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Patent JP-2007163105-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner
Inventor: NISHIMURA TADASHI
IPC: F25B49/02
Filed: 2005-12-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a time of a refrigerant amount determining operation and to surely complete the refrigerant amount determining operation in an air conditioner having a function for determining the adequacy of refrigerant amount in a refrigerant circuit.  <P>SOLUTION: This air conditioner 1 comprises the refrigerant circuit 10, an operation control means, a stability determining means, a refrigerant amount determining means, and a condition changing means. The operation control means can perform the refrigerant amount determining operation for controlling a constitutional apparatus to have a prescribed control target value. The stability determining means determines whether the refrigerant amount determining operation is stabilized or not. The refrigerant amount determining means determines the adequacy of refrigerant amount in the refrigerant circuit 10 on the basis of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant circuit 10 or an operation state quantity of the constitutional apparatus. The condition changing means changes the control target value in the refrigerant amount determining operation when it is determined that the refrigerant amount determining operation is not stabilized.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007172129-A (JP)
Title: Nonvolatile memory access control device and nonvolatile memory control system
Inventor: HASHIMOTO TAKUYA
IPC: G06F12/00
Filed: 2005-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nonvolatile memory access control device and a nonvolatile memory control system, in which increase in processing frequency of a processor can be suppressed to prevent retard of access operation to a nonvolatile memory, and power consumption can be thus reduced.  <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises the nonvolatile memory 13, the CPU (processor) 11 which requests access to the memory 13, and the nonvolatile memory access control device 14 for controlling access operations including a plurality of cycles to the memory 13 according to the request of the CPU 11. The control device 14 can set information related to a series of nonvolatile memory access operations of the plurality of cycles, and includes a nonvolatile memory access operation control part 141 for controlling, upon receipt of the access request to the memory 13 from the CPU 11, the series of access operations to the memory 13 based on the set information.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2006193419-A (JP)
Title: Carbon monoxide removing machine and fuel cell system with the same
Inventor: SON INKAKU
IPC: H01M8/10
Filed: 2005-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a carbon monoxide removing machine capable of preventing the drift phenomenon of hydrogen and air supplied into the reactor body.  <P>SOLUTION: The carbon monoxide removing machine includes the reactor body having an inner space and a catalyst provided in the inner space of the reactor body to react with the reforming gas and a diffusion unit installed at an inlet portion of the reactor body for introducing the reforming gas to diffuse a reforming gas over the entire area of the catalyst.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2007171415-A (JP)
Title: Conductive endless belt and image forming apparatus using the same
Inventor: MACHIDA KUNIO
IPC: G03G15/01
Filed: 2005-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conductive endless belt having good properties in terms of heat resistance and setting resistance in addition to excellent electrical properties and strength, and an image forming apparatus using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The tandem conductive endless belt for transfer and transports a recording medium held by electrostatic adsorption to four image forming units being circularly driven by a driving member, to sequentially transfer the respective toner images onto the recording medium. A base resin in the conductive endless belt is based on a polymer alloy comprising a polyphenylene sulfide resin and an olefinic elastomer in a weight ratio of 95:5 to 55:45 and contains carbon black.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007170532-A (JP)
Title: Device for detecting braking force
Inventor: HORIUCHI TAKEHIRO
IPC: F16D66/00
