Abstract: Embodiments provide for autonomous drone play and directional alignment by in response to receiving a command for a remotely controlled device to perform a behavior, monitoring a first series of actions performed by the remotely controlled device that comprise the behavior; receiving feedback related to how the remotely controlled device performs the behavior, wherein the feedback is received from at least one of a user, a second device, and environmental sensors; updating, according to the feedback, a machine learning model used by the remotely controlled device to produce a second, different series of actions to perform the behavior; and in response to receiving a subsequent command to perform the behavior, instructing the remotely controlled device to perform the second series of actions.

Abstract: A method of making-up or breaking-out tubular string components can include threading tubulars with each other while a camera obtains images of the tubulars, outputting image data from the camera to an image processor that detects optical flow vector fields from the image data, the optical flow vector fields representing displacements of the respective tubulars during the threading, and controlling the threading in response to a difference between the displacements. Another method can include positioning a camera so that the camera simultaneously observes at least two tubulars, threading the tubulars with each other, outputting image data from the camera to an image processor, the image processor detecting optical flow vector fields from the image data, the optical flow vector fields representing displacements of the respective tubulars during the threading, and controlling the threading in response to the image processor detecting the optical flow vector fields.

Abstract: A method for providing one or more persona-adjusted search suggestions is disclosed. The method includes identifying a role of a user that is associated with one or more duties and performance indicators for one or more buildings. The method includes associating the role of the user with at least one of a physical space, a web page, and one or more assets associated with the physical space. The method includes filtering data associated with the one or more buildings based on the role of the user and the at least one of the physical space, the web page, and the one or more assets. The method includes displaying the filtered data on a user interface as one or more search suggestions to the user.

Abstract: Connecting an IoT device enabling a new function of another IoT device. An IoT hub scans a network segment for presence of an IoT device. Upon detecting the IoT device, a device response pattern is received. The device response pattern is compared with stored response patterns. A matching stored response pattern is selected which has a similarity to the device response pattern. A pattern difference is derived. Related device information is transformed into a device signature for the IoT device. The device signature is transferred to a discovery engine. The device signature is compared to stored signatures and protocol information. A matching stored signature and protocol information is transferred to the IoT hub. The IoT hub compares the new function with functions of other connected IoT devices. Upon finding a matching other IoT device, the other IoT device is offered a usage of the new function and protocol information.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling and regulating a required pressing force from a current collector of a vehicle on an overhead line, a method for using such a device and a vehicle having at least one such device, wherein the device has a base control circuit, an additional control circuit and a working pressure control circuit. The base control circuit has a base control circuit adjustment device for adjusting a base pressure from a provided power pressure and the additional control circuit has a control device for adjusting an additional pressure from a provided power pressure, wherein the base pressure and the additional pressure act together to form a working pressure and to provide the required pressing force.

Abstract: A monitoring system for controlling self-testing of a traction elevator includes a self-testing process module in communication with a three-phase AC back-up battery power supply. The self-testing process module includes a processor configured to initiate and control a series of steps for performing measurements of the three-phase AC back-up battery power supply, including measurements of the battery supply during a simulated emergency situation (“rescue/evacuation”). The processor is programmed to initiate testing on a defined schedule and transmit test results to a maintenance system (including remotely-located systems) on a routine basis. The monitoring system also includes a display unit providing visual information regarding the status of self-testing processes and their results and a communications unit for transmitting test results to a remote maintenance controller.

Abstract: A method is provided for controlling engine speed of a drive engine of a utility vehicle having a drivable loading apparatus. The method includes detecting or predicting a driving movement of the loading apparatus, and requesting an increase of engine speed if the movement of the loading apparatus is predicted or detected.

Abstract: Systems and methods for remote monitoring of a container are disclosed. The system includes at least one data collector configured to collect data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container, a wireless transmitter in communication with the at least one data collector and configured to transmit the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container to a location remote from the location of the container, a server in communication with the wireless transmitter to receive and process the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container, and a physical attribute analysis engine in communication with the server to receive the data corresponding to a physical attribute of the container and calculate a current value for the physical attribute based upon the received data.

