200 results about "Direct monitoring" patented technology

Energy commodities in the form of electricity and combustible fuel (e.g. natural gas, propane) are used by appliances in a fashion which is monitored and controlled through a Premises Energy Management System (PEMS). The system facilitates direct monitoring and control of energy-consuming appliances, in real time, utilizing automated programmatic control and a plurality of human interfaces including local display and control, email, web browser, text messaging, and integrated voice response (IVR). A Monitoring and Control Coordinator (MCC) provides centralized coordination of functions and one or more Communicating Appliance Interfaces (CAI) interacting with energy consuming appliances are interconnected via wired and wireless communication networks and protocols. The system may retrieve information from third parties, such as weather services, for optimizing energy usage. An interface may be provided to the energy provider / purveyor to enhance the provision of energy by providing additional real-time services such as demand management and service outage management.

A power management device, including: a monitor module that directly monitors energy usage of at least one energy load to generate at least one measurement of energy usage by the at least one energy load; and a control module operatively coupled to the monitor module to control energy usage by the at least one energy load in a pre-determined manner that is based on the at least one measurement of energy usage, wherein the control module controls the at least one energy load via a data link.

The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening therapeutic interventions for effect, for assessing risk factors, for evaluating intracranial pressure and for analyzing the results in a defined manner. The invention enables direct monitoring of therapies, substances and devices on blood vessels, especially those of the cerebral vasculature. Relevant blood flow parameters include mean flow velocity, systolic acceleration, and pulsatility index. Measurement and analysis of these parameters, and others, provides details regarding the vascular health of individual and multiple vessels and a global analysis of an individual's overall vascular health. The invention is applicable as both a system and method for monitoring and improving the design, performance, marketing and use of vascular stents. In particular, the invention enables DVA-assisted stenting procedures, including both pre-operative and post-operative management.

Energy commodities in the form of electricity and combustible fuel (e.g. natural gas, propane) are used by appliances within a residence or commercial premises in a fashion which is monitored and controlled through a Premises Energy Management System (PEMS). The system facilitates direct monitoring and control of energy-consuming appliances, in real time, utilizing automated programmatic control and a plurality of human interfaces including local display and control, email, web browser, text messaging, and integrated voice response (IVR). A Monitoring and Control Coordinator (MCC) provides centralized coordination of functions and one or more Communicating Appliance Interfaces (CAI) interact with energy consuming appliances are interconnected via wired and wireless communication networks and protocols. The system may retrieve information from third parties, such as from weather services, for optimizing energy usage. An interface may be provided to the energy provider / purveyor to enhance the provision of energy by providing additional real-time services such as demand management and service outage management.

The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening therapeutic interventions for effect, for assessing risk factors, for evaluating intracranial pressure and for analyzing the results in a defined manner. The invention enables direct monitoring of therapies, substances and devices on blood vessels, especially those of the cerebral vasculature. Relevant blood flow parameters include mean flow velocity, systolic acceleration, and pulsatility index. Measurement and analysis of these parameters, and others, provides details regarding the vascular health of individual and multiple vessels and a global analysis of an individual's overall vascular health. The invention can track the onset, progression and treatment efficacy in an individual experiencing increased intracranial pressure, or can help identify underlying vulnerabilities of the vascular system to normal pressures, associated with and manifested as hydrocphalus or dementia.

The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening therapeutic interventions for effect, for assessing risk factors, for evaluating intracranial pressure and for analyzing the results in a defined manner. The invention enables direct monitoring of therapies, substances and devices on blood vessels, especially those of the cerebral vasculature. Relevant blood flow parameters include mean flow velocity, systolic acceleration, and pulsatility index. Measurement and analysis of these parameters, and others, provides details regarding the vascular health of individual and multiple vessels and a global analysis of an individual's overall vascular health. The invention can track the onset, progression and treatment efficacy in an individual experiencing increased intracranial pressure, or can help identify underlying vulnerabilities of the vascular system to normal pressures, associated with and manifested as hydrocphalus or dementia.

