Abstract: A coffee brewer for making coffee may include a receiving container for receiving the brewed coffee, an exterior container being detachably mounted on the receiving container, and an interior container to cooperate with the exterior container. The interior container may rotates with respect to the exterior container. The interior container may include an exterior surface having a male thread. The exterior container may include an interior surface having a female thread to cooperate with the male thread of the interior container. The exterior container may include substantially a cylinder. The interior container may include substantially a cylinder.

Abstract: A communication converter converts a communication system and/or a communication protocol to enable communications to be performed between medical equipment and a medical control device for controlling the medical equipment, and includes: a primary substrate on which a control unit for controlling the communication converter is arranged; n (n indicates any integer) pieces of secondary substrate electrically isolated from the primary substrate and the housing of the communication converter; and n (n indicates any integer) pieces of grounding switch unit corresponding to each of the n pieces of secondary substrate for switching the grounding state of the secondary substrate.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: first error information that is error information obtained from the first controller side and second error information that is error information obtained from the second controller side are shared by the first and second controllers, and are reflected on the first and second GUIs on the basis of the first and second error information.

Abstract: A remote control device controls a medical device or a medical control device for controlling the medical device by infrared light communication, and includes: an infrared light emission unit for emitting infrared light for performing infrared light communication; a control unit for allowing the infrared light emission unit to emit first infrared light for conveying control information for control of the medical device, and second infrared light conveying predetermined information and having a frequency different from that of the first infrared light; and an infrared light reception unit for receiving the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emission unit. The control unit determines whether or not the infrared light received by the infrared light reception unit is the second infrared light.

Abstract: A medical control system has a medical device, a medical control apparatus for controlling the medical device, and a display operation device for controlling the medical device. With the configuration, the medical device includes: a GUI setting information storage unit storing GUI setting information as setting information relating to design of a GUI screen configuring a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling the medical device; a GUI setting information transmission unit transmitting the GUI setting information to the medical control apparatus. The medical control apparatus includes: a GUI generation unit generating a GUI screen image according to the transmitted GUI setting information; and an output unit outputting the generated GUI screen image to the display operation device.

Abstract: A communication converter converts a communication system and/or a communication protocol to enable communications to be performed between medical equipment and a medical control device for controlling the medical equipment, and includes: a primary substrate on which a control unit for controlling the communication converter is arranged; n (n indicates any integer) pieces of secondary substrate electrically isolated from the primary substrate and the housing of the communication converter; and n (n indicates any integer) pieces of grounding switch unit corresponding to each of the n pieces of secondary substrate for switching the grounding state of the secondary substrate.

Abstract: A remote control device controls a medical device or a medical control device for controlling the medical device by infrared light communication, and includes: an infrared light emission unit for emitting infrared light for performing infrared light communication; a control unit for allowing the infrared light emission unit to emit first infrared light for conveying control information for control of the medical device, and second infrared light conveying predetermined information and having a frequency different from that of the first infrared light; and an infrared light reception unit for receiving the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emission unit. The control unit determines whether or not the infrared light received by the infrared light reception unit is the second infrared light.

Abstract: A medical control system has a medical device, a medical control apparatus for controlling the medical device, and a display operation device for controlling the medical device. With the configuration, the medical device includes: a GUI setting information storage unit storing GUI setting information as setting information relating to design of a GUI screen configuring a graphical user interface (GUI) for controlling the medical device; a GUI setting information transmission unit transmitting the GUI setting information to the medical control apparatus. The medical control apparatus includes: a GUI generation unit generating a GUI screen image according to the transmitted GUI setting information; and an output unit outputting the generated GUI screen image to the display operation device.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: first error information that is error information obtained from the first controller side and second error information that is error information obtained from the second controller side are shared by the first and second controllers, and are reflected on the first and second GUIs on the basis of the first and second error information.

Abstract: A medical support control system comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; a manipulation display device shared by the first controller and the second controller, and alternately displaying a first graphical user interface (first GUI) created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface (second GUI) created by the second controller, wherein: each of the first GUI and the second GUI includes at least: a switching part for performing switching between the first GUI and the second GUI, and enabling control on a controller corresponding to a GUI after the switching; and an execution instruction part for instructing the respective controllers to execute a process.

Abstract: A medical support control system, comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device, connected to a network, and provided in a medical environment different from that of the first controller; a manipulation display device shared by the first and second controllers and alternately displaying a first GUI created by the first controller and a second GUI created by the second controller, wherein: if a prescribed report is received via the network or from the prescribed connected device while the first GUI is being displayed, a symbol indicating that the report has been received is displayed on the first GUI, and when the symbol is pressed, the first GUI is switched to a prescribed window of the second GUI corresponding to the report, and a process corresponding to the report is performed by the second controller.

