Bizarre Patents
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.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of PatentStorm
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest patents by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Got questions? Ask a Patent Expert!
Registered users: Manage your profile, comments and alerts.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7675427 | System and method for determining distribution transformer efficiency A system, device and method of determining an efficiency of a distribution transformer that receives power from a medium voltage power line and that provides power to a plurality of customer premises via a low voltage subnet is provided. In one embodiment, the metho... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7528734 | System and method for automatically detecting power supply voltage A system for automatically detecting power supply voltage includes a voltage divider connected to a power supply, an A/D converter connected to the voltage divider, a detection module connected to the A/D converter for comparing a digital signal converted by the A/D... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7443310 | Remote sensor network system with redundancy A multi-sensor network having a plurality of receivers and sensors connected to a common communication line is provided. A controller will activate one of the plurality of receivers, thereby allowing one of the plurality of sensors to transmit data to the communicat... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439874 | Load status indicator A load status indicator is disclosed for determining whether power is available to, and current is flowing through, a load. A first visual status indicator may light up when power is available to the load but current is not flowing through the load. A second visual ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436314 | Monitor and circuit arrangement for voltage regulator A circuit arrangement having a voltage regulator, which is designed to generate a regulated operating voltage, and a voltage monitoring unit, which is designed to monitor the regulated operating voltage for deviations from desired values. The voltage monitoring unit... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423539 | RFID tags combining signals received from multiple RF ports Circuits, devices and methods for use in RFID tags include receiving multiple RF signals from multiple ports. The signals are added after some processing, to produce a single combined signal. Additional components process the single combined signal by itself. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423546 | Device, system and method for monitoring a household electric appliance A device is described, for monitoring a household electric user (COT, LB, AU), in particular a household appliance, presenting an electric load, where said monitoring device (AI) is connected between a source of electric energy (PDC) and said electric load, said mon... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7411514 | Failure detecting apparatus The failure detecting apparatus includes an input circuit 13 connected to a temperature sensor 53 to detect various changes, for detecting the resistance of the temperature sensor 53, a monitor circuit 14 connected in parallel to the inpu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7355520 | Motor diagnostic indicator A motor receiving power from a power source. The motor comprises a motor housing, a stator at least partially disposed within the motor housing and supported by the motor housing, a rotor disposed to magnetically interact with the stator, and a visual indicator inte... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355864 | Switching regulator and its control method A switching regulator has an input voltage detection circuit which inputs a voltage applied to a rectifier diode 7 connected in series with the secondary side of a transformer and generates a voltage signal Vvp corresponding to the voltage, and a calculation ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352287 | Pneumatic controller A pneumatic controller for controlling a device. ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7333022 | Safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform A safety monitoring mechanism of a wafer fabrication platform is disclosed. The mechanism comprises a vibration sensor mounted at the loading apparatus of the wafer fabrication platform for detecting vibration generated during the operation of the loading apparatus;... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7327275 | Bathing system controller having abnormal operational condition identification capabilities A controller suitable for identifying an abnormal operational condition in a bathing system is provided. The controller includes a memory unit adapted for storing measurements indicative of electrical currents drawn by the bathing system under normal operating condi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7315255 | Load status indicator A load status indicator is disclosed wherein a green light-emitting diode of a bi-color light-emitting diode lights up when power is available to but not being used by a monitored device, whereas a red light-emitting diode of the bi-color light-emitting diode lights... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7298283 | Device for detecting line-disconnection in stepping motor driver A device for detecting disconnection for use in a stepping motor driver is provided having a driver circuit 3 which comprises a pair of windings 21, 22 wound in a bifilar turn arrangement; a pair of MOSFETs 1, 2 connected to the other end of eac... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295130 | Voltage sensing hand tool A hand tool which provides an alarm signal to a user as the tool approaches a live electrical wire is disclosed. The hand tool comprises a tool head and coupled to a handle. A non-contact voltage sensing circuit is provided in the handle of the tool. As the tool app... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7271579 | AC signal level detection circuit An AC voltage generated by an AC power source 1 is rectified by a full-wave rectifying circuit 2, which generates a rectified voltage. An internal regulator 33 performs waveform shaping of the rectified voltage. A comparator 42 compares t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7268685 | Radio frequency identification tag for transmitting temperature data and method therefor A radio frequency identification tag, used in a radio frequency identification system, includes an antenna unit for receiving an external magnetic wave to generate an induced current; a driving voltage generating unit for converting the induced current into a consta... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269764 | Monitoring VRM-induced memory errors A method and system for improving Field Replacement Unit (FRU) isolation in memory sub-systems by monitoring Voltage Regulator Module (VRM) induced memory errors. A comparator compares the output voltage coming from the VRM to memory. If the comparator detects a VRM... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265679 | Apparatus and method for indicating onset of high-voltage at an output locus of a signal converter device An apparatus for indicating detection of an onset of a high-voltage condition at an output locus of a signal converter device, the signal converter device including a switching network for switchingly controlling a potential at a circuit node coupled with the output... