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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 |
| 5506639 | Method and apparatus for editing motion picture film and synchronized sound Method and apparatus for applying encoded data on the balance stripe of sound track, the data for providing information for editing an associated film without recording the data on the film. The present invention teaches an apparatus for applying code for... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502527 | Camera capable of magnetic recording A camera capable of magnetic recording information on a first magnetic recording region and a second magnetic recording region provided on a film, comprises: a signal generating circuit which generates a first recording signal having a first frequency for... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5485233 | Information recording device A camera includes a photographic information output circuit section, a CPU, a PPM signal conversion circuit section, a drive section for a plurality of magnetic heads, and a film feeding section. The CPU converts several parallel data items which are outp... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5469313 | Supporting device for a magnetic head which records/reproduces information from a magnetic layer of a photographic film A supporting device to support a magnetic head in close proximity to a photographic film passage so that the track section of the magnetic head is brought in contact with a magnetic layer on the film, includes a supporting member, a fixing member on which... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5438461 | Magnetic reproduction apparatus for a camera A magnetic reproduction device for a camera includes a magnetic head to read information recorded by a self-clocked method on a magnetic recording portion of film. Data edges and clock edges read from a magnetic head are detected and a detector sets up da... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5430705 | Method and apparatus for recording and reproducing main and sub information In an information recording apparatus, light containing information to be recorded is generated, and a photo-to-electric converting device serves to convert the light into a charge latent image. The photo-to-electric converting device includes a photocond... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5400200 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus A magnetic head suspension apparatus for reading and/or recording information during photofinishing of photographic filmstrips comprises an elongated pivotally mounted follower bar having a pair of magnetic heads attached thereto in a predetermined orient... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5384664 | Combined recording of magnetic data and optical guide track on photographic film In a photographic camera, a combined light source/magnetic head writes data into a magnetic recording material of a photographic filmstrip in a data track and exposes a guide track in a predetermined location relative to the data track during advancement ... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5349484 | Light pattern detection for film edge following A method of and apparatus for accurately positioning a magnetic read head in relation to a magnetic data track recorded in a magnetic recording medium of a photographic filmstrip. The read head is precisely aligned with one edge of the moving filmstrip th... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347403 | Apparatus and method for recording and reading information At least one of an error detection code for detecting an error in information to be recorded and an error correction code for correcting the error in the information is added to the information, and the information with at least one of the error detection... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5303294 | Video theater system and copy preventive method A video theater system includes a video cassette recording at least a component video signal to which a copy preventive scheme has been applied; a video cassette recorder for reproducing the video cassette; a tuner and an antenna for receiving a signal tr... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5294949 | Method and apparatus for magnetic communication via a photographic filmstrip using trappable data sentinels Overhead and data loss are reduced when transferring data via magnetic recording in a magnetic layer of an elongate photographic filmstrip, by providing a trappable data sentinel at the beginning of a data field. The data sentinel comprises a pair of rese... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5285325 | Web guiding device for use in a magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus A magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus for reading and/or recording information from/on a magnetic information track on a photosensitive medium includes a magnetic reading and/or recording element connected to an edge follower having a variable tra... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5285324 | Magnetic head-to-recording medium support apparatus A magnetic reading and/or recording apparatus includes a plurality of magnetic reading and/or recording elements to read and/or record information from/on a flexible magnetic recording material and a flexible plate having several cut-outs arranged to defi... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5194996 | Digital audio recording format for motion picture film A digitally-sound-encoded filmstrip has digital data recorded along the length of a soundtrack, said data being representative of a particular data format. The data format has a plurality of data fields which are filled with data representing sound values... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5041933 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus for use with a photographic film A magnetic head suspension system for use in a photofinishing operation comprises a fixed support and a pair of magentic head suspension assemblies each rotatably mounted on the support. The magnetic head suspension assemblies are biased towards each othe... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5034836 | Magnetic head suspension apparatus for use with a photographic film A head suspension system for use in a photofinishing operation comprises a movable support mounted for movement through an arc having a predetermined radius and a pair of magnetic head suspension assemblies each rotatably mounted on the movable support. T... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5010414 | Process eliminating the use of a master positive film for making a duplicate negative of a color motion picture Process for making an improved duplicate negative from an original color motion picture negative by using optical color filters with flying spot scanning of the original negative to generate tri-color separation analog video signals. These signals are tra... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4972274 | Synchronizing video edits with film edits An apparatus and process for providing an automated edit procedure between film and video formats is provided wherein a video edit becomes within one video field the exact replica of a film edit. Film frames (1/24th of a second) are read by video scans (1... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4771343 | Device for printing and for recording electrical image signals of photographic pictures A device for recording image signals of photographic pictures, wherein the photographic pictures on a negative film are converted to electrical image signals by a video camera and recorded in a recording medium such as a magnetic disc. This device for rec... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4613911 | Photographic film with magnetic recording track and method of recording on the track and reproduction from the same Photographic film is provided with a magnetic recording layer applied to at least one edge surface thereof in the longitudinal direction of the film and substantially over the entire thickness thereof. A magnetic head of a recording-reproducing system is ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4400457 | Dual layer record element and method A method of making a dual layer record element for photographically and magnetically recording information respectively on opposite faces thereof and product.... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4390914 | Tape cassette and sound recording and reproducing apparatus for use therefor A tape cassette having a form and shape wherein the left end portion is asymmetrical from the right end portion and the upper end portion is asymmetrical from the lower end portion. A recording and a reproducing apparatus are designed for exclusive use of... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4208108 | Sound motion picture projector In the disclosed motion picture projector the original sound recorded on the main magnetic stripe along one edge of a film stripe also having a magnetic balance stripe along the other edge of the same film surface, is reproduced by a recording-reproducing... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4100582 | Audio-visual apparatus The audio-visual apparatus comprises a single cassette which contains both the magnetic tape with the audio section recorded thereon and the photographic film with the video section consisting of a series of mono or stereo frames. The payoff spool and the... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4097906 | Inter-record gap recording or playback apparatus The invention relates generally to the processing of a data medium, in which an additional sound sequence is recorded or mixed in gaps between sections occupied by an original recording which is to remain on the data medium.... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4054920 | Device for storing electromagnetic control signals on magnetic strip material and a sound film projector equipped therewith A circuit for storing a control signal on a selected length of strip material such as a magnetic tape having a tape head associated therewith and provided with longitudinally spaced marking signals. The circuit includes a control signal generator arranged... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4052125 | Starting and stopping device for sound motion picture camera A motion picture camera for simultaneous recording of picture and sound is provided with a starting and stopping device for controlling film transport mechanisms and displacing same into and out of operative orientation with the film as the camera is actu... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4032224 | Sound recording and reproducing system for sound motion picture photography A sound recording and reproducing system comprising a motion picture camera in which there is a synchronization system for recording segments of sound from a signal produced by a microphone associated with the camera as analog samples alternatively read i... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4029405 | Sprocketed film transport A motion picture film and sound editing-projecting system which utilizes a single sprocket wheel to advance the film and which includes record and reproduce heads within the sprocket wheel. The sprocket wheel is directly connected to the armature shaft of... | 06/14/1977 |
| 3938194 | Method of and apparatus for obtaining synchronous movement between two media A method and an apparatus are described to enable one of two independently driven strips to be stopped for a predetermined period and then restarted in synchronism with the other strip which has been running continuously. Stoppage markers are provided on ... | 02/10/1976 |
