Remote Supervisory Monitoring Patents (Class 702/188)
  • Patent number: 9030206
    Abstract: In a process plant, a first series of measurements from a coupling interface are received. The first series of measurements are stored. A second series of measurements from a coupling interface are received. The second series of measurements. The first series and second series of measurements are compared. An indication of loss of clamping force is generated if the first series of measurements deviates from the second series of measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventor: Shawn W. Anderson
  • Patent number: 9026401
    Abstract: Monitoring parameters of memory modules is described. According to certain embodiments, one or more parameters on respective memory modules are monitored. Corresponding parameter information is transmitted away from the respective memory module to a device that is external to the respective memory modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Cosair Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Lieberman, Daniel R. Solvin
  • Patent number: 9026558
    Abstract: A connection to an item of equipment is detected. An equipment class of the item of equipment is determined. A selection of an attribute associated with the item of equipment is received. An attribute record corresponding to the equipment class of the item of equipment and the selected attribute is retrieved from a database, wherein the attribute record enables a retrieval of a value of the selected attribute from the item of equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Vandevert Dunkle
  • Patent number: 9026271
    Abstract: The data recording assembly for monitoring and recording the activity of a vehicle includes an accelerometer coupled to the vehicle. A first transceiver is coupled to the accelerometer. A recorder is coupled to the vehicle. A processor is coupled to the recorder. An electronic memory is coupled to the recorder. A second transceiver is coupled to the recorder and is in communication with the first transceiver. A gps is coupled to the recorder. The gps is in communication with a satellite. A clock is coupled to the recorder. A remote unit is provided. A remote processor is coupled to the remote unit. A remote electronic memory is coupled to the remote unit. A remote transceiver is coupled to the remote unit and is in communication with the second transceiver. A display is coupled to the remote unit. An actuator is coupled to the remote unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Glenn Madden
  • Patent number: 9020781
    Abstract: Monitoring parameters of memory modules is described. According to certain embodiments, one or more parameters on respective memory modules are monitored. Corresponding parameter information is transmitted from the respective memory module to a device that is external to the respective memory modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Corsair Memory, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Lieberman, Daniel R. Solvin
  • Patent number: 9020780
    Abstract: In a data acquisition system a sensor module includes a motion sensor and a communication controller. The motion sensor and communication controller are prepared in a form factor adapted to be received within, or otherwise readily used with, the user appliance. A data signal produced by the motion sensor is adaptable for compliance validation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
    Inventors: James Zhang, William K. Krug
  • Patent number: 9020769
    Abstract: Devices and methods for identifying an electrical device, and its state, in a network of electrical devices are disclosed. An energy monitoring device is programmed to identify an electrical device coupled to a power supply, and a state of the electrical device, from a change in successive measurements of the power supply. Algorithms for determining a load signature for an electrical device and its state are disclosed. A stored table of load signatures for states is used to identify devices, and states. Energy monitoring information is collected and presented to the user on a display, a remote display, or is transmitted over a network to a remote device such as a personal computer, personal digital assistant, an iPhone®, a cell phone, voice mail, email, or text message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Geneva CleanTech Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Rada, John H. Magnasco
  • Patent number: 9020782
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling of ski vibration consisting an accelerator/actuator sub-system attached to the ski and a adaptive vibration control application residing in the user smart-phone and communicating with the accelerometer/actuator sub-system over Bluetooth radio interface is disclosed. The adaptive vibration control application extracts vibration frequencies and amplitudes from signal received from an accelerometer, separates such frequencies according to their types—bending or torsional, and after thresholding and scaling by the ski calibration parameters and by the user desired ski response, apply such signal to the control loop and consequently to the actuators to provide vibration dampening force. In one embodiment, such actuators are attached to the ski, while in another embodiment such actuators are embedded into the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: IPComm
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Grzegorz Staszczuk, Muhammad Afsar
  • Patent number: 9020777
