Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7801426 | High dynamic range display devices having color light sources A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen.... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7502551 | Instant film pack A case body containing instant photo films includes an exit slot for feeding out one instant photo film after another, and a claw path opening for allowing entry of a claw member ejecting the instant photo films. A pair of thrust preventing flaps is disposed inside ... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7321724 | Photographic method and photographic apparatus The photographic method and apparatus take, at the same shooting position, a background image without a subject, a first principal image for outputting, and a second principal image whose shooting conditions differ from those of the first principal image with a came... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7289727 | Image processor with integrated printing An apparatus for recording and generating images includes a printing unit. The printing unit includes a carrier that is dimensioned to approximate a PCMCIA memory card. A media supply is receivable in the carrier. A page width print head assembly is mounted in the c... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7173644 | Optical printhead and image forming apparatus An optical printhead includes a light source, a light guide, and a light collecting sheet. The light guide includes a light incident surface facing the light source and a flat light emitting surface extending in a primary scanning direction. The light collecting she... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7106959 | Camera and waterproof camera casing A camera includes an outer cover; a lens barrel which is housed inside the outer cover in the state that a front face of the lens barrel is substantially in flush with a front face portion of the outer cover surrounding the front face of the lens barrel, whereas whe... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101034 | Print media cartridge with integral print media transport mechanism A cartridge for insertion into a digital printing device, preferably, a drop-on-demand ink jet printing device, includes a casing having a first portion for housing a supply of print media. A print media exit opening is arranged in the first portion of the casing. A... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098562 | Ambidextrous electronic window lift motor A motor assembly 30 includes an electric motor 32 having a rotatable shaft 40, the shaft 40 having a worm 38; and a gear unit 33 operatively associated with the motor, the gear unit has first and second opposing ends. The ge... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098941 | Digital camera having a built-in printer An image recording surface of an exposed instant film is held so as to face an optical head module. Read light (white light) emitted from a light source passes a transparent portion of a color-separation filter, a first mirror, a first graded-index-type optical fibe... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070270 | Printer cartridge with media transport mechanism A cartridge for insertion into a digital printing device, preferably, a drop-on-demand inkjet printing device, has a casing that houses a supply of cut sheet media and a media transport mechanism. It also has a drive engagement formation connected to the media trans... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068928 | Method and apparatus for photographically recording an image A photographic imaging apparatus includes a housing defining an interior cavity, an opening at one end of the housing to allow light to enter the interior cavity, and a photographic imaging substrate located within the interior cavity opposite from the opening for r... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053921 | Transfer apparatus The transfer apparatus includes a light source, a light linearizing device for linearizing light from the light source, a transmission type image display device, and a photosensitive recording medium. The light source, the light linearizing device, the transmission ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7034865 | Media pack, printer, and camera with printer There is provided a media pack which can be removably mounted in a printer, and which allows a consumable article or articles contained therein for use by the printer, and enables the printer to easily recognize whether there is a possibility of degradation of the c... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6999114 | Electronic camera employing reflective flat panel display for viewing and printing images An electronic camera utilizing a reflective flat panel display for printing and/or viewing images in disclosed herein. One such electronic camera comprises the following components: (a) an electronic image acquisition assembly for capturing an image and converting i... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6951390 | Print media cartridge with integral print media and ink supplies The present invention relates to a cartridge for use with a digital printing device. The cartridge includes a first casing portion for housing print media and a second casing portion for housing a supply of ink. The ink supply is formed by having the second casing p... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6847783 | Instant camera and recording apparatus A camera body of an instant camera is provided with four light sources LED1 to LED4 for a display. The four light sources LED1 to LED4 flash on and off in mutually different display modes in accordance with the state of progress of a seri... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6577818 | Information processing method, information processing system, electronic device, and cartridge There is provided an information processing method which can adjust benefits between electronic device makers and expendables makers. In the method of the present invention, a cartridge which is detachably attached to an electronic device is used. The car... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6539180 | Print on demand camera system incorporating a detachable printing unit A print on demand camera system in which the camera unit incorporating a lens, image sensor, and image processing circuitry is connected to a detachable printer unit by way of a PCMCIA interface. The printer unit may incorporate a business card sized pape... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6526230 | Compact photographic apparatus of the self-developing type A compact camera for producing images on self-developing film, said camera comprising an assembly including a light-tight main frame, a first housing member, and a second housing member; wherein said assembly is arranged to minimize the height of said cam... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6504999 | Camera with printer An electronic still camera of a printer built-in type is provided, in which an instant photo film pack for containing an instant photo film is used. A pack loading chamber is loaded with the instant photo film pack. A front opening is provided, through wh... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6490413 | Compact photographic camera The present invention is a self-developing compact camera having a housing that encloses, in a common cavity thereof, an arrangement comprising a taking lens, shutter, a light-reflector, viewfinder, power source, actuator, a self-developing film compartme... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6490412 | Camera An object of the present invention is to provide a camera capable of exactly displaying the number of residual films, even if there is concerned with such a situation that at the time when layered films remain in a film pack, the rear cover is opened and ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6480676 | Film pressing device for instant photographic type image recording apparatus The printer built-in electric still camera has a pack chamber for loading a film pack, and a pack chamber door for opening and closing the pack chamber. On an inner face of the pack chamber door, plural film pressing devices are attached. When the pack ch... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6456799 | Combination camera The present invention is an imaging apparatus which includes a housing that encloses, in a common cavity thereof, an arrangement comprising a pair of independent cameras constructed in combination with each other, said pair of cameras being a digital came... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6417911 | Processing fluid spread system for an electronic photographic printer and camera and related method thereof A photographic processing fluid spread system, for use with integral type self-processable film unit, by which the thickness of a layer of processing fluid is controlled and restricted in a uniform manner as the processing fluid is spread across preselect... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6397006 | Optical head device of a self-propelled type A head module contains a head motor, a reduction mechanism, and an optical head. The optical head is disposed behind an opening through which printing light is emitted toward an instant film. Both sides of the head module are provided with pinion gears ro... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6343190 | White balance adjusting device A white balance adjusting device mounted in an electro-developing type camera in which an electro-developing recording medium, which electronically develops an image formed thereon, is used. A mask member, in which first and second color filters are provi... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6317561 | Processing fluid spread system for a detachable electronic photographic printer and camera A readily portable imaging system for use in the field and, more particularly, to an electronic camera and electronic printer housed and readily connectable with respect to each other in the field, and wherein the electronic printer comprises a photograph... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6304725 | Instant camera An instant camera is used with a photo film pack, which includes plural photo film units of a self-processing type. Each of the photo film units includes a processing solution pod for containing processing solution. There is an exposure surface which is e... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6301438 | Film advancement assembly for a self-developing camera A film advancement assembly for a self-developing and folding camera. The camera comprising a main frame assembly and a lens assembly. The lens assembly being pivotally mounted on the main frame assembly and movable between a closed position in which the ... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6219491 | Electro-developing type camera An electro-developing type camera using an electro-developing recording medium on which an image is developed while an electric voltage is applied thereto. The image is read out from the electro-developing medium by a scanning mechanism. A color separatio... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6208809 | Camera with motor-driven lens barrel A camera has a movable lens barrel that is stowed in a camera body while the camera is inactive, and is protruded from the camera body to a near range focusing position or a far range focusing position by rotating a drive ring in one direction. The movabl... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6205294 | Imaging apparatus and method An imaging apparatus and method for use with a film assemblage strip of the self-developing type including an active matrix LCD for providing an area imaging means for exposing the film assemblage at an exposure station, wherein indexing the strip is acco... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6192197 | Instant photo film pack An instant photo film pack to be loaded in a pack holder is constituted by a box-shaped pack case which contains stacked self-developing photo film units of a peel-apart type. The pack case has an exposure opening formed in an upper wall thereof and a pas... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6175691 | Multiple mode imaging system A foldable multiple mode imaging acquisition apparatus, such as a camera, having a first and second housing assembly; an erecting assembly interconnected to and between the first and second housing assemblies for allowing movement of the housing assemblie... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6137963 | View finder device A view finder device has a Poro prism and a first optical system facing an emergent plane of the Poro prism. The first optical system is positioned beside the Poro prism and opposite to a recording medium passage through which an electro-developing record... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6088532 | Image signal reading operation control device An image signal reading operation control device has an electro-developing recording medium to electronically develop an image formed by a photographing optical system. The image is read out by a line sensor with the electro-developing recording medium be... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6081675 | Marking device of electro-developing type video camera A marking device of an electro-developing type video camera having a color separation optical system to color separate an object to be photographed into a plurality of color components, and an electro-developing recording medium having a plurality of opti... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6070021 | Controller for controlling stoppage-timing of application of voltage to electro-developing recording medium A controller controls a termination time of an application of a voltage to an electro-developing recording medium such that an image can be recorded and developed with optimum contrast. The controller has a power source for applying a voltage to the mediu... | 05/30/2000 |
