Author: claimsbot

1. A folder type mobile radio apparatus comprising:
a first antenna element provided in a first casing;
a second casing pivotably connected to the first casing through a hinge portion;
a circuit board having a ground pattern provided in an end side, which is near the hinge portion, of the second casing;
a second antenna element provided in another end side, which is opposite to the hinge portion, of the second casing;
a first feed unit which feeds the first antenna element from a radio circuit on the circuit board;
a second feed unit which feeds the second antenna element from the radio circuit on the circuit board; and
a switching unit which selects one of the first feed means unit and the second feed unit,
wherein the first antenna element and the ground pattern on the circuit board operate as a dipole antenna when the first feed unit is selected, and
wherein the second antenna element and the ground pattern on the circuit board operate as a dipole antenna when the second feed unit is selected.
2. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the ground pattern on the circuit board is disposed in a hinge portion side of the second casing with substantially a half area of the second casing,
wherein the second antenna element is disposed in an opposite side from the hinge portion of the second casing with substantially a half area of the second casing, and
wherein the second antenna element is spaced from the ground pattern on the circuit board with a predetermined interval, and electrically connected to the second feed unit on the circuit board.
3. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the hinge portion includes a first hinge portion and a second hinge portion comprising conductive metal, and a connecting portion for electrically connecting and pivotably supporting the first hinge portion and the second hinge portion,
wherein the first hinge portion is provided in the first casing, and electrically connected to an end of the first antenna element,
wherein the second hinge portion is provided in the second casing, spaced from the ground pattern on the circuit board with a predetermined interval, and electrically connected to the first feed unit on the circuit board, and
wherein the first antenna element, the hinge portion, and the ground pattern on the circuit board operate as a dipole antenna when the first feed unit is selected.
4. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second antenna element comprises a copper foil pattern on the circuit board.
5. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, in the second casing, an inductance element is inserted into a circuit for connecting an electronic circuit provided in a circuit board side to an electronic circuit provided in a second antenna element side, and
wherein the inductance element is arranged in an interval between the ground pattern on the circuit board and the second antenna.
6. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a foldingunfolding unit which detects a foldedunfolded condition of the first casing and the second casing,
wherein the switching means unit is controlled based on a detection result from the foldingunfolding detection unit,
wherein the first feed unit is selected when the first casing and the second casing are unfolded, and
wherein the second feed unit is selected when the first casing and the second casing are folded.
7. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a holding position detection unit which detects a positional relation between the second casing and a user’s hand holding the mobile radio apparatus,
wherein the switching unit is controlled based on a detection result from the holding position detection unit,
wherein the first feed unit is selected when the second antenna element side is held by a hand, and
wherein the second feed unit is selected when the hinge portion side is held by a hand.
8. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a foldingunfolding unit which detects a foldedunfolded condition of the first casing and the second casing,
wherein the switching unit is controlled based on a detection result from the foldingunfolding detection unit, and
wherein one of the first feed unit and the second feed unit is forcibly selected when the first casing and the second casing are folded.
9. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising one of an optical sensor, a temperature sensor, or an electrostatic sensor as the holding position detection unit.
10. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a feed unit having higher transmission quality is selected by comparing transmission quality in a case in which the first feed unit is selected with a case in which the second feed unit is selected as a method of controlling the switching unit.
11. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 10, wherein a feed unit having a higher received electric field intensity is selected by comparing a received electric field intensity in a case in which the first feed unit is selected with a case in which the second feed unit is selected as a method of controlling the switching unit.
12. The folder type mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a dividing unit which divides electric power to feed the first feed unit and the second feed unit.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

I claim:

