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7765655 Apparatus and method for generating post-burial audio communications in a burial casket  
An apparatus and method for generating post-burial audio communications from surviving friends and loved ones in a casket by providing a burial casket, and providing an electronic audio...
7765656 Apparatus and method for generating post-burial audio communications in a burial casket  
An apparatus and method for generating post-burial audio communications from surviving family members, friends, and loved ones by adapting a burial casket with an electronic audio communication...
7522322 Apparatus for dental shade measurement  
An apparatus for suitable for obtaining an image of a dental structure has an illuminator member placed proximate the area to be imaged. The illuminator member has a support structure (30) for...
7437502 Disk drive adjusting operating mode based on historical proximity of host commands  
A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head actuated over the disk, and a history array for storing a plurality of history records, wherein each history record having a history range...
6791904 Method and apparatus to receive selected audio content  
A method and apparatus to receive selected audio content. According to one embodiment of the invention, an audio playback system is described. The audio playback system includes an audio content...
6714489 Skip detector for compact disc jukebox  
A control system for a compact disc jukebox detects skips in the compact disc by reading an apparent elapsed time signal from the compact disc that is encoded on the compact disc. A timer is...
5822754 Recording and reproducing apparatus with selectable I/O control  
A recording and reproducing apparatus of the present invention has reproduction change detector for receiving information indicative of a detection of a reproduction operation from an...
5774861 Mirror and light box assembly with mother's image display and voice playback activated by crying infant  
A mirror and light box assembly installable in a crib or other enclosure occupied by an infant. The assembly which is interactive with the infant includes a light box on whose front face is mounted...
5712834 Control apparatus for data reproduction and recording devices  
An apparatus for controlling a plurality of recording and reproducing apparatus in which a time elapse measuring means can be reset and read by a control means to measure the elapse time. The...
5581469 Apparatus for checking the lifetime of household electronic or electric appliances  
There is provided a device for checking the lifetime of household electronic or electric appliances. This device checks actual energization time and enhances the lifetime by improving the...
5566077 Media and optical drive operating temperature control system and method  
A control system for dynamically regulating an operating condition of a device used with and controlled by a host computer system. The inventive system includes a sensor arrangement for detecting...
5555536 Device for playing recorded audio at a selected time  
A device for playing recorded audio at one or more selected times. An alarm clock and recorder are coupled together such that audio recorded by the user plays at a time selected by the user on the...
5452274 Sound-activated playback device  
A sound-activated playback device which generally includes a sound-activated circuit and an electrically driven playback device which plays a recording on a selected prerecorded medium. The...
5428587 Input/output communication between autochanger and drive  
Disclosed is an optical disk handling system, called an autochanger, having two control systems to provide the six motions necessary to move optical disk cartridges from storage holding cells to an...
5406625 Receiving apparatus and recording method  
A determination is made whether recording by a recording apparatus is or is not feasible. This determination is made on the basis of whether or not scrambled reception signals can be descrambled....
5404343 Resting place marker with audio system  
A marker such as a grave stone or tombstone for visually identifying the resting place of the remains of a once living entity, with the marker preferably having a location for written information...
RE34843 Signal controlled waveform recorder  
A multi-channel electronic waveform recorder, for storing waveform data and time of occurrence information, i.e., a "time-tag", for each stored value of an input waveform, is disclosed....
5343450 Timer operation management apparatus  
A timer operation management apparatus for managing the playback and recording of multiple video tape cassettes comprising cassette information storage capabilities for storing the presence/absence...
5337292 Recording/reproducing apparatus with remote controller  
A recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed that is capable of recording an inputted audio signal onto a recording medium. A controlling device is provided which is capable of remote-controlling...
5265077 Optical disk storage having reduced power consumption during seeking operations  
In an optical disk storage, the seek of an optical head is controlled so that the number of seek times cannot exceed a threshold number of times in a predetermined period or an accumulated seek...
5239587 Sound recording device for use by hunters  
The present invention provides for the unattended recording of game animal sound activities in hunting areas by combining an external microphone and a sound recording apparatus housed within a...
5237462 Video record stop time setting method  
A video record stop time setting method for a VCR capable of setting the video recording period at a user's discretion by setting or changing the video record stop time at any time. The invention...
5210725 Tray loading apparatus for disc players  
A control circuit of a tray loading apparatus determines, according to a disc size and a tray moving direction, a time during which to control the motor at a constant speed. When the specified time...
4991025 Arrangement for automatically switching a videorecorder on and off in the absence of a code signal but in presence of a FBAS signal  
The disclosed device enables the recording of television broadcasts which are preprogrammed in a memory. The presence of data lines of the television signal in combination with the presence of a...
4991159 Time display device for an apparatus for playing information recorded on an optical disk  
A time display device for an apparatus for playing information recorded on an optical disk includes a first input device for specifying a total playing time and a second input device for specifying...
