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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7836505 | Accelerated file scanning Files are tested for presence of a predefined data pattern, such as a virus definition. For each one file of a first plurality of files, physical address data is derived from logical address information. Also, an entry is made in a first data structure. The entry in... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7836500 | Computer virus and malware cleaner A virus and malware cleaner is generated for a personal computer. Scanning software determines the presence of suspicious attributes resident to the computer. When automated detection of the need for a Custom Cleaner occurs, specific system information, along with i... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7230583 | Scanned beam display with focal length adjustment In a scanning display apparatus an image signal source produces an image signal. A light emitter is coupled to the image signal source and responsive to the image signal to emit light. A lensing system receives light from the light emitter and passes exiting light. ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 6535632 | Image processing in HSI color space using adaptive noise filtering Adaptive noise filtering is applied to an image frame of HSI data to reduce and more uniformly distribute noise while preserving image feature edges. An adaptive spatial filter includes a plurality of averaging kernels. An appropriate kernel is selected f... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6473756 | Method for selecting among equivalent files on a global computer network A file among equivalent files identified during a search of a global computer network is selected to be downloaded to a local computer. Equivalent files are found frequently where different copies of the same song are stored many times on a global compute... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6236661 | Accelerating access to wide area network information Portions of the internet are embedded onto a transportable media, then delivered periodically to subscribing clients. The contents are indexed to relate a given document to a URL and a time stamp. During on-line access to the internet, the transportable m... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220711 | Augmented imaging using a silhouette to improve contrast An augmented display includes an image display source and a silhouette display source. The image display source generates a virtual image to be perceived by a viewer. The silhouette display source occurs in the path of the background light. The silhouette... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6166841 | Counter balanced optical scanner The scanner includes a first spring plate and a second spring plate of common size and shape symmetrically aligned and spaced. A first reflective surface is located at an end of first spring plate. A counter balance mass is located at a corresponding end ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6157930 | Accelerating access to wide area network information in mode for showing document then verifying validity WAN documents are stored locally in cache with a document expiration date. Ideally, content is unchanged prior to the expiration date and has changed after the expiration date. When requesting to view a WAN document while on-line, the document first is di... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154321 | Virtual retinal display with eye tracking Light emitted from a virtual retinal display light source passes through a beamsplitter to a scanning subsystem and on to an eyepiece and the viewer's eye. Some of the light is reflected from the viewer's eye passing back along the same path. Such light h... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6097353 | Augmented retinal display with view tracking and data positioning A scanned beam tracking system is included in a virtual retinal display. An infrared light source generates light for scanning the viewer's environment in the direction the viewer is looking. A visible light source generates visible light which is scanned... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5991847 | Data pattern caching for speeding up write operations A data pattern cache stores data patterns in units (i.e., a sector). A given data pattern is associated with one or more physical device address ranges which store such data pattern (e.g., sectors). Thus, although the same data pattern may occur as 10 red... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5987457 | Query refinement method for searching documents A user views search results and subjectively determines if a document is desirable or undesirable. Only documents categorized by the user are analyzed for deriving a list of prospective keywords. The frequency of occurrence of each word of each document i... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5701132 | Virtual retinal display with expanded exit pupil A display device is achieved using a simplified optical system which generates an expanded exit pupil without compromising magnification or resolution. Modulated light from a source is converged toward a focal point by an optics subsystem. A scanning subs... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5694237 | Position detection of mechanical resonant scanner mirror Two piezoelectric sensors are mounted on the back of a spring-plate of a mechanical resonance scanner on respective sides of a center line coinciding with an axis of rotation. As the scanner mirror rotates back and forth the two sensors are accelerated an... | 12/02/1997 |
