Communications: electrical inventions 06/08

20080150674 - System for tag estimation and anti-collision and method thereof: The present application discloses a system and a method for tag estimation and anti-collision in an RFID system, which can estimate an exact number of tags within an RF area and can rapidly identify tags by using the estimated number of tags in an RFID system. The system includes an... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080150676 - Keyless locking system for tool boxes: A system and method for locking a tool box is provided. The system utilizes a remote device transmitter and receiver that may be used in conjunction with each other to facilitate locking of a tool box. The system and method also utilizes a hand held remote control unit which incorporates... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP.

20080150675 - Radio communication apparatus and radio communication method: A radio communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is a radio communication apparatus that performs radio communication with another radio communication apparatus. The radio communication apparatus includes: a frame receiving unit configured to receive a frame including one or more data frames, from the another radio... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080150678 - Configuration of interfaces for a location detection system and application: A system and method provides efficient and highly reliable customer and asset tracking. A Personal Digital Key (PDK) is associated with and carried by a user or fixed to an asset. The PDK wirelessly communicates with a receiver/decoder circuit (RDC) that can be coupled to a variety of electronic devices.... Agent: Fenwick & West LLP

20080150677 - Lock control system and method for working machine, working machine, lock control device and lock control management device for working machine: The lock control system of the present invention makes it possible to perform lock control of a working machine both by remote actuation and by local actuation, so that the convenience of use and so on is enhanced. A lock setting device 140 is provided to the working machine. The... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080150682 - Vehicle antitheft device and straddle-type vehicle having vehicle antitheft device: A vehicle antitheft device includes a first electric device signal detection circuit for detecting a first signal generated by the operational state of a first electric device and a second electric device signal detection circuit for detecting a second signal generated by the operational state of a second electric device.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080150683 - Wireless device as programmable vehicle key: Methods and wireless devices for providing secure operation of a vehicle. In one such method, a key for accessing a vehicle is detected, a vehicle operation policy associated with the key is retrieved, and operation of the vehicle consistent with the vehicle operation policy is permitted. The key may be... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20080150684 - Portable entry system and method: A portable entry system and method is provided. The portable entry system includes an electromechanical lock used for securing a safe door to a safe housing. The system also includes a portable entry device that allows the electromechanical lock to be operated between open and closed positions. The portable entry... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20080150685 - Vehicle key for bi-directional communication with vehicle: A method for bi-directional communication between a vehicle and a vehicle key includes providing a vehicle key with a connector to communicate with the vehicle, storing user data on the vehicle key, communicating with the vehicle with the vehicle key, and adjusting a plurality of vehicle settings to match the... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080150679 - Remote keyless entry device with integrated accessible memory storage: A remote entry device for use in a keyless entry system, such as that used for a vehicle, includes a remote entry component combined with an accessible memory storage component. The memory storage component is located in a common housing with the remote entry component whereby it is convenient to... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080150680 - Remote portable access system: A remotely controlled access system for a plurality of containers consisting of a plurality of intelligent access mechanisms for locking the containers, the intelligent access mechanisms being configured in a network to facilitate communication therebetween and with a central command node. Requests for access can be communicated from the central... Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP

20080150686 - Security system with passive locking bypass: A security system is disclosed having a base controller, a base transceiver, a remote control, and a passive locking prevention device. The passive locking prevention device includes a detection device preferably located within the passenger compartment of the vehicle for detecting the remote control. The detection device preferably has a... Agent: Directed Electronics, Inc.

20080150681 - Authenticating devices for communications: A controller for a communications device having a memory storing data specifying user instructions; and a communications controller arranged for receiving a request of a preformed format for the data from a second device and in response to the request transmitting the data to the second device. The user instructions... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080150688 - Direct communication in antenna devices: Provided are a method, system, and device in which non-RF (radio frequency) data signals are transmitted to a non-RF data port connected to an antenna of a device. The non-RF data signals from the non-RF data port are coupled to a data bus using a low frequency coupler of the... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080150689 - Filter scheme for receiver: Provided are a method, system, and device directed to a receive path for a node in a communication system such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system. In one aspect, the receive path includes a filter operable in multiple modes and configurable to have different bandwidths in the various modes... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Int77

20080150691 - Frequency selective surface aids to the operation of rfid products: The present invention is directed to systems that use frequency selective surfaces (FSS) to aid in the operation of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices and products. In one embodiment, a system for interrogating radio frequency identification (RFID) tags includes a conveyor belt and an RFID reader. The conveyor belt has... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080150692 - Interrogating radio frequency tags: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for interrogating radio frequency tags. In some implementations, a method includes A method includes successively polling, for a specified number of inventory cycles, a plurality of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in a first state. At least a first subset... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080150694 - Interrogating rfid transponders during rotation of palletized items, systems and methods: The invention involves reading RFID transponders affixed to items by rotating the items as they are exposed to an RFID reader as may be incorporated in a normal processing, manufacturing or shipping process such as wrapping items in a protective membrane using a system that includes a commercially-available pallet wrapper... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080150687 - Methods and apparatus for single sideband modulation employing a frequency shift: Systems and techniques for RFID communication using a frequency shift between uplink and downlink carrier frequencies achieved by digital processing of a baseband signal before radio frequency modulation of a carrier signal occurs. Generation of the carrier signal, and modulation of the carrier signal, is accomplished using digital techniques. A... Agent: Paul W. Martin

20080150693 - Multiple loop antenna for rfid reader, rfid reader having same and rfid system having the rfid reader: s

20080150690 - Radio frequency identification tag device having a metal substrate: A radio frequency identification tag device includes a metal substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, and a slot that extends from the first surface to the second surface. An inlay tag is attached to the first surface of the metal substrate, and is disposed to span at least a... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20080150695 - Rf systems and methods for tracking and singulating tagged items: A method in one embodiment comprises scanning a zone in an active mode at a first power level for identifying presence of a tag; and scanning portions of the zone in a passive mode at a second power level for again identifying presence of the tag. A system in another... Agent: Zilka-kotab, Pc

20080150697 - Method for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel: Systems and methods for efficiently querying and identifying multiple items on a communication channel are disclosed. The inventions preferably uses radio frequency identification with interrogation devices and systems that identify radio frequency identification transponders. A depth-first tree traversal protocol algorithm, including commands and symbols, is used to more efficiently interrogate... Agent: Alan R Loudermilk Loudermilk & Associates

20080150696 - System for powering and reading rfid tags: A system for tracking items using passive RFID tags utilizes separate data and power frequencies. Within an area in which the items are located, one or more data readers are provided but many more separate power modules are distributed through the space, for powering up the tags. With the power... Agent: Thomas M. Freiburger

20080150699 - Distance measuring apparatus, distance measuring method, reflector and communication system: A transmission controller 7B is configured to transmit an R/W request signal for requesting transmission of a tag response signal to a RFID tag 1 twice. At this time, a frequency controller 7A controls a PLL section 5A to transmit the R/W request signal via different carrier frequencies. A phase... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080150700 - Method and apparatus for signal detection in radio frequency identification system: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for signal detection according to frequency bands used in an RFID system. The apparatus includes a low-noise amplifier for low-noise amplifying a received signal, a receiver unit for detecting a CW signal and a tag signal, a transmitter unit for frequency up-converting and outputting... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.c.

20080150698 - Radio frequency identification tag with passive and active features: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is described that has both passive RFID tag features and active RFID tag features. In one example, the tag has a first radio transponder to transmit by backscattering a received signal, a second radio transponder to operate on a multiple access wireless network, and... Agent: Bstz/g2 Microsystems, Inc.

20080150702 - Authenticated radio frequency identification: An authenticated RFID system is provided that uses elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) to reduce the signature size and read/write times when compared to traditional public key implementations such as RSA. Either ECDSA or ECPVS can be used to reduce the signature size and ECPVS can be used to hide a... Agent: Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

20080150701 - Method and apparatus for forming plastics with integral rfid devices: An apparatus for injection molding plastic articles with integral RFID tags includes an injection molding machine comprising a melt reservoir, a plunger, heating elements, an injection nozzle, a hot runner passageway, a mold having at least one mold cavity, and an RFID injection element having a valve and an RFID... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.c.

20080150703 - Collaborative wireless micro-control system: A collaborative wireless micro-control system applied to a detached space comprises a main control unit, and a plurality of interior control unit. Wherein, the main control unit has a microprocessor, a transmitter, and a receiver. The receiver receives the outside wireless signal from the electronic apparatus. The microprocessor parses the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080150704 - Data presentation from multiple sources using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of managing a power state of devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, where the plurality of devices includes at least one sink device and at least one source device. A selection of one... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080150705 - Contaminant detecting touch sensitive element: A touch sensitive control interface for a controlled device includes a panel defining an interface area configured to selectively input command instructions of an operator of the device. The panel includes a primary touch sensor portion configured to receive an activation signal and a secondary touch sensor portion configured to... Agent: Helen Odar Wolstoncroft Tyco Electronics Corporation

20080150707 - Vehicle device: A vehicle device for use in vehicle-roadside communication that communicates with a roadside device disposed on a roadside includes a radio unit for receiving an informational message from the roadside device as well as a display and a speaker for information provision. The vehicle device further includes a storage unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080150706 - Vehicle mounted information display system: An information system for a mobile vehicle is disclosed. The information system may have at least one display mounted to the mobile vehicle for viewing outside of the mobile vehicle. The information system may also have a controller in communication with the at least one display. The controller may be... Agent: Caterpillar/finnegan, Henderson, L.l.p.

20080150708 - Lighting system for vehicle and vehicle incorporating same: The lighting system having a plurality of winker lamps disposed on front and rear portions of a vehicle body, a winker switch, and a lighting control circuit which performs changeover function allowing the winker lamps at a front portion of the vehicle body to lit as position lamps. The lighting... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080150709 - Onboard display device, onboard display system and vehicle: An onboard display device in accordance with the present invention includes a display section (11) attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle. The section (11) has a second display area (11b) and a first display area (11a). The second display area (11b) shows at least the speed as vehicle... Agent: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080150710 - Apparatus for detecting positions of wheels and apparatus for detecting inflation pressure of tires of vehicle: An apparatus detects positions of the right/left and front/rear four wheels of a vehicle. The detection is performed using transceivers attached to the respective wheels, a triggering device disposed in a body of the vehicle to output the triggering signal, and a receiver disposed on the body. The triggering device... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080150711 - Apparatus for detecting positions of wheels and apparatus for detecting inflation pressure of tires of vehicle: In a vehicle's wheel position detecting apparatus, a first triggering device, attached to the vehicle's body, outputs a triggering signal including information indicating that the triggering signal is for front wheels. A second trigging device, attached to the body, outputs a triggering signal including information indicating that the triggering signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080150712 - Tire pressure monitoring (tpm) and remote keyless entry (rke) system: The embodiments described herein include a tire pressure monitoring (TPM)/remote keyless entry (RKE) device and method. The device includes a first antenna and a second antenna. An antenna switch is also included for selecting the first antenna and the second antenna. The controller generates signals for the antenna switch to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080150713 - Method and system for secure data transmission: e

20080150714 - Method for reducing power consumption of sensors: A method for reducing power consumption of sensors (2) within a sensor network (1), wherein a central controller (3) calculates a transmission schedule for said sensors (2) on the basis of a correlation between sensor data transmitted from said sensors (2) to the central controller (3).... Agent: Anne Vachon Dougherty

20080150715 - Operation control methods and systems: Operation control methods and systems. Contacts respectively corresponding to at least two pointers on a touch-sensitive mechanism are detected. Movements of the contacts on the touch-sensitive mechanism are detected, and an operation instruction is determined according to the movements. A host executes the operation instruction by enabling a specific object... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080150716 - Remote monitoring device: A remote monitoring device comprising an illuminating device, an image capturing device, a sensing device, and a loudspeaker is provided. When the sensing device senses a change in the surrounding environment, the illuminating device lights up, the image capturing device generates image signals, and the loudspeaker activates.... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080150717 - Security sensor-transmitter for detecting wind in a home automation installation: r

20080150718 - Powered device including a detection signature circuit: In a particular embodiment, a method of producing a powered device detection signature includes rectifying a device detection input received from a powered network to produce a rectified detection input at a powered device. The method further includes applying the rectified detection input to a signature resistor and to a... Agent: Toler Law Group

20080150719 - Eas and uhf combination tag: A combination EAS and UHF security tag that adds the ability to add item level UHF functionality to a retail tag and maintain the integrity of the EAS systems installed in the business and whereby the EAS and UHF security elements are substantially formed from a common conductive layer. This... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080150720 - Rfid printer and antennas: A shielded antenna system is provided for reading from and/or writing to an RFID transponder wherein the energy radiated from the antenna system has a narrow beam width so that only one RFID transponder in a record member along a web of record members, each having an RFID transponder, is... Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation

20080150721 - Visual identification tag deactivation: A device for deactivating an RFID portion on an identification tag and indicating that the RFID portion is deactivated. The present invention addresses current privacy concerns regarding potential use of RFID technology after the point of sale. The device for deactivating the RFID portion of an identification tag provides visual... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080150722 - Instrument tracking container and method: A system and method provide for holding and tracking medical instruments. The method includes the steps of: associating one or more of the medical instruments with a container and storing that association within a control system associated with the container, each of the medical instruments bearing a machine readable identification... Agent: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

20080150723 - Radio frequency identification based sensor: A radio frequency (RF) addressable sensor includes one or more sensor elements, a sensor interface having an analog to digital converter coupled to the one or more sensor elements, at least one antenna, an RF power and communications interface coupled to the at least one antenna and the sensor interface,... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080150724 - System and method for monitoring assets, objects, people and animals utilizing impulse radio: An asset, object, person or animal monitoring system and associated method for monitoring assets, objects, people or animals utilizing impulse radio techniques. The asset, object, person or animal monitoring system of the present invention can vary the duty cycles of the impulse radio transmitters, by both manual and automatic means,... Agent: Venable LLP

20080150726 - Rf tag and method of producing rf tag: An RF tag includes a first transmission line which is connected to a grounding conductor and forms an electric closed loop to constitute a dipole antenna. A power supply circuit is connected between a branch point on the first transmission line and the grounding conductor. A second transmission line is... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20080150725 - Rfid label tag and method of manufacturing the same: To provide a contactless electronic tag having mass productivity and a structure that has extended a communication range and a directionality of communication. In the structure, a wave director and a reflector having a planar pattern in the shape of an approximate L letter and formed in the same dimensioned... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080150728 - Contactless data communication system, and contactless identification tag: As a contactless identification tag is removed from a commercial product, a section to be detected is cut and separated from a removal detection circuit section composing the contactless identification tag and remains on the commercial product. When a detection section judges that the section to be detected is removed... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080150729 - Method and apparatus for protecting culinary products: A microwave-resistant and waterproof security tag for use with food products, especially meat products. The security tag includes a pair of single, open loop conductive traces in between which is disposed a similarly-shaped dielectric layer. This combination is encapsulated within plastic membranes or covers that are sealed at their common... Agent: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.

