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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 |
| 8154429 | Keyboard device The present invention relates to a keyboard device. The keyboard device includes a base, a main circuit board, a base cover, a touching membrane switch, a touching thin plate, an upper cover and a plurality of keys. The touching membrane switch is activated to imple... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7952498 | Haptic computer interface A method and system of an embodiment may include a system comprising a touch screen display panel, and a tactile panel with one or more raised surfaces wherein the touch screen display panel is positioned on top of the tactile panel and the tactile panel creates one... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7903003 | Electronic module with track identification function and keypad identification function An electronic module with a track identification function and a keypad identification function is provided. The electronic module includes a touch-control element and a driver. The driver has a track identification mode and a keypad identification mode. When the dri... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7495585 | Method for inputting characters in electronic device According to an aspect of the invention, an enhanced audible feedback solution has been invented for electronic devices using an input device facilitating navigation though a plurality of available user interface input options and confirmation of a selected input op... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7436326 | Operation input device An operation input device according to the present invention displays a plurality of keys (7) on a liquid crystal panel (6), and prompts a user to press the keys (7) in the order of numbers assigned to the respective keys (7). On the basi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7417565 | Keyboard for hand-held devices A hand-held electronic device has a keyboard with a plurality of keys, each key having a substantially flat contact surface extending to the sides of each key. One of the sides of the key is beveled. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417566 | Sequential two-key system to input keyboard characters and many alphabets on small keypads This invention discloses a sequential two-key system to input letters of the English alphabet and of many world languages, numbers, punctuation marks, page-control characters, line-control characters, cursor-control characters and many other symbols on keypads with ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411581 | Touch pad A touch pad (101) includes transducers (201-204) for receiving acoustic signals resulting from touch events, such as the continuous movement of a fingertip across the surface (105) of the touch pad. The acoustic signals are acquired at di... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7388577 | Display apparatus with a touch-sensitive layer and an antireflection lattice Abstract of the Disclosure A display apparatus having a display layer (2) and a touch-sensitive layer (3) running parallel thereto. An antireflection lattice is provided which is arranged on the touch-sensitive layer (3), the lattice elements be... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385530 | Key system for a communication device A key activation system for use in a handheld communication device is provided. The system comprises an activation mechanism associated with a key in the system, a first feedback system and a second feedback system. The activation mechanism is associated with the ke... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369121 | Input device with a zoom apparatus An input is disclosed that includes a zoom apparatus for increasing or decreasing the size of an image rendered on a display screen. The zoom apparatus has an actuator that is movable in a first direction to induce the image to zoom in. The actuator is also movable ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7339580 | Method and apparatus for integrating manual input Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, compliant, and flexible multi-touch surface. The surface consists of compressible cushion dielectric, el... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336206 | Input key and input apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide an input apparatus and input key capable of reducing the number of operations on the input key for input of symbols and permitting a user to designate a symbol to be inputted, by a simpler operation. An input key 1... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331618 | Outside door handle, in particular for motor vehicles An outside door handle includes a handle and a switching component which is coupled to the handle in such a manner that, when there is an opening force which acts in a correct manner on the handle in order to open it, the switching component automatically responds a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322759 | Keyboard apparatus A keyboard apparatus has two rows of multi-function keys that together bear actuation indicia for the numerals 0-9 and the letters A-Z. The actuation indicia preferably defines four rows of characters, including a first row of characters that include the numerals 0-... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324672 | Input device, information device, and control information generation method An input device which generates control information by moving an object to be detected, having an image capture section which captures an image of the object to be detected, a feature point extraction section which extracts a feature point of the image captured by t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312790 | Input apparatus for performing input operation corresponding to indication marks and coordinate input operation on the same operational plane An input apparatus includes a flat input device of a pressure-sensitive type or a capacitive type, and an indicator sheet on which indication marks are formed is fixed on the surface of the flat input device. A tactile-feel-generating unit is provided behind the fla... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305894 | Nip press sensing system including a sensor strip having sensor interface electronics associated therewith and methods of operating the same According to some embodiments of the present invention, a system for determining characteristics of two rolls configured in a nip press includes a strip configured to be placed in the nip press. A plurality of sensors embedded in the strip is configured to generate ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304416 | Maximizing power generation in and distributing force amongst piezoelectric generators It is an object of the present invention to array and utilize piezoelectric generators. It is also an object of the invention to implement properly configured piezoelectric generators into applications that can recapture expelled kinetic energy that is otherwise was... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286063 | Method of input of a security code by means of a touch screen for access to a function, an apparatus or a given location, and device for implementing the same The method relates to the input of a security code by means of a touch screen of an electronic device such as a watch for access to a specific function, an apparatus or a given location. This touch screen comprises control keys, which can be activated by a manual ac... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283066 | Illuminated keyboard A keyboard is provided having illuminating keys. The keyboard includes a light channeling upper clamshell and preferably key members constructed at least partially of translucent material so that light produced from a light source is channeled upwardly to the upper ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279647 | Control panel A control panel having a touch sensitive position sensor and at least one mechanical switch located within a sensitive area of the position sensor is provided. The position sensor comprises a capacitive position sensing element coupled to position sensing circuitry ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280095 | Hierarchical methods for generating force feedback effects Embodiments of the invention relate to a hierarchical method for generating force feedback effects. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first force contribution associated with a first (e.g., previous) position of a manipulandum; determining a second f... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280087 | Multiple browser interface The present invention provides a display controller driving multiple browser displays, which are associated with user input devices. Preferably, the display controller runs a browser application for each display and receives input from each user input device. Primar... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7265686 | Touch sensor with non-uniform resistive band A touch sensors with improved topological equivalence between an equipotential space and a Cartesian space to which the equipotential space will be mapped. The touch sensor comprises a substrate with a touch region, and a set of electrodes that are electrically coup... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256773 | Detection of a dwell gesture by examining parameters associated with pen motion Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are used to determine whether specific electronic pen gestures with respect to pen-based computing systems should be processed as “press-and-hold” gestures (e.g., to activate right mouse button click actions). Such m... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7250708 | Electric switch, especially a piezo switch, with optical and/or mechanical feedback of the switching operation The invention relates to an electric switch, especially a piezo switch, with optical and/or mechanical feedback of the switching operation. The switch contains at least one switching element, especially beneath a cover panel, which can be activated by means of an ac... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250844 | Stick lever unit for radio controlled device and radio controlled device equipped with the same A stick lever unit for a radio-controlled device that is capable of easily changing the type of stick lever holding mechanism by a user is provided. The stick lever unit includes a fixing member to which a variable resistor is attached, a rotational member equipped ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248249 | Touch panel apparatus and method for controlling the same A touch panel apparatus includes a touch panel for recognizing a contact position and a touch panel controller for computing a coordinate value corresponding to the contact position on the touch panel, wherein an activation force is set to a value between 80 g˜150 ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245249 | Remote controller A remote controller includes a holder having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first positioning boss and a second positioning boss protruding from the first surface and the second surface of the holder, respectively, a first wiring ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242323 | Electronic device having touch sensor A variable capacitance unit is formed between one portion of a human body and an opposed electrode facing it through a casing of a robot toy (electronic device) when the one portion of the human body such as a hand or a finger approaches the surface of the casing of... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7243052 | Method and apparatus for determining hysteresis The invention relates to a method and a system for determining hysteresis of a process device in a process environment. The process comprises collecting (50) second-level sample data ys and us from control and measurement signals u and y of a control circuit.... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232973 | Capacitive touch switch A capacitive touch switch includes a sensor button which is disposed between a circuit board and a cover plate and which forms a terminal of a capacitor that is variable in its capacitance by an approach. The sensor button includes a body of a flexible material, whi... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7233263 | Analog actuation allocation structure with many actuators A system and method for allocation of actuators is provided. Electrodes having several voltages are assigned to actuators within correlation regions of the actuators. By varying the voltages, a desired actuation profile for the actuators may be achieved. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221113 | Touch-sensitive model train controls A model vehicle control apparatus. A button controls an aspect of the model vehicle system, or multiple aspects, such as both sound and control. The button is configured to provide more than two outputs depending upon the manner of activation by a user based on pres... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218250 | Method and apparatus for keyboard control with programmable debounce and jog A method for providing debounce and jog control for a keyboard includes loading a first electronic storage register with a value indicative of a debounce period for the keyboard and loading a second electronic storage register with a value indicative of a jog period... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215321 | Input device with pattern and tactile feedback for computer input and control The tactile input device is a user interface selection device used to transmit user information to a user interface interpretation module. The tactile input device allows a user to activate and operate applications installed on a computing system through a single us... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207422 | Elevator call recording device An elevator call registration system is equipped with a touch panel display, and a processing operation section that registers an operation from the touch panel display into an elevator control unit. The processing operation section detects the position of a user's ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205984 | Pen input display device A pen input unit includes ultrasonic receivers that receive an ultrasonic signal transmitted from an ultrasonic transmitter of an input pen. Based on the received signal, the distance (distance value) of the ultrasonic transmitter from each of the ultrasonic receive... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202802 | Reduced keypad An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged in a numeric and first alphabetic telephone keypad arrangement. The ... | 04/10/2007 |
