| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6344025 |
Blood pressure monitor |
February 5, 2002 |
| A blood pressure monitor includes a cuff to be worn on a living body portion provided with an air component for inflating and deflating said cuff, and a main body detachably mounted on the cuff provided with an electrical component, in which the main body is electrically connected wi |
| 6341413 |
Method of making electronic equipment |
January 29, 2002 |
| An electronic equipment such as a proximity sensor. A groove for discharging air is formed at coil casing (7) arranged at a front surface of the proximity sensor. An opening (43) is formed at a clamp portion (9) holding a code (10) behind a metal casing (8). The proximity sensor (1) is |
| 6337614 |
Electromagnetic reply |
January 8, 2002 |
| Fixed terminals 60 and 80 are mounted by being engaged with the flanges of the spools of electromagnetic blocks 1 and 31 by use of a press fitting or another method, by which the flanges are joined in parallel to each other so as to join the electromagnetic blocks 1 and 31 to each other. |
| 6336901 |
Sphygmomanometer cuff achieving precise measurement of blood pressure |
January 8, 2002 |
| A cuff for a sphygmomanometer is constituted of an air bag for pressurization into which a predetermined amount of air is supplied and connected to a pressure sensor, an air bag for press into which a predetermined amount of fluid is supplied for causing the pressurization air bag to |
| 6336742 |
Clinical thermometer for receiving infrared radiation from a human eardrum |
January 8, 2002 |
| This invention relates to an infrared clinical thermometer having a probe projecting forward from the main thermometer body. The probe is designed to be inserted into an ear canal and detect infrared radiation from a human eardrum in order to measure body temperature. A measurement start |
| 6335529 |
Ultraviolet detector |
January 1, 2002 |
| An ultraviolet detector has a wavelength conversion element 1 of a length in an incident direction of UV light 2 set longer than the direction orthogonal to the incident angle, and a light receiving element 3 arranged at a side plane 1a of wavelength conversion element 1. Unconverted |
| 6322517 |
Electronic sphygmomanometer capable of adjusting pressure release rate during measurement |
November 27, 2001 |
| An electronic sphygmomanometer starts from pressurization and then enters a decompression process. When measurement of blood pressure starts, only a standard pressure release rate voltage is applied to a valve from a standard pressure release rate voltage supply circuit through a dec |
| 6321112 |
Device to provide data as a guide to health management |
November 20, 2001 |
| A high-frequency signal generator generates a signal passing from the subcutaneous fat layer toward both the deep and shallow tissue areas. A second high-frequency signal generator generates a signal that passes primarily toward the deeper tissue. Frequency switch unit is used to sel |
| 6320679 |
Image reader |
November 20, 2001 |
| An image scanner of a document incorporated a transparent member on a lower surface for passing reading and reflecting light while preventing entry of dust and foreign matter into the scanner housing. The transparent member is disposed so that at least the area which passes reflected lig |
| 6317697 |
Battery life determination apparatus and battery life determination method |
November 13, 2001 |
| An apparatus for determining life of a battery which supplies charged electricity to an electrical appliance is equipped with a storage part for storing relationship between standard total values of discharge voltage drop amounts since a start of discharge of the battery and standard lif |
| 6308096 |
Device to provide data as a guide to health management |
October 23, 2001 |
| A high-frequency signal generator generates a signal passing from the subcutaneous fat layer toward both the deep and shallow tissue areas. A second high-frequency signal generator generates a signal that passes primarily toward the deeper tissue. Frequency switch unit is used to sel |
| 6307167 |
Key switch |
October 23, 2001 |
| A key switch includes a cam member rotating in accordance with the insertion-and-pull of a key to be inserted into a key insertion opening, a plunger coming into contact with a circumferential cam side of the cam member, a switch mechanism actuated by the plunger which is displaced in |
| 6307153 |
Controller |
October 23, 2001 |
| A controller in which a dead space for wiring is reduced, its input-and-output response time is shortened, and miniaturization and cost reduction is ensured. A RS-232 connector connection unit (6) and a peripheral connector connection unit (7) are lowered than a projection (4) provid |
| 6299070 |
Data carrier and a production method for the same |
October 9, 2001 |
| A data carrier includes a functional component inserted into a first depression in a molded tray. A doughnut-shaped antenna coil is inserted into a second annular depression in the tray. A rectangular cap, with two holes is installed to fix the functional component and the coil. A seal i |
| 6298150 |
Image processing device for detecting one-color marks of a number of colors and image processing |
October 2, 2001 |
| To provide an image processing device able to accurately discriminate a specified image in an input image data, the input image is converted to binary based on black and red color extraction blocks 6.sub.-1 and 6.sub.-2 in binary processing unit 1. These binary data are consolidated |
| 6289125 |
Image processing device and method for indentifying an input image, and copier scanner and print |
September 11, 2001 |
| An image processing device is disclosed which can reliably detect documents which may not be copied, which has a very small probability of false positives, and which can handle newly issued documents which may not be copied. In addition, an image processing scheme is disclosed which woul |
| 6285787 |
Image pickup and processing device and method thereof |
September 4, 2001 |
