Author: claimsbot

What is claimed is:

1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a semiconductor chip having a plurality of semiconductor elements and a plurality of external terminals formed in a main surface;
an elastic film formed over said main surface of said semiconductor chip, said elastic film having an edge surface which faces and is near said external terminals;
a plurality of leads formed over said elastic film, each of said leads having a first portion formed on said elastic film and a second portion electrically connected to a corresponding one of said external terminals;
an insulating tape formed over said elastic film and said plurality of leads, said insulating tape having an end surface which faces and is near said external terminals; and
a plurality of bump electrodes formed on said first portions of said leads, said bump electrodes being electrically connected to said external terminals via said leads,
wherein said elastic film and said insulating tape are formed in a continuous pattern with said plurality of leads, and
wherein said end surface of said insulating tape is protruded from said edge surface of said elastic film.
2. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said edge surface of said elastic film is extended in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of said plurality of leads.
3. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said external terminals are arranged in a substantially straight-line direction at a central portion of said semiconductor chip.
4. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein said bump electrodes are disposed at a region inward to the outer circumference of said semiconductor chip.
5. A semiconductor device according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of leads is bent at said end surface of said insulating tape.

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 display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed; and
a change unit that changes a number of the pixel groups into which the pixel electrodes are divided when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the frame display operations.
2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.
4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the predetermined condition is related to an elapsed time from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the predetermined condition is related to a number of frames displayed from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
6. A display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed;
a ratio setting unit that sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed; and
a ratio change unit that changes the ratio of the number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to the total number of frames to be displayed when a predetermined condition is satisfied during the frame display operations.
7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein
the predetermined condition is related to an elapsed time from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein
the predetermined condition is related to a number of frames displayed from a time the frame display operations are started by the control unit.
9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.
11. A display apparatus comprising:
two opposing substrates;
an electrophoretic element arranged between the substrates;
a plurality of pixel electrodes that are arranged on one of the substrates and are divided into a plurality of pixel groups including at least a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
a common electrode that is arranged on the other one of the substrates;
a control unit that controls frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls the first pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying a frame and then controls the second pixel group to start frame display operations for displaying another frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group are completed; and
an operations unit that is operated to input an operations command signal,
wherein the pixel groups are initially controlled to display a first frame and the control unit controls the first pixel group to switch from displaying the first frame to displaying a second frame, and then controls the second pixel group to switch from displaying the first frame to displaying a third frame before the frame display operations of the first pixel group for displaying the second frame are completed, and
wherein when a frame display switching end command signal is input via the operations unit, the control unit controls the pixel groups to display a previously displayed frame that is displayed before a current frame displayed at the time said display switching end command signal is input.
12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein
the control unit determines a number of frames to be tracked back from the current frame to display the previously displayed frame based on a number of the pixel groups into which the pixel electrodes are divided.
13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, wherein
the control unit determines a number of frames to be tracked back from the current frame to display the previously displayed frame based on a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed.
14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:
a setting unit that sets information for controlling the frame display operations of the pixel groups,
wherein the control unit controls display data of a predetermined frame to be output to the pixel electrodes based on the information set by the setting unit.
15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11,
wherein the setting unit sets a ratio of a number of frames to be displayed by each of the pixel groups to a total number of frames to be displayed, and
wherein the control unit controls the frame display operations of the pixel groups based on the ratio set by the setting unit.

1. A discovery method of a hardware network node in a distributed network, comprising:
determining a discovery back-off time that is a transmission wait time of a discovery message based on levels of priority of the hardware network node; and transmitting the discovery message using the discovery back-off time;
wherein the determining of the discovery back-off time further comprises:
calculating an increment of the back-off time in accordance with the number of levels of the priority assigned to the network,
calculating a range of the back-off time using the increment of the back-off time and the levels of the priority of the hardware network node, and
randomly determining the discovery back-off time within the range of the back-off time;
wherein, in the calculating of the range of the back-off time, the range of the back-off time is determined between a lower limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by (n\u22121) and an upper limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by n, when the number of levels of the priority is n.
2. The discovery method according to claim 1, wherein, in the calculating of the increment of the back-off time, the increment of the back-off time is calculated by dividing a difference between a maximum back-off time and a minimum back-off time by the number of levels of the priority.
3. The discovery method according to claim 1, wherein a default random back-off time set in advance is determined as the discovery back-off time when the levels of the priority of the network node are absent.
4. The discovery method according to claim 1, further comprising: requesting the levels of the priority of the network node from an application layer.
5. The discovery method according to claim 1, wherein, in the transmitting of the discovery message, the discovery message is transmitted repeatedly during the discovery back-off time.
6. The discovery method according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from another network node, a discovery message transmitted using a discovery back-off time of the other network node determined based on levels of priority of the other network node to thereby discover the other network node.
7. The discovery method according to claim 1, wherein the determining of the discovery back-off time is performed during a participant discovery process accompanying start of a bootstrap of the network node.
8. The discovery method according to claim 1, wherein the levels of the priority are determined using at least one of a plurality of QoS types generated in a DCPS layer.
9. A hardware network node which operates in a distributed network, comprising: a discovery performing unit that determines a discovery back-off time that is a transmission wait time of a discovery message based on levels of priority of the network node; and a communication unit that transmits the discovery message using the discovery back-off time;
wherein the discovery performing unit
calculates an increment of the back-off time in accordance with the number of levels of the priority assigned to the network,
calculates a range of the back-off time using the increment of the back-off time and the levels of the priority of the hardware network node, and
randomly determines the discovery back-off time within the range of the back-off time:
wherein the discovery performing unit determines the range of the back-off time between a lower limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by (n\u22121) and an upper limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by n, when the number of levels of the priority is n.
10. The network node according to claim 9, wherein the discovery performing unit calculates the increment of the back-off time by dividing a difference between a maximum back-off time and a minimum back-off time by the number of levels of the priority.
11. The network node according to claim 9, wherein the discovery performing unit determines a default random back-off time set in advance as the discovery back-off time, when the levels of the priority of the network node are absent.
12. The network node according to claim 9, wherein the communication unit repeatedly transmits the discovery message during the discovery back-off time.
13. The network node according to claim 9, wherein the communication unit receives, from another network node, a discovery message transmitted using a discovery back-off time of the other network node determined based on levels of priority of the other network node.
14. A method of determining a discovery back-off time of a hardware network node in a distributed network, the method comprising:
calculating a range of the back-off time using levels of priority of the network node; and randomly determining the discovery back-off time within the range of the back-off time;
wherein the calculating of the range of the back-off time further includes calculating an increment of the back-off time in accordance with the number of levels of the priority assigned to the network, and the range of the back-off time is calculated using the increment of the back-off time and the levels of the priority of the hardware network node.
wherein, in the calculating of the range of the back-off time, the range of the back-off time is determined between a lower limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by (n\u22121) and an upper limit value obtained by multiplying the increment of the back-off time by n, when the number of levels of the priority is n.

