Electronic prize verification and display apparatus
In view of the foregoing, it is an object of the present invention to provide an improved electronic prize verification and display apparatus and method for use in conducting a consumer promotion havi... Read More
Inventors: Hobbs, Dennis Edwin; Phillips, Stephen James; McAlpine, Malcolm Duncan;, Assignee: Fort James Corporation (Deerfield, IL) |
Electronic watch with minute-repeater function
I claim: 1. A watch with a minute-repeater function, said watch comprising: control means, an hour hand and a minute hand driven by at least one stepping motor for displaying the time of day when the ... Read More
Inventors: Berney, Jean-Claude;, Assignee: Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches (Grenchen, CH) |
Rotary variable resistor
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotary variable resistor in which a suitable torque can be readily obtained. Another object of the present invention is to provide a rotary variab... Read More
Inventors: Kasashima, Masao; Kubo, Yoshizo;, Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Combined transformer and inductor
The present invention is defined by the appended claims with specific embodiments being shown in the attached drawings. For the purpose of summarizing the invention, the invention relates to an improv... Read More
Inventors: Casagrande, Serge;, Assignee: |
Operating device with analog joystick
A conventional game machine controller 1 (first prior art controller) shown in FIG. 1 includes a rectangular housing 1a, a select switch 3 for selecting a game content, a start switch 2 for designatin... Read More
Inventors: Takeda, Genyo; Ashida, Kenichiro; Miyamoto, Shigeru; Nishida, Yasunari;, Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Kyoto, JP) |
Method of calibrating mechanical pressure gauges
In brief, the prior invention disclosed in our parent Ser. No. 07/570,913 and incorporated herein by reference, was a significant advance over the hand calibration methods in that an analogue "baselin... Read More
Inventors: Bissell, Ronald D.; Ortyl, III, Nicholas E.;, Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc. (Dallas, TX) |
Surface property detection apparatus and method
(DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION) The present invention is directed to methods for detecting, determining, and imaging various surface properties of a sample, including, for example, thin film growth, cor... Read More
Inventors: Martens, Jon S.; Ginley, David S.; Hietala, Vincent M.; Sorensen, Neil R.;, Assignee: Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM) |
Resistive controller using magnetic repulsion
It is a feature of the invention to provide a membrane potentiometer that uses magnets to keep the membranes separated. An additional feature of the invention is to provide a controller for receiving ... Read More
Inventors: Kordecki, David L.;, Assignee: CTS Corporation (Elkhart, IN) |
Cursor control device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention will now be described more specifically with reference to the following embodiments. It is to be noted that the following descriptions of preferred e... Read More
Inventors: Wu, Arthur; Lee, Amy;, Assignee: Primax Electronics, Ltd. (Taipei Hsien, TW) |
Transverse-electric mode filters and methods
The present invention is directed to waveguide filters that can transmit a fundamental electromagnetic mode in a first frequency band while attenuating an associated higher-order electromagnetic mode ... Read More
Inventors: Ihmels, Ralf R.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Method of detecting a coordinate
With the foregoing prior art problems in view, it is an object of the present invention to provide a coordinate detection method characterized by specifying a necessary and general region for accurate... Read More
Inventors: Kimura, Kiyoshi;, Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (JP) |
Low-cost, high-accuracy digitizer signal acquisition apparatus and method
Wherefore, having thus described the present invention, what is claimed is: 1. In a digitizer having one or more conductors disposed across an area and an instrument moved across the area to selected ... Read More
Inventors: Watson, James S.;, Assignee: Sanders Associates, Inc. (Nashua, NH) |
Electromagnetic position transducer
What is claimed is: 1. A position transducer comprising: (a) helical electrically conductive transmitter coil having a plurality of coil turns and first and second end extremities, and a plurality of ... Read More
Inventors: Zank, Anthony E.; Gilano, Michael N.;, Assignee: Gazelle Graphic Systems Inc. (Irvine, CA) |
Pattern input apparatus
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a pattern input apparatus which has an improved operational easiness. A pattern input apparatus according to one aspect of the present inv... Read More
Inventors: Kuroda, Kazuo; Suzuki, Toshio;, Assignee: Pioneer Electronic Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Automatic tracking and scanning cursor for digitizers
Wherefore, having thus described our invention, what is claimed is: 1. In a hand-operated digitizing system wherein a cursor is hand-positioned at points to be digitized on a line contained in a drawi... Read More
Inventors: Schlotterbeck, David L.; Guardado, Julio L.;, Assignee: CalComp Inc. (Anaheim, CA) |
Electrical charge transfer apparatus
