204 results about "Loss of life" patented technology

A system and method providing home and small business owners to monitor and manage one or more appliances. This enables a use to understand in detail their electrical consumption, to make informed decisions based on factual data about energy-saving upgrades to their current systems / appliances, and to provide Internet-based surveillance and control of systems for prevention of freezing, breakdown, or possible fire-related losses, including possible loss-of-life. The system and method includes through the use of Internet based computer software and databases, a hardware interface with electrical circuit panel(s) or fuse boxes in communication with the software and databases and optional wireless outlet monitoring units in communication with the software and databases. The databases being formed and created by the system and method for determining performance of appliances.

A vehicle surveillance and control system is provided which has a camera for creating video data and a transmitter coupled to the camera for transmitting the video data to a receiver. The surveillance system can also have a microphone for providing audio data for transmission. The receiver is then coupled to a recorder and possibly a monitor. If the operator of the vehicle is not authorized to operate the vehicle (a thief) or to perform an activity (operation of the vehicle recklessly or while intoxicated) then the activities of the operator can be recorded or monitored and the data can be utilized to convict, penalize, or fine an individual or to implement remote control of the vehicle. The camera can also monitor activity outside the vehicle such as a hit and run, a parking lot impact or theft of a tire. In one embodiment, the receiver can be coupled to a monitor and the video data can be viewed in real-time. The system can also include an Input / Output module and a vehicle system control module, wherein the Input / Output module can receive and display video and send a control signal having an identification code to the vehicle system control module wherein the vehicle system control module can control the operation of a vehicle system such as the ignition system or the fuel system thereby stopping dangerous operation of the vehicle and reducing potential economic losses and loss of life.

A system and method providing home and small business owners to monitor and manage one or more appliances. This enables a use to understand in detail their electrical consumption, to make informed decisions based on factual data about energy-saving upgrades to their current systems / appliances, and to provide Internet-based surveillance and control of systems for prevention of freezing, breakdown, or possible fire-related losses, including possible loss-of-life. The system and method includes through the use of Internet based computer software and databases, a hardware interface with electrical circuit panel(s) or fuse boxes in communication with the software and databases and optional wireless outlet monitoring units in communication with the software and databases. The databases being formed and created by the system and method for determining performance of appliances.

Pipeline networks are ubiquitous for transporting fluids. Failure modes may result in a wide spectrum of negative effects ranging from energy loss to revenue loss to catastrophic failure with loss of life. The present invention introduces innovative technology to detect, identify and locate events representing failure modes and / or precursors to failure modes within a pipeline network. The present invention addresses the issues with the prior art based on the following innovations—exploiting the signal processing enabled by detecting the passive acoustic signal in conjunction with both an active reflected acoustic signal and an active transmittive acoustic signal within a pipeline segment. These measurements can be aggregated to reduce the effects of ambient noise and improve the invention's ability to detect, identify and locate anomalous events representing failure modes and / or precursors to failure modes within a pipeline network.

The invention discloses a satellite-monitoring-based fire alarming method for a mountain power transmission line. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) acquiring the real-time data of an alarming mountain; (2) identifying a fire point; (3) establishing a power grid integrated geographic information platform; (4) positioning the fire point; (5) giving an alarm for a fire according to the ground characteristics of the fire point; and (6) making a decision about whether to publish the fire alarm or not. The step (5) specifically comprises the following steps of: (5.1) analyzing a distance between the fire point and the power transmission line; (5.2) analyzing the two ground climatic conditions of wind speed and wind direction; (5.3) analyzing a ground slope and a ground aspect; and (5.4) analyzing a ground vegetation condition. By the method, 1, information about the alarm for a mountain fire in the vicinity of the power transmission line can be timely published, so that the loss of lives and properties of the people can be reduced; 2, the method is high in feasibility and operability; 3, the method is high in alarming reliability; and 4, the method plays an important role in the maintenance of safe and stable running of a power grid.

