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7569780 Sensing RF and EM interference of a force-measuring device and adjusting operation accordingly  
A force-measuring device ( 100 ) with at least one housing ( 20 ) has an interior space and at least one force-measuring cell ( 110 ) installed therein. At least one parameter characterizing an...
7567184 Method for establishing the occupation of a vehicle seat  
The invention relates to a method for differentiating between people and other objects on vehicle seats, by recording and evaluating the pressure distribution caused on the seat by said people and...
7567181 Child cushion monitor apparatus  
A child cushion monitor apparatus provided in two embodiments, a seat insert and a pillow, each providing for detection of occupancy. Each embodiment further provides for temperature sensing and...
7561034 Vehicle load warning system  
A load warning system for use with a vehicle having a load-support portion, a frame, and a vehicle-support portion movably coupled to the frame. The system has an engagement portion mountable to...
7557719 Patient monitor pressure pad with effective date warning alarm  
A patient monitor pressure pad having a time sensor and alarm circuit that produces an audible or visible alarm output to alert facility care staff that the effective life of the pressure pad is...
7557718 Lack of patient movement monitor and method  
A lack of patient movement monitor and method. The monitor and method patient support includes a plurality of sensors located beneath a patient support to determine movement of a patient. An alarm...
7551068 Vehicle seat alert system  
An alerting element for use with occupant seating to alert a seat occupant with a haptic and/or audible sensation. The alerting element being suitable for use with any type of seat, including...
7522057 System and method for non intrusive monitoring of “at-risk” individuals  
Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring one or more humans while maintaining the privacy of those individuals. The system includes one or more activity pickups that create one or more...
7518068 Weight sensing apparatus and methods for inventory control  
Systems and methods for automatically reordering parts are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a tray adapted to support parts, and a resilient member operatively engaged with the tray...
7515059 Patient support surface with physiological sensors  
A patient support surface comprises a cover defining an interior region, a modifiable support layer situated in the interior region and having at least one air bladder, and a sensor layer situated...
7504938 Security system and monitoring method using power line communication technology  
A pressure sensor portion includes a plurality of pressure sensors arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns inside a pressure-sensor-equipped carpet. The pressure sensor portion...
7466237 Door suicide alarm  
A door alarm system is provided which activates an alarm when a door (such as the door to the patient's room, a bathroom door within the patient room, etc.) is closed with something (such as a...
7466217 System for determining abandonment of child in unattended vehicle  
A system for signaling that a person is in an vehicle is provided and includes a power source, a processing unit including a counter, a state monitoring unit configured to monitor an internal...
7465139 Safety device in the sheet feeder  
A safety device with two conveying systems in the sheet feeder of a machine, capable of processing a sheet-shaped material. An objective of the invention is to construct a generic sheet feeder for...
7463161 Child restraint system with child seat monitoring system and method for monitoring a child seat  
A child restraint system with a child seat monitoring system and a method for monitoring a child seat are provided. The child restraint system is adapted to be mounted within a vehicle. The child...
7446668 Vehicle occupant sensing system having a low profile sensor assembly  
A low profile sensor assembly for use in a vehicle occupant sensing system that comprises a base, an upper slide member, and at least one intermediate guide member. Also disclosed is a low profile...
7437787 Load-cell based hospital bed control  
A system for monitoring a patient on a hospital bed includes load cells and a controller for detecting patient movement on, exit from, and impending exit from the hospital bed, including movement...
7436315 Passenger detection system  
A passenger detection system for detecting a sitting of a passenger on a seat of a vehicle has a capacitive passenger detection electrode which is embedded in the seat to detect the sitting, a...
7434459 Context acquisition based on load sensing  
Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the...
7417561 Acoustic or pneumatic pulse transfer system for event counting  
An event sensing component includes a housing, wherein the housing includes a first tube that is provided along an entire length of the housing, and a second tube that is provided along the entire...
7403127 Device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container  
A device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container is provided, to indicate the fill level in a container and exhibiting a best possible, optimum fit for an...
7385520 Child restraint system comprising weight sensor  
A child restraint system for transporting a child within an automotive vehicle includes a weight sensor for determining the weight of the child and compares the child's weight to a recommended...
7378975 Method and apparatus for mitigating the risk of pressure sores  
There is provided herein a sensor/monitor combination designed to reduce the risk of pressure ulcer occurrence in immobile patients, wherein the level of patient activity is tracked to determine...
7362226 Control system, surface, and control device  
The present invention provides a control system including: plural wireless measuring units, each of which, when receiving a radio signal, uses the signal as an energy source to measure a physical...
7358861 Electronic floor display with alerting  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic floor display system with an alerting feature to encourage persons standing near or on the floor display system to look down and observe...
7351145 Method and apparatus for accumulating betting data in games of chance  
A gaming method and apparatus enabling a casino to track the average amount that a player bets at a gaming table, the total amount of player bets at a gaming table (handle) and the players win/loss...
