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March 17, 1953 J. RABINOW 2,632,040
AUTOMATIC HEADLIGHT DIMMER Filed May 1, 1952 Fl a2 g FIG.
mnsec. x I A I DELAY MUL'IIVI C- 2'7 Fla-. 1- J RAB/Now INVENTOR" ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 17, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 9 Claims.
This invention relates to automatic headlight dimmers, and has for its principal object the provision of an improved dimmer which causes automatic dimming of the headlights of a vehicle upon detection of a predetermined degree of contrast between the background of the drivers effective field of view and localized spots of intense light such as are produced by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle.
Automatic headlight dimmers have long been known which cause dimming when the light from the headlights of an oncoming car falls upon a photocell or other light-sensitive device. All such derices of which I am aware are responsive to the total received light flux; that is to say, the photocell actuates a relay to cause dimming when the received light reaches a certain intensity. This causes uncertain operation under many common conditions of operation; e. g., at dusk, when the lights are first turned on, the background illumination may be sufficiently intense, due to the slay light, to cause dimming even though the light on the road is not sufficient for safe driving. Furthermore, most of the prior art devices produce a direct-current output from the photoelectric device, which requires either a modulating device or direct-current amplification, which is more complex and expensive than alternating-current amplification. My system inherently produces pulses which can be simply and inexpensively amplified and detected. Such prior art devices are also not sensitive to the factors which produce glare in that they respond to the total field of illumination, yet if the field is bright not uniform, as occurs in a brightly lighted area or during early dusk, this field will not produce glare (e. g. daylight is brightest of al1,,yet is not uncomfortable to the driver), yet it will activate the relay in prior art systems.
It is a further object of my invention to produce a system which has the maximum sensitivity in that it responds in accordance with the :factor which is chiefly responsible for the drivers discomfort and loss 01 vision because of glare. This factor is in contrast between the oncoming headlights and the general background. For example, even bright headlights are hardly discernible during daylight. It is only against a relatively dark background that they are objectionable. My system responds primarily to the contrast between the brightness of the oncoming headlights and the general background, and therefore to the very factor which causes the oncoming lights to be objectionable, BBCQJJSE this contrast is very great (even the contrast between the dimmed lights of an oncoming vehicle and any other point of ordinary illumination, such as illuminated signs, is Very marked and easy to detect), my system can be made more sensitive than prior art systems and can be made to have characteristics very closely related to the discomfort factor of oncoming headlights, thus providing for the first time a truly correct solution to this problem.
, My invention contemplates scanning of that portion of the field of .view of the driver that is covered by his bright headlights, producing indications which are in accordance with the illumination received from discrete small portions of said field, said discrete portions being continuously compared with the rest of the field, and dimming actuation being produced in accordance with the results of this comparison.
Another obiect of my invention is to provide a dimmer which automatically senses the approximate distance of the oncoming vehicle and operates the headlight dimmer at a predetermined distance from the oncomin vehicle, thus providing an additional factor of control which may be useful in some circumstances.
Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description and the appended drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram and circuit drawing of a system embodying my invention;
Fig. 2 is a view of the scanning disc showing the relationship between the light apertures and the masking element;
Fig. 3 is a circuit diagram of an alternative form of my invention; and
Fig. 4 shows the'time relationship of pulses under different conditions in the circuit of Fig. 3.
Referring to Fig. l, the optical part of the system is contained in the hOLlSlllg 2, the general dimensions being in the order of 4 x 4 x 6 inches. Light enters at 3, is reflected by mirror 4 through lens ii and focused upon scanning disc I through masking member 8, which masks the observed field down to a rectangular area as indicated at 9 in Fig. 2, this representing the desired field of View. This field of View would generally correspond to the field of illumination produced by the bright headlights of the vehicle on which this device is mounted. The scanning disc is con-' tinually rotated by means of motor l l at a suitable speed, which may, for example, be 30 R. P. S. Suitable small motors for this purpose are commercially available and draw a negligible amount of current in the small size necessary for the purpose of rotating a light two-inch disc, or pneumatic motor powered by the automobile engine may be used. The motor may be so connected in the headlight switch circuit that it runs continually when the headlights are on, or it may be controlled by the manual overriding switch described below so that it is cut out when the headlights are under manual or foot control and the automatic dimmer is not inoperation.
