1. A method of sending data performed by a sending device and comprising:
sending data by at least a first data signal and a second data signal, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, said data signals being sent to at least one data processing device adapted to apply a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k to the data blocks of the first and second data signals enabling said first and second data signals to be identified, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and is a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if said first data signal needs to be separated from said second data signal, modifying the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal before sending said first data signal, so that the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal is different from said predetermined size of the header field of the data blocks of said second data signal, the value of the parameter k and the size of said data blocks remaining unchanged.
2. A method of processing data conveyed by at least two data signals by a data processing device, the method comprising:
receiving the at least two data signals, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, the header field of one of said data signals being different in size from the predetermined size of the header field of the other said data signal;
applying a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k of fixed value to the data blocks of said data signals, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if applying the cyclic autocorrelation function yields a non-null result, identifying said one of said data signals in which the size of the header field of the data blocks is different from said predetermined size of the header field, the value of the parameter k and the size of the data blocks remaining unchanged.
3. The method according to claim 2, including a step of eliminating said header field of said identified data signal.
4. A device comprising:
a non-transitory memory comprising a computer program stored thereon; and
a computer, which is configured by the computer program to execute the following steps:
sending data by at least a first data signal and a second data signal, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, said data signals being sent to at least one data processing device adapted to apply a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k of fixed value to the data blocks of the first and second data signals enabling said first and second data signals to be identified, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if said first data signal needs to be separated from said second data signal, modifying the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal before sending said first data signal, so that the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal is different from said predetermined size of the header field of the data blocks of said second data signal, the value of the parameter k and the size of said data blocks remaining unchanged.
5. A device for processing data conveyed by at least two data signals, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, said device including:
a non-transitory memory comprising a computer program stored thereon; and
a computer, which is configured by the computer program to execute the following steps:
receiving the at least two data signals, the header field of one of said data signals being different in size from the predetermined size of the header field of the other said data signal;
applying a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k of fixed value to the data blocks of said data signals, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if applying the cyclic autocorrelation function yields a non-null result, identifying said one of said data signals in which the size of the header field of the data blocks is different from said predetermined size of the header field, the value of the parameter k and the size of the data blocks being unchanged.
6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the data blocks include a first field containing said data and at least one second field, the size of the data blocks of the identified data signal differs from the size of the data blocks predetermined by the size of the second field that is different, and the device is configured to eliminate said second field in the identified data signal.
7. A system comprising:
at least one sending device configured to send data by at least a first data signal and a second data signal, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, and comprising:
a first non-transitory memory comprising a first computer program stored thereon; and
a first computer, which is configured by the first computer program to execute the following steps:
modifying the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal, if said first data signal needs to be separated from said second data signal, before sending said first data signal, so that the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal is different from said predetermined size of the header field of the data blocks of said second data signal, a value of a parameter k and the size of said data blocks remaining unchanged; and
at least one processing device for processing the data conveyed from the at least one sending device by at least the first data signal and the second data signal, said processing device comprising:
a second non-transitory memory comprising a second computer program stored thereon; and
a second computer, which is configured by the second computer program to execute the following steps:
applying a cyclic autocorrelation function with the parameter k of fixed value to the data blocks of the first data signal and the second data signal, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if applying the cyclic autocorrelation function yields a non-null result, identifying said one of said data signals in which the size of the header field of the data blocks is different from said predetermined size of the header field.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a computer program product stored thereon, wherein the product includes program code instructions for executing a method of sending data when said program is executed by a computer, wherein the method comprises:
sending the data by at least a first data signal and a second data signal, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, said data signals being sent to at least one data processing device adapted to apply a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k to the data blocks of the first and second data signals enabling said first and second data signals to be identified, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if said first data signal needs to be separated from said second data signal, modifying the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal before sending said first data signal, so that the size of the header field of the data blocks of said first data signal is different from said predetermined size of the header field of the data blocks of said second data signal, the value of the parameter k and the size of said data blocks remaining unchanged.
9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a computer program product stored thereon, wherein the product includes program code instructions for executing a method of processing data when said program is executed by a computer, wherein the method comprises:
processing data conveyed by at least two data signals, said data being divided into data blocks of identical size including a header field, which is a cyclic prefix and has a predetermined size, the header field of one of said data signals being different in size from the predetermined size of the header field of the other said data signal; and
applying a cyclic autocorrelation function with parameter k of fixed value to the data blocks of said data signals, wherein the value of the parameter k is a natural integer and a multiple of a ratio between the size of said data blocks and the predetermined size of the header field; and
if applying the cyclic autocorrelation function yields a non-null result, identifying said one of said data signals in which the size of the header field of the data blocks is different from said predetermined size of the header field, the value of the parameter k and the size of the data blocks remaining unchanged.
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 radiation detecting unit comprising:
a photoelectric conversion section arranged in proximity to a scintillator and including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed along a first surface opposed to the scintillator, and a plurality of electrodes for output of signals arrayed on a second surface opposite to the first surface corresponding to the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements;
a signal processing circuit for processing signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements;
a flexible substrate on which the photoelectric conversion section and the signal processing circuit are mounted and which electrically connects the plurality of electrodes of the photoelectric conversion section to the signal processing circuit; and
a radiation shield plate provided opposite to the second surface of the photoelectric conversion section with the flexible substrate in between and formed so that an end in a direction along the second surface is located inside the photoelectric conversion section,
wherein the plurality of electrodes have an array pitch on the second surface made shorter than an array pitch of the photoelectric conversion elements by a wiring member, and
wherein the flexible substrate is folded along the end of the radiation shield plate, at an intermediate region between a mounting region of the photoelectric conversion section and a mounting region of the signal processing circuit, whereby the signal processing circuit is arranged on the opposite side to the photoelectric conversion elements with the radiation shield plate in between.
2. The radiation detecting unit according to claim 1, wherein the photoelectric conversion section is provided with a multilayer wiring section for conversion of the array pitch of the plurality of electrodes on the second surface, as the wiring member.
3. The radiation detecting unit according to claim 1, wherein an electromagnetic shield film is formed in the intermediate region of the flexible substrate.
4. The radiation detecting unit according to claim 1, wherein the end of the radiation shield plate is chamfered at corners along the intermediate region of the flexible substrate.
5. The radiation detecting unit according to claim 1, wherein two said signal processing circuits are mounted at virtually symmetric positions with respect to a center line of the second surface on the flexible substrate and connector sections located at virtually equal distances from mounting regions of the two signal processing circuits are connected thereto.
6. The radiation detecting unit according to claim 1, wherein the flexible substrate is formed so that a thickness of the intermediate region is smaller than a thickness of the mounting region of the photoelectric conversion section and the mounting region of the signal processing circuit.