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A vehicle platooning control system is a vehicle platooning control system that controls a relative relationship between vehicles so that a plurality of vehicles runs in a row. In this system, each target value of a relative relationship between vehicles continuous in the longitudinal direction of a row is determined on the basis of a relative relationship error propagation ratio which is a ratio of an error of the relative relationship propagated to the rear vehicles running in the row.

A dynamic road marking system for influencing a flow of traffic has a plurality of road marking units (3, 3′, 3″, . . . ) provided with a light source emitting light in the direction of a driver of a vehicle (6, 6′) traveling over a roadway (10). The road marking unit includes detection apparatus (2) for detecting the intensity of the flow of traffic, and conversion apparatus for converting the detected traffic intensity to a desired traffic intensity with a desired mutual distance between the vehicles (6, 6′) and/or a desired velocity of the vehicles (6, 6′). The road marking system generates a guidance light (1, 1′, . . . ) which seemingly moves along with the flow of traffic by suitably switching on and off the light source in the road marking units (3, 3′, 3″, . . . ). The flow of traffic moves along with the moving guidance light (1, 1′, . . . ). The speed of the guidance light (1, 1′, . . . ) is adapted to the desired mutual distance between the vehicles (6, 6′) and/or to the desired velocity of the vehicles (6, 6′). Preferably, guidance lights (1, 1′, . . . ) are disposed between each of the vehicles. The dynamic road marking system enables higher traffic intensities on roadways and improved traffic safety. In addition, the road marking system including guidance lights (1, 1′, . . . ) facilitates interweaving of vehicles.

A compact, optically double-ended sensor probes with at least one 180° bend provided in the optical fiber in close proximity to a fiber Bragg grating temperature sensor suspends the optical fiber within a casing in such a way that the expansion and contract of the probe casing will not materially influence the temperature reading of the fiber Bragg grating by adding time varying or temperature varying stress components.

An apparatus, system and method for fire suppression and containment is provided in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. A conduit with a plurality of nozzle connections, in various configurations to create specific fire suppressant discharge patterns. Each conduit can be operated individually or connected to another conduit by a predetermined length of hose forming a contiguous system, traversing large areas of land. The invention and components form a multipurpose fire suppression apparatus. The system can be operated remotely or manually. An alternative embodiment can be installed in residential, commercial and industrial applications. Each system can be custom designed based upon environmental engineering requirements and system application-with regard to conduit diameters, material composition, shape, length and nozzle design without leaving the core design. The system components can also incorporate sensors, monitoring devices, robotics (i.e. RM all terrain vehicle) satellite imaging and wireless technology.

An electronic travel aid (ETA) for visually impaired and blind people (subject) with minimum physical interface adapted to perform real-time navigation without digital camera and complex hardware. Importantly, the electronic travel aid relates to real-time situations with speech messages stored in flash memory for aiding the visually impaired or blind people. The electronic travel aid is provided involving wireless or wired technology and is directed to serve as a low-cost, robust, reliable, and user-friendly solution for blind or visually impaired navigation.

A portable detection apparatus for scanning a target object comprises, in an exemplary embodiment, a tower unit, sensor unit and electronics unit, each configured for removable engagement with one another for relatively quick disassembly during transport and storage and reassembly during use. Additionally, each unit is sized and configured for ease of transport and for being able to operate in relatively confined spaces. The sensor unit is configured for selective engagement with a vertically oriented tower column of the tower unit, and is capable of not only traversing the length of the tower column but also rotating both horizontally and vertically thereabout, allowing the sensor unit to articulate and be selectively positionable adjacent the target object regardless of the target object's location. The electronics unit is selectively engagable with the tower unit and provides a portable computing device configured for remotely operating the sensor unit a safe distance away.

A marine vessel comprising a command module, first and second buoyant tubular foils, and first and second struts for connecting the first and second buoyant tubular foils to the command module, respectively, wherein the first and second buoyant tubular foils provide substantially all buoyancy required for the marine vessel, and wherein the marine vessel further comprises first and second engines enclosed within the first and second buoyant tubular foils, respectively, and first and second propulsion units connected to the first and second engines, respectively, for moving the marine vessel through water, and means for reducing drag on the vessel as the vessel moves through water.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for reminding a safe television watching distance, belonging to the technical field of smart televisions. The method includes the steps of when a display screen of a television is started, starting a body sensing apparatus; monitoring, by the body sensing apparatus, a distance between an audience in front of the television and the television in real time; and if the distance is less than a preset safe distance, warning to remind the audience of a reasonable distance from the television. Through adoption of the method and the apparatus, the audience in front of the television can be reminded of a safe distance when watching television, and extra hardware devices are not increased, therefore, a user can be prevented from watching television too close so as to not cause eyesight problems.

