Author: claimsbot

1-12. (canceled)
13. A manufacturing system for an optical display device obtained by bonding an optical film having the optical anisotropy to an optical display unit, comprising:
a first cutting and bonding apparatus cutting a first optical film at a length corresponding to a long side of said optical display unit and thereafter bonding to one surface of the optical display unit, by using a roll around which a long sheet material having the first optical film having a width corresponding to a short side of said optical display unit and including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up;
a second cutting and bonding apparatus cutting a second optical film at a length corresponding to a short side of said optical display unit and thereafter bonding to the other surface of the optical display unit, by using a roll around which a long sheet material having the second optical film having a width corresponding to a long side of said optical display unit and including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up; and
a feeder mechanism feeding said optical display unit,
wherein said feeder mechanism is provided with a feeding direction switching mechanism switching a direction of said optical display unit relative to a direction of feeding the optical display unit after bonding by one cutting and bonding apparatus of said first cutting and bonding apparatus and said second cutting and bonding apparatus and before bonding by the other cutting and bonding apparatus.
14. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 13, wherein a line direction of said first optical film is parallel to a line direction of said second optical film.
15. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 13, wherein the roll around which the long sheet material having said first optical film is taken up and the roll around which the long sheet material having said second optical film is taken up each have a material roll which is previously slit at a predetermined width while rewinding the material roll before slitting.
16. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 13, wherein a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release film for protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are each provided on one surface of said first optical film and said second optical film, and
said first cutting and bonding apparatus and said second cutting and bonding apparatus feed said first optical film and said second optical film, respectively, for bonding to said optical display unit while using said release film as a carrying medium.
17. A manufacturing system for an optical display device obtained by bonding an optical film including a polarizing plate to an optical display unit, comprising:
a feeder of the optical display unit feeding the optical display unit;
a feeder of a first optical film drawing out a long sheet material from a roll around which the long sheet material having a first optical film including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up, and feeding after cutting at a predetermined length;
a first bonding apparatus bonding the first optical film fed from the feeder of said first optical film to one surface of the optical display unit fed from the feeder of said optical display unit;
a feeder feeding the optical display unit after the first optical film is bonded thereto;
a feeder of a second optical film drawing out a long sheet material from a roll around which the long sheet material having a second optical film including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up, and feeding after cutting at a predetermined length; and
a second bonding apparatus bonding the second optical film fed from the feeder of said second optical film to the other surface of the optical display unit fed from said feeder,
wherein the feeder of said first optical film and the feeder of said second optical film are structured such that one feeder cuts the optical film having the width corresponding to a short side of said optical display unit at a length corresponding to a long side thereof, and the other feeder cuts the optical film having the width corresponding to the long side at a length corresponding to the short side, in correspondence to the long side and the short side of said optical display unit, and
said feeder is provided with a feeding direction switching mechanism switching a direction of said optical display unit relative to a direction of feeding the optical display unit after bonding by one bonding apparatus of said first bonding apparatus and said second bonding apparatus and before bonding by the other bonding apparatus.
18. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 17, wherein a line direction of said first optical film is parallel to a line direction of said second optical film.
19. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 17, wherein the roll around which the long sheet material having said first optical film is taken up and the roll around which the long sheet material having said second optical film is taken up each have a material roll which is previously slit at a predetermined width while rewinding the material roll before slitting.
20. The manufacturing system for an optical display device according to claim 17, wherein a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release film for protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are each provided on one surface of said first optical film and said second optical film, and
said feeder of the first optical film and said feeder of the second optical film feed said first optical film and said second optical film to said first bonding apparatus and said second bonding apparatus, respectively, while using said release film as a carrying medium.
21. A manufacturing method for an optical display device obtained by bonding an optical film having the optical anisotropy to an optical display unit, comprising:
a first cutting and bonding step of cutting a first optical film at a length corresponding to a long side of said optical display unit and thereafter bonding to one surface of said optical display unit, by using a roll around which a long sheet material having the first optical film having a width corresponding to a short side of said optical display unit and including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up;
a second cutting and bonding step of cutting a second optical film at a length corresponding to a short side of said optical display unit and thereafter bonding to the other surface of said optical display unit, by using a roll around which a long sheet material having the second optical film having a width corresponding to a long side of said optical display unit and including a polarizing plate having an absorption axis in a long direction is taken up; and
a feeding direction switching step of switching a direction of said optical display unit relative to a direction of feeding the optical display unit after one cutting and bonding step of said first cutting and bonding step and said second cutting and bonding step and before the other cutting and bonding step.
