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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8019544 | Real-time refinement method of spacecraft star tracker alignment estimates A method of estimating the alignment of a star sensor (20) for a vehicle (12) includes generating star tracker data. A vehicle attitude and a star sensor attitude are determined in response to the star tracker data. A current alignment sample is genera... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8000896 | Scale factor calibration and compensation for angular position resolver In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a resolver system has at least one resolver and at least one amplifier in electrical communication with each resolver. A reference circuit is in electrical communication with the amplifiers. The reference ci... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7912644 | Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS) A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the ap... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7822551 | Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS) A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the ap... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7542849 | Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS) A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the ap... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7526381 | Network aided terrestrial triangulation using stars (NATTS) A first apparatus includes an imaging component configured to capture an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location, a chronometric component, a communication component configured to transmit data representative of a captured earthbound image of the sky... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7447591 | Daytime stellar imager for attitude determination An automatic celestial navigation system for navigating both night and day by observation of K-band or H-band infrared light from multiple stars. One or more telescopes mounted on a movable platform such as a ship or airplane and directed at a substantially differen... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437222 | Gimbal disturbance calibration and compenstion Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to precision control system for spacecraft gimbaled payloads. Embodiments of the invention provide an innovative technique of calibrating gimbals disturbances to directly canceling gimbal control disturbances... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7411167 | Tracking a moving object from a camera on a moving platform A method to dynamically stabilize a target image formed on an image plane of an imaging device located in a moving vehicle. The method includes setting an origin in the image plane of the imaging device at an intersection of a first axis, a second axis and a third a... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7368745 | Pattern recognition system A star pattern recognition system (1) comprises an optical filter arrangement (10) in the form of an array (12) of independently tiltable mirrors (M1), (M2). Light from a distant starfield (2) is incident upon the mirror arr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7349804 | Daytime stellar imager An automatic celestial navigation system for navigating both night and day by observation of K-band or H-band infrared light from multiple stars. In a first set of preferred embodiments three relatively large aperture telescopes are rigidly mounted on a movable plat... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349073 | Efficient optical system and beam pathway design for laser-based distance measuring device An efficient optical system and beam transmission and reception pathway design of particular applicability in the implementation of a cost effective, compact laser-based range-finding instrument. The design is one in which the visual pathway may be made coincident w... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349803 | Daytime stellar imager An automatic celestial navigation system for navigating both night and day by observation of K-band or H-band infrared light from multiple stars. A preferred embodiment uses three telescopes with each of the three telescopes rigidly mounted with respect to each othe... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339731 | Self-aligning telescope Embodiments of the present disclosure include self-aligning telescope control systems and self-alignment methods. In an embodiment, a telescope control system orients a telescope with respect to the celestial sphere by pointing the telescope in the direction of an a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337097 | Dynamic modeling technique for the deployment of large satellite antennas A method for modeling a structure deployed on a spacecraft. The method includes determining a geometric shape that resembles the structure in a fully deployed configuration; generating time functions for a change in shape of at least one structural component of the ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7315781 | System and method for determining orientation based on solar positioning Determination of the orientation of a unit is based on solar positioning. An actual measurement of the position of the sun is taken and compared to a theoretical determination of the position of the sun. By comparing the actual and theoretical positions, the orienta... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310578 | Fast access, low memory, pair catalog A system (18) includes: a) A vehicle (12) includes an attitude or angular velocity control system (38), a plurality of star trackers or star sensors (22) each having a field of view (28); b) a memory (30) having a star catal... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301497 | Stereo display for position sensing systems A method for display of radar data includes performing a first radar scan to obtain, for at least one object (24), a first range reading, a first azimuth reading, and a first altitude reading. A second radar scan is then performed to obtain, for the at least ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7263242 | Method for detecting repetitive surfaces in an optical mouse A repetitive surface detector includes an image capture device capturing an image. An autocorrelator receives the image and generates a signal indicative of a repetitive background of the image. A controller determines a maximum and minimum value in the auto-correla... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7248948 | Apparatus and method for estimating attitude using inertial measurement equipment An apparatus for estimating attitude using an inertia measuring apparatus comprising: a Kalman filter 3 adapted to receive a quantity of state ω(t) from the inertia measuring apparatus 1, input the quantity of state into a predetermined system equatio... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7228231 | Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusion A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catal... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7219014 | Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a database A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catal... | 05/15/2007 |
