Communications: electrical inventions 02/08

20080048825 - Method for manipulation identification on a sensor: The invention relates to a method for identification of manipulations on an arrangement comprising a sensor (S) which emits pulses and a recording unit (RM). Particularly in the case of a tachograph (DTCO), any possibility of manipulation must be overcome. For this purpose, the invention proposes that the sensor (S)... Agent: Siemens Schweiz Ag I-47, Intellectual Property

20080048827 - Keyless entry system: A keyless entry system that performs communication between a vehicle-side device provided in a vehicle and a portable device, wherein the vehicle includes a detector that detects a person's action of getting off the vehicle, wherein the portable device has a portable device controller that performs communication of a signal... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080048826 - System and method for controlling, configuring, and disabling devices in a healthcare system: A system, automated method, and article of manufacture storing software which enables certain safeguards within a controlled space as a tracked occupant moves about the space. For example, a child visitor to a hospital room is protected by assigning an Radio Frequency Identification badge upon registration. The RFID location is... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rhf)

20080048829 - Keyless entry device: A keyless entry device can accurately judge or determine whether a portable device exists inside or outside a vehicle. A vehicle-side controller includes a memory that stores an inside data group having a plurality of intensity information of a request signal transmitted from the plurality of transmitting antennas when the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080048828 - Keyless operating system and method for vehicle: The embodiments described herein include a keyless operating system and method for a vehicle. The system includes a user input device for receiving a first and a second user input. A control module communicates with the user input device and is configured to receive the first user input from the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080048834 - System for minimizing coupling nulls: A system is disclosed for minimizing coupling nulls between an electromagnetic field derived from one or more sources and a plurality of randomly oriented RFID tags, wherein the electromagnetic field is rotated relative to the tags such that no tag is persistently located in a coupling null relative to the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080048836 - Electromedical implant: An implantable medical device having a transceiver for transmitting/receiving wirelessly transmitted data, which is turned off or switched into an energy-saving rest state between individual data transmissions via the transceiver and having a waking unit which is implemented to switch the transceiver by a waking signal from its turned-off state... Agent: Dalina Law Group, P.C.

20080048838 - Code upgrade: Various embodiments and methods relating to a code upgrade are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080048837 - Rf tag: Various embodiments and methods relating to a radio frequency (RF) tag are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080048830 - Item locator system utilizing item and location bar codes: An item location system uses voice activation and responsiveness to identify location(s) of item(s) sought by a user. The system may include a continuous speech recognition digital signal processor, a programmable microprocessor interfaced therewith, voice input and user feedback mechanisms, including audio and/or video feedback. Some embodiments utilize audio feedback... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080048831 - Method and arrangement to use a rfid-identifier for recognition of roll ware: A method to use an RFId (Radio Frequency Identification)-identifier for recognition of roll ware, such as a roll of paper or like, whereby an RFId-identifier is being exploited that is to be placed essentially in connection with a core and which includes a transponder, being formed at least of a... Agent: Venable LLP

20080048832 - Systems utilizing an interrogator and one or more rfid tags: A radio frequency identification device includes an integrated circuit including a receiver, a transmitter, and a microprocessor. The receiver and transmitter together define an active transponder. The integrated circuit is preferably a monolithic single die integrated circuit including the receiver, the transmitter, and the microprocessor. Because the device includes an... Agent: Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Martin P.s.

20080048833 - Rfid reader system aided by rf power of measurement: Methods and circuits for using measurement based threshold(s) to detect Radio Frequency IDentification (RID) tag responses in readers are described. Tag response itself is detected based on a measurement that is compared to a measurement during a tag silent period. Beginning and/or end of tag response are also detected using... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080048835 - Radio frequency identification apparatuses: A radio frequency identification device includes an integrated circuit including a receiver, a transmitter, and a microprocessor. The receiver and transmitter together define an active transponder. The integrated circuit is preferably a monolithic single die integrated circuit including the receiver, the transmitter, and the microprocessor. Because the device includes an... Agent: Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Matkin P.s.

20080048839 - Voice alarm system: A voice alarm system, coupled to a fire monitoring system responds to received wireless signals. The signals can be emitted by a portable wireless control unit that can be carried or worn by first responders.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080048840 - Delayed start-up verbal warning unit: The delayed start-up verbal warning unit includes an audible alarm that comprises a verbal warning and instructions. The unit is connected to a control circuit for machinery, e.g., an oil well pumping unit. The control circuit includes a means of generating a start-up signal for the machinery. Where the machinery... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080048841 - Multi-frequency fire alarm sounder: An audible output device, of a type usable in a fire alarm system, incorporates a multi-frequency waveform generator. The generator produces a plurality of frequencies with predetermined duty factors during various time intervals on a repetitive basis. The multi-frequency drive signal is in turn coupled to an audible output device... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080048842 - Slave unit for a portable communication terminal: Provided is a slave unit for a multimedia portable communication terminal, which can be used or carried independently of or as one body with the multimedia portable terminal. The slave unit includes a first extending module employed as the slave unit as being connected with the multimedia portable terminal in... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080048843 - Vehicle horn: A horn for a vehicle enabling the protection of a noise prevention member and a reduction in size, comprising the noise prevention member to eliminate noise. An outwardly projecting recessed part (2b) is formed at the bottom piece part (2a) of a bottomed cylindrical casing (2), the coil bobbin (4)... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080048845 - Radio communication module and method for installing radio communication module on license plate: When a radio communication module for electronic license plates is installed on a license plate, the following procedure is taken: an attaching portion and an enclosure integrated with it are fixed on a license plate with a bolt. Further, a protruded portion fixed on the attaching portion is engaged into... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080048844 - Remote operation control device and remote operation control method: In a remote operation control device, an in-vehicle communication unit receives a drive request signal which is transmitted from a center to request a remote operation of a predetermined in-vehicle apparatus. When the drive request signal from the center is received by the in-vehicle communication unit, a preliminary checking request... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080048846 - Wireless key and door remote control system: A wireless key includes a receiver circuit that operates with a built-in battery, and receives a polling radio wave for wireless key search and authentication from a vehicle, and a transmitter circuit that transmits a lock operation radio wave to a door based on the manipulation on a manipulation device.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080048847 - Tire theft detection device and method of detecting tire theft: A tilt angle sensor detects a tilt angle of a vehicle and outputs a tilt angle signal indicative of the tilt angle. A tire-side communication element is disposed on a tire of the vehicle, and sends a reply signal in response to the tilt angle signal. A chassis-side communication element... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080048848 - Image composing device and image composing method: A coordinate conversion table indicative of the correlation between an input image and a distortion-corrected image and the parameter on a virtual viewpoint position necessary to create a composed image are prepared; on the basis of the coordinate conversion table and the parameter on the virtual viewpoint point, virtual viewpoint... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080048849 - Power wire carrier wave automobile anti-collision radar: A power wire carrier wave automobile anti-collision radar, is composed of ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving sensors (2), a host machine (3) and a digital display (4), and is characterized in that the hose machine (3) is mounted inside the trunk of the automobile, and its power wire is connected... Agent: Michael Molins Molins & Co.