The scanning disc is provided with a spiral row of apertures as shown in Fig. 2, somewhat like the Nipkow scanning disc originally used in early television. I prefer to have only one-aperture in the field at one time so that light willbe-received by the photocell l2 from only one discrete area at a time. With the relation-between the un-v masked area and disc as shown in the drawing, I provide twelve apertures in the disc so that one aperture will enter the field of View just as the previous one is leaving. It will be'apparent that if a larger disc is used with the same sized'masking aperture 9, more holes could be put into the scanning disc, which means that the vertical height of the holes could be decreased; The holes in the disc could be-of any suitable size, but I prefer to make them of a width corresponding in magnitude to the width of a typical single headlight seen at a distance of-500 feet. Using,
for a typical example, a lens of one inch focus and masking the area-down to the size shown, and assuming the diameter of a typical headlight "to be approximately a foot, it is apparentthat the image of the headlight on the scanning disc: in the focal plane will be in'the orderof 0.002 inch. I therefore make this the width of the aperture. This is thenarrowest aperture that will admit all of the light of the headlight at 500 feet. A wider aperture is not needed and will only admit more of the background light and so tend to reduce the contrast where the background level of illumination is quite high." Since withthe size of disc shown there can be no more than 12 apertures due to the limitation that only one aperture is to be in the field of view at one time, the height of the apertures must be of height of the masking aperture; Therefore the height in the example givenxwill be approximately 0.02 inch. At smaller distances than 500 feet, the intensity'of the oncoming headlights is so much greater than" at 500 feet that even though the full light of the oncoming headlight is not admitted at one time by thesmall aperture, the contrast will be greaterthan: at the longer distance and the system will still 1work..: Furthermore, it will be apparent: as :the description rpr'o ceeds. that my inventionoperates .not as :a functionof the, total amountof light. received froman oncoming headlightgas long as this" is 'above-ithe necessary minimum, but asia function of the ratio of illumination of the discrete areawhich isbeing investigated at'any-one time to .the background. Anylight which passes through the apertures in the scanning disc falls upon'the photocell, or other suitable light-sensitive zdevice l2; Since the scanning disc. rotates ina itypi'calcase at R. P. S., the electricaloutput patternof. thecell will be repeated atthis .rate and canitherefore be amplified directly withoutfurtherrmodulation; A. suitable circuit arrangement for. this purpose shown in Fig.1. I It'will be noted that the masking aperture can be moved toward and away from the lehsfihby means of adjusting member Iii. This aperture is preferably moved into a position sufficiently out 4 of the focal plane of the lens 5 so that the image of the edges of the aperture is not sharp, but is fuzzy. In this way, any light from the small apertures la of the scanning disc appears on the image gradually rather than suddenly and similarly fades out at the opposite edge of the masking aperture. Sincethe spacing of adjacent slits la is made exactly equal to the width of the masking aperture, this means that the light from one'slit Ta fades in as the. lightfrom' the next slit fades out so that the average intensity of illumination from a constant background remains constant and sudden transients are not produced by the appearance and disappearance of the slits from the area. representing the field of vision.
The same effect could, of course, be produced by other means; for example, by a gray area at the edges of the masking aperture of increasing opacity from the aperture toward the edges, but the defocusing means shown is simpler and permits a certain amount of control of the edge fad- The apertures is may be actual perforations if the disc i is made of opaque material, or the disc may be of transparent material with a printed or photographed coating having optical apertures in the form of transparent'portions.
The output of the photocell is first amplified by conventional means, indicated at [3, and then is passed through a variable. resistance Hi to a rectifier i ii. If desired theiamplifier can be made to pass only the sharppeaks and not respond. ppreciably to. low frequencies; The. rectified output is passed-through a;network ll, compris ing a peak detector of. conventional arrangement, the constants of which "are selected so that the variations in received. intensity corresponding to the "variations in light intensity of the ordinary field of view (when there 'is no headlight of an oncoming vehicle therein) will not produce sufiioutput at the gridof: amplifier tube is to energize the relaylil; The light of an oncoming headlight is so much more intense than this background that there is easily sufficient dinerence between-the two so that the relay is can be made to operate onthe large peaks produced by even thedimmed headlights of an oncoming car,- butnotonthe small-peaks produced by any other light whichwould normally/come. into the field of view. Eventat dusk,'when there is still a large amount of total light in the sky, by'the time it becomes necessary to turnon the headlights, the sky light irornan area as smallas the one being scanned is still much less intense than that re ceived from oncoming headlights, so that there is anample margin of difference on which to oper ate.
Relay, 19 controls the-operation of the headlight dimming circuit as.. shown,. theswitch 2! being normally biased-to-fbrighti. position, but made. to dim..whenever. the. relay is actuated. I show in addition a manual, or more typically-. afoot-controlled switch 22, arranged to override the. operationof the automatic switch so that many unusual situation the operator still has the usual controlv of. the headlights. For e2:- ample, .in some cities, it is required to drive with dimmed lights within .thecity, and .other situationsmayarise where the operator wishes to dim. the, lights even "when. there is no oncoming vehicle.
