Author: claimsbot

1. A tool for metal machining comprising a tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and a coating comprising an inner alumina layer and an outer titanium boronitride layer, wherein said layers are separated by one or more layers comprising an oxide layer other than an alumina layer.
2. A tool according to claim 1 wherein the titanium boronitride layer has a ratio TiB2:TiN phase, atom-%, of between 1:3 and 4:1.
3. A tool according to claim 1 wherein the titanium boronitride layer has a ratio TiB2:TiN phase, atom-%, of between 1:1 and 4:1.
4. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the titanium boronitride layer is the outermost layer of the coating.
5. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the alumina layer is of \u03b1-Al2O3.
6. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the oxide layer is of zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, titanium oxide or hafnium oxide.
7. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the oxide layer has a thickness of 0.1 to 2 \u03bcm.
8. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the tool substrate is of cemented carbide.
9. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the tool is a cutting tool insert.
10. A tool according to claim 1, wherein the tool is a solid drill, a milling cutter or a threading tap.
11. Method of making a tool for metal machining comprising providing a tool substrate of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics or a super hard material, and onto the substrate depositing a coating comprising an inner alumina layer, an oxide layer other than an alumina layer, and an outer titanium boronitride layer by using Chemical Vapour Deposition or Plasma Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition.
12. Method of making a tool according to claim 11 wherein depositing the titanium boronitride layer setting the partial pressure ratio BCl3:TiCl4 in the gas mixture within the range of 1:6 to 2:1.
13. Method of making a tool according to claim 11 wherein depositing the titanium boronitride layer using a partial pressure ratio BCl3:TiCl4 in the gas mixture within the range of 1:2 to 2:1.
14. Method of making a tool according to claim 11, wherein the deposited oxide layer is of zirconium oxide, vanadium oxide, titanium oxide or hafnium oxide.

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 driving device for outputting a plurality of driving signals which are sequentially asserted, comprising:
a shift register comprising a plurality of stages of shift registering units coupled in series, wherein the shift registering units respectively generate a plurality of shift registering signals, and the shift registering signals are sequentially asserted;
a buffer unit for receiving at least one input signal, wherein the at least one input signal is periodically asserted, and the buffer unit outputs the at least one input signal; and
a plurality of switch circuits coupled to the shift registering units to receive the shift registering signals, respectively;
wherein, all of the switch circuits are coupled to the buffer unit to receive the at least one input signal, and the switch circuits sequentially output the at least one input signal to serve as the driving signals according to the assertion of the shift registering signals.
2. The driving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer unit receives a first input signal and outputs the first input signal, all of the switch circuits receive the first input signal, and the switch circuits are sequentially turned on to output the first input signal to serve as the driving signals according to the assertion of the shift registering signals.
3. The driving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the switch circuits comprises:
a first switch element having a control terminal receiving the corresponding shift registering signal, a first terminal receiving the first input signal, and a second terminal coupled to a first node;
a second switch element having a control terminal receiving the corresponding shift registering signal, a first terminal coupled to the first node, and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal; and
a third switch element having a control terminal receiving an inverse shift registering signal, a first terminal receiving the first input signal, and a second terminal coupled to the first node, wherein the inverse shift registering signal is inverse to the corresponding shift registering signal;
wherein in the switch circuits corresponding to the odd stages of the shift registering units, the first terminals of the first switch elements and the first terminals of the third switch elements receive the first input signal;
wherein in the switch circuits corresponding to the even stages of the shift registering units, the first terminals of the first switch elements and the first terminals of the third switch elements receive the second input signal; and
wherein, for each of the switch circuits, the first switch element and the second switch element are separately turned on, the first switch element and the third switch element are simultaneously turned on, and the corresponding driving signal is generated at the first node.
4. The driving device as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the shift registering units comprises:
a first switch unit having an input terminal receiving a start signal and an output terminal coupled to a second node and controlled by a first clock signal and a second clock signal, wherein the second clock signal is inverse to the first clock signal;
a first inverter unit having an input coupled to the second node and an output terminal coupled to a third node;
a capacitor coupled between the second node and the ground terminal;
an output unit, coupled to the third node and an output node, for generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node; and
a second inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the third node and an output terminal generating an output signal;
wherein the second inverter unit generates the output signal to serve as the start signal of the next shift registering unit.