20080048850 - Warning system: A warning system warns a driver of a vehicle that a vehicle location in a record of previously detected drive operation that indicates a violation of a safety standard and a current position of the vehicle are determined to be within a predetermined distance from each other based on repeated... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080048851 - Computer-enabled, networked, facility emergency notification, management and alarm system: Secure, verifiable, computer-enabled, LAN/WAN/Wireless networked, facility emergency notification, rapid alert management, and occupant alarm systems for public, private, and government buildings, and outdoor areas for which there is a need for rapid alerts to occupants or attendees of the occurrence of impending or in-progress dangerous or threatening events. The inventive... Agent: Jacques M. Dulin, Esq. Dba Innovation Law Group, Ltd.

20080048852 - Method and apparatus of generating a voice siren in a security system: A security device including a control panel for transmitting a pre-defined cadence pattern to a siren device. The siren device takes the pre-defined cadence pattern as an input and outputs an audible voice message that corresponds to the pre-defined cadence pattern. The siren device is capable of recognizing the pre-defined... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080048853 - Backdraft detector: A backdraft detector incorporates at least one oxygen sensor in combination with a flow sensor. Both sensors are coupled to control circuitry which evaluates sensed oxygen levels of a flowing sample being monitored by the flow sensor.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080048854 - Multifunctional, intelligent power and communication device: A device may be connected to a power grid in order to perform beneficial functions for the end user and/or utility company such as backup power, power quality improvement, peak shaving of the electrical load, etc. The device may include energy storage devices, such as batteries, and intelligent hardware and... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080048855 - Medical implant device with rfid tag and method of identification of device: The present invention is directed a method of making an interactive medical implant device including a radio frequency identification tag mounted to an implant, the tag being covered with a liquid impermeable seal. Identification of the RFID tag allows the physician to identify the specific identified implant with a an... Agent: John S. Hale Gipple & Hale

20080048856 - Method and system for providing tracking services to locate an asset: The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the cellular transmitter is made. The location data is then communicated... Agent: Tucker Ellis & West LLP

20080048857 - Rfid affected by sensor event: An RFID tag includes a writable memory, and a sensor coupled to persistently affect the writable memory when one or more environmental factors define one or more events of interest.... Agent: Fsp LLC

20080048858 - Seatbelt fault alert system: A seatbelt fault indicator is activated whenever a seat within a vehicle is occupied but the seatbelt associated with the occupied seat is either not latched or not tensioned.... Agent: Michael A. O'neil, P.C.

20080048860 - Monitoring multiple channels of data from real time process to detect recent abnormal behavior: Provides methods, systems and apparatus for generating alerts for a system process that obtains raw channel data over time from one or more monitored channel of the system process. An example method includes processing the raw channel data to form time dependent signals based one or more user specified processing... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080048859 - System for wireless mobile seating platform: A system (and method) includes a seating platform, at least one sensor for detecting a state of the seating platform connected to a first wireless communications device, the first wireless communications device for conveying information on the state of the seating platform, and a second wireless communications device for receiving... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080048861 - Lifestyle multimedia security system: A method is disclosed for remote monitoring of a premises, comprising the steps of operatively coupling a geographically remote client to a security system server which is capable of authenticating a user of the remote client, operatively coupling the remote client to a security gateway which is capable of managing... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20080048862 - Method and apparatus for tracking or identifying items in a set: A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for determining whether a set of items is complete. An interrogate signal is transmitted from a tag reader into an interrogation zone. Each item returning a response signal to the tag reader in response to the interrogate signal is included... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080048864 - Automatic tracking motion control system for a stage set: Movable items on a stage have their position detected in three dimensions, and multiple different lights can be shined at the moving items even after they are moved. Shadowing can be detected and compensated.... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20080048863 - Combination eas and rfid label or tag with controllable read range: A security tag includes an EAS component having a defined surface area, and an RFID component having a defined surface area. The EAS component surface area is configured to at least partially overlap the RFID component surface area. The RFID component includes an antenna which at least partially overlaps the... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080048865 - Identification band using serpentine paths to detect tampering: A tamper-resistant RFID wristband that becomes permanently disabled upon tampering. The wristband includes a plurality of holes for snugly securing the band to a wearer, an RFID circuit, and an electrically conductive loop disposed in the band. The RFID circuit and the conductive loop are electrically coupled to form a... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080048866 - Communications system and method with a/d converter: A communications system includes a radio frequency identification device including an integrated circuit having a single die including a microprocessor, a receiver coupled to the microprocessor, and a backscatter transmitter coupled to the microprocessor, the integrated circuit having a digital input, and the receiver being configured to receive wireless communications... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20080048867 - Discontinuous-loop rfid reader antenna and methods: RFID reader antennas and methods for generating magnetic fields. An antenna can be made from conductors that do not contact each other, but have loop portions spatially arranged along a loop section. The loop portions have gaps between them, and thus the loop section is discontinuous. The loop section can... Agent: Merchant & Gould P.C.

20080048869 - Learning device using rfid tags: A learning device using RFID tags is provided. The learning device includes a platform and at least one RFID tag unit. The tag unit includes at least one RFID tag with an identification code and a magnet at the inner space of the RFID tag unit. When the RFID tag... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080048868 - Security tag adapter for containers: A re-usable security hard tag for use with containers. The hard tag comprises two portions that are pivotally connected at first portion ends and the portions include semi-circular, outwardly extending flanges. A security tag is associated with one of the two portions. A displaceable pin of a latch mechanism locks... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080048870 - Pool video safety, security and intrusion surveillance and monitoring system: A pool safety sensing system to attempt to reduce the likelihood of drowning visually observes a zone with a camera, and if detected motion occurs, and alarm is generated. The alarm can be visible, audible, text based (email, with or without attached images, instant message) or telephonic. Alarm events can... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080048871 - Sound generating device: A sound generating device for invalid apparatus as herein defined comprises a monitoring circuit and an audible output device For outputting an audible indication corresponding to the status and/or relative proximity of the in use apparatus monitored by the monitoring circuit. Body soaking apparatus, a seat, a handle, and invalid... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20080048872 - Multi-stage system for verification of container contents: A multi-stage process utilizing one or more radiation sensors on a distributed network for the detection and identification of radiation, explosives, and special materials within a shipping container. The sensors are configured as nodes on the network. The system collects radiation data from one or more nodes and compares the... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20080048873 - In home multi disaster alarm system: An alarm unit for providing warnings of multiple types of emergency situations includes a connector for connecting the unit to host electricity, a backup power source receiver circuitry for receiving a broadcast warning, memory for storing digital alarm files, and a speaker for amplifying an executed alarm file. The receiver... Agent: Susan Araiza-boys

