Author: claimsbot

1. A system comprising:
a device comprising: a sensor configured to detect opening and closing of a dispenser; a memory storing a dispensing schedule; an alert device configured to provide alerts; a short range wireless communication interface; and a processor configured to: control the alert device to provide alerts according to the dispensing schedule; and communicate sensor data using the short range wireless communication interface; and,
a communication device comprising a respective processor, a respective memory storing a dispensing application, a respective short range wireless communication interface; and a long range communication interface, the respective processor configured to: receive the dispensing schedule using the dispensing application; and transmit the dispensing schedule to the device using the respective short range wireless communication interface and the dispensing application, and transmit data associated with the dispensing application using the long range communication interface, the data comprising one or more of the dispensing schedule and the sensor data.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a server configured to: communicate with the communication device using the long range communications interface to receive and store the data associated with the dispensing application received from the communication device.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the server is further configured to transmit respective alerts to one or more remote computing devices according to one or more of the dispensing schedule and when the sensor data indicates that the opening and the closing of the dispenser is not occurring according to the dispensing schedule.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the server is further configured to transmit the data associated with the dispensing application to one or more remote computing devices so that the one or more remote computing devices can provide respective alerts according to one or more of the dispensing schedule and when the sensor data indicates that the opening and the closing of the dispenser is not occurring according to the dispensing schedule.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the server is further configured to transmit the associated with the dispensing application to a new communication device storing a respective dispensing application, the new communication device configured to communicate with the device.
6. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more remote computing devices, each comprising a respective application configured to provide respective alerts according to one or more of the dispensing schedule and when the sensor data indicates that the opening and the closing of the dispenser is not occurring according to the dispensing schedule.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the respective alerts provided by the respective application at each of the one or more remote computing devices is customizable using the respective application.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to transmit one or more of firmware updates and software updates to the device using the respective short range wireless interface.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the dispensing schedule comprises one or more times that items stored at the dispenser are to be dispensed and one or more further times that one or more of food and drink are to be ingested, one or more of the device and the dispensing application further configured to provide respective alerts according to the one or more times and the one or more further times.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more the device and the dispensing application are further configured to provide an alert when the device and the communication device lose communication with each other.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication device is further configured to communicate with two or more devices, including the device, to provide respective dispensing schedules to each of the two or more devices, and provide respective alerts according to each of the respective dispensing schedules.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the device is further configured to provide the alerts in an absence of connectivity between the device and the communication device, and after the dispensing schedule is received at the device.

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 base station apparatus in a mobile communication system, comprising:
an acquisition unit configured to receive an uplink signal from a user equipment and acquire channel condition information and an average value of the channel condition information for each of one or more frequency resource blocks;
a reference metric calculation unit configured to calculate a reference metric indicative of priority of assignment of the frequency resource blocks to the user equipment based on the channel condition information and the average value of the channel condition information acquired by the acquisition unit;
a modification unit configured to modify the reference metric calculated by the reference metric calculation unit with a first parameter to generate a modified metric;
a scheduler configured to compare the modified metrics of the individual frequency resource blocks generated by the modification unit and determine an assignment plan of radio resources; and
a transmitting unit configured to transmit a downlink signal in accordance with the assignment plan determined by the scheduler,
wherein the modification unit modifies the reference metric with the first parameter, the first parameter having a first value for a predefined first frequency resource block and a second value for a predefined second frequency resource block if the user equipment belongs to a group differentiated based on a path loss.
2. The base station apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first parameter Bu,f(i) is calculated as
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3. The base station apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the modification unit adjusts a value of \u03b1 based on a path loss difference between a path loss for a user equipment and a predefined reference value of the path loss.
4. The base station apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the modification unit decreases the value of \u03b1 if the path loss difference is greater than or equal to a predefined threshold and increases the value of \u03b1 if the path loss difference is smaller than the predefined threshold.
5. The base station apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the scheduler determines the assignment plan of radio resources in accordance with a proportional fairness method.
6. A method for a base station apparatus in a mobile communication system, comprising:
receiving an uplink signal from a user equipment and acquiring channel condition information and an average value of the channel condition information for each of one or more frequency resource blocks;
calculating a reference metric indicative of priority of assignment of the frequency resource blocks to the user equipment based on the channel condition information and the average value of the channel condition information;
modifying the calculated reference metric with a first parameter to generate a modified metric;
comparing the modified metrics of the individual frequency resource blocks and determining an assignment plan of radio resources; and
transmitting a downlink signal in accordance with the determined assignment plan,
wherein the step of modifying comprises modifying the reference metric with the first parameter, the first parameter having a first value for a predefined first frequency resource block and a second value for a predefined second frequency resource block if the user equipment belongs to a group differentiated based on a path loss.

