An appliance management method is designed to make power distribution equipment, provided on a power supply channel, control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment. The appliance management method includes an authentication step and a management step. The authentication step includes allowing a high-order system to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment by making the power distribution equipment access the high-order system via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized. The management step includes making the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated in the authentication step control and/or monitor the appliance.

A drag pointer configured for calculating a process measurement variable including calculation circuitry for approximately calculating a past temporal development of the value of the process measurement variable from process measurement data of a measuring device, and for calculating the current value of the process measurement variable from the past temporal development.

The present invention provides a state monitoring device which make it possible to certainly deliver, to the maintenance staff side, state monitoring information of an apparatus to be monitored which is disposed in a distant place with a bad communication environment. A state monitoring device 300 is provided with a communication unit 301 which performs communication using a first communication line for transmitting operating information of an apparatus to be monitored to a server device, and a second communication line for transmitting the operating information to the server device via wireless communication provided by a mobile object if the first communication line is not communicable.

A wireless sensor network at a monitored location can be configured to generate sensor channel(s) of data to assess operational conditions at the monitored location. Inputs based on the sensor channel(s) of data are provided to a host system for analysis of a demand to one or more resources at the monitored location. Response messages can be generated based on the demand analysis and transmitted to actuator(s) at the monitored location to effect an adjustment to the operational conditions.

A head guard is provided. The head guard includes one or more sensors as part of an sensory input and communications system. The head guard wirelessly communicates data to remote computing devices for intelligent data collection.

An auxiliary wireless personal area network system installable in a vehicle includes a plurality of line replaceable units each associated with an avionics subsystem and installable in prescribed locations in the aircraft. At least a subset of the line replaceable units are interconnectable over a dedicated subsystem network. A plurality of network node devices are each associated with a respective one of the plurality of line replaceable units. Each of the network node devices has a microcontroller, an onboard power source independent of any aircraft power source, a local interface connectible the corresponding one of the plurality of line replaceable units, and a wireless network interface connectible to a personal area network independent of the dedicated subsystem network for relaying operational data from the line replaceable unit to the network node device.

Various analyte sensor systems for controlling activation of analyte sensor electronics circuitry are provided. Related methods for controlling analyte sensor electronics circuitry are also provided. Various analyte sensor systems for monitoring an analyte in a host are also provided. Various circuits for controlling activation of an analyte sensor system are also provided. Analyte sensor systems utilizing a state machine having a plurality of states for collecting a plurality of digital counts and waking a controller responsive to a wake up signal are also provided. Related methods for such analyte sensor systems are also provided. Systems for controlling activation of analyte sensor electronics circuitry utilizing a magnetic sensor are further provided. One or more display device configured to display one or more analyte concentration values are also provided.

An electronic device includes a memory circuitry, an interface circuitry, a sensor circuitry, and a processor circuitry having a predictor circuitry configured to operate according to a prediction model. The processor circuitry is configured to obtain sensor data. The processor circuitry is configured to determine, based on the sensor data, using the predictor circuitry, a predicted time parameter indicative of a prediction of a time slot to initiate an establishment of a network with one or more other electronic devices. The processor circuitry is configured to initiate the establishment of the network with the one or more other electronic devices according to the predicted time parameter.

An implantable medical device is disclosed. A housing includes a hollow body forming a first electrode on an outer surface with end caps affixed to opposite ends, one end cap forming a second electrode. A microcontroller circuit is provided and includes a microcontroller operable under program instructions stored within a non-volatile memory device. An analog front end is interfaced to the electrodes to sense electrocardiographic signals. A transceiver circuit is operable to wirelessly communicate with an external data device. The program instructions define instructions to continuously sample the electrocardiographic signals into the non-volatile memory device and to offload the non-volatile memory device to the external data device. A receiving coil and a charging circuit are operable to charge an onboard power source for the microcontroller circuit.

Communications capabilities are supplied to components of pool water recirculation systems, even if the components lack electrical power or supply wires. Capabilities may be furnished by wireless RF devices that connect to existing fittings or ports of the components, for example. The devices are configured to obtain desired information relating to the components (or the water within them) and transmit the information remotely for processing or consideration.