| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5796572 |
Thin film capacitor and hybrid circuit board and methods of producing same |
August 18, 1998 |
| A high-capacitance thin film capacitc is compact and has a low profile. A dielectric layer 3 is formed between opposed electrodes 1 and 2. Between the electrodes and the dielectric layer are two layers of conductive particles, 4 and 5. |
| 5794222 |
Mail processing system and devices therefor |
August 11, 1998 |
| A mail processing system includes mail processing devices such as postage meters, a sorting machine and a host computer. Each mail processing device provides to each outgoing mail not only its mailing charge but also an indicator which identifies the device itself, storing such provided |
| 5793901 |
Device and method to detect dislocation of object image data |
August 11, 1998 |
| This invention provides a device and method to detect a degree of misregistration and angle of misrotation of an object image, a device to measure an object using such a degree of misregistration and an angle of misrotation and a device to record data representing a model. A model of |
| 5790259 |
Reflection-type photoelectric sensing apparatus |
August 4, 1998 |
| Each of a detection sample object and a non-detection sample object is illuminated with S-polarization light, for instance. S-polarization light and P-polarization light reflected from each sample object are detected by different photodetecting elements. Glossiness values and light quant |
| 5790004 |
Electromagnetic relay |
August 4, 1998 |
| An electromagnetic relay has a core and yoke that are securely attached to the base of the relay with a high degree of precision so that the operating characteristics of the relay do not vary. To this end, two bosses are provided near the lower edge on the inner surface of a hole in |
| 5788655 |
Exercise amount measuring device capable of displaying the amount of exercise to be performed fu |
August 4, 1998 |
| Total consumed calories are indicated in an upper portion of a display. A life activity intensity of each of the past seven days and an average life activity intensity over the same period are indicated by a bar graph in a lower portion of the display. The life activity intensity is clas |
| 5778879 |
Electronic blood pressure meter with posture detector |
July 14, 1998 |
| This invention provides an electronic blood pressure meter which can measure blood pressure with great accuracy. The angle of inclination is detected by inclination sensor and the height of the limb where the measurement is to be taken is obtained from this angle of inclination. An M |
| 5770825 |
Switch device |
June 23, 1998 |
| In a switch device, a metal stamping has a first group of connector terminals arranged in one line among plural lines of arranged connector terminals and is constructed by one metal stamping together with a wiring pattern. The metal stamping is subjected to an insert molding process to |
| 5768026 |
Dichroic mirror for separating/synthesizing light with a plurality of wavelengths and optical ap |
June 16, 1998 |
| A dichroic mirror of the present invention having a first portion including an H material layer having a high refractive index, and an M material layer having an intermediate refractive index, the H material layer and the M material layer being laminated repeatedly; and a second portion |
| 5764536 |
Method and device to establish viewing zones and to inspect products using viewing zones |
June 9, 1998 |
| In a device used to inspect substrates visually, an imaging region and a magnification are specified ahead of time for every component and stored as library data in a memory. The memory also contains CAD data, which include the class of each component on the substrate and its location. |
| 5760688 |
Body sensing device |
June 2, 1998 |
| An improved body sensing device capable of precisely sensing a living body at a standstill by discriminating the living body from other substances than the living body. An oscillator provided with a detection coil oscillates a high frequency signal. As there is no object or exists ba |
| 5759668 |
Heat seal structure |
June 2, 1998 |
| The invention provides an improved heat seal structure for electronic devices. A heat seal structure comprises a base of synthetic resin formed integrally with an outwardly extending projection, with a gas vent running through the base and projection, the gas vent being sealed off by mel |
| 5758193 |
Interface for connecting terminal device mainframe to plural kinds of switch units having differ |
May 26, 1998 |
| A terminal device is constituted by a terminal device main frame (2), which has a key input circuit (21), and a switch unit (3) connected to the main frame via connectors (4, 5) in a freely attachable and detachable manner. A number n of switch-signal input terminals (41.about.4n) provid |
| 5758031 |
Rule generating apparatus and method |
May 26, 1998 |
| A plurality of rule groups are stored in a hard disk (14) in advance, and each group generally includes a plurality of rules. A data file is stored on a floppy disk (16) and includes input- and output-variable data. The input- and output-variable data is a set of input-variable data and |
| 5758030 |
Fuzzy retrieval apparatus and method |
May 26, 1998 |
| The present invention provides an apparatus and method in which it is possible to set information retrieval conditions wherein the user's intention in performing retrieval is reflected satisfactorily, and in which fuzzy retrieval can be performed in accordance with the retrieval cond |
| 5757449 |
Method of manufacturing optical low-pass filter |
May 26, 1998 |
| A mother layer made of a thermoplastic resin is formed on the substrate. The mother layer is etched to make a grating layer. The etching process is stopped so that an offset layer remains under the grating layer. The grating layer and the offset layer are baked to be molten. The baking |
| 5757356 |
Input data display device |
May 26, 1998 |
