A system for calling attention according to the present disclosure includes: at least one sensor configured to detect environmental information; a storage device in which condition data representing a condition under which a specific incident occurs is stored; determination means for determining a possibility of an occurrence of the specific incident based on a result of the detection by the sensor and the condition data stored in the storage device; and calling attention means for calling attention to a fact that there is the possibility of the occurrence of the specific incident, in which when the determination means determines that there is the possibility of the occurrence of the specific incident, the calling attention means calls attention to the fact that there is the possibility of the occurrence of the specific incident.

In a liquid level monitor for use with a liquid container of a liquid-consuming device, a light source transmits a light beam into the liquid container at a non-normal angle of incidence respective to a wall of the liquid container. A photodetector is positioned in the path of one of (i) the light beam after passing through the liquid container when the light beam is not refracted by liquid in the liquid container and (ii) the light beam after passing through the liquid container when the light beam is refracted by liquid in the liquid container. In another approach, the sensor for detecting empty includes a vibrator and a vibration sensor, and an electronic processor is programmed to determine whether the liquid container is empty of liquid based on the detected vibration of the liquid container.

A wristwatch-type notification apparatus that displays information by using indicating hands includes a display section that drives and rotates one or more of the plurality of indicating hands to notify a user of time information and a notification section that notifies the user of event information representing that a pre-specified condition is satisfied by moving, on the basis of a trigger produced in accordance with the event information, an indicating hand to a display position specified in accordance with the type of the event information associated with the trigger and causing the indicating hand to make reciprocating motion in the forward and reverse directions over a range including the display position.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for communicating with neighbors between floors for preventing and amicably solving disputes related to inconveniences such as the floor noise.

An inter-floor neighbor communication method according to an embodiment comprises (i) storing, by a server, identification information of users of terminal devices for inter-floor neighbor relationship of the users; (ii) receiving, from a first terminal device of a first user, the identification information of a second user who is a neighbor of the first user and with whom is selected for communication by the first user; (iii) communicatively connecting the first and the second terminal devices based on the identification information; and (iv) transmitting, by the server, current status information of the first user on inconvenience to the second terminal device of the second user.

A system and method for monitoring conditions associated with a smoke detection system, including: operating a smoke detection system to communicate data associated with at least one of the smoke detection system and a protected area, from one or more detector modules, to a display module, encoding the received data with the display module, generating a visual code from the received data with the display module, displaying the visual code in the display window of the display module, decoding the displayed visual code with a mobile device in wireless communication with the display module, and displaying the decoded data on the mobile device in a user-readable form.

This application is directed to user interfaces for displaying information associated with electronic devices. For instance, a client device may receive a request to open an application. The client device may then receive, from a network device, image data generated by one or more electronic devices. Using the image data, the client device may display one or more images represented by the image data on a user interface, where an individual image is associated with a respective electronic device. After a time period has elapsed, the client device may receive, from the network device, additional image data generated by the one or more electronic devices, where the additional image data represents one or more updated images. The client device may then display the one or more updated images, instead of the one or more images, using the user interface.

In a communication system comprising a first communication apparatus and a second communication apparatus, the first communication apparatus transmits a first notification for connection processing in short-range wireless communication during an operation in a first power mode, and transmits a second notification, different from the first notification, for the connection processing in the short-range wireless communication during an operation in a second power mode in which power is saved more than in the first power mode. The second communication apparatus starts, if the first notification is received, the connection processing at an arbitrary timing, and starts, if the second notification is received, the connection processing at a timing restricted as compared to the case in which the first notification is received.

A method, system, apparatus, and/or device that may include: monitoring safety event data of a plurality of electronic devices via an electronic communication network; receiving a first set of safety event data from a first electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices via the electronic communication network; determining that a first safety event has occurred at the first electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on the first set of safety event data; determining that a second safety event has occurred at a second electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices based on a second set of safety event data; and determining a prediction that a third safety event will occur at a third electronic device of the plurality of electronic device based on the first safety event data and the second safety event data.

An apparatus and method for processing data between neighbors are provided. The apparatus may include the first and second communication devices. The first communication device in a first space includes a first processor that receives and processes information on a state of a first neighbor from an input interface and transmits a resultant state of the first neighbor to a display unit. The second communication device, in a second space spatially separated from the first space, includes a communication unit that communicates data with the first communication device, and a display unit that simultaneously displays the resultant state of the first neighbor transmitted from the first communication device. The resultant state of the first neighbor represents a degree of tolerance by the first neighbor over noise travelling between floors. The present invention provides an apparatus and method for processing data between spatially apart neighbors in order to prevent neighborly dispute over noise travelling between floors commonly occurring in multi-unit dwellings such as apartments in a mutually considerate, communicative and friendly manner.

A server receives an event notification indicating an opening of a drive drawer, and retrieves a timing parameter associated with a timer that counts a time from the receiving of the event notification by the server indicating the opening of the drive drawer. The server may generate a visual alert that alerts of the opening of the drive drawer, and display a current value indicating the time since the receiving of the event notification.