Abstract: Provided are exemplary embodiments that may include a cabinet door and drawer securing system, including a sliding wedge, coupled to a coil spring, a shaft coupled to a cam, a knob coupled to the shaft, a clad housing with a cover. With this configuration, when the door be closed by any means, could not be opened, and the drawer if be pushed in could not be pulled out unless an adult rotate the knob, which causes the wedge to be activated and the door opened or the drawer be pulled out.

Abstract: Provided are exemplary embodiments that- may include a cabinet door securing system, including a rotatable shaft, a biasing member plate spring configured to disengagedly couple to the rotatable shaft, a knob coupled to a door, and the rotatable shaft coupled to the knob, configured to move from an unactuated position to an actuated position, wherein the plate spring couples to the rotatable shaft when the rotatable shaft is in an unactuated position, and may be uncoupled from the rotatable shaft when said rotatable shaft is in an actuated position.

Abstract: A tooling accessory for use with a slightly modified hand drill to produce accurate holes includes a base plate with a central opening having a vertical member arising at 90 degrees from the perimeter of the base plate. A body of a conventional hand drill is modified by attaching one or more protruding members. Once the protruding members engage the vertical member, then the hand drill may be moved towards the base plate in a controlled manner, thereby producing a perpendicular hole. Additionally, a stop may be provided in the vertical member to control the distance the modified hand drill moves towards the surface to be drilled, thereby controlling the depth of the hole. The tooling accessory may be used to produce accurate holes in a large wall-like surfaces, or alternatively may be used to drill a small workpiece.

Abstract: A tooling accessory for use with a slightly modified hand drill to produce accurate holes includes a base plate with a central opening having a vertical member arising at 90 degrees from the perimeter of the base plate. A body of a conventional hand drill is modified by attaching one or more protruding members. Once the protruding members engage the vertical member, then the hand drill may be moved towards the base plate in a controlled manner, thereby producing a perpendicular hole. Additionally, a stop may be provided in the vertical member to control the distance the modified hand drill moves towards the surface to be drilled, thereby controlling the depth of the hole. The tooling accessory may be used to produce accurate holes in a large wall-like surfaces, or alternatively may be used to drill a small workpiece.

Abstract: A three-dimensional object X is recognized by a method which includes the steps of: a) storing in a memory, a set of two-dimensional enrollment images X.sub.1 -X.sub.n of the object X as viewed from n different directions; b) acquiring a two-dimensional access image of an unidentified object as viewed from a new direction which lies between the n different directions; c) generating, from the stored set of images, a rotated two-dimensional image of the object X as viewed from a direction which is closer to the new direction than any of the n different directions; and, d) identifying the unidentified object as the object X only if a correlation between the image of the unidentified object and the rotated image exceeds a predetermined threshold. By generating the rotated image, misalignments with the access image of the unidentified object are reduced; and thus the predetermined threshold can be raised to reduce recognition errors.

Abstract: A method of electronically recognizing a three-dimensional object X includes an enrollment phase wherein a three-dimensional digital model of the surface of the object X is stored in a memory. Thereafter, in an access phase, a two-dimensional access image of an unidentified object is acquired by a camera which views the object from a particular direction which is unpredictable. Then, from the stored three-dimensional model, a two-dimensional image of the model is generated as seen from a selectable viewing direction which approximates the particular direction from which the unidentified object is viewed in the access image. Since the selectable viewing direction of the model approximates the direction in which the object is viewed by the camera, a correlation between the access image of the unidentified object and the image that is generated from the model is very high.