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A nontherapeutic method of improving muscle status in a human or animal comprising a step of administering to the human or animal a natural glucose transport promoting peptide of any of Claims 1 to 3 or a composition according to Claim 4 or 5.

In view of these circumstances the present inventors decided that an object of the present invention is to provide a composition having an effect on at least one of the followings prevention or treatment of diabetes mellitus or of an elevation of blood glucose level promotion of glycogen storage enhancement of physical strength enhancement of athletic ability improvement of endurance and relief from fatigue.The present inventors also decided that another obj ect of the present invention is to provide a food or a pharmaceutical compositionhaving at least one of the effects mentioned above.Further the present inventors decided that still another object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a composition having at least one of the effects mentioned above.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In view of these circumstances the present inventors decided that an object of the present invention is to provide a composition having an effect on at least one of the followings prevention or treatment of diabetes mellitus or of an elevation of blood glucose level promotion of glycogen storage enhancement of physical strength enhancement of athletic ability improvement of endurance and relief from fatigue.The present inventors also decided that another obj ect of the present invention is to provide a food or a pharmaceutical compositionhaving at least one of the effects mentioned above.Further the present inventors decided that still another object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a composition having at least one of the effects mentioned above. CLAIM: A nontherapeutic method of improving muscle status in a human or animal comprising a step of administering to the human or animal a natural glucose transport promoting peptide of any of Claims 1 to 3 or a composition according to Claim 4 or 5.

The system according to any of preceding claims characterised in that the mobile operator station andor the traffic operator station which is either stationary or mobile are provided with a communication interface for generation and visualisation of the USSDcompliant messages.

In the following the operation of the method according to the invention will be presented with some application examples.In Fig.4 the peripheral device 11 is a switch S1 arranged in connection with a door 12 for recognising whether the door 12 is open or closed.The first connection line 13 of the switch S1 is connected to the signal ground conductor GND of the connection interface 7 of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 and the second connection line 14 of the switch S1 is connected to the status line DTR of the telecommunication terminal of the connection interface 7.Further at the connection interface 7 the input lines of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 are connected with biasing resistors R1 R2 R3 whereby the status of these input lines is set in the logical 1 state in case said input line is not connected anywhere.In this example situation it means that when the switch S1 is in the open position the voltage of the status line DTR5 is ca.5 V i.e.the line is in the logical 1 state.In a corresponding manner when the switch S1 is in the closed position the door is closed the voltage of the status line DTR of the telecommunication terminal is ca.0 V i.e.in the logical 0 state.The application software of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 is provided with the necessary programs for examining the logical states of the input lines of this connection interface 7 and for setting the logical states of the different output lines to the value 01 required at the time respectively.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the following the operation of the method according to the invention will be presented with some application examples.In Fig.4 the peripheral device 11 is a switch S1 arranged in connection with a door 12 for recognising whether the door 12 is open or closed.The first connection line 13 of the switch S1 is connected to the signal ground conductor GND of the connection interface 7 of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 and the second connection line 14 of the switch S1 is connected to the status line DTR of the telecommunication terminal of the connection interface 7.Further at the connection interface 7 the input lines of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 are connected with biasing resistors R1 R2 R3 whereby the status of these input lines is set in the logical 1 state in case said input line is not connected anywhere.In this example situation it means that when the switch S1 is in the open position the voltage of the status line DTR5 is ca.5 V i.e.the line is in the logical 1 state.In a corresponding manner when the switch S1 is in the closed position the door is closed the voltage of the status line DTR of the telecommunication terminal is ca.0 V i.e.in the logical 0 state.The application software of the first telecommunication terminal TE1 is provided with the necessary programs for examining the logical states of the input lines of this connection interface 7 and for setting the logical states of the different output lines to the value 01 required at the time respectively. CLAIM: The system according to any of preceding claims characterised in that the mobile operator station andor the traffic operator station which is either stationary or mobile are provided with a communication interface for generation and visualisation of the USSDcompliant messages.

The tube bird feeder of Claim 4 further including a plurality of drainage and ventilation apertures formed in said bottom wall of said base said tube bird feeder also having ventilation openings proximate a top end thereof andor wherein said base member includes a side wall said side wall being arranged to be coextensive with a portion of said bottom marginal edge of said seed tube said side wall having said protrusion extending outwardly therefrom said protrusion being designed to fitwithin said aperture.

Tube bird feeder 10 includes a cylindrical seed tube 12 which has an open top and an open bottom and includes a first seed access opening 14 with a second seed access opening 16 being located diametrically opposed to seed access opening 14.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Tube bird feeder 10 includes a cylindrical seed tube 12 which has an open top and an open bottom and includes a first seed access opening 14 with a second seed access opening 16 being located diametrically opposed to seed access opening 14. CLAIM: The tube bird feeder of Claim 4 further including a plurality of drainage and ventilation apertures formed in said bottom wall of said base said tube bird feeder also having ventilation openings proximate a top end thereof andor wherein said base member includes a side wall said side wall being arranged to be coextensive with a portion of said bottom marginal edge of said seed tube said side wall having said protrusion extending outwardly therefrom said protrusion being designed to fitwithin said aperture.

The network analysis method of any of the previous claims wherein said providing of said notification is based on at least one predetermined threshold comprising a statistical parameter representative of a performance andor an efficiency of at least one vectoring group of said plurality of channels.

A solution for the singleuser resource allocation problem for partial cancellation is now discussed.As will become evident later the multiuser partial cancellation problem is a natural extension of the singleuser scenario.Assume that the total amount of computational resources available in the system for the vectored user n is represented by the parametern.To cancel the dominant crosstalkers for user n a KN1 concatenated matrix Dncq1cq2cqNt is created where the th row given by the nth row of normalized coupling matrix corresponds to tone i i.e.cin.In other words matrix Dn represents the rowwise concatenation of couplings from the remaining N1 disturbers onto all the tones.Assuming that one unit resource complexity e.g.a cancellation tap is needed for each disturber per tone the coupling matrix after undergoing n crosstalk cancellations would be equivalent to inserting n zeros into matrix Dn.Let Cnn be the corresponding matrix.If Rn is the postpartialselfFEXT cancellation rate for the user n then the partial cancellation problem statement is represented by the followingargmaxCnnRn

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: A solution for the singleuser resource allocation problem for partial cancellation is now discussed.As will become evident later the multiuser partial cancellation problem is a natural extension of the singleuser scenario.Assume that the total amount of computational resources available in the system for the vectored user n is represented by the parametern.To cancel the dominant crosstalkers for user n a KN1 concatenated matrix Dncq1cq2cqNt is created where the th row given by the nth row of normalized coupling matrix corresponds to tone i i.e.cin.In other words matrix Dn represents the rowwise concatenation of couplings from the remaining N1 disturbers onto all the tones.Assuming that one unit resource complexity e.g.a cancellation tap is needed for each disturber per tone the coupling matrix after undergoing n crosstalk cancellations would be equivalent to inserting n zeros into matrix Dn.Let Cnn be the corresponding matrix.If Rn is the postpartialselfFEXT cancellation rate for the user n then the partial cancellation problem statement is represented by the followingargmaxCnnRn CLAIM: The network analysis method of any of the previous claims wherein said providing of said notification is based on at least one predetermined threshold comprising a statistical parameter representative of a performance andor an efficiency of at least one vectoring group of said plurality of channels.

A method for transporting a biocontainer bag the method comprising placing the biocontainer bag on the base plate of the support of any one of claims 18 moving at least the lower portions of the first and second opposing walls to substantially vertical positions and transporting the biocontainer to a desired location.

Due to the provision of support element 112 dimensioning of cut out 88 is no longer restricted by considerations concerning safety of the sheet material of the bottom wall 12 of container 10 and its bond to outlet port 64.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Due to the provision of support element 112 dimensioning of cut out 88 is no longer restricted by considerations concerning safety of the sheet material of the bottom wall 12 of container 10 and its bond to outlet port 64. CLAIM: A method for transporting a biocontainer bag the method comprising placing the biocontainer bag on the base plate of the support of any one of claims 18 moving at least the lower portions of the first and second opposing walls to substantially vertical positions and transporting the biocontainer to a desired location.

A harness system comprising a waist member configured to encircle the naval region of a user wherein the waist member forms a continuous waist loop a leg loop member configured to encircle the legs of the user wherein the leg loop member is coupled to the waist member and wherein the leg loop member comprises a cord including at least one braided region at least two unbraided regions and at least one spliced coupling and wherein at least one of the braided regions is disposed between the unbraided regions and wherein the unbraided regions are disposed on the leg loop member to correspond to the users legs and wherein the unbraided regions further comprise a plurality of separated strands oriented substantially parallel and equidistant to one another and wherein the at least one spliced coupling is disposed on the at least one braided region.

But according to an optional aspect of the invention the warp yarns 12 may be very effectively maintained in their spread apart configuration by adhesive bonding.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: But according to an optional aspect of the invention the warp yarns 12 may be very effectively maintained in their spread apart configuration by adhesive bonding. CLAIM: A harness system comprising a waist member configured to encircle the naval region of a user wherein the waist member forms a continuous waist loop a leg loop member configured to encircle the legs of the user wherein the leg loop member is coupled to the waist member and wherein the leg loop member comprises a cord including at least one braided region at least two unbraided regions and at least one spliced coupling and wherein at least one of the braided regions is disposed between the unbraided regions and wherein the unbraided regions are disposed on the leg loop member to correspond to the users legs and wherein the unbraided regions further comprise a plurality of separated strands oriented substantially parallel and equidistant to one another and wherein the at least one spliced coupling is disposed on the at least one braided region.

A method of determining a tire class of a tire mounted on a wheel of a driving vehicle the method comprising obtaining a set of vehicle properties parameters wherein said vehicle properties parameters are determined based at least one sensor signal received from sensors comprised in said vehicle determining a tire class based on said set of vehicle properties parameters.

After the tire type is judged at S109 or S110 the program goes to S111 where the judging result outputting section 12 outputs the result of the judgment of the tire type leaving the routine.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: After the tire type is judged at S109 or S110 the program goes to S111 where the judging result outputting section 12 outputs the result of the judgment of the tire type leaving the routine. CLAIM: A method of determining a tire class of a tire mounted on a wheel of a driving vehicle the method comprising obtaining a set of vehicle properties parameters wherein said vehicle properties parameters are determined based at least one sensor signal received from sensors comprised in said vehicle determining a tire class based on said set of vehicle properties parameters.

A system according to any preceding claim arranged to measure and record three dimensional properties of defects in rails andor other track components including defect depth profile andor maximum depth.

The section 13a is also connected to a clinometer 18 and two gyrometers 19 and 20 suitable to measure in a manner known to the state of the art the super elevation of the track 12 or its inclination in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal represented by the distance of one of the two wheelsurface planes of one rail 11 from the horizontal line which passes through the wheelsurface planeof the other rail 11.These instruments 1820 also allow to monitor the skew defined as the rate of variation in the super elevation.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The section 13a is also connected to a clinometer 18 and two gyrometers 19 and 20 suitable to measure in a manner known to the state of the art the super elevation of the track 12 or its inclination in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal represented by the distance of one of the two wheelsurface planes of one rail 11 from the horizontal line which passes through the wheelsurface planeof the other rail 11.These instruments 1820 also allow to monitor the skew defined as the rate of variation in the super elevation. CLAIM: A system according to any preceding claim arranged to measure and record three dimensional properties of defects in rails andor other track components including defect depth profile andor maximum depth.

An apparatus according to Claim 3 wherein the extension bar comprises a plurality of openings and the second portion of the rocker lock comprises aprotrusion constructed and arranged to be received in one of the plurality of openings of the extension bar when the rocker lock is in the locked position.

Turning now to Figs.4 to 6 of the drawings there is illustrated a different embodiment of the present invention generally designated 150.In this embodiment the rigid base cabinet 152 comprises a bucket 156 having an open top defined by a peripheral top edge 158 and fitted at two opposed side walls thereof with carrying handles 162.A pair of rolling wheels 166 are pivotally secured at a bottom rear edge of the cabinet assembly 152.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Turning now to Figs.4 to 6 of the drawings there is illustrated a different embodiment of the present invention generally designated 150.In this embodiment the rigid base cabinet 152 comprises a bucket 156 having an open top defined by a peripheral top edge 158 and fitted at two opposed side walls thereof with carrying handles 162.A pair of rolling wheels 166 are pivotally secured at a bottom rear edge of the cabinet assembly 152. CLAIM: An apparatus according to Claim 3 wherein the extension bar comprises a plurality of openings and the second portion of the rocker lock comprises aprotrusion constructed and arranged to be received in one of the plurality of openings of the extension bar when the rocker lock is in the locked position.

The network cell according to claim 11 wherein the size of the channels is fixed.

Stable wireless transmission by direct waves between the antennae 25AA and 26AA installed to the ceiling panel 31 and the antennae 18AA and 19AA installed in the seats is difficult inside an airplane.One reason is that direct wave transmission requires installingantennae 18AA and 19AA on the top portion of the seats 30AA1 and 30AA2 so that there is a direct line of sight to the ceilingmounted antennae 25A and 26A and this is difficult in terms of both design and function.A second reason is that passengers entering and leaving the aisle or walking down the aisle and luggage carts carried by passengers significantly disrupt direct signals.A third reason is that the inside of an airplane which is a confined closed space storing a lot of luggage and other materials is a hostile environment for wireless transmission that produces indirect waves that interfere with direct wave reception.Stable wireless transmission by direct waves is thus difficult inside an airplane.This first embodiment of the invention thus creates an environment that instead reduces direct wave transmission and increases the transmission of indirect waves that are actively used to enable stable reception.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Stable wireless transmission by direct waves between the antennae 25AA and 26AA installed to the ceiling panel 31 and the antennae 18AA and 19AA installed in the seats is difficult inside an airplane.One reason is that direct wave transmission requires installingantennae 18AA and 19AA on the top portion of the seats 30AA1 and 30AA2 so that there is a direct line of sight to the ceilingmounted antennae 25A and 26A and this is difficult in terms of both design and function.A second reason is that passengers entering and leaving the aisle or walking down the aisle and luggage carts carried by passengers significantly disrupt direct signals.A third reason is that the inside of an airplane which is a confined closed space storing a lot of luggage and other materials is a hostile environment for wireless transmission that produces indirect waves that interfere with direct wave reception.Stable wireless transmission by direct waves is thus difficult inside an airplane.This first embodiment of the invention thus creates an environment that instead reduces direct wave transmission and increases the transmission of indirect waves that are actively used to enable stable reception. CLAIM: The network cell according to claim 11 wherein the size of the channels is fixed.

The refrigeration device according to claim 1 characterized by further comprising an unblocking mechanism 12 for releasing the door shelf from a current joinup position.

In the above two different embodiments of cabinet support assemblies 1010 have been described however the teaching of the present invention can be applied as well to door support assemblies 100 i.e.support assemblies which are connected to the door of the refrigerating appliance 1.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the above two different embodiments of cabinet support assemblies 1010 have been described however the teaching of the present invention can be applied as well to door support assemblies 100 i.e.support assemblies which are connected to the door of the refrigerating appliance 1. CLAIM: The refrigeration device according to claim 1 characterized by further comprising an unblocking mechanism 12 for releasing the door shelf from a current joinup position.

The information processing system according to claim 7 wherein the plural rules include a rule related to a distance from the current location of the augmented reality presenting device to the shop selling the product and a rule related to inventory of the product.

Here the image input section 1A is a camera attachabledetachable with respect to the portable information terminal 11.The section can be attached to the portable information terminal 11 to transmit realtime image data to the portable information terminal 11.Of course as shown by a broken line in FIG.10 in the same manner as in the first embodiment the image input section 1A may integrally be disposed in the portable information terminal 11 such as a PDA including the camera and a cellular phone including the camera.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Here the image input section 1A is a camera attachabledetachable with respect to the portable information terminal 11.The section can be attached to the portable information terminal 11 to transmit realtime image data to the portable information terminal 11.Of course as shown by a broken line in FIG.10 in the same manner as in the first embodiment the image input section 1A may integrally be disposed in the portable information terminal 11 such as a PDA including the camera and a cellular phone including the camera. CLAIM: The information processing system according to claim 7 wherein the plural rules include a rule related to a distance from the current location of the augmented reality presenting device to the shop selling the product and a rule related to inventory of the product.

