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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8063307 | Self-healing electrical communication paths Self-healing electrical garments and self-healing electrical conductors and components for use in electrical garments are provided. A communication medium of various forms is integrated into a garment seam that is used to join two or more portions of a garment. The ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8004409 | Wireless personal information carrier having logic for connecting a battery only during data transfers An information carrier in a preferred embodiment is worn like a dog-tag and carries data such as medical information. The tag operates wirelessly, communicating with a nearby reader which interrogates the tag with a selected combination of RF signal frequencies. Ext... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7899114 | System and method for maximizing video RF wireless transmission performance A system and method that will improve QoS (Quality of Service) of wireless video transmission systems. This is done by “in-fly” monitoring of BER by periodically transmitting “test images”, which images are known to the RF-receiver (Rx). BER can be automatic... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7781739 | Quantum-imaging system and mode of operation and method of fabrication thereof A quantum-imaging system for detecting photons, including short-wavelength ( | 08/24/2010 |
| 7753685 | Self-identifying electrical connector An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments ar... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7747085 | Method of isomorphic singular manifold projection still/video imagery compression Methods and apparatuses for still image compression, video compression and automatic target recognition are disclosed. The method of still image compression uses isomorphic singular manifold projection whereby surfaces of objects having singular manifold representat... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7731517 | Inherently sealed electrical connector An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. An embodiment comprises a non-conductive ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7712122 | Uncompressed IP multimedia data transmission and switching The present invention provides an apparatus and method of transmitting and switching multimedia data over an Ethernet network. The method includes allocating a portion of an Ethernet bandwidth for channel allocation, receiving a multimedia signal, assigning a channe... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7660024 | 3-D HLCD system and method of making An autostereoscopic three-dimensional liquid crystal display system and a method of making the system. The system includes a collimated backlight, a first light diffracting hologram, a second right-left interlacing hologram and a liquid crystal display. If the backl... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7658612 | Body conformable electrical network An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7581452 | System and method for soil strength measurement A system and method for characterizing soil shear strength from a vehicle, comprises a plurality of sensors mounted on a vehicle and configured to measure distances from the sensors to the soil surface. The sensors comprise a first sensor disposed on the vehicle and... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7556532 | Electrical connector configured as a fastening element A carton-centric security system that uniquely combines a low-cost version of the rugged connector technology and a novel smart skin is provided. The carton-centric security system includes RF electronics for communication. The system can fully meet the homeland sec... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7462035 | Electrical connector configured as a fastening element An entirely wearable electrical connector for power/data connectivity. The principal element of a modular network is the wearable electrical connector, which is integrated into a personal area network with USB compatibility. Several wearable connector embodiments ar... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7336299 | Panoramic video system with real-time distortion-free imaging A panoramic annular lens system (PAL), a unitary video camera and a PC-based software system that unwraps a 360° video image into a seamless, distortion free horizontal image image in real time. The PAL system of the preferred embodiment has a 360° horizontal fiel... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335067 | Connector for harsh environments Two embodiments of a connector that can be mated without regard for its orientation are disclosed. One embodiment is mated and demated autonomously as part of a system for recovering, docking with, recharging and re-launching unmanned aerial vehicles. Another embodi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7317814 | Authentication system and method An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input with a reference wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures, preferably points, that are each less than about six microns in size and can have a... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7297002 | Stacked rotary connector assembly using a split ring configuration An improved stacked rotary connector assembly wherein each connector comprises a pair of rings and the rings of each rotary connector thereof are individually split and mechanically separable. Because the input and output rings are each split and separable, any one ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7231017 | Lobster eye X-ray imaging system and method of fabrication thereof A Lobster Eye X-ray Imaging System based on a unique Lobster Eye (LE) structure, X-ray generator, scintillator-based detector and cooled CCD (or Intensified CCD) for real-time, safe, staring Compton backscatter X-ray detection of objects hidden under ground, in cont... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7113489 | Metropolitan area network switching system and method of operation thereof Systems and methods for connecting and configuring a communication network are described. A network includes a first router; a tie-line having a plurality of full duplex dedicated router interconnects connected to said first router; a second router connected to said... | 09/26/2006 |
