821 results about "Button pressing" patented technology

Apparatuses, methods and systems relating to at least one or more of golf club reminding and golf data collecting and recording. In one embodiment an apparatus on a golf club includes an integrated reminder and a stroke cancellation system and is semi-automatic in that the recording of the stroke is directly in response to changing the state (e.g. activating) of a switch which indicates that the golfer has pressed a button on the golf club. The pressing of the button indicates that the golfer will or has taken a stroke with the golf club and that the stroke is to be recorded, with the location of the stroke and an identifier of the club (e.g. 9 iron). The system may also be equipped with a missing club reminder and theft prevention function that notifies the golfer is a golf club has been left behind or if a club or golf bag has been removed without authorization.

Apparatus for use with a cable for interconnecting electronic devices is described. The apparatus includes an indicator for identifying a characteristic of the cable, and includes a mechanism operable to cause the indicator to identify the characteristic of the cable. The indicator can be for example an LED and can be used to identify the location of an end of the cable. The mechanism can be a pushbutton located at the other end of the cable. The LED is illuminated when the pushbutton is activated. A signal generator is responsive to the pushbutton and provides a signal to the LED to cause the LED to illuminate. The signal generator can be implemented with a DMTF encoder.

A substantially moisture-proof, airtight dispenser for both storing and dispensing several flattened articles such as diagnostic test strips. The inventive dispenser includes a novel pivotable housing that a user need merely grab and squeeze to eject a test strip. Independent movement of the user's fingers to push a button or turn a knob is unnecessary to dispense a strip, which makes the present invention well suited for diabetics suffering from nerve damage in their extremities and other complications resulting from the disease. The invention includes a novel flexible arm member and pusher head that engage and push an article from the dispenser as the two parts of the housing are pivoted together. The articles are dispensed through an exit that is configured with a novel flexible seal that maintains the dispenser substantially airtight. Several inventive seal embodiments and methods of making the same are disclosed.

The present invention is designed to trigger activation of a gaming machine repeatedly without requiring a player to press and release a play button one time per play of the machine. A PCB incorporated between a conventional machine switch and a microprocessor causes a machine to immediately play a new game upon the machine's re-set. Preferably, the PCB causes an electrical switch to open and close at a predefined rate (e.g. one second) as long as the button is pressed. In another embodiment, a cable connected to, and extending from, said machine includes a button for a player to activate said repeat play. The cable houses wires connecting the cable button to the PCB. The cable button provides a player with an option of activating said machine from a more comfortable location (e.g. the player's lap area). The present invention also allows a player to play conventionally.

Provided is a handle assembly for carry-on luggage. The inverted U-shaped handle assembly comprises two handle units each comprising a handle rod comprising a fixed bottom support tube and a plurality of sliding tubes arranged telescopically about a tube therebelow; a locking device in the tubes; and a resilient device under of the support tube. Pressing the push button will unlock the handle units and resiliently move the handle rods upward a predetermined small distance prior to being able to fully extend the handle rods.

A computer control mouse including a housing, electronic circuitry within the housing, surface-tracking pointing control, i.e, ball or optical, a plurality of finger depressible buttons exposed on the housing and interfacing with sensors electrically connected with the circuitry. Some of the finger depressible buttons are for user selection of signals to be sent to the computer/software for variable rate window or screen scroll control. Some of the buttons are for communicating command signals to software, the signals activating display of information of a previously visited network address either Back or Forward, dependant on the mouse button, the activating of display of information of the previously visited network address with the mouse button occurring without a requirement of a pointer having to be located on a Back or Forward software shown button on the display.

An accessory holder that is to be used in such a way to securely hold ones accessories like keys (40), cameras (44), cellular phones, pagers, tape measures, and hand drills when they are not in use and to allow the person quick access to these accessories when they are needed. The preferred embodiment uses a modified seat belt buckle to carry A set of keys (40). Female end (25) is attached to the users belt (32) bag, or other convenient location. Male end (24) is attached to the accessory. When the accessory is needed, the user pushes button (26), and the accessory falls into the users hand. To return the accessory to female end (25), male end (24) must be inserted into opening (36). Male end (24) is pushed over the spring loaded locking mechanism and a distinctive "click" is heard once male end (24) is locked in place. The accessory can be conveniently carried in female end (25) until next time it is needed.

Disclosed is a combination lock wherein responsive to unlocking the lock, use a tool to press the push button to advance a push button and a locking pin inside until a passage is clear from a ledge, insert a pointed portion of the tool into an indentation on a push button, rotate the push button to engage a projection with a tooth, further press the push button to advance a locking pin inside and matingly engage the push button with the locking pin, and rotate the push button and the locking pin until the ledge inserts into the passage with a spring biased pin being entered into an aperture of a sliding seat for locking during an operation of inhibiting the lock from being opened by a key.

Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to lifting a user from a seated position to a raised position. This is performed by incorporating a lifting mechanism into a seat coupled to a movable base portion. Actuators coupled to drive shafts enable a plurality of linkages to be raised and tilted, enabling the seat to rise at the push of a button or other triggering mechanism. A plurality of compressible springs enables an even balance between the weight of the human and the pressure of the lifting mechanism underneath the seat. As the lifting portion lifts the seat, an angle of the seat changes from a substantially horizontal position to a relatively angled position, mimicking the natural motion of the hips and thighs for humans needing assistance. Embodiments disclosed include using the device as a bedside toilet, having a removable bowl attached to the seat, or using the device placed over a toilet.

