Author: claimsbot

1. A computer-readable medium in which is recorded a document error inference processing program that caused a computer to perform processes, wherein said computer comprises a document data memory unit that memorizes a taxonomy schema in which an item element is defined with a tagged structured language, an instance document which includes a context in which an input value is stored in said item element defined in said taxonomy schema, a display link base which includes a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in display processing, and a calculation link base which includes a reference relationship and a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in arithmetic processing, the program caused the computer to perform:
a discrepancy detecting process that calculates an input value of said item element of said instance document based on said hierarchical structure of said calculation link base, compares said calculated value and an input value of said instance document corresponding to the item element of said calculated value, and detects a discrepancy between said calculated value and said input value; and
an error inference process that specifies a calculation tree structure of said calculation link base in which the item element of the calculated value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, specifies a display tree structure of said display link base in which the item element of the input value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, compares said item elements themselves set in each of said calculation tree structure and said display tree structure, and infers an excess or deficiency of an item element which is set only in either said calculation tree structure or said display tree structure and has an input value which is consistent with an absolute value of the difference between said input value and said calculated value as an error of said discrepancy if such an item element exists.
2. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein said error inference process causes said computer to perform a process that infers an element deficiency error of said calculation link base if an item element set in said display tree structure does not exist in said calculation tree structure and the difference calculated by subtracting said calculated value from said input value is consistent with an input value of an item element of said instance document which does not exist in said calculation tree structure.
3. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein said error inference process causes said computer to perform a process that infers an element excess error of said calculation link base if an item element set in said calculation tree structure does not exist in said display tree structure and the difference calculated by subtracting said calculated value from said input value is consistent with a value calculated by inverting a sign of an input value of an item element of said instance document which does not exist in said display tree structure.
4. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein when two or more contexts which should be composed of a same set of item elements are included in said instance document, if an item element set in said calculation tree structure is set in the first context and has an input value which is consistent with the difference calculated by subtracting said calculated value from said input value and the same item element having an input value which is equal to a value calculated by subtracting said calculated value from said input value and inverting a sign is not set in the second context, said error inference process makes said computer perform a process that infers a context error of said item element.
5. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1, wherein said program causes said computer to perform an error inference result output process that outputs information about an item element which is inferred as an error as an error inference result of said error inference process.
6. A document error inference processing device comprising:
a document data memory unit that memorizes a taxonomy schema in which an item element is defined as a tagged structured language, an instance document including a context in which an input value is stored in said item element defined in said taxonomy schema, a display link base including a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in display processing, and a calculation link base including a reference relationship and a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in arithmetic processing;
a discrepancy detecting process unit that calculates an input value of said item element of said instance document based on said hierarchical structure of said calculation link base, compares said calculated value and an input value of said instance document corresponding to the item element of said calculated value, and detects a discrepancy between said calculated value and said input value; and
an error inference process unit that specifies a calculation tree structure of said calculation link base in which the item element of the calculated value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, specifies a display tree structure of said display link base in which the item element of the input value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, compares said item elements themselves set in each of said calculation tree structure and said display tree structure, and infers an excess or deficiency of an item element which is set only in either said calculation tree structure or said display tree structure and has an input value which is consistent with an absolute value of the difference between said input value and said calculated value as an error of said discrepancy if such an item element exists.
7. A document error inference processing method performed by a computer comprising a document data memory unit that memorizes a taxonomy schema in which an item element is defined as a tagged structured language, an instance document including a context in which an input value is stored in said item element defined in said taxonomy schema, a display link base including a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in display processing, a calculation link base including a reference relationship and a hierarchical structure of said item elements of said instance document in arithmetic processing, the method comprising:
a discrepancy detecting process step of calculating an input value of said item element of said instance document based on said hierarchical structure in said calculation link base, comparing said calculated value and an input value of said instance document corresponding to the item element of said calculated value, and detecting a discrepancy between said calculated value and said input value; and
an error inference process step of specifying a calculation tree structure of said calculation link base in which the item element of the calculated value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, specifying a display tree structure of said display link base in which the item element of the input value in which said discrepancy is detected is set, comparing said item elements themselves set in each of said calculation tree structure and said display tree structure, and inferring an excess or deficiency of an item element which is set only in either said calculation tree structure or said display tree structure and has an input value which is consistent with an absolute value of the difference between said input value and said calculated value as an error of said discrepancy if such an item element exists.

