204 results about "Weight monitoring" patented technology

A method for determining service availability using a plurality of weighted monitoring agents includes: establishing, by an appliance, a plurality of agents, the plurality of agents monitoring a service executing on a server, and each agent having an assigned weight; computing, by the appliance, a sum of the assigned weights of the agents reporting the service as currently operational; determining, by the appliance, the sum falls below a given threshold; and transmitting, by the appliance, an indication that the service is unusable. Corresponding systems are also described.

Methods and apparatus are provided for monitoring and encouraging health and fitness. In accordance with a first aspect, an apparatus is provided that is adapted to assist in weight loss and exercise. The apparatus comprises a personal digital assistant (PDA) having computer program code adapted to assist in at least one of calorie counting, meal selection, meal suggestion, weight monitoring, weight loss or gain monitoring, fat consumption monitoring, sugar consumption monitoring and salt consumption monitoring. The PDA also includes computer program code adapted to display historical data regarding at least one of calorie counting, meal selection, meal suggestion, weight monitoring, weight loss or gain monitoring, fat consumption monitoring, sugar consumption monitoring and salt consumption monitoring. Numerous other embodiments are provided, as are methods, systems and computer program products.

The invention relates to a weight monitoring system for a motor vehicle (1) which can, if appropriate, be connected to a trailer (2). The system uses weight sensors to determine the weights (F1, F2) acting on the axles of the motor vehicle, in order to calculate from them the overall weight of the vehicle, and the axle loads. In addition, a tractive force sensor may be provided in the trailer hitch so that the mass of the trailer (2) can be determined by means of the tractive force (F3) and the acceleration of the vehicle. The weight monitoring system calculates various weight variables from the measured values and monitors to determine whether they remain within defined limits. In this context, it is possible, in particular, to take into account a planned route in such a way that the limiting values of the charge are adapted with respect to the maximum altitude (Hmax) above sea level and / or the maximum gradient (smax) of the route. In addition, the system can be configured in such a way that it provides the driver with proposals for a different distribution of the payload which leads to a permissible axle load.

The present invention is concerned with monitoring systems (1) for medical liquid dispensing devices. The systems are intended for use in any medical setting wherein a medical liquid container (4), such as an infusion bag with fluid, is to be infused into a patient and are aimed at reducing the need for visual checking by nurses or other medical assistants. This is achieved by a combination of an identification unit (2), which identifies a medical liquid container and optionally the patient to be treated, a weight monitoring unit, which measures the weight of the medical liquid container when liquid is dispensed therefrom, and a processing unit (3), which processes and / or stores data that are acquired from the identification unit and the weight monitoring unit.

The invention discloses a service quality monitoring system for an intelligent television terminal. The system mainly comprises a service quality monitoring module, a service quality analysis module and a service monitoring control module, wherein the service quality monitoring module is responsible for indistinguishably capturing all data packets passing through a network port, performing packet dropping, end-to-end time delay calculation and streaming media protocol analysis and performing service quality monitoring to realize calculation and monitoring based on a program stream; the service quality analysis module is used for collecting parameters transmitted from the other modules, analyzing and periodically reporting to a server of a business trader; the weight monitoring control module is responsible for receiving a signal from the control server to adjust a monitoring strategy, for example changing of a report period, a statistical cycle, an ftp (File Transfer Protocol) server address and the like. The system has real-time property and is low in consumption of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory, and the acquired service quality parameters are much closer to the actual effect of play.

The invention provides a goods sensing system and method on the basis of weight monitoring. The goods sensing system comprises a goods database generating unit, a weight value collecting unit, a picking and placing state judgement unit and a goods database updating unit. The goods sensing method comprises the following steps of product database generation, weight value collection, picking and placing state judgement and goods database updating. The system and method have the advantages that real-time weight sensing values of goods on a goods shelf can be monitored in real time, the weight change of each shelf board is sensed in real time, the goods which are taken away or placed back are inferred according to the weight change of all the shelf boards on the goods shelf, and the type and quantity of the goods which are taken away or placed back can be judged.

