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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4742390 | Elevatable observation and target system for combat vehicles An elevatable observation and target for combat vehicles increases safety and the reaction velocity by a stabilized vision line camera, that is remotely controlled from the combat compartment with an adjustable focal width prepared on an elevatable platfo... | 05/03/1988 |
| 4727179 | Method and apparatus for position control of plant parts in a highly radioactive cell for an atomic plant A method and apparatus for locating the position of parts, and identifying hanges in parts position over time, within a radioactive cell by utilizing two cameras mounted on a stationary positioning table within the cell, each of the cameras being capable o... | 02/23/1988 |
| 4709265 | Remote control mobile surveillance system A surveillance system for hazardous environments and the like having a radio remote controlled vehicle that is sized and shaped for optimum maneuverability and stability, including mobility on stairs and inclined surfaces. The vehicle is designed to have ... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4707735 | Surveillance systems Rotating surveillance systems of the type which detect a moving object within a field-of-view and provide a representative image of the object may suffer from limited sensitivity when having a wide coverage. The system described herein detects and provide... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4670648 | Omnidirectional vision system for controllng mobile machines An optical sensor apparatus receives visible light and converts that light to electrical signals for use by a control system. Visible light enters the apparatus through a hemispherical "fisheye" lens which provides a 360° field of view in azimuth and a 1... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4656521 | Digital distortion-correcting circuit for projection a flat image on a curved screen from a digital data source for a simulator projected-image visual system A simulator projected-image system includes a distortion-correcting circuit to modify flat-image data that is stored sequentially in a Random Access Memory by connecting a source of random address to obtain selected video data from the memory in a predete... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4626905 | Panoramic view apparatus A panoramic view apparatus comprising a tube, a lookout mirror supported in the tube and movable in elevation and azimuth, and a closure window that is at least bispectrally transparent. In the tube, at least three known types of different optical measuri... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4549208 | Picture processing apparatus A picture processing apparatus for use in recognizing an ambient environment as a picture in accordance with the invention, includes a picture input for receiving a distorted picture of a wide angle of view, a picture processing unit which corrects the di... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4533945 | Process and arrangement for aerial observation and/or communication for a submerged submarine The invention relates to a process and an arrangement for aerial observation and/or communication for a submerged submarine. An apparatus (6) equipped with a television camera (15) or with a radio or radar antenna, and connected to the submarine by a cabl... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4462045 | Method of and apparatus for documenting and inspecting a cargo container A method of and system for documenting and inspecting an object comprising an imaging apparatus which takes images of different views of an object positioned at an inspection station are disclosed. Included are apparatus for communicating signals represen... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4373169 | Multi-window visual display system for flight simulators A wide-angle image generator of the closed-circuit television type primarily for a helicopter flight simulator, employs four vidicons, each receiving a portion of an image from a single optical system viewing a wall mounted terrain model. The optical syst... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4345817 | Wide angle display device In order to widen the field-of-view, two display devices are abutted. A first display device has a concave mirror (10), a 45° beam splitter (12) and a CRT positioned on an axis (16). To minimize any gap tending to develop between adjacent images, a secon... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4303938 | Pattern generator for simulating image generation A pattern generator for simulating image generation is disclosed which pets the testing of wide angle, non-programmed visual display systems including, for example, a 360° non-programmed visual display system. The program generator produces a pair of co... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4297723 | Wide angle laser display system A projected light beam video image display system. The displayed scene is presented in contiguous scene parts which form a single scene. Modulated beams for each scene part are generated and simultaneously scanned in the pattern of a TV raster for each. T... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4277804 | System for viewing the area rearwardly of a vehicle An undistorted view of regions rearward of a vehicle such as a tractor-trailer is provided by a closed circuit television system wherein a television camera having a wide angle viewing capability is positioned at the rear of the vehicle at an effective vi... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4246603 | Wide angle television display system A wide angle television display system consisting of a plane annular input - circular (preferably spherical) output optical system, a cathode ray tube or similar device for generating the display and a deflection signal (voltage or current) generator whic... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4236180 | Monitoring system for monitoring a field Monitoring system particularly for detecting the presence of moving persons in a monitored area. This system comprises two detection stages 2 and 22, two processing stages 3 and 23 and a selective switching-on stage 4 which the two groups of stages 2, 22 ... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4191967 | Infrared imaging device using a pyroelectric image tube An infrared imaging device enabling operation in the panning mode with a very high sensitivity and the facility of viewing a desired part of the observed field. A pyroelectric imaging tube is shifted relative to the observed scene and the infrared image o... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4153917 | Image stabilizer system for stop-action playback Light energy data is generated in sequential interlaced field raster format y a sensor driven in azimuth to detect a panoramic scene. The light energy data is sequentially recorded together with an azimuth rate signal which is a function of the rate that t... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4125862 | Aspect ratio and scan converter system An aspect ratio and scan converter system adapts signal information derived rom optical scanning of a rectangular field of view having an aspect ratio of the order of 60 to 1. The signal information is converted to digital form and serially stored in a bul... | 11/14/1978 |
| 4112423 | Dual-screen data display terminal for data processing units A data display terminal that is particularly adapted for displaying data output from a batch computer. The invention utilizes a pair of conventional cathode ray tubes which are positioned adjacent one another so that the available display area is double t... | 09/05/1978 |
| 4103435 | Head trackable wide angle visual system A human head trackable wide angle visual system is disclosed which probes y given terrain constructed on a model board and causes selected image portions thereof to be projected on a trio of display sectors located on the inside of a spherical screen, wit... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4072427 | Fault inspection system A visual, fault inspection and fault location system for millimeter waveguide and the like comprises a cylinder of optically transparent material having a lens system mounted at one end thereof and a conical reflector at the other to permit the viewing of... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4056827 | Optical systems for the display of visual images An optical display system for a craft navigation simulator providing a wide angle display of greater than 3:1 width/height format derived from a closed circuit television camera viewing a terrain model. A wide-angle scene viewed is divided into three or m... | 11/01/1977 |
| 3992718 | Color panoramic laser projector For connection to a color television capable of producing red, blue and gn video signals representative of a real time 360° scene, a 360° color panoramic laser projection system wherein the outputs of red, blue and green lasers are modulated from the r... | 11/16/1976 |
| 3932702 | Optical system for the display of visual images An optical display system, particularly for providing the visual display of terrain overflown to the trainee crew of a flight simulator, and including an optical probe, closed-circuit television system and projection monitor providing a visual display sce... | 01/13/1976 |