A pressure-relieving safety assembly, comprising a sleeve and collar, protects against human injury and loss of life by blocking flow of fluid from a ruptured high pressure conduit and provides pressure relief for escaping fluid. This pressure-relieving assembly includes a sleeve that encircles the high-pressure line and is secured to, at one or both ends of the line, a coupling. The sleeve is secured to the coupling(s) by a collar having raised portions that provides a path for fluid that has escaped from the conduit at a burst or pin-hole failure location, to flow towards the ends of the conduit, indicating to the user that a conduit failure has occurred. The sleeve lowers the fluid velocity while the path provided by the collar prevents the fluid pressure from building up behind the sleeve.

There is elucidated a safety system for a marine vessel. The vessel includes two engines coupled to propellers for propelling the vessel through water. The vessel is provided with a digital anchor in communication with the two engines for maintaining the vessel substantially at a defined location when the anchor is activated. The safety system includes a sensor assembly coupled to a data processing assembly for sensing a region of said water at least partially surrounding the vessel for detecting one or more persons present in the region and for modifying operation of the digital anchor is response to the one or more persons being detected. The invention is of advantage in that the digital anchor is capable of responding to the one or more persons being present in the water and thereby reducing a risk of injury or loss of life when the digital anchor is employed.

The invention discloses a fully-mechanized mining digital manless working face control system which mainly comprises a centralized control console, a coal mining combine control system, a hydraulic rack control system and a video monitoring system, wherein the centralized control console is respectively connected with the coal mining combine control system, the hydraulic rack control system and the video monitoring system through mine communication cables. The fully-mechanized mining digital manless working face control system has a plurality of flexible and reliable control modes, and can be used for remotely centrally controlling equipment of a coal mining combine, a hydraulic rack and the like, thereby reducing the quantity of site operators of the coal mining combine and the hydraulic rack, realizing automatic, manless or few man mining of a fully-mechanized working face, improving the mining efficiency of coal resources, and avoiding or reducing serious loss of life and personal injury in a mine.

The invention discloses an integrated management platform of a safety production emergency rescue command center. The integrated management platform comprises an industry system, a basic business system, a support service system, a data platform, a hardware platform and an intelligent terminal system. The management platform comprises all industry systems, all basic data are collected by the intelligent terminal, under the support of the support service system and the data platform, the basic service system is used for preventing and properly dealing with various emergencies such as natural disasters and safety production, and economic losses caused by sudden public events and losses of life and property of people are reduced. All emergency rescue command systems related to safe productionare comprehensively integrated, various data are imported in all directions and are in butt joint with an external system, various terminals are comprehensively interacted and controlled, and basic support is provided for establishing and perfecting an emergency mechanism which is unified in command, complete in function, sensitive in reaction, coordinated and ordered and efficient in operation.

The invention discloses a mountain road slope real-time monitoring and early warning device, and relates to the field of geological disaster detection. The mountain road slope real-time monitoring and early warning device comprises a wireless sensor node, a central calculation node and a changeable traffic indication system. The wireless sensor node acquires vibration, inclined angle change and deformation parameter information on a slope in real time, and sends data to the central calculation node through a Zigbee wireless transmission module. The central calculation node collects and stores data from each sensor node, performs infusion fusing process, analyzes the slope stability condition automatically and makes real-time early warning for disasters. The central calculation node can send a command to a changeable traffic indication board for displaying the early warning information through the Zigbee wireless transmission module, meanwhile informs relevant departments and relevant personnel through a GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) network, and issues the early warning information on the Internet. The mountain road slope real-time monitoring and early warning device is simple in structure, flexible in layout, convenient and practical, can be used for real-time monitoring and early warning of the slope state, and can efficiently reduce loss of life and property caused by slope geological disasters.

The invention relates to an automobile active anti-collision curve false-alarm eliminating method. According to the automobile active anti-collision curve false-alarm eliminating method, an automobile is idealized into a mass point, and the automobile runs along a central line of a curve; an azimuth angle is defined to be the included angle between the straight line formed by two automobiles and the straight line formed by the exact front of the automobile, and the changing range of the azimuth angle in the same lane is worked out along the dynamic changes of the present range D of the two automobiles. The relative distance D and the azimuth angle theta are measured through a video or a millimeter-wave radar or a laser radar sensor, whether the azimuth angle is within the range or not is judged, and if yes, it is indicated that the two automobiles are in the same lane; if not, the two automobiles are not in the same lane, and a false alarm can be eliminated. The automobile active anti-collision curve false-alarm eliminating method has great practical significance and wide application prospects for solving the problem of traffic safety, improving transportation capability, reducing the occurrence rate of terrible traffic accidents, reducing losses of life and properties and improving social and economic benefits.

