Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5808588 | Shutter synchronization circuit for stereoscopic systems A shutter synchronization circuit for a stereoscopic system, which comprises a CPU, a main memory, a VGA graphic card, a monitor, a RS 232 interface circuit, an interrupt controller, a timer and an external shutter synchronizer with RS 232 interface; the ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5808599 | Autostereoscopic video device and system The invention relates to a device for display an autostereoscopic image on a video screen (20) having a cylindrical lens array (10) disposed in front of it. The video screen (20) has pixels made up of p color points (RGB) placed horizontally side by side,... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5801666 | Three-dimensional monitor A three-dimensional computer monitor is provided for displaying information and representations of objects in three dimensions. In a preferred embodiment, the monitor comprises a three dimensional array of optical voxels that are individually activated by... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796373 | Computerized stereoscopic image system and method of using two-dimensional image for providing a view having visual depth A computerized stereoscopic image system and a method of using two-dimensional images with multi-layer for providing a view having a visual depth are disclosed. The stereoscopic image system includes a computer, a main memory unit, a VGA graphic card, a m... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5790086 | 3-D imaging system A 3-dimensional image is obtained from a 2-dimensional display by varying the apparent distance of the image from the viewer on a pixel by pixel basis. This is done by positioning an array of pixel-level optical elements in alignment with the pixels in th... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5777588 | Autostereoscopic display having a high resolution 2D mode An autostereoscopic display has first and second spatial light modulators. Images from the spatial light modulators are combined by a beam combiner before being presented to a viewing region. The relative positions of the first and second spatial light mo... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5754147 | Method and apparatus for displaying three-dimensional volumetric images This invention relates generally to three dimensional volumetric display. Optical data is supplied by an optical data generator through an optical interfacing unit to a rotating display which produces three dimensional volumetric images. The optical inter... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5736969 | Three-dimensional image reproducing apparatus A three-dimensional image reproducer receives a video signal including three-dimensional information including X and Y information constituting a plane and Z information constituting a depth. This apparatus causes particles to fall with respect to one lin... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5703606 | Three dimensional display system A three-dimensional display device comprising an evacuated enclosure (45). A phosphor coated screen (44), means to rotate the phosphor coated screen, one or more electron gun (41-43) and control means to drive the one or more electron gun. Sequential imag... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5638082 | Vision testing system for stereoscopic viewing by a test person An image display system comprises polarization spectacles having different polarization axes with or without λ/4-foils of both polarization lenses forward of the eyes of the person to be tested. The system of the invention further includes an image displ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5627554 | Segmented direct volume display device and method A segmented direct volume display device includes a volume containing a medium, two mutually orthogonal matrices of light guns capable of providing light beams, each matrix outputting light at different wavelengths, a unit for generating images in the vol... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5595767 | Three-dimensional energy distribution device A three-dimensional energy distribution device includes a volume reacting to the energy of a predetermined radiation; a plurality of sources of the radiation illuminating the volume according to respective angles; and, placed between each source and the v... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592215 | Stereoscopic picture system and stereoscopic display panel therefor A stereoscopic picture system which offers a natural, stereoscopic picture allowing a plurality of people to see it at a time without wearing polarizing glasses. The stereoscopic picture system includes: a camera for identifying an image of a subject as a... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5515069 | Apparatus for relieving eyestrain and fatigue Apparatus for relieving eyestrain and fatigue. A plurality of light sources, arranged in a selected three-dimensional pattern around a video display terminal, automatically cycling through a selected sequenced pattern at chosen time intervals for specific... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5479185 | Display arrangement The invention relates to a display arrangement for displaying a three-dimensional image to an observer. The arrangement comprises a first display element (D1) arranged at a distance from the observer and a second display element (D2)... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5446479 | Multi-dimensional array video processor system A digitized video system having a processor and a video memory. The processor converts a stream of digital information to extract planes of a three dimensional image to store into the video memory to display a three dimensional image. A spatial light modu... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5369415 | Direct retinal scan display with planar imager A display which writes an image directly on the retina of an eye. The display includes a laser which produces a collimated light beam that is modulated with video information and is then scanned and directed through the eye pupil to produce an image on th... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5311220 | Autostereoscopic display An autostereoscopic display with an optical element inserted near the transmissive display has improved brightness of the display, and optionally has incorporated therein a head position sensing device capable of sensing the position of at least one obser... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5237647 | Computer aided drawing in three dimensions A computer system for aiding in the design of an object, comprising a first sensor representing the object and adapted to be moved in three dimensions in a work area by a designer, the first sensor providing signals to the computer system that indicate it... | 08/17/1993 |
| 5214420 | Spatial light modulator projection system with random polarity light A visual display system having a spatial light modulator with individually controllable elements. Each element capable of producing an individual light beam directed toward a display surface. A source of random polarity light is utilized to direct light o... | 05/25/1993 |
