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Patent JP-2016109353-A (JP)
Title: Control device and control method
Inventor: YAMAMOTO YUKA
IPC: F25B27/00
Filed: 2014-12-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device which economically activates an air conditioner in consideration of desired temperature and the like a user requests.SOLUTION: A control device 100 controlling an air conditioner 300 having a function for adjusting temperature to a designated target temperature and receiving power supply from a storage battery 200, includes: a reception part 110 which receives input showing a service-time zone and a desired temperature; a weather information acquisition part 120 which acquires weather information; a specification part 140 which specifies usable electric energy from the storage battery 200 in the service-time zone; a determination part 150 which determines a target temperature on the basis of the electric energy specified by the specification part 140, the desired temperature, the service-time zone and the weather information; and a control part 160 which designates the target temperature determined by the determination part 150 and activates the air conditioner 300 in the service-time zone.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2016111827-A (JP)
Title: Control device for switched reluctance motor
Inventor: NIWA WATARU
IPC: H02P25/08
Filed: 2014-12-05
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a switched reluctance (SR) motor capable of reducing a loss with switching.SOLUTION: A control device 30 is configured to control the SR motor including a plurality of coils 22u, 22v and 22w. The plurality of coils 22u, 22v and 22w crosslink with each other, and electrification directions of a pair of coils neighboring in a circumferential direction are reverse to each other. The control device comprises: period setting means for setting electrification periods of two coils at which the electrification order is continued before and after, while partially overlapping the electrification periods with each other; and electrification control means by which an application voltage of one coil is made larger than an application voltage to the other coil during a period in which the electrification periods of two coils are overlapped, such that a current of the other coil is increased by mutual magnetic flux interference between the coils.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016108622-A (JP)
Title: Oil content separation method and oil content separator for metal cutting chip
Inventor: ONO NOBUYUKI
IPC: C22B1/00
Filed: 2014-12-08
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the bulk density of a metal cutting chip and also to inexpensively and effectively separate an oil content from the metal cutting chip.SOLUTION: Provided is an oil separation method where, from a metal cutting chip 1 stuck with an oil content and moisture, the oil content is separated, containing a step where the metal cutting chip 1 is cracked and a step where an extraction agent is added to the cracked metal cutting chip 1, thus the oil content is separated from the metal cutting chip 1, and, in the step of separating the oil content, the metal cutting chip 1 is vibrated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10
Patent JP-2016109238-A (JP)
Title: Cage for non-circulation type ball screw and non-circulation type ball screw
Inventor: YAMAMOTO KAZUFUMI
IPC: F16C31/04
Filed: 2014-12-09
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cage for a non-circulation type ball screw which can be more smoothly operated by reducing a friction force between a ball and the cage, and a non-circulation type ball having the cage.SOLUTION: This cage 20 is constituted of a group of two cylindrical divided components 21, 22 which are divided along an axial direction. The two divided components 21, 22 have spiral protrusions 23 which are spirally formed along a screw shaft 1 or a screw groove of a nut 2, the spiral protrusions 23 are formed while protruding toward the outside rather than a cylindrical external peripheral face of the cage 20, a plurality of ball-holding ball attachment parts 24 are protrusively formed at the divided components 21, 22 along the spiral protrusions 23, and the divided components 21, 22 are formed of synthetic resin materials or soft metal materials which are lower than an iron-group material in hardness.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2015201620-A (JP)
Title: Embedded chip manufacturing method
Inventor: DROR HURWITZ
IPC: H01L21/60
Filed: 2014-12-10
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing an embedded die package.SOLUTION: The method comprises: a step of obtaining a honeycomb array of a chip socket; a step of placing the honeycomb array on a transparent tape so that the lower surface thereof makes contact with the transparent tape; a step of arranging a die as a flip chip so that the lower surface thereof makes contact with the transparent tape; a step of aligning a chip with a via post using optical imaging through the tape; a step of embedding the chip by applying and curing a packing material over and around the chip; a step of exposing an upper end of the via by thinning and flattening the packing material; a step of removing the transparent tape; a step of connecting a terminal of each die with a through via by applying a conductive feature layer to the lower surface of the honeycomb array and the lower surface of the chip; a step of applying the conductive feature layer so that a conductor extends over each chip from the through via; and a step of creating a separated die including an embedded chip by dicing the array.
