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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7929855 | Image taking system, method of controlling the same and recording medium An image taking system includes an image taking circuit which photographs the object upon receipt of a photographing instruction and obtains an image representing the object, a light emitting circuit which emits stroboscopic light, a photographing control circuit wh... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7418209 | System and method for multi-dimensional encoding The invention provides, according to its various embodiments, a method for secure communication that involves encoding and transmitting an optical communications signal that is encoded based on a multi-dimensional encoding technique. The multi-dimensional encoding t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7283738 | Digital camera and power supply apparatus used therefor A power supply apparatus, including a power supply configured to supply power to a plurality of devices or circuits to operate said plurality of devices or circuits; and a moderation mechanism configured to control the power supplied to the plurality of devices or c... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265520 | Electronic apparatus and method of controlling the electronic apparatus An electronic watch in which the display on a liquid crystal display 236 is prohibited when the detected output voltage of a secondary battery 220 drops to a first predefined voltage. An initialization process is performed when the detected voltage of ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7236697 | Device for driving light emitting diode for flash of camera Disclosed herein is a device for driving a LED for a flash of a camera, such as a digital camera or a camera of a mobile phone, which is capable of driving the LED in two modes to reduce power consumption. The LED drive device comprises the LED, a continuous low cur... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7176656 | Tool with battery pack A handheld tool has an attached position in which the tool is removably attached to a battery pack. The battery pack has an auxiliary battery and output terminals for outputting electricity from the auxiliary battery. The tool includes a load and a primary battery. ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7123829 | Digital camera and power supply apparatus used therefor A digital camera, including a common power supply for supplying power; a plurality of motors sharing the power supply and driven by the power supplied from the power supply; and a current detector for detecting load current supplied to the plurality of motors, where... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7123155 | Operational mode-based battery monitoring for a battery-powered electronic device A method and an electronic device monitor a battery of the device with respect to device operational mode in one or both of battery charge level monitoring and battery cut-off determination. Mode-based monitoring employs a mode-specific wait period prior to performi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7050105 | Electronic camera and battery voltage controlling method employed therein for successively, rather than simultaneously, operating camera portions during conditions of low battery voltage An electronic camera free from failures of an internal circuit, such as a signal processing portion, caused by a drop in battery voltage when there remains a small amount of electric charge in the battery, includes a signal processing portion for signal-processing a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7029140 | Flashing light system with multiple voltages Flashing lights may be added to footwear or other objects worn by persons. Flashing light systems are necessarily compact, consisting primarily of flashing lights and a power-and-control circuit that controls and enables the flashing of the lights. The lights may be... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027016 | Display apparatus and image signal processing apparatus To attain high image quality such as high resolution and high dynamic range in a display apparatus for irradiating light generated by a light source onto a light modulating element and for forming a display image plane from the light transmitted through or reflected... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6980252 | Electronic camera and battery voltage controlling method employed therein for successively, rather than simultaneously, operating camera portions during conditions of low battery voltage An electronic camera free from failures of an internal circuit, such as a signal processing portion, caused by a drop in battery voltage when there remains a small amount of electric charge in the battery, includes a signal processing portion for signal-processing a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6847783 | Instant camera and recording apparatus A camera body of an instant camera is provided with four light sources LED1 to LED4 for a display. The four light sources LED1 to LED4 flash on and off in mutually different display modes in accordance with the state of progress of a seri... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6804461 | Flash apparatus and auxiliary battery apparatus A flash apparatus operates on power supplied from internal batteries and an external battery in an auxiliary battery apparatus. A battery check is executed by detecting the charge speed at which a main capacitor is charged and comparing the charge speed with a thres... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6546294 | Life cycle monitor for electronic equipment A system for monitoring the life cycle of an electronic apparatus of the type that creates an output data record such as an exposed photographic film, or a digital data, sound or image file, includes a sensor in the electronic apparatus for monitoring the... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6351611 | Battery check system for use in cameras A battery check system for use in a camera has a monitor circuit and a control circuit. The monitor circuit detects the condition of a battery used in the camera. The control circuit controls the operation of the monitor circuit and controls the operation... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6345156 | Flash unit In a flash circuit of a flash device, a Zener diode (37) is connected to a tap point (23f) located at an intermediate position of a secondary coil of an oscillation transformer (23). The oscillation transformer (23) and an oscillation transistor (22) cons... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6317566 | Electronic flash device for photographic camera An electronic flash device equipped with LED indicator for providing an indication of completion of charging a main capacitor and a circuit for lowering power consumption has a controlling transistor operative to control a base current of the oscillating ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6167202 | Camera system or flash unit A camera system which performs light measurement by causing a flash unit to perform a preliminary emission before causing said flash unit to perform a main emission, and computes a control value for the main emission on the basis of a result of the light ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6091906 | Flash device In a flash device, a three-terminal switch is provided for connecting or disconnecting between a secondary coil of an oscillating transformer and a base of an oscillating transistor, between the secondary coil of the oscillating transformer and a triggeri... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5842061 | Apparatus using battery When an operation such as the operation of the shutter release button or the closing of the cover to the film container compartment is performed, any operation such as charging that was underway is stopped once and checking of the battery voltage level is... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5781804 | Single touch flash charger circuit with timer control A single touch flash capacitor charging circuit particularly useful in low cost cameras incorporating an oscillation timeout circuit to arrest self-sustaining oscillations for conserving battery consumption. The timeout circuit includes a reference voltag... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5758212 | Camera for shortening a strobe charge time A camera for shortening a strobe charge time comprising the present invention discloses a camera and a method for shortening the charge time of a strobe by mounting a generator around or within a motor and applying electric energy produced from the turnin... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5592257 | Electronic flash device with slave emission function An electronic flash device having a slave emission function and a standby mode, includes a setting member for setting the slave emission function, activation means activated in response to an input generated upon the function setting operation of the sett... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5579068 | Electronic flash apparatus of a camera Disclosed is an electronic flash apparatus of a camera incorporating a focal plane shutter. The apparatus is constructed of a capacitor for storing an electric charge, a flashtube for irradiating a subject with a flash of light by the electric charge stor... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5557356 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit A lens-fitted photographic film unit includes an electronic flash provided therein, a neon lamp to light or flicker when a charging voltage for the electronic flash reaches a predetermined value. A first window is provided on the upper surface or the rear... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5287134 | Photographic flash apparatus An electronic strobe flash apparatus includes a first energizable flash tube arranged to project light in a first direction to directly illuminate a scene, a second energizable flash arrange to project light in a second direction to indirectly illuminate ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5194889 | Flashing device A flashing device for emitting light to an object, which has a light emitting member and a condenser that is charged to supply electricity to the light emitting member. The light emitting member is turned OFF when the light amount emitted to the object re... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5175581 | Camera having a built-in strobe and lens for use therewith A strobe built-in camera includes a camera body having a strobe built therein and at least one photographing lens to be detachably mounted on the camera body. The camera comprises a strobe use-warning device for warning unsuitability of use of the strobe ... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5138362 | Auto strobe camera An auto strobe camera that gives a clear indication of the status of a strobe charge operation only when the photographer intends to take a picture. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the auto strobe camera includes a strobe flashing unit which... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5109244 | Electronic flash apparatus for cameras In a camera system including an electronic flash apparatus, a main capacitor of the flash apparatus is charged for a predetermined time interval, in response to a preparatory operation such as a first stroke of a release button. During this time interval,... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5086315 | Camera with strobe and lens for use therewith A camera having a camera body with a strobe built therein and at least one photographic lens that is detachably mounted on the camera body. The camera has a strobe use-warning device for warning of the unsuitability of the use of the strobe in the case wh... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5068575 | Indirect storage capacitor voltage sensing means for a flyback type DC-to-DC converter In a flyback type self-oscillating DC-to-DC converter, a voltage sensing means indirectly senses the storage capacitor voltage and indicates when the voltage across a storage capacitor has been charged to a predetermined charged value. The voltage sensing... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4994846 | Auto strobe camera An auto strobe camera that gives a clear indication of the status of a strobe charge operation only when the photographer intends to take a picture. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the auto strobe camera includes a strobe flashing unit which... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4989029 | Camera with control apparatus for charging storage capacitor for flash light emission A control unit for charging capacitor for flash emission of a camera having an indication of "CHARGING" in a finder comprises a charging level detecting circuit for detecting level of charging of a capacitor for emitting flash, and a timer for measuring a... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4912499 | Camera apparatus In a photographic camera having a built-in electronic flash, a flash charging indicator, such as an LED, is illuminated whenever the flash capacitor is being charged. If the capacitor is charged for a relatively long time, e.g. 30 seconds, the photographe... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4799078 | Camera with shutter actuated by piezoelectric element and flash light emitting means A camera with a flash light emitting element and a piezoelectric element for actuating a shutter wherein successive rapid photographing is enabled. The camera comprises a single main capacitor, and a first voltage detecting means for detecting a first cha... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4777507 | Control system for an electronic flash unit A flash charge related signal which indicates that there is inadequate flash energy to fire an electronic flash device is provided during flash-charging, until the elapse of a predetermined fraction of the last-measured full charge time for the flash devi... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4751545 | Battery check circuit of electronic strobe flash unit of camera A battery check device for checking a battery of a camera having at least a storoboscopic flash unit is disclosed, which functions to compare a first reference time with a charging time of a main capacitor of the flash unit and, when the charging time bec... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4705373 | Charge completion confirming device for flash light devices The present invention relates to a device for confirming whether all of flash light devices to be used are in the fully charged state or not in case a plural number of flash light devices are used for flash photographing. According to the present inventio... | 11/10/1987 |
