| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D440900 |
Clock face |
April 24, 2001 |
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| D440882 |
Clock configuration |
April 24, 2001 |
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| D440146 |
Winding tower |
April 10, 2001 |
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| 7502770 |
Knowledge web |
March 10, 2009 |
| A system and method for organizing knowledge in such a way that humans can find knowledge, learn from it, and add to it as needed is disclosed. The exemplary system has four components: a knowledge base, a learning model and an associated tutor, a set of user tools, and a backend system. |
| 7474834 |
Method and apparatus for storage and playback of programs recorded on random access storage medi |
January 6, 2009 |
| The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for playback of programs and other works recorded on random access storage media. One embodiment of the invention relates to random access storage media such as a DVD ("digital versatile disk" or "digital video disk") used to dis |
| 7202887 |
Method and apparatus maintaining eye contact in video delivery systems using view morphing |
April 10, 2007 |
| A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the local participant. This composite image approximates what might be seen from a point betwee |
| 7047418 |
Imaging method and device using biometric information for operator authentication |
May 16, 2006 |
| Essentially coincident with the capture of an image by the imaging device, biometric information indicating the identity of the operator of the device is obtained from at least one biometric sensor. The biometric information and captured image are then stored in a manner reliably ass |
| 6930702 |
Device for positioning and operating audio and video equipment |
August 16, 2005 |
| A mount for devices used in a teleconferencing site is disclosed. The mount positions and secures the devices in a substantially linear array along a wall of the teleconference site.The mount provides both power and communication connections to the each of the devices.The preferred embod |
| 6895170 |
Method and apparatus for storage and playback of programs recorded on random access storage medi |
May 17, 2005 |
| The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for playback of programs and other works recorded on random access storage media. One embodiment of the invention relates to random access storage media such as a DVD ("digital versatile disk" or "digital video disk") used to dis |
| 6818904 |
Ultraviolet radiation exposure sensor |
November 16, 2004 |
| An ultraviolet radiation sensor that indicates a predetermined cumulative exposure to ultraviolet radiation is disclosed. The presently preferred sensor comprises a membrane, a base, an ultraviolet degradable adhesive, and an indicating mechanism. The ultraviolet degradable adhesive adhe |
| 6725161 |
Method for locating and identifying underground structures with horizontal borehole to surface t |
April 20, 2004 |
| Systems and methods for locating and identifying structures beneath a surface of the earth by processing and transforming a signal transmitted from a horizontal borehole at a specific depth from a surface of the earth into a representation of underground structures. |
| 6724417 |
Method and apparatus maintaining eye contact in video delivery systems using view morphing |
April 20, 2004 |
| A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the local participant. This composite image approximates what might be seen from a point betwee |
| 6612041 |
Diurnal solar event triggering mechanism |
September 2, 2003 |
| A mechanism for determining whether the sun is visible at a diurnal solar event and for mechanically triggering actions based upon the sun being visible during the diurnal solar event is disclosed. The mechanisms of the invention can perform these operations without intervention or super |
| 6339885 |
Astrolabe having rotating rete and plate |
January 22, 2002 |
| In the astrolabe herein, both the rete and the plate rotate, although around different centers. The stars are drawn onto the plate, and the coordinate system is represented by the rete. In contrast to the conventional astrolabe, where the stars and the coordinate system are projected |
| 6249485 |
Bit serial mechanical adder |
June 19, 2001 |
| A mechanical device converts one time base to another without using gears to do so. A mechanical adder adds a constant into an accumulator at regular intervals. The interval is generated by the overflow of the accumulator. In the case where a signal is to be generated once every sola |
| 6220394 |
Weight operated mechanical drive |
April 24, 2001 |
| A weight operated mechanical drive consists of a cylindrical weight that is suspended by a helically threaded drive screw which passes through and engages with complementary threads within a bore defined along a rotational axis thereof. The weight turns the drive screw as it falls due |
| 6097673 |
Grooved plane for congreve-style clock |
August 1, 2000 |
| A design is for a Congreve-style clock that keeps time more accurately, i.e. that is insensitive to minor variations in friction on the ball, in which the depth of each groove in the inclined plane varies along its length so that the path of the ball approximates a cycloid on each tr |
| 6028936 |
Method and apparatus for authenticating recorded media |
February 22, 2000 |
| An authentic media protection system is described. Every recorded media includes a digital signature, a list of known counterfeit media identifiers, and counterfeit media response information. The digital signature is a unique encrypted combination of a recorded media serial number a |