20080150727 - Rfid tag and construction site management system and management method using the same: According to an aspect of the present invention, an RFID tag has a long-distance communication RFID and a plurality of short-distance communication RFIDs. The RFID tag has tear-off lines for separating the short-distance communication RFID from the whole RFID tag, and when the short-distance communication RFID is separated, a loop-shaped... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080150730 - Infant remote monitoring system: An infant remote monitoring system utilizes a heat detector to monitor the baby temperature from breath to prevent from the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080150731 - Portable electronic device, method, and computer software product: The invention relates to a portable electronic device, a method, and a computer software product. The portable electronic device comprises an active time unit (102) for determining a user activity level during a predetermined period of time; and a processing unit (106) for determining a user inactivity level during a... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080150732 - Sensors and systems for detecting environmental conditions or changes: Sensors and systems for detecting predetermined environmental conditions or changes may include a device capable of storing, representing, or providing information, and a shield. The shield may be disposed proximate the device. The shield may have a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition the shield is... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080150733 - Water alarm devices, systems and related methods: A water alarm device for releaseable attachment to a user in a body of water includes a buoyant alarm unit having a water sensor. The water sensor is configured to sense if a sensing portion of the alarm unit is in contact with water. A release unit is configured to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080150734 - Measuring alertness: A method and apparatus for measuring drowsiness particularly in vehicle operators measures the amplitude to velocity ratio for eyelids closing and opening during blinking as well as measuring duration of opening and closing. The average values for the amplitude to velocity ratios for opening and closing are weighted and added... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080150735 - Total temperature information management for commercial airliners apparatus and method therefor: A temperature information management system for use in vehicles, particularly commercial airliners. The system provides a sensing section, a converter section, an operations section, an archival section, and a communications section that are all functionally integrated to monitor continuous operating temperatures for an airliner. The system provides a sensing a... Agent: Rockey, Depke & Lyons, Llc

20080150736 - Management system with real-time interaction for enviromental monitoring and method thereof: The present invention related to a management system with real-time interaction for environmental monitoring and a method thereof. The management system for environmental monitoring includes a server system, which includes a data processing apparatus and a first management apparatus. The data processing apparatus executes collecting and evaluating monitored data, and... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080150737 - Steam trap monitoring: An electronic steam trap monitor includes an electric generator configure to couple to a stream trap proximate a potential leak location. The generator generates electricity in response to a process variable from the potential leak location. Communication circuitry provides an output when there is sufficient electricity from the electric generator.... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080150738 - Apparatus for measuring airflow generated by computer fan: An exemplary apparatus for measuring airflow speed of a computer system fan includes an air guide sleeve having one end configured for connecting to an air outlet of the computer fan for guiding the airflow of the computer fan therethrough; a fixed loop connected to another end of the air... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080150739 - Medical gas cylinder alarm and monitoring system and method: A medical gas cylinder monitoring and alarm device is provided. The medical gas cylinder monitoring and alarm device is a portable device that provides a monitoring function for one or more cylinders and may be carried by a patient or respiratory therapist or may be removably affixed to a medical... Agent: Praxair, Inc. Law Department - M1 557

20080150740 - Method of processing an analog sensor signal in a gas sensor arrangement and measured value processing device: The present invention relates to a method of processing an analog sensor signal, the analog sensor signal being amplified by an operational amplifier. The amplified analog sensor signal is measured and compared with a threshold value. A DC voltage is generated as a function of a difference between the amplified... Agent: Barley Snyder, Llc

20080150741 - Device for detecting current-impressed signals in security systems: A device and method for detecting current-impressed useful signals, added to a DC supply current, for a digital alarm line security system are described. To operate the alarm system using high DC supply currents on the alarm line without significantly affecting the reception of the useful signals, a current bypass... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080150742 - Method and arrangement for determining rotational movement: A method and arrangement for detecting rotational movement. The method comprises the steps of arranging a sensor at the end of a rotation axle of a rotating object and at a distance from the rotation axle, arranging a detector external to the end of the rotation axle of the rotating... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080150743 - Method for setting a safety threshold above which an awning should be wound up: m

20080150745 - Device for detecting and displaying the position of components of vehicle couplings: The invention relates to a device for detecting and displaying the position of components of vehicle couplings, in particular semi-trailer couplings. A combined sensor and display unit is located in a common housing. The sensor unit comprises at least one sensor and the display unit at least one display element.... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.c. 8 Penn Center

20080150746 - Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler: The invention includes apparatus and methods using a means for wirelessly communicating, preferably a radio location-tag unit, for reporting a sensed state of a container handler. The status reporting device may include: a micro-controller module, a means for wirelessly communicating, which may include means for wirelessly determining container handler location,... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20080150744 - Method for correcting a position sensor, delay between the passage of a magnetic element and a detected logic signal, and sensor used therefor: A position sensor includes at least two detection cells which are separated according to the direction of relative displacement between a generator element and cells of a given value such that a cell detects at least one first magnetic transition of the generator element in order to obtain a logic... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20080150748 - Audio and video playing system: An audio and video playing system includes a controlling device and an audio and video playing device. The controlling device executes a movement. The audio and video playing device has an optical sensing unit and a processing unit. The optical sensing unit senses an image of the controlling device and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080150747 - Method and apparatus for controlling radio frequency identification tag signal range: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for controlling a range of a radio frequency identification tag signal. The process identifies an operative range for the radio frequency identification tag signal of a radio identification tag. The process then selects a set of conductive paths in the radio frequency... Agent: Duke W. Yee Yee & Associates, P.c.

20080150749 - Wireless control system for controlling linear actuators: A wireless control system for controlling linear actuators comprises at least: a plurality of linear actuators, a plurality of control equipments, and at least one wireless controller. The respective linear actuators are assembled on an automatic machine after being connected to a control equipment. The wireless controller and the respective... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia

20080150750 - Configurable smart utility meter box: The meter box comprises an electronic module that includes a variety of selectable features including datalogging, AMR, environmental monitoring, and resource monitoring. A remote monitor is provided for allowing a customer to view selected data including consumption data, pressure, pH, temperature, warnings, remote turnoff, and provide secured bill paying services.... Agent: Simmons Patents

20080150751 - Field service and meter reading devices with gps functionality: A utility meter reading device with a global positioning system (GPS) functionality has been developed. The device includes a utility meter reading unit that reads usage data from a utility meter and GPS unit. The GPS unit collects locating coordinates of the utility meter while the meter reading unit collects... Agent: Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP

20080150752 - System and method for conducting bi-directional communication sessions with utility meters from a mobile device: A system and method for conducting bi-directional communication sessions with sensing and control devices, such as utility meters, from a mobile device. A system for conducting bi-directional communication sessions with utility meters from a mobile device includes a mobile device capable of acquiring a communication session with a meter unit... Agent: Andrews Kurth LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080150753 - Secure data transfer in a communication system including portable meters: The invention relates to a method of performing measurements with a portable meter and reporting measurement data from the portable meter to a central office over a secure channel. The method includes synchronizing the portable meter and the central office though a trusted interface prior to taking measurements at a... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080150754 - Remote control system for medical apparatus: A cableless remote control system (2) for a medical device is provided. The remote control system (2) comprises a first battery (16), a second battery (18), a control module (10) for attaching or for installing in the medical device (8), at least one remote control operating unit (6) and a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080150755 - Emergency vehicle indicator: A method and system for determining and displaying the position and velocity of an emergency vehicle relative to a user. For one embodiment of the invention, audio information from an emergency vehicle is received at a directional microphone. The position and velocity of the emergency vehicle are determined based upon... Agent: Thomas Van Zandt

20080150756 - Distance warning device for vehicle: A vehicle distance warning device includes a signal emitting device and a signal receiving device coupled to a processing device for emitting and receiving distance detecting signals in order to detect the distance between the moving vehicles, the processing device may calculate the distance between the moving vehicles with the... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080150758 - Traffic signal system: A traffic signal system for utilizing an efficient and simplistic structure to regulate vehicle and pedestrian traffic. The traffic signal system includes a support member including at least one receiver member and at least one light module including a plug member extending outwardly from the light module, wherein the plug... Agent: Neustel Law Offices, Ltd.

20080150757 - Traffic signal with integrated sensors: A traffic signal including a housing, a light source disposed within the housing, and a door operably attached to the housing. The door is configured such that photons generated by the light source may be sensed outside the housing. The traffic signal also includes a sensor attached to one of... Agent: Duke W. Yee

20080150759 - Rfid reader enabled intelligent traffic signalling and rfid enabled vehicle tags(number plates): t

20080150760 - Traffic signal column: The invention relates to an, in particular, optical traffic signal column composed of stacked levels and fixed to one another by rotation. The base of each level has, distributed along its periphery, oblong passages (12) and fixed connectors (30). The conductors (20) are rods each having two ends (21, 23)... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080150761 - Telematic parametric speed metering system: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, articles of manufacture and methods for a telematic parametric speed metering system. In one embodiment, a system may determine a vehicle's location and speed. Once the location has been determined, corresponding geographical zone based speed limits and/or other information may be acquired via... Agent: Ibm Corporation, Intellectual Property Law Dept 917, Bldg. 006-1

20080150762 - Device for detecting vehicles and traffic control system equipped with a device of this type: This invention relates, on the one hand, to a device for detecting vehicles, comprising a loop detection unit (1) which is designed to interwork with an inductive loop detector, whereby an inductive electrical circuit (5) is connected to the loop detection unit (1), whereby the inductance of this circuit (5)... Agent: James C. Wray

20080150763 - Method and device for detecting, on the ground, the obstruction of a pressure tap of a static pressure sensor of an aircraft: The invention relates to a method and device for detecting, on the ground, the obstruction of a pressure tap of a static pressure sensor of an aircraft. The device (1) comprises a pressure sensor (2) provided for measuring the pressure inside a probe (4), which has a heating system (9)... Agent: Stevens Davis LLP

20080150764 - Light signal, in particular maritime emergency light signal, and luminous unit for a light signal: The invention provides for exchanging a complete luminous unit (24) instead of exchanging the individual components such as a battery (64). For this purpose, at least one energy-saving light-emitting diode (56) as luminous means, a battery (64) and a magnetically actuable reed contact (66) serving as switching element are combined... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080150765 - Method, apparatus, and computer product for assisting driving training: A first storing unit stores therein a driving definition defined by tag data of radio IC tags installed in a driving area of a vehicle, which indicates at least one of an adequate driving condition and an inadequate driving condition for the vehicle. An acquiring unit acquires tag data read... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080143473 - Digital cross-connect path selection method: Software is employed to create an array of switch identifiers based on a known switching system architecture. A switch identifier array is preferably determined and stored in the system as part of the system manufacturing process prior to deployment of the system at an end user site. A relatively straight... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080143474 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080143475 - Utility conservation system and method therefor: A conservation system for a building area has an access device to allow entry into the building area. The access device is programmed with a predetermined amount of electricity usage. A system control device is used for detecting the access device and sends wireless signals of detection. An interrupt device... Agent: Weiss & Moy Pc

20080143477 - Method for implementing keyless access to at least one vehicle door: A method implements keyless access to at least one vehicle door. An access system has at least one central control unit for transmitting and receiving control signals, at least one first door control unit which is assigned to a first vehicle door and has the purpose of unlocking or locking... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080143478 - Mobile unit and electronic key system using the same: A mobile unit for an electronic key system includes an LF receiver unit that receives a radio signal transmitted from an in-vehicle device by an electric wave of an LF band, a UHF transmitter unit that transmits a radio signal to the in-vehicle unit by an electric wave of a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080143479 - Digital device being worked with exterior power supply and control method thereof: Disclosed are a digital apparatus operating using external power and a method for controlling the digital apparatus. The digital apparatus includes a power supply for supplying power, a one-wire interface for determining if an input signal is a reset signal, a ready signal, a read signal or a write signal,... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20080143476 - Physimetric authentication of physical object by digital identification (did): The present invention relates a scanable product made of a physical object and an ID Container, such ID Container possessing on its memory a Unique ID and a stored coded locking mechanism. The stored coded locking mechanism is generated by inputting physimetric property of the physical object and its Unique... Agent: Attn: Maquita Wong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

