2292 results about "Equipment monitoring" patented technology

A welding-type device has a wireless communication unit to transmit wireless signals comprising at least identification information or location information. The information may be transmitted either automatically or in response to request signals. Such a welding-type device may be configured to communicate with other welding-type devices, a monitoring device, or both. A wireless communication system has at least one welding-type device, at least one wireless communication assembly, and at least one monitoring device and is capable of assisting a user in locating particular welding-type devices, monitoring inventory, preventing theft of welding-type devices, and scheduling preventive maintenance.

An automated fault reporting system for a train includes a controller that gathers information concerning malfunctioning wayside status devices and automatically reports the information to an appropriate party. In one embodiment, the control module uses a positioning system and a database including device locations in order to determine when the train is near a device. If no status information is received from the device as the train approaches, or the status information indicates a problem, the train is allowed to continue at a reduced speed to allow the operator to visually confirm that it is safe to proceed. If an area monitored by the device has been passed, or if the operator indicates that there is no problem, or the device fails to respond, the controller records and reports the malfunction.

A system for monitoring plant equipment is provided. Another aspect provides an automated analysis system wherein software instructions operably compare sensor data to predefined valves and determine mechanical problems in multiple machines. In another aspect, a cement manufacturing system includes sensors for sensing movement conditions of cement making machines. A further aspect provides a central computer connected to vibration sensors associated with cement making machines, where software instructions perform real-time comparisons and machine performance determinations, based at least in part on sensed signals.

The invention discloses an equipment monitoring system based on three-dimensional real scenes and a system integration method based on three-dimensional real scenes. A database technology is fully utilized, and static data of a three-dimensional real scene model library is integrated and associated with dynamic data in an equipment monitoring subsystem to realize dynamism and instantaneity of three-dimensional real scene object information display; physical modeling is performed to smart equipment to form identifiable equipment three-dimensional pixel, feature information of the smart equipment is extracted to build a visual information data structure of the smart equipment; an industrial data bridge and an SOA (semiconductor optical amplifier) technology are utilized to integrate real-time date collected by the smart equipment to a three-dimensional real scene image so as to realize information display control and statistical analysis, accurate visualized dynamic information is provided for administrators in real time, and omnibearing monitoring requirements are met.

A consumable-goods reordering system in which a system controller has access to the signals transmitted by each smart appliance relevant to the environment being monitored, such as a home. Each appliance monitors a particular physical condition that is related to the appliance's usage of a consumable good, senses changes in the condition being monitored, and reports states of the condition. Meanwhile, the system controller memorizes and maintains the states of various processing events, such as when an appliance reported a particular state of the monitored condition. By considering the information reported by the multiple smart appliances, as well as by accounting for the states corresponding to the various events, the system controller is able to continually update a representation of the state of the monitored environment. Having such context awareness enables the system controller to generate intelligently various reorder messages for transmission to the various suppliers of the consumables.

The invention discloses a building information total management system and method. The system comprises a fire control linkage monitoring unit, a public infrastructure monitoring unit, a security monitoring unit, a water and gas leakage monitoring unit, an environment quality monitoring unit, a management controlling unit, a core processing unit and an alarm managing unit, wherein the fire control linkage monitoring unit is used for obtaining smoke and fire detection information; the public infrastructure monitoring unit is used for obtaining working state information of public infrastructures; the security monitoring unit is used for obtaining monitoring data of security monitoring equipment; the water and gas leakage monitoring unit is used for obtaining detection information for representing water/gas leakage of water/gas supply equipment; the environment quality monitoring unit is used for obtaining environment quality detection information; the management monitoring unit is used for receiving a control command of a user and sending the control command to the core processing unit; the core processing unit is used for forwarding the detection information of the monitoring/detection unit and alarm information to the management monitoring unit and forwarding the control command of the management controlling unit to an appointed monitoring/detecting unit to control corresponding building equipment to operate; and the alarm managing unit is used for selecting an alarm mode according to the event grade of the alarm information.

