75 results about "Integration appliance" patented technology

An integrating device 200 for supporting one or more devices 207 capable of delivering mass, energy and / or information to occupants localized to a sub-area of a room is combined with sensors 212 capable of detecting occupants within one sub-area or another and processor 206 which correlates the coordinates of the occupants to those of the delivery devices 207 and a controller 206 that drives the specific sub-area device to provide a localized delivery of services such as lighting, heating, cooling, sound and video, intercom, noise cancellation systems, information, entertainment content, connectivity to the internet or social media, and light therapy in an automatic process based on the detected instantaneous needs of the occupant for services.

A system and method for providing a social networking service to a plurality of devices. A social networking server for facilitating social information exchange among the plurality of devices through a socially aware network. A social profiles manager is coupled to the social networking server that creates and manages individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices. The individual centric profiles of the plurality of devices are social representation of individual devices within the socially aware network. The plurality of devices are identifiable by other participants and the social networking server through their social profiles.

The present invention pertains to a portable apparatus for quantitatively measuring the concentration of specific substances in test samples of a lateral flow or microplate assay in medical, biomedical and chemical applications, and for making subsequent analysis and diagnosis. The portable apparatus includes a sample tray for carrying and aligning the test sample in the apparatus; a enclosure that may also serves as the frame of the apparatus; a digital image acquisition system that is used to obtain the digital image of the test sample on the sample tray; and a data display, processing, and analysis unit that is a general purpose or dedicated computer, such as a handheld computer (HHC), a pocket personal computer (PPC), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a palm-top computer, a laptop computer, or a dedicated microprocessor and associated hardware, for measuring the concentration of specific substances in the test sample, and making subsequent analysis and diagnosis, based on the measurement, statistical data, prior knowledge and mathematical model. The stated enclosure and frame, the digital image acquisition system, and the data display, processing and analysis unit are integrated to form the portable apparatus for various applications. The integrated apparatus of this invention, with a possible name—Portable Intelligent Multi-Diagnoser (PIMD), thus forms a portable and multiple-purpose tool for measuring the concentration of specific substances in test samples, and making subsequent analysis and diagnosis in a variety of settings, such as a mobile site, point of care or near patient care, and small laboratories.

A cooler and digital audio console combines the benefits of a digital audio player and a cooler in one container. The cooler and digital audio console includes a cooler body having an interior cooler body, insulation surrounding the cooler body, and an exterior layer surrounding the insulation. The cooler includes a lid that has a removable and adjustable audio console housing. The audio console housing includes one or more speakers and a control panel for providing power and control features for the audio feed being emitted by a digital audio player. The audio console housing also includes a integration device, such as a docking port or headphone jack for connecting a digital audio player to the audio console housing. The audio console housing can be adjusted to different angles to direct the speakers towards the listening audience, or being removed from the cooler and positioned closer to the audience.

Presently described is a system and method for switching multimedia data communications, including but not limited to Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, cable TV, digital audio and video. The system utilizes a single, integrated device to provide all PacketCable-compliant functionality, including enhanced user privacy, compliance with CALEA, E911 and other mandated services not available in conventional distributed PacketCable systems. High speed and efficient, low cost operation are provided by means of an optimized data unit encapsulation scheme for internal switching and routing. A proprietary fiber optic backplane and removable optical connectors are used to enable lightspeed internal communications hot-swapping of components. Furthermore, the present system is extensible to all forms of digital data switching and is secure, resistant to Denial of Service attacks, and fault-resilient.

Systems for generating multiple revenue streams are provided. One such system includes an integrated appliance that incorporates a display. The integrated appliance is operative to display content to a user via the display and provide the user with passthrough communication connectivity so that the user can interconnect a computing device to the integrated appliance and be provided with at least one of passthrough telephone network access and passthrough Internet access. Methods also are provided.

