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The invention comprises a motorised toilet seat assembly allowing for the raising and lowering of the lid (102) or seat (101) in relation to user requests or automatic sensing (110). A remote control device (200) with touch switches or sensors (201) can be provided, which can communicate with control apparatus by wired or wireless communication. Alternatively, or additionally, sensors mounted on the various components of the toilet can effect certain operations automatically, including raising or lowering the seat lid, flushing of the toilet, and the operation of auxiliary devices such as sanitary sprays, occupancy indicators, or emergency call systems. Described are embodiments which can be retrofitted to existing toilet seat assemblies as well as ready to install embodiments.

An aerial work platform includes a control panel with operator controls for manipulating the platform, a control module communicating with the operator controls and controlling manipulation of the platform based on signals from the control panel, and an obstruction sensing system. The obstruction sensing system includes a sensor mounted in a vicinity of the platform that monitors an operator area, the platform, and an area around the platform. A processor processes the signal to determine a position of an operator on the platform and a proximity of objects in the area around the platform. The control module is in communication with the processor and is programmed to control the manipulation of the platform or machine based on signals from the processor and input from the operator.

A braking system for safely collecting brake dust produced by operation of a braking mechanism. The braking system comprises a collector apparatus coupled with a braking mechanism. The collector apparatus is able to include a shroud that surrounds the braking mechanism and a catch element coupled with the shroud for collecting brake dust exiting the shroud. As a result, when coupled with the braking mechanism, the collector apparatus is able to ensure that most or all brake dust, such as copper or other particles from the braking mechanism that break off from the breaking mechanism during operation of the braking mechanism, are removed from the braking mechanism and collected by the filter / catch of the collector mechanism.

A parallel mechanism includes a base, actuators attached to the base, a plurality of arms coupled together in parallel, and a sensing device. Each of the arms has a first link, one end of which is coupled to the actuator, a second link through which the other end of the first link and a bracket are coupled together, a ball joint through which one end of the second link and the other end of the first link are swingably coupled together, and a ball joint through which the other end of the second link and the bracket are swingably coupled together. Each of the ball joints includes a ball stud including a ball-shaped head, a socket swingably holding the ball-shaped head of the ball stud, and a conductive member interposed between the ball-shaped head and the socket. The sensing device senses when at least one of the plurality of ball joints is loose, based on whether or not the ball stud and the socket are electrically continuous with one another.

An input device including a main device composed of a coordinate input device, an operating surface having input portions displayed thereon, and a switch device having switches connected in parallel, and a control device which selects one of a first mode in which an item signal is generated in accordance with an indication item at an input portion when the input portion is operated, and a second mode in which a position signal corresponding to an operating position on the operating surface is generated independently of the indication item at the input portion. The item signal is generated on the basis of an absolute coordinate signal output from the coordinate input device and a switch signal output from the switch device in the first mode, and the position signal is generated on the basis of a relative coordinate signal output from the coordinate input device in the second mode.

A sheet feeding apparatus includes two transport devices arranged in a sheet guide that guides a sheet from a stacker to a processing position for reading an image or printing. A double feed detection device is arranged between the transport devices for detecting a double feed of the sheets over a predetermined length region (measurement length). A sheet length recognition device is provided for recognizing at least two portions of a length of the sheet stacked on the stacker in a transport direction, and a judgment device is provided for judging the double feed of the sheets based upon detection data from the double feed detection device. The judgment device judges the double feed of the sheets according to detection data of one measurement region selected from a plurality of measurement regions based on information obtained from the sheet length recognition device.

In an automatic machine system comprising a mechanism unit (1) including at least one driving mechanism, a controller (2) for controlling a driving operation of the mechanism unit (1), and a teaching unit (3) for operating the mechanism unit (1),the teaching unit (3) includes a teaching unit communicating portion for carrying out a wireless communication with the controller (2) and a first field intensity monitoring portion (13) for monitoring a field intensity of communication data in the teaching unit communicating portion, andthe controller (2) includes a controller communicating portion for carrying out a wireless communication with the teaching unit (3), a second field intensity monitoring portion (26) for monitoring a field intensity of communication data in the controller communicating portion, and a driving portion for driving the mechanism unit (1) based on an operation signal sent from the teaching unit (3) in the controller communicating portion.

Embodiments provide an iris scanning apparatus for identifying a subject, employing a wide-angle image collector, and a method thereof. A wide angle camera is employed in the iris scanning apparatus to allow a user to easily locate a small eye region of a subject without having to check back and forth between an image display and the subject's face. The apparatus and method are also capable of measuring the distance to the subject's eye and displaying the distance information on the image display, and informing the user as to whether the eye of the subject is within operating range of the iris scanning apparatus. Also, iris scanning is automatically performed without the user's input when an eye is positioned within operating range, and is not performed if an image captured by the iris scanning apparatus does not contain an eye region, in order to prevent erroneous operation.

An apparatus allowing proper compartment door closure, which prevents reduction in voltage of a power source and adverse effects on the operation of other electrical apparatus provided in a same compartment, when trash or deformation of rubber or the like of limited size attached to the end of the door makes the door difficult to close. A door driving control apparatus controls opening and closing of the door by an electric motor. When small foreign matter no larger than a predetermined size is detected to be trapped in the door, a thrust force for driving the door open and closed is switched to high-output thrust force. When a driving-command calculator detects the trapped small foreign matter, the door status data of other doors transmitted from the other doors' driving control apparatus is received. When the door status data shows other doors are not driven to re-opened and close with high-output thrust force, a command for switching to high-output thrust force is provided.

A PC card has a card body portion in which a first card terminal portion is formed in one end and a second card terminal portion is formed in the other end. The card terminal portion has a chip slot. A SIM card inserted through an insertion port into the chip slot is electrically connected to a printed circuit board. The insertion port of the chip slot is opened in an outer side face of the second card terminal portion.

A method for operating a rotary machine is provided. The rotary machine includes a stationary member and a rotatable member wherein the rotatable member is configured to rotate at least partially within the stationary member. The method includes determining an off-normal operating condition of the rotary machine facilitating undesirable contact between the rotatable member and the stationary member, monitoring a parameter associated with the off-normal operating condition, and preventing operation of the rotary machine while the monitored parameter is within a predetermined range.

A work table includes a table plate having a slot for attaching a tool device, and a coupler for coupling to a vacuum device, a shield engaged onto the tool device for shielding the tool device and for gathering the dust, a hose coupling device coupled between the shield and the coupler, and a supporting device for adjustably supporting the hose coupling device to the work table at any required position. The hose coupling device may include two flexible hose members coupled to the shield and the coupler, and a rigid hose member coupled between the flexible hose members, and a rod extended from the rigid hose member for adjustably securing to the table with one or more brackets.

A multi-functional electric oven structure capable of roasting, sauté, steaming and deep-frying functions, includes a detachable panel at front and upper portions thereof, respectively; an electrothermal tube at lower and upper portions of an interior thereof, respectively; a roast net above the lower electrothermal tube, and a support frame above the upper electrothermal tube, wherein the support frame is for placing a sauté utensil and a deep-frying utensil, and thereby providing the electric oven with roasting, sauté, steaming and deep-frying functions; and a micro-tuning switch on the support frame. When the sauté utensil and the deep-frying utensil are removed from the support frame, the micro-tuning switch is activated, so as to cut off electric connection of the electric oven and to prevent operational hazards.

The invention relates to a system for preparing a beverage, comprising a portion capsule, which contains a beverage raw material, and a brewing device which comprises a brewing chamber for receiving the portion capsule and for extracting the beverage from the portion capsule by means of hot water. Said portion capsule comprises an identifier and said brewing device comprises an identifier detector for identifying the identifier of the portion capsule.

The present invention relates to a method of verifying an API using information recorded in the call stack. In the API verification method, whether at least one application is executed is determined in a system in which the application is installed. An API function requested when the application is executed is hooked. Details of a call stack for the API function are output. A stack Database (DB), in which call stack details for various types of API functions required for operation of the application are stored, is searched for the output call stack details, and the output call stack details are checked.

A refrigerator for preventing the generation of frost and a control method of the refrigerator. The refrigerator includes an ice cube tray, a water supply unit for supplying water for making ice cubes to the ice cube tray, an air blast unit for circulating cooled air, and a controller for preventing the operation of the air blast unit in a water supply mode, in which the water is supplied to the ice cube tray.

An abrasive saw having an associated cutting wheel is used for cutting objects. The saw includes a base, a cutting assembly operably mounted to the base and a controller. The cutting assembly includes a pivot shaft, a drive shaft operably mounted to the pivot shaft, a drive, and a drive wheel. A flexible drive element operably connects the drive shaft and a drive wheel. The distance between the drive wheel axis of rotation and the drive shaft axis of rotation is variable to increase or decrease a tension in the flexible drive element. A feed table is operably mounted to the base and is movable forward and rearward in a direction of rotation of the associated cutting wheel. The cutting wheel is lockable in the cutting position and the feed table, with the object secured thereto, is moved, by the controller toward the associated cutting wheel to cut the object. An enclosure encloses the cutting assembly and has stationary sides and openable front and top panels hingedly mounted to one another and to a portion of one of the side panels to open as a unitary assembly for access to the cutting assembly.

Based on a result of detection taken by the high-low pressure difference detection means (93, 97) for detecting a difference between a high and a low pressure of a refrigeration cycle, an estimate of whether there is leakage of refrigerant in an expansion valve (52) is made. Based on the result detected by the high-low pressure difference detection means (93, 97), a control means (81) sets a reference temperature (T3) to a value corresponding to the degree of refrigerant leakage in the expansion valve (52).

A touch control arrangement is arranged for a container having a foldable cover being folded between an opened position and a closed position via an actuation unit. The touch control arrangement includes a power source and a touch actuator electrically linked to the power source, wherein the touch actuator is located out of the storage cavity of the container body and is arranged in such a manner that when the touch actuator is activated by a presence of a touch, the actuation unit is actuated to move the foldable cover from the closed position to the opened position.

