Credentials

MEE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Radar/Communications)
BEE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (TV and Servomechanisms)
MBA Ohio State University (course work only)
Patents in Bio-physics, Lasers, Optics, Cryogenics, Microcircuits & Large Astronomical Structures

Experience

• 1995- VISION CONCEPTS--Director of Research--Vision systems design, prototyping and verification services
• 1990-1995 Consultant to;
  • US State Dept. Agency for International Development
  • Russian Ministry of Research, Technology & Education
  • Soviet Academy of Science
  • PR China Bureau of Foreign Experts
• 1985-89 Hughes Aircraft Co. Asst. Division Manager--Microcircuit manufacturer
• 1983-85 Hughes Optical Products Co--Vice Pres. Eng.--Optics manufacturer
• 1979-85 Hughes Aircraft Co. Laboratory Manager--Optics design
• 1971-79 Grumman Aerospace Co. Program Manager--Imaging satellites
• 1967-71 CBS Laboratories, Inc. Laboratory manager--Vision & Imaging Tech.

List of Documents closely related to the Project

Books and Papers:

Biological Vision: A 21st Century Tutorial published in 2003 by Trafford.

A guide to the much larger work, "Processes in Biological Vision" available on the Internet at www.sightresearch.net. This work provides the first comprehensive description of the visual modality and the operation of the individual mechanisms involved.

Hearing: A 21st Century Paradigm published in 2008 by Trafford.

A full text providing a comprehensive description of the contiguous hearing modality for the first time. It includes the first definitive description of the mechanisms operating within the Organ of Corti. Additional background on this work is available at www.hearingresearch.net.

Published Papers

Performance of the two-stage, dual-mode oculomotor servo system, Proceedings of the ACM Display Conference, 2006

Transforming reflectance spectra into Munsell color space by using prime colors, Proc National Academy of Sciences, 2006, vol 103, no 42, pages 15698-15703

Other Papers

1. Notes on Hubel--"Eye, Brain and Vision", a critical review, 1989
2. The Perception of Luminance under Various States of Adaptation, 1970
3. The Basic Signaling Path from the Fovea to the LGN, 1970
4. The Transient Response of the Eye, 1969
5. On the Visual Spectrum of the Honeybee, 1967
6. The Structures and Mechanisms of Vision, 1965
7. The Theory of the Photographic Process, 1963

Referee & reviewer

Reviewer for Oculomotor System Conference, E-T-R-A 2006

Patents:

Mr. Fulton's work has been highly interdisciplinary. He holds patents in the following areas:

• The Biological Transistor--the ACTIVA Pat. #5,946,185
• Lenticular Optical Arrays
• High power semiconductor light sources for reconnaissance
• Cryogenic cooling of high power semiconductor light sources.
• High performance two-dimensional Charge Coupled Device for imaging
• Aerodynamic enclosure for 4 meter astronomical telescopes (awarded, not issued)

For further information, please contact the author:

Tel: (949) 759-0630, in Pacific Coast time zone
E-mail: jtfulton@cox.net

MAILING ADDRESS:
James T. Fulton
1106 Sandpiper Drive.
Corona Del Mar, CA. 92625-1407