A vehicle surveillance and control system is provided which has a camera for creating video data and a transmitter coupled to the camera for transmitting the video data to a receiver. The surveillance system can also have a microphone for providing audio data for transmission. The receiver is then coupled to a recorder and possibly a monitor. If the operator of the vehicle is not authorized to operate the vehicle (a thief) or to perform an activity (operation of the vehicle recklessly or while intoxicated) then the activities of the operator can be recorded or monitored and the data can be utilized to convict, penalize, or fine an individual or to implement remote control of the vehicle. The camera can also monitor activity outside the vehicle such as a hit and run, a parking lot impact or theft of a tire. In one embodiment, the receiver can be coupled to a monitor and the video data can be viewed in real-time. The system can also include an Input / Output module and a vehicle system control module, wherein the Input / Output module can receive and display video and send a control signal having an identification code to the vehicle system control module wherein the vehicle system control module can control the operation of a vehicle system such as the ignition system or the fuel system thereby stopping dangerous operation of the vehicle and reducing potential economic losses and loss of life.

The invention discloses a technical method used for producing an emergency preplan against an unexpected environmental accident. The technical method of the invention includes the establishment of a case database of unexpected environmental accidents, the representation and organization of an unexpected environmental accident case, a method for searching the unexpected environmental accident case and a method for matching the unexpected environmental accident case. The 'emergency preplan system of unexpected environmental accidents based on reasoning by cases' comprises five parts, namely, a human-machine interface, a search engine, an adaptor, a case manager and a case database, and can not only 'quickly and correctly' produce an emergency preplan of the unexpected environmental accident, but also have a function of active learning. The technical method and the system can help strengthen the abilities of rescue organization and fast response in an unexpected environmental accident to greatly reduce loss of life and property for people, and have important economic values and social significance.

The invention discloses a vehicle-mounted alarm method. Navigation location information and in-vehicle bus information are obtained according to impacting sensing information; the navigation location information and the in-vehicle bus information are transmitted to an emergency processing terminal through a wireless processing terminal. Therefore, the vehicle-mounted alarm method solves the problem that after a road accident, concerned persons cannot give out emergency rescue alarms under the condition that losses of lives and personal injuries are serious, and accordingly a serious accident is caused. Therefore, the rescue department can obtain help seeking information in time and know current situations of collision vehicles in time, rescue measures can be taken to the persons in distress, the losses of the lives and the personal injuries are reduced, and road accident hazards are reduced.

The invention provides a real-time weather data-based evacuation method during the occurrence of a dangerous chemical leakage accident. According to the invention, a Gaussian model and a slab model for the leakage of dangerous chemicals are established firstly. After that, the models for the leakage of dangerous chemicals are corrected based on real-time weather data and sensor data, and then a protection target inside the area of influence and evacuation points around the area of influence are calculated. In combination with the existing road network topological relation, a plurality of evacuation paths from the protection target to the evacuation points are programmed. Finally, according to the real-time wind direction, one evacuation path is selected. According to the invention, by adopting the real-time weather data-based evacuation method during the occurrence of the dangerous chemical leakage accident, the capability of handling with and rescuing the emergency accident of dangerous chemicals is effectively improved, and the damage of the leakage accident of dangerous chemicals to the loss of life and personal injury is greatly reduced. Meanwhile, the method is fast in reaction and high in efficiency.

