103results about "Rosaries" patented technology

In the illumination device of the invention, an LED is oppose to a side surface of a flat light guide member. A light shield surface for shielding light from the LED and emitted toward the backside of the guide member in vicinity of the LED on the backside of the light guide member.

An electro-luminescence display device and a method of driving the same for controlling a full white brightness depending upon a brightness of the external environment and thus controlling a brightness mode is disclosed. An electro-luminescence display device according to the present invention comprising: a display panel having pixels light-emitted by a supplied current; a data driver for applying a data voltage corresponding to said current to the pixels; and a timing controller for dividing one frame into a plurality of sub-frames and applying said data voltage corresponding to each of the plurality of sub-frames to the data driver and for controlling an emission time of each frame.

Disclosed herein is an improved high-efficiency solar-charging electric window candle comprising a base adapted to sit securely upon a window sill. The base includes a footer formed with a battery compartment accessible through a bottom hatch, and a riser protruding upwardly from the footer with upwardly inclined side surfaces. The riser also has a compartment for enclosing a circuit board, and a vertically-oriented collar. A rechargeable battery is mounted in the footer of said base, and a hollow cylindrical candle body is inserted in the collar of the base riser, and a bulb assembly comprising a white LED is mounted atop the candle body. A circuit board is enclosed in the riser and includes two circuits: a current pump for supplying a pulsed current, and a photosensing circuit for sensing ambient light levels. The charge pump circuit reduces current requirements of the white LED, and the photosensing circuit automatically detects ambient light levels and illuminates the white LED while disconnecting the rechargeable battery, or vice versa, depending on whether there is sufficient ambient light.

A memorial for deceased humans or animals in which the cremated residue or ash is blended or mixed with particulate glass, the mixture being heated to form a liquid pool of glass with the cremation residue or ash dispersed, infused and / or absorbed therein, the molten glass and ash being removed from the heat source after a suitable time period and transferred to a mold in the shape of the memorial, the mold allowed to cool until the memorial sets, the memorial then removed from the mold and reheated in an annealing oven at a suitable temperature for a suitable time so as to eliminate possible cracking and scoring, the memorial once removed from the annealing oven can be further cut, polished, faceted, engraved or the like. The initial mixture of particulate glass and cremation residue and ash can be further combined with a coloring agent if so desired before heating or before transfer to the memorial mold.

A mechanical or computer-assisted electronics device, typically worn on one, two or three fingers of either hand to aid the user in saying and keeping track of the prayers of the Rosary. The device may be useful to a person saying the Rosary prayers while involved in other activities during a busy day, such as driving a vehicle, in public transportation, walking, etc. The system may be especially desirable when full use of both hands are needed at times, as well as when others in the area need not know that the user is deep in prayer. The user may wish to keep the hand with the device in a pants pocket, hidden in scarf or other clothing, covered by the other hand, or merely partly covering the device by the adjacent thumb. Growth to other prayer groups or sets of meditations and to prayers of other religions is disclosed.

Systems and methods for a functional and ornamental vehicle accessory are provided. The vehicle accessory includes a housing and a mounting mechanism for coupling the accessory to a vehicle. The vehicle accessory can also include a light source or light conducting member. Wiring for electrically connecting the light source can be included such that the vehicle accessory can illuminate during a variety of vehicle functions. The vehicle accessory can also operate as a communication hub for the vehicle.

A rosary device which may be used during activities has a plurality of bead members. A string is slidably coupled to each of the plurality of bead members. The string is of sufficient thickness to prevent the plurality of bead members from freely moving. Connectors are coupled to the string for removably coupling the rosary device to an object.

A prayer facilitator designed to assist a user in utilizing the prayer facilitator in the correct sequence and prayers for praying the Rosary in accordance with the traditions of the Roman Catholic faith. The Rosary includes a controller that is configured with a conventional integrated circuit board and memory that has stored therein a plurality of audio files containing the words to prayers required to complete the prayer of the Rosary. The controller further includes a switch and conventional audio electronics for subsequent retrieval and playing of the audio files. The Rosary further includes a control wire and plurality of prayer beads that operably connects the prayer beads to the controller. The prayer beads include at least one sensor configured to detect pressure thereon by a user.

An apparatus and method of manufacture is disclosed for a fiber optic lighting device. The fiber optic lighting device is formed by adhering fiber optic strands onto a backing material in a radial pattern from a centralized illumination receiving port within a perimeter of the backing material. The centralized illumination receiving port of the fiber optic strands is where the illuminating source would transfer the illuminations into the fiber optic strands. The fiber optic strands can include a surface finish, which enhances the intensity of the light emitting from the fiber optic strands. The fiber optic lighting device can provide a non-linear sheared edge along the entire perimeter of the backing material.