Filed: 2005-12-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for detecting braking force capable of detecting the braking force with high precision by a compact and simple configuration.  <P>SOLUTION: This device for detecting the braking force comprises a plate-like sensor bracket fixed to a knuckle by at least a pair of first fixing parts, fixed to a caliper bracket by at least a pair of second fixing parts, and arranged in parallel with a brake disc between the knuckle and a brake caliper and a distortion gage attached to the sensor bracket. Each of the second fixing parts is arranged so as to be positioned on both sides in the direction of rotation of the brake disc for a line connecting the center of the brake disc with the center in the peripheral direction of the brake caliper. Either of the first fixing parts is arranged at an interval from either of the second fixing parts in the direction of rotation of the brake disc or in the radial direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007169721-A (JP)
Title: Method for forming silicon nitride film
Inventor: ISHII RYOJI
IPC: C23C14/34
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a film-forming method which does not cause an internal crack or a film crack even when a silicon nitride film with low internal stress is formed on a polymeric resin substrate, and many layers of the thin films including the silicon nitride film are stacked thereon.  <P>SOLUTION: This method for forming the thin film of silicon nitride on the substrate comprises: using dual magnetron sputtering (DMS) technique; and applying sinusoidal voltage with a frequency of 25 kHz or less to the magnetron cathodes. The method employs the frequency controlled to 25 kHz or less, thereby reduces the internal stress in the formed silicon nitride film, and accordingly prevents the warping of the film.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2006254684-A (JP)
Title: Motor
Inventor: KIM BYUNG TAEK
IPC: H02K1/02
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor wherein magnetic flux leakage in magnets can be minimized.  <P>SOLUTION: The motor is constructed of a stator (50), and a rotor (60) that is placed in correspondence with the stator (50) so that it rotates by the interaction between it and the stator (50) and in which large numbers of core pieces (62) and magnets (64) are arranged alternately in the circumferential direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2007171039-A (JP)
Title: Program timer, control method and program thereof
Inventor: IWASAKI HIROSHI
IPC: G04G15/00
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program timer capable of realizing easy program setting work, and a control method and program thereof.  <P>SOLUTION: A computer 11 for setting programs enables, in a yearly program setting screen, display of a program number column and a period setting column for a weekly program and collective setting of different weekly programs for each arbitrary period. A computer 11enables, in a yearly program setting screen, display of a program number column and a national holiday setting column for a weekly program and setting of the weekly programs and national holidays.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007169519-A (JP)
Title: Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet
Inventor: YAMAOKA TETSUYA
IPC: C09J201/00
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet which generates no bubble from a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer even when being subjected to an autoclave treatment.  <P>SOLUTION: The adhesive sheet 1 comprises the adhesive layer 2 to be stuck onto an adherend and having gas-barrier layers to shield a gas on both the sides. The gas barrier layers 3, 4 are prepared by forming deposited membranes 3b, 4b onto respective base films 3a, 4a. The adhesive layer is obtained by crosslinking a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition containing a base polymer composed mainly of a (meth)acrylate-based copolymer, an acrylic crosslinkable monomer and a crosslinking initiator. Where the shearing storage elastic modulus of the adhesive layer by a 20°C standard master curve preferably satisfies (1) ≥5×10<SP>2</SP>Pa and ≤1×10<SP>4</SP>Pa at both the frequencies of 10<SP>-3</SP>and 10<SP>-5</SP>Hz, and (2) ≥3×10<SP>4</SP>Pa and ≤4×10<SP>6</SP>Pa at both the frequencies of 10<SP>3</SP>and 10<SP>4</SP>Hz.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2006239399-A (JP)
Title: Evacuation equipment
Inventor: FUJIWARA MITSUHIRO
IPC: E04H9/14
Filed: 2005-11-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide evacuation equipment which enables evacuees to a water district to safely evacuate from fire whirlwinds.  <P>SOLUTION: A shallow floor is laid under the water level, by which the evacuees can stay in a water district such as a pond, a river, or a lake. An air intake means is provided to a part near the shallow floor in the configuration. A roof member for protecting the evacuees from the whirlwinds is arranged above the water district. A water spraying means is arranged in/in the vicinity of the water district in any of the structures.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006146256-A (JP)
Title: O-plate compensator, manufacturing method thereof and nematic liquid crystal display
Inventor: WINKER BRUCE K
IPC: G02F1/139