The tracedata processing device of one of the claims 3 to 6 wherein the reconstruction information additionally comprises actionoffset information associated with each instruction address the actionoffset information being indicative ofeither an instruction address offset between the current instruction address and an instruction address of a next branch instruction of a next dataaccess instruction or of a next event in accordance with the event information in the program execution flowor an instruction offset corresponding to the number of instructions between the current instruction and a next branch instruction a next dataaccess instruction or a next event in the program execution flow and whereineach messageprocessing stage is configured to determine from the actionoffset information that is associated with a currently processed instruction an instruction address of an instruction to be processed next by the messageprocessing stage.

Emulator 14 includes emulation array and interconnecting networks 16 incorporated with the teachings of the present invention configuration unit 18 and host interface 20 coupled to each other as shown.Except for emulation array and interconnecting network 16 configuration unit 18 and host interface 20 are also intended to represent a broad category of these elements found in conventional emulators whose functions and constitutions are also well known and therefore will not be further described either.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Emulator 14 includes emulation array and interconnecting networks 16 incorporated with the teachings of the present invention configuration unit 18 and host interface 20 coupled to each other as shown.Except for emulation array and interconnecting network 16 configuration unit 18 and host interface 20 are also intended to represent a broad category of these elements found in conventional emulators whose functions and constitutions are also well known and therefore will not be further described either. CLAIM: The tracedata processing device of one of the claims 3 to 6 wherein the reconstruction information additionally comprises actionoffset information associated with each instruction address the actionoffset information being indicative ofeither an instruction address offset between the current instruction address and an instruction address of a next branch instruction of a next dataaccess instruction or of a next event in accordance with the event information in the program execution flowor an instruction offset corresponding to the number of instructions between the current instruction and a next branch instruction a next dataaccess instruction or a next event in the program execution flow and whereineach messageprocessing stage is configured to determine from the actionoffset information that is associated with a currently processed instruction an instruction address of an instruction to be processed next by the messageprocessing stage.

The method 20 according to any of claims 3 to 7 further comprising determining 31 a cause of said deviation by deploying noncoherent fault trees that are constructed using said engineering data.

Hereinafter an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Hereinafter an embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. CLAIM: The method 20 according to any of claims 3 to 7 further comprising determining 31 a cause of said deviation by deploying noncoherent fault trees that are constructed using said engineering data.

The container according to claim 3 characterized in that the first end of said fifth bar 5 is attached to the fourth bar 4 forming an angle between 50 and 130.

The end of each 8 and 9 straight part is articulated with a pair of tie rods indicated with 12 12A and 13 13A respectively which are articulated with one of the two doors 14 and 15 closing the bottom of the container 2 Fig.1 and 2 show only the tie rods 12 and 13 and the door 14 because the tie rods 12A and 13A and the door 15 are placed symmetrically to the tie rods 12 and 13 and to the door 14 in the part of the container 2 not visible in its crosssection represented in Fig.1 and 2 see Fig.12 as an example.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The end of each 8 and 9 straight part is articulated with a pair of tie rods indicated with 12 12A and 13 13A respectively which are articulated with one of the two doors 14 and 15 closing the bottom of the container 2 Fig.1 and 2 show only the tie rods 12 and 13 and the door 14 because the tie rods 12A and 13A and the door 15 are placed symmetrically to the tie rods 12 and 13 and to the door 14 in the part of the container 2 not visible in its crosssection represented in Fig.1 and 2 see Fig.12 as an example. CLAIM: The container according to claim 3 characterized in that the first end of said fifth bar 5 is attached to the fourth bar 4 forming an angle between 50 and 130.

A calibration curve generation device which generates a calibration curve used for deriving a content of a target component of a subject from observation data of the subject the device comprising a sample observation data acquisition unit that acquires the observation data related to a plurality of samples of the subject a sample target component amount acquisition unit that acquires the content of the target component related to each of the samples a mixing coefficient estimation unit that estimates a plurality of independent components when the observation data for each of the samples is divided to the plurality of independent components and acquires a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component for each of the samples based on the plurality of independent components and a regression formula calculation unit that acquires a regression formula of the calibration curve based on the content of the target component of the plurality of samples and the mixing coefficient for each of the samples wherein the mixing coefficient estimation unit includesi an independent component matrix calculation unit that acquires an independent component matrix including each of the independent components of each of the samples ii an estimated mixed matrix calculation unit that acquires an estimated mixed matrix indicating a set of vectors that define a ratio of independent component elements for each of the independent components in each of the samples from the independent component matrix andiii a mixing coefficient selection unit that acquires a correlation with respect to the content of the target component of the plurality of samples for each of the vectors included in the estimated mixed matrix and selecting the vector determined that the correlation is the maximum as a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component the independent component matrix calculation unit acquires the independent component matrix by performing first preprocessing that includes normalizing the observation data second preprocessing that includes whitening and independent component analysis processing in order and the independent component matrix calculation unit adds the same noise to the observation data related to the plurality of samples in the first preprocessing.

Such a correlation can be calculated by using a correlation coefficient R according to the following Expression 12.The correlation coefficient R is called a Pearsons productmoment correlation coefficient.Ri1nCiCaikaki1nCiC2i1naikak2 where C and k are the chlorophyll content and the average value of the vector k respectively

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Such a correlation can be calculated by using a correlation coefficient R according to the following Expression 12.The correlation coefficient R is called a Pearsons productmoment correlation coefficient.Ri1nCiCaikaki1nCiC2i1naikak2 where C and k are the chlorophyll content and the average value of the vector k respectively CLAIM: A calibration curve generation device which generates a calibration curve used for deriving a content of a target component of a subject from observation data of the subject the device comprising a sample observation data acquisition unit that acquires the observation data related to a plurality of samples of the subject a sample target component amount acquisition unit that acquires the content of the target component related to each of the samples a mixing coefficient estimation unit that estimates a plurality of independent components when the observation data for each of the samples is divided to the plurality of independent components and acquires a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component for each of the samples based on the plurality of independent components and a regression formula calculation unit that acquires a regression formula of the calibration curve based on the content of the target component of the plurality of samples and the mixing coefficient for each of the samples wherein the mixing coefficient estimation unit includesi an independent component matrix calculation unit that acquires an independent component matrix including each of the independent components of each of the samples ii an estimated mixed matrix calculation unit that acquires an estimated mixed matrix indicating a set of vectors that define a ratio of independent component elements for each of the independent components in each of the samples from the independent component matrix andiii a mixing coefficient selection unit that acquires a correlation with respect to the content of the target component of the plurality of samples for each of the vectors included in the estimated mixed matrix and selecting the vector determined that the correlation is the maximum as a mixing coefficient corresponding to the target component the independent component matrix calculation unit acquires the independent component matrix by performing first preprocessing that includes normalizing the observation data second preprocessing that includes whitening and independent component analysis processing in order and the independent component matrix calculation unit adds the same noise to the observation data related to the plurality of samples in the first preprocessing.

Pump 10 according to any claims 3 to 6 characterized in that both the first deformable wall 22 and the second nondeformable wall 24 are made in the shape of discs mutually coupled by calking.

Alternatively the sealing ring can be obtained using a single ring with hollow section made of shapememory material in which the elastic properties of the outer wall can be obtained by subjecting the surface of the element to a mechanical bombardment for example by means of a process of sandblasting which causes a surface hardening of the material and the generation of an elastic behaviour.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Alternatively the sealing ring can be obtained using a single ring with hollow section made of shapememory material in which the elastic properties of the outer wall can be obtained by subjecting the surface of the element to a mechanical bombardment for example by means of a process of sandblasting which causes a surface hardening of the material and the generation of an elastic behaviour. CLAIM: Pump 10 according to any claims 3 to 6 characterized in that both the first deformable wall 22 and the second nondeformable wall 24 are made in the shape of discs mutually coupled by calking.

An absorbent core according to any of the preceding claims wherein the pattern comprises a plurality of curved areas 601a 601b on each side of the longitudinal axis in particular from 2 to 10 on each side of the longitudinal axis.

As for the examples shown in Figures 16 and 18 one or more adhesive materials may be present between the first or second substrate and the corresponding absorbent material or parts thereof e.g.herein referred to as second adhesive material.For example an adhesive material can be applied to portions of a substrate that are to coincide with the channels in the absorbent layer so that in the channels the substrate can be bonded with the adhesive to the walls of the channel or part thereof or to a further material.The adhesive may help immobilizing the absorbent material and avoid extensive migration thereof into the channels.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: As for the examples shown in Figures 16 and 18 one or more adhesive materials may be present between the first or second substrate and the corresponding absorbent material or parts thereof e.g.herein referred to as second adhesive material.For example an adhesive material can be applied to portions of a substrate that are to coincide with the channels in the absorbent layer so that in the channels the substrate can be bonded with the adhesive to the walls of the channel or part thereof or to a further material.The adhesive may help immobilizing the absorbent material and avoid extensive migration thereof into the channels. CLAIM: An absorbent core according to any of the preceding claims wherein the pattern comprises a plurality of curved areas 601a 601b on each side of the longitudinal axis in particular from 2 to 10 on each side of the longitudinal axis.

A method according to any of the claims 6 to 7 wherein the method further comprises a step of providing 313 to the user U through a first widget W1 from the first communication equipment CE1 the received first set of aggregated notifications SA1.

In the embodiments described before the identifier may be associated to the message by an aggregation system which is used by the originator of the message for generating the message and providing the message to the social network services from which the first and the second messages are received.Preferably the aggregation system used by the originator is the same or another aggregation system as the one receiving the first and second messages.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the embodiments described before the identifier may be associated to the message by an aggregation system which is used by the originator of the message for generating the message and providing the message to the social network services from which the first and the second messages are received.Preferably the aggregation system used by the originator is the same or another aggregation system as the one receiving the first and second messages. CLAIM: A method according to any of the claims 6 to 7 wherein the method further comprises a step of providing 313 to the user U through a first widget W1 from the first communication equipment CE1 the received first set of aggregated notifications SA1.

The radio device of one of the precedent claims comprising a receiving unit which is configured to receive radio signals in communication with a network node of the radio access network wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive at least one parameter value of the set of at least one parameter from the network node.

In order to control the use of resources of the telecommunications network 1 the SGSN 5 contains several modules for performing the operations described below in further detail.It should be noted that one or more of these modules may be implemented as software modules running on a processor not shown.The SGSN 5 further contains memory and storage not shown for performing these operations in a manner generally known to the skilled person.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In order to control the use of resources of the telecommunications network 1 the SGSN 5 contains several modules for performing the operations described below in further detail.It should be noted that one or more of these modules may be implemented as software modules running on a processor not shown.The SGSN 5 further contains memory and storage not shown for performing these operations in a manner generally known to the skilled person. CLAIM: The radio device of one of the precedent claims comprising a receiving unit which is configured to receive radio signals in communication with a network node of the radio access network wherein the receiving unit is configured to receive at least one parameter value of the set of at least one parameter from the network node.

The constantforce device as set forth in any of Claims 1 to 3 comprising an adjusting member which is opposed to the second ratchet wheel with the biasing member sandwiched therebetween and which is configured to screw on the shaft wherein the adjusting member is configured to move in an axial direction of the shaft when a screwed state of the adjusting member with the shaft is changed so as to adjust a biasing force that is applied by the biasing member.

The first ratchet wheel 73 and the second ratchet wheel 74 have a indented tooth meshing with each other formed at a regular pitch where the first ratchet wheel 73 spins idly relative to the second ratchet wheel 74 when a more than predetermined load is applied to the spindle 4.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The first ratchet wheel 73 and the second ratchet wheel 74 have a indented tooth meshing with each other formed at a regular pitch where the first ratchet wheel 73 spins idly relative to the second ratchet wheel 74 when a more than predetermined load is applied to the spindle 4. CLAIM: The constantforce device as set forth in any of Claims 1 to 3 comprising an adjusting member which is opposed to the second ratchet wheel with the biasing member sandwiched therebetween and which is configured to screw on the shaft wherein the adjusting member is configured to move in an axial direction of the shaft when a screwed state of the adjusting member with the shaft is changed so as to adjust a biasing force that is applied by the biasing member.

The road surface frictional coefficient estimation device according to claim 1 wherein the vehicle includes a pair of left and right main drive wheels to which when driving force of a drive source istransmitted to drive wheels the driving force of the drive source is always transmitted and a pair of left and right auxiliary drive wheels to which the driving force of the drive source is transmitted depending on a traveling state of the vehicle and the first straight travel determination unit determines whether or not the vehicle travels straight based on a rotational speed difference between the pair of left and right auxiliary drive wheels.

However in a case that the 4WD vehicle travels at a low speed at a large turning angle under condition that the engaging force of the torque distribution clutch mechanismis increased the rotational difference between the front wheels and the rear wheel cannot be absorbed.As a result this unabsorption of the rotational difference causes to generate a tight corner braking phenomenon the vehicle difficulty turns so as to have activated the brakes.By this phenomenon it is adopted such a pap B that the gradient of the engaging force is easy in addition to the steep gradient of the map A.In such a situation when a large steering angle is detected by a steering angle sensor and the like it is judged to be on a tight corner state so that the generation of the tight corner braking phenomenon can be prevented by using of the map B.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: However in a case that the 4WD vehicle travels at a low speed at a large turning angle under condition that the engaging force of the torque distribution clutch mechanismis increased the rotational difference between the front wheels and the rear wheel cannot be absorbed.As a result this unabsorption of the rotational difference causes to generate a tight corner braking phenomenon the vehicle difficulty turns so as to have activated the brakes.By this phenomenon it is adopted such a pap B that the gradient of the engaging force is easy in addition to the steep gradient of the map A.In such a situation when a large steering angle is detected by a steering angle sensor and the like it is judged to be on a tight corner state so that the generation of the tight corner braking phenomenon can be prevented by using of the map B. CLAIM: The road surface frictional coefficient estimation device according to claim 1 wherein the vehicle includes a pair of left and right main drive wheels to which when driving force of a drive source istransmitted to drive wheels the driving force of the drive source is always transmitted and a pair of left and right auxiliary drive wheels to which the driving force of the drive source is transmitted depending on a traveling state of the vehicle and the first straight travel determination unit determines whether or not the vehicle travels straight based on a rotational speed difference between the pair of left and right auxiliary drive wheels.

The rechargeable battery of claim 4 wherein the first and second fuse units 41 e 41f have fuse openings 41g 41f at centers of the first and second fuse units 41e 41h respectively.

If both the first and second fuse parts 144 and 145 break the secondary battery 100 is not charged any more because a current to the auxiliary connection part 160 is interrupted and thus the secondary battery 100 can be used more stably.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: If both the first and second fuse parts 144 and 145 break the secondary battery 100 is not charged any more because a current to the auxiliary connection part 160 is interrupted and thus the secondary battery 100 can be used more stably. CLAIM: The rechargeable battery of claim 4 wherein the first and second fuse units 41 e 41f have fuse openings 41g 41f at centers of the first and second fuse units 41e 41h respectively.

A network unit 1051 for generating a network map illustrating availability of network access technologies in various locations of the networkthe location of the network unit 1051 being identified by a first identifier the network unit comprising means forsending first data to another network unit 1052 the location of which is identified by a second identifier whereby the first data is sent to at least two different possible locations for the other network unit 1052receiving from the other network unit 1052 second data referred to hereinafter as first measurement data relating to the sent first data andprocessing the first measurement data to obtain the network map based on the first measurement data the first identifier and the second identifier.

Each device 203ad and modems 204 may also be configured to automatically determine which of them has the strongest upstream connection e.g.the one that uses the least power to transmit upstream.The one that is determined to have the strongest upstream connection may then operate as a proxy for the others and can aggregate outgoing signals for the others.Figure 2b illustrates an example of the Fig.2a environment in which device 203a has been determined to have the best upstream connection.In that situation the other devices 203bcd may transmit their outgoing data to the device 203a for upstream transmission as a single or direct proxy.The figure illustrates a doubleproxy or indirect proxy with devices 203c and 203d being proxied by device 203b which is in turn proxied by device 203a.Such a doubleproxy may be optional particularly if the inhome network supports direct communications between all proxied devices and the main proxy device e.g.203a.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Each device 203ad and modems 204 may also be configured to automatically determine which of them has the strongest upstream connection e.g.the one that uses the least power to transmit upstream.The one that is determined to have the strongest upstream connection may then operate as a proxy for the others and can aggregate outgoing signals for the others.Figure 2b illustrates an example of the Fig.2a environment in which device 203a has been determined to have the best upstream connection.In that situation the other devices 203bcd may transmit their outgoing data to the device 203a for upstream transmission as a single or direct proxy.The figure illustrates a doubleproxy or indirect proxy with devices 203c and 203d being proxied by device 203b which is in turn proxied by device 203a.Such a doubleproxy may be optional particularly if the inhome network supports direct communications between all proxied devices and the main proxy device e.g.203a. CLAIM: A network unit 1051 for generating a network map illustrating availability of network access technologies in various locations of the networkthe location of the network unit 1051 being identified by a first identifier the network unit comprising means forsending first data to another network unit 1052 the location of which is identified by a second identifier whereby the first data is sent to at least two different possible locations for the other network unit 1052receiving from the other network unit 1052 second data referred to hereinafter as first measurement data relating to the sent first data andprocessing the first measurement data to obtain the network map based on the first measurement data the first identifier and the second identifier.