The invention discloses a multi-parameter mine laneway fire monitoring and alarming system. Mine laneway fires are characterized in that finding is difficult, and the development is rapid; a traditional laneway fire alarming system is long in reaction time, and misstatement and reporting missing are likely to occur, so that the fire behavior cannot be controlled in time, and a large number of losses of life and personal injury are caused. The system mainly comprises an information processing server, an alarming device, a communication network, a gas concentration remote sensing device, a temperature monitoring device and the like; and by means of the system, the characteristic of concentration of gas in the monitoring zone environment can be measured through the gas concentration remote sensing device, analysis of integrated monitoring data such as temperature and smoke can be carried out, and a fire alarm can be given out. By means of the system, laneway fire characteristic gas can be accurately monitored, the alarming accuracy rate is greatly improved, and important guarantees are provided for coal mine safety production.

The present invention relates to systems and methods for real-time health monitoring of engines to monitor turbomachinery blades during engine operation and report anomalous behavior and shape of the blades if it occurs, such as damage by FOD. The system comprises sensor(s) for obtaining a blade reflection profile from a blade passing by the sensor(s) during a revolution of the rotor in combination with a processor for performing timing calculations and / or fingerprint comparisons with reference data to identify a change in blade fingerprint relative to the reference data, which may indicate blade damage. Such systems can reduce operational costs, enhance safety and improve operational readiness by facilitating condition-based maintenance of engine rotors as opposed to schedule-based solutions. The invention can prevent the needless loss of life and assets caused by undetected minor levels of blade damage that may lead to unexpected catastrophic failure of an engine.

The invention discloses a crawler type security robot. The crawler type security robot has the advantages that under the coordination and cooperation functions of a crawler walking device, an execution mechanical arm, an information collecting device, a fire extinguishing device, and a self protection system, the crawler type security robot can enter the fire site to survey, collect the information, and automatically find fire, and the direction of a water spray head is adjusted by the mechanical arm to extinguish fire; by arranging a water cooling system to protect an electronic circuit part,a crawler chassis can climb over various obstacles, and a mechanical jaw for destroying and detachment is used for opening and closing a valve at site, or handling the obstacles, and the like; the information collecting device is used for detecting the concentration of harmful gas at site, collecting the site image, and the like, and sending the collected information to a remote control center via a wireless receiving and sending module, so that a firefighter can perform comprehensive analysis and surveying on the accident site, make a reasonable and effective rescue plan, and take actions, thereby minimizing the loss of life and property of people, and reducing the threaten to the life of the firefighter.

The invention discloses an automobile water-falling driver and passenger emergency escape system and method. The escape system comprises a control unit, a sensor unit, a pressure intensity balance mechanism, a window breaking mechanism, a breathing device, a shaft breaking mechanism and an airbag ejection mechanism, wherein the control unit is used for distinguishing the water-falling state of anautomobile according to signals transmitted by the sensor unit and controlling action of the pressure intensity balance mechanism, the window breaking mechanism, the breathing device, the shaft breaking mechanism and the airbag ejection mechanism according to distinguishing results. When the automobile has a water-falling accident, an escape channel is provided for drivers and passengers under thecondition of unmanned operation, the drivers and passengers in the water-falling automobile are helped to rapidly escape, personal casualty is decreased, the survival rate of the drivers and passengers is increased, and huge loss caused by traffic accidents is reduced.

The present invention determines a period of a yawn, a speed and a period of a nod, and a speed and a period of a blink, of a user, using a driving determination unit which includes a GPS device and determines a driving state of a vehicle of a user and a sleepiness determination unit which receives an image and three-dimensional depth information photographed by a photographing unit including an infrared depth camera and an infrared camera which are installed at a location where the face of a user can be observed, in a first step determination, and when it is determined that there is a sleepiness prelude action, outputs a "preliminary warning". Thereafter, the present invention determines a closed state of a pupil, whether a gaze is headed to the front or not, and an angle of a head, in a following second step determination, and when it is determined that there is a sleepiness execution action, outputs a "main warning" through a warning unit. Thus, the present invention accurately determines only a sleepiness driving action except for a closed state of a pupil, a case where a gaze is not headed the front, and a case where a head is lowered, which does not result from sleepiness, thereby previously preventing a traffic accident, loss of life, and economic loss, which are generated due to sleepy driving.