1. A disposable garment protector comprising:
a) a protector support adapted to support the garment protector from the neck of a user;
b) a protector cover having a front surface and a back surface, a first side and a second side, a first and a second end and supported at its first end by the protector support in a position covering a front portion of the chest and stomach of the user; and,
c) a pouch positioned on the second end of the protector cover, the pouch having a top end and a bottom end, a front and a back and being formed to fold to one of a first closed position for storage and a second opened position having its top end opened and positioned to collect particulates and liquids moving downwardly along the front surface of the protector cover.
2. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the protector support comprises a strap having a first end and a second end and positioned to extend from the first end of the strap joined to the first side of the first end of the protector cover around the back of the neck of the user to the second end of the strip joined to the second side of the protector cover.
3. The garment protector of claim 2 wherein the strap includes at least one tearable perforation which when torn permits a quick removal of the protector from the neck of the user.
4. The garment protector of claim 2 wherein the strap includes at least one tearable perforation and at least one adhesive section positioned on the strap so that when the tearable perforation is torn, a first strap tear end including the adhesive section and a second strap tear end are produced so that the second strap tear end is joinable to the adhesive section on the first strap tear end to change the length of the strap.
5. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the protector support comprises two strap sections, a first strap section having its first end joined to the first side of the first end of the protector cover and a second end and a second strap section having a first end and having its first end joined to the second side of the first end of the protector cover with a second end portion of the first strap section and a first end portion of the second strap section being joinable to form the strap.
6. The garment protector of claim 5 wherein the strap includes at least one tearable perforation which when torn permits removal of the protector from the his neck of the user.
7. The garment protector of claim 5 wherein each strap section includes at least one tearable perforation and an adhesive section positioned on the strap section so that when the tearable perforation is torn, a first strap section tear end including the adhesive section and a second strap section tear end are produced so that the second strap section tear end is joinable to the adhesive section on the first strap section tear end to change the length of the strap section.
8. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the protector cover includes at least two creases positioned below the first end of the protector cover and above the top of the pouch end extending substantially across the protector cover and positioned so that when the creases are bent the protector cover is retained in a shortened position and when the creases are straightened the protector cover is in a lengthened position.
9. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the pouch is formed by positioning a plurality of folds in the sides of the pouch so that the pouch is foldable to a closed position with its bottom generally parallel to the front of the protector cover.
10. The garment protector of claim 9 wherein the pouch also includes at least one fold across the front of the pouch.
11. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein a covered adhesive section is positioned inside and near the top of the front of the pouch so that when an adhesive cover is removed, the front and the back of the protector cover may be adhesively joined near the top of the pouch.
12. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the protector support includes a covered adhesive positioned so that when an adhesive cover is removed the pouch may be closed, the protector cover and the protector support may be rolled around the pouch and retained in position by adhesively joining the protector support to the back of the protector cover.
13. The garment protector cover of claim 1 wherein the protector cover comprises a soft, absorbent material on its front side and a liquid repellant material bonded to the soft absorbent material positioned on the back of the soft absorbent material on a lower portion of the protector cover to form the back of the protector cover in the lower portion.
14. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein the pouch includes at least one inner pouch.
15. The garment protector of claim 14 wherein at least one inner pouch is seperately openable to its open position in the pouch.
16. The garment protector of claim 1 wherein a removable center section of the protector support is useable as at least one of a napkin, a game sheet, an advertising display and a decorative display.
