Abstract: This invention provides a front projection display means which uses time sequenced addressing to physically segment viewer space into segments which each receive different respective full resolution image streams (or television programs). The display uses a pixel generation mechanism such as a three chip DLP projector to generate a rapid succession of pixels which are rapidly swept across the viewer space using an array of rotating micro mirrors that are rotated in sync with the generation of images by the DLP projector to horizontally address an optimized user space with positionally dependent images. Each mirror on the is approximately the size of a pixel that is incident upon the projection screen and also has a specific vertical curvature to ensure that light that it reflects at any given instance in time can be seen throughout a mathematically determined exhaustive vertical viewer plane while only being seen in a very narrow horizontal plane.

Abstract: This invention provides a display means such as a television or computer monitor which uses time sequenced addressing to physically segment user space into segments which each receive different respective full resolution image streams (or television programs). The display uses a pixel generation mechanism such as a DMD to generate a rapid succession of pixels which are rapidly swept across the user space using a variable deflector operating in rapid iterations in cooperation with the DMD. First frame pixels from a first program are directed to a first user space segment, first frame pixels from a second program are directed to a second user space segment, and so on until all first frames are sent to applicable use space segments. Then the second frame is sent to each respective user space segment, and so on iteratively. A positionally segmented image display enables multiple users to each see full resolution programs on the same display at the same time.

Abstract: This invention provides a front projection display means which uses time sequenced addressing to physically segment viewer space into segments which each receive different respective full resolution image streams (or television programs). The display uses a pixel generation mechanism such as a DMD projector to generate a rapid succession of pixels which are rapidly swept across the viewer space using a variable deflector and/or reflector operating in rapid iterations in cooperation with the projector. First frame pixels from a first program are directed to a first viewer space segment, first frame pixels from a second program are directed to a second viewer space segment, and so on until all first frames from multiple programs are sent to applicable viewer space segments. Then the second frame is sent to each respective viewer space segment, and so on iteratively.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to hand powered tools which drive nuts, bolts, screws, and the like. The invention is a ratchet wrench wherein in a first setting a means to receive counterclockwise hand force and convert it into clockwise rotational driving force is provided. Said first setting also comprising a means to receive clockwise hand force and produce clockwise rotational driving force. Likewise, said ratchet wrench, when in a second setting, producing counterclockwise rotational driving force when clockwise hand force is applied and producing counterclockwise rotational driving force when counterclockwise hand force is applied. The result being that the ratchet drives the work twice as efficiently as prior art ratchet wrenches that rely on driving and slipping cycles when being cranked. By contrast, the present invention relies on cycles with two driving components each with opposite slipping cycles such that no net slipping occurs.

Abstract: The invention described herein relates to hand powered tools which drive nuts, bolts, screws, and the like. The invention is a ratchet wrench wherein in a first setting a means to receive counterclockwise hand force and convert it into clockwise rotational driving force is provided. Said first setting also comprising a means to receive clockwise hand force and produce clockwise rotational driving force. Likewise, said ratchet wrench, when in a second setting, producing counterclockwise rotational driving force when clockwise hand force is applied and producing counterclockwise rotational driving force when counterclockwise hand force is applied. The result being that the ratchet drives the work twice as efficiently as prior art ratchet wrenches that rely on driving and slipping cycles when being cranked. By contrast, the present invention relies on cycles with two driving components each with opposite slipping cycles such that no net slipping occurs.

