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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7842893 | Electronic pen having an ultrasonic wave controller The present invention aims to provide an electronic pen that is able to prevent the reflection of an ultrasonic wave. An electronic pen according to the present invention has: a housing having a longitudinal axis and a write side tip along the longitudinal axis; at ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7342350 | Handheld device having ultrasonic transducer for axial transmission of acoustic signals A handheld stylus having an elongated housing, a writing and drawing implement disposed within the housing and including a tip extending through an opening at an end of the housing where ultrasonic waves radiate therefrom and are used for determining a position of t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7336262 | Coordinate-capturing apparatus A coordinate-capturing apparatus suitable for inputting handwritten characters or diagrams to a computer or a printer is disclosed. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic transmitter mounted on an input pen for transmitting ultrasonic waves, two ultrasonic receivers f... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7268772 | Information processing apparatus operating in touch panel mode and pointing device mode An information processing apparatus comprises a display device and a touch panel disposed in front of the display device. The apparatus further comprises: a unit for switching between a touch panel mode of operation and a pointing device mode of operation in accorda... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268774 | Tracking motion of a writing instrument Motion of a writing instrument is tracked from sensors located in the vicinity. The signals generated from the sensors are processed and used in a wide variety of ways. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248251 | Wireless display systems and stylii A wireless coordinate input system for a display system includes a stylus that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receiving stations in a projection plane. In an embodiment, the stylus may include one ultrasonic transmitter used for determinati... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7222098 | Method and system for online payments using sensor with identifier Methods and systems are disclosed which relate to online payments via interface surfaces printed with information and coded data. The coded data, encoded visibly or invisibly, may be queried by an appropriate sensing device. The sensing device communicates with a co... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206737 | Pen tip language and language palette A method and apparatus for receiving strokes of electronic ink in more than one language is provided. An input device is used to enter at least one stroke of electronic ink into a processing device. The processing device stores a language indication associated with ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7173608 | Bluetooth-enabled pen The method and system of the present invention allows a user to make notes on a paper book, where the information is transmitted to and overlaid on an online electronic duplicate of the book through a Bluetooth-enabled pen. The system and method of the present inven... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157649 | Contact sensitive device Method and apparatus using bending wave vibration to calculate information relating to a contact on a contact sensitive device. The contact sensitive device has a member capable of supporting bending waves, and a device attached to the member measures bending wave p... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158126 | Acoustic based pointing device An acoustic based pointing device and a system and method for using the pointing device to move a cursor on a display screen of a display device. The pointing device comprises an acoustic source that generates and propagates an acoustic signal that is detected by fo... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132612 | Orientation sensing device for use with coded marks A sensing device for generating orientation data when positioned or moved relative to a surface, the orientation data being indicative of an orientation of the sensing device relative to the surface, the surface having coded data disposed upon it, the coded data bei... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7119796 | Data input system A data input system is described comprising a surface 10, pen 12 and a plurality of transducers 14. The surface has a structure 10 such that when the pen 12 is moved across the structure 10, vibration is generated. This is d... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119800 | Acoustic touch sensor with low-profile diffractive grating transducer assembly A touch sensor having an acoustic substrate, an acoustic transducer, and an acoustically diffractive grating is provided. The grating is disposed between the transducer and the substrate, so that acoustic energy from the transducer is coupled to an acoustic wave pro... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109979 | System and method for recording writing performed on a surface A system and method for recording writing performed on a surface includes a stylus and a detector assembly having a base appliance and a personality module removably attachable to the base appliance. The detector assembly includes a storage medium which allows the s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105753 | Orientation sensing device A sensing device for generating orientation data when positioned or moved relative to a surface, the orientation data being indicative of an orientation of the sensing device relative to the surface, the surface having coded data disposed upon it, the coded data bei... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098898 | Information recording medium and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is constructed to include a plurality of information recording media respectively having a generally paper shape with an image display surface for displaying various information, a holding part which holds a holding portion of eac... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7091958 | Image processing device, image processing method, input device used therin, game device and recording medium To provide a device capable of providing input force by striking to an object while providing object movement that is not based on a mechanical structure. Image signals from a data processing board 15 are supplied to a displ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7088347 | Coordinate input device detecting touch on board associated with liquid crystal display, and electronic device therefor A coordinate input device is associated with a liquid crystal display to detect a touch or contact thereon. A transparent board is arranged on the screen of the display to provide a coordinate input surface having a substantially rectangular shape. At least one vibr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075525 | Method for designing reflection stripes of an acoustic touch screen A method for designing reflection stripes of an acoustic touch screen, comprising: dividing a reflection stripe of an acoustic touch screen into a plurality of groups according to an integral times wavelength of an acoustic; according to the distance between said re... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075524 | Coordinate input apparatus, control method thereof, and program Position coordinates in a space defined by the first to third axes of a coordinate input pointing tool are calculated. A coordinate output form includes at least an absolute coordinate output form in which calculated coordinate values are directly output, and a rela... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7075514 | Coordinate input apparatus, control method therefor, and computer-readable memory An arithmetic control circuit stores a set of coordinate values of a plurality of points for defining a coordinate input area in an arbitrary space in advance, and determines whether a three-dimensional coordinate value as the position coordinates of the indicating ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061475 | Acoustic condition sensor employing a plurality of mutually non-orthogonal waves A touch sensor comprising an acoustic wave transmissive medium having a surface; a plurality of acoustic wave path forming systems, each generating a set of incrementally varying paths through said transmissive medium; and a receiver, receiving signals representing ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7039547 | Method and apparatus for localizing biomagnetic signals A method for locating an object relative to an array of magnetic sensors in an environment in which there is present a noise signal having a fundamental frequency fNOISE, includes generating one or more magnetic signals by means of one or more magnetic em... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7027038 | System and method for locating on a physical document items referenced in another physical document The present invention generally relates to interactive hypermedia systems and more particularly to a method and system for locating on a physical document items referenced in another physical document. The present invention discloses a method and system for creating... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6974917 | Information recording medium and information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus is constructed to include a plurality of information recording media respectively having a generally paper shape with an image display surface for displaying various information, a holding part which holds a holding portion of eac... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6963331 | Position information input apparatus and method The invention aims to provide a coordinate input apparatus having high detection reliability and high efficiency and to control the influence of ambient light using a simple structure. The apparatus detects a light spot flashing on and off in a predetermined cycle a... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6940494 | Display unit with touch panel and information processing method A display unit with a touch panel to move a touch-driven member such as a functional button to a desired position through a touch operation. By touching a draggable icon displayed on a screen with a finger, the icon is changed in color to indicate that the user can ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6924442 | Electronic input apparatus and method thereof A pen input apparatus includes a plurality of penpoints for drawing tracks on a recording medium such as paper, and a selector for selecting a specific penpoint from the plurality of penpoints. The input apparatus including a type recognition unit for recognizing th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6894680 | Groping operation apparatus A groping operation apparatus is provided in which a command action can be specified by groping operation in reliable way. The groping operation apparatus includes a display device 11 having a display screen 25; a touch panel 17, which is provid... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6841742 | Presentation board digitizer systems A presentation board digitizer system for large boards preferably employs at least three spaced-apart ultrasound receivers assemblies. A current position of an ultrasound transmitter is assigned as a weighted centroid of time-of-flight position measurements based on... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6803907 | Wireless beam-pen pointing device A wireless beam-pen pointing device is proposed, which is designed for use with a computer unit, a presentation screen, and a beam pen. The presentation screen is coupled with a beam-spot position detector which is capable of detecting the beam-spot position where t... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6771254 | Stylus nibs for providing a pen-and-paper feel for use with a tablet-and-stylus computer A nib for a stylus for use with a tablet and stylus computer. The nib provides a desired amount of firmness and friction between the stylus and a writing surface of the tablet and stylus computer. A nib substrate material approximates a desired nib-and-writing-surfa... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6731270 | Piezoelectric transducer for data entry device A piezoelectric transducer is provided, in which a piezoelectric shell has conductive layers on the outside and inside of the shell, which are adapted to be connected to a signal input source. When the conductive layers are activated, the piezoelectric layer resonat... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6724371 | Presentation board digitizers A handheld device (200) includes a housing (202) having a cylindrical bore (204) therein and which terminates at a distal end (206) of the housing with a central orifice communicating therewith. The housing serves for receiving a portion ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717073 | Wireless display systems, styli, and associated methods A wireless coordinate input system for a display system includes a stylus that transmits ultrasonic energy to a plurality of ultrasonic receiving stations in a projection plane. The stylus may include one ultrasonic transmitter used for determination of three-dimens... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703570 | Digital pen using ultrasonic tracking A digital pen that has a writing tip includes an ultrasonic (US) transducer on a pen body that generates frames of US pulses toward a receiver base in response to an infrared (IR) synchronizing signal from the base. The first pulse of a frame is adjusted ... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6683601 | Electronic apparatus including pen Disclosed is a user-friendly electronic apparatus having a pen and a panel as the input devices. The pen is tethered to the apparatus by a cord on which position data is recorded along its length direction. Responding to the readout of the position data, ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6633280 | Touch panel device There are provided microphones 11A, 11B arranged at least any two different locations of edge portions of a touch panel 10, for sensing a ultrasonic signal propagated through a space, an input pen 12 containing a piezoelectric loudspeaker 12G, for oscilla... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6628270 | Coordinate input apparatus In the present invention, two ultrasonic receivers are provided in common for plural input planes, and the plural input planes are restricted to a plane not perpendicular to a line connecting the two ultrasonic receivers, so that the sufficiently practica... | 09/30/2003 |
