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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4739418 | Information signal recording disc recorded with stereoscopic television signal An information signal recording disc is recorded with a stereoscopic television signal comprising a stereoscopic video signal and audio signals. The disc comprises a spiral track made up of a plurality of track turns, and video signals related to four fie... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4737840 | Color image projection apparatus with a screen including a shield plate, light-emitting layer and diffusion surface to expand viewing range of bright pictures A projected image displaying apparatus for displaying bright color images on a display screen. Images in the form of three energy beams are projected onto a light emitting coating composed of repeating sequences of first through third phosphor stripes, ea... | 04/12/1988 |
| 4736246 | Stereoscopic video display system A stereoscopic video display system is disclosed, in which an interlaced scanning picture information for a viewer's left eye and an interlaced scanning picture information for the viewer's right eye are doubled in frequency and displayed alternately on a... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4731853 | Three-dimensional vision system The present invention consists in a three-dimensional vision system comprising a three-dimensional vision sensor which projects slit-like light on an object to-be-handled and which reads out a resulting slit image, an image input portion which controls th... | 03/15/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4723159 | Three dimensional television and video systems Methods and apparatus for producing improved three dimensional television and video images which may be displayed on conventional display apparatus utilizing dynamic disparity techniques together with global convergence processing to remove objectional ce... | 02/02/1988 |
| 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 |
| 4709263 | Stereoscopic imaging apparatus and methods A stereoscopic process for providing three dimensional viewing through a conventional television comprising the steps of receiving video signals having chromatic aberration, modifying said video signals into stereo images for any scope aspect, recording s... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4704627 | Stereoscopic television picture transmission system Each of left and right images of a stereoscopic television picture is divided into a plurality of blocks and a position of one of the images is shifted in such a way that a difference between one picture signal (SL) in one block of one of the l... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4695129 | Viewer having head mounted display unit for cinerama pictures Viewer comprises a picture generating device which supplies black/white or color pictures, an optical fibre or fibre bundle for the transport of the optical pictures to a user who wears a display unit on the head. The display unit comprises a spectacles-l... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4677481 | Dual display monitor A waveform monitor for television has dual video channels displayed simultaneously side-by-side. The two channels are synchronized with each other or with an external sync signal and are input to a multiplexer prior to the display. A microprocessor contro... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4672434 | Stereoscopic television system and apparatus with 4 to 1 interlace display A stereoscopic television system and apparatus comprise a memory for storing right-eye information related to odd and even fields and left-eye information related to the odd and even fields, a circuit for producing a main scanning direction synchronizing ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4658291 | Stereoscopic television signal processing method, signal transmitting unit, and signal receiving unit A stereoscopic television signal processing method including a transmitting unit and a receiving unit where the method includes the steps of generating right and left eye picture signals respectively from a pair of image pick up devices disposed at the ri... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4654699 | Three dimensional video image display system A system for displaying three dimensional images in conventional standard stereo pairs in which the displayed image may be conventionally viewed as a three dimensional object by appropriately channelling the individual ones of the stereo pairs each to a d... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4654872 | System for recognizing three-dimensional objects A system for recognizing a three-dimensional object includes a plurality of image pickup apparatus, e.g. TV cameras, by which images of the object are picked up from at least three directions. Feature points are extracted from each of at least three image... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4635094 | Method and apparatus for measurement of component video signal characteristics using an oscilloscope A method and apparatus for measuring characteristics of a component color video signal. In one embodiment the luminance component of a color video signal is applied to the vertical input of a cathode ray tube display device and a chrominance component is ... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4613899 | Image pickup system capable of reproducing a stereo and/or a nonstereo image by the use of a single optical system In an image pickup system (15) which is carried on a craft (16) capable of flying along a flight path over an object zone, a single optical system (40) is disposed in the craft to form, on a focussing area (44), optical images of partial zones lying trans... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4597741 | Apparatus for simulation of a field of view In a method for simulation of a field of view for battle training individual images of a terrain, targets, trajectories of projectiles and sights which are digitally stored in memories (10-16), after combining and digital/video conversion in an image synt... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4584604 | Process and apparatus for the display of relief moving pictures Process and apparatus for the display of relief moving pictures. The displayed image is formed behind a lenticular frame having vertical cylindrical lenses and its spacing exceeds that of the frame. The picture is obtained either by a screen attached to t... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4582393 | Polarizing optical stereoscopic system and eyepiece using triangular prisms An optical stereoscopic system is disclosed that permits viewing of adjacent stereoscopic images and that is particularly suited for room viewing, permitting the observer to move about the room, and/or several or more observers to view the display from va... