Author: claimsbot

1. A switching regulator circuit for controlling power supplied to a load, comprising:
a switching device operable to repeatedly go on or off to control a voltage or a current applied to said load;
a detector operable to detect a supply voltage or a supply current supplied to said load; and
a controller operable to control a duration ratio of a period in which said switching device is on or off based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector, to control a value of said voltage applied to said load, wherein
said controller includes:
a saw-tooth wave generation unit operable to charge and discharge a saw-tooth wave generation capacitor grounded at one end to change a voltage at another end of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor to a saw-tooth wave;
a chargedischarge controller operable to change a ratio of a rate at which said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is charged and a rate at which said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is discharged, based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector; and
a switching device controller operable to compare a voltage value of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor with a predetermined threshold value and to control said duration ratio of said period in which said switching device is on or off based on the comparison result.
2. A switching regulator circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chargedischarge controller outputs a chargedischarge control voltage based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector,
said switching device controller is a comparator that compares a voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor with a comparison voltage supplied to said switching device controller and outputs a switching control voltage for controlling said switching device based on the comparison result, and
said saw-tooth wave generation unit includes:
said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor operable to be charged at a rate in accordance with said chargedischarge control voltage;
a hysteresis generation unit operable to determine said comparison voltage to be supplied to said switching device controller in accordance with said switching control voltage; and
a discharge diode operable to discharge said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor at an approximately constant rate, in a case where said voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is higher than said switching control voltage.
3. A switching regulator circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chargedischarge controller outputs a chargedischarge control voltage based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector,
said switching device controller is a schmitt trigger inverter, to which a voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is supplied, operable to output a switching control voltage for controlling said switching device based on said voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor, and
said saw-tooth wave generation unit includes:
said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor operable to be charged at a rate in accordance with said chargedischarge control voltage; and
a discharge diode operable to discharge said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor at an approximately constant rate in a case where said voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is higher than said switching control voltage.
4. A switching regulator circuit as claimed in claim 2, wherein said detector includes:
a current detecting resistor, provided between an external voltage and said load, operable to allow said supply current to flow therethrough;
a transistor having an emitter terminal electrically connected to one end of said current detecting resistor and a base terminal electrically connected to another end of said current detecting resistor, said transistor generating a collector current in accordance with voltage drop in said current detecting resistor to supply said collector current to said chargedischarge controller; and
a temperature compensating diode, provided between said base terminal of said transistor and said another end of said current detecting resistor in series, operable to compensate change of a threshold voltage of said transistor caused by temperature change.
5. A vehicular lamp used in a vehicular, comprising:
a light source operable to emit light in accordance with power supplied thereto;
a switching device operable to repeatedly go on or off to control a voltage or a current applied to said light source;
a detector operable to detect a supply voltage or a supply current that is supplied to said light source; and
a controller operable to control a duration ratio of a period in which said switching device is on or off based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector, to control a value of said voltage applied to said light source, wherein
said controller includes:
a saw-tooth wave generation unit operable to charge and discharge a saw-tooth wave generation capacitor to change a voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor to a saw-tooth wave;
a chargedischarge controller operable to change a ratio of a rate at which said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is charged and a rate at which said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor is discharged based on said supply voltage or said supply current detected by said detector; and
a switching device controller operable to compare a value of said voltage of said saw-tooth wave generation capacitor with a predetermined threshold voltage and to control said duration ratio based on the comparison result.

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 system comprising:
means for receiving periodic channel occupancy data from a radio;
means for updating channel occupancy status from the channel occupancy data;
means for determining whether the channel occupancy has reached a first predetermined occupancy threshold;
means for transmitting high priority messages, and storing medium and low priority messages, when the first predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached;
means for determining whether the channel occupancy has reached a second predetermined occupancy threshold that is less than the first predetermined occupancy threshold when the first predetermined occupancy threshold has not been reached;
means for transmitting high and medium priority messages, and storing low priority messages, when the second predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached; and
means for transmitting messages of all priorities when the second predetermined occupancy threshold has not been reached.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an aircraft communications, addressing, and reporting system (ACARS).
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in future air navigation systems (FANS).
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) system.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a data link initiation capability system.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a flight information service system.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an air traffic services facilities notification system.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN).
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a context management system.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an automatic dependent surveillance system.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an airline operational communications system, or an aeronautical administration communication system.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a communication management function of a communication management unit
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in a flight deck communications function.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is implemented in an air traffic control computer.
15. A method comprising:
receiving periodic channel occupancy data from a radio;
updating channel occupancy status from the channel occupancy data;
determining whether the channel occupancy has reached a first predetermined occupancy threshold;
transmitting high priority messages, and storing medium and low priority messages, when the first predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached;
determining whether the channel occupancy has reached a second predetermined occupancy threshold that is less than the first predetermined occupancy threshold when the first predetermined occupancy threshold has not been reached;
transmitting high and medium priority messages, and storing low priority messages, when the second predetermined occupancy threshold has been reached;
transmitting messages of all priorities when the second predetermined occupancy threshold has not been reached; and
wherein the method is implemented as part of communication protocols for an aeronautical telecommunication network (ATN), or a future air navigation systems (FANS) network.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented as part of the communication protocols for a controller pilot data link communication (CPDLC) system.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented as part of the communication protocols for a context management system.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented as part of the communication protocols for an automatic dependent surveillance system.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented as part of the communication protocols for a data link initiation capability system.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the method is implemented as part of the communication protocols for a flight information service system.

