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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5140538 | Hybrid digital-analog computer parallel processor Hybrid digital-analog computer parallel processing apparatus wherein a template circuit, or multiplicity thereof, is connected to receive parallel digital inputs, each template circuit having controlled current sources with control gates connected respect... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5077809 | Optical character recognition A technique for optical recognition of a designated character, which forms alternating dark and light bands from an analysis of as many as seven sub-regions of the character. Only the dark-and-light sequence of bands, not the relative or absolute sizes of... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5060280 | Masking control for image processing systems There is an image processing apparatus to perform an image editing process such as to extract a part of an image or to synthesize a plurality of images. This apparatus comprises: an image information generator to generate image information; an area inform... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5033101 | Method for character-and/or-object recognition Unknown characters and objects are read opto-electronically and the read signals are digitized to generate a binary image of the characters and objects, said image being compared with binary reference images of known reference characters and reference obj... | 07/16/1991 |
| 5018218 | Confirmed boundary pattern matching A method of aligning two images of the same scene by matching features in a first image to features in a second image is disclosed. The method comprises identifying edges of objects in the first image using two different processes. The edges identified us... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5007101 | Auto-correlation circuit for use in pattern recognition An auto-correlation unit for pattern recognition to obtain auto-correlation functions as for sampled signals is disclosed N pieces of sample values Xn (n=0 to N-1)are extracted from a series of the sample values expressed with an accuracy of op... | 04/09/1991 |
| 4989082 | Image processing system for comparing a test article with a master article to determine that an object is correctly located on the test article An image processing system for inspecting an article under test to determine whether a selected object is correctly located on the article comprises a television-type camera for line-by-line scanning the article to generate a video signal corresponding to... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4962539 | Method of recognizing layout and subdivision patterns of radiation images A method for recognizing the layout pattern of radiation images comprises the steps of preparing two-valued masks, each composed of a two-valued signal representing a layout pattern for radiation images which are to be stored on a stimulable phosphor shee... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4949392 | Document recognition and automatic indexing for optical character recognition A library of templates defining the spacings between pre-printed lines and the corresponding line lengths for a plurality of different business forms is compared with the image data of an unknown document to determine the known business form (template) to... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4835720 | Obstructed-field-indicia-sensing device An apparatus for monitoring the phasing relationship of a moving web of material of the type having a repeating series of graphics patterns thereon which repeat at ordinarily constant distance repeat length intervals of web travel and which contain separa... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4831658 | Binary signal producing apparatus for optical character recognition An optical character reader distinguishes between black and white image signals by comparing a center reader with readings from surrounding areas. Variations on the surface of a paper bearing the image can add or subtract values so that the comparison may... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4821321 | Automatic secure transmission and reception of pictorial information A real time coding system for the transmission and reception of pictorial o-dimensional information at television (TV) rates. In one coding system, the input signal and a coding signal are modulo added in an operational amplifier and are transmitted there... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4685142 | Method and device for handwritten letter recognition A handwritten letter recognition method in accordance with the present invention detects, for each subset, input strokes that coincide with the standard strokes, according to the order of the standard strokes of a standard pattern, and carries out in turn... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4628533 | Pattern recognition apparatus In the particular embodiment of the invention described in the specification, a pattern recognition apparatus converts the signals received from a video pattern detector into a bit matrix comprising columns and rows of character elements. The matrix is di... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4607387 | Pattern check device A pattern checking device receives scanning data obtained by raster scanning objects within predefined window regions with a photoelectric converter, converts the scanned data into pixel binary data, and evaluates the binary data in accordance with predet... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4435834 | Method and means for determining the state and/or genuineness of flat articles The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for determining the condition or genuineness of flat articles, in particular bank-notes. The bank-note passes through a test station in which a large portion of its surface is scanned by a scanning system ... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4386432 | Currency note identification system This disclosure concerns currency identification systems for examining an authenticity characteristic of a detected currency and comparing it to an authenticity characteristic of a genuine currency to determine if the detected currency is genuine. The sys... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4318080 | Data processing system utilizing analog memories having different data processing characteristics A data processing system is disclosed in which analog input information or data is fed to a plurality of analog memories each of which receives different input information and has different data processing characteristics and in which discrete analog sign... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4246568 | Apparatus and method of personal identification by fingerprint comparison Finger prints of authorized personnel are initially stored in digital form in a memory. Subsequently, personal identification is obtained by matching the fingerprints of individuals with the stored prints. The individual places his finger in an activator ... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4201977 | Data processing and storage system using filtering and sampling techniques An information signal processing system for use with a pattern recognition system which includes a converting device for converting information signals of an object or pattern to be recognized into electric signals including a sampling circuit for samplin... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4148062 | Television-based alarm system A television-based alarm system comprises a plurality of television cameras connected in time-multiplex mode to a set of discriminators. The discriminators are sequentially connected to receive the video signals from the cameras, the arrangement being suc... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4100532 | Digital pattern triggering circuit A digital pattern triggering circuit combines an addressable memory and a processor. Input data patterns address corresponding memory elements whereby data previously stored in the memory by the processor is accessed, providing an indication of whether a ... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4056716 | Defect inspection of objects such as electronic circuits Successive areas of a high-resolution object image are compared with corresponding areas of a low-resolution master pattern to produce signals representing the quality of the object. Comparison is effected by detecting which of a set of features occurs in... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4027284 | Character recognizing system for machine-printed characters A character recognizing system for recognizing an input pattern of a character by comparing with a plurality of standard patterns is disclosed. The standard patterns are classified into a plurality of groups, and each group has a common standard pattern a... | 05/31/1977 |