5. The driving device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the output unit comprises:
a second switch unit having an input terminal coupled to the third node and an output terminal coupled to a fourth node and controlled by the output signal generated by the previous shift registering unit and the output signal generated by the next shift registering unit;
a transistor having a gate receiving the output signal generated by the next shift registering unit, a drain coupled to the fourth node, and a source coupled to the ground terminal, wherein the corresponding inverse shift registering signal is generated at the fourth node; and
a third inverter unit, coupled to the fourth node, for receiving the inverse shift registering signal and generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node.
6. The driving device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the output unit comprises:
an NAND gate having a first input terminal coupled to the third node, a second input terminal coupled to the third node of the pervious shift registering unit, and an output terminal generating the corresponding shift registering signal; and
a third inverter unit for receiving the shift registering signal and generating the corresponding inverse shift registering signal.
7. The driving device as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the shift registering units comprises:
a first switch unit having an input terminal receiving a start signal and output terminal coupled to a second node and controlled by a first clock signal and a second clock signal, wherein the second clock signal is inverse to the first clock signal;
a capacitor coupled between the second node and a third node;
a first inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the third node and an output terminal coupled to a fourth node, wherein the first inverter unit generates a control signal at the fourth node;
a second inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the fourth node and an output terminal coupled to the third node;
an output unit, coupled between the fourth node and an output node, for generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node; and
a third inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the fourth node and an input terminal coupled to a fifth node, wherein the third inverter unit generates an output signal at the fifth node to serve as the start signal of the next shift registering unit.
8. The driving device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output unit comprises:
a second switch unit having an input terminal coupled to the fifth node and an output terminal coupled to the output terminal and controlled by the control signal at the corresponding fourth node and the control signal at the fourth node of the next shift registering unit, wherein the second switch unit generates the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node;
a transistor having a gate receiving the control signal generated by the next shift registering unit, a drain coupled to the output node, and a source coupled to the ground terminal; and
a third inverter unit, coupled to the output node, for generating the corresponding inverse shift registering signal.
9. The driving device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the output unit comprises:
an NAND gate for receiving the control signal at the corresponding fourth node and the control signal generated by the previous shift registering unit and generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node; and
a third inverter unit for receiving the shift registering signal and generating the corresponding inverse shift registering signal.
10. The driving device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the buffer unit comprises:
a first buffer element for receiving a first input signal and outputting the first input signal; and
a second buffer element for receiving a second input signal and outputting the second input signal;
wherein the switch circuits corresponding to the odd stages of the shift registering units receives the first input signal and are sequentially turned on to output the first input signal to serve as the driving signals according to the assertion of the corresponding shift registering signals; and
wherein the switch circuits corresponding to the even stages of the shift registering units receives the second input signal and are sequentially turned on to output the second input signal to serve as the driving signals according to the assertion of the corresponding shift registering signals.
11. The driving device as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the switch circuits comprises:
a first switch element having a control terminal receiving the corresponding shift registering signal, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupled to a first node;
a second switch element having a control terminal receiving the corresponding shift registering signal, a first terminal coupled to the first node, and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal; and
a third switch element having a control terminal receiving an inverse shift registering signal, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupled to the first node, wherein the inverse shift registering signal is inverse to the corresponding shift registering signal;
wherein, the first switch element and the second switch element are separately turned on, the first switch element and the third switch element are simultaneously turned on, and each of the switch circuits generates the corresponding driving signal at the first node.
12. The driving device as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the shift registering units comprises:
a first switch unit having an input terminal receiving a start signal and an output terminal coupled to a second node and controlled by a first clock signal and a second clock signal; wherein the second clock signal is inverse to the first clock signal;
a capacitor coupled between the second node and the ground terminal;
a first inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the second node and an output terminal coupled to a third node, wherein the first inverter unit generates the corresponding inverse shift registering signal at the third node; and
a second inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the third node and an output terminal coupled to an output node and generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node, wherein the second inverter unit generates the corresponding shift registering signal to serve as the start signal of the next shift registering unit.
13. The driving device as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the shift registering units comprises:
a first switch unit having an input terminal receiving a start signal and an output terminal coupled to a second node and controlled by a first clock signal and a second clock signal; wherein the second clock signal is inverse to the first clock signal;
a capacitor coupled between the second node and a third node;
a first inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the third node and an output terminal coupled to a fourth node, wherein the first inverter unit generates the corresponding inverse shift registering signal at the fourth node;
a second inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the fourth node and an output terminal coupled to the third node; and
a third inverter unit having an input terminal coupled to the fourth node and an output terminal coupled to an output node and generating the corresponding shift registering signal at the output node, wherein the third inverter unit generates the corresponding shift registering signal to serve as the start signal of the next shift registering unit.
