Author: claimsbot

1. A method comprising:
determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;
comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power; and
selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing,
where the method is performed by one or more computer processors of the mobile device.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection is performed in a process on the mobile device that acts as a server for multiple applications on the mobile device.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
providing the location selected by the process to at least one of the multiple applications.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first location is determined using transmitter identifying information received in the mobile device from multiple transmitters, and locations of the multiple transmitters.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second location is computed using a satellite-based positioning system receiver of the mobile device.
6. A non-transitory program carrier storing instructions operable to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:
determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;
comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power; and
selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing.
7. The non-transitory program carrier of claim 6, wherein the selection is performed in a process on the mobile device that acts as a server for multiple applications on the mobile device.
8. The non-transitory program carrier of claim 7, further comprising:
providing the location selected by the process to at least one of the multiple applications.
9. The non-transitory program carrier of claim 6, wherein the first location is determined using transmitter identifying information received in the mobile device from multiple transmitters, and locations of the multiple transmitters.
10. The non-transitory program carrier of claim 6, wherein the second location is computed using a satellite-based positioning system receiver of the mobile device.
11. A mobile device comprising:
one or more computer processors; and
a program carrier storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
determining an amount of power available to a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is configured to implement operations to determine a location of the mobile device based, in part, on the amount of power available to the mobile device, the operations to determine the location including receiving a first location of the mobile device based, in part, on a first amount of power available to the mobile device, and computing a second location of the mobile device based, in part, on a second amount of power available to the mobile device;

comparing the determined amount of power with the first amount of power and the second amount of power; and
selecting the first location received by the mobile device or the second location computed by the mobile device as the location of the mobile device based on a result of the comparing.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the selection is performed in a process on the mobile device that acts as a server for multiple applications on the mobile device.
13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:
providing the location selected by the process to at least one of the multiple applications.
14. The system of claim 11, wherein the first location is determined using transmitter identifying information received in the mobile device from multiple transmitters, and locations of the multiple transmitters.
15. The system of claim 11, wherein the second location is computed using a satellite-based positioning system receiver of the mobile device.

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. Battery sensor arrangement having a fastening device which can be connected directly to a pole of a motor vehicle battery, wherein the battery sensor (3, 4) and the fastening device are combined to an integrated structural unit, the fastening device is connected only to a single pole, the fastening device has a clamp (1, 2) conventional for battery connection cables in the motor vehicle, and the structural unit is adapted with respect to its size and shape to conventional battery pole troughs.
2. Battery sensor arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the battery sensor (3, 4) consists of a planar measuring shunt (3) and of an electronic unit (4), in that the measuring shunt (3) is further developed as a resistance element (11) with two resistance connections (10a, 10b) constructed as mechanical carriers, in that the electronic unit (4) is fastened to the resistance connections (10a, 10b), and in that the resistance element (11) is integrated in the electronic unit (4) in a circuit-related manner.
3. Battery sensor arrangement according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the battery sensor (3, 4) consists of a planar measuring shunt (3) and an electronic unit (4), in that the measuring shunt (3) is further developed as a resistance element (11) with two resistance connections (10a, 10b) constructed as mechanical carriers, in that the electronic unit (4) or the carrier board (12) of the electronic unit (4) is fastened to the planar resistance connections (10a, 10b) by means of an electrically conducting material (14).
4. Battery sensor arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the battery sensor (3, 4) is fastened by way of a first resistance connection (10a) in a conducting manner and is fastened by way of the second resistance connection (10b) in an insulating manner to the clamp body (1), and in that the connection cable for the motor vehicle supply assigned to a pole of a battery can be connected to the second resistance connection (10b).
5. Battery sensor arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the electronic unit (4) is connected with a temperature sensor (13; 13a; 13b) which is arranged in a heat-conducting manner on a resistance connection (10a, 10b) or directly on the clamp body (1).
6. Battery sensor arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the electronic unit (4) has a connector (16) to which at least one supply cable to the other pole of the battery can be connected.
7. Battery sensor arrangement according one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the electronic unit (4) has a connector (16) to which at least one communication line to other electronic equipment in the motor vehicle can be connected.
8. Battery sensor arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the electronic unit (4) has a measuring, analyzing andor control unit (20) which determines the battery voltage (Ubatt), the battery current, the battery temperature andor other battery indicator quantities.
9. Battery sensor arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that a resistance connection (10b) has an interruption which can be closed by way of a power switch (19), and in that the power switch (19) can be controlled by the measuring, analyzing andor control unit (20).