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 amplifier for amplifying a signal, comprising:
an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground and operable to:
receive a signal; and
amplify the received signal; and

one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor, the one or more bias components operable to provide a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor, the one or more bias components comprising a control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground, the control modulator operable to:
receive a control signal; and
modulate the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal.
2. The amplifier of claim 1, wherein the one or more bias components are operable to provide the bias resistance for the amplifying transistor by:
decreasing a gate voltage in response to an increase in a drain current, the decrease in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the increase in the drain current; and
increasing the gate voltage in response to a decrease in the drain current, the increase in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the decrease in the drain current.
3. The amplifier of claim 1, further comprising a capacitor coupled in parallel with the control modulator and operable to reduce variation of the amplified signal.
4. The amplifier of claim 1, wherein the control modulator comprises a field effect transistor.
5. The amplifier of claim 1, wherein the one or more bias components further comprises a resistor coupled in series to the control modulator.
6. The amplifier of claim 1, wherein the control signal switches the modulating transistor with respect to the ground.
7. A method for amplifying a signal, comprising:
receiving a signal at an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground;
amplifying the received signal using the amplifying transistor;
providing a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor using one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor;
receiving a control signal at a control modulator of the one or more bias components, the control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground; and
modulating the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal using control modulator.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein providing the bias resistance for the amplifying transistor further comprises:
decreasing a gate voltage in response to an increase in a drain current, the decrease in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the increase in the drain current; and
increasing the gate voltage in response to a decrease in the drain current, the increase in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the decrease in the drain current.
9. The method of claim 7, further comprising reducing variation of the amplified signal using a capacitor coupled in parallel with the control modulator.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the control modulator comprises a field effect transistor.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more bias components further comprises a resistor coupled in series to the control modulator.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the control signal switches the modulating transistor with respect to the ground.
13. An amplifier for amplifying a signal, comprising:
an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground and operable to:
receive a signal; and
amplify the received signal;

one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor, the one or more bias components operable to provide a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor, the one or more bias components comprising a control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground, the control modulator operable to:
receive a control signal; and
modulate the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal; and

a capacitor coupled in parallel with the control modulator and operable to reduce variation of the amplified signal.
14. The amplifier of claim 13, wherein the one or more bias components are operable to provide the bias resistance for the amplifying transistor by:
decreasing a gate voltage in response to an increase in a drain current, the decrease in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the increase in the drain current; and
increasing the gate voltage in response to a decrease in the drain current, the increase in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the decrease in the drain current.
15. The amplifier of claim 13, wherein the control modulator comprises a field effect transistor.
16. The amplifier of claim 13, wherein the one or more bias components further comprises a resistor coupled in series to the control modulator.
17. The amplifier of claim 13, wherein the control signal switches the modulating transistor with respect to the ground.
18. A method for amplifying a signal, comprising:
receiving a signal at an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground;
amplifying the received signal using the amplifying transistor;
providing a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor using one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor;
receiving a control signal at a control modulator of the one or more bias components, the control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground;
modulating the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal using control modulator; and
reducing variation of the amplified signal using a capacitor coupled in parallel with the control modulator.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein providing the bias resistance for the amplifying transistor further comprises:
decreasing a gate voltage in response to an increase in a drain current, the decrease in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the increase in the drain current; and
increasing the gate voltage in response to a decrease in the drain current, the increase in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the decrease in the drain current.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the control modulator comprises a field effect transistor.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more bias components further comprises a resistor coupled in series to the control modulator.
22. The method of claim 18, wherein the control signal switches the modulating transistor with respect to the ground.
23. A system for amplifying a signal, comprising:
means for receiving a signal at an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground;
means for amplifying the received signal using the amplifying transistor;
means for providing a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor using one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor;
means for receiving a control signal at a control modulator of the one or more bias components, the control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground; and
means for modulating the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal using control modulator.
24. An amplifier for amplifying a signal, comprising:
an amplifying transistor coupled to a ground and operable to:
receive a signal; and
amplify the received signal;

one or more bias components coupled to the amplifying transistor, the one or more bias components operable to provide a bias resistance for the amplifying transistor by:
decreasing a gate voltage in response to an increase in a drain current, the decrease in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the increase in the drain current; and
increasing the gate voltage in response to a decrease in the drain current, the increase in the gate voltage operable to stabilize the decrease in the drain current;

the one or more bias components comprising:
a resistor coupled in series to the control modulator; and
a control modulator coupled in series between the amplifying transistor and the ground, the control modulator comprising a field effect transistor and operable to:
receive a control signal; and
modulate the amplifying transistor in response to the control signal, the control signal switching the modulating transistor with respect to the ground; and
a capacitor coupled in parallel with the control modulator and operable to reduce variation of the amplified signal.

