US Fed News Service, Including US State News back issues from Thursday, March 6:
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Speaking/Listening Fitting with Neck Piece
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Berthold Hemer of Schaafheim, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a fitting for speaking and listening with neck piece, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,384 on March 4.The ...
Australian Inventor Develops Shading Dictionary Parameter Mapping Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Lilian Ji of Ultimo, Australia, has developed an apparatus for rapid shading in a raster image processor. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Methods of mapping the shading dictionary parameters provided by ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Audio Visual System Interface
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Peter H. Corsini of East Sandwich, Mass., Ryan C. Erickson of Marstons Mills, Mass., and Matthew J. Frias of East Falmouth, Mass., have developed an ornamental design for an audio visual system interface, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Mobile Phone
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Chang-Hoon Suk and Beom-Ku Han, both of Seoul, South Korea, and Chang-Soo Lee of Incheon, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a mobile phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,373 ...
Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Communication Device Housing
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Eric J. Price of Evanston, Ill., Ruben D. Castano of Glenview, Ill., Paul M. Pierce of Grayslake, Ill., and Matt B. Ansley of Milwaukee, have developed an ornamental design for a housing for a communication device, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Phone
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hyok Su Choi of Yongin-si, South Korea, Yoon-Young Cho of Seoul, South Korea, and Chang-Soo Lee of Incheon, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S ....
German Inventors Develop Half-Bridge Operation Controlling Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Martin Gotzenberger of Ingolstadt, Germany, Michael Kirchberger of Neutraubling, Germany, and Wolfgang Speigl of Sinzing-Viehhausen, Germany, have developed a method for controlling the operation of half-bridge. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Voltage Hold Circuit
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kazuhiko Watanabe of Gifu, Japan, has developed a voltage hold circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage hold circuit which holds an input signal voltage includes a voltage comparator unit configured to output a result of ...
South Korean Inventor Develops High Speed Pulse Based Flip-Flop
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Min-Su Kim of Hwaseong-si, South Korea, has developed a high speed pulse based flip-flop. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "Provided is a multi-threshold complementary metal-oxide semiconductor flip-flop ...
Michigan Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Vehicle Hood
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Gordon Platto of Troy, Mich., Aram Kasparian of Canton, Mich., and Xitij Mistry of Ann Arbor, Mich., have developed an ornamental design for a vehicle hood, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,292 on ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Hood
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Peter Pfeiffer of Boeblingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a hood for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,293 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to ...
Inventors Develop Power Supply Voltage Detection Circuitry
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Dong Pan and Feng (Dan) Lin, both of Boise, Idaho, and Paul A Silvestri of Meridian, Idaho, have developed a power supply voltage detection circuitry. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power detection circuitry that provides a substantially ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Automobiles Steering Wheel
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Yosuke Shimizu of Wako, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a steering wheel for automobiles, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,294 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to Honda ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Input Signal Comparing Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Shinichi Yamasaki of Hanyu, Japan, and Masanori Okubayashi of Ota, Japan, have developed a method for comparing an input signal. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comparator system for comparing a level of an input signal with a level of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Bump Shape Measurement Apparatus
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hideaki Sasazawa and Mineo Nomoto, both of Yokohama, Japan, Masatoshi Yamaga of Atsugi, Japan, Chikar Iwataa of Sagamihara, Japan, and Masashi Uehara of Zama, Japan, have developed an apparatus for measuring shape of bump. An abstract of the invention, ...
German Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Vehicle Radiator Grill
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Peter Pfeiffer of Boeblingen, Germany, has developed an ornamental design for a radiator grill for a vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,289 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Analog Switch Circuit
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hirotomo Ishii of Kamakura, Japan, has developed an analog switch circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "First and second analog switches are connected in series between first and second nodes. One terminal of a third analog switch is ...
Massachusetts Inventors Develop Duty Cycle Distortion Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Arvind Kumar of Brookline, Mass., Narayanan Natarajan of Shrewsbury, Mass., and Mahalingam Nagarajan of Grafton, Mass., have developed a method for distorting duty cycle. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controllably ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Phone
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jae-Ho Baik and Yoon-Young Cho, both of Seoul, South Korea, Hyun-Sook Kim of Yeongin-si, South Korea, and Chang-Hwan Hwang of Goyang-Si, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Image Processing Device
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Tetsujiro Kondo, Takashi Sawao, Toru Miyake and Naoki Fujiwara, all from Tokyo, Takahiro Nagano and Seiji Wada, both of Kanagawa, Japan, and Junichi Ishibashi of Saitama, Japan, have developed an image processing device. An abstract of the invention, released ...
