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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7327786 | Method for improving rate-distortion performance of a video compression system through parallel coefficient cancellation in the transform A method for improving rate distortion performance of a compression system through parallel coefficient cancellation in a transform comprising the steps of (A) determining a block sum of absolute values for each of a plurality of blocks in a macroblock and (B) setti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7310371 | Method and/or apparatus for reducing the complexity of H.264 B-frame encoding using selective reconstruction An apparatus comprising an output circuit, a first processing circuit and a second processing circuit. The output circuit may be configured to generate an output data stream in response to (i) a first intermediate signal, (ii) a second intermediate signal, and (iii)... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305646 | Relocatable mixed-signal functions An apparatus that may include a base layer of a platform application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and a mixed-signal function. The base layer of the platform application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) generally comprises a plurality of pre-diffused regions... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301941 | Multistage digital cross connect with synchronized configuration switching A digital cross connect comprises plural switching stages. Each stage has plural switches which receive plural frames of time multiplexed input data and which switch the data in time and space. Configurations of the switches change in frame synchronization at the st... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292580 | Method and system for guaranteeing quality of service in a multi-plane cell switch Data cells of plural classes are transferred from input ports to output ports through a switch by storing the cells at each input port in class-specific virtual output queues (VOQ) within sets of VOQs associated with output ports, and providing credits to VOQs accor... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292063 | Method of interconnect for multi-slot metal-mask programmable relocatable function placed in an I/O region A method for interconnecting sub-functions of metal-mask programmable functions that includes the steps of (A) forming a base layer of a platform application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) comprising a plurality of pre-diffused regions disposed around a peripher... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7161522 | Severe asymmetry compensator for optical recording PRML read channel An apparatus comprising an analog-to-digital converter, a compensation circuit, a partial response equalizer and a non-adaptive Viterbi decoder. The analog-to-digital converter may be configured to convert an input analog signal into a digital signal. The compensati... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7043718 | System real-time analysis tool An apparatus comprising a full system monitor. The monitor may be configured to monitor in real-time one or more (i) software variables down to change rates, (ii) hardware registers down to cycle rates, and (iii) firmware registers down to microcode fetch rates.... | 05/09/2006 |
