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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 |
| 8400329 | Image display apparatus for vehicle According to one embodiment, an imaging unit inputs a camera image of surroundings of a vehicle. The surroundings include at least one of a front side and a back side of the vehicle. A first image generation unit generates a mask image to conceal a protection region... | 03/19/2013 |
| 8390476 | Image recording apparatus and method An image recording apparatus suitable for recording a traffic signal violation at an intersection controlled by a traffic light is described. The image recording apparatus includes a first camera focused on the intersection, and a second camera focused on a first la... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8378851 | Fusion of images in enhanced obstacle detection A vehicle warning system that includes: a first camera mounted on the vehicle at a first longitudinal position along the length of the vehicle, which acquires consecutively in real time a plurality of first camera image frames; a second camera mounted on the vehicle... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8339282 | Security systems A vehicle detection system for detecting the presence of at least part of a vehicle in image data, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive image data; an identifier module configured to identify a plurality of linear regions in an image represented... | 12/25/2012 |
| 8319665 | Adaptive instrument and operator control recognition A system and method of acquiring information from an image of an instrument panel of a vehicle in real time wherein at least one imaging device with advanced light metering capabilities is placed aboard a vehicle, a computer processor means is provided to control th... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8310377 | Mobile automated system for traffic monitoring An autonomous system for automated monitoring of traffic patterns on at least one designated surface including at least one mobile monitoring and recording module. The at least one mobile monitoring and recording module includes at least one support and stabilizatio... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8294595 | Speed detector for moving vehicles A method and apparatus for detecting moving vehicles. A determination is made as to whether a number of vehicles are present in a video data stream received from a camera system. In response to the number of vehicles being present, a number of speed measurements for... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8232895 | Vehicle detection apparatus, vehicle detection program and light control apparatus A vehicle detection apparatus detects oncoming vehicles, and the illumination angle of the headlight is changed downwardly when oncoming vehicles are detected. When detecting the oncoming vehicles, the vehicle detection apparatus detects brightness or area for the e... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8212689 | Objective, in particular for a driver assistance system The invention relates to an objective, particularly for infrared light and/or visible light, for imaging an object in an image plane, wherein the objective comprises an objective lens to be directed toward the object and an image lens directed toward the image plane... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8144033 | Vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus and image displaying method A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus includes an image capturing device, a display device and an image processing device. The image capturing device is configured and arranged to capture a first original image of a region rearward of a vehicle and a second origi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134480 | Image processing system and method An image processing system is provided, which includes: a front monitoring device that obtains an image of a view ahead of a vehicle; a vehicle position detecting device that detects the position and orientation of the vehicle; a map database that stores road maps; ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8106793 | System and method for collecting traffic violation data A system and method for collecting traffic violation data sets at least one possible traffic violation item in the electronic device, selects a corresponding traffic violation item when a traffic violation occurs, and activates a CCD camera of an electronic device t... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8049643 | Vehicle tracking system for vehicle washing The invention is directed towards an automated system for tracking a vehicle, associating that vehicle with a vehicle washing selection, and tracking the vehicle until it enters the vehicle washing station for subsequent presentation of the vehicle washing selection... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044824 | Electronic barrier and enforcement system and method Disclosed are systems and methods for implementing an electronic tollway barrier system. Exemplary systems and methods use positive vehicle identification at progressive monitoring locations to determine whether a vehicle has illegally entered a controlled lane acro... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8018352 | Video traffic monitoring and signaling apparatus A traffic signal head having a signal lamp or signal ball with an embedded video monitoring system can be provided to perform vehicle detection to inform an intelligent traffic control system. Video monitoring of traffic lanes facing the signal head can be analyzed ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8018353 | Method and apparatus for zone selection in area monitoring devices Zone selection logic in an area monitoring device increases the number of unique monitoring zone selections that can be selected using a limited number of discrete zone selection inputs, without compromising the safety critical operation of zone selection. The devic... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7986248 | Image recording apparatus and method An image recording apparatus suitable for recording a traffic signal violation at an intersection controlled by a traffic light is described. The image recording apparatus includes a first camera focused on the intersection, and a second camera focused on a first la... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982634 | System for detecting vehicles A system to detect the transit of vehicles having license plates includes at least one video camera to detect license plates capable of framing the plates of said vehicles and, preferably, at least one video camera to detect vehicles capable of framing a zone of tra... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7920071 | Augmented reality-based system and method providing status and control of unmanned vehicles An augmented reality system identifies and controls a vehicle located within an environment. A tracking system obtains viewpoint information corresponding to a real-time view of the environment. A processing system receives information from one or more sensors. Info... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7898434 | Display system and program A display system and a program for displaying a portion of a range that is obstructed due to the body of a vehicle when viewed from a driver seat is provided. The portion of the range is seamlessly linked to a scene viewed through a windshield. The display system in... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7859432 | Collision avoidance system based on detection of obstacles in blind spots of vehicle The present invention relates to a collision avoidance system based on the detection of obstacles (e.g., other vehicles and obstructive objects) in the blind spots of a vehicle. The collision avoidance system includes: a turn signal lamp detector for detecting an ac... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7839303 | Vehicle detecting apparatus The vehicle detecting apparatus includes an image sensor mounted on a host vehicle so as to be able to take an image ahead of the host vehicle, a light source area extracting function of extracting, from image data outputted from the image sensor, an area having lum... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7825829 | Modulated light trigger for license plate recognition cameras A camera system comprises a CCD imaging device, an infrared illumination source, and a power modulator for amplitude modulating the infrared illumination, e.g., with a 7-kHz tone. A beam splitter is set in front of the CCD imaging device, and a photo-diode array is ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7804426 | System and method for selective review of event data Systems and methods for computer assisted cueing and selective reviewing of driving data in order to save time in the data review process are provided. The method allows identifying essential portions of the data, selecting the essential portions, reviewing the sele... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7786898 | Fusion of far infrared and visible images in enhanced obstacle detection in automotive applications A method in computerized system mounted on a vehicle including a cabin and an engine. The system including a visible (VIS) camera sensitive to visible light, the VIS camera mounted inside the cabin, wherein the VIS camera acquires consecutively in real time multiple... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786897 | High occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane enforcement An HOV enforcement system comprises roadside imaging units connected over a network to a central processing center. The roadside imaging units include Ethernet cameras with integrated vehicle detectors, night-time lighting, and image servers. The central processing ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7772991 | Accident avoidance during vehicle backup In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a method to operate a host vehicle having a rearview camera vision sensor, and an electronic controller with memory. The method comprises the steps of determining whether the host vehicle is in reverse gear, ac... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7705750 | System for use in stations for road tolls The invention relates to a system for use with stations for road tolls, comprising a first optical apparatus for recording images of the roadway and a second apparatus for wireless communication with a vehicle apparatus. The height above the roadway and the angle in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7667619 | Parking violation surveillance system A parking control surveillance system is provided for monitoring vehicles within parking spaces for providing parking enforcement personnel information concerning authorized and unauthorized vehicles within the parking space. The parking control surveillance system ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7646312 | Method and system for automated detection of mobile telephone usage by drivers of vehicles A method and apparatus for automated detection of mobile telephone usage by drivers of vehicles is provided. The apparatus may include a detection system comprising at least one mobile phone signal receiving device, at least one image capturing device, and at least ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7579965 | Vehicle data collection and processing system A system for collecting, storing, linking and processing license plate data to provide compilations of information and displays of such compiled information. The system has a license plate reading system that may record time and location data in addition to license ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7541943 | Traffic sensor incorporating a video camera and method of operating same A traffic sensor and a method of operating the traffic sensor to collect vehicular traffic data for a road is described. The traffic sensor has (a) a radar module for generating radar-based vehicle data regarding a plurality of vehicles passing the sensor field of v... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7528741 | Method and system for verifying a traffic violation image A method 10 of verifying a traffic violation image and includes the step of automatically sensing 12 whether or not a vehicle commits a traffic violation, the step of automatically capturing 14 an image which shows a vehicle committing a traffic... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7504965 | Portable covert license plate reader A surveillance system for covertly monitoring vehicle license plates. A portable covert license plate reader is provided for automatically reading license plate images for each of a plurality of moving vehicles that pass through a field of view of a camera in the re... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7460028 | Vehicle licence plates monitoring system A territorial surveillance and/or security control system based on monitoring vehicle license plates, and having a number of mobile surveillance units (2) for reading vehicle license plates and generating alarms during patrol by the mobile surveillance units ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7439847 | Intelligent observation and identification database system An intelligent video/audio observation and identification database system may define a security zone or group of zones. The system may identify vehicles and individuals entering or exiting the zone through image recognition of the vehicle or individual as compared t... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432799 | Driving support apparatus and driving support method By applying an observing-point conversion and s synthesis to images captured by respective cameras capturing the surroundings of a vehicle and by placing a figure representing the vehicle on the synthesized image, an overhead-image generating unit generates an image... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423540 | Method of detecting vehicle-operator state A method of detecting the state of an operator of a vehicle utilizes a low-cost operator state detection system having no more than one camera located preferably in the vehicle and directed toward a driver. A processor of the detection system processes preferably th... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423553 | Image display apparatus, image display method, measurement apparatus, measurement method, information processing method, information processing apparatus, and identification method An external index detection unit (105) receives an image sensed by a camera (100), and detects an external index set in a real scene. A tachometer (110) measures the rotational velocities of two rear wheels of a vehicle. A vehicle measurement un... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424309 | System in vehicles for making a telephone call A system for making a telephone call in a vehicle in which information concerning the traffic situation of a first vehicle is electronically processed and sent to a second vehicle. By apparatuses of further electronic processing, only relevant information concerning... | 09/09/2008 |
