baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2006170915-A (JP)
Title: Image processing method
Inventor: SONODA JUNKO
IPC: G01N33/50
Filed: 2004-12-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing method which can improve the resolution of imaging FT-IR images, and enable analysis of hair tissues from the imaging FT-IR image.  <P>SOLUTION: This is the method to form the imaging picture of signal obtained by Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer (imaging FT-IR image). The method comprises a step (1) of measuring sample by the Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer to obtain the infrared spectroscopy image 1<SB>a</SB>of the sample; a step (2) of implementing Fourier-transform to the infrared spectroscopy image 1<SB>a</SB>to obtain an image 1<SB>c</SB>in the step (1); a step (3) for determining the device functions of the Fourier-transform infrared spectrophotometer, computing the functional values in each coordinates from the device function, and providing Fourier transforms for the images of the functional values, to obtain the image 2; a step (4) of dividing the image 1<SB>c</SB>by the image 2, to obtain a deconvolution image 3; and a step (5) of implementing inverse Fourier transform of the deconvolution image 3, to obtain the deconvolution image 4 of the imaging FT-IR image on the sample.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006168681-A (JP)
Title: Air conditioner for vehicle
Inventor: KI YOSHINORI
IPC: B60H1/00
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a duct-mounting space of seat air-conditioning function and battery temperature management function.  <P>SOLUTION: A battery 17 is arranged at an underfloor part of vehicle seats 13, 14 and is stored in a battery storage housing 17a in such a state that ventilation can be performed at the periphery. One common duct 19 is arranged from an arrangement portion of an indoor air-conditioning unit 10 toward a lower part of the vehicle seats 13, 14 and air-conditioned air having a controlled temperature in the indoor air-conditioning unit 10 is led from the common duct 19 to an air flow passage of the seat air-conditioning units 15, 16 and the inside of the battery storage housing 17a.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006178573-A (JP)
Title: Image inputting device and method
Inventor: HATA NAOKI
IPC: H04N1/19
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image inputting device and method for detecting any stripe-shaped defect, and for checking the full width of a Web.  <P>SOLUTION: This image inputting device is provided with a line sensor camera set so that the direction of a linear image pickup region ranges from 30 degrees to 60 degrees in the traveling direction of a Web, an illuminating means which is equipped with a slit for matching the width of the image pickup region with the width of an irradiation region and by which the image pickup region is illuminated so that a main optical beam is inputted to the line sensor camera, an A/D converting means for converting an analog image pickup signal to be outputted by the line sensor camera into a digital image pickup signal, and an image storing means for storing the digital image pickup signal as a pickup image, and a method to be applied to the device is provided.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006180067-A (JP)
Title: Digital broadcast receiver, digital broadcast receiving method, and digital broadcast reception program
Inventor: KAMATA TAKASHI
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2004-12-21
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital broadcast receiver capable of quickly exhibiting a video image of a broadcast service.  <P>SOLUTION: Even if a mobile digital television receiver 100 stops the processing of a video decoding section 8 and a video output section 9 in a power-saving mode or the like, a video stream separated by a transport decode section 3 is stored to a temporary storage section 11. When the power-saving mode or the like of the mobile digital television receiver 100 is released, the video decoding section 8 decodes the video stream having been stored in the temporary storage section 11 and immediately outputs the video image after the decoding to the video output section 9.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006180605-A (JP)
Title: Controller for motor
Inventor: OKUYAMA ATSUSHI
IPC: H02P6/10
Filed: 2004-12-22