Relay [9 'isjlprefe'rablylof the type which re quires less'current to hold than to initially energize it," which .is normally the case in any event, This characteristic is desirable to prevent oscillation or flickering of the headlights in the situation where the photocell is actuated by an oncoming light at the extreme distance or by the weakest oncoming light to which it will respond. In that case, if the oncoming cars lights are also dimmed (whether by a similar automatic system or manually) then the light from the oncoming car would now be below the minimum intensity to which the system would respond, and the relay would release, causing the lights to return to bright. If both cars are equipped with automatic systems, a condition of oscillation or flickering might be set up which would be highly disagreeable. By making the relay one which requires less current to hold than to initially operate, this possibility is prevented. It is obvious that this result can be accomplished in other ways and one such way is shown in Fig. l; for example, the relay I9 may be provided with another set of contacts 2| arranged so that on operation of the relay the sensitivity of the amplifier is increased (as by changing the grid bias of the control tube), so that even if the oncoming headlights are dimmed, the relay will not let go.
In Fig. 1, the function of resistance I4 is to provide a small delay, which can be controlled, in the time the headlights are dimmed so as to retard the time of initiation of dimming. This is to insure that at the extreme range of operation of two cars equipped with my invention each one will have time to be affected by the headlights of the other before the dimming action takes place, otherwise the more sensitive one would be dimmed considerably before the other one. The resistance is made adjustable so that this delay can be adjusted to suit the circumstances of operation as required. Resistance 20 is to prevent grid current in cases of very large signals.
The manual overriding feature is shown at 22 in Fig. l and consists of a manual or foot switch inserted as shown. In the up er position of the switch as shown in the figure, the headlights are under control of the automatic system, but when the switch is moved into the lower position, the lights will be dimmed regardless of the position of the relay switch.
Fig. 3 shows another modification of my invention for withholding actuation of the automatic dimmer until the oncoming car has approached within a predetermined distance. This is done by taking advantage of the resolving power of the small apertures of the scanning disc. At a great distance, the separation between two headlights of an oncoming car is not sufficient for resolution of the two headlights, so that they appear as one light source. Under these conditions, the light from the two headlamps passes through a single aperture la of the scanning disc I, producing a single pulse for each revolution of the disc. As the distance decreases, the image of each headlight increases on the disc until the diameter of each headlight is of the same order as the width of the aperture. At some point before this happens, there has been a substantial revolution of the images of the two headlamps so that each one of them produces a pulse as it is scanned by the aperture. The distance between these two pulses will at first be very close, and will increase as the distance between the two cars decreases. correspondingly, the time between these two pulses as they appear in the electrical circuit will also increase. This time interval is also a measure of the distance of the car bearing the two headlamps. When the in terval is very small, the opposite car is very far away, and even though its headlights may be discernible, it is not necessary, or perhaps legally required, to dim your own lights. With the dimensions given in connection with the preceding figures, and assuming a headlight spacing in the order of five feet, then at a distance of more than 500 feet at a disc rate of 30 R. P. S. as before, the headlamps of an oncoming car will produce two pulses or pips. a, b, in Fig. 4A, which will be less than 10 microseconds apart. These are fed into the circuit of Fig. 3 which is very similar to the circuit of Fig. 1, but, has in addition thereto the tube 25 with two grids arranged to function as a coincidence tube; that is, both grids must be energized in order to pass a signal. One of these grids 23 is connected directly to the output of amplifier l3 as before. The other grid 24 of tube 25 is connected to the same output through a 10 microsecond delay line 26 and a multivibrator 21 connected as a one-shot multivibrator in known fashion, so that when it is pulsed the second grid of tube 25 will be energized for a definite time interval which is the natural period of the multivibrator. This time interval in the example given would be considerably less than /30 of a second, or the revolution period of the disc. The action is as follows: a pulse transmitted through the amplifier 13 appears on the first grid 23 of tube 25. Ten microseconds later, the same pulse also actuates the second grid 24, due to the action of the multivibrator, this grid remaining actuated for a fairly long time, for example microseconds. No pulse is passed by tube 25 due to this single pulse from amplifier l3, because the energization of the first grid has disappeared before the second grid became energized, due to the action of the delay line. However, if a second pulse comes out of the amplifier after the ten microsecond interval (but within 100 microseconds) then it will find the second grid of tube 25 energized. Under these conditions a pulse will be passed for each revolution of the disc, and the relay will be energized. Successive single pulses from a single light source of a car more than 500 feet away will not be passed because the "on period of the multivibrator is less than the rotational period of the disc. In this manner the operation of the dimmer relay H! can be set for any predetermined distance. On the other hand, this arrangement has the disadvantage that a single headlight, as from a motorcycle, will not cause automatic dimming, while under some conditions the light from two very distant cars may cause automatic dimming if they are spaced at the same angle as the individual headlights of a car at the predetermined closer distance.
