1. A communication device which communicates with another device by wireless communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing manner, the communication device comprising:
a modulator modulating an input signal in a predetermined modulation manner to generate a primary modulation signal, assigning a predetermined number of any complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to subcarriers frequency components of which are orthogonal to each other to generate a subcarrier modulation signal;
an IFFT calculator applying an inverse fast fourier transform to the subcarrier modulation signal to generate a converted signal;
a decomposer decomposing the converted data into real-part data that is a real part of the converted data and imaginary-part data that is an imaginary part of the converted data;
a calculator subtracting, from each element of the real-part data, a linear combination of the elements of the real-part data obtained using coefficients each of which is a real number of 0 or more and which total 1, and subtracting, from each element of the imaginary-part data, a linear combination of the elements of the imaginary-part data obtained using coefficients each of which is a real number of 0 or more and which total 1;
a combiner generating a baseband signal based on data that is a combination of the real-part data and the imaginary-part data calculated by the calculator; and
a transmitter generating a transmission signal from the baseband signal and transmitting the transmission signal.
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the calculator subtracts, from each element of the real-part data, an average value of a maximum value and a minimum value of the elements of the real-part data, an average value of the elements of the real-part data, or a median of the elements of the real-part data, and subtracts, from each element of the imaginary-part data, an average value of a maximum value and a minimum value of the elements of the imaginary-part data, an average value of the elements of the imaginary-part data, or a median of the elements of the imaginary-part data.
3. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the modulator assigns one of the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
4. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the modulator assigns one of the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the modulator uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
6. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the modulator uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
7. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the modulator uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
8. The communication device according to claim 4, wherein the modulator uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
9. A communication device which communicates with another device by wireless communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing manner, the communication device comprising:
a receiver receiving a transmission signal to generate a baseband signal;
a serial-parallel converter applying a serial-parallel conversion to the baseband signal to generate a parallel signal;
an FFT calculator applying a fast fourier transform to the parallel signal;
an extractor extracting a predetermined element from a calculation result from the FFT calculator to generate a subcarrier modulation signal; and
a demodulator demodulating the subcarrier modulation signal in a predetermined demodulation manner.
10. A communication method carried out by a communication device which communicates with another device by wireless communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing manner, the method comprising:
a modulation step for modulating an input signal in a predetermined modulation manner to generate a primary modulation signal, assigning a predetermined number of any complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to subcarriers frequency components of which are orthogonal to each other to generate a subcarrier modulation signal;
an IFFT calculation step for applying an inverse fast fourier transform to the subcarrier modulation signal to generate a converted signal;
a decomposition step for decomposing the converted data into real-part data that is a real part of the converted data and imaginary-part data that is an imaginary part of the converted data;
a calculation step for subtracting, from each element of the real-part data, a linear combination of the elements of the real-part data obtained using coefficients each of which is a real number of 0 or more and which total 1, and subtracting, from each element of the imaginary-part data, a linear combination of the elements of the imaginary-part data obtained using coefficients each of which is a real number of 0 or more and which total 1;
a combination step for generating a baseband signal based on data that is a combination of the real-part data and the imaginary-part data calculated by the calculator; and
a transmission step for generating a transmission signal from the baseband signal and transmitting the transmission signal.
11. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein the calculation step subtracts, from each element of the real-part data, an average value of a maximum value and a minimum value of the elements of the real-part data, an average value of the elements of the real-part data, or a median of the elements of the real-part data, and subtracts, from each element of the imaginary-part data, an average value of a maximum value and a minimum value of the elements of the imaginary-part data, an average value of the elements of the imaginary-part data, or a median of the elements of the imaginary-part data.
12. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein the modulation step assigns one of the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to each of the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
13. The communication method according to claim 11, wherein the modulation step assigns one of the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to each of the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
14. The communication method according to claim 10, wherein the modulation step uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
15. The communication method according to claim 11, wherein the modulation step uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
16. The communication method according to claim 12, wherein the modulation step uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
17. The communication method according to claim 13, wherein the modulation step uses data with a value of 0 or 1 a number of which is determined based on the predetermined modulation manner to modulate the data in the predetermined modulation manner to generate the predetermined number of the complex numbers, and assigns the complex numbers and elements of the primary modulation signal to the subcarriers to generate the subcarrier modulation signal.
18. A communication method carried out by a communication device which communicates with another device by wireless communication in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing manner, the method including:
a reception step for receiving a transmission signal to generate a baseband signal;
a serial-parallel conversion step for applying a serial-parallel conversion to the baseband signal to generate a parallel signal;
an FFT calculation step for applying a fast fourier transform to the parallel signal;
an extraction step for extracting a predetermined element from a calculation result from the FFT calculation step to generate a subcarrier modulation signal; and
a demodulation step for demodulating the subcarrier modulation signal in a predetermined demodulation manner.
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. A staple storage device comprising:
a staple storage portion;
a band of staples in the staple storage portion, the band of staples linking individual staples together at respective staple linking portions; and
a return prevention device operable to substantially prevent the band of staples from returning toward the staple storage portion, the return prevention device including a plurality of staple abutting portions spaced apart along a staple feed direction of the band of staples and substantially continuously engaging the band of staples as the band moves in the staple feed direction;
wherein each individual staple has a staple width in the staple feed direction; and
wherein the plurality of staple abutting portions are spaced apart at a distance that is not a natural number multiple of the staple width;
wherein there are M staple abutting portions and wherein an individual staple has a width L along the staple feed direction, the plurality of staple abutting portions being spaced apart such that successive staple abutting portions are spaced by a distance of LM.
2. The staple storage device of claim 1, wherein the return prevention device includes a body portion and the plurality of staple abutting portions extend from the body portion.
3. The staple storage device of claim 2, wherein the return prevention device includes a second plurality of staple abutting portions extending from the body portion and spaced from the first plurality of staple abutting portions in a direction normal to the staple feed direction.
4. The staple storage device of claim 1, wherein the staple storage portion is part of a cartridge for storing a rolled band of staples.
5. A staple storage device comprising:
a staple storage portion;
a band of staples in the staple storage portion, the band of staples linking individual staples together at respective staple linking portions; and
a return prevention device operable to substantially prevent the band of staples from returning toward the staple storage portion, the return prevention device including a plurality of staple abutting portions spaced apart along a staple feed direction of the band of staples and substantially continuously engaging the band of staples as the band moves in the staple feed direction;
wherein each individual staple has a staple width in the staple feed direction; and
wherein the plurality of staple abutting portions are spaced apart at a distance that is not a natural number multiple of the staple width;
wherein there are M staple abutting portions and wherein an individual staple has a width L along the staple feed direction, the plurality of staple abutting portions being spaced apart such that successive staple abutting portions are spaced by a distance of n*L+LM, where n is a natural number.
6. The staple storage device of claim 5, wherein the return prevention device includes a body portion and the plurality of staple abutting portions extend from the body portion.
7. The staple storage device of claim 6, wherein the return prevention device includes a second plurality of staple abutting portions extending from the body portion and spaced from the first plurality of staple abutting portions in a direction normal to the staple feed direction.
8. The staple storage device of claim 5, wherein the return prevention device includes multiple spaced apart body portions and one of the plurality of staple abutting portions extends from each of the multiple body portions.
9. The staple storage device of claim 8, wherein the return prevention device includes a second plurality of staple abutting portions, one of the second plurality of staple abutting portions extending from each of the multiple body portions and spaced from the first plurality of staple abutting portions in a direction normal to the staple feed direction.
10. The staple storage device of claim 5, wherein the staple storage portion is part of a cartridge for storing a rolled band of staples.