Hitachi, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Masayuki Matsuda

Tetsuya Goto

Hiroyuki Shibata

Tomohiro Esaki

Kazuyuki Takizawa

Akio Shinagawa

Yoshio Sugimoto

Chikako Takada

A couch with a patient-inclining device () includes a tabletop (), a pair of second rails () arranged below the tabletop, a second moving section () having a pair of second sliders () which are movable on the pair of second rails, a pair of block bodies (A andB) which are movable on the pair of second rails, drive mechanisms (A andB) which linearly move the block bodies with respect to the second moving section, a support section () provided on the second moving section to support the tabletop, and levers (A andB), each having one end connected to the tabletop and the other end connected to the associated one of the pair of block bodies.

Couch with patient-inclining device

Embodiments of the invention relate to a mail sending and receiving devices and methods. In one embodiment, a communication device comprises a display unit, and a receiving unit configured to receive a mail which includes a plurality of mail contents and condition information governing which of the plurality of mail contents can be displayed. A storage unit is configured to store the mail which is received by the receiving unit. A control unit is configured to control display of the plurality of mail contents by the display unit in response to the condition information, when a display instruction of the mail which is stored in the storage unit is inputted.

Method for sending and receiving a plurality of mail contents and display condition information

A portable mobile unit for alerting on incoming of a signal by a ringing sound, comprises: a ringing sound generator for generating the ringing sound in a plurality of patterns; and a controller for controlling operations of the portable mobile unit, wherein the controller select one pattern from the a plurality of patterns based on conditions which are set up in advance, when the signal comes in, so as to control the ringing sound generator to generate the ringing sound for alerting a user of the incoming call, thereby providing the portable mobile unit being superior in the usability, with which various conditions can be grasped by means of change in the ringing sound when the telephone call comes in, while achieving the discrimination of the ringing sound for alerting of the incoming call.

Portable mobile unit

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Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Matsuda