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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7119671 | Seat buckle sensor A seat buckle sensor system is provided that provides an output representative of a lock condition of a seat belt buckle. The system includes a magnet on an end of a seat buckle lock pin and a Hall device. The lock pin, and magnet on the end thereof, move between a ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7049979 | Method and system for projecting dynamic parking availability based on an ongoing survey for remote lots with high demand A system forecasts parking availability for a time in the future based on driver-reported estimations of how long each vehicle in the parking area will stay and on forecasted arrivals. Current conditions in a parking area might misrepresent parking availability at t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7015802 | Vehicle tag reader A remote communication device, such as a radio frequency type device, that receives temperature indicia concerning a container and/or its contents and communicates such temperature indicia along with an identification indicia to a reader. The remote communication de... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7002486 | Highway vehicular traffic flow control A base station receives signals from highway traffic and sends signals to selected vehicles on the highway to command them to increase/decrease speed or charge lane in order to more closely conform to a virtual model for vehicular use of the highway. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982643 | Cargo security method and apparatus A comprehensive and effective system at detecting unauthorized hazardous materials such as explosives potentially placed by terrorists in cargo or freight, such as air cargo, is disclosed. The system is cost effective and is non-disruptive to shippers of cargo. The ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6963280 | Door security device for use in security systems A door entry security device used in a security system including a control panel, the door security device in a housing suitable for mounting within a recess of a doorjamb or door of a premises. In the housing is a lock position detecting switch, adapted to detect t... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6954138 | Image processing system for identifying car stealer An image processing system for identifying car stealer to be set in a car involving a high risk to be stolen, comprising a device to take the full-faced image of the criminal without his/her knowledge. A dashboard panel (2) in front of the driver's sea... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6927691 | Dielectric personnel scanning A system and method for the dielectric scanning of a human subject to detect anomalies relative to expected normal physiology as an indication, among other things, of the possible presence of a weapon, contraband, or of a confirmed difference in personal identity. P... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6919795 | Method and apparatus for keeping a check on the storage time for goods in a storage Method and an apparatus for registering and supervision of the positions and time of storage of articles entered into a cabinet or other delimited space. A preferred fields of application is refrigerators in which one or several cameras at selected occasions take pi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6906620 | Obstacle detection device and method therefor Provided is a technology for helping safe driving and realizing automatic driving of vehicles, or for counting the number of passing vehicles on the road or monitoring those passing vehicles for their driving. Using a plurality of cameras mounted in a vehicle or pro... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6885307 | Battery monitor An apparatus and method for monitoring at least one battery. A reference ramp voltage signal is applied to a battery. A difference between a measurement ramp voltage signal output from the battery and the reference signal is compared with a threshold to determine ba... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6882276 | Method for dynamically addressing physical mail A method for automatically changing the address of an occupant when the occupant moves from one internal address to another internal address. The foregoing is accomplished by placing a radio frequency identification tag in occupant's nameplate, wherein the tag conta... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879252 | Method and apparatus for associating tires with tire locations of a vehicle An apparatus for associating tires with tire locations of a vehicle includes two sensors, each sensor having an associated tire. Each sensor transmits an associated sensor identification in response to receipt of an interrogation signal. The interrogation signal is ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6842113 | Microwave sensor MW sensor 1 in one or more embodiments of the present invention is equipped with distance identifying means 41 capable of calculating relative distance(s) from the distance identifying means to object(s) at least partially within protected area(s) base... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6836217 | Carbon dioxide fire extinguishing device The invention relates to a carbon dioxide fire extinguishing device comprising a capacitive measuring device (11) which is calibrated for a temperature range above and below the critical temperature of carbon dioxide and which is used to detect the amount of ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6828914 | In-use unambiguously determining the near-end-of-life state of a combustion engine battery Determining near-end-of-life (NEOL) state of a combustion engine battery, comprising: first and second multi-functional modules operatively connected to a logic function linking group, each operating with different low cranking strength criteria based on using diffe... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6816076 | Article adapted to be tracked by an electronic identifier The invention proposes a trackable device locally incorporating an electronic identifier comprising an integrated circuit which includes a memory and an antenna, and which is able to exchange data with a read and/or write device which is spaced at a maximum by a fir... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6809648 | Aerial sampler system An aerial sampler system includes an enclosure, a transfer system, and a measurement system. The enclosure is connected to an external surface of an aerial vehicle and receives atmospheric flow from the external surface of the aerial vehicle. The enclosure also dire... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6809638 | Apparatus with receiver having selectable threshold time constant An apparatus (10) comprises a controller (82) for receiving a control parameter. At least one tire condition sensor (26-32) senses a tire condition and transmits a tire condition signal (34) indicative of the sensed tire condition. A rece... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6794991 | Monitoring method A monitoring system includes a master station and a plurality of monitor stations which are spaced from the master station. Each of the monitor stations includes a programmable computer which is connected with a radio and a sensor. The computer and radio may be encl... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6756889 | Dual sensor crash sensing system A computer based method for activating a vehicular safety device for passenger protection is disclosed. The method uses a centrally located front-end acceleration sensor and a passenger compartment sensor. When a crash situation is sensed, current acceleration data ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6750778 | Thermal sensing alarm structure An improved thermal sensing alarm structure comprises a closed chassis having an upper casing with a Fresnel lens and a lower casing; a circuit board between the upper and lower casings; a plurality of wedges protruded from both inner lateral sides of the upper casi... | 06/15/2004 |