Patent JP-2016112981-A (JP)
Title: Webbing winding device
Inventor: MIURA KENGO
IPC: B60R22/46
Filed: 2014-12-12
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a webbing winding device capable of efficiently moving a moving member by gas pressure and lowering gas pressure in a cylinder after the end of movement of a pretensioner.SOLUTION: A webbing winding device 10 is configured such that the sealing performance of a cylinder 38 by a first piston 50 is higher than that of the cylinder 38 by a second piston 56 provided closer to the axial base end side of the cylinder 38 than the first piston 50. Thus, a first moving member 52 can be efficiently moved by gas pressure until the first piston 50 is moved to a vehicle rear side behind the opening 74 of the cylinder 38. After the first piston 50 is moved to the vehicle rear side behind the opening 74 of the cylinder 38, gas pressure in the cylinder 38 can be lowered by discharging gas from the opening 74 side of the cylinder 38.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2016112189-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: ICHIHARA AKIYUKI
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 2014-12-15
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of continuously providing players with a feeling of expectation for an offer of an advantageous privilege.SOLUTION: A game machine includes a pseudo game of allowing a player to simulatively execute a game as a reel performance and, when the pseudo game is executed, a probability of temporarily stationarily displaying a display winning combination in which a CZ transfer lottery is executed as a performance lottery related to an AT state, is higher than a probability of a case where a weak rare replay or a strong rare replay is stationarily displayed when the respective reels are stopped in a real game. When determining to cause reel control means 24 to execute the pseudo game, reel performance determination means 29 transfers a game state to a latent state that is continued at least until a total of the number of the executed real games becomes a predetermined number of games and, after termination of the latent state, causes the reel control means 24 to execute the pseudo game. Performance control means 30 causes a performance device 80 to execute a suggestion performance suggesting that the pseudo game may be executed by the reel control means 24 in a game to be executed from when the game state is transferred to the latent game till the latent state is terminated.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2015083009-A (JP)
Title: Nutritionally balanced food or beverage product
Inventor: RYAN GLENDA
IPC: A23L21/25
Filed: 2014-12-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nutritionally balanced food or beverage product suitable for use as a partial or total meal replacement, where for any given quantity consumed the relative ratios of calories, protein, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, sugar, fiber and one or more vitamins and minerals are nutritionally balanced.SOLUTION: A complete serving of a food or beverage product contains 10% to 33.3% of the recommended daily intake of calories, protein, fat and carbohydrate specified in the Australia-New Zealand Joint Food Standards Code.
Patent JP-2016114017-A (JP)
Title: Control device for nitrogen oxide concentration detector
Inventor: SAKUMOTO KOJI
IPC: F01N3/08
Filed: 2014-12-17
