2320 results about "Equipment monitoring" patented technology

A portable electronic device, like a cellular telephone is capable of detecting collisions between vehicles and notifying the proper authorities. The device includes a microprocessor and memory, in addition to an accelerometer and global positioning systems receiver. The memory includes at least one filter for screening out false positives, which are false collision detections. In one embodiment, the device determines its velocity. It then checks to see if its velocity falls within a range associated with moving vehicles. If so, the device monitors the accelerometer. When acceleration values in excess of a predetermined threshold are detected, the device pauses and again checks its velocity. If the velocity has fallen from the range associated with moving vehicles to a range associated with a vehicle that has sustained a collision, the device notifies emergency personnel that a collision has occurred. Another filter includes an operability check of the keypad, coupled with a notification message that the authorities will be called if the keypad has not been actuated within a predetermined time. Another embodiment includes a detector capable of detecting a vehicular cradle, such that the notification only occurs when high acceleration values are detected in a vehicle.

Redundant gateway methods, apparatus and systems use more than one gateway device in a gateway device group for communications directed outside of a LAN. Failover services are thus provided in the event that an active router or other gateway device fails. A failover monitoring unit includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The monitoring unit also includes gateway ports connected to the processor. Each gateway port is configured to connect a gateway device to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit is configured to collect and store redundancy group data pertaining to a redundancy group comprising a plurality of gateway devices connected to the monitoring unit. The redundancy group includes an active gateway device and one or more standby gateway devices. The monitoring unit monitors the gateway ports to detect failure of an active gateway device. When a failure is detected, the monitoring unit notifies each redundancy group standby gateway device of the active gateway device failure.

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.

The invention discloses a remote ultra-low-density automatic control system. The system comprises a control unit, a water valve, a flow meter, a cement valve, a slurry mixing tank, a liquid level meter, a circulation pump and a plunger pump; the cement valve, the water valve, the circulation pump and the plunger pump are connected with the slurry mixing tank separately, the flow meter feeds the water supply amount monitored in real time back to the control unit, the liquid level meter is arranged in the slurry mixing tank, the control unit controls the number of revolutions and preset displacement of the plunger pump to achieve automatic displacement as required, the water demand amount and the cement demand amount are calculated by presetting the water-cement ratio and liquid level valuein the control unit, and therefore the opening degrees of the water valve and the cement valve are controlled; the control unit comprises a remote control unit and an equipment end control unit whichare connected with each other. The remote ultra-low-density automatic control system has the advantage of remote cementing equipment monitoring, remote liquid level automatic control, remote automaticwater supply, remote automatic cement supply, remote automatic premixing, remote automatic density control and remote automatic displacement.

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.

A system and method for controlling and monitoring an industrial controller using a portable wireless device. The system includes a programmable logic controller (PLC), a local server for exchanging communication with the PLC, a Internet Service Provider (ISP) server for exchanging communication with the local server using the Internet, and a wireless user communication device for exchanging communication with the ISP server. A user utilizes the Internet to monitor the operation of the PLC and input control commands to the PLC using the wireless user communication device.

Disclosed herein are a home appliance network system and a method for operating the same. The home appliance network system comprises a plurality of home appliances connected to a network constructed in a home for transmitting and receiving data over the network, and a home server including a device monitoring module for independently storing and updating state information or product information of a specific one of the home appliances based on an input control command. When a user monitors product information of the home appliances to control the home appliances, the home server more rapidly displays the product information, resulting in an improvement in control speed. Further, the home server uses a smaller amount of network system resources, thereby enabling efficient networking to be made.

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.

The invention discloses a hydroelectric equipment monitoring and fault diagnosis system based on the big data technology. The hydroelectric equipment monitoring and fault diagnosis system comprises a visualization display module, an alarm management module, a query and statistics module and a fault diagnosis nodule. The visualization display module collects to-be-monitored information of a substation through a state access controller and uploads the information to a data uploading server through the state access controller, in this way, the data uploading server module can upload the equipment monitoring data to an Hbase database, query and statistics can be conducted on relevant information, and equipment monitoring information and equipment-related statistical information can be displayed. The alarm management module generates an alarm record through configuration of combined alarm conditions of an equipment monitoring point. The query and statistics module is used for achieving the functions for history query of the equipment monitoring data and general information query of equipment-related accounts. The fault diagnosis nodule adopts various fault diagnosis models or prediction models for conducting equipment fault diagnosis and early warning. By the adoption of the hydroelectric equipment monitoring and fault diagnosis system based on the big data technology, equipment diagnosis efficiency can be improved, the equipment diagnosis level can be increased, the basis is provided for equipment condition-based maintenance, the maintenance cost is reduced, and power supply reliability is improved.