20080048874 - Integrated airborne substance collection and detection system: A collection and detection system is configured as a detect to warn system in which the presence of specific types of particles are detected, and may or may not be identified. An air collection module intakes ambient air, detect the presence of one or more different types of airborne particles... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20080048875 - Apparatus and method for preventing loss of portable terminal: There is provided an apparatus and a method for preventing a loss of a portable terminal, the apparatus including: a luminous intensity sensor unit detecting a current luminous intensity; a main controller unit controlling to request for an input of a password and controlling to output a warning sound when... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080048876 - Battery device and electronic apparatus: A battery device includes a battery cell, a case housing the battery cell, an antenna, a battery-side communication unit performing wireless communication with an electronic-apparatus side communication unit provided at an electronic apparatus on which the battery device is removably mounted through the antenna, a memory unit storing battery data... Agent: William S. Frommer, Esq. Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP

20080048877 - Power supply controller: A power supply controller includes a semiconductor switching element disposed on a current supply line from a power source to a load. The semiconductor switching element is switched between ON and OFF for controlling power supply to the load. A short anomaly of the semiconductor switching element is determined if... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080048878 - Method and device for a touchless interface: A method (400) and device (100) for touchless control of an headset or earpiece is provided. The device can include a sensing unit (202) for determining (402) a presence of a finger within a proximity of the earpiece, tracking (404) a touchless movement of the finger in air within the... Agent: Marc Boillot

20080048879 - Automatic monitoring of analog gauges: A digital monitoring device for monitoring an analog gauge including a pointer, the digital monitoring device comprising: a pixilated optical sensor array for mounting over the analog gauge to generate a digital signal corresponding to movement of the pointer; an image processing means for reading the pointer of the analog... Agent: Factor - Patent Attorneys

20080048880 - Dynamic electronic display system with brightness control: A floor display system, including a floor covering, an electronic display device associated with the floor covering, wherein the electronic display device is configurable to display electronically modifiable arbitrary content, a controller, and a sensing device coupled to the controller, wherein the brightness of an image displayed by the electronic... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080048881 - Technique and apparatus to track and position electromagnetic receivers: A technique includes deploying a monitoring station near the sea surface and on the monitoring station, monitoring a position of a subsurface device as the subsurface device moves in a path between the sea surface and the sea floor. The technique includes communicating an indication of a position of the... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20080048882 - Rf meter with input noise supression: The invention provides a handheld RF meter with an improved isolation from EMI. The meter incorporates an interference barrier comprising a connecting cable and one or more ferrite cores possibly having different impedance characteristics.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20080048883 - Methods of performing automated meter reading and processing meter data: Methods of performing automated meter reading and processing meter data, are provided. A method can include collecting utility usage data by each of a plurality of meter data collectors, determining by a remote host computer a preferred polling sequence route responsive to a strength of communication signal between the remote... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20080048884 - Traffic signal transfer switch: A transfer switch configured particularly for use with traffic signal controllers, to enable a traffic signal controller to be powered by a portable electrical generator, when utility line power is unavailable. A housing, configured to be mounted either on the surface of a traffic signal controller cabinet, or recessed into... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080048885 - System and method for predicting parking spot availability: Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for maintaining a record of parking space usage data for a plurality of parking spaces, using the usage data to compute probability of availability for a given space as a function of time and communicating the resultant probability data along... Agent: Joseph P. Quinn

20080048887 - Vehicle occupant detection system: A system is provided for detecting photographed images of a plurality of objects. In the object detection system, reflected lights reflected by a plurality of objects, i.e. an object A and an object B, are allowed to enter into a distance measuring imaging chip through an optical system, whereby produced... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080048886 - Passenger vehicle safety and monitoring system and method: A passenger vehicle safety system is provided which comprises a violation system, a warning system or an inside system. The violation system collects evidence of traffic violation occurring in a vicinity of a passenger vehicle. The warning system provides a warning to individuals outside and in the vicinity of the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080048888 - Device for activating inductive loop sensor of a traffic light control system: A system and method for activating vehicle sensors which are based on inductive loops. A transformer is used to couple the vehicle frame to activation circuitry. Within the activation circuitry, a voltage controlled oscillator which drives the transformer is scanned throughout the required frequency range while a balanced mixer, low-pass... Agent: Edward A. Richley

20080048889 - Aircraft provided with a cabin differential pressure warning system: An aircraft includes a pressurised cabin with a lockable door, an electrical energy supply network, and a cabin differential pressure warning system provided with an autonomous warning system energy supply device, which is independent of the electrical energy supply network.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080048890 - Method and system for saving and retrieving spatial related information: The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for storing, referencing, retrieving, and graphically displaying spatial and non-spatial related information of a mobile computing device, such as a laptop computer or a cellular telephone. The spatial-related information may be obtained by using positioning tracking systems such as a... Agent: Morrison & Foerster, LLP

20080042802 - Vehicle communication module: An aspect of the invention provides a vehicle radio frequency interface module for communicating with an electronic device remote from the vehicle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080042803 - Adjusting signal strength used to detect tags: Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for adjusting signal strength used to detect tags. A signal is emitted at an initial power to activate electronically responsive tags. A response is received from one of the tags to the emitted signal. A determination is made of an indicator... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080042800 - Wireless asset monitoring and security system using user identification tags: An asset monitoring and security system includes at least one asset and at least one user identification device assigned a unique identifier and operable to transmit an identification signal embodying the identifier over a wireless communications link. A data store maintains lists of the assets, users authorized to use the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080042801 - System and method for preventing unauthorized use of an aftermarket remote starter to bypass an oem security system: A system for preventing the unauthorized by-pass of an OEM security system including an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) starter for starting a vehicle, the vehicle having an engine and an ignition, an OEM security system responsive to an OEM security signal, an aftermarket by-pass kit for by-passing the OEM security... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080042806 - Method of addressing messages and communications system: A method of establishing wireless communications between an interrogator and individual ones of multiple wireless identification devices, the method comprising combining tree search and Aloha methods to establish communications between the interrogator and individual ones of the multiple wireless identification devices without collision. A system comprising an interrogator, and a... Agent: Wells, St. John, Roberts, Gregory & Matkin P.s.