| An input data display device makes it easier to input properly correlated relative corrections for a number of parameters. Relative amounts by which each of a number of parameters is to be adjusted can be displayed on the screen in a manner which shows their ranges and possible correlati |
| 5757255 |
Electromagnetic relay |
May 26, 1998 |
| In an electromagnetic relay in which a contact mechanism 50 provided on a base 10 is driven by a card 60 which slides and moves in parallel to the axis of an electromagnet block 20 provided in the base 10 as the electromagnet block 20 is magnetized and demagnetized, the base 10 compr |
| 5755501 |
Image display device and optical low-pass filter |
May 26, 1998 |
| An image display device is so adapted as to eliminate image roughness while the resolution of the image is kept as high as possible. The image display device includes an image display body having a plurality of pixels arranged periodically in two dimensions and an optical low-pass filter |
| 5748061 |
Electromagnetic relay |
May 5, 1998 |
| An electromagnetic relay has low heat transmission from the electromagnetic block to the contacts and a conductive circuit would have low electrical resistance. In the relay, a movable contact terminal is caulked to a yoke with a flat protruding segment between them to act as a spacer to |
| 5742624 |
Fault detecting apparatus and method |
April 21, 1998 |
| A control system for detecting a potentially faulty detector which may be causing faulty actuation of an actuator of a controlled system has an input-signal memory for storing the state of an input signal from the detector, an auxiliary input-signal memory for storing the state of an |
| 5737042 |
Image display device with optical low-pass filter |
April 7, 1998 |
| An image display device is so adapted as to eliminate both largest and next largest noise components. The image display device includes an image display body having a plurality of pixels arranged periodically in two dimensions and an optical low-pass filter placed on or above the front |
| 5726505 |
Device to prevent reverse current flow, rectifier device and solar generator system |
March 10, 1998 |
| A device to prevent reverse current flow includes a diode connected between a power supply and a load. A switching device, connected in parallel with the diode, has a power loss that is smaller than that of the diode. A low-loss current detector, arranged to turn the switching device on |
| 5711862 |
Portable biochemical measurement device using an enzyme sensor |
January 27, 1998 |
| A portable biochemical measurement device including a measurement main body containing an enzyme sensor holder for an enzyme sensor. A cover, mounted on the measurement main body, covers the enzyme sensor holder. The cover contains a chamber filled with a liquid medium to maintain the mo |
| 5711303 |
Device to measure vascular function |
January 27, 1998 |
| A measuring device to measure vascular function of an artery includes a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of a body to constrict the artery, a pulse wave amplitude calculating device that calculates an amplitude of a pulse wave that is synchronous with a heartbeat and is ba |
| 5708341 |
Control apparatus and method with correction of trial manipulated pattern |
January 13, 1998 |
| A PID controller roughly controls several times of trial operations preceding an actual operation. A trial operation analyzing unit analyzes and learns the trial operations conducted under the control of the PID controller, thereby generating a criterial manipulated pattern that serves |
| 5704875 |
Data acquisition device |
January 6, 1998 |
| A data acquisition device includes a receiver operable to receive a stream of data, a first input device operable to supply an identifier to identify data from the stream of data received by the receiver, a second input device operable to produce a signal indicative that data from the st |
| 5699056 |
Traffic information system |
December 16, 1997 |
| Disclosed is a traffic information system high in the ability to collect information. An on-vehicle apparatus is carried on a vehicle, to collect traffic information such as traffic jam information, accident information and weather information. The on-vehicle apparatus comprises a car |
| 5694246 |
Method of manufacturing lens array |
December 2, 1997 |
| A method of manufacturing a lens array according to the invention is presented wherein a first array of first lens-base elements is formed on a substrate with spacing therebetween. The first lens-base elements are heated so that the first lens-base elements melt to form first lenses |
| 5687732 |
Blood pressure monitor |
November 18, 1997 |
| A blood pressure monitor includes a main body provided with a power switch and an inflating switch, a cover mounted on the main body in an open-and-close fashion and on an inner wall thereof provided with a display, and a cuff secured to the main body as a single unit. When the cover |
| 5652655 |
Road surface discriminator and apparatus applying same |
July 29, 1997 |
| Light is projected upon a road surface (LD) from a light source (11) for illuminating the road surface. Diffuse reflected light from the road surface (LD) is received by light sensors (31A, 31B) through a spatial filter, and the resulting light-reception signals are applied to a diff |
| 5651120 |
Graphic data processing apparatus using displayed graphics for application program selection |
July 22, 1997 |
| A graphic data processing apparatus comprising a CPU coupled to an entry device, storage storing graphic data and a plurality of programs and a display, and adapted such that a command mode for drawing a desired graphic form is selected by designating the corresponding desired graphic |
| 5650982 |
Pulsimeter provided with or without a pedometer |
July 22, 1997 |
| A pulsimeter having an improved pulse measurement accuracy by having a good shading is provided. The pulsimeter include a main body 2, a finger insertion section 4 disposed on the main body to be inserted by a finger (FIG. 2), a pulse sensor 5 for sensing pulses of a finger inserted into |
