In fabricating a door switch for a microwave oven, two switches are incorporated in a single switch case to allow a reduction in the size and to allow common use of switch components, thereby achieving a cost reduction through a reduction in the number of components. Further, a contact switching structure tilted in conjunction with opening and closing of a door is provided to achieve high accuracy in switching the switches. There is provided a first switch whose contact portions are switched by elastically displacing a conductive contact piece in the switch case when a first tilting lever is tilted, a second switch whose contact portions are switched by elastically displacing another conductive contact piece in the switch case at timing that is slightly different from the timing for switching the contact portions of the first switch, and a third switch which is switched when a second tilting lever is tilted.

High-frequency heating device

An apparatus for measuring a bio signal including a bio signal measurement unit, which is insertable into an ear to be in close contact with an internal surface of the ear, the bio signal measurement unit having a photo plethysmography (PPG) measurement module for radiating light of different wavelengths onto the internal surface of the ear, detecting light transmitted through the ear, and outputting a PPG signal including bio information, a control unit having a PPG signal processor for generating the bio information using the PPG signal measured by the PPG measurement module, and an output unit for displaying the bio information generated from the control unit.

Ear type apparatus for measuring a bio signal and measuring method therefor

A microwave heating device which comprises a heating chamber (3) to receive an article (2) being heated, a microwave generator (11) for irradiating microwaves in the heating chamber (3), and a steam generator (12) for supplying the heating chamber (3) with steam. Provided in the heating chamber (3) are heat accumulating plates (28a, 28b) adapted to be subjected to microwave irradiation for heating and heat accumulation. Accordingly, dewing resulting from steam is reduced in the heating chamber (3).

Microwave heating device

A monitoring device configured to be attached to the ear of a person includes a base, an earbud housing extending outwardly from the base that is configured to be positioned within an ear of a subject, and a cover surrounding the earbud housing. The base includes a speaker, an optical emitter, and an optical detector. The cover includes light transmissive material that is in optical communication with the optical emitter and the optical detector and serves as a light guide to deliver light from the optical emitter into the ear canal of the subject wearing the device at one or more predetermined locations and to collect light external to the earbud housing and deliver the collected light to the optical detector.

Light-guiding devices and monitoring devices incorporating same

Methods and apparatus for qualifying and quantifying excitation-dependent physiological information extracted from wearable sensors in the midst of interference from unwanted sources are provided. An organism is interrogated with at least one excitation energy, energy response signals from two or more distinct physiological regions are sensed, and these signals are processed to generate an extracted signal. The extracted signal is compared with a physiological model to qualify and/or quantify a physiological property. Additionally, important physiological information can be qualified and quantified by comparing the excitation wavelength-dependent response, measured via wearable sensors, with a physiological model.

Noninvasive physiological analysis using excitation-sensor modules and related devices and methods

A radiation thermometer measures temperature of the eardrum. The thermometer comprises a signal processor for calculating a temperature from an output of a light receptor, which receives only the infrared rays radiated directly from the eardrum and/or vicinity of it, and a notification system for notifying the temperature resulted from the calculation. Since the structure does not receive an influence of any radiant heats from other than those of the eardrum and/or vicinity of it, temperature change of a probe does not become a factor of measuring errors, so as to offer an accurate measurement of temperatures. An infrared-receiving element is positioned within a triangle configured by an intersection between a light path and an optical axis, and two image points of hypothetical end points formed by an optical condenser, when viewed in a cross sectional plane including the optical axis of the optical condenser, where (a) the light path is a path that extends from the hypothetical end point to the image point of the hypothetical end point formed by the optical condenser by passing through a rim of the optical condenser on the same side as the hypothetical end point with respect to the optical axis, and (b) the hypothetical end point is a point at which a straight line drawn from the rim of the optical condenser toward the probe in a manner to be tangent to an inner surface of the probe on the same side as the rim of the optical condenser with respect to the optical axis crosses a plane at a tip of the probe.

Radiation clinical thermometer

A cooking appliance performs cooking which is remotely controlled, based on information relating to the object to be heated, as the information is transmitted to the appliance's computer from a management's computer. The cooking appliance can also cook any part of food in the cooking chamber locally.

Cooking device with system for controlling cooking of foods

A high frequency heating apparatus for heating an object to be heated is provided with an electromagnetic wave emission device for emitting electromagnetic waves, a local heating device capable of heating an optional portion of the object by the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission device, and a control device for controlling the local heating device. The high frequency heating apparatus is further provided with a stage on which the object is placed, a protecting device for protecting the local heating device, a setting device and a detection device, so that the local heating device, the electromagnetic wave emission device or the stage is controlled in accordance with the setting device or detection device.

High frequency heating apparatus for selective heating of a desired portion of an object

A high frequency heating apparatus for heating an object to be heated is provided with an electromagnetic wave emission means for emitting electromagnetic waves, a local heating means capable of heating an optional portion of the object by the electromagnetic waves emitted from the emission means, and a control means for controlling the local heating means. The high frequency heating apparatus is further provided with a stage on which the object is placed, a protecting means for protecting the local heating means, a setting means and a detection means, so that the local heating means, the electromagnetic wave emission means or the stage is controlled in accordance with the setting means or the detection means.

High frequency heating apparatus for providing a uniform heating of an object

A monitoring device which can be mounted on a window or a door. When the monitoring device is mounted on the window, a user should release the monitoring device each time he/she opens or closes the window. An intrusion detection terminal (13) having an open/close sensor is mounted on a window or a door and a mat (16) having a built-in piezoelectric sensor terminal (15) is arranged in the vicinity of the area below the window. The intrusion detection terminal (13) having an open/close sensor and an intrusion detection terminal (15a) having a piezoelectric sensor respectively include data communication means for performing data transmission/reception. When an intruder is present, the intrusion detection terminal (15a) below the window detects the intruder, who then tries to open the window. Thus, it is possible to judge that the person is an intruder. When a user opens the window, no detection is performed by the intrusion detection terminal (15a) and only the intrusion detection terminal (13) detects the opening of the window. Thus, the user need not release the monitoring device each time he/she opens or closes the window.

Makoto Shibuya

Papers

Radiation clinical thermometer

Cooking device with system for controlling cooking of foods

High frequency heating apparatus for selective heating of a desired portion of an object

High frequency heating apparatus for providing a uniform heating of an object

Monitoring device and program thereof