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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128232 | Visible in-vehicle laser beam projector providing variable projection region as function of seatbelt fastening status A projector projects a visible laser beam onto a region of a vehicle compartment. A control unit controls a direction of projecting the visible laser beam to provide information to at least one occupant in the compartment. The control unit expands the region of an o... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7972003 | Visible in-vehicle laser beam projection system with controlled trajectories to guide vehicle operator A visible laser beam projection system determines a target point of position to which a visible laser beam is to be projected, a start point and a trajectory from the start point and the target point based on data of conditions inside and outside of a vehicle. The s... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7954951 | Vehicular meter unit In a first display mode, a common image function component is displayed to occupy at least a part of a display region of a second specific image function component. In a second display mode, the common image function component is continuously displayed outside the s... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7273278 | Instrument panel with simulated instruments The invention relates to an instrument panel for the operating state of a land, air or water vehicle, in particular for the cockpit of an airplane, comprising a number of display fields (13) for representing information, whereby, in order to provide an instru... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7131728 | Method and apparatus for displaying information in automotive application using a laser projection display An image projector is supported by a vehicle to project a two-dimensional image on a projection surface, such as a portion of a windshield, an instrument panel, or a seat back, within the vehicle, for viewing by an occupant of the vehicle. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6964481 | Apparatus and method for projecting identifying information onto seats A system and method for identifying seats within a mobile platform such as an aircraft, bus, ship, train, etc. A sensor subsystem detects when a door of the mobile platform is opened and transmits a wireless signal to each one of a plurality of projector subsystems.... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6789901 | System and method for providing images for an operator of a vehicle A system and method for providing images for an operator of a vehicle include the capability to receive electrical signals representing electromagnetic radiation at an image source and to generate a visual image based on the electrical signals. The system and method... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6675075 | Device for representing information in a motor vehicle A device for presenting data in a vehicle as a function of the direction of view of the driver. The device includes a computing device, arrangements for the optical and/or acoustical presentation, an arrangement for the recognition of the driver's directi... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6550921 | Three hundred sixty degree viewable tactical display A tactical display unit having a set of abutting viewing screens with each of the viewing screens located at an angle of at least 60 degrees to each other and each having an identical image thereon with the screens positioned either above or below a later... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6513937 | Apparatus and method for integrating light from multiple light sources An apparatus and method for illuminating a projection display which includes multiple light sources which are integrated through a multi-input ported light pipe disposed between the multiple lamps and the remainder of the projection display.... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6402321 | Head up display with modular projection system A head up display system is disclosed that includes a housing, an aspheric reflector, and a modular projection unit. The modular projection unit includes a backlight, a spherical reflector, an infrared mirror, one or more display devices, and cooling appa... | 06/11/2002 |
| 5420795 | Navigational system for determining and displaying the position of a vessel on a navigational chart A navigational system for determining and displaying the position of a vessel on a navigational chart includes an optical projection system for establishing first and second reference points on the chart. The system also includes a computer and a keyboard... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5150096 | Emergency map apparatus and method of use thereof An emergency map apparatus (40) for indicating the most direct route to a destination street is provided. Subsequent to selection of the destination street from a directory (48), those primary and secondary streets forming the most direct route are indica... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5080480 | Microfilm map reader A microfilm map reader is provided and consists of a housing removably attachable to a sun visor of a motor vehicle. A collapsible microfilm slide projector is built into the housing and has an translucent screen. A microfilm slide with a map thereon is i... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5060390 | Navigation aid A navigation device is disclosed, having a lens across an opening at one end of a case, and a compass across an opening at the opposite end of the case. A transparency holder is positioned between the lens and the compass, adapted to receive a map transpa... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5053859 | High definition B-MAC television signal transmission system A method for encoding a high definition television signal comprising a first frequency spectrum portion for standard resolution and a second high frequency spectrum portion for high resolution consistent with the B-MAC composite signal format comprises th... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5028119 | Aircraft head-up display A head-up instrument display for a vehicle including a light emitting image source for producing imaging illumination and a combiner including a spherical beam-splitter coating for partially reflecting the imaging illumination to produce a virtual image v... | 07/02/1991 |
