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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159775 | Vibration identification and attenuation system and method A vibration attenuation method comprising identifying a hard drive disposed on an electronic device and, based on the identity of the hard drive, attenuating an output of at least one operation of the electronic device. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7369636 | Asynchronous communication circuit A counter value of a divider counter 3 that determines a communication speed is compared by a comparator 4 with a value calculated from a difference between fall delay and rise delay, and data is received with a matching signal serving as a data recept... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7321592 | Method of and apparatus for implementing and sending an asynchronous control mechanism packet used to control bridge devices within a network of IEEE Std 1394 serial buses An asynchronous control mechanism packet is used to send control messages and information to one or more bridge devices within a network of buses of devices. The asynchronous control mechanism packet is addressed to a device on one of the buses and is intercepted by... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7218422 | Image output control apparatus An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation u... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7196875 | Permalloy sensor having individual permalloy resist pattern runners with lengths perpendicular to a wafer level anisotropy A permalloy sensor having high sensitivity is presented A substrate and a sensor has a first surface having a wafer level anisotropy in a given direction. A permalloy resistor pattern of individual runners is deposited on the surface such that the mechanical length ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7057751 | Image output control apparatus An image output control apparatus includes a recognition unit for recognizing mounting of a recording medium, a reading unit for reading image-reproduction instruction data recorded in the recording medium based on the recognition of the mounting, and a generation u... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7011809 | Attrition resistant gamma-alumina catalyst support A γ-alumina catalyst support having improved attrition resistance produced by a method comprising the steps of treating a particulate γ-alumina material with an acidic aqueous solution comprising water and nitric acid and then, prior to adding any catalytic materi... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6927569 | Techniques for electrically characterizing tunnel junction film stacks with little or no processing Probes are electrically connected to a surface of a tunnel junction film stack comprising a free layer, a tunnel barrier, and a pinned layer. Resistances are determined for a variety of probe spacings and for a number of magnetizations of one of the layers of the st... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6912431 | Method and apparatus for indicating states of electronic devices An electronic device operation method and apparatus. A current state of a device such as TVs or VCRs is indicated as a graphic moving picture of a familiar character shape. Pictures containing an associated character shape are stored in correspondence with a various... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6735616 | Method and apparatus for remote projector administration and control A remote projector and administration control method and apparatus enables the integration of presentation projector resources in an networked enterprise environment. A projector server computer connected to the network hosts one or more presentation data/video proj... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6650961 | Disk cartridge data storage apparatus Methods and apparatus for storing data which employ a hard disk memory media which is operably supported within a cartridge shell to form a disk cartridge. The disk cartridge can be employed in the manner of a tape cartridge wherein the disk cartridge can... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6553456 | Library device and logical number allocating method therefor A library device, that is able to remote-actuate a recording/reproducing apparatus. The library device includes a recording/reproducing unit for recording or reproducing the information using a removable recording medium, a plurality of housing unit that ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6292846 | Interactive data transmission system including information recording and/or reproduction apparatus connected to an electronic control apparatus via a bus A control apparatus and a VTR are connected via an IEEE1394 interface bus. The control apparatus transmits a command to the VTR via the bus to designate a recording mode and a recording region of input information recorded on a magnetic tape loaded in the... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6219213 | Magnetic head with magnetic tunnel element in which induced magnetic field changes relative angle of magnetization which affects tunnel current The present invention provides a magnetic head which has a magnetic circuit of a reduced size to cope with a high density recording and a preferable recording/reproduction characteristic. The magnetic head according to the present invention has at least p... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6046765 | Film image input method and system thereof The present invention relates to a film image input method, wherein a line sensor is used as an image sensor to reduce the cost, and the image data can be corrected in accordance with the taking environment, which occurs in a case of using the line sensor... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6002558 | Method of and apparatus for expanding functionality of vehicle cassette tape-player decks to permit dictation or other recording and automatic remote station relaying of the same Method and apparatus for expanding the functionality of vehicle cassette tape player decks to permit driver dictation or other recording and automatic remote station relaying of same through integration with cellular radio telephone apparatus and the like... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5886847 | Apparatus and method for automatically performing channel change of television receiver using video cassette recorder An apparatus for automatically performing channel change of a television receiver using a video cassette recorder includes a playback command detector for detecting a playback command, a channel sensor for sensing a video viewable channel which is selecte... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5754257 | Automatic channel accord method An automatic channel accord method, which harmonizes first channel data corresponding to a first broadcasting reception device and second channel data corresponding to a second broadcasting reception device is provided. In the method, the first channel da... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5727060 | Television schedule system Screen (10) for a user interface of a television schedule system and process consists of an array (24) of irregular cells (26), which vary in length, corresponding to different television program lengths of one half hour to one-and-one half hours or more.... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5719763 | Frequency injector motion controller A high frequency injection system overlays a textured signal onto a digital control signal for controlling a motion base. The system includes a digital motion controller and HFIS generator linked to a mixer. A mixed signal from the mixer is amplified and ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5581529 | Combination of a recording arrangement and a source selection arrangement A combination including a recording arrangement and a source selection arrangement. The recording arrangement includes at least two different inputs for receiving different types of signals (e.g., analog, digital and/or optical); a recording unit for reco... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5550642 | VCR control of a cable converter unit A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission circuitry for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupl... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550644 | Video cassette recorder capable of automatically setting a television receiver A video cassette recorder ("VCR"), which is capable of automatically setting a television ("TV") receiver when the VCR is in a playback mode, comprises an A/V (audio/video) line connection detector for detecting whether the A/V signal output terminal of t... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5517256 | Reservation codes to automatically control a TV and VCR when set to either a TV mode or a VCR mode In a combination television and videocassette recorder device which is automatically controlled by TV program reservation codes, when the selector switch is set to the TV mode side, it is possible to automatically control the television by the reservation... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5502694 | Method and apparatus for compressed data transmission Text data is arranged into groups. A unique code is assigned to each group. The data is encoded so that the codes represent the groups. The groups and their assigned codes are transmitted to a receiver where they are stored as a table correlating each gro... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5473442 | VCE control of a cable converter unit A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission circuitry for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupl... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5451111 | Method of and apparatus for automatically outputting the image of a page A storage media (magneto-optical disc, for example) stores material data of a page, layout data of the page and an output control file having a preset name. The output control file contains designating data describing the location of the material data and... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5448370 | Automatic detection of kind of cable converter unit coupled to a VCR A VCR controls a cable box, and monitors television signals received from the cable box in a "closed loop" manner. By monitoring an appropriate signal the controller of the VCR can detect perturbations of signal level which indicate that the cable box has... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5420647 | T.V. viewing and recording system In a television viewing system, a VCR adapted for use with a source of cable TV, a remotely controllable cable box and a remotely controllable TV receiver provides means to determine all channels tunable by the various tuners, including pay channels. A me... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5361173 | Devices for controlling recording and/or reproducing apparatus utilizing recorded management data and interactive information input apparatus for an electronic device In a storage medium, data for controlling a recording and reproducing apparatus is stored in a management database recording region provided in recording tracks. Management data recorded in the management database recording region can include various type... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5341166 | System for controlling selected devices having unique sets of control codes A control system that can be configured to control any one or more devices having dedicated sets of control codes includes a medium to distribute the codes and a decoder. In one embodiment the distribution medium is a VCR tape. The VCR tape contains data ... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5329376 | VCR control of a cable converter unit with active signal detection A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission means for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled t... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5303063 | VCR control of a cable converter unit A VCR includes circuitry for controlling a cable converter unit, circuitry for detecting the presence of a television signal, and control code transmission means for remotely controlling a cable converter unit. Advantageously, because the VCR is coupled t... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5293249 | Video cassette recorder having a program reserving function involving a user-colorable opaque mark A video cassette recorder having a program reserving function for easily reserving a program by coloring in a desired time and date using a black marker and a program board is disclosed. For the programming method, a program board including sections for d... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5291343 | Audio/video system for television receiver, video cassette recorder, and so forth An audio/video system provides communication control units on both a TV (television receiver) and a VCR (video cassette recorder) and includes an information path connected between both for executing data communications therebetween. When the VCR starts i... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5262903 | Programmed recording method for VCR without tuner, and device thereof A programmed recording device for a VCR without a tuner and a method thereof are disclosed. In the programmed recording device, a microprocessor outputs a control signal when carrying out a recording or a playing, and voltage converting means converts the... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5151789 | System and method for automatic, unattended recording of cable television programs A system (10) interfaces a cable televisions decoder (12) to a VCR (14) incorporating a television scheduling system. The cable signal is supplied to the cable decoder (12) on cable (16) and the decoded output of the decoder (12) is supplied to the VCR (1... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5122720 | Automated fader system A moving fader system, primarily for the processing and combining of audio signals, includes a dedicated preprocessor to implement the execution of repetious input instructions. Other features contributing to the operation of the system include (1) "Look-... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5123046 | VCR with cable tuner control A video recorder, adapted to receive descrambled signals from a remotely controllable tuner/descrambler for multi-channel cable or satellite signals for recording or provision to a T.V. receiver, includes a future program memory which may be programmed by... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5113738 | Recorded music enhancement system A recorded music enhancement system (RMES) utilizing a recording media such as audio tape or compact disc with a separate track for a control waveform or digital code which controls secondary stimuli, such as pulsing lights, so that they pulse in time wit... | 05/19/1992 |