An apparatus for encoding a video stream divided in macroblocks the video stream comprising a transparency level channel said apparatus comprisinga video encoder configured to encode said video stream according to an encoding schemea classification engine for classifying said macroblocks into inner macroblocks for which a transparency value provided by said transparency information channel is substantially uniform and transition macroblocks for which a transparency value provided by said transparency level channel is not substantially uniforma processor for calculating a statistic of said transparency value for each one of said inner macroblocks andan encoding hint generator adapted to configure a parameter of said video encoder for each one of said inner macroblocks in function of its respective statistic.

In operation 305 a result of summing the absolute values of the gray prediction errors is compared with a predetermined critical value.If the summation result is smaller than the predetermined critical value encoding of the gray prediction errors of the current block is skipped in operation 307.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In operation 305 a result of summing the absolute values of the gray prediction errors is compared with a predetermined critical value.If the summation result is smaller than the predetermined critical value encoding of the gray prediction errors of the current block is skipped in operation 307. CLAIM: An apparatus for encoding a video stream divided in macroblocks the video stream comprising a transparency level channel said apparatus comprisinga video encoder configured to encode said video stream according to an encoding schemea classification engine for classifying said macroblocks into inner macroblocks for which a transparency value provided by said transparency information channel is substantially uniform and transition macroblocks for which a transparency value provided by said transparency level channel is not substantially uniforma processor for calculating a statistic of said transparency value for each one of said inner macroblocks andan encoding hint generator adapted to configure a parameter of said video encoder for each one of said inner macroblocks in function of its respective statistic.

The laundry treating machine according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the laundry treating machine 10 comprises at least one electric motor 36 with a variable rotation speed for driving a laundry drum 18 andor at least one air stream fan.

A refrigerant circuit 14 a compressor 16 a condenser 18 an evaporator 20 a control circuit 22 comprising a cooling member 23 and a circuit board 23 with electric andor electronic components 34 also see FIG 4 an expansion valve 26 and a motor bracket 28 are arranged on a base plate 30.The motor bracket 28 is provided for supporting an electric motor for driving the drum 12.Again the control circuit 22 can also be described as control unit 22 or control module 22.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: A refrigerant circuit 14 a compressor 16 a condenser 18 an evaporator 20 a control circuit 22 comprising a cooling member 23 and a circuit board 23 with electric andor electronic components 34 also see FIG 4 an expansion valve 26 and a motor bracket 28 are arranged on a base plate 30.The motor bracket 28 is provided for supporting an electric motor for driving the drum 12.Again the control circuit 22 can also be described as control unit 22 or control module 22. CLAIM: The laundry treating machine according to any one of the preceding claims characterized in that the laundry treating machine 10 comprises at least one electric motor 36 with a variable rotation speed for driving a laundry drum 18 andor at least one air stream fan.

The method of claim 1 wherein determining the first altitude comprises detecting by the processor one or more hazardous weather cells based on the weather information and determining by the processor a highest altitude of the one or more detected hazardous weather cells wherein the first altitude is the highest altitude.

FIGURE 5 shows threedimensional reflectivity data integrated on an ITP display 100 having a plan view section 102 and a vertical situation awareness VSA section 104.Turbulence data is also shown.In one embodiment the weather reflectivity data retrieved from the volumetric weather buffer are converted in the same way that the icons of other aircraft are displayed to reflect ITP position actual range may also be used when presented on the VSA section 104 of the ITP display 100.In other words the displayed location of other aircraft on the ITP display device 44 takes into account motionconvergence of the other aircraft to the flight path of the own aircraft.The motion and calculated center position of the detected weather on current track of the ownship and within a specified lateral distance is also used to adjust the associated icons longitudinal ITP position Or range on the alternative embodiment on the ITP display device 44.In another embodiment this conversion may also be performed for the icon presented in the plan view section 102.The detected weather condition is presented as a first icons 110 in the plan view section 102 and as a second icons 120 in the VSA section 104.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: FIGURE 5 shows threedimensional reflectivity data integrated on an ITP display 100 having a plan view section 102 and a vertical situation awareness VSA section 104.Turbulence data is also shown.In one embodiment the weather reflectivity data retrieved from the volumetric weather buffer are converted in the same way that the icons of other aircraft are displayed to reflect ITP position actual range may also be used when presented on the VSA section 104 of the ITP display 100.In other words the displayed location of other aircraft on the ITP display device 44 takes into account motionconvergence of the other aircraft to the flight path of the own aircraft.The motion and calculated center position of the detected weather on current track of the ownship and within a specified lateral distance is also used to adjust the associated icons longitudinal ITP position Or range on the alternative embodiment on the ITP display device 44.In another embodiment this conversion may also be performed for the icon presented in the plan view section 102.The detected weather condition is presented as a first icons 110 in the plan view section 102 and as a second icons 120 in the VSA section 104. CLAIM: The method of claim 1 wherein determining the first altitude comprises detecting by the processor one or more hazardous weather cells based on the weather information and determining by the processor a highest altitude of the one or more detected hazardous weather cells wherein the first altitude is the highest altitude.

The system according to claim 5 wherein the processor is configured to mark objects of the 3D map that fall inside the 3D volume.

register and display twodimensional ultrasound images on a threedimensional image acquired from an external system.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: register and display twodimensional ultrasound images on a threedimensional image acquired from an external system. CLAIM: The system according to claim 5 wherein the processor is configured to mark objects of the 3D map that fall inside the 3D volume.

The method of Claim 10 wherein the mobile device further comprises at least one input device carried by the housing and coupled to the controller and switchable between active and inactive states and further comprising switching the at least one input device to the active state when the second NFC device is in the first mode and to the inactive state when the second NFC device is in the second mode.

The NFC protocol operates within the globally available and unregulated radio frequency band of 13.56 MHz and has a working distance of up to 20 centimeters.Three data rates are available 106 kilobits per second kbits 212 kbits and 424 kbits.Two modes of communication are currently available a Passive communication mode and an Active communication mode.In the Passive communication mode the Initiator device provides an electromagnetic carrier field and the Target device answers the Initiator device by modulating the carrier field.In the Passive communication mode the Target device may draw operating power from the carrier field provided by the Initiator device.Advantageously only the Initiator device is required to have a power supply.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The NFC protocol operates within the globally available and unregulated radio frequency band of 13.56 MHz and has a working distance of up to 20 centimeters.Three data rates are available 106 kilobits per second kbits 212 kbits and 424 kbits.Two modes of communication are currently available a Passive communication mode and an Active communication mode.In the Passive communication mode the Initiator device provides an electromagnetic carrier field and the Target device answers the Initiator device by modulating the carrier field.In the Passive communication mode the Target device may draw operating power from the carrier field provided by the Initiator device.Advantageously only the Initiator device is required to have a power supply. CLAIM: The method of Claim 10 wherein the mobile device further comprises at least one input device carried by the housing and coupled to the controller and switchable between active and inactive states and further comprising switching the at least one input device to the active state when the second NFC device is in the first mode and to the inactive state when the second NFC device is in the second mode.

The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the center hardness Ho of the spherical core is less than 60 in Shore C hardness.

Zinc octoate a product of Mitsuwa Chemicals Co.Ltd.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Zinc octoate a product of Mitsuwa Chemicals Co.Ltd. CLAIM: The golf ball according to claim 1 wherein the center hardness Ho of the spherical core is less than 60 in Shore C hardness.

The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring the power comprises monitoring at least one parameter of the motor indicative of the power such as torque rotational speed voltage and current of the motor.

The value of the moment of inertia J can thus be used in various manners to optimize the washing cycle of the washing machine 1.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The value of the moment of inertia J can thus be used in various manners to optimize the washing cycle of the washing machine 1. CLAIM: The method of claim 1 wherein monitoring the power comprises monitoring at least one parameter of the motor indicative of the power such as torque rotational speed voltage and current of the motor.

The method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network as claimed in claim 2 or the wireless communication device as claimed in claim 14 wherein said wireless network is an 802.11class network and said server device is a wireless access point device.

The supported rate field 310 stores information about the supported rates.Each beacon frame 300 carries information that describes the rates that the particular wireless LAN supports.For example a beacon frame 300 may indicate that only 1 2 and 5.5Mbps data rates are available.As a result the locatable device 102 would stay within limits and not use 11 Mbps.With this information locatable devices 102 can use performance metrics to decide which access point 104 106 and 108 with which to associate.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The supported rate field 310 stores information about the supported rates.Each beacon frame 300 carries information that describes the rates that the particular wireless LAN supports.For example a beacon frame 300 may indicate that only 1 2 and 5.5Mbps data rates are available.As a result the locatable device 102 would stay within limits and not use 11 Mbps.With this information locatable devices 102 can use performance metrics to decide which access point 104 106 and 108 with which to associate. CLAIM: The method of identifying location data for a server device managing communications for a wireless network as claimed in claim 2 or the wireless communication device as claimed in claim 14 wherein said wireless network is an 802.11class network and said server device is a wireless access point device.

The system of claim 1 wherein the mobile device is one of a group of electronic devices from the group including a a smartphone b a tablet computer c a laptop computer d a portable video gaming device and e a dedicated device on which a player may access an EGM in the remote access mode.

In some implementations various communication techniques may be used to securely conduct shortrange communications between the mobile computing device and the electronic gaming machine.In a first example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via infrared lights.In a second example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via sound.In this example the electronic gaming machine andor the mobile computing device may generate unique sounds that are detectable by the other device.In a third example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via scanner codes such as barcode DataMatrix codes or QR codes.These codes may be generated at the electronic gaming machine and scanned by the mobile computing device or generated at the mobile computing device and scanned by the electronic gaming machine.In a fourth example the gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via active or passive nearfield radio.The gaming machine the mobile computing device or both may be equipped with a nearfield radio emitter or receiver.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In some implementations various communication techniques may be used to securely conduct shortrange communications between the mobile computing device and the electronic gaming machine.In a first example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via infrared lights.In a second example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via sound.In this example the electronic gaming machine andor the mobile computing device may generate unique sounds that are detectable by the other device.In a third example the electronic gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via scanner codes such as barcode DataMatrix codes or QR codes.These codes may be generated at the electronic gaming machine and scanned by the mobile computing device or generated at the mobile computing device and scanned by the electronic gaming machine.In a fourth example the gaming machine and the mobile computing device may communicate via active or passive nearfield radio.The gaming machine the mobile computing device or both may be equipped with a nearfield radio emitter or receiver. CLAIM: The system of claim 1 wherein the mobile device is one of a group of electronic devices from the group including a a smartphone b a tablet computer c a laptop computer d a portable video gaming device and e a dedicated device on which a player may access an EGM in the remote access mode.

The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the transaction is varied to add a tip.

The first device may have a first state wherein it accepts identification or authentication data entered on a user interface of a second device and a second state wherein it does not accept identification or authentication data entered on said user interface the method comprising a step of commuting from said first state to said second state in response to a detection that the second device performs a predetermined transaction.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The first device may have a first state wherein it accepts identification or authentication data entered on a user interface of a second device and a second state wherein it does not accept identification or authentication data entered on said user interface the method comprising a step of commuting from said first state to said second state in response to a detection that the second device performs a predetermined transaction. CLAIM: The method as claimed in claim 12 wherein the transaction is varied to add a tip.

An apparatus for encoding a signal comprising a code classification module adapted to perform a classification decision process on high frequency band signals in input signals wherein the code classification module comprises a signal analysis unit adapted to calculate parameters of the high frequency band signals and a type determination unit adapted to determine a current frame type of the high frequency band signals according to the parameters and a decision mechanism wherein the frame types of the high frequency signals include a transient signal and a nontransient signal an adaptive encoding module adapted to adaptively encode the high frequency band signalsaccording to the result of the classification decision process and a code stream output module adapted to output a code stream comprising codes of low frequency band signals in the input signals adaptive codes of the high frequency band signals and the result of the classification decision process wherein the apparatus is further configured to adaptively encode the high frequency signals according to the result of the classification decision process by further encoding four time envelopes and four spectral envelopes for the transient signal.

According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a highband speech encoding method in a wideband speech encoding system comprising determining whether a highband speech signal and a lowband speech signal have harmonic components encoding the highband speech signal based on a combination of a harmonic structure and a stochastic structure if both the highband and lowband speech signals have harmonic components and encoding the highband speech signal based on a stochastic structure if any one of the highband and lowband speech signals does not have a harmonic component.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a highband speech encoding method in a wideband speech encoding system comprising determining whether a highband speech signal and a lowband speech signal have harmonic components encoding the highband speech signal based on a combination of a harmonic structure and a stochastic structure if both the highband and lowband speech signals have harmonic components and encoding the highband speech signal based on a stochastic structure if any one of the highband and lowband speech signals does not have a harmonic component. CLAIM: An apparatus for encoding a signal comprising a code classification module adapted to perform a classification decision process on high frequency band signals in input signals wherein the code classification module comprises a signal analysis unit adapted to calculate parameters of the high frequency band signals and a type determination unit adapted to determine a current frame type of the high frequency band signals according to the parameters and a decision mechanism wherein the frame types of the high frequency signals include a transient signal and a nontransient signal an adaptive encoding module adapted to adaptively encode the high frequency band signalsaccording to the result of the classification decision process and a code stream output module adapted to output a code stream comprising codes of low frequency band signals in the input signals adaptive codes of the high frequency band signals and the result of the classification decision process wherein the apparatus is further configured to adaptively encode the high frequency signals according to the result of the classification decision process by further encoding four time envelopes and four spectral envelopes for the transient signal.

Method according to claim 1 or 2 wherein prior to getting transaction data the method further includes the following stepsthe device analyses whether the received data is or is not validonly if the received data is valid then the device gets based upon the received data transaction data.

The information on the display apparatus may include at least one of information on a method for authenticating the mobile device hardware information of the display apparatus network information of the display apparatus system information of the display apparatus content information of the display apparatus and user schedule information stored in the display apparatus.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The information on the display apparatus may include at least one of information on a method for authenticating the mobile device hardware information of the display apparatus network information of the display apparatus system information of the display apparatus content information of the display apparatus and user schedule information stored in the display apparatus. CLAIM: Method according to claim 1 or 2 wherein prior to getting transaction data the method further includes the following stepsthe device analyses whether the received data is or is not validonly if the received data is valid then the device gets based upon the received data transaction data.

The heatshrinkable film of any one of Claims 1 to 3 wherein the film has a thickness of 30 to 60 m.

Using the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbonconjugated diene block copolymer a shown in Table 21 the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer b shown in Table 22 and the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer c shown in Table 23 a heat shrinkable multilayer film was prepared in the blend amounts parts by mass of the raw material polymers of the respective layers and the layer ratiosshown in Table 26 or 27.With respect to Examples 211 to 216 and Comparative Examples 25 to 27 1.5 phr of a chemical foaming agent Hydrocerol CF40Smanufactured by Clariant was added as a foaming agent to the polymer or polymer composition comprising components a and b.With respect to Comparative Example 28 no chemical foaming agent was added.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Using the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbonconjugated diene block copolymer a shown in Table 21 the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer b shown in Table 22 and the vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon polymer c shown in Table 23 a heat shrinkable multilayer film was prepared in the blend amounts parts by mass of the raw material polymers of the respective layers and the layer ratiosshown in Table 26 or 27.With respect to Examples 211 to 216 and Comparative Examples 25 to 27 1.5 phr of a chemical foaming agent Hydrocerol CF40Smanufactured by Clariant was added as a foaming agent to the polymer or polymer composition comprising components a and b.With respect to Comparative Example 28 no chemical foaming agent was added. CLAIM: The heatshrinkable film of any one of Claims 1 to 3 wherein the film has a thickness of 30 to 60 m.

