Abstract: A hospital information system according to the present invention lets an RF reader 12 comprised by a PDA 8 read tag information, once for all, recorded by RF tags either attached to, or embedded in, plural kinds of a plurality of patient wrist bands, injection medicine bottles, patient charts, medical instrument cases, et cetera, and transmits a query to a server 5 by way of a wireless LAN 9, server 7 and LAN 3 for confirmation from the server 5. The server 5 collates it with the content of a medical practice order recorded in its data base, and registers a completion of instructed operation for an instructed item in the database, as well as responds back with notifying “correct” if the transmitted readout data from the PDA 8 is correct. If the readout data is not correct, the PDA will be notified of “incorrect” with an instruction for reading again.

Abstract: A hospital information system for managing clinical path information constituted of a plurality of medical service information each indicating a schedule regarding a medical service for a patient, comprising: an obtaining unit for obtaining the clinical path information; a converting unit for converting the clinical path information into medical service notification information for notifying the medical service information to a medical department linked to the medical service in accordance with the medical service information; and a transmitting unit for transmitting the medical service notification information to the medical department.

Abstract: An information system for use in a hospital includes a mobile terminal for inputting and outputting data relating to medical activities at an execution site of the medical activities in the hospital, a hospital information management system for managing information in the hospital, and a server for controlling communications of data relating to medical activities between the mobile terminal and the hospital information management system.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus can execute a variety of operations by means of a data processing circuit and so on in an operative state and deal with illegal external inputs by means of an input monitor circuit, and can temporarily stop such components in a stopped state to prevent useless power consumption. Also, a clock counter circuit counts a clock signal fed from the outside when an operation control circuit temporarily stops the input monitor circuit and data processing circuits, and as the count number reaches a predetermined number, a monitor start circuit restarts the temporarily stopped monitor circuit, so that the data processing apparatus can deal with illegal external inputs even in a stopped state.

Abstract: An environment switching program has a function of saving/resetting some or all combinations of machine setups. More specifically, an environment at an arbitrary timing designated by the user is acquired from a registry, and is saved in an environment setting information database (DB). When the user inputs a switching request, the saved environment is written back to the registry. Hence, once the user sets up operation environments in units of use patterns such as use in an office, use at a visit place, or use at home, he or she can repetitively use those setups by reconstituting them as needed.

Abstract: According to present invention, there is provide a method of verification for a computer system, the method comprising the steps of acquiring a face image of a user at any time of a user operation, verifying whether the acquired face image coincides with any one of pre-registered face images, and executing a preset process where the acquired face image coincides with the any one of the pre-registered face images.

Abstract: A rack bar of a power steering unit for a vehicle has improved bending strength. The rack bar includes a rod portion which fits slidably into an oil seal attached to a cylinder portion of a power cylinder, and a rack portion which is formed with the rod portion through a connecting portion and which meshes with a pinion. Quenching is applied the rod portion and to the rack portion, preferably under different conditions. The quenching applied to the rack portion also is applied to at least a portion of the connecting portion.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus can execute a variety of operations by means of a data processing circuit and so on in an operative state and deal with illegal external inputs by means of an input monitor circuit, and can temporarily stop such components in a stopped state to prevent useless power consumption. Also, a clock counter circuit counts a clock signal fed from the outside when an operation control circuit temporarily stops the input monitor circuit and data processing circuits, and as the count number reaches a predetermined number, a monitor start circuit restarts the temporarily stopped monitor circuit, so that the data processing apparatus can deal with illegal external inputs even in a stopped state.

Abstract: To provide a cemented carbide cutting tool having high chipping resistance. In a cutting tool made of a cemented carbide alloy comprising 8 to 13 percent by weight of Co; the Co based alloy containing W and C components as constituents for forming a dispersing phase, a V component, and an optional Cr component, and forming a binding phase; the residual dispersing phase having an average particle diameter of 1 &mgr;m or less; the alloy further containing 72 to 90 percent by area of WC according to measurement of an electron microscopic texture and fine (V,W)C or fine (V,Cr,W)C; each of the contents of the V and Cr components being 0.1 to 2 percent by weight of the total; the tungsten carbide as a constituent of the dispersing phase has a texture in which ultra-fine particles having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less of the Co-based cemented carbide alloy are dispersed in a tungsten carbide matrix.

Abstract: In a cemented carbide cutting tool made of a tungsten carbide-based alloy comprising 8 to 13 percent by weight of Co and 0.1 to 3 percent by weight of Cr as constituents for forming a binding phase, the balance being tungsten carbide as a constituent for forming a dispersing phase and incidental impurities, the rate of the dispersing phase to the total of the dispersing phase and the binding phase being in a range of 72 to 90 percent by area and the average particle diameter being 1 &mgr;m or less according to measurement of an electron microscopic texture; the dispersing phase of the cemented carbide cutting tool made of a tungsten carbide-based alloy comprises a dispersing phase composed of ultra-fine particles dispersed in a matrix and having a particle diameter of 100 nm or less, and the ultra-fine particles comprise a Co based alloy.