14. A display panel comprising:
a display array;
a scan driving device comprising a driving unit as claimed in claim 1 for generating a plurality of driving signals and providing the driving signals to the display array through a plurality of scan lines, wherein the driving signals are sequentially asserted; and
a data driving data for providing data signals to the display array through a plurality of data lines.
15. A display device comprising:
a display panel as claimed in claim 14; and
a controller coupled to the display panel.
16. An electronic system comprising:
a display device as claimed in claim 15; and
an input unit coupled to the display device.
17. The electronic system as claimed in claim 16, wherein the electronic system is a personal digital assistant (PDA), a digital camera, a notebook computer, a tablet computer, a cellular phone, a projector, an electronic book, a digital photo frame, a television, an automotive displayer, or a portable DVD displayer.

1. An input system comprising:
a pen input apparatus including:
a plurality of penpoints;
a selector for selecting a specific penpoint from said plurality of penpoints contained within the pen input apparatus;
a ground detector configured to detect when the specific penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
a control circuit coupled to the ground detector, the control circuit configured to distinguish between each of the plurality of penpoints; and
a transmitter for transmitting at least the track of said specific penpoint as position information to a computer system.
2. The input system according to claim 1,
wherein said pen input apparatus further comprises a frequency generator coupled to the control circuit for generating a different frequency for each said penpoint selected by said selector, and electromagnetic wave outputting unit for outputting an electromagnetic wave having the frequency generated by said frequency generator, and
an input apparatus including a type recognition unit for recognizing the type of said penpoint selected by said selector said type recognition unit recognizes the type of said selected penpoint based on the frequency of the electromagnetic wave output by said electromagnetic wave outputting unit.
3. The input system according to claim 2,
wherein said selector includes a penpoint pushing-out mechanism for pushing out a specific penpoint from the plurality of penpoints in the direction of the pen tip to select it,
and said electromagnetic wave outputting unit outputs an electromagnetic wave of a different frequency for each penpoint grounded by said penpoint ground detector.
4. The input system according to claim 1, further comprising a computer system including an application for generating image information according to said position information and the information on said type, and a display screen for displaying said image information.
5. An electronic input apparatus for transmitting input information drawn with a pen to a computer system, comprising:
a selector for selecting a specific penpoint from a plurality of penpoints in the pen;
a ground detector configured to detect when the specific penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
a control circuit coupled to the ground detector, the control circuit configured to distinguish between each of the plurality of penpoints;
a coordinate information recognition unit for recognizing a track drawn with a pen as coordinate information;
a type recognition unit for recognizing the type of said penpoint; and
a transmitter for transmitting said coordinate information recognized by said coordinate information recognition unit to said computer system, and adding the information on said type recognized by said type recognition unit to said coordinate information and transmitting them to said computer system.
6. The electronic input system according to claim 5, wherein said type recognition unit recognizes the type of said pen by a frequency of electromagnetic wave generated from said pen.
7. An electronic input apparatus comprising:
a digitizer for grasping a track drawn by a penpoint selected in a writing instrument including a plurality of penpoints and allowing a predetermined penpoint to be selected from said plurality of penpoints contained within the digitizer, and recognizing the attribute of said penpoint;
a ground detector configured to detect when the selected penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
a control circuit coupled to the ground detector, the control circuit configured to distinguish between each of the plurality of penpoints; and
an interface for outputting the position information obtained from the track of said penpoint grasped by said digitizer, and attribute information on said recognized attribute.
8. The electronic input apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said digitizer allows a recording medium to be placed thereon, and grasps the track drawn on said recording medium by said penpoint of said writing instrument as electronic information.
9. The electronic input apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said writing instrument includes an oscillation circuit for generating a predetermined frequency, and a coil for outputting an electromagnetic wave by the output from said oscillation circuit,
said oscillation circuit generating a different frequency for each penpoint selected.
10. A writing instrument for inputting to a digitizer, comprising:
a plurality of penpoints for drawing images on a recording medium placed on said digitizer;
a penpoint selector for selecting a specific penpoint from said plurality of penpoints contained within the writing instrument;
a ground detector configured to detect when the specific penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
a control circuit coupled to the ground detector, the control circuit configured to distinguish between each of the plurality of penpoints; and
an electromagnetic wave outputting unit for generating, to said digitizer, an electromagnetic wave of a different frequency for each penpoint selected by said penpoint selector.
11. The writing instrument for inputting to a digitizer according to claim 10, further comprising a pressure detector for detecting whether or not the penpoint selected by said penpoint selector was pressed against said recording medium,
wherein said electromagnetic wave outputting unit generates an electromagnetic wave according to the detection result by said pressure detector.