A method selects a target vehicle located in front of a vehicle in the driving direction of the second-mentioned vehicle. The selection of the target vehicle is used in particular to automatically control the distance between the second-mentioned vehicle and the target vehicle. A preceding vehicle that can be selected as a target vehicle is recognized if a sensor unit has detected an object in front of the vehicle in the driving direction and a selection condition for this object is satisfied. Whether the selection condition is satisfied depends on the result of an evaluation of dynamic parameters of the vehicle and/or the object. The presence of a selectable preceding vehicle is indicated to the driver, and the driver can select the selectable preceding vehicle as a target vehicle by a confirmation.

The invention teaches a passive vehicle rear end warning and collision prevention method and apparatus thereof, comprising: a traveling data monitoring unit serving to monitor and sample the traveling data of present vehicle; a collision prevention information transmitting and receiving unit serving to transmit and receive the collision prevention information; an electronic control unit serving to analyze and process the sampled data so as to generate the collision prevention information and to receive the collision prevention information from other vehicle, and to control the traveling status of prevent vehicle based on the received collision prevention information so as to avoid rear end collision with other vehicle, so that the purpose of rear end warning and collision prevention is realized by receiving passively the collision prevention information from another vehicle.

A wearable electronic device, system and method to manage safe physical distancing between a first entity and one or more proximate entities for limiting pathogenic exposure therebetween, includes obtaining an identity attribute associated with a wearable electronic device worn by the first entity; authenticating a first entity electronic device or a computing device; receiving, at a centralized server, a first set of data packets related to a status query associated with the one or more health attributes of the first entity; computing a status information, in response to the status query; transmitting a second set of data packets related to the computed status information; and transmitting the obtained status information, to provide one or more unique alerts on the wearable electronic device of the one or more health attributes of the first entity to the one or more proximate entities.

The invention relates to the field of construction and relates to the design of a modular multi-storey car park for vehicles in urban environments. Such car parks can be built and used in environments where there is dense existing urban development.

The technical result is achieved by producing a modular multi-storey robotized car, in which the car park module is in the form of at least two working modules (1), each of which comprises a movable frame (5) with at least one upper and one lower supporting platform (8), said movable frame being arranged inside an immovable frame (6) on guides (7) in such a way as to enable reciprocal movement in vertical direction, wherein the upper and lower supporting platform (8) of a movable frame (5) are equipped with stops for limiting the movement of the vehicle, while a hoist is in the form of a robotized drive mechanism (3), which is arranged on the movable platform (14), which is installed at the entranceways (11), provided on the lower part (16) of the immovable frame (6), in a tunnel (12) formed beneath the lower supporting platforms, with the option of interacting with any of the working modules (1) so as to actuate said modules.

A system is provided that uses small carrier vehicles that operate along electrified guideways and use standardized connections to automatically carry load-carriers to desired destinations. The load-carriers may be passenger cabins, freight loads or automobile platforms and in each case are loaded and unloaded at separate loading and loading regions. Loading regions are preceded by queue portions of branch paths and may include a group of regions which may be a series of cabin loading regions along a branch path or may be automobile loading regions in side-by-side lanes. Passenger station arrangements are provided for rapid and efficient movement of passengers and for transfer operations when desired. Platform constructions and loading arrangements are provided for rapid loading and unloading and safe transport of automobiles.

An apparatus for safeguarding a monitoring area, in which an automatically operating machine is disposed, comprises: (i) a sensor unit including a camera system for producing images of the monitoring area; (ii) a configuration unit for defining first and second protection areas; and (iii) an evaluation unit for triggering a safety-related function. The first protection area is at a first distance from the machine and the second protection area is at a second greater distance from the machine. The sensor unit monitors both the first protection area and the second protection area. The evaluation unit analyzes the images produced by the camera system so as to evaluate both (i) whether a machine element of the machine enters the first protection area as well as (ii) whether a foreign object enters the second protection area. The evaluation unit triggers the safety-related function if at least one of these events occurs.

with the following novelties: rectangular pedestal (83) which consists of the boxes (1 and 2) whose outer flanks have places (16 and 17) for mounting the weight (18), and L-profiles (3 and 4) and the boxes (1 and 2) have the boxes (5 and 6) pulled into them whose ends have the castor (7 and 8) carriers welded to them bearing the castors (9 and 10) which provide adjustment of the distance between the castors (9 and 10) and ends of the boxes (1 and 2), and upper side of the pedestal (83) have welded sleeves (19, 20, 21, 22) in their corners where there are pulled in and fixed the pipes (23, 24, 25, 26) whose tips go into the sleeves (34, 35, 36, 37) of the rectangular frame (33) where they are fixed with the fixation (38, 39, 40, 41) elements going through each of their sides so that the elements (38 and 39) also fix the bars (42 and 43) whose tips include the joints (44 and 45) which are pulled into the pipes (23 and 24), so that the joint (44) is in turn followed by the bar (46), pipe (47), joint (48), pipe (50), bar (51) and the mount (52) arm, while the joint (45) is in turn followed by the pipe (53), joint (54), pipe (55), joint (57) and the pipe (60) with the carriers (68 and 69) of the keyboard with the mouse (80) pedestal.