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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436738 | Play-back device A body device has a dual mode function and includes: a play-back mode setting unit for selecting a plurality of play-back modes such as a CD mode, an AM mode, an FM mode and so on; and a control unit for controlling the play-back mode setting unit so as to select an... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7277247 | Library apparatus and cartridge therefor A library apparatus includes an enclosure enclosing at least a storage cabinet. A sound sensor is located within the enclosure. The sound sensor is designed to detect sound within the enclosure. The library apparatus enables detection of sound inside the enclosure o... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254096 | Reproducing apparatus, method for controlling reproduction and controlling program for reproduction Providing a reproducing apparatus of an in-car disk player, a method and a program for controlling reproducing apparatus. The reproducing apparatus, which is portable and can be carried home, has reproducing means for reproducing data recorded in a disk-shaped recor... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7085968 | Audibly enabled error status A disk drive system includes a control bus, a processor and a controller attached to the control bus. An error table and an audio signal table are in communication with the controller and processor. An audio output device is attached to the bus of the disk drive. Th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7023778 | Playback apparatus and power-saving method In a playback apparatus which plays back music in a plurality of audio formats, a control unit detects a voltage level of a power supply unit and restricts a playback of music in one of the audio formats, which requires power consumption whose amount exceeds a given... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009531 | System for aurally monitoring aeronautical information while in flight A system and a method for providing a continuous, semi-continuous and/or repetitive aural signal to an aircraft pilot indicative of a difference between a set value and an actual value for one or more flight characteristics of the aircraft. ... | 03/07/2006 |
| RE38967 | Video monitor and housing assembly A portable video cassette camera or minicam, preferably a palmcorder, is placed within a vehicle so as to monitor the activity within the passenger compartment. The minicam is contained in a box fastened to a wall within the vehicle so as to prevent the theft of the... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6989740 | Advanced audio safety apparatus An audio safety apparatus for vehicles and equipment that operate in a reverse mode using Electro-mechanical or mechanical means adaptable to various electro-mechanical applications. The apparatus is used for cars, buses, trucks, planes or any other vehicle that mov... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6975929 | Data recording apparatus, data recording method, program for data recording and information recording medium The navigation apparatus is provided with: an operating unit which is used for entering type of use of movement of an automobile; a position-recognition unit which calculates at least a distance traveled by the automobile under the entered type of use; and a control... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6968260 | Vehicle drive control apparatus, vehicle drive control method and program therefor A vehicle drive control apparatus includes buffers, as a recording portion, set for each of a plurality of storage items, each of the plurality of storage items having a different sampling cycle, and a controller that samples variable quantities, that indicate a sta... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6954138 | Image processing system for identifying car stealer An image processing system for identifying car stealer to be set in a car involving a high risk to be stolen, comprising a device to take the full-faced image of the criminal without his/her knowledge. A dashboard panel (2) in front of the driver's sea... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6920086 | Method for recording and reproducing radio information and corresponding system A method for the reproduction of information, as well as an arrangement therefor, are proposed, in which upon the arrival of information from a first information source, that information is recorded; if no information from a further information source is present, th... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6895165 | Apparatus for enabling perpetual recording and instant playback or storage of a time-specific portion of an audio or audio visual broadcast medium A radio or television apparatus has tuning circuitry for selecting a channel from an input spectrum, an output for presenting a presentation from a selected channel, a recording apparatus having a memory with capacity for recording a fixed time duration T of the sel... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6785195 | Automotive audio system An automotive audio system includes a first unit for acquiring a sound signal to be reproduced, a second unit for controlling the first unit by means of a control signal and also reproducing the supplied sound signal, and a bus for establishing communication between... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6631098 | Dual-mode MP3 player "A portable MP3 player has two operation modes. In a first mode, the portable MP3 player operates independently. A controller in the MP3 player reads first MP3 files from internal memory and a MP3 decoder is utilized for decoding the MP3 files. In additio... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6629030 | Method and device for recoding vehicle data A method for recording data from parameter values captured using sensors in a vehicle, particularly for the reconstruction of accidents, as well as a memory device and a device for recording such data, it being possible to record all relevant data continu... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6593848 | Motor vehicle recorder system This invention relates to a Motor Vehicle Recorder System device, which consists of a recorder device, microphones and a camera system installed in an automobile to record a conversation or other events. The invention reveals a recorder installed in a mot... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6489885 | Digital horn for a motor vehicle A vehicle horn has data representing audio horn signals recorded in a memory. The horn includes a digital counter responsive to clock signals from an oscillator to sequentially read the horn audio data from the memory, provide the data to a D/A converter ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6356823 | System for monitoring and recording motor vehicle operating parameters and other data A motor vehicle data collection, monitoring and management system is provided for ready connection to the vehicle's onboard data network through the data interface provided by the vehicle manufacturer. The data collected includes data available on the man... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6346154 | Suction plate for holding and supporting electronic circuit boards during printing operation An apparatus for supporting double sided printed circuit boards during printing a solder past pattern or the like on the second side of the printed circuit board after the first side is already loaded. The apparatus includes components for holding the pri... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6324450 | Mobile object information recording apparatus A mobile object information recording apparatus includes first and second cameras and various vehicle condition sensors for detecting mobile object information representing the status of a vehicle. An abnormal level detector detects an abnormal level of t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6310541 | Motor vehicle recorder system This invention relates to a Motor Vehicle Recorder System device, which consists of a tape recorder and sensitive microphone system installed in an automobile to record a conversation. The invention reveals a mini-tape recorder installed in a motor vehicl... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6282608 | Compact disc player with security system for selectively preventing ejection of a compact disc and related method In accordance with this invention, a security feature that protects against theft of compact discs ("CDs") left in a compact disc player in a vehicle is implemented in a conventional compact disc player that has a CD insertion/ejection servo mechanism, a ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6216069 | Hidden acquisition module for acquiring data from a vehicle A data acquisition module that monitors the operation and duration of the operation of an electrical vehicle device, such as starter motor, and is readily mounted at an inconspicuous location in the vehicle. The data acquisition module stores each activat... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6185490 | Vehicle crash data recorder A vehicle data recorder useful in recording and accessing data from a vehicle accident comprised of; a microprocessor based system that will have in the preferred embodiment four inputs from the host vehicle, and four inputs from the internal sensors. The... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5659524 | Apparatus for controlling tape-ejection in an automobile-installed video cassette recorder An apparatus capable of performing an automatic tape ejection operation in an automobile-installed video cassette recorder comprises an input power detector for detecting an electrical disconnection between an automobile battery and the video cassette rec... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5638273 | Vehicle data storage and analysis system and methods A system for monitoring, recording, and analyzing operational and incident data from a machine, particularly a vehicle. The system includes a computer controlled device, mounted onboard the machine, which collects and records data supplied to it from a va... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5627753 | Method and apparatus for recording data on cockpit voice recorder A spare voice channel on a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) is used to record flight data. Data from an accelerometer and other sensors in an aircraft are digitized and collected by a microprocessor once each second and are collated and arranged in an industr... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5282182 | Video monitor and housing assembly A portable video cassette camera or minicam, preferably a palmcorder, is placed within a vehicle so as to monitor the activity within the passenger compartment. The minicam is contained in a box fastened to a wall within the vehicle so as to prevent the t... | 01/25/1994 |
| 4839749 | Recorded voice warning system for providing safety alerts and personal messages A vehicle safety and personal message system primarily designed to be incorporated into a vehicle to provide the driver with a pre-recorded speech message pertaining to either a vehicle safety alert or a personal message. The safety alerts include such ev... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4766580 | Information reproducing system with improved response to intermittent power supply An information reproducing system, such as an audio tape player, for automotive use, whereby errors which would otherwise occur when the engine is started are inhibited. The information reproducing system of the invention includes a voltage detector circu... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4729102 | Aircraft data acquisition and recording system Disclosed is a combined flight data recorder data aquisition circuitry (10) and airborne integrated data circuitry (12) that can be variously packaged to supplement and update existing aircraft systems or serve as a standalone flight data recording and/or... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4682292 | Fault tolerant flight data recorder Signal units of information stored in electronic memory are arranged in frames which are separated in memory by configurable end of data pointers, each frame stored with a first configuration pointer indicating a present frame, the storing of each present... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4646241 | Solid-state flight data recording system Flight parameter data is real time sampled in successive sample frames and temporarily stored in memory for one or more sample frame intervals, the stored sample values are examined to detect extremes in parameter values with time, periodic ones of the te... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4621335 | Real time recall feature for an engine data processor system A real-time recall feature for an engine data processor (20). An engine mounted data processor (20) inputs a plurality of engine operating parameters from a gas turbine engine (10). These parameters are fault checked and reformatted by the processor (20) ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4602358 | Car stereo set A car stereo set is disposed in a dead space inside a car which can be reached by a person sitting on the rear seat of the car, e.g. a central armrest, side armrest, rear side wall, or the back of a front seat. The car stereo set may be reduced to unit co... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4470116 | Digital flight data recording system A flight data recording system includes a digital flight data recorder (DFDR) and a digital flight data acquisition unit (DFDAU) having a signal processor and nonvolatile memory for storing signals representative of a deterministic flight mode algorithm w... | 09/04/1984 |
| 4426691 | Voice warning device with repeat mechanism for an automotive vehicle A voice warning device has a record disc as a recording medium storing warning and a repeat mechanism for repeatedly reproducing the warnings. The record disc contains a plurality of warning messages respectively corresponding to preselected abnormal cond... | 01/17/1984 |
| 4380809 | Automatic power supply system An automatic power supply system for an acoustic apparatus having at least a cassette deck box and an audio box connected thereto, the deck box including an automatic power supply circuit and a tape/radio selector switch. A power source +B is supplied to ... | 04/19/1983 |
| 4323787 | Automatic power supply apparatus An automatic power supply apparatus which comprises at least a cassette deck box and an audio box, said cassette deck box including an automatic power supply circuit, a control amplifier, a switch means for selectively connecting a power supply to a tape ... | 04/06/1982 |
