| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6078969 |
Information processing device and method for sequence control and data processing |
June 20, 2000 |
| An information processing device includes a general-purpose personal computer 200, and a sequence engine 300 having a rudder interpreter 301 connected to the general-purpose personal computer 200 through a personal computer expansion bus 500. The rudder interpreter 301 executes a sequenc |
| 6078233 |
Relay and matrix relay |
June 20, 2000 |
| A micro relay comprising a coil plate 40 having a spiral flat coil 48 formed around a through hole 42 on the front and rear surfaces of the plate, a fixed contact plate 50 which is tightly fixed on the upper surface of this coil plate 40 and uses a tip portion of an iron core 51 proj |
| 6055334 |
Image processing device and method for detecting the location of the feature of interest in an o |
April 25, 2000 |
| An image and method for determining the location of known pattern of data in a captured object image wherein a feature analysis is performed upon a representative plurality of pixel locations to determine a starting point, feature analysis is performed upon the pixel locations surroundin |
| 6052479 |
Image processing method and image input device, control device, image output device and image pr |
April 18, 2000 |
| 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 |
| 6043869 |
Optical device for measuring speed |
March 28, 2000 |
| A device for measuring the speed of an object. The device includes a spatial filter scheme to provide quick-response photodetectors and an efficient use of light. The device projects light onto the object by a light source 1, and the light reflected by the object is received by a len |
| 6043730 |
Electromagnetic actuator |
March 28, 2000 |
| An electromagnetic actuator has an iron core around which a coil is wound; two permanent magnets, the same poles of which are placed on the ends of the core which extend beyond the coil and which have the same direction of polarity; magnetic poles formed on either end of the iron core; a |
| 6034853 |
Solid state relay |
March 7, 2000 |
| A solid state relay prevents the damage to photothyristor couplers when their performance characteristics vary slightly and enables phase angle control of an AC power supply using a less costly configuration than relays with photothyristor couplers having zero-crossing functions. The |
| 6025562 |
Electronic equipment and method of manufacturing the same |
February 15, 2000 |
| 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 |
| 6014453 |
Counterfeit detecting method and device to generate counterfeit probability data and apparatus e |
January 11, 2000 |
| The invention accurately generates counterfeit probability data indicating that a non-reproducible document is being processed even when the pattern which identifies such documents has been defaced. One set of rules and membership functions is stored in each of three memory sets, for eac |
| 6011467 |
Sensing device and display method therein |
January 4, 2000 |
| A received light level is displayed by a plurality of LEDs of a received light level display device like a bar graph. A set threshold value is indicated by a plurality of LEDs of a threshold value display device in correlation with the bar graph display. Adjustment of the threshold value |
| 6008468 |
Method and apparatus for producing a thin mesh utilizing a laser and mask system |
December 28, 1999 |
| A laser and mask system is disclosed which can produce a variety of thin meshes, in different materials, without exchanging masks. One device includes a laser oscillator which emits an excimer laser beam through a mask to project a plurality of laser beams onto a thin material. A tra |
| 6005201 |
Switch |
December 21, 1999 |
| In a switch, the speed at which contacts are separated from each other is increased without depending on the speed at which an operating member is operated, so that an arc is prevented from being generated, to prevent the operating member to be deformed by heat generation and prevent the |
| 5997339 |
Cable connection |
December 7, 1999 |
| A method and apparatus for a cable connection system is provided. The connection system includes a cable termination coupled to the end of a cable. The cable termination includes a body and two substantially circular pivots, and a cable input in the body of the cable termination for |
| 5996903 |
Atomizer and atomizing method utilizing surface acoustic wave |
December 7, 1999 |
| An ultrasonic atomizer utilizing surface acoustic waves is disclosed. The atomizer comprises an oscillator (11) generating surface acoustic waves, and a porous thin plate (12a) having a number of through holes arranged on n oscillating surface of the oscillator with a small clearance. A |
| 5994723 |
Semiconductor element and its method of manufacturing |
November 30, 1999 |
| An improved semiconductor construction and method of fabrication having a luminous element for emitting light is provided composed of a layer having a pn junction formed with a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type and a second semiconductor layer of a second conduct |
| 5989200 |
Exercise amount measuring device capable of displaying the amount of exercise to be performed fu |
November 23, 1999 |
| 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 |
| 5986529 |
Electromagnetic relay |
November 16, 1999 |
| An inexpensive electromagnetic relay with a simple configuration is provided which does not require a sliding core to attain the desired operating characteristics. The electromagnetic relay includes a movable component which is supported on an upper end of a coil block in a way that |
| 5975521 |
Sheet discharging apparatus having mechanically driven wings |
November 2, 1999 |
