672 results about "Environmental monitoring device" patented technology

A vehicle environment monitoring device identifies objects from an image taken by an infrared camera. Object extraction from images is performed in accordance with the state of the environment as determined by measurements extracted from the images as follows: N1 binarized objects are extracted from a single frame. Height of a grayscale objects corresponding to one of the binarized objects are calculated. If a ratio of the number of binarized objects C, where the absolute value of the height difference is less than the predetermined value ΔH, to the total number N1 of binarized objects, is greater than a predetermined value X1, the image frame is determined to be rainfall-affected. If the ratio is less than the predetermined value X1, the image frame is determined to be a normal frame. A warning is provided if it is determined that the object is a pedestrian and if a collision is likely.

A technology is provided for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle in which a driver approaching the vehicle is recognized, obstacles present in the surroundings of the vehicle are searched for, obstacle information is generated for searched and found obstacles, and the driver outside of the vehicle is notified of the obstacle information. The driver approaching the vehicle can be recognized via communication with a mobile communication device carried by the driver. Additionally, the technology determines whether or not the searched and found obstacle is present in a blind spot area of the driver, and notifies the driver outside the vehicle of the obstacle information related to the obstacle when the obstacle is present in the blind spot area of the driver.

A vehicle surroundings monitoring device includes: a captured image acquisition unit that acquires an image of surroundings of a vehicle by an image capturing unit mounted on the vehicle; an attachment detection unit that decides a state in which foreign matter adheres to a lens of the image capturing unit; a state decision unit that decides that the lens is in a lens state in which performance of image recognition is reduced in case that the attachment detection unit decides that the foreign matter adheres to the lens; a lens state recording unit that records the lens state in a recording unit upon termination of a system; and a lens state read-out unit that reads out the lens state recorded in the recording unit upon start of the system.

The application of the invention discloses an intelligent air conditioning system. The intelligent air conditioning system comprises a human body health state monitoring device, an indoor environmental monitoring device, a health controlling device and an air conditioner controller; the input end of the air conditioner controller is connected with the human body health state monitoring device and the indoor environmental monitoring device, and the output end of the air conditioner controller is connected with the health controller; the air conditioner controller is used for acquiring human body health indicator information and indoor environmental information in real time, finding information data which cannot meet requirements by judging and analyzing all information data, and controlling actuators corresponding to the information data which cannot meet the requirements to perform corresponding adjusting operations. As can be seen, the intelligent air conditioning system can adjust a condition by combining indoor environment and a human body health state; compared with the prior art that only indoor environment is taken into consideration during adjusting, the intelligence level of an intelligent air conditioner is improved greatly, so that the real intelligent health experience is brought to a user.

An environmental monitoring device that monitors the operation of a legacy electronic device is described. In particular, a sensor in the environmental monitoring device provides sensor data that represents an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. This environmental condition is associated with the operation of the legacy electronic device in the external environment. The environmental monitoring device analyzes the sensor data and provides feedback about the operation of the legacy electronic device based on the analyzed sensor data. Moreover, the sensor provides the sensor data without or excluding communication and/or electrical coupling between the environmental monitoring device and the legacy electronic device. In this way, the environmental monitoring device facilitates monitoring, analysis and feedback of the sensor data without directly interacting with the legacy electronic device.

There is provided apparatus for vehicle surroundings monitorings that assists so as to make it possible for a driver to check the periphery of the vehicle with ease. Plural images are obtained by capturing the periphery of the vehicle with mutually differing exposure. A process of image recognition is then performed for a target within the thus obtained images. The images are then compared, and images for which the accuracy of image recognition of the target is favorable are selected from among the images. The selected images are joined and composited to generate a host vehicle periphery composite image. Thus, an image with a wide dynamic range and high visibility is generated, thereby making it easier for the driver to check the periphery of the vehicle.

An environmental monitoring device comprises a data bus, a multitude of sensors, at least one processing unit, input/output device(s); communications interface(s), and memory. Communications interface(s) communicate with at least one environmental sensor device comprising with a multitude of sensors. The multitude of sensors may include particle counter(s), pressure sensor(s) and/or the like. The memory is configured to hold data and machine executable instructions. The machine executable instructions are configured to cause at least one processing unit to: collect sensor data from at least one environmental sensor device; and generate a report of sensor data that exceeds at least one threshold.

An environmental monitoring device that includes a sensor mechanism is described. During operation of the environmental monitoring device, heat generated by a processor in the environmental monitoring device may result in a convective fluid flow over the sensor mechanism that facilitates measurements of sensor data associated with an environmental condition in an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. Alternatively, a fluid driver (such as a fan) associated with the processor may produce the fluid flow over the sensor mechanism. Note that the fluid flow may include an airflow and/or a liquid flow. Moreover, the environmental monitoring device may include baffles that direct the fluid flow over a selected sensor in a set of sensors in the sensor mechanism.

An interface mechanism in a system receives sensor data from environmental monitoring devices in environments, where the sensor data represent environmental conditions in the environments. Then, a control mechanism in the system analyzes the sensor data to determine a probability of an environmental condition occurring during a time interval in at least one of the environments. Moreover, the control mechanism calculates a price-duration range of a service in the environment necessary for profitability of the service based on the determined probability and an estimated cost associated with the service. Next, the interface mechanism provides a service offer for the service associated with the environmental condition to an electronic device of an entity, where the service offer includes at least a price and a duration based on the calculated price-duration range, and the entity is associated with the environment.