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an O-plate compensator improving a gray scale performance of an O-plate compensator and the contrast ratio.  <P>SOLUTION: The compensator is a uniaxial birefringent thin film with its extraordinary axis oriented obliquely with respect to the surface of the film. The oblique orientation of the liquid crystal orientation vector which is parallel to the extraordinary axis of the film is achieved by casting an organic thin film onto a surface specially prepared for the purpose of orientating liquid crystal material, such as obliquely deposited SiO, mechanically rubbed alignment agent. The film can either be cast from a solution of the liquid crystal polymer or from a reactive liquid crystal monomer having a nematic phase. Any solvent that may be used during the manufacturing process is evaporated off and the organic thin film is held at a temperature in its nematic phase. If a reactive monomer is used, the film is then photopolymerized. Alternate embodiments of an organic O-plate include the use of smectic A material and smectic C material.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006304258-A (JP)
Title: Data transmitter and data transceiver using saw filter
Inventor: AN KYU HWAN
IPC: H04B1/04
Filed: 2005-12-26
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data transmitter and a data transceiver that use a passive element, i.e., a frequency modulation SAW filter for transmitting digital data via an analog communications channel.  <P>SOLUTION: The frequency modulation characteristics of a chirp modulation SAW filter is modulated to generate two or more up/down chirp signals with a mutually divisible non-linear frequency modulation characteristics and assign the up/down chirp signals by a predetermined beat of binary information so that the target chirp signal of the multiple up/down chirp signals can be selected according to transmission data.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007176616-A (JP)
Title: Image forming device and curl correction device detachable to image forming device
Inventor: UEHARA JUNJI
IPC: B65H31/00
Filed: 2005-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming device capable of suppressing complication of a constitution of an image forming device body and large size of the image forming device body in a constitution capable of adjusting curl correction force of recording sheet.  <P>SOLUTION: In the curl correction device 110 detachable to a printer 1, a correction part 112 for correcting the curl by abutting on paper P delivered from a delivery port 72 of a printer body and upwardly curving the paper P is provided. A pressing member 118 for urging a roller 64b possessed by a delivery part 60 of the printer 1 body toward a drive roller 64a by elastic force is further provided on the curl correction device 110.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007181320-A (JP)
Title: Small motor
Inventor: OTAKE TAKAHIRO
IPC: H02K23/26
Filed: 2005-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress current fluctuation and torque fluctuations in conjunction with commutation of a commutator and a brush, without causing the performance of a motor to degrade, and to reduce the production of a spark between the commutator and the brush due to commutation to prolong the lifetime of the motor.  <P>SOLUTION: The number of commutator pieces is set to twice the number of magnetic pole cores. The same number of windings as the number of the magnetic pole cores are taken as one group, and first and second groups of windings are provided. Both ends of each of the windings in the first group are connected to respective commutator pieces, and the windings are wound on corresponding magnetic pole cores in a first direction. Both ends of each of the windings in the second group are connected to respective commutator pieces, and the windings are wound on the magnetic pole cores, positioned on a side opposite to the connected commutator pieces in the radial direction, in a second direction opposite the first direction. The winding directions of windings connected to adjoining commutator pieces are set alternately reversed.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007176431-A (JP)
Title: Fuel tank of saddle riding type vehicle
Inventor: TAKEUCHI TSUTOMU
IPC: B62K5/00
Filed: 2005-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily secure capacity of a fuel tank, to reduce a change of inertia moment of the fuel tank around the center of gravity of a car body, and to stably supply fuel to an engine.  <P>SOLUTION: The saddle riding type vehicle is formed by providing a steering shaft 28 for steering front wheels 26 and 27, the engine 31 as a driving source, and the fuel tank 36 arranged over the engine so as to supply fuel to the engine 31 in a car body frame 11. In the fuel tank 35, an oil supply port 86 is arranged in front of the steering shaft 28.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007181102-A (JP)
Title: Receiver, and transmitting/receiving system
Inventor: SUZUKI KENJI
IPC: H04B1/04
