1.-12. (canceled)
13. A radiation detection apparatus comprising:
a sensor panel that detects light;
a first scintillator layer that includes a set of columnar crystals arranged on said sensor panel, and converts radiation into light detectable by said sensor panel;
a scintillator substrate; and
a second scintillator layer that includes a set of columnar crystals arranged on said scintillator substrate, and converts radiation into light detectable by said sensor panel,
wherein a face of said first scintillator layer on an opposite side to a face contacting said sensor panel faces a face of said second scintillator layer on an opposite side to a face contacting said scintillator substrate using an adhesive layer formed between said first scintillator layer and said second scintillator layer.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the number of said columnar crystals per unit area of said first scintillator layer is greater than the number of said columnar crystal per unit area of said second scintillator layer.
15. A radiation detection system comprising:
the radiation detection apparatus according to claim 13; and
a signal processing unit that processes a signal obtained by said radiation detection apparatus.
16. A radiation detection apparatus comprising:
a sensor panel that detects light;
a first scintillator layer that includes a set of columnar crystals arranged on said sensor panel, and converts radiation into light detectable by said sensor panel;
a scintillator substrate; and
a second scintillator layer that includes a set of columnar crystals arranged on said scintillator substrate, and converts radiation into light detectable by said sensor panel,
wherein a face of said first scintillator layer on an opposite side to a face contacting said sensor panel faces a face of said second scintillator layer on an opposite side to a face contacting said scintillator substrate using a sealing member adhered to a side face of said sensor panel and a side face of said scintillator substrate.
17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the number of said columnar crystals per unit area of said first scintillator layer is greater than the number of said columnar crystal per unit area of said second scintillator layer.
18. A radiation detection system comprising:
the radiation detection apparatus according to claim 16; and
a signal processing unit that processes a signal obtained by said radiation detection apparatus.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing units, each of said plurality of information processing units comprising:
a distribution data receiving section configured to receive distribution data;
a destination selection section configured to select a destination information processing unit from among said plurality of information processing units of the information processing system; and
a distribution data sending section configured to send said distribution data to the destination information processing unit using a first frequency band that is not being used by other information processing units of the information processing system to transmit the distribution data,
where sending occurs at least in part while a second wireless frequency band is used by at least one of the other information processing units to transmit the distribution data.
2-15. (canceled)
16. A computer readable medium encoded with instructions capable of being executed by a computer to cause the computer to perform operations comprising:
receiving distribution data;
selecting a destination computer from among computers of an information processing system; and
sending the distribution data to the destination computer using one of a a first wireless frequency band that is not currently being used by other one of the plurality of other computers of the information processing system to transmit the distribution data,
where sending occurs at least in part while a second wireless frequency band is used by at least one of the other computers to transmit the distribution data.
17. A computer readable medium as in claim 16, where the operations further comprise detecting an unused wireless frequency band, where the first wireless frequency band is the detected unused wireless frequency band.
18. A computer readable medium as in claim 17, where the operations further comprise temporarily suspending operation of said computer in response to not detecting any unused wireless frequency bands.
19. A computer readable medium as in claim 16, where the operating further comprise determining if there is sufficient power available to send the distribution data, and sending the distribution data occurs in response to a determination that sufficient power is available.
20. A computer readable medium as in claim 16, where selecting selects as the destination computer a computer having a highest communication speed.
21. An information processing unit comprising:
a receiver configured to receive distribution data,
where the distribution data is to be distributed to at least one other information processing unit in an information processing system;
a central processing unit configured to select a destination information processing unit from among the information processing units of the information processing system, and
a transmitter configured to send said distribution data to the destination information processing unit using a first wireless frequency band that is not being used by other information processing units of the information processing system to transmit the distribution data,
where sending occurs at least in part while a second wireless frequency band is used by at least one of the other information processing units to transmit the distribution data.
22. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is configured to select another information processing unit of the information processing system that communicates with the information processing unit at a highest speed as the destination information processing unit.
23. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is further configured:
to detect a non-interfering frequency band that does not interfere the second wireless frequency band being used by an information processing unit of the information processing system that is located within a range,
where the first wireless frequency band is the detected non-interfering frequency band.
24. The information processing unit according to claim 23, where the central processing unit is further configured:
to temporarily power down the information processing unit and to place the information processing unit in a suspended state if no non-interfering frequency bands are detected.
25. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is further configured:
to inquire of at least one other information processing unit of the information processing system whether the distribution data has been received,
where selecting selects an information processing unit from among information processing units that respond that the distribution data has not been received,
to notify the destination information processing unit that the destination information processing unit has been selected as the destination information processing unit, and
to notify at least one responding information processing unit that has not been selected as the destination information processing unit that the non-selected information processing unit has not been selected as the destination information processing unit.
26. The information processing unit according to claim 25, where the central processing unit is further configured:
in response to receiving an inquiry as to whether the information processing unit has received the distribution data, to determine whether the distribution data has already been received;
in response to determining that the distribution data has not been received, to respond that the distribution data has not been received and to place the information processing unit in a reserved state, where while in the reserved state additional responses indicating that the distribution data has not been received are not made in response to receiving additional inquiries;
in response to receiving a notification indicating that the information processing unit has been selected as the destination information processing unit, to receive the distribution data; and
in response to receiving a notification indicating that the information processing unit has not been selected as the destination information processing unit, to release the reserved state.
27. The information processing unit according to claim 25, where the central processing unit is further configured:
to send, to each of the responding information processing units that have not been selected as the destination information processing unit, first information descriptive of a first total number of the responding information processing units; and
in response to receiving second information descriptive of a second total number of the responding information processing units, to temporarily power down the information processing unit for a period of time that is related to the second total number of the responding information processing units.
28. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is further configured to temporarily power down the information processing unit and to switch the information processing unit to a suspend state in response to not detecting any information processing units that have not received the distribution data.
29. The information processing unit according to claim 21 further comprising a power source, and
where the central processing unit is further configured to power down the information processing unit without sending the distribution data in response to determining that the strength of the power source is below an amount required for sending the distribution data.
30. The information processing unit according to claim 21, further comprising a power source, and
where the central processing unit is further configured to power down the information processing unit in response to determining that the strength of the power source is below an amount required for receiving the distribution data.
31. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is further configured, in response to sending the distribution data at a first communication speed, to select a next destination information processing unit after a waiting time that is a function of a second communication speed of the next destination information processing unit.
32. The information processing unit according to claim 31, where the waiting time is further a function of a number of HOPs which indicate a number of times the distribution data has been transferred sequentially by information processing units.
33. The information processing unit according to claim 21, where the central processing unit is further configured to acquire a transfer route along which the distribution data is transferred sequentially by information processing units,
where selecting the destination information processing unit is based on the transfer route.
34. The information processing unit according to claim 33, where the central processing unit is further configured:
to acquire used band indicating information specifying a frequency band to be used by each information processing unit for wireless communication; and
to detect, based on the used band indicating information, a non-interfering band that is a frequency band that does not interfere with any radio waves of wireless communication performed by any information processing units located within a range.