Abstract: A portable occupant detection and notification system comprised of a smart seat cushion for use with standard child carseats, a remote wireless vehicle door switch, and a wireless remote bullhorn. This system can be purchased in a box as an aftermarket product and used with any standard child carseat and any vehicle. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the system monitors the presence of a child in the carseat, the status of at least the driver's door of the vehicle, the temperature inside the vehicle, and the status of any rechargeable batteries. The system reminds the driver by means of a voice message when leaving the vehicle that a child is onboard and further alerts the public within at least 200 feet of the vehicle when a child is left in an extreme temperature environment and needs help.

Abstract: A downhole inspection tool for observing conditions in the harsh environment of a well bore. An embodiment of the tool comprises a high frequency camera, which operates in the millimeter wave frequency range with the capability of seeing through opaque environments. In use, the tool system provides pictures of conditions downhole for use by operators attempting to repair and/or remove broken downhole equipment by being able to observe the actual downhole conditions that exist. Furthermore, the system can be used to inspect the inside of a well casing or tubing for the presence of cracks, frac holes, slots, slits, protruding structures, stuck hardware, environmental conditions, etc.

Abstract: A child car seat with a built-in cushion switch that closes when the seat is occupied. Also, push type switches are added to at least one of the vehicle's side passenger doors with signals being routed to a micro-controller unit, which determines when the car seat is occupied AND when one of the doors is open and enables the vehicle's internal beeper alarm, thereby reminding any occupants exiting the vehicle that a child is strapped in the back seat. Additionally, an inside temperature sensor is coupled to the micro-controller unit, which sets off a loud external alarm such as the vehicle's security alarm, when the temperature inside the vehicle goes above or below a safe preprogrammed environmental range. This is an additional safety feature that will get the attention of people outside the vehicle, indicating that a child is trapped in a dangerous environment inside the vehicle and needs help.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method and system for improving the cosmetic appearance of a display responsive to signals from a CCD wherein the locations of defects in the CCD are located and stored and wherein, upon scanning of a defective pixel in the CCD, a comparison is made and sucessive succeeding signals to the display are not altered while defective pixel addresses continue to be addressed.