A hierarchical failure management technique uses an integrated equipment hierarchy to automatically pass failure information from control modules to unit modules. Each control module collects failure information and generates a composite failure code by mathematically combining the failure information collected by that module. Modules which are currently needed by a phase of the unit module to carry out a process automatically send respective failure codes to the unit module. The unit module selects the worst failure code from a list of failure codes within the unit module and compares the selected worst failure code to a predetermined threshold value to determine whether the process should continue.

A system and architecture for managing lighting through a seamless low-voltage bus network is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of control units that serve as nodes for integrating devices, such as light fixtures, control switches and sensors into the bus. Each of the control units preferably includes a printed circuit board and node interconnects for assembling the low-voltage bus and for integrating the devices. Alternatively, the system comprises a central hub with a master printed circuit control board and a plurality of interconnects for assembling the bus and for integrating the devices.

A method and system for capturing digital data directly from an electronic device's port and processing the data into extensible markup language (XML) form. The integration appliance is configured with desired templates and XML output destination information. A port driver captures the data flowing through the port on its way to the printer. The data is scanned and the data format is determined. The data is parsed into fields and data. The parsed data is scanned to determine the correct template to apply. The correct template is applied to the data to pull out fields and corresponding data. The fields and corresponding data is transformed to XML output. This XML output is sent to a predefined destination.

This invention relates to an integrated apparatus and method for inspection of a container adapted to hold a pressurized gas. The integrated apparatus comprises (i) an imaging device configured to obtain image data corresponding to the container and to transmit the image data to a central station, (ii) a sound detecting device configured to obtain acoustic data corresponding to the container and to transmit the acoustic data to the central station, (iii) optionally an odor detecting device configured to obtain odor data corresponding to the container contents and to transmit the odor data to the central station, (iv) wired or wireless electronic circuits in communication between each device and the central station for transmitting signals, the signals including the data, to the central station, and (v) the central station configured to receive the data transmitted by each device.

Presently described is a system and method for switching multimedia data communications, including but not limited to Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony, cable TV, digital audio and video. The system utilizes a single, integrated device to provide all PacketCable-compliant functionality, including enhanced user privacy, compliance with CALEA, E911 and other mandated services not available in conventional distributed PacketCable systems. High speed and efficient, low cost operation are provided by means of an optimized data unit encapsulation scheme for internal switching and routing. A proprietary fiber optic backplane and removable optical connectors are used to enable lightspeed internal communications hot-swapping of components. Furthermore, the present system is extensible to all forms of digital data switching and is secure, resistant to Denial of Service attacks, and fault-resilient.

An integration device retrieves credit reports, and / or other financial data that is available from one or more credit sources, for consumers and extracts financial account information from the credit reports. The integration device may then format and / or translates the account information into a format that is usable by a particular consumer's personal finance software and communicates the account information to the personal finance software. Accordingly, the personal finance software is provided with information regarding each of a plurality of financial accounts that are associated with the consumer so that the account information may be populated in the personal finance software with minimal effort by the consumer.

A method and system An instant messaging system (IMS) that integrates on-line communication between people and devices, between devices and other devices, as well as between people, and that provides real time monitoring of key events and of critical success indicators of the devices, besides providing tools to assign, and to follow-up tasks of related activities.

An electronic lifestyle integration apparatus is provided. The electronic lifestyle integration apparatus comprises an input unit, a memory unit, a radio frequency (RF) unit, a display unit, a central processing unit (CPU) and a timer. The input unit chooses a plurality lifestyle information items. Then, the life information items are recorded in the memory unit. The RF unit is able to catch and download the content of life information items. Eventually, the display unit displays the content of the lifestyle information items. The CPU controls the input unit, the memory unit, the radio frequency (RF) unit and the display unit. The timer repeatedly counts down a predetermined time period and triggers the CPU to refresh the related content of lifestyle information items when each time the counting down is ended.

All the devices connected to a network are detected and profiles comprising information relating to categories of the detected devices are extracted. Integrated profile comprising information obtained by integrating the profiles of the devices is created. A table containing priority rankings for the use of the devices is created. A user interface enabling necessary categories to be selected from the categories which comprise the integrated profile is created, the execution conditions required by the user are input via this user interface and a device to be used is selected out of all the devices based on the selected categories and the table containing the priority rankings.