An image forming apparatus including plural sheet-feeding trays, and a control section that displays a schedule image to show an execution schedule of a job on a display section, wherein the control section displays a job execution schedule displaying column, and an un-executable job displaying column, both columns being included in the schedule image, wherein when a job represents a tray specifying job that specifies a sheet-feeding tray to be used among the plural sheet-feeding trays, and if the job is un-executable using the sheet-feeding tray specified by the job, the control section controls the un-executable job displaying column, not to display that the specified job is un-executable, even though the specified job is un-executable, and the control section further controls the job execution schedule displaying column to show that the job is not executable, while corresponding the job with the sheet-feeding tray specified by the job.

An ECU controls a starter relay. Output angle detector detects a rotational angle of an output shaft in a rotary actuator. The ECU stores a first rotational angle which is detected by the output angle detector when a starting switch is OFF. When the starting switch is ON and when the difference between a second rotational angle detected at that time by the output angle detector and the first rotational angle already stored is not within a certain value, the ECU inhibits the operation of the starter relay to inhibit engine start.

A method and apparatus is provided for outputting a reset signal during power-up until two conditions are satisfied. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus includes a voltage detector that provides a first output (“VO1”) when an output voltage of a regulator (“VREG”) exceeds a threshold voltage, thereby satisfying a first condition, a comparator receiving a first input voltage and a second input voltage, the comparator providing a second output (“VO2”) when the first input voltage exceeds the second input voltage, thereby satisfying a second condition, and a release circuit that outputs the reset signal unless the voltage detector provides VO1 while the comparator provides VO2.

At least one processor of a game control device is configured to: display an object on a display region, in a game in which the object is moved in accordance with an operation of a user on a touch panel; set a first region of the display region as an operation region; move the object based on the operation of the user on the operation region; and change the operation region to a second region, in which the object is prevented from being arranged at an edge portion of the second region, in a predetermined game situation, which is one of a situation in which at least a part of the object is outside the first region and a situation in which the object is arranged at an edge portion of the first region.

A receipt printer can print continuously without creating a top margin even when the presence or content of the header changes. The receipt printer has a preprint data storage unit that stores preprint data, a print data acquisition unit that acquires print data, a header evaluation unit that determines if the header data in the acquired print data and the preprint data are the same, and a print control unit that controls a print unit and a paper cutter unit. When the evaluation result is that the data are identical, the print control unit drives the print unit to print the preprint data after printing the portion of the acquired print data not including the header data. If the result is that the data are not-identical, the print unit prints the preprint data after printing the acquired print data.

An entirely mechanical gas bottle dispensing machine that allows to either only dispense by gravity a filled bottle upon insertion of a first token or dispense a filled bottle with return of an empty bottle upon insertion of a second token.

A random-access non-volatile semiconductor memory device, which does not use individual gate terminals of transistors of memory cells in order to select individual memory cells for read / write operations performed on the device. The gate terminals of the memory cells are all biased to the same voltage during a read or write operation. For example, the gate terminals of the memory cells in the array are electrically connected together. By appropriate control of source and drain voltages during a read or write operation, discrimination can be achieved between selected and non-selected memory cells of the array.

An apparatus for disabling a circuit when the circuit is in a first preselected condition includes a critical element that has an enable state and a disable state. The critical element is configured in relation to the circuit such that the circuit cannot operate normally if the critical element is in the disable state. A trigger generates a state signal that causes the critical element to enter the disable state when a comparison of a current condition to a stored value indicates that the circuit is in the first preselected condition. In a method of controlling operation of a circuit, a current condition is sensed. Whether the current condition corresponds to a stored value is determined. If the current condition corresponds to the stored value, then a critical element is caused to enter a disable state so that the circuit is prevented from operating normally.

An electronic device (e.g., a display device) (101) is connected with an external connection device (e.g., an image recording / playback device) (201), thereby to perform data communications. A controller (103) of the electronic device (101) decides, in case it receives operation information, whether or not an operation screen (GUI) for the electronic device (101) is displayed. When the operation screen is displayed, the controller (103) further decides whether or not a key (a reception key) corresponding to the received operation information is effective for the operation screen. The controller (103) performs, when the reception key is effective for the operation screen, a control responding to the reception key, and, when the reception key is not effective for the operation screen, sends the received operation information to the external connection device (201). With the operation screens of both the electronic device and the external connection device being simultaneously displayed, one remote control makes only one operative, while the operation screens of the two being prevented from simultaneously operating.

There is provided a foldable electronic apparatus in which first and second casings are pivotally mounted by a bearing portion so as to be freely rotatable and these casings are automatically opened until a predetermined opening angle and then further manually opened. In the electronic apparatus of the present invention, the first and second casings (1), (2) are freely rotatably connected to each other (pivotally mounted) through a bearing portion (3). An opening / closing device (4) for automatically opening the first and second casings (1), (2) until a predetermined opening angle by operating a push button (49) is secured to the bearing portion. The opening / closing device (4) includes a mechanism for opening the casings until a larger opening angle exceeding the predetermined opening angle, and the first and second casings (1), (2) can be manually opened till a larger opening angle.