Dow Agrosciences LLC

Other

Best Power Technology, Inc.

Ecolab USA Inc.

Pepsico, Inc.

Pensar Corporation

Richard V Baxter, Jr

Douglas K Brune

Edward Gerard Beistle

Marc S Black

Phillip J Howard

Christopher J Siler

Uriel Kluk

Mike P Tolley

Brian M Schneider

Nailah Orr

Christopher J Voglewede

Peter N Scherer

Paul W Borth

Douglas C Folts

Andrew David Nelson

William J Black

Timothy W Bethuy

Frederick A Stich

Donald K Zahrte, Sr

David L Layden

Neil A Spomer

Thomas G Hubert

Joseph Todd Piatnik

Robert W Colburn

Michael K Hanson

Nathaniel Welch

William J Hazen

Robert F Bourke

Jeffrey C Thon

Fred E Nobile

J Stephen Doty

Juan M Medina

David R Ellingson

Terrance D Paul

Jeffrey D Nagle

A device, system, and method of controlling pests are disclosed. The system includes an active infrared sensor including infrared emitters and photodetectors. The active infrared sensor is configured to determine an active infrared signature for a monitored space, determine whether the active infrared signature is outside a predetermined window in relation to a baseline signature, and activate a controller in response to determining that the active infrared signature is outside the window. The controller is configured to perform a pest control action in response to activation. The pest control action may include notifying a remote system. The active infrared sensor may be included in a housing having a first opening, a second opening, and a passage sized to receive an insect. The active infrared sensor may be coupled to the housing such that the active infrared sensor is positioned to illuminate part of the passage.

Adaptive active infrared sensor hardware and software in the detection of pests with pest detection station

A pest control device comprising a capacitive sensor array including a plurality of sensor pads, the capacitive sensor array being configured to generate an electrical output signal indicating the state of each sensor pad, and an electronic controller electrically connected to the capacitive sensor array, the electronic controller including a processor and a memory including a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: receive the electrical output signals from the capacitive sensor array, determine a measured capacitance value for each sensor pad based on each electrical output signal, calculate a baseline for each sensor pad based on the measured capacitance value of the sensor pad, determine whether a difference between the measured capacitance value of at least one sensor pad and its corresponding baseline exceeds a first predetermined threshold, update a counter when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded, and record an event indicative of a presence of a pest when the counter exceeds a predetermined limit.

Pest control system and method of operating same

A pest control device system includes a plurality of pest control devices and a data collector. The system may further include the data collector in the form of a gateway that is connected to a data management server via a computer network along with other gateways in corresponding pest control device groups. Each pest control device includes a pest sensor and a wireless communication circuit to transmit information from the corresponding sensor. The devices also configure to define a local wireless communication network that can relay the information from one to the next and ultimately to the data collector.

Networked pest control system

A beverage dispensing system includes a beverage dispenser which forms and dispenses a beverage and a processor for monitoring the beverage dispenser. The beverage dispenser operates under various parameters including a first parameter that is indicative of the quality of the beverage to be dispensed and a second parameter that is indicative as to when routine maintenance is to be scheduled. The processor monitors the various parameters under which the beverage dispenser operates and determines whether the first parameter is outside of a predetermined range. If the first parameter is outside the predetermined range, the processor sends a signal regarding a request for immediate repair service. The second parameter is also monitored and the routine maintenance is scheduled based thereon.

Beverage quality and communications control for a beverage forming and dispensing system

An apparatus and method are provided for measuring and controlling the amount of UV light exposure for tanning purposes. The UV light is measured using a photo diode to produce an analog signal with a strength corresponding to the intensity of the UV light emitted. A microprocessor converts the signal to a digital quantity and integrates the digital quantity over time to determine the accumulated amount of UV light emitted. The quantity of instantaneous or accumulated UV light emitted can be displayed. The accumulated UV light exposure can also be used to control the operation of the UV light bulbs.

Digital tanning monitor

A back-up uninterruptible power system has a power supply path from input terminals connected to AC power system lines to normally supply power to a load. Upon the occurrence of a line fault, a static switch in the power supply path interrupts the connection between the AC power lines and the load and an inverter is turned on to provide power derived from an auxiliary battery through a transformer to the power supply path to supply AC power to the load. By using the static switch, switching from line connection to backup power can be done quickly, within a half cycle, so that substantially no interruption of the output waveform is observed. The inverter can be operated to provide a commutation pulse to the SCRs in the static switch to commutate an SCR which might otherwise continue conducting after the triggering signals to the gates are cut off and before the inverter supplies the AC power to the load. A relay connected between the input terminals and the static switch is controlled to open relay contacts after the static switch has interrupted the current flow to the load, thereby providing positive electrical isolation of the AC power system from the uninterruptible power system while allowing the mechanical relay contacts to switch only during times of no current. Line fault detection is carried out by creating a digital waveform composed of an average of prior cycles of the AC input waveform, converting the stored waveform to an analog signal, and comparing it with the present input signal in phase lock therewith to detect deviation of the input signal from the reference waveform.

Back-up uninterruptible power system

As a rotary member is rotated, light images are produced in a radial direction from the rotary member. The light images are produced in time or position division multiplexed fashion so that, although at any given instant, only a portion of an entire image is actually generated, due to the light persistence of an observer's eye, the observer will observe an entire image about the rotary member.

Means and method for producing an optical illusion

A method and apparatus are disclosed for use with a battery powered inverter for powering a load through a ferroresonant transformer. The current flow through the inverter-ferroresorant transformer is sensed and is utilized to modulate the inverter's pulse width at a point, after a peak voltage but before saturation begins, when the slope of the inverter-ferroresonant transformer current with respect to time is at or near zero. A maximum current limiting feature can be provided in the method and apparatus of the present invention.

Method and apparatus for modulating inverter pulse width

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Richard V Baxter, Jr