17. A convertible food bag, the food bag being convertible into a disposable garment protector comprising: a food bag having a front and a back, a first side and a second side, a top and a bottom, a disposable garment protector support adapted to support a disposable garment protector from the neck of a user, a pouch formed by a lower portion of the bag and having a top and a bottom end, a front and a back and being formed to fold to one of a closed position for storage and a second opened position having its top open end open and a tearable perforation or a cut across the front, first side and second side of the bag so that the bag above the top of the pouch is foldable to a closed position to form a protector cover having a front surface and a back surface, a first side and a second side, a first and a second end and supported at its first end by the protector support in a position covering a front portion of the chest and stomach of the user.
18. The convertible food bag of claim 17 wherein the disposable garment protector support is foldable to a position generally parallel to and generally next to the back of the food bag during use of the food bag as a food bag.
19. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein the protector support comprises a strap having a first end and a second end and positioned to extend from the first end of the strap joined to the first side of the first end of the protector cover around the back of the neck of the user to the second end of the strap joined to the second side of the protector cover.
20. The convertible food bag of claim 19 wherein the strap includes at least one tearable perforation which when torn permits removal of the protector from the neck of the user.
21. The protector of claim 19 wherein the strap includes at least one tearable perforation and at least one adhesive section positioned on the strap so that when the tearable perforation is torn, a first strap tear end including the adhesive section and a second strap tear end are produced so that the second strap tear end is joinable to the adhesive section on the first strap tear end to change the length of the strap
22. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein the disposable garment protector support comprises two strap sections, a first strap section having its first end joined to the first side of the first end of the protector cover and a second end and a second strap section having a first end and having its first end joined to the second side of the first end of the protector cover with a second end portion of the first strap section and a first end portion of the second strap section being joinable to form the strap.
23. The convertible food bag of claim 22 wherein each strap section includes at least one tearable perforation and an adhesive section positioned on the strap section so that when the tearable perforation is torn, a first strap section tear end including the adhesive section and a second strap section tear end are produced so that the second strap section tear end is joinable to the adhesive section on the first strap section tear end to change the length of the strap section.
24. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein the pouch is formed by positioning a plurality of folds in the sides of the pouch so that the pouch is foldable to a closed position with its bottom generally parallel to the front of the protector cover.
25. The convertible food bag of claim 24 wherein the pouch also includes at least one fold across the front of the pouch.
26. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein a covered adhesive section is positioned inside and near the top of the front of the pouch so that when an adhesive cover is removed the front and the back of the protector cover may be adhesively joined near the top of the pouch.
27. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein the protector support includes a covered adhesive positioned so that when an adhesive cover is removed the pouch may be closed, the protector cover and the protector support may be rolled around the pouch and retained in position by adhesively joining the protector support to the back of the protector cover.
28. The convertible food bag of claim 18 wherein the protector cover comprises a soft, absorbent material on the front side of the bag and a liquid repellant material bonded to at least a lower portion of the back of the bag on the back of the soft absorbent material to form the back of the protector cover.
29. The convertible food bag of claim 17 wherein the pouch includes at least one inner pouch.
30. The convertible food bag of claim 29 wherein at least one inner pouch is seperatly openable to its open position in the pouch.
31. The convertible food bag of claim 17 wherein a removeable center section of the protector support is useable as at least one of a napkin, a game sheet, an advertising display and a decorative display.
32. The convertible food bag of claim 17 wherein a tab is positioned on the top of the back of the food bag and adapted to retain the bag above the top of the pouch in its closed position.
33. The convertible food bag of claim 17 wherein the tab is adapted to matingly engage a slit near the top of the front of the food bag.

