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  • IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AGRICULTURAL PESTS
    Publication number: 20190104715
    Abstract: A system for monitoring for presence of insects in non-hollow trees, the system including a structural element configured to be driven into the tree's interior and bearing a vibration sensor; and a processor configured to receive data recorded by the sensor, to detect presence of insects in the tree's interior by analyzing said data, and to generate alerts accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: AGRINT SENSING SOLUTIONS LTD
    Inventor: Yehonatan BEN HAMOZEG
  • MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140168423
    Abstract: A monitoring device monitors facility elements in a building. Self-localization of the monitoring device is estimated by collating measured three-dimensional shapes with a map for localization including the shapes and positions of structural objects inside a building excluding the shapes and positions of facility elements. The monitoring device extracts the shape and position of a facility element candidate from the measured three-dimensional shapes; and calculates a similarity between the shape and position of each of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map. The monitoring device identifies which of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map is the facility element candidate extracted from the measured three-dimensional shape on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Koga
  • Monitoring device, monitoring system and monitoring method
    Patent number: 9911041
    Abstract: A monitoring device monitors facility elements in a building. Self-localization of the monitoring device is estimated by collating measured three-dimensional shapes with a map for localization including the shapes and positions of structural objects inside a building excluding the shapes and positions of facility elements. The monitoring device extracts the shape and position of a facility element candidate from the measured three-dimensional shapes; and calculates a similarity between the shape and position of each of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map. The monitoring device identifies which of the facility elements in the periphery of the self-localization extracted from the facility element collation map is the facility element candidate extracted from the measured three-dimensional shape on the basis of the calculated similarity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Koga
  • System and method for detecting agricultural pests
    Patent number: 11324210
    Abstract: A system for monitoring for presence of insects in non-hollow trees, the system including a structural element configured to be driven into the tree's interior and bearing a vibration sensor; and a processor configured to receive data recorded by the sensor, to detect presence of insects in the tree's interior by analyzing said data, and to generate alerts accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: AGRINT SENSING SOLUTIONS LTD
    Inventor: Yehonatan Ben Hamozeg
  • Apparatus, system, and method for identifying structural stress conditions for computer hardware
    Patent number: 7197406
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for identifying structural stress conditions for computer hardware. The apparatus includes a plurality of modules configured to functionally execute the necessary steps of monitoring a physical condition affecting a computer hardware component, recognizing a potential damage condition based on a threshold, and responding to the potential damage condition. These modules in the described embodiments include a monitoring module, a recognition module, and a response module. Beneficially, such an apparatus, system, and method would identify potential damage conditions and alert a user to the potential damage condition before physical damage to the computer hardware component occurs. The user can then alleviate the physical condition affecting the computer component and avoid component damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Scott Edwards Kelso, John Carl Mese, Nathan J. Peterson, Rod David Waltermann, Arnold S. Weksler
  • Method and system for manufacturing an optical fiber preform
    Patent number: 8322163
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical fiber preform is described that includes detecting structural integrity of the tube during a collapsing phase utilizing a fluid flow that is fed to the tube. Also, a system for manufacturing optical fiber preforms is described that comprises a holder configured to hold a tube, a heater configured to heat at least part of the tube to a tube collapsing temperature, and a fluid supply system configured to supply a fluid to the tube held by the holder. The system comprises a tube integrity monitor configured to monitor structural integrity of the tube, during a collapsing phase, by monitoring the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Igor Milicevic, Mattheus Jacobus Nicolaas Van Stralen, Johannes Antoon Hartsuiker, Roland Heuvelmans
  • DE-ICING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150232186
    Abstract: A de-icing system for a hemispherical protective housing mounted on an aircraft structure is described. The system can include a series of piezo-electric devices mounted at the boundary of the housing. The piezo-electric devices generate ultrasonic frequencies and resonance of the protective housing is induced. One of the piezo-electric devices senses the frequency generated in the protective housing and acts as part of a feedback loop to maintain structural resonance of the protective housing. The structural resonance of the protective housing prevents the build-up of ice. Additionally, higher power resonances can be generated to remove ice already built up on the protective housing. The system also enables detection of ice build-up on the protective housing by monitoring any change in the frequency required to maintain structural resonance of the protective housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: SELEX ES LTD
    Inventors: John Ronald Maclean, Douglas Stuart Maguire, Jack Paterson, Steven Lawson
  • De-icing system and method
    Patent number: 9873517
    Abstract: A de-icing system for a hemispherical protective housing mounted on an aircraft structure is described. The system can include a series of piezo-electric devices mounted at the boundary of the housing. The piezo-electric devices generate ultrasonic frequencies and resonance of the protective housing is induced. One of the piezo-electric devices senses the frequency generated in the protective housing and acts as part of a feedback loop to maintain structural resonance of the protective housing. The structural resonance of the protective housing prevents the build-up of ice. Additionally, higher power resonances can be generated to remove ice already built up on the protective housing. The system also enables detection of ice build-up on the protective housing by monitoring any change in the frequency required to maintain structural resonance of the protective housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LEONARDO MW LTD
