What is claimed is:
1. A RAKE receiver device comprising:
a plurality of fingers for demodulating receive data from multiple paths; and
a data synthesis circuit for synthesizing the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers,
wherein each time that the receive data of each path is demodulated by one of the plurality of fingers, the data synthesis circuit adds cumulatively the demodulated receive data for each identical receive data from each of the paths, and synthesizes the data.
2. A RAKE receiver device comprising:
a plurality of fingers for demodulating receive data of multiple paths;
a data synthesis circuit for synthesizing the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers; and
a timing adjustment circuit for adjusting timing when the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers are provided to the data synthesis circuit,
wherein the timing adjustment circuit holds the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the fingers, and each time that the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers are supplied from the timing adjustment circuit, the data synthesis circuit adds cumulatively the demodulated receive data for each identical receive data from each of the paths, and synthesizes the data.
3. A RAKE receiver device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data synthesis circuit comprises one memory that is shared by the fingers, and each time the receive data from each of the paths are demodulated by the plurality of fingers, cumulatively added data is read out from each corresponding memory address, added to the demodulated identical receive data from each of the paths, and written back into the same respectively corresponding address of the memory.
4. A RAKE receiver device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the fingers are set in advance with priority order,
the data synthesis circuit adds cumulatively, one at a time and in chronological order, the identical receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers, and when two or more demodulated receive data from each of the paths are inputted simultaneously, the data synthesis circuit sequentially adds cumulatively the demodulated receive data from each of the paths for each identical receive data, according to the priority order.
5. A RAKE receiver device comprising:
a plurality of fingers for demodulating receive data from multiple paths;
a data synthesis circuit for synthesizing the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers; and
a timing adjustment circuit for adjusting timing when the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers are provided to the data synthesis circuit,
wherein the plurality of fingers demodulate a plurality of receive data per one symbol time unit, the timing adjustment circuit holds the plurality of receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers, and each time that the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers are supplied from the timing adjustment circuit, the data synthesis circuit adds cumulatively the demodulated receive data for each identical receive data from each of the paths, and synthesizes the data.
6. A RAKE receiver device according to claim 5, wherein the data synthesis circuit comprises one memory shared by the plurality of fingers, each time that the receive data from each of the paths and demodulated by the plurality of fingers are supplied from the timing adjustment circuit, cumulatively added data is read out from each corresponding memory address, added to the demodulated identical receive data from each of the paths, and written back into the same respectively corresponding address of the memory.
7. A RAKE receiver device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the plurality of fingers and the plurality of receive data are each set in advance with priority order,
the data synthesis circuit receives from the timing adjustment circuit the demodulated receive data from each of the paths and adds cumulatively them one at a time and in chronological order, when two or more of the demodulated receive data from each of the paths are held in the timing adjustment circuit, the data synthesis circuit sequentially receives, from the timing adjustment circuit, the same-priority-order demodulated receive data of the plurality of fingers according to the priority order of the fingers, further repeats this operation according to the priority order of the receive data, and sequentially adds cumulatively the demodulated receive data from each of the paths for each identical receive data.
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 self-propelled cotton harvester, comprising:
a chassis having at least one structural element, the structural element having an upper portion defining a generally horizontal plane, the upper portion of the structural element for supporting a cotton packager thereon, the chassis having a rear end including at least one mounting element located rearwardly of the structural element and disposed a predetermined distance below the plane or the upper portion of the structural element; and
the cotton packager including cotton compacting structure having a bottom portion adapted to be supported on the upper portion of the structural element, the compacting structure including an open rear end and a cotton compacting chamber having at floor therein extending to the open rear end, the chamber containing a compactor operable for compacting the cotton received in the chamber to form a unitary body of compacted cotton within the chamber, the cotton compacting structure further including at least one pivot arm extending downwardly about the predetermined distance from the rear end of the cotton compacting structure and including a packager pivot connected to the mounting element of the chassis, to allow pivotal movement of the packager about the packager pivot between a generally horizontal position supported on the structural element of the chassis, and a tilted position wherein a front end of the packager is elevated above the chassis and a rear end of the floor is located rearwardly of and below the plane of the upper portion of the structural element of the chassis.
2. The cotton harvester of claim 1, further comprising a front fluid cylinder having an upper end pivotally connected to a front end of the cotton compacting structure, and a lower end pivotally connected to the chassis, such that extension of the fluid cylinder will tilt the packager to the tilted position.
