Eastman-Kodak Company

Aster Wireless

Mark E Schrader

Richard M Vogel

Allen D Heberling

Carl L Holden

Joseph P Zigadlo

A method of controlling access to a network media by a plurality of stations, the method including determining a number of time slots; determining a number of slot cycles for each time slot, at least one of the time slots having more than one slot cycle; assigning each station one or more slot cycles in one or more time slots; and operating each of the stations by initializing an access timer to time out at the beginning of the station's assigned slot cycle(s) and transmitting data during the assigned slot cycle(s), the access timer being stopped whenever a station transmits over the network, and restarted at the end of transmission.

Shared time universal multiple access network

An infrared digital electronic camera includes a solid state color image sensor having an array of image sensing elements and an array of color filter elements including infrared color filter elements arranged over the image sensing elements for producing a color image signal. A signal processing circuit processes the color image signals from the image sensor to produce a false color image signal.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Mark E Schrader