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20140028216 | OLN LIGHT CHANGE/OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM - Light management system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN) having lighting units, the system including a central control apparatus ( | 01-30-2014 |
20140117852 | ADAPTIVE CONTROLLED OUTDOOR LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A lighting system ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140198216 | IMAGING SERVICE USING OUTDOOR LIGHTING NETWORKS - A system and methods to provide imaging service using outdoor lighting networks. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control video/image sensors connected to the network, e.g. hosted at lighting units, and coordinates the capture of useful video/image data associated with events. The system also provides an information search platform for users to retrieve only the relevant video/image data associated with events of interest. Furthermore, the system controls when and how to retrieve video/image data at lighting units across the whole network according to user requests, the priority of the events, and available bandwidth. | 07-17-2014 |
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20150102747 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING NETWORK ACCORDING TO ENERGY DEMAND AND ENERGY SUPPLY - Methods and apparatus related to operation of a plurality of lighting units of a lighting network according to energy demand and/or energy supply. | 04-16-2015 |
20150126200 | ENHANCED LIGHTING NETWORK TO SERVE MOBILE CELLULAR USERS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method to control a lighting network having a plurality of light units, the method may be controlled by a lighting operator which may obtain information related to service availability for each of the light units; map the information related to service availability for each of the light units to form a service availability information map comprising attribute information of each of the light units; determine one or more of service policies, service schedules, and operational parameters for each of the plurality of light units for a service time period; and/or provide cellular communication service to one or more cellular stations in a service area of the light units in accordance with one or more of the determined service policies, service schedules, and operational parameters for the service time period. | 05-07-2015 |
20150213415 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADAPTIVE MEASUREMENT AND COORDINATED MAINTENANCE OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING SYSTEMS - A method and system for managing networks comprising a plurality of network elements is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of identifying attributes of the network elements, grouping corresponding ones of said identified attributes into at least attribute group, collecting attribute data from selected ones of the network elements in each of the at least one attribute group, and determining a status of each attribute of network elements within the at least one attribute group based on the collected attribute data. In one aspect of the invention, the information regarding a status of each attribute of a network element may be used to provide coordinated and efficient maintenance. | 07-30-2015 |
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20100246442 | DISTRIBUTED SCHEDULING OF QUIET-PERIOD FOR IN-SERVICE CHANNEL MONITORING - In a distributed-control cognitive radio network, each secondary user ( | 09-30-2010 |
20100260085 | FLEXIBLE MAC SUPERFRAME STRUCTURE AND BEACONING METHOD - A flexible wireless system and method that support both centralized and distributed modes of MAC protocols, use a new recurring MAC superframe (m) comprising: a beacon period (BP), a data/sense/sleep period (DSSP) for data selective communication, sleep and channel sensing for detecting primary users in cognitive systems; and a signaling window (SW) used for exchanging network entry messages and channel reservation requests, the system including beacon operation, a peer beacon device in distributed mode and a master beacon device in centralized mode which are used to selectively participate in the beacon operation, as well as a slave beacon device associated with the master device. The system may employ controlled channel access for the beacon period, the channel access being reservation based. The invention provides a unified MAC protocol that can be adopted in the standards, and supports flexible operation in distributed mode or centralized mode, and seamless transfer from one to the other. | 10-14-2010 |
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20150134305 | STATIC MODELLING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A design verification system verifies an electronic device design based on a static model of the electronic device. The static model is an expression of the relationships between modules of the electronic device design and relationships between the behaviors of those modules that can be expressed as set of logical relationships. The static model does not rely on a time variable, but instead reflects a fixed set of relationships between the electronic device modules and between behaviors of the electronic device modules. The static model can be employed by a solver, that identifies whether or how the mathematical relationships of the static model can be reconciled, given a set of constraints. The solver results can be analyzed to identify whether there are errors in the device design, such as resource conflicts, failure of the design to achieve a desired configuration, and the like. | 05-14-2015 |
