33 results about "Measurable quantity" patented technology

An addressable outlet for use as part of local area network based on wiring installed in a building, such as telephone, electrical, cable television, dedicated wiring, and the like. The use of such wiring for data communications networks in addition to the wiring's primary usage creates a need for ways of determining the condition of the network and monitoring this information remotely. Network condition includes such factors as continuity of wiring, connector status, connected devices, topology, signal delays, latencies, and routing patterns. Providing basic processing and addressing capabilities within the outlet permits messaging to and from specific individual outlets, thereby allowing inquiries and reports of the condition of the immediate environment of each outlet. In addition, outlets can be configured with sensors to report on voltage, temperature, and other measurable quantities.

A method for determining a value of an environment variable using raw data from an energetically essentially passive remote-access apparatus. A value of a first measurable quantity indicative of the environment variable is obtained from the raw data. The value of the environment variable is determined using calibration data and the value of the first measurable quantity. The accuracy is enhanced by measuring the value of the measurable quantity with a measuring signal of which strength is regulated or by obtaining a value of a second measurable quantity. The second measurable quantity is indicative of the environment variable or measurement conditions of the first measurable quantity. A method for forming calibration data for the measurements. RFID reader devices arranged to carry out the methods and energetically essentially passive remote-access apparatuses for the methods. A database that may be used with the method and a computer product including the database.

The invention concerns a functional apparel item, in particular protective apparel having a protective function against biological and/or chemical toxicant or noxiant materials, the apparel item being equipped with a measuring appliance capturing at least one measurable quantity and adapted for determining the serviceability of the apparel item.

The invention provides a traction control method for an electric automobile and belongs to the technical field of electric automobiles. The traction control method for the electric automobile aims at estimating the maximum transmission moment of each wheel in a current state through a measurable quantity, and then a traction controller is designed by the adoption of a model prediction control algorithm. By the adoption of the method, firstly, the maximum transmission moments of all the wheels in the current state are estimated in real time according to torque and rotation speed information of the four wheels of the electric automobile; and then the estimated maximum transmission moments of all the wheels are transmitted to the designed traction controller. By the adoption of the method, the dependence on the automobile speed in a traditional method is effectively avoided, the control complexity is greatly lowered, and the control cost is saved; and the compromise optimization between the automobile safety and the whole automobile performance is effectively achieved, and the good accelerating or braking performance is obtained on the premise that the wheels are effectively prevented from slipping in the accelerating process or being locked in the braking process.

Methods and apparatus for monitoring and analyzing utility consumption according to various aspects of the present technology generally comprise collecting and storing utility consumption information, processing utility consumption information, and outputting the processed utility consumption information. Utility consumption may be collected by one or more monitoring devices, and may comprise the use of one or more utilities and/or power sources, the use of energy sources used to power equipment, the generation of one or more utilities, energy, and/or power, a detected and/or measured environmental condition, and/or any other measurable quantity and/or detectable state relating to the environment the monitoring device is configured to operate in or observe. Processing and outputting utility consumption information may present utility consumption information in an easily-understandable and navigable manner.

A shopping system for purchasing one or more goods comprising: at least one shopping cart into which items to be purchased are placed. The cart includes a quantity measurement mechanism to detect a measureable quantity parameter (e.g. weight or volume) of each good placed in the cart. The system further comprises a shopping environment in which goods are arranged in designated areas according to their price per quantity parameter; a mechanism for ensuring that goods placed in the cart are associated with the measurable quantity related to the good(s); and a payment collection arrangement.

A ventilator is configured to assist a user with breathing, while eliminating the need for extraneous sensors and tubing normally found in prior art ventilators. The ventilator relies on a predetermined relationship between a measurable quantity associated with a compressed gas and the maximum pressure of that compressed gas upon delivery to the user. The measurable quantity may be mass flow rate of the compressed gas or pressure within a delivery lumen used to transport the compressed gas, among others. Based on the predetermined relationship, the control logic within the ventilator determines whether the pressure of compressed gas delivered to the user exceeds a maximum allowable pressure. When the maximum pressure is exceeded, the control logic initiates corrective action to reduce the pressure of the compressed gas.

Mechanism (1) for displaying and correcting the state of two different time measurable quantities for a timepiece (1000) including a movement (2) driving a first display mechanism (3) a first measurable time quantity and a second display mechanism (4) a second measurable time quantity and including an adjusting member (50).

