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Patent JP-2005172259-A (JP)
Title: Heat pump type hot water supply machine
Inventor: NAKATANI KAZUTO
IPC: F25B1/00
Filed: 2003-12-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat pump type hot water supply machine, having excellent execution property of work and good hot water supply efficiency.  <P>SOLUTION: This heat pump type hot water supply machine includes: a first refrigerant circulating circuit 26 in which a first compressor 22, a first radiator 23 and a first evaporator 25 are sequentially connected; a water supply pipe 29 for supplying city water to the radiator 23; a hot water supply pipe 47 for passing water from the first radiator 23 to the water supply terminal; and a first body unit 21 incorporating a hot water storage tank 28 storing city water heated by heat exchange in the first radiator 23. The first body unit 21 is provided with water supply/hot water supply connecting parts 51, 53 communicating a second radiator 33 of a second body unit 31 independent of the first body unit and including a second refrigerant circulating circuit 36 with the water supply pipe 29 and the hot water supply pipe 47, respectively. Thus, the respective units are reduced in size, the transportability is improved, and the respective units are operated according to hot water supply load to improve the instantaneous ability of instantaneous water boiling function.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005175030-A (JP)
Title: Rubidium atomic oscillator
Inventor: TANAKA TAKAAKI
IPC: H01S1/06
Filed: 2003-12-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small and low-cost rubidium atomic oscillator wherein the deterioration of mode characteristics inside a cavity can be suppressed.  <P>SOLUTION: The rubidium atomic oscillator is equipped with a light-microwave resonance section which comprises a cavity section 1 including at least a rubidium gas cell 2, and a rubidium lamp for irradiating light on the rubidium gas cell. Antennas 4 and 5 for transmission and reception installed inside the cavity are turned in directions perpendicular to each other.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004207233-A (JP)
Title: Fuel cell
Inventor: YOSHIKATA KUNIAKI
IPC: H01M8/12
Filed: 2003-12-09
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel cell structure which can make the power generation efficiency higher while maintaining good durability.  <P>SOLUTION: The fuel cell comprises at least one single cell C having an electrolyte 3, a fuel electrode 5 and an air electrode 7, and further comprises a substrate 1 for supporting the single cell C. In the fuel cell, the electrolyte 3 is disposed on one face of the substrate 1, and the fuel electrode 5 and the air electrode 7 are juxtaposed on the one face of the substrate 1 at both the ends thereof, sandwiching the electrolyte 3 therebetween.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004081883-A (JP)
Title: Catheter
Inventor: KATO TOMIHISA
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-quality catheter with a laminated tube wall structure having a flexible resin layer and a rigid resin layer, whose principal tube is made of a flexible ultra-fine tube, with its inside and outside diameters being uniform throughout its length, which is suitable for medical treatment conditions in that both the compatibility of the flexibility and the rigidity of the principal tube and the fine adjustability in required mechanical properties are improved.  <P>SOLUTION: The principal tube of this catheter comprises three layers; a rigid resin tube and a flexible resin tube, which form a gradually-varying laminated tube, and a lining tube applied to the inner surface thereof. The lining tube that is drawn is made different in hardness, by thermal treatment, along the longitudinal direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004207718-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method for niobium or tantalum component by electrochemical etching
Inventor: GOTTSCHLING MARIANNE
IPC: H01G13/00
Filed: 2003-12-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for manufacturing a niobium or tantalum component through electrochemical etching.  <P>SOLUTION: This is a method for manufacturing a niobium or tantalum component by executing, in an aqueous solution with hydrofluoric acid contained therein, electrochemical etching to a niobium or tantalum sheet covered with a photoresist mask provided with a structure. Here, etching is produced, under the electrochemical conditions that a powerful noise overlaps etching current, and a water-soluble polymer is put in the etching solution.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005024090-A (JP)
Title: Ball valve
Inventor: MARUTA TOMONORI
IPC: F16K5/06
