A method of controlling a gas furnace system includes controlling a motor of a draft inducer coupled to a conduit to increase a speed of the motor from a stopped condition in response to a call for heat, and receiving pressure signals output by a pressure transducer responsive to pressure in the conduit. Signals indicating whether a pressure switch responsive to pressure in the conduit is in a first state or a second state are received. A first status of the pressure transducer is determined based on the received pressure signals from the pressure transducer and the signals indicating whether the pressure switch is in the first state or the second state. The method includes continuing to operate the motor when the first status does not indicate that the pressure transducer is unreliable, and stopping the motor when the first status indicates that the pressure transducer is unreliable.

A power supply control device for a communication network includes: a monitoring module (11) and N voltage-adjustable Direct Current/Direct Current (DC/DC) modules (121, 122 . . . 12N). The monitoring module is configured to detect circuit data of each of power supply circuits (1,2, . . . i), compare the circuit data with each other, calculate an average value, analyse required output circuit data of each of the power supply circuits, and transmit the required output circuit data of the power supply circuits to respective the voltage-adjustable DC/DC modules. The voltage-adjustable DC/DC modules are configured to receive the required output circuit data of the power supply circuits, and adjust output voltages of the power supply circuits according to the output circuit data. Output ends of all of the voltage-adjustable DC/DC modules are connected in parallel to supply power to a subordinate electro-load. Also disclosed is a power supply control method for the communication network.

In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to determine proximity to fluid flow regime transition zones at a location in an internal fluid flow based on weighting function values in a continuous parameter space associated with the location, and physical parameter values associated with the fluid flow at the location that are determined by at least one of measurement or simulation. Further activity may include operating a controlled device based on the proximity to a selected one of fluid flow regimes defined by the fluid flow regime transition zones. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

In one embodiment, a particular state of a body is sensed. In response to the sensing, at least one action is taken to modulate a projected adverse interaction between the body or a portion thereof and at least one object in the environment of the body.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable 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 least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable 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 least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable 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

An operation management method for machine tools is provided for collectively managing a plurality of events generated by a series of events. The operation management method for the machine tools includes a collecting step of monitoring an operation state of the machine tools, and collecting events that are generated by operations thereof, and a grouping step of dividing into a plurality of groups a collected plurality of the events and storing the same in a storage medium. In the grouping step, at each time that a mode which is set in the machine tools is switched, one event or two or more events that are generated during the set mode are grouped together and stored.

A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive sensor configured to sense changes in a capacitance signal in response to proximity of a body. A dielectric member can be provided between the capacitive sensor and the body to enhance an output signal from the sensor.

A system includes a manual tool data system having a manual tool data monitoring system configured to monitor one or more manual tools, a manual tool data acquisition system configured to acquire data corresponding to one or more operational parameters of the one or more manual tools, a manual tool data analysis system configured to analyze the data acquired by the manual tool data acquisition system, and a manual tool messaging system configured to generate messages based on the data analyzed by the manual tool data analysis system.

A method and a system are disclosed for detecting, isolating and estimating a degradation of a corresponding component of an actuator controlled by an actuator command signal, the method comprising obtaining a control signal of the actuator; obtaining a signal indicative of a displacement of the actuator; computing an envelope of admissible values for the displacement of the actuator; determining if the displacement of the actuator is outside the computed envelope and in the case where the displacement of the actuator is outside the computed enveloped computing an estimation of each parameter and state of the actuator; identifying at least one corresponding parameter responsible for causing the actuator displacement to be outside the computer envelope and providing an indication of the at least one corresponding parameter.

A greenhouse information automatic monitoring method, adopting a multi-sensor system, using binocular vision multi-function cameras combining with a laser ranging sensor and an infrared temperature measuring sensor, realizing online patrol monitoring of greenhouse crop comprehensive information of image and infrared temperature characteristics of plant nutrition, water, pest and disease damage as well as plant crown width, plant height, fruit and growth characteristics. The multi-sensor system is mounted on a suspension slide platform and combines with a lifting mechanism and an electric control rotation pan-tilt, such that not only accurate positioning and stationary point detection in the detection travelling direction can be realized, but also multi-sensor information patrol detection at different detection distances, different top view fields and different detection angles is realized.

The present disclosure relates to monitoring processes. A processor creates a numerical representation of a nominal operation of the process. The processor then encrypts the numerical representation using homomorphic encryption to determine an encrypted numerical representation that blocks access to the numerical representation but allows calculations on the numerical representations. The processor proceeds by creating smart contracts on a blockchain platform using the encrypted numerical representation as a first input to the calculations of the smart contract. Next, the processor attempts execution of the smart contract using the current operation of the process as a second input to the calculations of the smart contract. The execution of the smart contract generates an output result by performing the calculations on the encrypted numerical representations. Based on the output of the execution of the smart contract, the processor finally determines that the current operation is outside the nominal operation.