| RE39620 | GPS airborne target geolocating method A geolocation method is applied for accurate targeting of a target using an airborne beacon as a pseudo star generated by a high altitude vehicle, and using optical sensors by a low altitude vehicle for imaging the beacon and target for generating accurate relative ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7216036 | Integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor An integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor for an aerospace vehicle includes a star camera system, a gyroscope system, a controller system for synchronously integrating an output of said star camera system and an output of said gyroscope system into a stream of ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7140574 | Inertial position target measuring systems and methods Systems and methods for contiguously and accurately updating target object information during an entire target engagement period are provided. The target tracking system includes a database for storing starfield information, an optical beam source configured to illu... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142981 | Laser range finder closed-loop pointing technology of relative navigation, attitude determination, pointing and tracking for spacecraft rendezvous A closed-loop LRF pointing technology to measure the range of a target satellite from a chaser satellite for rendezvous is provided that includes: LOS angle measurements of the target, a relative navigation Kalman filter, attitude determination of the visible sensor... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7136752 | Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generation A system (18) includes: a) A vehicle (12) includes an attitude or angular velocity control system (38), a plurality of star trackers or star sensors (22) each having a field of view (28); b) a memory (30) having a star catal... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136750 | Obstacle detection apparatus and method for automotive vehicle In obstacle detection apparatus and method for an automotive vehicle, a first importance as obstacle representing a possibility that a selected object becomes an obstacle for the vehicle is calculated, a second importance as obstacle representing a possibility that ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113851 | Practical orbit raising system and method for geosynchronous satellites A practical orbit raising method and system wherein a satellite quickly escapes the Van Allen radiation belts and payload mass and mission life are maximized. A satellite is launched that contains high thrust chemical propulsion thrusters, high specific impulse elec... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7079944 | System and method for determining orientation based on solar positioning Determination of the orientation of a unit is based on solar positioning. An actual measurement of the position of the sun is taken and compared to a theoretical determination of the position of the sun. By comparing the actual and theoretical positions, the orienta... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076341 | Autonomous manoeuvring for spinning spacecraft An inventive autonomous active manoeuvring method and system 1 for spinning spacecraft is provided having a capability to enhance the AOCMS performance of passive spinning satellites and to fulfil the emerging autonomy requirements applicable to new generatio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7062363 | Refinement of spacecraft angular velocity and attitude estimates using star data A method and apparatus for refining a spacecraft state estimate, such as an attitude estimate or an angular velocity estimate, is disclosed. The method computes a plurality equations using residuals describing the difference between observed star positions and predi... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043363 | Host based satellite positioning systems Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface that connects to a dedicated hardware space vehicle tracker. The tracker hardware interface rec... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7032857 | Multi-sensor guidance system for extreme force launch shock applications A projectile navigation system operable within an extremely high G-shock loading environment during the launch phase may include a set of Kalman filters configured to repeatedly calculate a navigational solution by solving a set of non-linear equations of motions of... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7007888 | Inertial position target measuring systems and methods Systems and methods for contiguously and accurately updating target object information during an entire target engagement period are provided. The target tracking system includes a database for storing starfield information, an optical beam source configured to illu... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6917692 | Kalman tracking of color objects A semi-automatic method of tracking color objects in a video image sequence starts by separating the objects on the basis of color and identifying an object of interest to track. A Kalman predictive algotithm in used to predict the position of the centroid of the ob... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6889002 | Recording medium on which navigation information is recorded and information reproducing apparatus therefor A recording medium and an information reproducing apparatus capable of quickly reading navigation information are offered. The recording medium has a plurality of recording layers, on each of which navigation information is recorded. Navigation information having a ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6863244 | Mitigation of angular acceleration effects on optical sensor data A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for compensating for optical sensor data corrupted by angular acceleration is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of determining an angular acceleration of the optical sensor and modifying the... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6859769 | Method and apparatus for creating elements and systems for description of position and motion of bodies in three-dimensional space to support orbital maneuver analysis The present invention provides a graphical user interface and software architecture that empowers the user to create new vectors, axes, points, coordinate systems, and other elements, and combinations thereof. The explicit means of creating coordinate systems and pr... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6859729 | Navigation of remote controlled vehicles Methods for navigating a remote controlled vehicle, methods for maintaining a formation of remote controlled vehicles, and remote controlled vehicles using those methods. A vehicle is navigated using the Global Positioning System (GPS). Upon dropout of the GPS, the ... | 02/22/2005 |