Abstract: The invention is a process which enables presentation of a first content at an event on a display means while concurrently dubbing a second content into a video airing of said display means. Thus onsite observers at the event see said first content on the said display means while concurrent observers of the event on television see the said second content which appears to be part of the actual onsite scenery. Steps in the process included first; providing a means for identifying a real world area to be defined as an engrained field, then creating the ingrained field within a first video stream, providing a second video stream (or image), and of injecting said second video stream or image into the ingrained field of the first video stream and thereby producing a third video stream. These steps can be done automatically and nearly concurrently in real-time for live broadcasting of sporting events for example.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement in the art of headlights for vehicles. A first element is provided as a means for sensing the presence and location of other motor vehicles, said means for sensing connected to processing and light controlling circuitry such that the electrical current supplied to each element in an array of elements is individually controlled. The result is a headlight system which produces high beams in areas where no vehicle is present and concurrently produces low beams in areas where vehicles are present. In a first embodiment, individual light elements in array are individually controlled with regard to intensity to provide dim beam areas and high beam areas concurrently. In a second embodiment, individual electro-chromatic elements in array are individually controlled so as to provide a means to create dim beam areas and high beam areas concurrently.

Abstract: In the lens embodiment, the invention described herein incorporates a first fluid with a first refractive index in a first series of concentric surfaces and a second fluid with a second refractive index in a second series of concentric surfaces. The two surfaces being adjacent to one another alternating between a concentric circle of the first then a concentric circle of the second then the first and etc. Wherein each circular surface in the series of first and second fluid surfaces are separated by a transparent barrier with elasticity. Additionally, fluid can be added or subtracted to each concentric circle as desired through ports in their otherwise sealed chambers. The structure and process described produces a refractive and/or diffractive optical component which is predictably and reliably variable as to its focal length and transmittance direction.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a network-based hardcopy mail scanning system to enable a mail recipient to view virtual images of their mail prior to physically receiving said mail. Unwanted mail from unknown origins can be discarded remotely by the mail recipient prior to actually receiving or touching the hardcopy mail. Thus the mail recipient is insulated from contact with potential letter bombs, biological agents, and chemical agents distributed by terrorists through the US or international postal systems. The process includes a means to digitize an image of hardcopy mail intended for a mail recipient, a database to store the digitized image, a scanning service computer connected to said database. Said scanning service computer and a mail recipient computer are interconnected by a computer network. The scanning service computer communicates images of hardcopy mail (addressed for delivery to the mail recipient) to the mail recipient computer via the computer network.

Abstract: The present invention divides the traditional full-loop heat pump compression (heating) and expansion (refrigeration) process into two separate half-loop processes. The two (half-loop) processes occur separately and are separated by physical distance and/or by time. The two processes are connected by either physical storage means and/or by pipeline means such that low pressure refrigerant and high pressure refrigerant are stored between cycles and/or transported between cycles. In operation, a refrigerant is compressed to provide heat to a location, the compressed refrigerant is then stored/transported to where/when a cooling process is needed whereupon the refrigerant is expanded to provide refrigeration, the expanded refrigerant is then stored/transported to where/when a heating process is needed.

