Class 340/870.06 - Plural transmitters (e.g., ratio)

Subclass of Class 340 - Communications: electrical
Definition: Subject matter having plural sensing points or inputs to
No. of patents: 36
Last issue date: 10/04/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
8031083	Communication nodes for use with an ad-hoc network Communication nodes for use with a wireless ad-hoc communication network are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication node comprises a transducer, which generates a signal in response to an external signal. The ad-hoc network communica...	10/04/2011
7328088	Method and apparatus for detecting position of mobile robot A method and apparatus for detecting a position of a mobile robot are disclosed to accurately and precisely detect a position of a mobile robot on the basis of a time difference between an infrared signal and a ultrasonic signal. The infrared signal and the ultrason...	02/05/2008
7309075	Trailer alignment device A trailer hitch alignment device which allows a user to easily align a hitch of a vehicle with a trailer hitch of a trailer. The trailer hitch alignment device includes a control unit with a display that is viewable by the driver of a vehicle, a sensor releasably po...	12/18/2007
7301477	Power saving wireless telemetering system Disclosed is a telemetering system that comprises a wireless base station and a number of wireless sensor nodes. Each wireless sensor node includes a solar cell, a sensor for producing observation data indicating a quantity being measured, a wireless interface for r...	11/27/2007
7250862	Dynamic display of RFID and sensor data Systems, methods and computer program products, implementing techniques for automatic data acquisition and the real-time display of automatically acquired data. A system implementing the techniques includes one or more automatic data acquisition devices that emit da...	07/31/2007
7250874	System and methods for wirelessly transmitting data from a utility meter A system and method for transmitting data from a utility meter, such as a power meter, is disclosed. A microprocessor housed inside the power meter obtains readings of various power indicia, stores the readings in memory, and determines an efficient means of formatt...	07/31/2007
7237790	System for hitching a trailer to a motor vehicle A system for coupling a trailer (2) to a motor vehicle (1), in particular a trailer (2) to a motor tractor (1), is provided with an image sensor (5), which is located in the coupling area. The coupling process involves connecting a...	07/03/2007
7230544	Intelligent two-way telemetry Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for intelligent two-way telemetry. A telemetry system in accordance with the invention includes one or more telemetry units that can receive and send data. The system furth...	06/12/2007
7187299	Systems and methods for measuring a parameter of a landfill including a barrier cap and wireless sensor systems and methods A method of measuring a parameter of a landfill including a cap, without passing wires through the cap, includes burying a sensor apparatus in the landfill prior to closing the landfill with the cap; providing a reader capable of communicating with the sensor appara...	03/06/2007
7176809	Environmental data recorder for micro-well plate An environmental data recorder for recording environmental factors acting on micro-well plates. The environmental data recorder has sensors for sensing environmental factors and it has a microcontroller programmed to receive and process inputs from the sensors. The ...	02/13/2007
7171769	Hitch system using a video camera to facilitate hitch alignment A video monitoring system is disclosed which may be used by the operator of a vehicle to guide the approach of the vehicle to an implement or a trailer or the like to bring connecting members of a hitch mechanism respectively located on the vehicle and on the implem...	02/06/2007
7119713	Dynamic self-configuring metering network A dynamic self-configuring system for collecting metering data comprises a collector meter. The collector meter scans for meters that are operable to directly communicate with the collector and registers such meters as level one meters. The collector transmits instr...	10/10/2006
7103511	Wireless communication networks for providing remote monitoring of devices Wireless communication networks for monitoring and controlling a plurality of remote devices are provided. Briefly, one embodiment of a wireless communication network may comprise a plurality of wireless transceivers having unique identifiers. Each of the plurality ...	09/05/2006
7091878	Electrical service disconnect having tamper detection A tamper detection arrangement in a meter having a service disconnect switch employs a voltage sense circuit that requires only a single connection to digital processing circuitry for the feeder lines of typical residential service. In one embodiment, the voltage se...	08/15/2006
7079962	Automated utility meter reading system with variable bandwidth receiver Methods and apparatus are disclosed for Automated Meter Reading (AMR) systems for determining quantities of a consumed utility product including electric, gas, and water service, using wireless data transfer. To compensate for the frequency drifts of the transmitter...	07/18/2006
7061399	Monitor system An apparatus for remotely monitoring variables comprising: one or more independently powered remote monitoring devices having means for sensing variables coupled to a microprocessor for receiving and processing variable data and means for transmitting the variable d...	06/13/2006
6965542	MILES hand grenade A simulated grenade for MILES-type simulations generates a unique RF signal and a unique audio signal. A detector utilizes the time between receipt of the RF signal and the slower-traveling audio signal to determine the distance between the detector and the simulate...	11/15/2005
6924746	Device and method to establish temporal correspondence in multiple sensor configurations A sensor concentrating system centralizes communication between multiple parameter sensing devices and an application host. As a peripheral device, the sensor concentrating unit establishes a temporal correspondence between range data acquired from multiple optical ...	08/02/2005
