100 results about "Consumer unit" patented technology

The present invention encompasses a control system and method for systems of producing and consuming units. The method of the invention includes the steps of setting each producing unit to have an output responsive to an analog signal representative of a market price, and connecting each producing unit to a marketwire, with the changes in the analog signal on the marketwire representing changes in the market price resulting from inputs from the consuming units and the output response of each producing unit.

The invention relates to a novel anti-fake traceability system and method. The novel anti-fake traceability system comprises an anti-fake traceability platform, a manufacturer information providing unit, a consumer unit, a position information providing unit, an agent unit and a selling terminal. The novel anti-fake traceability method includes the steps of key negotiating, two-dimension code generating, product producing, product warehousing / delivering, product receiving / delivering by the agent unit, user inquiring and background processing of user inquiring. According to the novel anti-fake traceability system and method, the anti-fake function, the traceability function and the fleeing preventing function can be achieved at the same time, information storage, process control, information encryption and information reading are all achieved and completed through two-dimension codes, the anti-fake traceability aim of products of modern enterprises can be achieved, product fleeing can be further effectively avoided, the enterprises are helped to achieve management on marketing channels, interaction between the enterprises and the consumer unit is achieved, and the brand building cost of the enterprises is reduced.

A computer includes, among other things, local modules contained within a module container of a same application; a message producer unit to communicate with a data server over the i / o interface; a message consumer unit configured to communicate with the data server over the i / o interface; and a local event manager unit. There is a pre-defined sequence of processing events between the local event manager unit, the local modules within the same application of the same module container, remote modules, the message producer unit, and the message consumer unit.

Systems, methods, and media for authorizing 3D printing services in a marketplace environment are provided. In one example, a system comprises a computing device that implements a 3D printing marketplace component. The marketplace component comprises a merchant unit, a transaction unit, a consumer unit, and a digital rights authorization unit which cooperatively act to receive a request from a consumer for a 3D printing task, rank a plurality of 3D printing service providers based on an availability or a suitability to fulfil the 3D printing task, and facilitate the authorization of performance of the 3D printing task based on a grant of digital rights associated with the digital model or object.

A telephone intercept device interposed between a telephone company network and telecommunications equipment in a consumer unit. The telephone intercept device monitors outgoing telephone numbers and disconnects the telecommunications equipment from the telephone company network, when necessary to redirect the telephone call to a different telephone number. An electrically-controlled switching circuit disconnects the equipment from the network. A first circuit determines off-hook condition to latch power for the device from the telephone company network. A second circuit mimics an off-hook state to the telephone company to allow the device to dial out the substitute number. A memory contains the target telephone numbers for redirection, as well as the associated redirected telephone number. The intercept device may also be used to communicate to remote monitoring stations the occurrence of an event associated with the consumer unit. A method for intercepting telephone numbers is also disclosed.

An electric power control apparatus enables a surplus electric power from a distributed power source to be stored in a storage battery in a consumer unit provided with a distributed power source and a storage battery. The electric power control apparatus is characterized in being provided with a compensation calculating unit which calculates the compensation of electric power by using a unit price of electricity for sale when charging the storage battery and a unit price of electricity for purchase when discharging from the storage battery.

An indication to a consumer that a product or item on a retail fixture matches a set of consumer preferences is provided by equipping a retail fixture with a consumer identification unit and with a display unit indicator associated with a sample product on the retail fixture. Responsive to a consumer moving from outside the proximity to inside the proximity of the consumer identification unit, the identity of the consumer is established, and the consumers set of preferences is retrieved. It is then determined, automatically, which sample products on the retail fixture matches the consumers preferences, and a display unit indicator is illuminated for the matching sample products such that the attention of the proximate consumer is directed to the physical location of the matching products.

The method of monitoring an information system and has a real-time engine unit in communication with a broker unit. The engine unit has an event source unit and a metrics source unit and receives an event signal from the source unit in a first protocol language. The engine unit obtains a metrics parameter in a signal from the source unit in a second protocol language. The engine unit receiving the information in the first and second protocol languages and converts the signals to a third protocol language that is transmitted in a signal in the third protocol language to the broker that, in turn, converts the information to a universal protocol language that is understood by a plurality of consumers units.