22. The manufacturing method for an optical display device according to claim 21, wherein a line direction of said first optical film is parallel to a line direction of said second optical film.
23. The manufacturing method for an optical display device according to claim 21, wherein the roll around which the long sheet material having said first optical film is taken up and the roll around which the long sheet material having said second optical film is taken up each have a material roll which is previously slit at a predetermined width while rewinding the material roll before slitting.
24. The manufacturing method for an optical display device according to claim 21, wherein a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release film for protecting the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer are each provided on one surface of said first optical film and said second optical film, and
the method feeds said first optical film and said second optical film to said first cutting and bonding step and said second cutting and bonding step, respectively, while using said release film as a carrying medium.

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 setting up a connection between a terminal which supports a set of encryption techniques, and a serving mobile radio network, comprising:
transmitting a message from the serving mobile radio network to the terminal, which designates one or more encryption techniques supported by the serving mobile radio network, if any;
transmitting an encryption administration information item from a home network of the terminal to the terminal;
determining whether the encryption administration information item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary;
in response to determining that the encryption administration information item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary providing the user of the terminal a choice of whether to set up the connection unencrypted or abort the connection attempt; and
in response to determining that the encryption administration information item does not indicate that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary:
the terminal selecting an encryption technique supported by the serving mobile radio network; and
operating the connection by using the encryption technique selected by the terminal; and
if no encryption technique is supported by the terminal and by the serving mobile radio network, operating the connection unencrypted after authorization.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the message during the first transmitting is transmitted with integrity protection.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the terminal reports integrity protection techniques supported by the terminal to the serving mobile radio network and the serving mobile radio network selects one among the integrity protection techniques supported by the network and by the terminal and transmits a message about the selected integrity protection technique to the terminal.
4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the message in the first transmitting includes the information about the integrity protection technique selected by the serving mobile radio network.
5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the serving mobile radio network reports integrity protection techniques supported by the network to the terminal and the terminal selects one among the integrity protection techniques supported by the terminal and the serving mobile radio network, the connection being operated under the integrity protection technique selected by the terminal.
6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein the message in the first transmitting includes the report of the integrity protection techniques supported by the serving mobile radio network.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the case where the encryption administration information item specifies that an unencrypted connection is necessary, the truth of this statement is checked at the terminal.
8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the case where the encryption administration information item specifies that an unencrypted connection is necessary, the connection is set up unencrypted.
9. The method as claimed in claim 8, wherein a display of the terminal is operated to inform the user that the connection is unencrypted.
10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the second transmitting, the encryption administration information item is transmitted to the terminal via the serving network and under integrity protection.
11. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the second transmitting, the encryption administration information item is transmitted to the terminal via the serving network and on an authenticated signaling channel.
12. A terminal which supports a set of encryption techniques technique, comprising a control unit for selecting an encryption techniques which is supported by the terminal and by a serving mobile radio network, wherein the terminal including:
a hardware communications interface; and
a display device;
wherein, the hardware communications interface is configured to receive a message is transmitted from the serving mobile radio network to the terminal, which designates the encryption techniques supported by the serving mobile radio network, if any;
wherein the hardware communications interface is configured to receive an encryption administration information item transmitted from a home network of the terminal to the terminal, and determine whether the encryption administration information item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary;
wherein in response to determining that the encryption administration information item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary, the terminal is configured to display to a user via the display device a choice of whether to set up the connection unencrypted or abort the connection attempt;
wherein in response to determining that the encryption administration information item does not indicate that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary, the terminal is configured to select an encryption technique which is supported by the terminal and by the serving mobile radio network, if any, such that the connection is operated by using the encryption technique selected by the terminal; and
wherein, if no encryption technique is supported by the terminal and by the serving mobile radio network is provided, the terminal is configure to operate the connection unencrypted after authorization.