| 5072215 | Three-dimensional imaging system A three-dimensional imaging system having a viewing chamber in one embodiment with electrode vibration plates disposed above and below the viewing chamber with a plurality of minute particles having a changeable charge moving rapidly back and forth betwee... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4959641 | Display means for stereoscopic images A stereoscopic display device in which a plurality of independently controllable and discrete light sources are provided in fixed relation to a lenticular screen. The light sources are adapted and arranged for the display of a pair of interlaced images su... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4953949 | Device for forming a picture For forming a composite picture, at least two transparent constituent pictures (12, 13) are arranged on behind the other with the transmittances of the individual picture elements (21-25) being selected in such a way that the average value of the products... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4937570 | Route guidance display device A route guidance display device for an automotive vehicle capable of displaying route patterns with a three-dimensional effect to enhance the viewer's comprehension of the road route situation being encountered. The display device includes a plurality of ... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4896150 | Three-dimensional imaging system A three-dimensional television system having a view chamber with electrode vibration plates disposed above and below the viewing chamber with a plurality of minute particles moving rapidly back and forth between the vibration plates and illumination of se... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4896210 | Stereoscopic graphics display terminal with image data processing A stereoscopic graphics display terminal (10) having an image data processor (22) generates stereoscopic image data from three-dimensional image data. In a preferred embodiment, the graphics display terminal receives from a main or host computer (12) thre... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4881068 | Three dimensional display apparatus A 3-D visual display apparatus. A sealed chamber having one or more walls transparent to visible light contains a gas having a first excited state and a second excited state which second excited state relaxes with the emission of visible light. A first la... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4834512 | Three-dimensional display A three-dimensional display is disclosed which uses a variable focal length lens through which two-dimensional images of an object are viewed. In one embodiment, a sequence of different images representative of cross sections of the object along its depth... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4795223 | Segmented 3-D hologram display Segmented displays are provided on an automobile windshield by stacked or linearly arrayed holograms containing separate display segments selectively illuminatable by different wavelengths of light to provide a variable display. Each hologram is edge illu... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4743748 | Three-dimensional display system with a feedback control loop sensitive to the instantaneous positioning of a flexible mirror membrane A system for accurately controlling the motion of a mirror membrane used in a three-dimensional display system. The system senses the pressure differential across the membrane mirror as a means of indirectly measuring mirror position. This pressure differ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4729017 | Stereoscopic display method and apparatus therefor A lattice plate is arranged in front of and in a spaced relation from an image display screen. An image to be displayed is divided into pixels each of which is modulated to a grid having a grid interval determined by far-near information carried by the pi... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4717949 | Autostereoscopic display with illuminating lines and light valve A flat screen autostereoscopic display for bright wide angle stereoscopic images employs a flat screen on which are displayed a plurality of thin, vertical light emitting lines. A light valve located in front of the screen forms images by varying the tran... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4692878 | Three-dimensional spatial image system A system in which a three-dimensional image of an object is stored in a data input device in the form of a family of points each defined by digital data representing the x-y-z Cartesian coordinates of the point. Digital signals derived from the data input... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4670744 | Light reflecting three-dimensional display system A display system (10) receives from a light source (12) a sequence of images, each representing a different depth plane of a subject, and selectively reflects each image from its corresonding one of plural light direction modulators (16 and 18) to synthes... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4639081 | Gimballed three-dimensional display system A three-dimensional display system comprising a display member on which viewing perspective changes as a function of viewing angle and a two axis remote control gimbal onto which the display is mounted to permit a user of the display to maintain contact w... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4462044 | Timing system for a three dimensional vibrating mirror display A timing system for a three dimensional vibrating mirror display which controls the display of information throughout the varying rate of sweep through the display volume characteristic of such systems and assures proper interlacing of the forestroke and ... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4391499 | Image projector The image projector as disclosed herein demonstrates an apparatus and method for creating a three-dimensional image. The projector is composed of a plurality of modules which are controllably illuminated to form the desired display. The modules are formed... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4134104 | Device for displaying data in three dimensions A device for displaying information reducible to three spatial parameters such as three-dimensional mathematical formulae, three-dimensional maps, and the spatial distributions of vehicles moving in three-dimensional space includes a plurality of transpar... | 01/09/1979 |
| 4130832 | Three-dimensional display The three-dimensional display system disclosed herein employs the varying focal properties of a vibrating mirror to cause sequentially generated image components to appear juxtaposed in space. The mirror is constructed as a circular reflective plate havin... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4063233 | Three-dimensional display devices Three-dimensional images are produced within a transparent cathode-ray tube by directing a plurality of electron beams into a cloud of phosphorescent particles and causing the beams to intersect at a point within the cloud. Each individual beam's current ... | 12/13/1977 |