Filed: 2005-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately restore an original transmission signal using a pilot signal in a receiver which receives transmitted radio waves from a transmitter which up-converts and transmits a transmission signal and a pilot signal, and restores the original transmission signal by down converting a received signal.  <P>SOLUTION: In a receiver 50, a received signal is down-converted and separated into a terrestrial digital IF signal' and a PILOT' and the PILOT' is frequency-converted using two reference signals (SBASE1, SBASW2) to generate a correction signal and a frequency of the terrestrial digital IF signal' is corrected by the correction signal to restore the original transmission signal. Furthermore, a delay time of the terrestrial digital IF signal' at a BPF 60 is made coincident with the total delay time of signals at BPFs 62, 74, 81, thereby matching phases of frequency variations incurred in the correction signal and the terrestrial digital IF signal' with the frequency variations of a local oscillation signal for up/down conversion.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2006519303-A (JP)
Title: 第８（ｖｉｉｉ）族メタロセン前駆物質を用いた蒸着法
IPC: C07F17/02
Filed: 2003-10-30
Abstract: 一般式、ＣｐＭＣｐ′〔式中、Ｍは、Ｒｕ、Ｏｓ、及びＦｅからなる群から選択された金属であり；Ｃｐは、少なくとも一つの置換基Ｄ １ を含む第一置換シクロペンタジエニル又はシクロペンタジエニル状、例えば、インデニル部分であり｛ここで、Ｄ １ は、Ｘ；Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ （Ｃ＝Ｏ）Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ ＯＣ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ （Ｃ＝Ｏ）ＯＣ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；又はＣ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ Ｏ（Ｃ＝Ｏ）Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ である｝；そしてＣｐ′は、少なくとも一つの置換基Ｄ １ ′を含む第二置換シクロペンタジエニル又はシクロペンタジエニル状、例えば、インデニル部分であり｛ここで、Ｄ １ ′は、Ｘ；Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ （Ｃ＝Ｏ）Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ ＯＣ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；Ｃ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ （Ｃ＝Ｏ）ＯＣ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ ；又はＣ ａ２ Ｈ ｂ２ Ｘ ｃ２ Ｏ（Ｃ＝Ｏ）Ｃ ａ１ Ｈ ｂ１ Ｘ ｃ１ である。｝〕を有するメタロセン、又はメタロセン状前駆物質を用いてフイルム、被覆、又は粉末を製造する方法がここに開示されている。Ｄ １ とＤ １ ′とは、互いに異なっている。Ｘはハロゲン原子又はＮＯ ２ であり；ａ１は、１〜８の整数であり；ｂ１は、０〜２（ａ１）＋１−ｃ１の整数であり；ｃ１は、０〜２（ａ１）＋１−ｂ１の整数であり；ｂ１＋ｃ１は、少なくとも１であり；ａ２は、０〜８の整数であり；ｂ２は、０〜２（ａ２）＋１−ｃ２の整数であり；ｃ２は、０〜２（ａ２）＋１−ｂ２の整数である。この方法は、電子装置の製造又は処理で用いることができる。
Patent JP-2007521534-A (JP)
Title: 電子インク処理
IPC: G06F40/00
Filed: 2003-08-21
Abstract: 第１のデータ構造を、続いて修正される第１のデータ構造のバージョンの第２のデータ構造で一致させる方法である。始めに、変更が成された第１のデータ構造の各ノードを第２のデータ構造の対応するノードにアクセスする（ステップ２７０１）。アクセスされたノードの各々について、第２のデータ構造の対応するノードに成された変更が第１のデータ構造と不一致を生じるか否かについて判定が成される（ステップ２７０３）。第２のデータ構造の対応するノードに成された変更が第１のデータ構造と不一致ではない場合、変更を第１のデータ構造のアクセスされたノードに行う（ステップ２７０５）。
Patent JP-2006521486-A (JP)
Title: 支持エレメント
IPC: F02M69/46
Filed: 2004-11-12
Abstract: 燃料噴射弁（１）を弁収容部、特に内燃機関のシリンダヘッド（１２）の弁収容部内にかつ燃料噴射弁（１）を燃料分配管路（２）に相互に支持するための支持エレメントは、クランプ（８）と、このクランプ（８）に形成された舌片（１１）およびＵ字形部材（１８）とを有している。
Patent JP-2007182932-A (JP)
Title: Control device of automatic transmission
Inventor: SUGITA YOSHIKI
IPC: B60W10/10
Filed: 2006-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control device of an automatic transmission capable of reducing a variation in torque, when a vehicle is a high load crawling speed starting request state.  <P>SOLUTION: This control device of the automatic transmission has a torque converter 5 including a lockup clutch 4, and has a slip rotating speed detecting means 13 detecting a slip rotating speed SL of the automatic transmission 3, a vehicle speed detecting means 12 detecting a vehicle speed V, an accelerator operation quantity detecting means 14 detecting an accelerator operation quantity TV, a high load crawling speed starting request state determining means 15 determining whether or not the vehicle is the high load crawling speed starting request state, and a torque variation reducing means 16 reducing a variation in the torque. The high load crawling speed starting request state determining means 15 determines the high load crawling speed starting request state of the vehicle on the basis of at least one of the slip rotating speed SL, the vehicle speed V, the accelerator operation quantity TV and an engine speed Ne of an engine 1. At this time, the torque variation reducing means 16 reduces a variation in the torque.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007184438-A (JP)
Title: Semiconductor device
Inventor: MIHARA ICHIRO
IPC: H01L25/07
Filed: 2006-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor device in which two semiconductor structures are laminated, and which is suitable for a high frequency with wiring length as the shortest.  <P>SOLUTION: The second semiconductor structure 1b whose size is smaller than that of the first semiconductor structure 1a is laminated on the center of the upper face of the first semiconductor structure 1a. An insulating film 13 is arranged on the first semiconductor structure 1a at the periphery of the second semiconductor structure 1b. Solder balls 14a and 14b are disposed on columnar electrodes 10a and 10b of the first and second semiconductor structures 1a and 1b. Electric connection wiring is mainly set to be a thickness direction of the first and second semiconductor structures 1a and 1b. Thus, the device is adapted to the high frequency with wiring length as the shortest.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007184462-A (JP)
