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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164437 | Detection apparatus Embodiments of the present invention relate to a range reduction detection apparatus that is able to detect blocking of its field of view. Detection of an event, due to movement or intrusion within the field of view, is arranged to start a timer, which will time-out... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7911333 | Motion monitoring There is described a method for motion monitoring of a machine, comprising a sensor, wherein a sensor signal is transmitted from the sensor to a controller and/or to a drive device, a failsafe controller or drive device being employed as controller or drive device. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907049 | Method for passing a failsafe alarm signal through a life safety system that experiences a catastrophic failure An improved life safety system provides ability to detect a catastrophic failure within a network node of the life safety system, and to subsequently pass a failsafe alarm signal through a network node, and through the life safety system, despite the catastrophic fa... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7696866 | Learning and reasoning about the context-sensitive reliability of sensors A sensor monitoring system is described that identifies inaccurate or degraded sensor data and corresponding sensors. The system analyzes a plurality of sensors to determine reliable sensors and isolate or reinterpret unreliable sensor data. An analysis component an... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7616109 | System and method for detecting detector masking A system and method is provided for indicating a masking event using transmission wiring delegated for indicating intrusion and tampering events. The method of indicating a masking event utilizes measurable changes in resistance to indicate the current masking state... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7583188 | Software controlled access control door controller The present invention is an access control door controller which utilizes three relays, 16 alarm inputs, tamper switch, a Weigand reader, a RS 232 reader and a IP core module to enable access control alarm monitoring, inter locking of doors and/or energy management ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7501942 | Device for triggering restraint means A device, for controlling a vehicle-occupant restraining device in a vehicle having a trailer, includes an arrangement for controlling the vehicle-occupant restraining device as a function of at least one signal of the trailer. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7436291 | Protection of devices in a redundant configuration A network communication device is provided, comprising a control processor for controlling operation of the device, a reset module which is controllable independently of the control processor for performing a reset operation of the device, and a reset control interf... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7408458 | Method and apparatus for suppressing duplicate alarms A method and apparatus for suppressing a duplicated alarm in a communications network are described. In one embodiment, at least one alarm message associated with at least one event is received. A determination of whether the at least one event exists in a database ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403109 | Method of reducing false alarms during auto-arm A method for reducing false alarms for a security system when the security system is programmed to automatically arm the security system. The method reduces false alarms by preventing the security system to auto-arm the system in away mode based upon certain detecte... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7351948 | Safety system and method utilizing multiple laser beams for an industrial machine A method of operating a safety system for an industrial press having a moveable section and a stationary section, the safety system providing a plurality of continuous planar laser beams having a generally constant lateral width, each laser beam being spaced at vary... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342505 | Gas detection apparatus and method for controlling gas sensor A first gas sensing element is provided in a first position to measure a concentration of a gas continuously, and a second sensing element is provided in a second position to measure the concentration of the gas intermittently. The second position is in close proxim... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342581 | Method and apparatus for displaying 3-D state indicators A method for presenting a user selected status of an object in a three dimensional graphic display is disclosed. The method includes the step of receiving a request to select a property of an object for display. The method further includes the step of displaying at ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7337222 | System and method for suppressing out-of-order side-effect alarms in heterogenoeus integrated wide area data and telecommunication networks A method of suppressing a side-effect alarm in a network management system that includes a plurality of managed network elements, wherein the side-effect alarm arrives at the network management system before a triggering alarm, the method comprising the steps of cre... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333010 | Method and apparatus for verifying operation of notification appliances during low input voltage condition A method for verifying operation of notification appliances on a notification appliance network during low input voltage conditions is provided. An output voltage is supplied to a network and is measured at a control panel. An input parameter is measured at a notifi... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325448 | Pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system, and electronic-device housing apparatus A pneumatic-tire-use electronic-device fixing system according to the present invention includes: an electronic-device housing apparatus 30, which houses the electronic device, and which includes an engaging convex portion 32 that is convex; and an ele... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327219 | Enhanced alarm system for monitoring of patients A monitoring system for use in a building, such as a hospital provides an audible and/or visual alarm. The monitoring system includes a control unit, with a plurality of medical condition monitoring units, such as ventilators, connected thereto. A plurality of speak... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327246 | Safety shut-off system A safety shut-off system controls power supply to an appliance to prevent accidental fires and the like. The shut-off system includes a shut-off switch for connection in series with the power supply of the appliance. A controller opens the switch in response to dete... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323978 | False alarm reduction method and system A digital verification control, which is incorporated with an alarm system, includes a first timer device for presetting a single zone verification time in the control panel and second timer device for presetting a multiple zone verification time in the control pane... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319403 | Combination carbon monoxide and wireless E-911 location alarm The present invention provides a device and method for automatically reporting and determining the geographic location of potential carbon monoxide emergencies utilizing wireless E-911 location systems. The combination carbon monoxide and wireless E-911 location ala... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7315893 | Method and apparatus for filtering messages based on context A method for reporting alert conditions is disclosed which includes defining alert filter criteria, identifying an alert condition, analyzing one or more properties of the alert condition based on the alert filter criteria, and determining whether to report the aler... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312694 | Capacitive couplers and methods for communicating data over an electrical power delivery system Capacitive couplers and methods for communicating data over an electrical power delivery system are disclosed. A device for coupling a signal onto a conductor of an electrical power delivery system includes a conductive member having a length of at least six inches ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301448 | Method and system for deduplicating status indications in a communications network A system, method, and medium for deduplicating multiple status indications within a telecommunications network is provided. A first and second instance of a status indication is received, and a determination is made as to whether the second instance is a duplicate o... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295864 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289764 | Cardholder interface for an access control system In a wireless access control system, a method and system for providing indications of the state of a Wireless Access Point Module (WAPM) to an observer using at least one indicator mounted on the WAPM. The WAPM preferably provides indications of the version number o... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286049 | Method and system of re-directing and backing up security system data at a receiver A monitoring system having a plurality of receivers connected to at least one other receiver such that data can be transmitted from a primary receiver to a backup receiver if a data path to an automation computer or to its printer is down. The system programs a prim... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274830 | System for multi-sensor image fusion A method and system for fusing image data includes an electronic circuit (L) for synchronizing image frames. An adaptive lookup table unit (302a, 302b) receives the image frame data sets and applies correction factors to individual pixels... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269962 | Cooling medium compressor arrangement A cooling medium compressor arrangement is comprised of a compressor, a control mechanism electrically connected with the compressor, and a gas sensor, and the safety of the arrangement is improved by arranging the control mechanism and the gas sensor in a common ho... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263476 | High speed information processing and mass storage system and method, particularly for information and application servers A high speed, microcomputer based, Fibre Channel compatible and fault tolerant information processing and mass storage system especially suited for information servers and application servers. A unique and extremely versatile system architecture, including a dual lo... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257395 | Methods and apparatuses for programming user-defined information into electronic devices A device for programming user-defined information into an electronic device is provided. The programmer allows a user to program customized information, such as user-selected audio, video, or Internet access information into his or her programmable device. Such elec... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253728 | Telemetry system In a remote monitoring system, a supervision terminal, 37, monitors the status of the communication link, 32, 34, 36, between the supervision terminal and each of a plurality of remote terminals, 33, connected to the supervision terminal via a d... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248155 | Security device with built-in intercommunicated false alarm reduction control A security device includes a plurality of security detectors intercommunicating with each other. Each of the security detectors includes a first device for verifying a single zone verification time of the respective security detector and a second device for verifyin... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248157 | Wireless phone-interface device In one aspect, a phone-interface device determines whether a problem has occurred at a control panel by determining whether a signal from the control panel has been received, and when a signal has not been received within a period of time, the phone-interface device... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239235 | Non-contact sensor idle validation switch A switch is disclosed having first and second switch elements each configured to provide power to a sensor when in one state and configured to switch to a second state and provide positional information, for example. The sensor configured to effect the first and sec... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7204567 | Method and device for detecting residual pressure in a braking system in particular in a braking cylinder According to the invention, the existence of residual pressure in the braking system is determined by means of continuous rough monitoring of the pressure in said system. If the existence of said residual pressure is established, then a fine monitoring process is ca... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206201 | Memory storage device docking adapter having a laterally mounted fan A docking adapter capable of cooling a memory storage device such as a hard disk drive includes a carrier and a rack. The carrier has a face with a vent, a backplane, a first lateral side and second lateral side extending perpendicularly from the face to the backpla... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200418 | Detection of lightning The invention relates to a mobile radio-frequency enabled device. In order to enable a lightning detection by means of such a device, it comprises an electromagnetic interferences detection component detecting electromagnetic interferences in at least one radio-freq... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193522 | Apparatus and circuit for use with capacitive presence detection systems A capacitance presence sensing apparatus (10) having a fail-safe circuit (13) and modular units (100). The fail-safe circuit (13) includes delivering a low voltage (FIG. 5) to a sensor and connecting voltage through a resistor to a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181369 | Method and system for administering automatic door apparatus, and automatic door apparatus Disclosed is a system for monitoring automatic door apparatuses installed at different sites by centrally administering maintenance service contents and contents regarding actual repair to compile a database and by rendering personnel in sales agents or maintenance ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169352 | Extracorporeal blood processing methods and apparatus This invention provides a method for controlling a fluid separation system, preferably a blood apheresis system having a leukocyte reduction chamber. The method utilizes a three-level alarm system. A first-level alarm condition is triggered in response to a pressure... | 01/30/2007 |