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller for motor which reduces input power while suppressing cyclic disturbance in case that a load device, the target of rotation of an AC synchronous motor, causes cyclic disturbance.  <P>SOLUTION: In torque control 22 that extracts 21 the components of pulsation of torque that the load device generates, and compensates it, this controller can achieve it by being provided with a limiter 227 which limits the components of currents to correct the components of pulsation.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006183242-A (JP)
Title: Sanitary room
Inventor: SAITO RYUICHI
IPC: E04H1/02
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sanitary room which secures a bathtub, a washing place, and a toilet room, based on a required layout without substantially limiting a free residential planning of a house even if the house is built in a narrow plot.  <P>SOLUTION: The sanitary room is formed of the bathtub (1) having a slender opening shape along a predetermined direction, the washing place (2) arranged adjacently to one longitudinal end, i.e. along a short side (1a) of the bathtub, and a toilet room (3) located adjacently to the washing place and opposed to the bathtub. The toilet room has a washstand (3a) on one end of the toilet room arranged along the longitudinal direction of the bathtub, so as to be adjacent to the washing place.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005163184-A (JP)
Title: Vacuum deposition system and method for supplying vapor deposition material to vacuum deposition system
Inventor: TAKAGI TOSHINORI
IPC: C23C14/24
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vacuum deposition system capable of removing air and impurities in a vapor deposition material packed into a crucible in order to obtain a good-quality vapor deposition film in vacuum deposition and supplying the degassed vapor deposition material into the crucible disposed in an evaporation chamber in the state of maintaining the vacuum of the evaporation chamber of a vacuum deposition system and a method for supplying the vapor deposition material.  <P>SOLUTION: The vacuum deposition system comprises a housing vessel including a degassing port and degassing valve for removing the gas, such as air, from the the vapor deposition material housed in a housing vessel, a filling port and filling valve for filling the vapor deposition material into the housing vessel while removing the gas therefrom, and a supplying port and supplying valve for discharging the vapor deposition material filled into the housing vessel, a hermetic temporary storage vessel connectable with the housing vessel, and a vapor deposition material supplying section communicating with the crucible arranged in the evaporation chamber.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006185044-A (JP)
Title: Multiprocessor system
Inventor: UEDA TAKESHI
IPC: G06F15/167
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiprocessor system that has excellent scalability and can shorten processing time for communications between processors regardless of the number of processors.  <P>SOLUTION: In a processor module on the transmission side, a processor secures a buffer from a communication buffer pool, writes communication data, and then writes address information of the buffer to a header. In a processor module on the receiving side, a cache controller detects that the header is rewritten, reads communication data stored in the buffer corresponding to the address information stored in the header, stores the address information in a new cache tag, stores the communication data in a cache block, and then interrupts the processor. The interrupted processor reads the communication data stored in the cache block.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006185045-A (JP)
Title: Nose view monitoring device
Inventor: MAEMURA TAKAHIRO
IPC: G08G1/16