20080143481 - Automatically embedding information concerning items appearing in interactive video by using rfid tags: The present solution can include a method for embedding information contained within a RFID tag into a video. A RFID tag can be loaded with item information specific to a product item. The RFID tag can then be attached to a physical item corresponding to the product item. While the... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080143485 - Method and apparatus for synchronization of proximate rfid readers in a gaming environment: The present invention provides a system and method for an improved player tracking in a gaming environment. Certain embodiments include a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers for detecting a response signal from an RFID tag, an RFID tag generating a response signal including identification data in response to... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080143484 - Method in a wireless sensor reader for obtaining sensor data from a radio frequency addressable sensor: A method in a wireless sensor reader for obtaining sensor data from one or more radio frequency (RF) addressable sensors includes transmitting signals to the one or more RF addressable sensors, wherein the signals initialize the one or more RF addressable sensors; interrogating the one or more RF addressable sensors... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080143480 - Microwaveable radio frequency identification tags: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag that can survive exposure to microwave energy.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080143483 - Radio frequency identification based sensor: A radio frequency (RF) addressable sensor includes one or more sensor elements, a sensor interface having an analog to digital converter coupled to the one or more sensor elements, at least one antenna, an RF power and communications interface coupled to the at least one antenna and the sensor interface,... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080143482 - Rfid location systems and methods: Embodiments of the present invention include radio frequency identification location systems and methods. In one embodiment, RF signals are transmitted from one or more RFID readers, and in accordance therewith, backscattered signals are received from a tag to be located. A plurality of measured position parameters are used to determine... Agent: Fountainhead Law Group, Pc

20080143486 - Signal-processing systems and methods for rfid-tag signals: Systems and methods for reading a RFID-tag signal in the presence of noise and other propagation and circuit impairments using a RFID-tag reader are disclosed. The method includes receiving with a RFID-tag reader multiple copies of an original RFID-tag signal from a RFID tag. The original RFID-tag signal comprises an... Agent: Corning Cable Systems Llc

20080143487 - System and method for enabling interrupts for rfid tags: A system and method for enabling interrupts for RFID tags. An RFID tag is provided with an output signal that can notify another chip in a system, or another function within the same IC, that a read of the RFID's information has taken place. In one embodiment, the output signal... Agent: Law Office Of Duane S. Kobayashi

20080143488 - Radio frequency identification device: An Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) for receiving commands transmitted from a reader/writer of a RFID system to which the RFID belongs, having a demodulation circuit comprising a variable LPF, a binarization circuit connected to the variable LPF, a transmission rate detection circuit for detecting the transmission rate of a... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080143489 - Smart coupling device: A smart coupler for connecting two networks has a processor, a memory, a means to connect to a first network, a means to connect to a second network, and a power source. The first network has a client, and the memory has information which must be transferred to the client... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080143490 - Appliance network for a networked appliance and a cooking accessory: An appliance network has a first networked appliance configured to perform a food preparation operation on an article, a cooking accessory configured to perform an action on the article in connection with the food preparation operation, and a communication network coupling the first networked appliance and the active cooking accessory... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080143492 - Power line communication (plc) system: The embodiments described herein include a control system and method configured to communicate over a power line. The system includes a transmitting device configured to generate a carrier signal having a predetermined frequency over the power line. A receiving device is also included wherein it filters signals not having the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c./fgtl

20080143491 - Power line communication interface device and method: A system for providing communications with a plurality of power distribution equipment via a broadband over power line communication system that provides broadband internet access to a plurality of consumers is provided. In one embodiment, the system may include a computer system having executable program code executable to generate control... Agent: Capital Legal Group, Llc

20080143493 - Wireless communication based safer street lamp control system: Disclosed is a street lamp control system, which cuts off power sources only around an abnormal street lamp where an electric leakage or dangerous situation occurs and allows the rest street lamps to be kept being turned on. The street lamp control system is positioned in a region divided by... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20080143494 - Assembly device which controls transmission of data signals with or without using wires: An assembly device which controls transmission of data signals with or without using wires is composed of a control interface, a carrier wave module, and an output module. When the control interface carries out a control operation, a control instruction is transmitted through a carrier wave emission interface and a... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc Suite 1404

20080143495 - Screw-in led light and sound bulb: A combination light and sound producing fixture and combination screw-in light with speakers element is disclosed where the fixture is installed in a wall or ceiling or on a wall or ceiling. The light bulb/speaker can be screwed or secured into a standard light bulb socket. The sound producing elements... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20080143496 - Apparatus, method, and computer program product providing sound-produced tactile feedback: Apparatus, methods and computer program products are provided to produce tactile feedback from sound. The apparatus is a sound cavity apparatus for a portable communication device and includes: at least one loudspeaker; and at least one cavity. At least one surface of the at least one cavity is configured to... Agent: Harrington & Smith, Pc

20080143497 - Vehicle emergency communication mode method and apparatus: A method and apparatus controls a communication mode of a mobile unit. Steps include detecting in the mobile unit an emergency signal; commencing a process of establishing communication from the mobile unit to a remote center in response to the detected emergency signal; providing an input prompt to a vehicle... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080143498 - Immobilizer for a transport trolley: The invention relates to an immobilizer for a transport trolley, whereby a magnetic field is used for alternately activating and deactivating said immobilizer. In an embodiment of the invention, the deactivating magnetic field can be weaker than the activating magnetic field.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080143499 - Security device and method: A security device for a vehicle having doors that can be locked and unlocked by using a mechanical key or an electronic portable unit, which transmits a signal of door unlock instruction. When the doors are unlocked, a monitoring state is reset and an alarm is unset, and it is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080143500 - Method and apparatus for an anti-theft system against radio relay attack in passive keyless entry/start systems: An apparatus and method is provided for identifying unauthorized access to a vehicle having a keyless-passive entry system. An interrogation signal is broadcast from a vehicle based transmission device. The interrogation signal includes a first pulse transmitted at a first amplitude and a second pulse transmitted at a second amplitude... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, Llc

20080143501 - Fast detecting obstacle method and parking sensor apparatus using the same: A parking sensor apparatus has at least two ultrasonic sensors, and a method to decrease erroneous determinations of the parking sensor apparatus has a first detecting process and a second alternate process. In first detecting process, the two ultrasonic sensors are controlled to transmit and receive ultrasonic detecting signals. If... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080143502 - Performance automotive electronic traction indicating device: The present invention allows for the Performance Automotive Electronic Traction Indicating Device to be mounted in any performance vehicle, in any location within the vehicle or moved to another vehicle with ease. The Performance Automotive Electronic Traction Indicating Device allows for the driver to pre-set the percentage difference of rotation... Agent: Ralph Stanley Borden Daniel David Caris

20080143503 - Vehicle wheel position detection apparatus for relating tires to positions of corresponding wheels: Four transceivers are attached to respective wheels of a vehicle. A pair of triggering devices transmit respectively different types of trigger signal, respectively directed toward the front wheels and toward the rear wheels. One triggering device is located closer to one rear wheel than to the other, while the other... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080143504 - Device to prevent accidents in case of drowsiness or distraction of the driver of a vehicle: The invention relates to a device for preventing accidents in the event of drowsiness overcoming the driver of a vehicle. The inventive device comprises a series of sensors which are disposed on the vehicle steering wheel in order to detect the driver's grip on the wheel and the driver's pulse.... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080143505 - Display system and method for steering wheel of vehicle: A display system for a steering wheel includes: a vehicle information acquiring unit for acquiring vehicle information; an irradiation unit mounted to the steering column such that the irradiation unit is stationary during rotation of the steering wheel; a display device mounted to the steering wheel; and a display controller... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080143506 - Tire pressure monitor system module: A tire pressure monitor system module provides modular products with tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be added to a modular product to provide tire pressure monitor system functionality. The tire pressure monitor system module may be a stand-alone module that may be attached,... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080143507 - Tire pressure monitoring system for associating tire pressure monitoring sensors with wheel locations on a vehicle: The embodiments described herein include a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) system and method for a vehicle having multiple wheels. The system and method provide an efficient means for accurately associating TPM sensors on the vehicle with specific vehicle wheel locations.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Lear Corporation

20080143508 - Occupant detection system and occupant protection system: An occupant detection system includes occupant sensors on each of plural seats, first resistors in connection to each of the occupant sensors with different resistance values, a power supply line that supplies electric power to the sensors and resistors from a power source by connecting those parts and the power... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080143509 - Lane departure warning method and apparatus: The present invention discloses a lane departure warning method, which functions to choose the data acquiring source according to brightness of the environment surrounding a vehicle and weather status so as to reduce the erroneous judgment of lane departure during image processing and analyzing. In addition, the present invention also... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080143511 - Method of assembling an electronic device into a tire: A method for affixing an electronic device having an elongate dipole antenna to a substrate surface includes: positioning picking apparatus adjacent to the electronic device, the picking apparatus having at least one antenna positioning means such as a magnet positioned adjacent the electronic device; activating the antenna positioning means; moving... Agent: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Intellectual Property Department 823

20080143510 - Radio frequency localization: In accordance with an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for monitoring a plurality of transceivers located in an area to be monitored. The method includes enabling one transceiver of the plurality of transceivers. The method also includes disabling all other transceivers of the plurality of transceivers.... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080143512 - Wireless communication system and wireless terminal apparatus for sensor network: A wireless terminal comprising a radio transceiver for communicating with a base station, an infrared transceiver for communicating with another wireless terminal, a congestion control unit for detecting whether radio communication with the base station is in a collision-free state, and a communication control unit for performing radio communication with... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080143513 - Intrinsically safe communication and tracking system: An intrinsically safe communication and tracking system comprising an overlapping series of intrinsically safe WIFI units wherein said WIFI units contain one or more radio cards and one or more antennae, and said system further comprises communication devices, TAGs, and a CPU unit to monitor the system. Alternatively, intrinsically safe... Agent: A And G Intellectual Property

20080143514 - Transport pallet: A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including a loading part, which comprises a a loading surface and a reinforcement section. The goods to be transported are placed on the loading surface of the loading part, and the reinforcement section is positioned... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080143515 - Information technology system for health care environments: An information technology system for a health care environment is disclosed. Health care instruments transfer medical data to wireless access points. Mobile user interfaces transfer user instructions to the wireless access points. Identity tags transfer identity information to the wireless access points. The wireless access points transfer the data, instructions,... Agent: Attention Of John C. Reich Merchant & Gould P.c

20080143516 - Selectively sending notifications when an object tracking device is outside a range of an anchor beacon: The present invention discloses a method of tracking objects. In the method, an anchor beacon can emit a broadcast over a range that is detectable by an object tracking device. The object tracking device can automatically detect a presence or absence of the broadcast. When the broadcast is present; the... Agent: Patents On Demand, P.a.

20080143520 - Apparatus and method for recognizing surrounding state: An apparatus and method of recognizing a surrounding state are provided. The apparatus for recognizing a surrounding state includes: a unique information obtaining unit which obtains, from a peripheral device, unique information of the peripheral device; and a surrounding state determining unit which determines a surrounding state, based on the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080143518 - Context-detected auto-mode switching: An apparatus and method is disclosed providing the automatic, self configuration of a communication device to adjust to the user's environmental circumstances. Method includes creating a set of mode templates corresponding to a plurality of potential environmental circumstances and may be stored in a database in the computer readable memory... Agent: Withers & Keys For Bell South

20080143521 - Energy dissipative cushioning elements: An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at... Agent: Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP

20080143517 - Method and apparatus to alert the hearing impaired of events such as incoming telephone calls: A method and apparatus is provided to alert a user of the occurrence of an event such as an incoming telephone call, e-mail, emergency alarm, scheduled appointment reminder, and the like, through the generation of an alert or control signal. An electronic device having networking capabilities, such as an IP-based... Agent: Motorola, Inc. Law Department

20080143522 - Portable computer and mobile phone: A portable computer and mobile phone are provided. The portable computer includes a data processing module, an environment parameter sensor and a screen. The environment parameter sensor is electrically connected to the data processing module to transmit a sensed environment parameter to the data processing module. The screen is electrically... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080143519 - Tamper-indicating radio frequency identification tag and methods of indicating tampering of a radio frequency identification tag: A tamper-indicating radio frequency identification tag including a substrate comprising piezoelectric material. The present invention also relates to methods of indicating that a radio frequency identification tag has been tampered with.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080143523 - System for monitoring containers of maintain the security thereof: A container and contents monitoring system includes a device, a reader, a server, and a software backbone. The device communicates with the reader in order to determine the security of the container to which the device is attached. The reader transmits the information from the device to the server. The... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080143524 - Wireless detection system: A system is disclosed including a transponder and a shield. The transponder may be a radio frequency identification (RFID) transponder and sends a signal to a reader. The shield selectively prevents the transponder from sending the signal. The transponder and the shield are selectively movable relative to each other to... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer Pllc

20080143527 - Methods and apparatus for security device coupling: An apparatus, according to various aspects of the present invention, that couples a provided security device to a provided portal cover and communicating between a first side and a second side of the portal cover. The security device includes a first magnet and a second magnet. The apparatus includes a... Agent: Letham Law Firm, Llc

20080143526 - Methods and apparatus for security device portal sensing: A security device, according to various aspects of the present invention, detects movement of a provided portal cover. The security device includes a sensor, a bias magnet, and a processor. The sensor provides indicia of a magnitude of a magnetic flux through the sensor. The bias magnet provides the magnetic... Agent: Letham Law Firm, Llc

20080143525 - Methods and apparatus for security device removal detection: A security device, according to various aspects of the present invention, detects removal of the device from a provided surface. The security device includes a body; at least one magnet coupled to the body; and a sensor coupled to the body proximate to at least one of the at least... Agent: Letham Law Firm, Llc

20080143528 - Light barrier arrangement: A light barrier arrangement for detecting objects in a monitored area includes first and second casings adapted for being arranged at opposite ends, respectively, of the monitored area. Each casing comprises a basic body having longitudinal ends. End caps close off the longitudinal ends of the basic body for the... Agent: Venable LLP

20080143529 - Wireless network system for the detection of intrusions: A wireless network system using the same radio-frequency (RF) signals both for communication and for intrusion detection is provided. The network system generally comprises a plurality of wireless nodes adapted to communicate with each other, directly or through other nodes, via radio-frequency signals. Each node is also generally capable of... Agent: Brouillette & Partners

20080143530 - Object information retreival system: The invention is in the field of RFID tags and its use in activating a program related to an object. The invention uses the RFID tags and electronic readers to obtain the identification information about the object and use this information to trigger a program on a data processing device... Agent: Erik David Florio

20080143531 - Semiconductor device: A semiconductor device is provided, which comprises a first circuit including a variable resistance element, a second circuit electrically connected to the first circuit, and an antenna circuit configured to supply power to the first circuit. A resistance value of the variable resistance element is changed in accordance with the... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Ltd.

