"I hate what they've done to my child...I would never let my own children watch it. "
Vladimir Zworykin, television pioneer ; Talking about an invention in which he played a critical role.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5260557 | Method and apparatus for acquisition and tracking of light sources in a transient event rich environment A method and apparatus for tracking a light source in a transient event rich environment locks on to a light source incident on a field-of-view 1 of a charge-coupled-device (CCD) array 6, validates the permanence of said light source and transmits data re... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5210591 | Interferometric ball bearing test station Method and apparatus for determining if a surface of an object, such as a ball bearing (12), has a radius of curvature within a predetermined tolerance. A test system (10) includes an interferometer having a reference beam (20a) and a measurement beam (20... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5198653 | Wide FOV retro-null outgoing wavefront sensor A wavefront sensor includes a plurality of holographic optical elements (HOEs 50) that are disposed on a surface of a mirror (12) that defines a pupil, each of the HOEs diffracting a portion of an output beam for providing an associated sample beam. An op... | 03/30/1993 |