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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106769 | Systems and methods for automated house damage detection and reporting A system for automated house damage detection and reporting may comprise at least one subsystem configured for receiving a damage detection signal detecting potential damage to a building from at least one sensor operably connected to the building, and at least one ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102258 | Actuatable cushioning elements An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094016 | Status determination method and image forming apparatus A plurality of weak discriminators output determinations results about a status of an apparatus. Weight values are individually assigned to the determination results. By performing majority vote of the weighted determination results, the status of the apparatus is d... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094015 | Wavelet based hard disk analysis Monitoring systems with predictive failure analysis technology (e.g., Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T)) operate on the basis of correlations between the hard disk's mechanical and electronic characteristics. Using wavelet transforms to a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094014 | Packaging comprising integrated sensor Packaging for receiving a substance having chemical properties which may change between a time when the substance is introduced for the first time into the packaging and a later time when the substance is used, the packaging including ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8085146 | Patient hoist with monitoring system There is described a monitoring system for monitoring an apparatus for raising and lowering a person, for example an item of adjustable furniture or a hoist. The monitoring system comprises a memory for recording information relating to the operational history of th... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8077033 | Disaster vulnerability assessment in buildings The number and identities of people in a building along with personal data that is useful in disaster response planning are determined from a database receiving information from the building's security access card readers and from user information extracted from wir... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8072324 | Methods for remote device status determination Monitoring data is received from a remote device and represents a current status value of a monitored condition at the remote device. The monitored condition is characterized by a current state that can be any one of a number of possible states. A determination is m... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068025 | Personal alerting device and method A personal alerting device and method for detecting an approaching sound source includes a sound detector for detecting environmental sounds and for providing an electrical signal to a sound analyzer. The sound signal is analyzed to determine a baseline sound patter... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8068026 | Periodic tester to determine readiness of a fire pump system A periodic tester to determine the readiness of a fire pump system interfaces with a fire pump controller, an electric motor, and a sprinkler system. The fire pump controller has a power on/off sensor which interfaces with an electric motor which starts the fire pum... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063777 | Real-time rectangular-wave transmitting metal detector platform with user selectable transmission and reception properties A highly flexible real-time metal detector platform which has a detection capability for different targets and applications, where the operator is able to alter synchronous demodulation multiplication functions to select different types or mixtures of different type... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063778 | Device and method for indicating the condition of tubes on a tubesheet A device and method for temporarily plugging and visually identifying the condition of tubes. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040240 | Method and apparatus to automatically trigger position location fixes for external devices A method and apparatus automatically triggers position location fixes for external devices. In one embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station generates position location data for a position location function in an external device in response to determinin... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026809 | Monitoring method and stationary unit for a motor-driven door A monitoring method and a monitoring device for a motor-driven door, wherein a stationary unit and a monitoring device mounted on the movable door communicate bidirectionally with one another, wherein data and/or signals of at least one door safety sensor are relaye... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8026810 | Device for controlling and monitoring sequential subsections of an installation A device for controlling and monitoring an installation that is composed of sequentially disposed sub-sections in a chain so that each sub-section lies between a forward sub-section and a rearward sub-section, with the exception of the terminal sub-sections of the i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022823 | Serendipitous repair of shared device A system and method for soliciting repairs to an electromechanical device are disclosed. The system includes a signaling device for signaling a need for a repair of an associated electromechanical device. A repair mediator receives information related to an addressa... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013739 | 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 net... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013738 | Hierarchical storage manager (HSM) for intelligent storage of large volumes of data The present invention is a video surveillance, storage, and alerting system having the following components. One or more surveillance cameras capture video data having attribute data, the attribute data representing importance of the surveillance cameras. One or mor... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009040 | Medication dispensing system A device for dispensing medication includes a medication hopper, a dispensing mechanism that is configured to dispense medication from the hopper to a user and a processor. The processor is in communication with a communication network and is configured to generate ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004404 | Information storage device, information storage program, verification device and information storage method An information storage device which can record highly reliable information is provided. The moving object information storage device 3 is an information storage device equipped in a moving object 1, and includes: a moving object information storage uni... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7990267 | Bathroom servicing request communication devices and method The present invention describes a restroom attendant system. The restroom attendant system utilizes a notification device placed in a restroom. A patron would select a request for service button when the patron recognizes that the restroom needs servicing. The notif... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986231 | Acoustic sensor network Each one of a plurality of communication devices that are located at different physical locations contains an acoustic sensor for monitoring the physical location of its communication device, and reports acoustic events detected by its acoustic sensor to a manager. ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7973658 | Illumination and detection architecture An illumination and detection architecture that illuminates a target for detecting a material of interest. The architecture includes an illumination component that illuminates the target using a predetermined light wavelength known to energize and thereby cause a de... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7956739 | Monitoring and entry system presence service A monitoring and entry system presence service provides notification about a trigger event to a user and performs actions based on user input. Interface devices equipped with client applications capable of performing actions such as VoIP calls, video calls, and the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7948375 | Method and apparatus for detecting portable electronic device functionality The present invention is a method and apparatus for the detection of portable electronic device functionality. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention includes a chemically coated antenna to serve as a trigger for device functionality detection. The chemica... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948376 | Fuel dispenser A fuel dispenser comprising a housing, a fuel dispensing apparatus mounted within the housing, control electronics operatively connected to the fuel dispensing apparatus, at least one display mounted in the housing and operatively coupled to the control electronics,... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948377 | Smart mediation and reaction system for protecting interdependent critical infrastructures To monitor the functioning of the services of a first infrastructure (CI1) upon which the functioning of the critical services of a second infrastructure (CI2) depend, a server (SS) capable of communicating with both infrastructures receives, upon the ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7944353 | System and method for detecting and broadcasting a critical event A system and method for detecting and reporting a critical event. Events may be continually detected by sensors and processed as digitized data. The digitized data may be compared to signature data stored in glossaries. If a match exists between the digitized data a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940175 | Device with a detectably designed water trap and process for detecting a water trap A device with a water trap. The device has a gas sensor and is designed to send a gas sample flow through the water trap (2) and to feed it to the gas sensor (3). The water trap (2) is designed to be separably connected to the device. The device... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936265 | Smart card detectors A smartcard or other media detects the presence of chemical, biological, radiation, and/or explosive (CBRE) compounds or other items of interest on individuals handling the smartcard or other media. The exposure is stored such that, when the card is presented to a r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932823 | Disaster noticing system, disaster noticing server, disaster reporting terminal method, and program The disaster information system according to the invention includes a disaster noticing server and a disaster reporting terminal. The disaster noticing server calculates the expected time of arrival at which the natural disaster will arrive at the current location o... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928842 | Apparatus and method for remote viewing system An energy conserving remote viewing system comprising an instantaneous analog video transmission camera, an analog video receiver that receives and transmits a video image to a video monitor and a remote transmitter that activates the analog video transmission camer... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920060 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium The image processing apparatus is provided with: an acquisition unit that acquires disaster information obtained based on the occurrence of a disaster; a form generation unit that generates an information registration form describing items for registering informatio... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911340 | Indicator processor A network device includes a processor configured to i) assign status information indicative of the network device to a plurality of classes, wherein each of the plurality of classes is associated with a different characteristic of the network device, and ii) combine... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911339 | Shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar sensing system, unitless activity assessment and associated methods A shoe wear out sensor (100,210,310) includes at least one detector (104,312) for sensing a physical metric that changes as a sole of a shoe wears out, a processor (102) configured to process the physical metric over time to determine if the sho... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7893829 | Device that includes a motion sensing circuit A dispensing device includes a dispenser configured to dispense a volatile material, a sensor configured to detect an environmental condition, and a nonlinear circuit element coupled to the sensor to establish a bias point. A voltage level at the bias point varies n... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889074 | Computer module for sensor system with activation alert A method of preparing a computer module for the receipt of an activation alert communicated from a sensor system includes programming the computer module to recognize the activation alert and communicating the activation alert to the computer module. The computer mo... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880611 | Qualitative/quantitative analysis of a material using RFIDs Unpackaged bulk material is made up of components that have been laced with RFID tags. By interrogating the RFID tags, the different components are identified and quantified, thus providing a quick assay of the bulk material. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7876217 | Apparatus and method for secure sensing An apparatus including a sensor configured to sense a physical quantity, an actuator configured to manipulate the physical quantity in a predefined manner, and a detection circuit configured to output an alarm signal in case the sensor does not react to the manipula... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872575 | Homeland intelligence systems technology “H-List” Homeland Intelligence Systems Technology “H-LIST” comprises nano-sensors embedded in a silicon substrate and etched/fused in a micro-fibered material. The silicon substrate is alloyed with miniaturized steel responsive to weapons, preventing bullet penetration a... | 01/18/2011 |