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device for a nitrogen oxide concentration detector capable of elongating a service life of a heater by suppressing thinning of a resistance strand.SOLUTION: In a control device 134 for a nitrogen oxide concentration detector for controlling operations of an exhaust upstream-side nitrogen oxide concentration detector 110 and an exhaust downstream-side nitrogen oxide concentration detector 111 having a detecting element 132 disposed in an exhaust pipe 102 of an internal combustion engine 101 in an automobile and detecting a concentration of nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine 101 and a heater 133 for heating the detecting element 132, a heating temperature adjustment portion 135 is disposed to increase a temperature of the heater 133 to a first target temperature T1 after start of the internal combustion engine 101, and decreasing the temperature of the heater 133 to a second target temperature T2 lower than the first target temperature T1 when the exhaust upstream-side nitrogen oxide concentration detector 110 and the exhaust downstream-side nitrogen oxide concentration detector 111 are not used even after the start of the internal combustion engine 101.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016114568-A (JP)
Title: Track bed shape measurement method
Inventor: ARAKI DAICHI
IPC: G01C3/06
Filed: 2014-12-18
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a track bed shape measurement method capable of being easily executed using a vehicle traveling on a track.SOLUTION: A track bed shape measurement device 100 comprising: a base camera 11; a reference camera 12; a three-axis acceleration sensor 13; and a distance sensor 14, is installed to a vehicle, the vehicle is made to travel on a rail of a track, a track bed of the track is imaged, and shape measurement is performed by a binocular vision stereo method for detecting a cross section of the track bed. In the track bed shape measurement method, two-dimensional image processing for calculating only a desired cross section, by setting a virtual measurement cross section, is executed. The two-dimensional image processing combines a technique for performing projective transformation of an image by homography matrix, and a technique for performing matching of the images of the base camera and reference camera, thereby a calculation amount is significantly reduced, for detecting the cross section of the track bed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016123153-A (JP)
Title: Switching power supply circuit
Inventor: YOROZU YASUAKI
IPC: H02M3/155
Filed: 2014-12-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a switching power supply circuit capable of making a switching frequency high.SOLUTION: The switching power supply circuit comprises: a first transistor (9) which converts a fed-back output voltage into a current; a delay circuit (101) including complementary inverter circuits (14 and 15) which output inverted signals of an input signal (17), a second transistor (13) which changes currents of the inverter circuits (14 and 15) based on the current that is converted by the first transistor (9), and a capacitor (16) to be charged or discharged with a delay based on an output signal of an inverter circuit (9) of which the current is changed by the second transistor (13); a logical element (19) for generating a PWM waveform of which either the rise or the fall is delayed based on the input signal (17) and output of the delay circuit (101); and a switching circuit (51) that is driven on the basis of the PWM waveform.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2016123162-A (JP)
Title: Non-contact power supply system, power transmitter, and foreign matter detection method
Inventor: FUKAE TADAMASA
IPC: B60L11/18
