Author: claimsbot

1. An electronic circuit system, comprising:
a track hold circuit module structured by forming track hold circuits capable of tracking and holding an analog value of an analog signal into a hierarchical tree structure; and
a control signal generation module which supplies respective operation control signals to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which the number of the track hold circuits in each of the hierarchies gradually increases as the hierarchy increases from a first hierarchy on an input side to which the analog signal is inputted towards a final hierarchy on a final output side.
2. The electronic circuit system as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the control signal generation module includes:
a first control function which controls the operation control signals in such a manner that each of the track hold circuits in each of the hierarchies operate at different frequencies; and
a second control function which controls the operation control signals in such a manner that each of the track hold circuits within the hierarchy operate in a time interleave manner.
3. The electronic circuit system as claimed in claim 2, wherein
the first control function has a functional content of controlling the operation control signals to decrease the frequencies in order as the hierarchy increases from the first hierarchy towards the final hierarchy.
4. The electronic circuit system as claimed in claim 3, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which there are at least two branched track hold circuits in the first hierarchy, and the number of the track hold circuits gradually increases in each of the hierarchies thereafter.
5. A track hold circuit module having a hierarchical tree structure formed by using track hold circuits capable of tracking and holding an analog value of an analog signal, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which the number of the track hold circuits in each of the hierarchies gradually increases as the hierarchy increases from a first hierarchy on an input side to which the analog signal is inputted towards a final hierarchy on a final output side.
6. The electronic circuit module as claimed in claim 5, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which there are at least two branched track hold circuits in the first hierarchy, and the number of the track hold circuits gradually increases in each of the hierarchies thereafter.
7. An electronic circuit operation control method for controlling an operation of each track hold circuit employed in an electronic circuit system which comprises a track hold circuit module structure by forming the track hold circuits capable of tracking and holding an analog value of an analog signal into a hierarchical tree structure, and a control signal generation module which supplies respective operation control signals to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure, the method comprising:
inputting the analog signal from a first hierarchy on an input side in the hierarchical tree structure;
controlling to set each frequency of respective operation control signals supplied to each of the track hold circuits for respectively operating each of the track hold circuits, the number of which changes gradually as the hierarchy increases towards a final hierarchy on a final output side of the hierarchical tree structure, at different frequencies in each of the hierarchies;
controlling to generate each of the operation control signals according to the number for operating each of the track hold circuits within the hierarchy in a time interleave manner; and
outputting each analog value from each output terminal of each of the track hold circuits of the final hierarchy of the hierarchical tree structure.
8. The electronic circuit operation control method as claimed in claim 7, wherein
when controlling to set each of the frequencies, the frequencies are set to be decreased in order as the hierarchy increases from the first hierarchy towards the final hierarchy.
9. The electronic circuit operation control method as claimed in claim 8, wherein:
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which there are at least two branched track hold circuits in the first hierarchy, and the number of the track hold circuits gradually increases in each of the hierarchies thereafter;
when controlling to set each of the frequencies, the frequencies are set according to the hierarchical tree structure, and the frequency is changed from a full rate also in the first hierarchy; and
when controlling to generate each of the operation control signals, the operation control signals are generated according to the hierarchical tree structure, and each of the operation control signals are generated for operating each of the track hold circuits in a time interleave manner also in the first hierarchy.
10. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing an electronic circuit operation control program for causing a computer, which constitutes a control signal generation module of an electronic circuit system which comprises a track hold circuit module structured by forming track hold circuits capable of tracking and holding an analog value of an analog signal into a hierarchical tree structure and the control signal generation module which supplies respective operation control signals to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure, to execute:
a first control function which controls to set each frequency of operation control signals supplied to each of the track hold circuits for respectively operating each of the track hold circuits, the number of which changes gradually as the hierarchy increases towards a final hierarchy on a final output side of the hierarchical tree structure, at different frequencies in each of the hierarchies; and
a second control function which controls to generate each of the operation control signals according to the number for operating each of the track hold circuits within the hierarchy in a time interleave manner.
11. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing the electronic circuit operation control program as claimed in claim 10, which causes the computer to execute a function which controls to set the frequencies to be decreased in order as the hierarchy increases from the first hierarchy towards the final hierarchy.
12. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing the electronic circuit operation control program as claimed in claim 11, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which there are at least two branched track hold circuits in the first hierarchy, and the number of the track hold circuits gradually increases in each of the hierarchies thereafter, the program causing the computer to execute:
a function which controls to set the frequencies according to the hierarchical tree structure, and to change the frequency from a full rate also in the first hierarchy; and
a function which controls to generate the operation control signals according to the hierarchical tree structure, and to generate each of the operation control signals for operating each of the track hold circuits in a time interleave manner also in the first hierarchy.
