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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7561494 | One or more portable remote devices involved with sports that can control time or whistle equipment on or off the playing area One or more remote control devices used at a sports event, by one or more officials, at that game, on activation can control, compatible game time pieces, without interference, that are located, on or off the playing field, with the option of initiating the sound of... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7450475 | Elapsed time indicator with moving disc An elapsed time indicator has a see-through region which has a plurality of windows. These windows are each congruent and are arranged at a uniform angular distance from one another. A solid disc is arranged below the said see-through region and has at least two sec... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7408371 | Apparatus for measuring on-chip characteristics in semiconductor circuits and related methods An apparatus for measuring on-chip characteristics in a semiconductor circuit is provided. The apparatus for measuring the on-chip characteristics includes an oscillation unit, a timing test unit, and a selection unit. The oscillation unit is configured to selective... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398180 | Vehicle technician time clock tool A vehicle technician time clock tool comprises a computer-implemented interface to a database, wherein the database contains vehicle service task-related information and time-related information, the vehicle service task-related information and time-related informat... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7364352 | Time measurement device and method A mechanism having at least a function of measuring an arbitrary elapsed time is provided, which disables the function from being reset after the function is started, and enables the function to be reset after the function is stopped. The function is continuously he... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362213 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a plurality of devices Disclosed is a method for controlling usage times for at least one device, including the steps of: (a) identifying a device to be controlled; (b) utilizing the device by a user; (c) tracking a device usage value for the device as the user utilizes the device; and (d... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359288 | Method and apparatus for automatically displaying a correct time and date when initially activating a clock Method and apparatus for automatically displaying a correct time and date when initially activating a clock. After manufacture of the clock and before it is purchased by the user, a basic data set, including the time and geographical region data, are input to the cl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7345958 | Swimming lap counter and method of use A wrist worn lap counter and method of use for a swimmer including an electronic lap counter/timer module and a wrist strap connected to the module for attachment around the wrist of the swimmer. The module includes a water resistant housing having a viewable front ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342848 | Lap timer The invention relates to an electronic timing device. The timing device has several modes including Basic mode and Lap mode. Additionally, the timing device computes the speed of an item being timed. Further, the outside of the device is designed to display informat... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338410 | Systems and methods for breathing exercise regimens to promote ischemic preconditioning Systems and methods for promoting ischemic preconditioning in individuals are provided. Ischemic preconditioning is provided by exercise treatments. The exercise treatments consist of breathing exercise regimens with breathing sequences of oxygenating and non-oxygen... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334182 | Serial data preservation method A timer circuit for tracking an elapsed time of an electronic device is provided. The timer circuit compares differences in elapsed times written to memory addresses of a memory chip with a periodic interval to determine whether any elapsed times written to the memo... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317664 | Multiplayer gaming button A multiplayer gaming button for tracking dealer position and betting schedules. The multiplayer gaming button includes a single input configured to set the primary countdown timer without using any other inputs and/or a primary countdown timer configured to be set t... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304914 | Golf watch A golf watch, which keeps time and allows a player to keep score of a person's golf game and records the clubs that were used during that game. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7292084 | Timer circuit with adaptive reference A timer circuit includes a current mirror, a capacitor, a first switch, a resistor and a comparator. The current mirror receives a reference current and provides first and second currents with a predefined current ratio. The capacitor receives the first current as a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289016 | Portable timer apparatus, home system and method of timing for an object A home system includes a server having a first wireless communication port, and a plurality of devices, such as sensors. Each one of the devices includes a corresponding second wireless communication port. One or more of the devices is a timer/reminder sensor device... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7280439 | Sunlight simulating microprocessor alarm clock The present invention relates to an improved countermeasure for circadian and sleep disruption as caused by a traditional alarm clock. It incorporates a lighting system at the alarm clock that, prior to the preset waking time, will emit a light that gradually increa... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274200 | Semiconductor circuit, method of monitoring semiconductor-circuit performance, method of testing semiconductor circuit, equipment for testing semiconductor circuit, and program for testing semiconductor circuit A semiconductor circuit is disclosed, including a DLL circuit for supplying a desired signal-delay amount. The DLL circuit includes detecting means for detecting variations of a signal-delay amount, and delay-amount control means for generating a delay-amount contro... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7255672 | Method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle The invention consists of a broad method of presenting audible and visual cues for synchronizing the breathing cycle with an external timing reference for purposes of synchronizing the heart rate variability cycle with the breathing cycle, thereby achieving coherenc... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7206260 | Interval timer An interval timer that is constructed of a polygonal shaped housing which has a time display screen and a pressure activating button within one surface of the housing and another surface of the housing includes a mode selection switch, time increment button and seco... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200707 | Electronic apparatus with non-volatile memory and writing method thereof An electronic apparatus with non-volatile memory and writing method thereof. For a specific address of a memory block of a non-volatile address memory, it can be written only one time per hour. The writing time limit of the non-volatile memory is significantly lengt... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196619 | Habit cessation aide A habit cessation aide includes a user-modifiable quitting schedule, a user-initiated habit-occurrence indicator, a display for displaying messages dependent upon the quitting schedule and the number of times the user-initiated habit-occurrence indicator is used, an... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190266 | Pre-installed appliance with warning system and methods of operation A limited-use appliance, such as a garage door operator or a home network bridge device, is disclosed which has at least one input device for generating an input signal and a controller associated with the input device and receiving the input signal. The controller ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187626 | Method and apparatus for tracking usage of a multi-functional electronic device A method for tracking total usage time of an electronic device comprising the steps of evaluating a predetermined usage increment timer until a predetermined time period expires, incrementing a total-usage counter, resetting the timer to measure a next occurrence of... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184370 | Waterproof pace clock Underwater pace clock allows competitive and recreational swimmers the benefit of being able to observe training times without having to stop to observe a pool area clock. This invention will be solar and/or battery operated with a reset mechanism allowing synchroni... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7167418 | Television including a timer The invention relates to an improved interactive television having a timer. The timer alerts a television viewer of the expiration of preset timers. For example, the preset timers may be associated with events not traditionally related to television content, such as... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167419 | Beverage brewer timer A timer is provided for indicating when a beverage within a beverage container is no longer fresh. The timer includes a timer body and a clip. The timer body contains electronic circuitry adapted to display a time remaining before the beverage is no longer fresh. Th... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7138843 | Timer circuit with adaptive reference A timer circuit includes a current mirror, a capacitor, a first switch, a resistor and a comparator. The current mirror receives a reference current and provides first and second currents with a predefined current ratio. The first switch, controlled by a control sig... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134783 | Device for adjusting a time indicator The device for adjusting a time indicator includes a gear train (1), the kinematic chain of which includes a sliding pinion (2) driven by a driving wheel set (3). The sliding pinion drives a driven wheel set (4) when the driving wheel set... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133329 | Device with time indicating means The invention relates to a timer device capable of performing one or more control actions in response to the time lapsed since a user initiated action took place. The timer device comprises contact means operatable between two conditions, timer means, and means for ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7126569 | Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device which has a liquid crystal display which uses liquid crystal with a memory effect. When a contact action with a screen of the liquid crystal display is made, information displayed thereon is written again thereon. Also, if no changes ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119799 | Method and apparatus for monitoring wet contact touchpads Method and apparatus for monitoring wet contact touchpads where the opening of the contacts and the closing of the contacts of a wet contact touchpad are monitored and sensed by a timer/controller. The wet contact touchpad forms a capacitor which is charged to maint... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7079452 | Time display system, method and device A time display device (“TDD”)—equally adaptable to watches, clocks, computers, phones, and vehicles—indicates the current hour of the day by displaying a color that refers an observer to the disclosed color-to-hour matrix, thereby eliminating the traditional... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7072246 | Wearable electronic device with multiple ring indicia display A wearable electronic device for conveying information in an analog manner at least in part by the use of at least one display hand positioned on the dial side of a dial, and a rotatable ring positioned on the opposite side of the dial, wherein the wearable electron... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057976 | Electronic timepiece able to be worn on the wrist for counting golf score The present invention concerns a portable electronic timepiece including analogue display means. Preferably, the analogue display means include hour (9), minute (10) and second (11) hands and two concentric date display rings (15, 16) vis... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057975 | Method and device for automatic timing in mass sporting events A method and device for automatic timing of mass sporting events is described. Participants of the mass event each wear a transponder with an individual code, which is read after the finish and is associated with a recorded time. Upon finishing, an internal t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058841 | System and method for implementing a timer facility A timer facility, comprising a plurality of slots, each slot representing a time period, and a timer logic module configured to receive counter information from a counter incrementing at predetermined time intervals, and update at least one of the slots when the cou... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050360 | Wrist watch with vibration function To provide a wrist watch with a vibration function which can more enhance the vibration effect so that even when the user is, for example, sleeping deeply, the vibration function can effectively act on the user. The wrist watch with a vibration function comprises a ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044919 | Test methods, devices and test kits A method for determining the time of maximum fertility in the mammalian ovulation cycle, for the purpose of assisting conception, wherein testing is conducted over a period of days in the current ovulation cycle on samples of body fluid obtained from an individual h... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7039471 | Method and device for calculating the steady-state time point of a controller A device for calculating the steady state behavior of a controller includes an amount generating unit for generating the amount of deviation of the regulator, a first threshold value calculation unit that detects whether the amount of deviation of the regulator has ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027362 | Multifunctional rotating ring in a timepiece A timepiece having a display for displaying a digit provided on a ring which itself has a plurality of digits provided thereon, wherein the timepiece comprises an integrated circuit operable in at least (i) a date display mode and (ii) a counting mode; a gearing ass... | 04/11/2006 |
