminate the main disadvantage of a capillary depth gauge.

Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide methods for driving shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator wires in a more power-efficient manner.

Abstract: A method for controlling a gas turbine engine includes receiving, by a signal processor from a sensor, an operating condition of the gas turbine engine and determining, by the signal processor, whether the operating condition is within an acceptable threshold. In response to the operating condition being outside the acceptable threshold, the method includes restricting, by the signal processor, a subsequent engine restart of the gas turbine engine. Restricting the subsequent engine restart of the gas turbine engine may comprise preventing the subsequent restart. In various embodiments, restricting the subsequent engine restart of the gas turbine engine comprises limiting a subsequent operating state of the gas turbine engine after the subsequent restart.

Abstract: A magnetic field sensor apparatus includes a sensor signal generator generating a sensor signal responsive to a magnetic field. A switching level provider provides during a power up mode a switching level based on a most recently updated valid one of a first and a second value of a default switching level. If an update triggering condition occurs, the not most recently updated one of the first and second values of the default switching level is updated and the most recently updated one of the first and second values of the default switching level is maintained unchanged until a next update triggering condition occurs, so that the first and second values of the default switching level are updated alternately on consecutive triggering conditions.

Abstract: The present application describes a MEMS transducer package having a substrate layer which defines a recess. The recess extends in the plane of the substrate layer and defines a channel for directing sound waves that are incident on a side surface of the package substrate.

Abstract: A method of generating a 3D thermogram of an object includes capturing geometrical data of the object to prepare a 3D model of the object, capturing measured temperature values and recording conditions for object points of at least one partial surface of the object, associating the measured temperature values with the object points to generate a 3D thermogram, repeating capturing of measured temperature values for the object points on new recording conditions and comparing the recording conditions with the new recording conditions for the object points. The method further includes automatically overwriting the captured measured temperature value with the repeated captured measured temperature values for the respective object point of the 3D thermogram when the new recording conditions are closer to ideal conditions than the recording conditions, and projecting the generated 3D thermogram onto the associated at least one partial surface of the object itself.

Abstract: A device is provided for determining material properties of a material, preferably a wood or a wooden material, having a pin arrangement having at least two pins, a drive unit for at least partially driving the pins into the material using a defined force, and a measuring unit for measuring both the penetration depth of at least one of the at least two pins and also an electrical resistance between two of the pins.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a food preparation device. The device comprises a food preparation space, a heating element for heating a food in the food preparation space, and/or a tool for blending and/or chopping a food in the food preparation space. The device further comprises a spectrometer for analyzing a food associated with the device. The present disclosure further relates to a method for analyzing a food. In this way, a reproducible cooking result as well as an output of the nutritional values and the actual energy content of prepared food can be made possible.

Abstract: A lubricator pump adjuster for use with a lubricator pump having a piston housed in a pump body and a rocker connected to the piston. The lubricator pump adjuster comprises a mounting fitting attachable to the pump body and a housing disposed on the mounting fitting. An actuator is disposed in the housing and connectable to the rocker, whereby activation of the actuator causes the rocker to move, thereby adjusting the stroke of the piston. The actuator is a rotary actuator with an output shaft. The lubricator pump adjuster includes a cam faced member attached to the output shaft, and a plunger in contact with the cam faced member that is connectable to the rocker. The cam faced member may include a spiral-ramped surface.

Abstract: A system and method for the safe delivery of treatment energy to a patient, which includes verification of system integrity before, during, or after the delivery of treatment energy and provides several mechanisms for rapid termination of the delivery of potentially harmful energy to the patient when a fault condition in the device and/or system is identified. The system may include an energy generator having processing circuitry to determine if there is a fault condition in the system and to automatically terminate a delivery of treatment energy when the processing circuitry determines there is a fault condition. The method may generally include performing a series of pre-checks, synchronizing a treatment energy delivery to the proper segment of the heart's depolarization pattern, configuring the system for treatment energy delivery, delivering the treatment energy, and performing post-treatment evaluation.

Abstract: An electronic control unit controls an air-fuel ratio sensor to detect an air-fuel ratio in an exhaust gas from an internal-combustion engine. An A/D converter and a sample value processor obtain a signal based on an impedance of the air-fuel ratio sensor in response to a power supply to the air-fuel ratio sensor via filters. A microcomputer determines an environment temperature of the air-fuel ratio sensor based on the signal. A switch or the microcomputer switches between an upstream side voltage supply path and a downstream side voltage supply path to obtain a signal depending on whether the air-fuel ratio sensor is operating in a low-temperature environment to improve the accuracy of the obtained signal.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring properties of building structures (e.g., monitoring the strength and humidity of concrete structures) using sensor devices embedded in the building structures. The sensor devices collect sensor data and wirelessly transmit the data to portable computer devices operated by users.

Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a temperature sensing device capable of automatically switching mode, and a method thereof. The temperature sensing device includes a control unit configured to determine that the temperature sensing device is to enter or leave from a first mode or a second mode; a power supply unit configured to provide power required by the temperature sensing device; a power circuit including the power supply unit and is electrically connected to the control unit for power supply. The power circuit includes a detection unit electrically connected to the power supply unit and the control unit, and the detection unit is configured to detect when the temperature sensing device is moved from a standing state, and enable the control unit to determine that the temperature sensing device is to leave from the first mode and enter the second mode.

Abstract: According to an aspect, a method including receiving, by a remote computing apparatus, drive parameter data sent from a drive via a communications network, to a remote computing apparatus; storing the drive parameters to a database; calculating an expected drive registration data object value for the drive using the first algorithm based on the drive parameter data; comparing the expected drive registration data object differs from the drive registration data object included in the drive registration data for the drive, causing sending information on a conflicting registration data object from the remote computing apparatus via the communications network to the drive.

Abstract: An integrated sensor unit for estimating a quantity of fluid in a container includes a pressure sensor configured to measure a pressure at a physical location of the sensor unit, an acceleration sensor configured to measure at least three components of an acceleration vector at the physical location of the sensor unit, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature at the physical location of the sensor unit. The sensor unit is configured to produce an output signal comprising the pressure, acceleration, and temperature measurements.

Abstract: A copper thermal resistance thin-film temperature sensor chip comprises a substrate, a temperature sensor, and two electrode plates, the temperature sensor which has a plurality of electrically connected resistance elements is placed on the substrate, a portion of the resistance elements form a resistance adjustment circuit. Integrated circuit elements are deposited by thin-film technology. It consists seed layer, copper thermal resistance thin-film layer above the seed layer and passivation layer above the copper thermal resistance thin-film layer. Through semiconductor manufacturing and processing technology, the thermistor layer of this structure is to be fabricated into a serious of thermistor wires and then to form the temperature sensor, furthermore this temperature sensor has a resistance adjustment circuit which is used to adjust resistance value precisely.

Abstract: A device for obtaining samples from a flowing powder stream and performing their immediate analysis using a spectroscopic method is provided. Systematic sample size reduction is achieved to provide representative samples and their immediate (real-time) analysis. The powder blends may come from pharmaceutical, vitamin and nutraceutical products, which must fulfill blend homogeneity requirements. All parts of the batch will have the same probability of being selected as a sample. Samples are obtained without disturbing or changing the composition of the powder blend during the sampling process. Unlike the sample thief commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry, the device of the invention does not disturb the powder blend and does not change the properties of the powder blend during the sampling.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device 1 includes a temperature sensor module 10 that outputs a non-linear digital value with respect to temperature and a substantially linear sensor voltage value with respect to the temperature, a storage unit 30 that stores the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value, and a controller 40 that calculates a characteristic formula using the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value stored in the storage unit 30, in which the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value stored in the storage unit 30 include absolute temperature under measurement of absolute temperature, the digital value at the absolute temperature, and the sensor voltage value at the absolute temperature.

Abstract: An electronic device detachable from and attachable to a user and a method of determining a temperature in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a battery mounted in the housing, a coupling member connected to a part of the housing and configured to detachably couple the electronic device to a part of the user's body, a conductive member disposed on one surface of the housing or on one surface of the coupling member and exposed externally, in electrical connection to the battery, a temperature sensor electrically connected to the conductive member, and a circuit electrically connected to the battery, the conductive member, and the temperature sensor, wherein the circuit is configured to monitor a value of a current or a voltage received through the conductive member, and to charge the battery using the current or operate the temperature sensor, based on at least a part of the monitored value.

Abstract: An impact feedback operation device includes a base member, an operation member having an operation part equipped with a touch sensor, an actuator having a shape memory alloy wire, a temperature sensor, a voltage sensor, and a processing unit. The processing unit determines an energization condition required for the shape memory alloy wire, depending on a detected temperature and a detected voltage. The operation part is fixed to the base member through an elastically deformable elastic portion.

Abstract: A compression heat-generation detector and a method therefor include one set or multi-sets of detecting units. The detecting unit includes a vertical compression device, a vertical compensation device and a synchronization device for a core center temperature sensor. The vertical compression device and the vertical compensation device are respectively fixed in an upper frame. A pressure sensor is mounted between a middle support of the rubber sample and a supporting plate of the vertical compensation device via a first transition column. The synchronization device is mounted between the pressing plate of the vertical compression device and the supporting plate of the vertical compensation device via a second transition column and a cushion block. The transition column penetrates through a hole of the middle support without affecting accuracy of the pressure sensor in a compression stress test with respect to the rubber sample.

Abstract: A system and method for maintaining authentication of a user of a wearable device. The wearable device can include an electrical circuit, an accelerometer, a capacitive sensor, or other wearable detection module that can determine that the wearable device has been in continuous contact with, or continuous use by, the wearer. A first payment transaction can be initiated between the wearable device and a first payment terminal. A user credential is then received at either the wearable device or a mobile device coupled to the wearable device. The user credential is verified and the first payment transaction is authorized. A second payment transaction is then initiated between the wearable device and a second payment terminal. If the wearable device is determined to have been in continuous use by the user, then the second payment transaction can be completed without requiring re-authentication of the user.

Abstract: An example method of security prejudgment based on characteristic information include receiving characteristic information of a monitored party from the monitored party, calculating security status information of the monitored party based on a probability of danger that has been stored and corresponds to the characteristic information of the monitored party, determining that the security status information is greater than a first threshold, performing an appropriate operation based on the determination. Accordingly, the technical solution of the present disclosure solves a problem that presetting of monitoring conditions cannot cover potential surrounding risks that result in a safety hazard. Further, the technical solution can monitor risks that are not reflected by spatial information. After identifying and warning based on the characteristic information, potential risks may be avoided before occurring without wasting data traffic.

Abstract: Systems, tools, and methods are presented for processing a plurality of spectral ranges from an electromagnetic radiation that has been interacted with a fluid. Each spectral range within the plurality corresponds to a property of the fluid or a constituent therein. In one instance, a series of spectral analyzers, each including an integrated computational element coupled to an optical transducer, forms a monolithic structure to receive interacted electromagnetic radiation from the fluid. Each spectral analyzer is configured to process one of the plurality of spectral ranges. The series is ordered so spectral ranges are processed progressively from shortest wavelengths to longest wavelengths as interacted electromagnetic radiation propagates therethrough. Other systems, tools, and methods are presented.

Abstract: An optical fiber characteristic measuring device of the present invention includes a light source, an optical divider, an optical waveguide, a first separator, a second separator, a first interferer, a second interferer, and a calculator. The light source is configured to generate a frequency modulated continuous wave of light. The optical divider is configured to divide the frequency modulated continuous wave of light into first and second divided-waves of light. The optical waveguide is configured to guide the first divided-wave of light to one end of an optical fiber to be measured. The first separator is configured to separate a backscattered light generated by Brillouin scattering of the first divided-wave of light in the optical fiber to be measured into a first scattered light, which is a linearly polarized light, and a second scattered light, which is a linearly polarized light perpendicular to the first scattered light.

Abstract: A mobile application tracks a user's behavior and activities and, in particular, a geo-location. The mobile application may then produce a profile of the user's behaviors and locations. This may be used to optimize mobile device power and may also be used as a data aggregator to collect and gather user information for other purposes, such as data marketing and modeling. In an embodiment, the mobile application is continuously monitoring the mobile device's battery level and power usage and determining the most power-efficient approach for tracking the device's location. One-hundred percent location accuracy is not always required when profiling a user's behavior. It may be more critical to simply determine the general location of the device and the associated user. The application may continuously function in the background while expending the least amount of power possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable voltage sensing module and a battery device having same. The voltage sensing module comprises: a body on which are fixed a plurality of bus bars, which are connected to the cell tabs of battery cells; a substrate on which a control circuit is formed and which is detachably attached to the body; a jack terminal, disposed on the substrate, for connecting the battery cells to the substrate, when the substrate is being attached to the body, by connecting to one end of each of the bus bars; and a fixing means for fixing the substrate to the body. A detachable voltage sensing module formed as described above and a battery device having same, according to the present invention, are formed such that bus bars can be assembled on or disassembled from a substrate, and thus the substrate can be replaced at any time, thereby enabling easy assembly, maintenance and repair.

Abstract: A temperature determination apparatus includes a signal detection section having an A/D input port, a thermistor that is connected to the A/D input port and outputs an analog signal to the A/D input port, and a switch section that shifts a level of the analog signal to a low level. The signal detection section determines that a control signal having a priority higher than that of an output detection process of the thermistor is generated when it is detected that the analog signal to be input to the A/D input port is in the low level.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fitness device comprising a display having plurality of lights that are configured for illumination as fitness intervals are achieved by a user. The fitness device is interchangeable with plural wearable articles. This functional fitness device allows a user to track their steps while at work, shopping, an evening out, or anytime one is on the move, even when it is interchanged between different wearable articles.

Abstract: A series of nominally identical production workpieces is measured on a measuring apparatus. To correct for temperature variations, one of the workpieces forms a master artifact, the dimensions of which are known. The artifact is measured on the measuring apparatus at two or more temperatures, producing two or more corresponding sets of measured dimensional values of the master artifact at the respective temperatures. One or more error maps, look-up tables, or functions are generated which relate the measured dimensional values of the artifact to the known dimensions of the artifact. The error map(s), look-up table(s) or function(s) are dependent on the respective temperatures at which the artifact was measured. Correction values derived from the error map(s), look-up table(s) or function(s) are used to correct the measurements of production workpieces in the series. These correction values are determined in dependence upon the temperature at which the workpiece measurements were obtained.

Abstract: A sensor probe may include an elongated body and a temperature sensor. The elongated body may include at least one first aperture, a first passageway and a second passageway. The first passageway may be in communication with the first aperture and may extend along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body. The second passageway may be in communication with and may extend from the first passageway. The temperature sensor may be disposed within the first passageway and may include a wire extending through a portion of the first passageway and the second passageway. The wire may include a diameter that is less than a diameter of the first passageway such that the first passageway defines a pressure path around the wire.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing the outlet bore restriction of the inlet tube of existing outage gauges from a diameter of 0.055 in. to a chosen diameter, thereby reducing the quantity of LP Liquid and/or Gas, or other liquid or gaseous fluid, escaping from an LP Gas tank during filling thereof, is described. By retrofitting the original valve stem of an outage gauge with an adapter having a smaller inlet bore and a smaller stem, which screws into the adapter, the restriction of the outlet bore is achieved without requiring the emptying the LP Gas tank upon which the outage gauge is mounted.

Abstract: An apparatus for determining and/or monitoring at least one process variable of a medium, comprising at least one sensor element sensitive for the process variable, a process connection for securing the apparatus to a container or pipeline and a housing connected with the process connection. The apparatus has at least one, first component of metal and at least one, second component of synthetic material, wherein the first component and the second component are embodied as hollow bodies. An annular, first connection region is formed on the first component, wherein on the second component an annular second connection region is formed, whose outer diameter corresponds at least sectionally to the inner diameter of the first connection region.

Abstract: A high-temperature sensor comprising a sensor element and a device for holding and positioning the sensor element in a point of use, especially for automotive uses, has a holding part with a pouch molded into it in which the sensor element is received such as to be flush with the surface. In this way, the sensor element is reliably held in a high-temperature sensor and its safe operation is guaranteed also when the sensor is subject to vibrations.

Abstract: An occupancy sensor includes a passive infrared sensor (PIR sensor) and an infrared sensor (IR sensor). The occupancy sensor is configured to confirm occupancy or non-occupancy in dependence on signals measured by both the PIR sensor and the IR sensor.

Abstract: Impregnated rare earth metal-containing barium-aluminum-scandate cathodes with a rare earth oxide doped tungsten matrix and methods for the fabrication thereof are described. In one aspect, an impregnated rare earth metal-containing barium-aluminum-scandate cathode comprises: a rare earth oxide doped tungsten matrix, and an impregnated active substance. The active substance comprises scandium oxide (Sc2O3), a second rare earth oxide, and barium calcium aluminate, wherein the molar ratio of Ba:Ca:Al is about 4:1:1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for heat-treating a substrate, and more particularly to an apparatus for substrate treatment to perform a heat treatment of a substrate for a flat panel display panel. An apparatus for substrate treatment according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a processing chamber having a substrate treatment space; a heating housing having a heating lamp that emits radiant energy and a reflecting block that reflects radiant energy emitted from the heating lamp; and a window that maintains a sealing between the processing chamber and the heating housing and transmits the radiant energy to a substrate.

Abstract: A technique facilitates the monitoring of thermodynamic properties of reservoir fluids. The technique utilizes a modular sensor assembly designed to evaluate a sample of a hydrocarbon-containing fluid within a cell body. A variety of sensors may be selectively placed into communication with a sample chamber within the cell body to evaluate the sample at potentially high pressures and temperatures. The sensors may comprise a density-viscosity sensor located in-situ to efficiently measure both the density and viscosity of the sample as a function of pressure and temperature. Other sensors, such as an optic sensor, may also be positioned to measure parameters of the sample while the sample is retained in the sample chamber.

