Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169310 | Method for reflecting configuration values of drive recorder In a method in which vehicle-mounted devices on vehicles read configuration data set on a computer using a memory card, when the computer is installed remotely from the vehicles, it is inefficient to have to go back and forth between the vehicles and the place where... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8154858 | Electronic device and electronic system An electronic device includes: an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device; an eject unit that ejects the portable device accommodated in the accommodation section; and a guide mechanism that guides the portable device so that a first sid... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8140220 | In-vehicle apparatus An object of the invention is to provide an in-vehicle apparatus and an in-vehicle system that can use a plurality of expansion modules. The in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of slots for connecting a plurality of modules, each having a connector for connect... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8122316 | Error detector and error detection method An error detector has a parity bit generator which generates error detection data for data strings sent from a CPU I/F to a memory, a parity checker which detects an error in the data strings output from the memory based on the error detection data, and a selector c... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112772 | Electronic apparatus The present invention is an electronic apparatus including: an electronic apparatus main body 1; a panel main body that has a first guided component guided by a first guide groove C1 formed in the electronic apparatus main body, and moves in an incline... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8102249 | Starting control apparatus and starting control method An immobilizer type outputting part outputs information indicating that no immobilizer device is provided in the vehicle to an immobilizer-installed body ECU or a body ECU through an in-vehicle communication network in the case where an immobilizer type identificati... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096576 | Housing fixing structure A housing fixing structure for fixing a hosing of an airbag control device to a supporting portion of a vehicle is provided. The airbag control device is provided with an impact detection device and configured to control an airbag based on information detected by th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090147 | Matching object and reference pattern images using search window size widths and heights to predict object collision An image recognition apparatus includes a comparing unit that sequentially compares a reference pattern with an image in a search window having a shape corresponding to a size of an object to be determined in an input image while moving the search window relative to... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8069831 | Method and apparatus for start control of a vehicle An accessory switch SWa and an ignition switch SWi are connected to a sub-relay RL1. A starter switch SWs is connected to a sub-relay RL2. The sub-relay RL2 is turned OFF when welding occurs in the starter switch SWs. When welding occurs in the ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8058853 | Voltage output circuit, integrated circuit and electronic device A voltage output circuit has a controller controlling ON/OFF switching of a first switch which switches ON/OFF voltage transformation by a first charge pump circuit in order to turning a first voltage outputted from a first voltage output terminal into a desired val... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054216 | Radar device and target angle detection method A radar device has a plurality of receiving antennas which receive, as a reception wave, a radar wave sent in a predetermined reference direction and reflected by a target; a phase difference detection unit which detects a first phase difference of the reception wav... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045429 | Control apparatus and method for content reproducing In a content reproducing system (1), which includes: a program judging unit (31) that judges whether or not a BD-J program being executed is a continuing program when an eject operation for a BD is detected during reproduction control in which reproduc... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042009 | Electronic control device An electronic control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an arithmetic device such as a microcomputer having a watchdog timer circuit, and a runaway monitoring circuit which monitors the arithmetic device for an operational failure b... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041747 | Data search device and gateway device in communication apparatus A data search device that is provided in a communication apparatus detects a memory area storing data to be transmitted from a memory unit having memory areas defined by IDs allotted to data. The data search device includes: a first flag that is provided for each of... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036761 | Simulation hardware apparatus comprising vehicle model A simulation apparatus is composed of an integrated plant model process unit 1, virtual ECUs 50A to 50C that simulate other controllers, and a simulation management unit 2 that manages the execution of an input and output process to a rea... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8033350 | Starting control apparatus A starting control apparatus that automatically discriminates configuration of a vehicle on which the starting control apparatus is mounted, executes an appropriate starting control, and be widely used is provided. The starting control apparatus prestores therein co... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7978057 | Information storage apparatus There is provided an information storage apparatus capable of storing information on a parked vehicle acquired before and after detection of unusual conditions with lesser amount of power to be consumed. During halt of a vehicle, at least one of image information an... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970527 | Engine start control apparatus and engine start control method An engine start control apparatus enables a user to start an engine of a vehicle irrespective of a user's operation of ignition key. The engine start control apparatus includes a controller that performs engine start control and a storage unit. When the engine abnor... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7957863 | Vehicle information recording apparatus, program, and recording medium There is provided a vehicle information recording apparatus capable of making a user easily recognize vehicle information which is recorded in the presence of electric power supply from a backup power source. When a vehicle is involved in an accident and the impact ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944696 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes a chassis and a heat sink. The heat sink forms one side wall of the chassis. The heat sink has inner and outer wall surfaces corresponding to inner and outer surfaces of the chassis. The heat sink has a guide portion guiding a drop o... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7918682 | Connector system for a vehicle antenna A connector system for a vehicle antenna is a system by joining a fixed connector having legs connected to a terminal of the vehicle antenna, with a movable connector that is removably connected to the fixed connector and has a cable connected to a signal receiving ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915998 | Vehicle control system and vehicle control apparatus A main control portion of a vehicle has an LF transmission antenna for transmitting a search signal. The LF transmission antenna has five antennas respectively provided on door knobs of the vehicle. A smart key receives the search signals transmitted from respective... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912239 | Flat speaker A flat speaker comprising a vibrating plate including a spiral voice coil, a lead portion extracted from the vice coil and reinforced by the reinforcing member, and an electric supply line; an edge portion supporting the vibrating plate; and a yoke, supporting the e... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911786 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus that includes a circuit substrate being installed in a casing. The electronic apparatus has first and second groove portions that are formed on a first surface and a second surface of a heat sink, respectively. The heat sink discharges heat f... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911374 | Radar device and target detection method A target position is estimated in such a manner to maintain target position continuity, with high accuracy, even when the X coordinate displacement of the target is large. On a scan in which the target position is not detected, when a trajectory of the target in the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903539 | Electronic control unit An electronic control unit includes an input interface having multiplexer circuits, each of which circuits is supplied with input signals supplied from an outside of the electronic control unit, and a failsafe processing part that determines whether an abnormality o... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7895294 | Multimedia system and navigation unit terminal A multimedia system includes a master unit terminal and slave unit terminals. The master unit terminal functions as an interface for communications with an external server, in which status a program updating process is executed between the server and the slave unit ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890232 | Airbag system A first processing circuit determines a collision of a vehicle based on an output from a sensor for detecting a collision of the vehicle. A second processing circuit outputs a signal to deploy an airbag based on an output from the first processing circuit. A communi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7885057 | Electronic device and electronic system An electronic device includes an accommodation section that detachably accommodates a portable device, an engagement part engaged with a side of the portable device at a given position where the portable device is accommodated in the accommodation section, and a gui... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882362 | Data management apparatus In a data management apparatus (1) including a recording device (12) for recording contents data and a data processing section for processing the contents data, first management data for managing the contents data according to a first reference is reco... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880602 | Image display control apparatus An image-data loading unit loads image data of an image requested to be displayed based on an input signal in an image memory. A display-image determining unit determines an image to be displayed on the display device based on a priority of the image after the image... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7873618 | Map information distribution system, map information distribution method, and computer-readable recording medium A map information distribution system carries out a search based on search criteria that is input from a first terminal device, outputs predetermined map information for displaying search results to the first terminal device, causes the first terminal device to disp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869911 | Vehicle control unit and vehicle control method A battery supplies electric power to electric equipments of the vehicle. An alternator generates the electric power and charges the battery when an engine of the vehicle is operated. An economical running control section is operable to perform an economical running ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7860637 | Eco-run control device and method for resetting the same An eco-run control device is mounted on a vehicle and is capable of performing eco-run control to stop an engine when predetermined stop requirements are satisfied and restart the engine when predetermined start requirements are satisfied later. This eco-run control... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7860636 | Eco-run control device and engine restart method An eco-run control device sends an engine stop request to an engine control device when predetermined stop requirements are satisfied, causes the engine control device to perform an engine stop control operation, and drives a starter to restart the engine when prede... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859129 | Vehicle antitheft device and control method of a vehicle When a remote start of an engine using a predetermined transmitter is performed, a security regarding theft of a vehicle can be prevented form being significantly deteriorated. The vehicle has a remote engine starter for remotely start an engine and a vehicle antith... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854832 | Signal processing device and control unit An input terminal is electrically connected to a contact point. An anti-corrosion current supplying section is operable to supply an anti-corrosion current to the contact point through the input terminal so as to remove corrosion in the contact point. A series resis... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844377 | In-vehicle communication system, on-board terminal, portable device, and in-vehicle communication method Current position of a vehicle and current time are acquired. A user recognizing unit recognizes a user. A pattern recognizing unit detects location of a portable device and movement thereof. Operation state of an engine is acquired from an engine control mechanism. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7823176 | Digital broadcast receiver FIG. 1 shows an electronic program guide unique to viewer A grouped from an electronic program guide based on electronic program guide data; the program type is set in an (a) column and the display mode of each program is set in a (b) column. In FIG. 1... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7822396 | Radio receiver and method for detecting carrier waves An object of the present invention is to provide a radio receiver and a method for detecting carrier waves which make it possible to detect carrier waves for an IBOC type hybrid broadcast reliably. A radio receiver for receiving carrier waves for hybrid broadcasts w... | 10/26/2010 |