13. An electronic circuit system, comprising:
a track hold circuit module structured by forming track hold circuits capable of tracking and holding an analog value of an analog signal into a hierarchical tree structure; and
control signal generation means for supplying respective operation control signals to each of the track hold circuits in the hierarchical tree structure, wherein
the hierarchical tree structure is a structure in which the number of the track hold circuits in each of the hierarchies gradually increases as the hierarchy increases from a first hierarchy on an input side to which the analog signal is inputted towards a final hierarchy on a final output side.

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 apparatus comprising:
a compartment within a portable computing device, the compartment including an opening;
a fan found in the compartment positioned to rotate one or blades around an axis, wherein the one or more blades spin in a direction substantially towards an opening during at least one point during the spinning; and
a speaker included in the compartment configured to generate sound waves,
wherein the compartment has a shape that facilitates air flow out of the device away from the fan where both hot air and sound waves flow out of the portable device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a heat dissipating element configured to direct heat towards the fan, wherein the fan dissipates the heat through the opening.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the heat dissipating element, dissipating heat into the compartment, is located near the fan.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the compartment allows hot air to flow away from the heat dissipating element.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the opening is on a side surface of the compartment.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the compartment is used as a resonance chamber for the speaker.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the resonance path is extended through the fan into the compartment for lower frequency response.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the speaker is positioned between the fan and the opening.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the blades rotating around the axis perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface of the device.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the rotation of the one or more blades directs air flow towards the opening of the compartment.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the speaker moves up or down between the top surface and the bottom surface of the device.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the speaker is positioned out of the air flow.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the speaker is included as a part of the wall of the compartment.
14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus has substantially of length 4 inches, width 3 inches, and height \xbe inches.
15. A portable device comprising:
a compartment, the compartment including an opening;
a fan found in the compartment positioned to rotate one or blades around an axis, wherein the one or more blades spin in a direction substantially towards an opening during at least one point during the spinning; and
a speaker included in the compartment configured to generate sound waves,
wherein the compartment has a shape that facilitates air flow out of the device away from the fan where both hot air and sound waves flow out of the portable device.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the apparatus comprises a hand-held computer, laptop computer, personal computer, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular telephone, movie camera, movie player, mobile computer, andor pocket PC.
17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the portable device has substantially of length 4 inches, width 3 inches, and height \xbe inches.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein an axis of rotation of the fan is substantially perpendicular to a top and a bottom surface of the compartment.
19. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the diaphragm of speaker vibrates in a direction perpendicular to a top and a bottom surface of the compartment.
20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the air flows over the diaphragm of the speaker out through the opening.
21. The apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a heat dissipating element, the heat dissipating element for dissipating the heat from the portable computing device into the compartment.
22. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the heat dissipating element dissipates heat from a processor.
23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the heat dissipating element in the speaker-fan compartment is at least one of heat pipe, heat sink, and radiator.

1. An appliance for making coffee, tea and the like, comprising a housing (1) for a water reservoir (2), a filtering device (3) including a filter holder (4) and a lever (5) supported by the housing (1) and supporting the filter holder (4), and a strength control system (20) for obtaining and indicating a desired quantity ratio between a quantity of water in the water reservoir (2) and a quantity of substance, to be filtered, in the filter holder (4) and for exerting a force on the lever (5), the strength control system (20) comprising an automatic adjustment unit (22) for adjusting the desired quantity ratio between the quantity of water in the water reservoir (2) and the quantity of substance in the filter holder (4).
2. An appliance according to claim 1, wherein the automatic adjustment unit (22) comprises a resilient element (50a) having a first part (51) being connected to a portion of the lever (5) and being restricted in a second part (52) at a restriction position responsive to the quantity of water in the reservoir (2).
3. An appliance according to claim 2, wherein the resilient element (50a) is a leaf spring (50) having a loadable portion (53) of adjustable length, said length being adjustable by an adjusting portion (60) of a length control unit (61) included by the automatic adjustment unit (22).
4. An appliance according to claim 3, wherein the automatic adjustment unit (22) comprises a floatable body (54) for cooperation with a guided portion (62) of the length control unit (61), the guided portion (62) being coupled to the adjusting portion (60) of the length control unit (61), wherein the floatable body (54) has a position responsive to the quantity of water in the reservoir (2).
5. An appliance according to claim 4, wherein the guided portion (62) has a first guide face (63) and the floatable body (54) has a second guide face (64) corresponding to and cooperating with the first guide face (63) for slideable engagement of the floatable body (54) with the guided portion (62).
6. An appliance according to claim 1, including a strength indicating scale (10, 11, 12) for indicating the perceived strength of the brew, according to the ratio between the quantity of water and the quantity of substance to be filtered.
