Abstract:
A method of recording fingerprints whereby the finger is coated with a reducing agent, electro-oxidation products are generated on the ridges of the finger and the finger contacted with a recording substrate containing an indicator for the electrooxidation products.
Abstract:
Information is optically written onto the electrically charged surface of a transparent storage medium by directing light modulated with this information at this surface. The light partially discharges the charge and creates an electrical charge pattern which remains stored for long periods. The light either may be scanned across the surface to achieve sequential information storage or may be employed to write a large amount of information in parallel, for example in the form of a hologram. The stored information may be optically recovered by directing polarized light at the storage medium and employing a suitably oriented analyzer or, in the case of hologram storage, by wavefront reconstruction.
Abstract:
AN IMPROVED ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE HAS A PHOTOCONDUCTIVE LAYER OF ONE OR MORE RELATIVELY LARGE WAFERS OF SINGLE-CRYSTAL, N-TYPE ZINC OXIDE. EACH WAFER IS FIXED TO, AND IN ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH, AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE BACKING. THE NOVEL METHOD OF CHARGING THE ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE COMPRISES (1) WETTING A MAJOR SURFACE OF THE ZINC OXIDE LAYER WITH A SOLUTION OF AN IONIZABLE SALT IN A RELATIVELY VOLATILE SOLVENT WHILE BIASING THE SOLUTION WITH A NEGATIVE VOLTAGE WITH RESPECT TO THE BACKING, AND (2) ALLOWING THE SOLVENT TO EVAPORATE, WHEREBY TO LEAVE AN ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE ON THE ZINC OXIDE SURFACE.