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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6904331 | Method of paper machine control and apparatus for the method The present invention is characterized in that in a simulation for predicting a steam pressure setpoint after grade change, an initial moisture percentage is evaluated from differences between bone-dry basis weights and between machine speeds before and after grade ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6738398 | SHG laser light source and method of modulation for use therewith The invention provides an SHG laser light source whose optical output can be modulated using a simple mechanism without having to equip the light source with an external modulator, and a method of modulation for use with the SHG laser light source, wherein the SHG l... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6664787 | Method, apparatus and recording medium for measuring and correcting phase error in spins in a phase axis direction For the purpose of accurately measuring and correcting a phase error in spins in a phase axis direction, a gradient magnetic field having an integral value of zero is applied in the phase axis direction during a time period between first and second 180° ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6650117 | RF coil and magnetic resonance imaging system With a view toward implementing an RF coil easy to uniformize the strength of a magnetic field, the RF coil is provided with a first current path group of wires including a plurality of linear current passes placed in parallel with one another, a second c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6571273 | Process control system An improved process control sytem wherein objects having functions for configuring a process control system are distributed and arranged in a plurality of computers connected to a network and each distributed and arranged object shares the functions of th... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6561446 | Device for supplying and discharging powder particles A device for supplying and discharging powder particles, wherein the amount of powder particles being supplied and discharged is controlled by holding the particles in a reserve container having an outlet with a plurality of control parts disposed on supp... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6559643 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE METHOD AND APPARATUS WHICH MEASURES RESIDUAL MAGNETIZATION FROM TWO OR MORE ORDERLY HEIGHT REDUCE GRADIENT PULSES, OF ALTERNATELY INVERTED POLARITY, APPLIED PRIOR TO THE TRANSMITTING OF RF PULSES For the purpose of restraining an effect of residual magnetization caused by a previous MR imaging pulse sequence on an MR image, a demagnetizing gradient pulse sequence RS1-RS4 is applied prior to an MR imaging pulse sequence to cancel the residual magne... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6556583 | Communication system and communication control method A communication control system and method comprising, in one embodiment, a master station connected to a slave station using two redundant buses, wherein command frames having the same content are sent out to the buses and the communication process is cha... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6528996 | Diffusion-weighted imaging method and apparatus for fast pulse sequence with MPG pulses An MRI apparatus, which is intended to produce a diffusion-weighted image in a short scan time without being affected by as light motion of the subject, applies an excitation RF pulse R90 and a slice-select pulse S1, next applies an MPG pulse MPG1, next a... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6529764 | Puncture needle support tool, RF coil, magnetic resonance signal measuring apparatus, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method In order to facilitate appropriate biopsy puncture in magnetic resonance imaging, a puncture needle support tool has a base member 610 attached to an RF coil 200, a slider 630 attached to the base member movably in parallel to the axis of the RF coil, and... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6500679 | Fluorescence-enhanced chip The present invention aims to achieve a chip having a construction in which each film of metal, dielectric, and fluorescent material is stacked on a glass substrate 1. Such a construction can enhance the intensity of fluorescence emitted from a fluorescen... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6494373 | Biochip reader The present invention provides a biochip reader for reading image information appropriate for a plurality of samples with an optical detector, by emitting a plurality of light beams onto a biochip on which the plurality of samples are arranged in spots or... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6491962 | Process of collecting young leaves of rice plant and its processing method, processed goods and foods The present invention relates to the healthy supplementary foods and the technology for making them by enabling the efficient collection of young leaves of rice plant rich in nutrition and processing without losing nutrition characteristic of young leaves... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6479995 | Magnetic resonance signal receiving method and apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus In order to provide a magnetic resonance signal receiving method and apparatus for performing imaging with good quality and an magnetic resonance imaging apparatus employing such a magnetic resonance signal receiving apparatus, gradient magnetic fields Gs... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6472873 | Method and apparatus for capturing magnetic resonance signals, recording medium and system for magnetic resonance imaging using the same The present invention provides selective excitation of a slab by RF signals of frequency compensated for in response to the error in the gradient magnetic field in the slice axis direction and phase encoding in the slice axis direction with the phase comp... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6470206 | Addition tomographic image producing method and X-ray CT apparatus In order to eliminate the adverse effect of the partial volume in producing an addition tomographic image by adding a plurality of tomographic images having different slice thicknesses, an offset correction and a sensitivity correction are applied to row ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466639 | X-ray CT imaging method, subject center position detection method, and X-ray CT apparatus In order to detect whether the center position of a subject is offset from a scan center and notify a human operator of the result of the detection, the subject center position is detected based on a projection profile of a parallel view at a view angle o... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6466016 | Magnetic resonance imaging phase correction from pixel positions method and apparatus To calculate a precise phase map even when there is a local phase disturbance and perform this phase correction, an image acquired by magnetic resonance imaging is subjected to lowpass filtering (702), pixel positions for which the ratio of a value after ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6433548 | RF coil, magnetic resonance signal measuring apparatus, and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus Coils surrounding the forehead of an imaging subject and coils wrapped around the nose elevation for the part from the nose down are provided to effectively obtain an image of a head, and by forming the front surface in a grid shape, openness, brightness ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6407549 | Magnetic resonance signal acquiring method and apparatus, recording medium and magnetic resonance imaging apparatus For the purpose of increasing the time available for performing a calculation on a navigator echo, the sampling frequency for a navigator echo is made higher than the sampling frequency for an imaging echo, or the number of sampling points for the navigat... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6400999 | Production system and manufacturing equipment selecting method on production system A production system wherein productagents are provided for products on a one-to-one basis and machine agent are provided for manufacturing equipment on a one-to-one basis, with the product agents and machine agents coordinating with each other to select a... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6322510 | Ultrasonic imaging method and apparatus In order to capture an image representing pulsation strength in moving velocity of an echo source, a moving velocity V of the echo source is detected based on the Doppler shift in an ultrasonic echo, and a pulsation strength P in the moving velocity V is ... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6292376 | Switching power supply An improved switching power supply which saves power when under a small to no load, wherein a transformer is provided comprising a primary winding to which a DC current is supplied by turning ON and OFF a switching device and a secondary winding for suppl... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6244202 | Needle plate for the sewing machine The needle plate for the sewing machine supporting the material to be sewn (the fabric) which is pressed by the pressing piece forming the sewing machine, wherein the fabric is sent into the interfacing space between the needle plate and the pressing piec... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6092477 | Presser foot for sewing machine The invention relates to a presser foot for a sewing machine mounted on a presser bar of a sewing machine, for pressing a workpiece e.g. (cloth) supplied at a needle location to a feed dog, in which the presser foot is separated from the presser plate, an... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6058518 | Toilet seat sheet holding structure The present invention relates to a toilet seat sheet holding structure for realizing clean and sanitary use of Western style toilets installed in train, airplane, ship, bus, or other vehicles, department store, building, railway station, public toilet or ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6061421 | CT imaging method and X-ray CT apparatus In an X-ray CT imaging apparatus which is designed to produce a CT image in a short time, a master processor (MP) converts fan-view image data produced by multiple X-ray sensors into para-view image data, and thereafter distributes the resulting data to s... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6047714 | Air intake passage cleaning method and its apparatus The present invention provides air intake passage cleaning method and its apparatus for cleaning the air intake passage of intake and exhaust apparatus for conditioning the air in building, ship, aircraft, automobile, train, or other room, to be used in a... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6019723 | Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, cursor display method and measuring apparatus In order to decrease the amount of operation required for an operator to move a cursor and in order to allow the operator to distinctly view deviation of CRL (Crown Rump Length) of a fetus from a normal value, when an ultrasonic image of a fetus F is disp... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5661878 | Strapping system and buckle therefor A strapping system using a novel buckle werein one end portion of the buckle is attached to one end of a strap, and the other end of the strap is threaded through the buckle in such a manner that the strap is held securely in place. The buckle is of a uni... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5607135 | Tablet stand A foldable one-piece tablet stand comprising a base section, a back rest section which can be raised and lowered into the base section, a pair of protrusions which can be raised and lowered into the base and disposed at a front part of the base section so... | 03/04/1997 |
| 4822468 | Barrel plating apparatus A barrel plating apparatus for forming, by electroplating or electroless plating, a layer on surfaces of articles formed of ceramics such as zirconia for use as resistors, condensors or other electrical parts or elements mounted on printed circuit boards,... | 04/18/1989 |
