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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7295685 | Personal authentication apparatus and locking apparatus A locking apparatus has a biometric information input unit, a biometric information register for biometric information input, an ID code input unit, an ID code register, an indexer to provide an index that relates registered biometric information and ID code to each... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7129817 | Apparatus for controlling articles in custody An apparatus for reliably and easily controlling articles in custody, for example articles in a safe, has a storage unit lockable to keep the articles therein and unlockable to allow the articles to be taken out therefrom, an input unit to input biometric informatio... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7112132 | Prize management system of game machine There is provided a prize management system of a game machine in which a plurality of kinds of prizes (3, 5, . . . ) are accommodated in a case (1), a player operates from the outside of the case to select and catch his/her favorite prize, and the sele... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7102486 | Locking apparatus A locking apparatus has improved operability and is manufacturable at low cost. The locking apparatus has a fingerprint reader (23), a fingerprint verifier (11), and a power supply circuit. The fingerprint reader reads a fingerprint. The fingerprint ve... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7099236 | Worker management device A worker management device comprises time clocks (CL1) provided in a plurality of work places for having worker's entrance and exit times recorded therein and managing means (CL2) for inputting time recording information from the respective time clocks... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7077399 | Chip collecting machine A chip collecting machine includes an electric fan for sucking air; a suction chamber formed in a substantially cylindrical suction drum for air suction by the electric fan; a suction hose externally connected to and in communication with the suction chamber; and a ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6998854 | Buried structure detection device An underground buried object detecting apparatus has a capacitance sensor attached to a base plate to be faced to the ground, to detect an underground capacitance change, a stored value of a reference capacitance corresponding to the absence of a buried object, a co... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6965243 | Capacitance sensor To detect a variation of capacitance in a path of a piping and enable to decide a fluid state of a fluid substance flowing through the path in the piping, a capacitance sensor (15) includes a measuring electrode (33) and a grounding electrode (35 | 11/15/2005 |
| 6865913 | Locking apparatus A locking apparatus has a lock driver to electrically lock and unlock a door, a fingerprint read/verify unit to receive a fingerprint from a user, verify the received fingerprint by comparing it with registered fingerprint data) and if the fingerprint verification a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6861847 | Fermentation controller A fermentation controller correctly controls fermentation and produces a required material by fermentation. The fermentation controller (3) controls fermentation in a material production unit (1) that produces a material by fermentation. The controller... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6732020 | Accident notification system for vehicle An accident notification system for a vehicle includes a damage predicting system which detects that a vehicle occupant has been injured in an accident involving the vehicle, a vehicle position detecting system which detects the position of the vehicle, and a mobile... | 05/04/2004 |
| 7383934 | Apparatus for supporting objects to identify An apparatus for supporting objects to identify is manufacturable at low cost and is capable of providing correct images of the objects. The apparatus has belts (19, 21) to transport the objects (M) through a photographing section (13). The apparatus a... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7353042 | Wireless call system A wireless call system enables even a bedridden person to easily answer a visitor. The wireless call system has an outdoor unit (3) installed on the outside of an entrance of a structure having a door (13) lockable with an electronic lock (15), ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344443 | Game system using tokens A game system using tokens allows a user to play a game on a mobile communication terminal at a location remote from a game hall. The game system includes a game hall (1) to lend tokens to a player so that the player may play game machines (3) installe... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341522 | Game system with gaming machine interconnected to a cellular phone A game system correlates games played on cellular phones with games played on arcade game machines. The game system includes a game machine installed in an amusement arcade, to run a game based on at least points, a floor management unit installed in the amusement a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7167724 | Control apparatus and control method using mobile communication terminal This invention enables a play without using coins and easy collection of fee. An control apparatus of this invention comprises a play portion which stores play information and enables a play by inputting personal information, an input portion to which a mobile commu... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6885200 | Measuring apparatus, purity controller, and mixing ratio controller for insulative fluid A measuring apparatus correctly measures the purity, mixing ratio, and the like of an insulative (nonconductive) fluid such as ultrapure water flowing through a passage. The apparatus includes first to third sensors (19, 21, 23) to detect capacitance c... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6725995 | Discrimination object deflecting apparatus A discrimination object deflecting apparatus can discriminate and sort medals quickly in an amusement facility or the like. The apparatus is composed of a discrimination section for continuously discriminating continuously moving medals, a passage for continuously m... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6688449 | Image pickup device and pattern identification apparatus A pattern identification apparatus is used to speedily identify tokens at a game arcade. The apparatus is inexpensive and has an image pickup device (15). The image pickup device has an area sensor (17) consisting of a two-dimensional matrix of photoelect... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6545488 | Piping fluid decision device and piping fluid control system To enable a fluid state of a fluid substance flowing through a path in a piping, for example a liquid state or a froth state of beer, to be surely and easily judged while keeping a sanitary condition, allowing a take out to be surely and easily performed,... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6296101 | Token management system for amusement arcade A token management system for a amusement arcade is capable of always managing tokens even during the business hours of the amusement arcade and temporarily keeping tokens deposited by players. The system has wireless account units and a collecting cart. The w... | 10/02/2001 |
