Author: claimsbot

1. A method for providing a dose of a gaseous drug to a patient that has a respiratory disorder comprising:
determining a normal resting breath rate for the patient at a particular time;
b. monitoring the current breath rate of the patient;
c. comparing the current breath rate with the normal resting breath rate; and
d. providing a dose of the gaseous drug based on the comparison of the current breath rate with the normal breath rate.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the dose is delivered during a first two-thirds of an inhalation cycle.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 including:
a. determining a standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time during a breath for a patient;
b. monitoring the current ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time;
c. comparing the current ratio with the standard ratio; and
d. adjusting the dose of the gaseous drug provided based on a change in the ratio of inhalation and exhalation.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 including varying the flow of the dose delivered to the patient so that less flow will be used when the patient is close to normal resting breath rate.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the normal resting breath rate for the patient is determined by a control circuit that is connected to a vacuum sensor that senses a patient’s inhalation.
6. The method as recited in claim 5 wherein the current breath rate is monitored by the vacuum sensor and provided to the control circuit.
7. The method as recited in claim 6 wherein the normal breath rate is compared with current breath rate by the control circuit.
8. The method as recited in claim 7 wherein the comparison of the current breath rate with the normal resting breath rate is done by the control circuit and based on the comparison, the control circuit determines the dose of the gaseous drug to fit the need of the patient.
9. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the dose is provided by the control circuit adjusting a valve to deliver an appropriate dose to the patient.
10. The method as recited in claim 8 wherein the dose is provided by the control circuit choosing from a low flow valve, a high flow valve, a combination of the low flow and high flow valve to deliver an appropriate dose to the patient.
11. A method for providing a dose of a gaseous drug to a patient that has a respiratory disorder comprising:
a. determining a standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time during a breath for a patient;
b. monitoring the current ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time;
c. comparing the current ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time with the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time; and
d. providing the dose of the gaseous drug based on the comparison of the current ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time with the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time.
12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the dose is delivered during a first two-thirds of an inhalation cycle.
13. The method as recited in claim 11 including varying the flow of the dose delivered to the patient so that less flow will be used when the patient is close to the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time.
14. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time is determined by a control circuit that is connected to a vacuum sensor that senses a patient’s inhalation time and exhalation time.
15. The method as recited in claim 14 wherein the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time is monitored by the vacuum sensor and provided to the control circuit.
16. The method as recited in claim 15 wherein the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time during a breath for a patient is compared with the current ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time by the control circuit.
17. The method as recited in claim 16 wherein the comparison of the current breath rate with the standard ratio of inhalation time to exhalation time is done by the control circuit and based on the comparison, the control circuit determines the dose of the gaseous drug to fit the need of the patient.
18. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein the dose is provided by the control circuit adjusting a valve to deliver an appropriate dose to the patient.
19. The method as recited in claim 17 wherein the does is provided by the control circuit choosing from a low flow valve, a high flow valve, a combination of the low flow and high flow valves or a continuous flow switch to deliver an appropriate dose to the patient.
20. A method for providing a dose of a gaseous drug to a patient that has a respiratory disorder comprising:
a. determining an inhalation window;
b. determining an amount of the dose of the gaseous drug based on a duration of the inhalation window; and
c. delivering the dose of the gaseous drug within a second inhalation window.
21. The method as recited in claim 20 wherein the dose is delivered during a first two-thirds of the second inhalation cycle.
22. The method as recited in claim 20 wherein the inhalation window for the patient is determined by predetermining a fixed value.
23. The method as recited in claim 22 wherein the inhalation window for the patient is determined by a control circuit that is connected to a vacuum sensor that senses a patient’s inhalation.
24. The method as recited in claim 23 wherein the second inhalation window is determined by the vacuum sensor and provided to the control circuit.
25. The method as recited in claim 24 wherein determining the amount of the dose based on the duration of the inhalation window is determined by the control circuit.
26. The method as recited in claim 25 wherein the dose is provided by the control circuit adjusting a valve to deliver an appropriate dose to the patient.
27. The method as recited in claim 26 wherein the dose is provided by the control circuit choosing from a low flow valve, a high flow valve, a combination of the low flow and high flow valves or a continuous flow switch.
28. A dosing apparatus for providing a dose of a gaseous drug to a patient that has a respiratory disorder comprising:
a. a control circuit;
b. a vacuum pressure sensor that is connected to a patient to sense patient inhalation and transmits the patient inhalation information to the control circuit;
c. a connection port for connection to a gaseous drug supply;
d. a gaseous drug delivery device that allows the volume of the gaseous drug delivered to the patient to be varied; and
e. a power supply that provides power to the apparatus.
29. The apparatus as recited in claim 28 wherein the gaseous drug delivery device comprises:
a. a low flow valve controlled by the control circuit; and
b. a high flow valve controlled by the control circuit.
30. The apparatus as recited in claim 29 including a continuous flow valve controlled by the control circuit.
31. The apparatus as recited 28 wherein the gaseous drug delivery device comprises a variable flow valve.
32. The apparatus as recited in claim 28 wherein the gaseous drug supply is a liquid oxygen reservoir.
33. The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the normal resting breath rate is smoothed value calculated by an algorithm.
34. The method as recited in claim 33 wherein in the algorithm is the following:
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35. The method as recited in claim 4 wherein x is 0-25.
36. The method as recited in claim 35 wherein Normal resting breath rate is calculate on every breath except if BRCu+2 or more greater than BRcurnorm then the Normal resting breath rate remains the same and the calculation of does not start again until the BRCu is within 2 of BRcurnorm.
37. The method as recited in claim 35 wherein the calculation does not start again until 2 minutes after the BRCu is within 2 of BRcurnorm.
38. The method as recited in claim 35 wherein Normal resting breath rate is calculate on every breath except if BRCu+3 or more greater than BRcurnorm then the Normal resting breath rate remains the same and the calculation of does not start again until the BRCu is within 3 of BRcurnorm.
39. The method as recited in claim 35 wherein the calculation of does not start again until 2 minutes after the BRCu is within 3 of BRcurnorm.