The foldable device of any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one object corresponds to a shortcut to execute at least one of an application installed on the foldable device content stored in the foldable device and a menu of the application each of which are assigned by a user as favorite items.

In addition the controller 110 may control the flexible display unit 160 to display later executed applications on divided screens in response to a folding action for the flexible display unit 160 in an order according to their execution.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In addition the controller 110 may control the flexible display unit 160 to display later executed applications on divided screens in response to a folding action for the flexible display unit 160 in an order according to their execution. CLAIM: The foldable device of any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one object corresponds to a shortcut to execute at least one of an application installed on the foldable device content stored in the foldable device and a menu of the application each of which are assigned by a user as favorite items.

The communication apparatus according to claim 1 configured such that said control means erases S904 the communication parameter stored in the second operation mode when a predetermined period lapses.

Recently some techniques for reducing the time and trouble required for the task of setting have been proposed.In a technique a network device such as a printer functioning as a wireless station is provided with a function as a wireless access point relay station and an independent wireless network is established by the function relay function unit.From another wireless station connected to the wireless station via the wireless network settings of the wireless station necessary for establishing connection with another wireless network by its wireless station function terminal function unit are adjusted indirectly and then the function of the wireless station as a wireless access point is stopped.An example of such a technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Provisional Publication No.2003143156.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Recently some techniques for reducing the time and trouble required for the task of setting have been proposed.In a technique a network device such as a printer functioning as a wireless station is provided with a function as a wireless access point relay station and an independent wireless network is established by the function relay function unit.From another wireless station connected to the wireless station via the wireless network settings of the wireless station necessary for establishing connection with another wireless network by its wireless station function terminal function unit are adjusted indirectly and then the function of the wireless station as a wireless access point is stopped.An example of such a technique is disclosed in Japanese Patent Provisional Publication No.2003143156. CLAIM: The communication apparatus according to claim 1 configured such that said control means erases S904 the communication parameter stored in the second operation mode when a predetermined period lapses.

The method according to claim 12 or claim 13 further comprising applying a selected statistical algorithm to the generated processed production unit component data to identify statistically significant instances when the generated processed production unit component data is outside of the operational data limits.

Moreover growing of the peak level on the actual measurement frequency spectrum caused by damage to the machine installation 403 containing the sliding member becomes most noticeable at the peak corresponding to the firstorder value of the frequency components caused by the anomaly.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Moreover growing of the peak level on the actual measurement frequency spectrum caused by damage to the machine installation 403 containing the sliding member becomes most noticeable at the peak corresponding to the firstorder value of the frequency components caused by the anomaly. CLAIM: The method according to claim 12 or claim 13 further comprising applying a selected statistical algorithm to the generated processed production unit component data to identify statistically significant instances when the generated processed production unit component data is outside of the operational data limits.

The electronic apparatus 100 as claimed in claim 7 wherein the list information is information on one or more data communications enabled terminal devices retrieved by the second terminal device.

At operation S310 the electronic device 100 tags the NFC module to the personal cloud apparatus 200.The electronic device 100 determines whether the NFC module is tagged or not by determining the presence or absence of the personal cloud apparatus 200 within a threshold distance.When the personal cloud apparatus 200 is within the threshold distance to the electronic device 100 the electronic device 100 may determine that the NFC module is tagged to the personal cloud apparatus 200.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: At operation S310 the electronic device 100 tags the NFC module to the personal cloud apparatus 200.The electronic device 100 determines whether the NFC module is tagged or not by determining the presence or absence of the personal cloud apparatus 200 within a threshold distance.When the personal cloud apparatus 200 is within the threshold distance to the electronic device 100 the electronic device 100 may determine that the NFC module is tagged to the personal cloud apparatus 200. CLAIM: The electronic apparatus 100 as claimed in claim 7 wherein the list information is information on one or more data communications enabled terminal devices retrieved by the second terminal device.

The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the traveling state amount of the vehicle includes atleast one of a traveling velocity of the vehicle and a torque of the vehicle.

The master control CPU 272 has a function as an abnormality detecting portion 272a and a function as a control input determining portion 272b.The abnormality detecting portion 272a detects whether the accelerator sensor 165 has an abnormality.The control input determining portion 272b usually determines a control input degree of accelerator pedal depression from normal sensor outputs.However when an abnormality occurs in one of the sensors the control input determining portion 272b changes its operation to determining a control input through the use of an output of thesensor that is not abnormal.The functions of the portions 272a 272b are realized by the master control CPU 272 executing programs stored in a ROM not shown.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The master control CPU 272 has a function as an abnormality detecting portion 272a and a function as a control input determining portion 272b.The abnormality detecting portion 272a detects whether the accelerator sensor 165 has an abnormality.The control input determining portion 272b usually determines a control input degree of accelerator pedal depression from normal sensor outputs.However when an abnormality occurs in one of the sensors the control input determining portion 272b changes its operation to determining a control input through the use of an output of thesensor that is not abnormal.The functions of the portions 272a 272b are realized by the master control CPU 272 executing programs stored in a ROM not shown. CLAIM: The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the traveling state amount of the vehicle includes atleast one of a traveling velocity of the vehicle and a torque of the vehicle.

The method of claim 12 wherein the context comprises at least one of a location a moving distance a moving direction or a location measuring period of the electronic device.

According to the positioning control device and the positioning control method as claimed in the present invention positioning requests having a specified positioning accuracy are transmitted from a plurality of applications and when a new positioning request is transmitted from an application in a case where a positioning accuracy specified in the new positioning request is equal to or less than a positioning accuracy of a positioning result for responding a prior positioning request instead of newly carrying out positioning the positioning result for responding the prior positioning request is returned thereby making it possible to shorten standby time of positioning requests and promptly return positioning results without lowering positioning accuracy.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: According to the positioning control device and the positioning control method as claimed in the present invention positioning requests having a specified positioning accuracy are transmitted from a plurality of applications and when a new positioning request is transmitted from an application in a case where a positioning accuracy specified in the new positioning request is equal to or less than a positioning accuracy of a positioning result for responding a prior positioning request instead of newly carrying out positioning the positioning result for responding the prior positioning request is returned thereby making it possible to shorten standby time of positioning requests and promptly return positioning results without lowering positioning accuracy. CLAIM: The method of claim 12 wherein the context comprises at least one of a location a moving distance a moving direction or a location measuring period of the electronic device.

The luminaire 1 according to claim 1 wherein the area control part 9 has an insulating property.

The lighting device according to Embodiment 2 has a heat conduction sheet 7 conducting to the heat radiating part 2 the heat generated by the driving circuit components 31 31 31...of the drive circuit section 3.The heat conduction sheet 7 is rolled into a ring shape and is sandwiched between the drive circuit components 31 31 31...and the inner peripheral surface of the fixed cylinder 23 of the heat radiating part 2.That is one side of the heat conduction sheet 7 is in contact with the drive circuit components 31 31 31...while the other side is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixed cylinder 23 of the heat radiating part 2 via the heat radiating part holding cylinder 61 of the insulating part 6.Thus the heat generated by the driving circuit components 31 31 31...is conducted through the heat conduction sheet 7 and the insulating part 6 to the fixed cylinder 23 and the heat radiation fins 22 22 22...of the heat radiating part 2 and then released to outside air via the surfaces of the heat radiation fins 22 22 22....

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The lighting device according to Embodiment 2 has a heat conduction sheet 7 conducting to the heat radiating part 2 the heat generated by the driving circuit components 31 31 31...of the drive circuit section 3.The heat conduction sheet 7 is rolled into a ring shape and is sandwiched between the drive circuit components 31 31 31...and the inner peripheral surface of the fixed cylinder 23 of the heat radiating part 2.That is one side of the heat conduction sheet 7 is in contact with the drive circuit components 31 31 31...while the other side is in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixed cylinder 23 of the heat radiating part 2 via the heat radiating part holding cylinder 61 of the insulating part 6.Thus the heat generated by the driving circuit components 31 31 31...is conducted through the heat conduction sheet 7 and the insulating part 6 to the fixed cylinder 23 and the heat radiation fins 22 22 22...of the heat radiating part 2 and then released to outside air via the surfaces of the heat radiation fins 22 22 22.... CLAIM: The luminaire 1 according to claim 1 wherein the area control part 9 has an insulating property.

A wind turbine power generating facility according to any one of Claims 1 to 5 wherein a cylindrical guide plate forming a double wall structure together with the exterior wall of the tower is installed inside the exterior wall of the tower to form a flow channel vertically communicating between the guide plate and the exterior wall of the tower and a top end and a bottom end of the flow channel are opened so as to communicate with the interior of the tower.

Fig.5 shows a crosssection through one of the windings of the transformer 28.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Fig.5 shows a crosssection through one of the windings of the transformer 28. CLAIM: A wind turbine power generating facility according to any one of Claims 1 to 5 wherein a cylindrical guide plate forming a double wall structure together with the exterior wall of the tower is installed inside the exterior wall of the tower to form a flow channel vertically communicating between the guide plate and the exterior wall of the tower and a top end and a bottom end of the flow channel are opened so as to communicate with the interior of the tower.

The guide device according to any of claims 10 to 13 wherein the second support unit 200 comprises a switch 240 for actuating the rocker lever 230.

Thus it is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation device for transporting sausageshaped products from a clipping machine to a handling device with which the above mentioned drawbacks are overcome and which enables a save transfer or transportation respectively of said sausageshaped products from said clipping machine to said handling device.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Thus it is an object of the present invention to provide a transportation device for transporting sausageshaped products from a clipping machine to a handling device with which the above mentioned drawbacks are overcome and which enables a save transfer or transportation respectively of said sausageshaped products from said clipping machine to said handling device. CLAIM: The guide device according to any of claims 10 to 13 wherein the second support unit 200 comprises a switch 240 for actuating the rocker lever 230.

A label making apparatus comprising a roll of media 100 and a thermal printer 400 wherein the roll of media 100 has a front portion including thermally sensitive ink and a back portion having repeating patterns of adhesive material coated thereon the thermal printer 400 has a cutter blade 430 for cutting discrete labels 202 from the roll of media 100 and the repeating patterns of adhesive material are configured on the back portion to minimize contact between the cutter blade 430 and the adhesive material each time the cutter blade 430 cuts the roll of media 100.

Furthermore the printer may include a typical cutting knife or cutting bar for cutting individual labels from the continuous web.The exposed adhesive on the linerless label roll therefore permits adhesive buildup on these cutting elements during prolonged operation of the printer.Adhesive buildup on any of the various components of the printer contacting the adhesive side of the label is undesirable because it requires periodic cleaning or other maintenance to avoid printer jamming which may nevertheless occur.Accordingly it is desired to provide an improved linerless label roll.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Furthermore the printer may include a typical cutting knife or cutting bar for cutting individual labels from the continuous web.The exposed adhesive on the linerless label roll therefore permits adhesive buildup on these cutting elements during prolonged operation of the printer.Adhesive buildup on any of the various components of the printer contacting the adhesive side of the label is undesirable because it requires periodic cleaning or other maintenance to avoid printer jamming which may nevertheless occur.Accordingly it is desired to provide an improved linerless label roll. CLAIM: A label making apparatus comprising a roll of media 100 and a thermal printer 400 wherein the roll of media 100 has a front portion including thermally sensitive ink and a back portion having repeating patterns of adhesive material coated thereon the thermal printer 400 has a cutter blade 430 for cutting discrete labels 202 from the roll of media 100 and the repeating patterns of adhesive material are configured on the back portion to minimize contact between the cutter blade 430 and the adhesive material each time the cutter blade 430 cuts the roll of media 100.

The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying the third application execution screen on the first area when the attribute of the third application is set to display the at least one item on the second area.

FIG.1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal 100 in accordance with one exemplary embodiment.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: FIG.1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal 100 in accordance with one exemplary embodiment. CLAIM: The method of claim 10 further comprising displaying the third application execution screen on the first area when the attribute of the third application is set to display the at least one item on the second area.

A transaction verification system comprising a first communication port operable to receive a first data set relating to a transaction from a contactless point of sale device the first dataset comprising a transaction identifier a second communication port operable to receive a second data set relating to the transaction from a mobile device vide a telecom service provider the second data set comprising the transaction identifier and the mobile device identifier a processor operable to receive the first data set and the second data set extract the transaction identifier from the first data set determine a predetermined mobile device identifier on the basis of the transaction identifier thus extracted extract the transaction identifier and the mobile device identifier from the second data set compare the transaction identifier as extracted from the first data set with the transaction identifier as extracted from the second data set compare the mobile device identifier as extracted from the second data set with the mobile device identifier as determined if comparison of the transaction identifiers yield a positive result and send an accept payment authorization response to the contactless point of sale device if comparison of the mobile device identifiers yield a positive result.

The communication between the first andor second mobile device and the remote payment host may then be encrypted or encoded again in order to enhance payment safety.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The communication between the first andor second mobile device and the remote payment host may then be encrypted or encoded again in order to enhance payment safety. CLAIM: A transaction verification system comprising a first communication port operable to receive a first data set relating to a transaction from a contactless point of sale device the first dataset comprising a transaction identifier a second communication port operable to receive a second data set relating to the transaction from a mobile device vide a telecom service provider the second data set comprising the transaction identifier and the mobile device identifier a processor operable to receive the first data set and the second data set extract the transaction identifier from the first data set determine a predetermined mobile device identifier on the basis of the transaction identifier thus extracted extract the transaction identifier and the mobile device identifier from the second data set compare the transaction identifier as extracted from the first data set with the transaction identifier as extracted from the second data set compare the mobile device identifier as extracted from the second data set with the mobile device identifier as determined if comparison of the transaction identifiers yield a positive result and send an accept payment authorization response to the contactless point of sale device if comparison of the mobile device identifiers yield a positive result.

The display apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein when a user command to edit the content is input while the content is being output the controller generates edition information corresponding to the user command.

As a result the videotape recorder 231 to 23n outputs thevideoaudio signal S1 of the clip reproduced from the video tape and the video signal S2 out of the signal S1 is given to the GPU 265 via the PCI bus 207 the southbridge 205 the microprocessor 252 and the bus 268 in order.At this time the microprocessor 252 also controls the GPU 265 and the memory unit 22 so as to store the videoaudio signal S1 in the memory unit 22 via the GPU 265.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: As a result the videotape recorder 231 to 23n outputs thevideoaudio signal S1 of the clip reproduced from the video tape and the video signal S2 out of the signal S1 is given to the GPU 265 via the PCI bus 207 the southbridge 205 the microprocessor 252 and the bus 268 in order.At this time the microprocessor 252 also controls the GPU 265 and the memory unit 22 so as to store the videoaudio signal S1 in the memory unit 22 via the GPU 265. CLAIM: The display apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein when a user command to edit the content is input while the content is being output the controller generates edition information corresponding to the user command.

The method of claim 1 wherein receiving signaling information relating to the user equipment device from the first network component comprises receiving signaling information from a mobility management entity MME component.

In particular in one embodiment policies can be pushed from the network to block certain types of traffic but according to time of day or some other time element for example for a certain length of time after receipt or for a certain length of time after an indicated time in the policy.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In particular in one embodiment policies can be pushed from the network to block certain types of traffic but according to time of day or some other time element for example for a certain length of time after receipt or for a certain length of time after an indicated time in the policy. CLAIM: The method of claim 1 wherein receiving signaling information relating to the user equipment device from the first network component comprises receiving signaling information from a mobility management entity MME component.

Method according to claim 1 further comprising resuming the compressor operation when the compressor 14 suspension is cancelled and maintaining cooling fan operation or maintaining cooling fan operation at the increased conveyance rate rconvey for a predetermined delay operation period tdelay after resuming compressor operation.