| A sheet discharging apparatus includes a conveyor provided at one side of the body of the apparatus, and sorter trays and a large capacity tray provided on the opposing side. Wings are provided each rotatable about a rotation axis, on a discharging side of the conveyor, and a projection |
| 5969586 |
Electromagnetic relay |
October 19, 1999 |
| 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 |
| 5960449 |
Database system shared by multiple client apparatuses, data renewal method, and application to c |
September 28, 1999 |
| In a database system that connects a plurality of user database apparatus to a host database apparatus, the database system judges whether a data record stored in each user database satisfies a condition for being registered in the host database, and stores the data record if it sati |
| 5946416 |
Image processing device and method for detecting and removing fine lines in an image pattern |
August 31, 1999 |
| It is an object of this invention to provide an image processing device which would be able to extract a specified pattern accurately even if there are fine lines in its periphery. The invention is configured as follows in order to achieve this object. The density data for R, G and B |
| 5940628 |
Control processor for user setting a change prohibition period during which a program change com |
August 17, 1999 |
| A programmable logic controller for executing a control process in a controlled apparatus in accordance with execution of a user program includes a flag set section for setting a change prohibition period therein about the user program stored in a user program memory, and a control p |
| 5935058 |
Speculum cover, method of manufacturing same and cover accommodating case |
August 10, 1999 |
| 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 |
| 5926518 |
Device for measuring the number of pass persons and a management system employing same |
July 20, 1999 |
| A device for measuring the number of persons without any affection by overlap of persons in any direction, sunlight variations, shadows, or the like includes a plurality of cameras arranged in parallel with respect to their optical axes for taking an image in a measuring area to measure |
| 5923790 |
Method and apparatus for detecting vertical direction of document |
July 13, 1999 |
| The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reliably detecting the upside and downside vertical direction of an image, such as characters on a document. The method involves judging the upside and downside vertical direction of the characters in each line, and specifying |
| 5913415 |
Switching device |
June 22, 1999 |
| A movable leaf having a movable contact is fixed to a common terminal, and a displacement absorber absorbing the displacement of the movable leaf is provided in the vicinity of the portion of the movable leaf connected to the common terminal. A lever member is attached to a case in a rot |
| 5910817 |
Object observing method and device |
June 8, 1999 |
| A method and apparatus for observing vehicles on a road or in a parking lot comprises a pair of cameras directed toward a predetermined observation position simultaneously take pictures. A characteristic portion in each of the respective pictures is extracted. The extracted characteristi |
| 5905829 |
Optical fiber connecting structure, optical switch and optical connector |
May 18, 1999 |
| Peripheral surfaces of end portions of individual optical fibers constituting a first optical fiber array are in close contact with an optical fiber fitting surface of a base, while the peripheral surfaces of the end portions of the individual optical fibers are in close contact with |
| 5902933 |
Pressure sensor and its application |
May 11, 1999 |
| A pressure sensor includes a detection unit 1 having capacities C1 and C2 varied by a predetermined external action, a reference detection 2 unvaried by the predetermined external action, a first oscillator 31 and 32 for generating a detection frequency signal according to the capacities |
| 5895458 |
Apparatus and method in which control rules can be changed during fuzzy reasoning operations and |
April 20, 1999 |
| In a fuzzy control apparatus in which a rule is capable of being changed during operation, a fuzzy reasoning output which prevails immediately prior to a rule change is stored when a rule change is made, and a fuzzy-control output is generated by combining, after the rule change, the |
| 5880654 |
Electromagnetic relay |
March 9, 1999 |
| An electromagnetic relay comprising a smaller number of components and would be shorter than its predecessors. A movable block and a contact mechanism in a conventional relay are arrayed in a linear fashion, which tends to increase the length of the relay. This relay, however, has a |
| 5880653 |
Electromagnetic relay and its manufacture |
March 9, 1999 |
| A manufacturing method for an electromagnetic relay whereby a base block 20 is monolithically molded to terminals 21-24 and connector tabs 62 provided in a lead frame 60. After separating the terminals 21-24 from the lead frame 60 and bending the terminals, a permanent magnet 30 and arma |
| 5873834 |
Blood pressure detecting device |
February 23, 1999 |
| The blood pressure detecting device includes a blood pressure meter, a physiological detector, and a processing unit. The processing unit stores an equation to convert the value of the physiological data to the corresponding blood pressure value. To determine the equation during cali |
| 5851062 |
Prism sheet for surface light source |
December 22, 1998 |
| A periodic pattern is formed on a surface of prism sheet, and the cross section of a minimal unit 14 of the periodic pattern is shaped like an M. The M-shape includes a long positive-sloping surface, a short negative-sloping surface, a short positive-sloping surface and a long negati |
| 5850045 |
Magnetostrictive stress sensor and apparatus applying same |