The present disclosure provides a system and method for monitoring and controlling modifications to beverage equipment. The system includes at least one beverage equipment which may include a controller. The controller communicates over a communications network with a data collection server which may be accessible to a central office or equipment provider. A method is also disclosed for first monitoring or querying beverage equipment for a setting or configuration modification. Next, the modification may be compared against a modification threshold to determine whether the modification warrants corrective action. A corrective action may include but is not limited to, resetting the equipment to original or default settings, notifying an end user, notifying the equipment providers, logging the action, or some combination of two or more of these actions.

A sensor-monitoring interfacing device is coupled to one or more physical devices that include sensors for measuring physical attributes. During operation, the interfacing device obtains and processes sensor data from the physical devices. When the interfacing device obtains sensor data from a physical device, the interfacing device selects a rule to process based on the obtained sensor data. If the interfacing device determines that the rule's condition is satisfied, the interfacing device can process the rule's action description to perform a corresponding action.

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.

Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and / or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and wirelessly communicating a signal between the first container and a second container adapted to store a second medicine. In a second embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining if a first container for storing a first medicine is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. The method further includes generating data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container. In a third embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal and, based at least in part on the received signal, determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. In a fourth embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal from a device that monitors whether a first container for storing a first medicine and a second container for storing a second medicine are positioned so as to communicate. The method further includes determining if at least one party has complied with a schedule for taking the first medicine and the second medicine based at least in part on the received signal. Systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for carrying out the above-described embodiments and numerous other embodiments.

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.

A system for monitoring the state and performance of an analysis device, such as a capillary electrophoresis instrument. The system includes software for operating the analysis device and system management software for monitoring the device, generating a report on the state of the device and selecting an appropriate response based on this report. The response can include altering the function of one or more parts of the device, or signaling the need for a repair to be performed, for example.

The invention discloses a monitoring method and system of an intelligent housing system and an intelligent housing system. The intelligent housing system comprises a wireless router and a household appliance. The monitoring method comprises the following steps that: a mobile terminal determines whether a first network and a preset network are identical, wherein the first network is a network connected to the mobile terminal currently and the preset network is a wireless local area communication network of the wireless router; and when the mobile terminal determines that the first network is not identical with the preset network, control data are sent to the household appliance by a cloud server. According to the invention, a problem that the energy is wasted because the household appliance at home is not turned off timely or is not adjusted to the low power consumption state when the user leaves home can be solved, thereby realizing effects of energy conservation and emission reduction.

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.

An integrated system and method are provided for energy, state and operation monitoring and control of restaurant kitchen and non-kitchen / building equipment. The system includes sensors and other data transmitting equipment communicatively connected to a local server and a computing device via a router. The data transmission equipment and server preferably utilize power-line data transmission as well as wireless data transmission. A dashboard application of the system provides a user interface guiding user responses to energy, state, and operational / service alerts and enabling user-input scheduled control settings. The system may also provide automatic feedback control of restaurant equipment.

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.

The invention discloses a multifunctional monitoring system for ensuring safety of a construction site. The system comprises a non-contact attendance device, a person positioning device, an environment monitoring device, an equipment monitoring device and a monitoring platform, wherein the non-contact attendance device is used for carrying out attendance on a person entering a site through identification; the person positioning device is used for carrying out real-time positioning and trajectory tracking on a worker in the construction field; the environment monitoring device is used for monitoring dust, noise, particles, a wind speed, a wind direction, temperature and humidity in real time; the equipment monitoring device is used for carrying out real-time monitoring and remote control onuse time, frequency, current and voltage of each piece of electrical equipment; and the monitoring platform is used for integrating, analyzing and processing monitored data of each device. All-direction real-time monitoring such as person identification, position positioning, the environment and the equipment can be carried out on the construction site, and thus, emergencies can be handled effectively, the life safety of the construction person is protected, the environment is protected, the normal operation of the equipment is maintained, the construction quality is ensured, and the safety of the construction site is ensured.

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 provides a preparation equipment mobile monitoring system and method based on the internet of things and industrial cloud. The system comprises an industrial cloud server, an intelligent terminal, a preparation equipment data collection unit and a local server. The preparation equipment data collection unit comprises a PLC, a data collection sensor and a video collection module. The data collection sensor comprises a wired sensor and a wireless sensor. The input end of the wired sensor and the input end of the wireless sensor are connected with equipment monitored by an ore refinery. The output end of the wired sensor is connected with the input end of the PLC. The wireless sensor is connected with a local server through a wireless gateway. The output end of the PLC and the output end of the video collection module are connected with the local server. The industrial cloud server and an intelligent terminal are communicated through a wireless network. Equipment monitoring does not need to be performed inside an immobile place, anytime and anywhere monitoring data can be provided for enterprise managers and researchers, and convenience and rapidness of the scheme are reflected.