1010 results about "Hazard" patented technology

Systems and methods for controlling a climate control system of a smart-home environment that includes a plurality of smart devices are provided. One method includes detecting, with a hazard detector of the smart devices, a level of carbon monoxide (CO) at the hazard detector that exceeds a threshold CO level at a location of the hazard detector, determining, by one of the smart devices, that the climate control system includes a combustion based heat source, and in response to the detecting and the determination, transmitting, by a system controller of the climate control system, a first signal to turn off at least one aspect of the climate control system.

A robot includes a hazard sensor, a locomotor, and a system controller. The robot senses a hazard intensity at a location of the robot, moves to a new location in response to the hazard intensity, and autonomously repeats the sensing and moving to determine multiple hazard levels at multiple locations. The robot may also include a communicator to communicate the multiple hazard levels to a remote controller. The remote controller includes a communicator for sending user commands to the robot and receiving the hazard levels from the robot. A graphical user interface displays an environment map of the environment proximate the robot and a scale for indicating a hazard intensity. A hazard indicator corresponds to a robot position in the environment map and graphically indicates the hazard intensity at the robot position relative to the scale.

Systems and methods for detecting and verifying the adequacy of personal protective equipment needed by a person to complete a potentially hazardous task.

The invention relates to the field of coal mine safety technique, specifically to a down-hole coal and gas outburst hazard early warning system and early warning method. The coal and gas outburst synthesized early-warning system, uses the existing local area network to connect a synthesized early-warning data server, an early-warning data management system and the existing coal mine safety monitoring system; analyzes the coal and gas outburst early-warning data in the synthesized early-warning data server by an outburst early-warning module; and emits early-warning information based on the analyzed result. The inventive coal and gas outburst synthesized early warning system and early warning method can perform centralized management and comprehensive analysis of the geological structure, coal seam occurrence, gas occurrence, mining production, daily forecast indicators, outburst forecast, gas emission and other security information that originally scatter in various functional sections of coal mine on the geographical information system GIS platform, integrates the existing resources, improves the accuracy of early warning, so that the early warning is both real-time and forward-looking, and can effectively prevent the occurrence of coal and gas outburst in coal mine.

The invention belongs to the field of safety production and early warming emergency of construction of water conservancy and hydropower projects and relates to an Internet of Things framework type system and method for monitoring and early warning of major accident potential safety hazards of a water conservancy and hydropower project. According to the Internet of Things framework type system and method for monitoring and early warning of the major accident potential safety hazards of the water conservancy and hydropower project, information of the potential safety hazards which can cause a potential accident in the area of the water conservancy and hydropower project is recognized and positioned to determine the types and levels of the potential safety hazards, and judging of the types and levels of the potential safety hazards and information statistics are carried out; meanwhile, the geographic position, spatial position, dynamic change, state change and state prediction of monitoring points in the area are analyzed by combining with the historical information of the area, early warning information can be generated automatically after potential safety hazard information in the monitoring area is beyond a set alarm value, and comprehensive data information of the potential safety hazards in the area and early warning of the major accident potential safety hazards of the project are provided through communication transmission.

Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for conveying vehicle driving information. A hazard index indicating a level of driving safety is generated for a plurality of road segments. The generating comprises determining a hazard value for each of the plurality of road segments based on weather conditions data associated with the road segments, road conditions data associated with the road segments, and physical attributes of the road segments, and assigning the hazard value to the associated road segment. Location data associated with a remote device is received. Hazard information associated with one or more of the plurality of road segments and based on the location data and the hazard index is transmitted.

The present invention relates to detectors of hazardous environmental conditions (e.g., smoke, gas, motion). Specifically, the invention relates to a hazard detector configured to transmit and/or receive information related to hazardous environmental conditions based at least in part on the location of the hazard detector as identified through one or more location based service means (e.g., global positioning systems (GPS), cellular triangulation, Internet IP geolocation).