The invention provides an intelligent management system of a flexible production enterprise. The system comprises a product tracing inquiry module, an order management and production planning module, an equipment monitoring module, a material management module, an energy monitoring module, a human resource management module, a financial management module and an information exchange platform, wherein the product tracing inquiry module is used as a basis and the order management and production planning module is a core to intelligently realize automatic generation of a production plan, whole-course on-line tracing recording of a processing process, monitoring of equipment and hydroelectric energy and plan management of human, material and money. By using the intelligent management system of the flexible production enterprise, the flexible production enterprise can perform true product quality tracing, master the use conditions of the equipment and the hydroelectric energy in real time and fully utilize the capacities of the equipment, the human, the energy and the like of the enterprise, so that the production cost of the enterprise is reduced.

Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for controlling electronic devices in an interactive gaming environment. Embodiments detect a first interactive game is playing within the physical environment using one or more electronic devices. User movement is monitored using at least one sensor device within the physical environment and user speech is monitored using one or more microphone sensor devices within the physical environment. Upon determining that the user movement matches a predefined series of user actions and that the user speech matches a corresponding predefined speech pattern, embodiments determine a gameplay action corresponding to both the predefined series of user actions and the predefined speech pattern and transmit an instruction, to at least one of the one or more electronic devices within the physical environment, instructing the electronic device to perform the determined gameplay action.

A long-distance state monitoring and fault diagnosing system of a distributing equipment is based on the Internet as the network communication basis and is used for Web Service technology construction. The invention consists of a field workstation, a long-distance monitoring and diagnosing center and three sub-systems of the long-distance diagnosing workstation. The field workstation collects equipment functioning parameters, monitors the equipment functioning state at real time and diagnoses field faults of the equipment. The long-distance monitoring and diagnosing center carries out real time long-distance state monitoring to all fields, receives workstation service requests and diagnoses the equipment long-distance faults. The long-distance diagnosing workstation receives cooperation request from the long-distance monitoring and diagnosing center and cooperates to complete the equipment fault diagnosis through Web service port. The system has good universality and configurability and can conveniently and quickly establish the application system aimed at different equipment monitoring and diagnosing requirements to realize equipment long-distance state monitoring and fault diagnosing on the basis of the Internet.

The invention discloses an electric transmission and transformation equipment state monitoring defect management system and method based on regulation and control integration. The method is characterized in that an electric power regulation and control center is used to monitor the operation of newly added power transmission equipment in a centralized manner, monitor the electric transmission and transformation equipment state online and build an analyzing service so as to perform statistical analysis, processing and monitoring, and closed-loop tracking on equipment defect conditions, summarize defect variation trends and occurrence regularity, and promote comprehensive extension, from scheduling operation to equipment operation, of power grid safety control. Resources of an operation on-duty system, a production management system and other equipment management systems are integrated to build a complete and good working interface, electric transmission and transformation equipment monitoring defect multidimensional information is input, and by the aid of management modules of traverse connection, inner control monitoring and closed-loop tracking, the real-time operation states of the electric transmission and transformation equipment can be controlled, inquiring and statistical counting of various key information can be achieved, screening and tracking of family defects are achieved, and equipment health states can be monitored and analyzed.

A vital radio based automatic train control system that will interface seamlessly with existing onboard ATC equipment via existing track receiver inputs or directly. The invention provides a means of extending ATC signal territory with reduced equipment installation as compared to traditional cab or wayside based ATC. The invention can be used to reduce train braking distances and reduce headway. Furthermore, the radio cab signal can be used for additional purposes including but not limited to wayside equipment monitoring and rolling equipment monitoring.

