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A communication apparatus capable of participating in a network formed by a relay apparatus, the communication apparatus comprising: data communication means configured to establish communication with a data processing apparatus via a first network to perform data communication with the data processing apparatus; reception means configured to receive a notification indicating whether the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus from the data processing apparatus; control means configured to control transmission of data to the Internet; and input means configured to accept instructions including a predetermined instruction to transmit data stored in the data processing apparatus to the internet; wherein, if the reception means accepts the predetermined instructions and if the reception means receives the notification indicating that the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus, the data communication means receives the data from the data processing apparatus via the first network and the control means controls to transmit the received data to the Internet via a second network different from the first network, and wherein, if the reception means accepts the predetermined instructions and if the reception means does not receive the notification indicating that the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus, the data communication means receives the data from the data processing apparatus via the first network and the control means controls to transmit the received data to the Internet via the first network. data communication means configured to establish communication with a data processing apparatus via a first network to perform data communication with the data processing apparatus; reception means configured to receive a notification indicating whether the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus from the data processing apparatus; control means configured to control transmission of data to the Internet; and input means configured to accept instructions including a predetermined instruction to transmit data stored in the data processing apparatus to the internet; wherein, if the reception means accepts the predetermined instructions and if the reception means receives the notification indicating that the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus, the data communication means receives the data from the data processing apparatus via the first network and the control means controls to transmit the received data to the Internet via a second network different from the first network, and wherein, if the reception means accepts the predetermined instructions and if the reception means does not receive the notification indicating that the data processing apparatus forms the first network as the relay apparatus, the data communication means receives the data from the data processing apparatus via the first network and the control means controls to transmit the received data to the Internet via the first network.
An analysis method of a substrate by use of a nozzle for substrate analysis, which discharges an analysis liquid from a tip of the nozzle, scans a surface of the substrate with a discharged analysis liquid, and then sucks the analysis liquid, comprising the steps of: arranging, opposite to a nozzle tip, a liquid catch plate that catches the discharged analysis liquid, to thereby retain the analysis liquid discharged from the tip between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; positioning the substrate so that the end part thereof can be inserted between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; bringing the end part of the substrate into contact with the analysis liquid retained between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; and moving the nozzle and the liquid catch plate concurrently along a periphery of the substrate, while keeping the end part of the substrate in contact with the analysis liquid, to thereby analyze the end part of the substrate; and wherein the nozzle is constituted by a triple concentric tube that includes a tube through which the analysis liquid is discharged and sucked; a first outer tube arranged around an outer circumference of the tube so as to surround the analysis liquid dragged for scanning; and a second outer tube arranged around an outer circumference of the first outer tube, and the nozzle further includes a first exhaust unit having an exhaust path arranged between the tube and the first outer tube; and a second exhaust unit having an exhaust path arranged between the first outer tube and the second outer tube. arranging, opposite to a nozzle tip, a liquid catch plate that catches the discharged analysis liquid, to thereby retain the analysis liquid discharged from the tip between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; positioning the substrate so that the end part thereof can be inserted between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; bringing the end part of the substrate into contact with the analysis liquid retained between the nozzle tip and the liquid catch plate; and moving the nozzle and the liquid catch plate concurrently along a periphery of the substrate, while keeping the end part of the substrate in contact with the analysis liquid, to thereby analyze the end part of the substrate; and wherein the nozzle is constituted by a triple concentric tube that includes a tube through which the analysis liquid is discharged and sucked; a first outer tube arranged around an outer circumference of the tube so as to surround the analysis liquid dragged for scanning; and a second outer tube arranged around an outer circumference of the first outer tube, and the nozzle further includes a first exhaust unit having an exhaust path arranged between the tube and the first outer tube; and a second exhaust unit having an exhaust path arranged between the first outer tube and the second outer tube.
