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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 |
| 8159592 | Portable terminal A portable terminal, comprises: a terminal body provided with a display unit to output visual information relating to a capturing mode, and having wireless communication functions; a touch input unit provided at the display unit, and configured to input information ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159593 | Display apparatus with a single detection object for determining open/close and inversion of the display A display apparatus includes a hinge unit that couples a display unit to an apparatus body rotatably around first and second rotational axes along different directions. When the display unit and the hinge unit are rotated together around the first rotation axis, the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149316 | Imaging apparatus with a rotatable monitor An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body, a monitor connected to the apparatus body, and a hinge mechanism including a support member. The supporting mechanism includes a mounting portion on a first end, the mounting portion being rotatably mounted on the app... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8111316 | Video camera In a video camera, air outlet holes and air inlet holes are disposed in a panel-facing surface of a camera body. A duct is disposed inside the camera body and guides the air taken in through the air inlet holes to the air outlet holes. A first heat sink is so arrang... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111317 | Image capturing apparatus with lens cover An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A sur... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8094229 | Display device The present invention provides a display device which has a display unit on a main body, comprising a cover member that can be deformed into a first shape for covering the display unit and a second shape for forming a grip in order to solve the problems in the conve... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8077244 | Camera having openable and closable monitors A camera, including a camera main body; a first monitor which is openable and closable on the camera main body; and a second monitor which is openable and closable on the camera main body; wherein the first monitor and the second monitor are configured so that the s... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068161 | Portable terminal with rotatable axial flip unit and dual lens arrangement This portable terminal comprises a main unit having a microphone, a key operation unit, and a radio sending/receiving function of image and sound, a rotation axial unit having a video camera and an operation dial, an image display ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8045038 | Video camera with mount A camera for mounting to a weapon includes a housing, a camera lens, a video recorder, a cover, and a mounting rail. The camera lens is located at a front end of the housing. The video recorder is located within the housing for recording images captured by the camer... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040422 | Viewfinder and image pickup apparatus The present invention provides a viewfinder including: a rail removably attached to an image pickup apparatus; a seat coupled to the rail so as to be movable in an extending direction of the rail; a display panel formed in a rectangle having left and right sides and... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8009220 | Image reproduction apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a recording and reproducing unit which records an image data obtained by an image pickup unit on a recording medium and reproduces the image data from the recording medium; a communication unit which transmits the image data to an exter... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7990457 | Mobile terminal with camera A folding-type mobile terminal is provided with a camera that is capable of accurately imaging an object. This is accomplished by mounting the camera such that a viewing direction of the display of the terminal is substantially parallel to a camera imaging direction... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7969497 | Image capturing apparatus having a movable display screen An image capturing apparatus includes a camera body having an image-capturing lens for receiving light to form an image of a subject and a display unit having a display screen for displaying the image. The display unit is slidably supported by the camera body. A sur... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7929040 | Recording and reproducing device including a movable unit A switch for changing the mode of a device main body accompanied with the rotation of an image capture unit and an operation section provided in the device main body and performing inputting or outputting operations of the external information are included, and the ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7903165 | Camcorder with a display A camcorder has a main body, a lens, which is provided on a front surface portion of the main body, and a display unit having a display screen, which displays incoming images from the lens. A first surface of a rear surface portion of the main body faces the display... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7880793 | Camera with mounting rail A camera includes a housing, a camera lens, a video camera recorder, a display, and a mounting rail. The housing is elongated and sealed. The camera lens is located at a front end of the housing. The video camera recorder is located within the housing for recording ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7859585 | Portable terminal having camera lens assembly A portable terminal is disclosed, having a first housing, a second housing that is rotatably combined with the first housing and moves toward or away from the first housing while facing the first housing, and a camera lens assembly provided on the second housing. Th... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7688375 | Digital image capturing device with a slidable LCD A digital image capturing device is includes an LCD and a main body. The LCD has a first fastening element. The main body has a switching device a sliding shaft, a sliding shaft sleeve and a second fastening element. The sliding shaft has the sliding shaft sleeve th... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7646417 | Mobile phone equipped with a camera The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7636121 | Recording and reproducing device When the monitor is slid to the inner side of the device main body, a portion of the monitor is faced outside of the device main body, and various pieces of information are display in one portion of the area, and when the monitor is slid outside of the device main b... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7626630 | Portable information terminal equipped with camera The information terminal body may be designed to foldably pivot a pair of flat cases each having a display unit through a hinge which is equipped with a photographing optical system for the camera function unit of which optical axis of lens is perpendicular to an ax... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7619676 | Camera lens and display A camera having a lens and display. The camera also includes a main camera body and a display housing. The display housing has a front side and a back side. The display is encased in the back side of the display housing. The main camera body has a front end and a ba... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7570295 | Digital camera A digital camera comprising: a main unit with a display device attached to a palm or back of a hand; an image-pickup section attached to any one of fingers; a detection device which detects bending... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7557851 | Portable terminal equipment Portable terminal equipment includes an upper chassis, a lower chassis, a connector therebetween, a camera holder, and a camera. The upper chassis includes the first obverse side and the first reverse side. The lower chassis includes the second obverse side and the ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554595 | Mobile terminal having rotatable camera and swivel hinge structure A mobile communication terminal comprising a main body, a folder having a display, a first hinge formed at an upper portion of the main body for rotating the folder about the main body in a first direction, a camera positioned at a surface of the first hinge, and a ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551220 | Image recording/reproducing device with dual-operated switch depending upon orientation of the device An image recording/replaying device, such as a video camera, has various operating switches which have enhanced operability so as to suit a mode of use. The image recording/replaying device includes an image display section chat is foldably, unfoldably, and rotatabl... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7522208 | Electronic equipment and digital camera A digital camera having a color image sensor, an optical system, a rotatable first switch, and a second switch that switches between various modes. The second switch indicates an intermediate point corresponding to the photograph mode, a first point corresponding to... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7508439 | Digital camera having a movable image display screen Disclosed is a digital camera which does not need a dedicated exclusive lens barrier and permits use in compact states in normal photography. The digital camera comprises a camera body, a photographing lens which is provided on the front side of the camera body, an ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7492407 | Portable terminal with rotatable axial flip unit and dual lens arrangement This portable terminal comprises a main unit having a microphone, a key operation unit, and a radio sending/receiving function of image and sound, a rotation axial unit having a video camera and an operation dial, an image display unit with a touch panel capable of ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7436445 | Image pickup and display device An image pickup and display device including a body having an image pickup lens, a display unit capable of displaying an image and having a longitudinal side extending along a longitudinal side of the body in a folded state where the display unit is in close proximi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437067 | Stand apparatus, electronic equipment using the same and its accessory apparatus A stand apparatus having the connector so as to correspond to a position of an electronic equipment being housed and comprises a connection inhibiter member to inhibit the connection if the position of the electronic equipment being housed and a turned state of the ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428380 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device adopts a modular design structure and includes a display screen, a picture taking module and a control module that can be swiveled relative to one another at various angles to provide different operation modes. When in use, due to the sw... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7414656 | Mobile terminal with camera A folding-type mobile terminal is provided with a camera that is capable of accurately imaging an object. This is accomplished by mounting the camera such that a viewing direction of the display of the terminal is substantially parallel to a camera imaging direction... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414657 | Image capture apparatus having display displaying correctly oriented images based on orientation of display, image display method of displaying correctly oriented images, and program An image capture apparatus capable of generating a mirror image of a captured image and superimposing character patterns on the mirror image. The image capture apparatus includes an image capture device and a display device. The display device is rotatably coupled t... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394485 | Combination image-capturing apparatus and method for efficiently combining a digital still camera with a digital video camera Disclosed is a combination image-capturing apparatus and method. A combination image-capturing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a main body, a combination image-capturing unit installed on the main body to be location-changeable that include fi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385597 | Information processing device with rotatable screen and external input device In an information processing device, system operations can be simply performed while a screen of a display body is viewed, even when the display body is folded against a main body. In the information processing device, a display body with a screen arranged on the fr... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369907 | Portable information processor and information processing method The present invention relates to a portable information processing device having a body part (2) and a display part (3) supported so that it can open/close and rotate on the body part (2). The portable information processing device has a stereo ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355628 | Method and apparatus of maintaining a video signal through brief interruptions of a related control signal A night vision system that allows a video camera to continue to be operational after a power control signal, such as a headlamp switch, to the camera has been temporarily interrupted. The system is designed to avoid a camera calibration or equalization process every... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353049 | Foldable information apparatus A foldable information apparatus includes an upper unit having a display, a lower unit having operation keys, a biaxial hinge connecting the upper unit and the lower unit allowing the upper unit to be freely opened, closed, and rotated with respect to the lower unit... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7353050 | Portable digital communication apparatus with reversible dual-axis hinge A portable digital communication apparatus including a first housing extending along a longitudinal direction; a second housing which is shorter than the first housing and which is adapted to be opened away from or closed on the first housing through sliding and rot... | 04/01/2008 |