20080042804 - Radio frequency identification transponder security: Security and privacy of tag information in an RFID-based system can be achieved through the usage of pseudonyms generated based on one-way hash functions. A system based on binary one-way trees allows for the scalable generation and decoding of authentication keys to obtain access to tag identities. The apparatus and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080042805 - System and method for detecting, monitoring, tracking and identifying explosive materials: This invention relates to a system and method for monitoring, detecting, tracking and identifying explosive materials. The system and method involves tracking and monitoring the explosive material during every part of the chain of custody.... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20080042807 - Rfid reader interface and event management apparatus for supporting multi-protocol-based heterogeneous readers and method therefor: Provided are a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader interface supporting multiprotocol-based heterogeneous readers, and an event management apparatus and method therefor. The interface supports communication between heterogeneous readers and application systems, and remarkably reduces the amount of data to be sent to the application systems through event generation and data... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080042808 - Establishing user accounts for rfid-based telecommunications routing: Methods, systems, and products are provided for establishing RFID-based telecommunications routing for a user including identifying a plurality of telephony devices available to a user, identifying the location of the plurality of telephony devices available to the user, receiving from a user routing preferences, receiving an identification of an RFID... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080042809 - Asset monitoring system and portable security system therefor: A portable security system for monitoring an asset has one or more alarm sensors and a wireless transmitter/receiver that communicates via wireless communication with a host system. The portable security system is switchable between a disabled (partially powered) state and an enabled (fully powered state) in response to commands received... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080042810 - Anti-theft system for vehicle and anti-theft device for vehicle: An anti-theft system for a vehicle includes an on-vehicle machine (10) including reporting means (28) configured to report by radio an illegal activity affecting the vehicle to a designated opponent to be reported to in a case where the illegal activity is detected; and an external facility (30), the external... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080042811 - Automatic cycle storage system: An automatic cycle storage system comprising cycles, each of which carries a blocking device and an electronic circuit; a cycle storage area serving to receive the cycles while they are not being used; and a control device adapted to authorize, selectively, cycles to be borrowed from the storage area. The... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20080042814 - Mode sensitive vehicle hazard warning apparatuses and method: Apparatuses and methods for providing improved in-vehicle warnings are disclosed in which warning systems are sensitive to the typical driving performance of individual drivers in various modes of driving. Various embodiments of the present invention may detect a mode of driving, store information about a driver's driving style for each... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080042812 - Systems and arrangements for providing situational awareness to an operator of a vehicle: Vehicular situational awareness systems, method and arrangements are disclosed herein. In one embodiment digitized video can be acquired by a camera on a vehicle, and utilizing pixel differentiation at least one area of interest in the digitized video can be identified. The area of interest could be, for example, a... Agent: Ibm Corporation (jss) C/o Schubert Osterrieder & Nickelson PLLC

20080042813 - User adaptive vehicle hazard warning apparatuses and method: Apparatuses and methods for providing improved in-vehicle warnings are disclosed. A driver's prior driving performance and a summary representation of that performance may be used as parameters in a hazard or collision warning algorithm. Information from sensors regarding the vehicle, driver, and external traffic and roadway conditions may be used... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080042815 - Vehicle to infrastructure information conveyance system and method: System and method for conveying information from a vehicle to a fixed structure includes a data generating system arranged on the vehicle to obtain and/or generate information about conditions around the vehicle, one or more data processing facilities each arranged at a fixed structure or fixed location to process information... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080042816 - Wireless monitoring system with a self-powered transmitter: A system with a self-powered sending unit communicating with a receiving unit. The sending unit interacts with a magnet attached to a rotating or moving member. The sending unit includes an inductor that intercepts the magnetic field from the magnet. The magnetic interaction with the sending unit generates power that... Agent: Knox Patents

20080042817 - Temperature compensated tire pressure monitoring system without direct tire temperature measurement: A tire pressure management system for a tractor/trailer system establishes allowable bounds for tire pressure compensated for temperature and determines leaks after determining that internal tire temperature measurements are not available. The system is based on valve-mounted external tire pressure sensors, wireless connections to uplink tire pressure data, keyed by... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080042818 - Trailer tire alert system: A tire pressure sensing device for a tow trailer that signals the driver of the tow vehicle subsequent to deflation of at least one tire mounted to the trailer. The tire pressure sensing device further includes a base plate mounted to the axle of the tow trailer releasably secured by... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080042819 - Tire information detecting device: A tire information detecting device accurately detects tire pressure and temperature. The device includes a transponder mounted in a tire of a vehicle, and a controller located in the vehicle body. The transponder includes a diode, which modulates and demodulates a signal transmitted to and received from the controller, and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080042820 - Automated synchronized service intervals for vehicles: A system and process for optimizing vehicle service intervals for a plurality of vehicle service items begins with determination of a minimum service interval. The minimum service interval is set by the need to provide critical, though routine services such as engine oil changes and chassis lubrication. Multiple potential service... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080042821 - Method display device, display method for the same, and hybrid vehicle equipped therewith: A meter display device includes a display panel that can display a plurality of different types of display information on the same position. The display information includes, at the least, first display information related to a hybrid vehicle and second display information related to the hybrid vehicle. The meter display... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080042822 - Indicating light of a car: An indicating light of a car has an indicating device, which is securely fitted on a rear side of a car, and which consists of several different indicating light sections; the different indicating light sections have different colored light sources thereon therefore each of the indicating light sections will emit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080042823 - Sensor system with acoustic transducer: A remote sensor for determining an environmental condition within pharmaceutical packaging that is inductively powered and transmits data by acoustical telemetry. The invention further includes a power supply that can also be configured to receive data from the sensor.... Agent: Glaxosmithkline Corporate Intellectual Property, Mai B475

20080042825 - Collaborative incident media recording system and related methods: Methods for responding to a potential incident are provided in which data about the potential incident is received from a first remote sensing unit. Additional remote sensing units are identified that may have additional data about the potential incident, and additional data about the potential incident is received from at... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080042824 - System and method for intruder detection: Systems and methods for detecting presence and movement of intruders. Various embodiments of an intruder detection system can be based on, for example, a beam-interrupt detector or a thermal imaging device. The beam-interrupt detection based system can provide functionalities such as counting of intruders crossing a given beam. A plurality... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080042826 - Security system interface module: An alarm interface module is described that permits an alarm monitoring system to be operational through an existing wide area network (WAN) modem that is linked to an existing local area network (LAN) system wherein the alarm interface module has a first LAN port coupled to the LAN system, a... Agent: Law Offices Of John R. Mugno

20080042829 - Methods for locating an entity within a structure using rfid: The present invention provides method for locating an entity within a structure using RFID system including a portable RF transmitter/receiver transported by the entity within the structure, a base unit, and a plurality of RFID tags, the method comprising the steps of: (a) emitting an RF interrogation signal at constant,... Agent: Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

