Radio Systems Corporation

Computational Systems, Inc.

Csi Technology, Inc.

Terry G Carpenter

Kenneth Ralph Piety

Rexford A Battenberg

Christopher E Mainini

James C Robinson

Randal D Boyd

William S Johnson

E Douglas Grindstaff

James Brent Vanvoorhis

William Wallace

Kenneth C Puterbaugh

A portable animal containment device for confining an animal to a defined area. The portable animal containment device includes a flat and a correction unit. The flat is adapted to be portable and defines the area within which an animal is confined. The flat has an associated presence detector for detecting whether the animal is occupying the flat. When the presence detector indicates that the animal is not occupying the flat, a signal is transmitted to the correction unit by way of wireless communication. The correction unit is carried by the animal and administers a stimulus to the animal when the correction unit receives the signal from the transmitter. Consequently, when the animal moves beyond the boundary defined by the flat, it receives a stimulus, which encourages the animal to remain in the flat.

Portable animal containment device

A portable digital ultrasonic monitoring system and method for use by an operator in detecting the ultrasonic waves and temperature variations produced by sources such as leaks in pipes, arcing, electrical corona and machinery defects is provided. The digital ultrasonic monitoring system includes a microprocessor based system in a hand held elongate housing that digitally analyzes and stores information received from its sensors. The digital ultrasonic monitoring system provides a referenced decibel output reading of the signal strength of the received ultrasonic signals. In addition, a heterodyned type audio signal that is related to the sensed ultrasonic signals is provided to the operator through a pair of headphones. The portable device has user input keys that allow the operator to select from a variety of different operating modes. A display displays a variety of different readings depending upon the operating mode of the device.

Digital ultrasonic monitoring system and method

A highly portable infrared thermography system automates the collection, display, analysis, annotation, and recording of thermographic data and facilitates the efficient generation of reports. The system includes an infrared camera and a digital video data collector (VDC) having an embedded PC with an internal hard drive. The VDC also includes a VGA color LCD display with touch screen overlay for displaying images, presenting information to a thermographer, and for receiving data and command inputs from the thermographer. The system can be carried with a custom vest and battery belt, or it can be mounted to a hand truck. Thermographic images captured by the infrared camera are received by the VDC and displayed in real time at rates of at least thirty frames per second to eliminate flicker. The VDC also interfaces with a videotape recorder for displaying and recording images. Other interfaces include a visible image camera interface, a digital video interface, and a base station computer interface. Images of interest are stored on the VDC's hard drive where they can be retrieved for analysis and report generation in the field. A portable printer can be attached to the VDC to enable the thermographer to print reports as they are generated. Images can be annotated by the thermographer on the display, and the annotated images stored. The display is operable to prompt the thermographer with route information regarding particular equipment to be thermograhically inspected, and to suggest particular problems possibly indicated by a particular thermographically-observed condition.

Portable digital infrared thermography system

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Knoxville, TN, United States of America

Terry G Carpenter