Abstract: A medical support control system, comprising: a first controller connected to at least one device; a second controller connected to at least one device; and a manipulation display device shared by the first and second controllers, wherein: the manipulation display device is caused to alternately display a first graphical user interface created by the first controller and a second graphical user interface created by the second controller.

Abstract: A medical support control device to which are connected a display manipulation device and a medical device control device connected to a medical device and controlling the medical device, comprising: a detection unit for detecting abnormality in an image signal line outputting an image signal to the display manipulation unit; and an interruption unit for interrupting communications to the medical device control device in accordance with the detection unit.

Abstract: A medical system is provided with a plurality of medical devices, a panel portion including a display unit which displays information with respect to the plurality of medical devices and a sensor unit which detects an input operation, an information storage unit which stores graphical user interface information for display and graphical user interface information for operation, a detection unit which detects whether or not the panel portion is disposed at least at one predetermined position, and a display selection control unit which selects information between the graphical user interface information for display and the graphical user interface information for operation stored in the information storage unit based on a detection signal of the detection unit so as to be displayed on the display unit.

Abstract: Although an Ag—CdO-based material has excellent electric properties such as deposition resistance, arc resistance and low contact resistance, which are required for an electric contact, the discharge standard provision in Japan, EC Directive on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the like have been directed toward disuse of Cd, as already known. Thus, the present invention is characterized in that after an atmosphere in a pressured oxidation furnace is replaced with oxygen, the temperature of an internal-oxidative Ag alloy prepared under a condition of a cold roll rate of 50 to 95% is gradually raised from a temperature of 200° C. or less in a pressured oxygen atmosphere with an oxygen pressure of 5 to 50 kg/cm2 and internal oxidation processing is performed with an upper limit temperature of 700° C.

Abstract: A medical practice support system according to the present invention comprises a voice conversion unit for obtaining a voice and converting the voice to an electric signal for making voice data; a voice recognition unit for recognizing the voice data and generating character information by converting the voice to a character string, or controlling an operation of an equipment corresponding to the recognition result; and a control unit for controlling the voice recognition unit, wherein the control unit controls the voice recognition unit to make it generate character information if the voice recognition unit judges that the voice data is instruction information for making the character string be generated.

Abstract: A printing apparatus performs printing by scanning a carriage unit over a print medium based on information transmitted from an external apparatus. The body of the carriage unit includes a removable printhead having a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; a heat source detection unit for detecting the number of heat sources driving the nozzles; and a voltage generation unit for supplying a voltage to the heat sources for driving the nozzles in accordance with the number of heat sources detected by the heat source detection unit.

Abstract: When communication is to be carried out between a central control unit and an appliance that uses a different form of communication from the central control unit, a converting part for converting commands is provided in a communication path (communication device which may be a communication cable) between the central control unit and the appliance. By this means, communication between the central control unit and peripheral appliances is made possible and central control of the peripheral appliances is possible notwithstanding that their respective forms of communication are different. Therefore, the number of appliances that can be connected to the central control unit is increased. Preferably, the converting part can be set to a mode that corresponds to a respective appliance among a plurality of converting modes. An electronic circuit corresponding to the converting part is for example provided in a communication cable connecting the central control unit to an appliance.

Abstract: Although an Ag—CdO-based material has excellent electric properties such as deposition resistance, arc resistance and low contact resistance, which are required for an electric contact, the discharge standard provision in Japan, EC Directive on Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and the like have been directed toward disuse of Cd, as already known. Thus, the present invention is characterized in that after an atmosphere in a pressured oxidation furnace is replaced with oxygen, the temperature of an internal-oxidative Ag alloy prepared under a condition of a cold roll rate of 50 to 95% is gradually raised from a temperature of 200° C. or less in a pressured oxygen atmosphere with an oxygen pressure of 5 to 50 kg/cm2 and internal oxidation processing is performed with an upper limit temperature of 700° C.

Abstract: Printing apparatus which performs printing by scanning a carriage unit over a print medium based on information transmitted from an external apparatus. The body (53) of the carriage unit includes: a removable printhead (51) having a plurality of nozzles for discharging ink; a heat source detection unit (59) for detecting the number of heat sources driving the nozzles; and a voltage generation unit (60) for supplying a voltage to the heat sources for driving the nozzles in accordance with the number of heat sources detected by the heat source detection unit.