Author: claimsbot

1. A rotational cutting machine, it has a base and is characterized in that:
on one side of the base is a first motive power source which can bring a cutting blade to rotate; on the other side near the blade is equipped with a fixing tool for tightly holding an object to be cut, besides the fixing tool is a second motive power source, which can bring the object to be cut to rotate, and the fixing tool is set on a movable platform of the base; when cutting the object, the first motive power source can turn the blade rotate, while the second motive power source turns the object to rotate, by moving platform, the object to be cut is moved closer to the blade, such that the object tightly hold by the fixing tool can be in touch with the cutting blade, as a result the object is cut quickly and accurately.
2. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said fixing tool has a T-shape sleeve with its one end inserts into a hole of a fix plate on said base, and the other end of T-shape sleeve is exposed outside said hole and forms as an outer flange; the object to be cut is clipped by a tubular holder and then the tubular holder is inserted into said T-shape sleeve, the tubular holder has a main component and secondary component screwed into one entity, inside the entity is a clipper which is in cylinder shape, and is made in an elastic construction with a plurality of clipping claws.
3. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said first motive power source is a motor, the motor is set onto a fix plate of said base, while the cutting blade is circular shape, and is set on the axis of the motor, such that the motor can active the blade to rotate.
4. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said second motive power source is a motor, the motor is set onto a fix plate that forms a part of a is movable platform, on the shaft of motor is a belt, one end of it wraps on the shaft of the motor, while the other end wraps around the fixing tool, so that the motor can use the belt to rotate the fixing tool.
5. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixing tool is set on a fix plate of a movable platform, so the fixing tool can get into rotation by said second motive power source, and the object to be cut can be pushed out of fix plate to get in touch with the blade, then to be cut.
6. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said movable platform has a main fix base plate, beneath the fix base plate is a first adjustable platform, the bottom of said first adjustable platform is mounted with a second adjustable platform that moves in X direction (left-right direction), such that the second adjustable platform can move in X direction under the first adjustable platform, and the bottom of second adjustable platform is mounted with a third adjustable platform that moves in Y direction (back-and-forth direction), such that the third adjustable platform can move in Y direction under the second adjustable platform.
7. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first adjustable platform has an adjustable base at its side, inside the adjustable base is a joint pole, while second adjustable platform has a second adjustable base at its side, inside the second adjustable base is an adjusting pole, the front end of the adjusting pole is joined to the end of said joint pole, so when the adjusting pole is turned, the adjustable base is moved in X direction, this makes the second adjustable platform move in X direction which moves the main fix base plate in X direction and then moves the fixing tool in X direction, as a result, the object in the fixing tool can be moved forward or withdrawn back from the cutting blade.
8. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third adjustable platform is installed with an adjusting screw, and the end of the adjusting screw has a wheel, on the side of wheel is a handle, by turning the wheel using the handle, the third adjustable platform can move into Y direction, which causes the main fix base plate to be moved in Y direction, and then the fixing tool, as a result, the object can be moved approaching or separating from the cutting blade.
9. The rotational cutting machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein above the second motive power source and fixing tool is a cover, so to protect the second motive power source and the fixing tool.

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 optical transmitter comprising:
a first phase locked loop circuit configured to receive a reference clock and remove a jitter component of the reference clock;
a second phase locked loop circuit configured to receive an output of the first phase locked loop circuit, generate a multiplied clock synchronized with the output, and when a frequency of the output deviates from a predetermined range or when an amplitude of the output is smaller than a predetermined value, output an alarm signal; and
an optical transmitting circuit configured to receive the multiplied clock and electrical signals from the outside, and output an optical output signal modulated based on the electrical signals.
2. The optical transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a bandwidth of jitter transfer of the first phase locked loop circuit is narrower than a bandwidth of jitter transfer of the second phase locked loop circuit.
3. The optical transmitter according to claim 1, wherein a response time of the alarm signal of the second phase locked loop circuit is reduced according to widening of the bandwidth of jitter transfer of the second phase locked loop circuit.
4. The optical transmitter according to claim 1, wherein the optical transmitting circuit has a control terminal to shut off the optical output signal, and when receiving the alarm signal through the control terminal, shuts off the optical output signal.