20080042827 - Object locator accommodated in or downloaded its application softwar to the existing deviece: This invention provides an object locator to locate a variety of target objects. A selective directional transceiver is used to determine the relative direction of the target object, even in a multiple-story building, from a hand held component of the object locator. And moving the hand held component toward the... Agent: Geng-kaung Paul Ho

20080042828 - Rfid entity locating system: The present invention provides an RFID system for locating an entity within a structure, the system comprising a portable RF transmitter/receiver transported by the entity within the structure, a base unit, and a plurality of passive RFID tags, wherein the RF transmitter/receiver records the location of an RF tag and... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080042830 - Virtual rfid-based tag sensor: A method for implementing a virtual sensor in an RFID tag reading system, including an RFID reader and at least one RFID tag having tag memory in which sensor data is stored. Initially, sensor data is read from the tag memory. The sensor data is then stored in sensor cache... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20080042832 - Detector with blinders: A detector mountable on either a planar wall or an interior corner and having an adjustable field of view.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080042831 - Surveillance device and installation in particular for domestic property: The invention relates to a surveillance device for installation in a domestic property, comprising event execution means and processing means for generation of commands for at least one event reaction body, characterised in comprising a network (6) of cooperating non-hierarchical modules (1,2,3,4), each comprising detection data processing means (8) and... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080042833 - Safety lining, a safety alarming system provided with the same, a logistic vessel with safety alarming system, and a method for improving safety of the logistic vessel: The present invention relates to a safety lining, a safety alarming system provided with said safety lining, a logistic vessel provided with said safety alarming system, and a method for improving safety of the logistic vessel, said logistic vessel is provided with a safety alarming system, wherein said safety alarming... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080042834 - Enclosure tamper detection and protection: A tamper detecting enclosure arrangement for enclosures containing an interior space in which a protected item is positioned having a magnetoresistive sensing memory storage cell positioned in or near the protected item in the enclosure having a two state offset magnetoresistance versus externally applied magnetic field. A magnet is positioned... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080042835 - Electric field sensing device: A sensing system is disclosed that uses at least one conductive plate and associated electronic circuitry to provide an output that is indicative of an object's position in relation to the at least one conductive plate. The sensing system is provided with a high impedance drive signal that varies as... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080042836 - System and method for tracking shopping behavior: The present invention provides a system and method for tracking an interrogator relay unit disposed on a shopping cart within a store. The method comprises emitting an RF interrogation signal using the IRU; receiving, at the IRU, location data from an RFID tag in response to the RF interrogation signal;... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080042839 - Device and method for identifying, locating and tracking objects on laboratory equipment: e

20080042838 - Identification and location of rf tagged articles: The RFID system is for automatic recognition of one or all of a plurality of objects or articles located in an interrogation zone and having RFID tags mounted thereon. The tags have transponders carrying RFID information codes are sequentially and individually scanned with interrogation signals and activated to emit the... Agent: David W. Wong

20080042840 - Systems and methods for location based communication: The present invention provides a system and method for obtaining location-based data on a mobile device that comprises receiving location data from a RFID tag using the mobile device, transmitting identification data of the mobile device and the location data to a remote system, receiving customized data from the remote... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080042837 - Use of gamma hardened rfid tags in pharmaceutical devices: A system and method for utilizing RFID tags in environments where radiation is used is disclosed. RFID tags are secured to various components of a pharmaceutical system, thereby enabling the customer to download pertinent information about the component, such as lot number, date of manufacturer, test parameters, etc. The tags... Agent: Nields & Lemack

20080042841 - Seal for monitoring of transported goods and method of monitoring transported goods: To provide a seal for transported goods, comprising a carrier, by means of which the seal can be fixed to an application, signal-transmitting and/or signal-receiving components disposed on the carrier, and connection lines between components, the connection lines being disposed on the carrier, the carrier is configured in such a... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080042842 - System and method for transport security control and tracking: The invention disclosed provides an apparatus and method to monitor and track the security of bulk cargo from a dispatch point to a receipt point. The apparatus includes a plurality of RFID antennas at a dispatch location and at a receipt location, networked software modules in communication with the RFID... Agent: George R. Schultz Schultz & Associates, P.C.

20080042843 - Tablet packaging controlling apparatus of automatic tablet packaging machine: Disclosed is a tablet packaging controller of an automatic tablet packaging machine for recognizing information of tablets accommodated in tablet cassettes and tracking positions of the tablet cassettes. The controller includes RF tags recording tablet information, and tablet information access units receiving the tablet information via a wireless line, to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080042844 - Systems and methods for locating an entity: The present invention provides systems and methods for locating an entity both within and outside of a structure using an RFID system in conjunction with other location systems and methods. The RFID systems may include a portable RF transmitter/receiver transported by the entity within the structure, a base unit, and... Agent: Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP

20080042845 - System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio: A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios... Agent: Venable LLP

20080042846 - Antenna for radio frequency identification systems: An antenna for a radio frequency identification (RFID) system and a method for communicating in an RFID system are provided. The antenna includes a first port configured to provide RFID communication in a first polarization plane and a second port configured to provide RFID communication in a second polarization plane.... Agent: Brian C. Oakes Tyco Electronics

20080042849 - Bio implant rfid tag and insertion tool thereof: A 6 mm long and 1.5 wide antenna is evaporated on a surface of a 7 mm long and 2.4 mm wide inlet film, and a slit is formed in the antenna. An IC chip is mounted on the antenna over the slit like a bridge to configure an inlet.... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080042848 - Licence plate: The present invention relates to vehicle license plates and a method of making vehicle license plates having an integrated antenna for use with radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. In a preferred form, the license plate 10 of the present invention comprises a conductive sheet 12 forming at least part of... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080042847 - Method for reading rfid tags using directional antennas: A method and system for reading RFID tags in a high-density environment using a directional scanning antenna system is provided. The directional scanning antenna system consists of transmit and receive antennas having highly directional antenna patterns which work together to read and locate the tags. In operation both types of... Agent: Phil Virga

20080042850 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) tag antenna design: In certain embodiments, a hybrid radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes circuitry, a battery, and a first antenna. The circuitry includes one or more passive RFID elements and one or more semi-active RFID elements operable to transmit and receive communications to and from one or more RFID tag tracking systems.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080042851 - Rfid tag and rfid tag production method: The RFID tag includes: a main unit consisting of a base, a communication antenna that is wired on the base, a circuit chip that is electrically connected to the antenna and performs radio communication via the antenna, a chip reinforcing member covering the periphery of the circuit chip, an underside... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080042852 - Rfid tag: The RFID tag includes a base that can bend and unbend; a communication antenna wired on the base; a circuit chip that is electrically connected to the antenna and performs radio communication via the antenna; a reinforcing member as a chip reinforcing member that covers at least the periphery of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080042853 - Bio-feedback walker device: A device for providing grip strength feedback and alerting users when gripping strength fails used. The device comprises a trigger wire, two switches, an alerting means associated with the switches and a battery. A first end of the trigger wire is connected to one of the switches and a second... Agent: Edwin Tarver