12. A digitizer comprising:
a pen including a plurality of penpoints contained within the pen and a control circuit configured to distinguish between each the plurality of penpoints;
a track recognition unit for recognizing the track of a pen manipulated by the user, the pen including a plurality of penpoints;
a ground detector configured to detect when a selected penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
a pen information recognition unit for recognizing the information on the type of said penpoint selected according to the information obtained from said pen; and
an output unit for generating position information from the track recognized by said track recognition unit, and adding the information on the type of said penpoint recognized by said pen information recognition unit to the generated position information and outputting them.
13. A method for inputting coordinates comprising the steps of:
changing, at a pen, an output frequency of a frequency generator based on a selected penpoint from a plurality of penpoints contained within the pen;
detecting when the selected penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
receiving position information of the pen based on the track drawn by the user on recording medium placed on a coordinate input apparatus, and receiving attribute information on the type of a line used for the track drawn from the coordinate input apparatus; and
reflecting said received attribute information on said received position information to electronically record image information corresponding to the track drawn by the user on said recording medium.
14. The method for inputting coordinates according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:
receiving attribute information on at least either one of the color and thickness of the line, and
displaying said electronically recorded image information on a display unit by using a line having a display color corresponding to the color of the line drawn on said recording medium or a thickness corresponding to the thickness of the line drawn.
15. A method for transmitting coordinate information from a coordinate input apparatus to a computer system, comprising the steps of:
changing, at a pen, an output frequency of a frequency generator based on a selected penpoint from a plurality of penpoints contained within the pen;
detecting when the selected penpoint is in contact with a writing surface;
expressing the position information, based on a track drawn by the user with said coordinate input apparatus, in X- and Y-coordinates;
adding attribute information on the type of the line giving said track to said position information expressed by said X- and Y-coordinates, thereby to form a block; and
transmitting the formed block in a predetermined unit.
16. The input system of claim 1, further comprising a frequency generator configured to change an output frequency according to the specific penpoint selected.
17. The electronic input apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a frequency generator configured to change an output frequency according to the specific penpoint selected.
18. The electronic input apparatus of claim 7, wherein the writing instrument further includes a frequency generator configured to change an output frequency according to the specific penpoint selected.

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 processing a handover procedure of a mobile communication system, the method comprising:
receiving a radio resource reconfiguration message from a base station;
recognizing a handover type based on information included in the received radio resource reconfiguration message; and
performing a first or second handover procedure according to the recognized handover type.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the radio resource reconfiguration message is a handover command.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information is mobility related is information and comprises a C-RNT, a handover type indicator, a physical cell identity (PCI), and a reconfiguration indicator
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the reconfiguration indicator comprises a reconfiguration indicator of an RLC entity and that of a PDCP entity.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first handover procedure indicates a procedure for handover between different base stations.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second handover procedure may indicate a procedure for handover in the same base station.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second handover procedure is performed based on whether or not a new C-RNTI exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second handover procedure is performed based on whether or not a handover type indicator exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first or second handover procedure is performed based on whether or not a new physical cell identity (PCI) exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
if a transmissionreception acknowledgement information operation indicator is included in the information, starting data transmission after receiving transmissionreception acknowledgement information.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the transmissionreception acknowledgement information is a PDCP status PDU.
12. A mobile communication system comprising:
a base station that transmits a radio resource reconfiguration message; and
a user equipment that recognizes a handover type based on information included in a received radio resource reconfiguration message and performs a first or second handover procedure according to the recognized handover type.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the radio resource reconfiguration message is a handover command.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the information is mobility related information and may include a C-RNT, a handover type indicator, a physical cell identity (PCI), and a reconfiguration indicator.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the reconfiguration indicator comprises a reconfiguration indicator of an RLC entity and that of a PDCP entity.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the first handover procedure indicates a procedure for handover between different base stations, and the second handover procedure indicates a procedure for handover within the same base station.
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the UE performs the first or second handover procedure based on whether or not a new C-RNTI exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
18. The system of claim 12, wherein the UE performs the first or second handover procedure based on whether or not a handover type indicator exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
19. The system of claim 12, wherein the UE performs the first or second handover procedure based on whether or not a new PCI exists in the radio resource reconfiguration message.
20. The system of claim 12, wherein if a transmissionreception acknowledgement information operation indicator is included in the information, the UE starts data transmission after receiving transmissionreception acknowledgement information.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein the transmissionreception acknowledgement information may be a PDCP status PDU.