    Abstract: A method for locating the position of the wheels of a vehicle, each wheel being equipped with a sensor capable of emitting a location signal and the vehicle being equipped with a receiver capable of receiving the location signals emitted by the sensors. The method includes the step of determining a signature of the location signal emitted by the sensor of each wheel as a function of the position of the wheel on the vehicle, and the step of storing in the receiver the signature and the corresponding position of each of the wheels. The receiver is equipped with at two least two antennas, called first and second antennas, the signature of the location signal emitted by the sensor of each wheel being determined from the strength difference between the strength of the signal received by the first antenna and the strength of the signal received by the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignees: Continental Automotive France, Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Sébastien Kessler, Mohamed Cheikh
  • Patent number: 9015007
    Abstract: A method and system for reconstructing random samples taken across multiple sensors of a sensor array, so that each sensor's output is reconstructed. The samples are processed using a compressive sensing process. The compressive sensing process uses a time-space transform basis that represents the multi-channel data in terms of both a frequency component and an azimuthal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Ryan B. Casey, Christopher B. Smith
  • Patent number: 9015008
    Abstract: A personal health monitor, including: (a) a physiological data input device operative to gather physiological data; (b) a detachable module that is detachably connected to a multi-purpose personal data accessory, operative to transmit the physiological data to the multi-purpose personal data accessory; and (c) the multi-purpose personal data accessory, whereas the multi-purpose personal data accessory is adapted to execute health monitoring software such as to enable the multi-purpose personal data accessory to receive the physiological data, process the physiological data to provide processed physiological data and control a long range transmission of the processed physiological data to a remote entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Card Guard Scientific Survival Ltd.
    Inventors: Yacov Geva, Nir Geva, Reuven Nanikashvili
  • Patent number: 9013320
    Abstract: Provided are a home appliance and its system. The home appliance include: an input unit for inputting driving information; a data unit for storing a diagnosis logic; a control unit for diagnosing a state of the home appliance and whether a failure occurs according to the diagnosis logic on the basis of product information including the driving information inputted from the input unit, operation information detected during an operation, and failure information occurring during an operation, in order to generate a diagnosis result including the operation information and the failure information, and encoding transmission information including predetermined data for a diagnosis, which are selected from the driving operation, and the diagnosis result and outputting the encoded transmission information; a modulator for converting the encoded transmission information; and a sound output unit for outputting the transmission information converted by the modulator as a sound including a plurality of frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangdoo Ha, Jinwook Lee, Moonhyun Kim, Deoghyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 9015003
    Abstract: An Anti-Terrorism water quality monitoring system for continuously monitoring a potable water treatment system and related potable water distribution network that provides potable water to a municipality, city, housing development or other potable water consumer. The system includes the collection of data from the water distribution system and from the water treatment facility and from advanced separation processes which are integrated into analytical instruments. The data collected are stored in a remote database on a remote server computer or bank of computers and accessible by Homeland Security or its designated agency. Preferred parameters of monitoring include the turbidity and disinfectant such as chlorine, hypochlorous acid, sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, ozone, chlorine dioxide, chloramines, hydrogen peroxide, peracetic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Hach Company
    Inventor: Thomas D. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 9013173
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to detecting energy theft within an energy distribution system and more particularly to systems and methods for detecting energy discrepancies in voltages and/or currents reported by electric meters present in a distribution circuit, without requiring installation of additional hardware at the transformer. Typically, the location of each of at least two meters is determined with respect to a transformer. The line resistances within the distribution circuit are determined starting with a line resistance farthest from the transformer. Estimated line voltages are determined for at least one electric meter using the estimated line resistances, and the estimated voltages are compared to actual voltage readings for the at least one electric meter. The existence of line loss is determined based on this comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Trilliant Networks, Inc.