In case the detector signal of the refrigerant condition detector is acting via a subcontroller level onto one of the components of the articles treatment apparatus for example if the compressor is switched off by the switching signal of a pressure detector then preferably the controller of the heat pump system or the articles treatment apparatus receives at the same time a switching signal from the refrigerant condition detector andor detects a change in the state of a component of the heat pump system using another sensor or detector.If for example the power supply to the compressor is switched off by the refrigerant pressure detector or by its dedicated sublevel controller or control electronics then a signal from the detector supplied to the heat pump system controller or articles treatment apparatus controller may indicate nonoperation of the compressor.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In case the detector signal of the refrigerant condition detector is acting via a subcontroller level onto one of the components of the articles treatment apparatus for example if the compressor is switched off by the switching signal of a pressure detector then preferably the controller of the heat pump system or the articles treatment apparatus receives at the same time a switching signal from the refrigerant condition detector andor detects a change in the state of a component of the heat pump system using another sensor or detector.If for example the power supply to the compressor is switched off by the refrigerant pressure detector or by its dedicated sublevel controller or control electronics then a signal from the detector supplied to the heat pump system controller or articles treatment apparatus controller may indicate nonoperation of the compressor. CLAIM: Method according to claim 1 further comprising resuming the compressor operation when the compressor 14 suspension is cancelled and maintaining cooling fan operation or maintaining cooling fan operation at the increased conveyance rate rconvey for a predetermined delay operation period tdelay after resuming compressor operation.

A method of transferring adhesive solids to an adhesive melter with a fill system including a storage container a separating element and a drive coupled to at least one of the storage container or the separating element the method comprising storing a bulk supply of adhesive solids within the storage container engaging the separating element with at least one surface of the bulk supply of adhesive solids moving at least one of the storage container or the separating element with the drive to produce relative motion between the separating element and the at least one surface of the bulk supply the relative motion separating adhesive solids from the bulk supply to generate a flow of fluidized adhesive solids that moves out of the storage container and stopping the relative motion produced with the drive to stop the flow of fluidized adhesive solids out of the storage container.

The feeder device 14 provides a physical thermal separation or isolation between the adhesive supply 10 and the melter 12 thereby diminishing heat transfer from the melter 12 to the adhesive supply 10.In particular the adhesive supply 10 is not connected directly with the melter 12.This tends to diminish the amount of heat that is transferred from the melter 12to the adhesive supply 10.In addition the feeder device 14 is positioned generally above but offset from directly above the melter 12 FIG.2.An air gap is therefore provided generally between the melter 12 and the feeder device 14.This reduces the amount of heat that emanates from the melter 12 and that can reach the particulate hot melt adhesive 16 contained in the feeder device 14 and the adhesive supply 10.The air gap thermally separates the melter 12 from the feeder device 14 and its contents and from the adhesive supply 10.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The feeder device 14 provides a physical thermal separation or isolation between the adhesive supply 10 and the melter 12 thereby diminishing heat transfer from the melter 12 to the adhesive supply 10.In particular the adhesive supply 10 is not connected directly with the melter 12.This tends to diminish the amount of heat that is transferred from the melter 12to the adhesive supply 10.In addition the feeder device 14 is positioned generally above but offset from directly above the melter 12 FIG.2.An air gap is therefore provided generally between the melter 12 and the feeder device 14.This reduces the amount of heat that emanates from the melter 12 and that can reach the particulate hot melt adhesive 16 contained in the feeder device 14 and the adhesive supply 10.The air gap thermally separates the melter 12 from the feeder device 14 and its contents and from the adhesive supply 10. CLAIM: A method of transferring adhesive solids to an adhesive melter with a fill system including a storage container a separating element and a drive coupled to at least one of the storage container or the separating element the method comprising storing a bulk supply of adhesive solids within the storage container engaging the separating element with at least one surface of the bulk supply of adhesive solids moving at least one of the storage container or the separating element with the drive to produce relative motion between the separating element and the at least one surface of the bulk supply the relative motion separating adhesive solids from the bulk supply to generate a flow of fluidized adhesive solids that moves out of the storage container and stopping the relative motion produced with the drive to stop the flow of fluidized adhesive solids out of the storage container.

An endoscope system 10 comprising a lighting means 11 33 for applying illumination light to an object broad band light in a visible range and narrow band light having a wavelength range in which oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin have different absorption coefficients being used as said illumination light an image information obtaining means 34 70 for imaging said object under irradiation with said broad band light to obtain first image information and imaging said object under irradiation with said narrow band light to obtain second image information a normal image producing means 80 for producing a normal image having a wavelength component of said broad band light based on said first image information an oxygen saturation level calculating means 86 for calculating an oxygen saturation level of blood based on said second image information a region determining means 87 for determining in said normal image a hyperoxic region 93a having said oxygen saturation level of a predetermined value or more and a hypoxic region 93b having said oxygen saturation level of less than said predetermined value and a region processing means 88 for applying a different type of process to each of said hyperoxic region 93a and said hypoxic region 93b and producing an oxygen saturation image.

Fig.10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of the first image processing section of the special light image processing section of the image processing section shown in Fig.3.Fig.11 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for calculating oxygen saturation in the screening diagnosis mode.Fig.12 is a graph showing the wavelength dependency of an absorption coefficient of hemoglobin in a blood vessel.Fig.13 is a graph showing the correlation between the spectral luminance ratio S1S3 S2S3 of pixels of a captured image blood volume and oxygen saturation.Fig.14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of the second image processing section of the special light image processing section of the image processing section in the endoscope apparatus shown in Fig.3.Fig.15 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for calculating oxygen saturation in the detailed diagnosis mode of the endoscope apparatus shown in Fig.1.Fig.16 is a graph showing the correlation between the spectral luminance ratio S1S3 S2S3 of pixels of a captured image blood vessel depth and oxygen saturation.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Fig.10 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of the first image processing section of the special light image processing section of the image processing section shown in Fig.3.Fig.11 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for calculating oxygen saturation in the screening diagnosis mode.Fig.12 is a graph showing the wavelength dependency of an absorption coefficient of hemoglobin in a blood vessel.Fig.13 is a graph showing the correlation between the spectral luminance ratio S1S3 S2S3 of pixels of a captured image blood volume and oxygen saturation.Fig.14 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an example of the second image processing section of the special light image processing section of the image processing section in the endoscope apparatus shown in Fig.3.Fig.15 is an explanatory view illustrating a process for calculating oxygen saturation in the detailed diagnosis mode of the endoscope apparatus shown in Fig.1.Fig.16 is a graph showing the correlation between the spectral luminance ratio S1S3 S2S3 of pixels of a captured image blood vessel depth and oxygen saturation. CLAIM: An endoscope system 10 comprising a lighting means 11 33 for applying illumination light to an object broad band light in a visible range and narrow band light having a wavelength range in which oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin have different absorption coefficients being used as said illumination light an image information obtaining means 34 70 for imaging said object under irradiation with said broad band light to obtain first image information and imaging said object under irradiation with said narrow band light to obtain second image information a normal image producing means 80 for producing a normal image having a wavelength component of said broad band light based on said first image information an oxygen saturation level calculating means 86 for calculating an oxygen saturation level of blood based on said second image information a region determining means 87 for determining in said normal image a hyperoxic region 93a having said oxygen saturation level of a predetermined value or more and a hypoxic region 93b having said oxygen saturation level of less than said predetermined value and a region processing means 88 for applying a different type of process to each of said hyperoxic region 93a and said hypoxic region 93b and producing an oxygen saturation image.

An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising an ultrasound transceiver that transmits an ultrasound signal to an object and receives an echo signal corresponding to the ultrasound signal from the object an image generating unit that generates an ultrasound image based on the received echo signal a crosssectional information detecting unit that detects crosssectional information indicating which crosssectional surface of the object the generated ultrasound image shows and a display unit that displays the ultrasound image and a crosssectional information image corresponding to the detected crosssectional information.

Accordingly provision of a scan method or the like suitable for a crosssection image of a scanned target object may enable efficient scanning an efficient biopsy or the like to be performed consistently regardless of how much a user is skilled at performing a scanning technique.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Accordingly provision of a scan method or the like suitable for a crosssection image of a scanned target object may enable efficient scanning an efficient biopsy or the like to be performed consistently regardless of how much a user is skilled at performing a scanning technique. CLAIM: An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprising an ultrasound transceiver that transmits an ultrasound signal to an object and receives an echo signal corresponding to the ultrasound signal from the object an image generating unit that generates an ultrasound image based on the received echo signal a crosssectional information detecting unit that detects crosssectional information indicating which crosssectional surface of the object the generated ultrasound image shows and a display unit that displays the ultrasound image and a crosssectional information image corresponding to the detected crosssectional information.

The power transmission device according to claim 1 wherein an end surface of the third rotary body 107 in the axial direction includes a tapered portion 107b which is tapered from an outer circumference of the third rotary body 107 toward the gear teeth of the third gear.

Further the doublefeedprevention rollers 52 55 are unitized to have the structure wherein they can easily bemounted on or dismounted from a fixed member provided at the fixing section on the apparatus main body.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Further the doublefeedprevention rollers 52 55 are unitized to have the structure wherein they can easily bemounted on or dismounted from a fixed member provided at the fixing section on the apparatus main body. CLAIM: The power transmission device according to claim 1 wherein an end surface of the third rotary body 107 in the axial direction includes a tapered portion 107b which is tapered from an outer circumference of the third rotary body 107 toward the gear teeth of the third gear.

The touch sensor of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the plurality of first and second touch electrodes are formed on a same surface of the touch substrate the plurality of first touch electrodes extend in the first direction and are spaced from each other and the plurality of second touch electrodes extend in the second direction and are spaced from each other and do not overlap the plurality of first touch electrodes.

An adhesion layer 51 including an optical clear adhesive OCA or a silicon pressure sensitive adhesive may be interposed between the display panel 30 and the touch panel 10 and the transparent conductive layer 300 sense patterns 200 and substrate 100 of the touch panel 10 may be sequentially disposed from the adhesion layer 51.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: An adhesion layer 51 including an optical clear adhesive OCA or a silicon pressure sensitive adhesive may be interposed between the display panel 30 and the touch panel 10 and the transparent conductive layer 300 sense patterns 200 and substrate 100 of the touch panel 10 may be sequentially disposed from the adhesion layer 51. CLAIM: The touch sensor of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the plurality of first and second touch electrodes are formed on a same surface of the touch substrate the plurality of first touch electrodes extend in the first direction and are spaced from each other and the plurality of second touch electrodes extend in the second direction and are spaced from each other and do not overlap the plurality of first touch electrodes.

The exposure method according to any one of claims 20 to 24 wherein in an exchange operation of a mask held by the first movable body positional information of the first movable bodyis measured by the first encoder system and in an exchange operation of a substrate held by the second movable body positional information of the second movable body is measured by the second encoder system.

In the central part of the movement range where the mask passes through the central line of the optical system the encoder system can be calibrated using a reference mask e.g.an ultraflat mask made of Zerodur on which a large number of reference marks are printed and exposed.The aerial images of the reference marks are detected by a transmission image sensor mounted on the substrate table WT which is held relative to thereference frame RF in a constant position using the wafer stage interferometer system IF.Meanwhile the reference mask is moved in the mask stage to successive markers and the position of the encoder noted and compared to the precalibrated position of the marker on the reference mask.The position of the markers on the reference mask can be precalibrated to an absolute length standard offline and on a regular basis.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the central part of the movement range where the mask passes through the central line of the optical system the encoder system can be calibrated using a reference mask e.g.an ultraflat mask made of Zerodur on which a large number of reference marks are printed and exposed.The aerial images of the reference marks are detected by a transmission image sensor mounted on the substrate table WT which is held relative to thereference frame RF in a constant position using the wafer stage interferometer system IF.Meanwhile the reference mask is moved in the mask stage to successive markers and the position of the encoder noted and compared to the precalibrated position of the marker on the reference mask.The position of the markers on the reference mask can be precalibrated to an absolute length standard offline and on a regular basis. CLAIM: The exposure method according to any one of claims 20 to 24 wherein in an exchange operation of a mask held by the first movable body positional information of the first movable bodyis measured by the first encoder system and in an exchange operation of a substrate held by the second movable body positional information of the second movable body is measured by the second encoder system.

Bend obtainable by a seamless steel pipe according to claim 1 having maximum hardness values measured at 1.5 mm to 2 mm depth from the surface not higher than 235 HV10 preferably not higher than 230 HV10.

3.Manufacturing Process A suitable manufacturing process of the present invention will be described below.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: 3.Manufacturing Process A suitable manufacturing process of the present invention will be described below. CLAIM: Bend obtainable by a seamless steel pipe according to claim 1 having maximum hardness values measured at 1.5 mm to 2 mm depth from the surface not higher than 235 HV10 preferably not higher than 230 HV10.

The electronic system 100 according to Claim 10 wherein the portable information terminal 110 includesprocessing means configured for processing image data and audio data relating to a selected first application in the foreground and processing image data and audio data relating to another second application in the background when a plurality of applications are being executed output means configured for outputting image data and audio data processed in the foreground to the electronic apparatus 130 and adding means configured for adding identification information to at least audio data output from the output means and when an interrupt event occurs in the second application the output means outputs audio data to which identification information are added by which the interrupt event is identifiable to the electronic apparatus 130.

After the data sharing process on the data providing terminal side is ended the remote operation device 300b transmits the data to the operation target device 200 according to an instruction given by the operation target device 200.That is in a case where the operation target device 200 executes a slide show the remote operation device 300b performs a slideshow execution process on the data providing terminal side S22 in a case where the operation target device 200 executes a slide show with BGM the remote operation device 300b performs a slideshow with BGM execution process on the data providing terminal side S23in a case where the operation target device 200 executes data output the remote operation device 300b performs a data output process on the data providing terminal side S24.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: After the data sharing process on the data providing terminal side is ended the remote operation device 300b transmits the data to the operation target device 200 according to an instruction given by the operation target device 200.That is in a case where the operation target device 200 executes a slide show the remote operation device 300b performs a slideshow execution process on the data providing terminal side S22 in a case where the operation target device 200 executes a slide show with BGM the remote operation device 300b performs a slideshow with BGM execution process on the data providing terminal side S23in a case where the operation target device 200 executes data output the remote operation device 300b performs a data output process on the data providing terminal side S24. CLAIM: The electronic system 100 according to Claim 10 wherein the portable information terminal 110 includesprocessing means configured for processing image data and audio data relating to a selected first application in the foreground and processing image data and audio data relating to another second application in the background when a plurality of applications are being executed output means configured for outputting image data and audio data processed in the foreground to the electronic apparatus 130 and adding means configured for adding identification information to at least audio data output from the output means and when an interrupt event occurs in the second application the output means outputs audio data to which identification information are added by which the interrupt event is identifiable to the electronic apparatus 130.

A radio communication method comprising transmitting control information indicating a number of bits to be converted and receiving a symbol which is modulated using a single Mary modulation mapper after a bit conversion lower bits of a plurality of bits forming the symbol being converted to 1 or 0 in the bit conversion and the lowers bits corresponding to the number of bits indicated by the control information characterized in thatthe lower bits are converted such that the symbol is mapped on a constellation of Mary number which is lower than Mary number of the single Mary modulation mapper.

The logical bit inverter operates in accordance with a well known technique of inverting the logical value of a bit i.e.turns a logical low to a logical high value and vice versa.In a practical realization for a receiver working with log likelihood ratios this inverting operation is equivalent to a sign inversion of the log likelihood ratio.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The logical bit inverter operates in accordance with a well known technique of inverting the logical value of a bit i.e.turns a logical low to a logical high value and vice versa.In a practical realization for a receiver working with log likelihood ratios this inverting operation is equivalent to a sign inversion of the log likelihood ratio. CLAIM: A radio communication method comprising transmitting control information indicating a number of bits to be converted and receiving a symbol which is modulated using a single Mary modulation mapper after a bit conversion lower bits of a plurality of bits forming the symbol being converted to 1 or 0 in the bit conversion and the lowers bits corresponding to the number of bits indicated by the control information characterized in thatthe lower bits are converted such that the symbol is mapped on a constellation of Mary number which is lower than Mary number of the single Mary modulation mapper.

An ultrasound apparatus comprising a display unit configured to display on an ultrasound image a measuring device image comprising a plurality of measuring points which indicate points on the ultrasound image that are to be measured and an adjusting portion for adjusting the plurality of measuring points a user input unit configured to receive a touch input for changing a position of the adjusting portion and a controller configured to adjust a position of at least one of the plurality of measuring points based on the changed position of the adjusting portion and to obtain a measurement value based on positions of the plurality of measuring points including the at least one measuring point the position of which is adjusted wherein the plurality of measuring points are disposed apart from the adjusting portion.

