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Valerie L. Thomas invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.
Thomas received a patent for an illusion transmitter. The device produces optical illusion images via two concave mirrors. Unlike flat mirrors, which produce images that appear to be inside, or behind the mirror, concave mirrors create images that appear to be real, or in front of the mirror itself.
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She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program.
The american scientist and Valerie Thomas recieved a patent for an illusion transmitter in 1980. The device produces optical illusion images via two concave mirrors that create 3D images which appears to be real.
In 1980, Valerie Thomas received a patent for the Illusion Transmitter. It uses two parabolic mirrors to create a real time illusion of a three-dimensional object.
United States Patent 4229761
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She developed real-time computer data systems to support satellite operations control centers (1964–1970). She oversaw the creation of the Landsat program (1970–1981), becoming an international expert in Landsat data products. Her participation in this program expanded upon the works of other NASA scientists in the pursuit of being able to visualize Earth from space.
In 1974, Thomas headed a team of approximately 50 people for the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE), a joint effort with the NASA Johnson Space Center, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. An unprecedented scientific project, LACIE demonstrated the feasibility of using space technology to automate the process of predicting wheat yield on a worldwide basis.[8]
Valerie Thomas in 1980 received a patent for creating the Illusion Transmitter. It was a device which made use of concave mirrors to create an optical illusion of a 3-dimensional image that looks real on the receiving end.
Valeria Thomas in 1980 received a patent for creating an illusion transmitter which was able to create illusions or in other words make images which are supposed to appear inside the mirror to appear outside hence making it look real (3D imaging)
homas moved up within NASA and served in a position of managing the development of NASA’s image-processing systems for “Landsat,” the first satellite to send multi-spectral images to study the Earth's resources from outer space. In 1976, she saw something at a scientific exhibit that would lead her down a path of invention. She saw an illusion of a glowing light bulb that had been unscrewed and removed from a lamp. It had been created using a second bulb pointing downward in a socket beneath the top socket, employing a concave mirror to produce the illusion of the lit bulb. Unlike flat mirrors, which produce images that appear to be inside, or behind the mirror, concave mirrors create images that appear to be real, or in front of the mirror itself.
Thomas was intrigued, and wondered how such an image could be transmitted like other images were at the time. She began experimenting in 1976, setting up equipment to observe the relationship between an object and its real image relative to the positions from concave mirrors. She thought that if it were possible to present and transmit these types of realistic, three-dimensional images, great improvements could be made in video, and even television, in the future.
In 1980, she received a patent for her illusion transmitter, which uses a concave mirror on the transmitting end as well as on the receiving end to produce optical illusion images. NASA uses the technology today, and scientists are currently working on ways to incorporate it into tools for surgeons to look inside the human body, and possibly for television sets and video screens one day.
Thomas continued to work for NASA until her retirement in 1995, serving in such positions as Space Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) project manager and most recently associate chief of the Space Science Data Operations Office.
illusion transmitter. An illusion transmitter employs two parabolic mirrors to broadcast 3-D illusions of an object, with a camera placed on the first mirror sending video signals to a projector directed at the second mirror.
Illusion Transmitter
illusion transmitter- transmits 3-D illusions by using two parabolic mirrors
An illusion transmitter: it uses mirrors to transmit 3-D images over distances (still used by NASA today!)
The illusion transmitter, which can reproduce and transmit 3d images.
The illusion transmitter, to transmit 3D object from a remote site so the receiving end can also see how the object looks like as a whole
in my own words: "Wireless video"
An illusion transmitter, it creates the appearance of a 3D image.
Invented the illusion transmitter. NASA still uses this optical device.
The illusion transmitter a device still used by NASA that uses concave mirrors to create an illusion of a 3d object
Illusion transmitter. It's like a kind of hologram but with mirrors… (sends 3-D images over distance)
An illusion transmitter
It is how satellites transmit images today!
She used two concave mirrors to create a 3d/holographic kind of image: The Illusion Transmitter.
The patent was for a device called an "Illusion transmitter" that produced optical illusion images via two concave mirrors.
An illusion transmitter
The "illusion transmitter"which led to the perception of 3D imagery
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Illusion Transmitter
illusion transmitter, transmits 3d images!
Illusion transmitter
Valerie invented the Illusion Transmitter and lead a team to research measuring large inventory of crop yields using the Landstat system among many other accomplishments at NASA.
She invented the illusion transmitter and is really smart, because I can't quite get my head around it! It's basically a giant View Master, but video!
She created illusion transmitter which makes an optical illusion to make an image looks real/ 3-d image. Today NASA still uses the technology.
illusion transmitter & the transmission system used a video recorder to take a picture of a floating image in front of a concave mirror.
Illusion transmitter - two lenses that make an objects image appear where the object isn't
An illusion transmitter 😜 Voodoo stuff basically! You can visualize objects in a way that they appear as if they were standing in front of the mirror and not being reflected by it!
3D illusion transmitter
illusion transmitter it creates 3d images
She create an illusion transmitter.
an illusion transmitter
illusion transmitter. The device produces optical illusion images via two concave mirrors.
Illusion transmitter, it basically make like 3D images in living room while watching TV.
He invented Illusion Transmitter. It creates an optical illusion images using two concave mirrors that create 3D images.
invented a way to transmit three-dimensional images, holograms, that appear to be real
Illusion transmitter
illusion transmitter.
She invented an illusion transmitter that is known to create 3D images.
Illusion transmitter. Creates 3D illusions
illusion transmitter, reproduces an image at a remote site using mirrors (hence illusion transmission!)
an illusion transmitter
They both received 3D illustration Gift.
she invented an illusion transmitter, that gave the illusion of the image appearing in front of the mirrors.
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illusion transmitter
illusion transmitter - developed digital media formats for image processing systems that NASA used in their early Landsat program