    Inventor: Michel Veillette
  • Publication number: 20150106061
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to monitoring a legacy device using at least one smart device. A gateway of an automation system may monitor an operation status of a target legacy device located in a service area of an automation system using at least one of smart devices participating in the automation system. In order to monitor, a monitoring request may be received for monitoring the target legacy device from user equipment associated with a user. At least one of monitoring smart devices may be controlled for monitoring the target legacy device. Monitoring results may be received from the at least one of monitoring smart devices. The received monitoring results may be provided to the user through the user equipment using at least one of outputting monitoring smart devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jeong-Yeop YANG, Kyung-Eun KONG, Myung-Eun KWON
  • Publication number: 20150106060
    Abstract: A monitoring apparatus comprises: a processing unit that determines, if received type information of one or more other monitoring apparatuses does not match type information of the monitoring apparatus, one or more apparatuses that serve as monitoring targets of the monitoring apparatus from among a plurality of apparatuses that were being monitored by the one or more other monitoring apparatuses; a notification unit that notifies a management server of information on the one or more other monitoring apparatuses whose monitoring target was changed and of the type information of the monitoring apparatus; and a transmission unit that collects, after the notification unit made notification, operation information on the one or more apparatuses that were determined by the processing unit as monitoring targets of the monitoring apparatus, and transmits the collected operation information to the management server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Akiko Hirahara
  • Patent number: 9008804
    Abstract: A portable communicator for operating a field device. The portable communicator is configured to communicate with the field device to configure and/or analyze performance of a field device in an efficient manner. In some embodiments, the portable communicator includes an intuitive user interface that allows the user to perform a relatively limited set of preconfigured procedures on a field device. The portable communicator may communicate with the field device via a wire and/or wirelessly. In one embodiment, the portable communicator is a Bluetooth-enabled smartphone, a PDA, a pocket PC, or any Bluetooth-enabled generic mobile communication device. The portable communicator may communicate with the field device via a wireless communication unit (e.g., Bluetooth modem) coupled to the field device. In a process plant environment, in which the field device is coupled to a controller, the portable communicator may communicate with the field device without communicating with the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Junk, Bruce F. Grumstrup
  • Patent number: 9002680
    Abstract: Non-video game computer user interfaces utilize human foot action to generate input for controlling the interface (e.g., a graphical user interface). Computer systems that use such input may include: (a) at least one input system including one or more sensing devices for sensing action by one or more feet; (b) a data transmission system for transmitting the sensed foot action to (c) a processing system that utilizes the foot action input to provide control data input for a user interface; and (d) an output device for producing a non-video game computer output based, at least in part, on data provided by the processing system. The control data relating to the foot action is used, at least in part, for controlling a user interface associated with the computer output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Nurse, James C. Meschter, Jeffrey C. Pisciotta, Allan M. Schrock, William F. Rauchholz
  • Publication number: 20150094988
    Abstract: A non-intrusive sensor system includes an array of sensors disposed in a process to measure various input process phenomena and a logic unit that analyses the sensor measurements using an empirical model to produce an estimate of a further process phenomenon not measured directly by any of the array of sensors. The sensors within the array of sensors may be non-intrusive sensors that measure input process phenomena in an intrusive or non-intrusive manner but are non-intrusive with respect to the output process phenomenon as none of these sensors comes into direct contact with the process fluid or process element exhibiting the output process phenomenon. The sensors within the array of sensors can be any type of sensors that produce a measurement of a particular process phenomenon at the same or at different locations within a process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: ROSEMOUNT, INC.
