| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5392015 |
Electromagnetic relay |
February 21, 1995 |
| An electromagnetic relay which is small in size, low in power consumption, high in productivity, and long in service life and which operates with high accuracy. The electromagnetic relay in which the electromagnet is energized and deenergized to swing its armature to drive a slide card, |
| 5362929 |
Weight sensor device |
November 8, 1994 |
| A weight measuring device includes two piezoelectric elements. The first piezoelectric element induces vibration in an object to be measured, and the second one detects the reaction force of the object generated by the vibration. This force is detected by a voltage monitor circuit as an |
| 5359710 |
Method and apparatus for programming an automatic monitoring system |
October 25, 1994 |
| A method and apparatus for programming an automatic monitoring system which includes an auxiliary input device for inputting encoded picture data relating to the picture classification, coordinate information, picture attributes, etc. for graphic plotting, a picture data filing device fo |
| 5359684 |
Optical lensed coupler for use with a planar waveguide |
October 25, 1994 |
| An optical device manufacturing method includes a step of accumulating an optical device inorganic material on a stamper by use of a vacuum thin-film growing method, and a step of removing the accumulated material from the stamper, thereby producing an optical device. |
| 5357230 |
Electromagnetic relay |
October 18, 1994 |
| An electromagnetic relay in which a movable block is mounted on an upper surface of an electromagnetic block disposed on a base for a swing movement and contacts are switched by the movable block driven by the movable block being energized and deenergized, a pair of supports projecti |
| 5352876 |
Method and apparatus for transaction settlement |
October 4, 1994 |
| A pre-paid vending machine (10) includes a card reader (15) which reads credit data and secret code number from a credit card (11). When a user inputs a secret code number and amount data from an input display (16), whether or not the input secret code number is the same as the secret co |
| 5343477 |
Data processing system with data transmission failure recovery measures |
August 30, 1994 |
| A data processing system with data transmission failure recovery measures includes a plurality of first POS terminals and a plurality of second POS terminals. Each POS terminal is connected to two transmission lines. A first file server is connected to one of the transmission lines. A se |
| 5343026 |
Magnetic card reader/writer with selectable frequencies relative to motor speed for variable rec |
August 30, 1994 |
| A magnetic card writing circuit is disclosed which enables the recording density of a recorded card to be selected, as desired, independently of the speed of a card conveying motor. |
| 5340215 |
Radiant-energy clinical thermometer |
August 23, 1994 |
| An upper portion of a case body (1) of a radiant-temperature clinical thermometer is integrally formed to include a supporting frame (11) to which a supporting cylinder (2) is secured horizontally. The tip of the supporting cylinder (2) projects outwardly and a radiant-temperature se |
| 5337402 |
Graphic data processing apparatus using displayed graphics for application program selection |
August 9, 1994 |
| 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 |
| 5335314 |
Fuzzy inference apparatus |
August 2, 1994 |
| A fuzzy inference engine has a plurality of individual inference sections and a concluder section for integrally processing outputs from the inference sections. In order to simplify the fuzzy inference engine, nonfuzzy output is obtained through a simple arithmetic operation. Each fu |
| 5331541 |
PiD control unit |
July 19, 1994 |
| A PID control device identifies rise characteristics of a controlled system by a step response method on changing a reference, moves to PID control when idle time and slope successively obtained at the rise reach a predetermined condition, and computes PID control parameters based on the |
| 5329111 |
Image reader with adjustable contrast range |
July 12, 1994 |
| An image input device photoelectrically reads a document and outputs digital data. This image reader includes a first voltage generating circuit for generating a first voltage for setting an upper limit of contrast, a second voltage generating circuit for generating a second voltage |
| 5327117 |
Adaptive message display apparatus |
July 5, 1994 |
| Sensors are used to detect data representing the current state of at least one monitored phenomena. The time available for a human being to make a judgment concerning the detected phenomena is determined and an appropriate number of messages corresponding to the current state of the |
| 5325514 |
Program executive timing apparatus for ensuring that state changes of a reference clock signal u |
June 28, 1994 |
| A programmable controller has a function for referring to a reference clock signal every cycle time and updating the present value of a count in a user timer upon confirming that the reference clock signal has changed state. An execution time of a user program is measured from the start |
| 5324021 |
Fuzzy control device to feed and adjust sheets of paper |
June 28, 1994 |
| A fuzzy logic control device is used in conjunction with a pair of coaxially aligned and independently controlled paper feed rollers and a paper skew detector to detect and correct skew in a conveyed paper in a paper feeding device. |
| 5323782 |
Electronic blood pressure meter |
June 28, 1994 |
| An electronic blood pressure meter capable of performing a proper automatic pressuring operation according to a blood pressure of a subject and measuring the blood pressure rapidly with accuracy. An electronic blood pressure meter includes a cuff, a pressure controller for controlling an |
| 5319552 |
Apparatus and method for selectively converting a phonetic transcription of Chinese into a Chine |
June 7, 1994 |
| Input according to Pin Yin notation and input according to Zhu Yin notation are allowed. Input data in the Pin Yin notation and input data in the Zhu Yin notation are respectively converted into corresponding Yin codes using a Pin Yin/Yin code conversion table and a Zhu Yin/Yin code conv |
| 5319546 |
Electronic cash register for use with a plurality of output devices having different output form |
June 7, 1994 |
| An electronic cash register (ECR) which may be connected to different output devices having different output formats such as different characters per line comprises: a memory for storing information on respective output formats corresponding to the possible output device(s) connected |
| 5316006 |
Electronic blood pressure meter |
May 31, 1994 |
| An electronic blood pressure meter including a cuff, a pressurizing means for inflating the cuff, a pressure sensing device for sensing a fluid pressure within the cuff, a pulse wave detecting device for detecting a pulse wave component included in the cuff, a systolic pressure estimatin |
| 5308961 |
Optical-card reader |
May 3, 1994 |
| Data read off an optical card are stored in a read buffer. If there are data in the read buffer when a read command is received, decoding is begun. If read commands are being issued for consecutive tracks, the reading of the data on the next track will begin as soon the reading of th |
| 5305425 |
Method of and apparatus for evaluating membership functions or rules in fuzzy reasoning system |
April 19, 1994 |
| For an input value, conformity grades are computed and are displayed for established membership functions. Alternatively, conformity grades and change rates thereof developed when a fuzzy reasoning system is operated are displayed. Alternatively, a change with respect to time of the inpu |
| 5299062 |
Optical lens |
March 29, 1994 |
| The present invention involves a corrective optical lens construction and process for its manufacture. The lens construction consists of a glass lens having a corrective layer consisting of a blazed grating of annuli whose angles are formed to correct aberrations in the glass lens. In a |
| 5296724 |
Light emitting semiconductor device having an optical element |
March 22, 1994 |
| A light emitting semiconductor device including a light emitting element, an optical element for condensing, collimating or diverging a ray emitted from the light emitting element which is packaged as a single unit with the light emitting element, and a cap molded by a fiber reinforced r |
| 5293143 |
Switch device |
March 8, 1994 |
| In a switch device, slide plates slide on a microswitch casing independently from each other. When one of the slide plates is slid in a left-hand side direction from its neutral position against a biasing force of a spring, a cam portion thereof depresses an actuator by a predetermin |
| 5289486 |
Semiconductor luminous element and superlattice structure |
February 22, 1994 |
| A semiconductor luminous element has cladding layers on both sides of its active layer; and it has a multi-quantum barrier layer which is in contact with the active layer on at least a portion of at least one of the cladding layers. This multi-quantum barrier layer is formed of an al |
| 5279494 |
Sheet finisher with standard type stapler |
January 18, 1994 |
| A sheet finisher apparatus includes a supporting device for supporting a stack of sheets; a stapler; a moving mechanism for moving the stapler between a clinching position for clinching the sheets on the supporting device by the stapler and a retracted position away from the clinching |
| 5276667 |
Optical recording and reproducing apparatus for synchronizing recording on subsequent unrecorded |
January 4, 1994 |
| Disclosed is an optical recording and reproducing apparatus capable of recording in a position which is properly synchronous with the position of the last pit in a sector on which a recording was made, the first pit in a sector on which a recording is to be subsequently made. This appara |
| 5274220 |
Data carrier |
December 28, 1993 |
| A data carrier according to the present invention writes a signal of a duty ratio corresponding to write data from a resonance circuit at the time of writing data using a shift register as a memory, causes the shift register to store the data, and then holds the data as a circulation mod |
| 5272477 |
Remote control card and remote control system |
December 21, 1993 |
| A remote control card having a temperature sensor for detecting and measuring an ambient temperature, an inputter for setting a desired temperature, a transmitter to transmit a temperature signal from the temperature sensor and a temperature signal set by the inputter to a remote pla |
| 5270674 |
Electromagnetic relay |
December 14, 1993 |
| An electromagnetic relay of the present invention has a large dielectric strength between a coil and each contact because of an insulative member interposed therebetween. Even if the straight distance between the coil and each contact is small, it is possible to obtain a sufficient d |
| 5270541 |
Multiple photoelectric switch apparatus |
December 14, 1993 |
| A multiple photoelectric switch apparatus includes an apparatus body 10, a photoelectric switch unit 30 of an amplifier separation type, and a photoelectric switch unit 50 of an optical fiber type. The apparatus body 10 includes a plurality of mounting sections. Any one of the photoelect |
| 5264809 |
Oscillator circuit and proximity switch using |
November 23, 1993 |
| A proximity switch which can detect any metal with equal changing rate of oscillating frequency, regardless of what kind of metal it may be (magnetic or nonmagnetic), is disclosed. The invention employs a series circuit consisting of a resistor and a first capacitor connected to the |
| 5253332 |
Approximate reasoning apparatus with knowledge synthesizing/revising and clarity computing |
October 12, 1993 |
