Author: claimsbot

1. A method for manufacturing a mold of a light guide plate, the method comprising:
providing a substrate and forming a plurality of microstructures on the substrate;
depositing a first metal layer upon the substrate;
spreading a photoresist layer on the first metal layer, exposing the photoresist layer to a photomask, and developing a photoresist pattern;
removing a part of the first metal layer without cover of the photoresist pattern so as to form a sink pattern;
depositing a second metal layer upon the sink pattern;
electroforming a metal plate on the second metal layer; and
remaining the metal plate and the second metal layer by separating the metal plate from the photoresist layer, the first metal layer, and the substrate for generating the mold of the light guide plate.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the substrate and forming the plurality of microstructures on the substrate comprises providing a metal substrate and forming the plurality of microstructures on the metal substrate with a micro-drill, a laser process, or a mold process.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein depositing the first metal layer upon the substrate comprises electroplating the first metal layer upon the substrate.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein depositing the second metal layer upon the sink pattern comprises depositing the second metal layer upon the sink pattern with a sputtering process or a chemical coating process.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein removing the first metal layer without cover of the photoresist pattern so as to form the sink pattern comprises etching the first metal layer without cover of the photoresist pattern chemically so as to form the sink pattern.

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 imaging module for electro-optically imaging a target, comprising:
an illuminating light assembly including an energizable illuminating light source for illuminating the target with illumination light for return from the target;
an image capture assembly including an energizable solid-state imager for capturing return light from the target; and
a controller for energizing the imager during an exposure time period to capture the return light at a frame rate, for deenergizing the imager during a non-exposed time period, and for energizing the illuminating light source not only during the exposure time period, but also during the non-exposed time period, to produce a plurality of illumination light pulses at an illumination rate that enables the human eye to perceive the illumination light pulses as substantially continuous, the illumination rate of at least one said illumination light pulse produced during the non-exposed time period being substantially independent and decoupled from the frame rate.
2. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the illuminating light assembly includes an illuminating lens for directing the illumination light pulses to the target for reflection and scattering from the target.
3. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the illuminating light assembly includes another energizable illuminating light source for illuminating the target, and wherein the controller is operative for energizing both illuminating light sources to produce the illumination light pulses.
4. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the image capture assembly includes an imaging lens for capturing the return light, and for projecting the return light onto the imager to initiate capture of an image of the target.
5. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the controller energizes the illuminating light source during the exposure time period to generate an initial illumination light pulse, and wherein the controller energizes the illuminating light source during the non-exposure time period as at least one additional illumination light pulse that successively follows the initial illumination light pulse.
6. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the illumination rate produced by the controller is at least fifty illumination light pulses per second.
7. The imaging module of claim 1, wherein the frame rate produced by the controller is less than sixty frames per second, and wherein the illumination rate produced by the controller is greater than the frame rate.
8. An imaging reader for electro-optically imaging a target, comprising:
a housing having a light-transmissive window facing the target; and
an imaging module supported by the housing and including
an illuminating light assembly including an energizable illuminating light source for illuminating the target through the window with illumination light for return from the target,
an image capture assembly including an energizable solid-state imager for capturing return light through the window from the target, and
a controller for energizing the imager during an exposure time period to capture the return light at a frame rate, for deenergizing the imager during a non-exposed time period, and for energizing the illuminating light source not only during the exposure time period, but also during the non-exposed time period, to produce a plurality of illumination light pulses at an illumination rate that enables the human eye to perceive the illumination light pulses as substantially continuous, the illumination rate of at least one said illumination light pulse produced during the non-exposed time period being substantially independent and decoupled from the frame rate.
9. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the illuminating light assembly includes an illuminating lens for directing the illumination light pulses through the window to the target for reflection and scattering from the target.
10. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the illuminating light assembly includes another energizable illuminating light source for illuminating the target through the window, and wherein the controller is operative for energizing both illuminating light sources to produce the illumination light pulses.
11. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the image capture assembly includes an imaging lens for capturing the return light through the window, and for projecting the return light onto the imager to initiate capture of an image of the target.
12. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the controller energizes the illuminating light source during the exposure time period to generate an initial illumination light pulse, and wherein the controller energizes the illuminating light source during the non-exposure time period as at least one additional illumination light pulse that successively follows the initial illumination light pulse.
13. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the illumination rate produced by the controller is at least fifty illumination light pulses per second.
14. The imaging reader of claim 8, wherein the frame rate produced by the controller is less than sixty frames per second, and wherein the illumination rate produced by the controller is greater than the frame rate.
15. A method of electro-optically imaging a target, comprising the steps of:
illuminating the target with illumination light from an energizable illuminating light source for return from the target;
capturing return light from the target with an energizable solid-state imager;
energizing the imager during an exposure time period to capture the return light at a frame rate;
deenergizing the imager during a non-exposed time period; and
energizing the illuminating light source not only during the exposure time period, but also during the non-exposed time period, to produce a plurality of illumination light pulses at an illumination rate that enables the human eye to perceive the illumination light pulses as substantially continuous, the illumination rate of at least one said illumination light pulse produced during the non-exposed time period being substantially independent and decoupled from the frame rate.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the illuminating step includes directing the illumination light pulses to the target for reflection and scattering from the target.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the illuminating step includes illuminating the target with another energizable illuminating light source, and wherein the energizing step is performed by energizing both illuminating light sources to produce the illumination light pulses.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the illuminating light source is energized during the exposure time period to generate an initial illumination light pulse, and wherein the illuminating light source is energized during the non-exposure time period to generate at least one additional illumination light pulse that successively follows the initial illumination light pulse.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the illumination rate is at least fifty illumination light pulses per second.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the frame rate is less than sixty frames per second, and wherein the illumination rate is greater than the frame rate.

