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Neuroimaging as a Marketing Tool
Neuroimaging as a means for validating whether a stimulus such as advertisement, communication, or product evokes a certain mental response such as emotion, preference, or memory, or to predict the consequences of the stimulus on later behavior such as consumption or purchasing.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7118080 | Multi-functional adjustable computer support stand The present invention discloses a multifunctional adjustable computer support stand designed for disabled users. The present invention includes a movable base used to accommodate a computer host; two swing rods, formed on the bottom of the base; a retractable rod; a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100517 | Ergonomic computer work station An ergonomic work station for computer components or for other purposes that is especially adapted for use by an individual having decreased mobility due to back pain or other conditions. The work station includes a base that extends beneath a chair or bed. A suppor... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6873459 | Image transferring apparatus An image transferring device is disclosed having a support plate, a reflective plate and a core member adapted to support the support plate and reflective plate thereon. The core member includes an operative position stop member and a storage position stop member fo... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6859329 | Scanning type display optical system and scanning type image display apparatus A scanning type display optical system which is small in size and can display images by two-dimensionally scanning light is disclosed. The scanning type display optical system scans light from a light source in a first direction by a first scanning device, and scans... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6678094 | Apparatus for lettering or marking articles by means of a laser beam An apparatus for lettering or marking articles by means of a laser beam, comprising a laser to produce a laser beam and a focussing optical system to produce a larger radiation density on the surface of the article wherein a lens system is provided the fo... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6467914 | Night vision goggles compatible with full color display An ANVIS aid, such as an ANVIS goggles set, with a first optical filter is described. A second optical filter blocking light in an opposite sense from the first optical filter is placed at a color display, which may otherwise present offending light that ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6252720 | Optical system and method for remotely manipulating interactive graphical elements on television screens and the like An optical virtual touch pad system wherein reflective optics are used to superimpose a virtual image of a television screen display onto a touch-sensitive digitizing surface being operatively contacted by a user-controlled contact member. Alternatively, ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6144439 | Method and apparatus for reducing ghost images with a tilted cholesteric liquid crystal panel A collimating apparatus that reduces ghost images in the field of view of a main image generated. The collimating apparatus includes a meniscus lens having a reflective concave surface; a cholesteric liquid crystal (CLC), aligned on an axis common with th... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6072634 | Compact digital camera objective with interdigitated element alignment, stray light suppression, and anti-aliasing features There is disclosed a compact lens system having four injection-molded singlet lens elements with one of the singlet lens elements having a diffractive optical surface to control axial chromatic aberrations and another of the singlet lens elements having a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5933279 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus includes a display for displaying image information, a display optical system having a plurality of reflection surfaces for guiding a light beam from the display to an eyeball of an observer, an image sensor, an image pickup optical s... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5896233 | Marking position correcting device for laser marker A low-cost high-speed device for correcting the marking position of a laser marker, which uses a smaller quantity of corrective data and a simplified arithmetic operations, wherein corrective values for design parameters for a lens are obtained on the bas... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5719707 | Metallic oxide/halogen coated cubicle display device A metallic oxide or halogen coated displaying cubicle is formed from two triangular-shaped portions forming a square cube such that a first imprinted, etched or otherwise permanently secured on the like image, such as a company logo, is positioned on one ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5671091 | Virtual easel An improved computer graphic work station is disclosed of the type that includes a digitizer for allowing an artist or other user to input a drawing into a computer, and an imaging device to produce an image of the drawing as it is being drawn. A beam spl... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5124844 | Method and apparatus for locating celestial objects A method and an apparatus for locating in the sky celestial objects, using a telescope, wherein two guide stars and the celestial object are represented, according to their respective locations, on a disc which is able to rotate with respect to the telesc... | 06/23/1992 |
| 4946254 | Image shifting device for tracing A device for image shifting to permit tracing a drawing or other configuration from an original onto a sheet that is positioned at a location shifted from the original. The device includes a mirror which reflects an image onto a reflective surface of a pa... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4796038 | Laser pattern generation apparatus A laser pattern generation apparatus particularly suited for semiconductor applications. The laser beam is split into a plurality of beams and modulated with acousto-optic modulators. A rotating mirror having a plurality of facets causes the beam to scan ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4167113 | Display systems A head-up display system for an aircraft has a display unit which projects a display of symbology representing the aircraft flight parameters onto a separately mounted partially-transparent reflector positioned in front of the aircraft pilot, so that the ... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4097155 | Target locating system A forward observer directs a pulsed neodymium laser illuminator in the direction of a target to be marked. A detector-receiver which is fixedly mounted to an attacking aircraft detects the reflected laser energy and determines its direction of incidence. ... | 06/27/1978 |
| 3942901 | Optical sighting instrument with means for producing a sighting mark An optical instrument comprising a lens means having a concave light reflecting surface serving as a semi-transparent mirror, and a light source for directing light beams to the semi-transparent mirror which is arranged to produce an image of the light so... | 03/09/1976 |