The invention discloses a wearable electronic device. The wearable electronic device comprises a main bead, two partitioning beads and a bead string, wherein the two partitioning beads are respectively provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite. The first sides of the two partitioning beads are respectively and detachably arranged at the two opposite sides of the main bead. The two opposite sides of the bead string are respectively connected to the two second sides.

A decorative medallion consists of two pieces that may be assembled about a mounted fixture. The medallion pieces are decorated with surface ornamentation to add to their visual appeal. A first piece of the medallion includes at a first end an overlapping member whose outline follows prominent features in the surface ornamentation, and at a second end an underledge designed to receive the overlapping member of the second piece. The second piece similarly includes an underledge that is designed to receive the overlapping member of the first piece. The respective overlapping members have recessed edges that are shaped to include one or more alignment features, such as protrusions and concave receiving portions. The underledges are shaped to slideably mate with the corresponding alignment features of the respective overlapping members, and thus, include various corresponding concave receiving portions and protrusions. The alignment features allow the two pieces to slide relative to one another into both lateral and vertical alignment, and the respective outlines of the top surfaces of the overlapping members essentially hide the seams in the surface ornamentation.

An illuminated, shallow weatherproof signage character has individual three dimensional back-lighted / front / side and / or silhouette-lighting, with frosted areas of plastic, with virtually no limitation on the size or number of individual characters, which may be moulded or machined from solid plastic, which is U / V protected. Miniature, preferably LED lamps are concealed in the character. The life of the LED lamps is extended by limiting the applied voltage and the “on” time. The signage characters are usually elevated from their supporting surface, to effect back-lighting. Couloured LED's or a RBG LED, can be used selectively to colour the plastic signage.

The invention discloses an automatic metering system and method for a rotatable wearing device, being used for the circle counting and number counting of the wearing device. The system includes an acquisition module for acquiring the real-time measurement data related to the rotation state of the wearing device online; a storage module for storing historical data, and calculating intermediate data, and circle counting and number counting results; and a metering module for determining whether there is a number counting condition or a circle counting condition based on the real-time measurement data and historical data, and calculating the circle counting and number counting results. The metering system can acquire the real-time measurement data related to the rotation state of the wearing device online, determines whether there is a number counting condition or a circle counting condition based on the real-time measurement data and historical data, and calculates the circle counting and number counting results, so that extra manual operation can be prevented, the circle counting and number counting can be intelligently realized, the accuracy is high, and the user experience can be improved.

The present invention provides an illuminated decorative item, a decorative item made of ribbon and an illumination circuitry for a decorative item made of ribbon. The illuminated decorative item comprises a decorative body created with at least one elongated strip of material, the body having a base; a light source disposed at the base; an energy source electrically connected to the light source to supply energy to the light source; and at least one optic fiber, each optic fiber comprising an elongated body having a base end and a free end, the base end being close to and oriented towards the light source, the free end being arranged to visually complement the decorative body; wherein the energy source supplies energy to the light source, at least some light emitted by the light source enters the optic fiber at the base end, propagates inside the optic fiber, and exits from the free end thus generating an illumination at the free end and creating a illumination effect for the decorative item.

An information tracking wearable article comprises a mount having associated information bearing elements. The wearable article may be configured as a bracelet where the information bearing elements are mounted to the mount. The information bearing elements are configured to display at least two elements of information. Preferably, the elements may be moved between first and second positions to selectively display the two elements of information. The wearable article may be utilized to track the completion of tasks, scores, dietary intake or other information.

A necklace that contains a gear assembly within a housing where gears of the gear assembly are rotated by a driving component. The driving component is a necklace chain where the chain, for example is a ball chain or a box chain that passes through openings in a housing wall and is configured to physically rotate gears.

The invention discloses a string of intelligent Buddha beads based on ceramic. The string of intelligent Buddha beads comprises a mother bead and a plurality of child beads, wherein the mother bead comprises a shell, a central processor, a storage module, a power supply module, a sensor module, an information display module, a wireless communication module and a wireless charging module are arranged in the shell, two metal annular charging electrodes are arranged on the shell, and the wireless communication module is connected with an APP intelligent terminal; a T-shaped through hole is formed in the shell; and the shell is made of industrial ceramic materials. The string of intelligent Buddha beads has the characteristics of being capable of resisting wear, corrosion, bumping and the like and has the beneficial effects of being high in integration level and unlikely to be damaged, being capable of recording the times of reciting automatically without need of manually recording, allowing a user to inquire historical records conveniently, avoiding the problem of normal non-intelligent counting equipment of deleting records by mistake, being high in acquisition accuracy, eliminating erroneous judgment, and avoiding the situation that traditional electronic equipment is easy to be plugged backwards to cause fault.