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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7623142 | Flexure An apparatus includes a first member, a second member and a flexure. The flexure has a central portion connected to the first member, outer portions connected to the second member and an intermediate portion spaced from the first member and the second member. ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7414594 | Multi display device The present invention is directed to a multi display device that can realize a large-sized screen by interconnecting a plurality of display elements. The multi display device comprises at least two flat display elements of which adjacent sides are closely contact ea... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7358929 | Tile lighting methods and systems A tile lighting system is provided in which an interior space of a tile is lit by LEDs, such as in a grid or edge-lit formation, and a light diffusing panel is disposed over the interior space. The tile lighting system can be combined with others to tile any surface... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355562 | Electronic interlocking graphics panel formed of modular interconnecting parts A modular display panel is formed of a segmented symmetrical graphics panel having display pixels. The panel's interlock in for directions to allow forming larger electronic graphics panel. The preferred shape of the panel is square, defining a perimeter with for ed... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7295196 | Liquid crystal display panel with signal transmission patterns A liquid crystal display of compact size is disclosed. The liquid crystal display has a tape carrier package and a single integrated PCB for processing a gate driving signal and data driving signal. The tape carrier package includes a base substrate, a gate driver I... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295179 | Flat panel display having multiple display areas on one glass substrate A flat panel display having a single back glass substrate and a single color filter passive plate divided into multiple, electrically isolated, separately addressable, functional sections having no visible seam between sections. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280100 | Accessory module for handheld devices An accessory module or accessory display device for a handheld computer is disclosed. The device includes an interface configured to be coupled to a handheld computer through an interface slot. The module may be flexibly hinged to the interconnect interface, permitt... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7256802 | Liquid crystal display module and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same An LCD module includes a user connector part that receives power voltages, image signals and control signals from an external host system and outputs the power voltages, image and control signals through a first integrated type connector and an LCD module having a s... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7237202 | Multiple document viewing apparatus and user interface An apparatus for display of multiple electronic documents. The apparatus includes one or more tilting, rotatable, and detachable display devices coupled to a display stand, or to a personal computer or other data processing apparatus via a hinge or the like. A scree... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7170468 | Collaborative tablet computer A section of a housing on a portable computing device is removed or folded away, thereby exposing a free edge of an LCD screen as well as electrical (data and power) connectors and structural connectors. Connectors are placed symmetrically across the exposed edge wh... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152989 | Bracelet A bracelet includes at least one electronic display unit. Each display unit has a display having a plurality of display elements arranged in a sequence lying along the length of the bracelet and/or arranged in a sequence lying substantially around the perimeter of t... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7071620 | Display pixel module for use in a configurable large-screen display application and display with such pixel modules A display pixel module for use in a configurable large-screen display application, with an array of pixels (122) mounted at the front (200) of the module (120) and provided with input and output connectors (206–207), characterized in th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7034853 | Server apparatus, mobile terminal, contents distribution method, contents reception method, and program product A multiple-contents distribution in a client and server system is disclosed. The multiple-contents contain contents-pieces, which are to be distributed to a set of clients including mobile phone terminals. The set of clients are registered with the server in respons... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6967632 | Multi-monitor, auxiliary monitor, and monitor supporter A multi-monitor is provided with a first display device having a display screen and a second display device having a display screen smaller than the display screen of the first display device, and a supporting mechanism which is mountable on an outside portion of th... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6943795 | Screen display control and transition method and its system An image display control method and its system for this method in an information processing unit sequentially changing a series of image contents to display images on the screen. Image content information for displaying image contents on the information processing u... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6930655 | Display monitor has stand-alone mode and PC peripheral mode A display monitor has at least a stand-alone operational mode, and a further operational mode as a further peripheral to, e.g., a PC. The monitor has an input for connecting to a first peripheral device. The monitor also has circuitry for enabling data communication... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6859219 | Method and apparatus having multiple display devices Apparatuses, systems and methods for multiple display devices are described. A display apparatus includes a primary display device for a computer. The display apparatus also includes at least one secondary display device for the computer with the at least one second... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6859357 | Portable information apparatus A portable information apparatus comprises a first housing, and a second housing which is mounted to the first housing in such a manner that it can be rocked freely, with its main face facing the first housing, and which includes a panel-like display device with a d... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6847519 | Phone with automatic linked qwerty keyboard A portable device having a main unit and a keyboard unit. The main unit includes a display and the keyboard unit includes a full alphabet keyboard. Furthermore, the keyboard unit has a closed position and an open position. In the closed position a portion of the dis... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6839061 | Image display system and information storage medium An image display system transmits and receives supplied data which can be converted by a virtual machine among plural processing devices which are connected via a transmission line, and creates and displays an image. At least two processing devices among the plural ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6825832 | Hand held internet browser with folding keyboard A hand held computer is provided wherein data input is facilitated through a full function, folding keyboard, that is suitable for touch typing. In addition, the present invention utilizes an open architecture, embedded technology system design in conjunction with w... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6819303 | Control system for an electronic sign (video display system) A video display system including an electronic sign, a electronic sign control system utilizing a general purpose personal computer, having a video interface card, controlled by clock and command signals from said personal computer, containing a plurality of video a... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6781821 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus such as a telephone of the invention includes: a panel unit which is disposed on an upper cabinet portion of the telephone body so as to be angularly displaceable about a rotation axis over an angular range including the predetermined angular... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6741225 | Device for generating an image In order to provide a device for generating an image on an image surface with N×M image elements which can be illuminated individually, comprising a plurality of semiconductor radiation sources, each of which generates radiation with at least one color, an optical ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6738027 | Method and apparatus for configuration using a portable electronic configuration device The present invention provides a method and apparatus for configuration using a portable electronic configuration device. The portable device is attached to an unconfigured electronic device. The portable device causes the unconfigured device to send configuration d... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6734833 | Dynamic illuminated display An improved dynamic illuminated display is disclosed comprising a plurality of display segments with each of the display segments having a multiplicity of illuminated display elements disposed thereon. A plurality of the plurality of display segments are interconnec... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6727864 | Method and apparatus for an optical function generator for seamless tiled displays Producing seamless tiled images from multiple displays includes measuring a luminance profile of each of the displays, computing a desired luminance profile for each of the displays, and determining a spatial gradient profile of each of the displays based on the mea... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710753 | Multi-screen session mobility between terminal groups The present invention is for multi-screen session mobility between terminal groups. The invention uses a set of screen groups and a set of terminal groups to perform a mapping of the screen groups onto the terminal groups. Both the screen groups and the terminal gro... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6704989 | Process for assembling and transporting an electronic sign display system A transportable electronic sign display system and process where electronic display modules are encased in castered protective cases which are broken down on site and assembled in rows of desired length and stackably elevated and maneuvered by a lifting truss. Elect... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6697032 | Display device having an integral docking station for a palm sized computing device A display device having an integral docking station to facilitate the display device to be used in conjunction with a palm sized computing device for applications executing on the palm sized computing device is disclosed. The display device includes a fla... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6680714 | Interactive multi-user display arrangement for displaying goods and services A display arrangement having at least a video display region and at least one interactive display region, each display region being arranged as a matrix having respective rows and columns of display screens, the interactive display region having a row of ... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6677918 | Light emitting diode display system LED image display system with rigid frames positioned in at least one vertical stack forming a planar vertical display, with vertical rigid bar members mounted to each of the frames and with equal spacing, and LED pixels mounted to each bar member. The pi... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674636 | Keyboard device for personal digital assistants A keyboard device for a personal digital assistant (PDA) includes first and second casing members that are pivotally interconnected, and a keyboard module mounted on inner surfaces of the casing members. The inner surface of one of the casing members furt... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6670950 | Portable computer and method using an auxilliary LCD panel having a touch screen as a pointing device A portable computer includes a main LCD panel hingedly coupled to a system body, and an auxiliary LCD panel mounted upon the system body. A video image is identically displayed on both the main LCD panel and the auxiliary LCD panel. Alternatively, a defin... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6642909 | Personal electronic book providing keypad and readable and writable CD drives The invention relates to an electronic device for the display and input of text and data. The present invention provides a flat screen, which displays textual information, hinged to a keypad, which provides data entry. The electronic book also has two CD ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6630913 | Video signal processing system for driving multiple monitors Disclosed is a video signal processing system for outputting video signals for driving monitors during one period of clock signal. The system includes: a clock signal (CLK) supply part for outputting CLK for transmitting video signal; a monitor controller... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628245 | Multifunction switch device with display function A multifunction switch device with a display function is provided, which displays a function of a switch presently selected on a switch operating section and simultaneously displays a next selectable function. On a display device 13d, which constitutes a ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6603458 | Electromagnetic display device An electromagnetic display apparatus includes a panel having substantially square pixel, which are divided into two parts. Each pixel is provided with a rotatably-mounted, bistable tilting flap, which is asymmetrical in relation to its rotational axis. Th... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6603452 | Color shading correction device and luminance shading correction device A correction circuit 50 is provided to correct the luminance shading caused by uneven thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the LCD panel. The correction circuit 50 generates a correction signal obtained by modulating the gradually changing signal with... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6587082 | Multiple access computer monitoring system A system (10) which allows a primary computer monitor (12) to be electrically connected and structurally attached to a first secondary computer monitor (14) and a second secondary computer monitor (16). The electrical connections is made by a first cable ... | 07/01/2003 |
