Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5555044 | Magnetics-on-film image area recording head suspension system A photographic still camera for receiving an elongated filmstrip having a cross-film curvature and having a substantially transparent magnetic layer deposited on the film surface and recording or reproducing information on or from the magnetic layer in th... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5543871 | Camera capable of magnetically recording photograph information on a film A camera includes a driving unit for rotating a film winding spool in a predetermined direction to wind the film or for rotating a spool in a loaded film patrone in a predetermined direction to rewind the film, a magnetic head pressing unit presses a magn... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5504546 | Information recording device for camera with function for controlling information recording position on film Information recording device according to the invention is of the type which records information in an information recording area of each image frame on a film, as the film is advanced by film feeding mechanism. The device comprises an information recordi... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5483312 | Mechanism for positioning a magnetic head relative to a magnetic surface on a photographic film A device for keeping a magnetic head for reading and/or writing magnetic information in precise position with respect to a magnetic surface of a film. A lever, one end of which is provided with a balancer and the other end of which is rotatably provided w... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5481322 | Camera with magnetic head for recording information on film A camera for magnetically recording predetermined information in a magnetic recording area of a film is provided with a magnetic head to be maintained in contact with the magnetic recording area of the film for magnetically recording predetermined informa... | 01/02/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5450149 | Photographic camera and method for recording magnetic data on film A method and camera apparatus for magnetically recording data on a photographic film magnetic layer in dual parallel data tracks wherein a first data track is recorded as the film is transported in one direction and a second data track is recorded as the ... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5357296 | Camera with a built-in magnetic head The size along an optical axis of a camera with a built-in magnetic head is reduced by arranging a magnetic head and a pad to be used for writing magnetic information radially externally of a bodytube, the pad being accommodated in a notch formed in the c... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5353078 | Camera having a magnetic recording device In a camera which includes a magnetic head which writes into and/or reads from a magnetic storage portion provided on a film while the film is conveyed. A magnetic head is positioned to stay away from a film when the film is conveyed without being exposed... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5351102 | Film apparatus having magnetic recording surface A camera using a film having a magnetic surface for recording magnetic data thereon. The camera includes a magnetic head for writing magnetic data onto the magnetic surface and for reading magnetic data recorded thereon. A pad movable with respect to the ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5272498 | Magnetic recording apparatus in a camera A still camera usable with film having a recording medium for recording optical information obtained by photographing and various magnetic information loaded in the camera body comprises a magnetic head for recording the magnetic information on the record... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5221939 | Photographic camera A photographic camera capable of using a film having a magnetic surface. There is provided a magnetic head for writing and reading information on the magnetic surface of the film and a pad for pressing the magnetic surface on the film into contact with th... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5170198 | Camera apparatus with pseudo format film encodement Apparatus in a simple low cost camera for encoding the existence of pseudo format image exposures on film having a magnetic layer thereon with prerecorded data in one or more parallel tracks on the film. A user operable means on the camera establishes the... | 12/08/1992 |
| 5155511 | Camera using film with magnetic memory There is provided a camera using a film with a magnetic memory. The camera capable of reading or writing information with respect to the magnetic memory of the film includes a movable member which moves as the film moves while the film is being fed; a mag... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5136318 | Camera using film having magnetic storage part A camera of the kind using a film which has a magnetic storage part comprises a magnetic head which is arranged to read and write information out of and into the magnetic storage part of the film; and a follow-up part which is arranged to follow up a yawi... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5097278 | Camera using a film with a magnetic memory A camera using a film with a magnetic memory has a magnetic head for writing information to or reading information from the magnetic memory of the film, a pressure plate for holding the magnetic head, and a notch generally formed in the pressure plate at ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 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 |
| 5028940 | Camera apparatus for magnetically recording on film A photographic still camera includes a magnetic head for recording information on a magnetic surface of photographic film. The head is supported on a carriage which is mounted on a film platen for movement relative to the platen perpendicular to the longi... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5005031 | Camera apparatus for magnetically recording on film Magnetic recording apparatus for photographic still camera comprises a magnetic head mounted on a film platen to contact a magnetic coating on the film. A pressure pad on the opposite side of the film urges the film into contact with the head. The head is... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4947196 | Camera apparatus for magnetically recording on film Magnetic recording apparatus for a photographic still camera comprises a magnetic head mounted on a flexure attached to a film platen. The head is adapted to contact a magnetic coating on the film adjacent the lip opening of a film cartridge where the fil... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4270853 | Sound-recording instant-printing film and camera therefor Instant-printing film further comprises a magnetic sound-recording band on one end part thereof, and is installed in an instant-printing camera which has a sweeping magnetic recording/reproducing head that sweeps touching and along the magnetic sound reco... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4270854 | Photographic instant camera with magnetic recording capability A sheet of exposed and developed instant-camera film is discharged from an instant camera and then inserted by the user into a film-holding structure on the back of the camera which very accurately positions the film sheet, such that upon removal and rein... | 06/02/1981 |
