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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189819 | Sound control circuit for a digital audiovisual reproduction system Sound control circuit comprising a game port, installed on a digital audiovisual reproduction system managed by an operating system, characterized in that the game port in the sound control circuit is used to create an access to the configuration of the audiovisual ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184831 | Audio playing systems An audio playing system is provided comprising a first processing module, a second processing module, a control module, an output module, and a displaying module. The first and second processing modules amplify an audio signal and respectively generates a first firs... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175298 | Audio output system control method and audio output system In an audio output system including a TV, an AV amplifier, a DVD player, and the like, a simple control program decides an audio output mode setting, i.e., whether to output audio from a built-in speaker of the TV or output audio from an external speaker connected t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8130983 | Body motion controlled audio playing device A body motion controlled audio playing device is disposed with a sensing switch that can be covered in a non-contact way to selectively enable such functions as startup, shutdown, mute, and volume adjustment. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8111846 | Low distortion switching amplifier circuits and methods Embodiments of the present invention include switching amplifier circuits and methods. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a low distortion method of driving a switching amplifier comprising modulating an audio input signal to produce a half-wave recti... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8081781 | A/V amplifier and method for driving the same For achieving an audio reproduction with high sound quality, in a multi-channel A/V amplifier, front speakers are driven with a parallel-drive bi-amplifier arrangement upon stereo reproduction. In the case of the multi-channel reproduction mode, the switching circui... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077883 | Intelligent solo-mute switching An intelligent solo-mute switching system for an audio signal processing device having a plurality of channels. A plurality of multi-throw momentary switches are monitored by a switch interface to detect at least three switch events. A channel state controller respo... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068623 | Capacitive transducer circuit and method A capacitive transducer circuit includes a capacitive transducer having first and second electrodes. The first and second electrodes are biased by respective first and second bias voltages. An amplifier is connected to receive a first analog signal on an input termi... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8054996 | Video/audio output device and external speaker control apparatus An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the exter... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8019096 | Electronic device and external equipment with configurable audio path circuitry Electronic devices and accessories such as headsets for electronic devices are provided. A microphone may be included in an accessory to capture sound for an associated electronic device. Buttons and other user interfaces may be included in the accessories. An acces... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7978865 | Audio processing apparatus An audio processing apparatus comprising: channel determination section for determining which one of a combination of the first left audio signal and the first right audio signal and a combination of the second left audio signal and the second right audio signal is ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970155 | Video/audio output device and external speaker control apparatus An external speaker control apparatus causes only one of an internal speaker and an external speaker to output audio when a power supply of the external speaker control apparatus which controls the external speaker changes from an off state to an on state, the exter... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7929719 | Audio signal editing apparatus and control method therefor Interlocking flag, indicating whether or not an interlocked display should be made, can be set in association with predetermined editing operators. When any of the operators is operated, a displayed screen on a display is switched over to a screen related to the ope... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7916877 | Modular interunit transmitter-receiver for a portable audio device The invention pertains to a modular inter-unit transmitter/receiver for a portable audio device such as an MP3 player, a handheld device for playback of audio signals, a telephone, etc. More particularly, the unit is configured for an audio player device to enable t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7876915 | Audio apparatus having tuner unit and digital reproducing unit An audio apparatus comprises a tuner for receiving broadcast waves; a digital reproducing unit; operation switches for operating the tuner and the digital reproducing unit; and a control unit for controlling the tuner and the digital reproducing unit in response to ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7856109 | Audio signal switching apparatus An audio signal switching apparatus at least comprises an audio jack, a speaker jack, a detection circuit and a control circuit. The audio jack and the speaker jack are separately configured in a computer system. The detection circuit detects whether the computer sy... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844061 | Speaker system of utilizing pulse width modulation signals for saving idling power consumption In a speaker system, pulse width modulation signals are utilized for driving said speaker system, and duty cycles of both left audio channel signals and right audio channel signals of an earphone in said speaker system are modulated by said pulse width modulation si... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7778428 | Sound-source signal processing module A sound-source signal processing module is provided, wherein a first or a second sound-source signal connection is provided by a receiving port, and the first sound-source signal in a predetermined state is processed by an audio processing module, and the second sou... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7564983 | Audio playback device capable of independent operations in dual modes A play-back device includes a body device including: a playback mode setting unit for selecting a plurality of playback modes such as a CD mode, an AM mode and an FM mode; a front side speaker and a rear side headphone for selecting an arbitrary one of the playback ... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7519190 | Circuit for reducing pulse noise caused at switching of an analog audio processing circuit A noise reduction circuit for reducing pulse noise caused at switching of an analog audio processing circuit comprises a voltage division resistor circuit, an end of the voltage division resistor circuit being electrically connected to an output end of a switching c... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515722 | System and method for processing multiple audio signals and for controlling multiple devices with control signals The present invention is directed to a signal processing apparatus for processing multiple signals, such as audio signals, and for controlling multiple external target devices (for example, an audio recorder). In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a signal from... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7436971 | Mixing signal-path setting apparatus and program One or more input channels are selected from among a plurality of input channels, and signals of the selected one or more input channels are mixed into a first output channel. A particular input channel to be excluded from the plurality of input channels is set as d... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412064 | Presence control for guitar amplifier A guitar amplifier having at least one channel, each channel having a differential amplifier with first and second amplifying members, each amplifying member having a control element, an electron emitting element and an electron collecting element, the electron emit... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7390960 | Electronic signal processor An electronic signal processor for processing signals includes a complex first filter, one or more gain stages and a second filter. The first filter is characterized by a frequency response curve that includes multiple corner frequencies, with some corner frequencie... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389153 | Enabling separate chat and selective enablement of microphone Two different and separate audio data streams are processed through a personal computer (PC) system or other computing device so that the separate and distinct audio data streams are heard through separate sound transducers. In a preferred embodiment, chat messages ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7366309 | Robot A robot includes first and second microphones and movable portions. The first microphone gathers a first sound reception signal by gathering mainly a target signal. The second microphone gathers a second reception sound signal by gathering mainly noise other than th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366577 | Programmable analog input/output integrated circuit system The programmable analog input/output integrated circuit system includes a plurality of integrated circuit pins, an analog input/output circuit, a control module, and a switching module. The analog input/output circuit is coupled to the plurality of pins and determin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356154 | Audio player activated by greeting card retraction The audio player is configured to be attached to a gift. In one embodiment, the audio player contains an electric circuit including a battery, a switch, an audio memory and loudspeaker in a series circuit. The switch is held open by a card positioned in a slot in th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351905 | Apparatus for powering an electronic musical instrument Apparatus for providing electrical power to signal conditioner circuitry inside a musical instrument having a signal output jack mounted thereon to carry a conditioned music signal via a signal cable to a remote location. The power source is a battery mounted inside... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349546 | System and method for identifying a headset type in an electrical device A system and method are presented for identifying, in an electrical device having an audio interface port, a headset type. The system includes a microcontroller logic unit with an output, connected to a test network, to supply a test voltage. The test network also i... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340070 | Voice-data processing circuit and voice-data processing method When selecting a specific input source that can be processed by only a second voice-data processing unit instead of an input source currently being processed by a first voice-data processing unit, a voice-data processing circuit selects and delivers an input source ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333627 | Auxiliary playpen speaker A portable auxiliary speaker for a playpen or a crib comprising a housing incorporating a loudspeaker, the housing being adapted to receive at least a portion of a framework of a crib or a playpen to mount the housing to the crib or the playpen, wherein the housing ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7308188 | Audio reproducing apparatus Even when both a digital audio signal and an analog audio signal are inputted, a type of inputted digital audio signal is identified, and an internal signal path is automatically switched based on the result of the identification operation and previously set content... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305097 | Controlling fading and surround signal level Systems and techniques for controlling a surround sound system having multiple input signals and multiple spatially diverse transducers may include defining a first control region and a second control region. When operating in the first control region, a first set o... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7272232 | System and method for prioritizing and balancing simultaneous audio outputs in a handheld device A system and method for prioritizing multiple audio sources and balancing them in a single combined output in a handheld device. Audio sources are sensed and combined with the level of each source subject to adjustment by an attenuator/amplifier. A priority logic un... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269265 | Method for switching audio signals and the device of the same The method and apparatus are provided for several audio signal processing apparatuses to share at least one audio output device. Several audio signals sent from the audio signal processing apparatuses are received. The DC levels of the audio signals are shifted to a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254415 | Portable wireless terminal, method of outputting sound, and method of picking up sound A portable wireless terminal provides a signal output circuit for outputting an audio signal to a speaker or to earphones from an earphone jack via a plug, and a controller for controlling the signal output circuit to output an arbitrary audio signal or another audi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251332 | Portable audio devices The components of a portable personal audio system include first and second audio signal source devices, such as an MP3 player (14) and telephone (16). These are connected via respective leads (12) to a control and switching stage (22), a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230557 | Audio codec adapted to dual bit-streams and methods for use therewith A audio codec includes a first analog to digital converter for producing a first one-bit data stream, a second one-bit data stream is received from a digital microphone. A selection module produces a one-bit output signal that is the first one-bit data stream when a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227964 | Audio signal processing apparatus and audio signal processing method Herein disclosed is an audio signal processing apparatus comprising first audio signal processing means for processing an audio signal within a first process time; second audio signal processing means for processing the audio signal within a second process time whic... | 06/05/2007 |