The invention discloses a catering enterprise operation system and an implementation method. The system comprises a cloud platform server, an enterprise user unit, and a consumer unit. The consumer unit is connected with the cloud platform server, and the consumer unit is used to identify and choose catering products, and synchronizes a goods receiving method of the catering products. The enterprise user unit comprises a supplier service unit, a producer service unit, and a shopkeeper service unit. Through the system, an enterprise realizes standardization, automation, digitalization, and intelligence, and the system helps users carry out accurate operation, and realizes accurate link of people, sites (places and scenes), and objects. In addition, the system can rapidly improve operation efficiency and reduce operation cost of an enterprise, and make offline business into e-commerce, and realize fusion online to offline.

The invention provides an NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) water meter system, comprising, an NB-IoT water meter terminal, an NB-IoT base station and an IoT water meter platform; the NB-IoT water meter terminal reads water consumption information displayed on a water meter through a photoelectric direct-reading core and transmits to an NB-IoT core network through the NB-IoT base station; theNB-IoT base station transmits collected water consumption data and identity information of a water consumer unit to the IoT water meter platform through the IoT core network; the IoT water meter platform issues a control command and data information to the NB-IoT base station through the IoT core network; identity information, water consumption data and charging data of the water consumer unit are transmitted to the internet-of-things industry for use through the internet. The NB-IoT technique is used herein to directly read a 'window value' of the water meter through an IoT water meter terminal and the photoelectric direct-reading core, fault points of existing IoT water meters that using cumulative pulse conversion are avoided, and the water meter can be direct-read precisely.

A power control apparatus comprises a transducer having an output (12,13) which is connected to a remotely activated device (25) mounted in a mains consumer unit (14). When a predefined parameter is detected, the device (25) is activated to connect a load (29) between the switched live output (18) of a residual current device RCD (15) and the neutral input (17) thereof, thereby creating an imbalanced current flow on the live and neutral output terminals (18,19) of the RCD (15) which causes contacts (20,21) inside the RCD (15) to disconnect the supply to an appliance circuit (22).

The present invention provides a method to personalize and enhance the value of consumer items for use in outdoor activities. It utilizes radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, computers, PDAs, and cell phones to link, record, and retrieve positional, personal, and historical data. The personalization and association of an object to a unique event by the consumer will lead to enhanced value of the product. Information that is stored on cell phones, PDAs, computers, and external databases are transferred as multimedia messages. The information is cataloged and organized using the unique RFID number. The subject line of the multimedia message is the RFID tag number. Commercial items such as skis, coats, hats, shoes, shirts, pants, gloves, sun glasses, surfboards, bicycles, wetsuits, cell phones, computers, golf clubs, golf balls, fishing poles, and lures will be produced that contain RFID tags.

The invention discloses a system and a method for realizing industrial chain upstream and downstream bidirectional tracing. The system comprises a tracing platform, a production enterprise tracing system, a third-party supervision system, an operation unit tracing system and a consumer unit; the tracing platform is respectively connected with the production enterprise traceability system, the third party supervision system, the operation unit tracing system and the consumer unit; and a user registration management module, a product tracing code management module, a tracing information management module and a tracing / anti-counterfeiting query module are arranged in the tracing platform. By forming a complete responsibility traceability chain, consumers, distribution units and production enterprises, a traceability relation is established through traceability information (such as traceability two-dimensional codes) marked on products, and corresponding complete responsibility traceability information chains are respectively formed in data centers of a traceability platform, the production enterprises and government supervision departments. Management of marketing channels by enterprises is realized, interaction between the enterprises and consumers is realized, and real-time monitoring of supervised articles by supervision departments is realized.

A fuel cell system which including a fuel cell, a fuel tank and a consumer unit, to improve the operation of a fuel cell, is equipped with a consumption-optimizing unit that limits or interrupts the energy supply to one or more consumers of the consumer unit depending on the fill level of the fuel tank in order to ensure at least the basic function of the fuel cell system for as long as possible.

