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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7197233 | Method of marking digital data A method is proposed introducing a temporarily erased flag in order to indicate a cell to be temporarily erased. In addition, necessary time stamps are set for complete Stream Object Units to be erasable to enable on the fly permanent erasure without any additional ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7106687 | Optical recording medium having at least two recordable layers An optical recording medium having at least two information carrier layers, on which information can be written by means of a focused light beam. In the present invention, a separating layer is arranged between the information carrier layers and a respective transpa... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106949 | Method and apparatus for the reproduction of digital data streams In DVB/MPEG transport streams, the PID specifies the assignment of the packets to the different elementary streams. For reproduction of the elementary streams, for instance by a set-top box with outputting via the screen of a television set, the packets of the desir... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7088909 | Method and apparatus for the recording the reproduction of transmitted programme contribution In the context of recording program contributions, in particular television transmissions, it is frequently undesirable for the advertising blocks broadcast during the transmission also to be recorded and displayed in the event of subsequent reproduction. The invent... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7061549 | Method for storage of a channel for a consumer electronics appliance In consumer electronics appliances, for example in the case of a television set, it is known for there to be a key on the remote control which allows the user to switch over to the previously selected channel. However, a disadvantage of this conventional solution is... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7047540 | Gear rack arrangement having resiliently braced gear racks and anti-detachment means The invention relates to a gear rack arrangement, which, for the compensation of backlash, comprises two gear racks (A, B) which are mutually displaceable on latch elements and are resiliently braced, and refers both to the assembly and disassembly characteristics o... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7027712 | Method and apparatus for recording on a storage medium or replaying from a storage medium data packets of a transport stream MPEG2 data streams contain data packets for a set of programs and time stamps for data synchronization purposes. An MPEG2 transport stream is assembled of fixed-length transport packets. The received transport packets of at least one specific program of this set of ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7006756 | Method and apparatus for timestamping a bitstream to be recorded A set top box can be connected to a DVD Streamer via an IEEE1394 interface which contains means to timestamp data and to strip off these timestamps again, using them for timing regeneration. The DVD stream also must regenerate the timing of data packets as it was up... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6996613 | System for storing and transmitting home network system data The invention specifies a system having a plurality of devices which are connected to one another via an IEEE 1394 interface and one of which contains a control unit which, when operated appropriately by a user, polls system data for devices in this system via the i... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6954407 | Current to voltage converter amplifier for use in a data reading device A device for amplifying and converting current signals into voltage signals for processing The current signals are delivered by sensors, e.g. optical transducers, magnetical heads. The current signals are first amplified using a current to current amplifier, the amp... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6919553 | Photoelement with protective layer, device using such photoelement and process for its production A photoelement which is provided with a protective layer consisting of cured material and has a transparent element at a location intended for light to pass through. An object of the present invention is to propose an improved photoelement which can be produced at l... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6865744 | Disk drive with compensation of disk eccentricity A device for rotating inside of a disk player and/or recorder a disk shaped data carrier which takes into account that the rotating disk may be eccentered from an imposed rotation axis. A side moving apparatus allows the rotating disk and a fixing device to which th... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6788637 | Apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media An apparatus for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media on which data markings are arranged along tracks arranged next to one another. The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a light source, a focusing means and an intensity distri... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6788639 | Reproduction and/or recording device for optical recording media having a unit for adjusting the inclination of a bearing Reproduction and/or recording device for optical recording media having a unit for adjusting the inclination of a bearing, is disclosed. The device includes a unit for adjusting the inclination of a bearing of a laser disk scanning apparatus, which has a board to wh... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6781948 | Device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media The present invention relates to a device for reading from and/or writing to optical recording media having a scanning unit, which is equipped with at least two detector units each having a plurality of detector elements, and also an evaluation unit, each of the det... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6487528 | Method and apparatus for encoding or decoding audio or video frame data For broadcasting purposes a multi-channel audio encoder board has been designed. A requirement for such encoders is that they are able to operate with different encoding parameters. It may happen that encoding parameters change during encoding operation. ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6445424 | Method and apparatus for multistandard video data acquisition For the acquisition of multistandard video data a decoder is used with a register 201 having 24 cells for storing 3 times 8 bit of data. Each of the three bytes are connected with logical devices in order to compare the content of the cells with given sta... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6414540 | Input filter stage for a data stream, and method for filtering a data stream An input filter stage and to a method for filtering a data stream. The input filter stage comprises a register chain, which is connected to an input line and has a plurality of series-connected registers, and a switching device connected to an output line... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6400670 | Device for the writing and/or reading of optical recording media of various structures The present invention relates to a device for the reading and/or writing of optical recording media [(AT)] of various structures, which device operates with a single objective lens [(OL)]. The invention proposes to use a diaphragm varying in diameter, in ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6400521 | Process for the recording of digital signals on a magnetic tape in multiple longitudinal tracks and magnetic-tape recording apparatus for carrying out the process Magnetic tape recording apparatus comprising a plurality of recording heads for recording digital signals onto a magnetic tape, the recording heads being arranged in a matrix-type structure; and a control unit for electrically compensating for different m... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6396782 | Apparatus for reading or writing data markings of an optical recording medium having offset header markings The present invention relates to an apparatus for reading and/or writing data markings of an optical recording medium having data markings arranged along a track and header markings arranged laterally offset with respect to the center of this track. The a... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396797 | Recording or reproducing unit with means for compensating the unbalance of plate-shaped information media Recording or reproducing unit for a plate-shaped information medium including an improved autobalancer for compensating an unbalance. The autobalancer for compensating an unbalance is arranged in the hold-down for a plate-shaped information medium at a di... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389219 | Method and device for controlling the phase relation between a head drum and tape feed system of a magnetic tape recording device A method for controlling a phase relation between a head drum and a tape feed system, of a type wherein digital picture data is subdivided into blocks having an assigned pointer value each and wherein the pointer values define which part of the picture th... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6377407 | Optical scanning device having an improved response characteristic An optical scanning device having an improved response characteristic, for use in an apparatus for optically reading or writing information in one or more tracks on a recording medium. The object of the invention is to provide an optical scanning device w... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6377311 | Method for compensating video signal interferences using concomitantly transmitted digital data A method for recovering a video signal uses an adaptive equalizer, the characteristics of which are adjusted to the conditions of a transmission channel by using the digital data signals that are concomitantly transmitted in addition to the analogue signa... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6369966 | Standby signal for audio FM demodulator In order to reproduce the audio signal which has been recorded as an FM audio signal in the slanted tracks of a recording medium in tape form by means of read/write heads arranged on a rotating head drum, it is possible to use PLL circuits which are desig... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6370313 | Method for recording information on the control track of a storage medium In one embodiment, data are converted, with the aid of corresponding rules and headers, into data having a fixed block length in such a way that, with the CTL bit definition, no clashes with known data structures of the CTL track such as VISS and VASS occ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6366180 | Mains filter The mains filter comprises coils with windings which are arranged on substrates, for example conventional thin printed circuit boards, as conductor tracks. A coil can comprise one or more substrates, which are in contact with one another in the case of a ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366706 | Method and apparatus for automatic aspect format detection in digital video pictures Analyzing steps are used for automatic aspect format detection in digital video pictures. A black bars analyzing step is performed wherein for each possible aspect format (14:9, 16:9, 2:1) a top and/or bottom area is defined and checked for whether a blac... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366552 | Disk drive with compensation of disk eccentricity A device for rotating inside of a disk player and/or recorder a disk shaped data carrier which takes into account that the rotating disk may be eccentered from an imposed rotation axis. Side moving means allow the rotating disk and the fixing means to whi... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363044 | Automatically adapting forward or reversed biased photodiode detection circuit A photodiode detection circuit is used to automatically identify a type of photodiode circuit connected to it. The photodiode circuit comprises at least a photodiode. Once the type of photodiode circuit has been identified by applying a current to it and ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6362579 | Circuit for correction of deflection errors in a television display A circuit for correction of deflection errors in a television set, in which a correction current having alternate forward-sweep and flyback periods is supplied to a correction coil for an error parameter. An amplitude of the correction current is reduced ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6347181 | Time-compressed signal recording and reproducing process Recording is carried out with time compression at an increased tape longitudinal speed and an increased head drum speed of rotation. Reproduction is carried out at a set tape longitudinal speed and at the same increased or slightly reduced head drum speed... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6337553 | Circuit arrangement and method for operating and electrical motor A circuit arrangement with a digital controller for operating an electric motor and a method for starting an electric motor are disclosed. Electric motors require a considerably higher current immediately after they have been switched on and during the ru... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6313881 | Signal processing for a picture signal A signal processing method for an analogue picture signal is proposed. In this case, the analogue picture signal originates from a computing unit (10) in which the signal was generated digitally in accordance with a graphics standard such as, for example,... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6304542 | Compact dual wavelength optical pickup head A dual wavelength optical pickup head in which as many same parts as possible are used as well to direct light beams incident than light beams reflected from a reflective layer of an optical disk. The reuse of as many parts as possible allows to and a sec... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6304545 | Method and circuit arrangement for the correction of phase and/or frequency errors in digital multicarrier signals In an OFDM system, the so-called self-noise component, which represents that noise component of the respective carrier which is caused by the carrier itself and is mapped onto itself, can be estimated and corrected by shifting all the carriers back in the... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6295100 | Method and device for convergence correction in a television receiver A method for convergence correction in a television receiver and to a television receiver, in particular a projection television receiver having in each case one monochromatic picture tube for the three primary colours, red, green and blue, improves the q... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6288503 | Compensation of picture tube ageing effects At the onset of ageing or in the further course of their service life, color picture tubes relatively frequently exhibit a rise in the field strength between the cathode (K) and the Wehnelt electrode (G1) of the respective beam system on accoun... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6285413 | Method and apparatus for dynamic contrast improvement in video pictures A method and apparatus for dynamic contrast improvement in video pictures. There is a strong demand for picture contrast but each video display has a limited dynamic range. The picture contrast can't be increased by simply increasing the video signal ampl... | 09/04/2001 |