Filed: 2003-12-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To release remaining pressure located at an outlet from a discharge port provided separately from an inlet and the outlet and communicated with outside air.  <P>SOLUTION: An outlet side annular valve seat 12 has a through-hole 24 passing from the abutment face of a valve ball 10 to the abutment face of an outlet side member 5, and the outlet side member 5 has the discharge port 25 having one end communicated with the through-hole 24 of the outlet side annular valve seat 12 and the other end communicated with the outside air. The valve ball 10 has a first through-hole 26 for communicating a distribution hole 9 with the inlet 2 in a first shut-off condition and for communicating the distribution hole 9 with the outlet 4 in a second shut-off condition where the valve ball 10 is turned 180° from the first shut-off condition, and a second through-hole 27 for communicating the distribution hole 9 with the through-hole 24 in the second shut-off condition and to be shut off with the inlet side annular valve seat 11 in the first shut-off condition.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005169989-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: HORIE KAORU
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 2003-12-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problems that in a pigment ink in a recording head of a conventional image forming apparatus, a pigment settles in a nozzle to generate clogging of a nozzle opening part and to make the amount of discharged liquid droplets and the discharging direction unstable.  <P>SOLUTION: In the image forming apparatus, when a recording head is not driven, a cap part 12 with a recessed part 12a filled with ink is brought into close contact with a nozzle plate 2a, and the ink pigment is made to pass through the nozzle opening part 2b and is stored on the recessed part 12a side of the cap part 12. Therefore, as the pigment concentration around the nozzle opening part 2b does not become high, and the pigment is not accumulated either, the nozzle opening part 2b is prevented from clogging, and the amount of the discharged ink, the discharging speed and the discharging direction become appropriate.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005176244-A (JP)
Title: Spotty byte error correction/detection method and apparatus
Inventor: FUJIWARA EIJI
IPC: G06F11/10
Filed: 2003-12-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an error correction/detection apparatus and an error correction/detection method having a function to correct a spotty byte error of 1 byte and also to detect 2 spotty byte errors stepping over 2 bytes in the error correction and detection of digital data.  <P>SOLUTION: A coding circuit 2 to generate a transmission language 31 by adding an inspection information generated based on a parity check matrix H to express a code and an input information data 30 to the input information data 30 and a decoding circuit 4 to correct the error by using a syndrome S generated based on the parity check matrix H to a receiving language including the error in an information transmission line are provided, a plurality of bits to constitute the syndrome S especially are divided into a plurality of groups corresponding to a constitution of the parity check matrix H, and a bit value each group is judged in turn according to a prescribed logic. The parity check matrix H and the decoding procedure are uniformly treated and flexibly corresponded to a generation state of the error, thereby.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005174876-A (JP)
Title: Locking device
Inventor: KITAGAWA TETSUYA
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 2003-12-15
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a locking device in which a pair of engaging members engaging together is prevented from a rattle therebetween.  <P>SOLUTION: A lock protrusion 23 and a lock strip 73 are formed in the front of the engagement members in a connector housing 2 and a cover 7. The engaging condition of the connector housing 2 with the cover 7 is held by the fit of the lock protrusion 23 with a lock hole 733 formed in the lock strip 73. In the fit condition of the lock protrusion 23 with the lock hole 733, the rattle between the lock protrusion 23 and the lock strip 73 is extinguished by contacting a member P formed in the front of the lock hole 733 of the lock member 73, and a wall member 25 formed in the rear of the lock protrusion 23 of the connector housing 2 and the back edge plane 232 of the lock protrusion 23.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005181385-A (JP)
Title: Interchangeable lens and camera system
Inventor: KATAGISHI YUICHI
IPC: G02B7/02