The invention relates to a weight monitoring system for a motor vehicle (1) which can, if appropriate, be connected to a trailer (2). The system uses weight sensors to determine the weights (F1, F2) acting on the axles of the motor vehicle, in order to calculate from them the overall weight of the vehicle, and the axle loads. In addition, a tractive force sensor may be provided in the trailer hitch so that the mass of the trailer (2) can be determined by means of the tractive force (F3) and the acceleration of the vehicle. The weight monitoring system calculates various weight variables from the measured values and monitors to determine whether they remain within defined limits. In this context, it is possible, in particular, to take into account a planned route in such a way that the limiting values of the charge are adapted with respect to the maximum altitude (Hmax) above sea level and / or the maximum gradient (smax) of the route. In addition, the system can be configured in such a way that it provides the driver with proposals for a different distribution of the payload which leads to a permissible axle load.

The invention provides a self-service vending system and a self-service vending method. The self-service vending system comprises an enclosed space, a user identity recognition system, a goods monitoring system, a shopping user judging system, a shopping information recording unit and a settlement system. The self-service vending method comprises a shelf board setting step, a user identity recognition step, a user positioning step, a goods perception step, a shopping user judging step, a shopping information recording step and a settlement step. The system and the method have the beneficial effects that the weight change of each shelf board is perceived in real time by adoption of a shelf board weight monitoring technology, and a video monitoring technology in an area in front of shelves is combined to judge the varieties and quantities of taken or returned goods; and user identities of the taken or returned goods are judged by utilizing a real-time human positioning technology, so that the varieties and quantities of goods taken from self-service supermarkets by each user are recorded and then settlement is carried out after the shopping process is finished.

The livestock automatic identification door of the present invention comprises a livestock weighing instrument, an ear tag reader-writer, a data controller, a channel door, a radio frequency antenna and an entrance and exit infrared transmitter receiver, and is characterized in that: the livestock weighing instrument is installed underground, and the channel door is installed At both ends of the livestock weighing instrument, a radio frequency antenna is installed on the top of the passage door, a pair of infrared transmitter receivers are installed at the entrance and exit of the passage door, and the ear tag reader and data controller are on the side of the passage door. The radio frequency antenna and ear tag The reader-writer is connected, and the ear-tag reader-writer, livestock weighing instrument and entrance-exit infrared transmitting receiver are all connected with the data controller. It mainly solves identification, weight monitoring, disease prevention and control monitoring and early warning, collection of production and operation information in the process of livestock breeding, and provides remote guidance and services for livestock breeding through data processing.

The present invention discloses a lightweight monitoring method of wireless sensor network topology, and belongs to the field of wireless sensor network test. The method of the invention comprises the following steps: 1) encoding the transmitted transmission path information by node with a binary function Y=f(x, y) with hash effect for obtaining a path coding value Y; 2) transmitting the binary group information (Ni, f(0, 0)) of node by the node to the assemblage node periodically; 3) if the node receives the binary group information (Ni, Y) transmitted by other node, coding the path coding value Y with the method of step 1), and composing the obtained path coding value Y and the received source node address Ni to binary group information for transmitting to the next hop of assemblage node; 4) transmitting the received information to a central server by the assemblage node; and 5) constructing a wireless sensor network topological diagram by the central server according to the path encoding value in the received information. Compared with the prior art, the invention can increase the working time of node and data transmission capability of network.

A method and system for the remote determination of an animal weight, and other animal variables, using a piezoelectric sensor.

The present invention relates to embodiments which enable repetitive measurement and monitoring of the load applied to an apparatus, in a system, and / or by a method which may exceed a predetermined threshold of weight. Specifically, the present invention relates to weight monitoring apparatus, locomotion monitoring apparatus, a gait-response apparatus, a weight monitoring system, and a therapeutic load monitoring method.

The invention relates to a height and weight monitoring device based on biometric feature recognition. The height and weight monitoring device comprises a weight measurement part and a height measurement part, wherein the weight measurement part comprises a pedal, a compression bar, a pressure sensor and a base, wherein the pedal, the compression bar, the pressure sensor and the base are arranged from top to bottom; a boss is arranged at the edge of the rear side of the pedal; the height measurement part is arranged at the edge of the front side of the pedal; the height measurement part comprises a fixing bar and a height measurement bar, the fixing bar is fixedly connected with the pedal, the height measurement bar is axially movably connected to the fixing bar, and a display screen is arranged on the fixing bar; an ultrasonic sensor and a microphone are arranged on the height measurement bar, and a camera is arranged at the top end of height measurement bar. By the adoption of the height and weight monitoring device, information of people can be recognized, a human health database is established, manual input of data of people is avoided, labor intensity of operation is reduced, subjective errors in the manual reading process are reduced, and human-computer interaction can be conducted.