20080143532 - Context-driven rfid tag and system content: Methods and apparatuses for tracking an item having an associated radio frequency identification (RFID) tag are described. A change in a physical attribute of the item is detected. Information stored in the tag is updated based on the detected change. Information stored in a database may also be updated based... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080143533 - Magnetoacoustic markers based on magnetic microwire, and method of obtaining the same: The procedure for obtaining the same consists firstly in obtaining a soft magnetic microwire with non-bistable magnetic behaviour, which undergoes a heat treatment in the presence of transversal magnetic field sufficient to saturate the sample at a temperature below that of crystallization of the amorphous alloy, cutting said magnetic wire... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080143535 - Antenna for a backscatter-based rfid transponder: An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder is provided that has an integrated receive circuit having a capacitive input impedance for receiving a radio signal spectrally located in an operating frequency range. The antenna includes two antenna branches that extend outward from a connecting region in which the antenna branches... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20080143536 - Antenna for a backscatter-based rfid transponder: An antenna for a backscatter-based RFID transponder is provided with an integrated receiving circuit, having a capacitive input impedance, for receiving a radio signal lying spectrally in an operating frequency range, whereby the antenna has two antenna arms, which extend outward in a spiral from a central region in which... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20080143534 - Apparatus and method for making an antenna for a radio frequency identifying device: An apparatus for making an antenna for wire transponders of electrically conductive material, comprising at least one depositing device for depositing said wire on a substrate placed on a support element, said at least one depositing device and said substrate being movable with respect to each other; said support element... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080143537 - Hard cover product with concealed security device: A hard cover product with a pair of cover boards attached to an outer liner in spaced-relation to define a spine, with a thin-film security device positioned on a laydown area of one of the cover boards, and on inner liner. In one aspect, the one cover board is a... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080143538 - Remote homecare monitoring system and method thereof: The present invention discloses a remote homecare monitoring system that includes a behavior detector, an image capture device, and a gateway. The behavior detector detects an abnormal activity behavior, and the image capture device captures image data of a user's condition, and the gateway transmits the images to a computer... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080143539 - Transmission of data to emergency response personnel: Emergency equipment stations (e.g., fire extinguisher stations, fire alarm pull stations, defibrillator stations, etc.) distributed throughout a facility monitor one or more internal or external conditions (e.g., ambient air temperature near the station, presence of an obstruction restricting access to the station, etc.) and relay information about the monitored conditions... Agent: Fish & Richardson Pc

20080143540 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for leak detection and prevention: A leak detection and prevention system includes a gear motor linkage assembly. The gear motor linkage assembly includes a gear motor and a gear motor controller/driver module that controls operation of the gear motor. The gear motor linkage assembly also includes a push lever attached to a shaft of the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080143541 - Circuit for power indicator: A circuit for a power indicator, comprises an indicator (10), a power source (V1), a first MOSFET (20), a first controlling circuit (40), a second MOSFET (50), and a second controlling circuit (60). The indicator includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The power source is connected to the... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080143542 - Removable memory media with integral indicator light: A flash memory module includes an integral indicator light. The module alternatively includes a plurality electrical contacts which electrically interface to a host digital device. The module includes a plurality of flash memory cells. The cells are controlled by an integral controller. The indicator light is controlled by the controller.... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze, P.a.

20080143543 - Power cell monitoring: The invention relates to a signaling system for use in a system for monitoring and/or controlling a stack of power cells. The stack of power cells is series connected, i.e. the negative terminal of one power cell is connected to the positive electrode of the adjacent power cell. A monitoring... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080143544 - Infant safety seat and alarm systems: An infant weight-responsive safety seat for using within a motor vehicle is provided. The said infant seat may be integrated as part of an infant detection system that is able of warning the exiting driver the presence of an infant or child left behind within the infant safety seat. The... Agent: Hector M. Reyes Rivera, Phd Jd Hato Rey Station

20080143545 - Method and apparatus using radio-location tags to report status for a container handler: The invention includes apparatus and methods using a means for wirelessly communicating, preferably a radio location-tag unit, for reporting a sensed state of a container handler. The status reporting device may include: a micro-controller module, a means for wirelessly communicating, which may include means for wirelessly determining container handler location,... Agent: Gregory Smith & Associates

20080143546 - Locating system and method: A hospital location system is disclosed herein. The hospital location system includes a lighting system adapted for the illumination of the hospital, and a controller operatively connected to the lighting system. The controller is adapted to modulate the illumination from the lighting system in a predetermined manner. The hospital location... Agent: Peter Vogel Ge Healthcare

20080143547 - Portable apparatus with performance monitoring and audio entertainment features: A portable apparatus (10) providing both substantially automated performance monitoring and audio entertainment features. In a preferred embodiment the apparatus (10) broadly comprises a portable housing (12); an attachment mechanism (14); a GPS component (16); a heart rate monitor component (17); an audio component (18); a user interface (20); a... Agent: Garmin Ltd. C/o Garmin International, Inc.

20080143548 - On-demand alerting and response system and method: A method of enabling one or more senders to simultaneously alert one or more contacts located anywhere around the world over one or more communication networks, each contact having at least one communication device for receiving alert data. The method including the steps of generating and maintaining one or more... Agent: Swn Communications Inc.

20080143549 - Electrically excited poster: A method and system for controlling an electrically excited poster 100 is presented. In a preferred embodiment, the poster 100 comprises a plurality of embedded illumination circuits 104; and a hard-wired Display Code Storage Unit (DCSU) 106, wherein the hard-wired DCSU 106 outputs a display code that controls an illumination... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20080143550 - Recipe wand and recipe book for use with a networked appliance: A recipe wand reads meal plans and recipes for a recipe book, and with data about the appliance and one or more cycles of operation, sends data about a consumable to the appliance to automatically create and selectively commence a cycle of operation oh the consumable according to the recipe... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080143551 - Rf communication module and rf communication system: A RF communication system includes a RF communication module capable of controlling either an IR communication system-controlled device or a controlled device not equipped with a reception circuit for receiving IR signals remotely with RF signals. The RF communication module is equipped with an antenna for receiving RF signals, a... Agent: Darby & Darby P.c.

20080143552 - Sensor array for down-hole measurement: A sensor array includes an array of nodes coupled to an optical transmission line. The nodes include a transducer, and encoder, and a transmitter. The transducer senses an environmental condition such as temperature and pressure. The encoder encodes readings from the transducer by means of a characteristic frequency to indicate... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080143554 - Remote access energy meter system and method: A remote energy meter system and method is provided having a meter server and a client module located remotely from the meter server. The meter server communicates with the client via a wireless communications link to recover energy production parameter values. The remote energy meter system preferably provides real-time and... Agent: Charles N. J. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080143553 - Versatile telemetry base: A telemetry base receives signals from at least one telemeter implanted in at least one animal. The base includes the following: a. a plurality of antennae to receive radiofrequency (RF) signals from the telemeter(s); b. a plurality of multiplexers connected to the antennae to increase the RF signal strength; c.... Agent: The Luther Law Firm

20080143555 - System and synchronization process for inductive loops in a multilane environment: A method and system for synchronization of detection loops in a multilane environment. A plurality of loop sensors are arranged in a plurality of lanes such that loop sensors in adjacent lanes are mutually contiguous. A simultaneous synchronization signal is sent to each of the plurality of loop detector controllers,... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080143556 - Method and system for influencing the traffic flow within a route section: A method for influencing the traffic flow of vehicles within a route section (10) in which the actual speed of a first vehicle travelling within the route section (10) is measured, at an actual speed which is the same as or higher than a predefined limiting value, signal-generating means (26,... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080143557 - System and method for conveying a gate assignment to an air crew: A system for conveying a gate assignment at an airfield to an air crew in an aircraft includes: (a) a ground station; (b) a mobile station carried with the aircraft and configured for communicative coupling with the ground station; and (c) a display unit carried with the aircraft and coupled... Agent: Law Office Of Donald D. Mondul

20080143558 - On-demand audio information system and method for air combat: A method for providing on-demand audio information to a pilot of a first aircraft during aerial combat engagement with a hostile aircraft. The method includes receiving a pilot-initiated request for information, identifying the pilot-initiated request as either a first request-type or a second request-type. If the pilot-initiated request is identified... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20080136581 - smart current attenuator for energy conservation in appliances: An appliance network having a first networked appliance, an energy controller, at least one of a smart dimmer and smart adapter, and a communication network coupling the first networked appliance, energy controller, and the at least one of the smart dimmer and smart adapter for communication therebetween.... Agent: Whirlpool Patents Company - Md 0750

20080136582 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080136583 - System and method for analyzing and correcting retail data: A computer system and method is disclosed that analyzes and corrects retail data. The system and method includes several client workstations and one or more servers coupled together over a network. A database stores various data used by the system. A business logic server uses competitive and complementary fusion to... Agent: Strategic Patents P.c..

20080136584 - Mobile asset data management system: A vehicle provided with means to prevent the use of the vehicle, or access to it, by unauthorized persons is described. The method includes receiving an operator identifier from a certain operator; determining a group identifier associated with the received operator identifier, the group identifier being indicative of a group... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080136587 - System and method for locking and unlocking access to an electronic device: The invention relates to a system and method for unlocking and unlocking access to a device. In the system, an access management system for an electronic device is provided. The system comprises: a sensor providing a tap signal; a monitoring circuit connected to the sensor to process aspects of the... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080136588 - Security methods, systems and articles of manufacture: An identification badge is shown and includes a washable worker identification badge including a photograph of a worker using the garment, wherein an image from the photograph is sublimated or printed on the badge. In one embodiment the badge includes a security device providing radio frequency identification capabilities. According to... Agent: Brooks, Cameron & Huebsch , Pllc

20080136589 - Multi-function replica traffic light: A multi-function replica traffic light device is disclosed. The device includes a plurality of lights of different colors aligned in a direction. The device also includes at least two selected from the group consisting of a motion detector, a timer, an audio detector, a gas detector, a smoke detector, and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080136585 - Wireless control of security system with key-operated key fob: A key fob with a housing into which a deadbolt key is mounted such that the shank protrudes therefrom, enabling a user to turn the housing and cause the key to lock or unlock the door. Within the keyfob are a pair of switches or other sensing means configured to... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080136590 - Transmitter modulation switching: An example receiver/transmitter for a passive start and entry system switches between amplitude shift keyed modulation and frequency shift keyed modulation to maintain clear uninterrupted and dependable communication with a remote transmitter in the presence of interfering signals. The receiver/transmitter is switched to receive incoming FSK signals in response to... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20080136586 - Verification method and system: A verification method, system and computer program. The method includes the steps of reading first summary information related to a first group of tags, reading tag information for each tag of a second group of tags, computing second summary information based on the read tag information of the second group... Agent: Law Office Of Ido Tuchman (yor)

20080136591 - Automatic functionality switch for mobile devices: A device having a first reader element acquiring data from an item using a first data acquisition method, a second reader element acquiring data from the item using a second data acquisition method, a user operated trigger generating a triggering signal for at least one of the first and second... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080136595 - Data transmission method and a rfid reader provided with a coil and a control circuit for field quenching outside of a communication area: The present invention relates to a method, a reading device and a system for transmitting data and/or energy between a reading device and a transponder unit. Via a first antenna coil of the reading device generating a first magnetic field data and/or energy are transmitted to the transponder unit. By... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, Pllc

20080136598 - Intelligence carrier: An intelligence carrier is disclosed, which is primarily comprised of at least a frame and at least a movable part. The frame is configured with at least a RFID reader and an antenna so that the movable part, being attached by a RFID tag, is able to communicate with the... Agent: Wpat, Pc

20080136594 - Method and apparatus for stopping power supply in rfid system: Provided are a method and apparatus for stopping power supply to a radio frequency identification (RFID) system. The apparatus includes: a power supplier supplying power to a high RFID tag; an input unit rectifying and boosting an input predetermined frequency band signal and outputting a direct-current (DC) voltage signal; a... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080136596 - Passive tag including volatile memory: A passive tag including a volatile memory is provided. The passive tag includes: a sensing unit which senses or measures information about environmental surroundings of the tag; a volatile memory; a non-volatile memory; and a control unit which firstly stores resultant data sensed or measured by the sensing unit in... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080136593 - Radio frequency identification (rfid) interrogators: An RFID interrogator includes a signal processing module for converting a transmission signal transmitted from an RFID tag into an input signal; a first matched filter coupled to the signal processing module for generating a first matched signal according to the input signal and a first predetermined signal pattern; a... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080136599 - Reader/writer apparatus, data access system, data access control method, and computer product: A reader/writer apparatus includes a tag search instruction receiving unit that receives a tag search instruction from a host apparatus. The tag search instruction includes a data read instruction and/or a data write instruction on the RFID tag. The reader/writer apparatus also includes a tag identification information requesting unit that... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080136597 - Rfid sensor tag antenna using coupling feeding method: Provided is a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor tag antenna using an aperture coupling feeding method, including: a radiation patch for determining a resonance frequency of the RFID sensor tag antenna, which is disposed in an uppermost portion of the RFID sensor tag antenna; a first dielectric layer disposed on... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080136592 - Rfid-based reminder service: An RFID-based reminder system as described herein leverages RFID technology to manage deadline-driven items of correspondence such as bills, event invitations, meeting notices, voting ballots, jury duty notices, and the like. RFID tags are affixed to (or embedded into) items of correspondence, and the tags are programmed with relevant data... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c.