    Inventors: John Ronald MacLean, Douglas Stuart Maguire, Jack Paterson, Steven Lawson
  • System and method for fuel savings and safe operation of marine structure
    Patent number: 9580150
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a physical change of a marine structure includes a complex optical measuring instrument configured to detect a behavior and structural change of the marine structure by using at least one optical sensor by means of optical fiber Bragg grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: CYTRONIQ CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Michael MyungSub Lee
  • Method of measuring a corrosion potential, method of simulating potential characteristics of a reaction rate, and plant monitoring system adopting them
    Patent number: 5579354
    Abstract: A system for monitoring the operation of a plant, which includes the facility of simulating the corrosion potential of a material and which can assess the effect of a countermeasure for mitigating the corrosion environment of the material, with the corrosion potential obtained by the simulation. The corrosion potential of the structural material of the plant is computed through a numerical analysis by applying an electrochemical mixed-potential theorem on the basis of the analytical result of a charge transfer reaction. Programs for such potential computations are prestored in a computer system from which data are accepted into a host computer. The computed corrosion potential is related with water quality data (for example, the concentration of hydrogen injected into the plant), and the relationship is output to a display unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Sakai, Noriyuki Ohnaka, Takahashi Takuya, Yamauchi Hiroshi
  • Structural control and monitoring using adaptive spatio-temporal filtering
    Patent number: 6549858
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for decoupling complex multiple degree-of-freedom (MDOF) responses measured on linear dynamic systems into constituent single degree-of-freedom (SDOF) modal responses. A data acquisition and processing system periodically samples response signals generated by a plurality of sensors spaced at various locations on a linear dynamic system. The processing system calculates a plurality of sets of spatio-temporal filter coefficients based upon time-shifted digitized response signals. A synthesizer applies the spatio-temporal filter coefficients to the response signals, thereby generating synthesized signals representing decoupled SDOF responses of the linear dynamic system. Means are provided for receiving input signals representing a plurality of excitation inputs and for calculating input influence coefficients based upon the time-shifted digitized response signals and the excitation input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Sheet Dynamics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Stuart J. Shelley, Håvard I. Vold
  • Monitoring the structural health of columns
    Patent number: 10203349
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the structural health of a stock of columns such as lighting columns and/or columns within that stock each of which is connected to receive power from an external source or otherwise. The method comprises the steps of locating on an upper surface of each or a plurality of columns within the stock to be monitored a micro controller connected to receive power from the electrical source of the respective column. The micro controller includes an electronic chip or board which includes, in circuit, an accelerometer, a Wi-Fi/RF or 3G/4G component or the like and a global positioning system (GPS) component or the like. The micro controller is operable to detect and monitor the magnitude and direction of forces imposed on the respective column and the direction from which such forces are derived, and to transmit the received data to a remote server for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: THE ALUMINIUM LIGHTING COMPANY LTD
    Inventor: Craig Thomas Williams
  • Monitoring the structural health of columns
    Patent number: 9880190
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the structural health of a stock of columns such as lighting columns and/or columns within that stock each of which is connected to receive power from an external source or otherwise. The method comprises the steps of locating on an upper surface of each or a plurality of columns within the stock to be monitored a micro controller connected to receive power from the electrical source of the respective column. The micro controller includes an electronic chip or board which includes, in circuit, an accelerometer, a Wi-Fi/RF or 3G/4G component or the like and a global positioning system (GPS) component or the like. The micro controller is operable to detect and monitor the magnitude and direction of forces imposed on the respective column and the direction from which such forces are derived, and to transmit the received data to a remote server for analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: THE ALUMINIUM LIGHTING COMPANY LTD
    Inventor: Craig Thomas Williams
  • Indoor monitoring system and method for structure
    Patent number: 10359778
    Abstract: An indoor monitoring system for a structure comprises an unmanned floating machine provided with a propeller to float and move in the air inside a structure; a distance measuring unit on said machine to measures a distance between said machine and an inner wall surface of the structure; an inertial measurement unit on said machine to identify the attitude of the body of said machine; an image-capturing unit on said machine to capture an image of a structural body on the side of said machine; a control unit which controls said machine remotely; a flight position information acquiring unit which uses information from the distance measuring unit and the inertial measurement unit to acquire information relating to the current position of said machine; and a monitor unit which displays image information from the image-capturing unit and the position information from the flight position information acquiring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Kono, Yoichiro Tsumura
  • Acoustic illumination for flow-monitoring
    Patent number: 10927667
