Communications: electrical inventions 04/08

20080094170 - Method for establishing an access for a user to a system: This invention relates to a method and a system for introducing and converting a new user (103) to a known user of a system (109), where a known user is a user whose characteristics are pre-stored in said system (109) and who, based on a match between detected characteristics and... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094171 - A software controlled access control door controller: The present invention is an access control door controller which utilizes three relays, 16 alarm inputs, tamper switch, a Weigand reader, a RS 232 reader and a IP core module to enable access control alarm monitoring, inter locking of doors and/or energy management for a room with the help of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080094173 - Intelligent security apparatus for container and mechatronic customs seal, bracket: The present invention discloses an intelligent security apparatus for container, a mechatronic customs seal and a bracket, a bracket, internally installed with an antenna, a processing circuit and power with electrical connection thereamong and mounted on a door of a container; a hole for fitting a customs seal, opened on... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080094179 - Identification device for objects with a transponder and a corresponding method: In order to achieve an optimal identification with an identification device for objects that comprise a transponder and are transported by means of a conveyor device through a closed tunnel (2), it is proposed that the antenna device of the transmitting and receiving device (10) comprises at least three sequentially... Agent: George Pappas Suite 300

20080094180 - Semiconductor device: Of a wireless communication system, an RF tag which can operate normally even when a communication distance is extremely short, like the case where the RF tag is in contact with a reader/writer, whereby the reliability is improved. The RF tag which communicates data by wireless communication includes a comparison... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20080094181 - Passive remote control: A device is disclosed for remotely transmitting a command to an apparatus. The device includes at least one RFID tag having stored therein a code corresponding to the command and is adapted to transmit the code in response to an interrogation signal. Typically the device may include a plurality of... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080094172 - Power management lock system and method: A power management lock system including an electronic lock unit configured to lock and unlock a door and further including at least one sensor in communication with the electronic lock unit, the sensor configured to sense an open condition of the door and a closed condition of the door, wherein... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080094174 - Concealed data entry device: A data entry device is provided which includes display means for displaying data thereon and selection means for allowing a user to make one or more selections of data displayed on said display means. The display means are arranged in a substantially horizontal orientation and are recessed within a cavity... Agent: David A. Guerra International Patent Group, LLC

20080094175 - System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices: An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least one mobile transmitter that automatically and periodically generates at least... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080094176 - Radio-communication control apparatus and radio communication system: A radio-communication control apparatus controls a plurality of read/write devices that perform reading and writing of data with respect to a plurality of radio tags. A collecting unit collects, from the read/write devices, interference information on interference of reception signals received from the radio tags by the read/write devices. A... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094178 - Rfid system and rfid method: The invention concerns the field of RFID (“radio frequency identification”), a technology for the wireless identification of objects, which has been used for a considerable time for the automatic retrieval of information regarding persons, animals, commodities and goods items. In particular the invention concerns an RFID system (10b) with at... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080094177 - Visible assets dot-tag visibility network architecture: The system employs full transceivers, each having peer-to-peer, client/server, and IP networking capabilities, and covering open-area ranges of up to 100 feet. The system uses Low Frequency for data communications so it can achieve both low cost (less costly than many RF-ID tags) and long battery life (10-15 years). Additionally,... Agent: Visible Assets, Inc.

20080094182 - Method and apparatus for response control of rfid tag, rfid system, rfid tag, response control information generating program storage medium, and response control program storage medium: An RFID reading control apparatus which includes a generating part which generates a first response control information for controlling necessity of a response to a search command from an RFID tag; a part for transmitting, to the RFID tag the search command for detecting the RFID tag existing in the... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080094183 - Ic memory, as well as, accessing apparatus and validity testing method for use of ic memory: For making difficult to copy data of a RFID tag, while enabling to detect it when copying the data, easily, but without exerting ill influences upon the existing specification thereof, within the RFID tag 100 is provided a readout exclusive bank, other than banks provided in accordance with the existing... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080094184 - Electronic system having a plurality of individually operable user stations: An electronic system is responsive to an operating signal from a single input device for determining which of the plurality of user stations is to be operated and what operation is to be performed. The electronic system includes a first user station that receives a signal at a first magnitude... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080094185 - Patron communication system: A patron communication system facilitates communication between patrons and the service staff assigned to them by means of transmitter element programmed to transmit at least two different wireless signals, corresponding, respectively, to different patron requests. A central receiver element receives and identifies the transmitted signals. At least one remote receiver... Agent: Kleinberg & Lerner, LLP

20080094186 - Apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling gate operators via power line communication: The invention is an apparatus and method for controlling, monitoring and upgrading information via a power line that typically only supplies power to a gate operation system. By introducing an electrical signal to a power line along a frequency not used for the purposes of supplying electricity, signals and commands... Agent: Jafari Law Group, P.C.

20080094187 - Method and system for virtual powerline local area networks: A system for powerline networking. The system has an external data source, which is derived from a world wide networks of computers. A router is coupled to the external data source and coupled to a first datasource connection. A powerline network switch apparatus is coupled to the first datasource connection.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080094188 - Method and system for radio-frequency signal coupling to medium tension power lines with auto-tuning device: In one aspect, the present invention comprises a method for tuning a power line communication inductive signal coupling device comprising a coupler and a plurality of capacitors, the method comprising: passing a carrier frequency signal through the coupler; sensing an amplitude of the signal; and switching the capacitors until the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080094189 - Repeater unit with flourescent ballast: A signal repeater for receiving and re-transmitting signals from environmental transducers and the like, and for mechanically and electrically cooperating with existing electrically powered fixtures is described. In one embodiment, the repeater is configured to be mechanically and electrically coupling to a standard power fixture such as, for example, a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080094190 - Intrusion detecting system: An intrusion detecting system has a transmitter transmitting radio waves in an LF band; a detector detecting an electric field intensity at least in one axis and receiving the radio waves from the transmitter; and an intrusion detecting part configured to detect an intrusion within a predetermined range based on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080094191 - Display device for displaying a theft attempt and method for operating said device: In an indicator device for indicating an attempted theft of objects which are detachably fixed to a vehicle, at least one piezoelectric sensor is arranged in a recess between the vehicle and the object and is placed under pressure in an installation position of the object to be secured. In... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080094192 - Lock apparatus and method of use: Embodiments of a lock apparatus for securing a cycle frame and methods of use of a cycle lock. According to one exemplary embodiment, a cycle lock apparatus includes a first cycle locking section securably associated with the housing and a second cycle locking section adjustably mounted with respect to the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080094193 - Car reversal radar that automatically modifies the sensor scanning range and method of the same: A car reversal radar automatically modifies the sensor scanning range and the method of the same. The car reversal radar includes a central processing unit that has predetermined compensation value and threshold distance. When the car reversal radar starts, its surrounding environment is recorded into an initial detecting value. The... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080094194 - Adjusting mechanism of a motor vehicle, in particular for automobile seats, and method for operating such an adjusting mechanism and its use: The motor vehicle seat with an underframe comprising two pairs of rails, each having a seat rail and a floor rail, with a seat belt and with a seat belt retractor is characterized in that there is provided a tie bar for said seat belt retractor, said tie bar extending... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080094195 - Vehicle occupant detection apparatus: A vehicle occupant detection apparatus includes an image pickup device for imaging an area including a position of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle compartment, a light emitting element for emitting auxiliary light into the compartment that includes the imaging area of the pickup device, and a storage section for... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080094196 - Hidden wireless tire pressure monitor: A hidden wireless tire pressure monitor, comprising a tire pressure monitor inside a tire, and an air faucet extending out of the tire. A conductive element is provided between the tire pressure monitor and the air faucet. The inside of conductive element electrically contacts the signal transmitting antenna on the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080094198 - Setting method and system for a programmable universal tire pressure monitor: A setting method and system for a programmable universal tire pressure monitor of present invention comprising steps of: preparing a tire pressure monitor without started first and then choosing a specific start signal from a processor. Transmitting the start signal to a programmer and the specific start signal will be... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080094197 - Tire pressure monitoring system with bidirectional communication function: A tire pressure monitoring system with bidirectional communication function includes sensing units mounted on tires of a vehicle for sensing tire pressures and wirelessly transmitting tire pressure signals; a wireless receiver and a wireless transmitter mounted near a rear and a front end of the vehicle, respectively, the wireless receiver... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20080094199 - Illuminated gear selection indicator: An improved gear selection indicator principally for use in vehicle's having a manual transmission, and including a shift knob sleeve placed over the vehicle gear shift lever, and an illuminated display disposed in the opening of the sleeve. The display includes a gear shift pattern plate with LEDs disposed around... Agent: Stainbrook & Stainbrook, LLP

20080094200 - Brake light system for vehicle: A vehicle brake light system (51) includes a plurality of lighting units (51a, 51b, 51c) arranged in a horizontally and vertically spaced apart relation on the rear of a vehicle. Horizontally spaced apart lighting units (51a, 51b, 51c) which are lower in position have a greater distance between their centers... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080094201 - Ultra-low power, optically-interrogated tagging and identification system: Identification tags are used to distinguish a unique tagged item from among a plurality of items. Tagged items are searched by scanning the items with an interrogation signal. The tag emits an observable signal when it receives an identification that matches the identification contained in the tag. When an interrogation... Agent: Norma E Henderson Henderson Patent Law

20080094204 - Method and apparatus for installing a wireless security system: A method of installing a security system includes activating a security device. An air-borne identification signal is transmitted from the device in response to the activation. The identification signal identifies the activated device. The identification signal is used to ascertain a type of the device. The device is automatically wirelessly... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.

20080094203 - Method and apparatus for reducing false alarms in a security system: A method of operating a security system includes activating a security device and transmitting a first status report from the device in response to the activating step. A second status report is transmitted from the device after the first status report has been transmitted. The second status report is indicative... Agent: Sommer Barnard Attorneys,p.c.

