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 |
| 7618808 | Remote control video incubation and reaction chamber Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for remotely monitoring and controlling various processes in an incubation/reaction system. Remote control is accomplished via computer network protocol. In a disclosed preferred embodiment, remote observation and control is a... | 11/17/2009 |
| 5987153 | Automated verification and prevention of spoofing for biometric data The invention provides a method of and system for automated verification and prevention of spoofing for biometric data, such as handwritten signatures. Biometric data known to be true, such as signatures already entered by the authentic person, are record... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5956409 | Secure application of seals The invention provides a method of and system for secure application of seals. An optical image of a seal is recorded by a computer and encrypted using a key for encryption generated in response to template biometric data from authorized persons. When a p... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5818468 | Decoding video signals at high speed using a memory buffer A method for decoding and displaying video signals using a memory buffer, in which a speed of a write operation for a memory buffer is adjusted to avoid overtaking a read operation for the same memory buffer. A display controller and a video MPEG engine c... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5802042 | Autosensing LMI protocols in frame relay networks The invention provides a method and system for auto-sensing LMI protocols in frame relay networks. When a router is first coupled to a frame relay network, it automatically configures the local management interface (LMI) to use one of a selected set of po... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5797029 | Sound board emulation using digital signal processor using data word to determine which operation to perform and writing the result into read communication area An improved audio-output device coupleable to a computer system, in which a DSP operating under software control emulates a common command interface. The command interface has a set of registers that are made available to the CPU for reading and writing, ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5793419 | Personal audio/video surveillance system A personal surveillance system having a video camera and an audio microphone in a single package sufficiently small to be worn as a badge, lapel pin, or similarly small accessory. The audio/video package is coupled to a transmitter for transmitting an aud... | 08/11/1998 |
