...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120109991 | Input correction system based on translation search and method thereof An input correction system based on translation search and the method thereof are provided. The invention searches a translation word according to a search message. When the translation word does not exist, the search message is compared with all similar messages in ord... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120072202 | Sentence-based paragraphic online translating system and method thereof A sentence-based paragraphic online translating system and the method thereof are described. The paragraphic online translating system and the method thereof establish at least one sentence item in the database of a server, wherein each of the sentence items contains a ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072836 | Displaying system of translation words and displaying method thereof A displaying system of translation words and a displaying method thereof are provided. By initializing a translation area, a plurality of sub-areas are simultaneously displayed to receive an inquire word in each of them. The inquire word in each of the sub-areas is tran... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072203 | System and method for using first language input to instantly output second language A system and a method for using first language input to instantly output second language are provided. The system and the method continuously receive input words in the first language and find the corresponding translation words in the second language according to the s... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072443 | Data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords A data searching system and method for generating derivative keywords according to input keywords are provided. The data searching system and method extract at least one original input keyword from an input inquiry string by making a comparison with words in a word bank... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120072830 | Cross-platform data displaying system and method thereof A cross-platform data displaying system and the method thereof are provided. The system and method establish a tag translating list, translate the original tags and control characters in displayed data into target tags, write the display elements and target tags into an... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120070809 | Lesson learning system and method thereof A lesson learning system and method thereof are provided. The mechanism displays a lesson with article information and new words for the user to browse. It allows the user to click a word to show the correct order of strokes of the word. The invention further detects th... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120017169 | System and method of dividing a window according to trail System and method of dividing a window according to trail are provided. The system and the method record the moving trail of an indicating signal and then divide the window according to the moving trail into two independent blocks to display the file separately. By comp... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110265031 | Multi-layer window display system and method for real-time translation A multi-layer window display system for real-time translation and the method thereof show the contents for multiple windows in alternating directions. The user can see more contents in a limited screen. Moreover, the invention reduces user's mouse motion during the oper... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110264438 | Search and display system that provides example sentences compliant with geographical information and the method of the same A search and display system that provides example sentences compliant with geographical information receives search information from an input area, a display area, or an electronic map. The system finds type information corresponding to the search information. At least ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110252119 | Network storage system of applications and method thereof Applications are stored on a server end. After a mobile end logs into the server end, it sets a selection criterion in a selection field. The server end transmits the application along with configuration parameters according to the selection criterion to the mobile end ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252414 | System using separate modules to update software and the method thereof System and method using separate modules to update software separates an update program into a pre-update module and a core module. When the pre-update module determines the existence of an update file corresponding to the core module, the pre-update module first uses t... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252048 | Embedded searching system and the method thereof An embedded searching system uses an application name to search for the interface specifications for the application. The interface specifications are used to update default registry information of the operating system. Different applications can thus be embedded with a... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252365 | Display system and method for zooming document file A display system and method for zooming document file contents obtains the original data of a document file according to the file path of the document file. The display parameter of the original data of the document file is set according to a zoom ratio to obtained zoom... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110055263 | Display system that integrates word explanations in different dictionary databases and method thereof This specification discloses a display system that integrates word explanations in different dictionary databases and the method thereof. When looking up a word, the system finds its explanations in different dictionary databases. After comparing the contents of the exp... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110050731 | System and method of adjusting zoom factors of display area and display contents This specification discloses system and method of adjusting the zoom factors of display area and display contents. A zoom region around the cursor is zoomed by the area zoom factor, rendering an area zoomed image for display. The user can then adjust the zoom of the dis... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110022378 | Translation system using phonetic symbol input and method and interface thereof This specification provided a translation system using phonetic symbol input and the method and interface thereof. The entered phonetic symbols are used as input information. The input information is compared with the translational explanation in the translation databas... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022953 | System and method of generating customized dictionary This specification discloses a system of generating a customized dictionary and the method thereof. The system receives dictionary items and the data thereof and generates a dictionary data file according to correlation definitions. It then extracts formats of individua... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110009240 | Real-time exercising procedure adjusting system and method thereof This specification discloses a real-time exercising procedure adjusting system and the method thereof. By analyzing biological information of the user, the invention loads an appropriate exercising mode. According to the target time and target calories entered by the us... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003663 | System and method of dispatching task commands of running in game This specification discloses system and method of dispatching task commands of running in a game. A fitness server accumulates the exercising mileages of various users to obtain a total mileage. When the total mileage meets a predetermined value, the server dispatches t... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100274470 | Health information guiding system and method thereof This specification discloses a health information guiding system and the method thereof. By analyzing the user's position information and health data, the invention selects a target location to provide the user with related health and address information. The user is th... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100274824 | Portable storage device with subject identification and method thereof This specification discloses a portable storage device with subject identification and the method thereof. When data are stored to the portable storage device or read from the portable storage device by other terminals, the portable storage device identifies the data su... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100274839 | Updating system for word banks and the method thereof An updating system for word banks and the method thereof are disclosed. The invention transmits a request list containing a word bank number and the corresponding word status from a user end to a server end. After a comparison, the server end extracts an update file and... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100205486 | System and method of error reporting A system of error reporting and the method thereof are provided. A user end sends an error message to a server. The server uses the error message to check historical data and find out how to process the error message. This solves the problem of inconvenient notification... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100205074 | Network leasing system and method thereof A network leasing system and a method thereof are provided, which lease a translation service through network connection, generate an authentication code based on a product serial number, and use the authentication code to decide whether to install a program data or not... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204977 | Real-time translation system that automatically distinguishes multiple languages and the method thereof A real-time translation system that automatically distinguishes multiple languages and the method thereof are provided. This solves the problem of being unable to translate a document containing multiple languages. Each sentence in the document is decomposed into multip... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204979 | System and method for magnifiedly displaying real-time translated word A system and a method for magnifiedly displaying a real-time translated word are provided, which include setting a display size of a retrieved word, displaying the retrieved word based on the display size, and displaying a corresponding translation data obtained through... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201617 | Real-time Translation display interface and display method thereof A real-time translation display interface and a display method thereof are provided, which generate a translation function window and an enlargement function window based on a cursor position. The translation function window and the enlargement function window are selec... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100201629 | System for inputting different language characters based on virtual keyboard and method thereof A system for inputting different language characters based on a virtual keyboard and a method thereof, by displaying a virtual keyboard comprising characters of a second language after receiving a trigger signal produced by a user in an input environment for a first lan... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204980 | Real-time translation system with multimedia display function and method thereof A real-time translation system with a multimedia display function and a method thereof are provided for solving the problem that a word meaning cannot be understood quickly, in which an explanation of a word is displayed in real time through a floating block, and meanwh... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100203967 | Exercising game system and method thereof An exercising game system and the method thereof are provided. The system collects a speed parameter and a time parameter of an exerciser, and compute to obtain a distance parameter for extracting a corresponding virtual image. This solves the problems that the exercise... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204015 | Interactive system for exercise condition and method thereof An interactive system for exercise condition and a method thereof are described. In the system and method, a trainer terminal gives an exercise direction to a trainee terminal through a server according to exercise data and physiological data that represent the trainee ... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100204016 | System and method for editing walking procedure A system and a method for editing a walking procedure are provided. Various walking parameters of the user are operated by loading a walking mode, so as to obtain walking steps of the user corresponding to each time parameter of the walking mode. Further, the walking pr... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100050166 | Updating system and method of portable executable programs An update system of a portable executable program and the method thereof are provided. By verifying a vendor identification code and machine identification code and checking information of the portable executable program, the system can update the portable executable pr... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049543 | Health data integration system and the method thereof A health data integration system and the method thereof for solving the problems of inconvenience in recording health data and limited applications are provided. The detected health data are transmitted via a network to a server for recording and analysis. Afterwards, a... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049496 | Word translation enquiry system across multiple thesauri and the method thereof A word translation enquiry system across multiple thesauri and the method thereof are provided. After finding the correlation value of a word in one database is found, it is checked in a word correlation table to find multiple identification codes and index values. Acco... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049749 | System of synchronizing data between storage devices and method thereof A system of synchronizing data in different storage devices and the method thereof are provided to remove the inconvenience in synchronizing data between storage devices. By detecting the process execution status, data synchronization is triggered to transmit data. The ... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100049752 | Dynamic word translation system and method thereof A dynamic word translation system and the method thereof are provided. By simulating key-in for duplication operations, a word is extracted to a buffer area for translation and management. This solves the problem that word translations are often interfered with window s... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100050112 | System and method of immediate translation display A system of immediate translation display and the method thereof are provided. The system and method aims to solve the problem that the graphical user interface of the Linux operating system cannot translate the displayed word and display the translated item. In this ca... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090132257 | System and method for inputting edited translation words or sentence A system and a method for inputting edited translation words or sentence are provided to solve the problem that editing translation words or sentence and inputting the edited translation words or sentence cannot be performed by successive actions. In this system and met... | 05/21/2009 |