20080094202 - Method for conditional scheduling of security system events: A method of operating a security system that allows an end user to program a scheduled time for an event to take place and a condition that must be met if the event is to occur. The security system memory is programmed with time information, event condition information, and event... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080094205 - Wireless sensor framework: A gateway connected to a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for transfer of data with the WSN includes a data reader interface configurable to read sensor data from the WSN received from a communication port connected to the WSN, irrespective of a type of hardware or software used in the WSN.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080094206 - System and method for providing secure identification solutions: The present invention provides a method and system for verifying and tracking identification information. In an embodiment of the invention, a system for delivering security solutions is provided that includes at least one of the following: a radio frequency (RF) identification device, an identification mechanism (e.g., a card, sticker), and... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080094207 - Configurable system for alerting caregivers: A system that monitors various conditions of a plurality of hospital beds located in different rooms of a healthcare facility is provided. Alternatively or additionally, other types of equipment may be monitored by the system. Various configurations of network interface units that are coupleable to or integrated into a hospital... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP

20080094208 - Method and system for tracking equipment employing rf-id technology: Disclosed is a method and system for determining the location of at least one of a plurality of uniquely-identified transducers within one of a plurality of known areas (210-270). The method comprises the steps of receiving information from at least one sensor selected from a plurality of first (211, 212,... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080094209 - Shipping container monitoring and tracking system: The invention provides a system for monitoring a container for transporting cargo. The system includes an onboard device attached to the container and a central computer system. The central computer system processes alerts transmitted by the onboard device. The onboard device includes a processor/sensor component and an antenna component. The... Agent: Emma Harty

20080094211 - Id proximity monitoring of inventory objects: ID proximity systems and methods for monitoring a movement of an object. A method comprises the steps of: using a second transponder to receive data transmitted by a first transponder attached to the object; and modifying the data based on at least one characteristic of the second transponder, wherein the... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080094210 - Platform for ubiquitous sensor deployment in occupational and domestic environments: A multimodal sensor network node is integrated into a power strip. A sensor platform comprises a power outlet, typically in the form of a power strip, at least one environmental sensor integrated into the power strip, and at least one transceiver for communicating data measured by the sensor. A sensor... Agent: Norma E Henderson Henderson Patent Law

20080094212 - Perimeter monitoring techniques: Method for monitoring borders or peripheries of installations includes arranging sensors periodically along the border at least partially in the ground, the sensors being sensitive to vibrations, infrared radiation, sound or other disturbances, programming the sensors to wake-up upon detection of a predetermined condition and receive a signal, analyzing the... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080094213 - Sensor and circuit configuration for occupant detection: In occupant detection systems, direct connections, such as fixed or permanent connections, are provided between the antenna and measurement circuit and between the measurement circuit and wiring harness. Multiple such arrangements may be used for capacitive, electric field, or other types of occupant detection circuits. In some embodiments, the occupant... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080094214 - Systems and methods for managing inventory of items held in a cabinet using radio frequency identification (rfid): A RFID cabinet comprises a cabinet structure and one or more drawers or shelves. Chambers are formed within the cabinet to house the one or more drawers or shelves. An RFID scanner is configured to scan items tagged with RFID tags in the chambers via one or more antennas. The... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080094217 - Location identification/management system, card reader, and location edentification/management method: In a location identification/management system, a portable medium reader reads a moving object identifier stored in a portable medium and relays the moving object identifier. A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader receives relayed moving object identifier and transmits a notification containing the moving object identifier and a unique RFID-reader identifier... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080094216 - Material for wrapping a container and obtaining digital signature of the wrapped object: This invention relates to a product that can be used for wrapping any holding body (ie; box, luggage, container, loading truck, trailer, etc.) that must be secured and confirmed unopened, violated or modified between its place of origin and its destination. The material for wrapping the container includes a random... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080094215 - Method and apparatus for using a rfid paging infrastructure: The “RFID Paging Infrastructure” uses RFID technology to provide a low-cost localized message paging system. When a stationary RFID transceiver detects a programmable RFID tag, the transceiver reads an identifier from the RFID tag. The RFID transceiver causes a computer to determine whether a message stored in a database is... Agent: Ibm Corporation (rus) C/o Rudolf O Siegesmund Gordon & Rees, LLP

20080094218 - Methods and apparatus for detecting and identifying improper antitheft device deactivation: Systems and techniques for retail product transaction processing and security tag deactivation analysis. Upon detection of a security tag deactivation associated with entry of product information into a retail transaction, product information for the product is analyzed to determine whether the security tag deactivation is legitimate or possibly illegitimate. Upon... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080094219 - Privacy protection cleanup shop station and devices: A system and a method for disabling RFID tags that send information to a receiver by using a device capable of generate a strong electromagnetic field or any other targeted radiation of energy or particles. The system comprises a RFID tag interrogator, a display, an input device, and an EMP... Agent: Ac Technologies, S.a.

20080094221 - Communication method, communication system, access control apparatus, and computer readable storage medium: Identification information for identifying IC tags are recorded in association with time information expressing time (timing) at which access using a first antenna is gained, for example, time from when antennas are switched to when the access is gained and position information representing positions of the antenna with respect to... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080094220 - Methods and systems for improving rfid security: The present invention provides various techniques to improve the security of data transmissions in RFID systems. Systems and methods for constructing more secure RFID tags, readers, and servers are disclosed enabling individuals to minimize privacy exposure while taking care to avoid needlessly overcomplicating the user's RFID transactions.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080094222 - Article case with rfid tag and rfid system: The present invention is directed to an article case for accessing information on an RFID tag attached to an article enclosed in the case, and an RFID system using the case. An article case in accordance with an embodiment includes: a built-in antenna communicating with the RFID tag attached to... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080094223 - Asset including a radio frequency identification tag and method of forming the same: An asset including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and method of forming the same are presented. In one embodiment, the asset includes an asset carrier surrounding the asset and an RFID tag coupled to the asset carrier. The RFID tag includes a carrier, an integrated circuit located in the... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.L.P.

20080094224 - Rfid-enabled waste/recycling cart: An RFID-enabled waste/recycling cart including a container, a lid, a hinge pin, and an RFID device. The container includes a handle, and the RFID device is located within the handle. The hinge pin connects the lid to the container and also secures the RFID device within the handle. The RFID... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080094227 - Medical monitoring system and process for processing alarm signals: A monitoring system and process is provided for at least two medical apparatuses, which can send at least one alarm signal each. At least one alarm unit is connected to these apparatuses, wherein the alarm unit has at least one processing unit, a memory unit and an output unit. The... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080094226 - Methods and systems for monitoring position and movement of human beings: Methods and systems for detecting a predetermined position of a user wearing a disposable absorbent article are given. The methods and systems may include detecting that the user of the disposable absorbent article is in the predetermined position, wherein the predetermined position is determined to be a potentially life-threatening position.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P. Attn: Gero G. Mcclellan / Kimberly-clark

20080094225 - Rfid collar: An RFID collar for tracking and locating animals, and method of manufacturing the same. The RFID collar includes an RFID tag substantially enclosed within an animal collar. In manufacture, a mold for defining a collar-shaped volume is provided. At least one support member is configured to engage an RFID tag... Agent: Pitts And Brittian P C

20080094229 - Light-emitting device: A device (10; 50; 61; 64; 100) which is associated with a system for the automatic movement of sliding gates or shutters and is characterized in that it comprises a light emitter and at least one functional unit (28, 56, 58, 66, 70, 72) able to manage the functions for... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080094228 - Patient monitor using radio frequency identification tags: One aspect of the disclosure is to provide a patient monitoring system including a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The system comprises a patient monitor capable of communicating with the RFID tag. The RFID tag may advantageously store information useful in hospital environments, triage or disaster environments, home care environments,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080094230 - Using location capabilities of a mobile device to permit users to avoid potentially harmful interactions: The present invention automatically increases situational awareness relating to potential sexual predators, criminals, and/or stalkers located near a mobile device user. A location of the mobile device can be determined by device location electronics, such as a Global Positioning System (GPS). The location can be compared against at least one... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.A.

20080094231 - Monitoring the bearing temperature of an electrical machine: According to the method a temperature module is defined, simulating the thermal behavior in the electric motor (1), based on a multi-mass model. The rotational speed (n) and the current (i) for the electric motor (1) are continuously recorded as input parameters for the temperature model and at least one... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20080094232 - Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the same: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a keyboard, a housing, a liquid sensor, a plurality of groove portions, and a water-transmitting material. The housing has a mounting surface on which the keyboard is mounted. A liquid sensor is provided in the mounting surface. The groove portions are formed... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080094233 - Smoke alarm system: Smoke alarm systems, in particular for an aircraft, advantageously provide a high degree of safety so as to prevent false alarms. According to an embodiment described in this application a smoke alarm system for an aircraft is stated, comprising a camera module, a smoke warning transmitter and a housing. The... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080094235 - Bathing system controller having abnormal operational condition identification capabilities: A controller suitable for identifying an abnormal operational condition in a bathing system is provided. The controller includes a memory unit adapted for storing measurements indicative of electrical currents drawn by the bathing system under normal operating conditions, each measurement being indicative of the electrical current being drawn by a... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20080094234 - Method and apparatus for powering remote devices: A method and apparatus for powering one or more remotely-situated devices. In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, energy is added (at a convenient location) to a medium that the remotely-situated devices are associated with (e.g., a medium that the remotely-situated devices are sensing, controlling, alarming, etc). The energy... Agent: Demont & Breyer, LLC

20080094236 - Rechargeable electric tool: A rechargeable electric tool includes a warning device which monitors a voltage of a power source battery and indicates a warning by means of an LED or a buzzer when the power source voltage is reduced to be equal to or lower than a reference voltage. The tool is configured... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20080094237 - Signalling device, and control method, for automatisms: Method for controlling a signalling device inserted in an automatism of gates (G), movable barriers, doors or the like, and having at least one warning device (L, BZ), characterised in that it supplies power from the signalling device (LL) to at least one mechanical group (M) having a motor, detects... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080094238 - Power controller with audio feedback: A power controller generates an audible and/or visual signal corresponding to a change in output power of the power controller in response to a user input. The change in output power is limited to a single discrete step in accordance with a discrete user input. In an embodiment, the user... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20080094239 - Device for detecting the relative position of two elements with improved integration: p

20080094240 - Apparatus for monitoring the approach of two relatively movable parts: An arrangement for monitoring first and second relatively movable parts in which an actuator is connected to one of the first and second parts. The actuator includes a transponder. A sensor is connected to the other one of the two parts and has a receiver circuit with a receiver coil.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080094241 - Method and apparatus for achieving bi-axial tilt monitoring using a single-axis tilt monitoring device: Bi-axial tilt monitoring apparatus and method for bi-axial tilt monitoring of an article using a single-axis tilt monitoring device. A bi-axial tilt monitoring apparatus according to exemplary embodiments includes a single-axis tilt monitoring device and a support member supporting the single-axis tilt monitoring device and mountable to an article to... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.C.