Filed: 2004-12-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nose view monitoring device having a simple constitution where processing burden related to image processing is reduced by performing appropriate image processing according to a road state of an intersection.  <P>SOLUTION: When a positional information comparing section 7 determines that intersection positional information held by a road attribute holding section 6 matches with the vehicle positional information acquired by a positional information acquiring section (GPS) 5, and when a road width comparing section 8 determines that the road width information on the intersection held by the road attribute holding section 6 does not reach a predetermined road width value, a command of decreasing the image processing speed is provided to image processing sections 2a and 2b. When the road width information exceeds the predetermined road width value, a command of increasing the image processing speed is provided to approach vehicle warning sections 2a and 2b.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006183100-A (JP)
Title: High-strength titanium alloy having excellent cold workability
Inventor: MASAHASHI KOICHI
IPC: C22F1/00
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-strength titanium alloy having excellent cold workability after solution treatment, and having a tensile strength of ≥1,500 MPa by aging treatment, and to provide a method for producing the same.  <P>SOLUTION: The high-strength titanium alloy having excellent cold workability has a composition comprising, by mass, 1 to 20% Nb, 10 to 25% V, 2 to 5% Al, >3 to 10% Zr and ≤0.30% O, Moeq shown by the following formula (1) in an amount of 2 to 8%, and the balance Ti with inevitable impurity elements, and the high-strength titanium alloy is characterized in that the tensile strength is controlled to ≥1,500 MPa by aging treatment. If required, Sn, Ta and Mo can be optionally added thereto: Moeq (mass%)=(Mo+V/1.5+Nb/3.5+Ta/5+1.25×Cr+1.25×Ni+1.7×Mn+1.7×Co+2.5×Fe+W/2.5)-(Al+Sn/3+Zr/6+10×O).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006187149-A (JP)
Title: Motor integrated with driver
Inventor: UCHIYAMA KENGO
IPC: H02K5/22
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a motor integrated with driver comprising a driver unit lighter in weight than a conventional one and high in heat dissipation performance.  <P>SOLUTION: The case 27 of the driver unit is constructed by combining a heat dissipater 29 and a case body 31. The heat dissipater 29 is formed of a material improved in conductivity and provided with a heat sink function attached with an electric component 41 large in calorific value. The case body 31 is formed of a synthetic resin material. A circuit board 21 attached with an electric component small in calorific value is accommodated in the case body 31.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006149359-A (JP)
Title: Method for producing tofu or thick deep-fried tofu with freeze-dried powder of ocean deep water
Inventor: ABE TAKASHI
IPC: A23L11/00
Filed: 2004-11-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem wherein an immersion method for adding and compounding nutrients to Tofu has scarcely been adopted, while immersion processes in conventional Tofu producing methods consist now mainly of a fresh water immersion process, and a problem wherein the concentrations of mineral ingredients originally richly contained in ocean deep water could not been enhanced, while the original ocean deep water has slightly been used.  <P>SOLUTION: When ocean deep water is processed into freeze-dried powder, the addition ratio of fresh water to the powder can freely be adjusted in an immersion work process, and a concentration ratio can also easily be adjusted. Thereby, ingredients immersed in soybeans of raw material also makes possible to produce Tofu having high nutritive values.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006187322-A (JP)
Title: Fluorescence observation system
Inventor: HANDA KEIJI
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 2004-12-28
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescence observation system in which reflected light of stable brightness and hue is detected at all times independent of a dispersion in the transmission characteristics of a filter and contrast between fluorescence and the reflected light is improved.  <P>SOLUTION: The fluorescence observation system is provided with: a light source unit 3 having a xenon lamp 12 for generating white light including stimulating light; a rotary filter 15 for alternately transmitting the stimulating light included in the white light emitted from the xenon lamp 12 and background light of a wavelength band separated from the stimulating light; a CCD 9 for imaging the fluorescent image of an object obtained by the stimulating light and the background light image of the object obtained by the background light; a video processor 4 for synchronizing the fluorescent image and the background light image, applying image processing to the synchronized images and outputting them as the fluorescent image; and an observation monitor 5 for displaying the fluorescent image.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006156923-A (JP)