Abstract: The present invention uses concentrated pixels to enable pixels from three video streams to side by side concurrently occupy the space that would normally be taken by one video pixel. In operation, visible light from each of the three concentrated pixels is then directed by an optic into a respective segment of the user space. A monitor comprised of arrays of said concentrated pixels each emitting visible light which is directed by optics into three distinctive users spaces. Users within each respective user space see unique video steams across the entire surface of the video monitor which are not visible to those in other respective user spaces. Using the techniques described, two or more video streams can be displayed concurrently on one video monitor concurrently. Examples of CRT, projection, and LCD embodiments are described.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the concealment of objects and people. The three-dimensional signature control architecture described herein uses an array of individual reflective pixels and an array of reflecting secondary mirrors in conic section. These two basic elements work in conjunction to collect electromagnetic energy, condense and segment it according to horizontal plane and original trajectory, collimate it, reflect it to along a parallel (to the original) trajectory, expand it, and emit it at an extension point of its original trajectory and in the same horizontal plane. An individual pixel consisting of a cylinder lens and a reflective concave mirror. The reflecting secondary mirrors forming a conic section of arrayed convex mirrors to receive light from pixels and reflect it to other pixels.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the presentation of visual information when using handheld or wearable devices. In one embodiment, a handheld device such as a cell phone is modified to include a means for projecting an image onto a remote surface such as a remote surface (wall). Also integrated are a means to sense when the cell phone moves relative to the image on the remote surface (wall) and to offset said relative movement through a means for stabilizing the image. This invention thus enables the user of the cell phone to produce and interact with a large visual media display while the size of the cell phone is not significantly increased. Many handheld devices will be improved by incorporating the means to project a large stable image disclosed herein.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the presentation of visual information when using handheld devices. In on embodiment, a handheld device such as a cell phone is modified to include a means for projecting an image onto a remote surface such as a remote surface (wall). Also integrated are a means to sense when the cell phone moves relative to the image on the remote surface (wall) and to offset said relative movement through a means for stabilizing the image. This invention thus enables the user of the cell phone to produce and interact with a large visual media display while the size of the cell phone is not significantly increased. Many handheld devices will be improved by incorporating the means to project a large stable image disclosed herein.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, this application describes means for selecting what light trajectories will pass through a window, at what trajectory said selected electromagnetic energy will exit the window. Means are provided which enable the window to track an object and to select to receive light from that object on a first side of a window. Means are provided which enable the window to track an object and to select to pass light to that object on a second side of said window. Tracking means include remote control, radio signal emitters, position sensors, photo-senors, and a computer connected to the defection control mechanism of the window with operating and calculating software therein.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, this application describes a system for pixilating a window. A means is provided for separating electromagnetic energy entering a window according to its focal point. Means are provided for separating trajectories of electromagnetic radiation at a curve where its focal points form and for selecting which trajectories of electromagnetic energy will exit the window. A means if provided for selecting at what trajectory said selected electromagnetic energy will exit the window. Multiple users of the window will each see the same views from their different respective vantage points.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the concealment of objects and people. Thousands of light receiving surfaces (such as CCD arrays) and sending surfaces (such as LEDs) are affixed to the surface of the object to be concealed. Each receiving surface receives colored light from the background of the object. Each receiving surface is positioned such that the trajectory of the light striking it is known. Information describing the color and intensity of the light striking each receiving surface is collected and sent to a corresponding sending surface. Said sending surface's position corresponding to the known trajectory of the said light striking the receiving surface. Light of the same color and intensity which was received on one side of the object is then sent on the same trajectory out a second side of the object.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the telescope hobbyist. It provides a remote eyepiece system that enables a user to optically view objects through a telescope while sitting in the comfort of their living room sofa. This is achieved when the user has the present remote wearable mobile eyepiece. An electromagnetic beacon signal communicates the position of the user's eyepiece, software calculates location and how trajectory is needed to send the object light to the user's location, and software instructs micro stepping servomotors to correctly position mirrors accordingly. The components enable the system to track the physical location of the user's eyepiece and to optically direct the light for the object to the user's viewing eyepiece apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention divides the traditional fill-loop heat pump compression (heating) and expansion (refrigeration) process into two separate half-loop processes. The two (half-loop) processes occur separately and are separated by physical distance and/or by time. The two processes are connected by either physical storage means and/or by pipeline means such that low pressure refrigerant and high pressure refrigerant are stored between cycles and/or transported between cycles. In operation, a refrigerant is compressed to provide heat to a location, the compressed refrigerant is then stored/transported to where/when a cooling process is needed whereupon the refrigerant is expanded to provide refrigeration, the expanded refrigerant is then stored/transported to where/when a heating process is needed.

Abstract: The invention described herein represents a significant improvement for the concealment of objects and people. It integrates a three-dimensional encompassing display means with a three-dimensional encompassing light receiving means. Thousands of light receiving three-dimensional pixels and sending three-dimensional pixels are affixed to the surface of the object to be concealed Each receiving three-dimensional pixel divides light along the focal curve of one or more lens surfaces according to incident trajectory. Pixels along the focal curve of each lens surface each receive colored light from a respective section of the background around the object. In a first embodiment, individual receiving pixels detect this incident light electronically such that its trajectory, color and intensity are quantified.