20080094242 - Systems and methods for evaluating geological movements: Systems and methods for monitoring and tracking transients caused by geological events are provided. In one embodiment, a geological event monitoring system is provided. The system comprises a sensor array having a plurality of geologic activity sensors adapted to receive positioning signals from one or more Earth orbiting satellites and... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080094244 - Apparatus and method of controlling emitting color of visible light according to a current communication state in a vlc device: An apparatus and method for controlling the emitted color of visible light according to the current communication state in a visible light communication (VLC) device. The method includes storing one or more communication states and emitting colors that are correspondingly matched to the one or more communication states to indicate... Agent: Cha & Reiter, LLC

20080094243 - Network status indicating circuit: A network status indicating circuit for indicating network status is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the network status indicating circuit includes a signal-generating unit (100) configured for being set in a kernel board, and an indicator circuit (200) configured for being set in a device board. The signal-generating unit (100)... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20080094246 - Auto turn-on module and player apparatus and method for turning on a system automatically: An auto turn-on module at least includes a timer, a logic unit and a memory unit. The timer provides real time data. The logic unit is electronically connected with the timer and has a register, wherein the register stores a state indicator data therein. The memory unit is electronically connected... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20080094245 - System and method for universal remote control: Control information is exchanged between a component and a remote control device or a server using RFID or using network discovery procedures. The control information if gathered by the server is provided to the remote. In this way, the need to manually program the remote with component code information is... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080094247 - Mux bop database mirroring: An apparatus to remotely archive data from a blowout preventer includes a first system controller in communication with the blowout preventer and a communications network, and a second system controller in communication with the blowout preventer and the communications network. A first remote server and a second remote server are... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080094248 - Extending contact life in remote disconnect applications: Disclosed are apparatus and methodology subject matters for providing improved functionality of a meter in a 2-way communications arrangement, such as an Advanced Metering System (AMS) or Infrastructure (AMI). More particularly, the present technology relates to methodologies and apparatus for providing load sensing for utility meters which preferably are operable... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080094249 - Emergency traffic light system: A visual warning assembly for disposal at an intersection of a plurality of roadways is disclosed herein. The visual warning assembly includes a housing with first and second openings facing first and second directions. The first and second directions are transverse to one another. The visual warning assembly also includes... Agent: Raymond C. Meiers Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080094250 - Multi-objective optimization for real time traffic light control and navigation systems for urban saturated networks: A multiobjective management system for saturated traffic road networks comprising: green wave coordination of locally adaptive traffic control units, traffic movement optimization and live traffic route guidance. Current traffic congestion measurements on intersections are generated from local traffic cameras and remote air-borne conventional cameras and thermal sensing imaging cameras or... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080094251 - Control system: The present invention relates to a control system, in particular for driving in or driving out of a parking garage, with a blocking and/or display device (1), which blocks or allows the passage of a motor vehicle, an input device (20) which is operable to allow the passage, wherein the... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080094252 - Apparatus for assisting a parking -space entry operation of a vechicle: The invention relates to an apparatus for assisting a parking-space entry operation of a vehicle, comprising a back-up camera for acquiring a back-up image reproducing the space behind the vehicle, and comprising a screen for displaying the back-up image, a decision mark for a first steering input of the parking-space... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080094253 - Information transmitting device, information processing system, mobile phone, and program: An information processing system equipped with a detecting device, information transmitting device, and operating device. The detecting device transmits a moving state of a mobile object, detected. The information transmitting device includes an information storage part storing information; an obtaining part for obtaining a moving state of a mobile object;... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080094254 - Pedestrian warning system: A pedestrian warning system includes an ultrasonic emitter provided on a vehicle configured to emit an ultrasonic signal and configured to create a shaped ultrasonic field. The ultrasonic emitter may be configured to generate a sonic signal to warn pedestrians in a specific area that the vehicle is approaching.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080094255 - Electronic flight data display instrument: An electronic display instrument configured to secure in a desired position over multiple pre-existing instrument holes in a dashboard of an aircraft in place of multiple conventional display instruments, each conventional instrument having a conventional readout. The instrument comprises a display screen having a plurality of readouts corresponding to the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080094256 - Dynamically configurable wireless device: A wireless device for facilitating for GPS-based asset tracking via a wireless communications network and a centralized management system. The wireless device includes dynamically configurable event profiles which allow the wireless device to be dynamically reconfigured and to perform certain actions based on a dynamically configurable combination of received events.... Agent: Webtech Wireless Inc. Attention Patent Department, Norman Eldridge

20080088409 - Vehicle control system: A smart portable device transmits a keyless radio signal for a keyless entry system by two frequency channels. In an integrated tuner, a control IC determines a frequency channel having a better communication state, and controls a frequency of a signal that is input to a mixer from a PLL... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080088411 - Remote keyless entry system for a vehicle and a method of controlling a vehicle function by the same: A remote unit for a keyless entry system for a vehicle. The remote unit comprising a controller configured to generate a command signal in response to a user input. The command signal comprising a first command message and a substantially similar second command message. The first command message comprises a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080088412 - System and method for detecting motion of portable security module to conserve battery life: A security fob periodically transmits wireless access signals that can be received by entities such as computers, buildings and the like to which access is sought. A motion detector is in the fob so that when the fob has been motionless for a threshold period non-essential components are deenergized, putting... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080088415 - Tuning an rfid reader with electronic switches: A reader for an RFID system includes a signal driver for generating an excitation signal and a resonant circuit having an adjustable resonant circuit capacitance for retuning the resonant circuit in response to detuning. The resonant circuit has a capacitance tuning circuit which includes a fine-tuning capacitor having a fine-tuning... Agent: Rodney F. Brown

20080088416 - Methods and apparatus for analyzing signal conditions affecting operation of an rfid communication device: Systems and techniques for generating data showing a signal environment experienced by a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication device. A transceiver within the communication device sweeps through a frequency range of interest in order to receive signals within the frequency range. Depending on the nature of the signals of interest,... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080088417 - Multi-mode tags and methods of making and using the same: Multi-mode (e.g., EAS and RFID) tags and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. The tag generally includes an antenna, an electronic article surveillance (EAS) function block coupled to the antenna, and one or more identification function blocks coupled to the antenna in parallel with the EAS function... Agent: The Law Offices Of Andrew D. Fortney, Ph.d., P.C.

20080088408 - Fast resume of tcp sessions: The invention refers to a fast resume method in a TCP/IP based wireless radio communication system comprising a mobile station (MS) and a first router (SGSN1). The method comprises the steps of—the first router (SGSN1) copying and saving at least a part of the latest acknowledged frame (ACK,SEG1);—the first router... Agent: Ericsson Inc.

20080088410 - System and methods for automatically moving access barriers initiated by mobile transmitter devices: An operator system and related methods for automatically controlling access barriers which includes a base controller associated with at least one access barrier and at least one base receiver associated with the base controller. The system also includes at least one mobile transmitter that automatically and periodically generates at least... Agent: Renner Kenner Greive Bobak Taylor & Weber

20080088413 - System and components thereof for carrying out signal processing operations including a synthetic aura suitable for presence detection: The invention relates to a system and to the components thereof for carrying out signal processing operations including a synthetic aura which is suitable for presence detection and which the invention is to provide solutions enabling improvements in handling and user security to be obtained synergetically while producing comfort-increasing keyless... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080088414 - Radio-tag reading system, radio-tag reader, and radio tag: The radio-tag reading system comprises a radio-tag reader 3 that includes a communication unit 31 that performs radio communication with a radio tag 2, a radio-tag detection processor 33 that allows the communication unit 31 to transmit a search signal for detecting the entrance of the radio tag 2 into... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088418 - Power line communication apparatus and method for operating the same: Herein disclosed a power line communication apparatus which may be assigned a band window and a communication band in alternate and cyclical fashion, the band window being one to which a coexistence signal for band reservation is assignable, the communication band being one to which desired information is assignable, the... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080088419 - Method and system for power line networking for industrial process control applications: A real-time management networking system for a manufacturing environment, e.g., chemical, assembly, automobile, electronic, petroleum. In a specific embodiment, the system has a spatial region, which is adapted for one or more manufacturing equipment devices. The one or more manufacturing equipment devices is associated with a manufacture of a product.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080088420 - Control device for work lamp: A control device for work lamp includes a microprocessor, which is able to receive signals sent from a power supply unit and a switch. The microprocessor is able to determine the number of times that the switch is pressed and then send out a command to the activation unit, which... Agent: Hdsl

20080088421 - Wall-mounted scoreboard: A wall mounted scoreboard is sized and configured to be used in a home or commercial establishment. The scoreboard includes a back cover, a cover panel and a display panel. The back cover has a front open face and the cover panel is applied over the front face of the... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20080088422 - Onboard wirless communication system: An onboard wireless communication system includes a power supply circuit, a wireless communication circuit, a control circuit, and a current integration circuit. The current integration circuit calculates an integration value of current fed from a battery after the battery starts discharging. The current integration circuit temporarily stops the calculation until... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088423 - Control and display for wireless signal light: A control with display for RF wireless signal light includes a wireless remote control device and a sound-light warning device. The wireless remote control device further includes a light signal controller, a light signal switch circuit, a RF wireless signal emitter and a first battery set. The sound-light warning device... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080088424 - Active safety apparatus: An active safety device for a motor vehicle comprises: obstacle detection device for detecting an obstacle; vehicle path prediction device for predicting a future path of the vehicle; collision possibility calculation device for calculating the possibility of a collision between the vehicle and the obstacle; and collision responding device for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080088425 - Notification controller, notification control method and notification information transmitter: A notification controller allows a notification apparatus to perform notification in accordance with input of notification request information from a notification information transmitter. The notification controller determines whether or not the notification request information supplied from the notification information transmitter can be disabled from provision in accordance with a user... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080088426 - Baby chime: An apparatus for providing an alarm system for alerting parents that a baby is still in a car seat. The apparatus comprises a buckle unit engageable with straps from a car seat when such baby is placed in such car seat, the buckle unit including one of a transceiver and... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080088427 - Finite state machine vehicle headlight controller: A headlight control system provides a several automated operational features. A problem with such systems in the past is the possibility of inadvertent operation of the vehicle without headlights under low light or other adverse conditions. Automated control is achieved through use of a finite state machine which defaults from... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080088429 - Circuit arrangement and method for preventing circuit operation: A circuit arrangement in whose operational range a system parameter or an ambient parameter lies within a first range. The arrangement includes a node configured to receive a misadjustment signal and a sensor configured to detect the system parameter or the ambient parameter. The sensor is coupled to the node... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080088430 - Monitor control system: In a monitor control system, an HMI (11 in FIG. 1) includes event list display means (16) for displaying an event list screen of list form, in which event names and alarm levels are contained as to faults and the like alarm events occurring in an object to-be-monitored (13), and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088431 - Apparatus, method, and computer program for an alarm system: A method, apparatus, and computer program for an alarm system comprises a master unit; and an alarm monitor comprising an alarm sensor to provide a sensor signal representing alarm conditions; a processor to produce digital data based on the alarm signal; and a media access controller to generate a report... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080088428 - Dynamic emergency notification and intelligence system: A dynamic emergency notification and intelligence system (DENIS system) is disclosed. The DENIS system has a message server and computing system. The message server is configured to communicate an outgoing message to a plurality of users via one or more user devices. The message server is also configured to receive... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20080088432 - Fluorescent light immunity through synchronous sampling: A system and method for reducing interference caused by fluorescent light on alarm system components using synchronous sampling is provided. The system incorporates a detector for detecting the line frequency of a power line and synchronizes the security system to the detected line frequency. The detector employed may be a... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080088433 - System and method for displaying air traffic information: A computer-implemented system and method for the processing and presentation of customizable aviation information is disclosed. At plurality of flight information is received over a digital network and is stored in at least a database. The database includes aviation information as well as aviation related content and advertisements. The user... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20080088434 - Rapid disaster notification system: A system operable for detecting the exposure of a person or persons to a plurality of different hazards. The system comprises at least one wearable personal module, a fixed communication center and wireless linking means operable for providing wireless communication between a personal module and the communication center and between... Agent: Laura N. Tunnell

20080088435 - Handheld programmer for lighting control system: The invention regards a system and method for using a handheld programming device to configure a lighting control system wirelessly. In one embodiment, at least one device configured with a processing section is installed in the lighting control system. A communications receiver that is operable to receive a signal from... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080088436 - Methods, systems, devices and computer program products for transmitting medical information from mobile personal medical devices: A method of transferring medical information can include transmitting medical information from a mobile personal medical device responsive to determining that a remote system is authorized to receive the medical information. Related Systems, devices, and computer program products are also disclosed.... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec, P.A.

20080088437 - System and method for monitoring alarms and responding to the movement of individuals and assets: A monitoring system is provided, by which alarm information and location data from a wireless personal tracking device carried by an individual is transmitted to an administrative hub for processing and action according to defined rules, including dispatching optimum assistance in the event of an alarm. Simultaneous monitoring of a... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080088438 - System and method of tracking the movement of individuals and assets: A monitoring system is provided, by which location data and possibly other information from a wireless personal tracking device carried by an individual is transmitted to an administrative hub for processing and action according to defined rules. Simultaneous monitoring of a plurality of individuals with diverse tracking units and effective... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080088439 - Remote monitor system with radio dispatch: The present invention is directed toward systems and methods for providing a remote monitoring system with radio dispatch. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides a central monitoring unit for receiving a first event signal from a first remote monitoring device, identifying the first remote monitoring device as the... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080088440 - Wireless remote assistance: A method of providing real time remote assistance to a user (12) through a remote assistance system (10) that includes a wireless communication device (20) for two way audio and at least one way video communication. The system (10) receives an activation signal from device (20) to connect to the... Agent: Reising, Ethington, Barnes, Kisselle, P.C.

20080088441 - Asset monitoring using the internet: Asset including an arrangement for monitoring objects in an interior of the asset includes a sensor system arranged on or in the asset to obtain data about the asset or an object in the asset and a communication system arranged on the asset and coupled to the sensor system. The... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080088443 - Scanning device with sensors and camera or tricorder: An application to use of a robotic controller board to manage the influx of data from one or more sensors, and to send that data, in RS232 or serial form, to a Computing Device (see CLAIM VIII). In this case, the images attached are created from a Prototype built for... Agent: Michael Francis Niemi

20080088444 - Monitoring of shopping cart bottom tray: A detection device is provided for alerting a cashier to the presence of an object located on the lower tray of a shopping cart. The detection device uses a combination of a weight sensor and a presence sensor to trigger a signal, all of which are mounted on the cart.... Agent: Kagan Binder, PLLC

20080088445 - Luggage tag with an electronic circuit motion detector which will set off blinking lights for a period of time after the motion has occurred: The present invention is directed to an electronic luggage tag. The luggage tag includes an electronic circuit connected to a motion detector and also connected to a source of power such as at least one DC battery. The luggage tag also includes at least one and preferably a multiplicity of... Agent: Rozsa Law Group Lc

20080088446 - Image display device: An image display device capable of preventing erroneous activation of the theft prevention function is provided. The image display device includes a theft prevention unit having an alarm function for preventing theft of the image display device, and a control circuit for controlling the theft prevention unit. The control circuit... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080088447 - Item tracking system: An item tracking system which makes use RFID technology for automatically monitoring the taking and returning operations of items from a storage location inside a working area which allows to have an almost “on line” status of each tool as well as the using history of each tool, furthermore, the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080088450 - Method and system for providing security using rfid tagged items exiting or entering a retail establishment: A method or system of providing security utilizing RFID tagged items exiting or entering a retail establishment. A RFID tag value of a RFID tagged item being checked out is: read by a first RFID reader, added to an exit queue, and read by a second RFID reader at an... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080088448 - Method of making an rfid article: A method and apparatus for making an RFID article such as a label, tag, ticket, envelope, carton, inlay, etc., including a microchip connected to a first antenna which is, in turn, electro-magnetically and coupled to a second antenna.... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon LLP

20080088449 - Antenna arrangement: A network of antennas for contactless reading or writing of RFID tags in a detection volume, including three or four flat, independent antennas sequentially connected to a single reader by a switch, wherein planes of the antennas pass through a reading/writing/detection volume centered in the detection volume, for every pair... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20080088451 - Marker for a magnetic theft protection system and method for its production: Disclosed are markers for a magnetic theft protection system, which markers contain at least one oblong alarm strip made of an amorphous ferromagnetic alloy and at least one activation strip made of a molybdenum-free semi-hard magnetic alloy consisting essentially of NiaMbFeRest, wherein M is one or more of the elements... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080088452 - Notifying users of device events in a networked environment: Notifying a user of a device event, including receiving a device event, associating the device event with a user, receiving an RFID signal from a user's RFID tag, determining the user's location in dependence upon the RFID signal, selecting a user notification appliance in dependence upon the user's location, and... Agent: International Corp (blf)

20080088453 - Radio communication apparatus: A radio communication apparatus sends a signal for assigning a predetermined number of slots to one or more response devices. The response devices individually select one slot, and transmit own specific identification information in that slot. The radio communication apparatus has an all slot number counter and an empty slot... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088454 - Item tracking system: An item tracking system which makes use RFID technology for automatically monitoring the taking and returning operations of items from one or more storage locations inside a working area which allows to have an “on line” status of each tool as well as the using history of each tool, furthermore,... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080088455 - Method for managing the hardware device: The invention discloses a method for managing the hardware device including the hardware device manufacture and management. Steps of the manufacture: Get the RFID internal serial number; Generate the hardware ID number according to the said RFID internal serial number; Generate the external sequence number of hardware according to the... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080088456 - Resonance tag, method of reversibly changing resonance characteristics of resonance circuit,and capacitive element: In a resonance tag provided with a resonance circuit composed of a capacitive element and an inductive element, the capacitive element is characterized by having a condition under which the capacitance of the capacitive element is reversibly changed by a voltage applied to the resonance circuit and anther condition under... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080088458 - Connectable electronic component comprising a transducer:

20080088457 - Long range rfid transmitter power tracking loop: A high power amplifier having an automatic gain control circuit, the high power amplifier being coupled between the output end of an RF signal carrying coaxial cable and a transmitting antenna to automatically compensate for RF signal attenuation over the length of the coaxial cable.... Agent: Joseph M. Sauer, Esq. Jones Day

20080088459 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing an auxiliary antenna: A method is disclosed of forming on a moving surface an auxiliary antenna for an RFID tag. The method includes the steps of providing a webstock of polymeric material including a conductive film, conveying the webstock with the moving surface, and applying the conductive film to the moving surface in... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080088460 - Combination eas and rfid label or tag using a hybrid rfid antenna: 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.

20080088461 - Expanded compatibility rfid tags: Systems and methods for providing expanded compatibility in identification tags such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) devices. Integrated devices can be equipped with various combinations of passive and active tags configured for compatibility with passive and active readers, respectively. Additionally, the integrated devices can be equipped with various combinations of... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080088462 - Monitoring using cellular phones: Method and arrangement for obtaining information about a person includes providing the person with a portable device, arranging at least one sensor on the portable device, obtaining information about the person carrying the portable device or an environment around the person carrying the portable device using the at least one... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080088463 - Fan system and driving control device of motor: A driving control device of a motor includes a temperature sensing circuit, a comparing circuit, a rotation speed control circuit and a driving circuit. The temperature sensing circuit detects an environmental temperature for generating a sensing signal. The comparing circuit is electrically connected to the temperature sensing circuit, and compares... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080088464 - Power system architecture for fluid flow measurement systems: An architecture to supply electrical operating power in fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods include a receiver tunable to various radio frequencies to capture radio frequency (RF) energy that may be used to supply regulated voltage to electronic fluid flow measurement data processing... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080088465 - Apparatus and method for determining the depth level and amount of fluids in a well: An apparatus and related method for detecting oil and mineralized water, if it exists, in a well. The apparatus comprises a sensor assembly for placing down the well, the sensor assembly having a float therein that rises when fluid is detected and adapted to close an electrical contact of a... Agent: Michael Cameron

20080088466 - System and method to zero-sequence verify ground return path integrity by comparing measured zero-sequence current in an autotransformer with a second zero-sequence current source: A ground return path is determined to be impaired when no zero-sequence current is measured in the neutral return path, but zero-sequence current is detected in other suitable measuring points that include the windings of an autotransformer, or in a magnetically coupled delta-configured tertiary winding, or potential transformer.... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20080088467 - System and method for monitoring the life of a physiological sensor: Aspects of the present disclosure include a sensor configured to store in memory indications of sensor use information and formulas or indications of formula for determining the useful life of a sensor from the indications of sensor use information. A monitor connected to the sensor monitors sensor use and stores... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080088468 - Universal input device: A universal input device to attach to a target of a user, including a motion detector to detect motion of the target, a contact detector to detect types of contacts with the target, a controller to generate position data corresponding to the motion and control data, including mode setting data... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080088469 - Device for communicating environmental information to a visually impaired person: An aid for a blind person (1), includes a distance sensor (3), which creates a distance image of an object (2). The distance information that is generated by the distance sensor (3) is transmitted to a tactile matrix (10), which is integrated into a guide stick (11). The blind person... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080088470 - Device and method for high visibility emergency signaling: A high visibility emergency signaling device comprises a base (2) to be secured to an external support (3) raised above ground level, light-emitting means mounted thereto for generating at least one light beam (5) and power supply means (6) for such lightemitting means (4). Optical means (7) are further provided,... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20080088471 - Simplistic remote control device for an anatomically challenged individual: A simplistic remote control device for an anatomically challenged individual. A plurality of pushbuttons are disposed on a housing and are used by the anatomically challenged individual. An infrared LED transmitter is visible through the housing and sends infrared signals to a remote controlled device associated with the remote control... Agent: Richard L. Miller

20080088472 - Switch arrangement: A switching arrangement includes a sensor (1) for detecting physical actions of a user (3) within a region of space in which the user is located. The sensor generates an output signal representative of a detected physical action, the signal being received by a signal-processing system (5). The signal-processing system... Agent: Ira S. Dorman

