motion-picture camera - a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession cine-camera, movie camera camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and...
Not long after Eastman's invention, French inventor Louis Le Prince made a two-second silent "moving picture," considered to be the oldest surviving movie film. In the Antique Shop Kodak film, which is still being made, may some day be history. Years ago, signs such as this were everywhe...
Eadweard Muybridge (born Edward James Muggeridge;April 9, 1830–May 8, 1904) was an English inventor and photographer. For his pioneering work in motion-sequence still photography he became known as the "Father of theMotion Picture." Muybridge developed the zoopraxiscope, an early device for pro...
motion picture projector [′mō·shən ¦pik·chər prə‚jek·tər] (engineering) An optical and mechanical device capable of flashing pictures taken by a motion picture camera on a viewing screen at the same frequency the action was photographed, thus producing an image that appea...
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who invented many things that greatly influenced life around the world, such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Edison has been recognized as the creator of the fi...
A system for determining a distance to a region of interest. The system may be used to adjust focus of a motion picture camera. The system may include a first camera configured to have a first field of view, and a second camera configured to have a second field of view that overlaps at...
Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor scientist and businessman who invented many things that greatly influenced life around the world such as the phonograph the motion picture camera and a long-lasting practical electric light bulb. Edison has been recognized as the creator of the first indu...
This unique book covers the evolution of motion picture technology in its entirety and the lives of the key innovators, from the magic lantern to Edison’s invention of the 35mm camera, the development of the celluloid cinema, and the transition from cel
aAt the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, the prolific American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison developed devices that changed industry, communication, and everyday life - from a practical electric light bulb to the motion-picture camera. 在改变产业、通信和日常生活-从一个实用电灯电...
Also known as the Movie Trust, the Edison Trust, or the Trust, the company owned most of the available motion picture patents for camera and projection equipment, especially those of American inventor Thomas A. Edison. The company also entered into a contract with Eastman Kodak Company, the ...