    Inventor: Mark Stephen Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20150094989
    Abstract: A remote monitoring apparatus for geothermal heat transfer systems creates stores and transfers a structured time-stamped database of system parameters useful in determining efficiency, in diagnosing problems remotely and which is not only robust but which is reconfigurable from a remote location. The system of the present invention provides geothermal system installers with a significant tool for the purposes of client maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Lazare Collet, Andrew Smallridge
  • Patent number: 8996188
    Abstract: The invention generally concerns systems and methods for monitoring and controlling the power consumption of a power-consuming device. The system and method may connect to a power source and a power-consuming device, connecting the power-consuming device to the power source. The power usage of the power-consuming device may then be measured and monitored. This monitoring data may then be stored and optionally sent to a controlling device on a data network. The location of the power-consuming device may also be determined, recorded, and sent to a controlling device. The system may also control the power usage of the power-consuming device. In some cases, a remote server may connect multiple energy monitoring systems in order to gain additional efficiencies and foster a community-based social network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: EnergyHub
    Inventors: Seth Frader-Thompson, Stephan von Muehlen, Thomas Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8996320
    Abstract: Systems and methods for processing and analyzing samples are disclosed. The system may process samples, such as biological fluids, using assay cartridges which can be processed at different processing locations. In some cases, the system can be used for PCR processing. The different processing locations may include a preparation location where samples can be prepared and an analysis location where samples can be analyzed. To assist with the preparation of samples, the system may also include a number of processing stations which may include processing lanes. During the analysis of samples, in some cases, thermal cycler modules and an appropriate optical detection system can be used to detect the presence or absence of certain nucleic acid sequences in the samples. The system can be used to accurately and rapidly process samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Beckman Coulter, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert B. Gwynn, Reed B. Wagner
  • Patent number: 8994551
    Abstract: A remote water meter monitoring system is provided. A mesh network-type transceiver unit is coupled to a water meter housing having a water counting mechanism inside to transmit water consumption information as well as other sensor information, such as backflow detection, water pressure, and water metrics (e.g., residual chlorine and temperature) to a central server system via a bridge device and a corresponding mesh network. Mechanical energy from the water flowing through the water meter housing is converted to electrical energy via an energy conversion unit. An electrically powered shut off valve is remote addressable via the transceiver unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Barth Robins Pitchford, William Dudley Pitchford, Robert Paul Simon, C. David Binning, David Lewis Rasmussen
  • Patent number: 8988244
    Abstract: An article transfer system that allows the operator to easily notice that abnormality occurs in an abnormality detecting sensor for detecting abnormality and perform remedial work is provided. The article transfer system is adapted to display information indicating that the abnormality occurs on a display device as abnormality occurrence information, receive input of a result of determination by the operator on whether or not the abnormality indicated by the abnormality occurrence information occurs, and display information indicating that the detecting information received from the abnormality detecting sensor is incorrect on the display device when the operator inputs the result of determination that the abnormality indicated by the abnormality occurrence information does not occur with the abnormality detecting sensor detecting the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Daifuku Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Yagawa
  • Patent number: 8990048
    Abstract: System for adaptive control and release of ski bindings comprising a smart-phone based application performing calculation of forces applied to the ski-binding system by analyzing acceleration vectors received from accelerometers embedded in the bindings, then instantaneously releasing both bindings if one or more of the predefined safety thresholds was exceeded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: IPComm
    Inventors: Stanislaw Czaja, Andrzej Bachleda-Curus, Ilona Stawski, Muhammad Afsar
  • Patent number: 8983780
    Abstract: An unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy (10) is thrown into a water area where a drifting substance is present, thereby tracking and monitoring the drifting substance. The unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy (10) detects, by a detecting section, a relative location of the drifting substance on the water surface with respect to the unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy (10), and measures, by a measuring section, directions and strengths of a wind and a tidal current. Then, the unmanned drifting substance monitoring buoy (10) tracks the drifting substance by adjusting, based on the relative location of the drifting substance detected by the detecting section and on the directions and the strengths of the wind and the tidal current measured by the measuring section, a surface area and a direction of a sail (13) by an adjusting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Osaka University
    Inventors: Naomi Kato, Hidetaka Senga, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Muneo Yoshie, Isamu Fujita, Yoshitaka Matsuzaki, Toshinari Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8984641
    Abstract: A method of tamper attempt reporting includes receiving a write attempt to configuration data stored within a field device in an industrial plant configured to run a process involving a plurality of physical process parameters including a network server, a plurality of processing units, and a plurality of field devices. The plurality of field devices include (i) a sensor for measuring at least one of the plurality of physical process parameters or (ii) an instrument for performing control output actions for at least one of the plurality of processing units. The plurality of field devices are in communication with at least one remote host system or device. The write attempt is automatically detected. An alert of the write attempt is automatically sent to at least the remote host system or device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Vibhor Tandon, Joseph Pane