20080088473 - Rfid system and method for controlling distance ranges: Disclosed herein is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system and method for controlling distance ranges. The RFID system includes a plurality of RFID tags, a plurality of readers, and middleware. The RFID tags receive position coordinates and time data through signals from a satellite and store data. The readers transmit... Agent: Hamilton Desanctis & Cha LLP

20080088474 - System and method for informing user how to use universal remote control: Control information is exchanged between a component and a remote control device using RFID and then transmitted to a TV using RFID so that the TV can display components to be controlled and/or remote control device buttons and/or functions of remote control device buttons for particular components to be controlled,... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080088476 - On-line web accessed energy meter: An electrical metering system capable of performing multiple metering functions, collecting data, and wirelessly provides the collected metering data to a utility operator. In the electrical metering system, at least one computing device for initiating a request for data. A first modem connects the computing device to an infrastructure. A... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080088475 - Utility meter with communication system diplays: A utility meter comprises a measurement circuit configured to measure commodity consumption and provide consumption data. A memory in the meter is configured to store meter data including the consumption data. The memory includes a plurality of memory segments, each of the plurality of memory segments protected by a different... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080088477 - Omnidirectional universal mount hazard marker: A self-contained hazard marker which is easily deployed and highly visible. The hazard marker utilized a pop-up type of illumination device which utilizes LEDs. These LEDs can be illuminated in various patterns thereby producing various effects. They can produce a rotating light effect, a blinking light effect, a strobe effect... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080088478 - Video traffic monitoring and signaling apparatus: A traffic signal head having a signal lamp or signal ball with an embedded video monitoring system can be provided to perform vehicle detection to inform an intelligent traffic control system. Video monitoring of traffic lanes facing the signal head can be analyzed by such a system to emulate inductive... Agent: Cognex Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080088479 - Traffic light warning method and system: A traffic light warning system and method for an automotive vehicle. The system receives a signal from a traffic light representative of the geographical area, state and operation of the traffic light. The system then determines at least one time period in which the traffic light indicates a stop command.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080088480 - Traffic light warning method and system: A device and method for filtering traffic information. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to receive traffic data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events. The... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080088481 - Vehicle detecting apparatus: The vehicle detecting apparatus includes an image sensor mounted on a host vehicle so as to be able to take an image ahead of the host vehicle, a light source area extracting function of extracting, from image data outputted from the image sensor, an area having luminance higher than a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088482 - Vehicle information recording apparatus: A vehicle information recording apparatus which is capable of recording information to be recorded on a recording medium without fail even in a case where electric power is supplied in a limited quantity is provided. Under the circumstances where a signal indicative of a command to record the information of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080088483 - Pressure-difference warning system: The present invention relates to a pressure-difference warning system comprising an acoustic signal device, comprising an energy supply device and comprising a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor is designed for measuring a pressure difference between an interior region and an exterior region. The energy supply device is designed for providing... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080088484 - Apparatus and method pertaining to light-based power distribution in a vehicle: A vehicle (400) such as an aircraft is provided (101) with a source of light (401) that provides both a power wavelength component (404) as well as a safety-pilot wavelength component (102, 415). An optical conduit (405) is then used (104) to couple this source of light to a light-to-electricity... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080088485 - Space based monitoring of global maritime shipping using automatic identification system: An automatic identification system (AIS) communications payload for a space vehicle traveling in earth orbit includes an antenna; a receiver connected to the antenna to receive an AIS signal including a reported vessel position transmitted from a vessel; a processor to process the received AIS messages and determine the accuracy... Agent: Mcneely Bodendorf LLP

20080088486 - System and method for grouping traffic events: A device, system, and method for grouping traffic events. In one embodiment, the device comprises a traffic component, a computing device coupled with the traffic component, and a display coupled with the computing device. The traffic component is operable to receive data corresponding to a plurality of traffic events. The... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080084271 - Continuous variable wireless data input to rfid reader: A wireless data input system that has one or more continuous user input devices on a sensing pad or the like, each device connected to a respective individually addressable RFID tags. Each device operates to enable its corresponding individually addressable RFID tag to transmit a unique PN code or the... Agent: Zimmerman & Cronen, LLP

20080084272 - Systems and methods for automated wireless authorization for entry into a geographic area: A method for automatic electronic authorization for entry into a geographic area based on detection of a mobile station operable on a Global System for Mobile communications network, comprises: transmitting, by a transmitter associated with a toll base station, a signal indicating the presence of the toll base station; detecting,... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080084273 - Method and system for securely loading code in a security processor: Securely loading code in a security processor may include autonomous fetching an encrypted security data set, which may comprise security code and/or root keys, by a security processor integrated within a chip. The encrypted security data set may be decrypted via the on-chip security processor and the decrypted code set... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080084276 - Chipless rfid tag and method for communicating with the rfid tag: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and a method and system for communicating with the RFID tag. The RFID tag includes a first and second structure respectively holding first data and second data that is complementary to the first data. The RFID tag does not include a microchip. An electromagnetic... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080084270 - Handheld programmer for lighting control system: The invention regards a system and method for using a handheld programming device to configure a lighting control system wirelessly. In one embodiment, at least one device configured with a processing section is installed in the lighting control system. A communications receiver that is operable to receive a signal from... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080084277 - Rfid communication system, rfid communication device and rfid communication method: An RFID communication system includes a communication parameter setting section configured to modifiably set communication parameters in performing wireless communication; a receiving state determining section configured to, in the case where a signal for causing an RFID provided with a wireless communication function to wirelessly reply has been wirelessly transmitted... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080084274 - Roll of tape with rfid tag, tag tape, and cartridge for including at least a rfid tag: A first roll is provided, which is formed by winding a base tape having a tape-state base film in which a plurality of RFID circuit elements are disposed with a predetermined interval in the lengthwise direction, an adhesive layer with a predetermined width for affixing the RFID circuit element to... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080084275 - Systems and methods for interrogator multiple radio frequency identification enabled documents: A multi-document read-write station provides the ability to read/write to a stack of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags within a small area. Specifically, the station provides the ability to read from and write to a tall stack of RFID tagged sheets with the RFID tags stacked one on top of... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080084278 - Article sales data processing apparatus: In the case where the same data as electronic tag data read by an electronic tag reader is not stored in an electronic tag data memory, an article sales data processing apparatus adds the read electronic tag data to the electronic tag data memory. Article sales data is acquired based... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080084279 - Method and system of automatically generating global diagnostic statistics for a plurality of monitoring receivers at a master receiver: A monitoring system apparatus used for monitoring a plurality of diagnostic statistics for a plurality of monitoring receivers. All of the monitoring receivers can be linked together. Each monitoring receiver can be programmed to transmit at least one diagnostic statistic to a selected master receiver at a fixed or variable... Agent: Honeywell Law Department Patent Services

20080084280 - Remote controlling system for controlling electronic equipments within situation: The present invention provides a remote controlling system for controlling a plurality of electronic equipments disposed within a situation, such as a home, a classroom, an office . . . etc. By use of the remote controlling system, a user can conveniently control the electronic equipments in the situation through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080084281 - Wireless scoring machine for epee and foil fencing: A wireless scoring machine for epee and foil fencing is used to generate and receive radio signals transmitted through a traditional epee or foil for counting scores and displaying the scores, wherein the tip of the blade of an epee or a foil equipped with a conductive element electrically is... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084282 - Horn device: An electromechanical horn is configured with a body, a sound-generating unit mounted in the body, and a plurality of power source receiving regions for storing at least one removably mounted power source in a storage manner while containing a second power source in an operative manner thereby limiting discontinuity of... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20080084283 - Extra-vehicular threat predictor: An apparatus for facilitating the safe operation of a vehicle comprises a sensor system, a sensor signal to object identifier, and a world model implemented using, for example, a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) algorithm such as a spiking neuron algorithm. Alerts may be provided to the vehicle operator under several conditions,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.c.

20080084284 - Obstruction-determining apparatus for preventing mobile robot from becoming obstructed and boundary-estimation method and medium using the obstruction-determining apparatus: An obstruction-determining apparatus for preventing a mobile robot from being obstructed in a niche and a boundary-estimation method and medium using the obstruction-determining apparatus are disclosed. More particularly, an obstruction-determining apparatus which can determine whether a mobile robot is obstructed in a niche, and enable a mobile robot to easily... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080084285 - System and method for autonomic detection of tire tread wear: A system and method for using Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) tags to monitor tire tread wear in vehicles. A Radio Frequency IDentification chip is embedded in a tread of a tire at a radial depth of allowable tire tread wear specified by a manufacturer of the tire. Responsive to embedding... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080084286 - Vehicle light control system: The vehicle light control system includes a light device emitting an illumination light around an object vehicle on which the vehicle light control system is mounted, an information obtaining device obtaining integrated information including at least vehicle information indicating a behavior of the object vehicle, a control unit including an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080084287 - Driver assistance system and method for outputting at least one piece of information: A driver assistance system and method outputs, as a function of certain conditions, at least one piece of information, in particular a warning, to the driver of a motor vehicle. The driver assistance system can be transferred into a demonstration and/or learning mode, in which the conditions applied for outputting... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080084288 - Method of monitoring tire pressure in a motor vehicle: A method of monitoring tire pressure in a motor vehicle employs an indirectly measuring tire pressure monitoring system (DDS) and a directly measuring tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) with two pressure sensors for determining tire pressure and/or tire pressure loss. Depending on the arrangement (axlewise, sidewise or diagonal) of the... Agent: Gerlinde Nattler Continental Teves, Inc.

20080084289 - Vehicle temperature warning system and method: A temperature warning system for a heavy-duty vehicle, having at least one axle formed with an inner diameter. The axle includes a pair of spindle ends, and a wheel end assembly rotatably mounted on each spindle end. A thermal switch is disposed in the inner diameter of at least one... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20080084290 - Occupant sensor and method for seat belt or other monitoring: An occupant sensor with a complex arrangement of antenna or a simple single antenna determines a charge or discharge characteristic of the antenna. By determining the change in voltage or current of the antenna as a function of time, any occupant may be detected or characterized. The sensor restricts air... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080084291 - Method and apparatus for authenicated on-site testing, inspection, servicing and control of life-safety equipment and reporting of same using a remote accessory: A method, apparatus, remote accessory and authentication server are provided for facilitating operations such as an authenticated test of life safety equipment having components including a control panel and sensors. The life safety equipment requires testing according to a fire code. An access procedure is conducted to identify equipment and... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080084292 - System and method for controlling an anti-masking system: The present invention is directed to a method and system for controlling operation of an anti-masking system that detects tampering with a motion detection system. The control system may include a selective adjustment mechanism for adjusting a sensitivity level of the anti-masking system and a trigger mechanism for triggering the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080084293 - Process and system for automatically updating data recorded in a radio frequency identifier: The invention is intended to be used in the technological field of communication and the update of data between electronic equipment (1, 2) capable of inter-communicating using wireless links. The invention relates more particularly to a process and a system to automatically configure and update the data saved in a... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080084295 - System and methods for detecting change in a monitored environment: Systems and methods are provided for detecting changes in a monitored environment. One aspect of the invention relates to a system that comprises a plurality of radio frequency (RF) sensors distributed about the monitored environment, such that each RF sensor configured to respond to an interrogation signal with a unique... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20080084294 - Wireless sensor network and adaptive method for monitoring the security thereof: The present invention relates to a sensor network having node architecture for performing trust management of neighboring sensor nodes, and to an adaptive method for performing trust management of neighboring sensor nodes for monitoring security in the sensor network. The sensor network includes a base station and a plurality of... Agent: H.c. Park & Associates, Plc

20080084297 - Alarm apparatus and manufacturing method: An alarm apparatus for sensing occurrence of abnormality in a plant that manufactures products by processing substrates, the alarm apparatus includes: means responsive to an inspection result of a surface of the substrates during manufacturing the products for aggregating degree of occurrence of defects for each monitoring unit region to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080084298 - System and method for providing a tactile stimulation in response to a predetermined alarm condition: A tactile alarm system for use in environments having a plurality of audio and/or visual alarms each in communication with a detector measures a predetermined physical property. The system includes one or more tactile alarms each connected to a different person and each configured to provide tactile stimulation to the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080084296 - System for maximizing the effectiveness of care giving: A method for determining the performance of a caregiver in a monitoring system for monitoring a user in a user living area the monitoring system including a remote monitoring site, including monitoring the user living area to detect an occurrence of an event to provide a detected event, providing event... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080084299 - System and method for determining a state of a door: A system for determining a state of a door having a locking mechanism for locking the door includes a locking mechanism and a door sensor. The locking mechanism sensor is disposed for sensing a condition of the locking mechanism and generating a signal indicative thereof. The door sensor disposed for... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080084300 - Device for controlling a driven moving element, for example, a door: A device for controlling a driven moving element including an electronic unit with an object sensor. According to the invention, the electronic unit is designed, by means of the object sensor, to determine an object distance between the driven moving element and an object in the region of the moving... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080084301 - Methods, systems and devices for detecting and locating ferromagnetic objects: Methods for detecting and locating ferromagnetic objects in a security screening system. One method includes a step of acquiring magnetic data that includes magnetic field gradients detected during a period of time. Another step includes representing the magnetic data as a function of the period of time. Another step includes... Agent: Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc

20080084303 - Security container: A security container comprises a body and a secure opening, each of which is formed from inner and outer walls. The space between the walls is filled with a fluid and a fluid sensor is located so as to detect changes in the fluid. The sensor is coupled to a... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080084302 - Security cover: A cover and method for protecting objects is provided. The cover includes a flexible sheet, wherein the sheet comprises a lower layer of a carbon fiber weave material; and an alarm module attached to the lower layer, wherein the alarm module comprises at least one sensor electrically connected to carbon... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20080084305 - Rf tag security and reporting system: An integrated security system having an activator interfaced with a geographical locator component based on RADAR, GPS, LORAN or other satellite communications systems to establish the location of an item to be monitored. An RF tag sub-system permits the security system to perform an inventory function of the item to... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.a.

20080084304 - Sensor devices with rfid communications: A sensor device may use battery power to operate a sensor node by taking sensor readings and transferring data into or out of a set of queues. A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be used to wirelessly communicate data into and/or out of the sensor device without using power... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080084307 - Electronic article surveillance marker: A fabrication process produces markers for a magnetomechanical electronic article surveillance system. The marker includes a magneto-mechanical element comprising one or more resonator strips of magnetostrictive amorphous metal alloy; a housing having a cavity sized and shaped to accommodate the resonator strips for free mechanical vibration therewithin; and a bias... Agent: Ernest D. Buff Ernest D. Buff And Associates, Llc.

20080084306 - Gas cylinders monitoring by wireless tags: Embodiments of the present invention generally provide methods and systems for managing gas cylinders by using radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. In one embodiment, each gas cylinder includes a RFID transponder configured to transmit a RFID signal. The RFID signal may include an identifier for the gas cylinder, as well as... Agent: Air Liquide Intellectual Property Dept.

20080084308 - Marker for a magnetic theft protection system and method for its production: wherein said activation strip has a coercitive force Hc of 10 A/cm to 25 A/cm and a remanence Br of at least 1.0 T; the activation strip itself, a tag containing the activation strip and/or marker, articles containing the marker or tag, methods for making the activation strip, and methods... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080084310 - Configurable rfid tag with protocol and band selection: A multi-band and/or multi-protocol, configurable, RFID tag is provided. The tag can include one or more electrical or mechanical selectors for selecting from among multiple frequency bands and communication protocols. In some embodiments, a signal band and protocol can be detected automatically and selection among bands and protocols can be... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20080084309 - Revealable rfid devices: The antenna of a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag may be detuned by applying a conductive material in radio frequency (RF) contact with the antenna, such that the RFID tag is not operable. This material may later be removed, or the conductive effect of the material eliminated, thus re-tuning the... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080084311 - Inductance enhancement by magnetic material introduction: In a described implementation of inductance enhancement by magnetic material introduction, a substrate that supports an inductive element has magnetic material introduced thereto.... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080084312 - Radio frequency identification layered foam tag: The manufacturer and use of an radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an improved foam substrate that is fire-resistant that utilizes an adhesive that allows the use of the tag in hot and cold environments without regard to the dielectric constant of the surface of the product that the tag... Agent: Snell & Wilmer LLP (oc)

20080084313 - Recyclable anti-theft tag: A method of recycling a single-use anti-theft tag by adding a concealed aperture to the anti-theft tag housing. A recyclable anti-theft tag that uses a concealed aperture to access a pin locking bar. The pin locking bar is moved from a lockable position to an unlocked position by a detacher... Agent: John C. Smith, Esq.

20080084315 - Composition for sanitizing hands and a method for verifying and monitoring hand washing and sanitizing practices: A method for measuring skin surface pH on sites on the hands and/or lower arm is devised for verifying and monitoring of proper hand washing and sanitizing practices. Hand sanitizer compositions are devised that allow for verifying and monitoring of proper hand sanitizing practices.... Agent: Weiss & Moy Pc

20080084314 - Radio frequency locator system: A radio frequency locator system is provided that includes a plurality of locator elements configured to communicate using a radio frequency identification (RFID) communication system and at least one communication device configured to receive locator information from at least one of the plurality of locator elements. The radio frequency locator... Agent: Brian C. Oakes Tyco Electronics

20080084316 - Animal potty alarm garment: An electronic potty training garment for animals. It detects initialization of urine and/or stool passage & sets off a loud audible alarm Approximately 90 dB. This negative enforcement alarm startles the animal, & instantly interrupts and/or stops urination and/or defecation. The alarm also alerts owner of attempt at the exact... Agent: Ian B.panton

20080084317 - Rfid-based methods and systems to enhance personal safety: Personal safety of one or more users may be enhanced through the use of RFID tags carried by the users. RFID detectors placed proximate to hazards may detect the approach of users by reading data stored on the RFID tags. Based on data including the skill levels of the users,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080084318 - Pool intrusion detection device and method: A sub-surface laser scanning device is disclosed. The device employs laser pulses to scan an entire area of a swimming pool and uses that scan to constantly compare to current conditions in the pool in order to determine if a person has actually submerged below the surface of the pool.... Agent: Weiss & Moy Pc

20080084319 - Wakefulness & alertness test device: The invention is a device which prevents unwanted manipulation of controls (inputs) by locking (disabling) said controls until the person passes a memory test consisting of a randomly/pseudo-randomly generated pattern. The invention may be a part of another device, or be designed separately and remotely enable/disable the concerned controls.... Agent: Yue Fan

20080084320 - Power socket having a reed to activate an alarm: A power socket having a reed to activate an alarm is constituted by a lower casing, an upper casing, and a conduction terminal which is inserted between the lower casing and the upper casing. The conduction terminal is provided with a dual-metal complex reed, and an interior of the lower... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080084321 - Acoustic particle alarm including particle sensor: The present invention provides an acoustic particle alarm comprising a particle sensor for indicating the concentration of particles exceeding a specified size and specified concentration, for particles entrained in a fluid flow impinging on a front face of the sensor, and a nozzle for directing the fluid flow such that... Agent: Peter K Hahn Luce, Forward, Hamilton, Scripps, LLP.

20080084322 - Label for an electronic product that provides failure information when the product fails: A label on an electronic product may be written electronically and maintains the last display state when power is removed from the label. There are many different types of digital paper and electronic paper known in the art that would be suitable for use as such labels. The label includes... Agent: Martin & Associates, Llc

20080084323 - Open wire detection system and method: An open-wire detection system and method includes a current transmitter that can be connected to one or more wires, wherein the current transmitter provides a minimum current and/or a current that is greater than the minimum current. An anti-aliasing filter is connected to an analog-to-digital converter, such that the anti-aliasing... Agent: Attorney, Intellectual Property Honeywell International Inc.

20080084324 - Method for controlling power usage of a reporting device: A system and method for controlling power usage of a reporting device associated with an asset is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method determines whether the reporting device is in a sleep mode or an active mode and in response to determining the reporting device is in the sleep... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080084325 - System and method for providing position information by using mini-map: Disclosed is a system and method for providing position information by using a mini-map, the system including: a server for detecting and transmitting an image including an entire field and position information of at least one athlete and a ball; and a mobile communication terminal for displaying the image received... Agent: Cha & Reiter, Llc

20080084326 - Mounting plate for a notification appliance: A mounting plate assembly for a notification appliance is disclosed. For example, a mounting plate is designed with at least one aperture for receiving a plurality of leads, e.g., from a backbox. In turn, these leads can be received by a plurality of contacts that are deployed on the mounting... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan L.l.p.

20080084327 - Multicolor illumination system: An illumination system according to the invention includes a controller with a plurality of actuatable switches and a light board having multiple colored light emitting diodes (LEDs) which the user can control with the switches. A microcontroller is operatively connected to the switches. The microcontroller generates a modulated control signal... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080084328 - Television remote control device: There is disclosed a remote control unit comprising a body having a user interface for receiving a command from a user. The body also comprises a controller for generating and transmitting one or more control signals for remotely controlling an electronic device in response to said command; and one or... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080084329 - Data logging and transmitting device: A data logging device (1) that includes more than one communication devices (7), a stored instruction list (6), input ports (3), output ports (8), data buffers (4) and a processing unit (5); wherein: the data logging device (1) collects, processes and forwards data and/or predetermined signals to one or more... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.l.p.

20080084330 - Traffic load control in a mesh network: The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.a.