20080042854 - Hand cleanliness: An electronic sensor is configured to be carried by a person and to be used by the person to detect a cleanliness state of the person's hands. A single unit includes the electronic sensor and (a) a device to provide an indication of the cleanliness state of the person's hands... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080042855 - In-ground border detector: A system that is used to define a boundary of a home or the like so a child can be confined within the boundary includes a cable which is buried at the boundary, an activating element which is worn by a person being confined within the boundary and an alarm... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20080042856 - Sleep alert device: The present invention relates to a sleep alert device (11) that mounts on the steering wheel of a vehicle that acts by pressure by the ringers or hand of the driver. The invention includes a multiplicity of sensors (12) as well as an instant alarm system which prevents accidental problems... Agent: Passe' Intellectual Property, LLC

20080042857 - Fire warning system: A fire warning system, suitable for use in an aircraft engine bay or other installations involving a prime mover or a furnace or boiler for example. A plurality of optical sensors are arranged to monitor at least two zones, for example an opposite sides of the engine etc. Sensor signals... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080042858 - Multi-sensor baby care monitoring system: A multi-sensor baby care monitoring system includes a wetness sensor configured to generate a first signal relating to an occurrence of a wetness event relative to a wetness containment device, such as a diaper. The monitoring system further includes a human life sensor configured to generate a second signal relating... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080042859 - Ventilation control device: The present invention is directed to a ventilation control device having a portable housing capable of being selectively positioned in various locations in a space such as a room, vehicle compartment or any other area where people or animals may be located. The ventilation control device has a gas detection... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, P.C.

20080042860 - Anti-corrosion cathodic protection device with sacrificial anode: A cathodic protection device having a sacrificial anode that is intended to wear out due to corrosion and that is electrically connected to a structure to be protected against corrosion. The cathodic protection device of the present invention further includes an indication device configured to detect and indicate the wear... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20080042861 - Safety battery meter system for surgical hand piece: A safety meter system for a battery-operated surgical hand piece is disclosed. The system has a controller, a sensor, and a display. The controller is configured to read a charge level from a battery. The sensor is configured to transmit a signal to the controller when the sensor is moved... Agent: Alcon

20080042862 - Alarm device for indicating excessive static electricity: An alarm device is provided for monitoring a level of static electricity on an object. The alarm device includes a detection unit and an alarm unit. The detection unit detects the level of static electricity on the object and generates a detection signal accordingly. The alarm unit, coupled between a... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080042863 - Inclination measurement in process transmitters: A process control system includes a process sensor, an inclination sensor and transmitter circuitry. The process sensor senses the process variable of a process fluid and the inclination sensor senses the orientation of the transmitter. The transmitter circuitry produces an output based on the sensed process variable and the sensed... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20080042865 - Loading dock monitoring device and method: A dock monitoring device that provides a warning to dock workers and a lift truck operator that a hazardous condition exists if the distance from a parked load transport vehicle to the rear of a loading dock increases outside a preset “safe zone” distance, which is the maximum distance, with... Agent: Russell H. Walker Walker, Mckenzie & Walker, P.C.

20080042864 - Locating energy sources using leaky conductors: Location of an emitter using leaky cables. A two-channel receiver determines the location of an emitter by measuring the phase and/or amplitude difference between emitter signals received by leaky cables. In one embodiment, two leaky cables having different propagation velocities are used. In a second embodiment also suitable for use... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080042866 - Illuminated trail marker apparatus: A remotely actuated trail marker apparatus includes a transmitter unit designed to be carried by a hiker or hunter, which selectively broadcasts an interrogation signal throughout a predetermined range. One or more associated receiver units are adapted for pre-positioning at specific trail waypoints or a final destination. Each receiver unit... Agent: J. Gordon Lewis

20080042867 - Illuminable indicator and light engine therefor: An illuminable indicator (40) has an opaque base (42); a cover (44) for the base (42), the cover (44) having a formed design (46) therein having a given circumference with an area (48) defined by the circumference, the area (48) provided with a reflector (49) and at least the formed... Agent: Osram Sylvania Inc

20080042868 - Remote controlling system for electric device: The present invention discloses a remote controlling system for an electric device which can control operations of electric devices such as a washer and a dryer and display states thereof. The remote controlling system for the electric device includes one or more electric devices for communicating with a remote controlling... Agent: Ked & Associates, LLP

20080042869 - Wireless communication system and method: A wireless communication system for use in well, subsea, and oilfield-related environments employs one or more wireless network devices that offer short-range wireless communication between devices without the need for a central network which may have a device using a BLUETOOTH protocol. The system may be used for telemetry, depth... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20080042870 - Method of determination of a stuck point in drill pipes by measuring the magnetic permeability of pipes: w

20080042871 - Meter device: A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and date riles from the fragments, and executing a meter application of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080042872 - On-chip receiver sensitivity test mechanism: An on-chip receiver sensitivity test mechanism for use in an integrated RF transmitter wherein the transmitter and the receiver share the same oscillator. The mechanism obviates the need to use expensive RF signal generator test equipment with built-in modulation capability and instead permits the use of very low cost external... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080042873 - Smart meter reader: The reader (1) for a utility meter is disclosed. The reader (1) is capable of receiving data, in a variety of different protocols, by either inductive coupling or by radio frequency transmission. The reader (1) is a hand-held device which comprises an inductive read nozzle (2), a RF module, a... Agent: Simmons Patents

20080042874 - System for the remote acquisition of the electric energy consumptions and for the remote control of the distributed targets of users, also of domestic type: A system for the remote acquisition of data and for the remote control of electricity meters comprises a central server AMM in bi-directional communication with a plurality of concentrators. To each concentrator, a set of electricity meters is connected, such that bi-directional communication between each meter and its associated concentrator... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080042875 - Vehicle tag used for transmitting vehicle telemetry data: A vehicle tag includes a housing and a tag connector supported by the housing for connecting to a diagnostic jack of a vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) system. A tag transmitter is carried by the housing and operative with the tag connector for receiving telemetry data from the OBD system and... Agent: Christopher F. Regan, Esquire Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080042876 - Advisory system for previewing local conditions on a highway: A driver advisory system for previewing the local traffic conditions on a highway is described. Apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an advisory system that transmits information regarding the status of the host vehicle to drivers of other vehicles, in particular when the status of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080042878 - Pedestrian road safety system: A road safety system and a method of improving road safety comprising a transmitter, a receiver and a storage medium where the transmitter broadcast signals to the receiver, warning users of the receivers of impending danger. The transmitter also broadcasting information such as real time traffic condition and collision impact... Agent: HorizonIPPte Ltd