Figure 4 shows graphically the relation of the above-described pulses. Pulse a is produced by the first headlight of the oncoming car, and pulse b is produced by the second headlight. In Fig. 4A the two headlights are so far apart that the pulses a, I), appear closer together in time than ten microseconds and so the second pulse 2) disappears from grid 23 before the square pulse output 0 of the multivibrator appears on grid 24; therefore pulse 1) is not passed by control tube 25. For the same reason, of course, pulse 0. cannot be passed by tube 25. Pulse 1) can have no effect on the duration of the multivibrator output until the multivibrator resumes its original state. As the oncoming car approaches, the interval between the twopulses increases,..unti1 the conditioner Figdldoccurs, wherein pulse. b andthe multivibrator pulse. c coincidein time, whereupon pulse b is passed by control tube and the action becomes. the same asdescribed in connection with Fig. 1. If a second pulse from another light sourceis received after termination ofthe multivibrator pulse 0, as shown inFig. 46, it will have no effect. ffhe likelihood of unnecessary dimming is thereby..reducedfbeing. restricted .to the case where the. secondscurce of. light is spaced from the first by a distancecorresponding to a particu lar angle correspondingto the preset ten microsecond delay, andsince this second source must also be of a definite intensity, it will be seen that theincidence of false dimmings can be held to a tolerable minimum for most driving conditions. If desired, a manual control switch can be provided to cut out the distance-responsive part of the circuit shown in 3, so, that the operation of either Fig. 1 or Fig. 3 can be selected at will Although the optical part of the system may be put in any desired location; prefer to put it behind the windshield where it will be protected from the dirt and mudof trafiic and also from the weather. By placing it behind that portion of the windshield which is cleaned by the windshield wiper, it will be effective under all weather conditions. The housing} can he so designed that it willifit behindthe, dash of modern cars, and a single holein the top of the dash will suffice to mount theoptical: system, with only the lightgathering element 3 protruding above the dash. Since the. major dimension'of this element can easily bemade lessthan 2 inches'itcan readily be placed so as not tointer-fere with the drivers vision.
It will be apparent that the embodiments shown are only exemplary-and that various modifications can be made in construction and arrangement within the scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.
I claim:
1. An automatic headlight dimmer comprising an optical system for producing an image of a desired portion of the hold of vision,'zneans for scanning said image, light-responsive means for converting the lightfrom the scanned portion of said image into an electrical output, and a headlight-dimming circuit controlled by said electrical output.
2. An automatic headlight dimmer comprising an optical system for producing an'irnage ot a selected portion of the drivers field of .vision, serving different means for continuously scanning discrete small. areas of said image, photoelectric means. actuated by the observed portionofsaid image, an electric circuit controlled by said. photoelectric means, and a headlight dimmer con-;
trolled by said electric circuit.
3. An automatic headlight dimmer comprising tures. forlscanning. the selected portion of. said image, a photoelectric device positioned to receive light passed .by said scanning disc .fromsaid image, a peak detector responsive to the. output of said photoelectric device, and a headlight dimming circuit controlled by the output of said peak detector.
4. The invention defined in the preceding claim wherein said dimming circuit includes means responsive to the. outputof said peak detector for energizing the headlight dimming circuit in .response to pulses of a predetermined magnitude, and an additional circuit controlled by said responsive means for increasing the sensitivity of the system upon energization of the dimming circuit.
5. The invention defined in claim 3, including an amplifier for the output of said photoelectric device, a coincidence tube having two grids, one of whichis connected directly to said amplifier. a delay line also connected to the output of said amplifier, a pulse-broadening device connected to said delay line, and .a connection betweensaid last device and the second grid of said coincidence tube.
6. An automatic headlight dimmer including means for scanning a selected field of. view, photo-i electric means. for producing a series of electric pulses in response to the scanning .ofa bright light source in said field of View, and headlight diini' ming means responsive to a'predetermined in-' tensity of said pulses.
'7. The invention defined in the preceding claim; including. means responsive to the time interval between successive pulses. for controlling the transmission'of said pulses to said headlight dim.- ming means.
8. An automatic headlight dimmer comprising means for producing an image of a selected field of vision, means responsive to the difierential illumination of respective. discrete areas. of said image to produce an' electricaloutput which is a function of said differential illumination, and headlight dimmingmeanscontrolled by said electrical output.
9. An automatic headlight dimmer comprising. an optical system including means .for examining.
individually small elemental areas of a selected portion of the drivers field of View, means re-.
dimmer controlled. by the outputof said electric circuit means;
REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:
UNITED. STATES PATENTS Name 1 Date Willis, Jr. July 1, 1947 Number 1
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This is the first time I've started writing an article right after I've finished cooking and photographing a dish. But these bread buns are so good, so soft and fluffy, that I just couldn't resist.
I had eaten them before I few times, when my aunt or my mother made them, but this was the first time I've actually tried making them myself and – please excuse my lack of modesty – they taste even better!
I think I ate 4 or 5 of them straight from the oven, while they were still pretty hot and burned my fingers. But I couldn't help myself. The smell of smokes sausage, cheese, olives and toasted sesame just made me crazy!