20080136603 - Low-powered rfid tag and method of expanding lifecycle of rfid tag: A battery-powered RFID tag capable of reducing power consumption and a method of waking up the RFID tag are provided. The battery-powered RFID tag has an activated mode where a general command is detected by decoding a signal received from an RFID tag reader and the general command is executed... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080136600 - Apparatus for storing sensing data in tag and method thereof: An apparatus for storing sensing data in a tag and a method thereof are provided. According to the present invention, data measured by the sensor is stored in volatile memory and important data from among the data stored in the volatile memory is stored in non-volatile memory according to a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080136601 - Ground conveyor with a label: Ground conveyor, which is provided with one or more labels and/or documentation, which contain information on the use and/or safety of the ground conveyor, wherein at least one label or documentation is provided with an RFID transponder, in which data is saved.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080136602 - Rfid tag with redundant non-volatile memory cell: Two floating gate devices are arranged in a redundant configuration in a non-volatile memory (NVM) of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag such that stress induced leakage current (SILC) or other failures do not result in a complete loss of memory storage. The redundant NVM may be arranged as a... Agent: Attention Of Carl K. Turk Merchant & Gould P.c.

20080136604 - Semiconductor device: Communication performance of the wireless tag is improved by providing an SRAM provided with an RF battery in the wireless tag provided with a CPU to speed up the CPU system. Moreover, rewriting of data in a memory of a wireless tag provided with a CPU is enabled. An RF... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080136605 - Communication and filtering of events among peer controllers in the same spatial region of a sensor network: In a wireless tag identification and processing architecture and infrastructure, a method and system that eliminates redundant reporting and processing of the same event observed by different reader/sensors. Reader/sensors and their respective connected controllers are configured as peers when they observe or cover the same spatial region. When an event... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.c

20080136606 - Separable device for controlling node and sensor network node: Provided are a separable device for controlling a node and a sensor network node. The separable node-control device includes: a second interface connecting a power line and a data signal line with the outside; and a power supply for supplying power to the second interface and a sensor unit, wherein... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080136607 - User managed power system with security: The present invention is related to user managed power systems with security. The invention encompasses a method and system of managing a power system wherein a data center user determines whether there is a desire to control remote power supply socket assigned to the user's data module. The data center... Agent: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP Attn: Ip Docketing

20080136608 - Sensory effects in a mobile device and an accessory thereof: A file comprising control information for the production of sensory effects is stored in a mobile device. When audio information is processed to produce sound, the control information is processed to produce sensory effects that are synchronized to the sound. The sensory effects may include visual effects and/or mechanical effects.... Agent: Integral Intellectual Property Inc.

20080136610 - Revolvable vehicle-mounted display device: A vehicle-mounted display device comprises a display mounted to a shaft, and operable to revolve with the rotation of the shaft; a transmission mechanism for coupling an output shaft of a motor with the shaft; a control module for controlling the motor; a baffle plate located at any position that... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, Pc

20080136609 - Visual ability improvement supporting device: A visual ability improvement device installed in a vehicle includes a noise generator, a surrounding situation detector, a driver status detector, a vehicle status detector, an operation switch, and a noise output device. A controller of the noise generator determines an optimum strength based on the surrounding situation from the... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080136611 - Increased automobile security via use of wireless network: A method and apparatus are provided to assist in providing security for vehicles with keyless ignition systems. The present invention involves receiving, via wireless communications, a signal to start an ignition of the vehicle. Upon receipt of the signal, a built-in cellular phone in the vehicle transmits a message to... Agent: Patti , Hewitt & Arezina Llc

20080136612 - Obstacle detection apparatus: Disclosed is an obstacle detection apparatus to detect more accurately a moving obstacle present around a motor vehicle. With this system, desired feature quantities of an obstacle present in a coverage of a first sensor are calculated and then stored into a storage device, and when the obstacle moves from... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080136613 - Pedestrian collision detection apparatus and pedestrian protection system: A pedestrian collision detection apparatus includes a bumper sensor, an acceleration sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, and a controller. The controller calculates an effective mass based on outputs from the bumper sensor and the speed sensor. The controller calculates a velocity change based on an output from the acceleration sensor.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080136615 - Device for state dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle: A device for state-dependent output of tone sequences in a motor vehicle, which is capable of outputting tone sequences assigned to specific vehicle states and determinable from tone data stored in a memory unit assigned to the motor vehicle, is also capable of directly or indirectly coupling to a computing... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080136614 - Method and apparatus for detecting an automobile's window regulating status: A method and apparatus for detecting an automobile's window regulating status uses a window control switch and a central controller, which receives window regulating requests from the window control switch, sends instructions to windows concerned and makes queries to window motors concerned regarding each window's regulating status. If a concerned... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080136616 - Throttle foot position indicator: The invention provides a novel indicator system for automobiles which displays three different colored lamps corresponding to different positions of a driver's throttle foot: On the throttle, on the brake, or off both the throttle and the brake. Further, the indicator system is capable of indicating whether both the brake... Agent: Mark J. Rosen P.c.

20080136617 - System for downloading turn signals: A system for storing and playing tones operated by a turn signal comprising a memory for storing at least one predetermined audio output and a player for playing an audio signal from the memory which is activated by the turn signal.... Agent: National Ip Rights Center, Llc Scott J. Fields, Esq.

20080136618 - Control method of rear lamp for preventing crash: A control method of a brake lamp and a center high mounted stop lamp (CHMSL) of a vehicle. If the vehicle is not braking, both lamps are turned off. If the vehicle is braking, the method includes: receiving data on an operating state of the vehicle; determining a degree of... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080136619 - Systems and methods for incorporating an rfid circuit into a sensor device: A RFID sensor comprises a sensor configured to sense a parameter and generate an analog sense signal indicative of the sense parameter, a conversion circuit coupled with the sensor, the conversion circuit configured to convert the analog sense signal to digital sense data, and an RFID transponder coupled with the... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080136620 - Method for transmitting sensor data in sensor network including pair node: Provided is a method for transmitting sensing information in a wireless sensor network including a pair node. The method for transmitting sensing information in a wireless sensor network including a sink node, parent nodes, and sensor nodes set as pair nodes among sensor nodes connected to the parent nodes, includes... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20080136621 - Methods and apparatus for wlan management using rf tags: An access port has an RF tag associated therewith (e.g., physically incorporated into the access port), wherein the RF tag includes configuration information. A mobile unit having an RF tag reader associated therewith sends a probe request and reads the configuration information from the RF tag. The RF tag may... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c.

20080136622 - Wireless signal light system based on wireless network and portable signal light: A wireless network-based portable wireless flashing light system is based on a wireless network-based portable wireless flashing light. The wireless network-based portable wireless flashing light includes a wireless communication module, a display unit, an emergency alarm unit, and a control unit. The wireless communication module transmits and receives a wireless... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20080136623 - Audio trigger for mobile devices: A mobile computing device having a reader element collecting information from target items, an audio system triggering a read event when a trigger sound is discerned and a processor activating the reader element when the read event is triggered by the audio system. The mobile computing device may be used... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080136624 - Keyhole communication device for tracking and monitoring shipping container and contents thereof: A shipping container that facilitates communications between wireless communication devices within the shipping container and an external network container includes a keyhole communication device that is adapted for wireless communications with the external network and that includes first and second housing components. The first and second housing components together form... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080136628 - Monitoring apparatus and monitoring method: A monitoring apparatus using video data taken and outputted by a plurality of security imaging apparatuses for monitoring is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a display part configured to display the video data; an alarm generating part configured to analyze the video data and to generate an alarm in the case... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080136627 - Sensor apparatus: A sensor apparatus includes a sensor circuit and a nonlinear signal processing circuit. The sensor circuit detects a physical quantity and outputs a detection signal indicative of the detected physical quantity. The signal processing circuit includes a logarithmic converter, an analog-to-digital converter, and an antilogarithmic converter. The logarithmic converter produces... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080136625 - System and method for automatic exterior and interior inspection of vehicles: A system and method for automatic exterior and interior inspection of vehicles. The system comprises imaging means for capturing an image of the undercarriage of the vehicle as it is being driven into a secure area; imaging means for capturing an image of a luggage compartment of the vehicle as... Agent: Mitchell P. Brook Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP

20080136626 - Threat detection sensor suite: A sensor suite for a vehicle, the sensor suite comprising a 3D imaging system, a video camera, and one or more environmental sensors. Data from the sensor suite is combined to detect and identify threats during a structure clearing or inspection operation. Additionally, a method for detecting and identifying threats... Agent: O''brien Jones, Pllc (w/irobot Corp.)

20080136629 - Wirelessly loaded speaking medicine container: The present method of communicating prescription medicine instructions or over-the-counter medicine instructions to patient, includes: (a.) providing at least one medicine container with a microprocessor, and, (b.) providing a central processor separate from the at least one medicine container. Each medicine container has the microprocessor attached to the medicine container.... Agent: Deirdra M. Meagher Glynntech, Inc.

20080136630 - Apparatus for retrofitting automatic irrigation systems for animal and human deterrent control: An apparatus for retrofitting automatic irrigation systems for animal and human deterrent control comprises at least one motion detector for placement within a bordered zone monitored for trespassers. The motion detector is adapted to detect a body entering said bordered zone and generate a trespasser signal having a unique ID.... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20080136631 - Metal detection system and method: This application describes a system for contraband and weapons detection. The system comprises a coplanar sensor array, electronic drive circuitry, a data acquisition circuit, a video frame grabber, a video camera, and a computer control unit with a control module installed. Properly constructed and aligned, the system allows for the... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson Pllc

20080136632 - Microwave detection system and method for detecting intrusion to an off-limits zone: A system and method are provided for automatically detecting intrusion in an off-limits zone. The system includes a transmitter transmitting a signal along a path likely to encounter an intruder to the off-limits zone and a modulating reflector for receiving the transmitted signal. The modulating reflector includes a modulator receiving... Agent: Enrique J. Mora Beusse Brownlee Wolter Mora & Marie, P.a.

20080136633 - Alarm apparatus: An alarm apparatus including a sensor pad for detecting a predetermined amount of pressure, a first transmitting means operably connected to such sensor pad for transmitting a first signal indicative of such sensor pad detecting an amount of pressure. A first power source supplies power to such sensor pad and... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080136636 - Across the pavement wireless security system: A system and method for establishing and maintaining wireless communications links between a secure vehicle, a self-service terminal, and an item being transferred therebetween. The item to be transferred, the secure vehicle and the self-service terminal are equipped with short-range communications devices to enable the detection of proximity there between.... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20080136639 - Clustering methods for radio-frequency-identifier networks: Methods and systems of the present invention are directed to clustering RFID-tag readers of a multi-RFID-tag-reader network in order to obtain a set of RFID-tag readers with high probability of detecting an event, but with low probability of collisions and with an acceptable cost. The cost may be determined by... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080136637 - Low latency listen before talk triggers: According to some embodiments of the present invention, a transmission is preconfigured to transmit on a radio channel. The transmitting is delayed until receipt of a trigger from an external source indicating that the radio channel is available.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, Llc

20080136635 - Low power rfid reader that gives visibility to passive tags as active tags using low power 802.11: Apparatus, systems, and methods for enabling a radio frequency identification (RFID) passive tag to be visible as an RFID active tag over an extended period of time are disclosed. An RFID reader transmits a substantially continuous radio frequency (RF) charging signal. In response to receiving the RF charging signal, one... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c.

