A shock detector for determining the existence of a voltage gradient in a body of water, which may be remote from a structure and providing an alarm when the voltage gradient is a hazardous electrical condition that could injure or kill a person coming into contact with the body of water.

An energy detection warning device includes a housing. An electronic indication component is disposed within the housing. One or more sensors are disposed within the housing and are configured to detect an energized conductor present within a particular proximity of a location of the energy detection warning device, and detect a direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device. The direction is an approximate direction. The device also includes a microcontroller configured to: receive input from the one or more sensors, and actuate the electronic indication component, in response to receipt of the input, to indicate the direction in which the energized conductor is located with respect to the location of the energy detection warning device.

A leakage electromagnetic field sensing device that determines a level of interference of a leakage electromagnetic field includes a sensor probe configured to measure the intensity and frequency of the leakage electromagnetic field, the sensor probe sensing three-axis components of the intensity. A data processing module operatively coupled to the sensor probe includes a processor programmed to analyze the three-axis components of the leakage electromagnetic field intensity to determine an absolute magnitude of the leakage electromagnetic field intensity and calculate a safety factor output based on the absolute magnitude of the intensity and on the frequency of the leakage electromagnetic field that indicates a level of interference to operation of an electronic device caused by the leakage electromagnetic field. A display element in operable communication with the processor illuminates in one of a plurality of colors based on a value of the safety factor output.

A method for indicating a cycle of operation in a laundry treating appliance having a space that includes at least one electrically conductive element disposed in the space and coupled with a controller, the method includes producing in the at least one electrically conductive element the voltage or the current in reaction to the energized e-field apart from the article. Receiving in the controller a signal from the at least one electrically conductive element indicative of a value of a parameter associated with the voltage or the current of the at least one electrically conductive element. And, generating an indication, by the controller, indicative of a cycle of operation and wherein the indication increases or decreases in intensity proportional to the value of the parameter associated with the voltage or the current.

A measurement system for real-time visualization of radiation pattern is provided. The measurement system comprises an antenna array with a plurality of antennas configured to provide a voltage gain corresponding to a received radio signal. Furthermore, the measurement system comprises a plurality of radio frequency detectors configured to rectify the voltage gain from each antenna of the plurality of antennas. In addition, the measurement system comprises a plurality of amplifiers downstream of the plurality of radio frequency detectors configured to amplify the magnitude of a rectified voltage from each of the radio frequency detectors. The measurement system moreover comprises a plurality of receiving elements, each includes a light emitting diode and configured to receive an amplified voltage corresponding to each amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers.

The present invention relates to an array of smart sensors (system) that measure, in real-time, the combined radiofrequency electromagnetic energy at any given location, identifies the relative contribution of each energy source, and transmits the measured data wirelessly to a central database for performing data analytics. The collected data will be used to determine the degree of regulatory compliance of wireless network operators to various policies on human exposure limits.

Moreover, the invention will enable spectrum management applications, such as determining various cases of interference, identifying spectrum deployment compliance, and assessing the level of out-of-band emissions.

Finally, the data collected can be used to determine areas with excess electromagnetic energy and feed this information to the wireless network to reduce the transmit power of base stations in real-time as part of a Self-Optimized-Network (SON) system. This approach will significantly reduce the power consumption of the base station, enable more efficient energy use, and reduces the carbon footprint.

An electric field detector includes field detection circuitry configured to detect voltage in an electric field in an environment and configured to determine if the voltage meets or exceeds a voltage threshold. A warning module operably connected with the field detection circuitry is configured to provide a warning to operators in the environment. A communication module operably connected with the field detection circuitry communicates a warning notification to another electric field detector.

Provided is an electromagnetic radiation method and an apparatus for performing the same. The electromagnetic radiation apparatus includes a signal generator configured to generate a first electromagnetic signal configured with an uplink and a downlink and scale and radiate power of the first electromagnetic signal in order to evaluate the first electromagnetic signal as a second electromagnetic signal configured only with a downlink, and a radiation chamber in which cell containers configured with cells are arranged in a circle in order to evenly irradiate a scaled first electromagnetic signal to the cells.

A system and method used to detect voltage by an electric field detector on equipment is provided. The equipment includes a component which is configured to come into direct contact with, or come into proximity of, a conductor of electricity, and a control system which is in operative communication with the component. An electric field detector is provided on the equipment. The detector includes field detection circuitry configured to detect a voltage in an electric field in the environment which meets or exceeds a voltage threshold. When an overvoltage is detected by the electric field detector, the control system of the equipment is configured to act by performing one of 1) activating a warning module on the equipment and 2) causing the component of the equipment to act.

A method of determining electromagnetic exposure values for radiative compliance tests a transmitting device with multiple transmitters or antenna. The device transmits a first set of excitation signals that are chosen in advance. These signals are measured for their electromagnetic exposure values. A second set of excitation signals are then transmitted that are adaptively chosen based on result of a previous measurements of the first excitation signals. The second set of signals are also measured. From the measurements of the predetermined and adaptive signals, the electromagnetic exposure values of all possible transmitted signals are inferred.