Title: Ferroelectric memory element, device containing the same, and method of manufacturing the device
Inventor: LEENDERS LUC
IPC: H01L21/8246
Filed: 2006-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and non-volatile memory element concerning a ferroelectric passive memory element (memory cell), a device containing the element, and a method of manufacturing the device.  <P>SOLUTION: A first passive ferroelectric memory element is provided, which includes a first electrode system and a second electrode system. The first electrode system is, at least, partially insulated from the second electrode system by an element system containing, at least, a ferroelectric element. The first electrode system serves as a conductive surface or a conductive layer. The second electrode system is an electrode pattern or isolated conductive regions kept in contact with conductive pins which are insulated from each other only for the purpose of reading out or inputting data. The first electrode system, the second electrode system, and the element system are all capable of being printed by regular printing technique.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007187506-A (JP)
Title: Ultrasonic flowmeter
Inventor: NABESHIMA NORIYUKI
IPC: G01F15/04
Filed: 2006-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To calculate the mass flow rate or the volumetric flow rate, without having to provide a special transmitter or a receiver for density measurement, in an ultrasonic flowmeter that measurement of real flow rate of gaseous matter.  <P>SOLUTION: Between a transmitter and a receiver 1 and 2, the transmission and reception of the ultrasound in the forward direction and the backward direction, actual flow rate is obtained from the arrival times of both directions. From the peak value of a third wave of the reception wave, the acoustic impedance of the medium is obtained, and the density of the liquid is obtained, by dividing the arrival time with the obtained sound speed. The mass flow rate is obtained by multiplying the real flow rate with the density. The actual flow rate and the density are inputted to the flow rate conversion part 13, and converted into the volumetric flow rate at the standard state of 0°C and 1 atm pressure.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2007192604-A (JP)
Title: Soil diagnosis sensor
Inventor: KARUBE MASAO
IPC: G01N27/327
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil diagnosis sensor capable of determining a soil wherein a damage due to disease is generated simply in a short time without knowing the result acquired by planting vegetation.  <P>SOLUTION: The soil diagnosis sensor using microbe is formed as follows: in a sensor equipped with electrodes comprising at least a working electrode and a counter electrode on an electrical insulating substrate, the microbe is allowed to adhere onto the working electrode, and then a water-permeable filter covering the microbe is provided. Since the water-permeable filter is used in the soil diagnosis sensor, when preparing soil extraction liquid, such an excellent effect is brought that only a soluble component is allowed to reach the electrode upside and easy measurement becomes possible by dipping the sensor directly into soil suspension, without the aid of an operation by centrifugal separation or the like.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Patent JP-2006142043-A (JP)
Title: Automated optimization method for radiotherapy dose
Inventor: YANG TSER-YUAN
IPC: A61N5/10
Filed: 2006-01-18
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an automated optimization system for radiotherapy dose to authorize a therapy plan optimum for the therapy purpose by a planner.  <P>SOLUTION: This is an automated radiotherapy plan using a method, named FALCON, for automatic multivariable optimization for arbitrary assessment criteria that can be applied to numerous fields where outcome simulation is combined with optimization and assessment criteria. FALCON implements dose calculations into the planning process and optimizes available beam delivery modifier parameters to determine the treatment plan that best meets clinical decision-making criteria. FALCON is described in the context of the optimization of external-beam radiation therapy and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), but the concepts could also be applied to internal (brachytherapy) radiotherapy. The radiation beams could consist of photons or any charged or uncharged particles.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI