1. A mobile vehicle in combination with an integrated pet environment, comprising:
a cab engaged to a drive train bearing chassis;
a sleeper compartment including a driver living space;
said sleeper compartment including a mounting floor as well as off duty living space for a driver;
a combination passenger seat and pet rest mounted on said mounting floor within said sleeper compartment;
said combination passenger seat and pet rest consisting of a conventional base affixed to said mounting floor in said cab as well as a tiltable vertical portion engaged to a rearward side of said base;
said base having a horizontal passenger surface;
said vertical portion being tiltable forward from a passenger sitting mode to a pet rest mode;
a back surface of said vertical portion containing a ramp that is engaged by a hinged connection; and
said ramp foldable in down in direction to said mounting floor when said combination passenger seat and pet rest is folded forward in a pet rest mode allowing pet access to sit on said back surface of said combination passenger seat and pet rest.
2. The mobile vehicle of claim 1, wherein:
a side pet guard engaged to said back surface via a hinge;
a front pet guard engaged to an upper portion of said back surface via a hinged connection;
said side pet guard and said front pet guard being foldable upwards to provide vertical fencing surfaces when said combination passenger seat and pet rest is folded forward in said pet rest mode to inhibit an animal on said back surface from approaching a drivers seat in said cab.
3. The mobile vehicle of claim 1, wherein:
a pet care unit installed onto said mounting floor in an area rearward of said drivers seat;
said pet care unit having a slidable gate engaged on a front side between said pet care unit and a drivers seat also mounted to said mounting floor;
said gate slidable across an area between said drivers seat and said combination passenger seat and pet rest act to even further inhibit pet movement between said drivers seat and said combination passenger seat and pet rest.
4. The mobile vehicle of claim 3, wherein:
said pet care unit including a water dispenser as well as a pet food dispenser.
5. A combination passenger seat and pet rest for use in a mobile vehicle with a cab with a mounting floor, comprising:
a conventional base mountable to a mounting floor in a cab;
said base having a horizontal passenger surface;
a tiltable vertical portion engaged to a rearward side of said base;
said vertical portion being tiltable forward from a passenger sitting mode to a pet rest mode;
a back surface of said vertical portion containing a ramp engaged by a hinged connection; and
said ramp foldable in down in direction to a mounting floor when said combination passenger seat and pet rest is folded forward in a pet rest mode allowing pet access to sit on said back surface of said combination passenger seat and pet rest.
6. The combination passenger seat and pet rest of claim 5, wherein:
a side pet guard engaged to said back surface via a hinge;
a front pet guard engaged to an upper portion of said back surface via a hinged connection;
said side pet guard and said front pet guard being foldable upwards to provide vertical fencing surfaces when said combination passenger seat and pet rest is folded forward in said pet rest mode to inhibit an animal on said back surface from approaching a drivers seat in said cab.
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 waveform shaping apparatus comprising:
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots;
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier; and
an absorption saturating unit that saturates an absorption factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is under a predetermined value, by applying a negative voltage to the optical amplifier.
2. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
an applied voltage adjusting unit that adjusts a voltage applied to the optical amplifier based on the power of the signal beam output from the amplification saturating unit or the absorption saturating unit.
3. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a power adjusting unit that adjusts power of a signal beam having a predetermined wavelength and to be input to the amplification saturating unit or the absorption saturating unit.
4. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the power adjusting unit amplifies the power of the signal beam, having a predetermined wavelength and to be input to the amplification saturating unit, depending on characteristics of the amplification saturating unit.
5. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the power adjusting unit is positioned between the amplification saturating unit and the absorption saturating unit, and attenuates the power of the signal beam having a predetermined wavelength and input from the amplification saturating unit depending on characteristics of the absorption saturating unit.
6. The waveform shaping apparatus according to the claim 4, further comprising:
a signal beam amplifying unit that amplifies the power of the signal beam to be input to the amplification saturating unit so as to be equal to or more than a predetermined level.
7. The waveform shaping apparatus according to the claim 5, further comprising:
a signal beam amplifying unit that amplifies the power of the signal beam to be input to the amplification saturating unit so as to be equal to or more than a predetermined level.
8. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a pulse width compressing unit that compresses a pulse width of the signal beam to be input to the amplification saturating unit.
9. The waveform shaping apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the amplification saturating unit and the absorption saturating unit are connected in series with respect to a transmission direction of the signal beam.
10. A waveform shaping apparatus comprising:
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots; and
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier.
11. An optical transmission system comprising:
a mesh-topology network having transmission paths for signal beams and optical nodes, and over which terminals exchange data, wherein the optical nodes has a function to switch the transmission paths for the signal beams and separate each of the signal beams into beams at each wavelength; and
a waveform shaping apparatus is provided to at least one of an input terminal of each of the optical nodes that the signal beam is input to and an output terminal thereof that the signal beam is output from, wherein
the waveform shaping apparatus includes
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies the signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots,
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier, and
an absorption saturating unit that saturates an absorption factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is under a predetermined value, by applying a negative voltage to the optical amplifier.
12. An optical transmission system comprising:
a mesh-topology network having transmission paths for signal beams and optical nodes, and over which terminals exchange data, wherein the optical nodes has a function to switch the transmission paths for the signal beams and separate each of the signal beams into beams at each wavelength; and
a waveform shaping apparatus is provided to at least one of an input terminal of each of the optical nodes that the signal beam is input to and an output terminal thereof that the signal beam is output from, wherein
the waveform shaping apparatus includes
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots, and
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier.
13. An optical transmission system comprising:
a network having transmission paths of an optical fiber, the network being used by terminals to exchange data, wherein a waveform shaping apparatus is provided between the transmission paths, and the waveform shaping apparatus includes
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots,
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier, and
an absorption saturating unit that saturates an absorption factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is under a predetermined value, by applying a negative voltage to the optical amplifier.
14. An optical transmission system comprising:
a network having transmission paths of an optical fiber, the network being used by terminals to exchange data, wherein a waveform shaping apparatus is provided between the transmission paths, and the waveform shaping apparatus includes
an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots, and
an amplification saturating unit that saturates an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier.
15. A waveform shaping method for a waveform shaping apparatus that includes an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots, the waveform shaping method comprising:
saturating an amplification factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier; and
saturating an absorption factor for the signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is under a predetermined value, by applying a negative voltage to the optical amplifier.
16. The waveform shaping method according to claim 15, further comprising:
adjusting a voltage applied to the optical amplifier based on the power of the signal beam output from the saturating the amplification factor or the absorption factor.
17. The waveform shaping method according to claim 15, further comprising:
a power adjusting unit that adjusts power of a signal beam having a predetermined wavelength and to be input to the optical amplifier.
18. A waveform shaping method for a waveform shaping apparatus that includes an optical amplifier that is provided with a substrate having layers of quantum dots and that amplifies a signal beam having a wavelength corresponding to a size of the quantum dots, the waveform shaping method comprising:
saturating an absorption factor of a signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beams is under a predetermined value by applying a negative voltage to the optical amplifier; and
saturating an amplification factor of a signal beam going through the optical amplifier if power of the signal beam is equal to or greater than a predetermined value by applying a positive voltage to the optical amplifier.
19. The waveform shaping method according to claim 18, further comprising:
adjusting a voltage applied to the optical amplifier based on the power of the signal beam output from the saturating the amplification factor or the absorption factor.
20. The waveform shaping method according to claim 18, further comprising:
a power adjusting unit that adjusts power of a signal beam having a predetermined wavelength and to be input to the optical amplifier.