20080042877 - Integrated traffic management system: An integrated traffic management system comprising a parking meter arrangement that monitors traffic violations.... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080042879 - Method and apparatus for handling data and aircraft employing same: These teachings present triple data transport redundancy in the form of three data bus interfaces that are each designed and manufactured independently from one another and compatible with a common data handling protocol. This protocol can be one that includes no error correction. These interfaces can each couple to a... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080042880 - Taxiway awareness and advisory system: Methods and apparatus are provided for displaying appropriate identifiers on aircraft taxiways on an aircraft flight deck display. Data representative of taxiway segments, in which each taxiway segment at least partially defines the aircraft taxiway, are supplied. At least a portion of the taxiway segments that define the aircraft taxiway... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080042881 - Vehicle tag used for transmitting vehicle telemetry data: A vehicle tag includes a housing and a tag connector supported by the housing for connecting to a diagnostic jack of a vehicle on-board diagnostic (OBD) system. A tag transmitter is carried by the housing and operative with the tag connector for receiving telemetry data from the OBD system and... Agent: Christopher F. Regan, Esquire Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20080042882 - Mobile thing determination systems and methods based upon user-device location: Systems and methods are disclosed for automated notification systems. A representative method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: monitoring travel data associated with a first personal communications device (PCD); initiating a notification communication session to a second PCD, the notification communication including a message requesting a response... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080042883 - Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications: Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: initiating a notification communication to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080036570 - Integrated remote control system for a plurality of digital devices: An integrated remote control system includes a remote control device for selecting and controlling a plurality of digital devices, each including a bit pattern tag having location information and device information. The remote control device includes a display, a light emitting module for emitting light toward the digital devices, a... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080036571 - Vehicle opening/closing control system and method: Opening and closing control method includes commencing an open or close operation of a vehicle component in response to an instruction signal for starting the open or close operation and ending the open or close operation if a wireless controller leaves a prescribed range of the vehicle prior to completion... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080036572 - Process for releasing the access to a computer system or to a program: The invention relates to a process for releasing the access to a computer system or to a program for a user via a terminal (2) without software having to be installed solely for this purpose on the terminal (2). A data connection is established between a portable data carrier (1)... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080036573 - Cdma-rfid: If a total number of specific RF tags is too large, many RF tags respond at a time. Therefore a problem occurs that an interrogator cannot receive information from the RF tags. A first invention relates to an RF tag. The RF tag includes an interrogator signal receiving section for... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080036574 - Method and system for visual indication of the function of wireless receivers and a wireless receiver: The invention concerns a method for visual indication of the function of wireless receivers where a wireless signal is transmitted to a group of receivers, and where each receiver intermittently flashes a visual indicator when a wireless signal is received, whereby the intermittence and flashing of the visual indicators of... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080036575 - Terminal including light emitting device, method of notifying selection of item using the terminal, and method of notifying occurrence of event using the terminal: Disclosed herein is a method of notifying the selection of an item using a plurality of light emitting devices provided in a terminal, including: selecting an item of at least one item displayed on a display included in the terminal, and notifying the selection of the item using the plurality... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080036577 - Alarm device and alarm system: An alarm device for a vehicle includes state information obtaining unit, alarm information obtaining unit, alarming unit, and controlling unit. The state information obtaining obtains as state information at least one of information of an occupant, information of the vehicle, and information of a surrounding of the vehicle. The alarm... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080036576 - Fusion of far infrared and visible images in enhanced obstacle detection in automotive applications: A method in computerized system mounted on a vehicle including a cabin and an engine. The system including a visible (VIS) camera sensitive to visible light, the VIS camera mounted inside the cabin, wherein the VIS camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple image frames including VIS images of an... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080036578 - Control apparatus and method and related program: If a manipulation on the open switch of an outdoor manipulation section which is a manipulation section for open or close the associated door from outside a train is detected in a state that an operation of opening a door of the train is prohibited, a door control section for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080036579 - Vehicle collision avoidance system enhancement using in-car air bag deployment system: Peer-to-peer communications between vehicles providing warning of a collision or near-collision event and/or collision avoidance is controlled by otherwise underutilized air bag deployment processors in respective vehicles. Direction of reception of warning signals is used to selectively control relaying of warning signals at differentiated warning levels, collision avoidance actions and/or... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson, P.C. (ibm)

20080036580 - Optical monitoring of vehicle interiors: Interior monitoring system of a vehicle wherein at least one transducer is arranged on a first side of the structure of the vehicle and transmits waves toward an opposite, second side of the structure so that any objects contained in the interior space of the structure are situated between the... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080036581 - Seatbelt adaptor: An adaptor for modifying a seatbelt configuration includes a proxy seatbelt tongue. The proxy seatbelt tongue engages a sensor within a seatbelt buckle, thereby preventing the activation of a “fasten seat belt” warning or alarm. In various embodiments, the adaptor is coupled to an ignition key, contains a warning indication... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080036582 - Emergency vehicle warning lights: A system for providing warning lights for emergency vehicles in which the warning lights are incorporated into standard appearing accessories of the vehicle. A hood mounted deflector includes warning lights and takedown lights. Side window vent visors include warning lights, alley lights, and a convenience light. A rear spoiler includes... Agent: Knox Patents

20080036583 - Method and apparatus for communicating control and other information over a power bus: An information signal to be communicated to a roof-mounted light bar or other electrical or electronic device travels over the vehicle's or other environment's power bus or other power conductor. In one exemplary illustrative non-limiting implementation, a modulated current load draws power supply current in an amount that is instantaneously... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080036584 - Flashing flare warning device: A light emitting diode warning device is provided capable of acting as a roadway warning flare or as a flashing warning marker the device being portable and rechargeable and presenting warning lights in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction with the horizontal illumination being observable over 360 degrees.... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, PC

20080036586 - Method and system for receiving and sending navigational data via a wireless messaging service on a navigation system: A system and method are provided for receiving navigational data via a wireless messaging service on a navigation system. The system and method provides a way to send requests for destination information via the wireless messaging service and capture navigational data from the responsive message received, such as addresses, telephone... Agent: O'melveny & Myers LLP Ip&t Calendar Department La-1118

20080036587 - Race tracking system and method: A method for continually and precisely tracking objects over a set distance that includes a starting point and a finishing point. A reference point, RTK, is established with in the set distance. GPS nodes are connected to each object and periodically transmit a location signal and identification code of the... Agent: Mark Manley

20080036588 - Wireless electromagnetic parasitic power transfer: A wireless system including an antenna, an electrical energy storage unit connected to the antenna, the energy storage unit receiving power via electromagnetic coupling of the antenna with an RF field generated by a master unit, and an electronics package. The electronics package is powered by the energy storage unit,... Agent: Wilmerhale/boston