  • Patent number: 8983799
    Abstract: In a network of sensor nodes, operational efficiency may be increased by configuring the sensor nodes so that sensor agents may be transferred to alternative sensor nodes to process sensor node data, such as when the host sensor node is in a low-power mode. A processing node of the network may be configured to retrieve real-time data from a sensor node, but if real-time data is not available, the processing node may perform calculations on cached data retrieved from a processor node cache or data of a nearby sensor node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Osocad Remote Limited Liability Company
    Inventors: Thomas T. Wheeler, Qin Ye, Robert W. Peterson
  • Patent number: 8977503
    Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for collecting and analyzing seismic data (D) include a frequency dependent noise factor (?2) for stabilizing a transformation matrix (S). The noise factor (?2) is a function of a number of nonzero eigenvalues of the transformation matrix (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventor: Jonathan Lewis Sheiman
  • Patent number: 8972222
    Abstract: A system includes a measured value storing device in which a product measured value acquired periodically and a manufacturing condition measured value are stored, a product threshold value setting device that sets a product threshold value for determining whether a product is normal or not, an abnormality accumulating device that acquires a product abnormality cumulative frequency where the product abnormality measured value exceeds the product threshold value, a product threshold value changing device that changes the product threshold value, a condition threshold value setting device that sets a condition threshold value to be compared with a manufacturing condition measured value, a condition abnormality accumulating device that acquires a condition cumulative frequency, a condition threshold value changing device that changes a condition threshold value, and a cause identifying device that identifies a cause of abnormality based on the distribution of the product abnormality cumulative frequency and a man
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Prefeed Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshio Kumagae
  • Patent number: 8972220
    Abstract: Methods, devices and system are provided. One method includes capturing activity data associated with activity of a user via a device. The activity data is captured over time, and the activity data is quantifiable by a plurality of metrics. The method includes storing the activity data in storage of the device and, from time to time, connecting the device with a computing device over a wireless communication link. The method defines using a first transfer rate for transferring activity data captured and stored over a period of time. The first transfer rate is used following startup of an activity tracking application on the computing device The method also defines using a second transfer rate for transferring activity data from the device to the computing device for display of the activity data in substantial-real time on the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: James Park, Barry Burton, Heiko Panther, Eric Friedman
  • Patent number: 8966117
    Abstract: A supervisory control and data acquisition system for controlling data acquisition, wherein the system can include an enterprise server. The enterprise server can include an online configurable communication server software, a configurable server interface, a configurable protocol interface, and a configurable connection interface. The system can discover at least one router in a communication path between a communication server and at least one remote device being monitored and controlled with the supervisory control and data acquisition system and calculate latencies incurred by each hop of at least one tracer packet deployed by the communication server, to determine bandwidth restrictions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: DJ Inventions, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas C. Osburn, III
  • Patent number: 8965719
    Abstract: The invention broadly encompasses a system including a communications network, a plurality of remotely located data sources to provide power data, the power data including quantitative and qualitative data of one or more power generation units, and a performance monitor in communication with the plurality of remotely located data sources through the communications network, the performance monitor including a communications unit to extract the power data from the plurality of remotely located data sources, a data conversion unit to transform the power data into a common data format, a data store to store the transformed power data, and a user interface unit to display the transformed power data on one or more client devices through the communications network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Versify Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: David Ippolito, David Kucharczuk
  • Patent number: 8959036
    Abstract: Remote monitoring and control of the interior environment of a refrigerated shipping container is described. A communications and monitoring device is coupled to a data communications port of a controller of a shipping container. The device is able to receive an operational parameter directly from the controller, without having to install additional instrumentation within the interior of the refrigerated shipping container, and send the operational parameter to a remote station. The device is also able to receive data to control the operation of the refrigerated shipping container from a remote station and send this control data to the controller of the refrigerated shipping container through the data communications port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: APL Limited
    Inventor: Ah Huat
  • Patent number: 8955365
    Abstract: A method estimates the health state of an aircraft pneumatic control valve through indirect measurements of available sensors. Measurements from identical valves operating under the same condition are compared. Residues are translated into estimates of individual valve degradation state. Historical degradation states can be used to predict expected time to failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Embraer S.A.