As I've said,this wasn't the first time I ate these beer bread buns, but it's the first time I had the chance to taste one while still warm from the oven, and I'm telling you that they are far more tasty like that, because they are incredibly light are soft. So the trick to keeping them like that is to cover them with a cotton towel right after you take them out of the even, and keep them like that until you serve them. And if they're completely cooled, you should try reheating them for a few seconds in the microwave, it works wonders.
The nice thing about the filling is that it can be anything you like. For example I chose smokes sausages, scamorza (an italian cow milk cheese similar with mozzarella and the one I had was also smoked), goat cheese and black olives. You could also fill them with spinach, bacon or any other kind of melting cheese you like. I also brushed mine with an egg, because I like the glossy look they get, but it isn't necessary. The toasted sesame seeds though gave the buns a great flavor and I recommend you try it, or you could also try to top them with poppy seeds. Whatever you like best.
And if this were a trial, well this is where I rest my case. Si if you do try them, please let me know what the verdict is.
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Baking with beer: filled beer bread buns
By November 16, 2012Published:
- Yield: 3 dozens
- Prep: 40 mins
- Cook: 40 mins
- Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
This is the first time I've started writing an article right after I've finished cooking and photographing a dish. But these bread …
- 3 2/3 cups flour (480 g)
- 1/4 cup milk (60 ml) lukewarm
- 1 package dry yeast (7 g)
- 1/3 cup + 1tbsp vegetable oil (100 ml)
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 cup beer (250 ml)
- 2 smoked sausages
- 1/2 cup cheddar (or any other cheese you like)
- 1/3 cup black olives
- 1 egg to brush (optional)
- 1 tbsp sesame seeds (optional)
- Combine the yeast with the milk and sugar, stir well, then let them sit for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, mix the flour with the salt.
- If you use a standing mixer, choose the dough hook. Put the flour in the bowl, and then, on a medium speed, add the milk mixture, the oil, the beer, and when all is incorporated, switch to a minimum speed and let the mixer work for at least 5 minutes, to mix all the ingredients in a dough.
- Cover the bowl with cling film and let it rise until it doubles in volume. You can place it in the oven turned off but with the light on for about one hour.
- While the dough is rising, cut the sausage, the olives and grate the cheese, or prepare any other filling that you like.
- Once the dough has risen, preheat your oven to 180 C/360 F. Take a small amount of dough (about 40 g), roll it with your hands into a ball, then stretch it like you would do with a pizza dough.
- Place the filling in the middle (sausage, olives, cheese or whatever you like) and then fold the edges and place the bread bun on parchment paper with the tucked side on the bottom.
- Optional, you can brush them with a beaten egg and sprinkle some toasted sesame seeds.
- Let them cook in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes. When done, remove from the oven and on to a cooling rack, and cover with a clean cotton towel. They are best served while still warm.
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Why Ukraine crisis is stark reminder of the Cold War
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AS unrest grows in Ukraine, and the USA and Russia once again square up to each other, there will be many among us who are reminded the bad old days of the Cold War.
For years, citizens of both East and West lived with the threat of nuclear war as our leaders assembled ever-more powerful and deadly arsenals, each fearing the other would press the button.
Now, for the past quarter of a century the people of Northern Europe have lived in peace with each other. After all, who can forget the momentous fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 which set in motion a chain reaction of democracy across Eastern Europe?
In a further twist of irony, another reminder of the Cold War is featured on our front page today – a bunker that would have been used in the event of nuclear war.
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Had the unthinkable ever happened, it would have been used by the military as a monitoring post. It was closed in 1968, reopened in 1975 and closed again in the 1990s.
The UK is dotted with such relics from the Cold War, made obsolete by peace in Europe. Their redundancy is evidence of how far we have come in the past 25 years.
The current crisis in Ukraine is indeed alarming but no one really expects a return to those dark days of the 1980s.
But resolving the region's issues at gunpoint will not provide a long-term solution. The lessons of the Berlin Wall should have taught us that.
The presence of Russian troops in the Crimea cannot be welcome. The people of Ukraine and Crimea alone should decide their futures through the ballot box.
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Thanks to the wireless .Audio 995 Headset, you can experience your digital music library, podcasts, internet calls, and more without being tied down to your PC. This high-performance headset has a roaming range of up to 40 feet, which easily lets you get up from your desk without having to interrupt your listening session. And the headset's convenient on-ear controls give you further freedom: adjust the volume and play or skip tracks on iTunes and Windows Media Player directly from your headset, from wherever you are.
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Awesome product!4/15/2014
The sound quality of the speakers and the mic are awesome. I've owned two of these so far. The first one I bought was to do conference calls with India. I loaned it to the girl in the office who does promotional videos for the company. She was having trouble with hum on her headset. Mine worked perfectly. She ordered her own, and then within a week, the rest of the office people had their own to listen to music. Now with a big Telecom company, I bought another one, and co-workers are also buying them for their use. For conference calls, they are great. You just swing up the mic boom to mute, so you don't get tangled up in if you're muted or not. The battery life is 8 hours on a charge, so that is very sufficient for a hard day's work. The sound quality is so good, it's like being in the same room. I used to travel internationally and it didn't matter if I were in Norway, Denmark, or Taiwan, the sound quality was like you were in the same room.