The invention discloses a comprehensive and integrative gas drainage method which can be used for solving the problems that gas drainage is difficult to realize due to soft coal beds and low air permeability of the existing mines and the drainage effect of the current single gas drainage technology is unsatisfied. The method disclosed by the invention comprises the following steps: (1) high-position fracture borehole drainage of the top plate of a coal bed; (2) heterotropic high-position borehole drainage of a return airway; and (3) upper corner pipe-laying drainage of a gob. According to the invention, the stress field and fracture field caused by mining and a gas migration rule are fully utilized, so that drilled holes are high in drainage efficiency and flexible in arrangement, a drainage system is simple, the gas concentration at a drainage outlet can be up to 15-24%, and the gas drainage efficiency can reach 55-67.3%. The method disclosed by the invention is a new technology and method in fully mechanized caving face gas control methods, can be used for reducing the occurrence of excessive gas accidents and reducing the losses of life and property, has very important and far-reaching significance and is strongly worthy to be popularized and applied.

The invention relates to a maritime search and rescue system based on BeiDou satellite navigation and positioning. The maritime search and rescue system comprises an individual device, a command center and a search and rescue device. A BeiDou satellite positioning module and a first wireless communication module are arranged on the individual device and the individual device is used for sending position information and ID information to the command center. The command center comprises a second wireless communication module, a first GIS electronic map and a first judgment module. The position information and the ID information are reflected on the GIS electronic map by the command center, and the command center dispatches the corresponding search and rescue device to conduct rescue. A third wireless communication module, a second GIS electronic map and a second judgment module are arranged on the search and rescue device and the search and rescue device is used for receiving help seeking information sent within the range of 40 kilometers, and reflecting the help seeking information on the second GIS electronic map. By the adoption of the maritime search and rescue system based on BeiDou satellite navigation and positioning, an emergency reaction action to a maritime emergency can be rapidly, orderly and efficiently organized, persons in distress are rescued, extension of the maritime emergency is controlled, loss of life, personal injuries and property loss caused by the maritime emergency are reduced to the maximum extent.

The invention provides a battery fire early warning system and method. A first detector is used for detecting electrolyte or carbon cigarette pellets and the like released when battery cells are aboutto or already cause thermal runaway. A second detector is used for detecting shape change when multiple battery cells are about to or already cause thermal runaway. A third detector is used for detecting the vibration frequency of noise generated by air jet in the battery ejection process when the multiple battery cells are about to or already cause thermal runaway. Each of fourth detectors is used for detecting temperature or surface strain force on the surface of each battery cell, or extrusion force change between two adjacent battery cells. According to the battery fire early warning system, battery fire early warning can be realized from multiple aspects such as images, gas, sound, temperature, surface stress, extrusion force and the like, false alarm or missing alarm of fire is avoided, the safety of the battery in the fire early warning aspect is improved, and the losses of life and property are avoided.

The invention provides an urban underground pipe system safety monitoring system. The urban underground pipe system safety monitoring system comprises a monitoring scene subsystem, an optical fiber composite communication transmission subsystem and a monitoring center, all of which are orderly connected together; the monitoring scene subsystem is used for sensing safety factor information; the optical fiber composite communication transmission subsystem is used for transmitting the safety factor information sensed by the monitoring scene subsystem to the monitoring center; the monitoring center is used for analyzing the safety factor information sensed by the monitoring scene subsystem and generating alarm information. The urban underground pipe system safety monitoring system is capable of realizing digital management control on the well lid safety, the water level and the flow in the water supply and drainage operation processes, performing instant warning and positioning in case of intense fall and providing an early warning mechanism for the dredge of rain sewage and preventing loss of life and personal injury; meanwhile, the exceeding combustible gas content is processed immediately to protect the maintenance personnel against being poisoned while going down into the well and also prevent accidents such as tunnel fire explosion.

