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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 |
| 7490698 | Elevator traffic control An elevator traffic flow control strategy utilizes the advantages of sector assignment channeling and destination entry systems. A controller (30) monitors a handling capacity (62) of the system to determine when it is advisable to override the sector ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7387191 | Method and apparatus for bypass control of an elevator installation A method of controlling an elevator installation having an elevator car transporting passengers between floors of a building inputs destinations of the passengers into a destination call control and books destination calls and determines an instantaneous load dispos... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7347303 | Method and apparatus for generating elevator calls A method and a system for generating a request for elevator service in which the elevator user receives with his/her terminal a general transmission of information about the elevator system from base stations placed in the elevator lobby of the building. By way of t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7145433 | System for transportation or access control of persons or goods, and method, device and computer program for maintenance of the system, and method for retrofitting a building with the system A system for transportation or access control of persons and/or goods in a building comprises at least one story terminal for recognition of at least one identification code of a person or an item, at least one data memory for storing at least one user profile with ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7093693 | Elevator access control system and method An information and access control system and associated methods for personnel transport devices. In one embodiment, the system comprises a signal emitter capable of emitting electromagnetic energy of a first frequency, the electromagnetic energy including first data... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7003654 | Time-based initialization defaults for an electronic information retrieval device An electronic information retrieval device includes a time source, a communication interface capable of communicating with one or more external devices, and at least one I/O device. The electronic information retrieval device further includes a memory storing a plur... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6905003 | Elevator group supervisory control device An elevator group supervisory control system for an elevator system including indicators of positions of elevators, for a group supervisory control of elevators, in which a car reversal, which becomes a cause of irritation for passengers, is curbed. For a hall call ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6578675 | Elevator information and advertising delivery system An apparatus and method for delivering advertising messages to occupants of an elevator cab includes a network mainframe server located remotely from the elevator cab. The apparatus further includes an individual processing unit (IPU) located at the eleva... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6360849 | Elevator system, including control method for controlling, multiple cars in a single shaft An elevator system having cars in service at top and bottom in a single shaft with efficient group control. The elevator system is provided with a shaft assignment finalizing unit for selecting a shaft and a car to be assigned to a new call, and a reassig... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6209685 | Selective, automatic elevator call registering system Each elevator corridor of an elevator system has a transponder beacon disposed near each access to the corridor, each potential passenger, including regular tenants and visitors, carries a responder, such as an RFID responder, so as to provide an indicati... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6109396 | Remote elevator call placement with provisional call verification A remote control device transmits a request for elevator service while a passenger is some distance from the elevator; the call may be assigned to an elevator car, but the car stops for that particular passenger only if the call is verified by the passeng... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5952626 | Individual elevator call changing A personal remote control device exchanges electromagnetic transmissions with an elevator system, each transmission including the identification number of the device, whereby requests for elevator service made by means of the device are unique to that dev... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949037 | Elevator call registration system There is described an elevator call registration system which enables automatic registration of a destination floor and correction of the thus-registered destination floor. A destination floor CC is anticipated for each passenger, and the thus-expected fl... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5554832 | Remote controller linkage to an elevator system A remote controller linkage is established to an elevator system having one or more elevators and using a data transmission network (21) including at least one serial communication bus for the transmission of control signals between the operating and/or o... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5490580 | Automated selection of a load weight bypass threshold for an elevator system An automated arrangement selects one of a plurality of load weight bypass thresholds for an elevator car. The selection depends, for example, upon the car direction and the time of day. Alternative embodiments of the arrangement utilize in the selection e... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5390765 | Method of operating elevator In a program of running direction determination steps wherein the presence of a call signal, which is based on activation of floor call buttons provided in a cage of an elevator of hall buttons disposed at halls of respective floors, is repeatedly monitor... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5357064 | Elevator hall call cross-cancellation device A method and apparatus for dispatching elevator cars to hall calls in a system where there are two types of elevator controllers (12, 14) in operation, one (12) of which operates using relay logic. The calls are stored in a relay logic memory common to bo... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5285028 | Group control method and apparatus for elevators for assignment of coincident calls A group control method apparatus for elevators including a plurality of cars for serving floors divided into a plurality of sectors. The apparatus has a determination coincidental ride prevention section for assigning a hall call to one of the plurality o... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5252790 | Method and apparatus for processing calls entered in elevator cars In an elevator system with the immediate allocation of the floor calls, car calls are processed according to an algorithm implemented in a process computer. A preliminary processing of the car calls occurs upon entry of each of the car calls and a final p... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5159163 | Elevator management system time based security A method of operating an elevator system includes the steps of specifying and storing at least one profile describing at least one elevator operational characteristic, including an elevator security function specifying a landing or landings for which hall... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4776432 | Automatic elevator hall call delay apparatus In an automatic elevator system which has a plurality of elevator cars, manually operable buttons at floors to register hall calls and control circuits for controlling the movement of the elevator cars, the improvement which includes time delay circuits i... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4735294 | Elevator group control for the distribution of traffic at a main floor A group elevator control wherein the calls entered by means of call registering devices at a main floor for desired destination floors are assigned to the next arriving or already present car, and indicated so that no doubts can arise for passengers, whos... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4648488 | Elevator system An elevator system, and method of operating same, in which the existence of a stuck call button is detected, the call initiated by a stuck call button is prevented from interfering with elevator service to the remaining floors, and predetermined or reduce... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4365694 | Preventing elevator car calls behind car A microprocessor cab controller for an elevator car processes signals to control car calls by means of routines which prevent car calls from being registered behind the advancing direction of the car unless the car is headed for the lobby without further ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4352410 | Operational control of elevator car calls A microprocessor cab controller for an elevator car processes signals to control car calls by means of routines which prevent car calls from being registered behind the advancing direction of the car unless the car is headed for the lobby without further ... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4299309 | Empty elevator car determination An elevator system includes a microprocessor-based cab controller mounted directly on an elevator car. The activity of passenger-actuatable switches within the elevator car, such as car call, open door, emergency stop switches, and the like, is monitored ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4195712 | Control system for a plurality of elevators A control system for use in conjunction with several elevators which are located close to one another and are controlled independently. The elevators are provided with a call button for each elevator door on each floor. After actuating one call button, al... | 04/01/1980 |
