Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Ryoichi Fujii

Yoshihiro Wada

Takashi Suzuki

A portable electrocardiograph capable of providing a low electricity consumption rate by controlling an electric power supply from a power supply device, the portable electrocardiograph includes a unit for detecting electrocardiographic signals and for converting the electrocardiographic signals into electrocardiographic complex data, a unit connected with the detecting unit for displaying the electrocardiographic complex data, and a unit for controlling an electric power supply for either the detecting unit or the displaying unit in accordance with a predetermined mode so that the electric power supply from the power supply device is continued during a predetermined time period.

Portable electrocardiograph

A segment arrangement suitable for a Celsius and Fahrenheit clinical thermometer comprises two upper digit displays and two lower digit displays. The upper digit displays can merely display four figures '3', '4', '9', and '10'. The lower digit displays can display '00' through '99' figures, so as to display 35.0-42.0 degrees Centigrade and 96.8-105.8 degrees Fahrenheit. The two upper digit displays have such a specific configuration that a first digit display is provided which comprises a vertical major segment and a second digit display is provided which comprises two vertical minor segments, three horizontal segments, and one vertical major segment. The vertical major segment of the first digit display is electrically coupled to one of the two vertical minor segments.

Display segment configuration suitable for Celsius and Fahrenheit

A display electrode arrangement for an electronic clinical thermometer includes two groups of segment electrodes and two groups of common electrodes, and a driving circuit for selectively driving segment signals and common signals. Each of the two groups of segment electrodes and common electrodes is operated to display only a '3' or a '4' in the Centigrade degrees, and a '9' or a '10' for the Fahrenheit degrees. Those numerals may be displayed by combining the displayed portions.

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Nara, Japan

Ryoichi Fujii