40 results about "Environmental Setting" patented technology

A system for and method of modeling thermal performance characteristics of HVAC components in a building uses the building power or other meter to measure power consumed by the components. The models are used to test the components, preferably during off hours, to ensure proper and efficient operation. Preferably, the testing software is written in a high-level interpretive language that is independent of the HVAC component being modeled. The models are adaptively maintained by periodically ensuring that their measured output matches the predicted output. When the two do not match, the model parameters are updated. These models can also be used to generate reports comparing costs and cost savings for different temperature and other environmental settings within selected zones in the building.

A system and a software method for generating a virtual simulation for a sport related activity based on real-world performance and input allows a user to assess their athletic performance during a sport-related activity. The system provides an external computing device and a sports ball that is implanted / integrated with internal sensors. The internal sensors collect of movement data for the sports ball during the sport-related activity. This movement data in conjunction with the ball specifications is used to generate a virtual movement model, a virtual representation of the sports ball and the associated physical and dynamic characteristics. A virtual environment is generated and adjusted by the environmental settings. Then, the virtual movement model is integrated within the virtual environment and the resultant is displayed and stored as a performance simulation on the external computing device. Data patterns are then derived from performance simulations collected over a period of time.

A device configured to control one or more components of an HVAC system. The device includes a display, a controller in communication with the display, and wherein the controller is configured to receive one or more user defined environmental settings. Further, the controller communicates with one or more environmental sensors, wherein the environmental sensors detect one or more environmental conditions. In addition, the controller is further configured to provide a visual indication on the display for the detected environmental conditions with respect to the user defined environmental settings. This visual indication includes one or more bounded region having an interior space indicative of user comfort level, wherein the bounded regions have one or more borders, and wherein the borders at least partially represent the user defined environmental settings. In addition, the visual indication includes one or more icons that represents the detected environmental conditions and are displayed in relation to the bounded regions.

A computer system and a method of setting an interface card therein that can be directly used without any separate setting of the interface card. In a computer system having a display device, an input device, a storage medium, a processor, an operating system, and a local bus capable of performing data transmission with the processor for a predetermined timing, the computer system includes at least one extension slot, provided in the computer system, for connecting with the local bus, and at least one interface card, detachably mounted in the extension slot, for loading built-in driver programs and environmental setting values to the operating system when the computer system is booted in a state that the interface card connects with the extension slot.

Scent devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention can be a device to scent an environment comprising a scent and a structural component. The scent stick can have a length to average cross-sectional diameter ratio of at least about 4:1 according to some embodiments. The scent stick can be colored to blend into an environmental setting to make the presence of the scent stick unobtrusive. The scent stick may also be attached or hung by the addition of a hanger or hoop. The scent stick may be hung from a tree, automobile mirror or a person as an adornment. Other embodiments are also described.

A device configured to control one or more components of an HVAC system. The device includes a display, a controller in communication with the display, and wherein the controller is configured to receive one or more user defined environmental settings. Further, the controller communicates with one or more environmental sensors, wherein the environmental sensors detect one or more environmental conditions. In addition, the controller is further configured to provide a visual indication on the display for the detected environmental conditions with respect to the user defined environmental settings. This visual indication includes one or more bounded region having an interior space indicative of user comfort level, wherein the bounded regions have one or more borders, and wherein the borders at least partially represent the user defined environmental settings. In addition, the visual indication includes one or more icons that represents the detected environmental conditions and are displayed in relation to the bounded regions.

A space is set substantially in a tropical rain forest type environment to activate a human's essential brain region and realize an environment suitable for the human's brain by arranging a device for setting the tropical rain forest type environment based on characteristics of activating human's essential brain region responsive to tropical rain forest type environment information, in a space such as an urban space, a housing space or other living space. The tropical rain forest type environmental information has higher density and higher complexity than those of urban space type environmental information, and includes at least one of auditory information, visual information, and super perceptual information of aerial vibration. The tropical rain forest type environmental information is comfortable for the human with no excessive stress, and is environmental information for effecting prevention and treatment of diseases due to stress by realizing the environment comfortable for the human's brain.

An intelligent patient bed includes a patient bed equipped with a comfort suite employing a control center in electrical communication with a user interface, a sensor assembly, a comfort control assembly and a virtual patient center for providing comfort to a patient laying on the patient bed as well as an industrious environmental setting for the patient. The control center is also in electrical communication with a care provider center for providing an optimal degree of patient monitoring.