Excellent product, but...6/10/2013
The headphones fit well and really cut out ambient noise. Connected well even in my corporate setting. Only issue is there is no feedback between mike and speakers, so I have no idea how loud I am speaking. That takes some getting used to.
Great headset6/11/2012
I bought it a year ago, and it still works great. Once charged, can work up to five hrs. I used it to listen to music and watch movie when i moved around, haven't used the micro often. Will recommend to others.
Great buy6/3/2012
Sound quality is very good whether listening to music, video chatting on line, playing games, or just watching videos with audio.
amazing headphones4/12/2012
The headset is just great!! Light weight, long battery life, and clear sound quality.
Kills Wireless LAN4/10/2012
Got this for my laptop. Kept getting internet dropouts when listening to streaming music. Guess what? These operate on the same frequency as your wireless spectrum. Turn off headset, internet bandwidth is restored. Turn on headset, bandwidth drops to zero in a few minutes. No frequency adjustment. Otherwise would work great on wired LAN... Oh, except Vista Home Premium simply doesn't recognize the headset.
short battery life1/28/2012
What do you do when the battery will not work more then 15minutes? Originally, battery life was great. Now, battery is awlfull. While I like wireless, I hate having to throw away headphones when the battery is no longer good.
oh! my ears8/8/2011
Pros.: 1. Good sound. 2. Good microphone. Cons.: 1. Interference. 2. Uncomfortable, is not soft after a few minutes, your ears will burn you lol. Do not buy this.1 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
Great product5/27/2011
I love these headphones. They are great for using Microsoft Communicator and music and just about anything I can throw at them. Battery life is good and they are very crisp and clear.
I absolutely love this headset, hands down the best headset I have owned. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a quality wireless headset. The mic is crystal clear, and the sound is so clean I heard beats in songs that I didn't know existed.
Easy setup, works well10/19/2010
Using it on Skype on OSX. Works as advertised. 30' is not much of a range but I couldn't find anything better in the price range. Headset can be too tight but it is well padded. USB charging can be inefficient if you don't have it at a heavily used computer and you cannot use it while plugged in.
Great headset for the money10/5/2010
We recieved the headset in excellent time and they are great for chatting and skype . Would recommend to others.
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I wanted a device that was comfortable on the head for 3+ hours (for some decent gaming time) and with lots of range (to enable taking the trash talk to the restroom inbetween rounds) and It didn't deliver on either. The range was pretty short - only 20 feet (but stayed pretty consistent over the batter charge). Head comfort wasn't good. It was almost painful to wear and after 60 minutes, was plain annoying and required taking a break. The sound quality was fine, but not great. For skype use at the computer, it was fine. For the extra cost for wireless, it wasn't worth it to me.
It's just Great!!8/23/2010
I'm a student and very often to talk online w/ my friends (almost every day). Since I have rented a new room recently and lived w/ my landlord's family, I was looking for a headset which could allow me to talk, listen to music or school lecture notes any time w/out bothering others. After reading many reviews, I decided to give it a try, and its half discount price was attracting too. The headset is just great!! Light weight, long battery life, and clear sound quality. I can have simple control via the headset even I'm not in front of the computer; moreover, even though my voice is low while I talk online, the person who at the other side of the computer can still hear me very clearly. You don't have to worry about bothering other people. My ears will feel a little uncomfortable if I wear it for more than 1 hr but I guess it's just because I haven't gotten used to wear a headset.
Just excellent6/25/2010
When I received these headphones and realized they wouldn't work with my iPod (yes, I'm a dolt), I was disappointed. But then I figured I could use them at work to listen to Pandora on my desktop computer. They are really great for that: The sound is very, very good -- I hear new things in songs that I've been listening to for 40 years; "maintenance" is nil -- just plug in the USB cable and attach it to the headphones whenever you're not using them; and the fit is great -- adjustable, not too heavy, and comfortable for hours at a time. Also, once I'd charged the headphones up a bit, I just plugged in the transmitter, which looks like a flash drive, turned on the headphones, and I had instant music. I love these things.
I should have bought these long ago6/14/2010
I needed something to allow me to move around while on VOIP calls for work. These are great. Good sound and relatively good comfort. Great plug and play. I just charged them using a USB mini and plugged the transmitter in to a USB port and presto-- mike and audio transferred to the headphones. Unplug and it switches back to the laptop. I couldn't be happier.
