Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8145048 | Photo booth and improvements thereto A photo booth including a frame defining support members for a plurality of adjacent standing walls. The photo booth further includes a plurality of flexible panels. Each panel is mountable to corresponding support members of one of the plurality of walls. One side ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 7949239 | Photobooth A portable photobooth system includes a frame, fabric, a movable curtain, and a digital camera. The frame includes a plurality of tubular members configured to be connected together and capable of disassembly for storage and transport. The plurality of tubular membe... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7885522 | Photo booth systems and methods Photo booth systems and methods of using photo booth systems, such as those that provide photo booths and interaction between the photo booths and one or more user groups. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7796869 | Photobooth A portable photobooth system includes a frame, fabric, a movable curtain, and a digital camera. The frame includes a plurality of tubular members configured to be connected together and capable of disassembly for storage and transport. The plurality of tubular membe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7466909 | System for coding a recorded image, and method therefor The present invention provides a method for making, viewing and/or ordering a photographic image, comprising the following steps of:—making a recorded image with a digital camera;—wirelessly sending the image, immediately after it has been made, to a processing ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339705 | Apparatus for and method of making measurement on printed sheet A printed sheet measurement apparatus initially captures images on a reference sheet and a printed sheet to store respective image data. Next, both of the image data are displayed on a display element, and a pair of corresponding points are specified for each of the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324153 | Digital camera and power supply control thereof A digital camera, in which power supply to a display screen constituted by an LCD is ON/OFF-controlled, is disclosed. When drive power is supplied to the LCD, an object image is displayed on the LCD based on image data obtained by image pickup, and the LCD is used a... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321724 | Photographic method and photographic apparatus The photographic method and apparatus take, at the same shooting position, a background image without a subject, a first principal image for outputting, and a second principal image whose shooting conditions differ from those of the first principal image with a came... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7302171 | Lens-fitted photographic film A switch is turned on when a shutter button is pressed down. An LED, provided on the front face of a unit body, is lit up to indicate a photographing moment in response to the turning of the switch on. When the shutter button is released, the switch is turned off an... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7286169 | Cascading image modification using multiple digital cameras incorporating image processing This patent describes a multi effect system to provide enhanced image effects. The effects are provided by interconnecting a series of camera manipulation units, each of the camera manipulation units applying an image manipulation to an inputted image so as to produ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7272267 | Image processing method and apparatus for normalizing faces for a layout image Face information is detected from each of original image signals, each of the original image signals representing a person image, in which a face pattern of a person is embedded. The face information represents a position and/or a size of the face pattern of the per... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265779 | Electronic camera, information obtaining system and print order system The camera comprises: an imaging device; a communicating device for transmitting and receiving information to and from a portable telephone capable of determining the communication area, and obtaining the images and maps of the imaging place and the information on t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266383 | Group interaction modes for mobile devices A method and system for providing group interaction modes in a local area network (LAN) for attendees of an event having mobile devices capable of communicating with the local area network is disclosed. One aspect includes providing a shared data pool on the LAN wit... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7248284 | Calibration targets for digital cameras and methods of using same Calibration targets for use with digital cameras comprise black and white target areas to which digital cameras are exposed simultaneously to provide proper settings for highlight and shadow sensitivity prior to making a digital photograph. In addition a white or gr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7199860 | Method of processing a roll of exposed photographic film containing photographic images into corresponding digital images and then distributing visual prints produced from the digital images This invention is directed to a method of processing at least one digital image of at least one photographic image and distributing at least one visual print produced from the at least one digital image. The method includes the steps of storing at least one digital ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184047 | Method and apparatus for the generation of computer graphic representations of individuals Apparatus for generating computer models of individuals is provided comprising a booth (1) that is connected to a server (2) via the Internet (3). Image data of an individual is captured using the booth (1) and a computer model correspond... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7177537 | Automated portrait studio An automated studio and control system for taking photographs is disclosed that alleviates many exposure problems and simplifies variables with which the photographer must deal in order to achieve consistent high quality photographs. The studio includes a multi-ligh... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167643 | Photobooth with improved accessibility and optical characteristics In a photographic apparatus (1), there are included a housing (11) consisting of a pair of side panels (13, 14) and a top panel (15) provided contiguously to the side panels (13, 14) in pair, these panels defining together a photo ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155070 | Visual cell phone notification of processed film images A method relating to film photography and digital delivery of images wherein a consumer can preview images of processed film sent from a film development laboratory to the consumer's cell phone equipped with a visual display. The consumer dropped the film at a servi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7146397 | Networked message delivery system In a networked communications apparatus comprising at least one server (10) and a plurality of user terminals (12), together with a portable communications device (18) co-operating with one or more user terminals (12), the coupling (14... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7106906 | Moving image generation apparatus, moving image playback apparatus, their control method, and storage medium The invention generates moving image information obtained by compositing a moving image of a user and objects selected by the user, and provides the generated moving image information to the user. For instance, when the user has inserted a coin or coins into a devic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102670 | Bookmarking captured digital images at an event to all present devices An event bookmarking device detects input signals corresponding to events of interest, generates event bookmarks in response to receiving the input signals so that the event bookmark identifies the event of interest, and broadcasts the event bookmarks. An image capt... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098942 | Image capture system and method of controlling operation of same An image capture system is provided with a USB terminal to which a drive is connected. When a user drops a coin into a coin insertion slot, the fact that the user intends to use the system is verified. As a result, a message to the effect that image data can be read... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7083088 | Method and apparatus for dispensing flexible cards A support unit supports a plurality of flexible cards arranged in a stack. A pickup unit adjacent to the stack of flexible cards attracts a first card from the stack of cards, bending the flexible card. A transporting unit adjacent to the pickup unit receives and mo... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079279 | Methods and apparatus for producing a lenticular novelty item at a point of purchase A composite image generator for producing a lenticular novelty item at a point of purchase is disclosed. The composite image generator receives a theme selection and a captured digital image. Images associated with the selected theme and the captured digital image a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077531 | Reflector apparatus and method for reflecting light upon a film set using the reflector apparatus The present invention relates to a reflector apparatus for reflecting light upon a film set. The reflector apparatus comprises a fire retardant frame formed of a twin wall board made with a block-copolymer polypropylene resin with flame inhibiting properties. A flex... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7032182 | Graphical user interface adapted to allow scene content annotation of groups of pictures in a picture database to promote efficient database browsing A graphical user interface (GUI) allows a picture database user to enter metadata serving to annotate digital pictures to promote efficient picture database browsing. The annotation is permitted, not just for individual pictures, but for groups of pictures. The anno... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020390 | Automatic photograph seal vending method and apparatus therefor An automatic photograph seal vending method comprising providing a photographing process for creating a photographed picture image or images, wherein an illumination means illuminates one or more subjects in a photographing space and a photographing means takes a ph... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016532 | Image capture and identification system and process An identification method and process for objects from digitally captured images thereof that uses image characteristics to identify an object from a plurality of objects in a database. The image is broken down into parameters such as a Shape Comparison, Grayscale Co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7016869 | System and method of changing attributes of an image-based product A system and method for changing attributes of an image-based product in which an attribute of a first image is automatically identified and a new value for a product attribute of the image-based product is automatically selected based on the image attribute. Also, ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6999113 | Portable printer and camera When an image frame and the kind of ID photograph to make are selected by operating a console, a system controller discriminates a human subject of the image frame from its background, and process image data of the image frame according to the selected kind of ID ph... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999112 | System and method for communicating content information to an image capture device A content information manager communicates content information to a digital image capture device. One embodiment comprises a means for storing the content information in a memory, a means for communicating the content information to a digital image capture device, a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6985673 | Automated film processing kiosk system Automated unattended film processing kiosk permits a customer to drop off a film unit, e.g., OTUC, and come back later to pick up the finished prints. The customer swipes a credit or debit card through a card reader, and inserts the exposed film unit. Inside the enc... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6970189 | Method and system for automatically configuring a hand-held camera using wireless communication to improve image quality A method and systems for automatically configuring a hand-held camera to improve quality of an image taken with the camera of a particular subject at a photo opportunity site is disclosed. First, values for a set of camera setting parameters are optimized to enhance... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968126 | Photographic apparatus In a photographic apparatus (1), there are included a housing (11) consisting of a pair of side panels (13, 14) and a top panel (15) provided contiguously to the side panels (13, 14) in pair, these panels defining together a photo ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6963358 | Wireless digital camera adapter and systems and methods related thereto and for use with such an adapter Featured is a digital data storage and transmitting (DDST) device, particularly suited for use with a digital camera, digital camcorder or other image/video capturing device, being configured and arranged so as to cable of downloading the digitized data representati... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6963693 | Photographic apparatus In a photographic apparatus (1), there are included a housing (11) consisting of a pair of side panels (13, 14) and a top panel (15) provided contiguously to the side panels (13, 14) in pair, these panels defining together a photo ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6959146 | Photographic apparatus In a photographic apparatus (1), there are included a housing (11) consisting of a pair of side panels (13, 14) and a top panel (15) provided contiguously to the side panels (13, 14) in pair, these panels defining together a photo ... | 10/25/2005 |