6825777	Sensor and event system, and associated methods The system of the invention is used in measuring sports metrics at an event or venue. The system includes “n” sensors, “m” repeaters, a base station and an operations terminal. One or more sensors attach to each athlete (and/or the athletes vehicle) at the e...	11/30/2004
6792396	Interface device and method for a monitoring network An interface device receives data from a plurality of sensors and transmits the data over a communication network to one or more of a plurality of monitors. The interface device is capable of operating in both a peripheral mode of operation and a stand-alone mode of...	09/14/2004
6788194	Antenna device and tire pressure monitoring system including same An antenna device is composed of a plurality of units of a same structure connected in series. Each of these units includes a single antenna, a level signal generating part for generating a level signal indicative of the intensity of a received signal, or that of it...	09/07/2004
6292108	Modular, wireless damage monitoring system for structures A structural monitoring system comprises a plurality of modular, battery powered data acquisition devices which transmit structural information to a central data collection and analysis device over a wireless data link. The data acquisition devices each c...	09/18/2001
6239722	System and method for communication between remote locations A communication system transmits data between a plurality of locations. The communication system is suitable for use by a utility provider to monitor a plurality of metering devices from a remote location. The communication system in accordance with use b...	05/29/2001
5986574	System and method for communication between remote locations A communication system transmits data between a plurality of locations. The communication system is suitable for use by a utility provider to monitor a plurality of metering devices from a remote location. The communication system in accordance with use b...	11/16/1999
5583493	Process and apparatus for the remote polling of measuring points A process and a device for the remote interrogation of measuring points is offered that form at least one group belonging together spatially and that supply electric measuring signals that are supplied separately to a central evaluation station. The disti...	12/10/1996
5553094	Radio communication network for remote data generating stations A wide area communications network communicating data from a plurality of network service modules through a plurality of remote cell nodes and intermediate data terminals to a central data terminal. The wide area communications network collects network da...	09/03/1996
5541589	Power meter data acquisition and control system Each of a plurality of utility clients has a meter at the client location. A reader, such as an infrared emitter and optical photosensor arrangement, obtains consumption information from the meter and provides the information to a microprocessor. The micr...	07/30/1996
5404136	Method and apparatus for monitoring the consumption of utilities in business premises The invention is an apparatus and method for monitoring the consumption of utilities in business premises. The premises are divided into notional zones, each including a utility load and a meter to record consumption within the zone. The zones are combine...	04/04/1995
5383134	Data transmission device, system and method A data transmission device (11; 111,) for use in a system (10) comprising a plurality of such devices is described along with a corresponding method of data transmission. A data signal (at 23) is provided for transmission and a timer apparatus (16, 18; 16...	01/17/1995
5191328	Trailer hitching aid and method using reception delay of different velocity signals A trailer hitching aid includes a dual transmitter mounted on the forward end of a trailer or other vehicle to be towed and arranged to transmit pulses of infrared light and pulses of ultrasonic sound. A towing vehicle mounts on its rear end an infrared l...	03/02/1993
5056107	Radio communication network for remote data generating stations A radio communications network for transmitting data from a plurality of remote stations to a central station is provided. This system is particularly proposed for automatic meter reading systems in which the remote stations are located at utility meters....	10/08/1991
4967384	Highly accurate weighing system A microprocessor-based system (18) for weighing large objects, such as aircraft, at a number of points is disclosed. A plurality of load sensing units (10) each contain a strain gauges (50), analog amplification and calibration circuits (54), filtering ci...	10/30/1990
4439764	Dual mode meter reading apparatus A remote meter reading system includes a dial register encoder and a pulse encoder both coupled to the same rotary disc of our induction watthour meter. A first electronic data register stores the non-volatile dial register encoder output, and a second el...	03/27/1984
4320381	Gear ratio indicator For use in combination with "crash type" non-synchronous gear boxes, a gear ratio indicator which not only calculates actual ratio of transmission input shaft speed to output shaft speed, but also compares this determined ratio to the various available ge...	03/16/1982
4012713	System for providing an indication of wind shear The output of a transducer providing a signal in accordance with the instantaneous air speed of an aircraft is differentiated and fed to a summing device which subtracts therefrom a signal in accordance with the horizontal acceleration of the aircraft, th...	03/15/1977
3945646	Athletic swing measurement system and method An athletic implement, such as a golf club, has a shaft and a club having a ball-striking face. Multiple accelerometers are positioned in the club so as to measure acceleration in directions normal and parallel to the face and parallel to the shaft, when ...	03/23/1976

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Class 340/870.06 - Plural transmitters (e.g., ratio)