A power control apparatus comprises a transducer having an output (12,13) which is connected to a remotely activated device (25) mounted in a mains consumer unit (14). When a predefined parameter is detected, the device (25) is activated to connect a load (29) between the switched live output (18) of a residual current device RCD (15) and the neutral input (17) thereof, thereby creating an imbalanced current flow on the live and neutral output terminals (18,19) of the RCD (15) which causes contacts (20,21) inside the RCD (15) to disconnect the supply to an appliance circuit (22).

Provided is a mobile terminal automatic payment system and method. The mobile terminal automatic payment system comprises: a commercial tenant, a consumption unit of which is provided with an identification code, wherein the identification code identifies identifications of the commercial tenant and a consumption unit; a user mobile terminal, used for obtaining the identification code of the commercial tenant and transmitting the obtained identification code to an application server; the application server, used for receiving the identification code from a user mobile terminal, transmitting the calculating request of a consumption list corresponding to the received identification code to the corresponding commercial tenant for receiving the consumption list information, and returning the consumption list information to the user mobile terminal; a payment platform, completing the payment according to the returned consumption list by the user mobile terminal through the payment platform.

The invention relates to a method for regulating the electrical voltage in electrical supply networks and / or consumer units and a device for carrying out said method. A regulating transformer (3) is inserted between a network node (1) in the supply network and / or consumer unit and at least one end user (2). The regulating transformer (3) comprises a high leakage impedance, which limits the ring current to the order of magnitude of the nominal current, in the case of a short-circuit between adjacent tappings (5) of the partial windings (4). The regulating transformer further comprises a transfer switch (7), to switch the partial windings (4).

The invention discloses a battery system, which comprises an electrolysis unit, a fuel cell unit, a first heat exchange unit, a heat consumer unit, wherein the electrolysis unit is used for generating hydrogen and oxygen; water vapor is mixed into the hydrogen and the oxygen; the fuel cell unit is connected with the electrolysis unit and generates heat energy by use of reaction of air and the hydrogen generated by the electrolysis unit; the hydrogen and / or the oxygen generated by the electrolysis unit absorbs heat in the hydrogen and / or the oxygen by use of the first heat exchange unit and liquefies the water vapor into cooling water through the first heat exchange unit; and the heat consumer unit is connected with the first heat exchange unit to recycle the heat generated by the first heat exchange unit. Through the battery system, the problem of low energy utilization efficiency of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell system in a related technology is solved.

The invention discloses a big data-based accompanying vehicle analysis method and system. The method comprises the following steps: receiving and recognizing a passing vehicle picture by a picture recognition server, generating video structural data and sending the video structural data to a message server; storing the video structural data into a message queue by the message server; reading record information of the video structural data from the message queue by a consumer unit of the message server, and sending the video structural data to a column-oriented open source database; storing the video structural data into a first list and a second list of the open source database by the open source database; querying all the checkpoints, through which a target vehicle passes in a starting-ending time range through the second list according to a license plate number and a starting-ending time; combining all the checkpoints, through which the target vehicle passes and the starting-ending time, and querying all the vehicles which pass through the same checkpoints with the target vehicle through the first list; carrying out analysis to obtain accompanying vehicles of the target vehicle.

Apparatus for regulating an electric voltage in at least one of electric supply networks and consumer units. The apparatus includes a regulating transformer arranged between a network node and at least one end consumer. The regulating transformer utilizes a primary winding and a regulating winding which includes switchable partial windings and a high leakage impedance. The transformer conducts a nominal current. A transfer switch switches the partial windings of the regulating transformer. Adjacent tappings of the partial windings are adapted to short circuit such that, in an event of the short circuit, the high leakage impedance limits a ring current which results from the short circuit to an order of magnitude of the nominal current. The regulating transformer produces both an increase in voltage and a decrease in voltage at the end consumer. This abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

A method and apparatus are provided for managing stocks of consumption units associated with users in a system of document processing devices connected in a network wherein a plurality of stocks of consumption units are kept on each document processing device, each stock on a document processing device being associated with a user. The method comprises transferring, through the network, consumption units of a first stock kept on a first document processing device to a second stock kept on a second document processing device as a reaction to an emitted signal. The apparatus includes a distribution function suited for managing through the network the stocks of consumption units on a plurality of document processing devices, the stocks of consumption units being associated with the same user.

