862 results about "Smart transducer" patented technology

An intelligent lighting system employs energy efficient outdoor lighting and intelligent sensor technology in cooperation with video analytics processing. The lighting system selectively illuminates outdoor spaces and identifies and evaluates events in a scene monitored by a video camera, thereby to facilitate proactive and appropriate security responses to those events. Selective use of advanced lighting fixtures may significantly reduce costs of lighting areas that are monitored by security systems such as streets, public parks, and parking lots, while simultaneously improving security, safety, and traffic control. Energy savings alone, for a properly designed system, are estimated at 50%-90% of current usage. When combined with remote monitoring, such systems may prevent accidents and criminal activity.

A sensor system that provides an adjustable threshold level for the sensed quantity is described. The adjustable threshold allows the sensor to adjust to ambient conditions, aging of components, and other operational variations while still providing a relatively sensitive detection capability for hazardous conditions. The adjustable threshold sensor can operate for extended periods without maintenance or recalibration. In one embodiment, the sensor is self-calibrating and runs through a calibration sequence at startup or at periodic intervals. In one embodiment, the adjustable threshold sensor is used in an intelligent sensor system that includes one or more intelligent sensor units and a base unit that can communicate with the sensor units. When one or more of the sensor units detects an anomalous condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor unit communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The base unit can contact a supervisor or other responsible person by a plurality of techniques, such as, telephone, pager, cellular telephone, Internet (and/or local area network), etc. In one embodiment, one or more wireless repeaters are used between the sensor units and the base unit to extend the range of the system and to allow the base unit to communicate with a larger number of sensors.

A moisture sensor system is described. In one embodiment, the system provides an adjustable threshold level for the sensed moisture level. The adjustable threshold allows the moisture sensor to adjust to ambient conditions, aging of components, and other operational variations while still providing a relatively sensitive detection capability. In one embodiment, the adjustable threshold moisture sensor is used in an intelligent sensor system that includes one or more intelligent sensor units and a base unit that can communicate with the moisture sensor units. When one or more of the moisture sensor units detects a excess moisture the moisture sensor unit communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the moisture condition. The base unit can contact a supervisor or other responsible person by a plurality of techniques, such as, telephone, pager, cellular telephone, Internet (and/or local area network), etc. In one embodiment, one or more wireless repeaters are used between the moisture sensor units and the base unit to extend the range of the system and to allow the base unit to communicate with a larger number of sensors.

Embodiments include a system providing sensor feedback for property condition monitoring, including: a plurality of sensors disposed in a roof structure of a property; the plurality of sensors providing output indicative of ice formation associated with the roof structure; a hub device that receives output from the plurality of sensors, the hub device detecting at least one sensor output indicative of ice formation and providing a notification regarding the ice formation; a computing device of an insurance carrier that receives the notification, the computing device updating a status of the property in an insurance carrier database in response to the notification; and a communication link between the plurality of sensors, the hub device and the computing device of an insurance carrier. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Building-integrated photovoltaic devices can be provided, which function as sensors, wherein the output parameters from the device are used to provide information about light intensity and ambient temperature, in addition to providing power, to an intelligent building energy management system.

A low cost, robust, wireless sensor system that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The system includes one or more intelligent sensor units and a base unit that can communicate with a large number of sensors. When one or more of the sensors detects an anomalous condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The base unit can contact a supervisor or other responsible person by a plurality of techniques, such as, telephone, pager, cellular telephone, Internet, etc. In one embodiment, one or more wireless repeaters are used between the sensors and the base unit to extend the range of the system and to allow the base unit to communicate with a larger number of sensors.

Embodiments of the present disclosure is directed to the use of spatially diverse multiple antenna structures and associated radio transmitters and receivers in a sensor for accurate proximity detection. In a retail environment, a system based on a network of such (smart) sensors can accurately detect presence and location of a shopper's wireless mobile device as the shopper moves along the shopping aisles carrying the wireless mobile device (e.g. smartphone). Based on the location of the shopper and the duration of the shopper stopping in front of a product shelf in an aisle, embodiments can engage the shopper (through the wireless mobile device) in transaction-oriented interactions using the ‘sense, analyze, and connect’ capability of the various embodiments described herein. Such interactions result in increased revenue for the retailers as well as better understanding of the shopping behavior of the retail shoppers. Such understanding can be embodied in improved analytics.

The invention is suitable for the field of unmanned planes and provides an unmanned plane panorama video-based virtual reality live broadcast system which comprises an unmanned plane, a mobility control terminal, a VR live broadcast cloud server, an immersion type visualization device, a VR processor and a panorama video camera. In a preferred solution, the unmanned plane panorama video-based virtual reality live broadcast system also comprises various kinds of wearable intelligent sensors that can be worn on all parts of a user. According to the virtual reality live broadcast system, VR live broadcast of an unmanned plane panorama video can be realized via three experience modes; specifically, the motional tendency of a user body can be felt via the wearable intelligent sensors and then can be converted into corresponding unmanned plane flight control instructions, the unmanned plane flight control instructions are sent to the mobility control terminal via the VR live broadcast cloud server, the control instructions are sent to the unmanned plane via the mobility control terminal, the unmanned plane synchronously performs flying motions after receiving the control instructions, a virtual operation user is embedded into the panorama video captured by the panorama video camera, then the panorama video is sent in real time to the immersion type visualization device in a reverse direction, and therefore VR interactive live broadcast effects can be realized.

