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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| 20050007466 | Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof This invention enables deleting and protecting a part of sensed image data in accordance with a situation so as to enable efficient utilization of a finite capacity of a storage medium. To realize this, an image subjected to deletion from the image data stored in a stor... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050008356 | Sensor device A camera is disclosed which is provided with a sensor device that includes: a substrate having formed thereon which first and second line sensors that are arranged a fixed baseline length apart from each other and a third sensor for receiving light from a field which is... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050007680 | Lens barrel A lens barrel component includes a lens holding member for holding a lens and a supporting member supporting the lens holding member. The lens barrel component is molded using a composite material containing at least clay and a thermoplastic resin ... | 01/13/2005 |
| 20050002154 | Electronic equipment Electronic equipment is disclosed with which, even when a main body receives an external force, the deformation of the main body can be restrained. The electronic equipment comprises: a main body, having a housing chamber for housing accessories; a base member, rotating... | 01/06/2005 |
| 20050002663 | Viewfinder display apparatus A viewfinder display apparatus which can realize superimpose having good visibility without giving uncomfortable feeling to a photographer is disclosed. The viewfinder display apparatus includes an eyepiece lens unit, an a member on which illumination unit which irradia... | 01/06/2005 |