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 steering lock assembly comprising:
a housing defining a non-linear passage;
a lock bolt disposed in a cavity formed in said housing and intersecting said non-linear passage, said lock bolt being movable between a lock position and an unlock position; and
a rotatable cam shaft extending through said non-linear passage and engaging said lock bolt, said cam shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end defining a first longitudinal axis, and said second end defining a second longitudinal axis that intersects said first longitudinal axis, wherein upon rotation of said cam shaft, said cam shaft urges said lock bolt between said lock position and said unlock position.
2. The steering lock assembly as in claim 1, in which said cam shaft is an assembly including a forward shaft having a distal end rotatably coupled joined to a proximal end of a rearward cam shaft.
3. The steering lock assembly as in claim 2, in which said forward shaft distal end includes one of a socket and a ball coupled the other of the socket and the ball formed on said rearward cam shaft proximal end to couple said forward shaft distal end to said proximal end of said rearward cam shaft.
4. The steering lock assembly as in claim 3, in which said ball has a polygonal cross section.
5. The steering lock assembly as in claim 1, in which a cam pin extends substantially parallel to said cam shaft.
6. The steering lock assembly as in claim 5, in which said cam pin extends through a passageway formed in said cam shaft between said cam shaft first and second ends.
7. The steering lock assembly as in claim 5, in which said cam pin is formed from a resilient material that bends at said intersection of said first and second longitudinal axes.
8. The steering lock assembly as in claim 1, in which said cam shaft is disposed in a housing.
9. A steering lock assembly comprising:
a housing defining a non-linear path between a first end and a second end; and
a cam pin disposed in said housing along a non-linear portion of said non-linear path, and movable between a first position and a second position along said non-linear path.
10. The steering lock assembly as in claim 9, including a rotatable cam shaft disposed in said housing and substantially parallel to said cam pin, said cam shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end defining a first longitudinal axis, and said second end defining a second longitudinal axis that intersects said first longitudinal axis.
11. The steering lock assembly as in claim 10, in which said cam shaft is an assembly including a forward shaft having a distal end rotatably coupled to a proximal end of a rearward cam shaft.
12. The steering lock assembly as in claim 11, in which said forward shaft distal end includes one of a socket and a ball coupled the other of the socket and the ball formed on said rearward cam shaft proximal end to couple said forward shaft distal end to said proximal end of said rearward cam shaft.
13. The steering lock assembly as in claim 12, in which said ball has a polygonal cross section.
14. The steering lock assembly as in claim 10, in which said cam pin extends through a passageway formed in said cam shaft between said cam shaft first and second ends.
15. The steering lock assembly as in claim 10, in which said cam pin is formed from a resilient material that bends at said intersection of said first and second longitudinal axes.
16. The steering lock assembly as in claim 10, including a lock bolt movable between a lock position and an unlock position, wherein upon rotation of said cam shaft, said lock bolt moves between said lock position and said unlock position.
17. A steering lock assembly comprising:
a housing defining a non-linear passage;
a lock bolt disposed in a cavity formed in said housing and intersecting said non-linear passage, said lock bolt being movable between a lock position and an unlock position;
a rotatable cam shaft extending through said non-linear passage and engaging said lock bolt, said cam shaft having a first end and a second end, said first end defining a first longitudinal axis, and said second end defining a second longitudinal axis that intersects said first longitudinal axis, wherein upon rotation of said cam shaft, said lock bolt moves between said lock position and said unlock position; and
a cam pin extending substantially parallel to said cam shaft.
18. The steering lock assembly as in claim 17, in which said cam shaft is an assembly including a forward shaft having a distal end rotatably coupled to a proximal end of a rearward cam shaft.
19. The steering lock assembly as in claim 18, in which said forward shaft distal end includes one of a socket and a ball coupled the other of the socket and the ball formed on said rearward cam shaft proximal end to rotatably couple said forward shaft distal end to said proximal end of said rearward cam shaft.
20. The steering lock assembly as in claim 19, in which said ball has a polygonal cross section.
21. The steering lock assembly as in claim 17, in which said cam pin extends through a passageway formed in said cam shaft between said cam shaft first and second ends.
22. The steering lock assembly as in claim 17, in which said cam pin is formed from a resilient material that bends at said intersection of said first and second longitudinal axes.
23. The steering lock assembly as in claim 17, in which said cam shaft and cam pin are disposed in a housing.

1. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
a control unit which recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to another mobile communication terminal and offers left-side or right-side location information corresponding to the relative location;
a codec unit which decodes audio data and outputs decoded left-side and right-side audio data;
a path switching unit which transmits any one of the two decoded audio data to an audio output unit and transmits the remaining one to a communication interface unit according to the location information from the control unit;
an audio output unit which processes and outputs the one of the two divided audio data to the outside; and
a communication interface unit transmitting the remaining one of the two divided audio data to a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication terminal.
2. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio data decoded by the codec unit is transmitted from a mobile communication unit, a camera unit, a broadcast receiving unit, andor a storing unit.
3. The audio playback device of claim 1,
wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right side connector, which are coupled with corresponding connectors provided in another mobile communication terminal,
the communication interface unit performs communication with a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication through the left-side or right-side connector, and
the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is a left-side or a right-side connector.
4. The audio playback device of claim 3, wherein the left-side connector is a receptible and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptible and the left-side connector is a plug.
5. The audio playback device of claim 1, further comprising a buffering unit which buffers audio data outputted from the path switching unit and transmits the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit transmits a synchronization control signal to the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit according to a buffering condition of the buffering unit.
6. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data to the outside through a left output path of stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data to the outside through a right output path of the stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.
7. The audio playback device of claim 1, wherein when an order of division playback of the audio data is input from the input unit, the control unit notifies the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit that the control unit is a main terminal.
8. An audio playback device of a mobile communication terminal, comprising:
a control unit which recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal corresponding to another mobile communication terminal;
a communication interface unit which receives any one of two divided audio data, i.e., left-side audio data and right-side audio data, which are obtained by decoding and dividing original audio data into two halves by means of the other mobile communication terminal, from a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication terminal; and
an audio output unit outputting the received audio data to the outside.
9. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the audio data decoded by the other mobile communication terminal is wirelessly received by a mobile communication unit of the other mobile communication terminal, photographed by a camera unit of the other mobile communication terminal, wirelessly received by a broadcast receiving unit of the other mobile communication terminal, andor stored in a storing unit of the other mobile communication terminal.
10. The audio playback device of claim 8,
wherein the mobile communication terminal includes a left-side connector and a right-side connector, which are coupled with corresponding connectors provided in another mobile communication terminal,
the communication interface unit performs communication with a corresponding communication interface unit provided in the other mobile communication through the left-side or right-side connector, and
the control unit recognizes the relative location of the mobile communication terminal according to whether a connector coupled with the other mobile communication terminal is a left-side or a right-side connector.
11. The audio playback device of claim 10, wherein the left-side connector is a receptible and the right-side connector is a plug, or the right-side connector is a receptible and the left-side connector is a plug.
12. The audio playback device of claim 8, further comprising a buffering unit which buffers the received audio data and transmits the buffered audio data to the audio output unit, wherein the control unit controls a transmission timing of the buffering unit in response to a synchronization control signal received from the other mobile communication terminal through the communication interface unit.
13. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the audio output unit with a stereo function outputs the audio data to the outside through a left output path of stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a left side, and outputs the audio data to the outside through a right output path of the stereo output paths when the transmitted audio data corresponds to a right side.
14. The audio playback device of claim 8, wherein the control unit receives information notifying that the other mobile communication terminal is a main terminal through the communication interface unit, and waits for audio data to be received from the other mobile communication terminal.