Filed: 2014-12-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a non-contact power supply system, power transmitter, and foreign matter detection method that are capable of securely detecting a foreign matter between a power transmission coil and power reception coil without being influenced by fluctuations in signal intensity caused by an external factor.SOLUTION: A non-contact power supply system for non-contact supplying power from a power transmission coil 32L of a power transmitter A1 to a power reception coil of a power receiver includes: the power receiver for generating a spread spectrum signal obtained by performing spread spectrum modulation using a reference PN code to transmit the generated signal; the power transmitter A1 comprising a reception antenna 43 for receiving the transmitted spread spectrum signal; a despread demodulation circuit 44 that generates a demodulation PN code whose series is the same as that of the reference PN code, gradually changes the demodulation PN code's phase, and detects a correlation characteristic with a reception PN code included in the spread spectrum signal received by the reception antenna 43; and a communication control unit 45 that detects a foreign matter between the power transmission coil 32L and the power reception coil.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5
Patent JP-2016122709-A (JP)
Title: Manufacturing method of print circuit board
Inventor: ITO YUKI
IPC: H05K3/46
Filed: 2014-12-24
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent short-circuit between patterns of a wiring layer of a print circuit board and to improve quality of a connection part to other substrate.SOLUTION: When forming a conductor post by electric plating on a first pattern 21a of a wiring layer 21, a second plating resist film 85b, for forming an electric plating film 250 of the conductor post, is formed while keeping a first plating resist film 85a, for forming the pattern of the wiring layer 21, remained, and the first and second plating resist layers 85a, 85b are collectively removed after forming the conductor post.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1E
Patent JP-2016121616-A (JP)
Title: Rotor
Inventor: RYU HIROSHI
IPC: F03D80/00
Filed: 2014-12-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve stability of power generation efficiency with respect to fluctuation in speed or direction of fluid.SOLUTION: A rotor 1 for a wind hydraulic machine of this invention includes a hub 10 supported to a main shaft, and a blade 20 of which a base end 21 is connected to the hub. On a projection surface vertical to a rotational center axial line O of the rotor, a front edge 31 of the blade has front edge crest parts 36, 37 that are positioned only at two different rotor radial direction positions and project in a crest manner on a rotor rotational direction front side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016122352-A (JP)
Title: Water repellent mechanism and display device and signal having the water repellent mechanism
Inventor: HIGUCHI TAKUYA
IPC: G08G1/095
Filed: 2014-12-25
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water repellent mechanism capable of removing dry snow, wet snow, frost, ice, or water droplet having different characteristics, and capable of maintaining water repellency for a long period of time, and also a display device and a signal having the water repellent mechanism.SOLUTION: A water repellent mechanism 10 includes: an optical member 60 configured to transmit or reflect light; and a water repellent film 1 having a water-repellent function. Part or all of the optical member 60 includes a heating body 5 for heating the optical member 60. A display device and a signal having the water repellent mechanism 10 are also provided.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016127362-A (JP)
Title: Clock data regeneration circuit and clock data regeneration method
Inventor: SAITO FUTOSHI
IPC: G06F1/12