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256683 | Circuit monitoring device The circuit monitoring device is disclosed. The device is for monitoring circuit resistance. At configurable thresholds digital flags are triggered, the device can be used as a Security/Building management system. The device uses open technology is fully scaleable a... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242298 | Method and apparatus for detecting charge and proximity A method and apparatus is invented that provides unambiguously detection of the charge and proximity to an object. The method and apparatus are passive and function by using the background electric fields from electrical power wiring and equipment. The invention is ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7215251 | Method and apparatus for controlled persistent ID flag for RFID applications A Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) transponder is provided. The RFID transponder may include a basic ID flag circuit having a VDD voltage node, an output voltage node, and a capacitor coupled to the VDD voltage node and the output voltage node to store an ID fl... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7202621 | Power steering control device for monitoring reference voltage A power steering control device includes a torque sensor that detects a steering torque and outputs a torque signal having a torque neutral voltage is determined based on a predetermined reference voltage, a reference-voltage generator unit that generates the refere... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193428 | Low threshold current switch Low threshold current switch comprising a sensing transformer, a voltage multiplier and a switch enables monitoring a very low electric current in a power cable. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183934 | Diagnostic circuit A diagnostic circuit is provided. The diagnostic circuit comprises resistors and a capacitor. The diagnostic circuit is monitored to detect the presence of a load and to confirm the proper operation of a relay circuit. The diagnostic circuit generates an oscillating... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7154405 | Use indicator The present invention relates to a use indicator apparatus having a power-sensing mechanism and an indicator. The indicator includes a first state and a second state wherein the indicator is maintained in the first state until a required amount of power is applied t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131013 | Power supply control system and storage device for holding data just prior to the occurence of an error A computing section controls a hot swap circuit, and DC/DC converters based on binary data from an ADC and an interrupt signal from respective comparing sections of a voltage detecting circuit. If the interrupt signal is input from any one of the respective comparin... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126374 | Multi-level routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having transmitters and receivers A routing architecture in a field programmable gate array (FPGA) having a plurality of logic clusters wherein each logic cluster has at least two sub-clusters. The logic clusters are arranged in rows and columns and each logic clusters has a plurality of receiver co... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7119573 | Field-programmable gate array low voltage differential signaling driver utilizing two complimentary output buffers A low voltage signaling differential signaling driver comprising a first output line coupled to a delay circuit, a first multiplexer and a first output buffer. The first output line is also coupled to an inverter, a second multiplexer and a second output buffer.... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119701 | Techniques for detection of an active connection to a network An apparatus and method for detecting a connection to a data transmission network functions by detecting the network signal energy on a network cable while avoiding the problems of excessive power consumption and generation of excessive electrical noise. By monitori... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116240 | Method and apparatus for controlled persistent ID flag for RFID applications A Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) transponder is provided. The RFID transponder may include a basic ID flag circuit having a VDD voltage node, an output voltage node, and a capacitor coupled to the VDD voltage node and the output voltage node to store an ID fl... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116239 | Current sense components failure detection in a multi-phase power system An evaluator (210) having an input (207) for receiving a signal indicative of a channel current sensed via a sensor in a mutlichannel current sharing system, and circuitry (313, 319) coupled to the input (207) and responsive to the signal... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111272 | Parallel programmable antifuse field programmable gate array device (FPGA) and a method for programming and testing an antifuse FPGA The present invention comprises apparatus and a method for simultaneously programming multiple antifuses in a multiple tile field programmable gate array (FPGA). The invention comprises an FPGA having a plurality of logic modules with programmable elements. The logi... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110226 | Regulator protection circuit and power supply apparatus incorporating it A power supply apparatus has a regulator and a regulator protection circuit. On detecting an abnormality, an abnormality detection circuit in the regulator protection circuit turns the regulator off. Based on the output of the abnormality detection circuit, an abnor... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7106221 | Capacitive touch switch system for an audio device A capacitive touch switch system for use in an audio application includes a detecting circuit with a capacitive sensing device and a filtering circuit. The capacitive sensing device senses changes in capacitance. The filtering circuit filters external and/or interna... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102385 | Dedicated input/output first in/first out module for a field programmable gate array A field programmable gate array architecture having a plurality of input/output pads comprising: a plurality of logic clusters; a plurality of input/output clusters; a plurality of input/output buffers; a plurality of dedicated input/output first-in/first-out memory... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098799 | Unit for sensing physical quantity A sensor unit sensing a physical quantity comprises a first voltage evaluation circuit, a second voltage evaluation circuit, an alarm signal output circuit, and a sensor output circuit. The first voltage evaluation circuit evaluates a power voltage by comparing it w... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7078046 | Electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions having insulating external phase and conductive internal phase Disclosed are electrostatically-sprayable topical compositions, more particularly topical emulsion compositions, and methods of treating the skin by electrostatic application of such compositions. In one aspect the composition comprises an insulating external phase ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075334 | Repeatable block producing a non-uniform routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having segmented tracks The apparatus comprises a repeatable non-uniform segmented routing architecture in a field programmable gate array having a plurality of sets of routing tracks having a first and last track position proceeding in a first direction and having at least one programmabl... | 07/11/2006 |