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| 20090023553 | Exercise systems in local or global network - An exercise system includes at least two exercise modules and is arranged to allow multiple users performing exercises on, with or against the modules in different locations while performing at least one preset task defined in a context of a story, a scenery or a video (or computer) game each in turn preferably defined in a virtual environment. The exercise system generally generates the task of the story, scenery or game in images of the virtual environment and simulates the exercising users as simulated user in such images, while allowing the users to manipulate the simulated users for attaining a goal of the task based on features related with the exercises performed by the user or allowing the task to manipulate operations of the modules based on such features. The exercise system includes at least one output module including at least two visual units and audio units to provide the images and sounds for the task to each exercising user. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090023554 | Exercise systems in virtual environment - An exercise system includes at least two exercise modules and is arranged to allow multiple users performing exercises on, with or against the modules in different locations while performing at least one preset task defined in a context of a story, a scenery or a video (or computer) game each in turn preferably defined in a virtual environment. The exercise system generally generates the task of the story, scenery or game in images of the virtual environment and simulates the exercising users as simulated user in such images, while allowing the users to manipulate the simulated users for attaining a goal of the task based on features related with the exercises performed by the user or allowing the task to manipulate operations of the modules based on the features. The execs system includes at least two output modules each including a visual unit to provide the images for the task to each user and an olfactory or tactile unit to provide smell or tactile sensation to the user, respectively. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100162630 | Door safety systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to door safety systems incorporated into a gap formed between a rear end of a door and a matching frame and covering the gap while the door is open such that an user may protect his or her fingers or toes from being caught in the gap when the door may be shut unexpectedly. More particularly, the present invention relates to various covers of such systems which may extend across and cover at least a portion of the gap, may fill such a portion of the gap or otherwise isolate such a portion of the gap when the door is open. As will be described below, such door safety systems of this invention may be practiced by numerous embodiments each including one or more movable covers which may cover the portion of the gap in relation to movements of the doors and/or presence of an object in such a gap. The present invention also relates to various methods of covering the gap using such covers and various processes for providing the covers. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100163298 | Electromagnetically-countered power grid systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to an electromagnetically-countered power grid system with multiple wave sources and at least one counter unit, where each wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves, while the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves and counters the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the wave sources with those of such counter units and/or by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those of such counter waves. In addition, the present invention relates to such electromagnetically-countered power grid systems with multiple power transmission lines each operating as the counter unit of the rest of the transmission lines. The present invention relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves by the counter waves by the above mechanisms and further relates to various processes for providing power grid systems and their counter units. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100163438 | Medium-containing bottles and methods - The present invention generally relates to bottles containing fluids and agents while separating the agents from the fluids before use. More particularly, the present invention relates to bottles having fluids and various media with such agents, where the media are stored separately from the fluids and mixed with the fluids only upon use. To this end, the bottles are provided with storages for storing the media in various portions of the bottles, and also provided with seals for fluidly separating such media from the fluids before use and then mixing such media with the fluids upon receiving user inputs. The present invention also relates to various methods of including the media and fluids in the bottles while separating the media from the fluids and various methods of mixing the media with the fluids in various portions of the bottles. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such bottles, for providing various storages as well as chambers and pathways therefor, and for providing various seals for mixing the media and fluids in response to user inputs. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100163552 | Electromagnetically-countered microwave heating systems and methods - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered microwave heating system which includes at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves by the counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to counter units for such electromagnetically-countered microwave heating systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units such as, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of such wave sources, matching shapes of such counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves using the source and/or wave matching and various methods of providing the counter units and emitting suitable counter waves. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, such counter units thereof, and the like. The present invention relates to various electric and/or magnetic shields which may be used alone or in conjunction with such counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100163805 | Agent-containing media and methods therefor - The present invention generally relates to various media for protecting antioxidants contained therein from degradation before use. More particularly, the present invention relates to media which are to be dissolved in a fluid before use and to protect antioxidants contained therein from ultraviolet rays and from degradation caused by a prolonged period of dissolution in the fluid. To this end, such media include various fillers to protect the antioxidants from the ultraviolet rays. The present invention also relates to various media capable of promoting mixing of the antioxidants in the fluid. The present invention also relates to various methods of protecting such antioxidants contained in the media from such rays and various methods of promoting mixing between the fluid and antioxidants and/or fillers. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing various media protecting the antioxidants contained therein, various processes for fabricating such media capable of promoting the dissolution of the antioxidants and/or fillers into the fluid, and the like. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164321 | Electromagnetically-countered actuator systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to electric motor systems which minimize irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves by various means. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric motor system with one or more counter units which minimize the irradiation of such harmful waves by suppressing the harmful waves to their sources and/or by emitting counter electromagnetic waves capable of canceling a desired portion of the harmful waves. Such counter units may then be incorporated into various locations for opposing magnetic poles of basic rotor units and/or basic stator units of the system. The present invention also relates to various methods of minimizing irradiation of such harmful waves by various electric motor systems, various methods of suppressing the harmful waves toward their sources, and various methods of canceling such harmful waves by the counter waves. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such electric motor systems, various processes for making such counter units for the suppressing and/or canceling, and various processes for incorporating such counter units into various locations of the systems. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164673 | Electromagnetically-countered transformer systems and methods - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves which are capable of countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units of various electromagnetically-countered transformer systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of such counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of the counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing such counter units as well as emitting the counter waves. The present invention also relates to various processes for providing such systems and their counter units. The present invention further relates to various electric and/or magnetic shields which may be used alone and/or in combination with such counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165215 | Communication control systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to various communication control systems capable of controlling operations of their target modules with their control modules. More particularly, the present invention relates various communication control systems including control modules and target modules and capable of controlling various operations of the target models with the control modules wirelessly. To this end, the control and target modules are preferably provided with various transmitters as well as receivers for receiving user inputs by the control modules, converting the user inputs to command signals, transmitting the command signals to the target modules, and then controlling the operations of the target module accordingly. The present invention also relates to various methods of controlling the operations of the target modules of the communication control systems with the control modules of the system wirelessly and various methods of receiving the user inputs, converting the user inputs to the command signals, transmitting the command signals to the target modules, and recognizing the signals by the target modules. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such communication systems and various control and target modules thereof. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100165288 | Lens assemblies and methods - The present invention generally relates to various lenses, lens assemblies, and devices using such lenses and/or lens assemblies, to various methods of fabricating and/or using such lenses, lens assemblies, and/or devices, and to various processes of making such lenses, lens assemblies, and/or devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to various lenses which may include multiple regions at least two of which may define different magnifications therethrough. Accordingly, various lens assemblies of the present invention may include multiple lenses at least one of which may define multiple magnifications and may translate, rotate or otherwise move laterally with respect to the other lens while overlapping or aligning with different portions of the other lens and while providing uniform magnifications across preset portions of overlapped or aligned regions of the lenses. In addition, the devices of the present invention may employ such lens assemblies and provide various magnifications by moving mobile lens of the lens assembly laterally relative to stationary lenses thereof. The present invention also relates to various methods of laterally moving such mobile lenses with respect to such stationary lenses, various methods of providing or using such lenses and/or lens assemblies in order to provide multiple magnifications by laterally moving such mobile lenses in order to overlap different portions of the stationary lens, and various methods of using such mobile lenses and lenses and lens assemblies to provide multiple magnifications to various devices. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing the foregoing lenses, lens assemblies, and devices. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100166201 | Electromagnetically-countered speaker systems and methods - The present invention relates to electromagnetically-countered speaker systems for generating acoustic sounds according to dynamic signals supplied thereto while minimizing irradiation of harmful electromagnetic waves therefrom. More particularly, the present invention relates to various speaker systems which do not include speaker magnets but include driver members for generating the sounds while emitting such harmful waves and counter members for generating magnetic forces for providing such sound while emitting counter electromagnetic waves capable of canceling at least a substantial portion of the harmful waves based on their configurational and phase characteristics. The present invention also relates to various speaker systems which do not include speaker magnets but include various electric and/or magnetic shields in addition to such drive and counter members. The present invention also relates to various methods of minimizing irradiation of the harmful waves of the speaker systems by the counter members, various methods of shielding such harmful waves by the electric and/or magnetic shields, and the like. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, counter members thereof, and electric and/or magnetic shields therefor. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100166236 | Electromagnetically-countered display systems and methods - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered display system including at least one wave source and at least one counter unit, where such a wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves and the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to various counter units for the electromagnetically-countered display system and to various mechanisms to counter the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those the counter waves, and so on. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with such counter waves by source and/or wave matchings, various methods of providing the counter units for emitting the counter waves defining desired wave characteristics, and the like. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing the electromagnetically-countered display systems and their counter units. The present invention further relates to various electric and magnetic shields employed either alone or in conjunction with the counter units for minimizing irradiation of the harmful waves from the shaving system. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169105 | Discrete time expansion systems and methods - The present invention relates to discrete time expansion systems and methods for expanding a source signal while at least substantially preserving its frequency distribution and obviating a need to smoothen an expanded signal. Such a system may expand the source signal by a preset expansion ratio which is any integer or any real number represented by a ratio of (m+n)/m or (m+n+0.5)/m where m and n are positive integers. The present invention also relates to various methods of expanding the source signal by separating such a signal to multiple sub-signals each in a different frequency range, expanding each sub-signal using different expansion intervals, and generating the expanded signal by superposition of each expanded sub-signals. The present invention also relates to various algorithms and processes for such systems. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100170116 | Ventilation systems for shoes and methods - The present invention generally relates to forced ventilation systems for various shoes. More particularly, the present invention relates to forced ventilation systems each including at least two air pumps disposed in preset areas of the shoes and capable of providing ventilation through the shoes during different steps of walking and running. Such ventilation systems typically includes at least one air pump in a shoe rear and at least another air pump in a shoe front such that the first pump provides the ventilation as an user presses the shoe rear area, while the second pump provides the ventilation as the user presses the shoe front, thereby maximizing the ventilation and minimizing a dead space in the shoe. The present invention also relates to various methods of operating such systems, disposing multiple air pumps thereof, and actuating such pumps. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, air pumps, and actuator units. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100172509 | Electromagnetically-countered piezo speaker systems and methods - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves by countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units for electromagnetically-countered piezoelectric speaker systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by such counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, matching such counter waves with wavefronts of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing the counter units as well as counter waves. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, such counter units thereof, and the like. The present invention relates to various electric shields and/or magnetic shields which may be used alone or in conjunction with the counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174213 | Audio relaxing systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to pelvic relaxing systems capable of generating sound of an user or third party or capable of being manipulated by the sound. More particularly, the present invention relates to pelvic relaxing systems for acquiring real-time or pre-recorded sounds, playing the sounds during use or in response to an user input, synchronizing the sounds with movements and/or operations of the system, and playing the sound synthesized from multiple audio signals with different content and/or voice bases. Such systems may be controlled so that the movements of various parts and/or operations thereof may be controlled by or synchronized with the sounds provided thereto by audio and communication devices. The present invention also relates to various methods of obtaining such sounds, making and using such sounds, synchronizing such sounds with the movements of the parts, and controlling such movements according to such sounds. The present invention also relates to various processes for making various members, units, and parts of the pelvic relaxing systems, for synchronizing such with the sounds, and for making such controlled by such sounds. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100174218 | Pelvic exercise systems and methods - The present invention generally relates to a pelvic exercise system for measuring at least one variable which represents physiologic state of a pelvic structure of an user and for providing a value of the variable to the user. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pelvic exercise system for measuring the pelvic variable during exercising various muscles of the pelvic structure by at least one sensor unit of the system and for providing at least one audio and/or visual feedback signal to the user, thereby allowing the user to monitor the physiologic state of her structure. Such a system may be arranged to monitor such a variable as the user maintains a preset posture of the pelvic structure or to measure variations in such a variable while the user changes the posture of the structure during exercise. The present invention also relates to various methods of measuring such a variable and for providing such a variable. The present invention also relates to various processes for making various members, units, and/or parts of the above pelvic exercise system, for measuring the variable, and for providing such a variable to the user. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110182462 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-SHIELDED SPEAKER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An electromagnetically-shielded speaker (or microphone) system for generating acoustic sounds (or electric signals) based upon electric signals (or acoustic sounds) supplied thereto while minimizing irradiation of undesirable electromagnetic waves. While Various speaker systems can be used, each system has at least one source for emitting the undesirable waves and at least one counter member for emitting counter electromagnetic waves capable of canceling at least a substantial portion of the undesirable waves due to their phase characteristics. The system has at least one electric and/or magnetic shields capable of shielding and/or terminating electric waves and magnetic waves of the undesirable waves, respectively. Various methods of minimizing irradiation of the undesirable waves by such counter members, various methods of shielding the undesirable waves by the electric and/or magnetic shields, and the like, as well as various processes for providing such systems, counter members thereof, electric and/or magnetic shields therefor, and the like. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110200380 | MULTICOLOR WRITING TOOLS AND METHODS - Various multicolor writing tools and methods for applying multiple volatile marking substances one at a time. The tool includes a case member, a cartridge member, a cap member, and an optional actuator member. The case member forms an interior in which is disposed the cartridge member with multiple cartridges each containing one of the marking substances and a tip through which the marking substance is applied. The cap member changes and restores its configuration, while the actuator member changes, the configuration and exposes one of the tips selected by an user out of the interior when the tool is in use, and then restores the configuration and encloses all of the tips inside the interior when not in use. Thus, the tool opens the cap member in response to input force without requiring the user to engage in a separate maneuver to remove the cap member. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20130300530 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUNTERED TRANSFORMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves which are capable of countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units of various electromagnetically-countered transformer systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units by, e.g., matching configurations of such counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of the counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing such counter units as well as emitting the counter waves. The present invention also relates to various processes for providing such systems and their counter units. The present invention further relates to various electric and/or magnetic shields which may be used alone and/or in combination with such counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140048728 | GENERIC ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUNTERED METHODS - Various electromagnetically-countered systems are provided and include at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves. Various generic counter units of such systems and various mechanisms are provided to counter the harmful waves by the counter units by matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of such counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, etc. Various methods are provided for countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source or wave matching. Various methods are also provided for the counter units as well as counter waves. Various processes are provided for providing such systems and counter units. Various electric and/or magnetic shields may be used alone or in conjunction with such counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140111088 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUNTERED DISPLAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered display system including at least one wave source and at least one counter unit, where such a wave source irradiates harmful electromagnetic waves and the counter unit emits counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves therewith. More particularly, the present invention relates to various counter units for the electromagnetically-countered display system and to various mechanisms to counter the harmful waves with the counter units, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, by matching wavefronts of the harmful waves with those the counter waves, and so on. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with such counter waves by source and/or wave matchings, various methods of providing the counter units for emitting the counter waves defining desired wave characteristics, and the like. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing the electromagnetically-countered display systems and their counter units. The present invention further relates to various electric and magnetic shields employed either alone or in conjunction with the counter units for minimizing irradiation of the harmful waves from the shaving system. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20150065193 | GENERIC ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUNTERED METHODS - The present invention relates to an electromagnetically-countered system including at least one wave source irradiating harmful electromagnetic waves and at least one counter unit emitting counter electromagnetic waves for countering the harmful waves by such counter waves. More particularly, the present invention relates to generic counter units of electromagnetically-countered systems and to various mechanisms for countering the harmful waves by the counter units such as, e.g., by matching configurations of the counter units with those of the wave sources, matching shapes of such counter waves with shapes of the harmful waves, and the like. The present invention also relates to various methods of countering the harmful waves with the counter waves by such source matching or wave matching and various methods of providing the counter units as well as counter waves. The present invention further relates to various processes for providing such systems, such counter units thereof, and the like. The present invention relates to various electric and/or magnetic shields which may be used alone or in conjunction with such counter units to minimize irradiation of the harmful waves from the system. | 03-05-2015 |
