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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Hiroshi Hiramatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihide Onishi, Dalian, CN;
Masaki Tomioka, Kyoto, JP;
Atsuko Fukui, Ashiya, JP;
Daisuke Ishihara, Amagasaki, JP;
Katsuyoshi Morita, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Hiroshi Hiramatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihide Onishi, Dalian, CN;
Masaki Tomioka, Kyoto, JP;
Atsuko Fukui, Ashiya, JP;
Daisuke Ishihara, Amagasaki, JP;
Katsuyoshi Morita, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An electronic thermometer has a probe having a temperature measuring unit at its end, a temperature sensor arranged in the temperature measuring unit of the probe, a contact sensor arranged in a position shifter from the temperature measuring unit of the probe toward a thermometer body, a determining unit for determining whether a state of contact between the temperature measuring unit and a measurement target portion of a user is good or not, based on outputs of both the temperature sensor and the contact sensor, and a notifying unit for providing a notification according to a result of the determination by the determining unit.