20080036585 - Methods for detecting, computing and disseminating location information of weapons of mass destruction: The present invention relates systems and methods to determine the location information of a signal made from a radioactive device or hazardous material. The system employs multiple radiation sensor devices, which his capable of determining the signal strength and the angle of arrival of a radioactive signal. The mobile switching... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20080036589 - Method and apparatus for wireless communication in a mesh network using connectivity assessment at multiple frequencies: A method and apparatus for communication in a wireless sensor network. In one embodiment, one or more routers in a network may be available for communication with one or more star nodes at a randomized time and/or frequency. A connectivity assessment, which may be performed at several different frequencies and/or... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080036590 - Sensor arrangement and method for using same: A sensor arrangement includes, in some embodiments, a magnetostrictive element configured to output magnetic signals in response to a magnetic field. A sensor is configured to sense a value of a property of a selected object, and to provide an electrical resistance that varies in response to variations in the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080036591 - Methods and apparatus for an environmental and behavioral adaptive wireless communication device: Methods, devices, apparatus and systems are provided for adaptation of a wireless communication device based on current environmental conditions, historical environmental condition patterns and/or historical usage patterns. In this regard, the device senses such environmental conditions as light, sound, motion, temperature and the like and, automatically or at user discretion,... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080036592 - Passenger screening system and method: A passenger screening system including a first gradiometer, and a second gradiometer disposed adjacent the first gradiometer. The first and second gradiometers are each configured to operate at a first frequency and a second frequency to facilitate detecting the presence of an explosive material. A method of operating the passenger... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche (22697) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080036593 - Volume sensor: data fusion-based, multi-sensor system for advanced damage control: Provided a system and method for detecting an event while discriminating against false alarms in a monitored space using at least one sensor suite to acquire signals, transmitting the signals to a sensor system device where the signal is processed into data packets, transmitting the data packets to a data... Agent: Naval Research Laboratory Associate Counsel (patents)

20080036595 - Self-contained security system: A portable, self-contained security system for protecting an object external to the system, the system comprising one or more sensors and one or more alarms to draw attention to the unit if the sensors are activated.... Agent: Sheldon Mak Rose & Anderson PC

20080036594 - System and method for canine training: A computer-aided training and management system that uses a computer or other processor in wireless communication with an instrumented dog collar and/or optionally, one or more dog interaction devices, such as, for example, video monitors, loudspeakers, video cameras, training toys (e.g., ball, bone, moving toy, etc.), an animatronics “trainer,” a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080036596 - Monitorable locking assemblies: A key-operated remotely monitorable locking assembly including a key-operated lock including a lock body including a key operated locking assembly and a tamper monitorable lockable assembly which is selectably locked to the lock body by operation of the mechanical key operated locking assembly and a wireless communication circuit located in... Agent: Jay S. Cinamon Abelman, Frayne And Schwab

20080036597 - Cable guided intrusion detection sensor, system and method: The present invention provides an intrusion detecting system and method for precisely locating an intruder along the length of a sensor cable and for determining the intruder distance from the cable to precisely locate multiple, simultaneously occurring intrusions. The method includes the steps of: generating a TX signal and transmitting... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080036599 - System and method for person or object position location utilizing impulse radio: A System and Method for Person or Object Position Location Utilizing Impulse Radio, comprising a plurality of reference impulse radios; an object or person to be tracked having a mobile impulse radio associated therewith; an architecture with an associated positioning algorithm associated with said plurality of impulse radio reference radios... Agent: Venable LLP

20080036598 - Tamper-proof structures for protectig electronic modules: A tamper-proof structure for protecting an electronic module, comprising a pattern of signal lines having a highly unpredictable layout, which is an approximation of a space-filling curve obtained by the replication of at least one elementary space element having an inscribed base curve inscribed therein. The base curve is adapted,... Agent: International Business Machines Corporation Dept. 18g

20080036601 - Radio frequency integration platform and network therefor: A system for monitoring a radio frequency identification (RFID) network, including a plurality of radio frequency (RF) antennas that transmit signals representative antenna data, an RF switch for isolating a signal from an antenna, a RF switch controller for controlling the RF switch, and a reader for reading the signals... Agent: Ralph A. Dowell Of Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20080036600 - Related information presenting system: A related information presenting system includes identification devices and an information presenting apparatus The identification devices are provided in respective materials distributed to users. Each identification device stores an identifier that specifies presentation information relating to the corresponding material so that the identifier is wirelessly readable The information presenting apparatus... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080036602 - Rfid reader having antenna with directional attenuation panels for determining rfid tag location: An antenna structure capable of determining the direction of a radiofrequency identification (RFID) tag includes a wide-angle antenna disposed within an attenuator that has regions of low attenuation. The attenuator may include a metal plate with holes. In this case, the antenna only detects RFID tags that are aligned with... Agent: Whitham, Curtis, & Christofferson, P.C.

20080036603 - Method and apparatus for detecting container movement by a crane: A tag can receive first and second wireless signals respectively defining first and second transmission fields that overlap. When the tag moves from the first field to the second field through the region of overlap, the apparatus transitions only once from recognizing the tag is in the first field to... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20080036604 - Resonance tag for applying to a data medium provided with metallization: The invention relates to a resonant label (10) which is designed to be directly applied to a data carrier (20) that is provided with a metallisation, such as a CD, DVD or an MO disc. To facilitate and/or improve the electromagnetic remote identification of said label using a frequency in... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080036606 - Commodity managing antenna and control method of the same: To suppress a loss in the operation due to electromagnetic coupling of a plurality of antenna elements which boot up reading/writing action of RFID tags that are attached to a large number of densely placed commodity media. A commodity managing antenna for booting up reading/writing action of RFID tags attached... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080036605 - Device and method for selective backscattering of wireless communications signals: A radio frequency identification (RFID) device with two or more antennas may select one antenna to backscatter or otherwise transmit, while deriving power from receipt of a carrier wave at one or more other antennas. The RFID device may select the antenna receiving the lower power or producing the lower... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080036607 - Radio-communication apparatus and method for enabling radio-communication between radio-communication apparatus and data carrier: A radio-communication apparatus carries out movement of a dielectric element toward an antenna of RFID reader/writer when the RFID reader/write cannot perform within a predetermined time radio-communication with a data carrier mounted on the RFID label that is arranged on a rolled base sheet passing between the dielectric element and... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080036609 - Rfid tag: A RFID tag, which decreases a bending stress and simultaneously prevents an antenna break, is provided. The RFID tag includes a base, an antenna for communication which extends on the base, a circuit chip which performs radio communication through the antenna. The RFID tag further includes a chip reinforcement member... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

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