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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5781184 | Real time decompression and post-decompress manipulation of compressed full motion video A method and apparatus are provided for real time decompression and post-decompress manipulation of compressed full motion video. A decompressed play-back signal is supplied to a real-time video processing system by way of an adaptor for post-decompress m... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771032 | Method, system, and memory for modifying a window as information is being scrolled A method, system, and memory for reshaping a window using a drop-down scroll bar are provided. The method includes the step of dynamically reshaping the frame of a window around information within the window in accordance with a preference setting and in ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5745101 | Method and apparatus for controlling image display Method and apparatus of controlling an image display process in which image data is input to display an image of the image data on a display. The input image data is stored in a first memory with respect to pixels, and a second memory, having at least an ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742269 | LCD controller, LCD apparatus, information processing apparatus and method of operating same A method and apparatus for removing the effect of data voltages for the last display line of a liquid crystal display (LCD) on the first line of the display. Prior to a horizontal line period, immediately before a data signal for the last display line is ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5631670 | Information display device capable of increasing detection speed and detection accuracy of input coordinates on display screen by detecting movement amount of electronic pen There is provided an information display device in which speed of detecting input coordinates on a display screen is increased. A coordinate detection circuit 7 detects indication coordinates at a tip end of an electronic pen 6 based on an induction volta... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5629717 | Display system A display system includes a display panel having matrix electrodes with scanning lines and information lines, a display information storage memory for storing display information, and a controller for comparing the information read out from the display in... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5627562 | Magnetic display apparatus Apparatus for magnetically erasing and writing data stored in human readable displays of product label. The product label includes a display area with magnetic particles which can be oriented by external magnetic field in shapes including human readable f... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627554 | Segmented direct volume display device and method A segmented direct volume display device includes a volume containing a medium, two mutually orthogonal matrices of light guns capable of providing light beams, each matrix outputting light at different wavelengths, a unit for generating images in the vol... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627568 | Display buffer using minimum number of VRAMs A display buffer includes a plurality of memory banks, each said bank having a plurality of ordered rows of data storage locations. Circuitry controls the storage of a plurality of sequenced lines of display data in said display buffer. A first set of lin... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5625253 | Flat-panel type picture display device A flat-panel type picture display device having a face plate with a luminescent screen at the inner side and, arranged at a short distance therefrom, a rear wall adjoined by a large number of electron transport ducts operating by means of wall interaction... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5625381 | Control element constituting a mouse A control element constituting a mouse designed to be connected to a cursor visualization assembly comprises: a housing; a mobile ball protruding outside the housing, to be actuated by a user; a support device adapted to receive said mobile ball, this support devic... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5623275 | Articulated message display matrix Articulated display matrix apparatus for providing moving or flashing variable messages is disclosed. The apparatus is highly adaptable and portable. Because the linear arrays of display cells are durably enclosed, as well as articulated, they can shipped... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5619220 | Sound image display method and apparatus A sound image display apparatus displays a sound image waveform representing a sound image produced by a multi-channel surround audio signal in a readily visible form. The sound image display apparatus includes a scaling section which has a variable gain ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5614925 | Method and apparatus for creating and displaying faithful color images on a computer display Faithful color images are created in an efficient manner for display on a specific computer display. A standard computer system generates a palette calibration table, based on information about a standard display. The standard computer system then creates... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5614926 | Word processor with a handwriting text processing function A word processor is provided with a handwriting text processing function. A display displays document and text processing information. A pointing device enters handwritten text processing figures on a display. A memory stores text processing instructions ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5612711 | Display system A display comprising a matrix of display pixels each receptive of a drive signal for energizing same to emit light of one of a plurality of colors and circuitry receptive of serial data corresponding to a message and at least one color for the message for... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5612587 | Field emission cathode A field emission cathode capable of reducing an operation voltage and substantially preventing damage of an emitter. An emitter is provided on a substrate. The emitter includes a base and a plurality of rectangular tips projecting from the base. A gate is... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5610624 | Spatial light modulator with reduced possibility of an on state defect A Spatial Light Modulator (10) having control circuitry (40,42,44,46) which insures that shorts (70,72) between some of the circuitry will result in "off" state defects. Sets of pixel elements (11) share a memory cell (12), each pixel element (11) in a se... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5608425 | Technique for generating on-screen display characters using software implementation A new technique for generating OSD characters is disclosed having a system architecture which utilizes a minimum of hardware and which is primarily implemented through software. The technique of the present invention incorporates the use of a microprocess... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5606342 | Liquid crystal display system In liquid crystal display system 10 which has a matrix arrangement of scanning electrode group 12 and data electrode group 13 and in which each electrode group is driven by a pulse like waveform, this is a liquid crystal display system in which a lower le... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5606346 | Coordinate input device A coordinate input device including a matrix-type display panel having a plurality of row electrodes arranged in parallel, a plurality of column electrodes arranged in parallel, the row electrodes and the column electrodes being disposed to face each othe... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5604516 | Graphical user interface control for providing both automatic and manual data input A scan-aware custom control for use in designing a graphical user interface is capable of being provided with both scanned input from a bar code reading device as well as standard keyboard input when desired by the operator. The scan-aware custom control ... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5602568 | Point type remote control apparatus and the method thereof A point type remote control apparatus and method thereof, which can directly move a point to a desired position on a display screen, and thereby select quickly from a menu and provide convenience in use. The present invention comprises a signal transmitte... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5600344 | Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display driven in multiplex with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix comprises a main display, and at least one sub-display located at least partly around the periphery of the main display.... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5598188 | Memory architecture for reformatting and storing display data in standard TV and HDTV systems A data reformatter/frame memory (112) for efficiently orthogonally reordering a digital data stream. The disclosed reformatter/frame memory (112) is typically used in conjunction with a display device (124) for displaying the digital data, and a display c... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5598186 | System and method for image mapping in linear space Red, green and blue pixels of a digitized image are combined to form a single vector that points to three lookup tables translating each pixel to linear Y, I, Q values thereby forming a linear image. The color value of each pixel in the linear image, comp... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5598527 | Compact and ergonomic communications terminal equipped with proximity detection surfaces The compact and ergonomic communications terminal equipped with proximity detection surfaces embodying the invention comprises a screen and command device distributed around the periphery of the screen, the command device comprising two devices for detect... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5598184 | Method and apparatus for improved color recovery in a computer graphics system Color information lost in a computer graphics system as a result of encoding by dithering is recovered by passing the encoded data through a filter that has the same effective shape and size as the dither matrix used to encode the data. In a system that e... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5594424 | Indicating displays for motor vehicles An indicating display for a motor vehicle has an optical collimating element associated with a support element carrying an array of electroluminescent diodes. The collimating element has a rear face which is engaged by the electroluminescent diodes and wh... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594465 | Device for dynamic display of information relating to an electronic system of variable configuration and/or composition Device for the dynamic display of information relating to an electronic system of variable configuration and/or composition which uses, on the one hand, an autonomous display module comprising, mounted in a support of small dimensions, a display circuit c... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594470 | Highly integrated portable electronic work slate unit A portable electronic work slate unit includes a customizable array of data devices and input/output devices which are selectively integrated in a compact and highly ergonomic structure. Increased operator productivity is accomplished by use of several po... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594466 | Driving device for a display panel and a driving method of the same A driving device for a display apparatus having excellent contrast and a high display quality without crosstalk and display irregularities, and a driving method for the same are provided. In the driving device, scanning signals and data signals having a p... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592194 | Display controller A display controller for controlling the display area used by data on a display unit, having a first setting element that sets a first display size for the display unit, a second setting element that sets a second display size to be used for displaying da... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5592196 | Picture data processing apparatus An image data processing apparatus such as an image synthesizing apparatus that synthesizes an image produced by a computer in accordance with tables stored in pages. A picture data conversion circuit converts picture data of red, blue and green color sig... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589847 | Switched capacitor analog circuits using polysilicon thin film technology Switched capacitor analog circuits (such as integrators, amplifiers and digital-to-analog converters) constructed from polysilicon thin film transistors and capacitors are disclosed. The circuits are commonly implemented using conventional single crystal ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5589853 | On-screen display apparatus with sequentially displayed picture adjustment messages An on-screen display apparatus for use in a process of picture quality adjustments displayed on a television monitor. The apparatus includes a memory for storing messages which signify the procedure of picture quality adjustments, and a controls circuit f... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5585814 | Resetting circuit and apparatus utilizing the same A resetting circuit for a device including a plurality of cells adapted to be reset, the resetting circuit including a reference voltage source for providing a reference voltage, connecting paths for connecting the cells to the reference voltage source fo... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5585823 | Multi-state one-button computer pointing device A multi-state, one-button computer mouse includes a housing movable over a reference surface, a tracking mechanism coupled to the housing to provide positional coordinates relative to the reference surface, a single button, and a switch mechanism coupled ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5583542 | Method for deleting objects on a computer display A method for deleting objects displayed on the screen of a display assembly of a pointer based computer system is described. The method includes the steps of detecting a pointer created stroke and processing the stroke for gesture recognition. Thereafter,... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5583527 | Flat display In a flat display, an address current detecting unit detects a value of address current consumed during each display frame, a comparator compares the address current value detected by the address current detecting unit with a given reference value, and an... | 12/10/1996 |
