Author: claimsbot

1. A method of frequency hopping communication, comprising:
a receiver obtaining a frequency hopping sequence, the frequency hopping sequence defining a time sequence of reception through each of a plurality of frequency hopping bands; and
for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, the receiver estimating an interference level and assigning a band weight to the frequency hopping band based on the estimated interference level;
the receiver receiving a signal comprising symbols occupying the plurality of frequency hopping bands according to the frequency hopping sequence, and demodulating the symbols producing a stream of estimated bit values and corresponding bit value confidence levels; and
adjusting the bit value confidence levels of each of the estimated bit values according to the band weight of a corresponding frequency hopping band.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signal is a multi-carrier signal.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, comprises:
estimating interference associated with each sub-carrier of multi-carrier symbols transmitted through each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands;
estimating interference of each of the frequency hopping bands based on the estimated interference associated with each sub-carrier of the multi-carrier symbols.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the multi-carrier signal comprises multi-carrier symbols, and each multi-carrier symbol comprises modulated carrier tones spaced across a frequency hopping band.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the band weights adjust the bit value confidence levels of estimated bit values that correspond to the frequency hopping bands having an estimated interference level above a threshold to substantially zero.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level and assigning a band weight to the frequency hopping band based on the estimated interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, further comprises:
for each frequency hopping band, estimating a running percentage of time the estimated interference for the frequency hopping band is greater than the predetermined threshold; and
assigning the band weight for each frequency hopping band based on the running percentage of time.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level comprises:
measuring signal energy for each of the plurality of frequency bands.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level comprises:
scanning each of the plurality of frequency bands for a UWB signal intended for other receivers.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level and assigning a band weight to the frequency hopping band based on the estimated interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, further comprises:
for each frequency hopping band, estimating a running percentage of time the estimated interference for the frequency hopping band is less than the predetermined threshold; and
assigning the band weight for each frequency hopping band based on the running percentage of time.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising setting an automatic gain control (AGC) of the receiver for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands base at least in part on the estimated interference level of each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the setting the AGC comprises:
accounting for noise, signal and interference energy within frequency hopping transmission bands that have estimated interference levels below the predetermined threshold for greater than a predetermined percentage of time.
12. A method of communication, comprising:
a receiver receiving a signal with symbols in the presence of interference, wherein the interference is determined to have a repeating pattern over time;
the receiver estimating the repeating pattern of interference and assigning time weights corresponding to an estimated interference level during portions of the pattern in which the interference is above a threshold;
demodulating the symbols producing a stream of estimated bit values and corresponding bit value confidence levels; and
adjusting the bit value confidence levels according to the time weights.
13. A method of frequency hopping communication, comprising:
a receiver obtaining a frequency hopping sequence, the frequency hopping sequence defining a time sequence of reception through each of a plurality of frequency hopping bands; and
for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, the receiver estimating an interference level for the frequency hopping band;
the receiver receiving a signal comprising symbols occupying the plurality of frequency hopping bands according to the frequency hopping sequence;
demodulating the symbols producing a stream of estimated bit values and corresponding bit value confidence levels; and
adjusting the bit value confidence levels of each of the estimated bit values according to the estimated interference of a corresponding frequency hopping band.
14. he method of claim 13, wherein for frequency hopping bands having an estimated interference level above a threshold, the bit value confidence levels for estimated bit values corresponding to the frequency hopping bands are adjusted to substantially zero.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the signal is a multi-carrier signal.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, comprises:
estimating interference associated with each sub-carrier of multi-carrier symbols transmitted through each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands;
estimating interference of each of the frequency hopping bands based on the estimated interference associated with each sub-carrier of the multi-carrier symbols.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein the multi-carrier signal comprises multi-carrier symbols, and each multi-carrier symbol comprises modulated carrier tones spaced across a frequency hopping band.
18. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, further comprises:
for each frequency hopping band, estimating a running percentage of time the estimated interference for the frequency hopping band is greater than the predetermined threshold; and
estimating the interference level for each frequency hopping band based on the running percentage of time.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiver estimating an interference level for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands, further comprises:
for each frequency hopping band, estimating a running percentage of time the estimated interference for the frequency hopping band is less than the predetermined threshold; and
estimating the interference level for each frequency hopping band based on the running percentage of time.
20. The method of claim 13, further comprising setting an automatic gain control (AGC) of the receiver for each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands base at least in part on the estimated interference level of each of the plurality of frequency hopping bands.

