Kenneth Claudia A Avicola

47394064, Apr 19, 1988

Apr 11, 1986

6/850834

Richard G. Morton - San Diego CA
Kenneth Avicola - Kingwood TX

H04N 5272

358183

Apparatus for use with a standard television (TV) receiver for superimposing information or images over portions of the broadcast scene. Scynchronization signals are generated by locking onto the horizontal sweep electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by all television receivers. A wideband noise (RF) burst is generated and coupled to the antenna input leads of the television receiver. The picture content of the TV scene at the time of the noise burst is disrupted and various effects are created by controlling the level of the noise bursts. By controlling the position of the RF noise, an image may be created and superimposed over any part(s) of the scene. The scene may be derived from any source, such as standard television broadcast, a video cassette recorder (VCR), electronic game or computer monitor. No modification of the television receiver is required, and no change to the apparatus is needed when the TV is tuned from one broadcast channel to another.

44294018, Jan 31, 1984

Dec 4, 1981

6/327633

Kenneth Avicola - Kingwood TX

Jersey Nuclear-Avco Isotopes, Inc. - Bellevue WA

H01J 37305

373 12

A level sensor for measurement of the level of molten metal in an electron beam evaporator which operates to sense directly the position of the point or line source of evaporant by detection of radiation such as light emitted therefrom. Compensation is provided for variations in electron beam deflecting magnetic field to avoid interpreting lateral movement of the point or line source from field variations as level changes. Compensation is also provided in the detection circuit for variations in detected light intensity that would otherwise provide an erroneous indication of level change. Detection of further conditions that produce unreliable level sensing and system inhibition in response thereto is provided as a safety feature.

48977268, Jan 30, 1990

Mar 14, 1988

7/167541

Richard G. Morton - San Diego CA
Kenneth Avicola - Kingwood TX

H04N 5272

358183

Apparatus for use with a standard television (TV) receiver for superimposing information or images over portions of the broadcast scene. Synchronization signals are generated by locking onto the horizontal sweep electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by all television receivers. A wideband noise (RF) burst is generated and coupled to the antenna input leads of the television receiver. The picture content of the TV scene at the time of the noise burst is disrupted and various effects are created by controlling the level of the noise bursts. By controlling the position of the RF noise, an image may be created and superimposed over any part(s) of the scene. The scene may be derived from any source, such as standard television broadcast, a video cassette recorder (VCR), electronic game or computer monitor. No modification of the television receiver is required, and no change to the apparatus is needed when the TV is tuned from one broadcast channel to another.

45452539, Oct 8, 1985

Apr 5, 1984

6/596889

Kenneth Avicola - Kingwood TX

Exxon Production Research Co. - Houston TX

G02B 514

73655

A data gathering system comprising a single optical fiber having one or more modulators formed thereon, means for launching into the fiber an interrogating light pulse which propagates in a first direction, means for generating at each modulator an optical return signal which propagates in the fiber in a second direction opposite the first direction and which has an intensity which is variable in response to variations in an external signal incident at the modulator, and means for detecting and processing each such return signal. The return signal comprises a portion of the interrogating light pulse which is coupled into the fiber in the second direction via evanescent coupling. The return signal from each modulator (or array of modulators) is identified via time division multiplexing. A signal processing means may be coupled to the fiber for generating a unique return signal from each of one or more modulator arrays, each array comprising a selected subset of the modulators. In a preferred embodiment, each modulator comprises a looped section of the fiber having a coupling region in which the distance between adjacent fiber segments is variable in response to variations in an external signal incident thereon.

46495290, Mar 10, 1987

Dec 2, 1985

6/803456

Kenneth Avicola - Kingwood TX

Exxon Production Research Co. - Houston TX

H04R 2300

367149

A time division multiplexing, fiber optic data gathering system, including two or more sensors formed on an optical fiber, and a phase sensitive detector. Each sensor includes two reflectors separated by a section of the fiber having length L. Each reflector may be activated so that when an interrogating light signal propagates in a first direction past the activated reflector, a portion of the interrogating light signal will be reflected back into a direction opposite the first direction. Each reflector may also be deactivated so that the interrogating signal may propagate unhindered past the deactivated reflector. Variations in the optical path length between the reflectors of a sensor, due to changes in an external parameter of interest, will cause phase modulations that are extracted in the phase sensitive detector by homodyne or heterodyne techniques. In a preferred embodiment, the activated reflectors produce a specific type of acoustic field resulting from superposition of two acoustic waves, which acoustic field will interact with the interrogating light signal so as to reflect a portion of the interrogating light signal by 180. degree.

20190141983, May 16, 2019

Sep 5, 2018

15/999951

Richard G. Morton - San Diego CA, US
Kenneth Avicola - Port Ludlow WA, US
Curtis Mixon - Encinitas CA, US
John R. Ross - Del Mar CA, US

A01M 29/10
F21S 10/06
F21S 10/02
F21V 23/00
F21S 9/02
F21V 23/04

A system is disclosed for keeping rats and similar pests away without trapping or killing them. It provides a long-life battery powered LED light system for deterring rats, mice and other nocturnal animals. Embodiments of the present invention are designed to operate continuously for at least one year between battery changes. Embodiments have been proven to deter rats from invading engine compartments of parked motor vehicles, vegetable gardens, attics, garages and outdoor patios. In preferred embodiments the wavelengths of the LEDs are chosen to correspond to the known wavelength sensitivity peaks of the eyes of rats, mice, and other rodents. This new technology transcends traps.