The present invention relate to idle control in an internal combustion engine and particularly to the control of the air supply to the engine during engine idling. An engine control unit (ECU) monitors the operation of ancillary consumer units to calculate an engine demand depending at least partly on the operation of these units. The ECU also monitors the engine idling speed to determine if the expected engine demand can be met at this engine idling speed. When the engine demand exceeds that available at the idling speed, the ECU determines a desired degree of opening of an air inlet valve to meet the expected engine demand. The ECU is arranged first to open the air inlet valve to a position at which the steady state airflow would exceed that necessary to meet the expected engine demand, and then closes the air inlet valve towards the calculated desired opening.

The invention relates to a compound energy system capable of achieving solar photovoltaic combined cold, heat and power supply. The compound energy system comprises a solar cell temperature control power supply and heat supply unit and a heat pump unit; the solar cell temperature control power supply and heat supply unit comprises a power supply subunit and a heat supply subunit, the power supply subunit communicates with a subscriber circuit and a power grid, the heat supply subunit is connected with the heat pump unit, a heat consumer unit and tap water, and the heat pump unit is connected with the heat consumer unit and the tap water. Compared with the prior art, the compound energy system has the advantages that solar photovoltaics, optothermal and a heat pump are combined, the application range of solar energy is widened, combined cold, heat and power supply compound energy utilization integrating solar cell power generation, heating and refrigerating is achieved, the comprehensive utilization efficiency of solar energy is improved, and the cold-heat-power multi-form energy source requirements of a building are met.

The invention discloses a member management system, and relates to the technical field of electronic commerce. The system comprises a cloud server, and the cloud server comprises a member management unit, a member consumption unit, a statistical report unit and a system setting unit; the member management unit comprises a member registration module, a member list module, a member transfer module and a member giving module; the member consumption unit comprises a common consumption module, a stored-value card recharging module, a stored-value card swiping module, a consumption return module anda consumption recording module. According to the invention, the compactness among the member management unit, the member consumption unit, the statistical statement unit and the system setting unit is higher; member management is more intelligent and efficient, various consumption information of the members is collected, stored and analyzed, processing and tracking of the members on related information are facilitated, member management of the e-commerce platform is improved, required commodity information and promotional activity information are correspondingly pushed, and member consumptionis stimulated.

An electric power control apparatus enables a surplus electric power from a distributed power source to be stored in a storage battery in a consumer unit provided with a distributed power source and a storage battery. The electric power control apparatus is characterized in being provided with a compensation calculating unit which calculates the compensation of electric power by using a unit price of electricity for sale when charging the storage battery and a unit price of electricity for purchase when discharging from the storage battery.

A voltage regulation device adapted for connection to a varying electrical supply and to regulate the voltage supplied to certain selected circuits whose loads benefit from voltage regulation. The device comprises a PWM or phase angle switched autotransformer which is sufficiently compact and lightweight to be incorporated into a standard electrical consumer unit which has separated circuits, ie, those whose loads benefit from voltage regulation and those whose loads do not, such that the former may be controlled by the device to operate at a constant and reduced voltage thus ensuring a reduction in energy consumption and the life enhancement of the appliances connected to the device. The operating temperature of the autotransformer is controlled by temporarily increasing the output voltage of the autotransformer in the event of overheating.

A degasser for at least partially degassing a gas-containing liquid, in particular for a sample separation device, includes a circulation path along which the liquid can be circulated between a liquid accommodation volume and one of an inlet to a consumer unit consuming degassed liquid or a conduit leading to the inlet, a drive unit configured for circulating the liquid in the circulation path, and a filter in the circulation path for filtering particles or debris out of the liquid, wherein the liquid is forced through the filter by the drive unit. The drive unit includes a movable body, in particular a movable piston or a movable membrane, configured for at least partially degassing the liquid by generating a negative pressure in the liquid.