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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7522051 | Recording control apparatus, recording control method, control program, recording medium on which control program is recorded, recording control system, and information processing system Provided according to the invention is a recording control apparatus capable of more accurately recording an image of a person carrying an article to which an RFID tag is attached. When a reader/writer receives position information on an RFID tag attached to an arti... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7342548 | Radio guidance antenna, data communication method, and non-contact data communication apparatus A radio guidance antenna in which the sum of mutual inductances of antennas is minimized. The radio guidance antenna includes a first antenna which is divided into upper and lower half regions by antenna conductors, and a second antenna which is composed of an anten... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327889 | Image recognition apparatus An image processing portion (1) performs binarization, segmentation, and feature extraction of a received image using a RAM (2), compares the extracted feature with specific pattern data stored in a dictionary data memory (3), performs recogniti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7289881 | Information collection apparatus, information collection method, information collection program, recording medium containing information collection program, and information collection system A robot includes a robot sensor for sensing abnormality around the robot, a moving portion for moving the robot main body, and a movement control unit for controlling the moving portion so that the robot main body is moved to a destination determined according to th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7276436 | Manufacturing method for electronic component module and electromagnetically readable data carrier A semiconductor bear chip having a bump subjected to high temperatures is pressed, from the upper side, onto a wiring board including a wiring pattern, a thermosetting resin film covering an electrode area on the wiring pattern and having insulating particles disper... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272260 | Image recognition-processing device and method using pattern elements A image recognition device using pattern elements is disclosed. The device comprises an image recognition device, a recording medium, and an image processing device which is be capable of executing recognition processing accurately and evaluating an input image even... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7239982 | Information processing device and method The present invention suppresses charges incurred by data communications. A controller transmits data values acquired by sensors to a data center at predetermined intervals. When a predetermined interval has elapsed, a data value to be transmitted is compared with t... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7173573 | Insertion-port loop antenna and non-contact type communication medium processing unit An insertion-port loop antenna has a wide communication region for a non-contact type IC card inserted into an insertion port of a card reader, etc. An insertion-port loop antenna is mounted in the vicinity of an insertion port, through which a non-contact type comm... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7149696 | System and method for accepting information from information providers, mediating the received information, and providing mediated information to information beneficiaries The object of this invention is to offer an information mediating system which can mediate the specific information out of the received information from an information provider. The specific information is information which fulfills the objective specification. This... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7088246 | RFID tag and method for processing RFID data A collision prevention relational function is disclosed for RFID tags, which increases stability during system operations. The RFID tag includes a parallel resonance circuit having a coil, a resonance capacitor, an adjustment capacitor, a switching circuit, a rectif... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083573 | Cuff of wrist-mount blood pressure monitor A cuff of a wrist-mount blood pressure monitor includes an inflatable bag to which a predetermined quantity of fluid is supplied in order to press predetermined artery of a wrist, and a fixing member for mounting the inflatable bag on the wrist. The fixing member ha... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7024030 | Image recognition device, image forming device, and recoded medium Fluctuation information produced by a fluctuation producing portion (36) is superimposed on given image data by a fluctuation superimposing portion (35). The superimposed image data where the fluctuation information is superimposed is subjected to an i... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020390 | Automatic photograph seal vending method and apparatus therefor An automatic photograph seal vending method comprising providing a photographing process for creating a photographed picture image or images, wherein an illumination means illuminates one or more subjects in a photographing space and a photographing means takes a ph... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016071 | Image recogniton device, peripheral device connected with image recognition device, and image processing system A printer (30) prints image data received from a personal computer (20). The printer stores a recognition program, which is installed for the printer driver of the personal computer. The personal computer executes the received recognition program to ca... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7003162 | Apparatus and method for examining images An apparatus for examining printed characters is disclosed. The apparatus includes a database storing standard characters, means for inputting and storing a reference character, means for acquiring an actual image of a printed character, means for calculating a simi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6926415 | Reflective plate, method of making same, and reflective type liquid crystal display using the reflective plate A metal die having a reverse pattern of a irregular surface in which a height of a convex increases from the center toward the outer periphery is pressed onto a surface of a molding resin on a substrate. A total volume of convexes protruding from a cutting plane and... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6910213 | Program control apparatus and method and apparatus for memory allocation ensuring execution of a process exclusively and ensuring real time operation, without locking computer system A program control apparatus ensuring real time response by ensuring execution of a process exclusively without locking the system includes a unit responsive to an application program interface call from a thread which interface requesting start of detection of prese... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904221 | Optical device, and optical transceiver and other optical apparatuses using the optical device A second light guide is formed by filling, with a core material, a groove that is formed on the top surface of a reception-side substrate. A first light guide is formed by filling, with a core material, a groove that is formed on the bottom surface of a sending-side... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6894746 | Apparatus and method for reflecting light into a specified plane area Unit reflection areas (13) each consisting of one or plural recesses and projections (17) are formed on the surface of a reflection plate (11). Light incident into the reflection plate (11) and reflected by respective unit reflection area... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6885475 | Name card creating apparatus When the printing pattern of an existent name card is read by a name card reading section, the image of the name card generated by the reading process is displayed on a display section. Next, an operator photographs the face of a name card user through an image pick... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6856998 | Program for generating method retrieval information and an arithmetic processing apparatus Method and class tables and an algorithm are provided for use in determining if a called method in a message should be retrieved and executed or a method search should initiated. The method table includes method name, method identifier, method overwrite data, class ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6856220 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay including a holder capable of not only holding a light-emitting device but also causing a movable core to be moved by manual operation. In the electromagnetic relay, a coil is energized via coil terminals to magnetic and demagnetize a coil b... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6851613 | Card processor A card processor which maintains security against unauthorized reading of the magnetic data recorded in the card and improves operability by suppressing offensive feeling to the customers includes a card carriage control unit which rotates carrier rollers in a direc... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834809 | Card processor A card reader includes a stopper or wall at the back of an insertion passage where a card is inserted. If a breakage of the wall at the back of the insertion passage is detected, the card processor drives the shutter to block the insertion port. This reliably preven... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6801640 | Gate control device The present invention discloses a gate control device which controls the passage (e.g., entry, exit, etc.) through a passageway of both authorized persons and unauthorized companions of authorized persons into a protected room. The device may be configured such that... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6753487 | Static relay and communication device using static relay Fixed contacts (23A, 24A) are provided on the upper surface of a silicon substrate (21). Signal lines (23, 24) electrically continuous with the fixed contacts (23A, 24A) are provided so as to pass through a silicon substrate... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6734513 | Semiconductor device and microrelay In one embodiment, a semiconductor device having single or multi-layer intermediate layers that easily adhere to a glass frit and lead lines of respective interconnections is disclosed. In general, the single or multi-layer intermediate layers are formed on at least... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6465765 | Fluid heating apparatus A fluid heating apparatus is provided which comprises a heat-generating bent tube formed of an electrically conductive material in a tubular configuration and having opposite ends connected in communication to piping through which fluid to be heated is pa... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6107903 | Electromagnetic relay An object of this invention is to provide an electromagnetic relay with better isolation characteristics. The invention discloses an isolation wall and an isolation rib in an electromagnetic relay for separating a movable iron member from a movable contac... | 08/22/2000 |
| 5990465 | Electromagnetic induction-heated fluid energy conversion processing appliance This invention pertains to an electromagnetic induction fluid heating apparatus equipped with a heating element constructed from a conductive material installed in a fluid flow passage, a coil installed around this heating element, and a high frequency el... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5987420 | Reservation media issuing system using fuzzy logic The present system comprises a device which issues tickets, a central processing device and an entrance gate device which controls entry to the site. The central processing device establishes appropriate data representing the maximum carrying capacity of ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5959440 | Load control device for an AC circuit A motor controlling device for controlling the rotational speed of an AC motor (3) connected with an AC power supply (1) through a speed control thyrister (2) includes a negative charging circuit (5) for charging a negative half cycle voltage of the AC po... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5719999 | Fuzzy control apparatus in which rules can be changed, method of operating same, control system in which changeover is controlled by fuzzy reasoning, and method of controlling the same 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 combinin... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5710621 | Heterodyne measurement device and method A heterodyne measurement system and method for determining a distance between a reference point and an object using a continuous measurement beam, a continuous reference beam, an intensity modulated measurement beam, and an intensity modulated reference b... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5689105 | Magnetic card data processing device A card processing device for processing data on a card comprising a processor configured to move along with the card and process data on the card as it is moving, a detection device which detects the displacement of the processor relative to the card in a... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5680606 | Apparatus and method for creating membership functions Data stored in a data base (21) includes crisp numbers expressed by definite numerical values, fuzzy numbers expressed by attaching "about" to numerical values, and fuzzy labels represented by fuzzy language. Status codes are used to distinguish these typ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5655056 | Fuzzy controller group control system A group control system in which a plurality of fuzzy controllers are interconnected by a communication line and the parameters of rules and membership functions of each fuzzy controller are capable of being adaptatively changed depending upon the state of... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5651100 | Approximate reasoning apparatus A threshold value is set in advance for each of a number of conclusions. Possibility values of conclusions obtained from an approximate reasoning apparatus are compared with the corresponding threshold values, and a conclusion whose possibility value is e... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5642168 | High resolution picture image processing method and system A picture processing system capable of processing a high resolution picture by a conventional picture processor, in which a picture converter is interposed between a camera producing a high resolution picture and a picture processor processing a general p... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5631673 | Control device A control device with improved connection between display device and printed circuit board assembly, and improved key switches having beveled keytops. Further, the control device is configured to display the mode of internal manual switches without direct... | 05/20/1997 |