A projection display device that operates, in case that the second authentication information which is input does not match the first authentication information which is stored, operates in the second operation mode in which the projection display device projects in a state that an operation to change the environmental setting information is disabled to be received.

The invention discloses a uniform speed symmetrical uniaxial tension cell mechanical device for real-time in-situ observation. The device can realize uniform speed symmetrical uniaxial tension of cells culture on a transparent tension vessel, the location of the tension vessel middle part is constant in the tension process, and through coordination with temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide supply, real-time in-situ long-term observation for a few days on cells under a loading state can be realized. The device comprises: a power unit, a motion exeution unit, the transparent tension vessel, a clamping platform and a flexible telescopic air sac. The power unit achieves uniform speed symmetrical uniaxial tension of the transparent tension vessel through the motion exeution unit, the tension vessel is covered by the flexible telescopic air sac, and through environmental setting, the device realizes days of continuous culture and tensile loading of cells. The bottom surface of the clamping platform is processed into a size matching a microscope loading platform, and can be placed on the microscope loading platform stably. The device provided by the invention can realize uniform speed symmetrical uniaxial tension of the transparent tension vessel according to a set speed and tension length, and real-time in-situ long-term observation and multi-point observation.

A space is set substantially in a tropical rain forest type environment to activate a human's essential brain region and realize an environment suitable for the human's brain by arranging a device for setting the tropical rain forest type environment based on characteristics of activating human's essential brain region responsive to tropical rain forest type environment information, in a space such as an urban space, a housing space or other living space. The tropical rain forest type environmental information has higher density and higher complexity than those of urban space type environmental information, and includes at least one of auditory information, visual information, and super perceptual information of aerial vibration. The tropical rain forest type environmental information is comfortable for the human with no excessive stress, and is environmental information for effecting prevention and treatment of diseases due to stress by realizing the environment comfortable for the human's brain.

The invention is a portable, fully independent, pump-based remediation device and methods for the collection of non-aqueous phase liquids and other fluid contaminants in environmental settings. The device is comprised of a compact, weather-resistant housing equipped with: electric pump; independent power supply; programmable timer and / or sensor; and control and monitoring systems. The device is used in combination with a variety of suitable fluid storage containers. A method for removing fluid contaminants from environmental installations such as groundwater monitoring wells, piezometers, product recovery wells and trenches by transporting said device to the treatment location, installing the fluid storage container, installing the device pump tube systems, connecting safety systems, and programming the timer and / or sensor. Primary advantages over other existing systems include the device's compact, portable size, integrated components, independent power supply, and flexibility in application and installation.

The invention embeds an emulation module in removable media, for use in replicating an operating environment on a laptop or other remote machines. The emulation module prompts the user to capture environmental settings on an originating machine, such as display settings, network settings, input / output, applications, working data files and other parameters on a removable media. The user may then insert the removable media in a compatible reader attached to the laptop or other secondary or host machine, and upon activation of the emulation module reproduce the screen display, applications, data files and other resources on the host machine. When the user is finished working on the host machine, the emulation module may restore the settings of the operating environment on that machine to their preexisting state. Working data may be synchronized between the originating and host machines.

A system and related methods for providing greater security and control over access to classified files and documents and other forms of sensitive information based upon a multi-user, multi-modality permission strategy centering on organizational structure, thereby making authentication strategy unpredictable so to significantly reduce the risk of exploitation. Based on the sensitivity or classification of the information being requested by a user, approvers are selected dynamically based on the work environment, e.g., mobility, use of the computing device seeking access, authentication factors under applicable environmental settings, access policy, and the like.

Using inductive probe collects signal of magnetic field generated by current of each phase in cable so as to form analog signal for representing consecutive change situation of magnetic field of each phase in power cable to be tested. A / D converted analog signal is stored. The signal is sent to subsequent processing, calculating, image displaying or drawing device so as to obtain consecutive curve of variation. Phase, amplitude of the said curve is compared with phase, amplitude of signal source in line frequency as well as of magnetic field of environmental setting. If phase relation of the curve is accorded with phase relation of signal source in line frequency, and amplitude of the curve is higher than signal amplitude of magnetic field of environmental setting, then the cable to be tested is determined in electrified state, using different phase relation, the invention distinguishes operating cable, warm standby cable and disused cable, not parallel in operation cable.

