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Capacitive coupling type touch panel

InactiveUS20100108409A1Lower the volumeDifficult to maintain load deforming characteristicTransmission systemsInput/output processes for data processingCapacitanceCapacitive coupling
A capacitive coupling type touch panel includes an XY-coordinate electrode configured to detect an XY-position coordinate. The XY-coordinate electrode is provided on a transparent substrate and detects a position inputted by capacitive coupling. The capacitive coupling type touch panel also includes an electrode provided at a position so as to be isolated from and opposed to the XY-coordinate electrode.
Owner:JAPAN DISPLAY INC +1

Capacitance detection circuit and capacitance detection method

A capacitance detection circuit in which detection wirings are arranged in such a manner as to intersect a plurality of driving wirings, and detection electrodes forming capacitances between the driving wirings and the detection wiring that intersect each other are formed within a sensor plane includes a column wiring driving device for driving the driving wirings; a detection wiring selection device for selecting predetermined detection wiring from among a plurality of detection wirings; a reference electrode arranged in the vicinity of the detection electrode, the reference electrode detecting the electrical potential of the piece to be detected as a reference potential; and a capacitance computation section for determining a voltage value corresponding to the capacitance change on the basis of the reference potential and the detection potential determined from the electrical current corresponding to the capacitance of the detection electrode.
Owner:ALPS ALPINE CO LTD

Trash can with power operated lid

ActiveUS20110220648A1Quickly and easily reactivatingQuick and easy reactivationClosuresRefuse receptaclesEngineeringDrive motor
A trash can with a power operated lid can include a sensor assembly and a lifting mechanism. The sensor assembly can include at least one light emitter and at least one light receiver, the viewing area of the at least one light receiver being limited in size. The lifting mechanism can include a controller, a drive motor, and a lifting member. The trash can with power operated lid can further include at least one position sensor for detecting the position of the lid.
Owner:SIMPLEHUMAN

Trash can with power operated lid

A trash can with a power operated lid can include a sensor assembly and a lifting mechanism. The sensor assembly can include at least one light emitter and at least one light receiver, the viewing area of the at least one light receiver being limited in size. The lifting mechanism can include a controller, a drive motor, and a lifting member. The trash can with power operated lid can further include at least one position sensor for detecting the position of the lid.
Owner:SIMPLEHUMAN

Brushless motor

In a brushless motor of the present invention, by disposing an electronic circuit board and a rotary magnet close to each other, detection precision of a magnetic pole of a Hall IC is enhanced, and a motor can be reduced in thickness. The electronic circuit board 4 is provided with an opening hole 41 and a notch portion 42 provided on an outer peripheral side of the opening hole 41. A lower insulator 32 of a stator 3 is provided with a positioning surface 32a with respect to the electronic circuit board 4 and an arc projection piece 32c. Portions of coil winding portions of teeth of the stator 3 are fitted into the electronic circuit board 4, a surface of the electronic circuit board 4 is brought into positioning against an positioning surface 32a of the lower insulator 32, and the notch portion 42 of the electronic circuit board 4 and the arc projection piece 32c of the lower insulator 32 are engaged with each other.
Owner:NIPPON DENSAN CORP

Camera-shake compensation apparatus and position detection apparatus

A base plate, a first slider and a second slider are fit in one another to produce one assemblage. The first slider is caused to move relative to the base plate along an X axis by a first actuator. The second slider moves in unison with the first slider, and also is caused to solely move along a Y axis by a second actuator. A magnetic sensor unit is provided in the base plate, and a magnet support is provided in the second slider so as to face the magnetic sensor unit. A magnet is disposed on a lower face of the magnet support. The magnetic sensor unit and the magnet form a position detection mechanism, and the second slider in which the magnet is disposed requires no electric wiring.
Owner:KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING

Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic diagnostic method

An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprises a transmission and reception unit, a blood flow image generating unit, a Doppler spectrum image generating unit and a scanning sequence setting unit. The transmission and reception unit transmits first and second ultrasonic waves to an object and receive first and second echo signals from the object. The blood flow image generating unit generates a blood flow image from the first echo signals. The Doppler spectrum image generating unit generates a Doppler spectrum image from the second echo signals. The scanning sequence setting unit sets up a scanning sequence with mutual transmission and reception of the first and the second ultrasonic waves. The scanning sequence setting unit alters the scanning sequence into one having a modulated number of ensembles so as to make a frame rate of the blood flow image beyond a predetermined preset value.
Owner:TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYST CORP

Sensor unit of thermal analysis equipment and method of manufacturing the same

There are provided a sensor unit of thermal analysis equipment capable of keeping heat conduction between a furnace body and samples to detect a temperature difference between the samples with high sensitivity, while suppressing the heat conduction between a measurement sample and a reference sample, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, a sensor unit 30 of a thermal analysis equipment 1 that detects a temperature difference between a measurement sample S and a reference sample R in each sample container, includes: a base part 31 formed of an insulator and provided in the vicinity of a temperature-controlled furnace unit; a multiple thermocouple 32 formed by joining two kinds of thermocouple elements alternately, a particular part of the thermocouple element being joined to the base part; and a pair of heat sensitive parts 35, 36 formed of an insulator, having a mounting surface on which each sample container is mounted, and joining to element junctions of the multiple thermocouple, wherein the pair of heat sensitive parts 35, 36 are provided spaced apart from the base part 31.
Owner:RIGAKU CORP

Trash can with power operated lid

ActiveUS20110220646A1Quickly and easily reactivatingQuick and easy reactivationClosuresRefuse receptaclesEngineeringDrive motor
A trash can with a power operated lid can include a sensor assembly and a lifting mechanism. The sensor assembly can include at least one light emitter and at least one light receiver, the viewing area of the at least one light receiver being limited in size. The lifting mechanism can include a controller, a drive motor, and a lifting member. The trash can with power operated lid can further include at least one position sensor for detecting the position of the lid.
Owner:SIMPLEHUMAN

Brushless motor having a circuit board having a central hole and escape holes

In a brushless motor of the present invention, by disposing an electronic circuit board and a rotary magnet close to each other, detection precision of a magnetic pole of a Hall IC is enhanced, and a motor can be reduced in thickness. The electronic circuit board 4 is provided with an opening hole 41 and a notch portion 42 provided on an outer peripheral side of the opening hole 41. A lower insulator 32 of a stator 3 is provided with a positioning surface 32a with respect to the electronic circuit board 4 and an arc projection piece 32c. Portions of coil winding portions of teeth of the stator 3 are fitted into the electronic circuit board 4, a surface of the electronic circuit board 4 is brought into positioning against an positioning surface 32a of the lower insulator 32, and the notch portion 42 of the electronic circuit board 4 and the arc projection piece 32c of the lower insulator 32 are engaged with each other.
Owner:NIDEC CORP

Method and apparatus for quality control in the manufacture of foundry cores or core packets

A method and an apparatus for object recognition, in particular defect detection on workpieces, such as shot cores (1) or core packets, wherein the object is illuminated by a light source (4) and recorded and detected by means of a camera (3), and wherein the data obtained from the recording are processed or, if need be, stored by means of a computer. The object is illuminated by a least two light sources (4) from different directions or angles, and the camera (3) records the object and the shadows resulting from the illumination.
Owner:HOS HOTTINGER SYSTEMS GBR

Method for analyzing residual agricultural chemical

The present invention relates to a method for analyzing residual agricultural chemicals which comprises the steps of acting a reduced glutathione as a reactive substrate and a glutathione transferase serving as a catalyst for the reaction on a carbofuran derivative or a methomyl derivative as a carbamate type agricultural chemical of a new series to thus derivatize the agricultural chemical into a substance having a high choline esterase-inhibitory activity; reacting the substances formed through the derivatization reaction with a choline esterase; and then detecting the presence of the agricultural chemical as the new series of carbamate type one included in a sample to be examined on the basis of the changes in the choline esterase activity thus detected. The method of the present invention may serve as a powerful tool for the detection of the residual agricultural chemicals in grains such as rice and the detection of the content of agricultural chemicals remaining in agricultural products such as vegetables and fruits.
Owner:SATAKE CORP +1