System and method embodiments are provided to support network communications with groups of UEs. The embodiments include a two-level group-based hybrid-automatic repeat request (HARQ) mechanism and acknowledgement (ACK) / negative ACK (NACK) feedback. An embodiment method includes receiving, at a UE within a virtual multi-point (ViMP) comprising UEs, a data packet for a target UE (TUE) that is broadcasted from a base station (BS) to the ViMP node, decode the data packet, and upon successfully decoding the data packet, broadcasting the data packet to the UEs within the ViMP node until a timer pre-established by the BS expires or an ACK message is received from the TUE or the ViMP node. In an embodiment, broadcasted data received in the ViMP node is re-broadcasted upon receiving a negative acknowledgment (NACK) message from the TUE, a beacon UE, or any of the UEs within the ViMP node.

Modular devices consist of a user-interface shell and a detachable communication cartridge. The shell and cartridge both contain unique serial numbers, user-defined passwords, and secret authentication keys, which can be communicated to cartridges and shells, and to a network. A universal wireless device registry system stores serial numbers of integrated devices, device shells, and device cartridges, and other characteristics associated with devices such as secret keys, passwords, screen size, operating system, service usage, and supply chain information. This registry system is able to track communication devices all around the world and is connected to and shares information with computer servers controlled by service providers, manufacturers, and supply chain companies. When shells and cartridges communicate their numbers to the registry system, the registry system can authenticate shells and cartridges. Service providers can also track and control shells and cartridges (as well as devices) based on information from the registry system. Market research can be done using the information associated with each device on the registry system.

The invention discloses an NB-IOT-based Internet of Things platform control system for smart city. The system comprises an Internet of Things node controller, a monitor server, an Internet of Things management platform and a monitor terminal which are connected in sequence, wherein the Internet of Things node controller is also respectively connected to street lamp integrated equipment and early warning equipment. According to the low power consumption of an NB-IOT technology and the multiplexing characteristic of the existing cellular network base station, the cost of deployment and operation of Internet of Things equipment for smart city is greatly reduced, so that an Internet of Things management platform directly communicates with a single street lamp, and the data transmission rate is improved; the NB-IOT technology has a higher data recovery rate, and the data recovery rate is up to 99%, so that the reliability of data transmission is greatly increased; through the NB-IOT technology, the single base station can be connected to more smart terminal devices, and a more convenient channel is provided for further enriching system functions, so that the system can still carry out remote control on some devices of the Internet of Things under the power off condition, and the system reliability is improved.

A method for integration of device-objects in an object-based management system for field devices in automation technology, wherein the device-objects are used for servicing the field devices. Updated device objects or an updated version of a device-objects library, are / is stored on a physical storage medium, wherein the physical storage medium is connected with a control / display unit, on which a predetermined operating system is running, into which a frame application for the device objects is bound. A program is activated, which makes the updated device objects stored on the physical storage medium at least partially accessible on a display unit, as soon as the storage medium is connected with the control / display unit, and wherein, automatically or manually, a dialog is started, with which operating personnel can invoke a selected number of device-objects, and, via the updated device object, or updated device objects, service a corresponding field device, or corresponding field devices.

A computation apparatus, a resource allocation method thereof and a communication system are provided. The communication system includes at least two computation apparatuses and an integration apparatus. The computation apparatuses transmit request contents, and each of the request contents is related to data computation. The integration apparatus integrates the request contents of the computation apparatuses into a computation demand, and broadcasts the computation demand. Each of the computation apparatuses obtains a resource allocation of all of the computation apparatuses according to the computation demand. Moreover, each of the computation apparatuses performs the data computation related to the request content according to a resource allocation of itself. In this way, a low-latency service is achieved, and reliability is improved.