    Inventors: Tiago Moraes do Amaral, Lucas Campos Puttini
  • Patent number: 8954197
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a computer server management system, a data management station of a building environmental control system and a data interface therebetween. The computer server management system is configured to coordinate the usage of a plurality of server computers, the computer server management system executing virtualization software configured to manage application processing on the plurality of server computers located in at least one data center. The data management station is operably coupled to controllers, sensors and actuators of the building environmental control system. The data management station is configured to provide at least some data via the data interface to the computer server management data system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: William Thomas Pienta, Pornsak Songkakul
  • Patent number: 8954289
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices are provided for displaying monitored activity data in substantial real-time on a screen of a computing device. One example method includes capturing motion data associated with activity of a user via an activity tracking device. The motion data is quantified into a plurality of metrics associated with the activity of the user. The method includes connecting the activity tracking device with a computing device over a wireless data connection, and sending motion data from the activity tracking device to the computing device for display of one or more of the plurality of metrics on a graphical user interface of the computing device. At least one of the plurality of metrics displayed on the graphical user interface is shown to change in substantial real-time based on the motion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Fitbit, Inc.
    Inventors: Barry Burton, Heiko Panther, James Park, Eric Friedman, Shelten Yuen, Christine Brumback, Timothy Roberts
  • Patent number: 8954340
    Abstract: A method for ascertaining the risk associated with the driver of a vehicle utilizes three-dimensional (3D) motion sensing data. A server gathers motion sensing data from one or more motion sensing modules and clusters the motion sensing data into movement categories. The server then assigns an indication of risk to at least some of the movement categories and combines the motion sensing data from a plurality of movement categories to generate a collective measure of risk associated with the driver of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
    Inventors: Kenneth J. Sanchez, Aaron S. Chan, Matthew R. Baker, Matthew Zettinger, John A. Nepomuceno, Brian Fields
  • Patent number: 8954294
    Abstract: The invention discloses a measuring device and a measuring method for a continuous physical quantity. The measuring device comprises a timing unit for outputting a time base and a time scale; a sampling unit for sampling the continuous physical quantity under control of the time base and at time intervals that meet the Nyquist sampling theorem, and outputting a sampling value; a decision unit for deciding whether the sampling value turns into a transient state from a steady state or turns into the steady state from the transient state; a calculating unit for calculating a steady state value for the sampling value of the sampling unit in the steady state; and an output unit for outputting the start time of the steady state and the steady state value X, and the start time and the sampling value of the transient state according to the result of decision and the time scale. The invention may not only avoid the aliasing and but also reduce the output data volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Baoding Sanchuan Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yushan Hao
  • Patent number: 8949076
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a communications network having a plurality of wired communication cables is characterized by a central computer and a plurality of remote sensors connected with the cables at spaced locations for sampling data at the locations and providing an indication when a fault occurs. The central computer transmits measurement request signals to each remote sensor. In response to a request, the remote sensor samples data on the network at the unit location and sends a measurement of the sample to the central computer where the measurement is compared with baseline measurements for the location. If the measured data from the unit deviates from the baseline measurement, a fault is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: United States Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel Warren
  • Patent number: 8949075
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus and method for remotely controlling the call interval of an environmental instrument for a water quality monitoring apparatus based on environmental data obtained by one or more environmental instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hach Company
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Higgins, Narasimhachar Sortur
  • Patent number: 8949439
    Abstract: A mobile communication device is provided that enables appropriate use of a network connection between the mobile communication device and a telecommunications network by a tethered computing device. The mobile communication device includes a first network interface configured for connection to a telecommunications network to establish a network connection and a second network interface configured for connection to a tethered computing device to establish a tethered connection and permit the tethered device to use the network connection. The device further includes a processor configured to obtain a first set of information regarding the network connection and either control use of the network connection by the tethered device responsive to the first set of information or provide, responsive to the first set of information, a second set of information directly to the tethered computing device prior to use of the network connection by the tethered computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Arnaud Sahuguet
  • Patent number: 8944615
