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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028012 | Dominos calculator This is a calculator for tabulating the score in the game of dominos or other tile or card games, wherein the score is determined by symbols or colors rather than numerals, comprising a housing, a display panel, a control panel having a plurality of mathematical fun... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7917558 | Easily graspable numerical expression display apparatus When a numerical expression (FIG. 6(a)) is inputted to a mathematical calculator (1) and then a rough display key (27) is depressed, calculation units composing the numerical expression are converted to display blocks, whereby the numeric... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899853 | Handheld computational device having securing elements In another aspect, a handheld electronic device is disclosed that includes a body sized and shaped for holding by one hand of a user. The device further includes a user interface comprising a plurality of buttons for operating the device and at least one securing el... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7882163 | Electronic abacus and operation method of the electronic abacus An electronic abacus includes a calculating apparatus, an input apparatus and a display apparatus. The input apparatus and the display apparatus are connected to the calculating apparatus respectively. The calculating apparatus receives the input information from th... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7526517 | Measurement instrument A measurement instrument reads information on the guarantee number-of-measurements issued depending on the payment of purchased consumables from a magnetic card (21), stores the information in a guarantee number of measurements storage unit (31), store... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7346593 | Autoregressive model learning device for time-series data and a device to detect outlier and change point using the same For sequentially input data string, the outliner and the change point are detected through calculation of the outlier score and the change point score by combining a time-series model learning device to learn the generation mechanism of the read data series as the t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339514 | Remote control transmits XML-document A remote control (3, 4) for controlling source devices (PC, DVD, RADIO, MP3, TV1, TV2) and playback devices (B1, B2, TV1, TV2, M) sends a command document (DOC) containing a control command (SB) in the form of text to... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324838 | Systems and methods for modifying the graphics output of an application A method of modifying the graphics output of an application written for a reference mobile device in order to optimize the graphics output for a target mobile device is disclosed. The target mobile device has a display having different characteristics from the refer... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324082 | Portable data processing device with one touch control and switching method thereof A portable data processing device with one touch control and a switching method thereof apply to the portable data processing device with a touch pad and a built-in one touch control official system, and users can directly press the key on the touch pad to execute t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7289120 | Graphic display control apparatus and program A geometrical graphic form (for example, a straight line 100) displayed on a geometrical window GW1 is selected, and a copy operation is carried out. When pasting is carried out for a formula window CW1, the selected geometrical form object is c... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7272621 | Previous calculation reuse in a calculator A method of reusing an expression in a hand-held calculator and corresponding apparatus therefore are described. At least one user-entered expression is received and displayed. The user-entered expression is evaluated and the result displayed. A first user input req... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7265970 | Apparatus An apparatus (1) for supporting a mobile electronic display system. The mobile electronic display system includes a display element (11) and a power source (12). In use a wearable computer (4) controls operation of the display element ( | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259539 | Method and apparatus for charging a rechargeable battery In a secondary cell charging apparatus and secondary cell charging method, an internal power supply circuit of a personal computer is used as a power supply for performing a charging operation on a secondary cell. The personal computer uses a charging processing ope... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250845 | Radio frequency identification device with movable antenna A preferred embodiment of a hand-held radio frequency identification reader includes a first casing suitable for being grasped by a user, a second casing, and a transceiver housed within one of the first and second casings. The reader also includes an antenna housed... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251775 | System and method for visual history presentation and management A method and computer program for managing and presenting a visual history of web pages accessed by a user. This method and computer program is able to create a screen of thumbnail snapshots of web pages for presentation to a user. These thumbnail snapshots are redu... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240843 | Universal club card and real-time coupon validation Embodiments of the invention relate to a system and method for real-time validation and redemption of paper and electronic coupons; electronic coupon distribution; electronic clearing and reporting of paper and electronic coupon redemptions; and an “Universal Club... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7201580 | Inexpensive computer-aided learning methods and apparatus for learners A computer-aided learning method and apparatus for a learning user to learn materials inexpensively. Not only does the apparatus provide the user the freedom as to where and when to learn, and the guidance as to what to learn, the apparatus also reduces a significan... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7182264 | IC-card service period setting method, IC card, IC card case and battery charger A method of setting validity period of IC card, includes preparing IC card including change unit whose state changes with lapse of time starting from initial state without external power, measuring unit configured to measure state of change unit so as to generate in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182251 | IC-card service period setting method, IC card, IC card case and battery charger A method of setting validity period of IC card, includes preparing IC card including change unit whose state changes with lapse of time starting from initial state without external power, measuring unit configured to measure state of change unit so as to generate in... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7171569 | Apparatus, method and program product for preventing system mode change by mistaken instruction An information processing apparatus that allows the operating mode of a system to be changed according to the input of a user instruction includes a request signal obtaining module for obtaining a change request signal for requesting the change of the operating mode... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7139850 | System for processing programmable buttons using system interrupts System for processing programmable buttons using system control interrupts in a portable device. The system comprises a programmable button that comprises logic to generate a selected system control interrupt when actuated. The system also comprises interrupt logic ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134600 | IC-card service period setting method, IC card, IC card case and battery charger A method of setting validity period of IC card, comprises preparing IC card including change unit whose state changes with lapse of time starting from initial state without external power, measuring unit configured to measure state of change unit so as to generate i... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113394 | Multipurpose extractable keyboard module cartridge A multipurpose extractable keyboard module cartridge, which is constructed to include a module cartridge and a keyboard. Structural characteristics include a plurality of connector ports configured at a side of the keyboard, wherewith enables connecting of digital p... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099905 | Novelty calculator system for amusement A novelty calculator and system of input and data manipulation for amusement. The preferred embodiment of the device contemplates a calculator having a body, keyboard for input of numerical data and functions, and a display similar to standard calculators. However, ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099070 | Multi-imager multi-source multi-use coded data source data input product Working with an information system operating an application—are an imager, a coded data source, and a computer-readable signal-bearing medium signal (FIG. 1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53,... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7076438 | Systems and methods for determining nutrients within dietary intake The present invention uses market research data to access nutrient intakes of a population. Dietary collection using 24-hour recall generally does not reflect a pattern of “usual” intake behavior for a population group. To determine the impact of food consumptio... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7035885 | Machinist calculating apparatus A hand-held calculating apparatus for solving a plurality of formula-related calculations and conversions commonly encountered in the machinist trade having a visual display and a keyboard including key groupings denominated as basic arithmetic and memory, function ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031798 | Event management systems and methods for the distribution of motion control commands A motion control system for controlling a target device to perform a desired motion operation. The motion control system comprises at least one motion event provider, a motion event manager, and a motion control component. The motion event provider is configured to ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7004582 | Electronically enabled eyewear A wearable audio interface includes a support for positioning the plurality of speakers juxtaposed to and spaced from the ears of a wearer. The audio device can include wireless networking electronics so as to allow the device to interact with other wireless network... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7007117 | Identifying a type of connection and selecting a corresponding form of an application A method and system for automatically identifying the type of communication interface used to couple a portable computer system with a second computer system, and for selecting the form of an application that is used with the type of interface. For example, a debugg... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6973560 | Fault tolerant and combinatorial software environment system, method and medium A fault tolerant software environment, in which various program components (e.g., portions of computer programs, applications, etc) are objectized into entities represented by “codons.” This allows for improper syntax to occur, enabling, for example, combinatori... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6961630 | Hybrid microcontroller system and method A hybrid microcontroller system for controlling a function of a device in an apparatus. The system controls the switching of the device so as to inhibit the formation of an abrupt transient spike between a pair of current switching contacts. Also, the system enables... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6903652 | Input apparatus for vehicle-installed instruments A input apparatus for vehicle-installed instruments includes main input unit (operation unit) being placed in the proximity of a driver's seat for a user (driver) to switch a plurality of indicators displayed on a display screen into a selection mode and select any ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6895419 | Hand-held computerized data collection terminal A portable terminal is provided with an internal connector accessible via an opening at one end of the terminal. A peripheral device is integrated with the terminal by coupling a peripheral circuit with the connector via the opening. A peripheral housing may serve t... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6874005 | Subexpression selection of expression represented in contiguous tokenized polish representation An algorithm and handheld device adapted to select a subexpression of a mathematical expression. An expression string of the handheld device is selected, and the expression string is converted to a contiguous tokenized Polish representation (CTPR) of the expression,... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6865586 | Calculator capable of recovering cleared values A calculator comprises an input having an UNDO key for recovering cleared values. When displayed data or recorded data of memory is cleared by pressing one of deletion keys, the cleared data is pushed into a stack register. A flag register is set when the displayed ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6820800 | Electronic calculator An electronic calculator having means for enabling a user to input a calculation, characterized in that the calculator has a mode of operation in which the user is required to input additionally at least one estimate of the result of the calculation before the corre... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6795838 | Apparatus and method for transforming mathematical expression, and storage medium An apparatus capable of obtaining a result which is desired by an operator, canceling a result when an erroneous operation is performed and facilitating creation of a mathematical expression is provided. This apparatus comprises an indicating mechanism for outputtin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6742162 | System and method for calculation using formulas in number fields Systems and methods for computer-based numerical calculation using a calcsheet are provided. A calcsheet may provide one or more columns for vertical calculation, each column having a plurality of fields including operation fields, number fields, and optional commen... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6697827 | Palm top computer in which rocker switch controls dictation functions A palm top computing device includes a rocker switch used to navigate among files stored in the computing device and/or among functions that may be selectable by a user. One function selectable by the user is a dictation mode of operation of the computing... | 02/24/2004 |
