General Electric Company

Nbcuniversal Media, LLC

Utc Fire & Security Americas Corporation, Inc.

Lockheed Martin Corporation

Ge Medical Systems

Catherine Mary Graichen

Jenny Marie Weisenberg

Paul Edward Cuddihy

Meena Ganesh

Vrinda Rajiv

Corey Nicholas Bufi

Michael Shane Wilkinson

Zhaohui Harry Sun

Budhaditya Deb

Anthony James Hoogs

Anthony Christopher Anderson

Roderic Greene Collins

Aaron Shaw Markham

Robert Arvin Hedeen

Vinay Bhaskar Jammu

Kai F Goebel

Rasiklal Punjalal Shah

Brock Estel Osborn

Fernando Javier D'Amato

Andreas Kirchner

Ramu Sharat Chandra

Paul Stephen Manicke

Soumen De

Timothy Lee Johnson

Christopher Reynolds Hammond

Mark Mitchell Kornfein

Mahesh Amritlal Morjaria

Mark David Osborn

Cecil M Daniel

William James Sumner

James Patrick Quaile

Aidan Thomas Cardella

Larry R Handler

Robert John McElligott

Jieqian Cathy Chen

Arnim Smolenski

Raymond Louis Nicolia, Jr

Lucille Anna Feher

Joseph Charles Zambito

Allen Anthony Klassen

Aurélie Bureau

Jenny Marie Weisenberg Williams

Amey Sudhakar Joshi

Sreevidya Sambasivan

Ernest Joseph Waldron

Michael Robert Dometita

Aurelie Bureau

Viktor Weimer

A method for building a model-based control solution is disclosed. The method includes obtaining, via a model-based control definition sub-unit, a first set of component models from a component model library and defining, via the model-based control definition sub-unit, a system model by interconnecting the first set of component models. Also, the method includes obtaining, via the model-based control definition sub-unit, a first model-based analytic algorithm from a model-based analytic algorithm library and associating, via the model-based control definition sub-unit, the first model-based analytic algorithm with the system model to generate the model-based control solution.

Systems and methods for building a model-based control solution

A method and system for identifying a source of a copied work that in one embodiment includes obtaining at least some portions of a reference work, collecting at least some portions of the suspect work, matching the suspect work with the reference work, wherein the matching includes temporally aligning one or more frames of the reference work and the suspect work, spatially aligning frames of the reference work and the suspect work, and detecting forensic marks in the suspect work by spatiotemporal matching with the reference work.

System and method for forensic analysis of media works

A security system to identify a true door forced open alarm is provided. The security system includes an electronic entry means configured to allow access through a door. The security system also includes a request to exit device configured to indicate a request to exit the door. The security system also includes a logic unit configured to control access through the door and determine whether an open state of the door is allowed.

Security access control system and method for making same

A Monitoring and Diagnostics System is provided, which includes a monitoring unit and a monitored unit remotely located from the monitoring unit. The System also includes communication means between the monitoring unit and the monitored unit. The monitored unit includes data acquisition means for providing fault data of the monitored unit and the communication means are adapted to communicate the fault data from the monitored unit to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit includes a rules engine having a set of expert rules for analyzing the information contained in the fault data and being adapted to deduce diagnostics information from the rules and from the information. In addition, a communication method for communicating between a first Programmable Logic Controller and a second Programmable Logic Controller or a central unit is provided, in which a description file is provided.

Automatic remote monitoring and diagnostics system

The present invention provides a means by which the reliability of communication between any RFID reader and tag in an RFID system is improved by using an 'interleaved parity' algorithm. The improved reliability is obtained by computing, on one RFID device, an interleaved parity code for a message, sending the message with the code from the RFID device, receiving the message on the other RFID device which computes another interleaved parity code for the received message. The two parity codes are compared and if the codes are the same, the message can be parsed and interpreted. If the codes indicate that one bit of the message is incorrect, the incorrect bit is corrected and the message is parsed and interpreted. Otherwise, a request for a new message is sent to the RFID device, and, if appropriate, an indication of two erroneous bits is also sent.

RFID protocol for improved tag-reader communications integrity

A system and method for identifying a change in walking speed of a person is provided. The system comprises a plurality of sensors disposed in various rooms of a structure. The system may also include a processor-based system that may receive signals representative of the motion and/or location of the person from the sensors. The system may establish and store a travel time for a path traveled by the person through the structure based on the signals representative of the motion and/or location of the person. The system may identify at least one path from among various travel paths traveled by the person through the structure as having a consistent travel time over a period of time. The system also identifies a change in the person's walking speed by identifying changes in the travel time for the at least one path traveled by the person through the structure.

