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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 |
| 7274356 | Apparatus for determining the location of a pointer within a region of interest An apparatus for detecting a pointer within a region of interest includes a first reflective element extending along a first side of the region of interest and reflecting light towards the region of interest. A second reflective element extends along a second side o... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274353 | Capacitive touchpad integrated with key and handwriting functions A capacitive touchpad integrated with key and handwriting functions is provided for operation in key, handwriting and mouse modes. Several regions are defined on the panel of the touchpad and have several patterns printed thereon for the operation modes thereby. In ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272450 | Development aid device A development aid device for development of a ladder program for a programmable controller has a program memory for storing the ladder program and an outline data generating part for sequentially scanning constituent elements of this stored ladder program to extract... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272825 | Development aid device A development aid device for development of a ladder program such as a user program for a programmable controller has a program memory for storing the user program and an outline data generating part for sequentially scanning constituent elements of this stored user... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271795 | Intuitive mobile device interface to virtual spaces The present invention relates to a simple to use intuitive interface for mobile devices and, in particular, to a method and apparatus to permit the motion of a mobile device to serve as an input to the mobile device. In various embodiments, the relative and/or absol... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271809 | Method for using viewing time to determine affective information in an imaging system A method for determining affective information for at least one image in an imaging system includes sequentially displaying a plurality of digital images for viewing by a user; monitoring the viewing time for each of the plurality of digital images; and using the vi... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268772 | Information processing apparatus operating in touch panel mode and pointing device mode An information processing apparatus comprises a display device and a touch panel disposed in front of the display device. The apparatus further comprises: a unit for switching between a touch panel mode of operation and a pointing device mode of operation in accorda... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269439 | Slide-type multi-directional input key A multi-directional input key is capable of plural inputs through multi-directional operation, wherein the plural inputs are realized by a novel multi-directional operation, instead of the conventional operation in which force is applied to the operation surface so ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266774 | Implementing a second computer system as an interface for first computer system A method, system, and program for using a second computer system as an input interface for a first computer system are provided. A second independent computer system is docked into a first computer system. Then, the first computer system uses at least one of an inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266778 | Freezable projection display A display system and method are provided. The system typically includes a display configured to control visible light, as well as to sense an optical signal projected thereon, the display being adapted to freeze a projected image by storing the optical signal associ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266834 | Sharing functions between a television-based information appliance and remote control devices In an information system, caller identification information for incoming telephone calls can be selectively displayed on displays at any of the set top box, television, remote or keyboard. Further, microphones and speakers on each of the remote control and keyboard ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262764 | Universal computing device for surface applications A universal input device for use with a surface, such as a whiteboard, is provided. The universal input device can be used to control various computing devices as well as capture handwritten electronic ink and have the electronic ink be associated with new or stored... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7262760 | 3D pointing devices with orientation compensation and improved usability Systems and methods according to the present invention describe 3D pointing devices which enhance usability by transforming sensed motion data from a first frame of reference (e.g., the body of the 3D pointing device) into a second frame of reference (e.g., a user's... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259756 | Method and apparatus for selecting information in multi-dimensional space Method and apparatus for selecting information in a multi-dimensional space are provided. The method includes the steps of sensing the motion of a user intending to select information, and determining whether the sensed motion is an effective motion intended for inf... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259761 | Systems and methods for sculpting virtual objects in a haptic virtual reality environment A user of a virtual object or computer model uses a haptic interface device in the real world to manipulate a virtual tool in a virtual environment to interact and modify the virtual object. The user uses the virtual tool in a sculpting mode to modify the shape of t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259747 | Interactive video display system A device allows easy and unencumbered interaction between a person and a computer display system using the person's (or another object's) movement and position as input to the computer. In some configurations, the display can be projected around the user so that tha... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7259748 | Apparatus and method for controlling a cursor on a viewing screen An apparatus for controlling a cursor (10) on an electronic viewing screen (102) connected to a computer (104) without using hands. The apparatus comprises a detecting unit (108), intended to be carried by a user (106). The detecti... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256772 | Auto-aligning touch system and method A touch system includes a touch surface on which an image is, displayed and at least one camera acquiring images of the touch surface. A pointer contact data generator generates pointer position data in response to pointer contact with the touch surface. The pointer... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256773 | Detection of a dwell gesture by examining parameters associated with pen motion Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are used to determine whether specific electronic pen gestures with respect to pen-based computing systems should be processed as “press-and-hold” gestures (e.g., to activate right mouse button click actions). Such m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256769 | System and method for text entry on a reduced keyboard A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system comprises a data entry keypad associated with a monitor, and a disambigua... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257777 | System and method for automatic control of window viewing A system and method for automatic ways of prioritizing the presentation of windows on a graphical user interface (GUI) and for prioritizing and accessing information stored in cache that is used by a web browser. The viewing (tiling) priority of windows, the size of... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253803 | Force feedback interface device with sensor A force feedback mouse interface device connected to a host computer and providing realistic force feedback to a user. The mouse interface device includes a mouse object and a linkage coupled to the mouse that includes a plurality of members rotatably coupled to eac... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254839 | Secured access using a coordinate system A system and method are disclosed for controlling access to an access-protected unit. A pair of coordinates may be read from a base, such as a card, using a digital pen. The system may then check if the pair of coordinates are within a coordinate area belonging to a... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254376 | Wearable phone and method of using the same A wearable phone and a method of using the same is provided. The phone includes a glove; a display mounted on the glove and including a user interface, the display on which a virtual key pad is displayed; a sensor on the glove disposed under the display, the sensor ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254775 | Touch panel system and method for distinguishing multiple touch inputs Touch panel systems and methods are disclosed that can distinguish temporally overlapping touch inputs from single touch inputs so that valid touch position coordinates can be determined. Touch panel systems and methods of the present invention can distinguish overl... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251675 | Meeting system and information storage medium In a meeting system, supplied-data which is convertible using a virtual machine is transmitted and received among a plurality of processing apparatuses interconnected via a transmission line, and meeting data is reproduced. At least two of the plurality of processin... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250942 | Display apparatus and method of controlling display apparatus A display apparatus of the invention which detects an obstacle put on a display unit, and modifies a place or manner of a display to be performed, comprising the display unit having a display surface; a detecting unit for detecting a display-obstructed area on the d... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251350 | Method and apparatus for adaptive realtime system power state control Method and Apparatus of the present invention provides innovative real-time system power management with respect to user presence by using an image-capturing device and computer vision technology. The image-capturing device is to capture an image that includes an ar... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250934 | Aircraft dialog device including discrete moving mechanism A dialog system for dialog between an operator of an aircraft and at least one system of the aircraft including a display configured to display at least one window including a plurality of responsive objects respectively associated with one of multiple functions of ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248232 | Information processing device There is provided an information processing apparatus which occupies a small space and which is capable of supplying image information having high definition and high resolution. An information processing apparatus of the invention employs a head mount display (HMD)... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249025 | Portable device for enhanced security and accessibility A portable device increases user access to equipment utilizing a communications interface providing communication with the equipment in accordance with various, combinable embodiments. In one embodiment, a speech generator generates speech based on commands relating... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249212 | Bluetooth association based on docking connection A method and system for wirelessly coupling a computer with a peripheral device. The peripheral device is initially docked to a docking port in the computer. Detecting the docking event, the computer then turns on the docked peripheral device and listens for identif... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247832 | Signal processing circuit and method using analog voltage signal to pulse width modulation conversion A signal processor and processing method are provided for measuring current received from a photo-detector. Generally, the processor includes a transimpedance amplifier (TIA) to integrate a current received from a photo-detector in the optical navigation system to g... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245288 | Method of setting up pointing device on portable terminal A method of setting up a pointing device on a portable terminal according to the present invention has a first step for moving a user icon on a display unit of the portable terminal by the pointing device to follow a target icon, and a second step for acquiring para... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245286 | Cellular telephone A cellular telephone with a pointing device that facilitates operations for line scrolling and page scrolling, in which the moving speed of a pointer can be controlled with respect to each on-screen display. The pointing device includes a pointer-operating button ha... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245048 | Tactile panel A tactile panel includes a vibration panel, a yoke provided to face the vibration panel, drive coils secured on a circumference of the vibration panel, and a set of permanent magnets arranged between the vibration panel and the yoke. The vibration panel is held by p... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245287 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom A pad for a computer input device includes a top surface over which the input device is slid and a bottom surface, opposite the top surface, for contacting a support surface. The bottom surface having a raised pivot portion allowing movement of the pad about the piv... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242799 | Method of generating painted or tile mosaic reproduction of a photograph or graphic image A method for creating a hand colorable panel with a set of indicia for guiding the user in coloring to create the image. The method includes providing an image in digital form into a memory in a programmable computer, assigning pixel locations to the image, assignin... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243111 | Content analysis apparatus An apparatus for content indexing uses processing parameters that become available while processing multimedia content. One embodiment of this processing includes compression. A video processor receives multimedia content and generates processed multimedia content. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242388 | Data input device A data input device and method including an illuminator (106) operative to illuminate at least one engagement plane (102) by directing light along the at least one engagement plane, a two-dimensional imaging sensor (112) viewing the at least one... | 07/10/2007 |
