Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho

Masato Nishikawa

Chikao Nagasaka

Yoshimasa Kunimatsu

Toshiyuki Isogai

Satoshi Mori

Minoru Morikawa

Yoshihisa Hirano

Toshinobu Mizutani

Mari Suyama

Takashi Suzuki

Masahiko Miyata

Shuichi Takeuchi

Susumu Mega

Takashi Shinzato

A condition monitoring device for monitoring conditions related to a user. A monitor main unit includes a connection structure for detachably attachment to a first sensor unit. The first sensor unit includes a first connector mated with the connection structure of the monitor main unit and a second connector detachably attachable to a second sensor unit. Data associated with the monitored condition detected by the first sensor unit is provided to the monitor main unit via the first connector and the connection structure. Data associated with a monitored condition detected by the second sensor unit is provided to the monitor main unit via the second connector, the first sensor unit, the first connector, and the connection structure.

Condition monitoring device and monitor main unit for condition monitoring device

A comfortable environment providing apparatus for controlling at least one comfortable environment creation devices that creates a comfortable environment to provide a user with a comfortable environment. The comfortable environment providing apparatus includes a sensor unit for monitoring a condition related to the user and outputting data representing the monitored condition when carried by the user. A control circuit executes control of the at least one comfortable environment creation devices so that the monitored data approaches comfortable environment reference data quantitatively or numerically indicating a comfortable environment.

Comfortable environment providing apparatus

A touch-operation guide shape is formed on an input pad for inputting a touch operation by variably deforming the surface of the input pad, forming grooves or the like to enable a user to recognize the operation position on the input pad through finger touch. In addition, an image representing the touch-operation guide shape is displayed on a menu frame of a display together with selection items, whereby the corresponding position on the input pad can be recognized on the screen of the display.

Touch-operating input device, display system, and touch-operation assisting method for touch-operating input device

A pain inferring device for designing a shape giving a subject as little pain as possible when the subject touches the shape. The pain inferring device includes an input unit, an output unit, a main control unit, a learning storage unit, and a neural network. The neural network learns the relationship between the input value of shape data and the output value of the data on the degree of pain when a subject touches a shape. By the learning, an input/output function (namely, the coefficient of coupling of neurons in layers) representing the relationship between the input and output values is defined and stored in the learning storage unit. When the shape data is inputted through the input unit, the neural network infers the degree of pain by using the function stored in the learning storage unit.

Pain inferring device and pain inferring method

The present invention provides a touch control position determining method which allows the touch control position to be determined precisely regardless of the modes of control. When a touch control is made on an input pad, it is confirmed whether or not the upper and lower vertical position detecting lines are in the non-detected state in which infrared rays are not intercepted to determine whether the touch control position is located at the upper side, the center or the lower side (Steps through ). Next, it is confirmed whether or not the right and next horizontal position detecting lines are in the non-detected state to determine whether the touch control position along the horizontal direction is located at the left side, the center or the right side (Steps through ). Thus, the touch control position in the vertical and horizontal directions is determined and the determination result is outputted (Step ).

Touch control position determining method control pad

A speedometer for a vehicle capable of displaying a vehicle speed and a traveling distance highly accurately and of providing highly accurate speed information to a system utilizing the speed information is provided. A speedometer is connected to a navigation device that periodically corrects corrected data of a traveling distance per a pulse on the basis of a GPS signal and a vehicle speed pulse signal from a vehicle speed sensor, and outputs the corrected data to a navigation correction information data storage section of the speedometer. A data switching section outputs to a speed computation section the corrected traveling distance data per a pulse that is stored in the navigation correction information data storage section.

Vehicle speedometer

A display system featuring improved operability when plural screens are displayed on a display and when many functions are provided, and a method of display for the display system. A screen is selected from plural screens displayed on a display portion A of a display . The selected screen is displayed on an entire surface of the display portion A together with an operation menu corresponding to the selected screen.

Vehicle-mounted display system and display method

An object of the present invention is to provide a navigation device that can automatically open/close an electric garage door by remote control without manual operation and that can prevent erroneous opening/closing of the electric garage door. A navigation device can be connected to a wireless garage door opener transmitter . The navigation device transmits an open signal to the wireless garage door opener transmitter when a vehicle position calculated by a GPS receiver and an orientation detected by a gyro sensor are within a predetermined range that respectively includes a preset electric garage door open instruction position and orientation, and a vehicle speed detected by a vehicle speed sensor is no greater than a predetermined value. Thus, erroneous opening of the electric garage door when the vehicle approaches the electric garage with an object other than entering the electric garage can be prevented.

Navigation device

A voice guidance switching device for use in a car navigation device. When a navigation control section receives a signal from one of a controller and a controller, the navigation control section determines whether the signal is a first signal or a second signal. When the signal is determined to be the first signal, the navigation control section reads a voice guidance switching program from a storage medium and determines whether the signal has been transmitted from the controller or from the controller. The navigation control section also determines whether or not the vehicle is travelling at the time on the basis of a signal from a speed sensor, and then switches a voice guidance generating program between an operable state and an inoperable state on the basis of these determination results.

Voice guidance switching device and method

An automatic control system is provided that allows a driver to decide whether some or all of an automatic control content for accessory devices for an automobile is to be executed. Trigger information for performing automatic control is detected by a detecting circuit such as a navigation system,and, on the basis of the detected trigger information, control contents are established at a control circuit,, and the established control contents are announced to the driver through the navigation system,and an audio system,. The driver replies to each of the corresponding announced contents (the contents to be automatically controlled) by operating an answer switch,. At the control section,, automatic control is performed in accordance with results of replies from the driver operating the answer switch

Automatic control system for car accessory

A display device is disposed in a car and a display screen is switched based upon coordinate data showing the touched position which is output from a touch tracer which is disposed where it can be accessed by a driver, and &ldquo;on&rdquo; data that shows that the touch tracer has been press-operated. The display device displays small button display portions to select a next display operation which is to be displayed on the map screen. The button display portions which are shown on the map screen in an input state of the coordinate data from the touch tracer are displayed in an expanded state. By so doing, the driver can easily confirm the display content of the button display portions so that it is possible to improve the operability of the touch tracer for the selection of the button display portions.

Display apparatus

A touch operation information output apparatus is provided in a position at which a driver can operate it, and detects a touched position with respect to the input pad and outputs its coordinate data to the display device. Here, protruding brackets are provided at 16 positions on the input pad. A first group of protruding brackets that are in 4 positions at a center of the input pad are formed in a &ldquo;&plus;&rdquo; shape, a second group of protruding brackets that are in four corners of the input pad are formed in an &ldquo;L&rdquo; shape and a third group of protruding brackets are formed in a &ldquo;T&rdquo; shape. Because of this, the driver can recognize the touched position with respect to the touch operation information output apparatus and blind operation becomes possible.

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Aichi, Japan

Masato Nishikawa