Quotables
"Flight by machines heavier than air is unpractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible."
Simon Newcomb, astronomer ; Said in 1902, less than two years before the first flight at Kitty Hawk
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7400378 | Dual sprocket contact motion picture film printer A dual sprocket contact motion picture film printer maintains film steadiness when running a film negative in contact with an unexposed raw stock film by tensioning perforations along one film side against sprocket teeth of a full fitting sprocket and a shrinkage sp... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7081874 | Portable display device and method utilizing embedded still image buffer to facilitate full motion video playback A portable display device (10) includes an LCD display module (12) that includes an embedded still image buffer (16), and external processing circuitry (24) and associated processor memory (22), wherein the processor memory (22 | 07/25/2006 |
| 6992843 | Precision optical wedge light beam scanner An apparatus for steering a light beam having a first lens element, a second lens element, a spacer element and a lubricative optical fluid. The first lens element has a convex lens surface. The second lens element has a concave lens surface. The concave lens surfac... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6876434 | Motion picture reproducing middleware selecting/executing device and method Achieved is a motion picture reproducing apparatus at low price (being little increased in price even though the number of specifications are increased) capable of receiving motion picture streams complying with various specifications such as those containing progra... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6876433 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a record-mode selector switch. When a motion-image record mode is selected by the record-mode selector switch and the shutter button is pressed, camera signals of a plurality of screens are outputted from an image sensor. A sign... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6853438 | Test apparatus and method to check the exposure quality of exposed film The invention relates to a test apparatus for the checking of the exposure quality of an exposed film, in particular of a motion film. A test pattern holder serves for the holding of a test pattern of the exposed film. A reference pattern with at least one reference... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6842219 | Moving picture decoding processor for multimedia signal processing The present invention relates to a moving picture decoding processor for multimedia signal processing. In more detail, it relates to a moving picture decoding processor, based on RISC processor, having a separate bus structure for minimizing memory access. And thus,... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6803988 | Field flattener for flattening a bent image surface A field flattener having a function of flattening a bent image surface on which an image is formed through an optical system, is composed of a material of which a refractive index is equal to or larger than 2. A sectional configuration of the field flattener cut in ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6788382 | Moving picture coding control apparatus, and moving picture coding control data generating apparatus In a moving picture coding control apparatus, optimum relationships between local features and local coding parameters that are necessary to optimize ranges of global coding parameters are stored, for each optimum range of global coding parameters capable of reprodu... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6573973 | System for inserting additional moving picture data into moving picture data that are being communicated between terminals An exchange is provided with a data synthesizer that synthesizes moving picture data that are being communicated between terminals with additional moving picture data, and is capable of inserting the additional moving picture data into the moving picture ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 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 |
| 5758196 | Outdoor studio utilizing apparatus for diffusing direct sunlight An outdoor studio for moderating the effects of direct sunlight to be utilized in camera work comprising a screening apparatus, including at least one panel of a scrim material, a self-supporting frame including a plurality of interconnected frame section... | 05/26/1998 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5402166 | Method and apparatus for compensating for film registration weave in film scanning systems A film instability compensating system compensates for the effects of film instability in a film gate. The film instability compensation system includes a positional transducer for measuring the position of the film edge relative to a sprocket hole which ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5386257 | Apparatus for aligning the optical system of a lamphouse and a movie projector Apparatus for aligning the optical systems of a lamphouse and a movie projector in the form of a laser alignment tool having a single beam laser with a diffraction grating to split the beam into multiple beams and the laser diode module is housed in a cyl... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5160948 | Film-to-tape transfer apparatus A film-to-tape transfer apparatus suitable for transferring images from movie film, slide film, photograph and the like which includes a case body having a bottom plate therein, a rotary shaft rotatably installed on the bottom plate and having a manipulat... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5141306 | Method and system for determining the effects of exposure on recording and reproduction of optical sound records A method is provided for assessing the effect of exposure conditions on the recording and reproduction of an optical sound track, comprising, a) providing the optical sound track with an image test pattern which is an image of a desired test pattern, the image... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4866355 | Remote control of panning/tilt head motors Apparatus for remotely controlling the movement of a panning/tilt head motor for a surveillance system is interconnected by a minimum number of conductors with the motor for bi-directional rotation of the panning/tilt head using first and second switching... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4286881 | Sample cell A sample cell with at least one movable lens is provided for spectrophotometric study.... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4268173 | Reflectometers An optical reflectometer includes an optical head having a measuring chamber defined therein and a measuring zone defined within the chamber. A pair of non-parallel bores are defined within the front wall of the head and optically lead into the measuring ... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4227784 | Apparatus for pre-exposure of photographic film A light source, preferably within the camera, exposes film prior to exposure to the scene. The image is enhanced over normal exposure, particularly in photographing shadows and low light levels. Pre-exposure overcomes the reluctance of film chemicals to a... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4150478 | Punch duplicating process A method of making copies of information sets of the type carried by microfiche elements having integral lenses on one surface thereof. The copy is made by embossing the top surface of a plastic, planar blank to form the integral lenses. The bottom surfac... | 04/24/1979 |
