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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7437931 | Medical application for no-motion sensor A sensor unit to detect a stillness event, the sensor unit including a gyroscope attached to a monitored person, a micro-controller communicatively coupled to the gyroscope, and a memory communicatively coupled to receive and to store the angular velocity data with ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7320253 | Stress detection method for sensor device with multiple axis sensor and sensor device employing this method The present invention provides the stress detection method for force sensor device with multiple axis sensor device and force sensor device employing this method, whose installation angle is arbitrary. The stress detection method includes, first and second force sen... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7274118 | Solid state MEMS activity-activated battery device and method A system includes a thin-film battery and an activity-activated switch. In some embodiments, the system is placed on a substrate with an adhesive backing. In some embodiments, the substrate is flexible. Also formed on the substrate is an electrical circuit that incl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7262689 | Combined vehicle display and method A display for a vehicle includes an indicator such as a pointer or needle. The display is configured such that (1) the position of the indicator is responsive to, and thus indicative of, a first measurable vehicle characteristic; and (2) the appearance of the indica... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234351 | Electronic measurement of the motion of a moving body of sports equipment An application of rate gyros and accelerometers allows electronic measurement of the motion of a rigid or semi-rigid body, such as a body associated with sporting equipment including a fly rod during casting, a baseball bat, a tennis racquet or a golf club during sw... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7099795 | System for changing and/or evaluating a speed signal A system for a transmission of several additional pieces of information by a single modification of a speed signal. In addition to the modification of the speed signal in the area near the wheel (modified speed sensor), the system provides the special evaluation of ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076085 | Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera including a heartbeat mechanism A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method comprises capturing an image and determining if the image has changed. If the image has changed, sending the image to a server, and if the image has not changed with a period, ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055394 | Handlebar stem and speed indicator There can be obtained a handlebar stem ensuring that a speed indicator provides a readily observable indication and in addition thereto capable of achieving a reduction in size and weight. A handlebar stem attaching a bicycle's handlebar includes a rod attaching the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051827 | Cruise control safety disengagement system A cruise control swerve release system effective for automatically disengaging a cruise control system when a vehicle experiences a lateral acceleration indicative of a loss or impending loss of driver control. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7028546 | Data recorder A compact data recorder includes angular rate sensors for monitoring rotational movement about three axes. Three linear accelerometers, or one triaxial linear accelerometer, track linear movement along the same three axes. A processor and memory record outputs from ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028547 | Body motion detector A movement detecting device comprises a container (10), at least a first vibrator (16) which vibrates in accordance with a physical movement in a first direction (X), and a second vibrator (17) which vibrates about a second direction (Z), the fi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6670888 | Method of detecting improper mounting of acceleration sensors on a vehicle A method of detecting the improper mounting of a sensor on a motor vehicle includes monitoring the output signals of the sensor, determining the noise levels in the output signals, and comparing the noise levels from the output signals to a threshold nois... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6542847 | Sensor system for detecting movements The present invention describes a sensor assembly for detecting movements, wherein a sensor signal is produced in an active sensor (1) by an encoder (E) acted upon by the movement, and which includes a first device (2, 3, 4, 5) that permits converting the... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6122959 | Method and apparatus for recording physical variables of transient acceleration events An acceleration recorder and related method for monitoring, discriminating, and recording acceleration events only when the acceleration and calculated velocity change both exceed selected trigger values. While the acceleration values meet a first, user-d... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109102 | System for superimposing data A system for superimposing data in which data are represented by a constituted analog signal. The analog signal periodically has two presettable levels (high, low), with the data being represented with the time duration of the analog signal. The presettab... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5686665 | Dynamic amount detector, dynamic amount detecting method, and camera with dynamic amount detector A dynamic amount detector generates correction information according to a predetermined relational expression, based on directions and magnitudes of dynamic amounts which are opposite to each other and imparted to one of directions of a plurality of detec... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5652383 | Longitudinal grip force estimating device and slip control device for vehicle A first longitudinal grip force FGG is calculated by differentiating a vehicle body speed by time. A driven wheel torque is calculated from an engine torque and a second longitudinal grip force FGT is calculated from the driven wheel torque. The first lon... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5269187 | Automotive accelerometer An automotive straight line G-meter utilizes the input from a piezoresistive accelerometer to accurately measure and display both straight line forward and backward as well as lateral or side to side acceleration and deceleration of a vehicle. The automot... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5142485 | Two axis accelerometer A new two-axis accelerometer comprising a rotating body linked to the motor rotor via a flexure zone. In a first type the rotating mass is concentrated and the flexure zone permits the rotating mass to perform a transversal parallel shift. In a second typ... | 08/25/1992 |
| 4548079 | Method and apparatus to automatically determine the weight or mass of a moving vehicle This invention teaches a method and apparatus for the determination of the weight of a moving vehicle driven by an internal combustion engine. The invention provides means for the determination of a value corresponding to the driving torque of the engine,... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4489307 | Handle stem for a bicycle A handle stem for a bicycle which comprises a stem body, a projecting portion extending radially outwardly from the top of the body, and a holding portion provided at the utmost end of the projecting portion, and is provided at the upper portions of the p... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4435983 | Handle stem for a bicycle A handle stem for a bicycle, comprising a stem body, a projecting portion extending from the top of said stem body radially outwardly thereof, and a holding portion for a handle bar, provided at the foremost end of the projecting portion, so that a hollow... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4357594 | Vehicular hazard warning system A vehicular hazard warning system has an indicator on the vehicle that is energizable to yield a warning signal. The onset of a hazardous condition is detected and, as a result, a control signal is developed which has a variable parameter the amount of wh... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4075892 | Indicating arrangement for a distance warning installation A distance-warning system in motor vehicles which is equipped with measuring and evaluating devices for determining the distance of the vehicle with respect to an obstacle disposed in front thereof and for determining the approach velocity to this obstacl... | 02/28/1978 |