1. Circuit arrangement for operating a high pressure discharge lamp equipped with
input terminals for connection to poles of a supply voltage source,
a DC-DC-converter coupled to the input terminals and comprising
an inductive element L1,
a unidirectional element D1,
a switching element S1,
output terminals,
a first control circuit coupled to a control electrode of the switching element S1 for generating a control signal for rendering the switching element S1 alternately conductive and non-conductive,
a second control circuit, coupled with the first control circuit for controlling the level of an output voltage of the DC-DC converter that is present between the output terminals,

a DC-AC-converter coupled to the output terminals and
equipped with lamp connection terminals for generating an
AC lamp current out of the output voltage, characterized in that the second control circuit is further equipped with a state control circuit for changing the level at which the output voltage is controlled from a first level associated with the starting of the high pressure discharge lamp to a second level associated with the stationary operation of the high pressure discharge lamp.
2. Circuit arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first level is higher than the second level.
3. Circuit arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the circuit arrangement is equipped with means for generating a power signal that represents the power supplied to the high pressure discharge lamp and for activating the state control circuit after the power signal has increased above a predetermined reference value.
4. Circuit arrangement according to claim 3, wherein the circuit arrangement is further equipped with a delay circuit coupled to the state control circuit for timing a predetermined delay time interval after the power signal has increased above the predetermined reference value and for activating the state control circuit after said predetermined delay time interval has timed out.
5. Circuit arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the second control circuit is equipped with a third control circuit coupled to the lamp connection terminals for controlling the second level in dependency of the width of a reignition voltage peak present between the lamp terminals when the DC-AC-converter changes the polarity of the lamp voltage.
6. Circuit arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the DC-AC-converter is a bridge circuit comprising at least two bridge switching elements and a bridge control circuit coupled with control electrodes of the bridge switching elements.

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 ion implanter system comprising:
an ion beam generator for transmitting an ion beam to a target in an implant chamber; and
a laser particle detector for detecting at least one particle level within the ion beam based on a received laser beam that has been transmitted through the ion beam,
wherein the received laser beam passes in close proximity to the target.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the laser particle detector is coupled to a system controller including a beam controller configured to control the ion beam generator based on the at least one particle level during an ion implantation.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the beam controller stops ion implantation in the case that the at least one particle level exceeds a preset value.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the beam controller is further configured to control the ion beam generator during a tuning of the ion beam based on the at least one particle level.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the beam controller is further configured to control the ion beam generator during a uniformity procedure of the ion beam based on the at least one particle level.
6. The system of claim 2, wherein the system controller is also configured to control the ion beam based on the at least one particle level during at least one of a tuning stage of operation and a cleaning stage of operation.
7. The system of claim 2, wherein the laser particle detector includes a bright-field sensing laser and a particle level calculator.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the bright-field sensing laser includes a transmitter positioned in a first window in the implant chamber and a receiver positioned in an opposing second window in the implant chamber to receive the received laser beam.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the laser beam passes no less than one eighth of an inch from the target and no greater than four inches from the target.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the laser particle detector includes a bright-field sensing laser.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the bright-field sensing laser transmits a laser beam substantially transversely across the ion beam.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the laser beam passes no less than one eighth of an inch from the target and no greater than four inches from the target.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein the bright-field sensing laser includes a transmitter positioned in a first window in the implant chamber and a receiver positioned in an opposing second window in the implant chamber to receive the received laser beam.
14. A method of controlling an ion implanter system that generates an ion beam, the method comprising the steps of:
transmitting a laser beam through at least a portion of the ion beam;
receiving the laser beam;
determining at least one particle level in the at least a portion of the ion beam based on the received laser beam; and
controlling the ion implanter system during implantation based on the at least one particle level.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the transmitting step includes transmitting the laser beam substantially transversely across the at least a portion of the ion beam.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the controlling step further includes controlling the ion implanter system during at least one of a tuning stage of the ion implanter system, a uniformity procedure of the ion implanter system and a cleaning stage of the ion implanter system.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the controlling step includes stopping ion implantation in the case that the at least one particle level exceeds a preset value.