Abstract: An example terminal apparatus includes a communicator configured to communicate with at least one device through a hub device; a display configured to display an image; a user input receiver configured to receive a user's input; and at least one processor configured to control the display to display a dialog box where the hub device or the at least one device is set as a counterpart in response to execution of a messenger program, control the communicator to transmit a control signal including a command for controlling a predetermined device to the device targeted for control through the hub device so that the device targeted for control operates in response to the command corresponding to a user's input, and control the display to display a message corresponding to the transmitted command in the dialog box.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are disclosed for performing air quality maintenance. An example method include receiving an air quality dataset and generating a quality tendency projection based upon the air quality dataset that includes a quality rate of change. In an instance in which the quality tendency projection exceeds a prediction threshold and the quality rate of change exceeds a pollutant rate increase threshold, the method performs performing air degradation analysis. In an instance in which the quality tendency projection exceeds a warning threshold and the quality rate of change exceeds a pollutant rate decrease threshold, the method performs ventilation analysis.

Abstract: An illumination control method includes: causing an illumination apparatus to illuminate a predetermined space with light; and controlling at least one of a color temperature of light which the illumination apparatus emits and an illuminance of the light which the illumination apparatus emits in the predetermined space, to cause an integrated value to be at least 10 ?W·h/cm2. The integrated value is a value resulting from integrating time and an effective amount of melatonin during a first time frame from 5:00 to 14:00.

Abstract: An adjustable workpiece support system includes an adjustable support apparatus, an analysis support point module, a coordinate post-processing module and a control module. The adjustable support apparatus has a group of support devices for supporting a supported workpiece, the each support device being adjustable in height and angle. The analysis support point module is used to import a computer-aided design file of the supported workpiece, and analyze the computer-aided design file to obtain a group of support points of the supported workpiece. The coordinate post-processing module is configured to calculate the support coordinates of the each support device corresponding to the group of support points. The control module is configured to receive the support coordinates of the each support device, and adjust the height and angle of the each support device to support the supported workpiece, so that the amount of deformation of the supported workpiece is the minimum.

Abstract: Techniques and architectures are disclosed for power-adjustable furniture management systems and methods. The system includes a first power-adjustable furniture and a second power-adjustable furniture connected to an electrical source. The first power-adjustable furniture is communicatively coupled to a computing device. The computing device includes a processor, and a power management mode executable by the processor. The power management mode is configured to adjust the first power-adjustable furniture. The power management mode is further configured to prevent the first power-adjustable furniture from being adjusted while the second power-adjustable furniture is operated. The computing device is communicatively coupled to a server computer via the network.

Abstract: A network system detects lost client devices based on a comparison of geospatial locations transmitted by user and provider client devices during and after a service. The network system assigns a service status indicating that a service from a start location to a destination location is in progress and monitors the locations of the user and provider client devices during the duration of the service and for a specified period of time after the service ends. In response to determining that the user and provider client devices remain in proximity to each other after the service has ended, the network system notifies the user of the lost device.

Abstract: A system or method for drilling includes autonomously controlling a rotary or percussive drilling process as it transitions through multiple materials with very different dynamics. The method determines a drilling medium based on real-time measurements and comparison to prior drilling data, and identifies the material type, drilling region, and approximately optimal setpoint based on data from at least one operating condition. The controller uses these setpoints initially to execute an optimal search to maximize performance by minimizing mechanical specific energy. Near-bit depth-of-cut estimations are performed using a machine learning prediction deployed in an embedded processor to provide high-speed ROP estimates. The sensing capability is coupled with a near-bit clutching mechanism to support drilling dysfunction mitigation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for shaping fuselage sections. A first fuselage section is held in a holding structure in a cradle in a cradle system. Force are applied to the first fuselage section with an actuator system to a portion of the first fuselage section such that a first current shape of the first fuselage section changes towards a first desired shape for the first fuselage section to join the first the fuselage section to a second fuselage section.

Abstract: A heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a building space includes an HVAC device including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to generate an encrypted dynamic key based on a manifest stored on the device. The manifest includes a set of entitlements for the HVAC device based on relationships between the HVAC device and entities. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the stored manifest to an authentication server by sending the encrypted dynamic key to the authentication server and receive an updated manifest from the authentication server based on the encrypted dynamic key. The processing circuit is further configured to send a payload request to the authentication server based on the updated manifest, the payload request including a software update request.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for annotating three-dimensional displays are described herein. One method includes displaying, by a computing device, a particular view of a 3D model of a facility, the 3D model including a plurality of objects, each object associated with a respective annotation, determining a context associated with the 3D model, and displaying a subset of the plurality of annotations associated with a respective subset of the plurality of objects based on the context.

