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A system and method for communicating with a medical implant is disclosed. The system (10,210,310,410) includes on-board electronics, a signal generator (15,215), an amplifier (16,216), a coil (14,214), a receiver (22,222), and a processor (20,220). The on-board electronics (100, 110) include a power harvester, a sensor, a microprocessor, and a data transmitter. The signal generator (15,215) generates a first signal, the amplifier (16,216) amplifies the first signal, the coil (14,214) transmits the amplified signal, the power harvester receives the first signal and transmits a data packet (18,218) containing data, the receiver (22,222) receives the data packet (18,218), and the processor (20,220) either processes the data or sends the data to a data storage device.

A level shift element adjusting a voltage level at the time of selection of a word line according to fluctuations in threshold voltage of a memory cell transistor is arranged for each word line. This level shift element lowers a driver power supply voltage, and transmits the level-shifted voltage onto a selected word line. The level shift element can be replaced with a pull-down element for pulling down the word line voltage according to the threshold voltage level of the memory cell transistor. In either case, the selected word line voltage level can be adjusted according to the fluctuations in threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor without using another power supply system. Thus, the power supply circuitry is not complicated, and it is possible to achieve a semiconductor memory device that can stably read and write data even with a low power supply voltage.

The present invention provides a display device containing an input sensor (for example, a photoelectric converting element) which device can efficiently and flexibly process display data, read data, and association data. The display device has a group of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, a group of optical sensor circuits arranged in a matrix, a display driving circuit which provides a display signal to the display element group and which provides a driving signal to the display element group, a read circuit which identifies an optical sensor to read a sense signal from this optical sensor, and a read signal processing section which processes the sense signal output by the read circuit in accordance with a command. The read signal processing section has an interface section which transfers, when the command requesting execution of an application is set to the interface section, the command to a command register.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a radio communication medium processor having a stable performance that does not receive a limitation for an installed place, especially, the influence of a metallic structure, does not need to adjust the resonance frequency of an antenna or an impedance, is excellent in its convenience and extensibility upon installation and strong for unnecessary noise from a periphery. In electric current fed loop antenna units, non-electric current fed loop antenna are arranged in doughnut shapes outside the substantially same planes of electric current fed loop antennas so as to surround the electric current fed loop antennas. Thus, when non-electric current fed loop antenna units are installed linearly, in radial directions and in arrays adjacently to electric current fed loop antenna units, the influence of the non-electric current fed loop antenna units to the antenna characteristics of the electric current fed loop antenna units can be suppressed. When the non-electric current fed loop antenna units are extended and increased, the antennas of the electric current fed loop antenna units do not need to be adjusted.

A liquid crystal lens element is provided, which can realize a small sized element having no moving part, and which has a lens function of switching the focal length among multiple focal lengths of at least 3 types according to an applied voltage. A liquid crystal lens element 10 is provided, which comprises a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12 and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between these substrates, wherein focal lengths of light transmitted through the liquid crystal 16 is changed depending on a voltage applied to the liquid crystal 16, the liquid crystal lens element 10 has a Fresnel lens-shaped concave-convex portion 17 and a liquid crystal layer 16A, and configured so that the refractive index n of the liquid crystal layer 16A changes from a refractive index n1 at a time of no application to a refractive index n2 at a time of voltage application, a refractive index ns of the concave-convex portion 17 is a value between the refractive indexes n1 and n2 and satisfies a predetermined relation, and the maximum depth d of the concave-convex portion 17 satisfies a predetermined relation, the focal length can be switched by switching an applied voltage to the liquid crystal layer 16A under the predetermined conditions.

A level shift element adjusting a voltage level at the time of selection of a word line according to fluctuations in threshold voltage of a memory cell transistor is arranged for each word line. This level shift element lowers a driver power supply voltage, and transmits the level-shifted voltage onto a selected word line. The level shift element can be replaced with a pull-down element for pulling down the word line voltage according to the threshold voltage level of the memory cell transistor. In either case, the selected word line voltage level can be adjusted according to the fluctuations in threshold voltage of the memory cell transistor without using another power supply system. Thus, the power supply circuitry is not complicated, and it is possible to achieve a semiconductor memory device that can stably read and write data even with a low power supply voltage.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a radio communication medium processor having a stable performance that does not receive a limitation for an installed place, especially, the influence of a metallic structure, does not need to adjust the resonance frequency of an antenna or an impedance, is excellent in its convenience and extensibility upon installation and strong for unnecessary noise from a periphery.In electric current fed loop antenna units, non-electric current fed loop antenna are arranged in doughnut shapes outside the substantially same planes of electric current fed loop antennas so as to surround the electric current fed loop antennas. Thus, when non-electric current fed loop antenna units are installed linearly, in radial directions and in arrays adjacently to electric current fed loop antenna units, the influence of the non-electric current fed loop antenna units to the antenna characteristics of the electric current fed loop antenna units can be suppressed. When the non-electric current fed loop antenna units are extended and increased, the antennas of the electric current fed loop antenna units do not need to be adjusted.