In one embodiment, an electronically controlled hatch system for safe ingress, egress, hazard detection, and methods thereof are provided to reduce or eliminate hazards to personnel, including protection of people above and below a scuttle hatch, access port, skylight or elevated deck. Said hatch system reduces the risk of falls while ascending or descending a ladder through an access port. In certain embodiments, severe weather, hazard, security, and other safety information are detected and transmitted to a central control unit for processing and regulating the opening and closing of a hatch covering the access port and/or raising and lowering a safety railing system based on said information and/or user input. Said hatch system may include an actuator and guides for automatically locking/unlocking and opening/closing a hatch, an actuator and guides for automatically raising/lowering a railing system, hazard, security, lighting, and other safety monitoring detectors/apparatuses, and a centralized controller.

System for customizing hazard notifications based on user activity includes a hazard detector and a computer server system communicatively coupled to the hazard detector. The hazard detector detects a hazard level that is greater than a threshold setting, the hazard level indicating an amount of smoke or carbon monoxide present at the hazard detector. The hazard detector generates hazard data indicating the detection of the hazard level and transmits the hazard data to the computer server system. The computer server system associates a location with the hazard detector. Activity data indicating a user location is received at the computer server system and the hazard data is received at the computer server system. The computer server system generates a notification based on the hazard location and the user location in response to receiving the hazard data.

The invention particularly relates to an audio/video combined monitoring method and a system thereof, belongs to the technical field of industrial environment monitoring, and aims to solve the problems in the prior art, for example, the monitoring is only conducted by video monitoring operators on duty, who are easy to be fatigue and hardly identify places with potential safety hazards, moreover, video monitoring is limited by functions and viewing angles, so that the potential hazard cannot be found in time, thereby missing rescue opportunities. The audio/video combined monitoring method uses audio signals and video signals at the same time to conduct environmental monitoring, and guides the operators on duty to selectively observe video windows by using the identification results of the audio signals. The processing method of the audio signals comprises the following steps: (1) feature extraction, (2) model training, (3) sound classification, (4) online study, and (5) hazard rating evaluation.

A system for monitoring hazards and determining potential loss exposure resulting from those hazards, the system comprising:

• • a first user input component for permitting a user to specify at least one geographic location to be monitored;
  • a second user input component for permitting a user to specify at least one hazard parameter to be monitored for the at least one monitored location;
  • a first data acquisition component for acquiring hazard data for the at least one monitored location, wherein the first data acquisition component is configured to acquire the data from at least two disparate data sources and aggregate that data in a seamless data set;
  • a second data acquisition component for acquiring data regarding entities associated with the at least one monitored location;
  • an analytical engine for determining the potential loss exposure to the entities associated with the at least one monitored location resulting from the occurrence of hazards at the at least one monitored location; and
  • a reporting engine for reporting the results of the analytical engine to a user.

A method for monitoring hazards and determining potential loss exposure resulting from those hazards, the method comprising:

• • specifying (i) at least one geographic location to be monitored, and (ii) at least one hazard parameter to be monitored for the at least one monitored location, and acquiring (a) hazard data for the at least one monitored location, wherein the acquired hazard data is from at least two disparate data sources, and aggregating the hazard data into a seamless data set, and (b) acquiring data regarding insured entities associated with the at least one monitored location;
  • determining potential loss exposure to the entities associated with the at least one monitored location resulting from the occurrence of hazards at the at least one monitored location; and
  • reporting the determined potential loss exposure to a user.

The invention discloses a hard roof mine impact ground pressure hazard risk prediction analysis method. The hard roof mine impact ground pressure hazard risk prediction analysis method comprises substituting obtained mechanical parameters into an energy release equation based on an occurred impact ground pressure hazard to obtain the energy increase degree REC; performing the quantitative characterization on the energy absorption degree AEC according to six divided supporting schemes; dividing specific mine impact ground pressure hazard risk prediction analysis frameworks according to the degree of the influence on mining, wherein the formula of the impact ground pressure hazard potential RDP is as follow; calculating the impact ground pressure hazard potential produced in the mining process of the high press area in the process of the newly occurred hard roof breaking and performing comparison on the impact ground pressure hazard potential and the established impact ground pressure hazard risk prediction analysis frameworks to determine the hazard degree of the impact ground pressure. According to the hard roof mine impact ground pressure hazard risk prediction analysis method, the scientific quantification is performed on the impact ground pressure hazard potential induced by the hard roof breaking in a mine, the calculation method is simple, the required mechanical parameters are easy to obtain, and the impact ground pressure hazard risk of the hard roof mine is simply and conveniently determined.

