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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 |
| 5502300 | Compound optically tipped detectors A focal plane array (10) of radiation detectors (10b) has all features inclined with respect to an illuminating beam of radiation. That is, all features that would be orthogonally disposed with respect to an incoming wavefront are instead inclined to the ... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5412200 | Wide field distortion-compensating imaging system and methods An imaging system which measures the field variance of distorted light waves is described in which a set of short exposure "distorted" images of an object is collected, and a field variant data processing methodology applied in the digital domain, resulti... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5412203 | Cylindrical container inner surface tester A cylindrical container inner surface tester which illuminates an opening of a test container. The test container is located at a predetermined position with its opening set levelly to capture the opening through a TV camera. The tester also detects black... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5410143 | Space target detecting and tracking system utilizing starlight occlusion A system for detecting and tracking targets or objects located in the earth's shadow. The system senses and processes starlight from one or more stars. More particularly, the stellar background provides an illumination source with which targets are detect... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5391891 | Moisture sensing device A sensor device which registers the amount of moisture on a transparent screen. The sensor is connected to at least one light conducting element which is provided on one side with at least one beam emitter and on the other side with at least one beam rece... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5389781 | Structure and method usable for differentiating a plant from soil in a field An apparatus and a method are provided for selectively eliminating weeds in agriculture operations. To provide selective elimination, at least two light (radiation) emitters, powered by an internal power source, are modulated to switch on and off at very ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5382789 | Near field scanning optical microscope A light source generates probe light to be radiated on a sample. An optical probe has a pin hole at its distal end and selectively supplies the probe light to the sample through the pin hole. An optical detecting unit detects light emerging from the sampl... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5381000 | Image intensifier with modified aspect ratio An image intensifier 18 is comprised of an evacuated chamber, an input surface 16 having a florescent material thereon for converting incident radiation into a visible light representative of the incident radiation, a photocathode layer 20 disposed closel... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5381001 | Detection cell, a detector, a sensor, and a spectroscope using a superconductive tunneling junction The present invention relates mainly to a detection cell, a matrix detector using such cells, a sensor including such a detector, and a spectroscope including such a sensor. The invention provides a photon detection cell comprising a superconducting eleme... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5378900 | Crystal diameter measuring device The growing portion of a single crystal 1 grown by the pull method is recorded and the image signal is output to a digitizing circuit 3 that converts the image signal into binary data. A memory device 4 stores the digitized images and the point P at the b... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5378888 | Holographic system for interactive target acquisition and tracking A holographic laser target acquisition and tracking system with aberration compensation including a detector array, a master-oscillator (MO), a hologram processor, a spatial light modulator (SLM) and a slave oscillator which is referred to as a Holographi... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5374830 | Target based determination of robot and sensor alignment Target based machine vision useful for alignment of sensors and other objects affixed to structures, robots and the like. While addressed particularly to alignment of machine vision systems relative to structures, the techniques disclosed are useful with ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5374821 | Elastomeric optical fiber sensors and method for detecting and measuring events occurring in elastic materials Fiber optic sensing means for the detection and measurement of events such as dynamic loadings imposed upon elastic materials including cementitious materials, elastomers, and animal body components and/or the attrition of such elastic materials are provi... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5371359 | Water-proof optical switching device for controlling flash light emission An optical switching device comprises a light emitting device, a reflector for reflecting a light emitted by the light emitting device and having a plurality of set states, a reflected light distribution being changed by switching the set state, a pair of... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5371355 | Night vision device with separable modular image intensifier assembly A night vision device with a modular assembly includes an image intensifier module or assembly, which includes an image intensifier tube and a power supply. The image intensifier tube receives low-level light from a scene too dark to be viewed with the un... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5371358 | Method and apparatus for radiometric calibration of airborne multiband imaging spectrometer A multichannel imaging spectrometer for airborne geological, geophysical and environmental surveys in a moving vehicle. An optical scanner employs a rotating polygon allowing reduced scan optics with increased data acquisition efficiency. Multiple spectro... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5369271 | Rotation detector using dual position interference light In a rotation detector, a light beam from a light irradiating device is projected onto a first scale of an optical scale comprising gratings having a constant period provided around a cylindrical member of a rotating member, the light beam modulated by th... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369272 | Laser beam scanning apparatus having beam intensity control A laser beam scanning apparatus provided with a first photosensor for detecting a laser beam which has passed through an optical member and a second photosensor for detecting the laser beam without passing through the optical member to prevent the breakag... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5367174 | Defect detecting device for two-layer parts, in particular for solar cells A defect detecting device for checking by light reflection parts constituted by a substrate covered with a clear coat. The device includes a reference surface wherein the inspected parts are located; a polychromatic spotlight whose light beam direction in... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5365056 | X-ray image intensifier having an image sensor with amorphous semiconductor material layer The invention is directed to an x-ray image intensifier having an evacuated housing, an input luminescent screen, electron optics, and an image sensor applied inside the housing at that side thereof lying opposite the input luminescent screen. The side of... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5365052 | Optical information reading apparatus with controlled numerical aperture relationship between focusing and receiving optical systems A reflected beam from a reflective film of an optical disk exhibiting light intensity dependency is efficiently received. In the optical system, a collimator lens, a polarization beam splitter, a quarter wave plate and an objective lens are disposed in tu... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5365058 | Compensating optical system for video monitor There is disclosed a video system having a photodetector for sensing an optical pattern that is representative of a field of interest. The system incorporates a CCD photosensor having a pixel format adapted to a particular video convention, and further in... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5365051 | Projection exposure apparatus A projection exposure apparatus has a structure in which the deviation in a focusing direction between a portion on a wafer which a focus sensor detects during exposure and a desired portion in a shot area is detected, and an offset corresponding to the d... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5359203 | Laser OLB apparatus and method of mounting semiconductor device A laser OLB apparatus includes an XY table; a bonding laser source for irradiating bonding parts between bonding lands of a substrate and leads of a semiconductor device located on the substrate thereby bonding the bonding parts; a recognition device for ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5359188 | X-ray image intensifier An X-ray image intensifier includes an envelope having an input window consisting of an aluminum alloy, and an input phosphor screen arranged in the envelope to oppose the input window, and including a substrate, an input phosphor layer formed on the subs... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357102 | Tilted light detection device for preventing undesirable retro-reflection A light detection device includes a lens, a photodetector, positioned tilted at a prescribed angle to an incident beam axis, for detecting the incident beam which is incident passing through the lens, and a mask for shading a light reflected by the photo-... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357106 | Sensor for detecting beam position and start of scan position A sensor for a raster scanner is disclosed which utilizes two elements to detect the position of a scanning light beam relative to a reference level and also detect the start of the scan position. The two elements are placed adjacent to each other in such... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5357098 | Mounting structure for electro-optical devices A scanning head is provided suitable for scanning large-size documents including a plurality of contact type CCDs staggered on a common substrate with overlapping end portions, so that their sensitivity ranges are adjoined to one another, adjacent ends of... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5354982 | Imaging system having optimized electrode geometry and processing An imaging system employs a photoconductive material capable of bearing a latent photostatic image, a plurality of elongated parallel stripes adjacent the photoconductive material, selective scanning of the stripes to produce charge carriers within the ph... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5354994 | Method and apparatus for detecting film edges and film optical centers A method and apparatus for determining the edge of an individual frame of photographic film on a strip of photographic film being moved along a photographic film transport path. A plurality of light sensors are positioned in a substantially linear array s... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5354981 | Switching photosensitive matrix device The disclosure describes one unit cell of a PNPN photoswitch array for an image sensor, including a PNPN light-activated thyristor (LAT), in the form of a two-terminal device, and a load FET. The FET functions as a load and as an on-off switch in series. ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5352889 | Positioning mechanism of ophthalmologic apparatus Disclosed is a positioning mechanism of an ophthalmologic apparatus in which the operation property of the conventional mechanical vertical movement mechanism is kept while the feature of the vertical movement by means of electrical driving source or the ... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5350928 | Apparatus and method for detecting perforations An apparatus for use in a system for making bags or the like from a continuous web or sheet of film material, the system including a perforator for imparting series of transverse perforations onto the web at regularly spaced intervals, which comprises a s... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350911 | Wavefront error estimation derived from observation of arbitrary unknown extended scenes An extended scene wavefront sensing apparatus and procedure that separates (deconvolves) scene effects from wavefront errors of an optical or similar system. The present wavefront sensing apparatus and procedure uses a point source wavefront slope sensor ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5350915 | Image sensor using organic photoconductor An image sensor uses an image reading element formed by integrating pixels for converting image information to an electric signal. In each of the pixels, a common electrode common to all the pixels and an individual electrode corresponding to each of the ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5349199 | Sensing apparatus for reducing sheet detection and registration errors by using multiple light beam reflections An apparatus for sensing the presence or an edge of a sheet, including a light emitter, a set of reflectors and at least one light detecting member. A light beam is reflected between the emitter and detector in a repeating wave form so as to intersect a s... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5349177 | Image intensifier tube having a solid state electron amplifier An image intensifier tube that utilizes a photoresponsive layer for producing electrons in response to received radiation, a solid state electron amplifier for multiplying the electrons produced by the photoresponsive layer, a cold cathode for emitting el... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5347124 | Control system for oscillatory-mirror light beam deflector A control system for controlling an oscillatory-mirror light beam deflector such as a resonant light beam deflector with a reflecting mirror, has a drive circuit for applying a drive signal to energize the oscillatory-mirror light beam deflector, and a de... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5345090 | Manual check reader apparatus with optical imaging Optical reader apparatus for reading data on a data carrier. A housing defines a data carrier slot having an optical data window at a prearranged position. An optical reading means is mounted within the housing for reading data scanned past the optical da... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5345091 | Barcode identification system A barcode identification system is shown that includes a user operable personal computer for creating print jobs. The personal computer is coupled to a number of printers for printing the data for a job in a selected format on a record member such as a ta... | 09/06/1994 |