1. A system facilitating receipt by a display device of a mapped visual path, comprising:
at least one processing device; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium bearing one or more instructions which, when executed on the at least one processing device, cause the at least one processing device to be configured to include at least:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device;
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images; and
circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path and the circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path are effected in at least one server.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, and the circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path are effected in the display device.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path at least partially associated with an image history taken from at least one of one or more public cameras or one or more private cameras.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path at least partially associated with connecting to a server operably couplable to a mobile device to wirelessly receive the one or more images.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for enabling a user of at least one of a fixed device or a mobile device to display the mapped visual path.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a GPS location as the identification of the user of the display mobile device.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including least a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of at least one starting or ending location as the location parameter.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area including one or more base map tiles related to at least one layout of one or more streets, the one or more images of a predefined area indicated at least partially based on at least some of the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters including at least stitching at least some images at least partially related to the predefined area.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters including at least stitching at least some images at least partially related to at least one location received as an input path parameter.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for displaying, by the display device, the mapped visual path.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for sequentially displaying the mapped visual path according to at least one time parameter.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one integration of an image history taken from at least one of one or more public cameras or one or more private cameras and the one or more input path parameters.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for connecting to a server operably couplable to a mobile device to wirelessly receive the one or more images.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, including at least receiving at least one identifier associated with at least one object on at least one of the one or more images, the at least one identifier indicative of at least one action to be taken with respect to the at least one object.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, including at least receiving at least one identifier associated with at least one object on at least one of the one or more images, the at least one identifier indicative of at least one action to be taken with respect to the object comprises:
circuitry for receiving the identifier, the identifier indicative of one or more of at least one of highlighting the object, removing the object, or altering the object.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, including at least receiving at least one identifier associated with at least one object on at least one of the one or more images, the at least one identifier indicative of at least one action to be taken with respect to the object comprises:
circuitry for receiving the identifier to enable matching the object to at least one of a person or a class of persons, the object acted upon according to an association with one or more of the person or the class of persons.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path being scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one of written directions or a map.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a type of stitching operation.
21. The system of claim 20, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a type of stitching operation comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a type of stitching operation including at least one of stitching together images taken from public cameras, images taken from private cameras, or images available via the Internet.
22. The system of claim 20, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a type of stitching operation comprises:
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one input path parameter indicative of a type of stitching operation including at least stitching together at least one of real-time images or non-real-time images.
23. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the integration including at least one image selected responsive to at least one transmitted input path parameter.
24. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images, the one or more images arranged by the one or more stitching operations for sequential display.
25. The system of claim 24, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images, the one or more images arranged by the one or more stitching operations for sequential display comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path including the one or more images arranged by the one or more stitching operations for sequential display via at least one scrolling operation, the mapped visual path being scrollable with respect to the predefined area.
26. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for determining whether the user of the display device is signed into at least one search engine service; and
circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one of an origin or a destination as at least one location parameter, at least one of a departure time or an arrival time as at least one time parameter, and at least one indication related to an account identifier associated with sign-in into the at least one search engine service as the identification of a user of the display device.
27. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving, at the display device, one or more tiles as the one or more images, the one or more tiles related to the request for the mapped visual path;
circuitry for stitching, by the display device using the one or more stitching operations, at least some of the one or more tiles to obtain at least one stitched image related to the predefined area; and
wherein circuitry for displaying the mapped visual path comprises:
circuitry for displaying at least a portion of the at least one stitched image related to the predefined area as the mapped visual path.
28. The system of claim 1, wherein the display device includes at least one of a device capable of only receiving and displaying data and images, a personal electronic assistant, a tablet personal computer, a laptop, a notebook computer, a mobile device, a cellular telephone, or a pager.
29. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for transmitting, via a communications network, a request for the mapped visual path through at least one of an amusement park or a city, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path.
30. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images, including at least superimposing at least one tile layer on top of at least one base map tile as the one or more stitching operations.
31. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device comprises:
circuitry for sensing, by a mobile device, at least one location of the mobile device at least partially based on at least one GPS sensor of the mobile device; and
circuitry for transmitting, by the mobile device, the request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least the at least one location as the location parameter, a time associated with at least one of leaving now, departing at, or arriving by as the time parameter, and a network address of the mobile device as the identification of the user of the mobile device.
32. The system of claim 1, wherein circuitry for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images comprises:
circuitry for receiving, by a mobile device, at least one indication of at least one route from at least one starting point to at least one destination and at least one indication of one or more base map tiles as the one or more images to stitch, the one or more base map tiles at least one of stored by the mobile device or received by the mobile device in association with receiving the at least one indication of at least one route.
33. A method for a display device to receive a mapped visual path, comprising:
transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device;
receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images; and
displaying the mapped visual path,
wherein at least one of the transmitting, receiving, or displaying is at least partially implemented using at least one processor.
34. A computer program product for facilitating receipt by a display device of a mapped visual path, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium including at least:
one or more instructions for transmitting a request for the mapped visual path, the request including at least one or more input path parameters associated with the mapped visual path, the one or more input path parameters including a location parameter, a time parameter, and an identification of a user of the display device;
one or more instructions for receiving the mapped visual path, the mapped visual path including at least one or more images of a predefined area related to the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path being an integration of the one or more images and the one or more input path parameters, the mapped visual path including at least one or more stitched images associated with one or more stitching operations performed on at least some of the one or more images; and
one or more instructions for displaying the mapped visual path.