Easy to use, sound great, and the price is right!5/11/2010
I wish these headphones worked with my iPod, but if you're looking for headphones for your computer (or other USB-equipped device), you should definitely consider these. All you do (after charging the headphones) is plug in the USB device, which looks just like a flash drive, turn on the headphones, and enjoy excellent sound. I like the easy-to-locate controls on the left headphone. Unlike a few of the folks below, I'm also very happy with the sound quality (and I'm pretty hard to please). Everything's crisp and clear, the bass is strong enough but not too strong, and all types of music sound great. I'd recommend these headphones for anyone who's looking for excellent sound, ease of use, and a great price.
A good Headset for the money4/25/2010
This is a good headset. I can go cook, clean, without saying "Hold on a minute" It shuts out the noise from outside and gives good sound, though the earphones are a bit heavier than iPod types. The segnal doesnt travel well through more than one wall, so i can't go to the other end of my house while still talking. The battery doesnt last forever, but long enough. just keep it plugged in when not in use so it stays charged.
Great Product1/21/2010
Not a Bose, but for the price awsome sound. The real plus is the mike quality. Great for Dragon.
This is a great product10/22/2009
I got 8 of these for my engineering group because we have Skype meetings with groups around the world. Everybody loves them! Good, clear sound. The people on the other ends say they sound great too.The price is very reasonable for the quality. We charged them up, pluged them in and they worked. Can't get any better than that. For music, their not as good as my $250 Sonys but I would not expect them to be. Other people who have been using ear junk to listen to their music say they are GREAT.
Ear to Ear and talk performance...10/12/2009
This product works great. I use Echolink along with CQ100 (amateur radio)and the headset works very well. Any program that uses sound and/or a mic you will benefit from including Skype and any other communication (PC) based program. It sure is great not having a cord dangling and catching on things plus complete freedom of movement. I would certainly recommened this headset for computer ease of operation if you need a good mic and earphones.
Works as advertised! Excellent headset9/28/2009
easy to set up, integrated with Skype flawlessly, excellent headset for the value. Yes the on/off switch is on the earpiece and the indicator light on the USB transceiver flashes when it is off, solid blue when it is on. Ear cups are a little tight but sound quality is fine. Highly recommended product. Great for listening to music too.0 Helpful | 1 Not Helpful
Best product to buy9/3/2009
I have received the item in time and good contition the quality of sound is excelent best product to have one
Very Satisfied !!8/28/2009
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How would I call a function in a js script attached to a GameObject from a c# script. the JSscript is attached to a GameObject named Cube. I'm trying to do this so far in the C# script but it's not working. I know how to do this from Js to Js but not C# to Js. Here's my non-working code attempt.
right now it doesn't know what JSscript is.
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The c# script is a plugin so it's already in the plugins folder. JS needs to be compiled first but plugins are compiled first. I can't use SendMessage in this case. It's too slow. I tried changing the editor script order preference by the compiler still doesn't know what JSscript is. It says the type of namespace cannot be found.
Oct 10, 2012 at 07:35 PM dansav
If the c# file is already in the plugins folder, you're out of luck. C# and js can't call each other at the same level; one of them needs to be compiled first (by being in the plugins folder). Why can't you move the c# script into your assets folder?
Oct 10, 2012 at 07:51 PM kmeboe
If you can't move the c#, I wonder if you could have it call a different c# script that is in your assets folder, and then that one could call the js method. Worth a try.
Oct 10, 2012 at 07:52 PM kmeboe
I tried moving things around but the error never changes. Is there another way besides sendmessage to call a script. Maybe something that wouldn't depend on the compilation order?
Oct 10, 2012 at 08:05 PM dansav
If you put your c# file directly in assets, and your js file in Assets/Plugins, it should work; I just successfully reproduced this on my machine.
Note that MonoDevelop will give you errors if you try to build from there, but everything works perfectly in Unity.
Here's my code. MyRegularFunc is in the javascript file "testjs.js", and it outputs to the log when it's called.
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This answer will tell you what you want to know: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/267475/calling-javascript-method-fron-c-ngui.html
Summarizing: the javascript file would need to be compiled first (by putting it in one of the referenced directories). An alternative would be to use SendMessage().
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Brock was at least once offered, and refused, an invitation to appear on CNN's "Reliable Sources" on Feb. 19. "We asked Media Matters to make someone available," host Howard Kurtz told viewers on that day's broadcast. "David Brock is not able to come on — the founder of the group — because he's got a book coming out next week," he explained.
During that program, when challenged on why Media Matters hadn't yet responded to the reports published by TheDC, Kurtz responded, "Well, we're going to give them that opportunity, perhaps next week."
That opportunity never came, and it was not for a lack of trying.
A producer for "Reliable Sources" accidentally reached out to TheDC to confirm Brock's appearance on the Feb. 26 broadcast. But that invitation was later retracted, according to Kurtz.
"In the end we wound up not inviting him because we had too much other news to deal with," Kurtz told TheDC via email.