A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser with a stripe-shaped active medium having an emission maximum at a first wavelength (λ1), wherein a first reflector is arranged below the stripe-shaped active medium and a second reflector is arranged above the stripe-shaped active medium, and the first reflector faces the second reflector, wherein the first reflector and the second reflector have a maximum reflection in the region of the first wavelength (λ1), wherein a third reflector and a fourth reflector are each arranged on a side above or next to the stripe-shaped active medium, wherein the third reflector faces the fourth reflector, and wherein the third reflector and the fourth reflector have a maximum reflection in the region of a second wavelength (λ2), wherein the one stripe-shaped active medium also serves to generate radiation at the second wavelength, wherein the first wavelength (λ1) is greater than the second wavelength (λ2), and the difference between the first wavelength and the second wavelength is between 20 nm and 45 nm, and wherein the bandwidth of the third reflector and of the fourth reflector, within which the reflectivity is more than 50% of the maximum reflectivity, is less than 5 nm.
A method for measuring a height map of multiple fields of view on a surface of a substrate with an optical profilometer and combining them to a composite height map, the method comprising: moving the profilometer relative to the surface from field to field along a route; measuring height maps of fields on the surface along the route with the profilometer; and combining a plurality of height maps of measured fields to produce a composite height map of the surface, wherein the route comprises directions with a first and second directional component, the second directional component being substantially perpendicular to the first directional component, characterized in that moving the profilometer relative to the surface from field to field along a route comprises moving forward and backward in both the first and second directional component at least twice during measuring the height maps of the fields of view, wherein the route minimizes sensitivity to the effects caused by height drift of the profilometer during combining the plurality of height maps. moving the profilometer relative to the surface from field to field along a route; measuring height maps of fields on the surface along the route with the profilometer; and combining a plurality of height maps of measured fields to produce a composite height map of the surface, wherein the route comprises directions with a first and second directional component, the second directional component being substantially perpendicular to the first directional component, characterized in that moving the profilometer relative to the surface from field to field along a route comprises moving forward and backward in both the first and second directional component at least twice during measuring the height maps of the fields of view, wherein the route minimizes sensitivity to the effects caused by height drift of the profilometer during combining the plurality of height maps.
An intraocular lens comprising (a) a central lens optic and (b) a mark (103, 203, 302, 303, 304) disposed on the central lens optic or disposed on a haptic (102, 202, 301) projecting outwardly from the central lens optic; wherein the intraocular lens is adapted to be implanted in an area of the eye selected from the group consisting of the anterior chamber, the iris plane, the ciliary sulcus space, the posterior chamber and the capsular bag; and wherein said mark (103, 203, 302, 303, 304) is adapted to not contact the retinal cells of the eye; characterized in that said mark (103, 203, 302, 303, 304) comprises a plurality of nano-sized particles of semi-conductor nanocrystals, defined as quantum dots.
A regeneration circulator for regenerating high-frequency power from a transmission line (3, 4) between a high-frequency amplifier circuit of a high-frequency power source and a high-frequency load, wherein, an input end of the regeneration circulator is connected at a connecting position on the transmission line (3, 4), the regeneration circulator being configured to form a parallel impedance for the transmission line (3, 4), in a state where the voltage at the input end of the regeneration circulator is higher relative to a set voltage, the parallel impedance absorbing the high-frequency power in one direction from the connecting position and regenerating the high-frequency power; characterized in that the regeneration circulator further comprises a directional coupler configured to absorb the high-frequency power in one direction from the transmission line, in the state where the voltage at the input end of the regeneration circulator is higher relative to the set voltage, wherein, the directional coupler configures, while regeneration is performed, an upper limit of the voltage at the input end of the regeneration circulator as the set voltage, wherein the directional coupler comprises a transformer, and a turn ratio of the transformer is a value that is based on a voltage ratio of the set voltage and the voltage at the output end of the regeneration circulator.
