Author: claimsbot

1. A pattern identification method comprising:
a first step of calculating, for each of living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body’s samples, two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern;
a second step of calculating the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from its center;
a third step of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered or to be compared with registered data and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values using the value; and
a fourth step of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold.
2. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein
the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:
a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;
a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;
the number of the segments.
3. The pattern identification method according to claim 2, further comprising
an extraction step of extracting the characteristic points from the living body’s pattern obtained from the plurality of living body’s patterns so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the living body’s pattern and a straight line.
4. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein
the first step calculates, for each of the living body’s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body’s samples, the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern, and also calculates, for each of non-living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body’s samples, the two or more form values;
the second step calculates, as for each of the living body’s patterns, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also calculates, as for each of the non-living body’s patterns, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;
the third step calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body’s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body’s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and
the fourth step disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body’s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body’s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.
5. The pattern identification method according to claim 1, wherein
the living body’s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.
6. A registration device comprising:
storage means for storing, for each of living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;
calculation means for calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and
registration means for disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while registering the pattern in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.
7. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein
the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:
a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;
a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;
the number of the segments.
8. The registration device according to claim 6, further comprising
extraction means for extracting the characteristic points from the pattern so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the pattern and a straight line, wherein
the registration means registers the pattern’s characteristic points extracted by the extraction means in the storage medium.
9. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein
the storage means stores, for each of the living body’s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also stores, for each of non-living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;
the calculation means calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body’s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body’s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and
the registration means disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body’s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body’s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.
10. The registration device according to claim 6, wherein
the living body’s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.
11. A verification device comprising:
storage means for storing, for each of living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;
calculation means for calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and
verification means for disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while comparing the pattern with registered data registered in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.
12. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein
the two or more form values include at least two of the following values:
a degree of the spread of the weighted distribution with the length of a segment used as frequency, as for the distribution of the angles of a reference axis with respect to the segments connecting characteristic points of the pattern;
a ratio of the size of the distribution existing within a predetermined angular range whose center is equal to the angle of a direction perpendicular to the reference axis to the size of the total angular range of the distribution;
the number of the segments.
13. The registration device according to claim 11, further comprising
extraction means for extracting the characteristic points from the pattern so that a line connecting these characteristic points resembles the pattern and a straight line, wherein
the verification means compares the pattern’s characteristic points extracted by the extraction means with the registered data.
14. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein
the storage means stores, for each of the living body’s patterns obtained from the plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and the value representing the degree of the spread from the center, and also stores, for each of non-living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of non-living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of the two or more form values and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center;
the calculation means calculates the first distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the living body’s pattern, and also calculates a second distance between the two or more form values of the pattern and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values of each of the non-living body’s pattern, using the value representing the degree of the spread from the center; and
the verification means disposes of the pattern when the second distance is within a second threshold used for the determination of the non-living body’s pattern, even if the first distance is greater than a first threshold used for the determination of the living body’s pattern and the first distance is within the first threshold.
15. The verification device according to claim 11, wherein
the living body’s pattern is a form pattern of blood vessels.
16. A program causing a computer that stores, for each of living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center, to execute:
a first process of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and
a second process of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while registering the pattern in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.
