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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120036461 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR EMERGENCY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME A communications system for emergency services personnel can include portable devices to be carried by emergency services personnel while at an emergency site. The portable devices each may have at least a first transceiver configured to communicate over a first network... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120013472 | Systems and Methods of Monitoring Combustible Gases in a Coal Supply A method of monitoring a coal supply includes receiving a sampled level of at least one combustible gas in the coal supply from a combustible gas sensor device embedded in the coal supply, analyzing the sampled level to identify an accumulated combustible gas condition,... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007736 | System and Method of Determining Gas Detector Information and Status via RFID Tags In large systems of ambient condition detectors the respective detectors can each include an RFID-type tag or integrated circuit. The tag can transmit detector identification information and status information wirelessly to a displaced receiver. Receivers can be install... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110316707 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE STEAM TRAPS A system for remotely monitoring multiple steam traps includes a plurality of steam traps, each including a monitor comprising one or more sensors for sensing selected operating conditions of the steam trap, and a programmable controller operatively connected to receive... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317007 | SMOKE AND CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM DEVICE HAVING A VIDEO CAMERA The present invention relates to a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm system including a smoke and carbon monoxide alarm device and a base unit connected to the smoke and carbon monoxide alarm device through at least one of wire connection or wireless connection. The smoke... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110304470 | GAS CONCENTRATION MONITOR Techniques are generally described related to a method and system for monitoring gas concentrations. One example gas monitoring apparatus includes a light source, a MEMS micro-mirror arranged to be in an optical path of a light from the light source that has passed thro... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110248857 | SMART METHANE MONITOR A method and apparatus for the detection of methane gas including a low-cost low-power infrared methane sensor integrated with a smart energy network endpoint node, a volume corrector, or an electronic data recorder for transmission of alarm conditions and detector data... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110241889 | BULK GRAIN STORAGE SPOILAGE DETECTION APPARATUS An apparatus is disclosed for facilitating spoilage detection in bulk grain storage bins via dust-free or substantially dust-free air sampling. Dust particles are passively removed from sampled air without the use of barrier filters or electrostatic screens, but instead... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110221599 | IMAGER WITH MULTIPLE SENSOR ARRAYS An imager array may be provided as part of an imaging system. The imager array may include a plurality of sensor arrays (e.g., also referred to as lenslets or optical elements). Each sensor array may include a plurality of sensors (e.g., pixels) associated with a lens. ... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210843 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION OF MOBILE DEVICES IN CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS The sensor network may include a location capture processing unit; and a plurality of sensors in communication with the location capture processing unit. Each sensor of the plurality of sensors includes a controller and a RF receiver configured to receive RF signals. Th... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110210854 | Building safety detector assembly A building alarm system detector arrangement, comprising a system detector base, at least one detector, and at least one interface, wherein the interface is adapted to provide a mechanical and electrical connection between the system detector base and the at least one d... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110199222 | Gas Activated Changes to Light Absorption and Emission Characteristics for Security Articles Disclosed are security articles and methods and systems for authenticating security articles using a plurality of stimuli. According to one embodiment, an illustrative security feature includes activation of phosphorescent or fluorescent materials by the simultaneous pr... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110187542 | RADIO FREQUENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A notification system including an electrical switch wherein the switch includes a radio frequency receiver circuit coupled to a power supply and the RF receiver circuit, in response to an alarm signal, engages an output relay to close at least one electrical contact in... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110181427 | GAS ANALYZER A gas analyzer includes: a gas measuring portion which performs a measurement on a gas; a case which houses the gas measuring portion; a liquid separator which includes a reservoir for storing a liquid component separated from the gas; a holder portion which holds the l... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110169649 | GAS SENSING METHOD AND INSTRUMENT THEREFOR A method and instrument capable of producing an audible tick that increases with detected gas concentrations, is suitable for indicating relatively low levels of gas concentrations, and enables the adjustment of the tick rate to provide an accurate audible indication of... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110156888 | VAPOR ALARM IN FLOTATION FOB A system includes a vapor sensor mounted in an engine compartment of a powered vehicle and an alarm device adapted to couple with a key ring, the alarm comprising hardware logic and-or logic embodied in machine readable memory devices to communicate with the vapor senso... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110132371 | Alarm Indication System This disclosure describes embodiments of alarm systems and methods for use in devices such as medical ventilators. Embodiments described provide for an apparatus of an interactive multilevel alarm system. Embodiments of the alarms also provide, at a glance, current alar... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110095896 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY GENERATING AUDIBLE ALARMS Various inventive features are disclosed for efficiently generating regulation-compliant audible alerts, including but not limited to 520 Hz square wave alert/alarm signals, using an audio speaker. One such feature involves the use of a non-linear amplifier in combinati... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110090503 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ARCS An apparatus for detecting arc that can monitor inside of process chamber sensitively and promptly can be provided, and abnormal condition of plasma in process chamber can be detected. And, by installing RGB sensor portion independently or installing the RGB sensor port... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110068940 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION IN UNSATURATED ZONE, CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION MONITORING SYSTEM, AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION MONITORING METHOD A system for monitoring a concentration of carbon dioxide in an unsaturated zone of a site in which carbon dioxide should be stored underground is provided which includes: a plurality of apparatuses for detecting the concentration of carbon dioxide in the unsaturated zo... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110063101 | Carbon Monoxide Safety System And Method A safety alarm system and method are provided. The alarm system includes a gas detector and a possible fire detector. A controller is provided to process signals from the detectors and provide signals to a vent controller so that if a detected gas level is too high, the... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110062725 | Generator And Carbon Monoxide Detector A generator system and method are provided. The generator system including an internal combustion engine coupled to a generator. The internal combustion engine produces exhaust gases when operating. The system further includes a gas detector positioned in an enclosure i... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050434 | SECURITY SYSTEM FOR THE VENT STACK OF A STRUCTURE Building vents and the associated vent stacks are an emerging security challenge. The vents may run the entire length of a building, providing a direct and substantially unobstructed path for gases and devices to be introduced into a building's interior. A security appa... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110037599 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REAL TIME LOCATING AND GAS EXPOSURE MONITORING A system is described for providing real time locating and gas exposure monitoring. The system may include a memory, interface, and processor. The memory may store an alarm data item including an amount of gas exposure and a location identifier. The processor may receiv... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110012738 | APPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM It is an object to acquire in real time information about the type of an appliance used at home, a cumulative time elapsed from installation of the appliance, and the like; preliminarily acquire inspection timing; and prevent occurrence of a problem in the appliance. Th... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010035 | SMART VEHICLE SENSOR Various systems and methods are described for controlling operation of a motor vehicle based on a sensor. One example method comprises receiving sensed parameter data from the sensor, receiving calibration data from the sensor, and adjusting a vehicle operating paramete... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110001625 | GAS ANALYZER The subject invention is directed to a breath analyzer which is capable of detecting toxic gas levels from breath analysis. The subject invention includes a mouthpiece which is in communication with a plurality of discrete chambers, such as first and second discrete cha... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100330515 | GAS SHUTOFF DEVICE AND ALARM-COMPATIBLE SYSTEM METER An object of the invention is to appropriately control the use limit function of an appliance according to the concentration level of CO gas. A gas shutoff device is made up of a flow rate registration unit 28 for registering as an appliance flow rate, an average... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100314975 | GLOVEBOX FOR A DOUBLE WALL CONTAINMENT MODULE A double-glove system for use in a double-walled containment module is provided herein. More specifically, a double-glove system that includes an inner glove and an outer glove that are interconnected to respective glove rings for interconnection to an inner containment... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100309006 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR UNDERWATER DIVING A safety device for underwater diving has a sensor for measuring a flow of gas bubbles comprising a belt for fixing and functional coupling to the body of a diver. The flow sensor is linked to a portable computer for utilizing signals from the flow sensor so as to provi... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100302048 | INTELLIGENT EXIT SIGN An emergency display panel includes a housing having a first surface mountable to a building structure. The housing includes a cavity defined therein and the housing includes circuitry adapted to connect to a remote networking source. A display surface extends from the ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100289655 | Detecting descented material Systems and methods for detecting efforts to thwart discovery of a thing, the methods including: using a detector system in an area to detect a reaction product of a thing with descenter; producing with the detector system a detected reaction product level; comparing th... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100271221 | DETECTION OF CO2 LEAKAGE IN A CONTAINER A refrigerated container having a refrigeration system using CO2 as the refrigerant, includes a sensing and warning system for sensing the CO2 concentration in the container and responsively displaying the sensed condition in a display module so th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100253529 | GAS LEVEL DISPLAY CONTROLLER, GAS LEVEL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND GAS LEVEL DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD A gas level display controller includes a mass computation module, a reference value setting module, and a display control module. The mass computation module obtains a pressure and a temperature of compressed hydrogen stored in a hydrogen tank and calculates a mass of ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245098 | GAS LEVEL DISPLAY CONTROLLER, GAS LEVEL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND GAS LEVEL DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD A gas level display controller sequentially calculates a mass of a compressed gas stored in a tank and makes a comparison between a first calculated value obtained at a first timing and a second calculated value obtained at a second timing later than the first timing. W... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238018 | Mesh network enabled building safety system and method A building safety alarm system comprising: a central controller having a dynamically addressable wireless data communication router, a plurality of remote devices each having a dynamically addressable wireless communication router and a wireless mesh communications netw... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100231394 | CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION AND DISSIPATION APPARATUS A carbon monoxide detection and dissipation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a carbon monoxide detector adapted to detect air-entrained carbon monoxide above a predetermined threshold within an enclosure in detection communication with the carbon monoxide d... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225494 | Fluid Flow Outage Safety and Warning Device An intravenous fluid outage warning device comprising: A hollow body having a fluid chamber provided thereof, a fluid inlet and fluid outlet in communication with said fluid chamber, said fluid inlet being made such that it is capable of al... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100219960 | Detector System and Method to Detect or Determine a Specific Gas Within a Gas Mixture To achieve gas detection in a precise and reliable way, but at the same time without consuming too much energy, a gas detection system is provided which generally comprises a pair of two different gas detectors. The first detector (DLP) is active continuously... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100218683 | GAS DETECTING APPARATUS AND AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM Provided are an indoor gas detecting apparatus and an indoor air purification system. The indoor gas detecting apparatus includes: a gas sensor unit composed of a plurality of gas sensors and a fine dust sensor; a controller controlling overall operations; a display uni... | 09/02/2010 |