4984098 Point of purchase automatically-actuated audio advertising device and method  
A point-of-purchase advertising device generates a prerecorded audio message automatically whenever a person is nearby, and then resets itself automatically to prepare for the presence of another...
4964108 Volume control for sound reproducing apparatus  
A sound reproducing apparatus is provided with an audio signal processing circuit for receiving an audio signal from a signal input circuit and applying the same to a speaker or sound producer...
4914534 Information reproducing apparatus having a timer for restricting operation thereof and means for overriding said timer when the information reproducing apparatus is operatively coupled to a reproduced information handling apparatus  
The disclosed information reproducing apparatus reproduces information recorded on a record medium. A timer system restricts the reproducing operation of the apparatus to a predetermined period of...
4894814 Optical disc player with pause function in response to elapsed preset maximum playback time period  
An optical disc player having a timer for counting the elapse of time from the start of reproduction of music on an optical disc, an input for entering a desired reproduction time, a memory for...
4862438 Pillow/audio system combination  
A pillow/audio system combination functioning as both a pillow and an audio system. A substantially rectangularly-shaped pillow casing has stuffing material therein. An audio signal generating...
4814905 Portable sound recorder and playback device with battery saving feature using a switch controlled timer  
In a pocket size portable sound recorder, a special pushbutton swith is provided, and pulses are generated according to the number of operations of the pushbutton switch and are applied to a...
4814901 Video cassette recorder for rental use which is rendered unusable after a predetermined period of time  
A video cassette recorder for rental use having a timer means for counting the preset time, a back up power-supply such as battery and so on, and a start means for starting said timer means whereby...
4787063 Acquisition and transmission system for a recorder and a computer center  
The invention relates to a system transmitting special signals and data between a computer center and an appliance which is able to receive and record independently video and/or audio programs...
4755887 Triggering for waveform recording  
A drop out trigger captures waveform data when a normally continuous input signal is disrupted or interrupted. In the preferred embodiment, a conventional trigger detects a parameter periodically...
4706121 TV schedule system and process  
A system (90) controls a television receiver (126) to allow user selection of broadcast programs from schedule information. A data processor (110) is connected to receive the schedule information...
4670798 Point of purchase advertising system  
A point of purchase advertising system is provided which senses the presence of a person in the vicinity of an advertising display and thereupon renders an appropriate advertisement such as a...
4637007 Toy having a melody-making mechanism of a sound-detection type  
A toy, such as a stuffed doll, having a melody-making mechanism of a sound-detection type is disclosed, in which the melody-making mechanism is provided with a sound-detector, an amplifier circuit...
4635121 Arrangement for the programmable control of a radio and/or television receiver  
When programming a radio and/or television receiver for future transmissions, problems may occur due to overlapping of the programmed transmissions. For this purpose the individually programmed...
4630137 Tape timer apparatus for video tape recorder  
A tape timer apparatus is disclosed. Apparatus is provided for producing frame pulses indicating a frame period in a running tape and for producing a tape direction signal. An up/down counter...
4626106 VCR timed controller  
A timed controller operable with a VCR for partially inhibiting operation thereof after a preselected time period has elapsed. The controller includes a clock, and a counter receiving and counting...
4593414 Programable channel selecting system  
A system for obviating the special operation needed for storing a program in memories in a channel selecting system used in television sets, etc., which is adapted to make the control for selecting...
4544920 Intrusion detector and method  
Apparatus and method are provided for protecting an unoccupied building. The apparatus includes a noise detector for detecting noises generated by attempts to enter the building. Any noise detected...
4523295 Power loss compensation for programmable memory control system  
An arrangement for storing user programmed system timing information in a microprogrammable system in the event of a power outage. The system includes a static random access memory (RAM) for...
4477328 Optically readable information disk and method of manufacturing same  
The invention relates to an optically readable information disk, a method of manufacturing same, as well as a device for carrying out the method, in which the information disk which comprises an...
4475153 Method and apparatus for automatic control of electronic equipment  
An electronic device, such as a video tape recorder (VTR), is set into a desired, but complex mode, such as automatic recording of a desired program, by manual scanning with an optical wand or...
4435842 Programmable channel selecting apparatus  
A programmable channel selecting apparatus to be disclosed is comprised of a manually operated switch for selecting desired channels and for inputting preset times for desired channel reception, a...
4323999 Automatic transmission or recording or transmission and reception control system  
A system to automatically control the changeover of recording and recording stop, or transmission and transmission stop, and being employed in the recording or transmitting device provided with a...
4193120 Addressable event display and control system  
An addressable event display and control system for use with a clock controlled programmable memory employs an array of LED's as event designators each of which signifies, when energized, a...
4169970 Memorial audio reproduction system  
An audio reproduction system is provided for use in conjunction with a tombstone for the repeated playback, upon activation, of a prerecorded message. The system comprises a housing which is...
4132413 Toy phonograph  
A toy phonograph comprises means for pressing a pickup arm into engagement with a phonograph record for reproducing recorded sound from the phonograph record playing surface during rotation...
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