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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7219767 | Serving utensil on retractable tether A serving utensil, used for serving food on a salad bar, is attached to a retractable tether device. The retractable tether device is coupled to the under surface of a sneeze shield extending over the food on a salad bar, effectively elevating the retractable tether... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7054487 | Controlling and electronic device An electronic device (200), such as a computer, a mobile phone or a PDA, is controlled by an arrangement comprising a handheld input unit (300), which records images and converts these to text strings comprising character sequences. The text strings re... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045774 | Wide field of view, four-telescope, radial scanning search and acquisition sensor A wide field of view imaging system (100). The novel system (100) includes a rotating mirror (18) having two reflective surfaces each surface, respectively, reflecting light from a scene to first and second sensors (10, 12) positioned to ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6975346 | Method for suspect identification using scanning of surveillance media A method, program and apparatus for criminal suspect identification are provided. Monitoring and video recording are used to collect information at a given location. In response to specific events, such as a criminal act, the system uses real time analysis of the vi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6940540 | Speaker detection and tracking using audiovisual data A system and method facilitating object tracking is provided. The system includes an audio model that receives at least two audio input signals and a video model that receives a video input. The audio model and the video model employ probabilistic generative models ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6788285 | Portable computer with removable input mechanism An embodiment of invention includes a handheld computer having a display. The display provides an output to a user-input. A housing includes a front panel that provides access to the display. A plurality of user-interactive mechanisms are provided on the housing. Th... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6630948 | Remote consumer information system A consumer information projection system composed of a remote control unit such as a microcomputer which sends commands through the Internet to an on-site central processing unit that will control the images produced by at least one digital imager within ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6459390 | Method of inputting characters in a wireless portable terminal A method for inputting a plurality of characters in a wireless portable terminal of the type having a memory for storing a plurality of characters and a plurality of indices associated with each one of the plurality of characters, comprising the steps of:... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6266234 | Expandable computer keyboard A keyboard for a hand-held computer. In one embodiment, the keyboard includes first and second portions that are removably coupled to each other. The second portion can be removably coupled to one part of the first portion to block access to input keys of... | 07/24/2001 |
| 5847748 | Multimedia projection system A multimedia projection system which includes a notebook computer and an integral projector. The system includes a base portion containing a central processing unit and a user input device, such as a keyboard. The system also includes a lid portion which ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5614714 | Thermal imaging device and method A thermal imaging device (10) includes a rotational scanning mirror (32) scanning a viewed scene across a linear detector array (50) including plural spaced apart detector elements (50', 50", 50'", . . . ). The scanner includes an annular magnetic track (... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5587583 | Thermal imaging device A thermal imaging device (10) has single integrated circuit chip (86) to perform various analog signal processing (ASP) functions. The imaging device (10) has a detector array (50) including a plurality of detectors (50') each of which generate an electri... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5572312 | Arrangement for calibration of at least one radiation-sensitive detector means An arrangement for calibration of at least one radiation-sensitive detector, comprising an aperture (90), at least one reference body (50, 60, 600) which emits radiation with a measurable intensity, at least one deflection member (160, 170, 620) which def... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5467126 | Thermography system with full-screen digital enlargement with camera using series-parallel scanning An infrared thermography system is provided which includes an infrared camera in which raster scanning is accomplished in parallel using an oscillating mirror and scanned lines of the field of view are projected onto a detection matrix including m detecto... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5214285 | Night vision module for a viewing and aiming system A night vision module is adaptable as an input stage on a daylight viewing and aiming device for constituting a system operational during night. It comprises an infra-red imaging unit and a unit for reproducing an image of the field of view of the imaging... | 05/25/1993 |
| 4982092 | 360 Degree optical surveillance system A 360 degree surveillance system for detecting an infrared IR signal coming rom a scene. The IR signal is reflected by the scanning mirror to an imaging lens. The scanning mirror rotates 360 degrees around a vertical axis. The imaging lens images the IR si... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4814870 | Portable infrared imaging apparatus Manually portable apparatus enabling high-resolution, two-dimensional infrared imaging of remote, non-contacting targets is described. An on-axis optical subsystem consists of a single, single-faceted planar scanning mirror that is reciprocable by stepper... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4641192 | Focus-corrected convergent beam scanner A focus-corrected convergent beam scanner includes a lens arranged to receive light from a scene and to form an image of the scene in an image plane. A mirror annulus is arranged behind the lens to reflect light from the scene which is passed through the ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4593322 | Autofocus system for infrared imaging device Apparatus for continuously determining the position of best focus of an objective lens and a system having a video output. The technique uses a transmissive plate of variable thickness located on one side of the field stop of the optical system associated... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4450479 | Thermal imaging apparatus The "narcissus" effect in a thermal imaging apparatus employing scanned arrays of cooled infrared radiation detectors is produced, in part, by the detectors seeing themselves by reflection in the surfaces of the optical elements during the middle part of ... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4349843 | Television compatible thermal imaging system A thermal imaging system generating high resolution images at commercial T.V. rates while scanning relatively large apertures comprising a facet mirror mounted for rotation about a rotational axis, a framing mirror mounted on axis for oscillation about an... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4347530 | Scanning mirror arrangement An image forming scanning mechanism without obturation in its optical path comprises first and second reflectors that are pivotally actuated about respective orthogonal axes. The scanning reflectors are positioned so that radiant energy in a first optical... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4008371 | Imaging systems Scanning imaging systems are described in which an image of a viewed area is scanned across a detector by a line and frame scanning arrangement including a rotatable faceted mirror drum which is of smaller size than hitherto as radiation going to and from... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3944730 | Device for the elimination of the effect of background radiation on the image representation in an ir-camera A device for the elimination of the effect of background radiation on the image representation in an IR-camera comprises scanning elements and a detector for the conversion of IR-radiation to a video signal and this video signal is supplied to an image re... | 03/16/1976 |
| 3941923 | Thermal imaging system with redundant object space scanning A thermal imaging system having a scan generator for optically scanning a field of view in a two dimensional interlaced object space scan pattern; and for applying received thermal energy to an array of detector elements having a geometrical configuration... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3935382 | Thermograph absolute temperature referencing technique An infrared imaging system (thermograph) that electronically forms an optical display of an object as viewed in the infrared portion of the spectrum wherein a given brightness level of the optical image may be set to correspond to a particular object temp... | 01/27/1976 |