According to the embodiment of FIG.7A the ultrasound apparatus 100 may display at least one of a second gain line 720 and a third gain line 730 in the second region 125 of the output unit 124 together with an ultrasound image 710.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: According to the embodiment of FIG.7A the ultrasound apparatus 100 may display at least one of a second gain line 720 and a third gain line 730 in the second region 125 of the output unit 124 together with an ultrasound image 710. CLAIM: An ultrasound apparatus comprising a display unit configured to display on an ultrasound image a measuring device image comprising a plurality of measuring points which indicate points on the ultrasound image that are to be measured and an adjusting portion for adjusting the plurality of measuring points a user input unit configured to receive a touch input for changing a position of the adjusting portion and a controller configured to adjust a position of at least one of the plurality of measuring points based on the changed position of the adjusting portion and to obtain a measurement value based on positions of the plurality of measuring points including the at least one measuring point the position of which is adjusted wherein the plurality of measuring points are disposed apart from the adjusting portion.

An electronic device 100 as claimed in claim 12 wherein the function performed when the electronic device 100 is received in the cover 500 is different from the function performed when the electronic device 100 is not received in the cover 500.

Figure 3c shows the likely context variable values read when a user is looking at the screen of the device 220.In particular the proximity sensor 255 should yield a reading indicative of high proximity if the user is close enough to observe the screen of the device 220.Typically a user will view a screen from a distance of approximately 24 cm corresponding roughly to the relaxed focus point of the human eye.In addition for many devices optimized for hand held operation the user will naturally tilt the device 220 toward themselves and thus the tilt sensor 259 for the device 220 will yield an output indicative of a substantial tilt such as 45 degrees from horizontal.As well for devices optimized for hand held operation the user will generally be gripping the device220 during viewing and hence the touch sensor 261 will typically yield an output indicating that the device 220 is being touched when the user is looking at the screen of the device 220.Finally since the user will typically look at the screen of the device 220 from a position in front of the device 220 and at a fairly close range generally less that 1 meter the IR ranging sensor 263 should yield a reading indicative of a body at close range in front of the device 220.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Figure 3c shows the likely context variable values read when a user is looking at the screen of the device 220.In particular the proximity sensor 255 should yield a reading indicative of high proximity if the user is close enough to observe the screen of the device 220.Typically a user will view a screen from a distance of approximately 24 cm corresponding roughly to the relaxed focus point of the human eye.In addition for many devices optimized for hand held operation the user will naturally tilt the device 220 toward themselves and thus the tilt sensor 259 for the device 220 will yield an output indicative of a substantial tilt such as 45 degrees from horizontal.As well for devices optimized for hand held operation the user will generally be gripping the device220 during viewing and hence the touch sensor 261 will typically yield an output indicating that the device 220 is being touched when the user is looking at the screen of the device 220.Finally since the user will typically look at the screen of the device 220 from a position in front of the device 220 and at a fairly close range generally less that 1 meter the IR ranging sensor 263 should yield a reading indicative of a body at close range in front of the device 220. CLAIM: An electronic device 100 as claimed in claim 12 wherein the function performed when the electronic device 100 is received in the cover 500 is different from the function performed when the electronic device 100 is not received in the cover 500.

The data supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the data supply device is configured to change a capacity of the reception region relative to the storage region 190.

In the cache memory control method according to the present invention when the error reply is delayed by the swap processing and thereby the error reply and a succeeding reply collide with each other the swap processing step delays issuance of the succeeding reply.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the cache memory control method according to the present invention when the error reply is delayed by the swap processing and thereby the error reply and a succeeding reply collide with each other the swap processing step delays issuance of the succeeding reply. CLAIM: The data supply device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the data supply device is configured to change a capacity of the reception region relative to the storage region 190.

The process for producing a flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving according to any one of Claims 2 to 11 comprising as the curing step 2 the first thermal curing substep of thermally curing at least a portion of the composition layer in an atmosphere in which an oxygen partial pressure is from 0.001 atm to 0.05 atm and at 80C to 140C and the following second thermal curing substep of thermally curing the entire of the composition layer in an atmosphere of 1 atm and at 70C to 110C.

When a laser a YAG laser a semiconductor laser a fiber laser a plane emitting laser or the like that emits infrared ray having a wavelength of from 700 nm to 1300 nm is used for laser engraving as a light source it is preferable that the resin composition of the present invention contains a photothermal conversion agent that can absorb light having a wavelength of from 700 nm to 1300 nm.Various kinds of dyes or pigments may be used as the photothermal conversion agent according to the present invention.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: When a laser a YAG laser a semiconductor laser a fiber laser a plane emitting laser or the like that emits infrared ray having a wavelength of from 700 nm to 1300 nm is used for laser engraving as a light source it is preferable that the resin composition of the present invention contains a photothermal conversion agent that can absorb light having a wavelength of from 700 nm to 1300 nm.Various kinds of dyes or pigments may be used as the photothermal conversion agent according to the present invention. CLAIM: The process for producing a flexographic printing plate precursor for laser engraving according to any one of Claims 2 to 11 comprising as the curing step 2 the first thermal curing substep of thermally curing at least a portion of the composition layer in an atmosphere in which an oxygen partial pressure is from 0.001 atm to 0.05 atm and at 80C to 140C and the following second thermal curing substep of thermally curing the entire of the composition layer in an atmosphere of 1 atm and at 70C to 110C.

A camera system comprising an interchangeable lens according to claim 1 and a camera body 10.

In FIGS.2 to 4 reference numerals 22p and 22y denote detecting magnets which are twopolemagnetized in a radiating direction from the optical axis.Reference numerals 23p and 23y denote yokes for closing magnetic fluxes placed on the front side of the detecting magnets 22p and 22y.The detecting magnets 22p 22y and the yokes 23p 23y are fixed on the shift lensbarrel 15.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In FIGS.2 to 4 reference numerals 22p and 22y denote detecting magnets which are twopolemagnetized in a radiating direction from the optical axis.Reference numerals 23p and 23y denote yokes for closing magnetic fluxes placed on the front side of the detecting magnets 22p and 22y.The detecting magnets 22p 22y and the yokes 23p 23y are fixed on the shift lensbarrel 15. CLAIM: A camera system comprising an interchangeable lens according to claim 1 and a camera body 10.

The laundry dryer 1 according to any of the preceding claims wherein said basement outlet 19 and said impeller air inlet 150in are separated by a gap.

Preferably the base unit of the laundry treatment machine comprises a bottom shell and a cover shell which support or house several components of the machine in particular in case the treatment machine comprises a heat pump system.Preferably the heat exchanger is arranged in a process air channel section that is formed by the bottom shell and the cover shell.More preferably the refrigerant heating and cooling heat exchangers are arranged in a battery channel formed by the bottom and cover shells.Alternatively or additionally the flow guiding and partition unit or the at least one of or all of the flow partition walls thereof are arranged between the bottom shell and the cover shell which are forming the air channel.The flow guiding and partition unit may be a separate andor selfsupporting unit that is arranged as a prefabricated unit in the air channel during mounting.In another embodiment at least one of or all of the flow partition walls of the flow guiding and partition unit are fixed to or are integrally or monolithically formed at a bottom shell or a cover shell or partially at the bottom shell and partially at the cover shell.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Preferably the base unit of the laundry treatment machine comprises a bottom shell and a cover shell which support or house several components of the machine in particular in case the treatment machine comprises a heat pump system.Preferably the heat exchanger is arranged in a process air channel section that is formed by the bottom shell and the cover shell.More preferably the refrigerant heating and cooling heat exchangers are arranged in a battery channel formed by the bottom and cover shells.Alternatively or additionally the flow guiding and partition unit or the at least one of or all of the flow partition walls thereof are arranged between the bottom shell and the cover shell which are forming the air channel.The flow guiding and partition unit may be a separate andor selfsupporting unit that is arranged as a prefabricated unit in the air channel during mounting.In another embodiment at least one of or all of the flow partition walls of the flow guiding and partition unit are fixed to or are integrally or monolithically formed at a bottom shell or a cover shell or partially at the bottom shell and partially at the cover shell. CLAIM: The laundry dryer 1 according to any of the preceding claims wherein said basement outlet 19 and said impeller air inlet 150in are separated by a gap.

A method for managing uniform logging in and out the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps ofauthenticating access 201 to encrypted user credentials database comprising automatically generated credentialsreceiving a service or application identifier 203retrieving 204 from the user credentials database stored in a local memory 104 credentials associated with the service or application identifierexecuting 205 authorization process to the service or application using the retrieved credentialsupon successful authorization 206verifying 207 a condition regarding a life of automatically generated credentials andin case the condition is met 208 automatically generating new credentials for the service or application and updating the user credentials at the service or application as well as in the user credentials database.

In a first preferred embodiment the authentication unit is a biometrics reader.It is advantageous that the biometrics reader is a fingerprint readerand that the secure memory comprises memory space for storing fingerprint data.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In a first preferred embodiment the authentication unit is a biometrics reader.It is advantageous that the biometrics reader is a fingerprint readerand that the secure memory comprises memory space for storing fingerprint data. CLAIM: A method for managing uniform logging in and out the method being characterized in that it comprises the steps ofauthenticating access 201 to encrypted user credentials database comprising automatically generated credentialsreceiving a service or application identifier 203retrieving 204 from the user credentials database stored in a local memory 104 credentials associated with the service or application identifierexecuting 205 authorization process to the service or application using the retrieved credentialsupon successful authorization 206verifying 207 a condition regarding a life of automatically generated credentials andin case the condition is met 208 automatically generating new credentials for the service or application and updating the user credentials at the service or application as well as in the user credentials database.

The bead reinforcement element of at least one of the previous claims wherein the hybrid or composite cord 130 has the cord construction 900 to 1100 Dtex aramid1700 to 900 Dtex1 polyamide 4 to 6Z4 to 6S4 to 6S or 900 to 1100 Dtex aramid1700 to 900 Dtex1 polyamide 4 to 6S4 to 6Z4 to 6Z.

The optional patch 58 shown in FIG.3 is circumferentially disposed about the bead 52b in such a way as to overlie the radially outermost regions 68 of thechipper 56 and the turned up ends 62b of the carcass ply 50.The patch 58 performs a function similar to that of those of the chipper 56 and the knitted fabric flipper 54.More specifically the patch 58 may absorb shearing stresses in the rubber parts which might otherwise induce separation of the flexible rubber from the less flexible material of the chipper 56 and the carcass ply 50.The patch 58 may for example be made of nylon fabric.The radially outwardmost portion 67 of the patch 58 may reach to a minimum level such as extending by at least 5 mm above the upper end 60b of the knitted fabric flipper 54 and preferably 1015 mm above.The radially inwardmost portion of the patch 58 may overlap 10 mm with the chipper 56.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The optional patch 58 shown in FIG.3 is circumferentially disposed about the bead 52b in such a way as to overlie the radially outermost regions 68 of thechipper 56 and the turned up ends 62b of the carcass ply 50.The patch 58 performs a function similar to that of those of the chipper 56 and the knitted fabric flipper 54.More specifically the patch 58 may absorb shearing stresses in the rubber parts which might otherwise induce separation of the flexible rubber from the less flexible material of the chipper 56 and the carcass ply 50.The patch 58 may for example be made of nylon fabric.The radially outwardmost portion 67 of the patch 58 may reach to a minimum level such as extending by at least 5 mm above the upper end 60b of the knitted fabric flipper 54 and preferably 1015 mm above.The radially inwardmost portion of the patch 58 may overlap 10 mm with the chipper 56. CLAIM: The bead reinforcement element of at least one of the previous claims wherein the hybrid or composite cord 130 has the cord construction 900 to 1100 Dtex aramid1700 to 900 Dtex1 polyamide 4 to 6Z4 to 6S4 to 6S or 900 to 1100 Dtex aramid1700 to 900 Dtex1 polyamide 4 to 6S4 to 6Z4 to 6Z.

The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more playback conditions comprises a geographic condition.

The Expiration Date shows the date until which the downloaded update kit is valid.The playback control engine 21 compares the current date and time clocked by the calendar and the clock inside the playback apparatus with this piece of information of the expiration date and checks if the update kit is valid or is past the expiration date.When the current date and time is before the expiration date playback is performed with the use of the update kit including INFO.BD.When the current date and time is past the expiration date playback with the use of the update kit including INFO.BD is not performed.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The Expiration Date shows the date until which the downloaded update kit is valid.The playback control engine 21 compares the current date and time clocked by the calendar and the clock inside the playback apparatus with this piece of information of the expiration date and checks if the update kit is valid or is past the expiration date.When the current date and time is before the expiration date playback is performed with the use of the update kit including INFO.BD.When the current date and time is past the expiration date playback with the use of the update kit including INFO.BD is not performed. CLAIM: The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more playback conditions comprises a geographic condition.

Cleaning assembly according to claim 7 wherein the housing has a first side to which the first end of the guiding frame is directed and a second side opposite the first side and wherein the housing further comprises a supply room accessible through the second side securely separated from the cleaning assembly room provided with a room supply connected to at least one nozzle.

According to an embodiment of the invention said power unit is arranged to produce power based on fossil fuel such as diesel and the dry ice producing unit is configured to receive the waste gases from the power unit and reuse the carbon dioxide of the waste gases for producing the dry ice.This embodiment is environmentally friendly as the CO2 from the waste gases of the power producing unit is reused for producing the dry ice.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: According to an embodiment of the invention said power unit is arranged to produce power based on fossil fuel such as diesel and the dry ice producing unit is configured to receive the waste gases from the power unit and reuse the carbon dioxide of the waste gases for producing the dry ice.This embodiment is environmentally friendly as the CO2 from the waste gases of the power producing unit is reused for producing the dry ice. CLAIM: Cleaning assembly according to claim 7 wherein the housing has a first side to which the first end of the guiding frame is directed and a second side opposite the first side and wherein the housing further comprises a supply room accessible through the second side securely separated from the cleaning assembly room provided with a room supply connected to at least one nozzle.

The connection managing program according to claim 8 wherein the first display control module is configured to display at least two interface images on the display unit in a display order in accordance with a predeterminedly set specific display order before the communicable communication device is detected by the search module and in the case of additionally displaying on the display unit the device image in association with the interface image of the communication interface for which the communicable communication device was detected the first display control module is configured to change the display order of the interface image for which the device image is to be additionally displayed to be an order that is higher than an interface image of a communication device for which no communicable communication device has been detected and that complies with the specific display order and display the at least two interface images on the display unit in the changed display order.

Referring now to Figure 13 another embodiment of a search logic 1300 is illustrated that may include filtering logic 1310 and fast filtering logic 1315 sorting logic 1320 and fast sorting logic 1325 and data storage units 1340 1350.In the illustrated embodiment while a search is in progress the search logic 1300 attempts to identify compatible wireless devices also referred to as compatible components that are within a communication range.In one form a first data structure or storage 1340 is populated with data received from and corresponding to compatible wireless devices responding to the search.As noted such data can include device identification numbers names capabilities distance location status and the like.Fast filtering logic 1315 is configured to compare attributes or characteristics of the presently found devices contained in data structure 1340 with attributes or characteristics of previously found devices stored in a second data structure 1350.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Referring now to Figure 13 another embodiment of a search logic 1300 is illustrated that may include filtering logic 1310 and fast filtering logic 1315 sorting logic 1320 and fast sorting logic 1325 and data storage units 1340 1350.In the illustrated embodiment while a search is in progress the search logic 1300 attempts to identify compatible wireless devices also referred to as compatible components that are within a communication range.In one form a first data structure or storage 1340 is populated with data received from and corresponding to compatible wireless devices responding to the search.As noted such data can include device identification numbers names capabilities distance location status and the like.Fast filtering logic 1315 is configured to compare attributes or characteristics of the presently found devices contained in data structure 1340 with attributes or characteristics of previously found devices stored in a second data structure 1350. CLAIM: The connection managing program according to claim 8 wherein the first display control module is configured to display at least two interface images on the display unit in a display order in accordance with a predeterminedly set specific display order before the communicable communication device is detected by the search module and in the case of additionally displaying on the display unit the device image in association with the interface image of the communication interface for which the communicable communication device was detected the first display control module is configured to change the display order of the interface image for which the device image is to be additionally displayed to be an order that is higher than an interface image of a communication device for which no communicable communication device has been detected and that complies with the specific display order and display the at least two interface images on the display unit in the changed display order.

The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining Bspline road geometry associated with road segments representing a road network in a geographic area surrounding the vehicle position converting the Bspline road geometry to Bezier curves dividing the Bezier curves at a point located on the Bezier curve at a furthest distance from a control polygon base chord and storing the divided Bezier curves in the geographic database.

