1.-31. (canceled)
32. A user interface unit integrated with an electronic device, the user interface comprising:
a touch sensor switch; and
a microchip configured to activate different functions of the electronic device depending on a pattern of touch on the touch sensor switch.
33. The user interface unit of claim 32, wherein the microchip is further configured to completely turn off the electronic device in response to touch on the touch sensor switch in a predetermined pattern.
34. The user interface unit of claim 32, wherein the pattern comprises a time duration of the touch on the touch sensor switch.
35. The user interface unit of claim 34, wherein the microchip is further configured to completely turn off the electronic device in response to one touch which lasts more than a predetermined amount of time duration.
36. The user interface unit of claim 32, wherein the pattern comprises a number of successive touches on the touch sensor switch, the number being greater than or equal to one (1).
37. The user interface unit of claim 32, wherein the microchip is configured to provide indication information about the electronic device in response to touch by an object on the touch sensor switch or capacitance change by the object with respect to the touch sensor switch,
wherein the microchip is configured to deactivate the indication of the information about the electronic device after a predetermined time, and
wherein the microchip is configured to maintain an activation state of a load of the electronic device while the provision of the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
38. The user interface of claim 37, wherein the microchip is configured to open the touch sensor switch to deactivate the provision of the indication information about the electronic device.
39. The user interface unit of claim 37, wherein the microchip is configured to activate another load of the electronic device in response to touch on the touch sensor switch while the provision of the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
40. The user interface unit of claim 37, wherein the microchip comprises a switch configured to provide power to the electronic device to maintain the activation state of the load of the electronic device by using capacitance charged during activation of the touch sensor switch.
41. The user interface of claim 32, wherein the microchip is configured to provide indication information about the electronic device in response to capacitance change by an object with respect to the touch sensor switch,
wherein the microchip is configured to deactivate the indication of the information about the electronic device after a predetermined time, and
wherein the microchip is configured to maintain an activation state of a load of the electronic device while the provision of the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
42. The user interface of claim 40, wherein the capacitance change is generated by proximity of the object to the touch sensor switch.
43. A method of controlling a user interface unit integrated with an electronic device, the user interface unit comprising at least one touch sensor switch and a microchip configured to control functions of the electronic device in association with the touch sensor switch, the method comprising:
controlling the microchip to receive at least one touch on a touch sensor switch among the at least one touch sensor switch; and
activating different functions of the electronic device depending on a pattern of the at least one touch on the touch sensor switch.
44. The method of claim 43, further comprising controlling the microchip to completely turn off the electronic device in response to touch on the touch sensor switch in a predetermined pattern.
45. The method of claim 43, wherein the pattern comprises a time duration of the touch on the touch sensor switch.
46. The method of claim 45, wherein further comprising controlling the microchip to completely turn off the electronic device in response to one touch which lasts more than a predetermined amount of time duration.
47. The method of claim 43, wherein the pattern comprises a number of successive touches on the touch sensor switch, the number being greater than or equal to one (1).
48. The method of claim 43, further comprising:
controlling the microchip to provide indication information about the electronic device in response to touch by an object on the touch sensor switch or capacitance change by the object with respect to the touch sensor switch;
controlling the microchip to deactivate the indication of the information about the electronic device after a predetermined time; and
controlling the microchip to maintain an activation state of a load of the electronic device while the providing the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
49. The method of claim 48, wherein the deactivating the indication of the information about the electronic device is performed by controlling the microchip to open the touch sensor switch.
50. The method of claim 48, further comprising controlling the microchip to activate another load of the electronic device in response to touch on the touch sensor switch while the providing the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
51. The method of claim 48, further comprising controlling the microchip such that a switch included in the microchip is turned on to provide power to the electronic device to maintain the activation state of the load of the electronic device by using capacitance charged during activation of the touch sensor switch.
52. The method of claim 43, further comprising:
controlling the microchip to provide indication information about the electronic device in response to capacitance change by an object with respect to the touch sensor switch;
controlling the microchip to deactivate the indication of the information about the electronic device after a predetermined time; and
controlling the microchip to maintain an activation state of a load of the electronic device while the providing the indication information about the electronic device is deactivated.
53. The method of claim 52, wherein the capacitance change is generated by proximity of the object to the touch sensor switch.
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 method for minimizing creation of a channel in a bed of pulp a pulp digester by displacing liquors pumped through the bed of pulp, the improvement comprising:
controlling pressure of said displacing liquor of said digester to effect a controlled pressure drop across said digester.
2. In a process for producing pulp in a digester wherein during the cooking cycle of the digester spent cooking liquors displaced from previous batch cooks are used as a displacement liquor, the improvement comprising:
continuing the first displacing step of said cooking cycle to a point where the displaced liquor exiting the digester is at a temperature above about 95\xb0 C. to eliminate vertical temperature gradients in said digester.
3. A process according to claim 2 where said displaced liquor exiting said digester is directed to an outlet side of a lowest temperature accumulator in said process to prevent mixing with hotter liquors in a storage side of said accumulator.
4. A process according to claim 3 wherein said displaced liquor from said outlet side of said accumulator is cooled and stored in an atmospheric storage tank.
5. A process according to claim 2 wherein said displaced liquor exiting said digester is not mixed with displacing liquor at a higher temperature.