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 magnetic head slider, comprising:
a positive-pressure generator disposed in a lateral direction of said slider, between a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein said positive-pressure generator includes a first flying surface and a second flying surface;
a first shallow-grooved surface disposed in the lateral direction of said slider, between said positive-pressure generator and the trailing edge, wherein said shallow-grooved surface includes a first side shallow-grooved surface and a second side shallow-grooved surface, both having a depth of d1 with respect to said positive-pressure generator;
a negative-pressure generator having a depth of d2 greater than depth d1 with respect to said positive-pressure generator, between the first flying surface and the second flying surface and between said first side shallow-grooved surface and said second shallow-grooved surface; and
a stepped section including a first stepped surface and a second stepped surface which are formed on said first flying surface and said second flying surface, respectively, and which are stepped away from said first flying surface and said second flying surface with height \u201ch\u201d with respect to the first flying surface and second flying surface;
wherein, an outer width W1 of said stepped section at the leading edge is greater than a width W2 between the stepped surfaces of said stepped section at the trailing edge.
2. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1, further comprising:
a first shallow-grooved intermediate surface stepped outwardly with height \u201ch\u201d with respect to said first side shallow-grooved surface, between said first flying surface and said first side shallow-grooved surface; and
a second shallow-grooved intermediate surface stepped outwardly with height \u201ch\u201d with respect to said second side shallow-grooved surface, between said second flying surface and said second side shallow-grooved surface.
3. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein said positive-pressure generator further includes a connection flying surface, via which said first flying surface and said second flying surface are connected to each other.
4. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second shallow-grooved section having a depth of d1 with respect to said positive-pressure generator, between the leading edge and said positive-pressure generator.
5. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1, further comprising:
a first pad and a second pad, both disposed in the lateral direction of said slider between the leading edge and said positive-pressure generator, wherein said pads are both in the same plane as that of said positive-pressure generator; and
a first pad stepped surface and a second pad stepped surface, formed on said first pad and said second pad, respectively, wherein said pad stepped surfaces both have height \u201ch\u201d with respect to said first pad and said second pad.
6. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein the height \u201ch\u201d is equal to or less than 50 nm.
7. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein the type of material constituting said stepped section includes carbon.
8. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein an end of said negative-pressure generator, at the leading edge, is positioned closer to the leading edge than said stepped section.
9. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein an end of said stepped section, at the trailing edge, is essentially parallel to the lateral direction of said slider.
10. The magnetic head slider according to claim 1 wherein said slider is 0.7 mm wide and 0.85 mm long, and is used in a magnetic disk drive whose disk diameter is equal to or less than 1.8 inches.