The invention provides a monitoring system of an air conditioning refrigerant recovery and filling device. A first electromagnetic valve for controlling connection and disconnection of a low-pressure pipe is arranged at the position of the low-pressure pipe of the air conditioning refrigerant recovery and filling device, a second electromagnetic valve for controlling connection and disconnection of a high-pressure pipe is arranged at the position of the high-pressure pipe of the air conditioning refrigerant recovery and filling device, and a relay respectively connected with the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve is used for controlling opening and closing of the first electromagnetic valve and the second electromagnetic valve and generating corresponding relay signals. A weighing device is arranged at the bottom of a working tank of the air conditioning refrigerant recovery and filling device and used for monitoring weight of refrigerant in the working tank in real time and generating corresponding weight monitoring signals. A control device respectively and electrically connected with the relay and the weighing device is used for receiving and recording the relay signals and the weight monitoring signals when the air conditioning refrigerant recovery and filling device is operated and comparing the received signals with a standard monitoring signal set in advance to generate a monitoring report.

The invention relates to a food weight monitoring device and a food weight monitoring method. The method comprises the following steps: receiving initial weight signals and real-time weight signals corresponding to food holding devices and food held in the devices, which are obtained and transmitted by weight sensors in the dining process, wherein the weight sensors are arranged below the food holding devices; converting the initial weight signals and the real-time weight signals to corresponding initial weight data and real-time weight data; acquiring weight data corresponding to the food holding devices, which are recorded by a preset database; calculating the weights of the food held by the food holding devices according to the weight data, real-time weight data and initial weight data of the food holding devices, and carrying out dining condition prompt according to the food weights. The weight variation condition of the food held by each food holding device in the dining process can be timely obtained according to the food weight monitoring method.

The invention relates to a testing device and an evaluation method for static water stability of cohesive soil aggregates. The testing device comprises a glass bathtub; a temperature sensor; a resistance type heater; a temperature controller; a separate plate; an accommodating zone; a water inlet switch; a water inlet pipe; a water inlet storage container; a water outlet switch; a water outlet pipe; a constant temperature water bath device composed of a micro high temperature resistant water pump and a water outlet storage container; a container lift control system composed of a support frame, a support frame pedestal and a lifter; a weight monitoring device composed of a hanging electronic scale and a telescopic hook; and a test container composed of a suspension loop and a stainless steel annular sieve. The evaluation method comprises following steps: assembling of the testing device; setting of testing temperature; delivering of soil samples; performing of testing experiment; evaluating of the stability, and cleaning of the test container. Testing precision on the static water stability of the cohesive soil aggregates is high; the testing device is convenient to assemble, and simple to operate; cost is low; and evaluation on the stability of the cohesive soil aggregates can be performed quickly and effectively.

As weight restrictions become more stringent, air, train and bus passengers are being faced with the increasing cost of excess baggage weight. The proposed system makes use of transducers built into the bag or its handle both for weight monitoring and for theft protection. In the weight monitoring mode, designed for use during packing, an excess weight alarm is triggered when a preset maximum value is exceeded. In the theft protection mode, the transducer signal triggers an alarm as soon as the bag is picked up, thus giving early warning of possible theft. In this mode the signal is preferably transmitted to an external device such as a cellular phone for remote audible and / or visible indication. Because the circuits are switched on only when the suitcase or bag is picked up, battery life is practically equal to shelf life, hence ensuring high system availability.

The invention relates to tank truck water containing auto-weighting monitoring and control method and system. The method includes the following steps: setting water containing analyzing machine at oil discharging port; inputting car number, well number, oil area, forwarding unit, oil discharging port parameter into microcomputer after weighting; connecting oil discharging hose into oil discharging port; using water containing analyzing machine to measure 00.0-99.9% water content at real time; transferring the result to the micro computer to calculate out single vehicle average water content, oil quantity, water quantity, and oil water gross to display with the parameters; preserving and auto producing single vehicle report forms, daily month, and year sheets to print out. The invention can exactly and fast monitor, effectively avoid contrived phenomenon that using water as oil and oil loss, reduce oil station personnel, save testing material, and reduce production cost.