7333023 Occupant classification system and method  
A system for classifying an occupant located on a vehicle seat comprising a controller configured to receive signals from a plurality of sensors for detecting the vertical forces on the seat. The...
7332679 Weighing device equipped with power supply mechanism having fixed section and movable section  
A weighing section includes a plurality of weighing members and a power supply mechanism. The weighing members weigh an object while moving. The power supply mechanism includes a fixed section, a...
7331071 Method and apparatus for detecting the presence or absence of a person on a flexible support  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing when a person is disposed on or arises from a support that flexes or sags when a person is disposed thereon. Such supports include beds, supports for...
7330127 Force optimization surface apparatus and method  
A support surface includes a cover defining an interior region, a mattress core located in the interior region, and a force sensor located in the interior region.
7317392 Apparatus for occupant detection  
An apparatus for occupant detection in a vehicle, including a dielectric substrate with a reference plane, and a plurality of electrodes forming a capacitive array on said dielectric substrate and...
7295110 Locking storage device and method of depositing and removing an object in/from said device  
The invention relates to a locking storage device in which objects are deposited for the later removal thereof. The inventive device consists of: at least one safe-deposit box ( 2 ) which is...
7289035 Seat folding apparatus with a passive radio frequency link and foreign object detection system  
A seat folding apparatus is provided with a passive Rf frequency link that requires that a person be within a certain limited distance from the vehicle to operate the seat folding mechanism. A...
7289034 Sensor drive control method and sensor-equipped radio terminal device  
A radio terminal device realizing reduced power consumption and prompt detection of detection object by using a first sensor and a second sensor whose ON/OFF states are opposite and whose...
7271730 Occupant determination apparatus and occupant determination method  
An occupant determination apparatus and an occupant determination method accurately determine a size of an occupant, with a simple configuration where a plurality of electrodes are arranged on one...
7271712 Vehicle seatbelt usage sensing apparatus and method for generating and transmitting a seatbelt warning signal  
A seatbelt usage sensing apparatus for use with a vehicle which includes a seat assembly, an occupant sensor, a seatbelt sensor, and a warning signal generator. The seat assembly includes a seat...
7256358 Electronic scale with overload indication on display screen  
An electronic scale comprising a display screen for digitally displaying the weight of an object, a processing device for controlling the scale and the display screen, wherein the display screen...
7253366 Exit alarm for a hospital bed triggered by individual load cell weight readings exceeding a predetermined threshold  
A system for monitoring a patient on a hospital bed includes load cells and a controller for detecting patient movement on, exit from, and impending exit from the hospital bed, including movement...
7239950 Passenger detection device  
A passenger detection device for a vehicle is provided with multiple load sensors, each of which detects a load on a seat of the vehicle within a predetermined detection range of the load sensor,...
7239724 Security identification system and method  
An identification system ( 10 ) of the present invention is used at airport terminals, bus stations, government buildings, and the like. The identification system ( 10 ) includes a controller ( 26...
7233239 Method and apparatus for detecting improper installation of child seat in a vehicle  
A method and apparatus for detecting an improperly installed auxiliary child seat of the type that is secured in a motor vehicle by the seatbelt, and providing an alert to a vehicle operator in the...
7230530 Child seat safety system for vehicles  
A vehicle safety system includes independently operable child location determining mechanism that has a sound wave emitting module nested therein and care giver location determining mechanism for...
7205903 Interactive and dynamic electronic floor advertising/messaging display  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a floor display system comprising a floor covering and an electronic display device associated with the floor covering. The electronic display device...
7205902 Vehicle occupant detection system  
In an occupant detection system, a determination section of an occupant detection ECU determines occupancy status of the seat based on loads applied to the seat. A power supply section of the ECU...
7161474 Device for classifying the seat occupancy in a motor vehicle  
A device for classifying the seat occupancy in a motor vehicle by which the accuracy in the detection of child seats may be increased is provided. The seats of the motor vehicle are each equipped...
7151455 Activating a data tag by load or orientation or user control  
Mechanically and reversibly activating or deactivating a radio frequency identification (RFID) data tag. An RFID tag includes an RFID chip for storing an RFID code, an antenna for communicating a...
7151452 Vehicle occupant sensing system  
A vehicle occupancy sensing system provides a mechanism for determining whether a child is present in a vehicle. The sensing system may determine that an occupied front or rear facing child seat is...
7135983 Occupant presence detection device  
The purpose of this invention is to sense the presence of a seated occupant in a vehicle such as an automobile, plane, train or bus, or in a room or location where it is desirable to detect if...
7132953 Spring sensor assembly for a vehicle seat cushion  
A sensor assembly for use in a vehicle seat cushion for detecting the presence of an occupant includes a first member defining an internal bore. A second member has a portion slidably disposed in...
7123157 Car-seat occupied baby-on-board indicator alarm  
With an infant or child placed in a child's car-seat in a motor vehicle, any rising of the driver from the driver's seat after the control apparatus of the invention has been energized, provides an...
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