20080084331 - Axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft: The invention relates to axle end equipment for a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, the equipment comprising a stationary portion for securing to the axle and a rotary portion for securing to the wheel carried by the axle. According to the invention, the rotary portion comprises first remote connection means... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080084332 - Detecting construction equipment process failure: A method and system for detecting construction equipment process failure are disclosed. According to one embodiment, information about a construction equipment asset from a reporting source is received. A database is then populated with the information. A process failure report is provided if the construction equipment asset is operated in... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080084333 - Receiving information pertaining to a construction project: A mountable reporting source comprising a controller coupled with an interrogating component configured for automatically receiving an identifier which is unique to an asset. A position determining component coupled with the controller is configured for determining a geographic location of the mountable reporting source. A merge asset information enabling communications... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080084334 - Method for providing status information pertaining to an asset: A method for providing status information pertaining to an asset is disclosed. The method stores information from a first reporting source about the asset and information from a second reporting source about the asset into a database such that the information from the first reporting source and the information from... Agent: Trimble Navigation Limited C/o Wagner Blecher

20080079536 - Device for limiting usage time of an electronic apparatus: A usage time control device disables a flow of output signals from a first apparatus such as a game console to a second apparatus such as a television. The device has a user input for determining when the flow of output signals from said first apparatus to said second apparatus... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20080079537 - Door handle apparatus for vehicle: A door handle apparatus for a vehicle, which is provided at a vehicle door and is operated when a user of the vehicle conducts opening/closing operation to the vehicle door, includes a piezoelectric element converting an electric signal into an oscillation signal of an ultrasonic wave and converting the oscillation... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080079535 - Method and system for verifying authenticity of an object: A method for verifying authenticity of an object includes the steps of: enabling an electronic device to generate and transmit a request signal; in response to the request signal, enabling an RFID tag to generate a first authentication code based on a varying secret key, a second authentication code based... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080079538 - Promotional sign management system and workflow for retail applications: Systems, apparatus, and methods for utilizing external attached signs in conjunction with display enabled wireless devices are provided. Wireless devices transmit signals to and receive signals from disconnected systems preferably comprising one or more access points or hand-held devices. The access points and hand-held devices preferably communicate with a server... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20080079542 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) carrier and system: An RFID carrier includes a receive module, an oscillation module, a transmit module, and a power source module. The receive module is coupled to recover signaling information from an RFID signal to produce recovered signaling information. The oscillation module is coupled to generate at least one oscillation based on the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080079541 - Rf transceiver with undesired signal rejection and methods for use therewith: A radio frequency (RF) transceiver includes an RF transmitter that generates an outbound RF signal at a carrier frequency that is based on a transmitter local oscillation. An RF front-end receives an inbound RF signal that includes a desired signal component that is based on the outbound RF signal and... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080079540 - Systems and methods for verifying the identities of rfid tags: Systems and methods for verifying the identities of RFID tags are provided. An RFID reader is configured to transmit an interrogation sequence to an RFID tag and recover digital information stored on the tag from an RFID response signal. A verification module is configured to extract a plurality of characteristics... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080079545 - Adaptable filter and method for filtering a radio frequency identification signal: A method, system and computer program product for filtering a RFID signal. At least one pre-operational interference signal is measured. Amplitude and frequency data are extracted from the at least one measured pre-operational interference signal. At least one filter-dependent parameter is computed based at least in part on the extracted... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079543 - Apparatus for identifying and counting articles in bulk: The invention provides apparatus for detecting articles (1) by implementing radiofrequency type means, the apparatus comprises a transmitter member (4) for transmitting a signal at given frequency and given amplitude, a receiver member (5) for receiving the transmitted signal, and an RLC type element (3) fitted to each article (1).... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080079544 - Estimation of the cardinality of a set of wireless devices: In one embodiment, a method for estimating the cardinality of one or more tags in a system that has the one or more tags and one or more readers. The reader issues a command requesting that the tags identify themselves. The command includes timing information defining a total number of... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.C.

20080079546 - Programmable chip design for radio frequency signal generation and method therefor: A radio frequency identification (RFID) method, reader and circuit for generating RFID command signals. The reader and circuit include at least one command register, the at least one command register storing at least one command bit, the at least one command register storing at least one command bit, the at... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079547 - Radio frequency identification reader having a signal canceller and method thereof: A method, system and apparatus for generating a cancellation signal in a RFID reader to isolate a transmit section and a receive section of a RFID reader, where the RFID reader generates a local reference signal from a broadcast transmit signal, receives a receive signal from a remote device, determines... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079550 - Apparatus and method for providing power to a radio frequency identification (rfid) tag using a microstructure power device, such as a microelectromechanical structure (mems)-based power device: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is powered by a microstructure power device. The microstructure power device can be a microelectromechanical structure (MEMS)-based device that derives power from energy harvested from mechanical vibrations. The RFID tag having the microstructure power device coupled thereto is affixed to an item and placed... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080079548 - Non-contact power-source-less ic card system: In the conventional non-contact passive (power-source-less) IC card system method, a self-oscillator is built in a responder. The self-oscillator changes its oscillation frequency by the fluctuation of the power source voltage. Accordingly, it has been difficult to perform time management in the circuit in the responder. In order to solve... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080079549 - Information access system and active contactless information storage device: In an information access system, an active contactless information storage device includes: a receiver unit adapted to sense a carrier of an RF signal at a first frequency for detection in a slave mode of operation and to be continuously ready to receive an RF signal at a second frequency... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080079539 - Friends finder service for a mobile device in a network: A method and system for interfacing to an electronic device is disclosed. A service provider may receive a request from the electronic device to determine whether any of the specified mobile terminals may be within a specified range of the electronic device. The range may be a default value and/or... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080079551 - Vehicle fleet security system: The invention relates to a fleet security system comprising a vehicle security unit (VSU) to be installed inside each vehicle, on the sun visor or on the dashboard of the vehicle, and connected to the vehicle using the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) connector of the vehicle. An authorized user holds the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080079552 - Harness system for auxiliary vehicle lights: A harness system is provided that allows for the connection of auxiliary lights disposed on an attachment for a motor vehicle, such as a snow plow, trailer, or the like, that enables the auxiliary lights to be quickly connected and disconnected from the electrical system of the vehicle. The connection... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080079553 - Turn signal integrated camera system: In order to enable a driver to see areas in a blind spot, operation of a turn signal is integrated with an exterior vehicle-mounted camera and an on-board video display that is located in a cabin of the vehicle. Whenever a turn signal is activated, a camera feed from a... Agent: Steven James Boice

20080079554 - Vehicle impact camera system: In order to enable an owner of an unattended parked vehicle to identify a party that struck the owner's unattended parked vehicle, the present invention provides for a method, system and computer-readable medium for integrating operation of an on-board recorder with one or more vehicle-mounted cameras. Whenever an impact of... Agent: Steven J. Boice

20080079556 - Add brake lamps to vehicle front end: For new car design, a second brake wire must be routed through the headlamp junction block to two red lamps located on the vehicle front that will be visible to oncoming drivers and pedestrians from the left, center and right of the vehicle. For retrofitting vehicles, brake wires, found in... Agent: Ruth E. Pratt

20080079555 - Vehicle emergency brake light control system: A vehicle emergency brake light control system includes a control box installed in a car and electrically connected to the ABS (Anti-lock braking system), a car battery power supply, a throttle valve, a brake light, a third brake light and an emergency brake light of the car such that when... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080079557 - Radio frequency identification fast tag response method and system: A method and system for processing radio frequency identification (“RFID”) communication device data, the method and system including measuring an energy level of a RFID signal received on a first communication channel, measuring an energy level of the RFID signal received on a second communication channel, selecting the communication channel... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079558 - Customized industrial alarms: An alarm generation system within an industrial automation environment comprises a packaging component that packages contextual data together with an alarm. A provision component relays the packaged contextual data and the alarm to an appropriate device. Thus, customized alarms can be provided for certain recipients given particular situations.... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079559 - Run-time configuration of alarms and events: An alarm configuration system comprises a receiver component that receives parameters relating to an industrial process. An alarm generator component automatically configures an alarm during run-time based at least in part upon an analysis of the received parameters. Thus, the alarm generator component can alter alarm instructions during run-time within... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079560 - Subscribing to alarms and events in a hierarchy: An alarm provision system comprises a recognizer component that receives an alarm/event and recognizes the alarm/event. A provision component analyzes hierarchical relationships associated with an industrial environment and automatically provides a subscribing entity with the alarm/event and at least one other alarm/event that is related to the received alarm/event, the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079561 - System and method for alarm signaling during alarm system destruction: Embodiments of the present invention provides a system and method for the immediate transmission of a potential alarm to a remote alarm signal escrow site and from the escrow site to a host station in the event where a control panel or an alarm signaling device is tampered with or... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080079562 - Intercom unit for providing a status alert for a movable barrier: An access control system is provided for a movable barrier. A main communication unit grants access to a movable barrier operator. The movable barrier operator controls movement of the movable barrier. A remote communication unit has an input device to receive an access request and to transmit a corresponding access... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080079563 - Security alarm operation in telephone device: An apparatus and technique for providing a monitoring alarm telephone which not only automatically dials a predetermined alarm notification telephone number upon activation of a suitable alarm device (e.g., tripping of a motion detector), but which also provides audible monitoring of the secured premises using the automatically dialed telephone call.... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter PLLC

20080079564 - Method and system for devices to communicate wirelessly using rfid air protocols: A method and system for exchanging data between one or more RFID readers and one or more non-tag devices in an RFID system using RFID air interface protocol. An RFID system includes one or more non-tag devices in data communication with one or more RFID readers over an interrogation zone.... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079565 - Wireless sensor device: A wireless sensor device capable of constant operation without replacement of batteries. The wireless sensor device is equipped with a rechargeable battery and the battery is recharged wirelessly. Radio waves received at an antenna circuit are converted into electrical energy and stored in the battery. A sensor circuit operates with... Agent: Eric Robinson

20080079566 - Apparatus and method for providing a task reminder based on travel history: An apparatus for providing a task reminder to be performed at a task location includes a monitoring module that monitors a location of a user via a mobile communication device associated with the user at predetermined time intervals for tracking historical travel information of the user, and a data store... Agent: Scenera Research, LLC