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 image forming apparatus comprising:
a memory unit having a common storage area which temporarily stores data in an intermediate form between data in a form of page description language and data in a bitmap form, and the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form, and which includes a rasterization area used when the data in a bitmap form are generated based on the data in an intermediate form and temporarily stored therein;
a control unit which generates the data in a bitmap form based on the data in an intermediate form and temporarily stores in the rasterization area;
an image processing unit which executes image processing on the data in a bitmap form stored in the rasterization area by the control unit, and which stores the image-processing completed bitmap data in the storage area; and
a memory area control section which expands the rasterization area according to a used state of the rasterization area.
2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory area control section determines whether a usable area exists in the rasterization areas when generating the data in a bitmap form based on the data in an intermediate form, and expands the rasterization area according to a result of the determination.
3. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory area control section determines whether it is possible for the image processing unit to execute image processing on the data in a bitmap form, and expands the rasterization area according to a result of the determination.
4. The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory area control section releases, out of the expanded rasterization area, an expanded rasterization area portion in which the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form are not stored.
5. The image forming apparatus of claim 4,
wherein the storage area includes the rasterization area in advance, and
the memory area control section releases an expanded rasterization area portion when there exists, in the rasterization area included in advance, the rasterization area portion that does not store the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form.
6. The image forming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the memory area control section determines whether the image-processing executed data in a bitmap form can be stored in the storage area, and releases the expanded rasterization area according to a result of the determination.
7. The image forming apparatus of claim 1,
wherein the control unit includes a CPU to execute a computer program, and
the memory area control section is configured to be a part of the control unit as a function implemented with the computer program executed by the CPU.
8. An image forming method comprising:
a rasterization step to generate data in a bitmap form based on data in an intermediate form and to store the data in a bitmap form in a rasterization area of a memory unit, the memory unit having a common storage area which temporarily stores the data in an intermediate form between data in a form of page description language and data in a bitmap form, and the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form, and which includes a rasterization area used when the data in a bitmap form are generated based on the data in an intermediate form and temporarily stored therein;
an image processing step to execute image processing on the data in a bitmap form stored in the rasterization area in the rasterization step, and which stores the image-processing completed bitmap data in the storage area; and
a memory area control step to expand the rasterization area according to a used state of the rasterization area.
9. The image forming method of claim 8, wherein the memory area control step determines whether a usable area exists in the rasterization areas when generating the data in a bitmap form based on the data in an intermediate form, and expands the rasterization area according to a result of the determination.
10. The image forming method of claim 8, wherein the memory area control step determines whether it is possible for the image processing unit to execute image processing on the data in a bitmap form, and expands the rasterization area according to a result of the determination.
11. The image forming method of claim 8, wherein the memory area control step releases, out of the expanded rasterization area, an expanded rasterization area portion in which the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form are not stored.
12. The image forming method of claim 11, wherein the storage area includes the rasterization area in advance, and
the memory area control step releases an expanded rasterization area portion when there exists, in the rasterization area included in advance, the rasterization area portion that does not store the data in a bitmap form generated based on the data in an intermediate form.
13. The image forming method of claim 11, wherein the memory area control step determines whether the image-processing executed data in a bitmap form can be stored in the storage area, and releases the expanded rasterization area according to a result of the determination.

1. An electrolytic gas generation device for generating ozone gas consisting essentially of: an anode chamber in which the ozone gas and oxygen is generated; a cathode chamber in which hydrogen gas is generated; a solid electrolyte ion exchange film separating the anode chamber from the cathode chamber; a porous anode provided at a first side of the ion exchange film in the anode chamber; a porous cathode provided at an opposite side of the ion exchange film in the cathode chamber; a power source for imposing a potential difference between the porous anode and the porous cathode; a pure water supply source for supplying pure water to a mixer; a carbon dioxide supply source for supplying carbon dioxide to the mixer; and the mixer for mixing the pure water and the carbon dioxide to form carbonated water and supplying the carbonated water to the anode chamber.
2. An electrolytic gas generation device according to claim 1, wherein the mixing means in which the pure water is changed to carbonated water is such that pure water is introduced to one side of a film and carbon dioxide is introduced to an opposite side of the film, so that the carbon dioxide dissolves in the pure water via said film to change the pure water to carbonated water.