System and method for measuring and reporting changes in walking speed

An access monitoring and control system is provided. The access monitoring and control system includes a sensing device configured to collect data points regarding at least one of movement of a person through an access portal and a state of the access portal and a processing unit configured to receive the data points from the sensing device and to form activity clusters from the data points based upon similar patterns of inactive or active behaviors.

Access monitoring and control system and method

A system and method for identifying a change in walking speed of a person is provided. The system comprises a plurality of sensors disposed in various rooms of a structure. The sensors are operable to provide a signal representative of motion and/or the location of the person within the structure. The system may also include a processor-based system that may receive signals representative of the motion and/or location of the person from the sensors. The processor-based system may establish a travel time for a path traveled by the person through the structure based on the signals representative of the motion and/or location of the person and may store the travel time within the processor-based system. The processor-based system may identify at least one path traveled by the person through the structure from among various travel paths traveled by the person through the structure as having a consistent travel time over a period of time. The processor-based system also identifies a change in the person's walking speed by identifying changes in the travel time for the at least one path traveled by the person through the structure. The system may alert the person or a caregiver to inform them of the change in walking speed identified by the system.

A technique is provided for designing and evaluating service models for components, functions, subsystems and field replaceable units in a complex machine system. At a component or item level, each model identifies various items, failure modes, and so forth which may be the root cause of anticipated serviceable events or faults. The design tools permit numerous interfaces to be used in the design of service models, and in the evaluation of the degree to which the models address detectability and isolation capabilities for the root causes of serviceable events and faults.

Complex system serviceability design evaluation method and apparatus

A system and method for monitoring whether a resident is away from home or inactive within the home. A sensor, which includes a transmitter, a processor, a timer, and a detector, watches for motion to occur within a home. Upon sensing motion, the sensor sends a first signal indicative of the motion if the timer is not currently running and waits for the motion to end. If the timer already is running, the timer is restarted at zero. Upon expiration of a predetermined timing period, the sensor transmits a second signal indicative of inactivity. By comparing the timing of the second signal and the predetermined timing period, with a third signal sent by an exterior door sensor, a determination can be made whether the resident has left the home or is inactive within the home. The system includes a database, a CPU and State Model for determining the activity state of a home.

System and method for determining whether a resident is at home or away

A method, system and computer product for estimating a remaining equipment life is provided. Data are collected relating to the parameters. The data are stored and integrated. Then, the remaining equipment life is estimated using the integrated data.

Method, system and computer product for estimating a remaining equipment life

System, method and computer product for performing automated predictive reliability. A data acquisition component acquires service data for a complex system from a data repository. A statistical analysis component generates a statistical model for the service data. A simulation component predicts the reliability of the complex system according to the statistical model. An alert generation component generates alerts when predicted failures determined by the simulation component exceed predetermined alert criteria. A report generation component generates a summary of the analysis performed in the data acquisition, statistical analysis and alert generation components.

System, method and computer product for performing automated predictive reliability

A system and method for monitoring the activities of a resident living independently to distinguish normal activity from unusual activity. A variety of sensors distributed around the home collect data on activity in the home. The data is communicated to a remote monitoring center and collated in a database according to applicable time slots. The time slots for a twenty-four hour cycle are at least three and can be as many as forty-eight or more. Historical activity time lines are created and a buffer time is added to and offset from the maximum historical activity time line. If a new data point comes in that exceeds both the maximum historical activity time line and the buffer time, an alert is issued indicating the activity is unusual.

System and method for determining periods of interest in home of persons living independently

This disclosure describes a system and method for providing efficiency and cost analysis for a power generation unit. The system of this disclosure includes a current condition data acquisition logic that acquires a plurality of current condition variables for the power generation unit. A design constants acquisition logic acquires a plurality of design constants for the power generation unit; and an analysis logic calculates a operational efficiency of the power generation unit. The method provides efficiency and cost analysis for a power generation unit. The method includes the steps of acquiring a plurality of current condition variables for the power generation unit, and acquiring a plurality of design constants for said power generation unit. With the current condition variables and design constants, the method calculates an operational efficiency of the power generation unit.

System and method for providing efficiency and cost analysis during steam path audits

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Malta, NY, United States of America

Catherine Mary Graichen