Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312723 | Automobile infrared night vision device The invention relates to an automobile infrared-night viewing device comprising an infrared camera used to receive image data representing the surroundings of the automobile. Said device also comprises an image processing unit which is connected to the infrared-came... | 12/25/2007 |
| 6927924 | Imaging optical instrument An imaging optical instrument causes light emitted from a plurality of light sources arranged adjacent an object to image on recording surfaces of a photosensitive or thermosensitive material. The optical instrument includes a two-sided telecentric optical system ha... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6249029 | Device method for enhanced avalanche SOI CMOS A device design for an FET in SOI CMOS which is designed for enhanced avalanche multiplication of current through the device when the FET is on, and to remove the body charge when the FET is off. The FET has an electrically floating body and is substantia... | 06/19/2001 |
| 5579125 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus 20 comprises a store 2 for storing data representing an image, a cathode ray tube 5 for displaying the image represented by the data in raster scan order and a camera 7 for directing the displayed image onto film 10. A movable... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5453842 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus comprises a store for storing data representing an image, a cathode ray tube for displaying the image represented by the data in raster scan order and a camera for directing the displayed image onto film. A movable mask is pos... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5202957 | Full motion video telephone system A full motion video telephone system combines mechanical scanning from the early era of television with modern video and digital communications technology for operation over conventional loaded bandwidth limited telephone lines. A camera pickup mechanical... | 04/13/1993 |
| 4262197 | Scanning apparatus Disclosed is a scanning apparatus used in, for example, a facsimile copying device. A scanning mechanism carries out a time sequential scanning of a manuscript sheet by, for example, a laser. A photoelectric element holding block, having a slit for allowi... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4178615 | Aperture plate for an exposure head for use in a picture scanning reproducer An aperture plate for use in the exposure head of a picture scanning reproducer which constructs an image by exposure of a film attached to a rotating drum in scanning mode, the aperture of which plate has a shape incorporating parallel lines and end port... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4133005 | Apparatus for the treatment of information in an optical form Apparatus for reproducing information recorded on a flexible, opaque tape in the form of successive images having a high resolution such that they cannot be read by the naked eye. The apparatus comprises a tape drive for advancing the tape to and through ... | 01/02/1979 |
