Author: claimsbot

1. A portable communication terminal charger system comprising
a portable communication terminal having a function of reading out data stored on a recording medium and a charger for charging a power source incorporated in the portable communication terminal,
wherein the portable communication terminal comprises a control signal input portion for receiving a control signal from outside, a controller portion for controlling according to the control signal received by the control signal input portion the function of reading out data from the recording medium, and an additional data output portion for extracting from the data read out from the recording medium, which includes substantial data representing substantial information and additional data representing additional information added thereto, the additional data and outputting the extracted additional data to outside,
wherein the charger comprises a control signal output portion for outputting according to a command entered by a user a control signal to outside and an additional data input portion for receiving the additional data output from the portable communication terminal by the additional data output portion, and
wherein, when the portable communication terminal is connected to the charger and is thereby brought into a state in which the portable communication terminal is ready to be charged by the charger, the control signal output from the charger by the control signal output portion thereof becomes ready to be input to the portable communication terminal by the control signal input portion thereof, and the additional data output from the portable communication terminal by the additional data output portion thereof becomes ready to be input to the charger by the additional data input portion thereof.
2. A portable communication terminal charger system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the charger further comprises a display portion for displaying the information represented by the additional data input thereto by the additional data input portion thereof.
3. A portable communication terminal charger system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a remote control unit that permits the user to enter a command into the charger from a remote place,
wherein the charger further comprises an additional data output portion for outputting the additional data input thereto by the additional data input portion thereof to the remote control unit, and
wherein the remote control unit comprises an additional data input portion for receiving the additional data output from the charger by the additional data output portion thereof.
4. A portable communication terminal charger system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the remote control unit further comprises a display portion for displaying the information represented by the additional data input thereto by the additional data input portion thereof.
5. A portable communication terminal charger system of claim 1, wherein the charger comprises a control signal output portion for outputting according to a command entered by a user a control signal to outside, and is so configured that a charge voltage and a charge current fed to the portable communication terminal are adjustable, and wherein, when the portable communication terminal is connected to the charger and is thereby brought into a state in which the portable communication terminal is ready to be charged by the charger, the control signal output from the charger by the control signal output portion thereof becomes ready to be input to the portable communication terminal by the control signal input portion thereof.
6. A portable communication terminal charger system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the charger sets the charge voltage and the charge current fed to the portable communication terminal according to a command entered by a user.
7. A portable communication terminal charger system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the portable communication terminal is so configured as to feed the charger with charge information representing the charge voltage and the charge current, and the charger sets the charge voltage and the charge current fed to the portable communication terminal according to the charge information fed from the portable communication terminal.
8. The portable communication terminal charger system of claim 1, wherein the substantial information comprises sound andor video data, and the extracted additional data comprises information indicative of the duration andor title of music being read out from the recording medium.
9. The portable communication terminal charger system of claim 1, wherein the recording medium is located in the portable communication terminal.
10. The portable communication terminal charger system of claim 1, wherein the extracted additional data from the recording medium comprises information relating to music being read from the recording medium, and wherein the extracted additional data is displayed at the charger andor at a remote control while music is being played during charging.

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 hose holding container assembly comprising:
a container configured for holding a fluid, said container having a bottom and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an open top, said container having an aperture configured for receiving a hose therethrough, said upper edge forming a lip, said aperture extending through said lip of said perimeter wall and being bounded by a continuous perimeter edge, said aperture being angled upwardly with respect to a horizontal plane such that said aperture directs a hose upwardly from said lip when the hose is extended upwardly through said aperture adjacent to an exterior surface of said lip, said aperture being spaced from an interior of said container;
a guide member coupled to an interior surface of said container, said guide member being spaced from said aperture, whereby said guide member is configured for receiving the hose inserted through said aperture and directing the hose and fluid passing from the hose into said container; and
a channel positioned in said exterior surface of said perimeter wall of said container, said channel having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being positioned adjacent said aperture.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said upper edge extends outwardly such that said lip extends around said open top of said container.
3. The assembly of claim 1, further including said guide member having a top end and a bottom end, said top end being vertically offset relative to said bottom end of said guide member, and said top end being positioned proximate said aperture such that said guide member extends downwardly and away from said aperture.
4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said lip is arcuate extending around said upper edge.