Firstly in step S1 the following necessary information is read into the system.Road map data for use in the navigation system GPS data Vehicle speed data Orientation data information detected by a rate gyro or the like Data detected on steering angle or the like and driving operation data

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Firstly in step S1 the following necessary information is read into the system.Road map data for use in the navigation system GPS data Vehicle speed data Orientation data information detected by a rate gyro or the like Data detected on steering angle or the like and driving operation data CLAIM: The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining Bspline road geometry associated with road segments representing a road network in a geographic area surrounding the vehicle position converting the Bspline road geometry to Bezier curves dividing the Bezier curves at a point located on the Bezier curve at a furthest distance from a control polygon base chord and storing the divided Bezier curves in the geographic database.

The assembly method of claim 1 wherein heat is provided to the blade 51 in a span wise direction.

To assemble the buckets on the rim of the rotor wheel the fixtures 26 are secured to the lugs 24 e.g.using the bolts 28.Each successive bucket to be assembled is slid around the wheel rim to a location where the chamfer 42 contacts the mating chamfer 48 on the lug 24 of the preceding bucket.Once contact is made a tangential assembly force is applied to the bucket being installed to drive the bucket toward the preceding bucket.The fixture 26 thus initially slides along the wedge angle created by the mating chamfers 42 and 48 causing a substantial twisting movement and corresponding rotation to occur at the shroud as illustrated in Figure 5 as well as a twisting action of the airfoil 16.It will be appreciated that both of the mating buckets will twist with the application of a tangential assembly force.When the axial step between the faces of the two buckets equals the step size in the fixture the flat surface 44 of the fixture contacts the flat axially forward face of the shroud lug.The magnitude of rotation at the shroud is governed by the fixture step size and is set to slightly exceed the level of rotation that would naturally be created by the interference condition at the shroud contact surfaces 32.Thus as the shroud twists and because of the angle of the shroud edges 30 the tangential width of the cover as the shroud is rotated is taken up to the extent that the faces of the dovetail surfaces of the buckets contact one another.The step size is set for example so that approximately a 0.002 to 0.004 inch gap exists between the edges 30.This enables the adjacent buckets to slide together to enable the dovetail faces 34 to contact one another with only the involved frictional forces resisting motion of the buckets.Because of the small angle between the fixture 26 and lug 24 i.e.10 chamfers and the contact between flat 44 and the adjacent lug the frictional forces at such contact are larger than the forces tending to drive the buckets apart.The buckets will therefore remain in the partially assembled position after being driventogether even when the assembly force is removed.This in turn enables additional buckets to be assembled and likewise driven together without interference from the previously assembled buckets.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: To assemble the buckets on the rim of the rotor wheel the fixtures 26 are secured to the lugs 24 e.g.using the bolts 28.Each successive bucket to be assembled is slid around the wheel rim to a location where the chamfer 42 contacts the mating chamfer 48 on the lug 24 of the preceding bucket.Once contact is made a tangential assembly force is applied to the bucket being installed to drive the bucket toward the preceding bucket.The fixture 26 thus initially slides along the wedge angle created by the mating chamfers 42 and 48 causing a substantial twisting movement and corresponding rotation to occur at the shroud as illustrated in Figure 5 as well as a twisting action of the airfoil 16.It will be appreciated that both of the mating buckets will twist with the application of a tangential assembly force.When the axial step between the faces of the two buckets equals the step size in the fixture the flat surface 44 of the fixture contacts the flat axially forward face of the shroud lug.The magnitude of rotation at the shroud is governed by the fixture step size and is set to slightly exceed the level of rotation that would naturally be created by the interference condition at the shroud contact surfaces 32.Thus as the shroud twists and because of the angle of the shroud edges 30 the tangential width of the cover as the shroud is rotated is taken up to the extent that the faces of the dovetail surfaces of the buckets contact one another.The step size is set for example so that approximately a 0.002 to 0.004 inch gap exists between the edges 30.This enables the adjacent buckets to slide together to enable the dovetail faces 34 to contact one another with only the involved frictional forces resisting motion of the buckets.Because of the small angle between the fixture 26 and lug 24 i.e.10 chamfers and the contact between flat 44 and the adjacent lug the frictional forces at such contact are larger than the forces tending to drive the buckets apart.The buckets will therefore remain in the partially assembled position after being driventogether even when the assembly force is removed.This in turn enables additional buckets to be assembled and likewise driven together without interference from the previously assembled buckets. CLAIM: The assembly method of claim 1 wherein heat is provided to the blade 51 in a span wise direction.

A computer program for instructing a computer to perform the method according to any of claims 1 to 10.

FIG.6 is a flowchart illustrating an MNO change process using an eSIM according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention in which an initially opening MNO is not a donor or receiving MNO.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: FIG.6 is a flowchart illustrating an MNO change process using an eSIM according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention in which an initially opening MNO is not a donor or receiving MNO. CLAIM: A computer program for instructing a computer to perform the method according to any of claims 1 to 10.

The system 10 for distribution of 3D sound 3 according to any one of claim 13 or 47 wherein said speakers 2 are arranged substantially on the head 1 of said vehicle operator preferably as a set of headphones or integrated into a helmet.

In this way though the users facial orientation F can be detected in real time with a certain level of accuracy only by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor the earphone 10 can readily follow the users relatively fast change in direction by employing the gyroscope gyro sensor together.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In this way though the users facial orientation F can be detected in real time with a certain level of accuracy only by the geomagnetic sensor and acceleration sensor the earphone 10 can readily follow the users relatively fast change in direction by employing the gyroscope gyro sensor together. CLAIM: The system 10 for distribution of 3D sound 3 according to any one of claim 13 or 47 wherein said speakers 2 are arranged substantially on the head 1 of said vehicle operator preferably as a set of headphones or integrated into a helmet.

The radiationsensitive resin composition according to claim 3 4 or 5 wherein the polymer A further includes a structural unit III that includes a lactonecontaining group or a cyclic carbonatecontaining group.

The results obtained are shown in Table 8 below.TABLE 8Example No.Sensitivity mJcm2ValueExample 21 2.0 10.0Example 22 2.0 10.5Comparative Example 2 2.5 8.0

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The results obtained are shown in Table 8 below.TABLE 8Example No.Sensitivity mJcm2ValueExample 21 2.0 10.0Example 22 2.0 10.5Comparative Example 2 2.5 8.0 CLAIM: The radiationsensitive resin composition according to claim 3 4 or 5 wherein the polymer A further includes a structural unit III that includes a lactonecontaining group or a cyclic carbonatecontaining group.

An electronic component package comprising an upper package portion 4a constructed by a first silicon substrate 10a in which a through hole TH is provided an insulating layer 14 formed on both surface sides of the first silicon substrate 10a and inner surface of the through hole TH and a through electrode 18 filled in the through hole TH the upper surface of which is coplanar with that of an upper surface of the insulating layer 14 formed on the first silicon substrate 10a and a lower package portion 4b constructed by a second silicon portion 20a an element ZD formed on an upper surface side of the second silicon portion 20a and a connection electrode 56 formed on the element ZD and connected electrically to the element ZD wherein the element ZD is any one of a diode a semiconductor element a capacitor a resistor and an inductor and wherein the upper package portion 4a is stacked and arranged on the lower package portion 4b and a lower surface of the through electrode 18 of the upper package portion 4a is joined to the connection electrode 56 of the lower package portion 4b.

The frame 14c of the lid 14 is provided with through holes 28 in which the through electrodes 24 are formed.The through holes 28 have hole diameters of 30 m through 100 m and heights corresponding to the thickness of the substrate 14a of 150 m through 500 m.Accordingly the aspect ratio thicknesshole diameter of this embodiment ranges from 1.5 through 16.67.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The frame 14c of the lid 14 is provided with through holes 28 in which the through electrodes 24 are formed.The through holes 28 have hole diameters of 30 m through 100 m and heights corresponding to the thickness of the substrate 14a of 150 m through 500 m.Accordingly the aspect ratio thicknesshole diameter of this embodiment ranges from 1.5 through 16.67. CLAIM: An electronic component package comprising an upper package portion 4a constructed by a first silicon substrate 10a in which a through hole TH is provided an insulating layer 14 formed on both surface sides of the first silicon substrate 10a and inner surface of the through hole TH and a through electrode 18 filled in the through hole TH the upper surface of which is coplanar with that of an upper surface of the insulating layer 14 formed on the first silicon substrate 10a and a lower package portion 4b constructed by a second silicon portion 20a an element ZD formed on an upper surface side of the second silicon portion 20a and a connection electrode 56 formed on the element ZD and connected electrically to the element ZD wherein the element ZD is any one of a diode a semiconductor element a capacitor a resistor and an inductor and wherein the upper package portion 4a is stacked and arranged on the lower package portion 4b and a lower surface of the through electrode 18 of the upper package portion 4a is joined to the connection electrode 56 of the lower package portion 4b.

The method 20 according to any of claims 3 to 7 further comprising determining 31 a cause of said deviation by deploying noncoherent fault trees that are constructed using said engineering data.

Consequently it is possible to grasp the tendency in the data trajectories that can be features of individual operation modes more precisely so that a SelfOrganizing Map with higher accuracy can be obtained.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Consequently it is possible to grasp the tendency in the data trajectories that can be features of individual operation modes more precisely so that a SelfOrganizing Map with higher accuracy can be obtained. CLAIM: The method 20 according to any of claims 3 to 7 further comprising determining 31 a cause of said deviation by deploying noncoherent fault trees that are constructed using said engineering data.

The system of claim 1 wherein the determiner is configured to generate an amount of used lubricant to be replaced by fresh lubricant in the engine in order to extend the lubricant to a future service interval.

Two ways of improving the quality of the engine lubricant is to periodically remove some or all of the engine lubricant and replace it with fresh lubricant.Also in most cases filters are used to remove foreign materials above a certain size from the engine lubricant.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Two ways of improving the quality of the engine lubricant is to periodically remove some or all of the engine lubricant and replace it with fresh lubricant.Also in most cases filters are used to remove foreign materials above a certain size from the engine lubricant. CLAIM: The system of claim 1 wherein the determiner is configured to generate an amount of used lubricant to be replaced by fresh lubricant in the engine in order to extend the lubricant to a future service interval.

The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 further comprising displaying an applicationspecific list of places that have been selected using the application.

According to the present invention geographical location data and associated data may be used by data processing devices to perform locationbased functions or provide locationbased services or content.The data processing devices may be user terminal devices used by users or automated servers for example.These data processing devices will in general need to store location and associated data and communicate location and associated data with other data processing devices.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: According to the present invention geographical location data and associated data may be used by data processing devices to perform locationbased functions or provide locationbased services or content.The data processing devices may be user terminal devices used by users or automated servers for example.These data processing devices will in general need to store location and associated data and communicate location and associated data with other data processing devices. CLAIM: The method as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3 further comprising displaying an applicationspecific list of places that have been selected using the application.

A network for receiving uplink data from a user equipment using a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ scheme in a mobile communication system the network comprising a transmitter for transmitting uplink resource allocation information to the user equipment and a receiver for receiving the uplink data from the user equipment transmitted using the uplink resource allocation information based on the HARQ scheme wherein the uplink resource allocation information is transmitted to the user equipment through a random access response message of a random access procedure or through a downlink control channel.

The base station performs the following operation according to the random access of the first and second mobile stations.When the first random mobile ID and random access from the first and second mobile stations collide with each other so that the base station cannot receive any signal the base station transmits no signal to the first and second mobile stations.Then the mobile stations retried the random access after the lapse of a predetermined time of their inner timers.When the base station received a signal according tothe random access of the first random mobile ID from the first mobile station but did not receive a signal according to the random access of the first random mobile ID from the second mobile station it broadcasts an access grant signal ACK of the first random mobile ID informing that it received the random access from the first mobile station.Accordingly dedicated channels are assigned to the first and second mobile stations according to the access grant signal ACK of the first random mobile ID which is broadcasted by the base station resulting in generation of contention.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The base station performs the following operation according to the random access of the first and second mobile stations.When the first random mobile ID and random access from the first and second mobile stations collide with each other so that the base station cannot receive any signal the base station transmits no signal to the first and second mobile stations.Then the mobile stations retried the random access after the lapse of a predetermined time of their inner timers.When the base station received a signal according tothe random access of the first random mobile ID from the first mobile station but did not receive a signal according to the random access of the first random mobile ID from the second mobile station it broadcasts an access grant signal ACK of the first random mobile ID informing that it received the random access from the first mobile station.Accordingly dedicated channels are assigned to the first and second mobile stations according to the access grant signal ACK of the first random mobile ID which is broadcasted by the base station resulting in generation of contention. CLAIM: A network for receiving uplink data from a user equipment using a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ scheme in a mobile communication system the network comprising a transmitter for transmitting uplink resource allocation information to the user equipment and a receiver for receiving the uplink data from the user equipment transmitted using the uplink resource allocation information based on the HARQ scheme wherein the uplink resource allocation information is transmitted to the user equipment through a random access response message of a random access procedure or through a downlink control channel.

The use of the RF MEMS switch matrix of claim 12 for routing RF signals.

It has to be underlined that during this switching movement of the membrane 6 and also during the reverse switching movement from the onstate to the offstate the membrane 6 is totally free to slide relatively to the supporting members 3 within the passages 3b of the said supporting members 3.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: It has to be underlined that during this switching movement of the membrane 6 and also during the reverse switching movement from the onstate to the offstate the membrane 6 is totally free to slide relatively to the supporting members 3 within the passages 3b of the said supporting members 3. CLAIM: The use of the RF MEMS switch matrix of claim 12 for routing RF signals.

The method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the image data comprises two or more calibration marker images comprisingderiving a camera orientation of the at least one camera for each of the two or more calibration marker imagescomputing an average camera orientation as a weighted average of the derived camera orientations of the at least one camera.

The camera may be a digital or an analogue video camera that captures a number of images or frames per second.Images may be captured and the data stored whilst the images are being displayed.Analysis of the images to identify one or more features in the images and track the trajectory of the features may be performed at the same time or at a later time after collection of a data set.Multiple data sets may also be collected to further improve the accuracy of the calibration.Data representing the actual vehicle movement for example vehicle speed and steering angle may be collected at the same time and associated with the images andor data obtained from the images.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The camera may be a digital or an analogue video camera that captures a number of images or frames per second.Images may be captured and the data stored whilst the images are being displayed.Analysis of the images to identify one or more features in the images and track the trajectory of the features may be performed at the same time or at a later time after collection of a data set.Multiple data sets may also be collected to further improve the accuracy of the calibration.Data representing the actual vehicle movement for example vehicle speed and steering angle may be collected at the same time and associated with the images andor data obtained from the images. CLAIM: The method according to one of the preceding claims wherein the image data comprises two or more calibration marker images comprisingderiving a camera orientation of the at least one camera for each of the two or more calibration marker imagescomputing an average camera orientation as a weighted average of the derived camera orientations of the at least one camera.

A wet paper web transfer belt according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the average particle diameter of the spherical filler is 1.0 to 100 m.

Porous fibers exhibit the same effect as nonfibrous porous filler bodies.Protruding porous fibers also draw water due to the effect of surface tension.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Porous fibers exhibit the same effect as nonfibrous porous filler bodies.Protruding porous fibers also draw water due to the effect of surface tension. CLAIM: A wet paper web transfer belt according to any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the average particle diameter of the spherical filler is 1.0 to 100 m.

The fabric treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 11 wherein the treatment space forming unit comprises a rotatable drum 4 in which the fabric is received and the controller 41 controls the drum 4 to be rotated for tumbling the fabric in the drum 4 during supplying of the heated air to the treatment space S.

When the wrinkleeliminating course is selected the control unit 140 controls the drying device 40 so that hot air at a predetermined temperature is supplied to the rotary drum 12 S200.The temperature for smoothly spraying steam is approximately 4060C.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: When the wrinkleeliminating course is selected the control unit 140 controls the drying device 40 so that hot air at a predetermined temperature is supplied to the rotary drum 12 S200.The temperature for smoothly spraying steam is approximately 4060C. CLAIM: The fabric treatment apparatus according to any one of claims 8 to 11 wherein the treatment space forming unit comprises a rotatable drum 4 in which the fabric is received and the controller 41 controls the drum 4 to be rotated for tumbling the fabric in the drum 4 during supplying of the heated air to the treatment space S.

The method of any preceding claim further comprising removing playback responsibility of the playback device from another playback device of the playback system when the playback device is caused to render audio content according to the determined playback responsibility.