The invention relates to a power system short-term risk determination method taking disaster factors into account and belongs to the field of power system reliability and risk analysis. The method comprises the steps: geographically dividing regions where disasters causing power system transmission line failure are distributed (disaster regions for short, e.g. regions of lightning strokes, ice disasters, bird hazards and the like); establishing a corresponding relationship between power transmission devices and the disaster regions according to positions of the power transmission devices of a power system and the geographical distribution of the disaster regions; calculating the conditional failure rate of the power transmission devices located in the disaster regions when the disasters occur through carrying out statistics on historical failure of the power transmission devices of the power system and reasons for the historical failure; determining the power outage risk of the power system in a future short term by using power system risk assessment techniques according to weather forecast information and the conditional failure rate of the power transmission devices. By using the method, potential power outage accidents of the power system under disaster weather are warned, and maintenance plans and operating modes for the power system are arranged reasonably, so that large-scale power outage accidents of the power system are prevented.

The invention discloses a method for optimizing and balancing power-cut schemes. The method includes the steps that firstly, safety analysis checking is conducted on the drafted power-cut schemes, probably-caused safety risks and reliability of the power-cut schemes are comprehensively evaluated and analyzed, safety early warning is conducted in time before the schemes are executed, and therefore potential safety hazards are reduced; the power-cut schemes passing safety analysis checking are kneaded and analyzed, the power-cut schemes with the overlapped power-cut ranges are kneaded, the number of power-cut times of users is reduced, and therefore power supply reliability is improved; scheduling analysis is conducted on the kneaded power-cut schemes, the power-cut schemes of different types such as overhauls, service expansion and defects are comprehensively considered, factors such as holidays and festivals, electricity protection tasks and important users are considered in the scheduling process, dispatching, work area and construction unit workloads are distributed in a balanced mode, and a scientific power-cut time arrangement scheme is proposed.

The invention relates to the field of information security, and specifically, the invention relates to an APT firewall system. An extranet interface module 101, an abnormal flow detection module 102, an intranet interface module 103, an abnormal association module 104, a retrospective evaluation module 105 and a host program monitoring module 106 are integrated in the system for detecting the flow of an extranet and an intranet in real time, monitoring the program process in real time and further decomposing and identifying abnormal flow and abnormal behaviors containing APT threats so as to locate the APT threat level, intercept the APT communication, clear the APT Trojan program and eliminate the threat attacks and the potential safety hazards.

The invention discloses an automated penetration testing method and system, including an automatic penetration method and a manual penetration method; in the manual penetration method, it is necessary to select a penetration mode for automatic penetration; the penetration mode includes loophole penetration, brute force cracking, and WEB penetration and social engineering tests. The present invention has the advantages of loophole hazard display, comprehensive coverage inspection, and automatic penetration. By utilizing the discovered loopholes, the present invention displays the hazards caused by the loopholes, deters development and operation and maintenance personnel, forms indirect security awareness education for them, and improves personnel security. Security awareness; comprehensive coverage inspection, through security inspection of networks, applications, and personnel; through automated penetration, improve the efficiency and comprehensiveness of security personnel inspections.

A system and method display a hazard free area around an aircraft that is modified to alert a pilot if a threshold distance between a detected object and the aircraft is reached. The modification may include, for example, altering the size of the hazard free area and its color. Additional information that may be displayed includes distance to the object, width of the hazard free area, stopping distance of the aircraft, and a route to avoid the object.