Subtitle detection apparatus, subtitle detection method and pull-down signal detection apparatus

An integration circuit divides a screen, which is composed of an input video signal, into regions, integrates absolute values of inter-field differences that are included the respective regions, and provides an intra-region integration value SDA. A dynamic range calculation circuit divides the screen into regions and calculates a dynamic range SDR of luminance in each of the regions. If the intra-region integration value SDA is greater than a comparison threshold value FDT and if the dynamic range SDR of luminance in each of the regions is greater than a comparison threshold value DCT, the region is determined to be a subtitle region.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA

Particulate matter detection device

A particulate matter detection device includes a plate-like element base material including, on one surface thereof, a formed recess portion to collect a particulate matter; a pair of measurement electrodes arranged on the bottom surface side of the recess portion of the element base material; and a high-voltage dust collection electrode embedded in a wall which forms the recess portion of the element base material on the one surface side of the element base material from a position where the pair of measurement electrodes are arranged. An electric field is generated from the high-voltage dust collection electrode to the pair of measurement electrodes, to collect, on the bottom surface side of the recess portion, the particulate matter flowing along the element base material, and a change of electric characteristics between the pair of measurement electrodes is measured to detect the particulate matter collected on the recess portion.
Owner:NGK INSULATORS LTD +1

Particulate matter detection device

A particulate matter detection device of the present invention includes a plate-like element base material, and a pair of measurement electrodes arranged in the element base material, each of the measurement electrodes is a combteeth-like electrode including a plurality of planarly arranged combteeth portions, and a comb spine portion which connects the plurality of combteeth portions of each of the measurement electrodes to one another at one end of each of the plurality of combteeth portions, the combteeth portions of the measurement electrodes are arranged to engage with each other with a space being left therebetween, and the comb spine portion of at least one of the measurement electrodes is covered with a comb spine covering portion made of a dielectric material.
Owner:NGK INSULATORS LTD +1

Liquid state detecting sensor

A liquid state detecting sensor is provided in which a level detecting unit for detecting the level of a liquid and a concentration detecting unit for detecting the concentration of a particular component contained in the liquid are integrated.In a liquid state detecting sensor 100 capable of measuring the level and a urea concentration of a urea aqueous solution, a level detecting unit 70 and a liquid property detecting unit 30 are connected in an insulated state. An outer cylinder electrode 10 and an inner electrode 20 for forming the level detecting unit 70 form a capacitor, and level detection is performed on the basis of the electrostatic capacity which changes in response to the level of the urea aqueous solution which is present therebetween. A holder 120 for holding a ceramic heater 110 is fitted to a leading end portion 21 of the inner electrode 20, and the holder 120 is supported inside a leading end portion 11 of the outer cylinder electrode 10 by a rubber bushing 80. Further, the urea concentration is determined by a liquid property detecting circuit unit of a circuit board 60 by energizing a heat generating resistor pattern provided on the ceramic heater 110 for a fixed time duration and on the basis of a voltage value corresponding to a resistance value of the heat generating resistor pattern obtained at this time.
Owner:NGK SPARK PLUG CO LTD

Interrogator of communication system

An interrogator that is to be incorporated in a communication system in which each of at least one transponder is operable, upon reception of a main carrier wave transmitted from the interrogator, to respond to the interrogator with a reflected wave that is generated by modulating the main carrier wave. The interrogator includes: (a) a transmitting portion operable to transmit the main carrier wave; (b) a receiving portion operable to receive the reflected wave as a received signal; (c) at least one first frequency-converter each operable to generate an intermediate frequency signal, by multiplying the received signal with a first local signal that is generated by a first local oscillator; (d) at least one second frequency-converter each operable to generate a demodulated signal, by multiplying the intermediate frequency signal or a converted signal converted from the intermediate frequency signal, with a second local signal that is generated by a second local oscillator; and (d) a phase controller operable to control phase of the second local signal.
Owner:BROTHER KOGYO KK