| 6931023 | Access device and method thereof for accessing a network The present invention provides an access device which includes a timeslot allocation table having timeslot allocation information and a transmitter coupled to the timeslot allocation table. The transmitter transmits data and updated timeslot allocation information i... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6802188 | Method of making photosensitive monolithic glass apparatus A partially modified photosensitive monolithic oxide glass apparatus formed through photolithographic imaging. The apparatus may be either a volume apparatus or a layer apparatus. Both types of apparatus may be used to diffuse light in predetermined directions or sh... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6744909 | Authentication system and method An authentication system using a correlator that correlates an input with a reference wherein at least one of the input and reference comprises a phase volume mask having structures, preferably points, that are each less than about six microns in size and can have a... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6675863 | Seamless master and method of making same Hollow, cylindrical, seamless metal master for producing seamless diffuser sheets of preselected length and width. Additional aspects of the invention include a hollow cylindrical seamless invertable elastomeric master and method of making the same and an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6650810 | Tunable filter A tunable optical filter for simulating the waveband spectrums of selected substances. The filter includes an optical waveguide with a core material for transmitting light energy and a nominal core refractive index for the core material. Predetermined per... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6603770 | Apparatus and method for accessing a network An apparatus and method that provides access between an enterprise network and at least one of a metropolitan area network and a wide area network. The apparatus includes an enterprise area network connection, a controller coupled to the enterprise area n... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6595644 | Dynamic time multiplexed holographic screen with 3-D projection A dynamic time multiplexed holographic system including a holographic screen and a projector that projects successive perspective images onto the holographic screen. The projector includes a rotating polygon that provides successive image slices to the ho... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6594050 | Optical communication switch node A self-routing switching node that includes an optical associative memory processor that receives packet header information and a switching array coupled to the optical associative memory processor. The switching array receives control signals from the op... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6563612 | Collimating screen simulator and method A collimating screen simulator comprising a projector and a holographic diffuser screen. The projector is adapted to project a viewable image onto a focal plane that is spaced from the projector. The focal plane has a backside and a viewing side opposite ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6529678 | Optical element having an integral surface diffuser A monolithic element has a substrate body and at least one macro-optical characteristic integral in a first portion of the optical element. A plurality of surface micro-structures are integral in a portion of the optical element. The micro-structures are ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6522374 | Passive matrix liquid crystal display A viewing surface in the form of a passive liquid crystal display or front projection viewing screen includes a substrate layer of material having a front side and a back side. A light shaping micro-sculpted surface structure is provided on one side of th... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6487312 | Method of isomorphic singular manifold projection still/video imagery compression Methods and apparatuses for still image compression, video compression and automatic target recognition are disclosed. The method of still image compression uses isomorphic singular manifold projection whereby surfaces of objects having singular manifold ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6483976 | Optical element having an integral surface diffuser A monolithic element has a substrate body and at least one macro-optical characteristic integral in a first portion of the optical element. A plurality of surface micro-structures are integral in a portion of the optical element. The micro-structures are ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6481864 | Backlight assembly with a light pipe having optical elements and an integral surface diffuser A backlight assembly is disclosed having a light pipe and at least one light source located at an edge of the light pipe. The light pipe has a back surface and a front surface opposite the back surface. The light pipe also has one or more light directing,... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6462888 | Diffuser master A diffuser master is provided which is manufactured mechanically instead of holographically. The master can be made from a suitable substrate including relatively hard materials such as plastic, glass or metal. A substrate having a first side is worked to... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6446467 | Monolithic glass light shaping diffuser and method for its production A holographic light shaping diffuser (LSD) is formed from a monolithic glass material by recording light shaping structures (sometimes collectively known as "speckle", particularly when the structures extend into the interior of the diffuser) in the glass... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6386721 | Light pipe having one or more integral diffusers A light pipe for a backlight assembly has a front surface and a back surface. The back surface includes an integral surface diffuser microstructure formed thereon. The front surface may also have an integral surface diffuser microstructure formed thereon ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6369925 | Beam combiner A nonimaging beam combiner and collimator. The nonimaging beam combiner and collimator can include at least two light sources that emit light of the same wavelength through a focus point and a nonimaging element that receives the light of the same wavelen... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6352359 | Vehicle light assembly including a diffuser surface structure A vehicle light assembly includes a lens cover from which light emanates. A light shaping surface microstructure is carried in a portion of the light assembly. The microstructure can be incorporated into many different surfaces of the light assembly such ... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6352759 | Non-lambertian glass diffuser and method of making A glass diffuser is fabricated by first producing a metal shim submaster or other high temperature resistant diffuser having a surface relief structure on one surface. A glass substrate material is heated to a suitable temperature and at least one exposed... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6353673 | Real-time opto-electronic image processor A system and method for real time optical processing of images by simultaneous combining the variable set of images in selected spectral intervals. Spectral images at a plurality of spectral intervals are collected if needed. According to criteria establi... | 03/05/2002 |