1. A process for neutralizing acid mine drainage, comprising the steps of:
calculating a net acidity value for a sample of said acid mine drainage;
inputting said net acidity value and water quantity data into a prediction model; and,
formulating and contacting said acid mine drainage with a mixture comprising:
a neutralizer and binder component consisting of specialty steel slag, a sodium carbonate selected from the group consisting of soda ash and pulp liquor, and optionally a lime component selected from the group consisting of limestone sand and blast furnace slag fines;
a dissolution control and filtration component consisting of an organic material selected from the group consisting of recycled newsprint, sphagnum peat moss, and sawdust; and,
a dispersant and neutralizer component consisting of a surfactant.
2. The process of claim 1, further comprising the step of contacting said acid mine drainage with an oxidation component consisting of an oxidizing agent in an amount of up to 15% by weight of said mixture selected from the group consisting of calcium peroxide, potassium permanganate, and hydrogen peroxide.
3. The process of claim 1, wherein said neutralizer and binder component has a neutralizer potential of 78%.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein said steel slag is a plurality of finely processed particles formed at least as a 200 mesh powder.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said lime component contains particles sized than one-quarter of an inch.
6. The process of claim 5, wherein said lime component has a neutralizing potential of 72%.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein said sodium carbonate is sized in the range of a 200 mesh powder to one-quarter inch flakes.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1-155. (canceled)
156: A wireless communication system comprising:
a plurality of communication stations, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations includes a receiver that executes a receiving operation for a predetermined period of time after transmitting a signal, and
if another signal has not been transmitted during said predetermined period of time, said receiver is configured to be stopped until an occurrence of at least one of a next signal receiving time and a next signal transmitting time.
157: The wireless communication system according to claim 156 wherein the transmitted signal includes beacon information.
158: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations that is connected to a network is configured to send different occurrences of a beacon signal at approximately a constant time interval.
159: The wireless communication system according to claim 158, wherein each of said plurality of communication stations continues a receiving operation over longer than a predetermined beacon transmission time interval more than once during a time of a transmission frame.
160: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein
any of said plurality of communication stations that has recognized an impending occurrence of a beacon transmission schedule time from another station by referencing an internal clock value transmits information for disabling transmission from a peripheral station for a certain period of time.
161: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein
if each of said plurality of communication stations holds information therein addressed to another particular station, each receiver at respective of said plurality of communication stations executes receiving processing at a time when said another particular station transmits a beacon, and
when the beacon transmission by said another particular station ends, each of the plurality of communication stations attempts transmission of the information held therein to said another particular station in accordance with a specified procedure.
162: The wireless communication system according to claim 161, wherein said information to be transmitted after the end of the beacon transmission by said another particular station is information higher in priority than ordinary data.
163: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein for each of said plurality of communication stations, by detecting a signal transmitted from another station by operating the receiver for a predetermined period of time before the transmission of a signal, access control is executed so as to prevent a collision in packet communication timing with another station.
164: The wireless communication system according to claim 163, wherein for respective of said plurality of communication stations, an attempt is made for transmission immediately after a change from a sleep state to an active state, it is confirmed whether a media is clear for a period of time equivalent to a specified maximum signal length.
165: The wireless communication system according to claim 163, wherein,
if each of said plurality of communication stations holds information therein addressed to another particular station, each of said plurality of communication stations attempts to transmit the information held therein to said another particular station in accordance with a predetermined procedure immediately before a beacon transmission time of said another particular station.
166: The wireless communication system according to claim 165, wherein said information to be transmitted after the end of the beacon transmission by said another particular station is information higher in priority than ordinary data.
167: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein, in transmitting information, each of said plurality of communication stations attempts transmission to a station that has recognized that a transmission destination station is executing a receiving operation.
168: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein said each of said plurality of communication stations attempts to receive a beacon from another station recognized thereby.
169: The wireless communication system according to claim 168, wherein said reception of a beacon from another station is executed in at least one of a continuously manner and an intermittent manner.
170: The wireless communication system according to claim 168, wherein
if a beacon transmitting station holds information addressed to another particular station, each of said plurality of communication stations includes said information addressed to the another particular station to a beacon to be transmitted therefrom, and
a communication station that has received said beacon, upon recognition of said information addressed to the beacon receiving station, transmits, to the beacon transmitting station, a signal indicative that the information can be transmitted to the beacon receiving station.
171: The wireless communication system according to claim 168, wherein, when any one of the plurality of communication stations is located in an environment where a beacon can be received from another particular station, if said any one station is in a state where said any one station does not execute communication with said another particular station, said any one station does not attempt to receive a beacon that is transmitted from said another particular station.
172: The wireless communication system according to claim 156, wherein, after transmitting a certain signal, each of said plurality of communication stations executes a receiving operation for a predetermined period of time and, if no signal addressed to the own station has been received, can stop the receiving operation until at least one of a next signal receiving schedule time and a next signal transmitting schedule time.