1. A combined backpack and concealable chair apparatus, comprising
a frame comprising a main frame section and a support brace pivotally attached to the main frame section, said main frame section comprising an upper frame component and a reinforcement member affixed to and interconnecting two medial portions of said upper frame component;
a cover comprising a plurality of support ribs and a cover supported by the ribs, said ribs each having a first end, a second end, and a well portion between the first and second ends, said ribs attached to said main frame section at each of the respective first and second ends, said cover having a deployed position and stowed position;
a frame cover operatively surrounding a portion of said main frame section, said frame cover having a top edge and a bottom edge;
a seat operatively connected to the bottom edge of said frame cover;
a set of straps connected to said frame cover near the top edge thereof, wherein said set of straps are configured to receive arms of a user therethrough to permit carrying of the apparatus on a user’s back; and
a backpack receptacle formed from a flexible fabric material and operatively connected to said frame cover on a side thereof opposite said straps.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said cover is formed of three-dimensional camouflage.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, where in said cover is formed of scent dampening camouflage.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support ribs are substantially U-shaped, and wherein the first end of each rib is disposed on a first side of the seat and a second end of each rib is disposed on a side of the seat opposed to the first side.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the first end of each rib is pivotally secured to a lower portion of the main frame section on the first side of the seat, and wherein the second end of each rib is pivotally secured to a lower portion of the main frame section on the side of the seat opposed to the first side.
6. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the cover comprises a plurality of elongate pockets extending in a width direction of the apparatus, and wherein a support rib is disposed in each of said plurality of pockets such that the pockets maintain each support rib in a desired configuration and at a desired location on the cover, and the support ribs support the cover in space.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the plurality of pockets are formed such that on each side of the main frame section, the first and second ends of the respective support ribs are gathered so as to be disposed substantially side by side adjacent to a lower end of the main frame section, and such that the well portions of the support ribs extend radially outwardly from the lower ends of the main frame section so as to be spaced apart.
8. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein a hub is provided at a lower end of the main frame section on each side of the seat, and wherein the hub receives the ends of the support ribs and maintains the ribs in a desired configuration.
9. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein a lock member selectively locks the support ribs in a desired configuration with respect to the main frame section.
10. A combined backpack and concealable chair apparatus, comprising:
a frame, said frame comprises an U-shaped member pivotally attached to a main frame, wherein said main frame comprises an upper frame component, and a lower frame component attached to said upper frame component;
a cover, said cover comprising a plurality of support members and a cover supported the support members, said cover attached to said main frame, said cover having a deployed position which surrounds a user on all sides and from above, and a stowed position in which the support members and cover are collapsed together;
a frame cover surrounding a portion of said frame;
a backpack receptacle operatively attached to said frame cover;
a seat member operatively attached to said frame cover; and
a set of straps attached to said frame cover.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said cover is formed of three-dimensional camouflage.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, where in said cover is formed of scent dampening camouflage.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of support ribs are substantially U-shaped, said ribs each having a first end, a second end, and a well portion between the first and second ends, wherein said support ribs are attached to said main frame at each of the respective first and second ends, and wherein the first end of each rib is disposed on a first side of the seat member and a second end of each rib is disposed on a side of the seat member opposed to the first side.
14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the first end of each support rib is pivotally secured to a lower portion of the main frame on the first side of the seat member, and wherein the second end of each support rib is pivotally secured to a lower portion of the main frame on the side of the seat member opposed to the first side.
15. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the cover comprises a plurality of elongate pockets extending in a width direction of the apparatus, and wherein a support rib is disposed in each of said plurality of pockets such that the pockets maintain each support rib in a desired configuration and at a desired location on the cover, and the support ribs support the cover in space.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the plurality of pockets are formed such that on each side of the main frame, the first and second ends of the respective support ribs are gathered so as to be disposed substantially side by side adjacent to a lower end of the main frame, and such that the well portions of the support ribs extend radially outwardly from the lower ends of the main frame so as to be spaced apart.
17. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein a hub is provided at a lower end of the main frame on each side of the seat member, and wherein the hub receives the ends of the support ribs and maintains the ribs in a desired configuration.
18. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein a lock member selectively locks the support ribs in a desired configuration with respect to the main frame section.
19. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said support members comprise a plurality of continuous resilient loops fastened to said cover, the loops acting as springs and sized to stretch the cover into a semi-rigid hemispheric shape, wherein at least one of said loops is hingedly attached to said main frame, and wherein when stowed, the loops are collapsed by twisting and folding the loops on themselves.
20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein said resilient loops are made of spring steel.
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 write analysis module for an optical drive, the optical drive including an optical storage medium, the write analysis module comprising:
a signal receive module configured to receive one or more signals corresponding to light reflected from the optical storage medium, wherein the light reflected from the optical storage medium is modulated with both i) data currently being written to the optical storage medium and ii) data previously written to the optical storage medium;
a filter configured to
receive the one or more signals corresponding to the light reflected from the optical storage medium, and
generate a filtered signal by filtering the one or more signals in accordance with a filtering characteristic of the filter; and
a filter control module configured to
receive a current write signal corresponding to the data currently being written to the optical storage medium, and
adjust the filtering characteristic of the filter based on the current write signal so that i) the filtered signal substantially contains only the data previously written to the optical storage medium and not the data currently being written to the optical storage medium; and
a read-back module configured to compare the filtered signal to data intended to have been previously written to the optical storage medium.
2. The write analysis module of claim 1, wherein the light reflected from the optical storage medium comprises a reflection of a diffracted laser beam.
3. The write analysis module of claim 1, wherein:
a first track of the optical storage medium contains the data currently being written to the optical storage medium; and
a second track of the optical storage medium contains the data previously written to the optical storage medium, wherein the second track has a different centerline than the first track.
4. The write analysis module of claim 1, further comprising memory configured to store at least one of timing data and power level data, wherein the at least one of timing data and power level data is associated with the data intended to have been previously written to the optical storage medium.
5. The write analysis module of claim 4, further comprising a memory control module configured to expunge the at least one of the timing data and the power level data from the memory after having stored the at least one of the timing data and the power level data for a predetermined amount of time.
6. The write analysis module of claim 1, wherein the read-back module is configured to determine at least one of position and size of pits on the optical storage medium that correspond to the data previously written to the optical storage medium.
7. The write analysis module of claim 1, further comprising an interrupt module configured to generate an interrupt in response to the filtered signal not corresponding to the data intended to have been previously written to the optical storage medium.
8. An optical drive comprising:
the write analysis module of claim 1; and
an optical readwrite assembly in communication with the write analysis module, wherein the optical readwrite assembly includes a laser to emit the light being reflected from the optical storage medium.
9. The optical drive of claim 8, wherein the optical readwrite assembly includes a beam splitter configured to diffract the light being emitted from the laser into multiple diffracted laser beams.
10. The write analysis module of claim 1, wherein the optical storage medium comprises at least one of a compact disc, a digital versatilevideo disc, or a high definition optical disc.
11. A method of operating a write analysis module for an optical drive, the optical drive including an optical storage medium, the method comprising:
receiving one or more signals corresponding to light reflected from the optical storage medium, wherein the light reflected from the optical storage medium is modulated with both i) data currently being written to the optical storage medium and ii) data previously written to the optical storage medium;
generating a filtered signal by filtering the one or more signals in accordance with a filtering characteristic of a filter;
adjusting the filtering characteristic of the filter so that i) the filtered signal substantially contains only the data previously written to the optical storage medium and not the data currently being written to the optical storage medium; and
comparing the filtered signal to data intended to have been previously written to the optical storage medium.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the optical storage medium comprises at least one of a compact disc, a digital versatilevideo disc, or a high definition optical disc.