Author: claimsbot

1. An anatase white pigment, comprising:
an anatase white pigment having a crystallite size of more than 100 nm and doped in compensatory mode with a trivalent cation selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In and Ce, and a further cation selected from the group consisting of a monovalent cation selected from Li, Na and K and a pentavalent cation selected from the group consisting of Sb and Nb, wherein the further cation is present in an amount of less than 1.5 mol % with respect to Ti in the base substance.
2. An anatase white pigment according to claim 1 wherein the TiO2 is present therein at least 98.5% in the anatase modification and the remainder as rutile and the molar ratio of the trivalent cation to the second cation is between 0.3 and 6.0.
3. An anatase white pigment, comprising:
an anatase pigment having a crystallite size of more than 100 nm and doped with a trivalent cation selected from the group consisting of Ga and In in an amount of 0.05-0.5 mol % relative to Ti in the base substance and there is one respective defect in the anion lattice for charge compensation per two incorporated trivalent cations.
4. An anatase white pigment according to claim 1 wherein the anatase pigment is inorganically andor organically surface-modified.
5. An anatase white pigment according to claim 4 wherein the anatase white pigment is inorganically surface modified by a treatment with Al2(SO4)3 solution, NaAIO2 solution, waterglass or phosphate salt solutions or mixtures thereof.
6. An anatase white pigment according to claim 4 wherein the anatase pigment is organically surface-modified by treatment with trialkylolalkanes or silicone oils.
7. An anatase white pigment according to claim 1, wherein its carbon black undertone is at least 13.
8. An anatase white pigment according to claim 7 wherein its b* value in polyamide 6 is between \u22122.5 and +3.5.
9. An anatase white pigment according to claim 1, wherein it imparts to polyamide 6 in brief weathering a service life of at least 80 h, determined from the drop in the 60\xb0 gloss.
10. An anatase white pigment according to claim 1 having an abrasiveness of a maximum of 20 mg determined in accordance with the Cu bar abrasion method.
11. A process for the production of the anatase white pigment according to claim 1, comprising adding the cations used for doping in the form of their water-soluble salts or their solid hydroxides, oxyhydroxides or oxides to m-titanic acid in production using the sulphate method.
12. (canceled)
13. A process according to claim 11, wherein the cations used for doping have a mean particle size of below 2 \u03bcm.
14. An additive comprising a anatase white pigment according to claim 1.
15. A polymer or plastic comprising an additive according to claim 14.
16. A polymer or plastic according to claim 15 comprising synthetic fibres, films, foils, shaped parts, or composite materials containing polymers.
17. A paint or lacquer comprising an additive according to claim 14.
18. A paint or lacquer according to claim 17 comprising a UV-hardening lacquer.
19. An anatase white pigment according to claim 3 wherein the anatase pigment is inorganically andor organically surface-modified.
20. A process for the production of the anatase white pigment according to claim 3, comprising adding the cations used for doping in the form of their water-soluble salts or their solid hydroxides, oxyhydroxides or oxides to m-titanic acid in production using the sulphate method.
21. An additive comprising a anatase white pigment according to claim 3.

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. An alkylated-base unleaded aviation gasoline (Avgas) formulation for piston driven aircraft, wherein said formulation consists of, in percent volume, between 12 and 18 base alkylate, between 28 and 42 super-alkylate, between 20 and 30 toluene, between 3 and 5 toluidine isomer blend, between 0 and 5 ethyl alcohol, between 10 and 20 C5 cut, and between 5 and 10 triptane, all components at amounts adding up to a total of 100%, wherein the formulation has a motor octane number not less than 94.4,
the super-alkylate is a distillation cut of the base alkylate containing between 75 and 78% by volume isooctane, and
the C5 cut has a boiling point between 35.5\xb0 C. and 48\xb0 C.
2. An alkylated-base unleaded aviation gasoline formulation according to claim 1, wherein the formulation is prepared so that its motor octane number (MON) is 102.4.
3. An alkylated-base unleaded aviation gasoline formulation according to claim 1, wherein the formulation leads to the specification of 100130 classes of gasoline fuel for light aviation.

1. A medical manipulator comprising:
a distal end working unit including an end effector;
an operating unit for operating said distal end working unit;
a coupling interconnecting said distal end working unit and said operating unit; and
an attitude changing mechanism for changing an attitude of said distal end working unit,
wherein said end effector is mechanically operated by a transmitting member when said operating unit is operated by an operator, and
wherein said attitude changing mechanism is operated by an actuator, which is operated when said operating unit is operated by the operator.
2. A medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein said attitude changing mechanism comprises:
a bending mechanism for bending a portion of said coupling; and
a rotating mechanism for rotating said distal end working unit about an axis,
wherein said rotating mechanism is capable of rotating said distal end working unit about a bent axis when said distal end working unit is bent out of parallelism with an axis of said coupling by said bending mechanism.
3. A medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein said coupling is detachably mounted on said operating unit.
4. A medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein said operating unit includes a handle angularly movable by the operator in order to move said transmitting member back and forth.
5. A medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein said actuator of said bending mechanism moves a wire that extends through said coupling back and forth when said operating unit is operated.
6. A medical manipulator according to claim 2, wherein said transmitting member extends through said coupling and includes at least one flexible portion corresponding to a portion of said coupling, which is bendable by said bending mechanism, and further wherein said actuator of said rotating mechanism rotates said distal end working unit through said transmitting member operated by said operating unit.
7. A medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting member comprises a flexible member and a cylindrical member around which said flexible member is wound.
8. A medical manipulator according to claim 1, wherein said attitude changing mechanism includes a rotational shaft comprising a cylindrical member, and said transmitting member includes a flexible member having a portion wound around said cylindrical member, whereby said transmitting member operates said end effector through said flexible member.

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 portable information terminal comprising:
first change means for changing a state of the portable information terminal between an unused state and a used state;
search means for searching for a predetermined access point at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state; and
communication processing means for, when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, connecting to the predetermined access point and performing a predetermined data communication process.
2. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein power consumption in the unused state is lower than that in the used state.
3. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the portable information terminal is capable of being opened and closed by a user, and
the first change means changes the state of the portable information terminal to the used state when the portable information terminal is in an opened state, and changes the state of the portable information terminal to the unused state when the portable information terminal is in a closed state.
4. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the search means automatically and repeatedly searches for the predetermined access point, and
the communication processing means automatically connects to the predetermined access point and automatically performs the data communication process.
5. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:
program execution means for executing a plurality of application programs;
reception means for receiving, from each application program, an instruction for a process of transmission or reception of data which is performed with another information processing apparatus via a network, wherein
the search means automatically searches for the predetermined access point, and
the communication processing means automatically performs transmission or reception of the data, which is received by the reception means from each application program, via the predetermined access point.
6. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:
storage means for storing information concerning at least one first access point, which is settable by a user, and information concerning at least one second access point, which is not settable by the user;
access point information setting means for setting the information concerning the at least one first access point, by the user; and
search time defining means for defining a time to search for the at least one first access point, wherein
the search means includes:
first access point search means for, when the time defined by the search time defining means comes, searching for the at least one first access point on the basis of the information concerning the at least one first access point; and
second access point search means for automatically and repeatedly searching for the at least one second access point on the basis of the information concerning the at least one second access point.
7. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the communication processing means connects to the predetermined access point and receives predetermined data via the predetermined access point.
8. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising communication cutoff means for cutting off a connection to the predetermined access point after the communication processing means ends the predetermined data communication process via the predetermined access point detected by the search means.
9. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the search means searches for the predetermined access point by using near-field wireless communication.
10. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising condition determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state, wherein
the search means searches for the predetermined access point when it is determined by the condition determination means that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
11. The portable information terminal according to claim 10, wherein, when a predetermined time comes, the condition determination means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied.
12. The portable information terminal according to claim 10, further comprising process defining means for defining a process of transmission or reception of data, which is performed with the other information processing apparatus via a network, and an execution time of the process, wherein
the communication processing means includes data transmissionreception process means for performing the transmission or reception of the data which is defined by the process defining means, via the predetermined access point detected by the search means,
when the execution time defined by the process defining means comes, the condition determination means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, and
when it is determined by the condition determination means that the predetermined condition is satisfied and the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, the data transmissionreception process means performs the transmission or reception of the data.
13. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state, the search means searches for the predetermined access point by automatically and repeatedly attempting to receive a beacon transmitted from the predetermined access point, and detects the predetermined access point by receiving the beacon, and
the communication processing means includes:
connection establishment means for, when it is determined by the search means that the beacon is received, attempting to establish a connection to the predetermined access point which transmits the beacon, and
data transmissionreception means for, when the connection to the predetermined access point is established, performing transmission or reception of predetermined data via the predetermined access point.
14. The portable information terminal according to claim 13, further comprising process defining means for defining a process of transmission or reception of data, which is performed with the other information processing apparatus via a network, and an execution time of the process, wherein
the communication processing means further includes execution time determination means for, when the connection to the predetermined access point is established by the connection establishment means, determining whether or not the defined execution time has come, and
when the execution time has come, the data transmissionreception means performs the defined transmission or reception of the data.
15. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising display means, wherein
power is supplied to the display means in the used state, and the power is not supplied to the display means in the unused state,
the first change means changes the state of the portable information terminal between the used state and the unused state in accordance with a predetermined operation performed by a user, and
the portable information terminal further comprises display control means for, when the state of the portable information terminal is changed from the unused state to the used state in accordance with the predetermined operation performed by the user, displaying contents of data received by the communication processing means, on the display means.
16. The portable information terminal according to claim 8, further comprising second change means for changing a power control mode between a power saving mode and a non-power saving mode, wherein
the search means searches for the predetermined access point at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state and in the power saving mode, and
the second change means changes the power control mode to the non-power saving mode when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, and changes the power control mode to the power saving mode when the connection to the predetermined access point is cut off by the communication cutoff means.
17. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising second change means for changing a power control mode between a power saving mode and a non-power saving mode, wherein
the search means searches for the predetermined access point at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state and in the power saving mode, and
the second change means changes the power control mode to the non-power saving mode when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, and changes the power control mode to the power saving mode when the data communication process by the communication processing means ends.
18. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the communication processing means automatically performs reception of one or more application programs via the predetermined access point, and
the portable information terminal further comprises installation means for, when the reception of the one or more application programs is performed, automatically performing installation of the one or more application programs to the portable information terminal.
19. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the communication processing means automatically performs reception of one or more application programs via the predetermined access point, and
the portable information terminal further comprises:
list creation means for, when the portable information terminal is started, creating and outputting a list of application programs;
selection means for selecting an application program from the list in accordance with a predetermined operation performed on the portable information terminal;
application program execution means for executing the selected application program; and
list creation object addition means for automatically adding the one or more application programs received automatically by the communication processing means, as displayed objects to the list created by the list creation means.
20. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
the communication processing means automatically performs reception of one or more application programs via the predetermined access point, and
the portable information terminal further comprises:
list creation means for creating and outputting a list of application programs in accordance with a predetermined operation performed on the portable information terminal;
selection means for selecting an application program from the list in accordance with a predetermined operation performed on the portable information terminal;
application program execution means for executing the selected application program; and
list creation object addition means for automatically adding the one or more application programs received automatically by the communication processing means, as displayed objects to the list created by the list creation means.
21. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising near field data communication means for: repeatedly searching for another terminal which becomes a communication partner present in a communicable range of the portable information terminal, by using near field wireless communication; automatically wirelessly connecting to the other terminal; and automatically transmitting or receiving data to or from the wirelessly connected other terminal, wherein
the communication processing means transmits the data received by the near field data communication means, to another information processing apparatus via the predetermined access point.
22. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising near field data communication means for: repeatedly searching for another terminal which becomes a communication partner present in a communicable range of the portable information terminal, by using near field wireless communication; automatically wirelessly connecting to the other terminal; and automatically transmitting or receiving data to or from the wirelessly connected other terminal, wherein
the near field data communication means transmits data received by the communication processing means to the other terminal.
23. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:
clocking means;
a wireless communication module for performing near-field wireless communication;
arithmetic processing means;
second change means for changing a power control mode between a non-power saving mode, in which power is supplied to the clocking means, the arithmetic processing means, and the wireless communication module, and a power saving mode, in which the power is supplied to the clocking means and the wireless communication module but the power is not supplied to the arithmetic processing means; and
time determination means for determining, by using the clocking means, whether or not a predetermined time has come at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state and in the power saving mode, wherein
the second change means changes the power control mode to the non-power saving mode when it is determined by the time determination means that the predetermined time has come, and
the search means searches for the predetermined access point by using the wireless communication module and the arithmetic processing means, at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state and in the non-power saving mode.
24. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:
a wireless communication module for performing near-field wireless communication;
arithmetic processing means; and
second change means for changing a power control mode between a non-power saving mode, in which power is supplied to the arithmetic processing means and the wireless communication module, and a power saving mode, in which the power is supplied to the wireless communication module but the power is not supplied to the arithmetic processing means, wherein
the search means searches for the predetermined access point by using the wireless communication module, at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state and in the power saving mode,
the second change means changes the power control mode to the non-power saving mode when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, and
when the power control mode is changed to the non-power saving mode by the second change means, the communication processing means connects to the predetermined access point by using the wireless communication module and the arithmetic processing means, and performs the data communication process.
25. A portable information terminal comprising:
process defining means for defining a process of transmission or reception of data, which is performed with another apparatus via a network, and an execution time of the process;
time determination means for determining whether or not the execution time defined by the process defining means has come;
connection means for, when it is determined by the time determination means that the execution time has come, attempting to connect to a predetermined access point; and
data transmissionreception means for, when a connection to the predetermined access point is established by the connection means, performing the transmission or reception of the data, which is defined by the process defining means, via the predetermined access point.
26. A portable information system comprising:
first change means for changing a state of the portable information system between an unused state and a used state;
search means for searching for a predetermined access point at least when the portable information system operates in the unused state; and
communication processing means for, when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, connecting to the predetermined access point and performing a predetermined data communication process via the predetermined access point.
27. A computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a portable information terminal control program which is executed by a computer of a portable information terminal having two modes of an unused state and a used state, the portable information terminal control program causing the computer to operate as:
first change means for changing a state of the portable information terminal between the unused state and the used state;
search means for searching for a predetermined access point at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state; and
communication processing means for, when the predetermined access point is detected by the search means, connecting to the predetermined access point and performing a predetermined data communication process via the predetermined access point.
28. A method of controlling a portable information terminal, the method comprising:
a first change step of changing a state of the portable information terminal between an unused state and a used state;
a search step of searching for a predetermined access point at least when the portable information terminal operates in the unused state; and
a communication processing step of, when the predetermined access point is detected at the search step, connecting to the predetermined access point and performing a predetermined data communication process via the predetermined access point.