Debriefing

Invent!

By Scott Berinato

June 20, 2007CSO

From CSOonline.com

What do you do when you get a great security idea? Patent it!

After all, if these three can be patented, so can yours.

What do you do when you get a great security idea? Patent it!

After all, if these three can be patented, so can yours.

The Person-Identifying Flashlight - 1977

Inventor’s Description: It is generally well-known that in this time of high crime, persons must take greater precautions for their own safety than in former years long ago, so to not become victims of robbery, rape or murder. One such precaution is to not open a door of a home if someone is outside whose identity is unknown. There is, accordingly, a need for indicating who may be outside the door, if a person is unable to see who it is. Therefore, it is a principal object of the present invention to provide an instant saviour device that includes a portable flashlight that is additionally equipped with a unit having a picture screen upon which there will appear a figure for more specifically identifying who may be behind an outside door.


The Fear Monitor - 1998

Inventor’s Description: A system for providing an alarm when a person suddenly experiences fear, comprising monitoring means for coupling to a person for monitoring at least one physiological condition of the person to provide physiological data signal(s) that are indicative of the status of the monitored physiological condition(s).... The monitored physiological data signals are indicative of the status of the monitored physiological conditions of the person to whom the probes are attached. The monitored physiological data signals are also recorded by the physiological-conditions recorder. The computer system includes a neural network for modifying the stored stress profile data.


The Cell Phone Gun - 2004

Inventor’s Description: The present invention relates to an electronic device with concealed firearm system and more particularly pertains to providing personal protection when in an adverse circumstance to a user through the use of a firearm concealed in a device which does not look like a firearm...the antenna having a tubular wall with a rigid central bore and electrically conductive antenna elements within the tubular wall, and with the bore adapted to function as the barrel of a firearm; audio electronics located within the cavity coupled with respect to the ear piece, the mouth piece, conductive elements, and the keys of the pad for allowing the system to function as a cellular telephone; a chamber for receiving a single bullet formed of a shell and a slug adjacent to the interior end of the bore.

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