The invention is applied to the field of computer control and provides a method, a device and a system for generating monitoring interfaces of equipment. The method comprises the following steps of: receiving a graphic ActiveX selection instruction of a user, and selecting a corresponding graphic ActiveX from a graphic ActiveX library; receiving an attribute setting instruction of the user, and setting an attribute of the graphic ActiveX; and endowing the graphic ActiveX with functions. According to all kinds of control equipment attribute information which is configured in an equipment monitoring system, and based on an expandable graphic ActiveX library, various graphic monitoring interfaces are automatically generated, stored and realized directly, so the problem that the monitoring interfaces of fixed equipment cannot adapt to the change of monitoring requirements of the user is solved, the defects of over-high working capacity and poor normalization brought by manual customization of all monitoring interfaces are overcome, and effects of flexibility and high efficiency are achieved.

The invention discloses an on-line intelligent monitoring module for intelligent transformer substation GISs, which comprises an SF6 monitoring function module, a circuit beaker monitoring function module, a capacitive equipment monitoring function modules for mutual inductors and the like, a lightning arrester monitoring function module, a station level communication function module and a human-machine interface function module. By means of the function modules, the on-line intelligent monitoring module for intelligent transformer substation GISs can monitor the gas insulation condition in a gas insulated metal-enclosed switchgear (GIS) and the operating condition of the primary equipment of each power system on line, consequently, power system operation maintainers can fully know the operating state of the GIS in real time and accordingly arrange the operation and maintenance time of the equipment, the safety of the operation of the GIS is enhanced, the safe operation of a power grid is effectively guaranteed, moreover, the maintenance method for the GIS is changed from the conventional scheduled maintenance to state maintenance, the equipment maintenance cost is effectively reduced, and the benefit of a power grid operation maintenance enterprise is increased.

The invention provides a wireless network data communication equipment monitoring system and an equipment monitoring method. The monitoring system includes a network topology module, an equipment management module, a configuration management module, a statistical analysis module, a system management module, an acquisition information module, and a Trap information module. The monitoring system displays the equipment state in real time, performs real-time monitoring and checking of the integral performance information of equipment to be managed and the interface performance information, customizes the alarm state and equipment alarm monitoring, configures the basic parameters of a physical interface, makes statistics of the alarm level of the equipment to be monitored and displays the percentage of the different alarm levels, provides the real-time monitoring of the whole network, sends the real-time monitoring information on time, and automatically reports the information on time. The system saves a lot of manpower resources, and the equipment information and the alarm information to be needed can be acquired by logging the system, the monitoring time cost is saved, the wireless network equipment is scientific and convenient in monitoring, the management is refined, and the work efficiency is greatly improved.

The present invention relates to a cashless transaction processing system and method for locally authorizing cashless payment transactions at a payment module. Locally authorizing transactions can include utilizing locally stored databases and other authorization criteria or rules to validate or approve a plurality of payment identification data presented by a user, wherein the plurality of payment identification data presented by the user is intended to be utilized to effectuate payment for vended goods and services.

In addition, the cashless transaction payment module system is scalable and configurable to include interfaces for vending equipment monitoring and control capabilities, interfaces for a card reader device and other payment interfaces, an interactive interface and protocol for interconnecting the system to a computing platform, and support for a plurality of communication options that include wired, point-to-point wireless, and wireless networking including LAN/WAN/WCDMA/CDMA/CDPD/2G/2.5G/3G solutions.

An automatic door assembly for installation at a doorway formed through a wall of a building and for use in conjunction with a video device that is (a) capable of receiving a video data signal from a video imaging device monitoring a field of view and (b) processing the video data signal received from the imaging device into a form suitable for displaying images that are visually representative of the imaging device's field of view. The door assembly comprises a frame assembly that mounts to the building wall at the doorway thereof, a door panel that mounts to the frame assembly for movement between closed position and open positions, and a door controlling system. The door controlling system comprises a video imaging device mounted in a viewing position. The imaging device is provided by a digital or analog video camera. In the viewing position, the imaging device monitors a field of view that encompasses an approach area located adjacent to the doorway. The video imaging device transmits an internal video data signal comprising information representative of the field of view. The controlling system also comprises a detection system comprising a video signal processor that communicates with the video imaging device. The processor receives the internal video data signal from the imaging device and processes the information comprising the internal video data signal to determine whether a person or object has entered the approach area. The detection system transmits a door opening signal in response to the processor thereof determining that a person or object has entered the approach area. The door assembly also comprises a door operator connected to the door panel and communicated with the detection system. The door operator moves the door panel from the closed position thereof to the open position thereof responsive to receiving the door opening signal.