5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein said lip includes a flat portion, said aperture extending through said flat portion of said lip.
6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein said channel is angled from said lower end to said upper end toward said guide member.
7. The assembly of claim 6, wherein said guide has a top end and a bottom end, said guide member being angled from said bottom end to said top end toward said channel.
8. A fluid holding system comprising:
a hose for providing a fluid;
a container configured for holding a fluid, said container having a bottom and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an open top, said container having an aperture configured for receiving a hose therethrough, said upper edge forming a lip, said aperture extending through said lip of said perimeter wall and being bounded by a continuous perimeter edge, said aperture being angled upwardly with respect to a horizontal plane such that said aperture directs said hose upwardly from said lip when the hose is extended upwardly through said aperture adjacent to an exterior surface of said lip, said aperture being spaced from an interior of said container;
a guide member coupled to an interior surface of said container, said guide member being spaced from said aperture, whereby said container is configured for receiving said hose inserted through said aperture and directing said hose and fluid passing from the hose into said container; and
a channel positioned in said exterior surface of said perimeter wall of said container, said channel having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being positioned adjacent said aperture.
9. The system of claim 8, further including said guide member having a top end and a bottom end, said top end being vertically offset relative to said bottom end of said guide member, and said top end being positioned proximate said aperture such that said guide member extends downwardly and away from said aperture.
10. The system of claim 8, wherein said lip is arcuate extending around said upper edge.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein said lip includes a flat portion, said aperture extending through said flat portion of said lip.
12. The system of claim 8, wherein said channel is angled from said lower end to said upper end toward said guide member.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein said guide has a top end and a bottom end, said guide member being angled from said bottom end to said top end toward said channel.
14. A hose holding container system comprising:
a hose configured for providing a fluid;
a container having a bottom and a perimeter wall extending upwardly from said bottom, said perimeter wall having an upper edge defining an open top, said container having an aperture, said upper edge forming a lip, said aperture extending through said lip of said perimeter wall and being bounded by a continuous perimeter edge;
said hose being extended upwardly through said aperture from an exterior of said container such that said hose extends upwardly from said lip adjacent to said aperture;
said aperture being angled upwardly with respect to a horizontal plane such that said aperture directs said hose upwardly from said lip, said aperture being spaced from an interior of said container; and
a guide member coupled to an interior surface of said container, said guide member being spaced from said aperture, said hose extending downwardly into said guide member such that a free end of said hose extends into an interior of said container, wherein said guide member directs fluid passing from said hose into said container.
15. The assembly of claim 14, further including a channel positioned in said exterior surface of said perimeter wall of said container, said channel having an upper end and a lower end, said upper end being positioned adjacent said aperture.
16. The assembly of claim 15, further comprising:
said upper end of said channel being vertically offset from said lower end of said channel; and
said guide member having a top end and a bottom end, said top end being vertically offset relative to said bottom end of said guide member, and said top end being positioned proximate said aperture such that said guide member extends downwardly and away from said aperture.
17. The assembly of claim 15, wherein said channel is angled from said lower end to said upper end toward said guide.
18. The assembly of claim 14, further including said guide member having a top end and a bottom end, said top end being vertically offset relative to said bottom end of said guide member, and said top end being positioned proximate said aperture such that said guide member extends downwardly and away from said aperture.

1. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:
a memory cell array having a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells capable of erasing data by applying high voltage;
a control circuit generating an erase execution signal in response to an erase command signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and generating a discharge control signal in response to an erase termination signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the discharge control signal in response to a discharge termination signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and the discharge control signal in response to a reset signal received thereto;
a voltage boost circuit providing high voltage to the memory cell for erasing data in response to the erase execution signal;
a timer circuit generating the erase termination signal when a predetermined time elapses after receiving the erase execution signal;
a discharge circuit discharging the high voltage supplied from the voltage boost circuit in response to either one of the discharge control signal and the reset signal received thereto; and
a sensor circuit being enabled in response to either one of the discharge control signal and the reset signal received thereto, the sensor circuit generating the discharge termination signal when the high voltage drops down to a predetermined voltage.
2. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 1, further comprising a word line decoder for providing the high voltage to the memory cell array.
3. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit includes a plurality of flip-flops and a plurality of gate circuits.
4. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 1, wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.
5. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit further generating an erase starting signal in response to the reset signal and the erase command signal.
6. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 5, wherein the wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal in response to the erase starting signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.
7. A nonvolatile memory device comprising: a memory cell array having a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells capable of erasing data by applying high voltage;
a control circuit generating an erase execution signal in response to an erase command signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and generating a discharge control signal in response to an erase termination signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the discharge control signal in response to a discharge termination signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and the discharge control signal in response to a reset signal received thereto;
a pulse circuit generating a pulse signal having a predetermined pulse width in response to the reset signal;
a voltage boost circuit providing high voltage to the memory cell for erasing data in response to the erase execution signal;
a timer circuit generating the erase termination signal when a predetermined time elapses after receiving the erase execution signal;
a discharge circuit discharging the high voltage supplied from the voltage boost circuit in response to either one of the discharge control signal and the reset signal received thereto; and
a sensor circuit being enabled in response to either one of the discharge control signal and the pulse signal received thereto, the sensor circuit generating the discharge termination signal when the high voltage drops down to a predetermined voltage.
8. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 7, further comprising a word line decoder for providing the high voltage to the memory cell array.
9. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 7, wherein the control circuit includes a plurality of flip-flops and a plurality of gate circuits.
10. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 7, wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.
11. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 7, wherein the control circuit further generating an erase starting signal in response to the reset signal and the erase command signal.
12. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 11, wherein the wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal in response to the erase starting signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.
13. A nonvolatile memory device comprising:
a memory cell array having a plurality of nonvolatile memory cells capable of erasing data by applying high voltage;
a control circuit generating an erase execution signal in response to an erase command signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and generating a discharge control signal in response to either one of a reset signal and an erase termination signal received thereto, the control circuit stopping the erase execution signal and the discharge control signal in response to a discharge termination signal received thereto;
a voltage boost circuit providing high voltage to the memory cell for erasing data in response to the erase execution signal;
a timer circuit generating the erase termination signal when a predetermined time elapses after receiving the erase execution signal;
a discharge circuit discharging the high voltage supplied from the voltage boost circuit in response to the discharge control signal received thereto; and
a sensor circuit being enabled in response to the discharge control signal received thereto, the sensor circuit generating the discharge termination signal when the high voltage drops down to a predetermined voltage.
14. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 13, further comprising a word line decoder for providing the high voltage to the memory cell array.
15. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 13, wherein the control circuit includes a plurality of flip-flops and a plurality of gate circuits.
16. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 13, wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.
17. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 13, wherein the control circuit further generating an erase starting signal in response to the reset signal and the erase command signal.
18. A nonvolatile memory device according to claim 17, wherein the wherein the timer circuit includes an oscillator for generating a clock signal in response to the erase starting signal and a counter for counting the clock signal in response to the erase execution signal.

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 color image processing apparatus for processing color image data expressed by a plurality of colors, comprising:
a drift information storing portion which stores color drift information with respect to each of said plurality of colors;
a boundary detecting portion which detects a boundary portion of the image data of the plurality of colors;
a color change detecting portion which detects a color change in the boundary portion of said image data detected by said boundary detecting portion;
a color drift direction recognizing portion which recognizes a color drift direction with reference to said drift information storing portion on the basis of said color change in said boundary portion detected by said color change detecting portion; and
an image correcting portion which corrects the color change in the boundary portion of said image data on the basis of said color drift direction recognized by said color drift direction recognizing portion.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said drift information storing portion stores the presence or absence and a direction of a color drift for another color with respect to each of said plurality of colors.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said color change detecting portion detects the color change in the boundary portion on the basis of a concentration difference between adjacent pixels in the boundary portion of said image data.
4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image correcting portion has:
a discriminating unit which discriminates a white-on-black portion and a color overlap portion on the basis of said color drift direction; and
a color processing unit which executes a color embedding process to said white-on-black portion decided by said discriminating unit and executes a color eliminating process to said color overlap portion.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said color processing unit gradually reduces concentration from said boundary portion.
6. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said color processing unit allows the color to gradually approach the color of said image data from said boundary portion.
7. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said image correcting portion corrects the image data of the color whose concentration is smallest.
8. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said image correcting portion corrects the image data having a wider area among the adjacent color image data.