Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080238414 | MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURING SENSOR, MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR FUNCTION ANALYZING APPARATUS - A motion sensor for measuring motion information of a subject comprises a coil substrate having transmitting or receiving coils piled one on top of another and a holder in which the coil substrate is mounted. Formed on the holder are curved surfaces to which an adhesive sheet is stuck and at which the holder is attached to a nail of a subject via the adhesive sheet. Further, there is provided a casing where first and second containing space are formed to contain measurement instruments including an adhesive member where a plurality of the adhesive sheets are laid one on top of another, the motion sensor, and the like. | 10-02-2008 |
20080284413 | Method and system for detection of biomaterials using magnetic marker - Accurate measurement cannot be performed due to magnetic signals from magnetic impurities included in a specimen container. By finding a difference between two measurement signals obtained by applying an external magnetic field for orientation to respective normal and reverse directions, the magnetic signals from the magnetic impurities included in the specimen container which are not dependent on the external magnetic field for orientation can be cancelled. The influence of the magnetic impurities included in the specimen container is reduced, and the signal of the intended bound magnetic marker can be measured with high sensitivity. | 11-20-2008 |
20080306373 | Swallowing test apparatus - Disclosed is a swallowing test apparatus including a laryngeal part displacement detection apparatus for detecting a distance of two positions located laterally at a laryngeal part of a subject, a swallowing sound detection apparatus for detecting a swallowing sound of the patient during swallowing, a display, a processing apparatus for displaying a waveform representing the distance of the two positions at the laryngeal part generated based on a signal obtained from the laryngeal part displacement detection apparatus, and a waveform representing the swallowing sound generated based on a signal obtained from the swallowing sound detection apparatus on the display. | 12-11-2008 |
20090118648 | LIVING BODY INSPECTION SYSTEM, LIVING BODY INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND LIVING BODY INSPECTION METHOD - Motion of fingers of a subject is dynamically analyzed to provide an estimation index in a hardness of a muscle used in the motion of the fingers. A processing part calculates a speed and acceleration of two fingers on the basis of the motion data of the fingers obtained by a tapping detecting unit, calculates a ratio between the speed and the acceleration, and calculates as an estimation index a mechanical impedance regarding extending force of the fingers and a mechanical impedance regarding opening and closing force of the fingers by applying the calculated ratio to a predetermined equation based on a muscle dynamic model. | 05-07-2009 |
20090143665 | MAGNETIC DETECTION COIL AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT - It is an aspect of the present invention to provide a magnetic detection coil | 06-04-2009 |
20090192418 | Moving Body Inspection Apparatus And Method of Comparing Phases Between Movement Waveforms - In a moving body inspection apparatus, sequential waveform data obtained from a movement sensor is analyzed, wherein a plurality of waveforms from the waveform data is generated; phases compared among a plurality of movement waveforms; and a result of comparing phases are displayed. A partial waveform in a frequency analysis time interval having a predetermined length is extracted from a plurality of the movement waveforms. A frequency analysis operation is performed for the extracted partial waveforms to calculate phases at maximum power frequencies in the frequency analysis time interval; a phase difference is calculated among a plurality of the movement waveforms. The peaks may be detected in a plurality of movement waveforms. Peak intervals are calculated as time intervals between adjoining peaks. The peaks among the movement waveforms are matched. Phase differences are calculated among a plurality of the movement waveforms. | 07-30-2009 |
20100106060 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING FINGER-TAPPING FORCE - In a bioinstrument system S of the present invention, a processor unit | 04-29-2010 |
20110054361 | MOTOR FUNCTION ESTIMATING SYSTEM, MOTOR FUNCTION ESTIMATING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The motor function estimating system | 03-03-2011 |
20110230789 | SENSOR FOR MEASURING MOTOR FUNCTION, A PLASTIC BAND, AND A DEVICE FOR MEASURING MOTOR FUNCTION - This invention provides a sensor or its related art to be easily used for measuring motor function of living body. This invention relates to a sensor for measuring motor function, which includes a magnetic field generator attached to one of two predetermined positions in a living body changing mutual distance caused by an action of the living body to have a coil board generating a magnetic field by electrification, and a magnetic field detector attached to the other of the two predetermined positions in the living body to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator and have the coil board generating an electric current having a magnitude corresponding to a strength of the magnetic field as detected. Furthermore, each of the magnetic field generator and the magnetic field detector is provided with plastics covering a whole coil board thereof. | 09-22-2011 |
20110267042 | MOTOR FUNCTION ANALYZING APPARATUS - It is an object of the present invention to provide a motor function analyzing apparatus which simplifies a calibration measurement necessary before measuring a finger tapping motion, and which is capable of evaluating a motor function highly precisely. The present invention provides a motor function analyzing apparatus which simplifies a calibration measurement necessary before measuring a finger tapping motion, and which is capable of evaluating a motor function highly precisely by using a calibration point unique to each apparatus and a calibration point unique to each subject. | 11-03-2011 |
