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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 |
| 8022970 | Image processing result display apparatus, image processing result display method, and program for implementing the method An image processing result display apparatus that is capable of carrying out smooth scrolling. A scrolling direction that will be designated by an operator is predicted based on image data displayed on an LCD. Image data positioned in the predicted scrolling directi... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7973808 | Map display apparatus with scrolling text A map display apparatus includes a display unit, a data access unit accessible to map data, which includes a map image and character strings, and a control unit that allows the display unit to display the map data on a screen in such a manner that each character str... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7911483 | Graphics display system with window soft horizontal scrolling mechanism A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. A soft horizontal scrolling mechanism preferabl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7808514 | Multiplanar reformatting visualization with multiple scrolling speeds Multiplanar reformatting visualization is provided with multiple scrolling speeds. A plurality of buffers is provided. Each buffer stores composites of data from different planes. The amount of compositing to generate a total composite for a visualization may be les... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7796142 | Display screen capable of being subjected to a scroll procedure The invention concerns a method for displaying a document on a display screen capable of being subjected to a scroll procedure, involving the following steps: providing the document with an amount of graphic memory to create a buffer memory of the visible part of th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7746363 | Entry of data in a data processing system The invention relates to a method and a system for entering data (12-15) in a data processing system (1). In this case, the data (12-15) is entered in a number of steps (2-5), with a view being displayed at a step ( | 06/29/2010 |
| 7719548 | Viewing digital images using a floating controller A method and apparatus for viewing one or more images using a floating controller is provided. A collection of digital images may be managed using a digital image system that displays images using a floating controller. While a pointer is over the floating controlle... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7683918 | User interface and method therefor A scrolling user interface comprises proportional scrolling responsive to contact in a proportional zone of a scrolling strip and multi-mode scrolling in response to contact in a multi-mode zone of the scrolling strip. Multi-mode scrolling can include proportional s... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7667719 | Image-based document display The present invention is directed to a method and system for continuously displaying image pages of digital content which are available over a network. More specifically, the method and system enables a user to view image pages in a continuous manner while a limited... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7605827 | Display processing apparatus According to the display processing apparatus of the present invention, when an instruction to perform scrolling and displaying of information terminates, the information is returned by a predetermined scroll amount in the reverse direction of the scrolling and disp... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7570275 | Image information displaying apparatus This invention is relative to an image information display apparatus in which a large-sized image can readily be recognized even with use of a small-sized display unit such as is provided in a portable telephone set or in a mobile computer. It is assumed that... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7557818 | Viewing digital images using a floating controller A method and apparatus for viewing one or more images using a floating controller is provided. A collection of digital images may be managed using a digital image system that displays images using a floating controller. While a pointer is over the floating controlle... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7551188 | Scrolling items on a list The invention relates to a method for scrolling items on a list, wherein the method comprises: conducting said scrolling on a user interface and adaptively controlling speed of the scrolling depending on the items on the list. ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7479971 | Intelligent scrolling A method and apparatus for intelligent scrolling. In a computer system that has a user interface which allows for the movement of items from a first open window to a second open window or to a second region, such as a desktop, the present invention allows a user to ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7456850 | Intelligent scrolling A method and apparatus for intelligent scrolling. In a computer system that has a user interface which allows for the movement of items from a first open window to a second open window or to a second region, such as a desktop, the present invention allows a user to ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7423660 | Image display apparatus, method and program An image display apparatus connected in a communication-enable manner to an information processing unit for processing image data and outputting an image signal, wherein the image display apparatus receives the image signal and displays an image. The image display a... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370281 | System and method for smart drag-and-drop functionality The invention provides a system and method for providing smart file import and drag-and-drop functionality in a graphical user interface environment. As a file is dragged and dropped onto a set of folders using an explorer-like interface, the system automatically de... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369997 | Controlling speech recognition functionality in a computing device A system and method for use in computing systems that employ speech recognition capabilities is provided. Where recognized speech can be dictation and commands, one or more buttons may be used to change modes of said computing systems to accept spoken words as dicta... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365734 | Control of display content by movement on a fixed spherical space The present invention addresses the above described problems by simplifying the assumptions on possible motions made by a user. This simplification process can take place by making an assumption that the motion of the device will travel along a certain preferential ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355620 | Digital still camera and user instruction input method There is disclosed a digital still camera in which a direction and speed of a tracing operation by user's fingertips on a touch panel are judged and a dynamic image reproduction process is executed in accordance with the direction and speed. For example, fast forwar... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7340688 | Application of paging to a dataset, graphical display window and graphical scrollbar grip A dataset is divided into overlapping logical pages, each associated with a different page index. A graphical display window is then filled with data corresponding to a current page offset which is mapped into a subset of data in a logical page corresponding to a cu... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327349 | Advanced navigation techniques for portable devices The present invention provides a unique system and method that facilitates navigating smoothly and gracefully through any type of content viewable on portable devices such as cell-phones, PDAs, and/or any other hybrids thereof. In addition, such navigation can be pe... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328411 | Scrollbar enhancement for browsing data A graphical user interface for browsing information displayed to a user. The information displayed includes zero or more elements and may be displayed in a display window. The display window has a perimeter and a scrollbar is positioned along the perimeter. The scro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324093 | Flexible screen display with touch sensor in a portable computer A user interface for a portable electronic device comprising a flexible display panel and a flexible touch sensor. The flexible touch sensor is operable to register a position where contact is made with a surface of the flexible display panel, such that the position... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324160 | De-interlacing apparatus with a noise reduction/removal device A de-interlacing apparatus with a noise reduction/removal device. The noise reduction/removal device can include a motion prediction unit that predicts motion vectors between an image one period ahead of a previous image and a current image with respect to individua... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320105 | Data display using multicolumn scrolling Apparatus, software and method for displaying line-formatted materials in multiple columns of a screen display and providing for scrolling through the materials such that lines spill from one column to another, are disclosed. The columns form a display area for disp... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318196 | User interface for presenting media information A user interface and methods for using a user interface for controlling processing of time-based media files. In one exemplary method, a graphical representation of a time line for a time-based media is displayed along with a graphical representation of a current ti... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313764 | Method and apparatus to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows Methods and apparatuses to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to scroll a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining a second region of a second pixel image of a window in a frame buffer, which ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312785 | Method and apparatus for accelerated scrolling Improved approaches for users to with graphical user interfaces of computing devices are disclosed. A rotational user action supplied by a user via a user input device can provide accelerated scrolling. The accelerated nature of the scrolling enables users to scroll... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7302280 | Mobile phone operation based upon context sensing A mobile device is provided that includes at least one sensor that provides contextual information to the device. When the mobile device receives an incoming message, or notification, the device responds thereto based at least in part upon the contextual information... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302635 | Computer system and method of displaying hypertext documents with internal hypertext link definitions A computer system and method display internal and external hypertext link definitions in different representations to simplify a user's recognition of the external/internal status of each hypertext link definition in a document. Additional information, such as the d... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295185 | Input device with multi-directional roller assembly A multi-directional roller assembly for an input device includes a housing and a carrier supported within the housing. The carrier has a roller that can be rotated so as to scroll an image vertically on a display. The carrier can also be tilted left and right so as ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295178 | Display apparatus and display method A display apparatus of the present invention is provided with (i) a second memory for storing therein data of one frame for a whole display area of a display section, (ii) a first memory, provided in addition of the second memory, for storing therein data of one fra... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7296243 | Animating display motion Navigating on a display includes providing a navigation control operable to change a viewable portion of a page of information on a display from a first view to a second view. In response to operation of the navigation control, the display is animated to create an a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292233 | Apparatus and method to connect an external camera to an LCD without requiring a display buffer A data pipeline and clock control (relationship) that allows image data from a camera to pass directly through a display controller to an LCD without being written into, temporarily stored, and read out of a display buffer, e.g. a VRAM, is provided. Elimination of t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289102 | Method and apparatus using multiple sensors in a device with a display In a device having a display, at least one sensor signal is generated from a sensor in the device. One or more context values are then generated from the sensor signal. The context values indicate how the device is situated relative to one or more objects. At least ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286119 | Three-dimensional object manipulating apparatus, method and computer program A three-dimensional object manipulating technique is provided. An axis of rotation is set for a three-dimensional object (40) on the basis of a push-in of a dial (8) of a dial-operated input device (7), and the three-dimensional object (40 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286253 | Data processing apparatus capable of viewing and printing a plurality of screens A communication apparatus is provided which makes it possible to print out all data larger than a display screen in one operation. In addition, the communication apparatus reduces time required for print processing and eases a user's stress due to print waiting by d... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286145 | System for describing markup language for mobile use, and information processing apparatus and program for generating display content An image to be displayed is divided into partial images. The partial images are arranged so that they have the same positional relationships as operation keys of an image display apparatus. Operating an operation key causes an enlarged version of a partial image in ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283122 | Input device including a scroll wheel assembly An input device including a scroll wheel assembly for moving an image in multiple directions on a display screen. The scroll wheel assembly may include a finger-engagable control member that may be endlessly rotated about a rotation axis and a tilt sensor containing... | 10/16/2007 |
