Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7502056 | Movement signal generation apparatus, optical device, optical device control apparatus, and video production system A movement signal generation apparatus is disclosed which can convert an analog position signal of an optical adjustment unit into digital signals representing a movement amount and a movement direction of the optical adjustment unit and output the digital signals. ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7499083 | Image sensing apparatus with white balance control and image sensing method therefor An image sensing apparatus calculates the first white balance control data on the basis of representative values of data for respective color components for at least some of image sensing data, or data of average values of the color components. The apparatus calcula... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7499080 | Image sensor with adjustable readout area This invention relates to a video camera for inputting an image of an object as an electrical signal. This video camera includes a CCD, a clock selector for selecting a clock having a frequency corresponding to a read object region in which pixels are read out from ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7497672 | Screw pump with increased volume of fluid to be transferred A screw pump includes a housing and a pair of intermeshing screw rotors. An end face of the rotor adjacent to an inlet port of the housing is provided with an inlet opening. Each rotor has a first portion whose lead angle changes. The first portions and the housing ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7070174 | Mixing apparatus for mixing gas in a closed reactor The invention relates to a mixing apparatus and a method for mixing gas in a closed mixing reactor, which uses gas as a process chemical with a high efficiency and where the content of pulverous solids in the solution is great. The aim is to obtain a flow in the rea... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6998262 | Polysaccharide extract of sp. and an orally active pharmaceutical composition comprising the same This invention provides a Dioscorea polysaccharide extract prepared by the method of this invention, which enhances the immunological activities by regulating the gene expression of cytokines. This invention further provides a Dioscorea polysaccharide ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989060 | Calcium fluoride crystal and method and apparatus for using the same A calcium fluoride crystal produced in accordance with a method for producing calcium fluoride crystal on the basis of refining a raw material of calcium fluoride and causing crystal growth of the refined calcium fluoride, the method including a process of raising a... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6832690 | Guiding device for a flotation machine The Invention relates to a flotation machine (1) which at least consists of a flotation cell (2) having a means for feeding slurry in the flotation cell, a gas dispersion mechanism (3) for feeding gas into the slurry and producing froth, a means... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6452628 | Camera control and display device using graphical user interface A motion image display apparatus for remotely controlling a camera includes a camera for inputting a motion image, a component for changing the direction of the camera, a component for synthesizing one still image in a wide area on the basis of motion ima... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6449007 | Method for establishing synchronization in head-detachable image sensing system, and image sensing system adopting the method In a system when a camera head and a signal processing unit connected to each other, the signal processing unit inputs a synchronizing signal from an external device, and transmits reference signals, such as a clock signal, horizontal and vertical synchro... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6442546 | Messaging system with application-defined states A messaging system in which a core messaging infrastructure stores and manages messaging attributes, but applications external to the core infrastructure define and modify most attributes. Attribute types may be easily defined or modified, the manner in w... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427747 | Apparatus and method of separating sample and substrate fabrication method An apparatus for separating a substrate having a porous layer from the porous layer is provided. A bonded substrate stack having a porous layer is supported by substrate holders while being rotated. A jet nozzle ejects a high-speed, high-pressure liquid o... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6401302 | Motor vehicle opening leaf handle The invention proposes a motor vehicle opening-leaf handle of the kind including a handle support which is fixed on the inside of a bodywork panel of the opening leaf, wherein the handle support includes catching tabs which attach the handle support to th... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6354118 | Arrangement for electrically locking the steering shaft of a motor vehicle steering device A device for electrically locking the steering shaft of a motor vehicle steering device, which comprises an electric motor with actuator connected downstream, for displacing a blocking element which is arranged so that it can be displaced from its unlocke... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349579 | Steering column anti-theft device for motor vehicle The disclosure concerns a vehicle steering column anti-theft device of the type including a casing in which a rotationally mounted lock rotor drives rotationally a rotary projecting part forming a cam that can cooperate with a bolt to control the movement... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6323906 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting an image signal, a signal processing unit for processing an output from the input unit to generate an image signal of a first format, a conversion unit for compressing an output from the s... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6309505 | Substrate processing apparatus and method One wafer is placed on a wafer support table with its frontside facing upward, and the other wafer is chucked by a wafer chuck portion with its frontside facing upward. The wafer chuck portion is pivoted about a shaft through about 180° to make the two w... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6239421 | Rod lens array and image read apparatus and system using the same A rod lens array, used in an image sensor, is configured by sandwiching a plurality of rod lenses with two side plates. Among the two side plates, the one which is on the side of the illumination device is made thinner than the other side plate.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6063690 | Method for making recessed field oxide for radiation hardened microelectronics A method of forming a recessed electrically-insulating field oxide region in a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the method includes the steps of oxidizing a surface of the substrate; depositing a polysilicon layer over the ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6047887 | System and method for connecting money modules An improved monetary system using electronic media to exchange economic value securely and reliably. The invention provides a complete monetary system having electronic money that is interchangeable with conventional paper money comprising (1) issuing ban... | 04/11/2000 |