Abstract: A method includes determining a concentration of one or more components of a subterranean fluid, and adjusting or maintaining at least one operating parameter of a wellbore servicing operation based on the determining of the concentration of the one or more components. The subterranean fluid includes a fluid obtained from a subterranean formation during the wellbore servicing operation, and the determining of the concentration of the one or more components includes contacting a sample of the subterranean fluid with a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device to provide a sample response indicative of the concentration of the one or more components.

Abstract: Technology for operating a computer system to manage network communications with plural devices, comprising retrieving from a registry one or more device capability profiles for the identified devices, the registry linking a device capability profile with each of the identified plural devices and the device capability profile identifying one or more capabilities of a device; operating in the computer system a message translation manager to adapt a message according to a linked device capability profile of each of the plural devices; and sending the message in adapted form to each identified one of the plural devices.

Abstract: An autonomous earth moving system can determine a desired state for a portion of the EMV including at least one control surface. Then the EMV selects a set of control signals for moving the portion of the EMV from the current state to the desired state using a machine learning model trained to generate control signals for moving the portion of the EMV to the desired state based on the current state. After the EMV executes the selected set of control signals, the system measures an updated state of the portion of the EMV. In some cases, this updated state of the EMV is used to iteratively update the machine learning model using an online learning process.

Abstract: Systems and methods for collecting debris in a subterranean well include a wellbore cleanout tool having a tool housing with a tool bore. The wellbore cleanout tool further includes a power source, a wire in electrical communication with the power source, and a core member located within the tool bore. The wire is wound around the core member with a first end and a second end of the wire in electrical connection with a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the power source, respectively. A plurality of magnetic bars are spaced around the core member. A sleeve member is moveable between an uphole position where the sleeve member circumscribes the plurality of magnetic bars, and a downhole position where the sleeve member is located downhole of a portion of the plurality of magnetic bars and can be a collection basket. The wellbore cleanout tool further has a permanent magnet.

Abstract: A building management system (BMS) including a controller having an adaptive interaction manager and an agent manager. The system further includes one or more input-output (I/O) devices, the I/O devices in communication with the adaptive interaction manager. The controller further including a number of BMS field devices. The I/O devices are configured to receive an input from a user, and further configured to communicate the input to the adaptive interaction manager. The agent manager is configured to determine if one or more existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action, and to automatically transmit the existing software agents to one or more of the BMS field devices based on the agent manager determining the existing software agents are capable of performing the desired action. The software agents are configured to automatically be installed in a processing circuit of the BMS field device to perform the required action.

Abstract: A method for processing sensor data in a distributed sensor system includes generating aggregated sensor data values associated with a first sensor and belonging to one or more aggregation time intervals, tagging each aggregated sensor data value with an aggregation indicator. The aggregation indicator has a first value indicating partial aggregation and has a second value indicating complete aggregation. In some embodiments, the method combines the partially aggregated sensor data belonging to the same time interval into a complete aggregated sensor data.

Abstract: Techniques for management of Internet of Things (IOT) devices are disclosed. IOT devices may be manufactured with a pre-installed software development kit (SDK) (e.g., in firmware or other storage). At initial startup time (e.g., after device placement), IOT devices may execute the firmware code as provided by the SDK to connect to a corporate network or other network-based control environment, such as a cloud-based service provider infrastructure. Once connected, IOT devices may participate in enterprise computing applications as a consumer or provider of information. Updates to IOT devices and their SDKs may be periodically provided. Virtual IOT devices may be used as placeholders or emulators for unavailable or future IOT devices, such that enterprise applications may be configured and executed without an actual physical IOT device in existence. Virtual IOT devices may also be used to assist with overall device provisioning.