An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory having a protection area and storing data of a first operating system (OS) and at least one first program involved with first OS in the protection area; at least one processor configured to execute the at least one first program and at least one second program involved with a second OS having an authority higher than the first OS; and a memory monitor comprising circuitry configured to detect whether an access to the protection area of the memory occurs, to interrupt the access if the access occurs, and to perform a security verification of the data stored in the protection area. The electronic apparatus may guarantee and / or improve integrity thereof using a hardware device, which can directly monitor the memory at a CPU environment in which a security area and a general area are separated.

A spa control system designed to reduce maintenance cost by providing modular construction for major control functions, with built-in diagnostic capabilities for isolating defective spa components. Multi-colored LEDs on the spaside panel constantly report the status of each component of the spa as well as the status of the functional modules themselves. Each time a component is activated, measurements of operational parameters, such as load currents, are instantly made and evaluated so that the proper LED color can be presented at the spaside. Since major functions such as audio, LED control, wireless, and spa logic are separated into removable modules, repair of the control system requires less time and less skilled personnel. Other design improvements, such as direct monitoring of heater element temperature and the purging of pumps on an as required-basis, enhance the spa's overall reliability and thus reduce the need for maintenance.

The invention relates to a high-precision wavelength-tunable laser system and a control method thereof. According to the high-precision wavelength-tunable laser system, a plurality of DFB (Distributed Feed Back) laser modules are arranged in parallel side by side or in a fan-shaped manner to form an array, and laser is converged in optical waveguide. DFB lasers are positioned in one or more TEC (Thermoelectric Cooler) as a single array or multiple arrays side by side or in a laminated manner. One path of a laser beam enters a direct monitoring PD (Photoelectric Diode), another path of the laser beam enters a wavelength locking PD through Etalon and the other path of the laser beam is output. A microprocessor receives signals input by a temperature sensor, the direction monitoring PD and the wavelength locking PD on each TEC and controls each DFB laser module, each TEC and a direction control mirror. The microprocessor selects certain DFB laser module to work according to the emission wavelength and controls the temperature of the TEC. The control method comprises the following steps of: controlling the TEC to roughly adjust the DFB output wavelength according to a theory, adjusting the TEC of the Etalon to a set temperature, obtaining the output laser wavelength according to the Etalon transmission efficiency and then accurately controlling the DFB output wavelength according to the output laser wavelength. The high-precision wavelength-tunable laser system and the control method thereof have the advantages of high precision, high stability, simple structure and capability of obtaining laser in the communication wavelength range of the whole C+L waveband.

The invention discloses a civil aircraft air-conditioning system online health monitoring data acquisition and analysis method, and is applied to real-time monitoring and early monitoring and early warning of failure of a large civil aircraft air-conditioning system. As for online health monitoring of the modern large civil aircraft air-conditioning system, firstly the health baseline model of the air-conditioning system is established by using the air-conditioning system monitoring parameters under the failure-free condition and the baseline model mining technology; then the deviation value of the monitoring parameters of the key position is determined to act as the monitoring object, and the baseline value is subtracted from the actual observation value of the monitoring parameters of the air-conditioning system so that the deviation value sequence of the monitoring parameters is obtained; and then the deviation value sequence is monitored and early warning of the failure of the air-conditioning system is emitted according to the abnormal deviation value sequence. The problems that the direct monitoring performance parameters of the civil aircraft air-conditioning system have high discrete degree and the early failure characteristics are not obvious can be solved, and early warning can be timely emitted at the early stage of the system failure by monitoring the deviation value sequence so that the real-time monitoring requirement of the large civil aircraft air-conditioning system can be met.

In order to accurately determine a life of a turbocharger, the specific use, herein referred to as a “duty cycle” of the turbocharger, should be monitored. However, in order to directly monitor the duty cycle of the turbocharger, there are additional costs of assembly and installation of a turbocharger rotational speed sensor. The present invention determines a life of a turbocharger by indirectly monitoring the duty cycle of the turbocharger through sensors that generally serve a pre-existing purpose within a vehicle or machine. A compressor inlet pressure sensor and compressor outlet pressure sensor are in communication with an electronic control module that includes a life determining algorithm. The life determining algorithm determines the life of the turbocharger based on a relationship between a sensed compressor inlet pressure and a sensed compressor outlet pressure. By monitoring the relationship between the sensed compressor inlet pressure and the sensed compressor outlet temperature, the fatigue and the creep of at least one component of the turbocharger is monitored.