New York Inventors Develop Digital Color Image Sky Detection Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Andrew C. Gallagher of Brockport, N.Y., Jiebo Luo of Pittsford, N.Y., and Wei Hao of Webster, N.Y., have developed a digital color image. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting sky in a digital color image having pixels is ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Portable Telephone
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Sang-Sik Park, Hyun-Seop Kim and Chang-Hwan Hwang, all from Seoul, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a portable telephone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,363 on March 4. ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Cellular Phone
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Woon Hyoung Kim of Seoul, South Korea, and Sang Hoon Yoon of Yongin-Si, South Korea, have developed an ornamental design for a cellular phone, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,369 on March 4. ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bicycle Shifter
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Tomoaki Mabuchi of Osaka, Japan, has developed an ornamental design for a bicycle shifter, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,295 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to Shimano Inc., ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Duty Cycle Correction Circuit
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Sang Won Park and Min Young You, both of Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, have developed a duty cycle correction circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a duty cycle correction circuit of a delay locked ...
Canadian Inventors Develop Machine-Vision Apparatus
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Remus F Boca and Babak Habibi, both of North Vancouver, Canada, Mohammad Sameti of Coquitlam, Canada, and Simona Pescaru of Vancouver, Canada, have developed an apparatus for machine-vision. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention ...
Washington Inventors Develop Pre-Processed Digital Image Processing Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Tomasz S. M. Kasperkiewicz of Redmond, Wash., and Steve J. White of Seattle, have developed a pre-processed digital image processing method. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A unified method for ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Image Defect Inspection Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Akio Ishikawa of Hachioji, Japan, has developed an image defect inspection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an image defect inspection method and apparatus which detects a gray level difference between corresponding portions of ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Frequency-Controllable Oscillator
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Takeshi Fujita of Isehara, Japan, and Hideaki Hirose of Yokohama, Japan, have developed a frequency-controllable oscillator. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frequency-controllable oscillator, having an oscillation device in which the ...
Italian Inventors Develop Power Stage Controlling Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Edoardo Botti of Vigevano, Italy, and Juri Cambieri of Opera, Italy, have developed a method of controlling power stage. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a pulse width modulation (PWM) power stage is based upon ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Motor Vehicle Rear Bumper
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Toyokazu Nishihama and Masaaki Yagi, both of Toyota, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a rear bumper for a motor vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,291 on March 4. The ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Set-Top Box
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hung-Tse Wang of Yuanchang Shiang, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a set-top box, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,334 on March 4.The patent has been assigned to Quanta ...
North Carolina Inventors Develop Image Skew Determining Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Ravinder Prakash of Concord, N.C., and Madhura Sathe of Charlotte, N.C., have developed a method of determining image skew with connected component. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "system and method for ...
California Inventors Develop Image's Volume Segmentation System
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Xiaolan Zeng of Santa Clara, Calif., Wei Zhang of Union City, Calif., and Alexander C. Schneider of Sunnyvale, Calif., have developed a method of segmenting information to identify organ nodule. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Periodic Pattern Suppression Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Hidey Takeoa of Kaisei-machi, Japan, has developed a unit for suppressing a periodic pattern. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a wavelet transform section, wavelet-transform coefficient signals are obtained by two-dimensional wavelet ...
Dutch Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Receiver
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Ian Robert Ellison of Valkenswaard, Netherlands, has developed an ornamental design for a television receiver, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,338 on March 4.The patent has been assigned ...
Missouri, California Inventors Develop Domino Logic Testing System
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Waleed K. Al-Assadi of Rolla, Mo., and Pavankumar Chandrasekhar of Rancho Cordova, Calif., have developed a domino logic testing system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A domino logic test circuit includes a dynamic node, a precharge ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Television Receiver
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Mitsuru Takami and Yukihiro Tsuda, both of Kadoma, Japan, and Chiaki Murata of Toyonaka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for a television receiver, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,335 ...
California Inventors Develop Microvolume Laser Scanning Cytometry System
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Louis J Dietz and Shalom Tsur, both of Mountain View, Calif., Ian Walton of Redwood City, Calif., Chih-Hua Chung of Fremont, Calif., Scott Norton of Sunnyvale, Calif., James L Winkler of San Diego, Aaron B Kantor of San Carlos, Calif., and Byron Lee of San Jose, ...
Taiwanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Display
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Wei-Ming Shih and Ming-Sung Lin, both of Chung Ho, Taiwan, have developed an ornamental design for a display, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,336 on March 4.The patent has been ...
California Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for External Bypass Shock Absorber
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Scott E. Falter and Brian C. Falter, both of Goleta, Calif., have developed an ornamental design for an external bypass shock absorber, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,287 on March 4. The ...
Ohio Inventor Develops Floor Particle Filtration Bag Replacement System
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jackson W. Wegelin of Akron, Ohio, has developed a filtration bag replacement system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor care appliance such as a vacuum cleaner is provided having an filtration bag changing assembly located in the ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Motorcycle
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Sheng-Hsiung Cheng of Hsinchu County, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a motorcycle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,283 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to Sanyang ...
Nebraska Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Truck Vehicle
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Daniel J. Moore of Bellewood, Neb., has developed an ornamental design for a truck vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,288 on March 4. The original application was filed on Dec. 8, ...
Illinois Inventor Develops Grease Containment Filtering Apparatus
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jeffrey W. Jackson of Portage, Ill., has developed a discharged effluent filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for filtering and containing grease or other effluent discharged from a drain spout of an exhaust fan includes a ...