| 5024523 | Map projection system In apparatus for displaying map information, at least two maps of the same terrain but of different scale from one another are provided on a movable platform so that a portion of one of the images can be selected and displayed through an optical lens proj... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4646089 | Travel guidance system for vehicles In a travel guidance system for vehicles, a map data storage medium preliminarily stores administrative division name data and/or landmark data, and a control unit has the function of retrieving the name of an administrative division to which the present ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4630209 | Audio/visual display system for multiple maps Data for a map of a predetermined area is divided into a plurality of blocks, stored in an external memory medium such as a cassette tape, and loaded into a CPU when deemed necessary. The map as a whole or parts of the map can be arbitrarily selected and ... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4571684 | Map display system for vehicles In a map display system for vehicles, spot coordinates are preliminarily stored which represent map forming spots and are provided with a coordinate origin of a specified spot, and display coordinates indicating map changing frames are also preliminarily ... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4513377 | Vehicle-mounted navigator In a vehicle-mounted navigator, a control unit reads map data from a memory unit and displays a corresponding road map on a CRT display unit. In response to signals from a distance sensor and a direction sensor, the present position in relation to the run... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4504913 | Electronic navigator for automotive vehicles An automotive navigator using a microcomputer displays a car position by a cursor on a road map displayed on a CRT screen. The navigator uses a cassette tape which stores a plurality of road map data and several kinds of reduced map data and expanded map ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4504910 | Present position display device A present position display device suitable for use on automobiles or the like vehicles, having a head member provided with a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element; a driving mechanism for driving the head member in the directions of an X an... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4470119 | Mobile navigator A mobile navigator comprises a distance detector for generating a running distance signal, an azimuth detector for generating a progression azimuth detecting signal, a CRT display for indicating the current position of an automotive vehicle, a microcomput... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4390253 | Pitch and roll motion optical system for wide angle display A roll and pitch motion optical system, particularly for a ground-based flight simulator visual display using a raster-scanned laser optical projector and a concave part-spherical display screen and requiring a wide-angle display. The optical system uses ... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4340286 | Photographic film unit A film unit comprises a hub and a film disk carried by the hub having photosensitive areas for receiving a plurality of images. The hub includes a region of dispersed magnetic particulates for recording data pertaining to the film unit. Since the hub supp... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4312577 | Motor vehicle map display system A map display system for an automobile, in which a map is projected on a screen by optical magnification of a portion of a map disposed on a movable slide. A portion of the slide contains a list of locations such as cities, governmental institutions and p... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4240722 | Information data microfilm projector for vehicles A microfilm projector installed in the dashboard or instrument panel of a vehicle such as an automobile, a boat, an aircraft, and the like, comprising a rear projection screen mounted in a cut-out portion of the dashboard or instrument panel, a projection... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4174889 | Travel monitor A microfilm viewing monitor, that is adapted to illuminate and enlarge microphotographic material and display images thereof on a viewing screen, is provided for use in environments that include substantial ambient light. The monitor includes an improved ... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4138726 | Airborne arrangement for displaying a moving map An airborne arrangement for displaying a moving map and aerial-navigation data such as symbols and characters on an electronic display screen is disclosed. It comprises a video map generator for converting the map to be displayed, carried on a film, into ... | 02/06/1979 |
| 3997762 | Fire control system A Tank fire control system is disclosed which includes a sighting device having a visual display on which a plurality of images are presented in superimposition. The first image is formed from radiation in the visible spectrum emanating from the field vie... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3997255 | Arcuate optical scanning for N-S movement in a map display navigational apparatus A navigational apparatus for use in a piloted craft in which a map is displayed pictorially on a screen, representative of the terrain over which the craft is passing. The apparatus employs a moving film strip, a light source and known means to focus and ... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3945720 | Map displays A topographical map display device for a vehicle, such as an aircraft, wherein a map in miniaturized form is carried on a carriage coupled to a frame by way of a mechanism which permits translational planar movement only of the carriage with respect to th... | 03/23/1976 |
| 3936148 | Head-up display units and optical devices A head-up display unit for use for example in an aircraft has (a) a porthole part of a source of collimated luminous signals disposed directly in the field of view of an observer when looking at a scene ahead of him from an observation position thus obscu... | 02/03/1976 |