Filed: 2014-12-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a clock data regeneration circuit capable of regenerating a clock simultaneously with data reception.SOLUTION: A clock data regeneration circuit includes an up/down counter for counting up or counting down by the value of input data, a determination threshold calculation circuit for calculating first and second determination thresholds from the dara rate expected value for the input data, a data determination circuit for comparing the count value of the up/down counter with the first and second determination thresholds, and a clock regeneration circuit for generating a clock from the comparison result of the data determination circuit. The determination threshold calculation circuit adds or subtracts the dara rate expected value for the first and second determination thresholds, respectively, with the changing timing of the comparison result from the data determination circuit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2016124050-A (JP)
Title: Impact rotary tool
Inventor: MIYAZAKI HIROSHI
IPC: B25B21/02
Filed: 2014-12-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an impact rotary tool capable of reducing the loss of a switching element and an oscillatory sound result from a PWM control.SOLUTION: A control circuit 40 of an impact rotary tool 11 comprises: not only a PWM control part 41 for generating a PWM control signal but also an impact detector 42 for detecting the occurrence or nonoccurrence of an impact striking; and a control frequency switching part 43 for switching the control frequency of the PWM control signal into a control frequency within an audible range or a control frequency over the audible range. The control circuit 40 switches the control frequency of the PWM control signal into a control frequency higher than an audible range, in the case where it detects the state of no impact striking, and switches the control frequency of the PWM control signal into a control frequency within the audible range, in the case where it detects the state of the impact striking.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Patent JP-2016123312-A (JP)
Title: Production method of retort sausage
Inventor: ARAKI YUJI
IPC: A23L13/60
Filed: 2014-12-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method of retort sausage, in which a syneresis ratio by compression and heating sterilization, is reduced, for maintaining juicy feeling of sausage, and while maintaining adhesion of sausage meat to an artificial casing, removal of the sausage meat from the artificial casing is facilitated, in production of the retort sausage.SOLUTION: When carrageenan is blended in a raw material, and compression and heating sterilization equal to or higher than F6 is performed, a syneresis ratio is lower than that in a conventional production method, and removal of sausage meat from a casing is significantly simplified, and retort sausage excellent in flavoring such as juicy feeling is produced.SELECTED DRAWING: None
Patent JP-2016053939-A (JP)
Title: Detection device, detection system, and program
Inventor: TAKENOUCHI TOSHIHARU
IPC: G08B13/196
Filed: 2014-12-26
Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detection device, detection system, and program that can suppress incorrect determination of the presence/absence of a person even when a sudden change of light occurs in a detection area of an analysis image.SOLUTION: A detection part 31 detects the presence/absence of a person in a detection area of an analysis image photographed by an imaging part 2. A determination part 34 determines the presence/absence of a person in the detection area on the basis of a result of the detection by the detection part 31. A derivation part 33 derives the size of a luminance change area where the amount of change in luminance in a predetermined period T1 in the detection area is equal to or larger than a first threshold S1. A judging part 35 judges that a change of light is present when the size of the luminance change area is equal to or larger than a second threshold S2. When the judging part 35 judges that a change of light is present, the determination part 34 does not adopt the result of the detection by the detection part 31.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Patent JP-2014516382-A (JP)