The invention discloses a wisdom breeding management system, which belongs to the field of animal husbandry breeding and is used for solving the problems of low production efficiency and high manpower cost of existing animal husbandry breeding. The system comprises collection of basic data in an initial stage of lairage, collection of dynamic data in a middle stage of lairage, and tracing of a growth process in a later stage of marketing; the collection of the basic data in the initial stage of lairage comprises cooperative use of electronic ear plates and an RFID card reader, and animal lairage basic information storage; the collection of the dynamic data in the middle stage of lairage comprises environmental data storage, breeding production activity data storage and growth data storage; the tracing of the growth process in the later stage of marketing comprises animal marketing basic information storage and provision of a reverse tracing data interface; the lairage and marketing data is collected by depending on an automatic weight calculation channel; and the data in the middle stage of lairage is collected by depending on a weight monitoring machine. The data is collected through the weight monitoring machine adopting a mean value method; and a breeding scheme is optimized by comparing the data, so that the production efficiency is improved and the manpower cost is reduced.

The invention discloses a remote monitoring system of beer refreshment, belonging to a system device for remotely monitoring temperature and pressure in a beer refreshment container. The system has a transmitting end and a receiving end, and achieves data transmission through a GPRS VPN private network. The transmitting end comprises a signal pickup assembly and a signal processing and transmitting device which are arranged on the beer refreshment container, wherein the signal pickup assembly is composed of a temperature sensor 3, a pressure transmitter 4 and a weight monitoring module; and a signal processing and transmitting device is composed of a central processing unit 11, a GPRS module and a power supply device. The central processing unit receives and analyzes signal values of weight, temperature and pressure and transmits the analyzed signal values to the GPRS VPN private network through the GPRS module, and the data processing server obtains relevant data through the GPRS VPN private network, thus, timely and correct basis is provided for filling and temperature and pressure regulation of the beer refreshment container. The invention has the characteristics of roaming service support and flexible, rapid and safe acquire of data due to public network is used to realize data transmission.

The invention relates to the field of the monitoring and prewarning of mine power disasters, in particular to an equivalent drilling cuttings weight monitoring device and an equivalent drilling cuttings weight monitoring method. The method comprises the following steps of: determining the relations among bearing pressure distribution, drilling cuttings weight and drilling stress by using a mine pressure theory, on-site actual measurement and laboratory experiment data; determining a key threshold value among the parameters during rock burst; and prewarning before the rock burst. The monitoring device comprises a pressure monitoring device, an instrument and a transmission line, wherein the pressure monitoring device is embedded into an excavation area; and the instrument and the transmission line are used for transmitting monitored data to the ground. A ground monitoring main machine is used for continuously monitoring the change situation of under-well pressure, so that the rock burst can be prewarned according to the key threshold value. In the device and the method, the defects of dangerous drilling cuttings method and incontinuous monitoring in real time are overcome and the safety and effectiveness of rock burst monitoring are improved.

The invention provides an intelligent unmanned supermarket control system. The intelligent unmanned supermarket control system comprises: an access control system; a human body recognizing, positioning and tracking system used for realizing dead-corner-free real-time identity recognition and coordinate tracking and positioning of a target object user in different areas in the whole shopping process of the unmanned supermarket through mutual cooperation of a human face recognition system and a human body tracking system; a commodity monitoring control system used for monitoring and acquiring the types and the quantity of the taken-away or put-back commodities in real time through the commodity monitoring system and a weight monitoring system; a shopping user and commodity matching system used for deducing the identity information of the user who takes away or puts back the commodities and the type and quantity of the commodities in the hands of the user; a shopping related data information recording system used for recording the quantity and types of commodities purchased by each user; and a shopping settlement system used for carrying out consumption amount settlement according tothe types and the quantity of all commodities in the current shopping cart of each shopping user.

A pet wellness tracking system is provided including at least one electronic tracking device secured to a pet, the tracking device having wireless data transfer capability to transfer data to a second electronic device such as a pet owner's smart phone, at least one first electronic volume measurement device secured to or otherwise fitted to a feeding bowl and or watering bowl, the volume measurement device having wireless data transfer capability to transfer data to the second electronic device, and a second electronic volume measurement device having wireless data transfer capability to transfer data to the second electronic device, the combination of devices providing motion tracking over distance and time, caloric burn rate over tracked time, and one or more categories of weight monitoring over time.