It is an object of the invention to provide an efficient, easy to fabricate, and accurate electrical charge transfer apparatus. It is another object of the invention to provide such apparatus in which... Read More
Inventors: Gerpheide, George E.;, Assignee: Cirque Corporation (Salt Lake City, UT) |
Receiving device with separate substrate surface
An object of this invention is to miniaturize and lighten a receiving device comprising a plane antenna and a receiving circuit. To achieve this object, the receiving device according to this inventio... Read More
Inventors: Shiga, Nobuo;, Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Combination weighing method and combination balance
We claim: 1. A combination weighing method comprising the steps of: putting an article into each article holding means; measuring, by weighing means, the sum weight of each article holding means and s... Read More
Inventors: Kawanishi, Shozo; Higuchi, Hiroshi; Mikata, Yoshitaka; Nakagawa, Kenichi; Yamano, Seiji;, Assignee: Yamato Scale Company, Ltd. (Hyogo-ken, JP) |
Timepiece
Generally speaking, in accordance with the invention, an electronic analog timepiece having calendar displays of day and date which automatically change rapidly at the end of each day and are easily s... Read More
Inventors: Ono, Tsuneyoshi; Ikegami, Toshimasa;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Suwa Seikosha (Tokyo, JP) |
Timepiece of the mechanical or electromechanical type including a drive wheel controlling at least one display system such as a date display
To this end, the present invention has as objective a timepiece of the type comprising: a horometric movement including a motor pinion or intermediate wheel centered on the movement around a central a... Read More
Inventors: Ferenczy, Laszlo;, Assignee: Eta SA Fabriques d'Ebauches (Grenchen, CH) |
Radio control alarm device
Please refer to FIG. 3. A flow chart of the method of ringing an alarm according to one embodiment of the invention is shown. First, according to the step 31, preset an alarm time reference of a radi... Read More
Inventors: Sun, Stan; Yi, Alan;, Assignee: Mosel Vitelic Inc. (TW) |
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Computer system with video display controller having power saving modes
OF A PREFERRED EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Viewing FIG. 1, a computer system 10 of notebook configuration includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 12. The display 12 provides a visible image... Read More
Inventors: Chee, Lawrence; Tucker, David; Cheng, Brett; Gillett, Kevin; Bystricky, Juraj;, Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Electro-optical imaging detector array for a moving vehicle which includes two axis image motion compensation and transfers pixels in row directions and column directions
These and other objects, advantages, and features of the invention can be achieved in an imaging array with two axis image motion compensation, comprising an array of pixel elements arranged in rows a... Read More
Inventors: Lareau, Andre G.; James, Brian; Pfister, William R.; Jerkatis, Kenneth J.; Beran, Stephen R.; Bennett, Russell A.;, Assignee: Recon/Optical, Inc. (Barrington, IL) |
Cathode-ray tube having implosion protection means with openings
A cathode-ray tube comprises an evacuated envelope having a faceplate panel with a sidewall joined to a funnel. Implosion protection means surrounds at least a portion of the sidewall and is in contac... Read More
Inventors: Swank, Harry R.; Lundvall, II, Carl L.; Keller, Raymond E.;, Assignee: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN) |
Computer screen filter assembly
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: 1. A computer screen filter assembly comprising: a filter; a frame for receiving said filter, said frame having a pair of generally longitudina... Read More
Inventors: Pember, Gary L.; Deines, Robert R.; Hinkel, R. Reed;, Assignee: Interex, Inc. (Wichita, KS) |
Micromachined monolithic reflector antenna system
An object of the present invention is to provide a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) reflector antenna on a substrate having a suspended integrated feed. Another object of the present invention is... Read More
Inventors: Yarbrough, Allyson D.; Osofsky, Samuel S.; Robertson, Ruby E.; Cole, Robert C.;, Assignee: The Aerospace Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Mines having tuned passive electromagnetic reflectors to enhance radar detection
A mine is provided with one or more electromagnetic resonating structures, such as short-circuited dipole antennas to enhance its spectral response to electromagnetic waves impinging thereon. The stru... Read More
Inventors: Franklin, Donald E.;, Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington, DC) |
Apparatus for and method of detecting a reflector within a medium
I claim: 1. An apparatus for detecting a reflector within a medium, comprising at least one transmission device for sequentially focusing energy towards a selected one of a plurality of volumes of the... Read More
Inventors: Benjamin, Ralph;, Assignee: University of Bristol (Bristol, GB) |
Method to generate a three-dimensional image of a ground area using a SAR radar
In view of the foregoing, a need exists to improve the SAR technique such that the topography of the ground surface could be determined on the basis of the SAR signal in an unambiguous manner and with... Read More
Inventors: Ulander, Lars;, Assignee: Totalforsvarets Forskningsinstitut (Stockholm, SE) |
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