SENSORING

Sensors for sensing electricity for use in personal electronic devices, appliances, and automobiles; encoders; [ devices used to enter information into a computer, namely, keyboards, touchpads, mouse, and pointing sticks; input devices with which one can move or manipulate a cursor or pointer on a GUI, namely, joystick for computers and video games, mouse for computers, trackball; ] (( magnetic encoders; )) [ electronic operation panels, namely, touch panels, lighting control panels, air conditioner control panels, audio and radio control panels, navigation system control panels and television control panels assembled into dashboards in cars; ] rotary encoders; (( variable electric resistors; acceleration sensors; angle-of-inclination sensors; angular velocity sensors; direction sensors; exhaust gas sensors for vehicles; fluid level sensors; )) geomagnetic sensors; (( giant magneto resistance sensors; )) [ highly reliable magnetic sensors; ] pressure sensors; [ thin film devices having sensor functions, namely, thin film devices sensing magnetic force, thin film devices sensing pressure, thin film devices sensing angular velocity, thin film devices sensing acceleration, thin film devices sensing humidity, thin film devices sensing frequency, thin film devices sensing flux, thin film devices sensing light including ultraviolet rays and infrared rays, thin film devices sensing sounds, thin film devices sensing supersonic waves; ] variable resistive sensors; [ weight sensors; weight sensors for automotive seat for controlling operation of airbags; ] car sensors, namely, steering angle sensors, accelerator pedal sensors, brake pedal sensors, throttle valve position sensors, electronic control throttle position sensors, EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) valve position sensors, headlight level sensors, air mix valve sensors, [ seat weight sensors, seat position sensors, chassis height sensors; ] (( capacitive sensors; )) magnetic sensors; (( optical sensors; piezoelectric sensors; )) resistive sensors for detecting positions, rotation angles, force feedback, and electric feedback; [ non-contact sensors using highly reliable magnetic elements for open/close detection of doors and lids and for detection of rotating angles; piezoelectric sensors for measuring height based on air pressure changes and for measuring water level in washing machines; direction sensors with tilt compensation algorithms; sensors for altimeters of watches; ] (( sensors for camera modules, namely, angle and angular velocity sensors, cmos image sensors, ccd image sensors; sensors for detecting coordinates positions; )) [ load sensors for scales; sensors for blood-pressure meters; rotation detecting sensors for car air conditioners; pressure sensors for vehicle safety equipment, namely, tire pressure monitors; land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of vehicle safety equipment, namely, tire pressure monitors used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values; ] (( land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of keyless entry systems, speedometers, and car navigation computers used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values )) [ ; land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of gas meters used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values ]

[ Land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of air conditioners for vehicles used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values; Land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of lights for vehicles used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values ]

[ Land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of engines for land vehicles used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values; ] (( Land vehicle parts, namely, sensors sold as a component of vehicle power windows, gear shift-by-wire, throttle-by-wire, steering-by-wire units, and parts thereof, power sliding door panels for land vehicles, )) [ seat belts, namely, seat belt buckles, and automobile hoods, ] (( all for use in vehicles used or assembled for detecting and evaluating weight values, position values, distance values, acceleration values, pressure values, angle values, capacity values or force values ))