Abstract: A multiple-tank water thermal storage system and its using method belong to energy saving technology. The multiple-tank water thermal storage system includes at least two water tanks. There are an upper diffuser (2) and a lower diffuser (5) provided in each said water tank. The upper and lower diffusers (2, 5) are connected with a chiller (heater) unit (4) and a heat exchanger (11) after connecting in parallel, respectively. Control valves (8) are set on pipes of the upper and the lower diffusers (2, 5), respectively. A thermal energy-charging pump (1) is set on the water-inlet pipe of chiller (heater) unit (4). A thermal energy-releasing pump (10) is set on the water-inlet pipe of the heat exchanger (11), and temperature sensors (6) are set in the water tanks.

Abstract: A method and a device for optically determining state variables inside a container (1) for liquefied gases. In the method and device, light emitted by an illumination unit (2) travels within an optical waveguide (7, 9) to a contact point (33) with the content of the container (1) and is partially reflected there, the intensity of the reflected light is measured by an image sensor (4), and a state variable is determined from the intensity. In order to create a comprehensive “image” of the state variables in the container and of the container content, several optical waveguides (29, 29?) are guided to contact points (33) which are distributed within the container (1) and form measurement points (9.1, 9.2, 9.3, . . . , 9.n). Locally assigned state variables (refractive index, density, temperature, etc.) of the container content are determined from the measured values obtained at the measurement points (9.1, 9.2, 9.3, . . . , 9.n) and are evaluated along with the spatial coordinates of the measurement points (9.

Abstract: A vehicle having an engine is disclosed. The vehicle includes an exhaust pipe receiving exhaust gas from the engine and a muffler connected to the exhaust pipe. An oxygen concentration sensor is disposed in a boss defining a port in the exhaust pipe. The boss includes a diameter greater than a widest dimension of the oxygen concentration sensor which may be in the form of a fin.

Abstract: A cable-base sensor can detect a material level and temperatures of a material stored in a silo. The cable-base sensor comprises an electronic box, a cable, a stopper, and a signal processing module. The electronic box comprises a base and a space for containing the signal processing module, and a hole is formed through a bottom of the electronic box. The base is mounted in the bottom, and a tapered hole is formed through the base. A first end of the cable extents into the tapered hole and the hole, and spreads to form a cable bud. The stopper is a tapered block and pressed into the tapered hole for enforcing the cable bud to be sandwiched between the stopper and the base. The cable bud strengthens a connection between the electronic box and the cable for preventing damages from solid materials.

Abstract: Provided according to one or more embodiments is a thermostat having a housing, the housing including a forward-facing surface, the thermostat comprising a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor disposed inside the housing for sensing occupancy in the vicinity of the thermostat. The PIR motion sensor has a radiation receiving surface and is able to detect the lateral movement of an occupant in front of the forward-facing surface of the housing. The thermostat further comprises a grille member having one or more openings and included along the forward-facing surface of the housing, the grille member being placed over the radiation receiving surface of the PIR motion sensor. The grille member is configured and dimensioned to visually conceal and protect the PIR motion sensor disposed inside the housing, the visual concealment promoting a visually pleasing quality of the thermostat, while at the same time permitting the PIR motion sensor to effectively detect the lateral movement of the occupant.

Abstract: A sensor module for acquiring the temperature in the interior of a vehicle is disclosed. The sensor module has a temperature sensor for acquiring the interior temperature, and a radiation sensor for acquiring an insolation. Information provided by the radiation sensor is used to correct the interior temperature acquired by the temperature sensor, and the temperature sensor and the radiation sensor are arranged in a common first housing and make electrical contact with conductor tracks of a carrier board via first contact elements. A device for determining the temperature in the interior of a vehicle with the aid of such a sensor module is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method of modeling phase characteristics of thermodynamic systems utilizing pseudo-properties strategy and a reduced number of variables is disclosed herein. The method describes a means of determining the probability of phase splitting of mixtures of materials at a given temperature, pressure, and composition by characterizing the functions that describe the system via pseudo-properties, and also by describing the system in n?1 or fewer variables, where n represents the number of components in the system of interest. In an embodiment, a multi-component system is characterized in one variable, thereby providing simplified thermodynamic models in a time-efficient manner. In addition, the information generated by this reduced-variable calculation can further be used as a starting point for calculations of equations of state.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for verifying compliance with a dental appliance therapy for a human patient is described. At least one parameter of a dental appliance worn by the human patient is periodically measured and compliance with the dental appliance therapy is determined by performing a spectral analysis of the measured parameter.