Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159761 | Optical concentrator Apparatus for concentrating light rays arriving from at least one external source onto a receiver, individual beams of the light rays each arriving at the apparatus substantially collimated, the apparatus including a respective Fresnel lens assembly for each of a pl... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149086 | Security systems and methods relating to travelling vehicles There is provided a method for identifying, at the moment of verification, the situation of a threat to a protected ground, airspace and/or sea limits by an approaching ground vehicle, aircraft or sea-going vessel. The method includes an authorized driver/pilot/capt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144194 | Controlling an imaging apparatus over a delayed communication link Method that includes: enabling the user to track a user-identified target on a currently presented image of periodically transmitted images from an imaging apparatus; calculating a distance between the estimated location of the user-identified target in view of the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8123162 | Unmanned air vehicles and method of landing same There is provided an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) including an engine and an airframe, including means for performing a deep stall maneuver at least one inflatable sleeve connected or connectable to the airframe, and means for inflating the sleeve during flight, where... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8079713 | Near eye display system A near eye image display system includes an image projector, a beam combiner assembly, and an optical assembly, optically coupled between the image projector and the beam combiner assembly. The image projector projects a display image toward an optical pathway, the ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8055394 | Engine thrust values estimation A method for estimating engine thrust values of an aircraft is disclosed, the method comprising calculating estimated thrust value of an engine based on an equation of longitudinal motion, aircraft data measured during flight and calibrated drag/lift models, and a m... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7982655 | Aircraft decoy arrangement Aircraft decoy arrangement and method for generating a decoy signal from an aircraft having an isolated decoy. An aircraft receiver detects a threat signal from a threat source targeting the aircraft. An aircraft signal processor produces a decoy relay signal based ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7932925 | System and method for stabilizing an image System for producing a stabilized image of a scene viewed by an image detector, the image detector detecting a plurality of images of the scene, the image detector being supported by gimbals, the gimbals including a servo system for moving the gimbals at least one d... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7848033 | Optical concentrator Apparatus for concentrating light rays arriving from at least one opening onto a receiver, individual beams of the light rays each arriving at the apparatus substantially collimated, the apparatus including a respective Fresnel lens assembly for each opening, the Fr... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7788199 | Method and apparatus for distributing assignments A method of assigning sets of assignments to at least one agent is provided. The agent(s) are capable of assuming a plurality of states. The method comprising, for each agent: constructing a graph having a plurality of vertices and a plurality of edges. Each vertex ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7733464 | Vehicle mounted night vision imaging system and method A vehicle mounted imaging system and method, enabling selective imaging of objects in a low-visibility environment. The system includes a light source providing non-visible light pulses and a camera having an image intensifier enabled to gate selected received image... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7669513 | Multiple weapon system for armored vehicle Land vehicle weapon system including a base mount coupled with a land vehicle, a weapon mount, a plurality of weapons coupled with the weapon mount, a weapon moving mechanism coupled between the base mount and the weapon mount, a plurality of moving elements coupled... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7640106 | Hybrid tracker Apparatus for determining the position of a selected object relative to a moving reference frame, the apparatus including at least one reference frame transceiver assembly firmly attached to the moving reference frame, at least one object transceiver assembly firmly... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7586584 | Determination of range to a coherent light source using laser speckle pattern Apparatus for determining a range to a coherent light source emitting a coherent light beam, the apparatus including an image sensor and a processor, the processor being coupled with the image sensor, the image sensor including an imaging plane, for capturing an ima... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7542869 | Electromagnetic tracker Apparatus for adaptively tracking the position of an object in a volume of interest, the apparatus including at least one transmitter, at least one sensor assembly, and a tracking processor, the transmitter being coupled with the volume of interest, for transmitting... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7521664 | Laser direction detection Apparatus for determining a direction of low power radiation originating from at least one source, the radiation arriving essentially collimated, the apparatus including an opening, at least two radiation sensors, a respective integrator for each radiation sensor, a... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7496293 | Versatile camera for various visibility conditions A versatile camera that operates in various visibility conditions, such as daylight and poor visibility conditions, the camera including at least two sensors that capture images in a scene and provide a digital representation of the captured images, each sensor havi... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7423673 | Method and system for determining optical distortion in a transparent medium System for determining a distortion model for an optically distorting medium, the system including an image sensor located at an image acquisition position behind the optically distorting medium, and an image processor coupled with the image sensor, the image sensor... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7401920 | Head mounted eye tracking and display system A system for eye tracking that determines the line of sight of a user according to the relative position between the center of the pupil and a reference point, the system including an image detector that captures an image of the eye, a pupil-illuminating light sourc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7379164 | Laser gated camera imaging system and method A gated camera imaging system and method, utilizing a laser device for generating a beam of long duration laser pulses toward a target. A camera receives the energy of light reflexes of the pulses reflected from the target. The camera gating is synchronized to be se... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7277834 | Estimating position and orientation in electromagnetic systems A method for adapting electromagnetic (EM) field model parameters including the steps of minimizing the difference between a model for the measurements and one or more measurements. The minimizing may be done by estimating model parameters, and at least position and... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7184574 | Delayed video tracking A tracking apparatus including a sensor tracker and a control tracker (60). The sensor tracker is connected to a sensor which senses a scene having at least one object therein, the sensor tracker provides sensor movement instructions to the sensor, enabling i... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7110184 | Method and apparatus for combining an induced image with a scene image Device for combining a scene image, produced by an imaging system, with an induced image, the imaging system including an eyepiece optics and at least a display screen producing the scene image, the eyepiece optics being located between the display screen and the ey... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6249386 | Non-adjustable helmet mounted optical systems Helmet mounted system is provided which includes a helmet which is custom fitted to a user, an optical system which is removably attachable to the helmet, an attachment which is fixedly attached to the optical system, and a mount which is custom fitted an... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5760335 | Compensation of electromagnetic distortion caused by metal mass A shield for electromagnetic radiation including a first layer having a high magnetic permeability and a second layer having a high electrical conductivity.... | 06/02/1998 |
