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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179383 | Touch screen The present application provides a touch screen including a panel module, an image sensor module, and a bezel surrounding the panel module. The image sensor module includes a circuit board and an image sensor unit electrically connected thereto, and both are dispose... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165551 | Multi-band antenna and communications device having the same A multi-band antenna is adapted for disposing on a substrate with a ground plane and a matching circuit disposed thereon, and includes a feed-in section, a coupling section, a grounding section, a multiple-bend arm, and a conductor section. The feed-in section is co... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164581 | Optical touch module An optical touch panel includes a frame, a first and a second image capture units, a first and second light sources, a first reflective element and a block element. The first and second image capture units are disposed on the frame and respectively disposed adjacent... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8151575 | Temperature variation apparatus The invention discloses a temperature variation apparatus for varying the temperature of a liquid. The temperature variation apparatus includes a metal tube, a power supply, a heat conductor, and a thermo-electric cooler (TEC). The liquid is poured into the metal tu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149573 | Electronic device An electronic device is provided, including a main body, a display module pivotally connected to the main body, a first magnet in the main body, a second magnet in the display module, a lever movably disposed in the main body, and a joining member movably disposed i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149215 | Cursor control method applied to presentation system and computer readable storage medium The invention discloses a cursor control method applied to a presentation system. The presentation system comprises a computer, an imaging plane, an optical pointer, a camera, and a projector. The projector is a mobile or built-in projector of the computer for proje... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8125354 | Complex switch control system A complex switch control system including many switches, a switching voltage control circuit and a comparator is provided. The switching voltage control circuit converts an operating voltage into a switching voltage according to the states of the switches. The compa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118333 | Lock device The invention discloses a lock device. The lock device is used for detachably mounting a cover on a base. A recess is formed on the cover. A first hole is formed on the bottom of the recess, and a first retainer is extended out of the bottom of the recess. The lock ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8107367 | Method for establishing adaptive mobile cluster network The invention discloses a method of establishing an adaptive mobile cluster network. The method comprises the steps of: (a) determining a network service requested by a mobile communication device; (b) according to the requested network service, determining at least... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100442 | Rotary lock mechanism A rotary lock mechanism disclosed includes a housing, a linear latch, and a rotary latch. The linear latch is disposed next to the housing and slides corresponding to the housing. The rotary latch is pivoted at a side of the housing, which faces the position structu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100441 | Electronic device and its latch structure An electronic device and its push-lock and push-release type of latch structure are provided in the invention. The latch structure includes a platform, an elastic restorable element connected to the platform, and two side bases respectively disposed on two opposite ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8086278 | Holding apparatus The invention discloses a holding apparatus, which includes a fixed body, a carrying stand and a signal cable. The fixed body includes a ball joint, extending portion and a cable tunnel. The cable tunnel, disposed within the fixed body, is connected to a first openi... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8049936 | Portable computer system and operating method thereof The invention provides a portable computer system for capturing a target image related to an item. The portable computer system comprises a base, a cover, an image capturing module, and a lightness adjusting module. The cover is pivotally connected to the base, and ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049925 | Image processing apparatus and method for adjusting lightness of image An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus comprises a dividing module, a calculating module, a judging module and an adjusting module. The dividing module is used for dividing an image into a plurality of sub-images. The calculating ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8023259 | Hard disk securing apparatus The invention discloses a hard disk securing apparatus including an upper housing, a lower housing, and a securing module. The lower housing is fixed in an electronic apparatus and includes a block part. An accommodation space is formed between the upper housing and... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8022882 | Antenna device for wireless wide area network (WWAN) and wireless local area network (WLAN) An antenna device includes a grounding element, a radiating element, and first and second feeding elements. The radiating element includes a first segment that extends from the grounding element and that has an end distal from the grounding element, and second and t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016109 | Package box, cushion and plate material A package box including an outer box and at least two cushions disposed symmetrically in the outer box is provided. The cushion includes a rectangular bottom plate, two short side plates, a partition plate, a concave structure and a box structure. The short side pla... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015669 | Handle with a hidden belt This present invention is a handle with a hidden belt, applying to a handle attached on a portable device, which uses torsion springs to draw the belt into the handle. Thus, a user can not only carry the portable device with the handle, but also shoulder or hang the... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004833 | Electronic apparatus and hinge thereof The invention discloses a hinge including a first support, a second support, and a sensor. The first support includes a first electrical connection part. The second support includes a second electrical connection part and a protrusion part, and the protrusion part i... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988077 | Connecting apparatus adapted in a conjunctive structure A connecting apparatus adapted in a conjunctive structure is provided. The conjunctive structure comprises a baseboard, a peripheral element and a connecting apparatus. The connecting apparatus comprises at least one first connecting element and at least one second ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986852 | Image processing apparatus and method for adjusting a lightness and an input image The invention discloses an image processing apparatus for adjusting the lightness of an input image which has a hue. The image processing apparatus includes a look-up table, a processing unit and an adder. The look-up table records M lightness, N hues and M*N corres... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7975154 | Controlling circuit for configuring ring indicator pin of communication port A controlling circuit for a communication port having a ring indicator (RI) pin is provided. The controlling circuit includes a first selection circuit and a second selection circuit. The first selection circuit is controlled by a basic input/output system (BIOS) fo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7974662 | Detachable connection mechanism A detachable connection mechanism is to establish an electrical connection between a mobile phone and a notebook computer. The detachable connection mechanism is designed at a housing board. The housing board has an opening. A load board is pivotally connected with ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973860 | Method and apparatus for adjusting contrast of image This invention relates to an apparatus for processing an input image including M input pixels. Each of the M input pixels respectively has an input gray scale. The apparatus includes a gain generating module, a contrast enhancing module, and a Gamma adjusting module... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973856 | Image-snapping device An image snapping device includes a body, a support rod, an image-snapping module and an outer hollow cylinder. The support rod is pivotally connected to the body. The image-snapping module is pivotally connected to the support rod and has a camera rotatable relativ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970993 | Rotating parity redundant array of independent disk and method for storing parity the same A rotating parity redundant array of independent disk (RAID) and a method for storing parity of the same are provided. The rotating parity RAID comprises a first˜a third disk. The first disk has A1˜Am blocks for storing A1˜Am... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7970445 | Semiautomatic sliding structure A semiautomatic sliding structure of an electronic device includes a first sliding member, a second sliding member, a guide member with pillar shape, and an extension spring. The first sliding member has a first sliding structure. The second sliding member is arrang... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965628 | Data transmitting method for wireless communication system A data transmitting method for wireless communication system applied in a transmitting device for transmitting a number of data packets to a receiving device is provided. Firstly, n data packets are transmitted to the receiving device during the first time period, w... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961177 | Input pen storage An input pen storage includes a pen holding part coupled to an input pen; a loader having an arm having a pen constraining part for constraining the pen holding part; an obstruct member for expanding the arm; an extendable lock mechanism having an extension state an... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948479 | Method and system for distinguishing multiple touch points The invention provides a system for distinguishing multiple touch points. The system comprises a panel, a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit, at least one third image capturing unit, and a processing unit. N touch points are indicated on the p... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942309 | Box sealing belt A box sealing belt includes two sealing bands, a gap band and two fastening ears. The two sealing bands are substantially in parallel with each other. The gap band is interconnected between the two sealing bands to form two opposing concave slots therebetween. The t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940951 | Silent heat dissipation device A heat dissipation device includes a hollow housing and a speaker. The hollow housing has a first opening and a second opening. The speaker is disposed at the first opening, wherein the speaker includes a diaphragm oscillating within a frequency scope the human ear ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940246 | Screen control system The invention discloses a screen control system including a panel, a magnetic member, at least three magnetic inductive (MI) sensors, and a processing unit. The magnetic member is used for indicating a specific position on the panel. Each of the MI sensors is locate... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7929289 | Electronic device and assembly structure thereof An assembly structure includes a first body, a second body and a third body. The second body detachably disposed on the first body includes a first positioning portion and a first acting portion. The third body coupled between the first and second bodies includes a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7920386 | Electronic device An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a rotating mechanism and a first rotating member. The rotating mechanism, rotatably disposed in the housing, rotatable along a first direction and a second direction different from the first... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916160 | Image processing apparatus and method for adjusting gray levels of an image signal inputted to a flat display panel The invention discloses an image processing apparatus for adjusting gray levels of an image signal inputted to a flat display panel (FDP). The image processing apparatus comprises a memory unit and a processing unit. The memory unit stores a panel characteristic LUT... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912128 | Motion vector estimation system and method thereof The invention discloses a motion vector estimation system and the method thereof for estimating an output motion vector for a macroblock of a frame. The motion vector estimation system is capable of selectively horizontally shifting a search window corresponding to ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903401 | Hard disk drive holding apparatus A hard disk drive holding apparatus comprising a support, positioning pins, securing pins and swivel arms. The support comprises a supporting surface and side panels. The side panels have holes located thereon and are erected on the supporting surface. The positioni... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899310 | Document snapshot device A document snapshot device is provided. The document snapshot device comprises a baseboard, a camera and a foldable supporting means. The baseboard comprises a central area to place a document and a connecting chamfer. The camera comprises a pivot. The foldable supp... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7885514 | Apparatus and method for determining rendering duration of video frame This invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining a rendering duration. An audio/video recording system is used for recording an audio bit stream and a video bit stream. The audio bit stream includes a plurality of audio frames. The video bit stream ... | 02/08/2011 |
