Kuwait University

Other

Khaled Alhazza

Hayat Bader Albassam

Khaled Ahmed Alali

Abduljaleel Khalid Al-Shamouty

Dalal Anwar Aloudah

Salwa Fares Alazmi

Abdulla Turky Al-Enzi

Bryan Lawrence Hoskins

Al-Hussain Ali Othman

Khaled Alali

Mahmoud Ahmed Hussain

Shaikha Shams Aldeen

The tactile directional guide system provides directional information in the form of vibrations for use during emergency evacuations and the like. The tactile directional guide system includes a vibrational module adapted for mounting on a support surface, such as the floor or wall of a hallway or corridor, as non-limiting examples. The vibrational module includes a plurality of members linearly arrayed along a longitudinal direction and a plurality of vibrators respectively coupled to the plurality of members. A controller is in communication with the plurality of vibrators and is configured to selectively sequentially actuate the plurality of vibrators in either a forward longitudinal direction or a rearward longitudinal direction to provide a tactile directional output.

Tactile directional guide system

A mooring device, mechanism, system and method for automatic boat docking. The automated boat docking system has a mooring device installed at a marina or at a boat ramp. The mooring device will have a rod installed, with a suction valve at the end of an arm connected to the rod. The suction valve is used to hold the boat in place. Once the suction valve is connected to the boat, the rod will move, and the arm will rotate the boat to where the boat will be docked or lifted safely.

Automatic boat docking system

The auditory and visual guidance system for emergency evacuation includes one or more single track auditory and visual guidance systems. Each of the single track auditory and visual guidance systems includes a continuous ovoid track and at least one mobile guidance device mounted on the track and moveable around the track. The single track auditory and visual guidance system is attached to the ceiling or walls of the covered area. Each of the mobile guidance devices includes a speaker and optionally a downwardly pointing laser that receives signals from a computer. A number of emergency detectors are mounted in the covered area and provide emergency signals to the computer. When an emergency is detected, the computer activates the mobile guidance devices to move around the track, and activates the laser and speaker on any mobile guidance devices that are traveling in the direction of the safest evacuation route.

Auditory and visual guidance system for emergency evacuation

The positionable towing hitch includes a first beam supporting a movable housing assembly and a second beam assembly movable in the housing. The first beam protrudes out of the housing for mounting to a hitch receiver of a vehicle. A first beam driver assembly is coupled to the first beam to selectively extend and retract the housing with respect to the first beam in a horizontal direction. A second beam driver assembly is coupled to a second beam to selectively raise and lower the second beam with respect to the housing in a vertical direction. A ball mount bracket is fixed to the second beam for mounting a ball mount thereon to move with the second beam. The movements of the housing and the second beam facilitate positioning of the ball mount for connection to a trailer to be hitched.

Positionable towing hitch

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Safat, Kuwait

Khaled Alhazza