20150135149 | MONITORING COVERAGE FOR STATIC MODELLING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A design verification system automatically identifies coverage of different constraints for a static model of an electronic device. The static model can be employed by a tool, referred to as a solver, that identifies whether the mathematical relationships of the static model can be reconciled, given a set of user-defined constraints that indicate a desired configuration, or range of configurations, of the electronic device. After a solution for a particular set of user-defined constraints has been identified, a constraints adjustment module can identify, based on coverage information generated by the solver, if other sets of user-defined constraints were implicitly solved by the solver. If such other sets were implicitly solved, the adjustments module can mark the sets as solved, such that they will omitted from constraints used for subsequent solutions of the solver. | 05-14-2015 |
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20080216260 | Scraper sponge - A scraper sponge for cleaning and scraping away unwanted substances from an object or surface comprising a sponge body defining a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface and a scraper secured to one of the first and second surfaces. As an alternative, the sponge body defines an aperture for securing the scraper therein. The scraper has a tip portion defining at least one edge and a depressible surface to which forces are applied to manipulate the scraper. The edge is narrow and adapted for entering corners, grooves and crevices and for scraping surfaces. The scraper is at least semi rigid and the depressible surface is contoured to facilitate effective scraping. The sponge body has at least one surface adapted for cleaning and scouring and is usable with or without the scraper. | 09-11-2008 |
20090249568 | Butterfly Mop with Internal Wringing Actuator - A mop having a handle with a wringing frame disposed at a distal end, which defines a cam slot. An actuator lever is pivotally attached to the handle intermediate the distal and proximal ends and is coupled to an actuator linkage that extends into the internal hollow of the handle and connects to a pad plate, which supports a cleaning pad, such as a sponge thereon at the distal end of the mop. The pad plate has hinges that permit it to bend upon itself. When the actuator lever is moved to wring the cleaning pad, the actuator linkage pulls the pad plate at least partially through the cam slot, causing it to bend at the hinges and wring the cleaning pad supported thereon. | 10-08-2009 |
20120144614 | DISPOSABLE LIQUID ABSORBING CLEANING PAD FOR A HAND HELD CLEANING IMPLEMENT HAVING AN ELONGATED HANDLE - A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a hand held cleaning implement having an elongated handle includes a layer of sponge material, a layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material and attachment structure fixedly secured to the layer of sponge material for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning implement. In one embodiment of the invention the attachment structure includes a backing plate which is fixedly mounted onto the layer of sponge material and a pair of wing screw assemblies which are removably and slidably mounted on the backing plate for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the cleaning implement. In using the hand held cleaning implement the layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin is the layer that contacts the surface to be cleaned. | 06-14-2012 |
20120180236 | MOP - A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a mop includes a layer of sponge material, a layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material and attachment structure secured to the layer of sponge material for removably attaching the cleaning pad to the mop. In using the cleaning pad, the layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin is the layer that contacts the surface to be cleaned. The cleaning pad may be provided with a suitable attachment structure for mounting the pad onto a butterfly mop, a squeeze mop or a roller mop. | 07-19-2012 |
20130031737 | Butterfly Mop with Internal Wringing Actuator - A mop having a handle with a wringing frame disposed at a distal end, which defines a cam slot. An actuator lever is pivotally attached to the handle intermediate the distal and proximal ends and is coupled to an actuator linkage that extends into the internal hollow of the handle and connects to a pad plate, which supports a cleaning pad, such as a sponge thereon at the distal end of the mop. The pad plate has hinges that permit it to bend upon itself. When the actuator lever is moved to wring the cleaning pad, the actuator linkage pulls the pad plate at least partially through the cam slot, causing it to bend at the hinges and wring the cleaning pad supported thereon. | 02-07-2013 |
20140075704 | DISPOSABLE LIQUID ABSORBING CLEANING PAD FOR A HAND HELD CLEANING IMPLEMENT HAVING AN ELONGATED HANDLE - A disposable liquid absorbing cleaning pad for a butterfly mop includes a layer of sponge material, a layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin fixedly attached to the layer of sponge material and attachment structure fixedly secured to the layer of sponge material for removably attaching the cleaning pad to a butterfly mop. In one embodiment of the invention the attachment structure includes a first and second plate section connected by a hinge. In using the hand held cleaning implement the layer of flexible open cell foam material made from melamine resin is the layer of the cleaning pad that contacts the surface to be cleaned. | 03-20-2014 |
20140251844 | CLEANING SCRUBBER FOR HOUSEHOLD SURFACES - A cleaning scrubber for cleaning household surfaces is described. The cleaning scrubber includes an elongated handle having a gripping portion at the proximal end and a means for removably attaching a cleaning disk at the distal end. The cleaning disk comprises a foam or sponge cleaning pad and means for attachment to the handle. The handle may include means for releasing the cleaning disk from the end of the handle without the need for the user to manually handle the cleaning disk. A caddy for storage of the cleaning scruber and spare cleaning disks is also described. | 09-11-2014 |