Although the operation from the state in which the operation table is already set is described the operation table may be configured to be acquired through wireless transmission from the source device and the other sink devices at the activation of the sink device.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Although the operation from the state in which the operation table is already set is described the operation table may be configured to be acquired through wireless transmission from the source device and the other sink devices at the activation of the sink device. CLAIM: The method of any preceding claim further comprising removing playback responsibility of the playback device from another playback device of the playback system when the playback device is caused to render audio content according to the determined playback responsibility.

The laundry dryer according to any one of the preceding claim 21 to 23 wherein at least one sensor is provided to monitor pressure level at the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit.

In other words refrigerant compressing device 11 first airrefrigerant heat exchanger 12 second airrefrigerant heat exchanger 13 and refrigerant expansion device 14 are structured to prevent the carbon dioxide from undergoing a phase transformation from a singlephase state to a twophase state along the whole closed circuit formed by refrigerant compressing device 11 first airrefrigerant heat exchanger 12 second airrefrigerant heat exchanger 13 and refrigerant expansion device 14.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In other words refrigerant compressing device 11 first airrefrigerant heat exchanger 12 second airrefrigerant heat exchanger 13 and refrigerant expansion device 14 are structured to prevent the carbon dioxide from undergoing a phase transformation from a singlephase state to a twophase state along the whole closed circuit formed by refrigerant compressing device 11 first airrefrigerant heat exchanger 12 second airrefrigerant heat exchanger 13 and refrigerant expansion device 14. CLAIM: The laundry dryer according to any one of the preceding claim 21 to 23 wherein at least one sensor is provided to monitor pressure level at the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit.

A printing material container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one second contact portion is provided closest to a corresponding one of the displacement preventers.

In the circuit board of the first aspect herein said plurality of terminals and said ground terminals may be arranged in a single row with two of said at least two ground terminals being located at the outermost ends of said row.With this arrangement contact with the terminals on the circuit board can be detected accurately.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the circuit board of the first aspect herein said plurality of terminals and said ground terminals may be arranged in a single row with two of said at least two ground terminals being located at the outermost ends of said row.With this arrangement contact with the terminals on the circuit board can be detected accurately. CLAIM: A printing material container according to any one of the preceding claims wherein the at least one second contact portion is provided closest to a corresponding one of the displacement preventers.

The light emitting device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein at least one of the particles or the aggregates of the particles exist at an outer edge of the sealing member.

The sealing member 30 contains filler particles first filler particles 40 and is filled in the recess 12 defined in the package.The surface 35 of the sealing member 30 constitutes the light emitting surface of the light emitting device 100.The surface 35 of the sealing member is mainly opposite to the mounting surface of the light emitting element 20 and typically constitutes the upper surface of the sealing member but the surface 35 may include a part of the side surfaces continuing from the upper surface.Further the surface 35 of the sealing member has an irregular geometry associated with the filler particles.That is with the irregular geometry the surface 35 of the sealing member is provided with a light scattering surface capable of scattering the incident outside light so that the surface gloss is reduced.With this arrangement occurrence of indirect glare at the surface 35 of the sealing member is reduced and a light emitting device of high display contrast can be obtained.The filler particles 40 contained in the sealing member 30 are unevenly distributed in the surface 35 side of the sealing member so that an irregular geometry associated with the filler particles 40 can be formed efficiently on the surface 35 of the sealing member.The region for forming the irregular geometry may be a part of the surface 35 of the sealing member but is most preferably approximately the entire area of the surface 35 of the sealing member.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The sealing member 30 contains filler particles first filler particles 40 and is filled in the recess 12 defined in the package.The surface 35 of the sealing member 30 constitutes the light emitting surface of the light emitting device 100.The surface 35 of the sealing member is mainly opposite to the mounting surface of the light emitting element 20 and typically constitutes the upper surface of the sealing member but the surface 35 may include a part of the side surfaces continuing from the upper surface.Further the surface 35 of the sealing member has an irregular geometry associated with the filler particles.That is with the irregular geometry the surface 35 of the sealing member is provided with a light scattering surface capable of scattering the incident outside light so that the surface gloss is reduced.With this arrangement occurrence of indirect glare at the surface 35 of the sealing member is reduced and a light emitting device of high display contrast can be obtained.The filler particles 40 contained in the sealing member 30 are unevenly distributed in the surface 35 side of the sealing member so that an irregular geometry associated with the filler particles 40 can be formed efficiently on the surface 35 of the sealing member.The region for forming the irregular geometry may be a part of the surface 35 of the sealing member but is most preferably approximately the entire area of the surface 35 of the sealing member. CLAIM: The light emitting device according to any one of the preceding claims wherein at least one of the particles or the aggregates of the particles exist at an outer edge of the sealing member.

The compounds according to claims 1921 wherein the quantity of polyamide in the compound is between 5 and 99

The content of the antioxidant in the polyamide compound is not limited falling within a range not detracting from the properties of the composition.However from the viewpoint of controlling the oxygen absorption performance of the composition and inhibiting the physical properties of the composition from worsening the content is preferably from 0.001 to 3 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide compound of the present invention more preferably from 0.01 to 1 part by mass.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The content of the antioxidant in the polyamide compound is not limited falling within a range not detracting from the properties of the composition.However from the viewpoint of controlling the oxygen absorption performance of the composition and inhibiting the physical properties of the composition from worsening the content is preferably from 0.001 to 3 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyamide compound of the present invention more preferably from 0.01 to 1 part by mass. CLAIM: The compounds according to claims 1921 wherein the quantity of polyamide in the compound is between 5 and 99

A method as claimed in claim 7 or 8 wherein said first device or stage comprises an ion source.

The collision fragmentation or reaction device may be arranged and adapted to trap ions within the collision fragmentation or reaction device in a mode of operation.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The collision fragmentation or reaction device may be arranged and adapted to trap ions within the collision fragmentation or reaction device in a mode of operation. CLAIM: A method as claimed in claim 7 or 8 wherein said first device or stage comprises an ion source.

A fishing spinning reel comprising a cylindrical drive shaft sleeve rotatably supported by a reel body and extending in a frontrear direction a spool shaft inserted in the drive shaft sleeve and reciprocating back and forth a rotor nut screwed in an front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve a bearing fitted on an inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut and supporting the spool shaft slidably in a frontrear direction and a cylindrical aligning holder attached on a front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve wherein the aligning holder is fitted in the front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve and fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut and a joint surface of the aligning holder fitted in the front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve and an outer peripheral surface of the aligning holder fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut are made concentric with each other.

In the embodiment the support member 60 may be formed into a stepped cylindrical shaped wherein an outer circumferential flange end 60c may be fixed on the rotor 2 via a screw 50.The support member 60 may extend to the front of the pinion gear 8 so as to externally surround the rotor nut 9 and the pinion gear 8 and may be fitted on e.g.the rotor nut 9 via a noncircular fitting portion so as to serve as a rotation locking member for the rotor nut 9.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In the embodiment the support member 60 may be formed into a stepped cylindrical shaped wherein an outer circumferential flange end 60c may be fixed on the rotor 2 via a screw 50.The support member 60 may extend to the front of the pinion gear 8 so as to externally surround the rotor nut 9 and the pinion gear 8 and may be fitted on e.g.the rotor nut 9 via a noncircular fitting portion so as to serve as a rotation locking member for the rotor nut 9. CLAIM: A fishing spinning reel comprising a cylindrical drive shaft sleeve rotatably supported by a reel body and extending in a frontrear direction a spool shaft inserted in the drive shaft sleeve and reciprocating back and forth a rotor nut screwed in an front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve a bearing fitted on an inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut and supporting the spool shaft slidably in a frontrear direction and a cylindrical aligning holder attached on a front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve wherein the aligning holder is fitted in the front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve and fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut and a joint surface of the aligning holder fitted in the front end portion of the drive shaft sleeve and an outer peripheral surface of the aligning holder fitted on the inner peripheral surface of the rotor nut are made concentric with each other.

A method according to claim 12 wherein said washing carrier said impregnating carrier if present and said cleaning carrier are aqueous liquids.

In one embodiment the substrate contains a nonwoven material.By nonwoven is meant that the substrate or a layer of the substrate is comprised of fibers which are not woven into a fabric but rather are formed into a sheet mat or pad layer.Thefibers can either be random i.e.randomly aligned or they can be carded i.e.combed to be oriented in primarily one direction.Furthermore the nonwoven substrate can be composed of a combination of layers of random and carded fibers.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: In one embodiment the substrate contains a nonwoven material.By nonwoven is meant that the substrate or a layer of the substrate is comprised of fibers which are not woven into a fabric but rather are formed into a sheet mat or pad layer.Thefibers can either be random i.e.randomly aligned or they can be carded i.e.combed to be oriented in primarily one direction.Furthermore the nonwoven substrate can be composed of a combination of layers of random and carded fibers. CLAIM: A method according to claim 12 wherein said washing carrier said impregnating carrier if present and said cleaning carrier are aqueous liquids.

The method according to claim 6 characterized in that the slices are perpendicular to the temporary longitudinal axis 314 and each slice is representative of a cross section of the theoretically machined crankshaft and the step of analyzing comprises finding a center of gravity of each slice of the theoretically machined crankshaft relative to the temporary longitudinal axis 314.

The centerhole working machine 10 holds the material crankshaft 1 disposed on the temporary receiver with a workpiece clamper and a phaseadjustment clamper both clampers are not illustrated in the figure and accurately sets the material crankshaft 1 in a predetermine position.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The centerhole working machine 10 holds the material crankshaft 1 disposed on the temporary receiver with a workpiece clamper and a phaseadjustment clamper both clampers are not illustrated in the figure and accurately sets the material crankshaft 1 in a predetermine position. CLAIM: The method according to claim 6 characterized in that the slices are perpendicular to the temporary longitudinal axis 314 and each slice is representative of a cross section of the theoretically machined crankshaft and the step of analyzing comprises finding a center of gravity of each slice of the theoretically machined crankshaft relative to the temporary longitudinal axis 314.

A heat pump having a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor3 a condenser8 an expansion valve5 and an evaporator6 are connected sequentially comprising evaporator refrigerant saturation temperature detecting means10 for detecting an evaporation temperature of said evaporator6 and first frost formation state detecting means103 for detecting a frost formation state of said evaporator6 wherein said first frost formation state detecting means103 sets said evaporation temperature to a characteristic amount and detects a drop in heat exchange performance caused by frost formation on said evaporator6 on the basis of a time change amount of the characteristic amount.

When the ice melting operation control part 81 determines termination of the ice melting operation it places the expansion valve 52a in the open state with the indoor fan 57a remaining driven.This allows refrigerant to flow into the indoor heat exchanger 53a and the cooling operation is resumed.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: When the ice melting operation control part 81 determines termination of the ice melting operation it places the expansion valve 52a in the open state with the indoor fan 57a remaining driven.This allows refrigerant to flow into the indoor heat exchanger 53a and the cooling operation is resumed. CLAIM: A heat pump having a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor3 a condenser8 an expansion valve5 and an evaporator6 are connected sequentially comprising evaporator refrigerant saturation temperature detecting means10 for detecting an evaporation temperature of said evaporator6 and first frost formation state detecting means103 for detecting a frost formation state of said evaporator6 wherein said first frost formation state detecting means103 sets said evaporation temperature to a characteristic amount and detects a drop in heat exchange performance caused by frost formation on said evaporator6 on the basis of a time change amount of the characteristic amount.

Modular kit according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 5 characterized by the fact that the first directional coupler 10 and the second directional coupler 11 are inserted directly in the fiber of the monitored line.

The monitoring device may in another variant be implemented in a third device connected to the first device and second device.In this case the second device provides the third device with measurement results or information representative of a time drift the third device determines accordingly whether the optical transmission interface of the first device has to be adjusted and instructs the first device to reconfigure its optical transmission interface on the basis of the time drift.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The monitoring device may in another variant be implemented in a third device connected to the first device and second device.In this case the second device provides the third device with measurement results or information representative of a time drift the third device determines accordingly whether the optical transmission interface of the first device has to be adjusted and instructs the first device to reconfigure its optical transmission interface on the basis of the time drift. CLAIM: Modular kit according to claim 1 and any of claims 2 to 5 characterized by the fact that the first directional coupler 10 and the second directional coupler 11 are inserted directly in the fiber of the monitored line.

The sensor of claim 1 wherein the cap 4 has a plane extension and wherein the holder 42 encircles the container 41 in the plane of the cap 4 wherein between the holder 42 and the container 41 the one or more suspension elements 45 and one or more grooves 43 alternate.

Diaphragm void 322 forms a first pressure space at pressure P1 configured to deflect diaphragm 312 in a first direction under pressure.Topping and base voids 334 and 336 are in fluid communication through channel 318 to form a second pressure space under pressure P2 configured to deflect diaphragm 312 in a second direction opposite the first direction under pressure.The diaphragm enclosure includes a first pressure port 324 in fluid communication with the first pressure space.The diaphragm enclosure also includes a second pressure port 338 in fluid communication with the second pressure space.The first and second pressure spaces are sealed from one another within the diaphragm enclosure for sensing differential pressure between respective first and second external pressure sources P1 and P2 across diaphragm 312.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Diaphragm void 322 forms a first pressure space at pressure P1 configured to deflect diaphragm 312 in a first direction under pressure.Topping and base voids 334 and 336 are in fluid communication through channel 318 to form a second pressure space under pressure P2 configured to deflect diaphragm 312 in a second direction opposite the first direction under pressure.The diaphragm enclosure includes a first pressure port 324 in fluid communication with the first pressure space.The diaphragm enclosure also includes a second pressure port 338 in fluid communication with the second pressure space.The first and second pressure spaces are sealed from one another within the diaphragm enclosure for sensing differential pressure between respective first and second external pressure sources P1 and P2 across diaphragm 312. CLAIM: The sensor of claim 1 wherein the cap 4 has a plane extension and wherein the holder 42 encircles the container 41 in the plane of the cap 4 wherein between the holder 42 and the container 41 the one or more suspension elements 45 and one or more grooves 43 alternate.

An absorbent core according to any of the preceding claims further comprising a thermoplastic adhesive material that immobilizes at least some of the absorbent material within the core wrap in particular an auxiliary glue 72 on the inner side of the top side andor bottom side of the core wrap andor a microfibrous glue 74.

The channels may provide for fast liquid acquisition which reduces risk of leakages.The permanent channels help to avoid saturation of the absorbent layer in the region of fluid discharge such saturation increases the risk of leakages.Furthermore the inventors surprisingly found that in contrast to what would be expected whilst decreasing the overall amount of superabsorbent polymer material in the absorbent structure by providing channels free of such material the fluid handling properties of the absorbent structure or diaper are improved.Permanent channels also have the further advantages that in wet state the absorbent material cannot move within the core and remains in its intended position thus providing better fit and fluid absorption.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: The channels may provide for fast liquid acquisition which reduces risk of leakages.The permanent channels help to avoid saturation of the absorbent layer in the region of fluid discharge such saturation increases the risk of leakages.Furthermore the inventors surprisingly found that in contrast to what would be expected whilst decreasing the overall amount of superabsorbent polymer material in the absorbent structure by providing channels free of such material the fluid handling properties of the absorbent structure or diaper are improved.Permanent channels also have the further advantages that in wet state the absorbent material cannot move within the core and remains in its intended position thus providing better fit and fluid absorption. CLAIM: An absorbent core according to any of the preceding claims further comprising a thermoplastic adhesive material that immobilizes at least some of the absorbent material within the core wrap in particular an auxiliary glue 72 on the inner side of the top side andor bottom side of the core wrap andor a microfibrous glue 74.

The portable terminal as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a second member 115a provided along an edge on a face of the display module 102 wherein the second member 115a is arranged to surround the first member 115b between the display module 102 and the case member 101.

Now the present invention is more specifically described with reference to accompanying drawings wherein similar constituent elements are mostly designated by similar reference numerals.

You are a skillful patent examiner with over 20 years of experience. You are reviewing patent prior art. Examine if the following chunk of a patent description constitutes prior art for the given claim. DESCRIPTION: Now the present invention is more specifically described with reference to accompanying drawings wherein similar constituent elements are mostly designated by similar reference numerals. CLAIM: The portable terminal as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a second member 115a provided along an edge on a face of the display module 102 wherein the second member 115a is arranged to surround the first member 115b between the display module 102 and the case member 101.