20080136640 - Method and system for controlling distant equipment: A method and system for controlling distant equipment. A passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag within a Programmable Secure Remote Controller (PSRC) receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from a transmitter integrated in the distant equipment. The distant equipment is external to and remote from the PSRC. The PRSC does... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20080136638 - Method and system for scheduling multi-radio-frequency-identification-tag-reader networks to increase interrogation efficiency: Methods and systems of the present invention employ perturbation techniques for configuring RFID-tag-reader networks in order to achieve increased overall efficiency of a network of RFID-tag readers. According to described embodiments of the present invention, individual RFID-tag readers within a multi-RFID-tag-reader network may be removed or shut down, or RFID-tag... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20080136642 - Personal security system: A personal security system monitors the location of objects, such as a billfold, purse, pen, camera, jewelry, and other personal items, relative to a transceiver, or base station, which may be housed in a cell phone, PDA or other item having a power supply. The base station generates an rf... Agent: David A. Greenlee

20080136634 - Rfid based monitoring system and method: An RFID based monitoring system and method is provided. A tag module is allocated to an item to be traced, which is operable by an RFID reader. In the system, the tag module is accessed through conductive coupling with an entry point that is operable in an RF field of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080136641 - Thermal active tag for electronic designs and intellectual property cores: A security tag for electronic designs implemented on integrated circuits uses a thermal transmitter to transmit tag data to an external sensor. The security tag is activated by an activation code sent to the security tag from an external transmitter. The security tag transmits data which indicates the presence of... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Ip Prosecution Department

20080136643 - Apparatus for managing power in passive tag and method thereof: According to the present invention, the apparatus receives a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader, measures the strength of the received RF signal, and controls the power supplied from the power supply unit included in the tag or the power excited by the RF... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080136644 - Method and system for performing distance measuring and direction finding using ultrawide bandwitdh transmissions: An identification tag is provided in which radio frequency (RF) circuitry and ultrawide bandwidth (UWB) circuitry are both provided on the same tag, along with some UWB-RF interface circuitry. The RF circuitry is used to detect when the identification tag must be accessed, and is used to connect the UWB... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080136645 - Rfid reader and circuit and method for echo cancellation thereof: An echo cancellation circuit for an RFID reader and the method thereof are provided. The echo cancellation circuit includes a gain calculator, a gain adjustment circuit, and a subtraction circuit. The gain calculator provides a complex gain value according to a carrier signal and a received signal through an adaptive... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080136646 - Backscatter transponder: A backscatter transponder for an HF communication system with modulated reradiation, is provided that includes an antenna for receiving high-frequency carrier signals, wherein the antenna has reflective characteristics, a control unit for providing transponder-specific parameters, and a modulator that can be driven by the control unit. The modulator altering the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, Pllc

20080136648 - Backup media with wireless identifications tags: Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to using wireless identification tags (e.g., RFID tags) with backup media. In aspects, a wireless identification tag may be attached to, incorporated into, or otherwise associated with backup media, a container holding the backup media, or a location (e.g., a shelf) associated... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20080136647 - Personal rfid detector: A portable RFID detector that can be configured to scan an object and determine whether an RFID chip is included within or on the object is provided. Thee portable RFID detector can be utilized as a personal device allowing an individual to scan any number of objects for RFID chips.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080136649 - Access control system and sanitizing station: A system for controlling access and recording who has been allowed or denied access to controlled access areas. A sanitization station which controls access to protected areas and records who has been allowed to enter and who has been denied entry to the area. Improved sanitization stations providing greater safety... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20080136650 - System and method for ergonomic tracking for individual physical exertion: A system and method are provided for tracking a user's posture. The system and method include an environmental module for determining the user's physical environment, a biomechanical module for determining at least a user's posture in the user's physical environment, and an output module for outputting to the user an... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080136651 - Data fusion alarm system and method for line type fire detector: A system and a method of data fusion fire alarm, wherein at least one line type temperature sensing element is used to detect and produce values of at least two nonequivalent electric parameters, namely, a first electric parameter a and a second electric parameter b at a certain time; the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080136652 - System and method for effectively indicating element failure or a preventive maintenance condition in an automatic external defibrillator (aed): Battery powered systems with long standby times, such as automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), may be required to indicate their operational status to a user by blinking lights or sounding speakers or buzzers. These active status indication activities consume power thereby reducing the battery life of the system. To conserve power... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20080136654 - Methods and devices for power source life value calculation and representation: Disclosed are devices configured to execute multiple functions and methods for calculating a remaining power source life value. A method can include providing information related to the remaining power source life value correlated to operation of at least one of the multiple functions. Downloaded current drain information related to current... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080136653 - Varying-temperature operation of battery-powered electronic devices: In one embodiment, a consumer electronic device has a rechargeable battery, battery safety circuitry, and consumer electronic device circuitry with a controller. The rechargeable battery has a present temperature and a presently available effective capacity, and provides power to the electronic device via the battery safety circuitry. The controller determines... Agent: Mendelsohn & Associates, P.c.

20080136655 - Over-current alerting circuit and method thereof: An over-current alerting circuit used in a hand held device includes a current sensor module, a photo sensor module and an alerting module. The current sensor module is used for sensing a loading current of the hand held device and outputting a photo signal according to the intensity of the... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080136656 - Method and device for determining the relative position of two elements that are mobile with respect to one another: Described herein are a method and a device for determining the relative position of two elements that are mobile with respect to one another, in which connected to a first element is a source of a field of forces and connected to a second element is a meter, designed to... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080136657 - Automated teller machine: Automated Teller Machine comprises a fascia having a cash dispensing aperture, a sensor arranged to detect the presence of an object outside of the aperture and the distance to the object; and a processor. The processor is arranged to determine, from the output of the detector, whether the distance to... Agent: Michael Chan Intellectual Property Section, Law Department

20080136659 - Method and apparatus for tracing remote ends of networking cables: A method and a circuit is disclosed that facilitates identifying a remote end and optionally an intermediate location of an installed cable, such as a cable for carrying data, without the need to disconnect the cable. One or more circuits may be connected across two wires along the length of... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20080136658 - Tilting display assembly and method: The present disclosure relates to an assembly and method for use of an electronic display, and more particularly, to an electronic display device including a proximity sensor and a switch for a handicap or a small person both connected to a tilting mechanism. The display in a first attract orientation... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080136661 - Led warning light and communication system: A light emitting diode (LED) warning signal light and communication device comprising a controller for generating a first observable light signal and a second non-observable light signal within said first light signal. The second light signal is formed of packets of individual pulsed light which may be processed for comparison... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.a.

20080136660 - Remote controller for patterned flashing lights on a vehicle: A wirelessly controlled system for animating lighting on a vehicle is disclosed. The lighting system includes neon lights adapted for animation. A wireless controller for wirelessly controlling the lighting system is also disclosed. The wireless controller can initiate, terminate and control different modes of the lighting system and includes a... Agent: Glen M. Diehl Diehl Servilla Llc

20080136662 - System and method for activating a mobile device: A mobile device (e.g., a wearable device) may include a function module and a triggering arrangement. The triggering arrangement generates a signal in response to detecting a triggering condition. The signal activates the function module. The triggering condition includes at least one of (i) a change in proximity of the... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080136664 - Inclusion of device permissions and access in a remote control: Methods and systems are provided for a limited access remote control system. Embodiments of the invention can include a remote device (202) including logic configured to transmit a control signal to a device (200) to be controlled and logic configured to transmit an access signal to the device (200) to... Agent: Gateway, Inc. Attn: Patent Attorney

20080136663 - Method of establishing communication with wireless control devices: The method of the present invention allows a first wireless control device that is operable to communicate on a predetermined one of a plurality of channels to establish communication with a second wireless control device that may be communicating on any of the plurality of channels. A beacon message is... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080136665 - Drilling system comprising a plurality of borehole telemetry systems: A drilling system utilizing a plurality of independent telemetry systems. The drilling system uses a drill collar as a pressure housing for downhole components of the system. One or more sensors are disposed within the pressure housing. These sensors can be MWD sensors, LWD sensors, or both MWD and LWD... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.l.p.

20080136666 - Method and apparatus for reading out an analog sensor output signal: An apparatus for reading out a time-continuous sensor output signal of a sensor, modulated with a fundamental frequency, has a loop filter, a sample-quantizer and a feedback circuit. The loop filter, filters the sensor output signal to provide a filtered sensor output signal in which frequency proportions present in a... Agent: Slater & Matsil LLP

20080136667 - Network for automated meter reading: A networked automatic meter reading system includes a plurality of meters that measure commodity usage and monitor quality parameters for transmission to a utility over a two-way local area network (LAN) to a remotely located gateway node. The gateway node transmits this data to the utility over a commercially available... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080136668 - Apparatus for inducing automatic docking of robot: An apparatus for inducing an automatic docking of a robot is disclosed. The apparatus induces connecting terminals of the robot having a receiving unit to connect with docking terminals disposed on one surface of a docking object, and includes a plurality of transmitting units disposed on the same surface as... Agent: Paul D. Greeley Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.l.p.

20080136669 - Sensing and communication system and method: A sensing and communication system includes a transceiver broadcasting an electromagnetic wave, a transponder supported on an associated structural member at a distance from the transceiver that receives the electromagnetic wave, and a sensor adjacent the transponder and in communication therewith. The sensor being operable to sense an input acting... Agent: Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc.

20080136670 - Vehicle information communication system: A vehicle information communication system is provided in which probe data or other private data relating to a host vehicle can be collected with anonymity. Basically, the host vehicle collects the probe data and sends the probe data to a carrier vehicle that disassociates the host vehicle's identifying information (e.g.,... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080136671 - Traffic indicator capable of displaying different types of traffic lights and symbols: A traffic indicator has a base, a circuit board mounted in the base, an LED panel mounted in the base and a protect lid mounted on the base to cover the circuit board and the LED panel. The LED panel is controlled by the circuit board to display traffic lights... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080136672 - Single screen pedestrian light: A pedestrian light has a base, a circuit board mounted in the base, an LED panel mounted in the base and a protect lid mounted on the base to cover the circuit board and the LED panel. The LED panel has an outer loop region and an inner rectangular region.... Agent: Patenttm.us

20080136674 - Intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method: Provided are an intelligent parking guidance apparatus and method. The intelligent parking guidance apparatus includes: an image sensor node recognizing a vehicle number of a vehicle, sensor nodes determining whether the vehicle exists in their own positions, a parking management server generating information for guiding the vehicle to an available... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080136673 - Method and apparatus for recognizing parking slot by using bird's eye view and parking assist system using the same: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for recognizing a parking slot by using a bird's-eye view and a parking assist system using the same.... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080136675 - Apparatus and method for channel allocation according to traveling direction in inter-vehicle communications: An apparatus allocates a channel used for inter-vehicle communications according to a traveling direction. The apparatus includes a traveling direction determiner for determining whether or not a traveling direction of a vehicle is changed; and a channel allocator for allocating the vehicle a previously allocated channel or a new channel... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080136676 - System for detecting over axle weight vehicle: A technique for recording the front image of vehicles which violate the regulation in the axle weight is desired. In general, the weight of the leading axle cannot be excessively heavy, so that the over weight axle is a second or more rear side axle. And the distance between an... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080136677 - Method and apparatus for indicating operational state of aircraft engine: A method and a system for indicating a target idle running speed, a predicted core speed, a predicted time to running, current engine state or automation modes of an operating aircraft engine, and indicating that the current core speed of the aircraft engine is less than a target idle running... Agent: Dennis M. Flaherty Ostrager Chong Flaherty &

20080129445 - Systems and methods of remotely controlling a materials handling vehicle: A supplemental control system for a materials handling vehicle comprises a wearable control device, and a corresponding receiver on the materials handling vehicle. The wearable control device is donned by an operator interacting with the materials handling vehicle, and comprises a wireless transmitter and a travel control communicably coupled to... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20080129444 - Wireless security system: A wireless system for granting or denying access to protected location or equipment and providing compatibility with existing access point devices and control equipment. The system is based on a remote wireless unit positioned at each protected location and interfaced with security hardware at the location, such as a keypad.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080129446 - Vehicle with hands-free door: A system for hands-free vehicle door operation can selectively open a vehicle door on the approach of an operator. Thus, for example, with this system, a rear loading door of a delivery vehicle may open when the operator approaches so that the operator may enter the cargo bay when both... Agent: Cesari And Mckenna, LLP

20080129447 - Electronic tag for protecting privacy and method of protecting privacy using the same: An electronic tag for protecting privacy in RFID and a method of protecting privacy using the same are provided. Specifically, an RFID electronic tag capable of protecting privacy by authenticating an RFID reader and controlling access of the RFID reader to the RFID tag and a method of protecting privacy... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080129448 - Key rf fob: A key radio frequency (RF) fob for remote control of vehicle functions includes a key fob body, a radio-frequency (RF) transmitter disposed within the key fob body and a metal loop extending from the key fob body for fastening the key RF fob to a keyring. The key RF fob... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080129449 - System and method for controlling a vehicle security system: A method for selectively controlling a security system comprises receiving a tag identification, determining a security identification based on the tag identification, and transmitting a message comprising the security identification and a security system command. A security system having a unique security identification comprises a control device for controlling the... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, Llc

20080129450 - Apparatus for selecting a virtual card application: An apparatus for selecting a virtual card application from a multi-application contactless card, including a receiver configured to receive an authentication command containing a card key from a card reader. The apparatus further includes a verifier configured to verify the card key in the virtual card applications and to select... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080129451 - Apparatus and method for automated inventory tracking and authentication: Method and apparatus for automated inventory tracking and authentication using device identity-containing information associated with at least one device that is part of an inventory. The method includes accepting initial device identity-containing information from an inventory origination point to a first sales distribution point and accepting additional device identity-containing inventory... Agent: Vonage

20080129459 - Device and method for managing equipment maintenance: The subject of the invention is a device for managing equipment maintenance. It relates to a device for managing maintenance of a number N of items of equipment EQi built into a system, i designating an index identifying the item of equipment EQi and lying between 1 and N, the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080129457 - Identification method and system and device suitable for said method and system: The invention relates to a method, a system and a device for identification by means of an identification tag (3), in which a request to a control module (31) of the identification tag (3) is transmitted from an interrogation device via a contactless interface (36) of the identification tag (3),... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080129456 - Low-frequency tag system and method: A system has tags communicating by means of low frequency (below 1 megahertz) with routers which in turn communicate with nameservers. The tags have IP addresses, either explicitly programmed into the tags or associated in a virtual way with the tags. Lookups analogous to domain lookups permit human-friendly inquiries of... Agent: Visible Assets, Inc.

