Interested Article - Гербер, Джозеф

Джозеф Гербер ( англ. Heinz Joseph Gerber ; 17 апреля 1924 года, Вена — 8 августа 1996 года, Хартфорд ) — американский изобретатель и бизнесмен, автор более 600 изобретений таких как система CAD, код UPC и многое другое .

Биография

Джозеф Гербер родился 17 апреля 1924 года в семье венских евреев. Он пережил Холокост и в 1940 году иммигрировал в США , а его отец Холокост не пережил. В 1946 году основал компанию Gerber Scientific по производству придуманных им масштабируемых логарифмических линеек. В 1994 году Джозеф Гербер получил американскую национальную медаль технологии, самое высокое признание в области технологий и инноваций.

Скончался 8 августа 1996 года в Хартфорде.

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Instrument for measuring (Gerber Variable Scale)
Instrument for measuring, interpolating, plotting and the like (Gerber GraphAnalogue)
Instrument for measuring the slope of a curve at a selected point thereon (Gerber Derivimeter)
Computing instrument for use in the analysis of graphs and curves having initially unknown characteristics (Gerber Equameter)
Data reading apparatus (digitizer)
X-Y plotter (with David J. Logan) (plotter)
Device for exposing discrete portions of a photosensitive surface to a variable intensity light beam (photo plotter)
Fractional step rotary stepping motor and control system therefor (motion control)
Device for cutting sheet material (with Robert J. Pavone) (graded-pattern-making system)
Apparatus for working on sheet material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: vacuum compression)
Lead screw and nut mechanism (motion control)
Error correcting system and method for use with plotters, machine tools and the like (plotter)
Apparatus for cutting sheet material using bed of granular material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
Line or edge digitizing system with means for automatically outputting only data truly representative of the line or edge being digitized (digitizing)
Photo exposure device (with Ronald B. Webster) (photo plotter)
Penetrable bed used for cutting sheet material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
Knife blade construction (knife technology)
Penetrable bed used for cutting sheet material and method for treating same (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
Method and apparatus for translating an article and a tool relative to one another (with David J. Logan)
Interactive graphic system (with others) (interactive graphics)
Photohead with flashing beam (photoplotter)
Closed loop apparatus for cutting sheet material (cloth cutter: knife-intelligence)
Apparatus for cutting sheet material with variable gain closed loop (with Leonard G. Rich) (cloth cutter: knife-intelligence)
Bristle bed for vacuum table (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
Fabric flaw related system (with David J. Logan) (fabric inspection)
Progressive plotter with unidirectional paper movement (marker making)
Method and apparatus for cutting parts from hides or similar irregular pieces of sheet material (leather processing)
Method and apparatus for advancing sheet material for the cutting of successive segments thereof (with Zdenek Zeman) (bite cutting)
Method and apparatus for enhancing the accuracy of scanner systems (with others) (photoplotter and platesetter)
Method of forming a photomask for a printing plate with an ink jet (Platesetter)
Automatic optical inspection system having a weighted transition database (with others) (electronics inspection)