The present invention comprises a system that incorporates the natural relationships of patient parameters into a medical monitoring system in order to increase monitoring specificity by reducing false positive alarms resulting from spurious data and inconclusive data. The invention also comprises a system that incorporates the natural relationships of patient parameters in order to use the data obtained from those parameters to non-invasively monitor a patient parameter that typically precludes direct monitoring.

The invention discloses a method and a system for controlling garment production line equipment, wherein a sub-PLC, an Ethernet conversion module and a non-contact card reader are arranged on each processing station on a production line; a computer in a control unit directly monitors a main PLC which exchanges data with the Ethernet conversion modules in the processing stations through a main Ethernet conversion module; and an IC card is arranged on each garment hanger. When one garment hanger passes through the processing station on the production line, the non-contact card reader of the processing station reads information in the IC card and transmits the information to the sub-PLC in the processing station; the sub-PLC sends a request to the main PLC for the information in a communication mode; and the main PLC analyzes the received information and transmits a result to the corresponding sub-PLC and the computer, so that the processing position of the garment hanger is determined. The method and the system solve the problems that the communication speed between work stations and a master station during operation of the prior production line is slow, so that time-sequence competition is easy to generate and normal operation of the production line is unfavorable.

A system that directly monitors a physical condition of a driver. The system includes a portable device carried by the driver. The portable device includes a perspiration sensor, for detecting biological information serving as an index representing the physical condition of the driver, and a transmitter circuit, for generating a transmission signal including the biological information detected by the perspiration sensor. The monitoring device, which is installed in the vehicle, includes a receiver circuit for receiving the transmission signal from the portable device. A microcomputer and a display inform the driver of his or her physical condition based on the transmission signal received by the receiver circuit.

The invention discloses a trust model-based cooperative communication method in a mobile self-organized network. In the method, cooperation of nodes is excited under wireless Ad Hoc network environment by establishing a global trust level and safe recommendation trust level-based trust model and utilizing a trust-fading punishment mechanism and a node salvation mechanism. In the mobile self-organized network, the node determines whether the monitored node participates in the cooperation by utilizing direct monitoring and comprehensive evaluation of monitoring information of other nodes, and a reconstruction mechanism is set for a malicious node, so that the node is newly added into the network and establishes connection with the other nodes; and based on the false recommendation, iterative convergence and punishment and salvation problem of a majority of trust models, the global trust level and safe recommendation trust level-based trust model is established, and a topological transformation-based recommendation trust computation method is brought forward; and in the trust varying process described by the trust model, the cooperation of the nodes is excited under the mobile self-organized network environment by using the punishment mechanism of an updating stage and the salvation mechanism of a reestablishment stage.

The invention discloses a method, system and device for monitoring an internal storage database. The method comprises the following steps: the performance data and log information in the internal storage database are obtained; the obtained performance data and log information are matched with the configured index information, the current performance of the internal storage database is obtained; and if the current performance of the internal storage database is less than a preset value, a warning message is output. In the method of the invention, the real-time and direct monitoring of internal storage operational state can be realized by obtaining the performance data and log information in internal storage data, matching with the configured index information, obtaining the current performance of internal storage, matching the current performance of internal storage with the preset value and outputting the warning message when meeting the preset condition.

The NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) is a key transcriptional regulator of antioxidant defense and detoxification. To directly monitor stabilization of Nrf2 we fused its Neh2 domain, responsible for the interaction with its nucleocytoplasmic regulator, Keap1, to firefly luciferase (Neh2-luciferase). It is shown herein that Neh2 domain is sufficient for recognition, ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation of Neh2-luciferase fusion protein. The novel Neh2-luc reporter system allows direct monitoring of the adaptive response to redox stress and classification of drugs based on the time-course of reporter activation. The novel reporter was used to screen a library of compounds to identify activators of Nrf2. The most robust and yet non toxic Nrf2 activators found—nordihydroguaiaretic acid, fisetin, and gedunin-induced astrocyte-dependent neuroprotection from oxidative stress via an Nrf2-dependent mechanism.

The invention relates to a cruising type direct underwater video monitoring system belonging to the field of videography. The cruising type direct underwater video monitoring system comprises an electric ship, a lift towing device, an underwater low-light pick-up device, and the like, wherein the underwater low-light pick-up device comprises a micro-computer (6), a low-light camera (7), an electric zoom lens (8), a waterproof lampshade (10), an underwater compensating and illuminating source (11), a light color controller (12) and a protecting shade, wherein the upper end of the protecting shade is connected with the lift towing device by a bearing member (5), the lower end of the protecting shade is provided with a window (13), a flange platform at the bottom-end periphery of the protecting shade is connected with the waterproof lampshade (10), the underwater compensating and illuminating source (11) and the light color controller (12) are arranged in the waterproof lampshade (10), the low-light camera (7) is arranged on the top of the protecting shade, the upper end of the low-light camera (7) is connected with the micro-computer (6), and the lower end of the low-light camera (7) is connected with the electric zoom lens (8). The cruising type direct underwater video monitoring system can shoot clear video pictures in a muddy water area and is completely controlled in an intelligent mode.

A display including a light emitting display panel; an optical layer on the display panel including: a waveguide; and a light coupling component in the waveguide; a detector optically coupled to the waveguide; and an on-board calibration unit electrically coupled to the detector and configured to modify the output of the light emitting display panel based on a measurement made by the detector.

The invention provides a smart home background monitoring and management system. The smart home background monitoring and management system mainly comprises devices for data display, terminal control, data storage, mobile terminal communication and intelligent management. The smart home background monitoring and management system is a core component of a smart home system, and is the background data management core of the whole smart home system. Smart home background monitoring and management software can directly conduct remote control on household appliances, directly monitors the home environment and various data information of the household appliances, examines historical data and conducts intelligent management. The smart home background monitoring and management system is simple and effective, complete in function and convenient to install, and effectively improves practicability.

An asset management system is provided. The system may include one or more data collection devices configured to monitor one or more operating conditions of a leased machine. At least one of the one or more data collection devices may be configured to directly monitor operation of at least one component of the machine to determine the harshness with which the machine is operated. The system may also include a processor configured to receive data from the one or more data collection devices. The processor may also be configured to determine a value of the machine based on the data from the one or more data collection devices. The processor may be further configured to determine fees associated with the lease in real time based on the data from the one or more data collection devices.

The invention discloses a stratum displacement measurement device and method combining the appearance with internal measurement. The device comprises a test box, colored soil, a measurement system and a tunnel excavation simulating device. The test box is a visual tempered glass box, and the colored soil is contained in the test box. The tunnel excavation simulating device comprises a drawing instrument, an inner pipe and an outer pipe. The measurement system comprises a sedimentation assembly, a displacement sensor, a data acquisition instrument and a computer. According to the stratum displacement measurement device and method, soil displacement is released to generate stratum losses for tunnel excavation simulation, and direct monitoring on stratum displacement at different deep burying positions is achieved by arranging a colored soil layer in the tempered glass box. Due to the fact that the stratum displacement in the test box is measured, the relationship between the displacement of all measuring points and footage in the drawing process of the outer pipe is obtained, then the function relationship between the displacement of all the measurement points and the position of the left end of the outer pipe is determined, and possible follow-up development of the displacement of the colored soil layer on the edge of the box can be predicted preliminarily through the function relationship.

The present invention comprises a system that incorporates the natural relationships of patient parameters into a medical monitoring system in order to increase monitoring specificity by reducing false positive alarms resulting from spurious data and inconclusive data. The invention also comprises a system that incorporates the natural relationships of patient parameters in order to use the data obtained from those parameters to non-invasively monitor a patient parameter that typically precludes direct monitoring.