Abstract: An environmental control system for a building including heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) equipment that operates to affect a zone of the building and a controller including a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to estimate a thermal resistance between air of the zone and of an external space using values of a temperature of the zone air, a temperature of the external space air, and a heat transfer rate of the HVAC equipment, each value corresponding to a different time step within a time period. The processing circuit is configured to use the thermal resistance, time step specific values of the temperatures, and time step specific values of the heat transfer rate to estimate corresponding values of a heat disturbance. The processing circuit is configured to operate the HVAC equipment using a model-based control technique based on the heat disturbance values.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an oral care system may include a toothbrush comprising a physical property, and a programmable processor configured to receive physical property data indicative of the physical property of the toothbrush. The programmable processor may be further configured to determine, based at least in part upon the received physical property data, a suggested brushing routine for a user and/or an evaluation of a brushing session of a user.

Abstract: A surveillance platform for the sensing, measuring, monitoring and controlling equipment and environments, such as food storage and retailing environments, data center environments, and other environments in which equipment performance, operating status, and environmental condition monitoring is desirable, is provided. The surveillance platform can facilitate reporting, visualizing, acknowledging, analyzing, calculating, event generating, notifying, trending, and tracking, of operational events occurring within the environment. Such techniques can be used to protect articles such as food articles, medical articles, computing devices and equipment, artifacts, documents, and the like.

Abstract: A remote control method for a washing machine includes the following steps: establishing, between a mobile terminal and the washing machine, a control channel used to transmit a control instruction and a status feedback channel used to transmit a working status of the washing machine; obtaining status information of the washing machine; and when the status information does not match preset information by which the mobile terminal remotely controls the washing machine, cutting off the control channel, and maintaining the status feedback channel. When the washing machine is remotely controlled by the mobile terminal, corresponding state conditions are controlled in a centralized manner, preset information by which the mobile terminal is allowed to remotely control the washing machine is formed, and then it is determined whether real-time status information of the washing machine matches the preset information, so that safety of the remote control method is improved.

Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for controlling and monitoring a smoke control system are described herein. One device includes a user interface that can be configured to receive a selection to perform a smoke control operation using a smoke control system of a facility and display a plurality of smoke control elements, wherein each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements represents a different component of the smoke control system used to perform the selected smoke control operation. The device can also include a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to cause the selected smoke control operation to be performed by the component of the smoke control system, wherein the user interface is configured to display an operational state of the components represented by each respective one of the displayed smoke control elements during the performance of the selected smoke control operation.

Abstract: An agricultural planting system for controlling the depth of an opener device in an agricultural planter includes an agricultural planter, an opener device, a gauge wheel, a GPS device, and a controller. The opener device is mounted on the agricultural planter for engaging the ground of a field. The gauge wheel is mounted on the agricultural planter for rotating on the ground of the field. The GPS device is coupled to the agricultural planter. The GPS device is configured to determine a location of the agricultural planter in the field. The controller is in electrical communication with the agricultural planter and the GPS device. The controller has predetermined settings associated with a map of the field. The controller is configured to select a relative elevation of the opener device and the gauge wheel based at least in part on the location determined by the GPS device.

Abstract: Sensing and control apparatus for a building HVAC system includes interior and boundary sensors, such as cameras and thermal sensors, generating sensor signals conveying occupancy-related features for an area. A controller uses the sensor signals to produce an occupancy estimate and to generate equipment-control signals to cause the HVAC system to supply conditioned air to the area based on the occupancy estimate. The controller includes fusion systems collectively generating the occupancy estimate by corresponding fusion calculations, the fusion systems producing a boundary occupancy-count change based on sensor signals from the boundary sensors, an interior occupancy count based on sensor signals from the interior sensors, and the overall occupancy estimate. Fusion may be of one or multiple types including cross-modality fusion across different sensor types, within-modality fusion across different instances of same-type sensors, and cross-algorithm fusion using different algorithms for the same sensor(s).

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring dish ware position and modifying the wash and dry cycle of a dishwasher by capturing and analyzing image data utilizing a plurality of cloud-connected cameras.

Abstract: An engineering system for planning an automation system and method for planning the automation system, wherein a cloud environment and/or an edge device are integrated into a project structure of a planning environment, where the project structure includes components and has at least one hardware component that has project elements, where the integrating includes saving and displaying the cloud environment or the edge device, in a manner structured as a component, accordance to a technological hierarchy, and wherein project elements associated with the cloud environment and/or with the edge device are defined, where at least one program block and a device configuration are stipulated for the cloud environment or the edge device, and where the hardware component and the cloud environment and/or the edge device are via the planning to perform an automation task of the automation system that must partially be performed in the cloud environment and/or edge device.

