Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090082063 | Method and system for providing a multimedia presentation to a mobile device user - There is provided a method for use by a mobile device for providing an entertainment presentation to a user. The method comprises downloading a multimedia presentation control software by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device includes a controller and a smart chip operable to support electronic commerce transactions, registering a first action by the mobile device in response to a first smart chip event caused by the user, activating a function of the multimedia presentation control software in response to the first action, and providing the entertainment presentation to the user of the mobile device using the multimedia presentation control software. | 03-26-2009 |
20100174208 | LIVING BODY MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A living body measurement apparatus according to the present invention functions both as a muscular tissue hardness tester for measuring hardness of muscular tissue of a living body and as an algesiometer for measuring a degree of sense of pain of the living body, and the apparatus includes: an contacting section which includes a first contact surface contacting the living body, and which applies pressure to the living body; an auxiliary section which includes a second contact surface contacting the living body, and which supports the second contact surface so that the second contact surface perform reciprocating movement between a coplanar position in which the second contact surface is disposed substantially coplanar with the first contact surface and a retracted position in which the second contact surface is retracted with respect to the first contact surface; and a locking mechanism which locks the auxiliary section in a state in which the second contact surface is disposed at the retracted position. | 07-08-2010 |
20100328756 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An electrophoretic displaying apparatus, comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate placed opposite with a predetermined interval; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the first substrate; signal lines arranged between the adjoining pixel electrodes; an opposed electrode provided on the second substrate; partition walls provided to stand toward the second substrate over the signal lines of the first substrate so as to enclose the plurality of pixel electrodes; and solvents severally containing a plurality of particles dispersed therein to be filled up in regions enclosed by the partition walls, wherein antireflective layer is formed on the first substrate correspondingly to the partition walls, and the signal lines is formed on a layer between the partition walls and the antireflective layer. | 12-30-2010 |
20110130682 | MUSCLE HARDNESS METER - A muscle hardness meter according to the present invention, which measures the hardness of muscle tissue of a living organism, includes: an auxiliary part which touches a periphery of a section of the living organism to be measured so as to apply pressure to the periphery; a touching part which touches the section to be measured so as to apply pressure to the section to be measured; a first pressure sensor which measures pressures that the touching part and the auxiliary part sustain, respectively, from the section to be measured and the periphery, and outputs a first measurement result; a second pressure sensor which measures a pressure that the touching part sustains from the section to be measured, and outputs a second measurement result; a notification part which notifies the second measurement result; and a control part which determines whether or not the first measurement result reaches a reference pressure value input in advance and notifies the second measurement result to the notification part at a time when it is determined that the first measurement result reaches the reference value. | 06-02-2011 |
20110144541 | BIOMETRIC DATA-MEASURING INSTRUMENT, BIOMETRIC DATA-MEASURING SYSTEM, MUSCLE STRENGTH METER, AND MUSCLE STRENGTH-MEASURING SYSTEM - A biometric data-measuring instrument that measures data relating to a living organism by applying pressure to the living organism. The instrument includes: a casing, an auxiliary contacting part that extends from the casing, the auxiliary contacting part being contacted against a vicinity of a point to be measured on the living organism and applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, a main contacting part that, in a state where the auxiliary contacting part is applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, is contacted against the point to be measured and applies pressure to the point to be measured in the direction in which the auxiliary contacting part is applying pressure to the vicinity of the point to be measured, a pressure sensor that is provided inside the casing and measures a pressure that the main contacting part receives from the point to be measured, and a biometric data display unit that is provided on the casing and displays the measured biometric data. A tip of the auxiliary contacting part extends outward from a base side thereof. | 06-16-2011 |
20120019896 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other at a predetermined interval; a plurality of pixel electrodes which are aligned on the first substrate; a wiring which is arranged between adjacent pixel electrodes among the pixel electrodes; an opposite electrode which is provided on the second substrate; a partition wall which is provided above the wiring of the first substrate to stand toward the second substrate so as to surround the pixel electrodes; and a solvent which fills up a space surrounded by the partition wall and in which a plurality of particles are dispersed. The partition wall has a rectangular shape including four sides, at least one of which partially has an expanded-width portion wider than other portion of the at least one of the four sides. | 01-26-2012 |
20130070643 | NETWORK SELECTION SUPPORTING METHOD AND NETWORK SELECTION SUPPORTING APPARATUS - To support selection of a communication system of a network applied to an FA system of a user, a network selection supporting method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a condition displaying step of displaying, on a condition input screen, one or a plurality of selection conditions set in advance related to the communication system of the network applied to the FA system, a condition receiving step of receiving an input of a selection condition desired by the user among the selection conditions displayed on the condition input screen, a communication system searching step of searching through a communication system database and finding a communication system matching the input selection condition, and a communication system list displaying step of displaying a search result of the communication system on the communication system list display screen as a list. | 03-21-2013 |
20150109638 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes mobile terminals and image forming apparatuses, in which one image forming apparatus receives setting information to be used in order to use the image forming apparatus, the setting information being stored in one mobile terminal and able to be transmitted to another mobile terminal that will use another image forming apparatus based on the setting information. The one image forming apparatus determines whether the setting information is to be changed based on a comparison between the ability of the image forming apparatuses and, when determining that the setting information is to be changed, changes the setting information and send the changed setting information to the other mobile terminal. | 04-23-2015 |