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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7434860 | Loose positioning seat A mobile stabilizing seat is composed of a seat body, a driving stabilizing set, and a cover. The seat body is provided with a block partitioned into containing slots at a periphery of the block, and a periphery of the seat body is formed with a plurality of opening... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7386294 | Dedicated short-range communication on-vehicle apparatus A dedicated short-range communication on-vehicle apparatus easily attachable on a wind shield of the motor vehicle includes an antenna, a radio module, a data processing unit and others contained in a single box-like housing. The antenna (8) has directivity i... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372447 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7349552 | Connected audio and other media objects Media objects are transformed into active, connected objects via identifiers embedded into them or their containers. In the context of a user's playback experience, a decoding process extracts the identifier from a media object and possibly additional context inform... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349532 | Picture and video message center system A message originator sends a picture or video message to a message center along with caller identifying information. The message is stored in a memory and transmitted to a wireless picture phone, PDA or portable computing device, or stored at the message center in a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7321354 | Microdisplay for portable communication systems The invention relates to a microdisplay system that utilizes a small high resolution active matrix liquid crystal display with an illumination system and a magnifying optical system to provide a hand held communication display device. The system can employ an LED il... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7310072 | Portable communication display device A head-mounted display system displays information via a matrix display element mounted within a housing that is positioned relative to at least eye of a user. The display is connected to a video or information source such that the user can view information or image... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310416 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless comm... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305076 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system A wireless information communication system and method, such as a paging network, that provides caller identification information transmitted from the public switched telephone network to a pager, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a portable computing device, or per... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7286658 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems A method for use in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown in which Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network or other caller identifying data is received in a paging signal... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274948 | Mobile communication terminal having detachable wireless display window, and operation method thereof A mobile communication terminal and an operation method thereof are provided. The terminal includes: a detachable display window detached from a main body, for performing short-range wireless communication with the main body; and the main body for performing the sho... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274952 | Portable telephone set An image inputted from a camera input part 8 or the like is displayed on a display part 6 and converted through an analysis process such as latter recognition of the image in an image analysis part 7 to code data. A check is then made as to whet... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270547 | Adapter for car radios An adapter for electrical connections of a car radio has a plastic part containing integrated electrical plug-in connection arrangement and mechanically fixable to a car component that does not have any electrical connection with the adapter. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266186 | Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system Contact data in a phonebook database for a personal communication device are remotely updateable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a wireless radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are inpu... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257210 | Picture phone with caller id Pictures are transmitted to a wireless picture phone with caller ID from a message originator and used by the message recipient to identify who is to sending the picture. In one embodiment the pictures are sent to a message center along with the caller ID of the mes... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254223 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems Contact data in a database for a wireless personal communication device are remotely updatable from, or transferable between, a computer system using a radio frequency connection. New contact data, and changes or updates to existing contact data, are input at the co... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251318 | Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7242383 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236764 | Method and apparatus for updating locations of dormant mobile stations In code division multiple access communication systems, there are three levels for updating locations of dormant mobile stations (MSs) and setting up fast call. In sector and are levels, the dormant MS send a layer 2 message containing a message type and MS identifi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7215950 | Method of telematics unit configuration and activation using vehicle control buttons The invention provides a method of operating a telematics unit in a mobile vehicle. A command signal may be received in response to a radio button activation, a cellular programming mode may be activated in response to the command signal, a mobile phone identificati... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7190944 | Method for performing handover based compressed mode and common frequency of neighbor cells A method for performing a handover based on a compressed mode and a common frequency of neighbor cells is disclosed. The method for performing a handover includes the steps of: a) measuring the signal intensities of a common frequency of a source base station and a ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174145 | Method and apparatus for automatic channel search The invention reduces the time required for automatically searching for channels on a device receiving channels of various widths. The invention proposes a channel detection process which carries out successive passes with frequency spacings corresponding to channel... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165798 | Instrument mounting assembly An instrument mounting assembly (100) for mounting an instrument (102) to a vehicle (200) is provided. The assembly includes a carrier (114) coupled to the vehicle (200) and a support (108) coupled to the carrier, the suppor... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7162278 | Secured wireless handsets The present invention relates to secured wireless handsets that discourage or reduce unauthorized removal, loss, or theft of a handset, while allowing the person to communicate hands free. In an embodiment the wireless handset includes a first attachment of a T-nut ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145464 | Data collection device In one aspect of the invention a data collection device is provided for use with a medium said medium being usable when exposed to electromagnetic radiation that is characteristic of such use. The data collection device has a sensor capable of sensing when the mediu... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7134877 | Demonstration system of electronic equipment and demonstration method for electronic equipment A demonstration system of an electronic equipment. The electronic equipment includes first and second operation units which are arranged on a front panel of the electronic equipment. In the first operation unit, there are provided display device, various operation k... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7136666 | Control of the transmission power of a CDMA based system A new and significantly improved approach for controlling the transmission power in the uplink direction of a CDMA-based radio system is disclosed, which provides a transmission power control even with regard to an overall link quality substantially involving a real... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7099633 | Intervehicle communication system and method A communication system and methods are disclosed for use with vehicles. The communication system permits toll-free, local communication between people in two different vehicles using communicators that are synchronizable to a common operative channel or frequency wi... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7099709 | Metal enclosure for portable electronic device A metal enclosure (5) is provided on a mobile phone. The mobile phone includes the enclosure, a rear cover (4), and an electronic component assembly. The enclosure is formed as a single piece, and comprises a top wall (51), a bottom wall (54 | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088986 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes: a front panel provided at a front surface of apparatus main body; and a holding mechanism that detachably holds the front panel against the apparatus main body. The holding mechanism has engaging member formed in one of the front pa... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7031692 | Portable cellular telephone and communication system thereof A portable cellular telephone, has two separable parts, one for performing subscriber interface functions and another for performing transmitting and receiving functions on a cellular telephone network, the parts being in bidirectional communication with each other ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006845 | Method and system for interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system A method of interfacing a portable transceiver in a telematics system comprising the steps of: a) bringing a portable wireless transceiver into proximity of a vehicle, wherein the portable wireless transceiver has short range and long range wireless transceiving fun... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003319 | Data carrier system A cellular telephone (102) in a vehicle includes a data carrier system comprising a first semi-permanent Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) (200) selectively couplable to the cellular telephone (102) and a second SIM (300) selectively coupl... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6983137 | Electronic apparatus, drive mechanism and drive control method for a front panel An electronic apparatus includes, an electronic apparatus main unit, a front panel attached at the front of the electronic apparatus main unit detachably from the electronic apparatus main unit. The electronic apparatus has a driving section provided at the electron... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6954135 | Emergency communication system An emergency communication system is installed on a vehicle for transmitting emergency information such as traffic accident, sudden illness, etc. to a center such as police station. It is used for the purpose of preventing inadvertent neglect of the connection of a ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6935597 | Vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus A vehicle-mounted electronic apparatus includes a case having an opening on the front surface thereof, a face that moves from an ordinary orientation which is vertical or oblique in front of the case to an accommodated orientation in which the face is accommodated w... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6937732 | AUDIO SYSTEM AND ITS CONTENTS REPRODUCTION METHOD, AUDIO APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE AND ITS CONTENTS REPRODUCTION METHOD, PORTABLE AUDIO APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM An audio apparatus for a vehicle made up of a car-mounted audio apparatus 100 and portable audio apparatuses 200a and 200b transmits/receives contents data such as music via radio communication. As a communication system for this i... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927676 | Vehicle radio anti-theft arrangement and method A vehicle anti-theft arrangement and method relies on matching vehicle identifiers upon detection of vehicle battery cycling to confirm whether or not the component being protected is still resident in an authorized vehicle. The arrangement and method further includ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6928309 | Portable communication terminal charger system When a portable communication terminal is being charged by a charger, a control signal according to a command entered into the charger is fed from the charger to the portable communication terminal so that, according to this control signal, the portable communicatio... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6909419 | Portable microdisplay system An active matrix color crystal display has an active matrix circuit, a counterelectrode panel and an interposed layer of liquid crystal. The active matrix display is located in a portable microdisplay system that has a display computer that generates images to be di... | 06/21/2005 |