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 printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array, in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
driving means for driving a plurality of groups at different timings, the plurality of groups being formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the printing element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving means is able to execute driving, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;

first adjustment means configured to adjust a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
second adjustment means configured to adjust the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
obtaining means configured to obtain inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
setting means configured to set (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the first adjustment means and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the second adjustment means based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein the driving means drives each of the groups at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted by the first adjustment means and during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
2. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an image is formed by repeating a moving operation of moving the printing element array while ejecting ink, and a conveying operation of conveying the printing medium in a direction crossing the moving direction of the printing element array, and
wherein in the conveying operation, a conveying distance of the printing medium is equivalent to an integer times of the length of the printing element group.
3. A print position correction method of a printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
a driving step of driving each of a plurality of groups at different timings, where the plurality of groups are formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the printing element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving in the driving step is executed, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;

a first adjustment step of adjusting a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
a second adjustment step of adjusting the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
an obtaining step of obtaining inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
a setting step of setting (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position in the first correction step and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position in the second adjustment step based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein each of the groups is driven in the driving step at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted in the first adjustment step and during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
4. A printing apparatus that performs printing by moving a printing element array in which a plurality of printing elements for ejecting ink to a printing medium are arranged, comprising:
a driving unit configured to drive a plurality of groups at different timings, the plurality of groups being formed by dividing the plurality of printing elements in the print element array, with each of the groups including a plurality of continuous printing elements,
wherein the driving unit is able to execute driving, selectively for each group, in either a first half period or a second half period, the first half period and the second half period being established by dividing a period corresponding to one column of the printing elements;

a first adjustment unit configured to adjust a print position on the printing medium by one pixel unit for each of the groups by adding an offset to print data;
a second adjustment unit configured to adjust the print position by a unit smaller than one pixel, by selecting for each group either the first half period or the second half period for driving;
an obtaining unit configured to obtain inclination information of the print position when the printing element array performs printing; and
a setting unit configured to set (i) a first adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the first adjustment unit and (ii) a second adjusting value for adjusting the print position by the second adjustment unit based on the inclination information, where the second adjusting value corresponds to a selection, for each group, of the first half period or the second half period for driving,
wherein the driving unit drives each of the groups at a timing corresponding to the print position adjusted by the first adjustment unit during the period corresponding to the second adjusting value.
5. The printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein an image is formed by repeating a moving operation of moving the printing element array while ejecting ink, and a conveying operation of conveying the printing medium in a direction crossing the moving direction of the printing element array, and
wherein in the conveying operation, a conveying distance of the printing medium is equivalent to an integer times of the length of the printing element group.