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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7847818 | Television with disc loader, disc presence display device The present invention is directed to eliminate mistaken recognition of the presence of the disc even when displaying the presence of the disc with one light emitting element. In a television incorporating a slot-in type disc loader in which an LED emits light with a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7257268 | Systems and methods for image pattern recognition Systems and methods for image pattern recognition comprise digital image capture and encoding using vector quantization (“VQ”) of the image. A vocabulary of vectors is built by segmenting images into kernels and creating vectors corresponding to each kernel. Ima... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7190818 | Method and apparatus for automated image analysis of biological specimens A method and apparatus for automated cell analysis of biological specimens automatically scans at a low magnification to acquire images (288) which are analyzed to determine candidate cell objects of interest. The low magnification images are converted from a... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7133545 | Method and apparatus for automated image analysis of biological specimens A method and apparatus for automated cell analysis of biological specimens automatically scans at a low magnification to acquire images which are analyzed to determine candidate cell objects of interest. The low magnification images are converted from a first color ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7110586 | Apparatus for remote control of a microscope An apparatus and method acquires and stores multiple resolution images from a specimen on a support and provides to the user a low magnification, reconstructed macro image of the entire specimen, or a large portion thereof, to aid the person in selecting points of i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7012620 | Full-color desktop publishing system A full-color desk top publishing (DTP) system is disclosed that includes a general purpose computer system, a full-color high resolution graphics system and peripheral devices such as a color laser copier including a scanner and a printer, a workscreen display and u... | 03/14/2006 |
| 5815202 | Method and apparatus for scanning an image using a moving lens system A method and apparatus for scanning an image using a moving lens scanning system is described. The present invention moves film through a pin registered film gate, creating a projected image. A light source exposes images on the film in the film gate. The... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5808667 | Method of automatically regenerating and printing film image An index image which shows plural frames on a film strip within a film cartridge and/or a film image in one frame are displayed on a display. Information relating to automatic regeneration or automatic printing for regenerating plural film images on the f... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5191406 | Method and apparatus for rapid scanning of color images A scanner system digitizes 35 mm transparencies or negatives, and converts the image to a format compatible with popular microcomputer systems. This scanner system can accommodate various formats, and has variable zoom, pan and window size. Color separati... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5038216 | Automatic brightness algorithm in a slide to video transfer unit A system for automatically controlling the brightness of an optical image which is translated into digital signal samples corresponding to the pixels constituting the image includes a variable area aperture through which the image is transmitted for digit... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4920419 | Zoom lens focus control device for film video player A device (10) controls the focus in a film video player (11) for projection of at least a portion of a film image (F) onto a sensor (16) that generates a corresponding video signal from the sensor image. The film video player (11) has a fixed focal length... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4907280 | Slide scanner A color slide transparency scanner projects an intense stripe of light through a color slide. Red, green, and blue filters successively filter the stripe of image from the slide. In some applications, a neutral density filter adds still more information f... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4864408 | Light box with improved spectral response for CCD imager A charge coupled device image sensor in a film-to-video player senses light transmitted through a frame of film from a light box. The light box houses a tungsten halogen bulb at one end and a diffuser at the opposite end adjacent the film. An intermediate... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4777525 | Apparatus and method for a multi-resolution electro-optical imaging, display and storage/retrieval system An electro-optical scanning, display, and storage/retrieval system and method are described for examination of a specimen under a plurality of magnifications. A low resolution image can be provided by moving a specimen past one or more sets of radiation s... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4703360 | Electronic slide projector providing chroma and luma inversion of a composite video signal Slide projection apparatus including video tube apparatus arranged for receiving by direct illumination thereon, light passing through a slide and apparatus for transmitting the electrical output from the video tube apparatus to a video display.... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4458270 | Negative to positive image converting apparatus A negative to positive image converting apparatus comprising a video camera mounted detachably on one end of a base member, a housing mounted onto and substantially at right angles to the other end of base member, the housing comprising a lamp housing and... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4395108 | Color balanced scratch suppressing projection apparatus for color transparencies A color balanced scratch suppressing projection apparatus for color transparencies includes an objective lens having a rectangular aperture and defining first and second conjugate planes. An integrating bar having a rectangular cross section and first and... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4331979 | Line-scan still image reproducer A still image produced by a slide is converted into a television signal by a solid-state imager driven across the image.... | 05/25/1982 |
