Abstract: A process and system for detecting the presence of a person overboard including: setting the perimeter of an area to scan, scanning the area 180 degrees in azimuth utilizing a laser beam for receiving a reflection of the laser beam off the person, detecting the reflection and playing back a video recording of the trajectory of the person, wherein the area above and below the perimeter of an area to scan is continuously video recorded and wherein upon detecting the target, one or more of audio and visual alarms alert that crew, and wherein an alarm with location is sent to PDA system with GPS coordinates time and date. Additionally a launcher deploys a device to track the person overboard, and allows persons on the ship or in a control center to ascertain the location of the person overboard.

Abstract: A process and system for detecting the presence of a person overboard including: setting the perimeter of an area to scan, scanning said area 180 degrees in azimuth utilizing a laser beam for receiving a reflection of said laser beam off said person, detecting said reflection and playing back a video recording of said trajectory of the person, wherein the area above and below the perimeter of an area to scan is continuously video recorded and wherein upon detecting the target, one or more of audio and visual alarms alert that crew, and wherein an alarm with location is sent to PDA system with GPS coordinates time and date. Additionally a launched deploys a device to track the person overboard, and allows persons on the ship or in a control center to ascertain the location of the person overboard.

Abstract: This invention provides a process and apparatus, using a computer system, peripheral equipment and uniquely designed software, for electronically capturing the image(s) of one or more persons and/or objects, associating such image(s) with a database record and printing or otherwise transferring to a document (including, but not limited to, tickets, cards, tags and passes) a unique coding or symbology. When later required, the person(s) and/or object(s) associated with the document can be verified by visually comparing such person(s) or object(s) with the displayed image(s) recalled from the computer memory by using the symbology on the document to locate the database record and image file, or reconstructed from the symbology or coding on the document itself by using various decoding algorithms.