A rotary switch mechanism includes a first rotatable member, a second rotatable member, a push button and a triggered switch. By rotating the first rotatable member, a first rotation command is executed. By rotating the second rotatable member, a second rotation command is executed. By moving a user's finger on the push button, a motion command is executed. By pressing down the push button to trigger the push switch, a pushing command is executed. In such way, the rotary switch mechanism may be used to input plural commands.

An improved padlock and particular an improved small padlock that has a shackle adjustable to a desired length includes a lock body and a steel cable. The steel cable can run through the lock body to form a closed shackle. The lock body includes a casing, a dial assembly, two pushbuttons, two thrust members and two latch members. Locking and unlocking operations can be accomplished by depressing the pushbuttons. The latch members can engage with the steel cable to form a locking condition, or be moved away from the steel cable to form a unlocking condition so that the shackle range formed by the steel cable and the lock body can be adjusted to meet user's requirements. It overcomes the problem of the conventional padlocks that provide a shackle which is not adjustable and often does not have an adequate length.

The invention relates to a voice song-selecting method, which belongs to song-selection application technology. The invention is characterized in that a data initialization module containing files of Chinese character database and a similarity metric value chart of initials and finals of Chinese syllables, a song database character pre-processing module containing character strings of target syllable chains corresponding to the name of the song or the name of the singer, a voice recognition module for converting the voice recording data of the name of the song or the name of the singer input from the sound card into the corresponding character strings of Chinese characters, a recognition result post-processing module for converting the character strings of Chinese characters into the character strings of source syllable chains, and a searching and matching module for calculating the difference value based on the metric of the similarity between initials and finals according to the character strings of target syllable chains corresponding to the name of the song or the name of the singer and the character strings of source syllable chains obtained from the recognition result post-processing module, Besides calculating the integral difference by using the dynamic programming method and outputting the result of the minimum difference value. The average button pressing time and the average operating time of song-selection are reduced, and the efficiency of song-selection operation is greatly enhanced.

A retractable handle of wheeled luggage is provided. For the case of single pulling rod, pressing a push button will tighten a connecting rod to move a lower sliding block to a one direction so that an upright rod is pressed to lower a locking member and an upright member to clear the locking member from a toothed member, thereby unlocking both the swivel handle grip and the pulling rod. For the case of two pulling rods, there is further provided another transmission mechanism so that pressing the push button will further unlock locking devices in the pulling rods via coupling rods.

A grinder having a rotary shaft and a grinding disc mounted at a bottom end of the rotary shaft for grinding a work piece. A press button unit is disposed on a housing of the grinder. By means of pressing the press button unit, the rotary shaft of the grinder can be seized for replacement of the grinding disc. Before pressing the press button unit, a user must first angularly displace the press button unit. That is, the press button unit cannot be directly pressed without being first turned by a certain angle. Therefore, in operation, mis-touch of the press button unit can be avoided so as to avoid damage of the grinder.

A method and apparatus for providing distributed control of a home automation and control system is provided. Each device participating in a home automation and control system is equipped with control logic for providing distributed control. Through the control logic, each device maintains scene definitions describing the state of the device for each scene in which it participates. When any device in the system receives a request to launch a scene, such as a button press on one of the devices, the device broadcasts a scene state change message to all devices within the home automation and control system. The scene state change message identifies to each device that a particular scene that should be launched. Each device in the system receives the message and determines whether the device is a participant in the scene. If the device is a participant in the scene, the device adjusts its state according to a scene definition stored in the device associated with the scene. The device may adjust a controlled electrical load, such as a light, according to the scene definition by turning the load on, off, or setting the load to some intermediate value. If the device is a not participant in the scene, the device remains unaffected.

An adjustable pulling rod set includes a switch, a base and a cover. The switch is on the base. The switch includes an operating component, two positioning rods and a spring. A rail and two gaps are opened on the operating component. The two gaps communicate with the rail. The two positioning rods pass through the rail respectively. Two abutting nodes are defined on one end of the two positioning rods respectively. Each abutting node has two wings. The two wings abut against the inner side of the two gaps. Both ends of the spring abut against the two abutting nodes of the two positioning rods respectively. When the button is pressed, the two wings are forced by the two slice bodies along the two gaps and the two positioning rods compress the spring. Thus, the height of a pulling rod will be adjustable.

Taught herein is an identification device for golf club head covers comprising an outer shell having a front cover and a back cover; a window for displaying identifying indicia disposed on said front cover; a disk bearing a plurality of identification indicia; means for rotating the disk intermittently so that the identifying indicia are displayed through the window, one indicium at a time, the means being disposed within said outer shell; and means for connecting the identification device to a golf club head cover. Since a plurality of different identification indicia can be displayed at a push of a button, a convenient and easy to use identification device for golf club head covers is realized.

A sliding door actuator having a small electric motor and cable system is added to a standard sliding glass door for a residence. As the motor may be controlled by a remote, an individual could simply press a button to open the door. This convenience would be especially helpful to older individuals and those having limited mobility. The sliding door actuator having a winch spool drivingly connected to the drive motor. A drive cable is spoolably connected to the winch spool. The drive cable is connected to a sliding door. A return spring is connected to the drive cable for biasing the sliding door. An exit sensor is electrically connected to the drive motor to selectively actuate the sliding door.

The invention discloses a frameless terminal application switching method. The method comprises the following steps of obtaining sliding information of a touch control point conducting the touch control operation on the edge of a touch area of a frameless terminal; analyzing whether the sliding information meets the preset switching critical condition or not; if the sliding information meets the preset switching critical condition, switching an application running currently. The invention further discloses the frameless terminal. A user does not need to operate a main screen of the terminal, a button in a current application interface will not be touched by mistake, the user does not need to conduct button pressing or selection or other operations, and the application can be more easily and rapidly switched.