A vehicle environment monitoring apparatus capable of extracting an image of a monitored object in an environment around a vehicle by separating the same from the background image with a simple configuration having a single camera mounted on the vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first image portion extracting processing unit to extract first image portions (A1, A2) considered to be the head of a pedestrian from a currently picked up image and a previously picked up image by an infrared camera, a mask area setting processing unit to set mask areas (M1(0,0), M1(1,0), . . . , M1(5,8)) around the first image portion (A1) in the currently picked up image, and an object extracting processing unit to carry out pattern matching for the previously picked up image by a comparison pattern obtained through affine transformation of each mask area at a change rate (Rate) between the first image portions (A1, A2), and to set an area (Ar1) including the first image portion (A2) and a second image portion (M2(1,3), M2(2,3), . . . , M2(3,6)) where a displacement amount between the position (black point) corresponding to the centroid of the mask area and the matching position is smaller than a predetermined threshold value to be an image area of the monitored object.

A surroundings monitoring device (200) provided on machinery which changes its vehicle body height. The surroundings monitoring device includes a plurality of cameras (30) that image the surroundings thereof, a unit for converting the original images (31) taken by the cameras (30) to overhead viewpoint images (35), a unit for combining the overhead viewpoint images (35) to generate a bird's-eye image (300), a unit for displaying the bird's-eye image (300), and a unit for detecting the positions of the cameras. The bird's-eye image-generating unit adjusts the display region (e) for each overhead viewpoint image (35) on the basis of the detected height of the camera concerned, and combines the overhead viewpoint images. It is therefore possible to always generate and display an accurate bird's-eye image (300) even when the vehicle body height changes significantly.

A vehicle environment monitoring apparatus is equipped with a monitored object detecting unit 26 which detects an object having possibility of contact by applying an object detecting algorithm for short range when the distance calculated from data on one disparity by the first distance calculating unit 24 is equal to or less than a predetermined distance, and detects the object having possibility of contact by applying an object detecting algorithm for long range when the distance is longer than the predetermined distance, using the distance between the object and the vehicle calculated from a disparity gradient by the second distance calculating unit 25.

An environmental monitoring device for detecting and warning users of unhealthy levels of a given substance is disclosed having more than one sensor for each substance to be detected. Each sensor for each substance detected may be positioned in more than one plane or surface on the device. The device may be capable of auto or self calibration. Methods for reading substance levels and auto calibrating are also disclosed.

The invention relates to a single-well depressurizing trial mining system and a single-well depressurizing mining method for marine gas hydrates. The method comprises the following steps: a comprehensive monitoring well drilling stage, a production well shallow part drilling stage, a decomposition monitoring well drilling stage, a core boring and sampling stage, an environment monitoring device installing stage, a production well deep part drilling and mining stage, a well sealing and equipment recovering stage. The system is provided with a production well, a comprehensive monitoring well, decomposition monitoring wells and an environment monitoring device, so that comprehensive mining data can be acquired and the mining safety of the marine gas hydrates can be guaranteed. According to the method, the mining of the whole mining process of the production well is monitored by adopting the two monitoring wells, the stratum temperature change, the hydrate in-layer flow data and the like in a mining process can be acquired, and the safe operation of a gas hydrate trial mining well can be guaranteed. The production well involved the method disclosed by the invention is drilled and cemented in stages, the blowout caused by sudden rise of the hydrate well pressure can be prevented, and the safety of the production well can be guaranteed.

The invention discloses an assembly method of a multifunctional smart lighthouse suitable for construction of a smart city. Based on existing streetlamp posts, LED lamps and maintain ports of a town, at the premise of ensuring the technical requirements on due mechanical strength, tightness and the like in lamp posts, wireless Wi-Fi transmitters, traffic lights, vehicle speeding photographing devices, cameras, RFID (radiofrequency identification) devices, environment monitors and the like are added; based on the provision of wireless Wi-Fi internet services, a smart lighting system, a smart traffic system, a smart security system and a smart environment monitoring system are integrated. The streetlamps are applied to each corner of the town; according to the method, land resources used by existing town streetlamps are made full use, and in current construction of smart cities, the difficulties that an information sensing system is difficult to re-network and that repeated construction of such system occurs are overcome.

The invention relates to a mobile type indoor disinfectant vapor disinfection system, which comprises a disinfectant vapor generation device, a wireless intelligent control system, a power-driven device, an environmental monitoring device, an air supply device, a mobile device and a disinfectant storage device. The disinfectant vapor generation device comprises a disinfectant vapor three-level refinement system, a filtering and catalyzing integrated system and a vapor generation control device; the air supply device supplies secondary power for scattering vapor in a space; and the wireless intelligent control system is communicated with the environmental monitoring device, the air supply device and the power-driven device so as to finish the operations of controlling the disinfectant vapor generation device, acquiring environmental parameters, and switching on/off the air supply device and the power-driven device in a disinfection target. The mobile type indoor disinfectant vapor disinfection system can intelligently, comprehensively and efficiently finish the disinfection operation of a closed space of large-sized equipment and is particularly suitable for the disinfection operation of a closed space with long and narrow passages, so that the mobile type indoor disinfectant vapor disinfection system has the advantages of strong maneuverability, high disinfection efficiency, no secondary pollution, and the like.

An environmental monitoring device that includes an imaging device is described. During operation of the environmental monitoring device, the imaging device provides imaging data for an external environment that includes the environmental monitoring device. Moreover, the imaging device has different spatial resolution in different regions of the external environment, which defines a field of view of the imaging device. For example, the imaging device may include a lens with a predefined distortion that provides the different spatial resolution, such as Fresnel lens. Alternatively, a mechanical stop may provide the different spatial resolution. Furthermore, the environmental monitoring device may include an angular adjustment mechanism that, in response to an external force or a control signal from a control mechanism in the environmental monitoring device, selectively rotates about an axis to change an orientation of the field of view.