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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4652926 | Solid state imaging technique An optical imaging system for use as a solid-state camera, for example, which includes a plurality of solid-state elements for providing long-term storage of images, such elements being, for example, MNOS chips having a plurality of storage cells, which c... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4637494 | Apparatus for moving carriages along ladders A carriage carrying a robot, a television camera, etc. is moved along a ladder having spaced ledges. The carriage has a number of gripper units moved in the direction of movement of the carriage by air cylinders or motor driven threaded rods. Each gripper... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4615598 | Method of extracting automatic-focusing information At least a portion of one line of an output signal from an image pickup device is stored in a delay line, and maximum and minimum values of the output signal are detected. Then, a coefficient is computed for shifting the minimum value to a least significa... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4475131 | Image storage device An image storage device in which stored information read out from each non-destructive readout picture element cell of a photoelectric converter is applied at a first scanning speed to a visual display unit to produce a visible image and the information i... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4441125 | Image sensor using dynamic random access memory A new and improved solid-state image sensor uses a dynamic random access memory as the light sensitive element. The dynamic random access memory is mounted in a semiconductor package having a transparent lid, and one or more lenses focuses the light image... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4064434 | Retro-reflection communication system A communication system uses a laser beam directed along a path and a retrodirective reflector to return the beam along the same path. The front face of the retrodirective reflector is covered by a layer of an electro-optic material which, in response to a... | 12/20/1977 |
