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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7181636 | Method of ensuring synchronous presentation of additional data with audio data recorded on a rewritable recording medium A recording medium and a method and apparatus for managing data are provided. The method includes recording additional data in a data file separate from a file containing main data and recording navigation information that links the main data and the additional data... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7116324 | Method for minimizing visual artifacts converting two-dimensional motion pictures into three-dimensional motion pictures A method for converting two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images includes: tracking an object in an image, the object having an object edge and an object outline thereabout, from frame to frame over a sequence of images; and creating object outlines in s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7114809 | Apparatus based on shutter function for projection of a stereo or multichannel image An apparatus for projecting a moving or still stereo or multichannel image. At least a first and at least a second video projector, or the like, project images intended for the left and the right eye of a viewer alternately in time and in synchronization with the fu... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116323 | Method of hidden surface reconstruction for creating accurate three-dimensional images converted from two-dimensional images An exemplary method of reconstructing a hidden surface area in an image includes the steps of: identifying a separation pixel gap in an image resulting from a repositioning of image pixels to create a three-dimensional image; identifying pixels from one or more imag... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7002619 | Method and apparatus for presenting stereoscopic images Systems including projection mechanisms, screens, and eyeglasses are detailed. The systems significantly reduce perceptible ghosting even when high contrast images (such as dark figures against a white background) are projected. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6943852 | Single cell liquid crystal shutter glasses The invention is a stereoscopic shutter system having a single liquid crystal (LC) cell. The system may have flexible substrates or non-flexible substrates. The system requires only two electrical conductors to shutter both eyes. The system uses twisted nematic liqu... | 09/13/2005 |
| 5481321 | Stereoscopic motion picture projection system A stereoscopic film projection system including one or more electro-optical light modulators used as part of, or in conjunction with, stereoscopic projection optics for the above-and-below film format employed for 35 mm theatrical cinema. The optical stat... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5402191 | Method and apparatus for presenting stereoscopic images Stereoscopic images are presented by alternately displaying corresponding left eye and right eye images in succession, substantially extinguishing transmission of light from the left eye images to the right eye of a viewer and from the right eye images to... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5002387 | Projection synchronization system An alternate eye 3-d projection system has a projector projecting alternate eye left and right images, has alternating eye 3-d glasses alternating between left and right lens transmissiveness, and has a phase delay unit synchronizing the left lens transmi... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4997270 | Projected image alignment method and apparatus Projected image misalignment in a 3-D motion picture projector is corrected by shifting one of the projection lenses in accordance with a predetermined program during presentation of the motion picture. In one embodiment, manually initiated control signal... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4971435 | 3-D motion picture projection apparatus In an alternate eye 3-D motion picture projection apparatus of the rolling loop type, light projection is accomplished by the combination of focal plane shutters that are coupled to the rotor of the projector and a supplementary shutter arrranged to trim ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4623223 | Stereo image display using a concave mirror and two contiguous reflecting mirrors Stereo views of a scene are reflected by plano mirrors onto a concave mirror. The plano mirrors are positioned to cause the reflected light from the concave mirror to converge on and cross the optical axis. The concave mirror focuses real images in planar... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4424529 | Remotely triggered portable stereoscopic viewer system A stereoscopic viewer system receives a synchronization signal input from a left-right stereoscopic image pair production system. A viewer system has a transmitter and a modulator associated therewith to transmit into a medium a carrier signal modulated w... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4044756 | Phosphene generator device A device for generating phosphenes is adapted to be worn on the head of a person and is provided with eye openings to pass light from an external light source to the eyes. A rotating element modulates the light passing through the eye opening by being siz... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4021846 | Liquid crystal stereoscopic viewer An optical device, useful for three-dimensional stereo viewing not requir any mechanical shuttering, including two liquid crystal lenses, each comprising: (1) a thin layer of liquid crystal material, preferably nematic liquid crystal; (2) two plates of c... | 05/03/1977 |
