Abstract: Multiple-utility release buckles used in passive restraint systems for human occupants of vehicles. These types of buckles are typically useful in one embodiment, as a buckle for a safety harness that is commonly used in racing gear, such as automobile racing.

Abstract: Multiple-utility release buckles used in passive restraint systems for human occupants of vehicles. These types of buckles are typically useful in one embodiment, as a buckle for a safety harness that is commonly used in racing gear, such as automobile racing.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring and restocking merchandise in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an array of image sensors disposed about a shopping facility for capturing image sequences; a memory device configured to store the image sequences; a plurality of barcodes disposed on merchandise display containers about the shopping facility; a barcode database including a plurality of barcodes corresponding to merchandise; and a control circuit configured to: compare the image sequences with the images from the image database; determine the presence of a barcode at a display container to identify a type of merchandise in the merchandise display container; and estimate or determine the amount of merchandise in the display container.

Abstract: A container cap comprises a first layer that includes a material that changes color or opacity in response to a chemical reaction at the first layer between a gas emitted by a source of perishable food item in the container and the material of the first layer; a second layer on top of the first layer that includes a viewing window that displays the color or opacity of the material of the first layer; and an identifying marker revealed via the second layer in response to the first layer changing color or opacity indicative of the perishable food item being spoiled.

Abstract: In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to monitoring and restocking merchandise in a shopping facility. In some embodiments, there is provided a system including: an array of image sensors disposed about a shopping facility for capturing image sequences; a memory device configured to store the image sequences; a plurality of barcodes disposed on merchandise display containers about the shopping facility; a barcode database including a plurality of barcodes corresponding to merchandise; and a control circuit configured to: compare the image sequences with the images from the image database; determine the presence of a barcode at a display container to identify a type of merchandise in the merchandise display container; and estimate or determine the amount of merchandise in the display container.