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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663705 | Light propagation characteristic control apparatus, optical display apparatus, light propagation characteristic control program, optical display apparatus control program, light propagation characteristic control method and optical display apparatus control method Exemplary embodiments of the present invention provide a light propagation characteristic control apparatus which extends the light-intensity dynamic range and the number of levels, and are suited for enhancing image quality and reducing the size and generation time... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7633479 | Active matrix liquid crystal display device The first output buffer 22 of the driving LSI 20 outputs the first video signal voltage V and the second output buffer outputs the second video signal voltage *V with the opposite polarity from that of the first video signal voltage. The first and the ... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7508368 | Drive voltage generator circuit for driving LCD panel A drive voltage generator circuit is provided for developing drive voltages used for driving an LCD panel. The drive voltage generator circuit is composed of a breeder, a buffer amplifier, a switch circuitry, and a set of first to N-th output terminals on which the ... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505031 | Monitor display control apparatus and monitor display control method The present invention is to provide a monitor display control apparatus and a monitor display control method, in which ease of operation of scrolling a map image can be improved with an intention of an operator being reflected at the time of scrolling the map image.... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7468722 | Method and apparatus to control display brightness with ambient light correction An ambient light sensor produces a current signal that varies linearly with the level of ambient light. The current signal is multiplied by a user dimming preference to generate a brightness control signal that automatically compensates for ambient light variations ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7463174 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical signal is compressively sampled. An optical component with a plurality of transmissive elements and a plurality of opaque elements is created. The location of the plurality of transmissive elements and the plurality of opaque elements is determined by a t... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463180 | Analog to digital conversion apparatus An up-converter 124 frequency-up-converts an analog signal Sm. A down-converter 121 frequency-down-converts analog signal Sm. A signal selection block 125 selects one of the frequency-up-converted signal Sfu and frequency-down-converted signal S... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463272 | Generating and displaying spatially offset sub-frames A method of displaying an image with a display device includes receiving image data for the image. The method includes generating a plurality of sub-frames corresponding to the image data. The sub-frames are generated based on a set of spatially offset sub-frame pos... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463238 | Retractable flexible digital display apparatus The present invention provides a flexible digital display retractable into a portable housing. Electronic components are contained within the housing to provide for portable storage, viewing and markup of digital documents, such as full-size architectural drawings, ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464342 | Customizable service provider user interface A customizable service provider user interface is described. In an implementation, a user is logged onto a suite a web services, to which, the user has not previously logged on. A user interface is output having a plurality of portions, one or more of which are cust... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464343 | Two level hierarchy in-window gallery A graphical user interface is disclosed which allows users to interface with a computer operating system and/or application programs running in conjunction with the operating system. For an Office-style suite application program, a gallery bar may be displayed under... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463179 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical signal is compressively sampled using an optical component to encode multiplex measurements. A mapping from the optical signal to a detector array is created using spatial and/or spectral dispersion. Signals transmitted by a plurality of transmissive elem... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458898 | Play area cover A play area cover is provided with a flexible sheet member that is urged into a generally convex shape over the play area to shed water and debris away from the cover and the play area. Various structural embodiments are provided for defining the convex shape of the... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460106 | Method and apparatus for computer input using six degrees of freedom In an input device, a camera captures images of a surface. Using the images, the input device determines its orientation. Data representing the orientation of the input device and data representing the captured image are communicated from the input device to a host ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460086 | Multiple and hybrid graphics display types A display interface device and method for an individual personal computer, workstation, or embedded system comprising one or more display interfaces; a video library; and driving any one of a plurality of video displays of a plurality of types connected to the one o... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458873 | Flying merchandise The present invention relates to a flying object having a recess or orifice for removably securing an article of merchandise and to the combination of a flying object and an article of merchandise removably secured to the flying object. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460041 | Arithmetic decoding system and apparatus based on an adaptive content The present invention relates to an arithmetic decoding system and apparatus based on the adaptive content. The system includes a control unit, a decoding unit and an interface unit. The control unit fills the code stream data into the decoding unit and configures a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460088 | Plasma display apparatus A plasma display apparatus, in which the display quality of a dark image is improved and which uses a subfield method, has been disclosed. The plasma display apparatus comprises a plasma display panel, a sustain pulse cycle changing means for detecting the display l... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460046 | Sigma-delta modulators Sigma-delta modulators and a method of modulating are disclosed in which a first sigma-delta modulator having a first quantizer is provided, and a second quantizer is also provided. At least a first node of the first sigma-delta modulator upstream of the first quant... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7458029 | System and process for controlling a shared display given inputs from multiple users using multiple input modalities A system and process for controlling common information displays, referred to as shared displays, is presented. The system and process allows multiple modes of input using a set of modules that accept and display data from a variety of sources. Input modules are abl... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456853 | Analog interface structures and methods that reduce display artifacts in digital displays Display structures and methods are provided that introduce redundancy and use this redundancy with different mapping rules on different interleaved display lines to visually diffuse display artifacts. The artifacts are typically produced by errors in the transmissio... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456770 | Distributed sigma-delta sensor network The sensor network described herein uses a distributed sigma-delta converter, where each of a plurality of sensor nodes includes a sigma-delta modulator communicatively coupled to a remotely located sigma-delta processor in a control hub. Each sensor node generates ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7455592 | Support installation for a fairground attraction A support installation for a fairground attraction, comprises a base, two pairs of masts which can be moved between a collapsed and an erected position, as well as a head that in the erected position is at the top of the masts, on which head a Ferris wheel or a swin... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7453428 | Driving method for display device A liquid crystal display includes pixels each having an switching element, drain drivers and gate drivers for operating the switching elements and the pixels, and drain lines and gate lines supplying signals from the drain drivers and the gate drivers to the switchi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453386 | Digital to analog converter and source driver A digital to analog converter (DAC) converting digital data into a corresponding analog voltage is disclosed. The digital data includes upper bit data and lower bit data and the DAC includes; a first resistor circuit dividing first and second reference voltages to o... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450049 | Digitization apparatus The digitization apparatus includes, as a main scale, a pulse delay circuit constituted by a plurality of delay units connected in series or in ring form, a latch/encoder, a circulation number counter, and a latch circuit, and includes, as a vernier, a reverse timin... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450048 | Error reducing comparator-based switch capacitor circuit and method thereof An error reducing comparator based switch capacitor (CBSC) circuit comprises: a comparator of a substantial offset, a charge pump controlled by an output of the comparator, and a plurality of capacitors. The CBSC circuit cyclically operates through a sampling phase,... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450041 | Error cancelling comparator based switch capacitor circuit and method thereof An error canceling comparator based switch capacitor (CBSC) circuit cyclically works through multiple phases including a sampling phase and a transfer phase. During the sampling phase, an input voltage and also an error due to circuit non-idealities are sampled. Dur... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7448953 | Structure of a horse riding machine The invention provides a structure of a horse riding machine and directs to a mechanism composed of a swinging device and a guiding device. The mechanism can produce the back-and-forth motion, the swinging motion, and the left-and-right and up-and-down motions and t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7451400 | System and method for improved user information management Embodiments of the present invention enable efficient presentation of user information. A user identifier is presented on a page. In response to a selection of a user identifier, one or more user information modules are utilized to return information relating to the... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7450115 | System for efficiently interfacing with display data intersystem The system efficiently interfaces with display data using a single-chip module consisting of a Micro-Processor Unit (MPU) and a video CODEC. GUI data and video data are effectively displayed through LCD interfaces, respectively equipped in both of MPU and video CODE... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446686 | Incremental delta-sigma data converters with improved stability over wide input voltage ranges A method of operating a delta-sigma data converter includes receiving an input signal at an input of a delta-sigma modulator having a loop filter including a plurality of integrator stages, a quantizer for generating a quantized output code from outputs of the integ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446685 | Read signal processing circuit, read signal processing method, and optical disc drive The present invention provides a read channel and a drive capable of suppressing deterioration in performance of a PLL and a Viterbi decoder by using a DC component eliminating means capable of higher-speed operation than hitherto. The location of an edge is determi... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445560 | Open top swing An open top child swing includes a frame, first and second hanger arms rotatably coupled to the frame, and a seat coupled to the first and second hanger arms. The frame can include a first hanger mount configured to removably receive the first hanger arm and a secon... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7445559 | Swing with support base A child swing includes a frame, a hanger arm movably coupled to the frame, and a support base coupled to the at least one hanger arm. The support base is configured to hold a child carrier of an infant car seat and to enable removal of the child carrier. The support... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443333 | Single stage cyclic analog to digital converter with variable resolution A converter (200) adapted to convert an analog input signal into a digital output signal includes an analog input terminal (205) for receiving the analog input signal, a Redundant Signed Digit (RSD) stage (210) coupled to the analog input termin... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443327 | Current-output type digital-to-analog converter Source potentials of n output transistors are fixed by common fixed voltage, and sources are connected to a current output terminal. A drain and a gate of an input transistor are commonly connected to the drains and the gates of the output transistors respectively. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443323 | Calibrating a digital-to-analog converter Methods and corresponding systems for calibrating a digital-to-analog converter include selecting first and second code regions in the digital-to-analog converter, wherein the first and second code regions are separated by a boundary. Thereafter a waveform sequence ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443322 | Device for testing an analog-to-digital converter A device for testing an analog-to-digital converter providing a digital signal at a given sampling frequency, comprising a unit for providing a test signal to the converter, the test signal being a periodic signal comprising frequency components only at a fundamenta... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443321 | Compression of stream data using a hierarchically-indexed database The present invention, in particular embodiments, is directed to methods, apparatuses and systems that provide an efficient compression technique for data streams transmitted to storage devices or over networks to remote hosts. Local storage as well as network trans... | 10/28/2008 |
