...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7098832 | Image processing method and analog front end circuit An image processing method and analog front end circuit are described. An analog signal is converted to digital form to obtain a digital signal by increasing a conversion resolution value of an analog-to-digital converter module. The digital signal is subsequently a... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6801151 | Method and apparatus for analog-to-digital pipeline conversion A method and apparatus for analog-to-digital pipeline conversion are described. The apparatus includes a sample/hold circuit having an input to receive an analog input voltage, a comparator device coupled to the input of the sample/hold circuit to receive the analog... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6759898 | Dual input differential amplifier Embodiments of a dual input differential amplifier are described. The dual input differential amplifier includes multiple input devices forming at least two sets of differential inputs for an operational amplifier, and multiple switches within the operational amplif... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6750799 | A/D conversion technique using digital averages A method and apparatus for an improved A/D technique, and an architecture utilizing this technique is disclosed. By performing multiple conversions with circuit elements in a different arrangement for each conversion, and combining the results, an A/D technique that... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6603354 | Method and apparatus to generate an optimum common-mode voltage in analog differential circuits A method and apparatus to generate an optimum common-mode voltage in analog differential circuits are described. A first output voltage is generated as a function of a power supply voltage and a positive saturation voltage in a differential amplifier circ... | 08/05/2003 |