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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033672 | Glare protection device for GPS or similar apparatus In a glare protection device for navigation apparatus or similar apparatus, comprising a glare protection wall structure of upside down U-shape having a horizontal upper wall and two side walls extending from the opposite ends of the horizontal upper wall downwardly... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7828450 | Adjustable sunshade assembly An apparatus for sun shielding for telescopic sights and binoculars incorporating a shutter mechanism to both protect the sighting system and to vary the light entering the sighting system. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7424214 | Push-pull type camera module for portable wireless terminal A push-pull type camera module for a portable wireless terminal in which a hollow outer lens barrel is installed in the portable wireless terminal, a push-pull switch is installed in the outer barrel, an inner barrel is installed in the outer barrel, the inner barre... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7386229 | Camera LCD screen hood and viewing device In an exemplary embodiment, an LCD screen hood is provided for use with digital cameras. The hood includes a hood tube that defines a light blocking sidewall having an open camera end and an opposite viewing end and enclosing a longitudinally extending viewpath ther... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7352387 | Camera with positioning device used to capture magnified and demagnified images To provide a camera that is suited to shoot both a demagnified image and a magnified image. The camera includes a housing body 11 containing a CCD 15, and a lens barrel 12. An abutted member 20 having an objective lens 40 th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7312836 | Television display cover A television display cover for covering the screen of a plasma or LCD screen when the television is not in use. The cover can be converted from existing frames, framed art, or mirrors already contained in a users' home or wall or panel for attachment of the display ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305249 | Mobile phone system with a card character recognition function A mobile phone system with a card character recognition function includes a mobile phone, an image-capturing module for capturing a card image, and a character recognition module for transferring the card image captured by the image-capturing module into character d... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7196742 | Shade assembly for display screen An assembly structured to facilitate the viewing of a display screen or like display structure of the type typically found on a digital camera. A base having an open interior is fixedly or removably secured in surrounding relation to the display screen and extends. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7165687 | Storage organizer One embodiment (100) of a storage organizer includes three panels (52), (94) and (102) which are structured for attachment by a hook and loop fastener (86) to exterior surfaces of a computer unit including a computer (84). O... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7144123 | Space optics cover and extendable baffle for contamination control The invention is a combination optics cover and extendable baffle. One version has at least one flap repositioned from a folded covering position to an extended baffle position. Each flap is repositioned to the extended position by a means for deployment when freed ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134758 | Privacy screen for laptop computer The privacy screen for laptop computer is an expandable hood that may be removably attached to a notebook computer. The privacy screen has an elastic fabric cover secured around an expandable frame. The frame has a plurality of telescoping rods attached to connector... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7093944 | Light shielding structure of a lens barrel A light shielding structure of a lens barrel including an inner ring and an outer ring, wherein the inner ring includes a through cutout portion, the light shielding structure including an inner flange wall provided with the inner ring; a first annular groove formed... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083291 | Glare shield for camera A glare shield for the viewfinder of a video camera or the LCD screen of a video or digital camera is comprised of a hood that casts a shadow upon the viewfinder eyepiece or LCD screen to reduce the amount of ambient light falling upon the viewfinder eyepiece or LCD... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7037007 | Lens hood, and imaging device A lens hood with lens covers that need not be attached to and detached from a lens unit and are easily openable and closable relative to each other. The lens hood includes a hood body attached to the front of a lens to prevent unnecessary light from being incident u... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024197 | Wireless mid-call transfers A method of transferring a call established between a first communications device and a second communications device from the second communications device to a third communications device. The method includes negotiating media description between the first communica... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7008055 | Eye protection methods and apparatus An eye protection apparatus includes a selectively darkenable element, such as a liquid crystal panel, and a controller that causes transmission of a darken signal that causes the selectively darkenable element to darken in conjunction with an emission of light, suc... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6912552 | Method and system for migrating stored data to a build-to-order computing system A method and system for migrating data to a build-to-order computing system is provided. The method comprises storing an image at a remote site. The image comprises data stored on a computing system. An order is received to provide a second computing system to a cus... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6846083 | TV screen cover A TV screen cover includes a cover member for reducing glare and volumes of light emitted from a TV. The TV screen cover further includes a housing positionable on top of a TV and securable thereto by a plurality of fastening members. The housing includes an elongat... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6799854 | Binoculars, telescope or the like with protective lens cap articulated to the front of the lens A pair of binoculars, a telescope or the like, comprising a protective lens cap articulated to the front of the lens, is characterized in that a pivot joint arrangement is formed between an edge of the lens and the protective lens cap, in use having a substantially ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6789907 | Individual mirror control system A control system for a plurality of electrochromic elements, for example, used in automobiles, to control the glare of the IEC elements used as a rearview mirror (20) as well as the OEC elements (24, 26) used as sideview mirrors (24, 26). The IE... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6779899 | Arrangement for rotatable adjustment of a cap on an eyepiece housing An arrangement for rotatable adjustment of a cap on an eyepiece housing with a stationary pin pointing radially outward from the eyepiece housing and a groove which is assigned to the pin, arranged on the inner side of the cap and rises in the axial direction, is ch... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6640053 | Camera front seal assembly A camera seal assembly has a first retainer having an opening. The first retainer defines an axis extending through the opening. A second retainer is disposed in fixed relation to the first retainer. The second retainer faces the first retainer in spaced ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6597873 | Lens hood A lens hood based on modular structure having at least one adapter module and at least one hood module, where each of the adapter modules is continuously fastened to each of lenses, each of the hood modules has double layer structure for the hood length e... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6578972 | Computer monitor bezel The invention provides a computer monitor bezel including a bezel mount, and opaque planar member, and a bezel face. The bezel mount includes a frame and a mounting formation. The frame defines a frame viewing opening entirely surrounded by the frame. The... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6542698 | Shading hood for digital camera having liquid crystal screen A shading hood member for a digital camera, which can easily be attached to a liquid crystal monitor of a digital camera of the existing type, and which has a simple structure and is compact in size, and which can be manufactured at low cost, is disclosed... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6488381 | Telescopic aiming enhancer The invention is a single device comprised of both an eye enhancer cover and a shade collector the two being connected to each other by two or more elastic band fasteners so it can be removably mounted on a sighting telescopic sight and can be easily stor... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6419367 | Glare shield attachment for a liquid crystal display screen A tubular attachment for a video monitor frame which encloses an LCD screen by insertion of the frame through an entry opening in the attachment to be located within an internal chamber of the attachment. The function of the attachment is to reduce glare ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6238053 | Protective assembly for an optical device A protective assembly structured to protect an optical device, such as a pair of binoculars that include a pair of lenses, a pair of eye pieces, and a main body having at least a pair of interconnecting shafts extending from the lenses. The protective ass... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6168278 | Protective goggles for laser and laser treatment apparatus with the goggles Protective goggles for protecting the eyes of an operator and others from a treatment laser beam emitted from a laser treatment apparatus is disclosed. The goggles include a protective filter which selectively blocks the treatment laser beam, an operating... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6152567 | Computer monitor privacy partition A partition for a computer monitor including a support panel releasably attached by hook and loop fasteners to the monitor casing sidewalls, and a privacy panel that is slidable movable between a retracted position and an extended position forward of the ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6084711 | Folding portable laptop/notebook computer shade The Folding Laptop Computer Shade is a device designed to reduce the amount of ambient light adversely affecting the viewability of portable laptop/notebook computers. It is essentially a four (4) sided collapsing box, which when expanded and placed direc... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5997145 | Computer screen enhancing device A computer screen enhancing device including a front panel having a central opening therethrough. The front panel is positionable on a computer monitor whereby a computer screen of the monitor is visible through the central opening. A pair of side panels ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5988823 | Collapsible laptop computer hood A simple and inexpensive portable laptop computer hood is disclosed in the form of a sheet with panels, flaps, fold lines, and a single viewing aperture. The single sheet of foldable material can be folded into a 3-dimensional hood operational configurati... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5966241 | Computer monitor visor A new computer monitor visor for shielding a user's eyes from direct ambient light while viewing a video display device such as a computer video monitor. The inventive device includes a generally rectangular sheet having first and second fold lines and fi... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5959657 | Method and apparatus for shielding light in an internal drum imaging system A collapsible shield for shielding the imaging beam of an internal drum imaging system. The collapsible shield is configured to be positioned in an extended position to enclose the imaging beam during scanning of an imaging material, and positioned in a r... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5953160 | Binocular A binocular includes two telescope systems with parallel axes, eyepiece frames, adjustable eye cups, operation controls placed between the telescope systems, a focus adjustment mechanism, a diopter correction mechanism, and a magnifying-power-varying mech... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5949579 | Flexible darkness adapting viewer A portable viewing tunnel for transparencies, medical radiographs, mammograms and other trans-illuminated materials is presented. Its proper use provokes human physiologic darkness adaptation primarily by means of an elastic neoprene rubber laminate cylin... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5940216 | Window tinting apparatus The present invention relates to a window tinting apparatus (10) which comprises an outer window (16A) and an inner window (16B) having a window cavity (16C) there between. The window tinting apparatus (10) further comprises a first primary polarized pane... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5818635 | Computer monitor visor A new computer monitor visor for reducing glare from a monitor's video display screen. The inventive device includes a top panel with a side panel hanging downwards from each of the top panel's lateral edges. The side panels are attached to the top panel ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5623367 | Eyeguard with automatic diaphragm An eyeguard for use on the eye-end of an optical instrument is provided having an instrument-end member adapted for connection to the optical instrument, an eye-end member adapted to interface with the periocular portion of the user's face, a hinge member... | 04/22/1997 |