The invention provides an ion fan intellectualization control system, belonging to the electro-static field and comprising a plurality of ion fans; an Faraday charge detection device is arranged at the wind outlet of each ion fan; each Faraday charge detection device is respectively and correspondingly connected with the I / O port of the corresponding singlechip control unit; the I / O port of each singlechip control unit is respectively and correspondingly connected with a DC power supply control terminal in the positive and negative high-voltage generation unit of the ion fan; the positive and negative voltage adjusting units of each ion fan are respectively arranged and the output terminals thereof are respectively and correspondingly connected with the I / O port of the singlechip control unit; the positive and negative voltage state display devices of each ion fan are respectively arranged and the input terminals thereof are respectively and correspondingly connected with the I / O port of the singlechip control unit; an upper control computer is arranged and is respectively and correspondingly connected with the singlechip control unit of each individual ion fan. The ion fan intellectualization control system directly monitors the change conditions of ions and realizes the automation concentrative monitoring function and / or remote control function of a plurality of ion fans.

A remote control system for the gas fire-extinguishing system is composed of control cabinet, fire-extinguishing unit and RS485 communication bus. Said control cabinet consists of industrial PC host, display, keyboard, mouse, UPS communication module, accumulator and input device. Said fire-extinguishing unit comprises fire-extinguishing gas tank, master valve, selection valve, refrigerating set and controller.

The invention provides an energy efficiency direct monitoring device based on demand response. The energy efficiency direct monitoring device is used for monitoring electrical parameters and thermal parameters of power consumer side electrical load equipment, and the thermal parameters of environment in which the device is positioned, and sending a control command signal to the power consumer side electrical load equipment according to a demand response control command of a demand response center or each parameter value in a self-control policy which is preset by a power consumer. The power consumer side electrical load equipment generates control motion according to the control command signal. The load of a power grid is stabilized, energy utilization efficiency is improved, and the energy cost of the power consumer is reduced.

The invention discloses a dynamic blood glucose monitor capable of conducting direct monitoring through a mobile phone APP and a control method of the dynamic blood glucose monitor, and relates to wearable equipment used in the field of medical detection and a control method of the wearable equipment. The dynamic blood glucose monitor comprises a wearable blood glucose transmitter, a mobile phoneAPP terminal and a cloud memory which is connected via the mobile phone APP terminal; the blood glucose transmitter is constituted by connecting a blood glucose sensor component and a transmitter component; the mobile phone APP terminal is connected to the blood glucose transmitter via a Bluetooth mode; the mobile phone APP terminal is connected to the cloud memory via a mobile communication network; by pushing blood glucose monitoring data to an authorized user, network sharing of the blood glucose monitoring data is achieved; sports and sleep information of a wearer can be acquired via a three-axis acceleration sensor while continuously acquiring and recording human body blood glucose; recognition and awakening self-rescuing of hypoglycemic coma are offered; the blood glucose monitoringdata is transmitted to intelligent hand-held equipment or other external receiving terminals having wireless transmitting and receiving functions in a wireless transmitting mode; and data display andanalysis as well as far-end alarming and help-seeking services are offered.

The invention relates to systems and methods for assessing blood flow in single or multiple vessels and segments, for assessing vascular health, for conducting clinical trials, for screening therapeutic interventions for effect, for assessing risk factors, for evaluating intracranial pressure and for analyzing the results in a defined manner. The invention enables direct monitoring of therapies, substances and devices on blood vessels, especially those of the cerebral vasculature. Relevant blood flow parameters include mean flow velocity, systolic acceleration, and pulsatility index. Measurement and analysis of these parameters, and others, provides details regarding the vascular health of individual and multiple vessels and a global analysis of an individual's overall vascular health. The invention is applicable as both a system and method for monitoring and improving the design, performance, marketing and use of vascular stents. In particular, the invention enables DVA-assisted stenting procedures, including both pre-operative and post-operative management.