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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 |
| 5905499 | Method and system for high performance computer-generated virtual environments A computer system and computer-implemented method for rendering images in real-time with a three-dimensional appearance. Using a database including at least one pair of texture maps uses as a stereo pair behind a portal to simulate a scene. An input datab... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5528262 | Method for line field-sequential color video display Describes the application of field-sequential color techniques to create a line field-sequential color display with particular advantages for head-mounted and head-coupled displays. The display is composed of a gray-scale CRT or other white display and a ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5513129 | Method and system for controlling computer-generated virtual environment in response to audio signals A method and apparatus for the control and manipulation of a virtual environment (such as virtual objects therein) in response to a music signal. The music is either interpreted directly to effect the control and manipulation. Alternatively, a control tra... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5436638 | Image display method and apparatus with means for yoking viewpoint orienting muscles of a user An image display method and system in which exertion of a user's viewpoint orienting muscle groups is yoked to sensors measuring displacement and/or force to provide feedback information for control of a virtual-world without requiring full physical-motio... | 07/25/1995 |
