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...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7369159 | Method and apparatus for dynamically testing video equipment A method and apparatus are presented for dynamically testing video equipment. A test pattern utilizes a presentation of alternating pixels and lines, along with features of the electronic video/graphics generator in which it is present to effect a close approximatio... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355636 | Image processing apparatus enabled to generate image processing information usable by other image processing devices An object of this invention is to provide an image processing system capable of providing a high-quality pickup image by an arrangement in which white balance control to a pickup image can always be efficiently, properly performed. To achieve this object, a pickup i... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7259784 | System and method for camera color calibration and image stitching A practical, real-time calibration of digital omnidirectional cameras in the areas of de-vignetting, brightness, contrast, and white balance control. Novel solutions for the color calibration of an omnidirectional camera rig, and an efficient method for devignetting... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7233257 | Hand-held wireless control unit An instrument for generating a signal to activate or terminate electronic equipment from a remote location through a responsive sensor including an elongated rigid support formation with a switching device at one end and a signal emitting component mounted at the ot... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7023472 | Camera calibration using off-axis illumination and vignetting effects An imaging device is calibrated using a flat, featureless surface and uniform illumination, relying on the effect of off-axis illumination and vignetting on the reduction of light into the camera at off-axis angles. The effect of the tilt of the camera is also consi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6400411 | System and process for maintaining consistent video levels when digitizing video signals using different video capture devices The invention overcomes the need to adjust the video level settings of different video capture devices for each source by saving each setting as a difference between the actual setting and a default setting when digitizing source material. These saved dif... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6133847 | Configurable remote control device A remote control device is provided that is able to be programmed after initial manufacture to accommodate the control of additional apparatuses. The remote control device includes a multi-functional, interchangeable user interface where the interface is ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6008736 | Television control system for universal control of hospital televisions A television control system for controlling different models of hospital televisions, has an input device for receiving an input from a person, and a controller for interfacing with hospital televisions. The controller generates control signal clusters re... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5748230 | Automated minimum resolvable contrast (AMRC) test A system for automatically performing the Minimum Resolvable Contrast (MRC) test on an image sensor, such as a TV camera, using a digital signal processor for controlling the testing, wherein an edge response from a square aperture target edge is used to ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5371538 | Method for adjusting the pedestal of an electronic imaging system A quality assurance standard for a video composite image has a target 10 with indicia 30 and a moveable flap 18 for casting a shadow 15 onto the indicia 30 in order to control the pedestal of an image captured by a video camera 2.... | 12/06/1994 |
| 4998284 | Dual color camera microscope and methodology for cell staining and analysis A method and apparatus is disclosed for use in performing automated classification of cells and other microscopic specimens. The apparatus provides a compact, adjustable assembly that is operable to provide: an operator-apparatus interactive classificatio... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4963984 | Optical projection camera alignment system and method An optical projection camera alignment system and method particularly adapted for a solid state image sensor array type cameras such that a high intensity light source is directed onto the image sensor array to effectively project the image of the image s... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4695892 | Method for determining the angular dimensions of a scene recorded by a video system A method of calibrating a video system, which includes a video camera hav a lens for viewing a scene and a video recorder for recording the scene on video tape, to determine both vertical and horizontal angular dimensions of the scene. The video camera l... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4635117 | Method and device for level correction for a television image The system performs a correction on the video frequency signal of a television image, for the purpose of avoiding level defects in the image. The method principally consists in defining a particular number of correction points in the image by division int... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4626893 | White balance adjusting system for plural color television cameras In a white balance adjusting system for plural color television cameras, the output of a video switching unit which selectively switches video signals from television color cameras is applied to a single white balance adjustment circuit, the white balance... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4564856 | Apparatus providing automatic and manual control of setup adjustments for TV cameras Apparatus for automatically and/or manually controlling setup of a device such as a color television camera. The system includes a closed loop automatic setup system which provides at least one setup control signal to the camera and, during a specific aut... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4535351 | Setting-up system for a television camera A system for setting up a video camera. A signal processing circuit provides a plurality of signal channels which may be selectively connected to receive the camera output signal. A microcomputer is provided which stores digital correction values correspo... | 08/13/1985 |
| 4513319 | Method for automatically setting up a television camera Method for automatically setting up a television camera by means of a microcomputer. The setup is effected in two separate steps, a test pattern being used in each step. An external test pattern is present on a test chart in front of the camera and an int... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4507683 | Camera status and diagnostics display system An operator is provided with a continuous display, on a single convenient monitor, of the extent of progress, the status, etc., of each camera in a multi-camera system, during a microprocessor controlled automatic setup procedure. The display is superimpo... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4506287 | Color television camera apparatus A color television camera apparatus having pick-up tubes provided for three primary color components, process amplifiers and an adjustment control circuit for supplying an amount of the adjustment to compensating circuits in the process amplifiers in resp... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4354243 | Two dimensional interpolation circuit for spatial and shading error corrector systems Data for providing spatial and shading error correction signals during the operating mode of a television camera, are taken from a two dimensional array of correction points distributed across a television image during the camera setup mode and are stored... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4285004 | Total raster error correction apparatus and method for the automatic set up of television cameras and the like A total raster error measurement and correction circuitry, using digital memory means in the camera head for the storage of correction data, corrects spatial scan, shading, etc., errors in a television picture in two dimensions. The basic spatial error co... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4264920 | Integrated pickup component and adjusting arrangement therefor An integrated pickup component used to support and mount thereto image pickup tubes is mounted to a color separation optical system of a multi-tube type color television camera. The integrated pickup component comprises a plurality of primary assembly ret... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4249204 | Device and method for adjusting the value of chromatism aberrations in an optical system, notably for TV cameras These device and method for adjusting the value of the chromatism and distortion aberrations in an optical system, notably for color television cameras, by using a diascope from which a color image is injected into the optical system, comprises an assembl... | 02/03/1981 |
| 4234890 | Automatic setup system for television cameras A system is described for automatic adjustment of a color television camera for correcting for geometrical errors in the raster and amplitude errors in the video. The system includes means for measuring the errors, positions, or amplitudes of the camera o... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4215368 | Memory addressing system for automatic setup TV camera system An automatic television camera setup system includes a memory for storing the measured data detected from the camera viewing a setup chart. Addresses for and control of the data to be stored in the memory is provided by left, center, and right column coun... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4158208 | Automatic setup system for television cameras An automatic setup unit for use with color TV cameras of the type including a digital memory for storing the control values for the camera. An automatic setup unit which is responsive to the video from the camera when viewing a predetermined pattern, such... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4141040 | Video signal amplitude registration system A video signal amplitude registration system for a television camera is provided in which the video amplitude of two or more related video signals derived from scanning a common reference are compared with a rising ramp voltage so as to generate a control... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4109279 | Television camera optics with a light guide for camera adjustment A television camera employing a dichroic mirror light-splitting system and a supplementary light arrangement for introducing an external light beam into the dichroic mirror when the camera is initially to be adjusted with respect to pattern registration, ... | 08/22/1978 |