20080129462 - Magnetic composite materials and articles containing such: Composite materials that include a resin containing a polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer mixture that contains at least one polymerizable monomer and a magnetic material, where the composite material can be used to make sheet stock and articles, such as storage containers. The composite materials can be made by... Agent: Nova Chemicals Inc.

20080129454 - Method and system for reading and identifying rfid tag: A method and system for reading and identifying RFID tags of the invention is disclosed. The invention is capable of registering and storing information of a plurality of RFID tags attached to objects of the same group into a memory block of at least a specified RFID reader or RFID... Agent: Reed Smith LLP Suite 1400

20080129455 - Method for forming rfid tags: A method of constructing an RFID unit can include using a protective layer to hold an integrated circuit chip module to a substrate layer with an antenna unit while a conductive adhesive has not yet fully set.... Agent: Fliesler Meyer LLP

20080129453 - Method, system, and apparatus for a radio frequency identification (rfid) waveguide for reading items in a stack: A method, system, and apparatus for reading RFID tags in a stack of objects is described. For example, a pallet may hold a stack of objects, with one or more of the objects coupled to a RFID tag. A RFID reader may be used to read the tags in the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080129452 - Middleware for query processing across a network of rfid databases: An implementation wherein RFID data is shared across independent organizations has been addressed. RFID data is usually spread across different parties, e.g. enterprises in a supply chain and thus, efficient query processing across all parties is required. Traceability is emerging as one of the key applications of RFID technology. A... Agent: Ip Authority, Llc Ramraj Soundararajan

20080129458 - Radio frequency identification based sensor: A radio frequency (RF) addressable sensor includes one or more sensor elements, a sensor interface having an analog to digital converter coupled to the one or more sensor elements, at least one antenna, an RF power and communications interface coupled to the at least one antenna and the sensor interface,... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20080129461 - Radio frequency identification reader and method of operating the same: A radio frequency identification (RFID) reader, system and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the RFID reader includes a transmitter/receiver configured to detect a signal representing an RFID tag and a processor configured to compare a delta index from the signal to a threshold to determine when the... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20080129460 - Radio frequency identification systems: A radio frequency identification (“RFID”) system and method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the RFID system includes a reader configured to transmit a command including a parameter profile of a product. The RFID system also includes a sensor tag configured to sense raw data associated with the product,... Agent: Slater & Matsil, L.l.p.

20080129463 - Rfid tag including rom, method of impeding an rfid tag from being killed, and method of manufacturing an rfid tag: An RFID tag includes read-only memory obtaining a kill password that cannot be changed, wherein it is not possible for a reader to kill a RFID tag by sending a kill command. A method of manufacturing an RFID tag and a method of impeding an RFID tag from being killed... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv) Ip Docketing

20080129464 - Failure differentiation and recovery in distributed systems: A data packet is received which includes an indication comprising a process state indication and a transmission state indication, the indication is compared with an expected indication, and it is determined if the data packet is valid or not based on a result of the comparison.... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080129466 - Matching system and method for preventing the loss of data between low-power network and non-low-power network: There is provided a matching system for preventing the loss of data between a low-power network and a non-low-power network, the matching system including: an RF communication schedule management unit, installed in the low-power network side system, for managing a schedule of an RF communication period indicative of a data... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080129465 - System for seamless and secure networking of implantable medical devices, electronic patch devices and wearable devices: A system level scheme for networking of implantable devices, electronic patch devices/sensors coupled to the body, and wearable sensors/devices with cellular telephone/mobile devices, peripheral devices and remote servers is described.... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080129467 - Muster apparatus: Muster apparatus for registering the arrival of a person at a location includes detector means for detecting the arrival of the person at the location and a controller, the detector means being in signal communication with the controller. The apparatus includes output means for communicating information from the controller to... Agent: Smith-hill And Bedell, P.c.

20080129468 - Power line communication system: A power line communication system includes: a first electronic instrument and a second electronic instrument, wherein information is received or transmitted between the first electronic instrument and the second electronic instrument which are connected through a communication line using a power line, wherein the first electronic instrument comprises: a key... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080129469 - Systems and methods for creating programmable reply functions for an instant messaging client: A method for adding a customizable reply function to an interface in an instant messaging (IM) client, including the steps of identifying a string of characters to be associated with the reply function, choosing an action of the IM client to be associated with the reply function, selecting presentation characteristics... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080129470 - Directional acoustic device: A directional acoustic device configured for producing a directional output along an acoustic axis, including at least one transducer configured to create at least two wave trains which are directed along differing pathways by at least one wave guide, and so disposed that in directions more than ninety degrees off... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080129471 - Motor vehicle comprising a display arrangement for displaying information relating to the operation of the motor vehicle: A motor vehicle has a display arrangement for displaying information relating to the operation of the motor vehicle, the display arrangement comprising a first display for optically representing information and at least one second display for optically representing information, the second display being arranged above the first display and being... Agent: Baker Botts L.l.p. Patent Department

20080129472 - Panic alarm system and method for motor vehicles: A method for communicating a message on an exterior of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of receiving a signal from a first communication device, communicating a message to a second communication device, the second communication device comprising a display device that is visible from the exterior of... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080129473 - Starting control apparatus and tuner device: A remote starting ECU includes a command recognizing unit and a tuner connecting unit. The remote starting ECU starts an engine of a vehicle when the command recognizing unit receives an engine start command from a remote key or when the tuner connecting unit receives an engine start request from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080129474 - Collision sensor system: A collision sensor for a vehicle includes a base, a spring, and a rod. The base is used for attaching the collision sensor to the vehicle. The spring is attached to the base and has a hollow interior area. The rod is coupled to an electrical source and is located... Agent: Dimitrie Marandiuc

20080129475 - System and method for in-vehicle communications: Method for in-vehicle communications during use of the vehicle, in which a first, data-processing component is arranged on the vehicle, at least one second component is arranged on a non-rotating part of the vehicle, each second component being a sensor arranged to measure a property of the vehicle or a... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20080129476 - Tire pressure warning assembly having a biasing member: A tire pressure warning assembly includes a tire valve with a switch received therein, which had a conductive member, a movable member and a biasing member. The movable member is located at a distance from the conductive member and one end of the movable member is exposed to the air... Agent: Troxell Law Office Pllc

20080129477 - Transmission device, keyless entry system, and tire pneumatic pressure monitoring system: According to the invention, a transmission device has a transmission antenna portion, an output portion that has a first switch and a second switch connected in series between two different potentials and that derives from the node between the first and second switches an output current fed to the transmission... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080129479 - Method for assigning identification codes in radio signals from tire pressure monitoring devices on vehicle wheels to the wheel position and vehicle equipped for this method: The invention provides that the tire pressure monitoring device of the chosen wheel is caused to send a radio signal containing its identification code by means of trigger transmitter, which is provided on the vehicle for this purpose, by bringing the chosen wheel, prior to mounting it on its predetermined... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Office

20080129478 - Method for localizing wheel electronics systems: A method for localizing individual wheels and/or wheel identifiers of individual wheels of a double wheel of a motor vehicle includes the following steps: determining the axle of the respective double wheel; determining the motor vehicle side of the respective double; determining the position of the respective double wheel by... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080129480 - Freight car event recorder: A fixedly mountable event recorder for a railcar for monitoring performance of a brake system thereof includes (a) at least one port for receiving air from one or more brake system components; (b) at least one sensor for determining a pressure of the air received from the one or more... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.

20080129481 - Method and apparatus for enhancing motor vehicle turn signal awareness: An apparatus for enhancing the awareness of a motor vehicle operator's recent actions regarding the vehicle's intended position and a method to control its operation are disclosed. The apparatus consists of a unit attached directly to a vehicle's nominally 12 volt power adapter to acquire the state of recent actions... Agent: Michael L. Zumbrunnen

20080129482 - Wireless sourceless sensor: A self-powered sensor detects or measures an event by converting one form of energy into another form. The converted energy may be conditioned and regulated to drive a wireless transmitter and encoder. A receiver may detect and validate a received message. If validated, the message may be processed or decrypted... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080129483 - Vehicle led lighting apparatus and operation method of same: The evolutionary vehicle LED lighting apparatus is essentially formed of a power supply circuit for supplying the power to the apparatus, a microcomputer detecting and control unit, and a LED driving circuit installed at the output side of the power source. Upon detecting the power is on, the hardware built... Agent: Wpat, Pc Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080129484 - Access station for building monitoring systems: An external access station for interfacing with existing building monitoring systems to obtain data and control at least some of the systems for use by first responders to an emergency. The access station includes a protective enclosure recessed into a building exterior wall or adjacent kiosk housing a panel PC... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20080129485 - Rfid communication systems and methods, and rfid readers and systems: A method of coordinating a plurality of RFID readers includes controlling the RFID readers such that only one of the readers performs an inventory of RFID tags at a time. A system for coordinating a plurality of RFID readers is also provided.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP (sv) Ip Docketing

20080129486 - Energy-optimised data transmission for a medical appliance: A medical appliance for use on and/or in the body of a user including a transmission unit and an activation switch connected to the transmission unit for activating the transmission unit when an activation signal is received by the activation switch. The invention encompasses systems and processes for transmitting data... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080129490 - Apparatus and method for real time validation of cargo quality for logistics applications: An apparatus and method for real time monitoring of cargo in transit from an origin to a destination. The real time monitoring device comprises a master processor for controlling operation of the device; a global positioning system (GPS) circuit for receiving GPS location data and determining a location of the... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc

20080129491 - Find and see application for a group of devices: A system and method for locating and tracking one or more devices is disclosed. Location data and status data of the one or more devices is received at a server system through one or more communications networks. The location data includes data from the GPS or A-GPS network. A graphical... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080129489 - Information processing device, organizational analysis system, computer readable medium and method: An information processing device includes: a detecting unit that detects the electric field intensity of information received from a portable transmission device that transmits information through radio waves; and a determining unit that determines whether the transmission device is being carried, based on a change in the electric field intensity... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080129488 - Method and apparatus for destination tracking with misrouting indication: Methods and devices for tracking portable items, such as luggage, are disclosed. The methods and devices determine an actual location of the portable item, compare the actual location with a predetermined expected location of the portable items, and provide an alert if the actual location is outside of a calibrated... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20080129492 - Personal radio location system: Methods and apparatus for using an energy emanating device to find a person (17a,b) or an object based on preselected attributes (33) stored in the energy emanating device (10) are disclosed.... Agent: Thomas N. Giaccherini

20080129487 - System and method for managing characteristics of a domain occupied by individuals: A system and method for managing at least one characteristic of a domain occupied by individuals. Each of a plurality of individuals is tracked in real time with respect to location within the domain by periodically or continuously acquiring location information for each of the individuals. The acquired location information... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20080129494 - Method for sensor node roaming in wireless sensor network environment: Provided is a method for mobile sensor node roaming in an environment of first and second adjacent wireless sensor networks having a plurality of sensor nodes. The method includes the steps of: periodically performing energy detection scan and active scan operations, at the mobile sensor node forming an association with... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080129493 - Shipping container monitoring system: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for using a sensor array that detects environmental changes in or around a shipping container. Sensors detect NBC materials and detect tampering with the container (such as broken seals and open doors). The sensors are monitored remotely. The sensors are tracked for... Agent: Frederic M. Douglas

20080129495 - Wireless sensor system for environmental monitoring and control: A wireless sensor system for providing irrigation control includes a multiple number of sensor nodes and a multiple number of actuator nodes. Each sensor node includes a wireless transceiver, a processor and a sensor device and provides sensor data. Each actuator node includes a wireless transceiver, a processor and an... Agent: Dale K. Hitt, Ceo Digital Sun

20080129496 - Healthcare workstations and rfid devices for detecting medication errors, falls and wandering: A medication administration system that includes a system of pillboxes, a pharmacy workstation, and a system of attendant workstation. The pharmacy workstation reads RFID or barcode tags on the pillboxes and medication wrappers containing medication units as the medication units are checked into the pillboxes to ensure that the pillboxes... Agent: Michael J. Baldauff, Jr. Hope Baldauff Hartman, Llc

20080129497 - Reconfigurable alarm apparatus: A reconfigurable alarm apparatus for sensing a hazardous condition, and automatically transmitting emergency information and alerting occupants. In one aspect, the alarm apparatus may comprise a sensor and alarm controller interfaced with a software-defined radio module that is programmable from a remote information server to operate over a plurality of... Agent: Noel Woodard

20080129498 - System and method for receiving security content from wireless cameras: A system and method for displaying security content to a cell phone. An indication is received that a doorbell has been activated. A signal is sent to the cell phone indicating that the doorbell has been activated.... Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP

20080129499 - Glass panel and glass panel breakage detection system: Breakage of a glass panel is detected by a simple structure practically without disfiguring the glass panel. A glass panel breakage detection system (12) has a glass panel (10), a reading device (14), and a notification device (16). The glass panel (10) has plate glass (18) formed of reinforced glass,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080129500 - Processing device and object detection device: A processing device is connected to a sensor for generating an electrical signal varying in connection with approach of a detection target and processes the electrical signal. The electrical signal is extracted from a superposition signal in which the electrical signal varying in connection with the approach of the detection... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080129501 - Secure chassis with integrated tamper detection sensor: A secure chassis comprises a plurality of walls, wherein each wall comprises an inner portion; an outer portion; and a tamper sensor disposed between the inner portion and the outer portion of each wall, the tamper sensor configured to detect unauthorized tamper events; wherein the plurality of walls are coupled... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20080129502 - Security system and security method: A security system includes: an ordinary document output apparatus that outputs an ordinary document which is a non-secret document; a secret document output apparatus that outputs a secret document to a medium having a detection target unit and being a dedicated medium for the secret document; and detection units that... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080129503 - Anti-theft device, particularly for displays that can be placed in points of sale: An anti-theft device (1) comprising a flexible cable (2) provided with two conducting wires which are mutually connected in order to close an electrical contact and are connected, at a first end (2b), to a control unit (100) designed to act in response to the opening/closure of the electrical contact,... Agent: Albert Josif Modiano & Asociati

20080129506 - Concatenated pointers for radio frequency identification tags: Methods and systems are provided for improved protection of radio frequency identification tag memory by using two or more “brownout-safe” pointer registers (instead of a single pointer register) that are logically concatenated to form a complete address for the boundary between a locked portion and an unlocked portion of the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080129507 - Method and system for aggregation of rfid signal sources and composite to develop a unique signature: A method is presented for employing radio frequency (RF) identifier (ID) transponder tags (RFID tags) to create a unique identifier, termed an RFID signature, for use within a data processing system with respect to a person or an object. An interrogation signal is transmitted toward a person or an object... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080129505 - Method and system for reading rfid tags: A method and a system for reading radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, receive a tag signal from the RFID tag. Recover a data clock rate from the tag signal according to statistics of pulse lengths of the tag signal. Next, determine... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080129504 - Radiation detection with enhanced rfid tags: An identification tag that is vulnerable to ionizing or non-ionizing radiation and system for determining the presence of radiation based on corrupted or altered memory in the tag is disclosed. An identification tag comprises: a transceiver for receiving an RF signal and transmitting a modulated RF signal; first memory containing... Agent: At&t Corp.

