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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 |
| 8094032 | Voltage detecting circuit The present invention relates to a voltage detecting circuit for detecting a voltage range of a power source. The voltage detecting circuit includes a micro controlling unit, a boost circuit and a plurality of divider resistors. The micro controlling unit includes a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8054189 | Life safety device with automatic battery discharge at the end of life When a rechargeable battery of a life safety device reaches its end of life, the life safety device provides an audible signal indicating that replacement is required. When the device is disconnected from line power, the rechargeable battery still contains a signifi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8009054 | Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting a low battery detection threshold of a remote control Various embodiments of systems, methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting a low battery detection threshold in a remote control. An embodiment of a method includes determining a type of a battery powering a remote control of an entertainment device and determ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7907060 | Systems, methods and apparatus for detecting replacement of a battery in a remote control Various embodiments of systems, methods and apparatus are provided for indicating to a user a low battery condition of a remote control for a controlled device. More particularly, a remote control detects a low battery condition as well as the replacement of batteri... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7817053 | Rechargeable electric tool A rechargeable electric tool includes a warning device which monitors a voltage of a power source battery and indicates a warning by means of an LED or a buzzer when the power source voltage is reduced to be equal to or lower than a reference voltage. The tool is co... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7772984 | Remote control security supervisory control apparatus A remote control security supervisory control apparatus includes a remote control device capable of performing remote control, at least one sensor to detect risky conditions in a surveillance scope and a system host to execute a security supervisory control system p... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7421247 | Wireless switch A wireless switch comprising: a sensor for sensing a change of a state of a barrier; a selector positionable between a first position and a second position; a transmitter operatively coupled to the sensor and selector; and wherein the transmitter transmits a first w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7421323 | Automated vehicle battery protection with programmable load shedding and engine speed control Automated motor vehicle battery voltage protection is provided by setting voltage trip points for increasing engine speed and for shedding selected electrical loads. The system is effected by programming a vehicle body computer which communicates with, and exerts co... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7403130 | Removing an automatic circuit recloser from service prior to battery failure An automatic circuit recloser is automatically removed from service prior to battery failure. Logic implemented on the automatic circuit recloser is used to determine whether a battery of the automatic circuit recloser may power operation of the automatic circuit re... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7382270 | Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor for communicating with communications circuitry of the battery. Ide... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376487 | Nesting negotiation for self-mobile devices Disparate robotic devices can be automatically recharged and reprogrammed by self-scheduling individual time slots for the available recharging area(s) of a charging station. These charging stations provide a nest to which each robot must return periodically for pow... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363175 | Query based electronic battery tester An electronic battery tester for testing a storage battery provides a test output indicative of a condition of the battery. Electronic measurement circuitry provides a measurement output related to a condition of the battery. The battery condition is determined base... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349813 | Fault tolerant power system architecture for fluid flow measurement systems To provide a fault-tolerant architecture to supply electrical operating power in fluid flow measurement applications, apparatus and associated systems, computer program products, and methods include an intelligent power module with redundant and electrically indepen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342321 | Bicycle electric power unit A bicycle electric power unit supplies electric power to a bicycle motor unit having a power source, a power source controller, a power source voltage detector, a first power source switch and a second power source switch. The power source controller turns off the f... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330105 | System and apparatus for vehicle electrical power analysis Apparatus for monitoring an electrical power supply system of a vehicle, the vehicle having a battery and internal combustion engine, an alternator, and a starter. The apparatus has a filter for determining the battery terminal voltage when the vehicle ignition is t... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319425 | Comparator-based switched capacitor circuit for scaled semiconductor fabrication processes Described is a switched capacitor circuit for performing an analog circuit function. Unlike conventional switched capacitor circuits employing operational amplifiers, the switched capacitor circuit uses a comparator and does not require direct feedback between the i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7295935 | Analyzing and/or displaying power consumption in redundant servers A method of analyzing power consumption in an information handling system is provided. A voltage associated with a current share signal may be determined. A power load associated with the information handling system may be determined based at least on the determined... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286673 | Embedded internet for hearing aids A hearing aid has an embedded Internet interface so that the hearing aid can automatically communicate error diagnosis data to a hearing aid acoustician via the Internet so that the hearing aid user need not visit the hearing aid acoustician and so that acoustician ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282891 | Method for charging a battery A method and apparatus for charging a rechargeable battery (110) that takes into account the use patterns of the particular battery. A user may only discharge the battery a little and recharge it frequently which is a low capacity high life cycle use pattern,... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282811 | Detection of short circuits in a vehicle The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the detection of shorts circuits in the electrical system in a vehicle provided with a battery comprising—measuring and storing the value of the battery voltage at a first moment in time,—measuring the val... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7268660 | Low battery indicator A low battery indicating device is disclosed for indicating that a battery has low power. The device includes an indicator having a body movable between a retracted, unactuated position and an extended, actuated position. The indicator is visible when in the actuate... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248710 | Embedded internet for hearing aids A method is described to operate a hearing device with an input transducer (1), a signal processing unit (2) and an output transducer (4). The method comprises the steps of converting an acoustic input signal into a converted input signal, proce... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7227390 | Apparatus and method for a driver with an adaptive drive strength for a class D amplifier A circuit for adaptively adjusting the drive strength of output power transistors in a class D amplifier is provided. The circuit includes a driver circuit and a low-voltage detect circuit. The low-voltage detect circuit is arranged to assert a low-voltage detect si... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225353 | Information preservation on a portable electronic device A system and method for information preservation on a portable electronic device. A signal indicating an energy capacity threshold remaining in the battery of a hand held device may be generated. Then, responsive to such a signal, information may be copied from a vo... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209554 | Ringing controller In a telecommunications system, a switching device selectively applies one of two different voltage supplies to a common node. A first of the voltage supplies is coupled to the common node by a first switch and a second of the voltage supplies is coupled to the comm... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7197412 | Method and integrated circuit for use by a handheld multiple function device A method for use in a multifunction handheld device includes receiving a first plurality of digitally formatted files from a host device when coupled to the host device via a host interface. A selected one of the first plurality of digitally formatted files is playe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7176806 | Physical key to facilitate an inactive mode for a state-of-charge indicator within a battery The invention provides a system and battery including a state-of-charge indicator (SOCI) to monitor and display the amount of charge within the battery. The SOCI is capable of operating in a hibernate mode, an active mode, and/or a sleep mode. The battery may be man... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7148808 | System for battery alarm notification and a method for implementing same In an embodiment of the present invention, a clamp-on sensor is coupled at a single point of a battery string in an un-interruptible power supply. In embodiments of the present invention, the clamp-on sensor is a Hall effects sensor for sensing ripple current throug... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129706 | Part tester and method A part tester can be configured to prevent part warranty fraud by requiring the input of unique part identifying information into a part tester prior to initiation of the testing. By configuring the tester and the information input correctly, warranty fraud can be m... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126341 | Automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic device An automotive vehicle electrical system diagnostic apparatus includes first and second electrical connections configured to electrically couple to an electrical system of an automotive vehicle which includes a battery. Digital samples are obtained during operation o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7109876 | Battery capacity indicator in a portable computing device Systems and methods for indicating the status of a battery in a portable computing device are disclosed. The methods include retrieving battery status data from a basic input-output system (BIOS) on the computing device, and comparing the retrieved battery status da... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7098799 | Unit for sensing physical quantity A sensor unit sensing a physical quantity comprises a first voltage evaluation circuit, a second voltage evaluation circuit, an alarm signal output circuit, and a sensor output circuit. The first voltage evaluation circuit evaluates a power voltage by comparing it w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088256 | Portable electronic device and method of operation therefore A portable electronic device (100) comprises an attached device (190,195), a vibrator (175), and a processor (105) coupled between the attached device (190, 195) and the vibrator (175). The processor (105) is adapted ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081737 | Battery cell monitoring and balancing circuit A monitoring circuit for accurately monitoring a voltage level from each of a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) and a processor. The ADC is configured to accept an analog voltage signal from each of the plural... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081823 | System and method of predicting future behavior of a battery of end-to-end probes to anticipate and prevent computer network performance degradation A diagnostic system in which, at every point in time, a forecast is made of the future response times of each EPP (End-to-end Probe Platform) probe in a battery of probes. Thresholds are established in terms of the distribution of future EPP val... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079038 | Method and apparatus for communication between an electronic device and a connected battery An apparatus supporting both identification of a battery type and communications over an interface between a battery and an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a processor for communicating with communications circuitry of the battery. Ide... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076234 | Method and apparatus for reducing peak current levels in a communication unit A wireless communications unit 200, and corresponding method 300 within, is arranged and constructed for reducing peak current levels on a power source for the communications unit and comprises: one function, such as a transmitter 203 that is se... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061130 | Method of determining transition from starter to alternator function by monitoring starter/alternator motor phase voltage or current The present invention is directed to determining and controlling the appropriate moment at which a combined starter/alternator should transition from start-up mode to alternator/generator mode following an IC engine start-up sequence. The method relies on starter/al... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046156 | Alarm system for a motor vehicle Alarm system for motor vehicle, incorporating an alarm control unit which is powered by a main battery of the motor vehicle, a siren unit likewise powered by the main battery, and a back-up battery in the siren unit which is arranged to power the siren unit upon fai... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7038594 | Led driver current amplifier A circuit powering an electrical device based on a commanded current signal is provided. The circuit includes a linear current amplifier which sets a desired current flow. The circuit also dynamically controls a supply voltage in order to minimize power dissipation ... | 05/02/2006 |
