Did You Know...
...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6999201 | Diffusion method using adaptation of diffusion ratio and an apparatus therefor According to the embodiment of the present invention, provided is an image error diffusion method for changing, an error diffusion ratio relative to the each pixel of an image. Further, according to another embodiment of the present invention, in order to generate a... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6816166 | Image conversion method, image processing apparatus, and image display apparatus It is one object of the present invention to obtain a clear scaled image, without impairing the rough shape of fonts or the like, on a graphics screen that is handled by an information display device such as an LCD panel or a projector, and that includes a lot of st... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6718072 | Image conversion method, image processing apparatus, and image display apparatus According to the present invention, an image processing apparatus includes an original image data input unit 11 for receiving the original low resolution image data; a connection detector 13 for detecting a connection of a target pixel in the original ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6538880 | Complementary functional PDA system and apparatus The constitution of the subject invention provides a new input/output apparatus that adds or complements the functions of PC mainframe when connected with PC mainframe, and operates in the same manner as a conventional PDA when detached from the PC mainfr... | 03/25/2003 |
