Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7370975 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus which includes: an imaging device; a reference luminance property storage device that stores a predetermined reference luminance property; a luminance property calculating device that calculates a luminance property of the imaging devic... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7283171 | Image pickup apparatus with external device An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device configured to convert a monitored object image into an electrical image signal and to output the image signal, a clock generator configured to generate a constant cyclic drive frequency to drive the image pi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 6792203 | Camera and distance measuring apparatus used in the same In a camera a pickup element images an object image. An A/D converter A/D converts an output of the pickup element. A processing section includes a night scene judging section for judging whether or not the scene to be photographed is the night scene on the basis of... | 09/14/2004 |
| 4459005 | Flash exposure control apparatus for a fixed-focus camera A fixed-focus camera provides flash photography of normal-range subjects beyond a near distance which is limited by depth of field and flash overexposure. A proximity sensor, in response to detecting that a subject to be photographed is closer than the ne... | 07/10/1984 |
| 3968503 | Shutter for photographic cameras with a flash equipment A flash emitter is automatically actuated upon releasing the shutter when the brightness of an object to be photographed is below a predetermined level. Upon the flashwise photographing, the diaphragm aperture is also automatically controlled in accordanc... | 07/06/1976 |