    Abstract: Externally generated noise can be coupled into a fluid carrying structure such as a pipe, well, or borehole so as to artificially acoustically “illuminate” the pipe, well, or borehole, and allow fluid flow in the structure or structural integrity to be determined. In the disclosed system, externally generated noise is coupled into the structure being monitored at the same time as data logging required to undertake the monitoring is performed. This has three effects. First, the externally generated sound is coupled into the structure so as to “illuminate” acoustically the structure to allow data to be collected from which fluid flow may be determined, and secondly the amount of data that need be collected is reduced, as there is no need to log data when the structure is not being illuminated. Thirdly, there are signal processing advantages in having the data logging being undertaken only when the acoustic illumination occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: SILIXA LTD., CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Farhadiroushan, Tom Parker, Daniel Finfer, Veronique Mahue
  • Acoustic illumination for flow-monitoring
    Patent number: 9896929
    Abstract: Externally generated noise can be coupled into a fluid carrying structure such as a pipe, well, or borehole so as to artificially acoustically “illuminate” the pipe, well, or borehole, and allow fluid flow in the structure or structural integrity to be determined. In the disclosed system, externally generated noise is coupled into the structure being monitored at the same time as data logging required to undertake the monitoring is performed. This has three effects. First, the externally generated sound is coupled into the structure so as to “illuminate” acoustically the structure to allow data to be collected from which fluid flow may be determined, and secondly the amount of data that need be collected is reduced, as there is no need to log data when the structure is not being illuminated. Thirdly, there are signal processing advantages in having the data logging being undertaken only when the acoustic illumination occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Silixa Ltd.
    Inventors: Mahmoud Farhadiroushan, Tom Parker, Daniel Finfer, Veronique Mahue
  • Smart bottle holder and daily water consumption monitoring method and system thereof
    Patent number: 11311129
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smart bottle holder and a daily water consumption monitoring method and system thereof. The smart bottle holder includes a bottle holder main body for accommodating a bottle, and a control unit provided in a bottom part of the bottle holder main body. The control unit includes a weighing module, for obtaining a total weight of the bottle and water therein; a controller; a communication module, for sending water consumption data to an external terminal; and a power module, for supplying power to the weighing module, controller, and communication module. Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has stronger structural mobility and wider range of applications. Also, the present disclosure is more power-saving and environmentally friendly and can provide more accurate water consumption statistics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN SIENLUO TRADING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Honghui Chen
  • Method and apparatus for protective encapsulation of structural members
    Patent number: 4993876
    Abstract: The method and apparatus for forming an encapsulation or encasement about a structural member that is particularly well suited for use in a marine environment is disclosed. A two component polymer system for protective and repair encapsulation is pumpable in two separate streams to the location of the structural member to be encapsulated. The two reactive components are combined in a static mixer immediately prior to being injected within the surrounding translucent jacket. By combining the reactive components immediately prior to use, premature set up is avoided and the resulting grout may be directed to flow upwardly in the jacket for enhancing final properties. By suitable coloring of the components, visual monitoring of the final mxing and distribution in the translucent form or jacket of the encapsulation material may be monitored. A field test for determining bond strength of the encapsulation polymer to the structural member is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Assignee: 501 Sandoz, Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard K. Snow, Milton W. Ellisor, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for protective encapsulation of structural members
    Patent number: 4892410
    Abstract: The method and apparatus for forming an encapsulation or encasement about a structural member that is particularly well suited for use in a marine environment is disclosed. A two component polymer system for protective and repair encapsulation is pumpable in two separate streams to the location of the structural member to be encapsulated. The two reactive components are combined in a static mixer immediately prior to being injected within the surrounding translucent jacket. By combining the reactive components immediately prior to use, premature set up is avoided and the resulting grout may be directed to flow upwardly in the jacket for enhancing final properties. By suitable coloring of the components, visual monitoring of the final mixing and distribution in the translucent form or jacket of the encapsulation material may be monitored. A field test for determining bond strength of the encapsulation polymer to the structural member is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard K. Snow, Milton W. Ellisor, Jr.
  • AN APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE INTEGRITY OF A SUBSEA WELL AND A METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20210071519
    Abstract: A passive detection system is used for monitoring the integrity of abandoned, suspended, and/or decommissioned subsea wells or carbon dioxide sequestration reservoirs, where the system utilises a passive detector that reacts to the presence of a predetermined chemical to release a buoyant beacon. The beacon travels under buoyancy to the sea surface, where it transmits signals to an operator to alert the operator to a potential loss of integrity at the site. The system can include a trigger that initially restrains the beacon, but degrades in response to contact with the predetermined chemical. The system can include gathering and concentrating devices that collect the leaking chemical and direct the collected chemical towards the trigger, facilitating contact between the chemical and trigger and resulting degradation. Once the trigger has degraded sufficiently, it loses structural integrity and fails, releasing the beacon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: SENTINEL SUBSEA LTD
    Inventors: Neil Ralph GORDON, Andrew JAFFREY
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