1. A laser transmitter, comprising:
an input stage receiving a first pair of differential signals and generating a second pair of differential signals with a steady voltage swing in response to the first pair of differential signals;
a control circuit outputting a digital control signal;
a limiting amplifier, comprising:
a first variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to a rail;
a second variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the first variable resistor;
a third variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first variable resistor, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors has a control terminal couple to receive the digital control signal;
a differential pair comprising:
a first bipolar transistor having:
a collector coupled to an output terminal of the second variable resistor;
a base coupled to receive a first signal from the second pair of differential signals;

a second bipolar transistor having:
a collector coupled to an output terminal of the third variable resistor;
a base coupled to receive a second signal from the second pair of differential signals;
a first current source having:
an input terminal coupled to the collector of the first bipolar transistor;

a second current source having:
an input terminal coupled to the collector of the second bipolar transistor;
wherein output terminals of the first and the second current sources output a third pair of differential signals having (a) an improved rise and fall time over the second pair of differential signals and (b) an amplitude characteristic prescribed by the digital control signal;
a laser driver receiving the third pair of differential signals and generating a drive signal in response to the third pair of differential signals; and
a light source receiving the drive signal and generating a light in response to the drive signal.
2. The laser transmitter of claim 1, wherein the digital control signal sets a common-mode of the third pair of differential signals.
3. The laser transmitter of claim 1, wherein the digital control signal sets a peak amplitude of the third pair of differential signals.
4. The laser transmitter of claim 1, wherein the control circuit comprises a register storing and outputting the digital control signal to the limiting amplifier.
5. The laser transmitter of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors comprises a voltage controlled resistor.
6. The laser transmitter of claim 1, further comprising:
a programmable current source having an input terminal coupled to emitters of the first and the second bipolar transistors;
wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors and the programmable current source has a control terminal coupled to receive the digital control signal.
7. A laser transmitter, comprising:
an input stage receiving a first pair of differential signals and generating a second pair of differential signals with a steady voltage swing in response to the first pair of differential signals;
a control circuit outputting an analog control signal;
a limiting amplifier, comprising:
a first variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to a rail;
a second variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to an output terminal of the first variable resistor;
a third variable resistor having an input terminal coupled to the output terminal of the first variable resistor, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors has a control terminal coupled to receive the analog control signal;
a differential pair comprising:
a first bipolar transistor having:
a collector coupled to an output terminal of the second variable resistor;
a base coupled to receive a first signal from the second pair of differential signals;

a second bipolar transistor having:
a collector coupled to an output terminal of the third variable resistor;
a base coupled to receive a second signal from the second pair of differential signals;
a first current source having:
an input terminal coupled to the collector of the first bipolar transistor;

a second current source having:
an input terminal coupled to the collector of the second bipolar transistor;
wherein output terminals of the first and the second current sources output a third pair of differential signals having (a) an improved rise and fall time over the second pair of differential signals and (b) an amplitude characteristic prescribed by the analog control signal;
a laser driver receiving the third pair of differential signals and generating a drive signal in response to the third pair of differential signals; and
a light source receiving the drive signal and generating a light in response to the drive signal.
8. The laser transmitter of claim 7, wherein the control circuit comprises:
a register storing a digital control signal;
a digital-to-analog convener (DAC) receiving the digital control signal and generating the analog control signal to the limiting amplifier.
9. The laser transmitter of claim 7, wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors comprises a voltage controlled resistor.
10. The laser transmitter of claim 7, further comprising:
a programmable current source having an input terminal coupled to emitters of the first and the second bipolar transistors;
wherein at least one of the first, the second, and the third variable resistors and the programmable current source has a control terminal coupled to receive the analog control signal.