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4574197 | Dual field of view sensor A dual field of view sensor, particularly adapted for use as a forward-looking infrared night vision detector, includes a single detector (24) for receiving a light signal and developing an output electrical signal therefrom. A rotating polygon scanner (1... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4571628 | Portable video viewing assembly The present invention is directed towards a portable video viewing mechanism comprising a housing generally in the form of a binocular configuration being dimensioned and configured to be hand-held and manually directed towards a predetermined field of vi... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4568970 | Stereoscopic television system and apparatus A system for producing motion pictures comprises a television camera, television receiver, and a special optical device. The optical device is capable of adjustment to a picture-taking mode wherein the device, when placed before the lens of the camera, pr... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4567513 | Three dimensional television system Methods and apparatus for producing a television image having the illusion of three dimensional depth. This method is compatible with television broadcast standards and standard home TV receivers without additional home apparatus. The basic methodology is... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4562463 | Stereoscopic television system with field storage for sequential display of right and left images A stereoscopic television system comprising single or double camera designs adapted to televise twin perspective points of view, which are the source for encoding alternate odd and even fields with right and left images, and a television receiver for disp... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4559556 | System for viewing three dimensional images A viewing system is provided for viewing images with a three-dimensional effect, wherein the system is particularly adapted for viewing television images in full color. The viewing system comprises a filter mat having two juxtaposed polarizing filters for... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4556986 | Optical stereo video signal processor An optical video signal processor which produces a two-dimensional cross-correlation in real time of images received by a stereo camera system. The optical image of each camera (12, 14) is projected on respective liquid crystal light valves (28, 48). The ... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4541007 | Stereoscopic color television system Five color television cameras take pictures of an object. A video signal from the central camera is transmitted by circuitry substantially the same as the circuitry used in existing color television system. The video signal is subtracted from four video s... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4523226 | Stereoscopic television system An improved stereoscopic television system is disclosed, having a great deal of compatibility with the existing commercial television infrastructure. Flicker is eliminated while preserving the existing bandwidth allowing the stereoscopic video signals to ... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4510525 | Stereoscopic video imagery generation Flying spot scanner technology is combined with stereo photography in motion to produce two channels of video imagery which can be optically combined to produce the perception of dynamic stereoscopic detail. The scanner generates alternate lines with late... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4437745 | Three dimensional camera system A stereo optics apparatus, comprising a zoom lens attachable to a camera body and having an operating element operable when moved in first and second directions to increase or decrease the focal length of said zoom lens, first and second spaced apart mova... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4429328 | Three-dimensional display methods using vertically aligned points of origin Development of a three-dimensional illusion through sequential displaying on a viewing surface of images of the subject as viewed alternatively first from one point of origin and then, time displaced, from another point of origin at a rate within a range ... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4410804 | Two dimensional image panel with range measurement capability A two dimensional optical array of lenslets and detectors is provided. The outputs of the detectors are combined to produce a signal indicative of the characteristics of an object being viewed while the output of selected detectors are compared to produce... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4387396 | Field recognition circuit An apparatus is provided for synchronizing left-and right-eye images and for providing a composite video signal for a stereoscopic television system. The synchronization operation at a field-by-field rate is assured by detecting the phase-difference betwe... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4367486 | Three dimensional imaging system Reflected illuminating radiation is transmitted through a restricted window in an opaque surface undergoing scanning movement to project an image pattern on a closely spaced imaging surface from which the image pattern is reproduced on a viewing screen. T... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4315281 | Three-dimensional display device A luminous spot in a model area displays the position and movements of an object in space by means of apparatus which receives a location signal, such as a radar signal, indicative of the instantaneous coordinates of the object with respect to each of thr... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4305095 | Method of making planigrams of a three-dimensional object In order to make planigrams of a three-dimensional object, the object is irradiated from different directions in order to form a superposition image which consists of separate perspective images. Multiple imaging of the superposition image is realized by ... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4290083 | Stereoscopic television (unaided) on standard bandwidth-method and apparatus My invention relates to stereoscopic television using relative camera to scene translating motion and does not require optical aids at observer's eyes, presents a horizontal parallax (Hologram like) 3-D full motion scene to a wide audience, has no dead zo... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4287528 | Television system A compatible television system which provides means for encoding two video sources of color television picture information, comprising an independent or stereoscopic pair of real-time images, is disclosed. A first video source provides a first video signa... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4190856 | Three dimensional television system A method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional picture suitable for use with television systems. A set of representations of differing cross-sections of a scene is displayed on one or more display screens. These displayed representations are opt... | 02/26/1980 |