20130085417 | DEGREE OF HARDNESS MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND DEGREE OF HARDNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD - For measuring hardness of an object, a measurement apparatus is pushed against the object and a degree of hardness calculation system calculates hardness based on information from the measurement apparatus. The measurement apparatus includes an acceleration sensor which outputs first information of acceleration of a contact area of the measurement apparatus, and a second sensor, such as a magnetic sensor or a pressure sensor, which outputs second information based on pressure applied to the contact area. The degree of hardness calculation system generates a second-derivative waveform by twice differentiating a waveform based on the output of the second sensor, compares the second-derivative waveform and the information of acceleration from the acceleration sensor, and calculates hardness of the object based on the comparison result. | 04-04-2013 |
20130121879 | Magnetic-Field Measurement Device - The disclosed magnetic immunoassay device, which performs magnetic immunoassays using antigen-antibody reactions, can perform speedy immunoassays without bound/free separation in the test samples. The device is also practical, being capable of stable magnetism measurement without magnetic shielding. The disclosed magnetic immunoassay device is provided with: an excitation coil that uses an AC magnetic field to magnetize a test sample containing a magnetic marker; a magnetism sensor that measures magnetism in the test sample and outputs a magnetism signal; and a displacement sensor for detecting changes in the distance between the test sample and the magnetism sensor. By optimally setting the bandwidth of a lock-in amplifier, which detects changes in the phase of the magnetism signal outputted by the magnetism sensor, and the rotational speed produced by a drive system, which moves the test sample at low speeds, the impact of environment magnetic noise is reduced, and correcting the magnetism signal using distance information obtained from the displacement sensor allows stable magnetism measurement. | 05-16-2013 |
20130226049 | COMPRESSION DEPTH CALCULATION SYSTEM AND COMPRESSION DEPTH CALCULATION METHOD - It is an object to calculate a compression depth easily with high degree of accuracy. The present invention provides a compression depth calculation system | 08-29-2013 |
20130265042 | Optical Pumping Magnetometer - Stable magnetic field measurement is enabled without collapse of polarization or fluctuation of intensity of a laser beam incident on a glass cell of an optical pumping magnetic sensor. Excitation light generated with a light source, having optimized light intensity and polarized wave, through frequency stabilization, intensity control and polarized-wave control, is introduced via a polarized wave holding optical fiber to a magnetic sensor provided in a magnetic shield, and magnetic field measurement is performed by optical pumping using magneto-optical properties of spin-polarized alkali metal. The magnetic sensor has a structure where a lens, a polarization optical device, the glass cell and a photodetector, are integrally accommodated in a non-magnetic case. | 10-10-2013 |
20130288384 | MAGNETIC IMMUNOASSAY USING AC SUSCEPTIBILITY MEASUREMENT - In a magnetic immunoassay using AC magnetic susceptibility measurement, a signal from non-coupled magnetic particles is prevented to mix with a desired measurement signal from magnetic particles coupled with an object to be measured. A sample vessel in which a mixed solution of an inspection objective sample and the magnetic particles are included is carried by a sample support, such that a precipitation of the magnetic particle coupled with the object to be measured dispersed in the solution by a magnetic field from a dissociating coil is promoted. Next, the sample vessel is carried to the magnetizing coil and the magnetic signal from the non-coupled magnetic particle remaining in a supernatant in the vessel is peculiarly measured by an MR sensor to perform AC magnetic susceptibility measurement with high precision. | 10-31-2013 |
20140132257 | MAGNETIC DETECTION DEVICE - To increase an output from a magnetoresistive element without using a special magnetic material, provided is a magnetic detection device including a magnetoresistive element including a ferromagnetic reference layer having a fixed magnetization direction, to which a spin wave induction layer is connected, so that the spin wave induction layer injects, into the ferromagnetic reference layer, electrons having spins in a specific direction by a spin electromotive force internally generated. | 05-15-2014 |
20140304213 | REGRESSION ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND REGRESSION ANALYSIS METHOD THAT PERFORM DISCRIMINATION AND REGRESSION SIMULTANEOUSLY - The present invention solves a problem that there may be a case that an estimated value of regression cannot be calculated depending on a discrimination result when a regression method is applied after a discrimination method, and has a purpose to obtain an estimating equation with high accuracy even when the number of sample groups to which the regression method is applied is small. | 10-09-2014 |
20140306700 | MAGNETIC FIELD MEASURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In order to provide a magnetic field measuring apparatus facilitating the pressure control in a gas cell, or capable of inspecting the internal pressure of the gas cell without using any special process, the magnetic field measuring apparatus is configured such that a process layer of the magnetic field measuring apparatus has such a structure that includes a first hollow portion and a second hollow portion provided opposed to first hollow portion with a first isolation wall interposed therebetween. Alternatively, a method for manufacturing the magnetic field measuring apparatus includes breaking the first isolation wall after generating alkali metal (FIG. | 10-16-2014 |