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.

Список самых известных патентов

• 2,561,020 Instrument for measuring (Gerber Variable Scale)
• 2,843,935 Instrument for measuring, interpolating, plotting and the like (Gerber GraphAnalogue)
• 2,791,836 Instrument for measuring the slope of a curve at a selected point thereon (Gerber Derivimeter)
• 2,918,213 Computing instrument for use in the analysis of graphs and curves having initially unknown characteristics (Gerber Equameter)
• 3,110,106 Data reading apparatus (digitizer)
• 3,473,009 X-Y plotter (with David J. Logan) (plotter)
• 3,330,182 Device for exposing discrete portions of a photosensitive surface to a variable intensity light beam (photo plotter)
• 3,445,741 Fractional step rotary stepping motor and control system therefor (motion control)
• 3,477,322 Device for cutting sheet material (with Robert J. Pavone) (graded-pattern-making system)
• 3,495,492 Apparatus for working on sheet material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: vacuum compression)
• 3,533,298 Lead screw and nut mechanism (motion control)
• 3,555,254 Error correcting system and method for use with plotters, machine tools and the like (plotter)
• 3,561,313 Apparatus for cutting sheet material using bed of granular material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
• 3,609,237 Line or edge digitizing system with means for automatically outputting only data truly representative of the line or edge being digitized (digitizing)
• 3,610,119 Photo exposure device (with Ronald B. Webster) (photo plotter)
• 3,677,123 Penetrable bed used for cutting sheet material (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
• 3,681,846 Knife blade construction (knife technology)
• 3,719,113 Penetrable bed used for cutting sheet material and method for treating same (with David R. Pearl) (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
• 3,752,098 Method and apparatus for translating an article and a tool relative to one another (with David J. Logan)
• 3,936,712 Interactive graphic system (with others) (interactive graphics)
• 4,363,539 Photohead with flashing beam (photoplotter)
• 4,133,235 Closed loop apparatus for cutting sheet material (cloth cutter: knife-intelligence)
• 4,331,051 Apparatus for cutting sheet material with variable gain closed loop (with Leonard G. Rich) (cloth cutter: knife-intelligence)
• 4,205,835 Bristle bed for vacuum table (cloth cutter: knife-permeable bed)
• 4,583,181 Fabric flaw related system (with David J. Logan) (fabric inspection)
• 4,916,819 Progressive plotter with unidirectional paper movement (marker making)
• 5,089,971 Method and apparatus for cutting parts from hides or similar irregular pieces of sheet material (leather processing)
• 5,163,006 Method and apparatus for advancing sheet material for the cutting of successive segments thereof (with Zdenek Zeman) (bite cutting)
• 5,291,392 Method and apparatus for enhancing the accuracy of scanner systems (with others) (photoplotter and platesetter)
• 5,495,803 Method of forming a photomask for a printing plate with an ink jet (Platesetter)
• 5,608,453 Automatic optical inspection system having a weighted transition database (with others) (electronics inspection)