Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331681 | Lighting apparatus with adjustable lenses or filters A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into diffe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318652 | Versatile stand-mounted wide area lighting apparatus A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7284871 | Light-emitting diode module for flash and auto-focus application A flash module has a first light-emitting diode (“LED”) optically coupled to a first lens having a first viewing angle, and a second LED optically coupled to a second lens having a second viewing angle. The second viewing angle is greater than the first viewing ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7195362 | Light emitting device and electronic apparatus Provided is an electronic apparatus including: a camera, which picks up an image of a subject, arranged in a main body of the apparatus; a first light source which emits first light in conjunction with a flash of the camera; a second light source which emits second ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7090366 | Inspecting apparatus for backlight modules An inspecting apparatus (4) for inspecting light guide plates and/or backlight modules includes a working table (400), a cover device (480), a light-emitting diode unit (420), a movable electric clip (470), and a holding device ( | 08/15/2006 |
| 7042172 | Systems and methods for providing illumination in machine vision systems A lighting system associated with a machine vision system. The machine vision system may direct lighting control commands to the lighting system to change the illumination conditions provided to an object. A vision system may also be provided and associated with the... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6962423 | Multi-mode searchlight A multi-mode visible and infrared lighthead (100) for use as a landing light or searchlight. The multi-mode lighthead incorporates a modular design wherein at least one visible light source (200) and at least one infrared diode (302) are mounted... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6957794 | Anti-vibration and anti-tilt structure An improved structure (stand) for providing flexibility for holding and mounting components, such as microscopes and cameras, in order to eliminate disruptions from undesirable vibrations and tilting of the mounted component. The stand uses a vertical stand member, ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6948823 | Wide area lighting apparatus and effects system A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6947588 | Edge normal process An edge inspection method for detecting defects on a wafer edge normal surface includes acquiring a set of digital images which captures a circumference of the wafer. An edge of the wafer about the circumference is determined. Each digital image is segmented into a ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6937753 | Automated wafer defect inspection system and a process of performing such inspection An automated defect inspection system has been invented and is used on patterned wafers, whole wafers, broken wafers, partial wafers, sawn wafers such as on film frames, JEDEC trays, Auer boats, die in gel or waffle packs, MCMs, etc. and is specifically intended and... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6929375 | Illumination apparatus An apparatus according to an embodiment of this invention is an apparatus which comprises a lens for reading the image and a plurality of light sources which are arranged into a circular shape that partially surrounds the lens. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6824283 | Wide area fluorescent lighting apparatus A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6607291 | Flash tube filter device Described is a filter device for reducing the light output of a flash tube, while leaving the light output of a modeling light tube unaffected, in a dual lamp photo strobe unit. The filter device is comprised of a body that is sized to fit over a flash tu... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6024461 | Lamphead having multi-positional base and removably mountable reflector flashtube assembly The present invention discloses a lamphead having a multi-positional base and removably mountable reflector flashtube assembly. The lamphead base is configured to detachably mount to a flashtube assembly such that the flashtube assembly may be interchange... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5871346 | Flashlamp array venting structure A compact flash lamp array includes a housing defining a plurality of cavities, each cavity having a light emitting opening and an exhaust vent and containing a combustible mass. A transparent cover is fixed over the light emitting opening and means are p... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871344 | Flash lamp array with porous vent A compact flash lamp array includes a housing defining a plurality of cavities, with each cavity having a light emitting opening and a combustible mass deposited in each cavity. A firing means such as an electrically heated filament or percussive primer i... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5871345 | Percussively fired flash lamp array A compact flash lamp array includes a housing defining a plurality of cavities. Each cavity has a light emitting opening and a primer vent opposite the light emitting opening. A combustible mass is deposited in each cavity over the primer vent and a prime... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5758942 | Mechanical vision system using selective wavelength and brightness illumination An illumination subsystem which is used in conjunction with a mechanical vision system and which has a plurality of intensity adjustable monochromatic light sources, at least two of which are of different wavelength illumination. An oblique illumination a... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5530627 | Electronic flash head and accessories An electronic flash head for photographic lighting, or a "strobe head", contains a miniaturized circuit that is potted to protect and electrically insulate the components. The flash head is small, and has a socket so the flash tube can be replaced to take... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5471370 | Strobe control apparatus of camera A strobe control apparatus for a strobe-incorporated camera. A light emitter is supported in a camera body by a supporting mechanism so as to move between a retracted position and an operative position. A drive mechanism moves the light emitter between th... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5285232 | Red-eye phenomenon preventing device A red-eye phenomenon preventing device includes a light emitting part for flash photography, a light emitting part for preventing the red-eye phenomenon, a reflection shade arranged to surround the light emitting part for flash photography and the light e... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5128837 | Light projector for use in photography A projector for use in photography comprises a housing containing a first light source, which provides focusing light. A pivotable mirror can be pivoted into the beam path. A flash light device or the like attached to the outside of the housing as second ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5023755 | Support system A support system or stand is provided for lighting components, such as light source and reflector/diffusor units, in a light system, such as the type that might be used for photography. A base assembly mounts an upright column. One or more lighting compon... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4931866 | Distributed coaxial light source producing constant target luminance A luminous source for illluminating targets in e.g. machine vision systems, remote manipulator systems used in outer space, etc., producing nearly constant target luminance as the target maintains various distances from the camera. This is achieved by the... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4847645 | Image projectors with pivoting mirror in front screen projection system A projector with two levels of illumination for projecting images from a film transparency is disclosed. Monitoring circuitry configures the level projector for the appropriate lead of illumination depending upon an operator request for preview illuminati... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4690527 | Device for reproduction and tracing The invention relates to a device for reproduction and tracing by forming an image of an original, at desired scale which is produced by at least one lens, on a screen on which a sheet of photosensitive materials, such as a picture film, or tracing paper ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4575208 | Lens mounted light system A cap arrangement having an aperture for use with a camera lens where the cap includes a focusing light and a light flash device to facilitate macro photographic procedures.... | 03/11/1986 |
| 4464705 | Dual light source and fiber optic bundle illuminator An apparatus for illuminating small animate or inanimate objects which employs at least one fiber optic bundle disposed on a selected area of a diffusion dome illuminated by a dual light source comprising, for example, an annular shaped light source havin... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461974 | Dual light source A multiple lamp system for use with fiber optic light guide for automatically switching from a main lamp to a standby lamp upon failure of the former. A solenoid is employed with the inductor in the circuit of the main lamp to overcome the bias of the swi... | 07/24/1984 |
| 4447859 | Modular flash system A modular photographic flash system includes a plurality of housings, some possibly empty and some containing flash units, interconnected to form a desired flash unit array. Each housing includes a hollow cylindrical member substantially square in transve... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4428029 | Light gathering device for transmitting light from a flash to an optical fiber bundle for photographing small objects, and device incorporating same A light-gathering device for transmitting through fiber optic bundles, the light emitted by an electronic flash along with the light from a continuous light source so that relatively small objects may be lit so as to photograph them. A first housing (8) i... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4198672 | Flashing device A dual mode flash unit for a camera for selectively actuating either an etronic flash tube or a high-voltage flash bulb. The flash unit includes a high-voltage supply for selectively applying a high-voltage pulse to an electronic flash tube during normal... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4170034 | Multilamp photoflash unit with more reliable circuit arrangement In a compact multilamp photoflash arrangement for providing more lamps in a given volume, a reliable sequencing circuit of normally open and normally closed switches is provided by employing a series-parallel combination of the normally open switches whic... | 10/02/1979 |