The invention relates to a coal mine safety monitoring system staged and sectional alarm method. The coal mine safety monitoring system staged and sectional alarm method comprises the following stepsthat hazard sources can be monitored by a monitoring system are listed; a risk level of the hazard sources is evaluated, and the hazard sources are divided into different stages according to the risklevel; a single hazard source warning criterion is set; according to the stages of the hazard sources, different weights are given, and a comprehensive staged warning criterion is set in combination with the single hazard source warning criterion; according to the comprehensive staged warning criterion, staged alarm is carried out; and system control measures for different warning stages are set.The coal mine safety monitoring system staged and sectional alarm method predicts the gas concentration of a coal mining face in advance, conducts gas outburst early warning on a tunneling working surface, and conducts alarm and power failure according to the staged alarm and power failure strategies; and when alarm occurs, voice audible and visual alarm are sent out, and short message notifications are sent to relevant personnel according to the staged alarm stages, so that the safety production management requirements are ensured.

The invention discloses a hazardous chemical substance cabinet management method and system, and relates to the field of hazardous chemical substance management, and the method comprises the followingspecific steps: (1) providing authorization , and carrying out authorization identification; (2) recording access data and carrying out data linkage with a monitoring center server; (3) recording thereturned data and performing data linkage with a monitoring center server; and (4) performing statistical analysis and comparison on the returned data to realize risk control management. The system comprises a hazardous chemical substance cabinet, an environment monitoring device, an access control device, a server, a monitoring center server, a local area network, an intelligent terminal and a cloud data center. The intelligent terminal can control the environment monitoring device, the access control device and the hazardous chemical substance cabinet through the local area network, the monitoring center server and the server in sequence according to data information transmitted by the environment monitoring device and the access control device, and the aim of intelligently managing thehazardous chemical substance cabinet is achieved. Potential safety hazards caused by manual recording or updating errors and omissions and slowness of hazardous chemicals can be reduced.

A system for managing hazards in a construction site is presented. One aspect of the inventive subject matter includes a hazard management system comprising a hazard context database, a sensor interface, and a hazard analysis engine. The sensor interface is configured to acquire a site data feed that is representative of a construction site. The hazard analysis engine is configured to (i) instantiate a hazard object by comparing the site data feed to hazard criteria of the plurality of hazard contexts, (ii) update the hazard object based on the site data feed, (iii) generate hazard notification criteria related to the hazard object, (iv) obtain worker attributes from the site data, and (v) transmit a hazard notification to an output device when the worker attributes cause satisfaction of the hazard notification criteria.

The invention relates to the field of geological disaster risk assessment, and particularly relates to a risk quantitative evaluation method for a geological disaster chain after a strong earthquake.The method includes searching data, acquiring a long-term evolution rule of post-earthquake disasters, establishing spatial database, and respectively quantifying disaster chain risk evaluation, disaster-bearing body evaluation and vulnerability evaluation; and comprehensively and quantitatively evaluating the accumulated risk of the disaster chain according to the quantized values, establishing arisk acceptable criterion model based on an ALARP principle, and grading the potential hazard degree of the comprehensively evaluated accumulated risk of the disaster chain according to the model. According to the method, a set of complete risk evaluation framework system of the post-earthquake geological disaster chain is built, the interaction between disasters can be quantitatively evaluated,the interaction between the disasters and vulnerability of disaster-bearing bodies can also be quantitatively evaluated, the potential risk degree of the disaster chain can be comprehensively and accurately evaluated, and reference is provided for decision making of a post-disaster reconstruction scheme.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for patient case and care complexity characterization, and detecting matches of an individual patient's record with collections of other patients' records, based on serial, longitudinal patterns, for facilitating efficient health services utilization, implementing programs to reduce complexity, preventive medicine, and risk management in health care. In an embodiment, time series are formed by electronically representing information pertaining to successive longitudinal episodes of health services utilization and the circumstances in which the episodes were incurred; calculating time-series K-nearest-neighbor clusters and distances for each combination; determining the cluster to which a given candidate patient complexity record is nearest, and prescribing one or more interventions specific to the plurality of hazards that are characteristic of trajectories that are members of that cluster, or that are deemed to be relevant to mitigating those hazards, thereby preventing the adverse outcomes and subsequent excess utilization that are prevalent in that cluster.