Abstract: This document describes techniques and devices for non-line-of-sight radar-based gesture recognition. Through use of the techniques and devices described herein, users may control their devices through in-the-air gestures, even when those gestures are not within line-of-sight of their device's sensors. Thus, the techniques enable users to control their devices in many situations in which control is desired but conventional techniques do permit effective control, such as to turn the temperature down in a room when the user is obscured from a thermostat's gesture sensor, turn up the volume on a media player when the user is in a different room than the media player, or pause a television program when the user's gesture is obscured by a chair, couch, or other obstruction.

Abstract: A remote control method for a washing machine, includes the following steps: between a mobile terminal and the washing machine, a control channel configured to transmit a control instruction and a status feedback channel configured to transmit a working status of the washing machine are established; whether the washing machine is triggered is detected; and if yes, the control channel is cut off, and the status feedback channel is maintained; and if not, the control channel and the status feedback channel are maintained. After a triggering operation is directly performed on the washing machine, the control channel is cut off, that is, remote control of the mobile terminal is cut off, and only a user near the washing machine controls and operates the washing machine, which ensures the running safety of the washing machine.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a heating and cooling system includes a heat exchanger configured to place an airflow and a refrigerant in thermal communication with one another, where the heat exchanger has a coil and a plurality of fans coupled to the coil, and where the plurality of fans is arranged in an array adjacent to the coil.

Abstract: An unlocking method for an electronic lock includes capturing an environmental background outside of the electronic lock by a person. An environmental background feature is used to create an authenticated environmental background feature information and is saved in an authenticated environmental background feature database. At least one facial feature is set as an authenticated facial feature and is saved in an authenticated facial feature database. A real-time unlocking information is inputted by the person and analyzed to obtain the facial feature of the person and an environmental background feature. The authenticated electronic lock remains in a locking state when the environmental background feature cannot be not obtained. The electronic lock is unlocked only when the facial feature matches with the authenticated facial feature and the environmental background feature matches with the authenticated environmental background feature.

Abstract: This application is directed to an electronic device that acts as a bridge between a remote system and one or more other electronic devices. For instance, the electronic device may establish a first network connection using one or more network interfaces and a second network connection using the one or more network interfaces. In some instances, the first network connection includes a wireless local area network and the second network connection includes a low-power wide-area network. The electronic device may then receive data from the remote system over the first network connection, where the data represents a command for an additional electronic device. Using the data, the electronic device may transmit a data packet to the additional electronic device over the second network connection. The data packet may represent at least an identifier of the additional electronic device and the command.

Abstract: Systems and methods for measurement of the oil, water, and/or solids concentration in oil-based drilling fluids may be provided in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure. An example method for monitoring oil-based drilling fluids may include providing a sample of an oil-based drilling. The method may further include determining an estimate of an oil concentration of the sample. The method may further include measuring thermal conductivity of the sample. The method may further include determining an estimate of solids concentration of the sample from a correlation that relates the oil concentration, the thermal conductivity, and the solids concentration.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for translating requests to acquire or change goods and services by receiving a request in a service catalog. The received request is received in a format that is not suitable for a target vendor. The received request is then translated into a format suitable for the target vendor. The translated received request is then transmitted to the vendor using the translated format.

Abstract: A controller for controlling a lighting system, the controller comprising: an interface arranged to communicate with one or more luminaires at a location to be illuminated; a memory arranged to store information, the information comprising a first illumination status of the location, and information of a first command causing the location to adopt the first illumination status; the interface further arranged to receive a second command comprising an instruction for the at least one luminaire to illuminate the location in accordance with a second illumination status which differs from the first illumination status; and a processor configured to determine whether to execute the second command based upon a comparison between a value associated with the first command and a value associated with the second command, the processor configured to calculate the value associated with the first command based upon a priority level value of the first command and a relevance factor associated with the first command, at a ti

Abstract: A system for wind turbine control includes a state dependent quadratic regulator (SDQR) control unit, a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) generating control acceleration commands for wind turbine speed and wind turbine power regulation, an actuator dynamic model computing a gain value for the LQR at predetermined sampling intervals and augmenting the actuator dynamic model with a wind turbine model. The wind turbine model either an analytical linearization model or a precomputed linear model, where the precomputed linear model is selected from a model bank based on a real-time scheduling operation, and the analytical linearization model is computed using an online linearization operation in real-time at time intervals during operation of the wind turbine based on current wind turbine operating point values present at about the time of linearization. A method and a non-transitory medium are also disclosed.