Title: タンタル金属の表面を不動態化させるための方法およびそのための装置
IPC: B22F1/02
Filed: 2011-03-23
Abstract: タンタル金属の表面を不動態化させるための方法は、タンタル金属を３２℃以下まで冷却すること、および／またはタンタル金属の表面を０℃以下の温度を有する酸素含有ガスによって不動態化させることを含む。この方法を適用するための、タンタル金属の表面を不動態化させるための装置も提供され、この装置は、熱処理炉、アルゴンを強制的に冷却するための装置、および／または酸素含有ガスを冷却するための装置を含む。 【選択図】図４
Patent JP-2014511143-A (JP)
Title: フレキシブルな靴底
IPC: A43B13/37
Filed: 2012-03-23
Abstract: 本発明の実施形態は、一般に、１つの履物に対する用途に適合された複合材要素に関する。当該複合材要素は、一般に、第１の剛性を有する第１の部分と、第２の異なる剛性を有する第２の部分とを具備する。第１の部分および第２の部分は、それぞれ、少なくとも１つの繊維強化層を具備し、かつ、履く人の特徴およびその履物の使用目的のうちの少なくとも一方に応じた所望の剛性を実現できるように構成されている。
Patent JP-2014515812-A (JP)
Title: 力を伝達するための装置
IPC: F16H47/08
Filed: 2012-04-18
Abstract: 発明は、一定速度の駆動アセンブリ（２）に連結された入力軸（４）から、可変速度の作動機械（３）に連結された出力軸（６）まで、力を伝達する装置（１）で、流体力学的なトランスデューサー（２０）と、遊星歯車装置（１）として設計され、遊星歯車装置の要素としてリングギヤ（１２）と、太陽歯車（１３）と、複数の遊星歯車（１５）を有する遊星キャリヤ（１４）とを備える差動伝動装置とを備えた装置に関する。発明は、流体力学的なトランスデューサーが逆運動トランスデューサーとして設計され、入力軸が流体力学的なトランスデューサーのポンプインペラ（７）と、遊星歯車装置の第１の要素（１４）とに直接連結され、流体力学的なタンスデューサーのタービンホイール（１０）が遊星歯車装置の第２の要素（１３）に直接連結され、出力軸が遊星歯車装置の第３の要素に少なくとも間接的に連結されていることを特徴とする。
Patent JP-2014517506-A (JP)
Title: Ｉｖ族またはｉｖ−ｉｖ族材料上のｉｉｉ−ｖ族材料に関する界面電荷を予防する核形成層を有する半導体構造
IPC: H01L21/203
Filed: 2012-03-09
Abstract: 半導体構造体は、IV族材料またはIV-IV族材料と; IV族材料またはIV-IV族材料の表面の上に60%以上のアルミニウム含有III族窒化物またはAlN層の核形成層と、核形成層の上のIII-V族材料の層を有し、核形成層および核形成層の上のIII-V族材料の層が異なる結晶構造を有する。ある実施形態では、III-V族核形成層は窒化物であり、核形成層の上のIII-V族材料は、非窒化物（例えばヒ化物（例えばGaAs）、リン化物（例えばInP）またはアンチモン化合物（例えばInSb））またはそれらの合金である。
Patent JP-2014513799-A (JP)
Title: 可変角ラマン分光法により検体を評価するための方法及び装置
IPC: G01N21/65
Filed: 2012-04-27
Abstract: 電磁放射線を複数の入射角で調査中の検体と交差させて、各角度でラマン散乱スペクトルを提供させる可変角度ラマン分光法のためのシステム及び方法が説明される。複数の入射角でかかるスペクトルを測定する１つの使用例は、検体の複数の深度における評価を可能にする。多くの実装において、入射角の範囲は、臨界角、及び臨界角の両側も含む。 【選択図】図２
Patent JP-2014522592-A (JP)
Title: マルチパスオーバーレイネットワークおよびそのマルチパス管理プロトコル
IPC: H04L47/40
Filed: 2012-05-25
Abstract: ワイヤレス通信の方法は、ソースノード（２１０）からのストリーミング通信セッションにおけるデータを宛先アグリゲータノード（２２０）に集約することを含み、ストリーミングセッションにおけるデータは、ソースノードおよびアグリゲータノードによって発見された、ソースヘルパーノード（２１５）とアグリゲータヘルパーノード（２２５）とを含むマルチパスオーバーレイネットワークにより、ソースノードからアグリゲータノードへの複数のパスを介してトランスポートされる。
Patent JP-2014524062-A (JP)
Title: ライブビューの拡張
IPC: G06T19/00
Filed: 2012-05-25
Abstract: 関連付けられたコンテンツとともにリアルタイムで捕捉および表示されるオブジェクトの画像を拡張するための技法が開示される。一実施形態において、画像を拡張する方法は、実質的にリアルタイムで電子デバイスによって捕捉されるビデオのサンプリングされたフレームを定義する情報を受信することと、受信された情報に基づいて、サンプリングされたフレーム内に捕捉されるオブジェクトを表す情報を決定することと、決定された情報を複数の品目を定義する記憶された情報と一致させて、捕捉されたオブジェクトと一致した品目を見つけることと、一致した品目に関連付けられたコンテンツを読み出すことと、電子デバイス上に前記捕捉された画像とともに表示するための前記読み出されたコンテンツを提供することとを含む。読み出されたコンテンツは、電子デバイス上に表示される捕捉された画像をオーバーレイするオーバーレイ要素内でレンダリングされ得る。レンダリングされたコンテンツは、ユーザが該コンテンツと対話できるように構成される。 【選択図】  図２
Patent JP-2014522786-A (JP)
Title: 異種物品の群を含むパケットを製造するための包装方法および包装機
IPC: B65B61/20
Filed: 2012-06-29
Abstract: 異種物品の群（３）を含むパケット（１）を製造するための包装方法および包装機である。包装機は、群形成ポケット（２８）を有する群形成コンベヤ（２６）であって、該群形成ポケット（２８）内において物品の群（３）が形成されるようになっている群形成コンベヤ（２６）と、第１の送給ステーション（２９）であって、該第１の送給ステーション（２９）において第１の物品（６）が群形成ポケット（２８）内に挿入されるようになっている第１の送給ステーション（２９）と、第１の送給ステーション（２９）の下流の第２の送給ステーション（３０）であって、該第２の送給ステーション（３０）において少なくとも第１の物品（６）と異なる第２の物品（４）が群形成ポケット（２８）内に挿入され、第１の物品（６）の上に載置されるようになっている第２の送給ステーション（３０）と、包装ユニット（２５）であって、第１の移送ステーション（３１）において物品の群（３）を群形成コンベヤ（２６）の群形成ポケット（２８）から受け取り、ブランク（２２）を物品の群（３）の周りに折り畳み、物品の群（３）の周りを覆って物品の群（３）を収容する容器（２）を形成するようになっている包装ユニット（２５）とを備えている。
Patent JP-2014522971-A (JP)
Title: 鋼部材、特に歯車の肌焼又は窒化の有効深さを求める装置及び方法
IPC: G01N25/18
Filed: 2012-07-04
Abstract: 鋼部材の肌焼又は窒化の有効深さを求める装置１が、測定される部材２０の所定の部分を走査する可変周波数放射を生成するレーザー光源１０を備える測定ヘッド２と、測定される部材によって生成される赤外線放射を検出するように構成される赤外線検出器１６と、受信した赤外線放射スペクトルの算出手段１７と、進化型測定器３とを備える。進化型測定器は測定ヘッド２に接続され、開始プロファイルと受信した赤外線放射のスペクトルとに基づいて、測定される部材の硬度プロファイルを算出するのに適した第１の算出手段２６、４０〜５６と、算出された硬度プロファイルから有効肌焼深さを算出するのに適した第２の算出手段２６、５８とを備える。 【選択図】図２