A purge apparatus which purges an inside of a container by introducing clean gas into the inside of the container, said purge apparatus comprising: a nozzle which is connected to the container, and through which the gas passes; a detection unit configured to detect a connection state between the container and said nozzle; and a flow rate adjustment unit configured: to allow the gas to flow into said nozzle at a first flow rate when said detection unit detects that the container and said nozzle are in a connected state; and to allow the gas to flow into said nozzle at a second flow rate when said detection unit detects that the container and said nozzle are in a disconnected state, characterized in that the second flow rate being lower than the first flow rate and higher than zero, wherein said first and second flow rate are determined as the average flow rate over certain time-period respectively. a nozzle which is connected to the container, and through which the gas passes; a detection unit configured to detect a connection state between the container and said nozzle; and a flow rate adjustment unit configured: to allow the gas to flow into said nozzle at a first flow rate when said detection unit detects that the container and said nozzle are in a connected state; and to allow the gas to flow into said nozzle at a second flow rate when said detection unit detects that the container and said nozzle are in a disconnected state, characterized in that the second flow rate being lower than the first flow rate and higher than zero, wherein said first and second flow rate are determined as the average flow rate over certain time-period respectively.
Diagnostic device comprising a bottom recipient having a sample area, wherein the bottom recipient comprises an evanescent sensing surface and optical detection means, wherein the sample area comprises at least a first filter provided with fibres defining interstitial space the first filter being placed on or above the evanescent sensing surface, characterized in that said at least first filter comprises one or more reagents freely dispersed within the interstitial space as dry elements, and includes a first ligand and a fluorescent label.
A cigarette packet comprising a container containing a group of cigarettes and provided with an opening defining a zone giving access to the group of cigarettes, and an element for covering the access zone connected to the container; the container and the covering element being reciprocally movable between a position where the packet is open and a position where it is closed; the packet being characterized in that it comprises a mirroring element located at the access zone and having a mirroring surface at least at one portion of it; the covering element having at least one graphic sign at least at one portion of an inside surface of it; said portion of the inside surface being taken, when the packet is opened, to a condition where it faces the mirroring surface, in such a way that the graphic sign is reflected on the selfsame mirroring surface and is visible to a smoker.
A method of wireless communication, comprising: determining, at a first base station, a diminished quality of communications with one or more served user equipments, UEs, on a shared communication spectrum, wherein the first base station shares the shared communication spectrum with the one or more neighbor base stations communicating with one or more neighbor UEs in a base non-contention procedure state; transmitting, by the first base station, a diminished quality indicator to a central controller of the shared communication spectrum in response to the determined diminished quality; receiving, by the first base station, an indication to switch states to a contention-based procedure state from the central controller in response to the diminished quality of communications; and communicating, by the first base station, with the one or more served UEs over the shared communication spectrum according to the contention-based procedure state triggered by the diminished quality of communications. determining, at a first base station, a diminished quality of communications with one or more served user equipments, UEs, on a shared communication spectrum, wherein the first base station shares the shared communication spectrum with the one or more neighbor base stations communicating with one or more neighbor UEs in a base non-contention procedure state; transmitting, by the first base station, a diminished quality indicator to a central controller of the shared communication spectrum in response to the determined diminished quality; receiving, by the first base station, an indication to switch states to a contention-based procedure state from the central controller in response to the diminished quality of communications; and communicating, by the first base station, with the one or more served UEs over the shared communication spectrum according to the contention-based procedure state triggered by the diminished quality of communications.