December 15, 1998 |
| Wiring patterns 50, 60 are formed in zigzag fashion on respective ones of both sides of a flexible insulating sheet 70. The wiring patterns 50, 60 include linear portions 50C, 60C and arcuate portions 50A, 60A, respectively. The linear portions 50C and the linear portions 60C overlap. |
| 5847826 |
Sensor for detecting raindrops, wiper drive apparatus using the device, and vehicle using them |
December 8, 1998 |
| A raindrop sensor of the present invention including light emitting part which emits a strip-shaped light; light receiving part which receives the strip-shaped light emitted from the light emitting means; and detecting device which detects a raindrop based on the amount of the light rece |
| 5847658 |
Vibration monitor and monitoring method |
December 8, 1998 |
| The object of this invention is to produce a monitor which can correctly distinguish normal from abnormal vibration using automatically selected monitoring features and algorithms. The monitor can be used with a variety of devices with different vibration characteristics. The monitor acc |
| 5845008 |
Image processing device and method for identifying an input image, and copier scanner and printe |
December 1, 1998 |
| 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 |
| 5841187 |
Molded electronic component |
November 24, 1998 |
| A method for manufacturing an electronic component by seal-molding with resin a die pad mounted by an electronic element thereon and loads of input-and-output terminals which are supported by a lead frame having an outer frame and removing such sealed electronic component with mold m |
| 5835472 |
Optical pickup device with substantially mutually orthogonal reflection surfaces |
November 10, 1998 |
| An integrated optical pickup device for a magnetooptical recording medium (e.g. a magnetooptical recording disk) and/or an optical recording medium (e.g. an optical recording disk) in which a plurality of focusing grating couplers are formed on an optical waveguide layer manufactured on |
| 5835005 |
Power-line data transmission method and system utilizing relay stations |
November 10, 1998 |
| When a sending station intends to transmit data to a target station to which the sending station cannot establish a direct link, the sending station searches for a station, i.e., a relay station which can communicate with the target station by retrieving a communication possible/impo |
| 5834649 |
Vibration sensor including a movable magnet positioned between stationary magnets |
November 10, 1998 |
| A vibration sensor includes a first stationary magnet, a second stationary magnet, a movable magnet positioned between the first and second stationary magnets, and a sensor for sensing movement of the movable magnet. The movable magnet is disposed in a magnetically repulsive relation |
| 5831854 |
Method and device for supporting the repair of defective substrates |
November 3, 1998 |
| A method and device for supporting the repair of defective portions of a substrate when the defective portions have been discovered during an inspection process. A recorder records defective data associated with the defective portions. A data sorter sorts the defective data by grouping |
| 5828703 |
Data carrier capable of increasing data transmission rate |
October 27, 1998 |
| A series connection of a rectification diode and a voltage clipping circuit is connected to a resonance circuit. The voltage clipping circuit is a parallel connection of a resistor and a diode. A constant voltage circuit is connected to the voltage clipping circuit. Since no current flow |
| 5828051 |
Optical scanner and bar code reader employing same |
October 27, 1998 |
| An optical scanner is disclosed which, in one embodiment, uses a reflection surface on a vibrating element having at least two modes of vibration in at least two respective planes to produce an image scanning beam. Each of the modes has an associated resonant frequency and the two resona |
| 5822449 |
Teaching method and system for mounted component inspection |
October 13, 1998 |
| An operator actuates keyboard (22) to register board name of a board for teaching (ST11), sets a reference board (1S) on a Y-axis table unit (4) to actuate a start key (ST12), inputs reference points of the reference board (1S) to be set to an original position (ST13), takes a picture of |
| 5821709 |
DC motor control circuit |
October 13, 1998 |
| An inverting amplifier circuit generates a comparison voltage by comparing a smoothed voltage of a voltage across a semiconductor switching element and a setting voltage that is generated by device of a voltage setting volume. An operational amplifier generates a drive signal by comparin |
| 5821483 |
Modular array of switches, switch actuators, printed circuit boards, housing and electrical conn |
October 13, 1998 |
| An objective of the invention is to provide a power window switch apparatus for an automobile such that the circuit boards within the case which hold the electronic components could be soldered on one side only, thereby reducing production cost and making it easier to lead the wiring pat |
| 5817031 |
Impedance measuring device and a health management device using the same |
October 6, 1998 |
| A device for providing data as a guide to health management which is capable of highly accurate measurements measures various characteristics of the body of a subject by electrical measurements of the subject while he or she is grasping handgrips with which the device is equipped. Once |
| 5812998 |
Similarity searching of sub-structured databases |
September 22, 1998 |
| A grouped data base 10 includes a plurality of sub-databases 10A, in which data have been stored, for respective ones of data sets having specific classification data ("male", "female", "annual income of 20,000,000 yen or more"). The grouped data base 10 is searched in accordance with a |
