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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2000
Applicants:
Hiroki Ogata, Chiba, JP;
Kazusato Tagawa, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakazawa, Chiba, JP;
Youtaro Sakakura, Fukushima, JP;
Koji Mita, Fukushima, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroki Ogata, Chiba, JP;
Kazusato Tagawa, Chiba, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakazawa, Chiba, JP;
Youtaro Sakakura, Fukushima, JP;
Koji Mita, Fukushima, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F009/24 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A control apparatus includes a pressure-sensitive device for providing an analog signal responsive to an applied pressure, a level segmenting unit for segmenting the analog signal into output levels and an analog-to-digital (A/D) converting unit for converting the segmented analog signal into a digital signal having a plurality of bits.