Modular Or Overlay Nonkeyboard-type Information Entry Patents (Class 708/140)
  • Patent number: 10184209
    Abstract: A clothing treatment apparatus capable of enabling an orientation of a bag body and an orientation of an ozone supply apparatus to keep a desired relationship is provided. A clothing deodorizing apparatus comprises a bag body for accommodating clothing; an ozone supply apparatus for supplying air into the bag body; an introduction pipe for guiding the air with the ozone exhausted from the ozone supply apparatus into the bag body; a cylindrical part formed on the bag body and fixed with one end part of the introduction pipe; and an inserting port part formed on the ozone supply apparatus and configured to detachably install the other end part of the introduction pipe in a specified orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: AQUA CO., LTD, QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeharu Nakamoto, Hazime Suzuki, Takayuki Nagai, Tomohiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 9266367
    Abstract: This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing, a touch panel, and a cover. The printing head performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium fed by the feeder. The touch panel is capable of executing desired operation input. The cover is provided to the housing or the touch panel. The cover comprises a plurality of locking hooks. The plurality of locking hooks is provided to areas other than a center part of the cover along a longitudinal direction. The housing or the touch panel comprises a plurality of locked parts to which the plurality of locking hooks is respectively to be locked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Nagashima, Keiji Seo, Takamine Hokazono, Kumiko Uchino, Hidenori Jo
  • Patent number: 7752569
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a software keyboard includes a software key with a first label and a second label, where both the first and the second label are visible. The first label may be displayed on the software key so as to indicate that the first label is active. In an embodiment, the user may provide an input so as to make the second label active and the change may be indicated on the software key. In an embodiment, the arrangement of the first and second labels may be adjusted in response to a resizing of the software keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy D. Schultz, Lindsey R. Noll, Judy C. Tandog, Michael J. Hone
  • Patent number: 7173814
    Abstract: A modular laptop computer for accommodating selective placement and customization of user interface components. The computer includes a cavity having a connection or interface or coupling region, such as a universal serial bus jack for connecting to or mating with a corresponding interface on each component. The interface connections in the cavity are connected to one or more buses for providing an interface between the attached components and a computer processor. In this manner, the components such as keyboards, trackballs, drives, music players and so forth, can all be rearranged within the cavity in the positions of the user's preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Inventors: Morris S. Cohen, Emanuel Klein, Marc Shamula
  • Patent number: 6605924
    Abstract: A function expansion device is attached to a portable electronic device such as a notebook-type personal computer so as to provide a function to use various kinds of information storage media. A bay housing is detachably attached to a bottom surface of the notebook-type personal computer. The bay housing has a bay into which a drive unit is inserted. The drive unit can be selected from among a floppy disk drive, a CD-ROM drive, a magneto-optical disk drive, a high-capacity floppy disk drive, a digital video disk and a hard disk drive. Each of the drive units has an identical outer configuration so that each of the drive units can be alternatively attached to the bay housing. Various types of drive units can be connected to the notebook-type personal computer by merely changing the drive unit accommodated in the bay housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shiro Tanaka, Masuo Ohnishi
  • Patent number: 6507486
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement on the functionality of garments of personal protection. The design is a portable computer system with all of the system components incorporated into an item of personal wear, for example into a garment such as a vest, that is shielded by a layer of armor. The armored garment will protect the user and completely house the processing unit, input device, and any peripheral attached to the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Xybernaut Corporation
    Inventor: Frederick A. Peterson, III
  • Patent number: 6357940
    Abstract: A configurable touch sensitive keyboard system is used to adjust or control the interface to a computer or other electronic device, particularly, for disabled individuals. The configurable touch sensitive keyboard system includes a touch sensitive keyboard having touch sensitive regions and a keyboard overlay having symbols corresponding to the touch sensitive regions. The symbols can be visually recognizable symbols or tactually recognizable symbols, such as Braille characters. A keyguard template is disposed on the keyboard over the overlay and includes keyboard access regions spatially separated on the keyguard. The keyboard access regions on the keyguard help disabled individuals to locate the touch sensitive regions for activation. Keyboard access cover members are used to selectively cover the keyboard access regions and the symbols and corresponding touch sensitive regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Kevin Murphy
  • Patent number: 6324556
    Abstract: An apparatus for organizing data associated with each of a plurality of cards comprising a microcontroller, memory for storing said data associated with each said card, selecting means for selecting data from said memory associated with each said card, input means wherein said input means communicates with said microcontroller to store data to said memory for each said card and track changes to said data for each said card, in a first operable position when each said card is in a retracted position respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Inventors: Michael J. Nott, Shirley Nott
  • Patent number: 5983249
    Abstract: An electronic circuit portion housed beneath a keyboard of a main body of an electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a mother board and a plurality of card-like function media (cards) which are removably connected to the mother board. Each of the cards is separately provided with the functions of the electronic apparatus. These cards are connected to each other by the mother board, and thus the functions of the electronic apparatus are effected. Each card is formed of an integrated circuit card. No magnetic elements, such as floppy or hard disks, are used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masatoshi Kimura