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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040251 | Detection of fast poll responses in a TWACS inbound receiver A method for use in a power line communication systems for an electrical distribution system (1) to quickly and accurately poll electrical meters (6) installed at user facilities to determine if an outage has occurred at a facility. An outbound communi... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7605718 | Monitoring device for transport pods A device that fits inside a transport pod communicating with the slots of the transport pod so that the device can be inserted and removed from the transport pod. The transport pods are for silicon wafers. The device has sensors that monitor the environment within t... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7405675 | System and method for reducing search time and increasing search accuracy during interrogation of resonant devices Methods for determining the resonant frequency for interrogation of a resonant device include steps for generating and transmitting RF interrogation pulses of various bandwidths to energize one or more SAW resonator elements. Initial RF interrogation pulses have a r... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7375640 | System, method and implementation for increasing a likelihood of improved hand hygiene in a desirably sanitary environment A desirably sanitary environment such as a hospital will have hand hygiene stations dispersed in some of the patient rooms, hallways, common areas, staff bathrooms and the like. Workers entering and exiting these rooms and areas should comply with proper hand hygien... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368827 | Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366584 | Power tool system including a multi-core cable with an electronic memory module A power tool system includes a portable power tool (10), a stationary control unit (11), and a cable assembly (12), which includes a multi-core cable 15 and connection pieces (13, 14), for communicating power and/or signals between... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362226 | Control system, surface, and control device The present invention provides a control system including: plural wireless measuring units, each of which, when receiving a radio signal, uses the signal as an energy source to measure a physical quantity, and generates and sends a radio signal having an attribute r... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359831 | Diagnostic context A diagnostic context can be associated with a request and the diagnostic context can be used for determining whether to do diagnosis functions at predetermined points. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353711 | Capacitive sensor A capacitive sensor including a housing having a hermetically sealed cavity, a plate in the cavity, a diaphragm forming a part of the cavity and spaced from the plate, a conductive layer on the first diaphragm, and a second conductive layer on the plate, the first a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353095 | Diagnostic system for watercraft A diagnostic system is provided for a watercraft that is propelled by an outboard drive. Sensors can detect conditions of components related to at least the operation of the outboard drive. The diagnostic system can leave inside and outside computers. The inside com... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348890 | Pest control techniques A pest control system (20) includes pest control devices (110) installed about an area or building (22). These devices (110) each include a bait member and a communication circuit. The communication circuit may be in the form of a passive... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342506 | Wireless remote monitoring system A remote monitoring system is described which enables monitoring of flow meters or other scientific instruments from a remote location using the GSM cellular phone network. The system includes a wireless modem utilizing the GSM cellular phone network, a central proc... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340369 | Detection device for decreased tire pressures and method thereof A device, and an analogous method and program, for detecting whether different tires are mounted on the left and right driving wheels of a vehicle and accurately detecting decreased tire pressures. The device detects the rotational speeds of wheels mounted on the ve... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337078 | System and method for remote asset monitoring A system and method for remotely monitoring conditions at a location and for controlling devices at the location. The inventive system includes: a data link in communication with an electronically readable instrument, the data link having a transceiver configured fo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336170 | Tamper-resistant electronic seal A tamper-resistant remotely monitorable electronic seal including a shaft portion, a sensor, a socket arranged to engage the shaft portion and the sensor in a monitorable manner and a wireless communicator associated with at least one of the shaft portion, the senso... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336202 | Temperature monitoring device Temperature measurement data obtained by measuring the temperature of a cable clamp (31) by a temperature sensor (320) is radio-transmitted from a temperature sensing unit (32) at a predetermined timing, and the radio-transmitted temperature mea... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333901 | Transmitter system The present invention intends to provide a small, low-cost, convenient transmitter system. The transmitter system detects physical quantities, converts the physical quantities into electrical signals, and allows the electrical signals to be transmitted to a load thr... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333013 | Medical implant device with RFID tag and method of identification of device The present invention is directed a method of making an interactive medical implant device including a radio frequency identification tag mounted to an implant, the tag being covered with a liquid impermeable seal. Identification of the RFID tag allows the physician... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333910 | Fire sensing method and fire sensing system using wireless chip for sensing fire The present invention provides a fire sensing system comprising a step of recording positional data of a wireless chip in a memory included in the wireless chip, a step of obtaining temperature data from a temperature sensor included in the wireless chip to be recor... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324068 | Chained image display apparatus having mutual examining function A chained image display apparatus having a mutual examining function where a plurality of image display apparatuses, controlled by a central control unit and connected in series, recognize interruption of power to an image display apparatus and correspondingly notif... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319758 | Electronic device with encryption/decryption cells In an electronic component including a two-way bus through which data elements travel between peripherals and a central processing unit at the rate of a clock signal, the central processing unit and at least one of the peripherals each includes a data encryption/dec... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317296 | Electric motor The electric motor is equipped with an electronic control, for example in the form of a frequency converter (2) and comprises at least one Seebeck element (6) whose one side is connected to the motor (1) in a heat-conducting manner and whose oth... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317308 | System and method for measuring electric current in a pipeline A system for measuring a voltage differential in a current-carrying pipe using a propulsion vehicle for conveying the system inside the pipe. The system includes a first contact for maintaining electrical contact with the pipe as the vehicle moves through the pipe, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315821 | System and method for health care information processing based on acoustic features A question as to the physical condition and a question as to the feeling are asked, answers are accepted by voice, acoustic features are extracted from the answer to the question as to the physical condition, and character string information is extracted from the an... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7315246 | Security and monitoring for containers A container security system has a container interior monitor portion with a container interior light sensing portion responsive to visible light. A different embodiment involves a monitoring device with a support, a door engaging member movable to and from an operat... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312704 | Intrusion detection and secure remote alarm communication for a security system for the inactive storage of the active ingredients of weapons of mass destruction A security system to create and maintain a secure communication link between a remote secure storage site and a law enforcement office using a continuous prearranged encrypted signal on the communication link. The authenticity of the encrypted signal is validated at... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305348 | Aggregating and pooling health related information in a communication system with feedback The invention provides a method and system for aggregating and pooling information with feedback in a computer communication system. A communication system includes a server device and a set of client devices. Each client device collects information from an associat... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305288 | Method and apparatus for detecting decrease in tire air-pressure, and program for judging decompression of tire A method for detecting decrease in tire air-pressure on the basis of wheel rotational information obtained from tires attached to a four-wheeled vehicle. The method includes the steps of: obtaining wheel rotational information obtainable from the respective tires, s... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305318 | Process and system for detecting decrease in tire air-pressure and tire deflation judging program A judgment whether a decrease in tire air-pressure occurs or not is performed by a process comprising the steps of: detecting information on wheel rotational velocities of tires; obtaining a judgment value for decrease in tire air-pressure based on relative comparis... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304582 | Remotely monitored medical system A remote medication delivery system for providing remote monitoring, and optionally delivering, medication to a patient is provided. Specifically, in one embodiment the system comprises at least one dosage containment unit, a sensor for monitoring the status of the ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7304588 | Monitoring technology An apparatus for monitoring an article or system, particularly an LP or propane tank, includes a transmission unit, a base unit and a host unit. The transmission unit is disposed on or near the article or system and detects at least one parameter related to the arti... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302366 | Measuring instrument A measuring instrument, in particular a flow or level meter, includes a base module for the acquisition and processing of measured data and an add-on module. Both the base module and the add-on module feature an optical interface interconnecting the base module and ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302362 | System and method for efficient and collective adjustment of sensor reporting ranges for long-lived queries A system and method for providing energy-efficient support of continuous aggregate queries in a sensor network by efficiently orchestrating the collection and transmission of data gathered by a collective set of sensors to ensure conformance to a specified QoI bound... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7299068 | Wireless sensor network for monitoring one or more selected environmental characteristics A wireless sensor network for monitoring one or more selected environmental characteristics. Multiple wireless signal transceivers, disposed in respective portions of a selected environment, respond to one or more wireless beacon signals by selectively collecting, p... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293705 | Radio frequency identification method and system of distributing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and c... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294105 | System and method for a wireless medical communication system In one embodiment, a wireless medical communication system includes a plurality of transmitters. Each of the plurality of transmitters is capable of being coupled to at least one of a plurality of patients and operable to communicate over a communication link a subs... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7293198 | Techniques for maintaining operation of data storage system during a failure A data storage system has a first storage processor, a second storage processor, and a communications subsystem. The communications subsystem has (i) an interfacing portion interconnected between the first storage processor and the second storage processor, (ii) a c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283054 | Tamper-resistant RFID disabling apparatus and method of manufacturing A method for manufacturing an RFID disabling apparatus using prefabricated, “off-the-shelf” components. The method includes: disposing a prefabricated RFID circuit and a conductive loop on a substrate, coupling a first end of the conductive loop to a first endpo... | 10/16/2007 |
