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Luther George Simjian (January 28, 1905 in
Turkey – October 23,
1997 probably in
Fort Lauderdale) was an
Armenians-
United States inventor of numerous devices and owner of over 200 patents.
Son of Armenian parents, he grew up in
Gaziantep in Turkey, but was separated from his family after the
Armenian Genocide, when he had to flee first to Beirut, later
Marseille. In 1920 he emigrated to the USA, where he found shelter with relatives in New Haven, Connecticut. Aged 15, he used to work there as a photographer. He gave up his initial plans of studying medicine when he was engaged as a laboratory photographer by
Yale University's
Medical School, where later in 1928 he became director of the photography department and invented several machines such as a projector for microscope images.
In 1934 Simjian moved to
New York, where he invented a self-posing portrait camera, with which the photographed person could see and optimise their own image in a mirror before the photo was actually taken. In order to manufacture and distribute the camera, which became a success for use in department stores, he founded the company Photoreflex, which years later, after selling the invention and the trade name, renamed to Reflectone; a name that originated in another invention of the same name, a kind of cosmetic chair with movable mirrors, where one could see their own body from all perspectives.
In
1939 Simjian had the idea to build the
Bankmatic Automated Teller Machine, his probably most famous invention. Despite the scepticism of the banks, he registered 20 patents for it and developed a number of features and principles that can still be found in today's ATMs, including their name. He finally persuaded the
City Bank of New York, today
Citibank, to run a 6-month trial, which was however not continued -- surprisingly not due to technical insufficiencies, but to lack of demand.
It seems the only people using the machines were a small number of prostitutes and gamblers who didn't want to deal with tellers face to face, Simjian wrote. Hence Simjian did not only miss the commercial success, but also the fame of the inventor of the ATM, which is attributed either to
Donald Wetzel, who directed the 5 million US-$ development of the first successful ATM in the 1960s or John Shepherd-Barron, who invented it for the De La Rue company.
However, he gained commercial success during World War II with his
Optical Range Estimation Trainer, a kind of simple flight simulator, made from mirrors, light sources and miniature airplanes, used to train US military pilots in estimating the speed and distance of airplanes. Simjian sold over 2000 of these devices. Today's successor of Reflectone (after a number of mergers and acquisitions), CAE (company), is still making its money with flight simulation and control technology.
Simjian founded several other companies in the following years and invented a number of very different devices and technologies, e. g. a teleprompter, medical ultrasound devices, a remote-controlled postage meter, a golf simulator and a meat tenderizer.
He never ceased inventing in his laboratories in
Fort Lauderdale. Aged 92, he got his last patent on a process for improving the sound of wood for musical instruments, seven months before his death in 1997.
USPTO Links
- Listing of patents with Inventor attributed to Luther G Simjian.
- March 29, 1960 - Apparatus For Collecting An Article For Deposit
- June 14, 1960 - Apparatus And Method For Determining The Character Of A Document
External links
- - MIT: Picture of Simjian in article
Luther George Simjian (January 28,
1905 in
Turkey – October 23,
1997 probably in Fort Lauderdale) was an Armenians-United States
inventor of numerous devices and owner of over 200 patents.
Son of
Armenian parents, he grew up in
Gaziantep in Turkey, but was separated from his family after the
Armenian Genocide, when he had to flee first to Beirut, later Marseille. In 1920 he emigrated to the USA, where he found shelter with relatives in
New Haven, Connecticut. Aged 15, he used to work there as a photographer. He gave up his initial plans of studying medicine when he was engaged as a laboratory photographer by Yale University's Medical School, where later in 1928 he became director of the photography department and invented several machines such as a projector for microscope images.
In
1934 Simjian moved to
New York, where he invented a self-posing portrait camera, with which the photographed person could see and optimise their own image in a mirror before the photo was actually taken. In order to manufacture and distribute the camera, which became a success for use in department stores, he founded the company
Photoreflex, which years later, after selling the invention and the trade name, renamed to Reflectone; a name that originated in another invention of the same name, a kind of cosmetic chair with movable mirrors, where one could see their own body from all perspectives.
In 1939 Simjian had the idea to build the
Bankmatic Automated Teller Machine, his probably most famous invention. Despite the scepticism of the banks, he registered 20 patents for it and developed a number of features and principles that can still be found in today's ATMs, including their name. He finally persuaded the
City Bank of New York, today
Citibank, to run a 6-month trial, which was however not continued -- surprisingly not due to technical insufficiencies, but to lack of demand.
It seems the only people using the machines were a small number of prostitutes and gamblers who didn't want to deal with tellers face to face, Simjian wrote. Hence Simjian did not only miss the commercial success, but also the fame of the inventor of the ATM, which is attributed either to
Donald Wetzel, who directed the 5 million US-$ development of the first successful ATM in the 1960s or
John Shepherd-Barron, who invented it for the
De La Rue company.
However, he gained commercial success during World War II with his
Optical Range Estimation Trainer, a kind of simple flight simulator, made from mirrors, light sources and miniature airplanes, used to train US military pilots in estimating the speed and distance of airplanes. Simjian sold over 2000 of these devices. Today's successor of Reflectone (after a number of mergers and acquisitions), CAE (company), is still making its money with flight simulation and control technology.
Simjian founded several other companies in the following years and invented a number of very different devices and technologies, e. g. a teleprompter, medical ultrasound devices, a remote-controlled
postage meter, a golf simulator and a meat tenderizer.
He never ceased inventing in his laboratories in Fort Lauderdale. Aged 92, he got his last patent on a process for improving the sound of wood for musical instruments, seven months before his death in 1997.
USPTO Links
- Listing of patents with Inventor attributed to Luther G Simjian.
- March 29, 1960 - Apparatus For Collecting An Article For Deposit
- June 14, 1960 - Apparatus And Method For Determining The Character Of A Document
External links
- - MIT: Picture of Simjian in article
Luther George Simjian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Luther George Simjian (January 28, 1905 in Turkey – October 23, 1997) was an American inventor of numerous devices and owner of over 200 patents.
Luther Simjian
Luther George Simjian, 1905 - 1997. Luther George Simjian was born in Turkey on January 28, 1905, to Armenian parents. Until age nine he was raised in Ainteb (now known as ...
Luther Simjian
Luther Simjian. AKA Luther George Simjian. Born: 28-Jan-1905 Birthplace: Gaziantep, Turkey Died: 23-Oct-1997 Location of death: Fort Lauderdale, FL Cause of death: unspecified
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Luther George Simjian – Wikipedia
Luther George Simjian (* 28. Januar 1905 im Osmanischen Reich, † 23. Oktober 1997 in Fort Lauderdale) war Erfinder einer Vielzahl von Apparaturen und Inhaber von über 200 ...
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Luther George Simjian was born in 1905 in Turkey, although he was of Armenian descent. He was educated in the Middle East and France, then moved to the U.S. when he was 16.
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