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Three-Wheel Recumbent Cycle Frame
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Paulo Camasmie of Windermere, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a frame for a three-wheel recumbent cycle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,284 on March 4. The patent has been ...
Taiwanese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Television Set
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Reinier Bloem of Taipei, Taiwan, has developed an ornamental design for a television set, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,337 on March 4.The patent has been assigned to Hannspree Inc., ...
Missouri Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Bullet Shaped Speaker Housing
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Edward M. Files of Lee's Summit, Mo., has developed an ornamental design for a bullet shaped speaker housing, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,286 on March 4. The patent has been assigned to ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Skin Evaluation Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Makoto Fujii, Emina Horikoshi, Takao Someya, Yuko Misaki and Ichiro Sasaki, all from Kita-ku, Japan, have developed a skin evaluation method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "skin beauty evaluation method for ...
Chinese Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Recreational Vehicle
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Zhenguang Yan of Yongkang, China, has developed an ornamental design for a recreational vehicle, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,285 on March 4. The original application was filed on Feb ....
Florida Inventor Develops Ornamental Design for Trailer
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Chris Mason of Palmetto, Fla., has developed an ornamental design for a trailer, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. D563,282 on March 4. The original application was filed on Aug. 9, 2007, and is ...
Chinese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Multi-Utility Mini-Bus
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Xinghai Zhang and Zili Peng, both of Chongqing, China, have developed an ornamental design for a multi-utility mini-bus, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,273 on March 4. The patent has ...
German Inventor Develops Mine Dusting Device with Multiple Stream Nozzles
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Reinhold Both of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, has developed an underground mine dusting device. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dedusting device with a demister advantageously arranged standing obliquely has a very compact construction ...
Kentucky, North Carolina Inventors Develop Multi-Stage Air Filtering Device
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- James R. Kearney Sr. of Shepherdsville, Ky., Keiron P. O'Connell of Louisville, Ky., and Christopher J. O'Connor of Charlotte, N.C., have developed a filtering apparatus having a filter retrieval apparatus, an integrated jib, and a clamping assembly for providing a ...
Oregon Inventors Develop Dynamic Logic with Adaptive Keeper
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Atul Maheshwari and Ram K. Krishnamurthy, both of Portland, Ore., and Steven K. Hsu of Lake Oswego, Ore., have developed a dynamic logic with adaptive keeper. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are solutions for providing ...
Japanese Inventor Develops Noise Canceller Circuit
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Masafumi Mitsuishi of Kanagawa, Japan, has developed a noise canceller circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A noise canceller circuit capable of suppressing power supply noise, produced by transition of a data signal, even in case a ...
New York Inventors Develop Sheet Stacking System
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Richard V. Williams and Steven D. Olson, both of Rochester, N.Y., and Douglas K. Herrmann of Webster, N.Y., have developed a slide out sheet stacking and unloading system. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a sheet stacking and unloading ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Compensation Circuit
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Kyung-Suc Nah and In-Chul Hwang, both of Seoul, South Korea, Young-Suk Son of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and Young-Jin Kim of Yongin, South Korea, have developed a compensation circuit. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a circuit ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Cyclone Dust Collection Apparatus
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jang-keun Oh of Gwangju, South Korea, and Jung-gyun Han of Busan, South Korea, have developed a cyclone dust vacuum cleaner. An abstract of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, said: "A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus capable of ...
South Korean Inventors Develop Air Purification Device
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Jeong-Yong Kim, Kwan Ho Yum, Ju-Youn Lee and Kyung Hwan Kim, all from Seoul, South Korea, Gi Seop Lee and Baik Young Chung, both of Incheon, South Korea, and Ho Seon Choi of Dongjak-gu, South Korea, have developed an air ventilation device. According to the ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Ornamental Design for Motor Vehicle/Toy Replica
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Junho Kim and Masaaki Yagi, both of Toyota, Japan, and Eiji Murakami of Osaka, Japan, have developed an ornamental design for an motor vehicle and toy replica, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announced. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. D563,276 ...
California Inventor Develops Leakage Efficient Anti-Glitch Filter
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Robert Paul Masleid of Monte Sereno, Calif., has developed a leakage efficient anti-glitch filter. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leakage efficient anti-glitch filter with variable delay stages. In accordance with a first embodiment of ...
Illinois Inventors Develop Ostensibly Solid Electronic Die
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Michael K. Lindsey of Barrington, Ill., and Stephen J. Pearson of Ingleside, Ill., have developed a dice suitable for playing games. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ostensibly solid electronic die presents visual and/or sound effects ...
California, Washington Inventors Develop Iris-Based Biometric Identification Method
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Daniel Schonberg of Berkeley, Calif., and Darko Kirovski of Bellevue, Wash., have developed an iris-based biometric identification method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes forming a feature vector associated with an iris ...
Japanese Inventors Develop Optical Sensor
Mar 06, 2008 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 6 -- Seiichiro Mizuno, Tatsumi Yamanaka and Yoshimaro Fujii, all from Hamamatsu, Japan, have developed an optical sensor. According to a description of the invention, released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention concerns a photodetector ...