13. The terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit selects an integrity protection technique which is supported by the terminal and by the serving mobile radio network.
14. The terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control unit allows an unencrypted connection between the terminal and the serving mobile radio network when an encryption administration information item specifies that the serving mobile radio network does not support an encryption technique.
15. The terminal as claimed in claim 12, wherein the terminal exhibits an encryption display which indicates to a user whether the serving mobile radio network (NW2) supports an encryption technique.
16. The terminal as claimed in claim 15, wherein the terminal is set up for receiving the encryption administration information item during the setting-up of a connection by the serving mobile radio network.
17. The terminal as claimed in claim 15; wherein that the control unit is switched by a user between at least two of the following operating modes:
a first operating mode in which a connection is set up with a serving mobile radio network which does not support encryption and an encryption indication is operated in order to inform a user that the connection is unencrypted;
a second operating mode in which the attempt to set up a connection is aborted if the serving mobile radio network does not support an encryption technique; and
a third operating mode in which, if the serving mobile radio network does not support an encryption technique, the attempt to set up a connection is interrupted and a user input is requested which determines whether the attempt is to be aborted or to be continued.
18. A mobile radio network configured to follow an instruction by a terminal which designates an encryption technique to be used for a connection between the terminal and the mobile radio network, the mobile radio network including:
a home network of the terminal; and
a serving mobile radio network communicatively coupled to the home network;
wherein, a message is transmitted from the serving mobile radio network to the terminal, which designates the encryption techniques supported by the serving mobile radio network, if any;
wherein an encryption administration information item is transmitted from the home network of the terminal to the terminal;
wherein the terminal is configured to determine whether the encryption administration item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary;
wherein in response to determining that the encryption administration information item indicates that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary, a user of the terminal is provided a choice of whether to set up the connection unencrypted or abort the connection attempt; and
wherein in response to determining that the encryption administration information item does not indicate that unencrypted connections to the serving mobile radio network are necessary:
an encryption technique supported by the serving mobile radio network is selected by the terminal; and
the connection is operated by using the encryption technique selected by the terminal; and
wherein, if no encryption technique is supported by the terminal and by the serving mobile radio network, the connection is operated unencrypted after authorization.
19. The mobile radio network as claimed in claim 18, wherein the network follows an instruction by the terminal, which designates an integrity protection technique to be used for a connection between the terminal and the mobile radio network.
20. The mobile radio network as claimed in claim 18, wherein the network forwards a message that a connection is to be set up between the network and the terminal to a home network of the terminal which differs from the mobile radio network and to forward an encryption administration information item from the home network to the terminal, which includes information about the encryption techniques supported by the mobile radio network.

1. An optical line terminator (OLT), comprising:
a receiver to receive an optical signal, including packet data, from each of a plurality of optical network units (ONUs);
a power recovery to recover the received optical signal to an electrical signal having a predetermined power corresponding to the received optical signal; and
a data inserter to insert dummy data in a time interval in which the packet data is absent, in the recovered electrical signal.
2. The OLT of claim 1, wherein the optical signal comprises a clock received from a corresponding ONU.
3. The OLT of claim 1, wherein the packet data is temporally divided using a guard time interval.
4. The OLT of claim 1, wherein a generation rate of the dummy data matches a transmission rate of the packet data.
5. The OLT of claim 1, further comprising:
a Media Access Control (MAC) to determine the time interval in which the packet data is absent, and to generate a control signal based on the determination result,
wherein the data inserter inserts the dummy data according to the control signal.
6. The OLT of claim 1, wherein the power of the electrical signal corresponds to a predetermined power level.
7. The OLT of claim 1, further comprising:
a clock and data recovery (CDR) to recover packet data and a clock that are received from a corresponding ONU, from the electrical signal in which the dummy data is inserted.
8. The OLT of claim 7, wherein the CDR recovers the packet data and the clock using a phase lock loop (PLL) or a delay lock loop (DLL).
