Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7570109 | System and method for demodulating amplitude modulated signals A system and method for demodulating amplitude modulated input signals uses two comparators and a charge pump circuit, which is positioned between the two comparators, to produce a demodulated signal of an amplitude modulated input signal. The two comparators and th... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7561812 | Optical receiver with matched photodetector capacitance An optical receiver has a voltage supply, a first node, and a second node. A first input of a differential amplifier is coupled to the first node and a second input of the differential amplifier is coupled to the second node. A photodetector is coupled between the v... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7549812 | Print control module of thermal printer A print control module for a thermal printer includes a housing, a transmission device, a first driving mechanism, a second driving mechanism, and a power switching mechanism all installed in the housing. The transmission device includes a motor, and a transmission ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7530750 | Photo printer with a vertically transmitted platen roller In a photo printer, with a translating cam at a horizontal displacement, a platen roller can be lifted up/down vertically to/from a print head. On the profile of the translating cam, there is plurality of concave surfaces and a convex surface as a follower's path. A... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7526721 | Character input system capable of adjusting a character setting corresponding to an input device and method thereof A character input system capable of adjusting a character setting corresponding to an input device and a method thereof are disclosed. The input device includes a plurality of input components corresponding to a default character setting. An input component from the... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525503 | Digital television receiving antenna for plug-and-play device The present invention provides a digital television receiving antenna for a plug-and-play device. The digital television receiving antenna includes a first conducting portion; and a second conducting portion, coupled to the first conducting portion and having a reso... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7513616 | Apparatus, method and ink jet printer for utilizing reflected light from printing media to determine printing media material An apparatus for determining a printing media material, includes a light source for exposing the printing media to light; an image sensor for sensing reflected light from the printing media to form at least one image corresponding to the printing media; and an image... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7511729 | Driver circuit, control method, and related thermal print head A driver circuit of a thermal print head is disclosed including: a plurality of gating groups respectively coupled to a plurality of strobe signals of different timings in which each gating group includes a plurality of gate units respectively coupled to a plurality... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7499483 | Receiver capable of enhancing receiving efficiency in a code division multiple access communication system A receiver capable of enhancing receiving efficiency in a code division multiple access communication system includes a signal reception end for receiving signals, a data output unit for outputting a plurality of data streams corresponding to a plurality of codes ac... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7498533 | Keypad device A keypad device includes a keypad with a plurality of keys in a defined order, and a light guide plate disposed under the keypad. The light guide plate includes a plurality of patterns formed by a method of printing on a surface thereof, and each pattern includes ad... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7493612 | Embedded system and related method capable of automatically updating system software An embedded system and method capable of automatically updating system software. The embedded system includes a first storage device for storing a first system software and a boot image; a microcontroller coupled to the first storage device for respectively converti... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492382 | Voltage adjusting system and method for adjusting driving voltage of thermal print head The present invention discloses a voltage adjusting system and method for adjusting a driving voltage of a thermal print head by utilizing an electronic variable resistor. The voltage adjusting system includes a power converter, a voltage divider, an analog-to-digit... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7480463 | LED drive circuit An LED drive circuit, wherein a circuit that drives light-emitting diode with a common connected cathode has a resistor connected to the anode of the light-emitting diode, an NPN-type transistor connected to the second terminal of the resistor that approximately det... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7470053 | Back light module having concave-down luminance distribution Several optical mechanism designs for making luminance of the outer portion of a back light module of edge lighting type to become higher than luminance of the inner portion of the back light module are disclosed in accordance with the present invention. The disclos... | 12/30/2008 |