As to why Brock hasn't even appeared on the liberal MSNBC to promote the book, the network did not return TheDC's request for comment.
MSNBC may have some incentive for maintaining distance from Brock. A source within his organization originally told TheDC that Media Matters took credit for "pretty much writing their [MSNBC's] prime time." The network's president, Phil Griffin, made himself readily available to phone calls by Media Matters staff.
Politico, among the few national outlets to speak with Brock for his book tour, published a playful interview with him on March 13. The questions, ranging from "tell us your favorite joke" to "how often do you Google yourself?" are the same asked of every guest in the publication's "Answer This" series.
Reporter Patrick Gavin told TheDC that he offered Brock the interview on Feb. 7, "before the Daily Caller thing ran [on Feb. 12]." Gavin said Brock's answers were emailed back to him on Feb. 22, ten days into TheDC's investigative series on the group.
Brock was also on MSNBC host Ed Schultz's Feb. 21 radio show, where he took a cursory question regarding TheDC's reporting.
"We haven't responded," Brock said. "Reuters [columnist Jack Shafer] said that The Daily Caller piece was 'bad journalism and lame propaganda,' and we don't feel like we need to respond to that."
It's a drastically different PR strategy for an organization whose founder once published an open letter challenging Fox News host Bill O'Reilly to an on-air debate in an effort to defend Media Matters and George Soros, the liberal financier who would eventually become a major contributor to the group.
According to the Dec. 16, 2004 letter, O'Reilly had previously dismissed Media Matters as a "far left, deceitful, disgusting website" composed of "'character assassins' and 'despicable weasels.'"
"You once offered your viewers your definition of the word 'coward,'" Brock responded in the letter. "On the January 5, 2004, O'Reilly Factor, you declared: 'If you attack someone publicly, as these men did to me, you have an obligation to face the person you are smearing. If you don't you are a coward,'" he recalled.
"Well, Mr. O'Reilly," Brock continued, "you have attacked me publicly on numerous occasions, and you refuse to face me. You, sir, are a coward — by your own definition of the term."
"Should you continue to refuse this offer," Brock concluded, "it is only reasonable that the American people will conclude that you are not only — as you would put it — a 'coward,' but a hypocrite as well."
Beginning in February, Fox News has devoted extensive coverage to the challenges facing Media Matters, but none of those reports have elicited a response from the oft-pugnacious media monitoring group. Even the "Fox Attacks Media Matters" video round-up — featured prominently on the MediaMatters.org homepage — has gone dark, with the last clip dated February 8, 2012. The organization's coverage now excludes dozens of once-meticulously documented mentions of Media Matters on Fox News programs.
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Area track athletes peak going into district meet
Several area athletes placed among the top performers at the Richard Harper Memorial track meet at Albuquerque Academy this past weekend ahead of Friday's District 6-4A championship track meet in Gallup.
Valencia sprinter Josh Burbank, who has been on a roll as of late, beat out several top Class 5A sprinters Saturday to claim first place in both the boys 100-meter and 200-meter dash. Burbank's Jaguar teammate Devon Sparkman also made the 100-meter final, placing fifth while the Jags' Uriel Urquigi placed fourth in the 400-meter dash.
Los Lunas' Phillip Hammon placed second in the 300-meter hurdles while Randy Moore placed fifth in both the 400-meter dash and the high jump. Belen's Jared Garcia placed fourth in the 3,200-meter run.
The Valencia boys were the top team at the Harper Memorial, placing seventh with 27 points. Los Lunas and Belen placed 13th and 19th, respectively, with 7.75 points and 3 points respectively.
On the girls side, Los Lunas placed 10th with 14 points behind solid performances by Alexis Lafave, who finished fifth in the 100-meter dash, Bethany Hammon, who placed fifth in the 300-meter hurdles, as well as Cera Chavez and Mariah Doyle, who finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the long jump and discus throw.
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Los Lunas golfers Colby Kerr and Dylan Gonzales each shot an 83 and needed a 2-hole play off to determine the boys individual championship at the Abbie Paiz Invitational at Tierra del Sol Golf Course Thursday and the Tigers placed second with a total score of 362 behind first-place Los Alamos' 355. Host Belen came in a close third with 368.
Kerr would beat Gonzales to claim first-place among the boys. Belen's Martin Campbell took home the bronze with an 84.
On the girls side, Valencia's Emily Garcia was the top local golfer taking third with a 106 on the day. Belen's Genessa Ortiz took sixth with a 116. Los Lunas' top finisher was Mary Zamora, who shot a 120.
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In 1983, Edward Zwick's television drama Special Bulletin depicted terrorists bringing a nuclear weapon on board a vessel into the port of Charleston with disastrous consequences. The production earned four Emmy awards, the Directors Guild of American prize, the Writers Guild of America prize and the Humanitas prize for the way it raised the then largely unasked question:
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