Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7301481 | Typing practice apparatus, typing practice method, and typing practice program A finger detector is worn on a finger of a player. When a key on a keyboard is pressed down, a pressure sensor of the finger detector sends a pressure detection signal to a PC main body, and the finger used to press down the key is detected based on the signal. When... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7269557 | Coarticulated concatenated speech Described are methods and systems for reducing the audible gap in concatenated recorded speech, resulting in more natural sounding speech in voice applications. The sound of concatenated, recorded speech is improved by also coarticulating the recorded speech. The re... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264473 | Replaceable faceplates for peripheral devices Automatically determining which one of a plurality of functions is to be associated with a movable member of an electronic device, depending on which one of a plurality of faceplates is coupled to the electronic device. A selected faceplate is coupled to a keyboard ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7109970 | Apparatus for remotely controlling computers and other electronic appliances/devices using a combination of voice commands and finger movements An apparatus for remotely operating a computer using a combination of voice commands and finger movements. The apparatus includes a microphone and a plurality of control elements in the form of touch-sensitive touchpads and/or motion-sensitive elements that are used... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6967596 | Wearable data input device employing wrist and finger movements A data input device that substitutes for a traditional keyboard employs the same finger and wrist movements that a user employs on a keyboard but without a keyboard enabling a user's hands to rest comfortably in the user's lap or otherwise as the user may choose. Fi... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951464 | Reading learning tool with finger puppets A reading learning tool which uses finger puppets having letters thereon is provided. The puppets could include pictures of objects corresponding to the sound of the letter. The finger puppets can be worn by a student and can be arranged to correspond to a word. The... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6941125 | Telephone adapted for emergency dialing by touch A telephone has a key pad with ten number keys arranged to dial the digits from 0 to 9 inclusive, each of these number keys being marked with a visual indicator denoting the digit which the number key is arranged to dial. The 1 and 9 number keys are provided with ta... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6850225 | Color-coded tactile data-entry devices A data-entry device having manually operable input means arranged in zones for operation by corresponding fingers of a user. The device includes means for color coding such that each zone is assigned a color and successive zones display colors ordered according to t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6419494 | Error feedback system and method for correcting habitual keyboarding errors An error feedback system for use in correcting habitual keyboarding errors makes use of a set of markers for the keys that are mis-keyed. Each marker has an indicating side which can be identified by a user by feel and an adhering side which allows the ma... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6089872 | Device for teaching typing An apparatus for teaching efficient typing comprises a glove (10) having a wristband (14), a backhand section (16) adjacent the wristband, a plurality of finger sleeves (18) adjacent the backhand section and having an opening at a distal end for exposing ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050825 | Opaque, one-size-fits-all computer keyboard cover which covers only the three or four alpha-numeric rows An improved opaque computer keyboard cover (10) which covers only the three- or four alpha-numeric rows of the keyboard (12). Function and format keys (12) are not covered which provides a one-size-fits-all design. This configuration eliminates the need t... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5655910 | Method of self-expression to learn keyboarding Educational devices using process-oriented methods are disclosed to prepare pre-school/school children, and teenagers for keyboarding. The devices include dual sets of hand/digit/phalange representations with indicia mounted thereon to provide pictorial a... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5571020 | Education device for assisting in the learning of keyboarding Educational devices using process-oriented educational methods are disclosed to prepare pre-school children, school children, and teenagers for keyboarding. The devices include sets of gloves and indicia applied to the fingers of the gloves to provide pic... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5554032 | Adaptive system based on indicia applied to the fingers for touch-typing/training Educational devices using process-oriented educational methods are disclosed to prepare pre-school children, school children, and teenagers for keyboarding. The devices include sets of gloves and indicia applied to the fingers of the gloves to provide pic... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5507649 | Adaptive system based on indicia applied to the fingers for touch-typing/training Educational devices using process-oriented educational methods are disclosed to prepare pre-school children, school children, and teenagers for keyboarding. The devices include sets of gloves and indicia applied to the fingers of the gloves to provide pic... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5486112 | Autonomous wearable computing device and method of artistic expression using same Educational devices using process-oriented educational methods are disclosed to prepare pre-school children, school children, and teenagers for keyboarding. The devices include sets of gloves and indicia applied to the fingers of the gloves to provide pic... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5314337 | Color-coded data input system method and apparatus A color-coded method and apparatus of learning to type is disclosed having three sets of flash cards which teach the location of keyboard symbols and the appropriate finger to employ a given symbol by the use of a predetermined sector-color-coded keyboard... | 05/24/1994 |
| 4909739 | Interactive typing/training system A keyboard instruction system (10) is disclosed which uses a left hand finger guide (12) and a right hand finger guide (14). The finger guides have a color coding for each finger on the hands and the character representing the home key that each finger is... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4715842 | Doll construction A doll construction is disclosed wherein fingerprints are provided for each doll, with a different set of fingerprints for each doll, and with a record being provided for recording fingerprint data and other information concerning the characteristics of e... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4465477 | Typewriter instruction device A typewriter instruction device is provided wherein the student has small ferromagnetic tips at the ends of his fingers while the typewriter keys have electromagnets which attract the student's correct finger when an instruction to type a certain key is g... | 08/14/1984 |
