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 |
| 8073323 | Attachment for use with visual presenter An attachment connects an eyepiece lens tube of microscope and an imaging lens tube of visual presenter and includes a cylindrical part loosely fittable through an opening with the eyepiece lens tube, a circular receiving surface which is formed on the cylindrical p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7929857 | Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination Systems and methods are provided for imaging a planar specular object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, an imaging system for imaging a defect on a planar specular object includes a telecentric lens having a sufficiently aspherical surface such that ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7869706 | Shooting apparatus for a microscope A camera head acquires a sample image by shooting a scaled up image of a sample obtained by a microscope body. A memory device records the sample image in a record medium. A CPU detects the completion of the sighting on an observed portion of a sample in a microscop... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7848636 | Camera for microscope A microscope digital camera includes a camera head unit and an operation display unit. A display portion of the operation display unit displays an observed image acquired by a microscope body. A CPU in an operated portion of the operation display unit detects a chan... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7725024 | Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination Systems and methods are provided for imaging a planar specular object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, an imaging system for imaging a defect on a planar specular object includes a telecentric lens having a sufficiently aspherical surface such that ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7660523 | Intermittent photo-taking device Providing an intermittent photo-taking device capable of correcting a focus drift in the optical axis direction by moving a stage to focus on a plurality focus position of a sample. The intermittent recording device 9 receives setting of a photo-taking timing... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7630628 | Microscope system and microscope observation method A microscope system that shifts a plurality of observation locations that are set upon an observation subject in order onto an optical axis of an objective optical system, and for each of the observation locations, performs photography with an image-capturing device... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7486886 | Photo-micrographing device and its control method A photo-micrographing device includes a microscope, a unit for obtaining an image of an inspection object, a unit for setting a plurality of view fields of the microscope and storing position information of a stage corresponding to each view field, a unit for storin... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7426345 | Slide photograph data creation system, and slide photograph data A slide photograph data creation system includes a digital camera for making high-magnification photographs of samples, a sample transporter for holding and transporting samples, a controller for controlling the camera and the sample transporter so as to provide ove... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7394979 | Camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes A camera adapter for optical devices, in particular microscopes. The present solution includes a camera adapter which enables any video cameras and photographic cameras to connect to an existing image out-coupling system, e.g., the beam splitter of a microscope. The... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7377704 | Universal through sight camera system for army tactical vehicles A universal through sight camera system for army tactical vehicles is provided, which includes a universal through sight camera housing that mounts to the Army's M1 ABRAMS tank GUNNER's primary sight extension (GPS-e) by way of clamping onto the outer black anodized... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375756 | Binoculars Binoculars have a digital camera function. The binoculars comprise observation optical-systems, an imaging-block, an indicating-device, and an imaging-block direction changing device. The objective optical-systems have objective optical-systems having first- and sec... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7280735 | Combined optical fiber wheel, beamsplitter, switch, and logic gate A machine that can pass, reflect, filter, or block light along multiple paths. The specific portions of light that can be passed, reflected, blocked, or filtered, are controlled by an optical routing subassembly. This optical routing subassembly can be manipulated t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7253947 | Portable automated confocal microscope Described is a portable confocal microscope which includes a microscope stand including a shaft having top and bottom ends, a platform connected to the shaft by a height adjustment mechanism, a base member connected to the bottom end of the shaft and first and secon... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246956 | Apparatus for fastening a camera to an observation telescope A camera (2) swivels on an observation telescope (1) between a shooting position in which the optical axis (6) of the camera objective (8) extends in the direction of the optical axis (7) of the telescope eyepiece (5) and an... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221504 | In-ground telescope with a stationary primary objective mirror having movable collectors The present invention relates to a novel land based reflecting telescope having a stationary, equatorially mounted, segmented mirror comprised of a plurality of movable mirrored collectors. These movable collectors are arranged in hexagonal groups to form a multiple... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199823 | Method and apparatus for improving live view performance of an image pickup apparatus for a microscope There is disclosed an image pickup apparatus for a microscope, comprising a photometry section for acquiring a photometry value corresponding to a brightness of an observed image, an exposure calculation section for calculating a reference exposure time based on the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194204 | Photographic firearm apparatus and method A telescopic firearm scope/sight which is fully integrated with a compact digital camera, and which has size, shape and weight characteristics that are substantially the same as those of a conventional, camera-less telescopic scope, is used to photograph a target pr... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178997 | Arrangement for holding a camera behind a monocular or binocular A holding device holds a camera rearward of an ocular of a glass such as a monocular or binocular to record an image utilizing the camera. The image is made available by the glass. This holding arrangement is usable with many cameras and binoculars or monoculars. A ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7170558 | Compact and low-profile digital camera A digital camera which allows to make thickness, height and width of its camera body small. The camera has a first optical member for generally perpendicularly bending a first optical axis of light coming from an object through a lens opening part, a second optical ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162057 | Apparatus for and method of monitoring particulate material in a fluid Apparatus for monitoring particulate material in a fluid comprising a passageway (17), through which fluid to be monitored is passed, at least a portion (24) of the boundary of the passageway (17) being translucent to enable radiation to pass th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158296 | Vision system with eye dominance forced to fusion channel A fusion vision system has a first eyepiece through which a fused viewable image is larger than an image viewed through a second eyepiece to help the operator more easily view the fused image in their brain. The fusion vision system may employ image intensification ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141802 | Optical device and imaging method An optical device includes a carrier that holds a specimen and has a reference mark, an image capturing means that picks up the image of the specimen and the reference mark formed by an objective lens, a moving mechanism that moves the relative positional relation b... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7113331 | Binocular telescope with photographing function A binocular telescope with a photographing function comprises a pair of telescopic optical systems, a photographing optical system, and a pair of reticle elements, on which reticles are formed. The reticle elements are provided in the telescopic optical systems for ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7092155 | Optical device An optical device includes an optical system mount plate, a casing, and a screw-hole forming part. An optical system is mounted on the optical system mount plate. The optical system mount plate is housed in the casing. The screw-hole forming part is provided on a bo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088918 | Mounting device for a camera with automatic exposure mode to an optical system A mounting device for a camera with automatic exposure mode to an optical system is disclosed. An adapter tube has a first and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the camera and the second end is attached to the optical system. A mounting element, pro... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085491 | Adjustable optical apparatus adapter An adjustable optical apparatus adapter is disclosed to include a camera platform provided with a mounting screw and a wing nut for securing a camera to the camera platform, a telescope holder for holding a telescope, a holding down frame controlled by a lock screw ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6996341 | Photographic apparatus for stereoscopic microscope A photographic apparatus is disclosed for use with a stereoscopic microscope having at least two observation light paths for obtaining at least two images having parallax, with the photographic apparatus guiding a light flux that has been split from one of the obser... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6967678 | Moving imager camera for track and range capture A precision motion platform carrying an imaging device under a large-field-coverage lens enables capture of high resolution imagery over the full field in an instantaneous telephoto mode and wide-angle coverage through temporal integration. The device permits automa... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6937391 | Optical viewer instrument with photographing function In an optical viewer instrument with a photographing function, there is provided a telescopic lens system for observing objects, and a digital camera system including a solid-state image sensor and a photographing lens system associated with each other such that an ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930830 | Binocular telescope A binocular telescope comprises right and left slide plates, and right and left mount plates disposed on the right and left slide plates. Right and left telescopic optical systems are mounted on the right and left slide plates which can be moved to adjust interpupil... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930827 | Monocular device and binocular device A binocular device includes two observation optical systems, an additional optical system, and a viewfinder for the additional optical system. An image-capturing unit is movable between a first image-plane position of one of the observation optical systems and an im... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930829 | Structure for assembly of binocular telescope with photographing function A structure for assembly of a binocular telescope with a photographing function, comprises a lower frame, an upper frame, and an engaging mechanism. A pair of telescopic optical systems is mounted on the lower frame. A photographing unit is mounted on the upper fram... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927906 | Binocular telescope with photographing function A binocular telescope with a photographing function includes a pair of telescopic optical systems, a casing for receiving the telescopic optical systems, and the casing has outer-side end portions. A camera system includes a photographing optical system, and a solid... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924607 | Method and apparatus for automatically shutting off a microscope An apparatus for automatically turning off a source of illumination in a microscope, comprising a switch operatively arranged to control the illumination source, and means for sensing inactivity of the switch and for turning off the illumination source after a prede... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907137 | Method and arrangement for adapting the lateral and temporal resolution of a microscope image The method for adapting the lateral and temporal resolution of a microscope image allows the detection of temporal changes in the image content, and switches over to another transmission mode on the basis of the result of the determination. The arrangement fo... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6778773 | Viewing apparatus having a photographing system A viewing apparatus includes a viewing optical system having a positive objective optical system and a positive eyepiece optical system, an image of an object formed through the positive objective optical system being viewed through the positive eyepiece optical sys... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6735385 | Viewing apparatus having a photographing system A viewing apparatus having a photographing function includes a viewing system including a viewing optical system, the viewing optical system having a positive objective optical system and an eyepiece optical system, an image of an object formed through the positive ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6571069 | Photographic zenith telescope The rays of light from an object under observation are condensed by objective lens. The incident light from the objective lens is reflected by plane reflector mirror to form a focused image on a detector. The plane reflector mirror floats in at least thre... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6546208 | Stereoscopic telescope with camera The optical device of the present invention is able to capture a three-dimensional image via one or more imaging devices while permitting the viewer to view the object(s) during image acquisition. The user is thereby able to adjust the orientation of the ... | 04/08/2003 |