Abstract: Techniques are provided for identifying anomalies in an Internet of Things (IoT) activity profile of a user using an analytic engine. An exemplary method comprises obtaining data from a plurality of IoT devices of a user, wherein at least one IoT device comprises an agent device that performs an action on behalf of the user; applying the obtained data to a feature engineering module to convert the obtained data into time-series features that capture behavior and/or characteristics of an IoT environment of the user; and applying the time-series features to an analytic engine comprising a multi-variate anomaly detection method that learns one or more patterns in the IoT activity profile of the user for a normal state and identifies an anomaly with respect to an action performed by the agent device based on a health score indicating a deviation from the learned patterns.

Abstract: A method and system for indoor environmental weighted preference management are provided. The method includes determining, by a processor of a weighted preference processing system, a plurality of occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for a plurality of users at a location and a complaint history of the users. The processor of the weighted preference processing system determines one or more weighted set points for at least one building system operable to adjust an indoor environment at the location based on the occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for the users as weighted with respect to the complaint history of the users. One or more control devices of the at least one building system are operated based on the one or more weighted set points.

Abstract: A first driven lever of a vehicle wiper device has a proximal end pivotally connected to a distal end of a first driving lever. A second driven lever has a proximal end pivotally connected to a distal end of the first driven lever and a distal end pivotally connected to a distal end of a second driving lever. A first wiper arm operates integrally with the second driven lever and has a distal end to which a first wiper blade is connected. A swing transmission mechanism transmits a driving force to the first driving lever. The swing transmission mechanism includes a swing crank arm integrally rotatable with a rotation shaft of a single drive source. An extension-contraction transmission mechanism transmits a driving force to the second driving lever. The extension-contraction transmission mechanism includes an extension-contraction crank arm integrally rotatable with the rotation shaft of the drive source.

Abstract: Methods of drilling a wellbore within a subsurface region and drilling control systems that perform the methods. The methods include accessing an objective map and calculating a plurality of critical points of the objective map. The methods also include scoring each critical point and selecting a selected critical point of the plurality of critical points. The selected critical point describes an estimated value of at least one drilling performance indicator for a selected value of at least one independent operational parameter. The methods further include operating the drilling rig at the selected value of the at least one independent operational parameter and, during the operating, determining an actual value of the at least one drilling performance indicator. The methods also include updating the objective map to generate an updated objective map and repeating at least a portion of the methods.

Abstract: A system and approach for verifying and validating a room condition and its behavior in a critical environment. The system and approach may be a room controller built on top of a Niagara™ framework or launched from a Niagara workbench, and leverages extensible of Niagara. The system and approach may be web-based and used to test and verify the room condition per preset conditions. The system may have steps or tabs. They may incorporate screens for a create/open task, select test zone, read flow, hood/booster, T-stat set-up or temperature lever set-up, visual checks, and a report. One may create a new task and edit any existing task on the controller. One may move from task to task in either direction or go directly to the report of a completed task.

Abstract: A wireless system is provided for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or controlling irrigation or climate control systems at an agricultural or landscape site. In some embodiments, the wireless system includes at least one wireless control nodes for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or for controlling one or more irrigation or climate control systems at the site. The wireless system also includes a web based application or a cell phone application and a gateway coupled to a communications network. The communications network is configured to transfer data to and receive remote control commands or queries from an end-user.

Abstract: A presence detection system for an electrically adjustable furniture assembly is disclosed. The presence detection system comprises at least one steady element and at least one movable element, articulatedly and/or slidably connected to the at least one steady element wherein at least one of the steady elements and/or at least one of the movable elements comprise an electrically conducting element. The presence detection system further comprises at least one actuator, arranged to electrically adjust at least one of the movable elements and at least one capacitance detecting unit, electrically connected to the at least one electrically conducting element, arranged to detect a capacitance value of the at least one electrically conducting element.