| When a relationship between a factor and a conclusion has occurred, data indicative of this relationship is stored in a case-history file. For example, in an apparatus which uses approximate reasoning to perform fault diagnosis, the type of a fault and its symptoms are recorded (in a rep |
| 5251124 |
Fuzzy controller apparatus and method for steady state control |
October 5, 1993 |
| A fuzzy controller is disclosed which is furnished with an error generator to generate a first error between a present value and a desired value. A corrector unit calculates the amount of correction needed based on the error and adds the appropriate amount of correction to the desired va |
| 5249269 |
Communication network system using a fuzzy control process |
September 28, 1993 |
| A communication network system comprising a communication line network, a plurality of terminals connected to the communication line network, and a fuzzy control unit for allocating a right to access the communication network according to a fuzzy deduction process taking into account an |
| 5247432 |
Feedback control apparatus and method |
September 21, 1993 |
| In a control method for use in a feedback control apparatus having at least one of a proportional component, an integral component, a differential component and a combination thereof for outputting, in response to a deviation between a given target value and a controlled variable detecte |
| 5246386 |
Structure for and method of making a terminal plug |
September 21, 1993 |
| A structure for a terminal plug includes a thermoplastic resin base having a key boss and a plurality of protruding shafts formed integrally on a front side thereof. Terminal pins are formed on the plurality of protruding shafts by a chemical plating process. Connection patterns are |
| 5245944 |
Scale indication device for electronic components |
September 21, 1993 |
| A scale indication device includes a character plate having sets of characters printed on a front side thereof such that each set of characters has characters disposed about an eccentric circle having a predetermined radius. A scale plate is disposed adjacent the character plate. The |
| 5245698 |
Apparatus for and method of correcting membership functions |
September 14, 1993 |
| An apparatus for and a method of creating membership functions for use with fuzzy inference rules in a controller. A control error, which is a difference between a controlled variable obtained from a control object and a target value, is received as an input to the controller and then a |
| 5245671 |
Apparatus for inspecting printed circuit boards and the like, and method of operating same |
September 14, 1993 |
| Disclosed is an inspection apparatus for a printed circuit board or the like for inspecting the shape of the soldered portion of a part mounted on the printed circuit board, and for judging whether the soldered portion is acceptable or not. In order to illuminate a printed circuit board |
| 5245463 |
Optical scanner |
September 14, 1993 |
| An optical scanner and beam printer using the optical scanner are disclosed in which the optical scanner includes a scanning element supporting a mirror surface, a support element for freely supporting at one end the scanning element and at another end a vibrating element, and a drive |
| 5245164 |
Transaction processing apparatus |
September 14, 1993 |
| A transaction processing apparatus includes a transaction processing terminal for registering data related to transaction processing, an external memory connected to the transaction processing terminal for collecting and storing the data related to transaction processing registered b |
| 5241651 |
Operating method and adjusting device in fuzzy control apparatus |
August 31, 1993 |
| In a fuzzy control apparatus, characteristic data which identify a controlled system are measured, and substantial adjustment or correction of a membership function, which includes adjustment of tuning parameters, is performed automatically based on the characteristic data. As a result, |
| 5239616 |
Portable fuzzy reasoning device |
August 24, 1993 |
| A sensory inspection device according to this invention comprises a keyboard for inputting an evaluation value with respect to a plurality of variables, a fuzzy reading unit for outputting a final evaluation by performing fuzzy reasoning according to the evaluated value input through |
| 5237589 |
Method of and apparatus for shaping waveform and method of and apparatus for generating threshol |
August 17, 1993 |
| A waveform shaping method including a step of detecting at least two items selected from three items i.e. a signal time width, a peak value level, and a signal failure time width of an input signal in a unit time length, a step of converting for each of the detected items a detected valu |
| 5233407 |
Displacement signal output device |
August 3, 1993 |
| The invention provides a thin-profile displacement signal output device. The device comprises a first member having a periodic pattern consisting of alternating high-transmittance and low-transmittance regions, a second member having a periodic pattern consisting of alternating high- |
| 5232433 |
Hyperthermia device |
August 3, 1993 |
| A hyperthermia device includes a pair of magnetic poles for applying an alternating magnetic field in a body to be heated, these two magnetic poles being laterally arranged on the surface of the body and having time varying polarities opposite to each other, and allowing a line of magnet |
| 5227667 |
Microwave proximity switch |
July 13, 1993 |
| A microwave proximity detector includes a microwave oscillator circuit having a dielectric resonator, or having a micro strip line as an inductor thereof so as to sense a change in an oscillation frequency or output from the oscillator circuit caused by a variation in an impedance of a c |
| 5224492 |
Thermotherapy apparatus |
July 6, 1993 |
| In a CT image of a living body, contours of internal organs thereof are discriminated. Parameters are beforehand stored in a memory for a plurality of internal organs of the living body. Applicators are attached onto the living body and then a high frequency power is applied to elect |
