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Pillow with retractable umbrella
A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7359528 | Monitoring of video or audio based on in-band and out-of-band data The presently claimed invention relates generally to monitoring and/or filtering video or audio data. In one implementation a method is provided including: obtaining data representing video or audio; analyzing the data representing video or audio for an in-band sign... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7181022 | Audio watermarking to convey auxiliary information, and media embodying same Methods of processing audio to convey auxiliary information therein without audible evidence of data alteration. Various arrangements are disclosed. One receives plural bit auxiliary data in which the auxiliary information is included, and modulates a carrier signal... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7010361 | Clock radio with computer-based remote control facilitator A clock radio includes a clock a user interface that is dynamically configurable from a remote computer. Once configured, the user interface allows a user to select radio programs that are accessible by the remote computer. When a user selects a radio program via th... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7006555 | Spectral audio encoding Blocks of audio are encoded based upon corresponding first and second frequencies. The first and second frequencies are hopped from block to block. An audio quality measure (AQM) is computed for each block of audio such that, if x out of y blocks of audio have an AQ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968564 | Multi-band spectral audio encoding An encoder includes a sampler that samples an audio signal and that generates from the samples a plurality of short blocks of sampled audio. Each of the short blocks has a duration less than a minimum audibly perceivable signal delay. A processor combines the plural... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6560166 | Time recorder equipped with radio wave clock A time recorder with a standard time radio wave receiving function is provided and a time display manually adjusted can be used even when time data is received from a standard time radio wave. When the time recorder is set manually such that a time is not... | 05/06/2003 |
| 4122498 | Event data recording apparatus with digitally encoded time and date A data recording apparatus including a data recording circuit for recording event data provided by a data source on a first track of a magnetic tape and a time recording circuit which effects the recording of time reference data for the event data on a se... | 10/24/1978 |
| 3984862 | Television receiver response indicating apparatus The overall response of a television receiver is displayed on the face of the cathode ray tube of the receiver involved by test apparatus which requires electrical connection only to the antenna terminals of the television receiver and the mounting of a s... | 10/05/1976 |
