Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward implantable medical devices, systems, and methods for cardiac assistance.

Abstract: The present invention features a remote controller with touch switch and light sensor for key illumination control. When a user picks up the controller, a touch switch circuit is activated through means of contact strips built into the aides of the device. These strips sense a human body's capacitance. When this is sensed, an ambient light sensor is activated if the sensor detects low/no light conditions, which are adjustable to a user's preference. it activates a relay which then powers lamps to illuminate the remote controller. The lamps stay illuminated for an adjustable period of time based on user preference.

Abstract: Prepaid parking systems and methods that allow a user to purchase a prepaid parking pass for a particular event. Once the prepaid parking pass is obtained, a holder is able to present the prepaid parking pass at an entrance to a prepaid parking facility for the particular event. This invention contemplates the availability, at a location proximate to an entrance to the prepaid parking facility, of machines of the type adapted to identify and verify the indicia imprinted on or contained within the prepaid parking pass. When a particular prepaid parking pass, including a particular indicia, is presented, the indicia is identified. Then, verification of the validity of the prepaid parking pass is automatically provided by, for example, a database containing valid prepaid parking pass indicia data. If the prepaid parking pass is determined to be valid, the vehicle is allowed to enter the parking facility.