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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 |
| 8112049 | Channel quality handling for precoder override Technology is described that allows the transmitter to make different channel quality adjustments to reported channel quality information for use in allocating resources for subsequent transmissions depending on whether a precoder recommendation is used or overridde... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7970365 | Systems and methods for compensating for transmission phasing errors in a communications system using a receive signal A method for correcting transmission phasing errors in an plurality of antenna elements is provided. The method includes receiving at least a first signal having a first frequency at the plurality of antenna elements at an angle of arrival (AOA). The method also inc... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7949318 | Multi-rank beamforming precoding apparatus and method A multi-rank beamforming (MRBF) scheme in which the downlink channel is estimated and an optimal precoding matrix to be used by the MRBF transmitter is determined accordingly. The optimal precoding matrix is selected from a codebook of matrices having a recursive st... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7639994 | RF power transmission network and method Disclosed is an RF power transmission network. The network includes at least one RF power transmitter, at least one power tapping component, and at least one load. The at least one RF power transmitter, the at least one power tapping component, and the at least one ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7421265 | Selectable network antenna systems and methods A network device is disclosed, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a transceiver adapted to transmit and receive information and an internal antenna and an external antenna connector coupled to the transceiver. A housing enclose... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412217 | Transceiver with interference signal rejection, and method for interference signal rejection A transceiver with interference signal rejection has a transmission path and a reception path. The transmission path is connected to a transmission amplifier whose output is coupled to an antenna. In addition, the antenna is also connected to the reception path. A c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406344 | Wireless network card with antenna selection option A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7392069 | Handle for a mobile station and method of using the same A bangle or handle for supporting a mobile station that includes a continuous loop of resiliently compressible material. A portion of the length of the handle is configured to fit within a channel defined in a housing of the mobile station. A second length portion e... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7373133 | Recharging method and apparatus The present invention provides apparatus and an associated method for remotely energizing power storage devices. Energization may preferably be effected through the use of RF energy from a base station, ambient energy or ultra-wide band energy. The remote station pr... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368827 | Electrical assembly for monitoring conditions in a combustion turbine operating environment An electrical assembly for use in various operating environments such as a casing of a combustion turbine 10 is provided. The assembly may include an electrical energy-harvesting device 51 disposed in a component within the casing of the turbine to con... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369879 | System for reducing the electromagnetic interference between two or more antennas coupled to a wireless communication device A system for reducing electromagnetic interference between two or more co-located antennas is described herein. In one embodiment, the system includes a first antenna for transmitting a first signal within a first frequency band, and a second antenna for operating w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366463 | Military UHF and commercial Geo-mobile system combination for radio signal relay A radio signal relay device such as satellite is used to cover several relatively small geographical regions with relatively narrow beams as well as a relatively large geographical region with a single beam. This relatively wide beam permits legacy equipment to be u... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366473 | Method and apparatus for diversity switching control A method and apparatus for diversity switching control are generally described herein. According to one embodiment, a diversity control network is introduced which effectively reduces the number of coaxial cables required to interface with N antennas from the conven... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7346317 | Dynamic gain and phase compensation for power amplifier load switching Methods and apparatus are provided for gain and phase compensation in a radio frequency (RF) transmitter (108). The RF transmitter (108) has at least one power amplifier (PA) (205) for providing a transmitted signal having a signal power therefr... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343265 | System to monitor the health of a structure, sensor nodes, program product, and related methods A system to monitor the health of a structure, health monitoring sensor nodes, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an array of health monitoring sensor nodes connected to or embedded within a structure to monitor the health of t... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328041 | High-frequency switch module A high-frequency switch module is less power consumable, and is able to be small-sized and thinner in thickness. The high-frequency switch module is also able to obtain an amount of attenuation in a stopband and proper characteristics. The high-frequency switch modu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7272364 | Method and system for minimizing overlap nulling in switched beams A wireless system, which minimizes nulls within the wireless system, while simultaneously providing diversity. A wireless system will now have increased capacity and coverage due to an enhanced signal to interference ratio in the areas of beam overlap. The system us... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269440 | Cellular phone and method of operating the same A cellular phone covering a plurality of frequency bands, includes (a) an antenna, (b) a high-frequency circuit, (c) an antenna-matching circuit electrically connecting in series between the antenna and the high-frequency circuit, and (d) a first unit which varies a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7254374 | Switchable multi-transmitter combiner and method A transmitter-combining broadcast system and method is provided that allows IBOC-compatible broadcast with simple analog-to-IBOC upgradeability with high efficiency. At full power, a standard analog signal and an IBOC-compatible digital signal are transmitted by com... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248839 | Arrangement for operating various terminal devices In a first embodiment, the invention relates to an arrangement for operating a plurality of terminal devices (6) on a common antenna (4) with a coupling network (2) comprising a first separator (8) associated with the antenna (4) a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245938 | Wireless antenna traffic matrix A beam shaping antenna matrix for use in wireless cell towers that is manually-configured at a patch panel by a wireless operator based on selection of a desired beam size and point of direction. The traffic matrix allows a wireless operator to sculpt and resculpt t... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239215 | Multicell amplifier and power divider/combiner employable in same A multicell amplifier comprises a first divider unit, which receives the input signal of the amplifier, divides it into 2N subsignals, amplifies them and recombines the amplified signals in two N-way combiners to form two local output signals; two further divider un... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230576 | Electronic device An electronic device includes a circuit board, a dual band planar inverted-F antenna, and a loud speaker. The circuit board has a ground terminal and a feeding terminal. The dual band planar inverted-F antenna includes a short circuit part, a feeding part, and a rad... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7206600 | Method and apparatus of antenna detection and authentication Briefly, a method and apparatus for decoding and authenticating an antenna is disclosed. The method may include detecting attachment of an antenna to a transmitter by authenticating a cipher received from the antenna. The method further includes suspending transmiss... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206553 | Method and apparatus for impedance matching in an amplifier using lumped and distributed inductance An impedance matching circuit (140) includes a capacitive element (C1, 220), having a capacitance C, coupled in parallel with an output node (215) of the matching circuit, and an inductor (L1, 225) coupled in series ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194245 | High-frequency signal receiving apparatus A high-frequency signal receiver includes a mixer having one port for receiving an input signal and another port for receiving an output from a local oscillator, a filter for receiving an output from the mixer, and an output terminal to which an output from the filt... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7180404 | Wireless sensor systems and methods, and methods of monitoring structures A wireless sensor system includes a passive sensor apparatus configured to be embedded within a concrete structure to monitor infiltration of contaminants into the structure. The sensor apparatus includes charging circuitry and a plurality of sensors respectively co... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181179 | Hand-held electronic device A hand-held electronic device comprises an IC-card chip unit, a watch CPU, a power source unit, a display unit, and a switch connected between the power source unit and the IC-card chip unit. The watch CPU has a power supply controlling unit. The IC-card chip unit p... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174950 | Heat transfer system for a satellite including an evaporator A heat transfer system includes a heat transfer passage in the vicinity of a source of dissipated heat on a satellite to collect heat dissipated by the source and a fluid loop including an evaporator having over part of its path a maximum surface area of its externa... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176812 | Wireless blade monitoring system and process The present invention can be generally described as a blade monitoring and wireless communications system. This monitoring and communications system is formed by the integration of commonly available or easily developed hardware and/or software components, which may... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171173 | Redundant GPS antenna splitter With a redundant GPS antenna splitter two GPS antennas are connected through an amplifier to a passive antenna splitter in parallel feeding mode, whereby the direct current supply of the antennas is provided by a DC driver stage, whose inputs (DC1 to DC8 | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164933 | Apparatus and method for reducing the electromagnetic interference between two or more antennas coupled to a wireless communication device An apparatus for reducing the electromagnetic interference between two or more co-located antennas is described herein. In one embodiment, the apparatus is positioned proximate to a second antenna for intercepting electromagnetic energy radiated from a first antenna... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161476 | Electronic tire management system An electronic tire maintenance system is provided for measuring a parameter of a device at a first location. The system includes a sensor for measuring the device parameter and generating a data signal representing the measured parameter. The system also includes a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162264 | Tunable parasitic resonators A mobile terminal can include a printed circuit board with a reference voltage conductor, an antenna coupled to the first side of the printed circuit board, and a parasitic resonator coupled to the second side of the printed circuit board. More particularly, the par... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158049 | Wireless communication circuit The invention includes a wireless communication circuit and a method of communicating with wireless signals that feature a tank circuit having an inductor connected in parallel with a capacitor circuit. The capacitor circuit includes a pair of capacitors coupled in ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155267 | Apparatus and method for monitoring antenna state of mobile station An apparatus and method are provided for monitoring an antenna state of a mobile station. A resister may be provided between a battery voltage terminal and a power source voltage terminal of a power amplifier. A voltage level corresponding to a dropped amount of a v... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7146201 | Portable wireless apparatus A portable wireless apparatus with transmission capability. An inner common antenna, including a metal frame embedded in an LCD and an inverse F-type antenna device, is provided, such that performance of the electromagnetic wave is increased to a maximum and resonan... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7142832 | High-frequency device A high-frequency device includes an antenna terminal, a signal line connected to the antenna terminal, a high-frequency signal processing circuit connected to the signal line, a capacitance element having one end connected to the signal line and other end grounded, ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7142829 | Dual antenna diversity transmitter and system with improved power amplifier efficiency Provided is a dual antenna diversity transmitter and system having improved power amplifier efficiency, and further comprising switches in the dual antenna diversity transmitter and system, to minimize a DC input power consumed by the power amplifier depending on th... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7133652 | Circuit arrangement for compensation of the damping in an antenna feed cable for a mobile radio device The invention concerns a circuit arrangement for compensation of attenuation in an antenna lead for a mobile wireless device. The circuit arrangement is suitable for operation in a wireless network, in which the higher or the lower of two frequency ranges def... | 11/07/2006 |