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a projection objective (22) of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus (10). The projection objective (22) comprises at least one mirror (M1 to M6) that each have a mirror support (241 to 246) and a reflective coating (26) applied thereon. First imaging aberrations of a pre-assembled projection objective are measured. Before the coating (26) is applied, the mirror supports (241 to 246) are provided with a desired surface deformation (34). If the mirrors (M1 to M6) are not reflective for projection light without the coating (26), measuring light is used that has another wavelength. Alternatively, two identical mirror supports (246) may be provided. One support having a reflective coating is part of the pre-assembled projection objective whose imaging aberrations are measured. The other support is provided with surface deformations before coating and mounting the support into the objective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Juergen Mann, Stephan Muellender, Johann Trenkler, Harmut Enkisch
  • Patent number: 8942955
    Abstract: A monitoring system capable of being operationalized. Power consumption in electrical devices is monitored by the use of new and innovative consumption power monitoring device in accordance with the present invention. Power consumption information is collected by an intelligent power hub that is communicatively coupled to a remote server that presents overall power usage displays. A method of operationalizing a power usage monitoring system comprises powering up an energy pump device when the energy pump device is plugged into a first power socket, setting the energy pump device automatically to a SET mode to acquire new monitoring devices, and discovering the presence of a power consumption monitoring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: People Power Company
    Inventor: Eugene Wang
  • Patent number: 8942948
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring electrical variables includes an external measuring connection, and a converter that converts a plurality of measurement variables into respective electrical measurement variables of a single predefined type. A control device for controlling the converter is provided and at least one type of variable to be measured with the converter can be selected via the control device, and a converter for at least two types of variables to be measured respectively has at least one independent input stage that can be used to detect the measurement variable of the type to be measured and to convert it into a predefined or predefinable type of variable. An electrical signal provided at the measuring connection is analysed in a parallel manner with respect to at least two different criteria via at least two input stages for different types of variables to be measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: dSPACE digital signal processing and control engineering GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Hasse, Andreas Hostmann, Robert Polnau
  • Publication number: 20150025849
    Abstract: A network for electronic communications in which disparate anonymous devices may transmit and receive information, such as in a secure manner. A method for collecting health-related data may, for example, comprise detecting, at a first time, that a sensor has moved within a detection range of a link component, the sensor having not been identified to the link component prior to the first time; receiving data collected by the sensor relating to activity by and/or health of a human subject associated with the sensor; and processing the data to determine at least one indicator of the human subject's health.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Quinlan, Paul J. Gaudet, Thomas P. Blackadar, Norbert Ohlenbusch
  • Patent number: 8937555
    Abstract: An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Michael Karaffa, Johnny Stephen Downor, Steven William Smith
  • Patent number: 8935111
    Abstract: The disclosed system includes a metering device for monitoring electrical power grid conditions, a controller for determining if the metering device is detecting a condition on an electrical grid that is indicative of a delayed voltage recovery event, and a communication device for communicating with one or more remotely located bi-directional power source modules connected to the electrical power grid, wherein the controller is programmed to send a notification via the communication device to the one or more remotely located bi-directional power source modules if the controller detects a condition indicative of delayed voltage recovery event. In some embodiments, the metering device includes a grid metering device. In some embodiments, the metering device measures power factor, and a change in the voltage and ratio of VARs to Watts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Energy Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Vartanian, C. Michael Hoff, David Colucci, Peter Gottlieb
  • Patent number: 8935126
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring the status of a steam trap include a device for sensing a process condition of the steam trap and a device for processing the sensed condition. The apparatus can include a processor positioned on a steam trap. The connection of the monitoring device to the steam trap can be to the trap itself or to an adjacent pipe or other apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Armstrong International, Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Armstrong, Rex Cheskaty, William R. Horton, Michael H. Gaines, Michael P. Hellman, Lawrence J. Grubka
  • Patent number: 8930042
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for inspecting an object is provided. Movement of inspection vehicles relative to a surface of the object is controlled using a controller. Generation of data about the object by sensor systems configured to generate the data when the sensor systems are in a configuration with respect to a location on the object for inspection and receiving power from the inspection vehicles is controlled using the controller. The data generated by the sensor systems is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jung Soon Jang, Jeong-Beom Ihn