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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7397484 | Method for displaying an image A method of displaying an image including receiving a plurality of corresponding to an image data, wherein each of the plurality of frames includes a plurality of color sub-frames; sequentially displaying the color sub-frames corresponding to a first frame in a firs... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7352893 | Representing extended color gamut information A computer-readable medium of one embodiment of the invention is disclosed that has a data structure stored thereon to represent extended color gamut information for a pixel. The data structure has a number of data fields, where each data field is to store a number ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339245 | Hall sensor A Hall sensor on a semiconductor substrate includes a Hall plate in the semiconductor substrate, where the Hall plate includes a first zone having a first conduction type. The semiconductor substrate also include a second zone having a second conduction type. A spac... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330225 | Method for adjusting color of monochromatic liquid crystal display and medical image display apparatus The color adjustment method adjusts a color of a monochromatic image on a LCD and each of LCDs. The method uses a plurality of light sources of different color temperatures as a backlight of the LCD and controls relative quantities of light from the light sources to... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7289159 | Video generation and capture techniques Method and arrangement for capturing and automatically formatting video signals in both synchronized and deflection driven forms in which a single real-time capture module is provided including three input channels for receiving the video signals, three analog to di... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268748 | Subpixel rendering for cathode ray tube devices A cathode ray tube (CRT) device increases image resolution using spatial or temporal techniques. The CRT device includes a plurality of electron guns that each produce an electron beam and a plurality of separate phosphor dots, each corresponding to one of a plurali... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265745 | Compact alphanumeric keyboard An apparatus comprises an input keypad having a plurality of keys. The input keypad outputs an output signal that is indicative of either a single depressed key or a plurality of depressed keys. The apparatus includes a processor for receiving the output signal by t... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262813 | Video output device and method A video output device includes a signal converter for generating a video signal corresponding to displayed video; a projector and a main screen for displaying the video based on the video signal output from the signal converter; left and right lighting units, a left... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7253792 | Video generation and capture techniques Method for controlling stroke video generation components by creating a program to command the video generation components to provide video signals and integrating high level software constructs into the program. Integration of the high level software constructs int... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250929 | Active matrix display device and digital-to-analog converter An active-type display device includes a plurality of video signal lines that are formed on a substrate, a plurality of pixels that are connected to the video signal lines and are operated by current signals, and a video signal driver that supplies video currents to... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7218291 | Increased scalability in the fragment shading pipeline A fragment processor includes a fragment shader distributor, a fragment shader collector, and a plurality of fragment shader pipelines. Each fragment shader pipeline executes a fragment shader program on a segment of fragments. The plurality of fragment shader pipel... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7218327 | Font memory for a display A font memory for a display includes a ROM with a storage region divided into a program storing region and a font data storing region, divided into a mono-font data storing region and a color font data storing region, and designed to map and store data in three segm... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215341 | Memory free method of region filling A method of coloring a plurality of cells using a predetermined fill-color, the cells occupying a region in a grid of cells thereby defining a plurality of region-cells, the method comprising: (a) dividing the grid into a plurality of elementary-regions, each compri... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7196706 | Method and apparatus for rendering a quadrangle primitive In a computer graphics rendering process, a first triangle-shaped primitive and a second triangle-shaped primitive that are connected (that is, they share vertices and a side) are optionally combined to form a quadrangle-shaped primitive. When the first and second t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7167878 | System and method for identifying and maintaining base table data blocks requiring deferred incremental integrity maintenance A block map is associated with a multi-dimensionally clustered (MDC) base table in a database to maintain a “free” or “in use” status for each of the contiguous blocks in the table. Additionally, information may be stored in the block map to indicate whether... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164417 | Dynamic controller for active-matrix displays A dynamic controller for a light emitting active-matrix display, the display being responsive to code values for producing a light output, including: photosensor located on the display for sensing the light output from the display and generating a feedback signal re... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154493 | Monitor interconnect compensation by signal calibration To improve the performance of a standard monitor interconnect, e.g., a VGA monitor interconnect, a display adaptor of a computer device generates reference signal patterns which are used to calibrate the signals received by an interconnected display monitor. The mon... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7139617 | Systems and methods for authoring lighting sequences The systems and methods described herein relate in part to intuitive methods for creation and design of lighting sequences, e.g., for theatrical, entertainment, or advertising purposes, using a software interface. Additionally, the lighting sequences can be coordina... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7098872 | Method and apparatus for an interactive volumetric three dimensional display A process and system for interactively displaying large (more than 1 million voxels) volumetric 3D images utilizing a sequence of helical slices of a 3D data set to generate a series of 2D images on a reflective surface of a light modulator. The series of 2D images ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7075511 | Vehicle interior rearview mirror assembly with display A vehicle rearview mirror system for a vehicle includes a rearview mirror case, which is adapted to mount to a vehicle, and a reflective element. The mirror system further includes a carrier, which has at least either a display screen or a user-actuatable interface ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7056119 | Periscopic optical training system for operators of vehicles A periscopic optical training system for displaying simulation and real images includes a microprocessor for generating at least one simulation image, at least one display for displaying the simulation image, at least one periscopic device each with a viewing window... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053864 | Hot-plugging method of display apparatus A hot-plugging method for a display apparatus is disclosed which includes the steps of reading information pertaining to a display apparatus by a predetermined data communication upon recognizing that a display apparatus has been newly connected while a controller p... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7050114 | Picture signal contrast control The present invention relates to controlling contrast in at least part of a picture. The contrast control is performed by reducing the saturation (2–4) of the picture during contrast increase (1). ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038399 | Methods and apparatus for providing power to lighting devices Methods and apparatus for providing power to devices via an A.C. power source, and for facilitating the use of LED-based light sources on A.C. power circuits that provide signals other than standard line voltages. In one example, LED-based light sources may be coupl... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034901 | Convergence optimization in a projection display A projection display comprises three cathode ray tubes each having a deflection yoke and convergence yoke and each tube generating a raster for projection. One of the three cathode ray tubes has the convergence yoke coupled for current flow in a direction opposite t... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026597 | OLED display with integrated elongated photosensor An OLED display with a photosensor includes a substrate; a display area comprising an array of addressable OLEDs formed on the substrate; and an elongated photosensor formed on the substrate and located along an edge of the display area and responsive to ambient ill... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015980 | Color temperature conversion apparatus in color display system and method thereof An apparatus for converting color temperature in a color display system, and a method thereof. A first color temperature converting factor unit has a first color temperature converting factors for converting a first predetermined color temperature to a particular co... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7006104 | Image correction method and system An image server transmits reference image data to a mobile telephone having a display device on which the reference image is displayed. A wavelength vs. luminance characteristic of the displayed reference image is measured by a radiance measurement unit, and a corre... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6990922 | Indication system of meter part This invention is to offer an indication system and method of a meter part having excellent visibility and designing property. Alight is irradiated from the first light source toward the indicating panel from the side of the indicating face for making the background... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6977631 | Optical scanning system with variable focus lens Apparent distance of a pixel within an optical field of view is determined. Incoming light is scanned along a raster pattern to direct light for a select pixel onto a light distance detector. The distance is sampled for each pixel or for a group of pixels. The light... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6954185 | Display device A display device is provided for making images of a movie, a TV or the like invisible to a driver while the vehicle is traveling, but at the same time visible to a passenger riding in a front passenger seat. A viewing angle control shutter 20 using a liquid c... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6950103 | Automatic optimization of the position of stems of text characters Automatically positioning of typographical features, such as vertical stems or horizontal segments of a character, on high contrast pixel sub-component boundaries as part of a rendering process that uses separately controllable pixel sub-components of pixels to repr... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6950097 | Video display interface controller for host video display unit A video display interface controller for a host video display unit in which control signals multiplexed with component video signals are extracted and routed according to included address information. Control data associated with one or more local addresses is used ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6940522 | Correction curve generating method, image processing method, image display unit, and storage medium It is intended to provided an image processing method, an image display unit, and a storage medium, capable of effecting an appropriate color reproduction even under a change in brightness of external illumination. In an image display unit according to the pr... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6915356 | Register addresses optimum access A register arrangement that enables a host CPU to optimize its accesses to registers in a network interface in order to reduce the impact of such accesses on the CPU performance. Registers that must frequently be read by the CPU are combined into a first group and a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6897876 | Method for transforming three color input signals to four or more output signals for a color display A method for transforming three color input signals (R, G, B) corresponding to three gamut defining color primaries to four color output signals (R′, G′, B′, W) corresponding to the gamut defining color primaries and one additional color primary W for driving ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6897900 | Display apparatus comprising a cathode ray tube (CRT) A display apparatus, for instance a television receiver, comprises a cathode ray tube, a first circuit for providing a high voltage to the cathode and a second circuit receiving a gross signal and providing on at least an output at least a luminance signal controlli... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6862029 | Color display system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for controlling color displayed on a color monitor. The method includes, in one embodiment, the steps of: activating a first color scheme on the monitor; responsive to the activating of the first color scheme, measuring a first co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6831657 | Display control apparatus for displaying gain setting value in predetermined color hue Musical sound signal is input to an electronic volume control unit, which in turn adjusts the gain of the input musical signal and outputs the resultant gain-adjusted signal to an amplifier. CPU supplies the electronic volume control unit with a sound volume setting... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6822699 | Cathode ray tube and method of displaying picture A main picture is displayed in monochrome in a main picture display area by emission of a first phosphor layer formed of a white emission phosphor. A second phosphor layer formed of a phosphor different from the first phosphor layer is provided in a region different... | 11/23/2004 |