Title: Method for mounting photovoltaic power generation panel
Inventor: TSUCHIYA SHINICHI
IPC: H01L31/042
Filed: 2004-12-01
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold a panel face for photovoltaic power generation in a state of being nearly perpendicular to incident light of a solar ray for a period of time as long as possible during sunshine, and also, to facilitate angular adjustment of perpendicularity of the panel face.  <P>SOLUTION: The panel is composed to be movable so that the angle of the panel for power generation of a mounting mechanism can be freely and easily adjusted. In the case of manual operation, the direction for making the panel face perpendicular to the solar ray is indicated by an angle sensor for the solar ray. In the case of electric operation, an adjusting current required for holding the perpendicularity is made to flow by the angle sensor. An operating mechanism is mounted which is capable of fixing the panel face by adjusting it perpendicularly to the incident light of the sun.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005520263-A (JP)
Title: 生物剤を使用するための安全管理方法およびシステム
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2002-05-02
Abstract: １つまたは複数の生物剤の使用に付随する潜在的な安全危害性を協同で評価および管理するためのコンピュータで実行される方法およびコンピューティング・システムが、開示されている。
Patent JP-2005534024-A (JP)
Title: 低密度材料を用いるソーラスリット
IPC: G01N23/20
Filed: 2003-07-28
Abstract: ソーラスリット装置は、Ｘ線またはＥＵＶ輻射等、高エネルギー輻射の視準のために提供され、発散角が低く（０．１°未満）、透過効率が高い（６０から８０％以上）。ソーラスリット装置はガラス、雲母等の低密度材料から成る多数のブレードで構成され、これらブレードは反射率を低下させるよう処理されている。本発明のソーラスリット装置は、有利なことに、Ｘ線回折装置等、高エネルギー回折用途で生成される回折パターンのピーク強度を大きくし、ピーク幅を小さくする。
Patent JP-2006516086-A (JP)
Title: α−フェトタンパク質Ｉｍｍｕ３１抗体および融合タンパク質ならびにその使用方法
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 2003-08-01
Abstract: 本発明は、ヒト化、キメラおよびヒト抗α−フェトタンパク質抗体、融合タンパク質、およびそれらのフラグメントを提供する。この抗体、融合タンパク質、およびそれらのフラグメント、ならびに他の好適な抗体との組み合わせは、肝細胞癌腫、肝芽細胞腫、生殖系細胞腫瘍および他のＡＦＰ産生腫瘍の治療および診断に有用である。
Patent JP-2006502148-A (JP)
Title: 代謝異常治療用薬含有口内極性及び非極性スプレー又はカプセル
IPC: A61K31/00
Filed: 2003-08-27
Abstract: 生物学的に活性な化合物を口腔粘膜を通して速やかに吸収させ、その結果として、効果の始まりを速くするための極性及び非極性溶媒を用いた口内エアゾールスプレー又はカプセルをここに開発した。本発明の口内極性組成物は、調合Ｉ：水性極性溶媒、活性化合物、及び任意の香味添加剤；調合ＩＩ：水性極性溶媒、活性化合物、及び任意の香味添加剤、及び噴射剤；調合ＩＩＩ：非極性溶媒、活性化合物、及び任意の香味添加剤；並びに調合ＩＶ：非極性溶媒、活性化合物、及び任意の香味添加剤、及び噴射剤を含む。
Patent JP-2005537938-A (JP)
Title: 気体透過モールド壁の温度制御方法
IPC: B22D27/04
Filed: 2003-08-06
Abstract: 本発明の目的は、熱効率の高い結合耐火モールドの気体透過性モールド壁を加熱する方法において、モールド空洞部（１０ａ）を構成するモールド壁（１０ｗ）は、モールド空洞部（１０ａ）内部からモールド壁（１０ｗ）に流動する高温気体の熱伝導により加熱され、高温気体は、耐火モールド外の高温気体供給源（３０）からモールド空洞部（１０ａ）および気体透過のモールド壁（１０ｗ）を通じて、より低圧の耐火モールド（１０）の外部領域へと流動して、モールド壁（１０ｗ）の内側面の温度を制御する。
Patent JP-2005537521-A (JP)
Title: １つのレーザと一緒に１つのモニタフォトダイオードを１つの光サブアセンブリ内に実装するシステム及び方法
IPC: H01S5/022
Filed: 2003-09-29
Abstract: １つのレーザ出力パワー及びレーザ消光比を監視する１つの装置及び方法は、１つの点光源と１つの光ファイバ装置との間に物理的に配置された１つの光サブアセンブリを含む。光サブアセンブリは、点光源からの１つのコリメート光ビームを光サブアセンブリの１つの第１側の１つの内面に反射させることにより１つの収束光ビームを生成する。光サブアセンブリは、１つのくさび形空隙を光サブアセンブリの１つの第２側上に含むことにより収束光ビームの１つの入射光線を生成する。
Patent JP-2006509886-A (JP)
Title: 乾式リソグラフィック印刷に適したエネルギー硬化可能で水洗可能な印刷インキ
IPC: C08F290/00
Filed: 2003-12-10
Abstract: 水溶性のエチレン性不飽和反応性オリゴマーおよびモノマー、水不溶性のエチレン性不飽和反応性オリゴマーおよびモノマー、および水溶性非反応性樹脂、水不溶性の酸または塩基官能性樹脂、および水不溶性のエチレン性不飽和反応性樹脂、ここで前記の両者の水不溶性の樹脂は酸官能基を有する、からなる群から選択される樹脂、を含み、乾式リソグラフィック印刷に適する、エネルギー硬化可能な、水洗可能なインキ組成物が開示される。
Patent JP-2006512137-A (JP)
IPC: A61B17/22
Filed: 2003-10-14
Abstract: An apparatus for incising a stenosis within a vascular conduit of a patient includes an inflatable balloon attached to an elongated catheter that defines a longitudinal axis. The distal end of the balloon includes a tapered section and at least one incising blade is attached to the tapered section. Each incising blade is oriented on the tapered section with the proximal end of the blade radially distanced from the longitudinal axis at a distance r<SUB>1 </SUB>and the distal end of the incising blade radially distanced from the longitudinal axis at a distance r<SUB>2</SUB>. After the balloon has been inflated, each incising blade is oriented with r<SUB>1</SUB>>r<SUB>2 </SUB>to position the incising blades at an angle relative to the axis. This cooperation of structure allows the incising blades to cut an incision into a stenosis during axial advancement of the inflated balloon.