Filed: 2003-12-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an interchangeable lens capable of providing useful information to a photographer in selecting equipment and material before photographing and on a photographing site, and to provide a camera system.  <P>SOLUTION: The interchangeable lens is provided with an information storage part 101 in a lens barrel 100. The storage part 101 is provided with an image storage part 102 for storing an image, a photographic circumstances storage part 103 for storing photographic circumstances related to the image stored in the image storage part 102, and a photographer information storage part 104 for storing information on the photographer related to the image stored in the image storage part 102. Furthermore, the interchangeable lens is provided with an attachable/detachable image storage part 105 which can be attached to/detached from the lens barrel 100.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005177784-A (JP)
Title: Device and method for manufacturing overlapped multiple-wound metal tube
Inventor: USUI TAKAAKI
IPC: B21D5/12
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device and a method for manufacturing an overlapped multiple-wound metal tube disposed to transport high-pressure fluid under an oscillating environment in a simply and efficiently overlapped manner.  <P>SOLUTION: In the overlapped multiple-wound metal tube manufacturing device comprising a forming device to form a metal strip around the overlapped multiple-wound metal tube, a heating device to melt a brazing filler metal provided between walls of the overlapped multiple-wound metal tubes, and a cooling device to solidify and cool the molten brazing filler metal, the forming device comprises a plurality of forming machines which are located at substantially equal intervals in the circumferential direction while located at intervals in the tube manufacturing direction and consist of a plurality of sets of forming rolls.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005181019-A (JP)
Title: Scanning optical system inspection device, scanning optical system inspection method, light source control unit, scanning optical system, and image forming apparatus
Inventor: KAMIJO TADAHIRO
IPC: B41J2/44
Filed: 2003-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light source controller unit and scanning optical system for improving the image quality of an image forming apparatus in an optical system inspection device, which is for receiving light of beam flux at a focus position of the image forming apparatus, detecting synchronization shift and magnification error, and beam position shift between a plurality of the image forming apparatusses, and correcting them.  <P>SOLUTION: The inspection device of an optical system for focusing a beam on a specific position has a light source, light source controlling means, beam deviation means, first light reception means of a scanning beam, second light reception means for receiving at an arbitrary position, moving means for moving the second light reception means to an arbitrary position, position detection means of the second light reception means, synchronized signal detection means of the scanning optical system. The first light reception means and the second light reception means start light reception by a common synchronized signal and inspect the characteristic quantities of the beam at the writing position and an arbitrary scanning position by the same scanning.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005191723-A (JP)
Title: Sound microphone
Inventor: SAKAI TAKASHI
IPC: H01L41/09
Filed: 2003-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sound microphone capable of obtaining a stable output even under a high-temperature environment.  <P>SOLUTION: Along with using a piezo-electric element 3 having a high Curie temperature not lower than 490°C, components having high thermal resistances are used as various kinds of components for fixing the piezo-electric element 3. Moreover, connection of the heat-resisting wires 8a, 8b of a cable to the microphone body is carried out by mechanical fastening, and furthermore the piezo-electric element 3 is put in a heat-resisting metal casing 4 and sealed. Moreover, the piezo-electric element 3 is fastened up to the metal casing 4 by heat-resisting metal double nuts 5.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005190046-A (JP)
Title: Lottery support system, program, and storage medium
Inventor: KOSHI TATSUYA
IPC: G06Q50/10