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:
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to
(a) receive values for a plurality of physiological characteristics of a patient;
(b) compare the received values to a complex alert rule associated with a medical condition, wherein the complex alert rule comprises a plurality of alert rules, wherein each alert rule comprises an indicator of a physiological characteristic of a patient associated with the alert rule and a condition priority associated with an urgency of the alert rule, and further wherein the complex alert rule comprises a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule includes a plurality of rules wherein each rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for each value of the condition priority;
(c) determine a number of alert rules of the plurality of alert rules that are satisfied for each condition priority of the complex alert rule based on the comparison; and
(d) generate a complex alert if the determined number of alert rules for a condition priority satisfies the trigger rule of the complex alert rule.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising repeating (b)-(d) for a plurality of complex alert rules.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of complex alert rules is associated with a different medical condition.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the trigger rule is the same for each of the plurality of complex alert rules.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein a rule of the plurality of rules of the trigger rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for a single value of the condition priority.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein a rule of the plurality of rules of the trigger rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for a plurality of values of the condition priority.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the alert rule further comprises an alert value wherein a received value of the received values is compared to the alert value based on the indicator of the physiological characteristic to determine if the alert rule is satisfied.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the alert value includes a maximum value wherein the alert rule is satisfied if the received value is above the maximum value.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the alert value includes a minimum value wherein the alert rule is satisfied if the received value is below the minimum value.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein the alert value includes a minimum value wherein the alert rule is satisfied if the received value is below the minimum value.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein a received value of the received values is compared to the indicator of the physiological characteristic to determine if the alert rule is satisfied.
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-readable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause the computing device to:
(a) receive values of a plurality of physiological characteristics of a patient;
(b) compare the received values to a complex alert rule associated with a medical condition, wherein the complex alert rule comprises a plurality of alert rules, wherein each alert rule comprises an indicator of a physiological characteristic of a patient associated with the alert rule and a condition priority associated with an urgency of the alert rule, and further wherein the complex alert rule comprises a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule includes a plurality of rules wherein each rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for each value of the condition priority;
(c) determine a number of alert rules of the plurality of alert rules that are satisfied for each condition priority of the complex alert rule based on the comparison; and
(d) generate a complex alert if the determined number of alert rules for a condition priority satisfies the trigger rule of the complex alert rule.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising repeating (b)-(d) for a plurality of complex alert rules.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the trigger rule is the same for each of the plurality of complex alert rules.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein a rule of the plurality of rules of the trigger rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for a single value of the condition priority.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein a rule of the plurality of rules of the trigger rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for a plurality of values of the condition priority.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the alert rule further comprises an alert value wherein a received value of the received values is compared to the alert value based on the indicator of the physiological characteristic to determine if the alert rule is satisfied.
18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the alert value includes a maximum value wherein the alert rule is satisfied if the received value is above the maximum value.
19. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein a received value of the received values is compared to the indicator of the physiological characteristic to determine if the alert rule is satisfied.
20. A method of generating a complex alert, the method comprising:
(a) receiving values of a plurality of physiological characteristics of a patient;
(b) comparing, by a processor of a computing device, the received values to a complex alert rule associated with a medical condition, wherein the complex alert rule comprises a plurality of alert rules, wherein each alert rule comprises an indicator of a physiological characteristic of a patient associated with the alert rule and a condition priority associated with an urgency of the alert rule, and further wherein the complex alert rule comprises a trigger rule, wherein the trigger rule includes a plurality of rules wherein each rule includes a number of satisfied alert rules for each value of the condition priority;
(c) determining, by a processor of a computing device, a number of alert rules of the plurality of alert rules that are satisfied for each condition priority of the complex alert rule based on the comparison; and
(d) generating, by a processor of a computing device, a complex alert if the determined number of alert rules for a condition priority satisfies the trigger rule of the complex alert rule.