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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161820 | Pressure sensor A pressure sensor according to the present invention comprises: a differential pressure diaphragm; a static pressure diaphragm, which is provided to an outer perimeter part of the differential pressure diaphragm; a first static pressure gauge pair that is formed in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157441 | Temperature sensor probe To provide a temperature sensor probe that can take stable measurements, and a manufacturing method thereof. The temperature sensor probe related to the present invention is a temperature sensor probe for measuring temperature using a fluorescent substance that chan... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156789 | Gas sensor chip and gas sensor provided therewith To provide a gas sensor chip, and a gas sensor provided therewith, capable of producing stable output characteristics over an extended period of time even when installed in a harsh environment such as a boiler smokestack carrying exhaust gasses. There is a backside ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155395 | Iris authentication apparatus An iris authentication apparatus includes an iris area extraction unit, registration pattern generating unit, collation pattern generating unit, and collation unit. The iris area extraction unit extracts iris areas from a sensed registration eyeball image and a sens... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150471 | Network monitoring system In a network monitoring system according, first, a data acquisition section acquires a plurality of packets flowing on a network. Then, a data analysis section acquires action explanation information for explaining a single action from the plural packets acquired by... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144928 | Object monitoring method, object monitoring apparatus, and object monitoring program storage medium A method includes a pixel-value correction step that causes an average and variance of pixel values in a second subregion inclusive of a first subregion inclusive of being formed of only one pixel in a comparison image resolved into pixels to match with an average a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136412 | Electromagnetic flowmeter An electromagnetic flowmeter includes a measuring tube, electrodes, an exciting coil for applying, to a fluid, a time-changing magnetic field asymmetrical with respect to a plane PLN, a signal conversion unit which extracts a ∂A/∂t component, irrelevant to a flu... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123403 | Temperature sensor probe and manufacturing method of the same To provide a temperature sensor probe that can conduct stable measurements, and the manufacturing method of the same. The temperature sensor probe related to the present invention provides: a fluorescent material that is a mixture of a fluorescent substance and a tr... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654819 | Pressure transmitter | 02/28/2012 |
| D654385 | Flow sensor | 02/21/2012 |
| 8068998 | Electromagnetic flowmeter An electromagnetic flowmeter that prevents fluctuations in the frequency of synchronized pulse signals due to momentary fluctuations of the power source voltage. The comparator of an AC synchronizing circuit that generates pulse signals synchronized to the frequency... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046188 | Temperature sensor and temperature measuring method A temperature sensor for measuring temperature in accordance with a time-of-life of a fluorescent light that is produced by a fluorescent material, and is provided with a light source for imaging an excitation light, a fluorescent material for producing fluorescent ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042400 | Pressure sensor A pressure sensor according to the present invention comprises: a differential pressure diaphragm, which is provided to a center part of a sensor chip; a differential pressure gauge, which is provided to a perimeter edge part of the differential pressure diaphragm a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037774 | State detection device A state detection device which detects parameters includes a measuring pipe, electrodes, an exciting coil that applies a magnetic field to the fluid, signal lines arranged at angle to the magnetic field such that an electromotive force is generated due to a change w... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8018264 | Interface circuit An interface of the present invention includes a first inverter circuit that inverts a logic level of an input signal given to an external input terminal and outputs the inverted logic level, a second inverter circuit that outputs a potential in which a logic level ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7990521 | Distance/speed meter and distance/speed measuring method In a distance/speed meter, first and second semiconductor lasers emit parallel laser light beams to a measurement target. A first laser driver drives the first semiconductor laser such that the oscillation interval in which at least the oscillation wavelength monoto... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7986162 | Interface circuit An interface of the present invention includes a first inverter circuit that inverts a logic level of an input signal given to an external input terminal and outputs the inverted logic level, a second inverter circuit that outputs a potential in which a logic level ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980137 | Dual pressure sensor A dual pressure sensor using a reduced number of parts to simplify its structure and having increased ease of assembly and improved air tightness. The dual pressure sensor has an airtight container, two pressure sensor units received in the airtight container so as ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7965395 | Optical axis orientation measuring device, optical axis orientation measuring method, spherical surface wave device manufacturing device, and spherical surface wave device manufacturing method The optical axis orientation measuring device according to the present invention is a reflective optical axis orientation measuring device for a spherical member made from a single crystal of an optically uniaxial crystal having birefringence, comprising: illuminati... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7961302 | Physical quantity sensor and physical quantity measuring method A physical quantity sensor has a semiconductor laser, a laser driver for providing, to the semiconductor laser, a driving electric current that is a waveform wherein the maximum portions and minimum portions of a triangle wave have been rounded; detecting means (a p... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7926323 | Thermal conductivity measuring method and apparatus, and gas component ratio measuring apparatus A heat radiation coefficient C [=Ph/(Th−To)] from a microheater is calculated in accordance with a power Ph applied to the microheater which is supported in air and provided in an ambient gas, a heater temperature Th, and an ambient temperature To at this moment. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911593 | Range finder/velocimeter and range-finding/velocimetry method A laser driver (4) causes a semiconductor laser (1) to operate such that a first oscillation period of monotonically increasing the oscillation wavelength and a second oscillation period of monotonically decreasing the oscillation wavelength alternatel... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7891239 | Flow meter and flow volume controlling device To provide a flow meter, and a flow volume controlling device equipped therewith, capable of reducing pressure loss while obtaining a flow rectifying effect in a measurement fluid. A flow meter for measuring the flow volume of a measurement fluid, equipped with a fl... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888825 | Worker safety management system Task—To provide a worker safety management system that can adapt itself to changes in the conditions of the workers and the machines in a flexible manner and can finely manage the safety of the worker. Means to Achieve the Task—Worker safety is managed by... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886593 | Flow meter and flow controlling device To provide a highly accurate flow meter. A Flow meter comprising an inflow opening into which a measurement fluid flows, an outflow opening from which a measurement fluid flows, and a flow path connecting the inflow opening and the outflow opening, wherein the flow ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7874218 | Capacitive electromagnetic flowmeter A measuring pipe obtained by applying an insulating resin lining to the inside of a nonmagnetic pipe is employed. A through hole reaching the resin lining is made in the sidewall of the nonmagnetic pipe, and a signal electrode and a guard electrode are arranged in t... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7861585 | Flowmeter A flowmeter includes a flow sensor capable of measuring instantaneous flow rates of forward and backward flows of a fluid, smoothing means for smoothing the measured instantaneous flow rate, an integrating counter for integrating the smoothed flow rate and outputtin... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7849737 | Gas meter A gas meter with a simple structure for detecting a range from a minute flow rate, such as a gas leak, to the large flow rate of the normal state of use of the gas, while protecting the flow rate sensor from dust and without producing the problem of pressure loss. F... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839277 | Monitoring system and temperature controller The present invention provides A monitoring system comprising a display device, an abnormality detection means for monitoring an object and when detecting an abnormality of the monitored object, outputting an abnormality signal, and a display control means for causi... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7808365 | Pressure sensor A diaphragm is formed at a predetermined location of a sensor chip made of semiconductor material, and a sensor gauge for differential pressure or pressure sensing-use is provided on the sensor chip that includes at least the diaphragm. The sensor gauge has a plural... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807105 | Substrate for biochip A substrate for biochips has a substrate surface having a reaction region capable of reacting with biological substances and a non-reaction region not reacting with the biological substances, sunken bottomed wells formed in the substrate surface, and a layer of a ma... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7773231 | Differential pressure measuring system and differential pressure measuring method A differential pressure measuring system includes a light source for emitting a light, a first transducer for attenuating the intensity of the emitted light in a first range, depending on a first pressure, and providing a first light, a second transducer for attenua... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765879 | Flow control valve for measuring flow coefficient and flow rate A flow control valve has upstream fluid pressure outlets provided between inner and outer circumferential surfaces of an upstream retainer, which is attached to an upstream inner surface of a valve body. A second conduit is provided between inner and outer surfaces ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7753339 | Valve device A valve device includes: a valve stem 4 vertically movably inserted in a staffing box 1; a gland packing 2 interposed between the staffing box 1 and the valve stem 4; a packing flange 9 disposed above the gland packing 2 | 07/13/2010 |
| 7750705 | Interface circuit An interface of the present invention includes a first inverter circuit that inverts a logic level of an input signal given to an external input terminal and outputs the inverted logic level, a second inverter circuit that outputs a potential in which a logic level ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7736051 | Thermoelectric device and mirror surface state detection device In a thermoelectric device, a thermoelectric element has one surface on a low temperature side and the other surface on a high temperature side. A member is attached to at least one of the low- and high-temperature-side surfaces of the thermoelectric element. A temp... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734564 | Method of data processing and program The method first creates a BS database by randomly sampling experimental data items from an experimental data DB storing a plurality of experimental data items having n (n is an integer of 2 or larger) kinds of variates. It then identificates an n-dimensional sampli... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730777 | Flowmeter and flow control device A simply structured flowmeter in which an influence of a dilatational wave on a thermal flow rate sensor is suppressed, and measurement accuracy is enhanced. The flowmeter has not only the thermal flow rate sensor that is placed to face a flow channel and det... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7698938 | Flowmeter having a bent inlet passage for constant flow-velocity distribution To provide a flowmeter producing stable measurement results and coincidentally achieving miniaturization, a bent portion is provided in a flow path located between an inlet port of fluids to the flowmeter and a second flow path at which a sensor detecting a flow rat... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7684957 | Counting device, distance meter, counting method, and distance measuring method A counting device includes a counting unit, period measuring unit, frequency distribution unit, representative value unit, and correction value unit. The counting unit counts signals input during an interval. The signals have a single frequency when the physical qua... | 03/23/2010 |