7. An appliance according to claim 1, wherein the filtering device (3) includes a movable element (6), responsive to water level in the water reservoir for exerting a further force to the lever (5).
8. An appliance according to claim 1, wherein the strength control system (20) comprises a further adjustment unit for obtaining a preset quantity ratio between the quantity of water in the water reservoir and the quantity of the substance in the filter holder, to be filtered and for exerting a force to the lever (5).

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 method applied on a display device having a display screen, the method comprising:
projecting an invisible light beam from a remote device towards the display screen to create an invisible light spot on a first substrate having an area that is at least 80% of the area of the display screen, wherein the invisible light beam with a spreading angle less than 20 degrees is generated from a light source on the remote device that is more than 0.1 meter away from the display screen overlaying a matrix of pixel elements;
measuring a position of the invisible light spot on the first substrate using a two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements constructed on the first substrate, the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements being arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein a photo-detecting element in the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements is electrically connected between a first conducting line in a first array of conducting lines and a second conducting line in a second array of conducting lines crossing the first array of conducting lines; and
transmitting to a computer digital signals specifying the position of the invisible light spot on the first substrate.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting an image from the computer to the display device, wherein the image having a cursor therein is constructed by the computer with the location of the cursor at least partially determined from the digital signals specifying the position; and
displaying on the display device the image received from the computer to have the cursor in the image displayed on the display screen at a position substantially close to the position on the display screen as pointed by the invisible light beam.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting an image from the computer to the display device, wherein the image having a mark therein is constructed by the computer with the location of the cursor at least partially determined from the digital signals specifying the position; and
displaying on the display device the image received from the computer to have the mark in the image displayed on the display screen at a position substantially close to the position on the display screen as pointed by the invisible light beam.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the matrix of pixel elements is also constructed on the first substrate.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the display device further comprises:
a second substrate having the matrix of pixel elements constructed thereon.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first substrate is substantially transparent to human eyes in visible light spectrum.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first substrate is sandwiched between two windows of a housing that is physically separated from the display device.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the first substrate is covered by a window that is physically separated from the display device.
9. The method of claim 5, wherein the remote device is a game gun.
10. A measuring device comprising:
a visually transparent substrate;
a two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements constructed on the visually transparent substrate, wherein a photo-detecting element comprises a photodetector, and the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements is arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, wherein a photo-detecting element in the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements is electrically connected between a first conducting line in a first array of conducting lines and a second conducting line in a second array of conducting lines crossing the first array of conducting lines;
electronic circuitry configured to measure a position of an invisible light spot on the transparent substrate using the matrix of photo-detecting elements; and
electronic circuitry including an interface port and configured to output signals specifying the position of the invisible light spot on the transparent substrate.
11. The measuring device of claim 10, further comprising:
a housing including two windows; and
wherein the transparent substrate is sandwiched between the two windows.
12. The measuring device of claim 10, wherein the transparent substrate is covered by a window.
13. The measuring device of claim 10, wherein the interface port includes any one of a USB port, a PS2 serial port, a wireless port, a Wi-Fi port, and a Bluetooth port.
14. The measuring device of claim 10, wherein the photo-detecting element comprises:
a photodetector having a first terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in the first array of conducting lines and having a second terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in the second array of conducting lines.
15. The measuring device of claim 10, wherein the photo-detecting element comprises:
a switching transistor having a gate electrically connected to a conducting line in the first array of conducting lines; and
a photodetector having a first terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in the second array of conducting lines though a semiconductor channel of the switching transistor.
16. The measuring device of claim 15, wherein the switching transistor is an organic switching transistor.
17. A display device comprising:
a display cover screen;
a first substrate that is visually transparent;
a two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements constructed on the first substrate, wherein a photo-detecting element comprises a photodetector, and the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements is arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns;
a second substrate;
a matrix of pixel elements constructed on the second substrate; and
wherein the first substrate is sandwiched between the display cover screen and the second substrate.
18. The television of claim 17, wherein a photo-detecting element in the two-dimensional matrix of photo-detecting elements is electrically connected between a first conducting line in a first array of conducting lines and a second conducting line in a second array of conducting lines crossing the first array of conducting lines.
19. The television of claim 17, wherein a photo-detecting element comprises:
a photodetector having a first terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in a first array of conducting lines and having a second terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in a second array of conducting lines.
20. The television of claim 17, wherein a photo-detecting element comprises:
a switching transistor having a gate electrically connected to a conducting line in a first array of conducting lines; and
a photodetector having a first terminal electrically connected to a conducting line in a second array of conducting lines though a semiconductor channel of the switching transistor.