1. An antenna coil comprising:
a magnetic core;
a substrate wound around the magnetic core;
conductors provided on the substrate;
a receiver coil arranged around the magnetic core and defined by the conductors, the receiver coil being wound so as to be divided into a first receiver coil portion and a second receiver coil portion with a non-coil-wound portion provided therebetween, the second receiver coil portion having an opposite coil winding direction of coil winding to that of the first receiver coil portion; and
a transmitter coil arranged around the magnetic core and defined by the conductors and having a coil axis parallel or substantially parallel to a coil axis of the receiver coil, the transmitter coil being wound so as to be divided into a first transmitter coil portion and a second transmitter coil portion with a non-coil-wound portion therebetween, the second transmitter coil portion having an opposite coil winding direction to that of the first transmitter coil portion; wherein
a region in which the receiver coil is provided and a region in which the transmitter coil is provided at least partially overlap each other when viewed in plan view.
2. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein the conductors defining the receiver coil and the conductors defining the transmitter coil are alternately arranged.
3. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein the receiver coil and the transmitter coil are provided on the same surface of the substrate.
4. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein the receiver coil and the transmitter coil are provided on different surfaces of the substrate.
5. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein
the magnetic core includes a bent portion at least at one end thereof in a direction of the coil axes of the receiver coil and the transmitter coil; and
the substrate is wound around a portion of the magnetic core that does not include the bent portion.
6. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein the magnetic core is divided into different magnetic core portions, and the first receiver coil portion and the first transmitter coil portion and the second receiver coil portion and the second transmitter coil portion are arranged on the different magnetic core portions.
7. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a set of the first receiver coil portion and the second receiver coil portion and a set of the first transmitter coil portion and the second transmitter coil portion is connected via a plurality of conductors provided on the substrate.
8. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein an electrode film electrically insulated from the conductors is provided on the substrate.
9. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein a composite magnetic material composed of resin and magnetic metal is used for the magnetic core.
10. An antenna device comprising:
the antenna coil according to claim 1; and
a circuit substrate on which the antenna coil is mounted.
11. An antenna device comprising:
the antenna coil according to claim 5; and
a circuit substrate on which the antenna coil is mounted; wherein
the bent portion of the magnetic core is arranged along a side surface of the circuit substrate.
12. An antenna device comprising:
the antenna coil according to claim 8; and
a circuit substrate on which the antenna coil is mounted; wherein
a gap is provided between the antenna coil and the circuit substrate; and
a surface of the antenna coil on which the electrode film is provided and the circuit substrate face each other.
13. The antenna coil according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is made of a flexible material.

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 computer-based system having a memory and a processor which estimates a patient’s future demand for healthcare services,
the computer-based system comprising a computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to analyze a patient’s drug history, sex, and age, and based on this analysis infers a diagnosis for the patient;
wherein the analysis done by the processor comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease, drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, the sex of a person expected to be associated with the disease, and an age range of a person expected to be associated with the disease; and,
wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient’s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient’s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more severe disease is associated with the patient.
2. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein the patient’s drug history includes information additionally defining time periods in which a drug was taken or received by a patient.
3. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein the applied rule includes a span rule, which defines a period of time for which the patient must have been taking a drug for a disease to he associated with the patient.
4. The computer-based system of claim 3, wherein the span rule includes gap rules, which define gaps in the period of time for which a patient must have been taking a drug for a disease to be associated with the patient.
5. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein the computer further analyzes at least a portion of the patient’s genetic data, and wherein the applied rule includes a genetic rule that specifies a genetic feature of the patient that must be present for the disease to be associated with the patient.
6. The computer-based system of claim 5, wherein the genetic rule is indicative of a predisposition to the disease.
7. The computer-based system of claim 5, wherein the genetic rule is indicative of a predisposition to the disease only when a drug usage is present in a person’s drug history.
8. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein associating the most severe disease with the patient comprises:
assigning, the disease to the patient based on selecting the highest diagnosis in the hierarchy that is consistent with the applied rule.
9. The computer-based system of claim 1, wherein the patient’s drug history identifies more than one drug taken by the patient, and wherein applying the rule further comprises applying the drug diagnosis rule to the second drug taken by the patient.
10. A computer-implemented method, the method implemented on a computer having at least one processor and a memory, comprising
receiving patient data comprising the patient’s drug history, sex, and age;
analyzing, using the at least one processor of the computer, the patient data, wherein the analysis comprises applying at least one rule which defines a relationship among a disease, drug usage expected to be associated with the disease, the sex of a person to be associated with the disease, and an age range of the person expected to be associated with the disease, and further wherein the at least one rule is applied to the patient’s drug history based on a hierarchy of diseases, the hierarchy being a function, at least in part, of a severity of the disease to the patient’s health, and further wherein the hierarchy of diseases is applied such that if the application of the at least one rule yields a plurality of possible diseases including a more severe and a less severe disease, the more sever disease is associated with the patient; and
based on the analysis, inferring a diagnosis for the patient.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the patient data additionally includes information additionally defining time periods in which a drug was taken or received by a patient.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the applied rule includes a span rule, which defines a period of time for which the patient must have been taking a drug for a disease to be associated with the patient.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the span rule includes gap rules, which define gaps in the period of time for which a patient must have been taking a drug for a disease to be associated with the patient.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the computer further analyzes at least a portion of the patient’s genetic data, and wherein the applied rule includes a genetic rule that specifies a genetic feature of the patient that must be present for the disease to be associated with the patient.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the genetic rule is indicative of a predisposition to the disease.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the genetic rule is indicative of a predisposition to the disease only when a drug usage is present in a person’s drug history.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein associating the most severe disease with the patient comprises:
assigning the disease to the patient based on selecting the highest diagnosis in the hierarchy that is consistent with the applied rule.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the patient’s drug history identifies more than one drug taken by the patient, and wherein applying the rule further comprises applying the drug diagnosis rule to the second drug taken by the patient.