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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 |
| 6414313 | Multiple numerical aperture electron beam projection lithography system A beam-limiting aperture truncates selected portions of a charged particle beam illuminating portions such as subfields of a patterned reticle of a charged particle beam projection lithography tool and then projects a pattern of charged particles onto a t... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6413359 | Plasma reactor with high selectivity and reduced damage Uniformity of plasma density is enhanced at high plasma density and with reduced gas cracking and/or without electron charging of a workpiece by limiting coupling of voltages to the plasma and returning a majority of RF current to elements of an antenna d... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6411706 | Office call state display system An office call state display system includes a telephone exchange, first and second subscriber exchanges, and a display unit. First subscriber terminals are connected to the telephone exchange. Second subscriber terminals are connected to the second subsc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6411083 | Apparatus for effectively detecting foreign particles adhered to magnetic head In an apparatus for detecting foreign particles adhered to a magnetic head, a current error rate of data read from the magnetic head is calculated, and an accumulative error rate of data read from the magnetic head is calculated. Then, the current error r... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408420 | Viterbi decoding method and apparatus thereof A Viterbi decoding apparatus decoding packet data, even at the case that next packet data are continuously inputted soon after the existing packet data, can correctly decode the last part of the existing packet data is provided. The Viterbi decoding appar... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6407343 | Multilayer wiring board A wiring layer on which X-directional signal lines 20 to 22 are arranged is formed on a multilayer board. Rectangular power-source conductive patterns 10c are arranged each in which via holes 12c are formed longitudinally or in the wiring direction of the... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6404597 | Magnetic head device with feature protecting a conductive wire extending to a magnetic core A core chip includes a magnetic core having a magnetic gap and a coil formed around the magnetic core. A head base includes a first main face on which a wiring pattern is formed, and a second main face on which the core chip is mounted. A conductive wire ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404569 | Light switch cover plate with audio recording and playback feature A light switch cover plate having mechanism for recording and playing back an audio sample through a speaker when the light switch is turned either on or off. Several messages can be recorded and they can be played back serially or randomly.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404121 | Explosion-proof tape for cathode-ray tube and explosion-proof structure thereof An explosion-proof tape is wound on an outer circumference of a panel portion of a cathode-ray tube and a metal band is shrink-fitted on the tape. The tape is composed of a support having at least a layer composed of propylene polymer with a propylene con... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403808 | Selective 5-HT6 receptor ligands Compounds which have enhanced affinity and selectivity for 5-HT6 receptors have been identified. These compounds can be used therapeutically in the treatment of mental disorders via administration in a pharmacologically acceptable delivery rout... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403476 | Semiconductor chip, semiconductor wafer, semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device An object of the present invention is forming a concave portion (including a penetration hole) in a semiconductor substrate by a sandblast method without causing a defect such as a chip or a crack in processing ends of the concave portion. In order to ach... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397188 | Natural language dialogue system automatically continuing conversation on behalf of a user who does not respond A natural language conversation system is capable of making interaction between the user and the system smooth by continuing conversation with presenting guidance or with making the system to carry out speech for the user when user cannot response to pres... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397019 | Image forming apparatus capable of controlling toner supply An image forming apparatus which can easily control toner supply without degrading compatibility of a toner cartridge in a low speed device and a high speed device, can control a toner amount in a developing portion avoiding feeding of the toner in excess... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396348 | Circuit for dealing with higher harmonics and circuit for amplifying power efficiency A circuit connected between an output terminal of an amplification transistor and a resistor for dealing with higher harmonics included in an output signal transmitted from the amplification transistor, includes (a) a first transmission line having an inp... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396330 | Mixer circuit A mixer circuit includes first to fourth input terminals, a first transistor having a base electrically connected to the first input terminal, a second transistor having a base electrically connected to the second input terminal, third and fourth transist... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396203 | Color shadow mask assembly with increased resistance to heat and vibration A color shadow mask assembly includes a shadow mask spaced apart from an inner surface of a face panel by a predetermined gap and having a curved surface, and a rectangular frame for supporting and fixing the shadow mask. The shadow mask and the frame are... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395907 | Preparation of polyaromatic-ethynyl thermal setting agents The present invention is directed to new polycyclicaromatic-ethynyl terminated materials that possesses excellent mechanical and chemical properties for high-performance composite application that can be cured at lower temperatures than phenyl-ethynyl ter... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393287 | System for switching speech channel between loosely couple radio base stations Disclosed is a speech channel switching system which has: a radio base station control unit that allows a mobile telephone terminal to have a communication channel through a plurality of radio base station devices; and a radio base station which is provid... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6393032 | Wireless LAN system and method of driving the same There is provided a wireless LAN system including a wireless terminal which transmits a frame to and receives a frame from other wireless terminals for connecting wireless channel therebetween, and then transmits data to and receives data from the other w... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6389444 | Adder apparatus having single adder for +1 and +2 functions In an adder apparatus, a first logic circuit performs a NOR operation upon a first bit of an n-bit input signal and a control signal to generate a first signal. A second logic circuit performs an OR operation upon the first bit of the n-bit input signal a... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6384591 | Hands-free signal level meter An electrical signal measurement device comprises a system unit which is carried on the person of a technician by attachment to a belt, harness or the like and, in one embodiment, a headpiece incorporating a display, microphone and ear phone. The display,... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6382009 | Method of adjusting height of magnetic head A magnetic head 1 provided with head chips 3 at distal end portions 2a of base plates 2. A punch 12 is abutted against each of the base plates 2 which is placed on a die 11, and a shearing force is applied to the base plate to plastically deform the dista... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6380921 | Information terminal device with display-illuminating means An information terminal device which has: a display; a lid for covering the display while being allowed to fold up and unfold freely, and part for illuminating the display from above provided on the lid.... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6378972 | Drive method for an on-demand multi-nozzle ink jet head To increase the size of dot printed on a print medium with an on-demand multi-nozzle ink jet head, at least two unit pulses are applied in succession to a piezoelectric element which varies the volume of an ink chamber. The unit pulse has a pulse width su... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6374652 | Locking doorknob which recognizes a finger print A locking doorknob which recognizes a fingerprint, in which the detecting sensor of a fingerprint is installed on the spot of the doorknob that a thumb or other fingers are placed naturally as the door is being opened. The location of the detecting sensor... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6371563 | Emergency-lock type retractor with hand-operated belt lock mechanism and child car seat incorporating same retractor An emergency-lock type retractor includes an emergency lock part for stopping the rotation of said drum to restrict the pull-out of said belt when a belt wound around a drum is pulled suddenly at a predetermined speed or higher, and a hand-operated lock p... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6368913 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device such as a DRAM device having a capacitor. The capacitor has an electrode having an HSG structure. The electrode is formed by: forming a cylinder type electrode body which is made of amorphous silicon and wh... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6366126 | Input circuit, output circuit, and input/output circuit and signal transmission system using the same input/output circuit There is provided a signal transmission system, wherein when a control signal which puts an output terminal of an output circuit 12A into a high-impedance state is supplied to the output circuit 12A and an input circuit 14A, power is fed to the input circ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6349323 | Asynchronous transfer mode communication system A communication system which can establish a control link between a radio base station and a switchboard station, without assigning beforehand any representative or proper VPI/VCI to the radio base station which is to be newly established. A switchboard s... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6349215 | Synchronization of broadcast facilities via microwave tone Interference effects between television transmitters for amplitude modulated or digital video and operating on a common allocated channel or frequency is avoided while discrimination is improved by synchronizing carrier signals for a plurality of transmit... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6349214 | Synchronization of broadcast facilities via satellite Interference effects between television transmitters for amplitude modulated or digital video and operating on a common allocated channel or frequency is avoided while discrimination is improved by synchronizing carrier signals for a plurality of transmit... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6344616 | Cable capable of connecting between integrated circuit elements in a reduced space A cable for use in connection between integrated circuit elements each having terminals. The cable body has an insulator and a plurality of conductors buried in the insulator to have a matrix pattern in section. The cable body has longitudinal end faces a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6344372 | Semiconductor device with reliable connection between projective electrode and conductive wire of the substrate In a semiconductor device including a substrate which has a primary surface, a conduction wire formed on the primary surface, a semiconductor element which has a secondary surface, a projective electrode formed on the secondary surface, an insulative resi... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6341835 | Recording device including buffer mechanism for transporting recording medium in forward and reverse directions A recording sheet is positioned at one of a plurality of starting positions based on a printing mode used in previous printing operations. When printing operations are started in a printing mode different from the previous printing mode, the recording she... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6341263 | Speech recognition apparatus, method and storage medium thereof A voice recognition system, method and storage medium is provided. The system includes a plurality of storage sections, a selection section, an adaptation section, a plurality of calculation sections, an adaptation section, a normalization section and a d... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6339669 | Picture-reproducing apparatus Disclosed is a picture-reproducing apparatus comprising: read-in circuit 2 for reading picture codes and an automatic pause trigger bit from each sector on record medium 1 and, if the automatic pause trigger bit is active, setting AP_FLG 7; a code-inserti... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6337801 | Three-phase zero-current-transition (ZCT) inverters and rectifiers with three auxiliary switches Zero current transition (ZCT) topologies are presented for three-phase inverters and rectifiers. Such devices are used for example in AC adjustable speed drives for so-called zero-emission vehicles (i.e., electric and hybrid combustion/electric automobile... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6337654 | A-scan ISAR classification system and method therefor A target recognition system and method wherein only target amplitude data, i.e., coherent A-scan data, is interrogated for target recognition. Target aspect angle is ignored within the angular segmentation of the feature library without degrading classifi... | 01/08/2002 |
