Video Image Overlay Prototype
date: label: date made
content: ca 1981
name: label: maker
content: Baer, Ralph H.
notes: label: Description
content: One wooden board with electronic components attached atop it. The components are in three parts: a flat circuit board with black connectors, a tall circuit board with a black shield, and an on and off switch. There is a brown power cord and a light green connector, presumably to connect to the camera component (not included in this accession). There's some writing on tapes: "Video Cam", "Monitor", "Y/G" and others on the tall power supply and the black connectors are numbered. The board was one part of the device along with a camera connection (not received). The concept was patented under U.S. patent 4710873A although the patent was not officially credited to Ralph Baer, something he sought to rectify in 1995.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Manchester
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mark Baer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0115.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0115.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0115
label: patent number
content: US4710873A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electronics board
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tape (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 3/4 in x 11 1/4 in x 11 1/2 in; 12.065 cm x 28.575 cm x 29.21 cm