An electronic device comprising: - a first processing device that is adapted to execute a process based on first received data of received data including the first received data and second received data; - a second processing device that is adapted to execute a process based on the second received data unprocessable by the first processing device; and - a power state control unit that is adapted to control a power state of the electronic device, the power state including a normal state and a power-saving state, the second processing device being adapted to ensure the execution of the process based on the received data in the normal state, the power-saving state being adapted to at least temporarily stop supplying the second processing device with electric power, while the first processing device being adapted to ensure the execution of the process based on the first received data, wherein, when a temporary wake up of the electric power supply to the second processing device is intermittently repeated in the power-saving state, the power state control unit is adapted to determine a time interval from a termination of the temporary wake up to a start of a subsequent temporary wake up based on a specific condition during the temporary wake up, wherein the power state control unit is adapted to execute the determination based on whether or not a packet of a protocol that does not execute delivery confirmation is included in the received data, and wherein the power state control unit is adapted to reduce the time interval, when the received data received during the current temporary wake up includes a packet of the protocol that does not execute delivery confirmation, compared with the time interval, when the received data received during the current temporary wake up does not include a packet of the protocol that does not execute delivery confirmation in order to prevent a transmission delay of a response packet to the packet of the protocol that does not execute delivery confirmation while ensuring transmission of the response packet when the electronic device executes a subsequent temporary wake up, even when the current temporary wake up terminates before transmission of the response packet. - a first processing device that is adapted to execute a process based on first received data of received data including the first received data and second received data; - a second processing device that is adapted to execute a process based on the second received data unprocessable by the first processing device; and - a power state control unit that is adapted to control a power state of the electronic device, the power state including a normal state and a power-saving state, the second processing device being adapted to ensure the execution of the process based on the received data in the normal state, the power-saving state being adapted to at least temporarily stop supplying the second processing device with electric power, while the first processing device being adapted to ensure the execution of the process based on the first received data,
A melt-processable thermoplastic polyurethane-urea elastomer composition comprising the reaction product of: a polyol component; a polyisocyanate component; and a chain extender component, said chain extender component comprising hindered aromatic diamine wherein the composition is made in a one-shot reaction process without using solvent in a continuous reactive extrusion wherein the composition comprises less than 20 mol% urea, based on the total number of moles of reactants. a polyol component; a polyisocyanate component; and a chain extender component, said chain extender component comprising hindered aromatic diamine
An air conditioner indoor unit blowing air into an indoor space, the unit comprising: a casing having at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d); a wind direction adjusting slat provided at the at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d) to shift a direction of blown air through the at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d) upward and downward; and a controller configured to perform a swing control operation if a load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a cooling operation, the swing control operation being performed to swing the wind direction adjusting slat so that the direction of the blown air shifts in a limited possible range where an angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to a horizontal plane is smaller than an angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to the horizontal plane in a normal possible range, the normal possible range being previously determined to be a range where if the load of the indoor space is lower than the predetermined value in the cooling operation, the direction of the blown air can shift upward and downward, characterized in that an uppermost wind direction in the normal possible range and an uppermost wind direction in the limited possible range are set to be a direction of the blown air directed horizontally. a casing having at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d); a wind direction adjusting slat provided at the at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d) to shift a direction of blown air through the at least one outlet opening (24a to 24d) upward and downward; and a controller configured to perform a swing control operation if a load of the indoor space is higher than a predetermined value in a cooling operation, the swing control operation being performed to swing the wind direction adjusting slat so that the direction of the blown air shifts in a limited possible range where an angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to a horizontal plane is smaller than an angle of a lowermost wind direction relative to the horizontal plane in a normal possible range, the normal possible range being previously determined to be a range where if the load of the indoor space is lower than the predetermined value in the cooling operation, the direction of the blown air can shift upward and downward, characterized in that an uppermost wind direction in the normal possible range and an uppermost wind direction in the limited possible range are set to be a direction of the blown air directed horizontally.
A smart functional vehicle component comprising: a vehicle component, a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component, a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a cured conductive ink, and a light source that emits light when electrical power is supplied to the light source, the light source being electrically connected to the circuit, and a pigmented coating arranged over the electronic circuit and over the light source, characterized in that the cured conductive ink is directly applied on the A-surface of the leather sheet and that the pigmented coating extends over the entirety of the electronic circuit and the light source. a vehicle component, a leather sheet fixed over a surface of the vehicle component, a flexible electronic circuit contacting an A-surface of the leather sheet and including a cured conductive ink, and a light source that emits light when electrical power is supplied to the light source, the light source being electrically connected to the circuit, and a pigmented coating arranged over the electronic circuit and over the light source, characterized in that the cured conductive ink is directly applied on the A-surface of the leather sheet and that the pigmented coating extends over the entirety of the electronic circuit and the light source.