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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE42155 | Light-weight self-propelled vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner power head (40) for vacuum cleaning and having two counter rotating agitators 52 and 54. Motor (60) rotates agitators (52) and (54) through transmission (70), and also rotates suction fan (65) ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7866338 | Quick connect pressure reducer/cylinder valve for self-contained breathing apparatus A breathing air tank and valve assembly is provided for use in a self-contained breathing apparatus. The breathing air tank and valve assembly includes a pressure vessel and a cylinder valve for connection to the pressure vessel. The cylinder valve includes a valve ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7805807 | Dual motor upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner having dual cleaning motor and fan units is provided having a cleaning head engagable with a floor and a suction nozzle and a brush roller rotatably mounted therein. A first motor and fan unit is mounted in the vacuum cleaner for producing ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7791477 | Method and apparatus for analyzing video data of a security system based on infrared data A security system comprises a surveillance unit comprising a visible light camera detecting video data from within a first field of view (FOV) and an infrared (IR) imager detecting IR data within the first FOV. An IR detection module determines whether at least a po... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7791422 | Voltage controlled oscillator with cascaded emitter follower buffer stages A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is provided that includes an output buffer having a first buffer stage including a first transistor and a second buffer stage including a second transistor. The first and second transistors are connected in a cascaded emitter fo... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787776 | Method and apparatus for using infrared sensors to transfer data within a security system A security system comprises a system control panel for monitoring at least one device on a network. An infrared (IF) sensor located on the network has an IR transmitter and an IR receiver. The IR transmitter transmits control data packets and the IR receiver detects... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7740182 | Method and system for controlled release of hot water from a fixture A valve assembly for a water circulation system includes a bypass valve with an inlet and an outlet that permits recirculating flow of water from a hot water line of the water circulation system. The valve assembly also includes a shut-off valve with a valve body ha... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7696873 | Method and apparatus for automatically disarming a security system A security system comprises a system control panel for arming and disarming the security system. A door sensing unit comprises a first radio frequency (RF) transceiver interconnected with the system control panel over a network. The first RF transceiver is mounted p... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7688212 | Method and apparatus for providing occupancy information in a fire alarm system A method is provided for presenting occupancy information in a fire alarm system. The method includes obtaining event data indicative of an emergency event within a zone of a premises, obtaining count information indicative of a number of individuals within the zone... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7623062 | System and method for target detection with a radar antenna A system and method for controlling a radar antenna are provided. The method includes generating a first single beam antenna pattern, generating a second single beam antenna pattern and transmitting the first and second single beam antenna patterns. The method furth... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609165 | Method and apparatus for magnetically activated radio or infrared identification system A disarming system for an RFID tag or an IRID tag having a magnetically operated sensor or switch includes a permanent magnet, wherein the permanent magnet is configured to activate the magnetically operated switch or sensor in the RFID tag or IRID tag when the RFID... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7588056 | Methods and systems for enhanced fluid transport Methods and systems for a flexible hose assembly are provided. The flexible hose assembly includes a core tube including a substantially fluid-impervious body including an inner surface and an outer surface, and an aramid sleeve including aramid yarn, the aramid sle... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7532702 | Method and system for performing CT image reconstruction with motion artifact correction In one embodiment, a method is provided for performing computed tomography (CT) imaging. The method includes obtaining EKG gating information from an object and obtaining attenuation measurements from the object utilizing a detector that is rotated in a scan plane a... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7518114 | Method and system for imaging a patient Methods and systems for imaging a patient are provided. The method includes determining a location of a volume of interest within the patient and acquiring a plurality of frames of emission data, at least one frame including the volume of interest. The method furthe... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7502325 | Method and system for managing networks, network fragments and subnetworks A method and system are provided for verifying connectivity between monitoring points (MPs) within a network. The method comprises assigning, to each monitoring point, a unique MP ID and a unique sender MP ID and a unique receiver MP ID. Each sender MP ID uniquely i... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7437048 | Equipment bay cable management system A cable management system is provided that is configured to be located between adjacent equipment racks, while being vertically oriented to extend upward along a narrow space between the adjacent equipment racks. The cable management system comprises a main panel ex... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412027 | Methods and system for multi-modality imaging A method of examining a patient is provided. The method includes aligning a patient table with a first examination axis, imaging a patient utilizing a first imaging modality while the patient is oriented along the first examination axis, aligning a patient table wit... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399643 | Method and apparatus for aligning microbeads in order to interrogate the same A method and apparatus are provided for aligning optical elements or microbeads, wherein each microbead has an elongated body with a code embedded therein along a longitudinal axis thereof to be read by a code reading device. The microbeads are aligned with a positi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393231 | Methods and apparatus to facilitate component installation Methods and apparatus for an electrical panel are provided. The electrical panel includes a base having a back wall with a maintenance support member provided thereon, a cover configured to be joined to the base in a closed position and separately to be supported by... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382245 | Method and apparatus for indicating a power condition at a notification appliance A notification appliance and an alarm system are provided. The notification appliance comprises an alarm indicator and a control module, which is configured to perform notification applications by turning on/off the alarm indicator. The control module receives at le... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376252 | User interactive method and user interface for detecting a contour of an object Method and apparatus for detecting a contour of an object within an image is provided. A user interface is used to select first and second points within the object. A processor detects first and second subcontours based on the first and second points, respectively; ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7348564 | Multi modality imaging methods and apparatus A method for correcting emission data from Positron Emission Tomography (PET) or SPECT includes generating a plurality of computed tomography (CT) image data, selecting a portion of the CT image data, processing the selected CT data to generate a plurality of attenu... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347572 | Telescope mirror for high bandwidth free space optical data transmission Optical mirror elements for high bandwidth free space optical communication are produced by an electroforming replication technique. Onto the precision surface of a mandrel that is a negative of the required optical surface a layer of metal is deposited forming an e... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345281 | Method and system for calibrating a time of flight positron emission tomography system A method and system for calibrating a time of flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET) scanner are provided. The method stores acquired scan data from detector pairs including data and timing information. The method further calculates an intensity distributio... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338446 | Method and apparatus for controlling power in an ultrasound system Methods and systems for controlling an ultrasound system are provided. The method includes receiving scanning information from an ultrasound system, with the scanning information including at least one of image information and spectral information. The method furthe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333849 | Vertical field neurovascular array coil A vertical field MRI RF coil array for neurovascular imaging includes a head section having a solenoid coil element and a quadrature coil element; a neck section having a solenoid coil element and a quadrature coil element; and a chest section having a solenoid coil... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332724 | Method and apparatus for acquiring radiation data Method and apparatus for sensing and acquiring radiation data comprises sensing radiation events with a multi-modality detector. The detector comprises solid state crystals forming a matrix of pixels which may be arranged in rows and columns, and has a radiation det... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331927 | Methods and systems for medical imaging A medical imaging system includes an image sensor that receives imaging signals from a region of interest, a memory coupled to the image sensor, and a processor coupled to the memory. The memory stores image data derived from the imaging signals for first and second... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7313921 | Apparatus and method for thermo-electric cooling A temperature regulator provides thermoelectric temperature control in a X-ray detector. The temperature regulator maintains the temperature within the X-ray detector by controlling current through a thermoelectric device. The temperature regulator can both heat and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312455 | Method and system for scatter correction in a positron emission tomography system Methods and systems for providing scatter correction in a positron emission tomography (PET) system are provided. The method includes determining a look-up table of scatter sinograms during a PET acquisition scan period. The method further includes scatter correctin... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7233144 | Method and system for performing image reconstruction in a magnetic resonance imaging system Methods and Systems for image reconstruction in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are provided. The method includes receiving MRI data and storing the received MRI data. The method further includes reordering the stored MRI data during an image reconstruction. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221161 | Coil arrays for parallel imaging in magnetic resonance imaging A system and method for configuring coils in a coil array are provided. The system includes a coil arrangement for a medical imaging system. The coil arrangement includes a plurality of coil elements for a medical imaging system and a plurality of twisted portions i... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7209185 | Universal mounting technique for video matrix switching with chassis volume reduction A video signal connection apparatus comprises an array of individual video signal connector contacts arranged in a matrix having connector contact rows and connector contact columns, the individual video signal connector contacts extending in a first connection ‘d... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7173423 | System and methods for testing operation of a radio frequency device A system and a method for testing a Radio Frequency (RF) device are provided. The system includes a light emitting source configured to transmit an optical test signal based on an RF signal and a detector provided as a part of the RF device and configured to detect ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173248 | Methods and systems for positron emission tomography data correction Methods and systems for image overlap correction are provided. The method includes acquiring the emission projection data from a plurality of scan frames that extend across at least a portion of a length of an object being imaged wherein elements of the object lie b... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7111409 | Device and method providing a straight edge along an object A device for providing a generally straight edge along a surface of an object includes a generally cylindrical body and a locking component for engaging the device with the object. The generally cylindrical body is configured having multiple layers that may be align... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7095944 | Distance measuring device and method for determining a distance The invention relates to a distance measuring device and a suitable method for determining a distance which provides for continuous determination of the distance—which can therefore also be made discrete—and in addition is easy to handle and provides for a large... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084631 | Magnetic resonance imaging array coil system and method for breast imaging A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) array coil system and method for breast imaging are provided. The MRI array coil system includes a top coil portion with two openings configured to receive therethrough objects to be imaged. The MRI array coil system further includ... | 08/01/2006 |