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 computer-implemented method for multi-objective investment portfolio analysis and decision-making using visualization techniques the method sequentially comprising:
generating in a computing system on a processor a non-dominated solution set comprising an efficient frontier in an original portfolio performance space having at least three-dimensions of risk and return measures, each point in the original portfolio performance space representing a non-dominated solution, the non-dominated solution set generated using one of an evolutionary algorithm and optimization processing;
imposing in the computing system on the processor a sequence of user-specified constraints in either the original portfolio performance space or a portfolio configuration space containing portfolio allocations to reduce the non-dominated solutions in the non-dominated solution set to an initial solution subset, each solution in the initial solution subset representing a portfolio allocation;
executing in the computing system on the processor a sequence of Pareto filters in a user-specified order on regions of a lower dimensional portfolio performance space containing a lower dimensional projection of one of the non-dominated solution set and the initial solution subset to produce a resulting solution subset having a fewer number of points than the initial solution subset; and
applying preferences on the resulting solution subset to produce a final selection, the final selection being used in investment decisions.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-specified constraints is defined by limits on performance metrics.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performance metrics include risk and return.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-specified constraints include imposing a lower limit on return and an upper limit on risk.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-specified constraints include imposing a first range on return and a second range on risk.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the preferences are represented by relative weights on performance metrics.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the preferences are represented by relative weights on performance configuration metrics.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein after the imposing step, the method further includes:
applying portfolio configuration metrics based on a plurality of asset allocations in a portfolio; and
comparing portfolio configuration metrics between a plurality of portfolios.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the comparing step includes determining a required transaction to transform the plurality of asset allocations in a currently existing portfolio to a plurality of asset allocations in each of the portfolios in the resulting solution subset.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-specified constraints are one of independent and dependent constraints.
11. A system for multi-objective investment portfolio analysis and decision-making using visualization techniques, the system comprising:
a solution set generation portion utilizing a processor of a computing device to generate a non-dominated solution set comprising an efficient frontier in an original portfolio performance space having at least three-dimensions of risk and return measures, each point in the original portfolio performance space representing a non-dominated solution, the non-dominated solution set generated using one of an evolutionary algorithm and optimization processing;
an initial constraint portion utilizing the processor of the computing device to impose a sequence of user-specified constraints in either the original portfolio performance space or a portfolio configuration space containing portfolio allocations to reduce the non-dominated solutions in the non-dominated solution set to an initial solution subset, each solution in the initial solution subset representing a portfolio allocation; and
a trade-off processing potion utilizing the processor of the computing device to execute a sequence of Pareto filters in a user-specified order on regions of a lower dimensional portfolio performance space containing a lower dimensional projection of one of the non-dominated solution set and the initial solution subset to produce a resulting solution subset having a fewer number of points than the initial solution subset, the trade-off processing portion applying additional user-specific constraints to the resulting solution subset to produce a final selection, the final selection being used in investment decisions.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein the additional user-specific constraints are based on structure metrics.
13. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for multi-objective investment portfolio analysis and decision-making using visualization techniques, the method steps comprising:
generating a non-dominated solution set comprising an efficient frontier in an original portfolio performance space having at least three-dimensions of risk and return measures, each point in the original portfolio performance space representing a non-dominated solution, the non-dominated solution set generated using one of an evolutionary algorithm and optimization processing;
imposing a sequence of user-specified constraints in either the original portfolio performance space or a portfolio configuration space containing portfolio allocations to reduce the non-dominated solutions in the non-dominated solution set to an initial solution subset, each solution in the initial solution subset representing a portfolio allocation;
executing a series of Pareto filters in a user-specified order on regions of a lower dimensional portfolio performance space containing a lower dimensional projection of one of the non-dominated solution set and the initial solution subset to produce a resulting solution subset having a fewer number of points than the initial solution subset; and
applying, after the resulting solution subset has been produced, additional user-specified constraints to the resulting solution subset to produce a final selection, the final selection being used in investment decisions.
14. A computer-implemented method for multi-objective investment portfolio analysis and decision-making using visualization techniques, the method sequentially comprising:
generating in a computing system on a processor a non-dominated solution set comprising an efficient frontier in an original portfolio performance space having at least three-dimensions of risk and return measures, each point in the original portfolio performance space representing a non-dominated solution, the non-dominated solution set generated using either an evolutionary algorithm or optimization processing;
imposing in the computing system on the processor a sequence of user-specified constraints in at least one of the original portfolio performance space and a portfolio configuration space containing portfolio allocations to reduce the non-dominated solutions in the non-dominated solution set to an initial solution subset, each solution in the initial solution subset representing a portfolio allocation; and
executing in the computing system on the processor a series of Pareto filters in a user-specific order on regions of a lower dimensional portfolio performance space containing a lower dimensional projection of one of the non-dominated solution set and the initial solution subset to produce a resulting solution subset having a fewer number of points than the initial solution subset, the resulting solution subset being used in investment decisions; and
wherein the executing the sequence of Pareto filters is performed in performance configuration space; and
wherein after executing the sequence of Pareto filters in performance configuration space, the method further includes the steps of:
applying in the computing system on the processor portfolio configuration metrics based on a plurality of asset allocations in a portfolio; and
comparing in the computing system on the processor portfolio configuration metrics between a plurality of portfolios.