Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7071838 | Coupling signals via a coupling arrangement A power supply controller has two control units for coupling to primary and secondary sides of controlled power supplies, the units being coupled via a transformer which couples signals between the units, a power supply voltage for the secondary-side unit being deri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6856257 | Data collection and metering system Methods and apparatus implementing and using techniques for data collection, including using a plurality of telemetry devices to generate and transmit a series of measurements and transmit the measurements. Each of a plurality of collection devices are used to recei... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6853310 | Tri-mode medical telemetry antenna system A tri-mode telemetry system useful for monitoring patients in a care unit of a health care facility. The system includes an antenna system with a first antenna tuned to receive a signal in a first communication band, a second antenna tuned to receive a signal in a s... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6401081 | Modular object-based architecture for extensible master station software Conventional AMR and DA/DSM systems typically suffer from a lack of extensibility due to the monolithic nature of the master station software. In contrast, this patent describes a system that is comprised of small modules connected using a component objec... | 06/04/2002 |
| 5495427 | High speed high resolution ultrasonic position and orientation tracker using a single ultrasonic frequency An ultrasonic tracking system embodying the invention has an array of plural ultrasonic detectors at discrete locations, the plural detectors being responsive to an ultrasonic signal of frequency f emanating from a single remote transmitter to produce res... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5458123 | System for monitoring patient location and data A patient monitoring system utilizes a transmitter associated with each patient. The transmitter is worn by a patient and includes sensors operative to monitor vital signs of the patient. The transmitter transmits an allocated RF frequency which is partic... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5440301 | Intelligent alerting and locating communication system An intelligent alerting and locating communication system includes a centrally located scanner which communicates with a plurality of remotely located receivers to continuously monitor conditions through a plurality of detectors associated with each recei... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5185700 | Solid state event recorder A solid state event recorder having particular application to railroad locomotives has a plurality of interface modules to allow the collection of desired data over a period of time. Radio downloading of the data provided by a telemetry transmitter to way... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5065321 | Solid state event recorder A solid state event recorder having particular application to railroad locomotives has a plurality of interface modules to allow the collection of desired data over a period of time. Radio downloading of the data provided by a telemetry transmitter to way... | 11/12/1991 |
| 4605925 | Infra-red telemetry system An infra-red telemetry system for transmitting information between a rotating shaft of a dynamoelectric machine and an adjacent stationary location includes a plurality of sources of infra-red radiation spaced equi-distanced from one another around the sh... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4539710 | Diversity telemetry receiver having plural spaced antennas A diversity telemetry receiver having plural spaced antennas includes a plurality of RF FM receiving channels each associated with an antenna, and each comprising one or more RF amplification stages, a mixer stage, and one or more IF stages along with an ... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4079357 | Process for fault recognition in a vehicle locating system In a process for fault recognition in a vehicle locating system, measuring signals are emitted from a vehicle which is to be located and are in each case received by a plurality of separately arranged receiving stations and forwarded, via lines, to a cent... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4078196 | Digital valve and pump control system A control unit is connected, via a data bus, to a plurality of remote field controllers, each of which is in turn connected to a motor starter and status contacts of a respective valve or pump. Binary codes are communicated between the control unit and fi... | 03/07/1978 |
| 3996553 | Seismic data telemetering system A plurality of data acquisition units are connected to a central signal processor through a common telemeter link. The telemeter link includes a data channel, an interrogation channel and a control channel. The central signal processor sends an interrogat... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3940700 | Method and installation for the detection of a source generating electro-magnetic oscillations A method for the detection of a source generating electro-magnetic oscillations wherein for the purpose of eliminating disturbances caused by foreign transmitters there is measured the field intensity at at least two spatially separate locations, the dete... | 02/24/1976 |
