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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7471244 | Monitor units for television signals Apparatus having corresponding methods comprises a reference clock; a receiver to receive a wireless television signal, wherein the wireless television signal is transmitted by a television transmitter according to a transmitter clock; and a clock offset unit to det... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466266 | Psuedo television transmitters for position location An apparatus having corresponding methods comprises a signal generator to generate an radio-frequency (RF) signal comprising a ranging signal comprising a component of a television signal; a wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit the RF signal; and a self-check... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7463195 | Position location using global positioning signals augmented by broadcast television signals A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for determining the position of a user terminal comprises receiving at the user terminal a broadcast television signal from a television signal transmitter; determining a first pseudo-range between the user terminal a... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7372405 | Position location using digital video broadcast television signals Apparatus to determine the position of a user terminal, the apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media, comprises a receiver to receive, at the user terminal, a wireless orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signal comprising a sc... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7307665 | Method and system for generating reference signals with improved correlation characteristics for accurate time of arrival or position determination The present invention provides a method and system for generating reference signals that, when correlated with synchronization code signals or other components of broadcast TV signals, yield minimal sidelobes, produce large main peaks, and have minimal couplings to ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7126536 | Position location using terrestrial digital video broadcast television signals A method and computer program product for determining the position of a user terminal includes receiving at the user terminal a plurality of digital television (DTV) broadcast signals from a plurality of DTV transmitters, wherein each of the DTV signals is a Europea... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7042949 | Robust data transmission using broadcast digital television signals A DTV signal includes frames, and the frames include data segments. Data segments are replaced by codewords which represent digital data. The DTV signals are broadcast and received by receivers. The receivers recover the digital data from the codewords in the DTV si... | 05/09/2006 |