A system and method for applying a therapeutic treatment to occupants of an enclosure. The enclosure includes at least one treatment area configured to receive and support one or more occupants. One or more heating panels are provided on the at least one treatment area to generate radiant heat effecting therapeutic changes in human body temperature. A ventilation system maintains environmental settings in the enclosure, supplying oxygen to the enclosure and removing sated air from the enclosure. A controller monitors the at least one treatment area and ventilation system to control therapeutic conditions in the enclosure.

An apparatus and method for providing an adaptive virtual desktop operating system (OS) service is provided. The method for providing an adaptive virtual desktop OS service in a virtual OS service platform server, which provides a virtual OS service platform service suitable for a terminal connected through a network, includes collecting and analyzing environmental information including at least one among hardware specification information, computing resource information, and network traffic information of the terminal, computing resource information of a guest OS operated in a virtual machine generated by the virtual OS service platform server; determining an environmental setting factor for structuring a user interface (UI) suitable for the terminal with respect to the virtual machine based on the analyzed result; and adaptively generating or changing a UI of the virtual OS service platform provided to the terminal based on the determined environmental setting factor.

The invention provides methods for controlling invasive plants, comprising treating one or more populations of invasive plant species with a composition comprising an effective amount of nucleic acids, wherein the nucleic acids have been produced using gene silencing techniques to target specific plant species, and specific aspects of plant development. In the methods of the invention, the compositions applied to the plants adversely affect only the targeted invasive plants, as compared to any non-invasive plants living in the same environmental setting. Further provided are methods for restoring native plant flora to an environment, by treating a natural environment using the methods provided herein to reduce or eliminate a species of invasive plant in an environment, then reintroducing a native plant species to the environment, such that the native plant population is reestablished in an environment and the invasive species is eliminated or reduced.

The invention relates to an intelligent heat exchange system of a diesel engine, which comprises a heat exchanger, an electromagnetic valve, an oil circuit heater and an intelligent monitoring device; the heat exchanger is communicated with an oil pump, an oil tank, an engine and a radiator by pipelines and one end of the engine is connected with the oil pump by an oil inlet tube while the other end is connected with the oil tank by an oil return tube; the oil inlet tube, the oil return tube, a water return pipe, an oil cup and the oil tank are respectively provided with a temperature sensor which is connected with an intelligent detection device; the intelligent heat exchange system of the invention comprises components as follows: 1. the heat exchanger; 2. the oil circuit heater; 3. the intelligent monitoring device; 4 the temperature sensor; 5. the electromagnetic valve; the intelligent heat exchange system of the invention has the advantages that the intelligent monitoring device can monitor the temperature of the oil inlet tube, the oil return tube and the oil tank in real time and different upper limit and lower limit temperature control ranges are configured according to the real environment so as to ensure that a diesel car can normally use diesel oil with the grade of 0<#> or higher at the environmental temperature of minus 10 DEG C to minus 40 DEG C, thereby being capable of saving energy consumption and reducing transportation cost.

The invention provides a plotting device capable of performing individual environmental setting for every individual plotting tool and maintaing / storing every setting state, and to provide a plotting program. The plotting device performing plotting by moving a cursor on a screen is provided with a plotting pointer having an individual setting dialog and being operated by being gripped by the cursor.

A method of indoor environmental preference management includes initializing, by a processor of a preference processing system, a plurality of occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for a plurality of users with a plurality of default settings based on a plurality of control types for a plurality of building systems. The processor of the preference processing system adjusts at least one control setting of the occupant indoor environmental setting preferences for a first user based on feedback from the first user. At least one control device of a building automation system is operated based on the adjustment to the at least one control setting of the occupant indoor environmental setting preferences.

An electronic musical apparatus which is shared by a plurality of users and is capable of making environmental settings for individual users without imposing burdens on the users. Authentication of biometric information or possession information on each user is performed, and environmental setting information for setting an environment of the electronic musical apparatus is stored in association with the biometric information or possession information on each user. Environmental setting information associated with the authenticated biometric information or possession information is read out, and an environment of the electronic musical apparatus is set based on the read environmental setting information.

