Apparatus for Notification of Parcel Delivery

    公开(公告)号:US20180270785A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-20

    申请号:US15458529

    申请日:2017-03-14

    Abstract: A parcel delivery verification apparatus includes a processor communicatively connected to a notice actuator button, an optical sensor, an optical illumination device, an audio input device, an audio output device, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium stores a number of modules. The modules include an alert module, a send module, a receive module, and an output module. The alert module activates the apparatus when input is received from an input sensor. The send module sends, to a user operator, a text message. The text message notifies the user operator of an arriving parcel. The receive module receives a received text message from the user operator. The output module outputs a message based on the text message from the user operator.

    SECURE REMOTE ACTUATION SYSTEM
    42.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180262361A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-13

    申请号:US15981476

    申请日:2018-05-16

    Applicant: David R. Hall

    Abstract: There is disclosed a secure remote actuation system that includes a network storing one or more acceptable inputs. The system also includes a central signal switch disposed inside an enclosure. The central signal switch stores therein the one or more acceptable inputs and user codes, which comprise a succession of the acceptable inputs. The system further includes a remote input receptor that, in turn, includes a user interface with a communication tilt plate that has a front side and a back side. The front side includes an outer touch surface. The back side includes electronic components mounted thereon, a raised center pivot and a plurality of spring loaded switches mounted thereon disposed around the periphery of the back side. As such, tilting the communication tilt plate by pressing proximate the periphery of the outer touch surface will activate two or more of the spring-loaded switches mounted on the back side of the tilt plate, thereby transmitting the one or more user codes. The system also includes a microcontroller for obtaining and comparing said one or more acceptable inputs to said one or more user codes. The system also includes a web application for receiving the one or more acceptable inputs and the user codes for a user. The web application is in electronic communication with the microcontroller and communicates information pertaining to recent user interactions with the secure remote actuation system to the user through the remote input receptor. The microcontroller obtains the one or more acceptable inputs from the network after the user begins to use the interface.

    Apparatus for Protecting a Delivered Parcel
    43.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180220104A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15419274

    申请日:2017-01-30

    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a delivered parcel is described. The apparatus includes a processor, communicatively connected to a network interface connection, a camera, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium includes a monitor module, a notice module, a parcel lock module, a detect module, an alert module, and a parcel unlock module. The monitor module monitors the field of vision of the camera for the placement of a parcel. The notice module notifies a control user associated with the apparatus that a parcel has arrived. The parcel lock module indicates that the parcel is being monitored for movement. The detect module detects movement of the parcel. The alert module alerts the control user when a parcel moves. The parcel unlock module indicate that the parcel is allowed to move.

    Wireless Electronic Sprinkler Head
    44.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180050351A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-22

    申请号:US15239151

    申请日:2016-08-17

    Abstract: A fluid dispersal node is disclosed that includes one or more fluid outlets, an electromechanical valve, one or more hardware processors, hardware memory, a hardware wireless communication module, an antenna, and a fluid-tight, substantially radio frequency (RF) transparent enclosure. The valve is disposed in the node, and controls fluid flow to the outlets. The processors, in turn, control the valve. The wireless module receives instructions for operating the valve and forwards those instructions to one or more of the processors and the memory. The processors, memory, wireless module and antenna are disposed within the RF-transparent housing. In some embodiments, the antenna is disposed on a riser associated with the node outside the enclosure. In other embodiments, the antenna is disposed in a fluid line connected to the node.

    System and Method for Cloud-Networked Stand-Alone Dual Modulation LAN

    公开(公告)号:US20170324581A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15145347

    申请日:2016-05-03

    Abstract: A cloud-networked stand-alone local area network (LAN) is disclosed. A stand-alone LAN is networked to a server outside the stand-alone LAN, and the server is part of a cloud of servers. The server includes hardware processors that process system operation information updates from a user for the stand-alone LAN, hardware memory that stores the system operation information updates; and a transceiver for communicating the system operation information updates to the stand-alone LAN. The stand-alone LAN includes a primary network hub (PNH) having a microcontroller that stores the system operation information, a cloud-side transceiver networked to the cloud of servers for receiving the system operation information updates from the server, and a PNH LAN long range transceiver that communicates via a long range spread spectrum or a narrowband frequency shift keying signal. The stand-alone LAN also includes a peripheral device having a microcontroller and an actuation mechanism.

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