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20080225263 | SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device including a source for electromagnetic radiation, a receiver and a control device, the control device being designed for emitting electromagnetic radiation by means of the source and for determining a distance that is covered by the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the source from a reflection surface of an object to the receiver, doing so by evaluating a propagation time of the radiation or a phase of an oscillation modulated onto the radiation. According to the invention, the control device provides an economy mode in which the power of the source is lower in a prescribed time interval by comparison with a normal object detection mode, means being provided to ensure switching back into the normal object detection mode in the event of a predefined object situation. | 09-18-2008 |
20090316135 | SENSOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING A CONVEYOR AND A SENSOR DEVICE - A sensor device having a sensor arrangement for detecting moving objects that includes a sensor and an electronic unit. The sensor arrangement is designed to detect an object and to subsequently investigate whether there are present within the surface of the object regions that move at a different speed and/or acceleration. The sensor arrangement can also investigate whether the object is accelerating. | 12-24-2009 |
20110299060 | SENSOR APPARATUS COMPRISING A DISTANCE SENSOR - A sensor apparatus comprising a distance sensor comprising a transmitting device having at least one transmitter with a light source, and a receiving device having at least one receiver, and an electronic unit. The electronic unit being designed to emit light by means of the transmitter and to determine a distance which is covered by light emitted by the transmitter from a reflection surface of an object in a monitored area to the respective receiver. According to the invention, light guide means for transmission of light are arranged between the transmitting device and the monitored area and/or between the monitored area and the receiving device. The light guide means reflects the light at least once so that light can pass from the transmitting device to the monitored area and/or from the monitored area to the receiving device on an angled path. | 12-08-2011 |
20120292492 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVEN MOVEMENT ELEMENT, PARTICULARLY A DOOR OR A GATE - A device for controlling a driven movement element with an electronic unit is proposed, which comprises a transmitter for electromagnetic radiation, for example, light, in particular infrared light, and a receiver for electromagnetic radiation emitted by a transmitter for the detection of objects on a propagation path between transmitter and receiver. According to the invention, the electronic unit is designed to detect a temporal change in at least one feature derived from the received electromagnetic radiation and, upon a detection of a change in the at least one feature that is comparatively slow over time, to output a signal that is associated with a detection of smoke. | 11-22-2012 |
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20100300981 | WATER TREATMENT POND, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A pond receives a flow of contaminated water into the pond substantially tangential to a volume of clarified water which is stored in the pond and which is largely quiescent. The tangential inflow overcomes a large rotational inertia in the stored volume of clarified water and establishes a slow spiral flow path about the periphery of the pond and inwards to a central outlet. The clarified stored water is discharged ahead of the inflowing contaminated water increasing the residence time of the contaminated water in the pond and permitting contaminants to receive at least partial treatment, such as settling of sediment, in the pond. | 12-02-2010 |
20140338233 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR POND REMEDIATION - Apparatus for extended-reach remediation of a pond by removal of pumpable materials such as deposited sediment has a base and a rotatable multi-articulated boom to which a pump is connected at the distal end. The boom has a reach which exceeds the reach of conventional remediation apparatus and may be as long as 50 m or greater for reaching over obstacles between the base and the pond. The base can be stationary or it can be mobile or self-propelled for repositioning the apparatus about the perimeter of the water body or to platforms which are built within the pond and accessible by accessways when the pond is filled with water. The pump is lightweight so as not to affect the overall apparatus stability when the boom is fully extended. Geo-locating apparatus assists with mapping the remediation operation. Further, additional accessories can be connected to the end of the boom, such as fluid jets for controlling the fluid properties of the pumpable materials and a blender for shredding vegetation or other non-pumpable materials to render them pumpable. | 11-20-2014 |
20140369762 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STORAGE AND TREATMENT OF REMEDIATION MATERIALS - Remediation materials are stored and treated within remediation cells constructed within a pond. The remediation materials originate from a variety of sources including the pond in which the remediation cells are constructed. The volume of the remediation cells is relatively small compared to the total volume of the pond and thus, the total active volume of the pond to handle stormwater flood events is not significantly diminished. Remediation of the remediation materials in the cells is accomplished through a variety of processes, including dewatering and/or by bioremediation therein. The water level in the remediation cells during normal operation outside flood events is maintained at levels which support the remediation processes. When the remediation cells are filled over time, remediated material can be removed for use in constructing other remediation cells, wetlands or marshes in the same or other ponds or can be located to areas remote from the pond. | 12-18-2014 |
20150159360 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION IN POND INLETS - Embodiments deliver sediment-containing inflow to a pond through a low flow inlet, or through the low flow inlet and a high flow inlet. A hydraulic control system uses a flow directing element, such as a basin, manhole or the like, to collect the inflow and a spill control element, such as a weir or a high elevation point within a pipe or channel, to determine when the inflow is delivered entirely through the low flow inlet or is split between the low flow inlet and the high flow inlet. Flow through the low flow inlet is maintained at a minimum sediment-mobilizing velocity to ensure sediment is discharged from the inlet to the pond. The inflow is discharged from the low flow inlet and the high flow inlet at different locations in the pond. | 06-11-2015 |
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20140267932 | REMOTE CONTROL WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCHPAD - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with menu interfaces for media source and content navigation. In embodiments, an apparatus to control a remote computing device may include a wireless transmitter; a capacitive touchpad; and logic operably coupled with the wireless transmitter and capacitive touchpad. In various embodiments, the logic may be configured to: detect a change in position and/or a velocity of a change in position of a tactile input received at the capacitive touchpad. In various embodiments, the logic may be configured to generate, based at least in part on the detected change in position and/or velocity of the change in position, a signal configured to cause the remote computing device to perform an operation associated with provision of a media content for consumption. In various embodiments, the logic may be configured to transmit the signal with the wireless transmitter directly to a wireless receiver of the remote computing device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282092 | CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION INTERFACE ASSOCIATED WITH MEDIA CONTENT - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media (transitory and non-transitory) are described that are associated with contextual information interfaces. In various embodiments, a contextual information interface may be presented in association with a media content on a display. In various embodiments, contemporaneously with the presentation of the contextual information interface, information pertinent to the media content and/or a source of the media content may be obtained from a remote computing device. In various embodiments, one or more selectable elements may be selectively rendered, as part of the contextual information interface, based on the obtained information. In various embodiments, the one or more selectable elements may be operable to cause a computing device to present on the display one or more other media contents pertinent to the media content and/or the source of the media content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282250 | MENU INTERFACE WITH SCROLLABLE ARRANGEMENTS OF SELECTABLE ELEMENTS - In embodiments, apparatuses, methods and storage media are described that are associated with menu interfaces for media source and content navigation. In embodiments, a menu interface may be selectively rendered. In various embodiments, the selective rendering may include selectively rendering a first scrollable arrangement of selectable elements disposed along a first axis to represent sources of media content; and selectively rendering a second scrollable arrangement of selectable elements to represent media contents available from only a selected one of the sources of media content and not unselected ones of the sources of media content, wherein the second scrollable arrangement of selectable elements is disposed along a second axis that extends from the first axis. | 09-18-2014 |