Abstract: A low cost, compact heat roller device is provided which includes a heat generating resistance for increasing the temperature of the heat roller wherein the heat generating resistance is divided into two parts in order to correspond to passage widths of different recording materials. The heating power of one of these heat generating resistances is changed and the temperature increase of a non-paper transport area of the heat roller is suppressed. Specifically, the heat roller device includes a heat roller and a press roller opposite the heat roller, two heat generating resistances formed on an outer surface of the heat roller which generate heat independently of one another, a common electrode for supplying current and separately arranged additional supply electrodes. The time during which the respective heat generating resistance is on, is changed, in relative terms, according to the object to be heated, and thus the heating power is changed.

Abstract: When a pressure sensitive tablet is tapped with a touch pen, input coordinate values x and y, corresponding to the position tapped with the pen, are sent to a tablet driver from a tablet controller. Event data is added to the coordinate values x and y sent to the tablet driver by a pointing management portion to be sent to an operating system. If the coordinate values x and y sent from the tablet driver are included in an area showing a switch of a mode displayed on a screen, the coordinate values x and y are sent to a tablet mode switching tool by a pen service portion of the operating system.

Abstract: An information reproducing apparatus applied to a psychological game machine which can evaluate the deep mental state of human, avoiding monotonous progress of a game. A plurality of image and audio information have previously been stored on a recording medium such that at least one of the plurality of image and audio information stored on the recording medium is selected for reproduction based on external operations and physiological changes in the body.

Abstract: A driving mental condition detecting apparatus for detecting a deterioration state of driving mental conditions such as sleepiness, fatigue, and impatience occurring in a driver on the basis of physiological data detected from the driver and road travel data of a vehicle derived from a navigation system, thereby generating an alarm.

Abstract: An onboard navigation system detects a condition that a recognized present position of the vehicle belongs to a map of a peripheral part of a region covered by map data groups recorded on a recording disc. If a changer type driver is used as a player for reproducing map data, the recording disc being played is changed to a new disc in response to the detection of the above described condition. If a single driver is used, identification information of a corresponding disc is displayed. With these features, the disc being played is quickly changed to a required new disc.

Abstract: A surface-coated tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide blade member including a tungsten carbide-based cemented carbide substrate, and a hard coating of an average layer thickness of 3 to 30 .mu.m formed thereon is disclosed. The hard coating includes a first layer deposited on the substrate, a second layer deposited on the first layer, and a third layer deposited on the second layer. The first layer has a granular crystal structure, while the second layer has an elongated crystal structure. Among the constituents forming the substrate, at least tungsten and cobalt are diffused into the grain boundaries of the first and second layers.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a separable sensor for detecting physiological data of a human body, a memory for storing the physiological data such as brain waves, skin temperature, and the like detected, a controller for reading out the physiological data from the memory and for supplying to a light modulator, and an LED for emitting a flickering light or a sound converted in accordance with the physiological data toward the user. The physiological data upon leading has been stored in the memory. Therefore, when the same user is intend to lead into the same desired state again, the physiological and mental state of the user which has detected before may be used. There is, consequently, no need to attach a sensor each time of the leading.

Abstract: Disclosed is a brain wave leading apparatus which can achieve a high brain wave leading efficiency when a human brain wave frequency is led to a desired frequency band. This brain wave leading apparatus comprises a brain wave sensor for detecting the brain wave of a person to be tested (subject) during brain wave leading, and a control unit for renewing a leading center frequency for leading the brain wave frequency therewith. The brain wave frequency of the subject is measured even during brain wave leading, and based on a weighted mean frequency f' detected in a predetermined interval, a leading center frequency F in a subsequent interval is determined. The leading of the brain wave frequency is continued with the leading center frequency F supplied from the control unit. Even if the weighted mean frequency of the subject during leading varies, therefore, the leading center frequency follows up that change, so that brain wave leading will be executed in a short period of time.

Abstract: A navigation apparatus having a GPS receiver obtain coordinates of the current position. A key point or points close to the current position are retrieved from a recording medium attached to the apparatus. The distance and direction from the current position with respect to the retrieved point are computed. The name of the retrieved point is then displayed along with the distance and direction with respect thereto.

Abstract: An automatic focusing camera is equipped with an automatic subject distance detecting device for detecting which of a plurality of predetermined distances is nearest to that at which the subject lies. A lens positioning member adjusts an objective lens to a suitable focusing position in which the objective lens has a depth of field straddling that nearest predetermined distance detected by the automatic subject distance detecting device. Another lens positioning member adjusts the objective lens to a focusing position in which the objective lens will be focused on a subject, such as a landscape, at infinity, independently of the distances detected by the automatic subject distance detecting device. The latter objective lens positioning member is externally operable when it is intended to photograph a subject at infinity, before depressing the shutter button.