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Patent No. 6049912

Mountable Printable Placard With Headband

A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.

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Assignee: Silicon Motion, Inc.


Location: Milpitas, CA
No. of patents: 4

NumberTitleIssue Date
7433972Method and apparatus for operating a CD independently from a host processor
An apparatus for a compact disk with an independent audio functionality is disclosed. The apparatus includes a logic core, an IDE controller, and a pass-through module, which are coupled to a micro-controller core. The logic core receives and sends signals to and fr...
10/07/2008
7333106Method and apparatus for Z-buffer operations
In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a Z-buffer memory. The apparatus also includes a set of bits, each of which corresponds to a block of the Z-buffer memory. The apparatus also includes an initialization (init) register. The app...
02/19/2008
7307632Font emulation
A method and apparatus for Font Emulation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises stripping a first portion from a first font to emulate a second font upon request for such a second font. In an alternative embodiment, the apparatus comprises a process...
12/11/2007
7269750Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption in a graphics controller
The invention in one embodiment is a method of managing power in a graphics controller. The method includes receiving a change indication related to a system power supply. The method also includes adjusting a first clock or adjusting a set of clocks including a firs...
09/11/2007
 
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