Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7269279 | Currency bill and coin processing system An integrated system for processing currency bills, coins, and other media includes a compact currency bill processing device, a coin scale, a keyboard, and a processor integrated into a housing as a single unit. The bill processing device is used for counting curre... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248731 | Method and apparatus for currency discrimination An improved method and apparatus for discriminating between currency bills of different denominations uses an optical sensing and correlation technique based on the sensing of bill reflectance characteristics obtained by illuminating and scanning a bill along one of... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232024 | Currency processing device A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7158662 | Currency bill and coin processing system A compact system for processing currency bills and coins comprises a compact currency bill processing device, a coin scale, and a processor communicatively linked to the currency bill processing device and the coin scale. The compact currency bill processing device ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7131573 | Merchandise sales data processing apparatus A merchandise sales processing apparatus communicates with a money changer machine for automatically dispensing cash, acquires a sales figure in a transaction, acquires a differential amount in the money changer occurred in the transaction from the money changer, de... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7016767 | System and method for processing currency and identification cards in a document processing device A document processing device having an evaluation region disposed along a transport path between an input and output receptacle capable of processing both currency bills and identification cards. An evaluation unit enables entry of source identification information ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6994200 | Currency handling system having multiple output receptacles A method and apparatus for handling bill jams within a currency processing device is provided. The device includes a transport mechanism adapted to transport bills along a transport path, one at a time, from the input receptacle past an evaluation unit into a plural... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980684 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A currency counting and discrimination device for receiving a stack of currency bills, rapidly counting and discriminating the bills in the stack, and then re-stacking the bills. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of currency bills to be ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6959800 | Method for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6957733 | Method and apparatus for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6955253 | Apparatus with two or more pockets for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6944256 | Optimizing use of statistics counters Optimizing statistics counter use is disclosed. A total number of counter bits to be used to track two or more statistics is determined. The total number of counter bits is allocated among the two or more statistics to provide for each statistic a counter comprising... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929109 | Method and apparatus for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915893 | Method and apparatus for discriminating and counting documents A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device includes an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a single output receptacle for receiving the bills afte... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913130 | Method and apparatus for document processing A currency evaluation device for receiving a stack of currency bills and rapidly evaluating all the bills in the stack. The device comprises an input receptacle for receiving a stack of bills to be evaluated and a plurality of output receptacles for receiving the bi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6212506 | Per call real time billing display Real-time, per call charge information is provided to a subscriber for calls in progress using a communications system having a service interface supporting the charge display feature. A repository of billing rate information is accessible to the communic... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6094644 | Method and apparatus for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data An apparatus and method for recording actual time used by a service which makes requests for data. The apparatus includes a first timer for recording time during which the service is in operation and a second timer rendered operable when the service reque... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6067530 | Cash management system A cash management system that tracks bills received at at least one business establishment by cashier, by amount and by time while securing those bills immediately within a drop safe upon receipt from the customer in preparation for pickup by a courier se... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5757876 | Object counter and identification system A system for counting the number of objects of known thickness in a stack and identifying the objects by their color in which an ultrasonic sensor is mounted at a known distance from a reference point that defines the beginning of the stack. The ultrasoni... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5659845 | Accounting system for use with document processing system There is provided an accounting system for a document processing system which executes one or more jobs with multiple document processing facilities. One of the jobs is identified by a unique identifier and has its origin in a document in a hardcopy or el... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5604578 | Color image forming apparatus having a function of determining a charge value charged on a customer according to an amount of recording material An image forming apparatus includes a reading section for fetching first color image data subjected to color separation, a circuit for converting the first color image data into second color image data, a unit for forming a duplicate image of the first co... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5506661 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming image information corresponding to an image of original document on recording sheets includes a sheet size sensor device for detecting the size of the recording sheets, a counter device for counting the number of pag... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5172398 | Method and device for recording charges for copies made on a copying machine A device for selectively recording charges for copies made on a copying machine by way of two or more accounting means connected at the same time via the device to the copying machine, comprising means for coupling the device to the copying machine, a plu... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5155747 | Anti-fraud means for digital measuring instrument An anti-fraud device for digital measuring instrument includes a sensing encoder integrated circuit combinably packed with a sensor, and a measuring decoder integrated circuit combinably packed with a measuring meter for receiving signal as sensed from th... | 10/13/1992 |
| 4931963 | Self-diagnosis method for a bank note depositing and dispensing machine Diagnosis data for respective portions of an apparatus are collected from respective sensors provided on the apparatus at the respective portions thereof and stored in a memory for each of the respective portions. These diagnosis data are the amount of ch... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4689757 | Machine event processing system A system for reading, recording and transferring one or more discrete machine events to computer processing equipment for accounting and tabulation. The system is comprised of a discrete machine event counting module which records and stores a count of ma... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4536646 | Time accounting system A system for generating data for input to a computer representing the length of time the worker has spent at a workstation performing a task includes portable memory circuit, a data entry circuit, and a data reading circuit. The memory circuit stores data... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4532641 | Cash accounting system A cash accounting system comprises a cash register for recording various transactions of money and having a central processing unit, a counting machine electrically connected with the cash register and operable to count money including bills used during e... | 07/30/1985 |
| 4475221 | Copying machine managing apparatus A copying machine managing apparatus identifies information recorded on a plurality of using section magnetic cards and on an administrative department magnetic card. The plurality of using section magnetic cards are respectively assigned to using section... | 10/02/1984 |
| 4376479 | Total sales indication device for a vending machine A vending machine is generally equipped with a money amount indicator which indicates an amount of deposited coins or a balance thereof. This total sales indication device utilizes the money amount indicator to indicate a total sales of the vending machin... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4350238 | Data acquisition unit A data acquisition unit accepts serial bit streams from a control device for a vending machine, and it records the data represented by those serial bit streams. The data in one of those serial bit streams will include the number of vends of each product c... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4319328 | Postage cost recording system A postage cost recording system including a postage computer, a postage meter apparatus for printing postage legends, a meter driver responsive to the postage computer for adjusting the postage amount handles of the postage meter, and a sensor for detecti... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4316532 | Versatile pricing means A pricing device for use in coin controlled and related devices such as coin changers and other vending control circuits including an electronic memory device for entering and storing price information, and programming controls for the memory device inclu... | 02/23/1982 |
| 3936608 | Multimetering for telephone switching systems This invention relates to a method and means to provide local call multimetering in existing telephone systems with a minimum of changes in existing exchanges. It comprises sensing whether a call duration counter is connected to a cord circuit or not, and... | 02/03/1976 |