3. An electrolytic gas generation device according to claim 1, wherein the carbonated water contains carbon dioxide.

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 application jig comprising:
a first principal surface;
a second principal surface provided on an opposite side of the first principal surface; and
an opening section penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface and comprising:
a first opening section provided on the first principal surface side; and
a second opening section provided on the second principal surface side and having a substantially constant diameter from the second principal surface toward a boundary line between the first opening section and the second opening section, the first opening section having a diameter gradually decreasing from the first principal surface toward the boundary line.
2. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the second opening section has a thickness of about 1 to about 4 mm.
3. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein, among angles between a face defining the first opening section and a face spreading along the boundary line in a direction in parallel with the second principal surface, an angle formed inside the application jig is about 65\xb0 to about 85\xb0.
4. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.
5. The application jig according to claim 4,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, or a metal coated with fluororesin.
6. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein the application jig has a thickness of about 10 to about 20 mm.
7. The application jig according to claim 1,
wherein a face defining the second opening section has a groove running from the boundary line toward the second principal surface.
8. A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structured body, comprising:
providing an application jig comprising:
a first principal surface;
a second principal surface provided on an opposite side of the first principal surface; and
an opening section penetrating from the first principal surface to the second principal surface and comprising:
a first opening section provided on the first principal surface side; and
a second opening section provided on the second principal surface side and having a substantially constant diameter from the second principal surface toward a boundary line between the first opening section and the second opening section, the first opening section having a diameter gradually decreasing from the first principal surface toward the boundary line;
putting a sealing material paste on a peripheral surface of a pillar-shaped ceramic block;
setting the application jig in such a manner that the first principal surface faces upward and the second principal surface faces downward;
placing the ceramic block inside the second opening section of the application jig; and
passing the ceramic block through the opening section of the application jig so that a face defining the second opening section spreads an entire peripheral surface of the ceramic block with the sealing material paste to manufacture a honeycomb structured body with a peripheral sealing material layer formed on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block.
9. The method according to claim 8,
wherein, in the passing the ceramic block, the application jig with the first principal surface facing upward and the second principal surface facing downward is moved in an upward direction.
10. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner as to set a spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section constant.
11. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner as to set a spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section not constant.
12. The method according to claim 10,
wherein the spacing between the peripheral surface of the ceramic block and the face defining the second opening section of the application jig is about 0.40 to about 0.70 mm.
13. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is placed in a manner such that positions of a center of the ceramic block and a center of the opening section of the application jig are matched.
14. The method according to claim 13,
wherein a positioning jig is used to place the ceramic block, the positioning jig being capable of determining positions of the ceramic block and the application jig by matching the positions of the center of the ceramic block and the center of the opening section of the application jig.
15. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block is manufactured through manufacturing a rectangular pillar-shaped honeycomb fired body having a large number of cells for passing gas therethrough disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and a cell wall provided to separate the large number of cells, binding a plurality of the honeycomb fired bodies to manufacture a rectangular pillar-shaped honeycomb aggregated body, and grinding a peripheral surface of the honeycomb aggregated body; and
cells cut in the grinding are exposed on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block.
16. The method according to claim 8,
wherein the ceramic block comprises a single pillar-shaped honeycomb fired body including a large number of cells for passing gas therethrough disposed in parallel in a longitudinal direction and a cell wall provided to separate the large number of cells.
17. The method according to claim 8, comprising:
putting a first sealing material paste on the peripheral surface of the ceramic block;
spreading the entire peripheral surface of the ceramic block with the first sealing material paste;
drying the first sealing material paste until the first sealing material paste is solidified to form a first peripheral sealing material layer;
putting a second sealing material paste on the first peripheral sealing material layer;
spreading an entire first peripheral sealing material layer with the second sealing material paste; and
drying the second sealing material paste until the second sealing material paste is solidified to form a second peripheral sealing material layer.
18. The application jig according to claim 2,
wherein, among angles between a face defining the first opening section and a face spreading along the boundary line in a direction in parallel with the second principal surface, an angle formed inside the application jig is about 65\xb0 to about 85\xb0.
19. The application jig according to claim 2,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.
20. The application jig according to claim 3,
wherein the application jig is made of polyacetal, a fluororesin, polycarbonate, polypropylene, polyphenylene ether, polybutylene terephthalate, an acrylic resin, polyphenylene sulfide, or a metal coated with a resin.