9. An optical line terminator (OLT), comprising:
a receiver to receive an optical signal, including packet data, from an optical network unit (ONU);
a dummy data generator to generate dummy data synchronized with the packet data; and
a dummy data inserter to insert the dummy data in a time interval in which the packet data is absent, in the optical signal.
10. The OLT of claim 9, further comprising:
a clock and data recovery (CDR) to recover packet data and a clock that are received from the ONU, from the optical signal in which the dummy data is inserted.
11. The OLT of claim 9, further comprising:
a Media Access Control (MAC) to determine the time interval in which the packet data is absent, and to generate a control signal based on the determination result,
wherein the data inserter inserts the dummy data according to the control signal.
12. The OLT of claim 11, wherein the CDR transmits the recovered packet data and clock to the MAC.
13. The OLT of claim 9, further comprising:
a power recovery to recover the power of the received optical signal to a predetermined power level,
wherein the dummy data inserter inserts the dummy data in the optical signal of which the power is recovered.
14. An optical network unit (ONU), comprising:
a transmitter to transmit, to an optical line terminator (OLT), an optical signal including packet data,
wherein the optical signal is converted to an electrical signal and dummy data is inserted in a time interval in which the packet data is absent, in the electrical signal.
15. The ONU of claim 14, wherein:
the transmitter includes a clock in the optical signal and transmits the optical signal including the clock, and
the packet data and the clock are recovered from the optical signal in which the dummy data is inserted.
16. The ONU of claim 14, wherein the transmitter temporally divides the packet data using a guard time interval and thereby transmits the temporally divided packet 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 substrate processing device comprising:
a cassette section from and into which a cassette housing a plurality of substrates constituting lots is taken and put;
a processing section to execute a plurality of processes for the substrates in sequence;
a plurality of solution processing units disposed in the processing section to process the substrates by using a predetermined processing solution;
a transfer mechanism to take out the substrates from the cassette of the cassette section and to transfer the substrates to the processing section;
substrate carrying mechanisms to receive the substrates from the transfer mechanism, to carry the substrates in sequence in the processing section, and to carry the substrates out to the cassette section;
a cyclic route disposed in the processing section, along which the substrate carrying mechanisms make cycle movements; and
a control section to make recipes which define operations of the transfer mechanism, the substrate carrying mechanisms and the solution processing units, to obtain a cycle time and a dummy dispense time based on the recipes, to obtain a substrate transfer stop period based on the recipes, the cycle time and the dummy dispense time, to stop transfer of a substrate of a succeeding lot from the cassette section to the processing section during the substrate transfer stop period, to cause the solution processing unit to execute dummy dispense during the substrate transfer stop period, and then to transfer the substrate of the succeeding lot to the processing section by the transfer mechanism.
2. The device according to claim 1,
wherein the control section comprises:
a recipe making section to make a recipe to define an operation of each of the transfer mechanism, the substrate carrying mechanisms and the solution processing units;
a recipe storing section to store the recipes made by the recipe making section;
a recipe selecting section to select and call the recipes stored in the recipe storing section;
a cycle time calculating section to calculate the cycle time based on the recipes;
a dummy dispense calculating section to calculate the dummy dispense time based on the recipes;
a transfer stop period calculating section to calculate the substrate transfer stop period based on the recipes, the cycle time and the dummy dispense time;
a counting section to count the number of the processed substrates; and
a dummy dispense determining section to decide the execution timing of the dummy dispense based on the counted number of the processed substrates and the transfer stop period.
3. The device according to claim 2,
wherein the dummy dispense determining section obtains a time interval between lots based on the recipes, and decides the execution timing of the dummy dispense based on the time interval between lots.
4. The device according to claim 2,
wherein the dummy dispense determining section obtains a minimum wafer count based on the recipes, and decides the execution timing of the dummy dispense based on the minimum wafer count.
5. The device according to claim 2,
wherein the dummy dispense determination section obtains a process recipe change timing based on the recipes, and decides the execution timing of the dummy dispense based on the process recipe change timing.
6. The device according to claim 2,
wherein the dummy dispense determining section counts the number of the continuously processed substrates after the previous dummy dispense, and determines whether or not the next dummy dispense is executed based on the counted number.