| 5638951 |
Probe cover mounting case |
June 17, 1997 |
| A case for mounting on a probe of a radiation clinical thermometer a sheet shaped probe cover which includes a probe insertion member having an insertion opening to be inserted by the probe and an infection preventing sheet in contact with the probe insertion member. The case includes a |
| 5616968 |
Expandable AC power supply device |
April 1, 1997 |
| An interconnectable power supply module includes a battery; a battery charger for charging the battery; a power generator capable of converting an electrical charge stored in the battery to generate output power for an external load; a control unit for controlling operation of the power |
| 5615181 |
Optical read/write head with low angle beam splitter and coplanar detectors |
March 25, 1997 |
| An optical read/write head for a magnetic-optic recording and reproducing unit having a beam splitter placed between a collimator lens and an objective lens. The optical path of the beam reflected by a recording disk is bent by the beam splitter and the beam strikes a polarizing beam |
| 5613672 |
Paper retainer |
March 25, 1997 |
| A paper retainer assembly for attachment to a feed-in mechanism at a paper inlet or a feed-out mechanism at a paper outlet, includes a flexible, linear paper retainer, such as a metal or plastic wire. The paper retainer is operable to be extended to an extended position for use and retra |
| 5609564 |
Speculum cover, method of manufacturing same and cover accommodating case |
March 11, 1997 |
| A sensor probe cover (20) is composed of two substantially square transparent films (21) and (22) and a ring (23) having a hole (23a) suitable for being mated with a sensor probe (12). The center of the first film (21) is provided with a hole (21a), and the ring (23) is fused to the |
| 5608846 |
Fuzzy rule generator |
March 4, 1997 |
| This invention relates to an apparatus and method for generating membership functions and rules for a fuzzy system whereby fuzzy rules and membership functions are synthesized by observing a sample output/input data array and by creating new fuzzy sets which closely approximate various d |
| 5608366 |
Electronmagnetic device |
March 4, 1997 |
| A coil of an electromagnetic device is wound around a C-shaped or U-shaped section iron core. A supplementary member support a permanent magnet roughly on its center and defines an air gap between both ends of the member and both ends of the iron core. An armature is pivotally supported |
| 5582179 |
Device to measure vascular function |
December 10, 1996 |
| A measuring device to measure vascular function of an artery includes a cuff that is attachable to a specified part of a body to constrict the artery, a pulse wave amplitude calculating device that calculates an amplitude of a pulse wave that is synchronous with a heartbeat and is ba |
| 5579782 |
Device to provide data as a guide to health management |
December 3, 1996 |
| 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 |
| 5572177 |
Current detection unit and relay terminal array |
November 5, 1996 |
| A compact current detection unit which detects a failure in a relay terminal and provides a relay terminal array which has a failure detection function and is compact and easy to assemble. The current detection unit includes two symmetrical bobbins; a core located within compartments of |
| 5566274 |
Method and apparatus for setting membership functions, and method and apparatus for analyzing sa |
October 15, 1996 |
| A check is made to determine whether there is identity among set membership functions, different numbers are assigned to mutually different membership functions, and identical numbers are assigned to membership functions which are mutually identical. These membership functions are stored |
| 5552570 |
Limit switch |
September 3, 1996 |
| In a limit switch, its rotational operation section B includes a rotary shaft 9 which is rotatably supported on a head housing 5, and an actuator 10 for turning the rotary shaft 9, and its switch section C comprises a detector 29 which is built in a switch housing 3, to detect particular |
| 5551440 |
Electronic blood pressure meter |
September 3, 1996 |
| An electronic blood pressure meter which determines a systolic blood pressure value and a diastolic blood pressure value by detecting a sharpest positive peak and a sharpest negative peak of a pulse wave, respectively, which may be extracted from a cuff pressure. The sharpest peaks m |
| 5550938 |
Cordless image scanner |
August 27, 1996 |
| An image scanner comprises an image sensor for inputting image data, a rotary encoder, LED and read out window for reading image data, a buffer D RAM, ROM and S RAM for storing image data, a LCD display for displaying input image data, a power source for supplying electrical power, and a |
| 5550663 |
Method of manufacturing optical low-pass filter |
August 27, 1996 |
| A mother layer made of a thermoplastic resin is formed on the substrate. The mother layer is etched to make a grating layer. The etching process is stopped so that an offset layer remains under the grating layer. The grating layer and the offset layer are baked to be molten. The baking |
| 5543942 |
LCD microlens substrate with a lens array and a uniform material bonding member, each having a t |
August 6, 1996 |
| The present invention discloses an opposed substrate for use in a liquid crystal display element, for example. The opposed substrate is constructed by a transparent substrate, microlenses formed on the substrate, a bonding layer, and cover glass. An alignment film and transparent electro |
| 5542600 |
Automatic soldering apparatus, apparatus and method for teaching same, soldering inspection appa |
August 6, 1996 |
| Soldering condition information such as the position and angle of a soldering iron, amount of solder supplied and heating time is stored beforehand, for each grouping of parts, in a part classification table (26) for soldering purposes. Parts to be mounted on a board are stored, in c |