A liquid crystal lens element having a lens function is provided, which is small sized without having moving part, and which can stably carry out correction of spherical aberration containing a power component corresponding to focal point change of incident light. A liquid crystal lens element which changes a focal length of light transmitted through a liquid crystal 16 according to the magnitude of the voltage applied to the liquid crystal 16 sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12, which comprises transparent electrodes 13 and 14 provided on the respective transparent substrates 11 and 12 for applying a voltage for the liquid crystal 16, and a concave-convex portion 17 having a saw-tooth-shaped cross-sectional shape having a rotational symmetry about an optical axis and formed on one surface of the transparent electrode 13 with a transparent material, wherein at least concave portions of the concave-convex portion 17 are filled with the liquid crystal 16 so as to change the substantial refractive index of the liquid crystal 16 according to the magnitude of applied voltage.

A credit card modularized set having a flexible stow envelope for receiving a companion nose-clasping type reading glasses, with a length and width approximately that of a conventional credit card; wherein as the set is stacked within a group of conventional credit cards, no portion of the set is substantially protrusive nor recessive of the stacked group. The reading glasses component has a special beam bridge portion having a square cross-sectional shape thereby affording maximum torsional resistance for its diminutive size plus a laterally tapering cross section evenly distributing any imposed bending loads. The modularized set has a minimal thickness enabling its user to slip the set conveniently within the user's wallet modularly among the user's credit cards for ready availability.

The invention discloses a multi-view pointer type instrument identification method and device. The method comprises the following steps of: image acquisition; image pre processing; instrument automatic positioning cutting; instrument image correction; instrument pointer information extraction; and instrument reading automatic generation. According to the multi-view pointer type instrument identification method of the invention, instrument images are corrected, and therefore, the problem of a traditional instrument identification method cannot identify instruments under transformation situations such as perspective, translation and affine can be solved. With the multi-view pointer type instrument identification method and device of the invention adopted, much prior knowledge of instruments is not required, and artificial participation can be simplified, and the automation degree of identification can be improved. The multi-view pointer type instrument identification method and device have high robustness and high recognition accuracy as for surface damage, slight light reflection and slight jitter of instruments.

The present invention implements a magnetic disk drive usable under a wide range of temperature environment conditions, and a magnetic head assembly. The flying height of a magnetic head slider (1) can be controlled against a change of temperature so that the flying height of the magnetic head slider (1) is low at low temperatures and high at high temperatures, thereby the variations of the coercivity of a magnetic disk (2) can be cancelled. Further, by setting the rate of change of the crown value with respect to the change of temperature to 0.26 to 0.62 nm / ° C., the flying height can be controlled so that the flying height becomes low at low temperatures and high at high temperatures, while maintaining the uniformity of the profile of the flying height of the magnetic head slider (1) from the inner periphery to the outer periphery of the magnetic disk (2).

Drive information is updated to always include the recording / playback conditions determined from the most recent learning process. The data recording medium 101 has a data recording area 104 for recording data, and a drive information area 401 for recording drive information 401a. The drive information 401a includes a plurality of drive-specific information records 401b. Each of the plural drive-specific information records 401b defines the operating conditions of the data recording and playback apparatus when a data recording and playback apparatus that can load and access the data recording medium 101 reads or writes data. The plural drive-specific information records 401a are arranged chronologically according to when the information was recorded to the data recording medium 101.

Provided are turbidometers and fluorometers having a unique form-factor to accommodate a number of optical components in a confined geometry. This provides the ability to compensate for change in light intensity from an optical source even in a closed-loop manner. The ability to package reference and signal detectors, along with a relatively large diameter LED light source in a confined geometry is particularly suited for applications requiring small-diameter sensors, such as multi-parameter sonde devices having a total diameter that is in the sub-two inch range.

A liquid crystal lens element having a lens function is provided, which is small sized without having moving part, and which can stably carry out correction of spherical aberration containing a power component corresponding to focal point change of incident light.A liquid crystal lens element which changes a focal length of light transmitted through a liquid crystal 16 according to the magnitude of the voltage applied to the liquid crystal 16 sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates 11 and 12, which comprises transparent electrodes 13 and 14 provided on the respective transparent substrates 11 and 12 for applying a voltage for the liquid crystal 16, and a concave-convex portion 17 having a saw-tooth-shaped cross-sectional shape having a rotational symmetry about an optical axis and formed on one surface of the transparent electrode 13 with a transparent material, wherein at least concave portions of the concave-convex portion 17 are filled with the liquid crystal 16 so as to change the substantial refractive index of the liquid crystal 16 according to the magnitude of applied voltage.

The invention relates to a buoyancy experimental device and method for physics teaching. Experimental equipment for studying the magnitude of buoyancy in middle school physics is quite simple, operating is quite troublesome, visuality is bad, no experimental method is given clearly, a demonstrative experiment and a grouping experiment cannot be well completed, and the teaching effect is poor. The bottom ends of supporting rods are connected with an adjustable base, and the top ends of the supporting rods are connected with an adjusting device. The adjusting device is connected with weights, water tanks are placed under the weights, and the water tanks are filled with water or solutions. An overflowing opening is formed in the upper edge of each water tank, and a square cup is placed under each overflowing opening. The buoyancy experimental device and method are used for buoyancy experiments in physics teaching.