Filed: 2003-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lottery support system which reflects the will of a lottery user and provides stable profit to a lottery sponsor.  <P>SOLUTION: A computer receives lottery start information from a lottery reception system and then reads out, from a storage device, information on the number of lottery tickets to which lotteries have not yet been executed and information on the number of lottery tickets which do not win. Then, the computer obtains the number of the lottery tickets to which the lotteries have not yet been executed from the information thus read on the number of the lottery tickets to which the lotteries have not yet been executed, obtains the number of the lottery tickets which do not win from the information thus read on the number of the lottery tickets which do not win, and computes the winning probability of lottery tickets which win by using the obtained number of the lottery tickets to which the lotteries have not yet been executed as the denominator and the obtained number of the lottery tickets which do not win as the numerator. The determination of winning or failure is carried out based on said winning probability, and the result of the determination is reflected to the information on the number of lottery tickets to which the lotteries have not yet been executed and the information on the number of the lottery tickets which do not win, both of which are stored in the storage device.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005185958-A (JP)
Title: Sludge treatment apparatus
Inventor: KOBAYASHI KAZUO
IPC: C02F1/461
Filed: 2003-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sludge treatment apparatus which has few complex operations and control systems, safety, and low costs, and is excellent in sludge volume reduction effect.  <P>SOLUTION: The sludge treatment apparatus is an electrolytic sludge treatment apparatus for treating sludge generated after biologically purifying organic sewage and/or organic solid substances in a biological treatment tank 11, and polypyrrole is carried by the surface of a cathode in an electrode.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005190223-A (JP)
Title: Database management system
Inventor: YAMADA KENJI
IPC: G06F1/16
Filed: 2003-12-25
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a backup database capable of complementing an original database formed in a host computer system to construct and maintain a database management system formed in a backup computer system at low cost.  <P>SOLUTION: In the database management system, a storage room 27 in which the backup (computer) system 12 is installed is formed in the ground in the same site as a building 20 in which the host(computer) system 11 is installed, both the systems 11, 12 are connected to each other so as to perform data communication through communication lines 13, 14 constituted of LANs and transfer data for generating and updating a backup DB 31 which is transmitted from the host (computer) system 11 to the backup (computer) system 12 are constituted of some of all data stored/updated in the host (computer) system 11.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005186914-A (JP)
Title: Drip-proof type side mirror
Inventor: SAKAMI HIROYUKI
IPC: B60R1/12
Filed: 2003-12-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drip-proof type side mirror which protects a surface of a side mirror from rain drops, ensures excellent rear view field even in a heavy rain, and requires only a volumetric space substantially equivalent to that for a known side mirror, and is easily mounted on an existing side mirror, and easily realizes a drip-proof surface of the existing side mirror.  <P>SOLUTION: The drip-proof side mirror comprises a side mirror surface 1, and an eaves 3 provided on a housing 2 above the side mirror surface 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004535569-A (JP)
Title: 有機体物質の画像パターン認識のためのコンピュータ手法
IPC: G06K9/66
Filed: 2002-04-09
Abstract: 【課題】パターンにかかる特徴が検出される組織検体のために、組織学者及び／又は病理学者によって行われる種々の機能を、自動化された方法で実行する専門装置を提供すること。 【解決手段】有機体物質に固有の反復パターンために最適化された画像認識のための専門装置及びソフトウェア方法。係る方法は、各画素のために８の有効なビットの精度を有する強度値を有する二次元格子状画素を横切るパラメータを計算する（１次元走査とは異なる。）ことによって達成される。パラメータは、各パラメータのための神経ネットワークであって各神経ネットワークが、認識されるべき組織、構造又は細胞核を表す画像で訓練され、また、認識されるべき物質を含まないと表されることの可能性を有する画像で訓練された複数の神経ネットワークに供給される。次いで、各神経ネットワークは、未知の物質と、神経ネットワークが訓練された既知の物質との類似性の測定値を出力する。複数の神経ネットワークの出力は、関係づけ決定行列によって集められる。神経サブネットワークは、入力データにおける各確認されたモードのデータ低下のために用いられる。 【選択図】図５
Patent JP-2004529368-A (JP)
Title: パルス電界ゲル電気泳動のｃｈｅｆ装置室の電極内の電圧をクランプする回路
IPC: B01D57/02
Filed: 2002-06-07
Abstract: 交流機を介して電源に接続し同時には２つの回路の一方だけが電力を受ける、２つの同一のクランピング回路により形成されるパルス電界ゲル電気泳動（ＰＦＧＥ）のＣＨＥＦ装置室の電極内の電圧をクランプする回路。各クランピング回路は直列に接続して電圧分割器を形成する複数の抵抗器とダイオードとで形成する。２個の抵抗器の結合部に形成されるノードに電圧リピータを接続する。各電圧リピータは同じ電位の極性が与えられる１対の電極に接続する。電極に与えられる電圧パターンの小さな誤差を訂正するためにダイオードを用いる。この回路は、電気泳動中に室内で導電率が変化しても各電極の電位を保持する。これにより、各印加回路はＣＨＥＦ装置のＰＦＧＥ室内に同じ値で方向が異なる均一電界を生成する。この回路は種々の数と配置と間隔の電極を持つ室に極性を与えることができる。
Patent JP-2004530165-A (JP)
IPC: C08G63/12
Filed: 2002-04-12
Abstract: The present invention provides a unique polarizing beam splitter (PBS) that is suitable for use in projection systems and displays. The PBS contains at least one prism having at least one major surface and having a refractive index of at least about 1.6 and a birefringent film disposed on the major surface of the prism. The birefringent film is a multi-layer film having at layers of at least a first material and a second material. After uniaxial stretching, the film exhibits a refractive index difference of less than about 0.15 units in the stretched direction.
