Abstract: A system and method for detecting potential threat and alerting a user especially when the user is walking around crowded places. A portable alert system comprises a camera for taking plurality of pictures, a microphone to record the sound from surrounding, a processor to provide processing commands to the system, a repository to store required data, an image processing module to processes images captured by the camera and to determine moving objects, an audio processing module to process the sound captured by the microphone and to determine predetermined sound like siren, horn etc. and an alerting device to alert the user in case where potential threat is detected by the system.

Abstract: A system and method for determining seat occupancy and guiding users to preferable seats in a defined space are described herein. The system comprises a plurality of load cells, wherein each of the load cells is attached to a seat to detect a weight, a repository to store a predetermined set of rules, a predetermined load value and a seat occupancy map, a first comparator configured to compares the signals generated by the load cells with a predetermined load value to determine the occupied seats. A second comparator is configured to identify seats that ought to have been occupied, based on the determined occupied seats and stored pre-determined seat occupied seat. Further, the system comprises a display to display the occupied seats and the unoccupied seats that ought to have been occupied. The input module accepts from the user with the help of the handheld device, a preferable seat from the displayed map.