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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7286330 | Power supply device and method having a spark prevention function Disclosed is power supply device and method having a spark prevention function. The power supply device having a spark prevention function includes output connectors to which an external device is coupled to be supplied with electric power; and an output controller ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284836 | Nozzle arrangement including an actuator A nozzle arrangement 1 for use in an ink jet print head, the nozzle arrangement 1 comprising a substrate, a nozzle chamber 2 positioned at least partially on the substrate, a channel 3, in fluid communication with the nozzle chamber 2 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7281151 | Method of stopping data communication of a communication apparatus based on a detection of a power supply voltage drop In data communication apparatus for communicating with another data communication apparatus via cables, when a power supply voltage applied to the data communication apparatus drops and the application of the power supply voltage is stopped, a power-supply-voltage-d... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280848 | Active array antenna and system for beamforming An active antenna array for use in a beamforming antenna system. The antenna array includes multicarrier power amplifiers coupled to each antenna element wherein the outputs of the multicarrier power amplifiers are linearized. The antenna array communicates with a b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275501 | System and method using capacitors to power an automatic feeder system A method and apparatus relates to systems powered by energy stored in capacitors. The capacitors may be charged using any desired power source. The system does not require batteries, which increases the reliability and life span of the system. In one example, an aut... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277734 | Device, system and method for augmenting cellular telephone audio signals A device, system and method is described for augmenting cellular telephone signals for a cellular telephone. In an exemplary embodiment, an audio signal device cellular is provided with a sound generating device that stores one or more audio signals that are activat... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277681 | Interrogator of moving body identification device To reduce the size, weight and cost of an interrogator which is included in an RFID system and required to have a high output power, the interrogator for transmitting a signal shares a radio wave source or a power supply with a portable wireless terminal such as a m... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277736 | Method and system for managing a telematics unit based on vehicle power level The present invention provides a method for managing telematics unit within a telematics equipped mobile vehicle based on vehicle power level. The method includes receiving at least one mobile vehicle sensor input, determining a mobile vehicle system power value bas... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277738 | Integrated antenna and PC card carrying case A carrying case for a personal computer card may include an integral antenna. The carrying case may be secured onto a laptop computer so that the antenna extends above the laptop computer. The case may include a pair of hingedly connected portions, one of which may ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274748 | AM to FM correction system for a polar modulator A transmitter for a mobile terminal including a polar modulator that compensates for amplitude to frequency distortion (AM to FM distortion) of a power amplifier in the transmit chain is provided. In general, the modulator includes a polar converter that converts an... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274303 | Power strip with control and monitoring functionality A power strip adapted to support power status reporting as well as the issuing of commands to control functional operations of the appliances. The power strip may receive a command from a remote control (for example transmitted via radio frequency or wired connectio... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274726 | Method and apparatus for managing finger resources in a communication system In a communication system, a method and an accompanying apparatus determine a number of available fingers (110A-N) in a receiver (100). A controller (121) adjusts a threshold based on the determined number of the available fingers (110). ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274929 | Power management within a wireless communication system Enhanced power management is achieved in a wireless communication system. In one aspect of the invention, power management profiles related to application type are used to achieve enhanced power management. In another aspect of the invention, the interval at which b... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272118 | Method and system for selecting vocoder rates and transmit powers for air interface communications A method and system for managing communications over an air interface of a wireless network. A base station may measure a level of interference over the air interface. Based on the level of interference, the base station may adjust a data rate and a transmit power o... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268517 | Method and system for energy reclamation and reuse The present invention relates to a system and method for harvesting ambient electromagnetic energy, and more particularly, to the integration of antennas and electronics for harvesting ubiquitous radio frequency (RF) energy, transforming such electromagnetic energy ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269447 | Portable telephone terminal and power supply method A portable telephone terminal where power is supplied from a series power supply when the portable telephone terminal is in a wait state or a state where processors and the like are not in full operation. When the processors and the like are in a busy operating cond... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266349 | Multi-mode crystal oscillator In one embodiment of the present invention, two crystal oscillator circuits are coupled in parallel to provide differing performance according to mode. Generally, a first circuit provides low phase noise and high accuracy while a second circuit provides greater phas... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266396 | Self powered cell phone A self powered cell phone is provided within which kinetically generated variable electrical currents are rectified to DC currents, which are delivered to an internal storage site and thereafter transmitted to the operating circuit of the cell phone, thus avoiding t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262693 | Process field device with radio frequency communication A field device for use in an industrial process control or monitoring system includes terminals configured to connect to a two-wire process control loop. The loop carries data and provides power to the field device. RF circuitry in the field device is provided for r... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260417 | Wireless storage enterprise connectivity A storage enterprise comprising multiple storage enterprise components coupled to exchange signals via respective wireless interfaces. The signals exchanged may include power signals and/or information signals. Power signals may be exchanged by an inductive coupling... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260423 | Wireless storage device connectivity A circuit providing a wireless connection for receipt and/or transmission of electronic signals between a storage device and an external device such as a host system, a storage subsystem controller, or a storage subsystem. The wireless connection circuit may include... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254416 | Mobile entertainment and communication device A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254195 | Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for dynamic differential delay correction The invention is directed to a system for dynamically correcting an electromagnetic wave by processing two or more aspects of the electromagnetic wave along two or more separate signal paths; comparing an expected value for at least one of the aspects of the electro... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251485 | Wireless LAN terminal device, portable data terminal system, mobile phone, wireless LAN communication method, method for providing service, and method for transferring incoming call A portable wireless LAN terminal device attachable to an external connecting terminal installed in a portable external connection device, such as a portable data terminal device, includes a device body (2); means for transmitting and receiving (6-9 | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251510 | Wireless communication terminal and mobile type wireless communication terminal A wireless communication terminal includes first and second case members coupled together by a coupling portion so that the positional relation therebetween can be changed, an external wireless communication antenna provided at the first case member, an external wir... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251505 | Apparatus and method for alerting a user of increased battery power consumption in mobile terminal An apparatus and method for notifying a user if a mobile terminal is located in an area where its power consumption is high is provided. The voltage level of a battery provided to the mobile terminal is detected. If the detected battery voltage level is reduced by a... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247994 | Methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light The invention provides methods and apparatuses for mounting a wireless network component to a fluorescent light. The internal electronics of the wireless network component are contained within a housing. Attachment means are used to attach the housing to a fluoresce... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248902 | Multi-mode power supply device of wireless earphone A multi-mode power supply device of a wireless earphone is disclosed. The earphone is communicable bi-directionally with portable communication devices wirelessly through an antenna. The earphone has a battery set. In at least one side of the earphone; an internal o... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7249100 | Service discovery access to user location A system and method is disclosed to enable a mobile phone or wireless PDA to discover Internet businesses and services by accessing the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registry using a user's location or coordinates. The method facilitates th... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245945 | Portable computing device adapted to update display information while in a low power mode Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a portable computing device that has a processor, a direct memory access (DMA) engine, and a display controller may transfer data with the DMA engine to the display. The DMA engine may transfer the data wh... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7246249 | Reproduction control of reproduction apparatus based on remaining power of battery A reproduction apparatus and method for reproducing selected digital data reproduces digital data selected by a user, detects remaining power of a battery, and determines whether the selected digital data can be reproduced to the end or not based on the detected rem... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245888 | Phone energy management for low battery voltages The present invention provides a power supply arrangement with a DC-to-DC converter (10) for providing at least one supply voltage to a load (20, 30, 40) from an energy source (11). The converter comprises means for inputting (4) a batter... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242588 | Multifunction modular electronic apparatus A multifunction modular electronic apparatus for performing information technology and telecommunications functions comprises a first module (101) for performing a plurality of first functions; a second module (102) having substantially the same physic... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242973 | Portable electronic device An object of the invention is to smoothen the loading of a battery pack, to ensure the electric connection between the battery pack and the main body of a mobile electronic apparatus, and to reduce the manufacture cost. In the invention, a mobile electronic apparatu... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239896 | Method and apparatus to improve capacity and battery life of an ad hoc network system using sensor management A network having at least one communication device having at least one sensor to process and manage sensor added information to adjust the state of the communication device or to adjust capacity limitations of the network. The sensor added information can be shared ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236751 | Strap pendant with input buttons on strap for controlling attached portable devices An input/output device is adopted which includes a pendant strap and a connecting member connecting the strap in a ring shape. The strap incorporates at least one input portion. The connecting member includes a connector for the input portion and a portable informat... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233787 | Data distribution terminal, menu server, and distribution reservation system using them A data delivery terminal (12) is connected to a delivery server (18) via a radio base station (14) and a cellular phone network (16). A user can input reservation information of content data (music data) by operating an operation panel on... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230430 | Fast microcalorimetry for electrochemical cells The present invention broadly comprises a method and apparatus for testing electrochemical cells which is faster and more cost-effective than current testing methods. Accordingly, the invention provides a method for testing electrochemical cells, particularly batter... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7230939 | Home network using wireless module Methods and apparatus for implementing a home network including a wireless module. In one implementation, a home network includes: two or more host devices, where at least one host device includes a wireless module port, and where the host devices are connected in a... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231039 | Telescopic structure for a telephone apparatus A telephone apparatus comprises a body part (601) and a sleeve-like grip part (602) mounted to the body part (601) for longitudinal slidable movement between a retracted position and an extended position. Mechanically coupled to the body part ( | 06/12/2007 |