17. A program causing a computer that stores, for each of living body’s patterns obtained from a plurality of living body’s samples, the center of the distribution of two or more form values representing the shape of the pattern and a value representing the degree of the spread from the center, to execute:
a first process of calculating a distance between the two or more form values of a pattern obtained from those to be registered and the center of the distribution of the two or more form values stored in the storage means using the value; and
a second process of disposing of the pattern if the distance is greater than a predetermined threshold while comparing the pattern with registered data registered in a storage medium if the distance is within the threshold.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A compound of the formula:
wherein R1 is selected from
and R2 is selected from:
2. A compound of claim 1 selected from
1-(5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)urea, TFA salt;
1-(5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)urea, TFA salt;
1-(5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)urea, TFA salt;
1-(5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)-piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)urea, TFA salt;
1-(5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(4-chloro-3-fluorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)phenyl)urea, TFA salt;
5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)-benzamide, TFA salt;
5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)-benzamide, TFA salt;
5-Chloro-2-(2-(1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)-piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethoxy)benzamide, TFA salt;
1-(1-(4-Chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-(4-chlorophenoxy)ethanol, TFA salt;
2-(4-Chlorophenoxy)-1-(1-(4-fluorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)ethanol, TFA salt;
2-(4-Chlorophenoxy)-1-(1-(3,4-dichlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)ethanol, TFA salt;
1-(1-Benzylpiperidin-4-yl)-2-(4-chlorophenoxy)ethanol, TFA salt;
Methyl 5-chloro-1-(2-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylate, TFA salt; and
5-Chloro-1-(2-(1-(4-chlorobenzyl)piperidin-4-yl)-2-hydroxyethyl)-1H-indole-3-carboxylic acid, TFA salt.
3. A pharmaceutical composition comprised of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of claim 1.

1. A method of lowering blood pressure in an individual in need thereof comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of Compound Nos. 6, 9 to 12, 14, 16 to 21, 23 to 28, 39 to 40, 42, 44 to 59, 63 to 72, 77 to 82, 104, 108 to 116, 118 to 131, 133 to 142, 144 to 171, 173 to 179, 187 to 192, 195 to 198, 220, 269 to 271, 273 to 287, 290 to 306, 308 to 319, 321 to 338, 340 to 342, II-1 to II-4, II-6 to II-16, II-18 to II-19, II-39 to II-40, II-58 to II-65, II-67 to II-68, II-70 to II-71, II-75 to II-77, II-80 to II-84, II-88 to II-94, II-96 to II-106, II-108 to II-118, II-120 to II-121, II-123 to II-125, II-127 to II-128, II-130 to II-136, II-138 to II-154, II-188 to II-206, II-212 to II-213, II-215, II-220 to II-227, II-229 to II-232, II-240, II-243 to II-253, II-255 to II-269, II-271 to II-272, II-274, II-276 to II-285, II-287 to II-291, II-293 to II-298, IV1, IV-8 to IV-9, IV-11 to IV-18, IV-49 to IV-58, IV-91, IV-93 to IV-98, IV129 to IV-138, IV-169 to IV-178, IV-209 to IV-211, IV-213 to IV-218, and V-1 to V-23; or a salt, solvate or N-oxide thereof.
2. A method of (i) increasing renal blood flow, andor (ii) decreasing sodium reabsorption, in an individual in need thereof comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of Compound Nos. 6, 9 to 12, 14, 16 to 21, 23 to 28, 39 to 40, 42, 44 to 59, 63 to 72, 77 to 82, 104, 108 to 116, 118 to 131, 133 to 142, 144 to 171, 173 to 179, 187 to 192, 195 to 198, 220, 269 to 271, 273 to 287, 290 to 306, 308 to 319, 321 to 338, 340 to 342, II-1 to II-4, II-6 to II-16, II-18 to II-19, II-39 to II-40, II-58 to II-65, II-67 to 11-68, II-70 to II-71, II-75 to II-77, II-80 to II-84, II-88 to II-94, II-96 to II-106, II-108 to II-118, II-120 to II-121, II-123 to II-125, II-127 to II-128, II-130 to II-136, II-138 to II-154, II-188 to II-206, II-212 to II-213, II-215, II-220 to II-227, II-229 to II-232, II-240, II-243 to II-253, II-255 to II-269, II-271 to II-272, II-274, II-276 to II-285, II-287 to II-291, II-293 to II-298, IV1, IV-8 to IV-9, IV-11 to IV-18, IV-49 to 1V-58, IV-91, IV-93 to IV-98, IV129 to IV-138, IV-169 to IV-178, IV-209 to IV-211, IV-213 to IV-218, and V-1 to V-23; or a salt, solvate or N-oxide thereof.