Said first (3) and second (4) display mechanisms respectively include a first (30) and a second (40) drive mechanisms sharing a common drive mechanism (10) driven by said movement (2), and controlling the driving of one of said display mechanisms (4; 3) by instantaneous jumps and of the other (3; 4) by dragging.

The display mechanisms respectively include a first (300) and a second (400) correction mechanism, sharing a common correction mechanism (100) driven by said adjusting member (50) independent of said common drive mechanism (10), including a friction safety device (54).

A method for calibrating a dual-beam NDIR gas sensor for detecting water vapor by obtaining a variant sensor components domain (“G₀”) when there is no water vapor gas in the sample chamber, obtaining a physics measurement domain (“G”) for a set of known concentrations of the water vapor gas in the sample chamber, the known concentrations being measurable quantities exceeding zero, using G to calculate a G_0i from a known concentration of water vapor in the sample chamber for each of multiple master calibration curves, and then selecting the master calibration curve with the lowest difference between its G_0i and the G₀ of the NDIR gas sensor as the calibration curve. G and the G_0i are obtained, preferably, at substantially the same temperature, G is a signal channel output (“V_S”) divided by a reference channel output (“V_R”), and the master calibration curves are obtained from a set of multiple calibration curves obtained from a large number of NDIR gas sensors, each of the calibration curves being represented by an equation of P=F(G/G₀) where P is equal to a gas pressure and F is a function.

The invention discloses a multi-intelligent-agent system and a control method thereof, relates to the technical field of artificial intelligence, and solves the problems that intelligent agents cannot well conduct self-control and sufficient information cannot be provided to other intelligent agents. The multi-intelligent-agent system comprises a first intelligent agent and a second intelligent agent, wherein the first intelligent agent and the second intelligent agent communicate with each other, and if at least two second intelligent agents are provided, the second intelligent agents can communicate with each other. Each second intelligent agent comprises a self-adaptive controller, which is used for identifying or measuring the unknown quantity of state or the non-measurable quantity of state of the second intelligent agent when the quantity of state of the second intelligent agent is unknown or non-measurable. The multi-intelligent-agent system is used for control issues such as formation control, cluster control and path planning.

A gauge for measuring the magnitude of a measurable quantity, such as fluid pressure. The gauge includes a rotatable axle or shaft intended to rotate in response to different magnitudes of the quantity being measured and includes a dial possessing indicia corresponding to different magnitudes of such quantity. The improvement in the gauge relates to a very light-weight pointer having a needle section and a counterbalance section, in which the needle section is formed of a relatively light mass material, preferably balsa wood. The counterbalance section may be fashioned of a different, denser material. The surface of the counterbalance section may be provided with a series of parallel depressions that aid in cutting or trimming the counterbalance section to achieve a balance of the pointer about the axle or shaft. A method of making such a pointer is also disclosed.

In the framework of the method for minimizing the error of a measured variable, particularly a signal to be measured using filtering at variable bandwidth, the bandwidth is regulated on the basis of a physical criterion inherent to the method in such a ways that signal changes not caused by noise are recognized as early as possible.

A method for determining the authenticity of an article including a microchip package, wherein the microchip package includes a sensing element. The method includes receiving a value of a measurable quantity. The value of the measurable quantity is measured using the sensing element. The value of the measurable quantity is indicative of an environment. Reference information indicative of the environment I received. The received value of a measurable quantity and the reference information are used to determine the authenticity of the article comprising the microchip package. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer readable medium and computer program code which when executed by a data processor is for executing the method. An apparatus for determining the authenticity of an article including a microchip package including a sensing element.

The invention discloses a fuzzy neural network inversion soft measurement system and method of key variables in a lysine fermentation process. Online directly measurable quantity and indirectly measurable quantity needing off testing in a lysine fermentation process are determined. By use of the fuzzy neural network inversion soft measurement method, according to the model of the lysine fermentation process, the model of a soft sensor is established, thereby, establishing an inversion model of the soft sensor according to a method of solving a reverse function, and determining free parametersand constructing fuzzy neural network inversion by use of static state fuzzy neural network and a differentiator by training the dynamic fuzzy neural network. Thus, software sensor inversion is achieved. Finally, by serially connecting the fuzzy neural network to the lysine fermentation process, achieving online real-time soft measurement of cell concentration x1, substrate concentration x2 and product concentration x3. In this way, an online estimation problem that it is difficult to carry out real quantity measurement of key variables by use of a physical sensor in the lysine fermentation process can be effectively solved.