An electronic direct-reading counter for a wet type water meter comprises a plurality of indication wheels and a plurality of carry coupling wheels corresponding to the indication wheels. The electronic direct-reading counter is characterized in that an indication wheel box of a meter seat is provided with mutually-closed indication wheel cavities and cavity grooves and cavities for mounting of circuit boards, the indication wheels are coaxially mounted at sectional intervals in the indication wheels, shaft core portions on two sides of each indication wheel are provided with a permanent magnet and a magnetic shielding plate respectively, and a magnetically inductive angle sensor coaxially corresponding to each permanent magnet of the shaft core of the indication wheel is arranged in the middle of each indication wheel. The electronic direct-reading counter has the advantages that 360-degree all-around measurement of the indication wheels can be realized, measurement resolution depends on practical precision of analog-to-digital conversion, and reading is accurate and stable; each indication is carried over to '0' every '9', reading from low order to high order in a carry manner is realized, sufficient reference information is available, and coincident codes and error codes are avoided; and electronic devices are reduced greatly, the risks of product faults can be reduced greatly, and water proofing level can reach IP68.

A thin-film magnetic head that shows stable read and / or write performances, maintaining the reliability over time by suppressing the wear of the head sufficiently, is provided. The head comprises: a substrate having an element-formed surface and an opposed-to-medium surface; a magnetic head element; an overcoat layer formed on the element-formed surface so as to cover the magnetic head element; a closure provided on the overcoat layer, a surface of the closure being in contact with the upper surface of the overcoat layer; and an element contact pad formed in a sliding-side surface of the head and having a contact surface including a part of the opposed-to-medium surface, a part of an end surface of the overcoat layer and a part of an end surface of the closure, one end of the magnetic head element reaching the contact surface.

In a nonvolatile memory cell, a selection transistor is connected to a memory cell transistor in series. The selection transistor is formed into a double layer gate structure, and has a voltage of each gate driven individually and separately. Using capacitive coupling between these stacked gate electrode layers of the selection transistor, a gate potential of the selection transistor is set to the predetermined voltage level. An absolute value of the voltage level generated by a voltage generator to the gates of the selection transistor can be made small, so that current consumption can be reduced and an layout area of the voltage generator can be reduced. Thus, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device with a low current consumption and a small chip layout area is provided.

An intelligent electronic device with constant calibration capabilities for high accuracy measurements and method thereof are provided. The intelligent electronic device presented herein constantly samples the output of at least one signal from a sensor and at least three reference signals, where the reference signals include a high reference signal, a low reference signal, and a medium reference signal. Using the constant calibration implementations provided, the intelligent electronic device can calibrate and compensate a signal from a sensor in real time. The constant calibration implementations provided are independent of time and temperature, and are advantageous in a rapidly changing environment. Furthermore, the constant calibration implementations provided enable the intelligent electronic device to track changes in an applied correction factor for traceability in the error correction process. The intelligent electronic device can determine, when the correction factor is applied, how often, and temporary drifts in accuracy.

The present invention provides a novel liquid nitrogen level sensing-monitoring device comprising a sensor element made of a high temperature conducting material encapsulated in a layer of metal, said encapsulated sensor element being affixed to a cryostable fiber reinforced plastic substrate, said sensor element being provided with a resistance measuring means and a method for the manufacture thereof.

An input sensor containing a display device including a group of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix, a group of optical sensor circuits arranged in a matrix, a display driving circuit which provides a display signal to the display element group and which provides a driving signal to the display element group, a read circuit which identifies an optical sensor to read a sense signal from this optical sensor, and a read signal processing section which processes the sense signal output by the read circuit in accordance with a command. The read signal processing section has an interface section which transfers, when the command requesting execution of an application is set to the interface section, the command to a command register.

Provided are turbidometers and fluorometers having a unique form-factor to accommodate a number of optical components in a confined geometry. This provides the ability to compensate for change in light intensity from an optical source even in a closed-loop manner. The ability to package reference and signal detectors, along with a relatively large diameter LED light source in a confined geometry is particularly suited for applications requiring small-diameter sensors, such as multi-parameter sonde devices having a total diameter that is in the sub-two inch range.

The invention provides a solid-state memory device, a data processing system and a data processing device. The solid-state memory device includes: a superlattice laminate having plural crystal layers laminated therein, the crystal layers including first and second crystal layers having mutually opposite compositions; a lower electrode provided on a first surface in a laminating direction of the superlattice laminate; and an upper electrode provided on a second surface of the superlattice laminate in the laminating direction. The first crystal layer included in the superlattice laminate is made of a phase change compound. According to the present invention, the superlattice laminate laminated in opposite directions of the upper and lower electrodes is sandwiched between these electrodes. Therefore, when an electric energy is applied to the superlattice laminate via these electrodes, a uniform electric energy can be applied to a laminated surface of the superlattice laminate. Accordingly, fluctuation of a resistance is small even when information is repeatedly rewritten, and data can be read stably as a result.