The invention provides a straying alarm device which comprises a detection portion, a controller (30) and an alertor (40). The detection portion detects whether people intrude in a protection area and sends signals according to detection results. The controller (30) is connected with the detection portion and receives the signals sent by the detection part. The alertor (40) is connected with the controller (30). The controller (30) controls the alertor (40) to give out alarm according to the signals sent by the detection portion. The straying alarm device can give out an alarm when people stray into the protection area to remind the strayed people of danger, the problem that loss of life and personal injury are prone to being caused when field operation of a transformer substation, a switching station and the like is carried out is solved, and working safety is improved.

An operation control method for a low-pressure bypass of a thermal power generating set, characterized in that: according to different operating conditions of the thermal generating set, the set value of the reheat steam pressure of the low-pressure bypass of the thermal generating set is limited. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the present invention can control the steam pressure of the reheater of the low-pressure bypass according to the different operating stages of the unit, effectively meeting the needs of the high-pressure and medium-pressure cylinders of the gas turbine for combined flushing and ensuring high pressure The cylinder exhaust is unobstructed, which further ensures the smooth rise, stable operation and smooth decline of the main steam pressure of the boiler. At the same time, it can also control the rapid increase of the steam temperature of the boiler so that it can quickly match the metal temperature of the gas turbine cylinder, which is suitable for the constant pressure operation and sliding of the unit. Combined pressure and operation mode, so as to shorten the start-up time of the unit and reduce the discharge of steam to the air, reduce the life loss of the turbine, and realize the optimal start-up of the unit.

The invention discloses a call center system providing a monitoring function. The system comprises a user side, an operation platform of a service provider, an ethernet and a call center platform. A part used for monitoring sends an equipment ID or the equipment ID and a fault code to a multimedia switch through a remote user terminal host via a service provider switch. The multimedia switch sends the equipment ID or the equipment ID and the fault code to a CTI voice server through a local area network. The CTI voice server calls basic information of a monitored object from a database server and carries out determination and processing on the received equipment ID or the received equipment ID and the received fault code. The multimedia switch and an artificial agent wait for an execution command. The call center system is more intelligentized and satisfies demands of particular persons to the call center system, in addition, transmission is more stable and reliable through a fixed phone line, and loss of life and property caused by time delay can be avoided.

The invention discloses a wireless transmission independent type smoke-sensing and temperature-sensing compound fire detection and alarm system. The system mainly comprises a fire monitoring module, a video monitoring module, a power supply module, a GIS module, a central control module, an alarm module, an alarm silencing module, a remote control host and a fire-fighting broadcast. The fire monitoring module, the video monitoring module, the GIS module, the alarm module and the alarm silencing modules are distributed in each floor of a building and are connected with the central control module, wherein all the above modules are powered on by the power supply module. The central control module is connected with the remote control host through a communication device and is controlled by the remote control host to run. The remote control host is connected with the fire-fighting broadcast. The wireless transmission independent type smoke-sensing and temperature-sensing compound fire detection and alarm system is reliable and stable in operation. The alarm module can send out sound-light fire alarm signals. Meanwhile, people in nearby areas are reminded of rapidly evacuating, so that the loss of life and personal injury is reduced. The system is also capable of detecting combustible gases and gaseous pollutants, so that the unnecessary casualties of fire fighters can be avoided.

Provided is a tunnel construction collapse early-warning method and system. The tunnel construction collapse early-warning system comprises multiple fixing plates, multiple rock-soil deformation sensing sensors and at least one data processing terminal, wherein the fixing plates are fixed to the inner wall of a tunnel in the horizontal and / or longitudinal direction of the tunnel, the rock-soil deformation sensing sensors are fixed to the fixing plates and used for detecting tunnel state information, and the data processing terminals are used for receiving the tunnel state information sent by the rock-soil deformation sensing sensors, comparing the tunnel state information with warning conditions and judging whether an alarm is needed or not. The tunnel construction collapse early-warning system detects the state information of the inner wall of the tunnel through matching of the rock-soil deformation sensing sensors and the fixing plates. Due to the fact that the inner wall of the tunnel deforms before collapse occurs and accordingly change of the state information measured by the rock-soil deformation sensing sensors is caused, collapse early-warning can be made according to the change of the information and an alarm is given out to avoid property loss and loss of life or personal injury of workers when the state information detected by the rock-soil deformation sensing sensors changes.