3. The cotton harvester of claim 1, wherein the at least one structural element includes upper portions which define a horizontal plane, the floor of the cotton compacting structure being located above the plane when the packager is in the horizontal position.
4. The cotton harvester of claim 1, further comprising an unloader door mounted to the packager for pivotal movement about a door pivot between a closed position at least partially enclosing the open rear end, and an open position extending outwardly from the floor in substantially coplanar relation thereto, the cotton harvester further comprising at least one door fluid cylinder extendible from a retracted position to an extended position for pivotally moving the door from the closed position to the open position.
5. The cotton harvester of claim 4, wherein the unloader door includes a first door segment and a second door segment, the first door segment having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the first end portion being pivotally connected by the door pivot to the packager, the second door segment having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the first end portion of the second door segment pivotally connected to the second end portion of the first door segment, wherein when the door is pivoted to the open position, the second door segment will be pivoted downwardly to a surface below the door, such that when the packager is pivoted to the tilted position with the door in the open position, the first door segment will be pivoted into substantially parallel, coplanar relation to the second door segment.
6. The cotton harvester of claim 4, wherein the predetermined distance is 20 inches, and a second predetermined distance is about 17 inches.
7. The cotton harvester of claim 1, wherein the predetermined distance is about 20 inches.
8. The cotton harvester of claim 1, wherein the packager pivot is connected by at least one fastener to the mounting element of the chassis.
9. The cotton harvester of claim 1, wherein the packager is connected to the chassis by the at least one pivot arm and a fluid cylinder, the fluid cylinder extending between a front end of the packager and the chassis.
10. A self-propelled cotton harvester, comprising:
a chassis including at least one structural element having an upper portion defining a generally horizontal plane, the upper portion of the structural element for supporting a cotton packager thereon, the chassis having a rear end including at least one mounting element disposed a predetermined distance below the plane of the upper portion of the structural element;
a cotton packager including a cotton compacting structure having a bottom portion adapted to be supported on the upper portion of the structural element, the compacting structure including a cotton compacting chamber, an open rear end in connection with the chamber, and a floor located in the chamber extending to the open rear end, the chamber containing a compactor operable for compacting the cotton received in the chamber to form a unitary body of compacted cotton within the chamber; and
at least one pivot arm extending downwardly about the predetermined distance from a rear end of the bottom portion of the cotton compacting structure, the at least one pivot arm extending generally beneath the open end of the chamber to a packager pivot connected to the mounting element of the chassis, the at least one pivot arm allowing pivotal movement of the packager about the packager pivot between a generally horizontal position supported on the structural element of the chassis, and a tilted position wherein a front end of the packager is elevated above the horizontal plane of the chassis and a rear end of the floor is located rearwardly of and below the plane of the upper portion of the structural element of the chassis.
11. The cotton harvester of claim 10, further comprising a front fluid cylinder having an upper end pivotally connected to a front end of the cotton compacting structure and a lower end connected to a front mounting element on the chassis, such that extension of the fluid cylinder will tilt the packager to the tilted position.
12. The cotton harvester of claim 10, wherein the upper portion of the at least one structural element of the chassis defines a horizontal plane, the floor of the cotton compacting structure being located above the plane when the packager is in the horizontal position.
13. The cotton harvester of claim 10, further comprising an unloader door mounted to the packager for pivotal movement about a door pivot between a closed position at least partially enclosing the open rear end, and an open position extending outwardly from the floor in substantially coplanar relation thereto, the cotton harvester further comprising at least one door fluid cylinder extendible from a retracted position to an extended position for pivotally moving the door from the closed position to the open position.
14. The cotton harvester of claim 13, wherein the unloader door includes a first door segment and a second door segment, the first door segment having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion, the first end portion being pivotally connected by the door pivot to the packager, the second door segment having a first end portion and an opposite second end portion, the first end portion of the second door segment being pivotally connected to the second end portion of the first door segment, wherein when the door is pivoted to the open position, the second door segment will be pivoted downwardly to a surface below the door, such that when the packager is pivoted to the tilted position with the door in the open position, the first door segment will be pivoted into substantially parallel, coplanar relation 10 the second door segment.
15. The cotton harvester of claim 13, wherein the predetermined distance is about 20 inches, and a second predetermined distance is about 17 inches.
16. The cotton harvester of claim 10, wherein the predetermined distance is about 20 inches.
17. The cotton harvester of claim 10, wherein the packager pivot is connected by at least one fastener to the mounting element of the chassis.