Patent JP-2004529784-A (JP)
IPC: B26D7/20
Filed: 2002-01-10
Abstract: A cutting mat comprises a cutting mat body and a lock assembly arranged to secure the cutting mat to a rotary anvil. The lock assembly comprises male and female locking members formed at opposite ends of the cutting mat and integral therewith. There are no metal frames or other components welded or otherwise secured to the male or female locking members. The female locking member slips into an axial channel on a rotary anvil. The cutting mat is wrapped around the rotary anvil, and the male member is inserted into the axial channel in locking relationship with the female locking member. Further, the axial edges of the cutting mat are formed in mating, complimentary serpentine shape to prevent a cutting blade from slipping into the seam between adjacent cutting mat surfaces.
Patent JP-2004534643-A (JP)
IPC: B65D25/46
Filed: 2002-07-15
Abstract: A trigger spray assembly (1) has generally cubic container (2) with a trigger sprayer (3) mounted thereon. The trigger sprayer (3) is mounted offset form the centre of the container (2) to allow stacking of mutually inverted containers (2). A top (4) of the container (2) in combination with an uppermost surface of the trigger sprayer (3) forms a support surface for reception and support of another container (2) stacked thereon. Container (2) is space efficient, stable, and allows stacking.
Patent JP-2004537386-A (JP)
IPC: B26B19/04
Filed: 2002-07-25
Abstract: The invention is directed to a shaving foil for a shaving system of a shaving apparatus, in which the shaving foil cooperates with an undercutter adapted to be driven relative to the shaving foil. The shaving foil includes a perforate region comprised of a plurality of hair-receiving apertures, wherein said apertures form a quasi-periodic pattern executed in accordance with a Penrose parquet.
Patent JP-2005501420-A (JP)
Title: 透過性基板上のカラー画像センサ及びその製造方法
IPC: H01L31/0216
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: 本発明は、小型カメラ製造用カラー画像センサと、該センサの製造方法に関する。当該画像センサは、モザイク状カラーフィルタ（１８）と、感光領域を備える非常に薄いシリコン層（３０）と、透過性基板を介した感光領域の照射により生成された電荷の収集を可能にする画像検出回路を定義する導電層（１４）及び絶縁層（１６）のスタックとが上部に連続的に重畳されている透過性基板（４０）を備える。透過性基板（４０）はガラス又はプラスチック材料から作られる。当該製造方法は、感光回路をシリコンウェハ上に形成することと、該ウェハを仮基板上に移載することと、該ウェハを約３ないし３０マイクロメートルの厚さに薄化することと、カラーフィルタを残りのシリコン層表面に堆積させることと、該構造を透過性の最終基板に移載して仮基板を除去することからなる。 【選択図】図６
Patent JP-2005505030-A (JP)
Title: 複数のハードウェア構成を有する再構成可能なハードウェア・アーキテクチャにおけるスケジューリング方法