20080079567 - Wireless protection system: A wireless protection system includes a plurality of wireless units. A plurality of the units are each configured to monitor a characteristic of at least one other unit, to detect an exception condition associated with a monitored unit based on the monitored characteristic, and to send an alert message to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080079568 - Occupancy sensor with dimmer feature and night light and method of lighting control using the same: System and method are provided where an occupancy sensor with a time delay function designed to dim the lights, for example as a warning, after a first period of time has expired without detecting room occupancy. The lights remain dimmed for a second period of time, and then are turned... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080079569 - Real-time room occupancy monitoring system: A room occupancy monitoring system monitors the occupancy status of a plurality of rooms and collects and displays the room occupancy information in real time. The room occupancy monitoring system includes a plurality of room occupancy sensor devices and a server. Each of the room occupancy sensor devices is located... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080079570 - Door status indicator system: A door status indicator system for indicating the status of a garage door. The system includes: a door sensor module, configured to sense an open mode of a door; a transmitter module, configured to transmit a signal; a receiver module, configured to receive a signal; a data storage module, configured... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20080079572 - Apparatus and method for using a wireless network as a motion detection system: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods, for monitoring an environment using a wireless network and sending a signal if movement is detected, are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080079571 - Safety device: Methods and systems for detecting a warning condition and alerting a headphone wearer to the warning condition. One exemplary device includes a headphone configured to be worn by the user and a sensor in electronic communication with the headphone. The sensor is configured to monitor external signals in an external... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080079573 - Device and method for content searching between peer devices: A portable communication device is equipped to search for content stored on a target electronic device. The portable communication device transfers user-defined content search query to an electronic device via a near-field communications (NFC) module. The portable communication device receives search results from the electronic device via the NFC module... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080079575 - Distributed radio frequency identification reader and method therefore: A radio frequency identification (RFID) system and method for communication with at least one radio engine module (“REM”). The system and method including at least one radio engine module, where the at least one radio engine module has a signal generator for synthesizing radio frequency signals to be transmitted to... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079574 - Retransmission of data using sub-carrier frequency permutation: Embodiments of retransmission of data using sub-carrier frequency permutation are described herein.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080079576 - System and method for improved theft prevention of a notebook computer based on pre-resuming activities: A system, method, and program product that prevents theft of a portable information handling system and the intellectual property stored on the portable information handling system is provided based on pre-resuming activities that indicate that the computer has been stolen. A system and method detects whether a portable information handling... Agent: Lenovo - Jvl C/o Vanleeuwen & Vanleeuwen

20080079582 - Electronic article surveillance enabled radio frequency identification system and method: A method and system for exchanging data between one or more RFID readers and one or more EAS system devices in an RFID system using RFID air interface protocol. An RFID system includes one or more EAS system devices in data communication with one or more RFID readers over an... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079581 - Lost item notification and recovery system: A largely or totally automated lost item notification and recovery system that avoids language barriers by providing a short description of the item entered by the subscriber and stored in a database in any lost item notification message communicated to the subscriber concerning the item. The lost item notification message... Agent: Mehrman Law Office, P.C.

20080079577 - Methods and apparatus for opportunistic locationing of rf tags: An RFID system provides opportunistic locationing of RFID tags and associated assets in environments where multiple tags are read from multiple readers. A radio frequency identification (RFID) system includes a first RFID reader coupled to the network and having a first antenna associated therewith. The first reader is configured to... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080079583 - Radio frequency analyzer/diagnostic tool and method: A method, device and system for radio frequency identification (“RFID”) performance analysis. An analyzer for analyzing the performance of an RFID reader is provided. The analyzer has an interface in communication with the reader. A processor is in communication with the interface. The processor operates to use the interface to... Agent: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

20080079579 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) tag response modulation: Embodiments of radio frequency identification (RFID) tag response modulation are described.... Agent: Lee & Hayes, PLLC

20080079578 - Smart radio-frequency identification (rfid) infrastructure and method: The present invention provides a smart RFID infrastructure and method. Specifically, under the present invention, the infrastructure includes a set (e.g., one or more) of smart RFID tags adapted to communicate with one another, wherein each operating smart RFID tag is adapted to create an individual table of information pertaining... Agent: Hoffman, Warnick & D'alessandro LLC

20080079584 - System and method for verifying number of wireless tagged items in a transaction: A system and method for reading multiple items bearing electronic tags, such as radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, disposed in a read zone wherein a correlation scheme/system, separate (e.g. non-RF) from the electronic reader, is provided for verifying that all the items in the read zone have been successfully read.... Agent: Datalogic - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20080079580 - Systems and method for monitoring equipment: A system for monitoring equipment includes at least one sensor generating a detection field; an electronic equipment tag associated with a piece of secured equipment; an electronic personnel tag identifying a person; and a server, in communication with the at least one sensor, for matching detection in the detection field... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080079585 - Apparatus for fixing rfid tags: An apparatus for fixing RFID tags fixes a RFID circuit element on a print label to produce a RFID label. At this time, a barcode provided on the print label side is read by a barcode sensor, and information to be written corresponding to barcode information is written into the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080079586 - Hybrid on-chip-off-chip transformer: A hybrid on-chip-off-chip transformer includes an off-chip winding section and an on-chip winding section. The off-chip winding section is coupled to produce a first electromagnetic signal from a reference source. The on-chip winding section is coupled to derive a second electromagnetic signal from the first electromagnetic signal when the on-chip... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20080079587 - Method and system for utilizing magnetic on-chip coil for ultra high frequency (uhf): Aspects of a method and system for utilizing an on-chip coil for ultra high frequency (UHF) reception are presented. Aspects of the system may include a single chip radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder circuit that enables selection of a receiver frequency within a UHF frequency band. A signal, having a... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080079588 - Method and apparatus for visospatial and motor skills testing of patient: A system and method for determining the orientation of an object using one or more RFID tags on the object; and an RFID reader to determine the orientation of the object; wherein the RFID reader is configured to emit a signal to activate at least one of the RFID tags,... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Darby & Darby P.C.

20080079589 - Sensor device with persistent low power beacon: One disclosed method involves providing a first device comprising a sensor configured to sense a stimulus experienced by the first device, a controller configured to process data received from the sensor and thereby obtain processed sensor data, a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the processed data from the first device... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20080079590 - Method and means for controlling the operation of a machine based upon the wearing of a sensor by a machine operator: A method and means for controlling the operation of a machine by an operator having a transmitter mounted to a machine, a sensor attached to an operator or an operator's clothing, and a tracking device that receives signals from the sensor and determines the position of the sensor. Based on... Agent: Zarley Law Firm P.L.C

20080079591 - System and method for indicating predicted weather using sounds and/or music: A weather station predicts weather based on atmospheric pressure readings and plays music and/or nature sounds based on the predicted weather.... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080079592 - Battery voltage monitor: A battery monitor called a “Voltminder” connects to one or more batteries requiring monitoring via a cigarette lighter cord, or by direct connection to the battery circuit. The battery may be mounted in a motor vehicle, boat, recreation vehicle, or any place requiring the monitoring of the battery voltage. A... Agent: John E. Vandigriff

20080079593 - Tire distortion detecting method, distortion detector, and tire thereof: The present invention provides a tire distortion detecting method, a distortion detector, and a tire which can reduce the occurrence of a deterioration and can be used for a control system such as a stability control system. That is, series of conductors composed of a plurality of conductor pieces are... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080079594 - Digital high-pass filter for a displacement detection device of a portable apparatus: A digital high-pass filter has an input, an output, and a subtractor stage, having a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal. The first input terminal of the subtractor stage is connected to the input of the digital high-pass filter and the output terminal is connected... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080079597 - Alarm/event encryption in an industrial environment: Systems and methods that can enhance protection of alarms and events within an industrial control environment are provided. An alarm security component employs cryptographic mechanisms and techniques to encrypt alarms and/or events related to field devices of an industrial controller system. The specification also discloses two-way mutual authentication using cryptography,... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079596 - Buffering alarms: An industrial field device comprises an alarm generator component that creates an alarm relating to the industrial field device and a buffering component that selectively caches the alarm within a data repository. The field device can be an industrial controller or a network infrastructure device. The alarm created by the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079595 - Generation of timestamps within field devices: A field device in an industrial environment comprises a clock that is synchronized with a clock of at least one other field device. A timestamp generator component creates a timestamp for at least one of an alarm and an event created within the field device, the timestamp accords to the... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(at)

20080079598 - Dynamic condition monitoring system with integrated web server: A dynamic condition monitoring system is disclosed, such as for monitoring vibrations in complex machine systems. The system includes monitors on which server software is provided. The server software may access pre-defined graphical user interface pages that can be populated and served directly from the monitors. The data may be... Agent: Rockwell Automation, Inc./(fy)

20080079599 - Detector with voice output: A detector with voice output is described. In various embodiments, the detector comprises a detection circuit that detects a substance, a recording circuit that records a sound in a memory, and a playback circuit that retrieves the recorded sound from memory and emits the recorded sound via a speaker when... Agent: Rajiv Sarathy Suite 4800

20080079600 - Programmable illuminated display sign: Disclosed herein is a programmable illuminated airport greeter display sign. The sign has a display screen for displaying passenger information. The display sign is wireless, lightweight and portable to permit a user to carry and hold the sign. The sign is programmable to permit a user to enter information related... Agent: Mitchell M. Musial Ii, PLLC

20080079601 - Electronic device having identifier: An electronic device system has an electronic device including at least one pair of an identifier and a validity flag. Identifier information and condition are registered into the identifier within the electronic device. When an access is made to the electronic device using an ordinary command, no response will be... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080079602 - System and method for remote activation with interleaved modulation protocol: A system and method for remote activation of a device includes, in one embodiment, transmitting a command message according to a first modulation, and transmitting a signal representing the command message for the device according to a second modulation. The signal representing the command message transmitted according to the second... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080079603 - System and method for remote activation with interleaved modulation protocol: A system and method for remote activation of a device includes, in one embodiment, transmitting a command message according to a first modulation, and transmitting a signal representing the command message for the device according to a second modulation. The signal representing the command message transmitted according to the second... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080079604 - Remote control unit for a programmable multimedia controller: A remote control unit is provided that includes an annular touch sensor for manipulating an annular menuing system displayed on a display device. In response to a user gesturing by scrolling clockwise or counter-clockwise about the annular touch sensor, pressing firmly on the annular touch sensor, or tapping at a... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080079605 - Sonde attachment means: A sonde for installation in a well including a clamp (2) for engaging with the inner wall of a well casing (3) and securing device for securing the clamp to inner tubing of the well, whereby the securing device includes an attachment device (5, 6) for connection to the inner... Agent: Schlumberger K.k.

20080079606 - Article and method for monitoring temperature and pressure within a pressurized gas cylinder: A wireless based sensor assembly incorporated within a sealed and pressurized vessel including an end plug secured against an inner surface of the vessel. Temperature and pressure sensors are mounted to inner exposed locations of the end plug and are capable of monitoring temperature and a pressure conditions existing within... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080079607 - Parking assist apparatus: A parking assist apparatus characterized by including: a camera (1) for taking an image of a backside of a vehicle; a display unit (6); a movement distance detecting unit (2) for detecting a distance of vehicle movement; a steering angle detecting unit (3) for detecting a steering rudder angle; and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079608 - Vector-based harbor scheduling: The alerts are sent whenever the tracked latitude and longitude of each ship does not match the expected latitude and longitude of each ship at a given time. The method tracks and records whenever a pilot embarks or disembarks from a ship.... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section