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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 |
| 6945365 | Method for allocating passengers to an elevator A method for the allocation of passengers in an elevator group. The group has several elevator lobbies and multi-door elevators. Each passenger gives his/her destination floor by means of a call input device, so that the passenger's starting and destination floors a... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6913117 | Method and apparatus for allocating passengers by a genetic algorithm The invention relates to a method for allocating landing calls issued by passengers, in which method each passenger gives his/her destination floor via a call device. According to the invention, the call is allocated to an elevator car to serve the passenger via gen... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6863161 | Method and arrangement for telemonitoring an elevator to determine its need for maintenance Method for telemonitoring the condition and state of an elevator and for determining its need for maintenance by performing an automatic test run of the elevator car (1) in the elevator shaft (2) to collect data for use in an elevator telemonitoring pr... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6293368 | Genetic procedure for multi-deck elevator call allocation Genetic procedure for the allocation of calls issued via the landing call devices of elevators included in a multi-deck elevator group, in which procedure a multi-deck elevator model is formed in which the limitations of and rules of behaviour for each el... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6236905 | Method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to platform positioning movement A method of and apparatus for providing self-learning correction to the error in positioning movement of a platform in a vehicular wheelchair lift or any moving member of machinery or an equipment. The method includes the steps of programming the platform... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6000504 | Group management control method for elevator The present invention relates to servicing a car to a hall call in a group management system which controls a plurality of elevators installed in a building. A group management control method for an elevator according to the present invention is capable o... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5932852 | Method and apparatus for allocating landing calls in an elevator group A procedure for allocating the calls entered via landing call devices of the elevators in an elevator bank forms several allocation options. Each allocating option contains, for each active landing call, a call data item and an elevator data item which to... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5780789 | Group managing system for elevator cars A system for group managing plural elevator cars according to a group management algorithm including plural parameters includes a seeking apparatus for seeking the optimum parameter set, the optimum set being taken from combinations of parameter values gi... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5767460 | Elevator controller having an adaptive constraint generator A group controller for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes an elevator dispatcher for controlling the operation of the elevator cars during single source traffic conditions, the elevator dispatcher having a constr... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5714725 | Closed loop adaptive fuzzy logic controller for elevator dispatching A group controller for controlling elevator cars in a building having a plurality of floors includes a traffic and traffic rate estimator for providing fuzzy estimates of traffic and traffic rate; a closed loop fuzzy logic controller for providing a contr... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5459665 | Transportation system traffic controlling system using a neural network A traffic volume estimating apparatus 1A estimates the traffic volumes of traffic apparatus, and a traffic flow presuming apparatus 1B presumes the traffic flows generating the estimated traffic volumes. A presumption function constructing apparatus 1C co... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5251285 | Method and system for process control with complex inference mechanism using qualitative and quantitative reasoning A prediction control of a process containing a non-linear behavior is effected by predicting a transition of process quantities (control quantities) of an object to be controlled a predetermined time period after the current time to provide predicted valu... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5241142 | "Artificial intelligence", based learning system predicting "peak-period" t i The present invention is directed to an elevator dispatching system for controlling the assignment of elevator cars. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method of determining the commencement and/or conclusion of UP-PEAK and DOWN-PEA... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239141 | Group management control method and apparatus for an elevator system In a group-management control apparatus for an elevator system with plural elevators capable of serving plural floors, hall calls are allotted to adaptive elevators in accordance with a predetermined hall call allotment algorithm, for the purpose of achie... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5168136 | Learning methodology for improving traffic prediction accuracy of elevator systems using "artificial intelligence" A computer controlled elevator system (FIG. 1 ) using prediction methodology to enhance the system's elevator service, having "learning" capabilities to adapt the system to changing building operational characteristics, including signal processing means f... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5022498 | Method and apparatus for controlling a group of elevators using fuzzy rules The present invention relates to an elevator group control method of controlling a plurality of elevator cars servicing for a plurality of floors, including the steps of applying fuzzy rule groups to a hall call when such a call occurs, and selecting an o... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4984174 | Information service system An information service system which supplies a predetermined information to a participant to an object system in accordance with predetermined control rules. The information service system includes an information service rule storage unit for transforming... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4760896 | Apparatus for performing group control on elevators An apparatus for performing a group control on elevators is disclosed, by which a total operation of the elevators for respective floors of building is controlled. This apparatus includes condition-instruction table which contains a plurality of predeterm... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4649515 | Methods and apparatus for system fault diagnosis and control Method and apparatus for monitoring and diagnosing sensor and interactive based process systems. The knowledge base concerning the process system per se is in the form of a list stored in memory, which list includes domain specific rules in evidence-hypot... | 03/10/1987 |