20080129508 - Method and system for pairing reading material and audio-visual equipment using rfid tags: A method, system, apparatus, or computer program product is presented for using a book in conjunction with an electronic device. A radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader within the electronic device is operated to read an RFID tag identifier from an RFID tag in the book. The RFID tag identifier is employed... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates Pc

20080129509 - Rfid interrogations of system components in rfid systems: Methods, systems, and apparatuses for an entity in a full duplex radio frequency (RF) communication system are presented. In an aspect, the communication entity includes an antenna assembly and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The antenna assembly includes at least an antenna and an encapsulating body which encapsulates the... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080129512 - Method and apparatus for rfid reader/antenna: A radio frequency identification (RFID) system include a reader and a tag. The RFID reader includes at least one reader antenna, the reader antenna is configured as a lossy loop antenna with a beam coverage area. The RFID tag includes a loop antenna, the tag loop antenna cooperates with the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080129513 - Method and apparatus for rfid tags: A radio frequency identification (RFID) system include a reader and a tag. The RFID reader includes at least one reader antenna, the reader antenna is configured as a lossy loop antenna with a beam coverage area. The RFID tag includes a loop antenna, the tag loop antenna cooperates with the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20080129510 - Radio frequency identification device and method: The present invention teaches a method of manufacturing an enclosed transceiver, such as a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) tag. Structurally, in one embodiment, the tag comprises an integrated circuit (IC) chip, and an RF antenna mounted on a thin film substrate powered by a thin film battery. A variety of... Agent: William J. Bethurum, Esquire

20080129511 - Rfid tag and antenna: The present invention relates to an RFID Tag and Antenna for use with an RFID tag and a method of radio frequency identification (RFID). The RFID Tag comprises a RFID chip 5 for storing data, an antenna 6 and an electromagnetic band gap substrate 12. The RFID chip 5 and... Agent: Stites & Harbison Pllc

20080129514 - Molded plastic container and preform having insert-molded rfid tag: An RFID assembly includes a base having a peripheral wall, an RFID inlay including an RFID tag disposed within the peripheral wall, and a disk having a periphery engaged by the peripheral wall to capture the inlay between the base and the disk within the peripheral wall. One of the... Agent: Owens-illinois, Inc.

20080129516 - Checkable seat occupancy sensor: A seat sensor comprises at least two switching elements which are connected in series between two connection lines, each of said connection lines comprising a first end for connecting said connection line to a control unit and a second end. Said at least two switching elements are interconnected by means... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080129517 - Control system with alarm: A control system for use with a medical device implanted within a patient. The system is included within a control circuit connected to a medical device and when said control circuit detects at least one error with the medical device or patient, the controller activates at least one audible alarm... Agent: Mccarter & English , LLP Stamford Office

20080129518 - Method and system for fall detection: A fall detection system includes a wearable monitoring device that monitors the movement of a person. The device monitors a sensor and detects variation from the normal range and duration thereof. The system determines whether the wearer has fallen through an algorithmic analysis technique using parameters to evaluate the accelerations... Agent: Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.a.

20080129515 - Procedure for the identification and monitoring of animals through the use of electronic identification devices (transponders): Procedure for the identification and monitoring of animals through the use of electronic identification devices (transponders). It comprises the steps of inserting the transponder inside the peritoneal cavity of the animal; identifying and collecting information on the animal by means of sensors; and, once the animal has been slaughtered, recovering... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080129519 - Multi-sensor baby care monitoring system: A multi-sensor baby care monitoring system includes a wetness sensor configured to generate a first signal relating to an occurrence of a wetness event relative to a wetness containment device, such as a diaper. The monitoring system further includes a human life sensor configured to generate a second signal relating... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080129521 - Broadcast receiver and method of controlling the same: A broadcast receiver which outputs a warning signal when the amount of remaining battery power is insufficient to perform a scheduled operation of a broadcast program, and a method of controlling an operation of the broadcast receiver, are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes identifying broadcast information of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080129520 - Electronic device with enhanced audio feedback: An electronic device that provides audio feedback is disclosed. The audio feedback can assist a user with usage of the electronic device. Audio characteristics of the audio feedback can pertain to one or more events or condition associated with the electronic device. The events or conditions can vary depending on... Agent: Beyer Law Group LLP/apple Inc.

20080129522 - Battery systems with embedded cell monitors: A battery pack is disclosed. The battery pack includes a battery cell and a cell monitor. The cell monitor is embedded in the battery cell and is operable for monitoring the battery cell and for generating an alert signal indicative of a predetermined condition of the battery cell.... Agent: Patent Prosecution O2mirco , Inc.

20080129523 - Portable overvoltage sensor for sensing overvoltage of an electrical device during manufacturing: Methods and systems for sensing overvoltage in an electrical circuit are provided. In one implementation, an overvoltage sensor is provided that includes a first connector operable to be connected to a second connector of a provided electrical circuit, in which the second connector includes a first lead connected to a... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20080129524 - Tap change operation monitoring apparatus for on-load tap changer: It is intended to provide a tap change operation monitoring apparatus for an on-load tap changer which can employ relatively simple and low-cost torque sensing means by mitigating an accuracy requirement with regard to detecting a starting time of tap change operation, acquire torque waveform data concerning tap change operation... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080129525 - Detecting hazardous conditions in underground environments: A method of detecting hazardous conditions within an underground environment can include obtaining acceleration information at a plurality of communication nodes distributed throughout the underground environment and propagating the acceleration information among selected ones of the plurality of communication nodes to an analysis node. An indication of a hazardous condition... Agent: Cuenot & Forsythe, L.l.c.

20080129526 - Device and method for protecting an electronic appliance in critical motion conditions, in particular in case of fall: A device for protecting an electronic apparatus includes: a motion-detection device, for supplying at least one alert signal in response to conditions of motion of the protection device; a counter; a first logic circuit, for incrementing the counter in the presence of a first value of the alert signal, in... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080129527 - Operation system and method of notifying system operation information of same: A treatment instrument output data analysis section includes a probe ID extraction section, an output waveform extraction section, a data analysis section and an analysis result output section. The analysis result output section of the treatment instrument output data analysis section can display on a centralized display panel a synthetic... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080129528 - Apparatus and method for guided tour: A portable processing device includes visual and audio data related to one or more locations and provides presentations related to those locations in which the audio and visual information are presented in synchronization.... Agent: James W. Wiegand

20080129529 - User interface for electronic devices: A user interface for an electronic device, the interface comprising first and second parts arranged for relative displacement, said first part comprising a magnet and said second part comprising a first hall effect sensor for sensing a displacement of said magnet along a first axis and a second hall effect... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080129530 - Children's playland: An inflatable playland for a child is disclosed, as are different embodiments relating to same. The playland may be designed to emulate different objects, and preferably allows for a child to play on or within same. A module or other device is also included to allow the playland to play... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080129531 - Mobile communication terminal: A mobile communication terminal which includes a plurality of lights, apparatus for controlling the activation of the lights, apparatus for storing a number of sequences of activation of the lights, and apparatus for assigning one of the stored sequences of the activation of the lights to a particular event in... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080129532 - System and method for activating a mobile device: A mobile device includes a function module and a triggering arrangement generating a signal to activate the function module in response to detecting a triggering condition. The triggering condition is at least one of a change in an orientation of the device and a time relative to a previous activation... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20080129533 - Method and system for communicating over neutral power lines: A method and system for communicating over neutral power lines is provided wherein the neutral power line is isolated from the ground line and other connections, such as with transformers, by using a plurality of ferrites. The ferrites are positioned between the connections to the neutral line and the outputs... Agent: Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

20080129534 - Method and device for localizing anomalies located inside a hollow structure located on bare ground and/or buried: The invention relates to a method of externally locating anomalies inside a hollow structure which is positioned on and/or below the ground (PL), wherein said anomalies have been previously detected by a device (RTE) moving inside the hollow structure and positioned by counting a series of reference marks from an... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080129537 - Data communication protocol in an automatic meter reading system: Automatic meter reading (AMR) systems and methods in which readers communicate with endpoints interfaced to utility meters. In operation, the reader and the endpoint communicate with one another via radio frequency (RF) communication according to a communication protocol. Aspects of the invention are directed to packetization, command and control, and... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.a.

20080129536 - Forward throw antenna utility meter: Systems and methods are provided for a utility meter assembly comprising: a plurality of meter components configured for measuring and collecting data, wherein the meter components include a transceiver operative for signal communications over a network; a faceplate, configured such that meter reading information is displayed on the front of... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080129535 - Method and apparatus for implementing automatic display of help information with detection of error condition for meter connection: A method and apparatus are provided for implementing automatic display of assistance information in a data collection computer system. A predefined port is monitored to detect the connection of a meter. When a meter connection is identified and the meter is not communicating properly, assistance information is automatically displayed for... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080129538 - Electronic electric meter for networked meter reading: An electronic electric meter for use in a networked automatic meter reading environment. The electric meter retrofits into existing meter sockets and is available for new meter installations for both single phase and three phase electric power connections. The electric meter utilizes a modular design which allows the interface modules... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080129540 - System, method and device for communicating information external to a vehicle: A digital display system for communicating text and graphical information external to a vehicle includes a display assembly which is connected to a first source of electrical power capable of operating the display assembly. A control assembly is integrally mounted within a periphery of a sun visor body and connected... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080129539 - Vehicle surrounding monitoring system and vehicle surrounding monitoring method: A vehicle surrounding monitoring system includes an image-capturing portion, a storage portion, a display-image generation portion, and a display portion. The image-capturing portion captures the image of at least a portion of the area surrounding the vehicle. The storage portion stores the image captured by the image-capturing portion. The display-image... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080129541 - Black ice detection and warning system: A black ice detection system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor disposed at the vehicle and having a forward field of view in a direction of forward travel of the vehicle and a control operable to process images captured by the imaging sensor and operable to detect and discern... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20080129542 - Structure of traffic light: An improved structure of traffic light is mainly to install in a signal box at least one illuminant unit, which is a square or round lantern composed of a plurality of LED lamps arrayed in matrix or honeycomb. And, the LED lamps comprised in the illuminant unit are in monochrome... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080129543 - Portable traffic signaling device: A portable traffic signaling apparatus for controlling the flow of traffic when standard traffic signals are rendered inoperable is provided. The portable traffic signaling system can include portable light boxes, a removable solar panel, removable arm brackets, a vertical mast comprising of an upper portion, middle portion and a lower... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20080129544 - Method of controlling a driving maneuver: p

20080129545 - System and method for determining the entry or exit lane of vehicles passing into or from a vehicle lot using tag interrogator and rssi: A system determines the entry or exit lane of vehicles passing through a vehicle gate that has a plurality of vehicle lanes through which vehicles enter or exit. A tag interrogator is positioned at a predetermined location of the vehicle gate and emits a signal containing a tag interrogator ID.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.a.

20080129546 - Monopulse traffic sensor and method: A method and system for determining a position of a vehicle within a field of view using a traffic sensor are provided. This involves (a) mounting the traffic sensor at a fixed location relative to a road; (b) modulating a microwave signal to produce a periodic time-varying modulated signal; (c)... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080129547 - Vehicle emergency call device and vehicle emergency call system: A vehicle emergency call device includes a position information receiving unit, a positioning unit, a position information storing unit, and a control unit. The position information receiving unit obtains first position information from a navigation system. The positioning unit obtains second position information by performing computation using positioning assist information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080129548 - System and method for identifying vehicles and collecting fees for vehicle uses of land-ways, sea-ways and air-ways: A method for identifying and tracking vehicles and for monitoring vehicular regulatory compliance and collecting vehicle related fees includes the steps of implanting a plurality of passive bar-code or active transponder-type signaling devices on every vehicle, including cars, boats and aircrafts, registered in the United States, Canada and Mexico and... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP