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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436738 | Play-back device A body device has a dual mode function and includes: a play-back mode setting unit for selecting a plurality of play-back modes such as a CD mode, an AM mode, an FM mode and so on; and a control unit for controlling the play-back mode setting unit so as to select an... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7372958 | Portable communication apparatus A portable communication apparatus includes arrow keys for moving a highlight bar to select one of a plurality of information items displayed on screen and an Enter key for executing a selected information item. The arrow keys and the Enter key are disposed close to... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7359998 | Low-power CD-ROM player with CD-ROM subsystem for portable computer capable of playing audio CDs without supply energy to CPU A low-power audio CD player for portable computers permits operation of the CD-ROM subsystem when power is not being supplied to the computer subsystem. In one embodiment of the invention, the computer subsystem comprises a system CPU, a digital-audio generating cir... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343608 | Recording medium accommodation apparatus A storage medium accommodation apparatus is disclosed wherein the range of sliding movement of a panel for opening and closing a plurality of storage medium access ports is reduced. The storage medium accommodation apparatus includes a housing having first and secon... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7340749 | Method and apparatus to detect presence of or a size of a data cartridge A media-detection system for a cartridge-receiving device may comprise, according to one embodiment, a cartridge-referencing member mounted to the cartridge-receiving device. The cartridge-referencing member is resiliently displaceable by a data cartridge received i... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330899 | Apparatus and method for developing applications with telephony functionality One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates developing applications with telephony functionality. The system includes a session initiation protocol (SIP) gateway configured to interface with a public switched telephone network (PSTN). ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324833 | System and method for connecting a portable audio player to an automobile sound system An audio system and method are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an electronic device having a display, a memory, an audio file player, and a housing component at least partially defining a cavity in whic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310808 | Method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple streams of audio/video data from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control A method of and apparatus for supporting and enabling the selection and mixing of multiple input data streams from multiple sources within a receiving device allowing external control includes a receiving device, a control device and one or more source devices. The ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305694 | Method and apparatus for remotely controlling a receiver according to content and user selection System and method for automatically controlling a media receiver by instructing the media receiver to use a particular receiver connection and to play a selected media unit using one of a plurality of play modes according to characteristics of the media unit. Media ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289633 | System and method for integral transference of acoustical events A sound system for capturing and reproducing sounds produced by a plurality of sound sources. The system comprises a device for receiving sounds produced by the plurality of sound sources and converting the separately received sounds to a plurality of separate audio... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286887 | Audio player with sensing device An audio player (10) is provided with an image sensor (16) capable of imaging invisible infrared tags (78) on a substrate (70). The tags (78) encode identity data which is directly or indirectly associated in a computer system with... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269573 | Virtual-product presentation system Apparatus and methods for virtually presenting a product for purchase by a consumer. The product has one of the following characteristics: vibrations, a mass, a texture, a smell and a temperature. A memory stores a representation of a characteristic of the product. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266206 | Channel down mixing apparatus for car audio system The present invention relates to a channel down mixing apparatus for a car audio system for reducing manufacture cost and switching noise by implementing a sub-woofer down mixing portion, a buffer portion and a switching circuit portion to one body with an applicati... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266390 | Network interface cassette adapter and method A network interface cassette for coupling signals between a wireless network and a tape head in a cassette tape player. The network interface cassette includes an enclosure that is conformed to the cassette tape form factor. It contains a transceiver that converts b... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243131 | Information processing system using remote control, with device and method therefor A personal computer that is a controller transmits a reserve request for reserving a remote control. An MD recorder/player that is a target sets a reserve mode corresponding to the reserve request. The MD recorder/player prohibits another controller from performing ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236431 | Semiconductor integrated circuit for audio system A semiconductor integrated circuit for an audio system includes a playback processing section for playing back at least an optical disk, a frequency measurement circuit for measuring a frequency of a radio signal from a tuner, a display control circuit for making a ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231389 | Music search device The present invention provides a music search device for searching for a tune by using an impression quantity obtained by quantifying a listener's impression of such a tune. A tune database contains at least data of a plurality of tunes and a characteristic quantity... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7221625 | Multi-channel acoustic apparatus with DVD reproduction function In a multi-channel acoustic apparatus with a DVD reproduction function, comprising a DVD reproduction control unit for controlling the reproduction of a DVD, and a system control unit for controlling the overall acoustic apparatus and controlling the reproduction of... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214091 | Audio/video mainframe shaped as an auto head An audio/video mainframe shaped as an auto head includes mainly a frame shell with a front side shaped as an auto front head. Plural A/V output/input terminals and a power terminal are located at two corners of an upper section of the front side, able to be covered ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7212469 | Mixing recorder, control method therefore, and computer-readable medium including program for implementing the control method There is provided a mixing recorder which enables the user to readily produce music using overdubbing and/or other recording techniques while suppressing degradation of sound quality to the minimum and enables the user to easily find out his/her desired mixing resul... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209410 | Set of electronic apparatuses having first and second electronic devices, and computer program product A portable audio player (100) includes a decoder (14) and other devices for reproducing audio data, a microcomputer (16) for controlling starting and stopping the reproduction, and a radio communication device (24). An on-vehicle audio pl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203142 | Multi-source surround audio apparatus A DVD audio signal reproducer reproduces a DVD to generate a DVD reproduced audio signal. A reproduced signal determiner determines whether the DVD reproduced audio signal is a 5.1-channel digital surround audio signal or a 2-channel digital audio signal, and genera... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7194755 | Information signal transmission system and remote control device for the same An information signal transmission system and a remote control device for such a system for allowing a viewer to continuously watch, for example, in a bedroom a program the viewer has watched in a living room. A recipient of information is detected referring to iden... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181299 | Transmitting method and apparatus The present invention makes it possible to readily judge details of data transmitted through a bus line, such as channel structure, at a receiver's end. When data is transmitted in a predetermined format with units having a predetermined data length among devices li... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181298 | Information converting method, information converting apparatus and information reproducing apparatus An information converting method of converting audio information, which comprises a plurality of partial-audio information based on a predetermined record standard in each of which output control information to control a state of the audio information at a time of o... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171677 | Broadcast storing and displaying apparatus and video apparatus A broadcast storing and displaying apparatus including a network, a network management apparatus for managing the network, and plural types of video apparatuses connected to the network, wherein each of the plural types of video apparatuses transmits the state there... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170828 | Removable face plate compressed digital music player This invention comprises a two part audio system in which all of the processing power is allocated to a small, lightweight satellite part that is the face unit. Mass storage, amplification, and wired power for recharging the face unit is provided by the other part, ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159230 | Emergency alert system A system for inputting conventional emergency alert messages into a digital subscriber television system. The method allows existing emergency alert equipment to interface with the digital system equipment in the headend of a digital subscriber television system. A ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154819 | Adaptive high fidelity reproduction system Audio is adaptively associated with speakers, depending on the speaker configuration that is present. Each speaker it receives an audio assignment based on its individual spectral characteristics. As more speakers are added, content is adaptively associated with tha... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7150403 | Shutter mechanism used for card module A shutter mechanism used for card module opens and closes a card module slot of electronic device installed on a motor vehicle. The shutter mechanism has a shutter body and a card holding section. The shutter body is reciprocally movable between a closing position c... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138576 | Sound system and method for creating a sound event based on a modeled sound field A sound system and method for modeling a sound field generated by a sound source and creating a sound event based on the modeled sound field is disclosed. The system and method captures a sound field over an enclosing surface, models the sound field and enables repr... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134877 | Demonstration system of electronic equipment and demonstration method for electronic equipment A demonstration system of an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes first and second operation units which are arranged on a front panel of the electronic equipment. In the first operation unit, there are provided display device, various operation k... | 11/14/2006 |