| RE38528 | Alarm clock with time activated and speed controlled vehicle device The present invention is an alarm clock device which programmably and automatically coordinates the movement of one or more electric toy trains, or the like. The present invention alarm clock preferably triggers the movement of an electric toy train when a pre-set a... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6731200 | System for indicating the status of a hotel or similar room A system is described which replaces conventional “do not disturb” and “maid service” or “housekeeping” signs in hotel guestrooms. The system comprises means for allowing a hotel guest to choose, from within the hotel room, a message to convey to hotel s... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6603399 | Strip for preparing safety elements for electronic protection of goods The present invention relates to a strip for preparing security elements for electronic protection of goods including a carrier strip with adhesive labels detachably stuck on, or of interconnected tags to be fixed to goods which are to be labeled or prote... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6580367 | Vehicle information dispatch system A method and system for notifying emergency personnel as to the location and contents of a vehicle. The system includes an information dispatch device positioned within the vehicle for storing and transmitting data related to the vehicle, cargo being carr... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6573836 | Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of powdered material in envelopes An apparatus for detecting the presence of powdered materials in envelopes comprises a container with an envelope-positioning unit, envelope corner or edge cutter, a powder excitation and extracting means for shaking the contents of the envelope, and a po... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6549124 | Environment monitoring system for a vehicle with an image pickup device In an environment monitoring system for a vehicle, when a detecting means decides that an approaching vehicle cannot be detected by an image processing means, a waning means gives warning of this fact. Thus, the environment monitoring system permits one's... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6538570 | Glass-break detector and method of alarm discrimination A glass-breakage detector that provides improved immunity to false triggering when detecting the breakage of a glass window, or similar structure, as sensed by an acoustic transducer. The detector employs a validation method which improves discrimination ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6529130 | System for detecting intruders Detection of an intruder includes providing a sensor which senses an action generated by an intruder and produces a signal, determining portions of the signal from individual steps and making values of the signal with this portion closer to one another, d... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6529135 | Integrated electric motor monitor A method monitors an operational condition of an electric motor, and stores in a memory device general trend, prognostic, diagnostic, and hazardous event information indicative of the motor's operational condition. The method includes the steps of sensing... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522253 | Luggage locking and locating device A locating device for aiding a user in finding an object. The locating device includes a remote unit and a tag unit. The remote unit is retained by the user and includes a first processor for generating an alarm activation signal; a transmitter for transm... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6518885 | Ultra-thin outline package for integrated circuit The present invention is directed to an ultra-thin outline package for integrated circuits that is much smaller than conventional chip packaging structures. The ultra-thin outline package is particularly useful in fabricating RF or RFID transponders. In a... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6509835 | Filtering method and circuit particularly useful in doppler motion sensor devices and intrusion detector systems A method of filtering an input signal which includes noise cyclically repeating at a known noise frequency, to substantially remove said noise from the input signal is provided. The method includes sampling the input signal at a frequency corresponding to... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6459380 | Semiconductor apparatus with alarm predicting means A semiconductor apparatus, including an intelligent power module, facilitates preventing sudden stop of an inverter due to an anomaly from affecting a factory operation adversely. When an anomaly occurs in IGBTs of the inverter, one of protection circuits... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6452502 | Method and apparatus for early detection of reliability degradation of electronic devices A circuit that senses changes in the electrical characteristics of one or more solder joints, and generates one or more signals based, at least in part, on the electrical characteristics that are sensed, is incorporated into an integrated circuit. In a fu... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6429782 | Detection system and switch device A detection system includes a switch device having a conductor forming part of a capacitor with variable capacitance dependent upon proximity of a person, and a detector for sensing variation in the capacitance and for generating an output signal indicati... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6420974 | Control system for pressure-sensitive protective devices A control for use with pressure-sensitive devices, such as in a machine-guarding application. A plurality of pressure-sensitive devices, such as pressure-sensitive safety mats, are operatively connected to produce a disable signal and a status signal. An ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6400273 | EAS system with wide exit coverage and reduced over-range System for preventing detection stationary identification marker in a detection zone of an electronic article surveillance system. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting an exciter pulse for exciting an identification marker, and a receiver sy... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396400 | Security system and enclosure to protect data contained therein A security system includes a data storage device in which data or other information to be protected is stored. The data storage device, control logic, and other components are contained in a sealed first inner housing. The data storage device stores the d... | 05/28/2002 |