The invention provides a plurality of individually addressable radio frequency (RF) modules, any of which can be installed with any electrical device such as an ambient condition sensor or an ambient condition modifier. A prime example would be a light fixture, whether with or without a dimmable light source efficient dimming and integrated smart sensor networking related to the lighting system itself or to other systems such as parking monitors, fire alarm monitors or security alarm monitors. Independent control processing in each lighting fixture or electrical device allows a multiplicity of sensors to be locally employed and their data to control local conditions or communicate to adjoining fixtures and electrical devices and thereby control larger portions of the lighting system network or network to several unrelated systems.

The present invention relates to a smart agriculture monitoring system based on a Web of Things. The system includes a CPU, connected with a smart sensor, a smart adjusting and controlling device, a real-time image and video monitoring apparatus, a transmission apparatus, an alarm system and a terminal; the CPU is connected with the smart sensor, the smart adjusting and controlling device, the real-time image and video monitoring apparatus, the transmission apparatus, the alarm system and the terminal via the wireless network controlling system; and the smart agriculture monitoring system is powered via a solar energy powering apparatus. The Web of Things agriculture smart detection and control system can greatly increase manufacturing and managing efficiency, save manpower, and can conveniently provide a strong scientific data theoretical support to aspects such as various agricultural fields or researches; and the important function thereof is obvious in the highly automated and intelligentized society.

A device API Abstraction layer is provided that is configured to operate as an interface between one or more applications operating on a device and an operating platform of the device. The device API abstraction layer comprises a universal set of APIs that enables the applications to execute irrespective of the operating system and software platform of the host device.

A system and method for interfacing with sensors using an open architecture and standards based approach is provided. A sensor controller located on each container and any variety of one or more sensors are equipped with complementary short range wireless communications devices. The sensor may adhere to a predefined interface specification such that it may be automatically commissioned into, and operation in conjunction with the sensor controller and the container security system.

The invention discloses an intelligent bag. The intelligent bag comprises a portable bag, a power source, an intelligent sensor, a network layer, a microprocessor, a man-machine interaction apparatus and an application layer. The intelligent bag is reasonably and effectively integrated with a series of technologies such as navigation positioning, block chains, electronic sensing, data networks, artificial intelligence, distributed calculation, automatic control, machine identification, mobile computation, man-machine interaction and the like and is embedded into a portable terminal so as to improve trip experience of people. An intelligent bag user, as a manager, a supervisor and a user of a peer-to-peer network system in a wireless Ad-hoc network, can perform self-disposition, self-maintenance, self-learning and self-production so that a decentralized self-growing trip database can be constructed. Hopefully, the intelligent bag can be a terminal member of the internet of things of an intelligent city traffic system.

A structural health monitoring system comprising intelligent sensors, wherein the intelligent sensors are individually programmable and can be tuned to listen to specific frequencies based on a scaling factor based on the sensor's location in the system being monitored, a set of pre-known frequencies based on the sensor's location in the system being monitored, and the output of a central frequency-based system sensor.

The invention discloses an internet of things-based intelligent building monitoring managing system, which mainly realizes remote monitoring and managing on an intelligent building. The system comprises four parts of a building equipment managing system, a firefighting linkage alarm system, a positioning navigation system and a security system; the building equipment managing system realizes concentrated managing on building equipment based on a tree cluster network established by an intelligent sensor module; the firefighting linkage alarm system adopts an optimized A*algorithm to search for an optimal fire escape path; the positioning navigation system is achieved by a mobile navigation robot covering floors of the building, and if a user inputs a destination, the navigation robot directly inserts virtual scene information into a reality scene, and displays a direction mark; the security system is realized by a mobile patrolling robot based on a GPS/DR combined navigation technology, and an intruder is alarmed after being found, the current intelligentized managing requirements of the building are met and the system is suitable for a high-rise building such as a commercial building with a large scale.

An interface is provided that configures itself dynamically based on sensor information received from a sensor assembly or actuator information received from an actuator assembly. The interface may be configured to interoperate with sensor assemblies including analog transducers, smart transducers providing digital outputs and various actuators. The sensor information or the actuator information may include information for managing power consumption associated with the operation of the sensor or the actuator. Using the sensor information or the actuator information, a power management scheme may be implemented to reduce power consumption and extend the operational time of a module. The sensor information also includes information about the sensor signal generated by the sensor. The information about the sensor signal allows the module to interoperate with more diverse types of sensors.