1. A plasma display comprising:
a pair of substrates;
at least a pair of electrodes provided between the pair of substrates;
a phosphor layer provided between the pair of electrodes; and
an anti-reflection layer provided on an outer side of one substrate of the pair of substrates,
wherein the one substrate has a light-transmitting property,
wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises a plurality of pyramidal projections,
wherein each side of a base of one of the plurality of pyramidal projections is in contact with one side of a base of another pyramidal projection, and
wherein a space among the plurality of pyramidal projections is filled with a protective layer having a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the plurality of pyramidal projections.
2. A plasma display according to claim 1,
wherein apexes of the plurality of pyramidal projections are arranged at an equal distance.
3. A plasma display according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of pyramidal projections has a hexagonal pyramidal shape.
4. The plasma display according to claim 2, wherein a distance between the apexes of the plurality of pyramidal projections is 350 nm or less and a height of the plurality of pyramidal projections is 800 nm or higher.
5. The plasma display according to claim 3, wherein a filling factor of bases of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections per unit area is 80% or more.
6. The plasma display according to claim 3,
wherein a first vertex of a hexagonal base of one of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections is in contact with a first vertex of a hexagonal base of an adjacent hexagonal pyramidal projection, and
wherein a second vertex of the hexagonal base of the one of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections is in contact with a second vertex of the hexagonal base of the adjacent hexagonal pyramidal projection.
7. A field emission display comprising:
a first substrate;
an electron-emission element over the first substrate;
a phosphor layer over the electron-emission element; and
an electrode over and in contact with the phosphor layer;
an anti-reflection layer provided over the second substrate,
wherein the second substrate has a light-transmitting property,
wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises a plurality of pyramidal projections,
wherein each side of a base of one of the plurality of pyramidal projections is in contact with one side of a base of another pyramidal projection, and
wherein a space among the plurality of pyramidal projections is filled with a protective layer having a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the plurality of pyramidal projections.
8. A field emission display according to claim 7,
wherein apexes of the plurality of pyramidal projections are arranged at an equal distance.
9. A field emission display according to claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of pyramidal projections has a hexagonal pyramidal shape.
10. The field emission display according to claim 8, wherein a distance between the apexes of the plurality of pyramidal projections is 350 nm or less and a height of the plurality of pyramidal projections is 800 nm or higher.
11. The field emission display according to claim 9, wherein a filling factor of bases of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections per unit area is 80% or more.
12. The plasma display according to claim 9,
wherein a first vertex of a hexagonal base of one of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections is in contact with a first vertex of a hexagonal base of an adjacent hexagonal pyramidal projection, and
wherein a second vertex of the hexagonal base of the one of the plurality of hexagonal pyramidal projections is in contact with a second vertex of the hexagonal base of the adjacent hexagonal pyramidal projection.

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 commutating auto zero amplifier system, comprising:
a first amplifier;
a second amplifier;
a switching arrangement which defines a two phase operation, with the first amplifier in an output mode providing an output and the second amplifier in a zeroing mode during each phase;
a capacitor arrangement for storing offset voltages; and
a buffer amplifier for coupling the output from the first amplifier in the output mode to an input of the second amplifier in the zeroing mode.
2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second amplifiers each have first and second differential inputs.
3. A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first differential inputs are connected by the switching arrangement to main differential inputs to the system.
4. A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second differential inputs are connected to opposite ends of an offset storage capacitor network.
5. A system as claimed in claim 2, wherein when one of the first and second amplifiers is in the zeroing mode, a single one of the main differential inputs to the system is provided to both input terminals of the first differential input.
6. A system as claimed in claim 5, wherein when one of the first and second amplifiers is in the zeroing mode, one of the input terminals of the second differential input is coupled to the output of that amplifier, and the other is coupled to the output from the amplifier in the output mode by the buffer amplifier, and an offset voltage is stored in the capacitor arrangement.
7. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the capacitor arrangement comprises a first pair of series capacitors associated with the first amplifier, and a second pair of series capacitors associated with the second amplifier, and wherein the junctions between capacitors of the first pair and the second pair are connected together.
8. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the switching arrangement comprises a plurality of switches each of which has a gate signal controlled by one of two phase control signals.
9. A system as claimed in claim 1, implemented as a CMOS IC.
10. A method of operating a commutating auto zero amplifier system, comprising:
in a first phase, using a first amplifier to provide an output, using a buffer amplifier to couple the output from the first amplifier to the input of a second amplifier, and zeroing the second amplifier by storing offset voltages in a capacitor arrangement; and
in a second phase, using the second amplifier to provide an output, using the buffer amplifier to couple the output from the second amplifier to the input of the first amplifier, and zeroing the first amplifier by storing offset voltages in the capacitor arrangement.
11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and second amplifiers each have first and second differential inputs.
12. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first differential inputs are connected by the switching arrangement to main differential inputs to the system.
13. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the second differential inputs are connected to opposite ends of an offset storage capacitor network.
14. A method as claimed in claim 11, wherein when one of the first and second amplifiers is in the zeroing mode, a single one of main differential inputs to the system is provided to both input terminals of the first differential input.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein when one of the first and second amplifiers is in the zeroing mode, one of the input terminals of the second differential input is coupled to the output of that amplifier in zeroing mode, and the other one of the input terminals of the second differential input is coupled to the output from the amplifier in the output mode by the buffer amplifier, and an offset voltage is stored in the capacitor arrangement.
16. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein controlling the system to switch between phases comprises controlling switches of a switching arrangement by one of two phase control signals.