The invention relates to explosive blast mitigation enclosures, and in particular to enclosures adaptable to accommodate blast mitigation of suspect devices placed against a wall, the outside corner of two walls meeting at 90°, in close proximity to an immovable object such as a telephone pole or in other similar environmental settings. One aspect of the invention is broadly defined as a blast mitigation enclosure adaptable to various environmental settings comprising a plurality of wall panels substantially fabricated from ballistic fabric. The wall panels are removably attached to one another along their adjacent upright edges to form a floor-less enclosure, and at least one of the wall panels has a closable flap allowing for the introduction of blast-suppression foam into the enclosure.

The invention embeds an emulation module in removable media, for use in replicating an operating environment on a laptop or other remote machines. The emulation module prompts the user to capture environmental settings on an originating machine, such as display settings, network settings, input / output, applications, working data files and other parameters on a removable media. The user may then insert the removable media in a compatible reader attached to the laptop or other secondary or host machine, and upon activation of the emulation module reproduce the screen display, applications, data files and other resources on the host machine. When the user is finished working on the host machine, the emulation module may restore the settings of the operating environment on that machine to their preexisting state. Working data may be synchronized between the originating and host machines.

A system and method for controlling gaming technology, musical instruments and environmental settings via detection of neuromuscular activity are disclosed herein. The disclosed system generally comprises a sensor grid coupled to a user; a base station configured to receive neuromuscular activity inputs from one or more sensors in said sensor grid, determine whether said neuromuscular activity inputs received from said one or more sensors is within a calibrated boundary value for an activity associated with each of said one or more sensors, and instruct a physical device or software to perform said activity when said neuromuscular activity input received from said one or more sensors is within said calibrated boundary value for the activity associated with each of said one or more sensors; and at least one said physical device or said software being configured to receive instructions from said base station. The disclosed system allows a user to perform an activity that the user might otherwise be unable to perform.

The present invention provides a system and method for extending the battery life of a mobile device. The method of extending the battery life of a mobile device can be broadly summarized by the following steps of determining if at least one component on the mobile device can be placed in a hibernation state for a predetermined time, setting a remote clock to a current time and powering off the at least one component on the mobile device that can be placed in the hibernation state. The method further includes waiting a predetermined interval selected by a user, wherein the time interval can be selected from a factory preset or an environmental setting, re-activating the at least one component on the mobile device that was placed in the hibernation state and synchronizing a system clock with the remote clock.

The invention relates to the technical field of temperature control, in particular to judgment of liquid boiling points in the heating process. A fuel gas stove is disclosed and comprises a temperature control device, the device comprises a controller, an alarming device, a temperature sensor and an execution device, the alarming device, the temperature sensor and the execution device are all connected with the controller, and the execution device is connected with an air inlet pipe of the stove; according to the stove, different boiling point judgment parameters can be set according to different using environments, corresponding motions can be executed after liquid reaches a boiling point, and therefore the water boiling and stewing functions are achieved. In addition, a method for judging the liquid boiling point is further disclosed; and according to the method, the different boiling point judgment parameters can be set according to different liquid volumes, boiling point judgment is more accurate, and prolonging or delaying of judgment time is avoided.

Environmental settings and access to a physical space may be secured. An authorized user profile may comprise at least voice information and a plurality of customized environmental settings. The environmental settings may comprise settings appropriate for the space. Spaces such as, but not limited to, a vehicle, an office space, a home, and / or a hotel room may be secured and customized through customized environmental settings. An output device may present a challenge phrase to an individual seeking access to the physical space. An input device may detect a spoken response to the challenge phrase. If the spoken response detected matches both the challenge phrase presented and the voice profile of a user, then the customization settings for that user may be implemented.

A billing system with multiple billing features, which is the technical idea of the present invention, is disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it includes: a kiosk including an environment setting unit for environmental setting of information on a plurality of servers being connected to a billing menu and a receipt format that is a billing result, and a billing menu unit providing a plurality of billing menus being connected to the plurality of servers; and a billing menu unit configured to provide a plurality of billing menus connected to the plurality of servers; and a plurality of servers in conjunction with the kiosk, wherein the plurality of servers may include any one or more among a first service provider server, a second service provider server, a representative service provider server, and a server of a card company

Embodiments of method and apparatus according to the invention can set an environment of a digital DVD device using a portable memory. A portable memory can store a plurality of environment setup information, for example, lock information, favorite channel information, logo screen image information, and screen saver information, etc. The portable memory including the environment setup information can be inserted in the digital device or other digital devices, such that an environment of a corresponding digital device can be established.