| An improved image pickup device or method and an improved image processing device or method which directly projects a region specifying image on an object to specify and focus the object within a predetermined region without employing any image display unit so as to take an image of the |
| 6276803 |
Optical path converting optical element, optical path converter, and optical projector and image |
August 21, 2001 |
| A first prism array (34) formed on a prism array plate (32) is arranged so as to confront a second prism array (37) formed on a prism array plate (35). When a light ray (r) that is parallel to an optical axis is transmitted through the first prism array, the light ray r enters into the |
| 6273342 |
Atomizer |
August 14, 2001 |
| An atomizer includes a piezoelectric element 50 with comb-type electrodes having one electrode and the other electrode formed alternately at one side, a mesh member 40 having many small holes arranged in the proximity of a no-electrode formation plane of piezoelectric element 50, a liqui |
| 6272578 |
Programmable controller |
August 7, 2001 |
| A user program stored in a user program memory of a programmable controller includes a control program from which a description defining interlock conditions is excluded and an interlock program defining interlock conditions for the result of processing conforming to the control program |
| 6269314 |
Blood sugar measuring device |
July 31, 2001 |
| The invention provides a blood sugar measuring device to measure blood sugar either non-invasively or with only slight invasiveness which is capable of better measurement accuracy. The device receives as input measured data related to blood sugar level such as patient mealtime and ho |
| 6262380 |
Single manipulation unit switching device |
July 17, 2001 |
| Respective movable contacts of first and second switches are formed on branch portions of a single, resilient movable piece. Pressing portions of a manipulation shaft which is in link motion with a manipulation, lever push the branch portions of the movable piece at different manipulatio |
| 6254513 |
Pedometer |
July 3, 2001 |
| A pedometer includes a main body 1, two acceleration sensors 3 and 4 supported in an oscillating manner in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction at a substrate 2 within the main body 1, an angle detection sensor 5 for detecting an angle of inclination of main body 1 to the |
| 6246976 |
Apparatus, method and storage medium for identifying a combination of a language and its charact |
June 12, 2001 |
| The present invention is directed to identifying a language represented by a character code and its character code system. An occurrence probability table describing for each character the probability that a character code occurs is prepared for each combination of a language and a chara |
| 6246564 |
Activating device |
June 12, 2001 |
| An actuating device for a motor used in a power window of an automobile which can drive the motor reliably to open the window even when the automobile is submerged in water. This device has a simple configuration is relatively small and inexpensive. This activating device comprises a |
| 6243651 |
Healthcare data acquisition device |
June 5, 2001 |
| A conventional healthcare data acquisition device for advising on various healthcare data currently exists by measuring an impedance across a patient body. To measure the impedance of the patient in the conventional device, the patient grips a pair of current electrodes and measurement |
| 6239753 |
Transmitter-and-receiver device |
May 29, 2001 |
| An earthing conductor is disposed on the reverse of a print board, and a signal process circuit section including a transmit-and-receive circuit is disposed on the right side of the board. A loading coil is mounted on the right side of the board across a print pattern of the signal proce |
| 6236171 |
Image reading device |
May 22, 2001 |
| The information processing device includes a first device (31) supplied with power and a second device (32) supplied with power from the first device (31) when connected to the first device (31). The information processing device includes a detection portion (121-1, 121-n, 221-1, 221 |
| 6231200 |
Surface light source device, elements therefor and apparatus using the same |
May 15, 2001 |
| A surface light source device has a light conducting plate with a light source disposed adjacent to one of its side surfaces. At least one pattern is formed on the upper light emitting surface of the light conducting plate and/or the lower surface. The pattern is provided such that the s |
| 6229914 |
Image processing method and image input device, control device, image output device and image pr |
May 8, 2001 |
| To reliably and simply prevent the output of specified image data, a unit to detect a pattern is installed in one of the devices in a system consisting of an image scanner 1, control device 2 (a personal computer) and printer 3 which are connected consecutively. This pattern detection |
| 6199103 |
Electronic mail determination method and system and storage medium |
March 6, 2001 |
| The invention is directed to a system that can easily generate determination conditions and determine a plurality of similar junk electronic mail pieces based on one determination condition. An electronic mail determination system comprises a junk electronic mail determination proces |
| 6198064 |
Terminal for electric wire welding and welding torch suitable for electric wire welding to the t |
March 6, 2001 |
| A pad piece is unitedly formed on a wrapping terminal to be contacted by an electrode probe and positioned to be opposed to a welding torch, and the electrode probe is held by the welding torch to approach a wrapping terminal, whereby the electrode probe held by the welding torch is |
| 6193228 |
Sheet sorting apparatus and method |
February 27, 2001 |
| A sheet sorting apparatus installed on a sheet discharge side of an image processing apparatus and adapted to paste a tag on a predetermined sheet discharged from the image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a flapper for switching a path, in which the sheet is |
| 6188787 |
Image recognition method and device and copier and scanner employing same |
February 13, 2001 |
