Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5841818 | Decoding method for trellis codes employing a convolutional processor A trellis code of a special class is encoded by employing a binary convolutional code with a small constraint length, followed by a convolutional processor and a signal mapper. The trellis code is decoded by the trellis of the binary convolutional code.... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5703911 | Decoding method for trellis codes with large free distances This invention is a decoding method for a special class of trellis codes which have large free distances. The encoding of the trellis code to be decoded can be implemented by employing a single binary convolutional code followed by more than one processor... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5587893 | Video display high voltage generator This invention relates to a video display high voltage generator. In the generator, the primary coil, the high voltage coil and the multiple foil high voltage capacitors of the multiplier are sequentially formed into a trausformer assembly on the insulati... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5570391 | Trellis coding method using a multilevel delay device This invention is a multilevel trellis coding method which employs a single binary convolutional code and is called a single-stage and multilevel trellis coding. This invention can be generalized by combining several single-stage multilevel codings togeth... | 10/29/1996 |