The invention relates to a page display method and device for an intelligent integrated system, a server, intelligent integrated equipment, an intelligent integrated system and a storage medium. The page display method comprises the steps: acquiring user use habit data of a user for an IBMS application program; in a pre-established standard control library, determining a target control and a target display form thereof according to the user use habit data, wherein the standard control library comprises at least one control, and each control is obtained by classifying all to-be-displayed contents of an IBMS application, and each control comprises at least one display form; and in the IBMS application program, presenting the target control to the user in the target display form. The customization cost of IBMS application programs in the intelligent integrated system is reduced, and the application efficiency of the intelligent integrated system is improved, and the requirements of IBMS application program users are met.

A communication device for connecting a blue tooth handset to an indoor phone comprises a blue tooth handset being a wireless mobile handset and having a blue tooth transmission module; an indoor phone connected to a wired phone system; an integrating device arranged to a front end of a phone wire of the indoor phone, namely, between the phone wire and the indoor phone; the integrating device having a blue tooth transmission module which can be wirelessly transmitted to the blue tooth handset after matching the blue tooth specification; and the communication of the blue tooth handset can be converted to the indoor phone through the integrating device. The incoming phone call to the mobile phone can be transferred to the indoor phone, while the incoming phone call to the indoor phone still receives by the indoor phone without lose. Furthermore, the indoor phone can know that the mobile phone has entered the searching range so as to be connected thereto.

An image-capture device stabilizer comprising a plurality of frictionally engaged components. The components are, or are configurable into, parts such as an image-capture device platform, a gimbal apparatus, and one or more balancing arms. The image-capture device stabilizer is pre-balanced for a specific image-capture device, and can be constructed to be suitable with an image-capture device weighing less than 1 lb. The image-capture device stabilizer can be provided in a kit. The invention also includes a method of fabricating an image-capture device stabilizer.

A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader data integration device and a method thereof are provided. The RFID data integration device records the communication protocols, the control instructions of the RFID readers manufactured by any factory and the interpretive program in the central control chip, so as to correctly read the first data in order to achieve the effect of real-time monitoring. The RFID data integration device then performs the data processing on the received data according to the interpretive program recorded in the central control chip.. The RFID reader data integration device may transmit information of the RFID readers to a back-end terminal machine. Thus the RFID reader data integration device can simplify the environment of the RFID application and raise the popularity of RFID.

A communication integration apparatus has a portable integration device, a personal computer, a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) adapter and a cellular phone. The portable integration device provides capabilities including inputting messages, displaying messages, communicating like a phone and delivering and receiving data and commands in bluetooth protocols. The personal computer has Internet phone software, instant message software, an interface module and a first bluetooth connector. The interface module captures data from Internet phone software and instant message software. The first bluetooth connector connects interface module in the personal computer to the portable integration device. The PSTN adapter transforms PSTN signals to and from digital data and has a second bluetooth connector that connects the PSTN adapter to the portable integration device. The cellular phone has a bluetooth communication capability to connect to the portable integration device.

The invention discloses intelligent integrated equipment and a bending method applying the intelligent integrated equipment. The intelligent integrated equipment comprises a visual unit, a controller,a gripper, a displacement sensor and a manipulator; the intelligent integrated equipment realizes automatic identification of types of workpieces, can measure the sizes and the thicknesses of the workpieces to automatically compensate the size deviations of the workpieces, and realizes the automation in the whole bending process of the workpieces; meanwhile, through automatic compensation of thesize deviations of the workpieces and use of two bending reference surfaces, the influence on the size deviations of middle parts of the workpieces from two aspects of the size deviations and bendingerrors is reduced; the automatic mold drawing can be realized to change the length of a lower mold module to match with the sizes of premachined parts in the workpieces; and the bending of parts having no need to be bent in the workpieces can be prevented.

Provided is a system hosted on a computer and configured for managing field devices. The system includes a configuration server configured for executing a system level configuration application responsive to first type interface specification standards. The configuration server manages (i) at least one of the field devices in accordance with the first type interface specification standards and (ii) another of the field devices in accordance with second type interface specification standards. The system also includes a graphical user interface (GUI) configured for displaying data associated with the at least one field device when the at least one field device is selected. An application, representative of the other field device, is displayed via the GUI when the other field device is selected.