| An image recognition method and device detects an object mark reliably even when the mark is defaced with a different color. RGB signals are transmitted to color extraction unit. The color extraction unit has a characteristic color extraction block to extract the characteristic color |
| 6169469 |
Relay |
January 2, 2001 |
| A relay of the present invention comprises a coil plate 30 having at least one layer of spiral flat coil 36a-36d formed around each of a pair of holes 32, 33 and fixed contacts 23a, 24a and movable contacts which are opposed to each other contactably and separably via the holes 32, 33 in |
| 6167182 |
Surface light source device and liquid crystal display device, portable telephone and informatio |
December 26, 2000 |
| In a surface light source device using a so-called point light source, the luminance distribution is made uniform, and the luminance thereof is increased. The direction of each of a plurality of diffuse pattern elements 24a constituting a diffuse pattern 24 formed on the lower surface |
| 6166682 |
Radar device and object detection method |
December 26, 2000 |
| A radar device capable of discriminating a person possessing metals from a person having no metals by transmitting a radio wave includes a voltage controlled oscillator for generating a radio wave, an antenna for transmitting the radio wave generated by the voltage controlled oscillator |
| 6163231 |
Millimeter wave modulator and transmitter |
December 19, 2000 |
| In a millimeter wave modulation of the direct modulation technology, the switching speed is increased and the modulation bandwidth is broadened. A millimeter wave modulator includes a millimeter wave waveguide. a switching element (PIN diode) disposed in the waveguide in which the sw |
| 6157152 |
Motor drive system and power window system |
December 5, 2000 |
| A highly dependable motor drive system capable of driving a motor with certainty even in a submersion accident and preventing overcurrent from flowing to the motor on the occasion of switching the direction of rotation. It is so arranged that, of a first and second relay for rotating |
| 6154566 |
Method and apparatus for determining image similarity and position |
November 28, 2000 |
| An apparatus for determining a similarity between model image and inputted image, which is robust even if the background of said inputted image is partly changed. The similarity is calculated from an edge direction of an inputted image, an edge direction of a model image and a weight rel |
| 6151166 |
Color separation element and image display device using same |
November 21, 2000 |
| A color image display device has a light source which emits an approximately parallel beam of light, a color separation element for separating this parallel beam into beams of light of different colors, a liquid crystal display panel having picture elements and a lens array for focus |
| 6147732 |
Dot matrix-type display device with optical low-pass filter fixed to a member via an adhesive bo |
November 14, 2000 |
| In a liquid crystal display device having an optical low-pass filter provided on a display screen, the optical low-pass filter is fixed to a liquid-crystal panel or a polarizing plate through a bonding layer having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the optical |
| 6132818 |
Method of marking with laser beam |
October 17, 2000 |
| Prepared is a transcribing plate comprising a glass substrate and a chromium film formed on a surface of the glass substrate. The transcribing plate is disposed on a surface of an object (for example, a glass substrate of a plasma display panel) such that the chromium film faces the |
| 6122040 |
System and method of detecting deviation of an axis and adjusting the axis of a range finder |
September 19, 2000 |
| A plurality of pieces of detection data of a preceding vehicle, which have been collected in a straight line running state in which a self-vehicle and a preceding vehicle are running straight on the same straight line, are extracted as effective detection data. Setting of an inside param |
| 6116558 |
Dummy terminal mounting construction |
September 12, 2000 |
| A dummy terminal mounting construction includes a housing having hook projections disposed on opposing side walls of the housing, a dummy terminal of a C-shape in a plane having at least one projection terminal portion and hook arm portions extending from both ends of the terminal, t |
| 6115494 |
Image processing method and device and scanner and printer equipped with same |
September 5, 2000 |
| A method and apparatus to detect marks of a specified shape and color on a document and to extract a specified pattern consisting of a number of these marks. An RGB color signal is sent, color by color, by way of image input unit 12 to binary processing unit 13. If the marks are yellow, |
| 6109782 |
Infrared thermometer |
August 29, 2000 |
| An infrared thermometer such that the measurand includes no error which may be caused due to the transmission of the heat from an object (especially, an external auditory canal), into which a probe is inserted to the probe, to a waveguide and an infrared sensor. In a temperature detectin |
| 6107924 |
High frequency type sensing device |
August 22, 2000 |
| A sensing device in which a high frequency signal is transmitted from an oscillator to a sensor through a transmission path, a reflection signal generated according to a variation of an impedance of the sensor sensing the presence or absence of an article is detected by a reflected wave |
| 6091844 |
Image processing device and method for identifying an input image and copier including same |
July 18, 2000 |
| An image processing device and method for identifying an input image and a copier including such an image processing device and method. The image processing device forms a gradated image from the input image, determines whether the gradated image includes a specified pattern, extracts a |
| 6089092 |
Vibration sensor |
July 18, 2000 |
| A single vibration sensor producing multistage outputs corresponding to various vibrational acceleration values is disclosed. This vibration sensor is the type in which vibrational acceleration causes a movable gravitation element to move, and the movement of the element exerts press |