IPC: H03K19/177
Filed: 2002-09-16
Abstract: 単一のファンクションのための複数の構成が記憶されている、再構成可能チップのためのスケジューラが説明されている。スケジューラは、構成のいずれか１つを選択するオプションを有する。本システムは、再構成チップ・オペレーションの効率性を向上させる。
Patent JP-2004522291-A (JP)
Title: 被覆された発熱導体を備える電気加熱装置
IPC: H05B3/10
Filed: 2002-08-30
Abstract: 本発明は、絶縁層（４）で覆われた電気的な発熱導体（２）を備える電気式の加熱装置（１）に関する。 発熱導体（２）と絶縁層（４）の間に導電性の中間層（３）が配置されることが意図される。 （図１）
Patent JP-2005503856-A (JP)
Title: 化粧品カスタム調合用の装置および方法
IPC: A45D34/04
Filed: 2002-09-18
Abstract: シリンジ調合用の成分供給源２２を含む、改良されたカスタム化粧品配合調合装置１０である。成分供給源は、それぞれの供給源をパッケージ５４と位置を合わせて分配するために、移動可能なキャリヤ２４によって運ばれ、パッケージの中に、あらかじめ選択された量の成分が分配される。
Patent JP-2005519867-A (JP)
IPC: C07K14/47
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: The invention relates to the modulation of gene expression in a cell, also called gene control, in particular in relation to the treatment of a variety of diseases. The invention provides a method for modulating expression of a gene in a cell comprising providing said cell with a signalling molecule comprising a peptide or functional analogue thereof. Furthermore, the invention provides a method for identifying or obtaining a signalling molecule comprising a peptide or functional derivative or analogue thereof capable of modulating expression of a gene in a cell comprising providing said cell with a peptide or derivative or analogue thereof and determining the activity and/or nuclear translocation of a gene transcription factor.
Patent JP-2006510745-A (JP)
Title: 混合石油残留物の再処理方法及びそれを実行するための装置
IPC: B01D17/04
Filed: 2002-08-26
Abstract: この混合石油残留物の再処理法及びそれを実行するための装置は、石油原料の加工方法及び装置に関係する。   本発明により、原料の前処理が能率的に行われ、原料の低分子成分の分解、酸化、コークス化を防ぐための影響のない温度条件が設定されるため、製品炭化水素の生産量が増大し、エネルギー消費及び環境への悪影響が低減できる。   この方法では、混合石油残留物の脱水、脱塩が同時に行われ、回転振動装置の振動キャビテーションの振動により機械的不純物及び硫黄が除去され、炭化水素塊が二段階加熱され、循環及び再循環される。   この方法を実施するために、装置は、原料準備容器（１）、（２）に内蔵された回転振動装置（１５）を持ち、それは縦型管状炉（４）である原料加熱装置に接続されている。この炉は、コイルと円錐状孔のある多孔板のバーナーを持つ。炉（４）は、容器（２）と接続された真空蒸留器（５）である蒸留ユニットと接続されている。   この発明は、炉、ボイラー等の燃料製造に利用できる。
Patent JP-2005505373-A (JP)
Title: オブジェクトの身体活動の程度を測定するシステム及び方法
IPC: A61B5/22
Filed: 2002-09-30
Abstract: 本発明は、所定の期間においてオブジェクトの身体活動の客観的測定値として身体活動レベル（ＰＡＬ）を計算するシステム及び方法に関する。システム（１）は、オブジェクトの加速度を測定する直交して実装された３つの加速度計（４,５及び６）を有する活動モニタ（２）と、データ処理手段（７）と、メモリ手段（８）とを有する。活動モニタ（２）は、ＰＡＬを計算する計算手段（３）と通信するための通信手段（１２）をさらに有する。請求項記載の方法によれば、計算手段は、次のアルゴリズムを用いる。ＰＡＬ＝係数１＋係数２＊（変数１） 係数３ ＋係数４＊（変数２） 係数５ ＋・・・＋係数（２ｎ）＊（変数ｎ） 係数（２ｎ   +   １） である。ここで、変数１から変数ｎはオブジェクト及び／又はシステムに関連し、係数１から係数２ｎ＋１は、システムの検証により定められる。