Aiming at the defects of the existing bridge rotation construction monitoring method, the invention provides an unbalanced weight stress monitoring device and method for the overall process of construction of a hanging basket at the upper part of a horizontal rotation T structure. The monitoring device provided by the invention comprises outer sleeves of sand boxes, inner sleeves of the sand boxes, middle dry sand of the sand boxes and pressure boxes. The monitoring device is simple in structure, low in sand box cost and simple in manufacturing process. The monitoring device is simple in construction method, firm and stable in structure and easy to disassemble and clear after being used, and the cost of manpower and material resources can be saved. According to the invention, data can be read conveniently and reliably, thereby effectively ensuring the structure process safety.

The invention discloses an unattended self-service card dispensing system under the inlet overload-prevention environment. The system comprises a card dispensing unit comprising a first switch and a weight monitoring unit comprising a second switch, wherein the first switch is connected with a first automatic card dispenser, first vehicle model identification equipment, a first lane computer, a first KVM and first license plate identification equipment, the first lane computer is connected with a first sound box, a first microphone, a first railing machine coil, a first snapshot coil and a first pass coil, the second switch is connected with an over-load prevention computer, a second KVM and a license plate identification server, the over-load prevention computer is connected with an LED display screen and weighing equipment, and a center switch is connected between the first switch and the second switch. The system is advantaged in that the structure is simple, the unattended self-service card dispensing system under the inlet overload-prevention environment realizes full-automation and all-day-long reliable operation at a high-speed road inlet, the whole functional interface is clearly divided, realization principles are simple, and strong enforceability is realized.

The invention discloses an automatic cup falling and cover pressing device. The automatic cup falling and cover pressing device comprises a frame, a transportation detecting unit, a cup falling unit, a juice leading unit, a cover falling unit and a cover pressing unit; the transportation detecting unit includes a transportation module, a cup support and a sensing module; the cup support is driven by the transportation module to linearly move; the sensing module is electrically connected to the transportation module to for controlling the transportation module to act, and includes a gravity sensor, a position sensor, a cup falling sensor and a cover falling sensor; and the cup falling unit, the juice leading unit, the cover falling unit and the cover pressing unit are arranged above the cup support in the linear moving direction of the cup support. The cup support adopts the linear reciprocating transportation, so that the whole device is compact in structure and enhanced in stability; and the sensor module can realize automatic operation of integrating cup separation, juice leading, cover falling, cover pressing and real-time weight monitoring of juice in a cup as a whole, and guarantees the cup and a cover to fall in corresponding positions, so that the operation stability of the whole device is improved.

The invention discloses a transfusion remaining time intelligent detection system which comprises a weight monitoring and processing module and a data summarization module. The weight monitoring and processing module comprises a weight sensor, a microprocessor, a display screen and a wireless data transmitter. The data summarization module comprises a wireless data receiver. The upper end of the weight monitoring and processing module is hung on a transfusion hanger hook, and a transfusion bottle is hung at the lower end. The transfusion bottle hung at the lower end transfers the total weight of the bottle to the weight sensor in the module; the weight sensor transfers the acquired data to the microprocessor; and the microprocessor calculates the time for completely transfusing the remaining liquid and transfers the time to the display screen for outputting and the wireless data transmitter for transmitting the time to the data summarization module respectively. The display screen displays the current transfusion progress and predicted remaining time. The data summarization module is connected with other data processing equipment to display the transfusion progress and predicted remaining time at different data acquisition points.

The invention discloses a recovery health effect evaluation strategy. The recovery health effect evaluation strategy comprises the following steps of a, measuring all kinds of factors, which include blood pressure, blood fat, blood sugar, weight monitoring and heart rate, of a user; b, surveying life styles, which include smoking, physiological emotion, motion, dietary habit, sleeping and family history, of the user; c, grading each factor and life style, distributing weighing factors to each factor and life style, and figuring up to obtain a comprehensive mark, wherein the weight monitoring comprises a BMI (Body Mass Index) and a waist-hip ratio. The recovery health effect evaluation strategy has the following beneficial effects that all kinds of objective signs, which influence people, and all kinds of factors of subjective self-perception are comprehensively considered; the body health development is visualized through values, and the power for causing the user to keep exercising is activated; the test is simple and easy, and is easy to operate.