5. An optical transmitter comprising:
a phase locked loop circuit configured to receive a reference clock signal from the outside, generate a first clock signal based on the reference clock signal, output the generated first clock signal, and when a frequency of the reference clock signal deviates from a predetermined range or when an amplitude of the reference clock signal is smaller than a predetermined value, output a first alarm signal;
a frame processing part configured to receive the electrical input signal from the outside and the first clock signal from the phase locked loop circuit, generate a second clock signal synchronized with the electrical input signal, read in data based on the second clock signal from the electrical input signal, output the data based on the first clock signal, and when the first clock signal and the second clock signal are not synchronized with each other, output a second alarm signal;
an optical transmitting circuit configured to output an optical output signal based on the data output from the frame processing part; and
a control circuit configured to, when the first alarm signal or the second alarm signal is received, perform a control to shut off the optical output signal, and then when the first alarm signal or the second alarm signal is recovered, perform a control to reset the phase locked loop circuit and then reset the frame processing part.
6. The optical transmitter according to claim 5, wherein the optical transmitting circuit has a laser diode configured to generate an optical output signal and an optical modulator configured to modulate the optical output signal, and
the control circuit is configured to, when the first alarm signal or the second alarm signal is received, perform a control to shut off a driving current supplied to the laser diode.
7. The optical transmitter according to claim 6, wherein the control circuit performs a control sequentially to shut off the driving current, set a driving signal provided to the laser diode or the optical modulator to a predetermined value for preventing excessive light emission, and switch on the driving current.

1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
a supporting plate which supports a sample;
a light source which irradiates light onto an imaging target area on the supporting plate;
an imaging unit on which a plurality of image sensors having a light receiving area respectively are discretely disposed on an image plane two-dimensionally in an X direction and a Y direction;
an imaging optical system which guides light from the imaging target area and forms an imaging target area image corresponding to the imaging target area on the imaging plane of the imaging unit;
a moving unit which relatively moves the imaging target area image and the plurality of image sensors in the Y direction in order to perform a plurality of times of imaging for the imaging target area image while changing a position of an imaging area of each of the image sensors; and
a merging unit which merges images of imaging areas acquired by the plurality of times of imaging and generates an image of the entire imaging target area, wherein
a size of an effective field of view of the imaging optical system is larger than a size of the imaging target area image,
when x1 is a length in the X direction and y1 is a length in the Y direction of the imaging target area image,
x2 is a length in the X direction and y2 is a length in the Y direction of the image sensor, and
x3 is a length in the X direction and y3 is a length in the Y direction of the light receiving area,
1.5<x2x3<2.0, 1.5<y2y3<2.0, and x3\u2267x1m (m is 3 or greater odd number) are satisfied,
the plurality of image sensors are arranged so that odd rows and even rows are alternately disposed in the Y direction at a pitch not less than y2 and not greater than 2*y3, each of the odd rows being constituted by (m\u22121)2 number of image sensors lined up in the X direction at 2*1m pitch, each of the even rows being constituted by (m+1)2 number of image sensors lined up in the X direction at 2*1m pitch with a 12 phase shift with respect to the odd row, and
the length in the Y direction of an area covering light receiving areas of the image sensors on the first row to the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the last row is longer than the length y1 in the Y direction of the imaging target area image.
2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the light receiving areas of the plurality of image sensors is disposed inside the effective field of view.
3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving unit moves the supporting plate.
4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
two adjacent imaging areas in the X direction match in a position in the Y direction and the number of read pixels in the Y direction.
5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the moving unit relatively moves the imaging target area image and the plurality of image sensors in the Y direction, so that an imaging area of each of the image sensors sequentially fills the imaging target area image along the Y direction.
6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
when N is the number of times of imaging to image the entire imaging target area (N is an integer 2 or greater),
B is a maximum length of an overlapped area in two adjacent imaging areas in the Y direction for merging processing, and
M is the number of even rows of the plurality of image sensors,
the length y3 in the Y direction of the light receiving area of each of the image sensors satisfies:
y1(M*N)\u2266y3\u2266y1(M*N)+B.
7. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
a supporting plate which supports a sample;
a light source which irradiates light onto an imaging target area on the supporting plate;
an imaging unit on which a plurality of image sensors having a light receiving area respectively are discretely disposed on an imaging plane two dimensionally in an X direction and a Y direction;
an imaging optical system which guides light from the imaging target area and forms an imaging target area image corresponding to the imaging target area on an imaging plane of the imaging unit;
a moving unit which relatively moves the imaging target area image and the plurality of image sensors in the Y direction in order to perform a plurality of times of imaging for the image target area image while changing a position of an imaging area of each of the image sensors; and
a merging unit which merges images of imaging areas acquired by the plurality of times of imaging and generates an image of the entire imaging target area, wherein
a size of an effective field of view of the imaging optical system is larger than a size of the imaging target area image,
a size of the image sensor is larger than 1.5 times and smaller than 2 times a size of the light receiving area,
the plurality of image sensors are arranged so that odd rows and even rows are alternately disposed in the Y direction at a predetermined pitch, each of the odd row being constituted by image sensors lined up in the X direction at a predetermined pitch, each of the even rows being constituted by image sensors, more than that of the odd row by 1, lined up in the X direction at the same pitch as the odd row with a 12 phase shift with respect to the odd row,
light receiving areas of image sensors on both ends of the even row include both ends in the X direction of the imaging target area image respectively, and
a length in the Y direction of an area covering the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the first row to the light receiving areas of the image sensors on the last row is longer than a length in the Y direction of the imaging target area image.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A storage control apparatus for accessing data of a logical unit, which is comprised of a single or a plurality of physical units, by a request from a host, comprising:
a channel adapter for interfacing with said host; and
a plurality of controllers which charge each one of the plurality of logical units,
wherein when said host sends an IO request to concatenation logical unit concatenating said plurality of logical units, said channel adapter sends an IO request to one controller which charges one logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit, out of said plurality of controllers to execute the IO processing in said one controller, then sends the IO request to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit to execute the IO processing in said other controller.
2. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one controller judges whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit after said IO processing, and responds the judgment result to said channel adapter.
3. The storage control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said each controller has a table for storing the LBA range of each logical unit, and
said controller refers to said table in the LBA range requested by said IO request, and judges whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller, which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit.
4. The storage control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said channel adapter sends said IO request to said another controller according to the response from said one controller that the IO request extends to said another controller.
5. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said channel adapter has a table for storing said controllers corresponding to each logical unit, the LBA range of each logical unit, and the logical units constituting said concatenation logical unit, and
said channel adapter selects a controller of said corresponding logical unit when an IO request is received from said host.
6. The storage control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said each controller has a table for storing the LBA range of each logical unit, and
said controller refers to said table in the LBA range requested by said IO request, and judges whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller, which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit.
7. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said each controller comprises:
a cache memory for storing a part of the data of said logical unit which the controller charges; and
a processing unit for executing IO processing using said cache memory according to said IO request.
8. The storage control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said channel adapter is constituted by a plurality of channel adapters for connecting said plurality of controllers.
9. A storage control method for accessing data of a logical unit, which is comprised of a single or a plurality of physical units, by a request from a host, comprising steps of:
receiving an IO request from said host to a concatenation logical unit concatenating a plurality of logical units by a channel adapter;
sending the IO request from said channel adapter to one controller which charges one logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit out of a plurality of controllers which charge said plurality of logical units;
executing IO processing in said one controller;
sending the IO request from said channel adapter to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit; and
executing the IO processing in said other controller.
10. The storage control method according to claim 9, further comprising:
a step of judging whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit after said IO processing by said one controller; and
a step of responding the judgment result to said channel adapter.
11. The storage control method according to claim 10, wherein said response step comprises:
a step of referring to a table storing the LBA range of each logical unit in the LBA range requested by said IO request by said one controller; and
a step of judging whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller, which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit.
12. The storage control method according to claim 10, wherein the step of executing IO processing in said other controller further comprises a step of sending said IO request to said other controller according to the response from said one controller that the IO request extends to said other controller by said channel adapter.
13. The storage control method according to claim 9, wherein said reception step comprises:
a step of referring to a table for storing said controllers corresponding to each logical unit, LBA range of each logical unit, and logical units constituting said concatenation logical unit by said channel adapter: and
a step of selecting a controller of said corresponding logical unit when an IO request is received from said host.
14. The storage control method according to claim 13, wherein said response step comprises:
a step of referring to a table storing the LBA range of each logical unit in the LBA range requested by said IO request by said one controller; and
a step of judging whether said IO request is an IO request extending over to another controller, which charges another logical unit constituting said concatenation logical unit.
15. The storage control method according to claim 9, wherein the IO processing step for said IO request further comprises a step of executing IO processing using a cache memory for storing a part of the data of said logical unit which each controller charge according to said IO request.
16. The storage control method according to claim 9, wherein said reception step further comprises a step of which one of the plurality of channel adapters for connecting said plurality of controllers receives the IO request from said host.