Electromagnetic Wave Detecting Element and Electromagnetic Wave Detection Device Using the Same

It is possible to improve the negative resistance characteristic that can be expected when an SNS (superconductor-normal conductor-superconductor) structure is used as a structure unit for series connection. On the top of a first superconducting electrode, a second superconducting electrode is superimposed so as to sandwich an insulation film between the first and second superconducting electrodes, with parts of cross sections of the second superconducting electrode and insulation film placed on the top. A normal superconducting line electrically connects the first and second superconducting electrodes passing along the cross section of the insulation film, thereby constituting a structure unit having a single weak link. A plurality of such structure units connected in series are prepared. At the both ends of the series the first or second superconducting electrode is an element connected to a leading line. The structure units are arranged so that the cross sections of the insulation films along which the normal conducting line passes are arranged in the sale direction.
Owner:NAT INST OF INFORMATION & COMM TECH

Information processing apparatus, position detecting apparatus and sensing part for performing a detection operation

An information processing apparatus includes a casing, an operation surface disposed at a predetermined location of the casing and being operable from outside the casing, a first sense unit disposed under the operation surface to electrically detect contact on the operation surface, and a second sense unit disposed under the operation surface and the first sense unit to detect a position of an external position pointing device with respect to the operation surface based on electromagnetic interaction generated between said second sense unit and said external position pointing device, and an auxiliary conductor disposed between the first sense unit and the second sense unit, the auxiliary conductor including a flat surface portion and a slit portion extending from one end of said flat surface portion to an inside of the flat surface portion.
Owner:WACOM CO LTD

Systems and methods for implementing intelligent wideband digital frequency selection scanning

InactiveUS8805420B2Least riskReduce riskAssess restrictionMilitary installationGeolocation
A system and method are provided to intelligently undertake mandated scanning for radar signals prior to operating a particular wireless device in the 5 GHz band. The disclosed systems and methods provide a capability by which wireless devices are enabled to intelligently scan using a 160 MHz signal, or the largest bandwidth that the wireless device has the capacity to occupy. The disclosed scheme makes use of information about the location of the wireless device to determine characteristic of the environment in which the wireless device is operating. Locations of potentially conflicting radar installations, such as at airports and on military installations, are generally “known.” This information is used to compare to a determined geographic location of the wireless device to assess whether full broad bandwidth DFS scanning cane be reasonably undertaken or whether some narrower channel scanning is appropriate for the wireless device based on proximity to radar installations.
Owner:INTEL CORP

Identifier and nucleic acid amplification method of verification using the same

There is provided an identification technique that can consistently maintain a set of information specifying a specimen through all the processes from the amplification process to the detection process of a specific sequence. A base sequence incorporating as a set of decodable information an individual code imparted to the specimen is disposed in an amplifiable region to form an identifier; the identifier is amplified together with the specimen and the presence of the identifier in the amplification product is detected; thus, the individual code of the specimen in the amplification product can be recognized, which specimen the amplification product is derived from can be easily identified, and whether or not the amplification has been carried out satisfactorily can also be simultaneously tested.
Owner:CANON KK

Optical pickup

An optical pickup compatible with two wavelengths such as an optical pickup having a two-wavelength, multi-laser source unit to be compatible with both DVDs and CDs prevents, in a simply structured optical system, error signal quality deterioration caused by relative shifting between laser beams and realizes detection of focus and tracking error signals. The optical system is provided with an optical waveguide device and a photodetector. The optical waveguide device includes a holographic diffraction grating having three regions divided by two approximately parallel division lines which extend respectively passing the optical axes of a laser beam for DVD and a laser beam for CD. The photodetector has plural light receiving surfaces each divided into three regions. This allows reliable focus and tracking error signals to be detected during both DVD reproduction and CD reproduction.
Owner:HITACHI MEDIA ELECTORONICS CO LTD
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