3. A method of treating a disease or condition that is responsive to any one or more of: (i) a decrease in blood pressure; (ii) an increase in renal blood flow; and (iii) a decrease of sodium reabsorption, comprising administering to an individual in need thereof an effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of Compound Nos. 6, 9 to 12, 14, 16 to 21, 23 to 28, 39 to 40, 42, 44 to 59, 63 to 72, 77 to 82, 104, 108 to 116, 118 to 131, 133 to 142, 144 to 171, 173 to 179, 187 to 192, 195 to 198, 220, 269 to 271, 273 to 287, 290 to 306, 308 to 319, 321 to 338, 340 to 342, II-1 to II-4, II-6 to II-16, II-18 to II-19, II-39 to II-40, II-58 to II-65, II-67 to 11-68, II-70 to II-71, II-75 to II-77, II-80 to II-84, II-88 to II-94, II-96 to II-106, II-108 to II-118, II-120 to II-121, II-123 to II-125, II-127 to II-128, II-130 to II-136, II-138 to II-154, II-188 to II-206, II-212 to II-213, II-215, II-220 to II-227, II-229 to II-232, II-240, II-243 to II-253, II-255 to II-269, II-271 to II-272, II-274, II-276 to II-285, II-287 to II-291, II-293 to II-298, IV1, IV-8 to 1V-9, 1V-11 to IV-18, IV-49 to IV-58, IV-91, IV-93 to IV-98, IV129 to IV-138, IV-169 to IV-178, IV-209 to IV-211, IV-213 to IV-218, and V-1 to V-23; or a salt, solvate or N-oxide thereof.
4. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
5. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
6. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
7. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
8. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
9. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
10. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
11. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
12. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
13. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
14. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
15. The method of any one of claims 1, 3, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
16. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
17. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
18. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
19. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.
20. The method of any one of claims 1, 2, and 3, wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of:
or a salt thereof.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A double-winged radiator for CPU, comprising:
two sets of first radiator fins being made of a material having a high heat transfer capacity, and provided at a predetermined position with at least one through hole;
at least one heat-transfer tube extended through said at least one through hole provided on said two sets of first radiator fins, so that said two sets of first radiator fins are separately fixedly located at two outer ends of said at least one heat-transfer tube; and
a heat-transfer block being made of a material having a high heat transfer capacity, and provided at a top with a receiving portion, in which a section of said at least one heat-transfer tube between said two sets of first radiator fins is seated; and
said heat-transfer block being mounted on an upper side of a central processing unit (CPU) to transfer heat produced by said CPU during an operation thereof via said at least one heat-transfer tube to said two sets of first radiator fins that provide a large radiating area and therefore enable heat transferred thereto to quickly dissipate therefrom;
further comprising a locating member having a projection downward extended from a lower middle portion thereof, and a recess portion being provided on a top of each of said two sets of first radiator fins for receiving two outer ends of said locating member while said downward extended projection of said locating member is located between said two sets of first radiator fins.
2. The double-winged radiator for CPU as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heat-transfer tube is more than one in number.
3. The double-winged radiator for CPU as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heat-transfer block is preferably made of a copper material.
4. The double-winged radiator for CPU as claimed in claim 1, further comprising one set of second radiator fins located between said two sets of first radiator fins, said set of second radiator fins being provided at a lower side with an engaging portion for engaging with said at least one heat-transfer tube, so as to provide increased radiating area and radiating efficiency for said double-winged radiator for CPU.
5. The double-winged radiator for CPU as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving portion on the top of said heat-transfer block comprises at least one groove corresponding to and receiving said at least one heat-transfer tube therein.
6. The double-winged radiator for CPU as claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving portion on the top of said heat-transfer block comprises at least one pair of two rows of protuberances, and a distance between said two rows of protuberance corresponding to said at least one heat-transfer tube for receiving said heat-transfer tube therein.