The invention relates to an inspection system for an unattended substation, which comprises a substation on-site video camera, a video processing server, an infrared imaging instrument, an oil chromatography on-line monitor, a switch cabinet temperature sensor, an arrester on-line monitor, a SF6 gas micro-water density on-line monitor, an air quality sensor, a direct current on-line monitor, a protection information remote transmitter, an auxiliary device remote opener, a database server and a WEB server, wherein all the parts of the system are connected together through an electric MIS (management information system) network. By utilizing the intelligent inspection software, an integrated substation equipment monitoring system is formed by the video, the various sensors and the related circuit. The system provided by the invention has the advantages that the on-line monitoring data of equipment, the protection information and the images under the normal running state of the equipment are simultaneously automatically tracked and displayed when a person on duty monitors the appearance of equipment.

An operating strategy for effectively operating a system, such as a boiler system, is provided by quantifying operation of the system based on failure characteristics modeled in a computer processor performing failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) to forecast damage mechanisms from operational parameters. One method includes determining operational consequences from inherent damage impact of fixed operational parameters, enabling instruments for operation with the processor for monitoring and diagnosing potential damage mechanisms, forming a graphic component map sufficient for user review of preselected system locations, and developing macroscopic in-service and out-of-service condition monitoring plans for the system. Detailed condition monitoring plans are then created from the macroscopic plans by the processor classifying each damage mechanism as one of active, incipient, incidental and passive, and processing each classified damage mechanism based on industry and local historical data for providing yield indices and propensities as reference for the FMEA.

The invention relates to the field of power system equipment monitoring, in particular to an intelligent transformer substation secondary equipment health state diagnosis method. The method includes the steps of defining the state type of intelligent transformer substation secondary equipment, determining a state attribute information variable of the secondary equipment, establishing a sample database of the transformer substation secondary equipment, obtaining state self-inspection information of the secondary equipment, performing discretization to obtain a state attribute value, establishing a Bayesian network classification model, and selecting the fault type with maximum probability as the health state diagnosis result of the secondary equipment. According to the method, the equipment state can be mastered accurately, the outage time is shortened, the safe reliability and the utilization rate of the equipment are improved, and the service life of the equipment is prolonged; a maintenance requirement decision is made scientifically, maintenance projects, maintenance intervals and maintenance period are arranged reasonably, equipment operation maintenance cost is reduced effectively, equipment operation performance is improved, and economic benefits are improved; a management system meeting state maintenance requirements is formed, and the basic management level of maintenance and operation is improved.

The invention discloses a shield tunnel intelligent construction auxiliary system based on the big data technology and an application method. The intelligent construction auxiliary system comprises a basic management module, an analyzing and processing module and a pre-warning module, wherein the basic management module is connected with the analyzing and processing module through a wireless network, and the analyzing and processing module is provided with a database, compares on-site basic management data with the database, performs analysis and outputs corresponding parameter control or performs pre-warning through the pre-warning module; the basic management module comprises an equipment monitoring module, an equipment management module, a technology management module, a quality management module, a safety management module, a material management module and a progress management module. The intelligent construction auxiliary system has the advantages that ambient environment and ground deformation, tunnel project quality and shield tunneling machine faults are predicted and pre-warned, unsafe behaviors during construction are reduced, the operation efficiency of shield tunneling equipment, the safety of tunnel construction and tunnel engineering quality are increased, and the construction cost of tunnel engineering is lowered.