Patent JP-2006514135-A (JP)
Title: ポリ尿素／ウレタン光学材料及びそれを製造する方法
IPC: C08G18/42
Filed: 2003-12-31
Abstract: ポリ尿素／ウレタン材料及びそれを製造する方法により、改良された光学部品を提供する。その材料は、良好な光学的特性、高度の硬さ、低密度、及び良好な耐衝撃性を有する部品の容易な製造を可能にする。その方法は、有利な製造に関係する要件を提供する。
Patent JP-2006524185-A (JP)
Title: 眼球及び眼周囲疾患を治療するための組成物、ターゲット、方法、及び装置
IPC: C12Q1/70
Filed: 2003-12-08
Abstract: 【課題】筋肉作用に作用することにより眼球、眼周囲、及び顔面の異常を治療するためのターゲット、組成物、及び方法を提供する。 【解決手段】筋肉作用を調節する化合物の治療学的に有効な量を人間の患者に投与することにより眼球及び眼周囲疾患を治療する方法。
Patent JP-2006525225-A (JP)
IPC: A23L27/00
Filed: 2003-05-07
Abstract: Use of mixtures (A) of surfactants (I) that form multilamellar liquid crystalline structures is claimed for reducing skin irritation of cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical formulations applied to the skin or used to improve hair structure. (I) Comprise at least two of e.g. isethionates, taurates, sarcosinates, acyl lactylates and acyl glutamates. Use of mixtures (A) of surfactants (I) that form multilamellar liquid crystalline structures is claimed for reducing skin irritation of cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical formulations applied to the skin or used to improve hair structure. (I) Comprise at least two of isethionates, taurates, sarcosinates, acyl lactylates, acyl glutamates, fatty acid protein condensates, polyethylene glycol (PEG) stearates, PEG distearates (with hydrophilic lipophilic balance below 10), alkyl polyglycosides and betaines. Independent claims are also included for: (1) use of (A) in compositions that contain active agents (II) for improving delivery of (II) to the skin or hair, where (II) are organic light protection filters, antidandruff or other pharmaceutical agents, keratolytics, antioxidants, plant extracts, oils and/or waxes; (2) a mixture (A1) containing 20-90 wt.% (I) of at least two different groups and 10-80 wt.% water and/or polyol; (3) a cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical rinse off formulation (B) containing 0.2-20 wt.% (A1) and 0-50 wt.% (II), and (4) a hair and/or skin cleaning composition that contains (A1) or (B). ACTIVITY : Dermatological. MECHANISM OF ACTION : None given.
Patent JP-2006525484-A (JP)
Title: ＮＯｘ排出を低減するための無触媒燃焼器
IPC: F23R3/34
Filed: 2003-11-04
Abstract: ガスタービンエンジン燃焼器（２６）は、一次燃焼室（２８）と、ミキサエレメント（３４）と、混合室（４６）と、二次燃焼室（４８）とを有している。一次燃焼室は、燃料−酸化剤混合物流（２２）を受容し、部分的に酸化された混合物流（３２）を排出する。ミキサエレメントは、複数の酸化剤流体流れの間に散在させられた部分的に酸化された混合物流を分離するための複数の流れチャネル（３６，３８）を有している。ミキサエレメントは、上流チューブシート（７０）と下流チューブシート（７６）とによって保持された複数のチューブ（６２）を有している。ミキサエレメントは、後混合室の上流における、酸化剤流体流れを加熱しかつ部分的に酸化された混合物流を冷却するための熱交換器として機能する。
Patent JP-2006188387-A (JP)
Title: Method of manufacturing hydrogen iodide
Inventor: HASEGAWA TOMOKUNI
IPC: C07C19/16
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of manufacturing hydrogen iodide from an iodine atom-containing compound.  <P>SOLUTION: Hydrogen iodide is manufactured by the reaction of the iodine atom-containing compound with a hydrogen donor. Hydrogen iodide (HI) is manufactured by using the iodine atom-containing compound (I) as a starting raw material and reacting with the hydrogen donor.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2006187440-A (JP)
Title: Game machine
Inventor: TAKEMOTO TAKATOSHI
IPC: A63F7/02
Filed: 2005-01-06
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which achieves a new game contents with higher attractiveness by a method wherein a wing type variable prize winning device and a major prize winning slot and a display device of a fever machine are so arranged as to be combined with the conditions for generating the special game status and controlled in a special mode of relating all of those mutually and also guarantees the profits of the players by receiving the fixed number of game balls in the special game status.  <P>SOLUTION: The major prize winning slot 160 is operated to be shifted to a first state in the prescribed mode corresponding to the result of the variable display and when the major prize winning slot 160 is won with the game balls, mobile members 152a and 152b of the variable prize winning device 150 are operated to be shifted to the first state in the prescribed mode corresponding to the winning style. At this point, when the game balls win the special prize winning region 155 of the variable prize winning device 150, the mobile members 152a and 152b are further activated to form the special game status. The special game state is continued until the variable prize winning device 150 receives the fixed number of game balls whether or not the game balls win the special prize winning region 155.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2005238827-A (JP)
Title: Peripheral device having programmable controller and its operating method
Inventor: BLEDSOE JAMES D
IPC: G06F13/12
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a peripheral device which provides a flexible functionality and reduces cost by simplifying its structure.  <P>SOLUTION: The peripheral device has a peripheral circuit which operates to execute a desired function responsive to control signals, and a programmable controller adapted to receive and store firmware which is selected in response to a functional mode request. The device is structured such that the controller is further operable to execute the stored firmware and to generate the control signals for controlling the peripheral circuit in response to the executed firmware.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI