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A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4641351 | Logical transform image processor A voxel of a scene is central to a neighborhood of twelve voxels disposed at corners of a tetradecahedron. A signal representation of a processed image of the central voxel is provided in response to a comparison of a signal representation of the central ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4636782 | Display arrangement for a vehicle A display arrangement for displaying information perspectively or three-dimensionally has a first and second display devices. The first display device is positioned behind a semitransparent mirror and displays a first information which is directly viewed ... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4625290 | Apparatus and method for producing a three-dimensional display on a video display device Dynamic random element stereograms are produced on a television receiver or video monitor by an interface circuit that generates first and second binary sequences which are applied to the display so as to display a plurality of pairs of elements, and rela... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4609993 | Graphic display system having analog interpolators In a graphic display system a plurality of sets of first, second and third geometrical digital signals and a pictorial signal are stored in a memory and read therefrom at the raster speed of a display unit into plural latches with which plural interpolato... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4608653 | Form creating system An improved unique form creating system is disclosed which provides for free access to a form to be created throughout its whole process ranging from its first step or model design step to its final step or manufacturing step. There are also similar devic... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4600200 | Three-dimensional image display system A three-dimensional image display system comprising a video information memory, storing video information in the form of a perspective view, a reading circuit for reading out the video information stored in the video information memory while scrolling the... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4594673 | Hidden surface processor A high speed hidden surface processor capable of operating in real time and suitable for interaction with a computer-generated imagery or computer graphics system, whereby a realistic three-dimensional scene can be projected on a two-dimensional video dis... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4590558 | Method and apparatus for removing objects from CT images Method and apparatus for producing CT images in which localized regions ("rub-out" regions) of the original object are not reproduced in order to eliminate artifacts generated by objects within those regions. An operator defines a rub-out region encompass... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4558359 | Anaglyphic stereoscopic image apparatus and method An image processing apparatus for aiding analysis of images through the introduction of additonal physically displaced image elements in complementary color which are generated by digital processing of original image elements. The added elements and origi... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4558438 | Method and apparatus for dynamically displaying geo-physical information In a system for displaying geophysical information on a video screen, data representative of spaced subsurface strata are stored in a computer memory. The data are extracted, plane by plane, and data bytes representative of the planes are stored in pairs ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4525858 | Method and apparatus for reconstruction of three-dimensional surfaces from interference fringes A fully automatic method for rapidly and unambiguously interpreting fringe patterns, including those having branched fringes, is provided. The information from the fringe patterns processed by the method of the invention can be used in testing, surface ch... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4498139 | Apparatus for designing three-dimensional structures An apparatus for designing three-dimensional structures comprises a unit for recording linear coordinates having a movable support and guideways, crosspiece, carriage and vertical rod which are coupled to one another and which cause displacement along lin... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4489389 | Real time video perspective digital map display A digital system for producing a real-time visual display in perspective of the terrain over which an aircraft is passing on the basis of compressed digital data stored on a cassette tape includes a perspective processor for transforming the addresses of ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4467412 | Slave processor with clock controlled by internal ROM & master processor A graphical display of a video game is provided with "first person views" of game play, by generation of simulated three-dimensional perspectives. A slave computational unit relieves a master microprocessor of arithmetic and logical operations necessary f... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4437122 | Low resolution raster images The present invention enhances the resolution and quality of characters of a system receiving the information initially in the form of video display pixels and providing hard copy output. This is accomplished by storing at least three successive lines of ... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4408277 | Holographic imager A holographic apparatus uses electronically processed three-dimensional information about an object to produce a three-dimensional display of that object and its movement. A holographic screen has a plurality of angularly multiplexed holographic images wh... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4384338 | Methods and apparatus for blending computer image generated features Methods and apparatus for determining dynamically a blending ratio for blending features in a computer image generated scene are disclosed. The invention is for use with a computer image generation system which provides a dynamic scene as viewed by the pi... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4375674 | Kinesimetric method and apparatus Disclosed are apparatus and method for the determination of functional capability of bodies. Reach as well as velocity, acceleration and force generation at various positions may be determined for a body by a three dimensional kinesimeter equipped with an... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4368517 | Aircraft landing display system A landing display system for indicating to the pilot of an aircraft the relationship between his aircraft and a landing runway includes an aircraft symbol providing attitude information with respect to a reference horizon, a velocity vector indicative of ... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4348184 | Landing light pattern generator for digital image systems A system is described for use in a simulator apparatus, particularly a simulator of an aircraft, whereby aircraft landing lights can be simulated effectively in a night scene. This is accomplished by increasing the illumination intensity of a part of each... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4343037 | Visual display systems of the computer generated image type A visual display system of the computer generated image type, for a ground based flight-simulator having a rectangular raster-scanned display and having a surface detail information store for providing a visual display of textured surfaces in perspective ... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4328491 | Dynamic data display system, as for use with EEG A dynamic display system for discrete events of complex data carried by discrete electrical signals which indicate values in three coordinates as triads. One of the values may be an independent variable, e.g., time. A cathode ray tube display apparatus is... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4213252 | Repeating pattern simulation of a polygon face object system The terrain objects within the data base for an aircraft flight simulation system are formed by polygon faces and include certain objects formed by repetitive patterns of equally spaced identical polygon faces. More specifically, objects such as runway ma... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4182053 | Display generator for simulating vehicle operation A plurality of signals are generated to represent different simulated picture elements, such as markers, road lines, obstacles, etc., which might be encountered along the pathway of a vehicle such as an automobile or an aircraft. These signals are separat... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4041476 | Method, medium and apparatus for producing three-dimensional figure product Method, apparatus and product in which a three-dimensional figure is formed in situ in a medium having two active components by causing two radiation beams to intersect in the media. The dissimilar components are selected to respond to the simultaneous pr... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4024539 | Method and apparatus for flight path control Signals from a source of flight path data, normally a memory device which stores forward-looking radar data, for example, are sampled in "reverse-time". That is, the data points along the flight path are taken in reverse order relative to the direction of... | 05/17/1977 |
