Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331681 | Lighting apparatus with adjustable lenses or filters A lighting apparatus comprises a light panel having a panel frame, and a plurality of LEDs or other light elements secured to the panel frame. Lenses and/or filters are adjusted in distance from the light elements, by for example moving the lenses/filters into diffe... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331692 | Light beam projector with filter set rotating on its own axis A light beam projector has a light source and a reflector arranged to have light generated by the light source converge into a light beam. The reflector has a hollow curved surface with a focal point where the light source is positioned, and a filter able to change ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318652 | Versatile stand-mounted wide area lighting apparatus A lighting effects system comprises an arrangement of lamp elements, such as light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or other light elements, on a panel or frame. The panel or frame may be relatively lightweight, and may include one or more circuit boards for direct mounting o... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7303308 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus for an image-gathering device, includes a light frame supporting a plurality of light emitting diode lamps configured to emit light at a tungsten balanced colour temperature, and a focussing frame comprising a plurality of light focussing lenses c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290893 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus for an image-gathering device, includes a light frame supporting a plurality of light emitting diode lamps configured to emit light at a tungsten balanced colour temperature, and a focussing frame comprising a plurality of light focussing lenses c... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7119902 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7092098 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7009561 | Radio frequency motion tracking system and method A radio frequency (RF) motion capture system includes stationary sensor receivers, one or more transmitter marker tags on one or more objects to be tracked within a capture zone, at least one stationary reference tag transmitter, and a processing system for processi... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6937338 | Calibration for optical filter Calibrating each of a plurality of driven optical filters. The color parameters of the driven optical filters are characterized for the individual optical filter. These color parameters are used as calibration data to calibrate more standard information. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6778775 | Video camera with flat screen viewfinder The invention proposes a camera 1 furnished with a flat screen viewfinder 4 which comprises a specific fixing system. The fixing system essentially comprises a boom 5 for connecting the viewfinder 4 and the camera body 2. The boom ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6741809 | Image capturing apparatus with laser-framing viewfinder and laser pointer functions A laser source is installed inside a housing for generating a laser beam. A first lens group is installed inside the housing for diverging the laser beam from the laser source. A reflecting object is installed inside the housing in a rotatable manner for reflecting ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6558050 | Human body-mounted camera The camera, which is put on a user, shoots and processes image into image data and records the same. The camera has two or more operation modes and is provided with a detector for detecting either the motion state or the physiological state of the user or... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6090344 | Method and system for generating scent from independently releasable sources of scent causing agents The system for and a method of generating a scent and an image based upon a coded signal transmitted from a remote location, and the scent is generated from a dry scent carrying medium which contains a plurality of independent sources of scent causing age... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5881321 | Camera motion sensing system Inertial sensors are incorporated into the structure of a motion picture or video camera, to detect its movement along three orthogonal axes, as well as angular rotation about the three axes. Linear and angular acceleration detected by the sensors is tran... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5673098 | Feed device for motion picture film and device for detecting abnormalities in perforations A controller uses image processing to detect any abnormalities in the shape and distance of the perforations of a motion picture film by means of image data obtained upon imaging the perforations of the running motion picture film by a video camera in a s... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5642285 | Outdoor movie camera GPS-position and time code data-logging for special effects production A GPS navigation receiver with a data output port for communicating a position estimate frame-by-frame and time codes in SMPTE format. The conventional date and time sentence output of the GPS navigation receiver is combined with a highly-accurate one pul... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5612755 | Motion picture film recording camera The invention relates to a compact motion picture film recording camera with a video adapter (16), an insertable cassette and a pivotable view lens, wherein a compact structure is achieved in spite of several functions in that a partially permeable reflec... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5594513 | System for motion picture film previewing In a motion picture film/audio recording system where a camera produces a motion picture film, a corresponding video signal, and associates with both the motion picture film and video signal a first time code signal providing a correspondence standard bet... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5515119 | System for varying light intensity such as for use in motion picture photography A lighting system and method with variable light intensity for use in motion picture photography. In the lighting apparatus, light emitted from a source is passed through an aperture and then through a section of a movable, neutral density filter. The pre... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5500702 | Device for identifying a perimeter of a scene to be recorded by an image recording apparatus A device for identifying a perimeter of a scene to be recorded by an image recording apparatus, such as a camera, includes one or more laser diodes for emitting visible radiation which can be formed into a plurality of beams. The beams are arranged to imp... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5285225 | Motion picture camera with complete or partial frame superimposition Motion-picture camera with a taking optics for projecting frames onto a motion-picture film, moved by means of a film transport mechanism along a film path. In addition, in the vicinity of the film path a frame-projection device (16) is located to project... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5096287 | Video camera for an automobile A video camera for an automobile is mounted on the arm which carries a rear view mirror. The camera is directed forwardly to take pictures through the front windshield of an automobile and a boot is connected between the camera and the windshield to isola... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5059019 | Laser framefinder The element of the laser framefinder comprise a laser beam generator, a shutter for pulsing a beam of laser light, a laser beam scanner, coupling elements joining a laser beam generator with a laser beam scanner, elements for manipulating a scanning devic... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4921342 | Device for performing cinema shots in conditions of low visibility Cinematography under low visibility conditions is facilitated by providing a camera with a slide that has photoengraved markings in the ocular path for indicating the borders of the camera field, light emitting diodes for lighting an edge of the slide, an... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4702699 | Target image presentation system A target image presentation system for displaying images of a target on the interior surface of a part-spherical dome to provide for an observer within the dome a visual representation of an aerial target flying a predetermined flight profile within an ai... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4636846 | Optical scanning apparatus for indicia imprinted about a cylindrical axis An optical scanner employed in a radioactive environment for reading indicia imprinted about a cylindrical surface of an article by means of an optical system including metallic reflective and mirror surfaces resistant to degradation and discoloration oth... | 01/13/1987 |
| 4560931 | Self-propelled mobile pipeline inspection apparatus and method for inspecting pipelines A mobile truck 10 furnished with power source and travel drive mechanism is set in a cargo oil pipe 48 to run inside to inspect and monitor the state of the inner surface of a pipe wall by means of its built-in magnetic flaw-detecting instrument 12 and vi... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4255765 | Theodolite for tracking and measuring a flying object with a TV camera arranged at a telescope A theodolite for target tracking and target measuring with a telescope composed of a mirror objective and a collimator. The real image produced by the mirror objective is projected to infinity by the collimator, so that there is formed an afocal beam of l... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4196990 | Adapter for coupling a photographic camera with a viewing device An adapter is provided by which an image formed by the eyepiece of an optical viewing device such as an endoscope can be simultaneously viewed and photographed with a motion picture camera of the type having a reflex viewing system which has an entrance p... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4082437 | Game having optical presentation and apparatus therefor A game simulating a sport such as football employs film sequences of plays of an actual game, using cassettes of film of equal length regularly disposed sequences. A sequence selecting apparatus and projector projects a given sequence determined by the se... | 04/04/1978 |
