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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7683800 | Dog bark door bell notification and personal protection system A door bell notification and personal protection system includes a warning notification module adapted to recognize at least one of a door bell notification from a door bell ringer or emergency transmission signal from a wireless transmitter and thereafter provide a... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7385528 | Combination ceiling fan with light and sound generator A ceiling fan with a light and sound generator is disclosed where the blades of the ceiling fan resemble the rotor blades of a helicopter. Under the blades of the ceiling fan a fixed or replaceable body of a helicopter is located or locatable. The blades of the heli... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7378981 | Tip jar providing audible and visible signals A tip jar system comprises a receptacle for receiving a deposit of money and a signaling apparatus for sensing the presence of a person depositing the money in the receptacle and for responding to the sensed presence. The signal provided is generally of an amusing s... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365646 | Children's potty alarm A children's potty alarm is disclosed. The children's potty alarm includes a base. A simulated bedroom/bathroom setting which may include a dancing bear or other character is provided on the base. A microprocessor is provided in the base. A speaker is connected to t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7256685 | Applause device An applause device including a sound generator capable of generating at least one applause sound. The sound generator preferably can generate at least one sound which can indicate approval or disapproval, such as clapping, hollering, whistling, booing, and hissing. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7242312 | Product state display system, and program and recording medium for the same A product state display system operates so that a person who looks at a pseudo living matter can easily understand the state of an industrial product at first glance in the case where the state of the product is represented by displaying the pseudo living matter. Th... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239248 | Level/position sensor and related electronic circuitry for interactive toy A sensor for use in an interactive electronic device. The sensor is operative to generate a plurality of different output signals corresponding to respective positions of the sensor relative to a reference plane. The movement of the sensor relative to the reference ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7218238 | Fire alarm system with method of building occupant evacuation A fire alarm system is provided including a controller having a signaling delay, a plurality of smoke and/or heat detectors, a plurality of audible devices which may include sirens, public announcement devices and the like, and a plurality of visible devices which m... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7199724 | Method and apparatus to aide in emergency egress A method and apparatus are provided to aide in emergency egress of a structure. More particularly, egress indicators are co-located with hazard sensors. During detection of a hazard condition, locations of sensors detecting the hazard are identified and a pathway di... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7173534 | Bird control system A computer based bird control system is provided. The bird control system utilizes an impactor that is attachable to a structure, such as an I-beam or other similarly sized and dimensioned metal object, to create an acoustic impact noise similar to a whacking of the... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7159500 | Public network weapon system and method Embodiments of the invention enable the dynamic discovery and operation of at least one over a public network such as the Internet. The system may comprise dynamically discoverable sensors such as a video camera or video surveillance system or any other type of sens... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7154379 | Premise evacuation system An evacuation system using a combination of elements, such as an on-site weather station (2), a computer system (1) with proprietary software, sensors and other elements to determine a safe direction of evacuation from a premises (11) in case of... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7127070 | Loudspeaker broadcasting system and loudspeaker broadcasting apparatus To provide a loudspeaker broadcasting system and a loudspeaker broadcasting apparatus which can perform a loudspeaker broadcasting of appropriate contents at each block without reducing sound clearness. Bi-directional speakers 1 which performs sound-reinforce... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7088259 | Infant monitor In accordance with the present invention, a parent unit (receiver) of an infant monitor includes an electronics housing, an antenna, a speaker, and a visual light display portion. In one embodiment, the light display portion is mounted on the front surface of the mo... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7038575 | Sound generating apparatus for use with gloves and similar articles The present invention is directed to a sound generating apparatus, including an article adapted to be worn on a user's hand, and an electronic assembly attached to the article. It further includes structure for generating a sound within the electronic assembly. Stil... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7011425 | Luminary product A decorated luminary product includes a candle holder containing a candle, wherein at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the candle holder has a hammered texture such that light passing through the candle holder varies substantially as a result ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6998960 | Method and apparatus for marking an escape route A method for signaling an escape route in a building with emergency warning units arranged in a distributed way can be realized such that the emergency warning units are equipped with luminous means that in the event of an emergency can be activated by a central eme... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995680 | Level/position sensor and related electronic circuitry for interactive toy A sensor for use in an interactive electronic device. The sensor comprises a housing having a side wall defining an inner surface, a top plate attached to the side wall and defining an inner surface, and a bottom plate attached to the side wall and also defining an ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6937152 | Wireless interactive doll-houses and playsets therefor This invention allows for an electronic doll-house to be constructed at a reasonable cost that provides the ability to identify the location of a number of figures that a child may manipulate in a play space. By use of IR communications and the characteristics of su... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933843 | Data storage module for a security system An independent back memory module is disclosed that is permanently installed at a security gate installation. The memory module has a nonvolatile memory and it is positioned within the system so that it automatically has a communication link with any gate controller... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6842118 | Overload detector of vehicle for high lift work An overload detection device for a high-lift work vehicle is capable of detecting the load on the work platform. A base 10 of the work platform is supported with a bracket 9 at, at least, three supporting portions. Load sensors 11 each constitut... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6822556 | Methods and apparatus for a multi-mode night-light configured to emulate a traffic signal A night-light is configured to emulate a traffic signal and thereby train a child to remain in bed during a predetermined interval. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a night-light comprises a housing having a first light emitter (e.g., a re... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6628204 | Odor communication system in multimedia A highly reliable odor communication system which cannot be influenced by the natural condition and phenomenon and does not have a limit of the distance for sending odor signals. In the odor communication system, a data transmission system has an odor ana... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6538565 | Applause device An applause device includes a sound generator capable of generating at least one applause sound. The sound generator preferably can generate at least one sound which can indicate approval or disapproval, such as clapping, hollering, whistling, booing, and... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6437703 | Level/position sensor and related electronic circuitry for interactive toy A sensor for use in an interactive electronic device. The sensor comprises a base member having at least one recess formed therein which is partially defined by a peripheral wall thereof. Disposed within the peripheral wall of the base member is at least ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6417772 | Life safety system with energy saving visual alarm appliance and method A life safety system with a micro-controller that is programmed to operate both a visual signal and an audible signal. One feature of the system is that a user is permitted to enter a temporal signaling mode for not only the audible signal, but also the v... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6198404 | Small weapon decoy for military use A small, portable, low cost, battery operated, radio-controlled decoy simulates the sound of small arms fire. The units may be deployed remotely in the field to distract and confuse defending forces when attacked by advancing or infiltrating forces.... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6154132 | Display system of a theft preventing apparatus having two kinds of theft prevention The present invention relates to a display system for a theft-preventing apparatus mounted on a vehicle, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display system in which a display device can be commonly used for two kinds of theft-preventing... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6097315 | Multi-indicator aviation pilot collision alert A collision alert system employs combined binaural acoustic effects combined with optical indicators to direct the attention of a person in a desired direction. The pilot utilizes normal delay and acoustic modification of high frequencies to determine rou... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6084526 | Container with means for displaying still and moving images A container for a beverage or other foods or household goods includes a wall with a display generating digital images. A controller is also provided associated with a memory, said memory storing digital imaging data. The controller selectively retrieves t... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6046679 | Method and indicator light for indicating the wind direction and wind velocity and the air pollution level The indicator light is constituted by a panel supporting juxtaposed and alternating neon tubes of blue, yellow, green and red color, these colors being assigned to the cardinal points north, east, south and west respectively. These tubes have voltage appl... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6020823 | Decorative packaging with special effects A package wrap for decoratively covering a container having side walls defining an interior space for carrying a product therein, includes a flexible thin sheet of polymeric material adapted to be shrink-wrapped onto the exterior of the container. An illu... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5995001 | Method and apparatus for providing operating information to an operator of a fork lift truck A fork lift truck capacity monitor or alerting device informs operators of the weight on the forks and fork height and alerts operators whenever truck speed is above creep with the forks raised above a collapsed height or whenever the forks are raised abo... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5955958 | Holiday candy jar with light and sound effects A holiday candy jar with light and sound effects having a signal sensor (10) which gets continuous signal from a signal source (12). When someone puts his/her hand into the jar trying to get a candy, the signal between the signal source and the signal sen... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5886631 | Barking dog sound alarm system A new barking dog sound alarm system for scaring away intruders using the menacing sounds of a dog. The inventive device includes a microphone for detecting noise, a device to compare the detected noise level to a reference level so as to determine whethe... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5856777 | Simulated vehicle alarm A simulated vehicle alarm including a housing formed of an electrically insulative material. A light-emitting diode is secured to the housing. A pair of electrically conductive leads are connected to the light-emitting diode and extend therefrom. A pair o... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5815068 | Guiding light system and lighting strip A light system comprising controllable light sources (35) positioned along alternative routes of movement to serve a s optical means for influencing persons to follow an indicated route of movement to one selected of a plurality of target areas, the syste... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5774040 | Fire sound simulator A new Fire Sound Simulator for simulating the hissing, popping and crackling sound of a fire includes a white noise generator for generating a white noise signal representative of a hissing sound, a ROM-based sound generator for generating a popping signa... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5774558 | Sound imager An apparatus for the representation of the sound of the human voice as an image in which individual colors correspond to distinct loudness levels. Sound received by a transducer is converted into electric signals, amplified, processed and transmitted to l... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5767777 | Continuous air monitor alarm simulator and chart recorder simulator A method and a system for simulating the conditions that are present during an air quality emergency occurring in a nuclear powered electrical generation plant. The system uses an apparatus which includes a continuous air monitor (C.A.M.) alarm simulator ... | 06/16/1998 |
