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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5028941 | Video camera support structure A camcorder having a macro lens has a bottom wall with a threaded opening and a spaced alignment opening. An elongate support permits vertical orientation in close spacement to a document or article for copying. The support includes a tubular housing form... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5028849 | Device for measuring convergence of color cathode ray tube A device for measuring convergence of color cathode ray tube including means for producing a white measurement pattern on a viewing screen of the color cathode ray tube, a color image pickup device for picking up the white measurement pattern on the viewi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5016112 | Combined video recorder and camera with superimposition of video and data A video recording apparatus having a built-in type camera which includes an imager for picking up an object and a recorder for recording a video signal derived from the imager in accordance with a predetermined format having an analog-to-digital converter... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4984090 | Tripod-containing grip for use with a video camera A video camera including an under grip which can be removably mount to the bottom portion of a main body of the video camera. In the video camera, on the side of the video camera main body, there is arranged photographing button of a double action type wh... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4984084 | Video camera A video camera including an under grip which can be removably mount to the bottom portion of a main body of the video camera. In the video camera, on the side of the video camera main body, there is arranged photographing button of a double action type wh... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4982281 | Surveillance system having a miniature television camera mounted behind an eyeball of a mannequin A surveillance system wherein a miniature television surveillance camera capable of transmitting signals to a monitor is mounted in a mannequin so that the television surveillance camera cannot be seen and the mannequin is positioned in a selected area of... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4967282 | Wearable device for the support of a portable telecamera The device comprises three parts, the first part being constituted by a rigid frame of rectangular shape with means for support and flexible elements to be attached to the body of the operator and a rigid element adapted to support the second part. The se... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4959729 | Video camera having rotatable viewfinder A portable video camera of the type having a taking lens and an electronic video imaging device comprises a camera body incorporating the electronic video imaging device therein, a handgrip turnably mounted on one side wall of the camera body, and a view ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4915626 | Dental inspection and display apparatus A dental inspection apparatus to view an image of the interior of the mouth of a patient and contemporaneously display a video image of the interior of the mouth.... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4905670 | Apparatus for cervical videoscopy A simple yet highly useful cervical videoscope has been provided which can easily be used by the doctor to examine the cervix for cancerous lesions or other abnormalities. Also, because of the small size of the camera there is sufficient space between the... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4837615 | Gap measuring apparatus The invention disclosed herein comprises a hand held optical probe axially insertable into the fastener holes of a multilayered panel for measuring the gap between the edges of the panels at the hole site. The hand held probe includes a light source, two ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4797736 | Head mounted illumination and camera assembly A head mounted apparatus for illuminating a work site, and for transmitting a visual image of the work site to a remote location for viewing on a television screen. A camera and a light source are mounted on a head band which is worn by the user. The came... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4788603 | Camera for sequentially photographing a subject using a reference optical system and a telescopic optical system The camera according to the present invention includes a reference optical system and a telescopic optical system. After photographing the subject using the reference optical system, a close-up of the subject is photographed using the telescopic optical s... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4764817 | Video recording camera A hand-held video recording camera includes a lens and an image pickup operatively arranged to receive image information from the lens for converting the image information into an electric image data output signal. A microphonic arrangement in or on the c... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4750057 | De-interlacing circuit for simultaneous readout of paired fields A video circuit for use with an electronic still camera retrieves a fully-interlaced frame signal during a single field interval from a full-frame imager and provides . . . during the same interval . . . a pair of de-interlaced field signals for recording... | 06/07/1988 |
| 4746993 | Electronic still camera with indicator for number of tracks available for video and/or audio recording A solid-state still camera includes a detector for detecting how much track space is already occupied and producing a detector signal for every occupied track. A counter counts the detector signals and produces a counter signal representative of the numbe... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4728974 | Apparatus for supporting an imaging device According to the invention, the fiber scope is inserted into the highly rigid tube and this tube is clamped as a rigid member by the robot wrist (or fiber scope supporting device) and camera supporting device, thereby allowing the camera supporting device... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4716474 | Camera-combined magnetic recording-reproducing system A camera-combined magnetic recording-reproducing system of which the magnetic recording-reproducing unit and the camera unit are used either in combination or independently, in which mechanical and electrical connection parts are connected or disconnected... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4700223 | Vehicle for evaluating properties of road surfaces The invention provides a vehicle for evaluating the properties of road surfaces wherein a road surface cross-section profile evaluating means, a crack-evaluating means, and a road surface longitudinal profile evaluating means are mounted on a predetermine... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4695905 | Video recording/reproducing camera A video recording/reproducing camera has a cover which covers control buttons associated with the reproduction operation to prevent an operator from touching the control buttons. A sensor switch detects whether or not the cover prevents the control button... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4692807 | Electronic camera handle configuration A video camera and handle configuration include a conventional side hand grip which may be grasped in the normal manner by the camera user so that the wrist and forearm of the camera user generally extend downwardly from the hand grip and novel support se... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4691252 | Rotary magnetic recording-reproducing apparatus A magnetic recorder or reproducer in an electronic camera system wherein a subject is pure-electronically still-photographed and recorded on a rotating magnetic disc, and the reproducing of an image is carried out by a television system or a printer. In t... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4668992 | Portable television camera having a chest support lockable in multiple positions A portable television camera is provided, whereby a shoulder support is mounted on the camera housing. This shoulder support includes a U-shaped yoke which is mounted at both sides of the camera housing and which is selectively usable as a chest support o... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4649434 | Eyeglass-frame mountable view monitoring device A device is provided which is specifically adapted to be removably secured to an eyeglass frame as it is worn by a person. The device can be aimed so that an optic system carried by the device will detect the scene being viewed by the wearer.... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4625243 | Hand-held TV camera A hand-held color TV camera includes a grip mounted on a lens casing and a mechanism built in a rear portion of the grip for connecting a camera cable to the camera. A button for remote controlling the start and stop of a recording apparatus is positioned... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4623931 | Portable video camera with image pick-up device A video camera comprising a body with a handgrip attached to one side thereof is disclosed. The handgrip accommodates a automatic focus adjusting mechanism, which effects automatic focus adjustment of an image focusing optical system for focusing an image... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4621283 | Head-mounted coaxial image system for surgeons There is disclosed a head-mounted imaging system which system employs a headband to be worn on the head of a surgeon during a surgical procedure. A surgeon may utilize a microscope eyeglass assembly in order for him to achieve a desired magnification of t... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4616257 | Headlight Head-mounted illuminating apparatus, including a visual image pickup means and an audio pickup means for transmittal to a remote station.... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4547809 | Thermally isolated imager A portable television camera comprises a relatively small housing including a solid-state imager for generating image-representative signals, and signal processing circuitry coupled to the imager for generating a video signal from the image representative... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4539601 | Portable video system In a portable video system for recording motion pictures by using a video camera and a video recorder, the cable cord connecting said video camera with the video recorder is made detachable, and the cable cord connection terminal on the bottom panel of th... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4531159 | Image pickup device having a holding part An image pickup device comprises a main image pickup body, and a holding part provided angularly rotatable on one side surface of the main image pickup body. The holding part is mounted to rotate angularly in a plane other than a plane which is parallel t... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4516157 | Portable electronic camera A video recording device is arranged to be worn by the user like a pair of spectacles. In the recording mode, the scene in front of the user is recorded on a miniature television camera mounted on the spectacle frame (or two cameras if the recording is to... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4407437 | Shouldering aid for a portable television camera A shouldering aid for a portable television camera comprises a base member attachable to the television camera and a shoulder pad member pivotally connected to one end of the base member. The inclination angle of the shoulder pad member may be freely adju... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4389675 | Television camera apparatus A portable television camera which can be adapted for right-handed and left-handed users in which the handgrip, an electronic view finder with an eye cap and a shoulder pad are designed so as to be interchangeably attached to a camera body housing to adap... | 06/21/1983 |
| 4375653 | Camera mount This invention is a mount to fit a portable camera for studio use. The mount has a vertical front plate to the rear side of which the front of the complete camera (less lens) is attached, without the need for any disassembly. From the front of the plate t... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4318133 | Simplified type television camera A simplified type television camera includes an optical system comprising a main lens system, a camera (pickup) tube, and an optical viewfinder. The television camera comprises a single frame consisting of a pair of half frames respectively having opposin... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4247870 | Highway premarking guidance system A method and apparatus for marking a line, such as the centerline, along a roadway, using a vehicle carrying paint marking apparatus, in which a pair of television cameras, one mounted on each side of the vehicle, view the edges of the roadway and project... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4136361 | Vidicon reader A vidicon reader consisting of a vidicon camera dimensioned to the size of a penlight for being handheld, e.g., approximately 20 millimeters in diameter, with associated video electronics integrally packaged therewith having an FM modulated composite vide... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4097893 | Portable video recording system employing camera and recording stations connected by wireless links A portable video recording system, particularly for amateur video reporting operations and the like, employing a camera station and a recording station which are physically separated from one another and connected over wireless links, the camera station b... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4057837 | Television camera comprising a rigid housing A portable television camera comprises a rigid housing accommodating the optical components, such as an entrance optical system, a color splitting optical system and the pick-up tubes which are arranged to bear on abutment faces which are strictly localiz... | 11/08/1977 |
