Author: claimsbot

1. A signal relay device that intermediates between a control system or a device, and a communication network, the signal relay device comprising:
a standardized logic interface conversion unit for judging a type of the control system or a type of the device, and converting the signal relay device to a standardized logic interface which corresponds to the control system type or the device type.
2. The signal relay device according to claim 1, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for converting the system type or the device type dependent information to the standardized logic interface based on the selected mapping information.
3. The signal relay device according to claim 2, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
4. The signal relay device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a decryption unit for decrypting a signal from the control system or the device when the signal is encrypted;
a protocol conversion unit for converting a signal from the standardized logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol; and
an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
5. The signal relay device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a routing control unit for selecting a transfer destination of a signal from the communication network.
6. A signal relay device that intermediates between a control system or a device, and a communication network, the signal relay device comprising:
a device side logic interface conversion unit for converting a signal from the communication network to a signal appropriate for a type of the control system or a type of the device.
7. The signal relay device according to claim 6, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for routing the signal from the communication network to the control system or the device based on the selected mapping information.
8. The signal relay device according to claim 7, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
9. The signal relay device according to claim 6, further comprising:
a decryption unit for decrypting the signal from the communication network when the signal is encrypted; and
a protocol conversion unit for converting the signal from the device side logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol.
10. The signal relay device according to claim 9, further comprising:
an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
11. The signal relay device according to claim 6, further comprising:
a routing control unit for selecting a transfer destination of the signal from the communication network.
12. A communication network system in which an operation monitoring center is connected to a control system or a device via a communication network, the communication network system comprising:
a signal relay device including a standardized logic interface conversion unit for judging a type of the control system or a type of the device, and converting the signal relay device to a standardized logic interface which corresponds to the control system type or the device type.
13. The communication network system according to claim 12, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for converting the system type or the device type dependent information to the standardized logic interface based on the selected mapping information.
14. The communication network system according to claim 13, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
15. The communication network system according to claim 12, wherein the signal relay device includes:
a decryption unit for decrypting a signal from the control system or the device when the signal is encrypted;
a protocol conversion unit for converting a signal from the standardized logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol; and
an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
16. The communication network system according to claim 12, wherein the signal relay device includes a routing control unit for selecting a transfer destination of a signal from the communication network.
17. A communication network system in which an operation monitoring center is connected to a control system or a device via a communication network, the communication network system comprising:
a signal relay device including a device side logic interface conversion unit for converting a signal from the communication network to a signal appropriate for a type of the control system or a type of the device.
18. The communication network system according to claim 17, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for routing the signal from the communication network to the control system or the device based on the selected mapping information.
19. The communication network system according to claim 18, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
20. The communication network system according to claim 17, wherein the signal relay device includes:
a decryption unit for decrypting the signal from the communication network when the signal is encrypted; and
a protocol conversion unit for converting a signal from the device side logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol.
21. The communication network system according to claim 20, wherein the signal relay device includes an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
22. The communication network system according to claim 17, wherein the signal relay device includes a routing control unit for selecting a transfer destination of the signal from the communication network.
23. The communication network system according to claim 17, wherein the operation monitoring station includes a advanced control block for the control system or the device, and transmits a control signal to the communication network.
24. An operation system in which a control system or a device is operated by an operation monitoring station via a communication network, the operation system comprising:
a signal relay device for transmitting and receiving a signal by judging a type of the control system or a type of the device, the signal relay device provided between the control system or the device, and the communication network,
wherein the operation monitoring station includes a advanced control block for receiving a signal corresponding to the control system or the device from the communication network, executing a advanced control arithmetic operation on the signal, and transmitting the signal to the communication network.
25. The operation system according to claim 24, wherein the signal relay device includes a standardized logic interface conversion unit for judging a type of the control system or a type of the device, and converting the signal relay device to a standardized logic interface which corresponds to the control system type or the device type.
26. The operation system according to claim 25, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for converting the system type or the device type dependent information to the standardized logic interface based on the selected mapping information.
27. The operation system according to claim 26, wherein the standardized logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
28. The operation system according to claim 25, wherein the signal relay device includes;
a decryption unit for decrypting a signal from the control system or the device when the signal is encrypted;
a protocol conversion unit for converting a signal from the standardized logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol; and
an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
29. The operation system according to claim 24, wherein the signal relay device includes a device side logic interface conversion unit for converting a signal from the communication network to a signal appropriate for a type of the control system or a type of the device.
30. The operation system according to claim 29, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit includes:
a mapping information selection unit for selecting mapping information depending on the control system type or the device type; and
a conversion execution unit for routing the signal from the communication network to the control system or the device based on the selected mapping information.
31. The operation system according to claim 30, wherein the device side logic interface conversion unit stores the mapping information.
32. The operation system according to claim 29, wherein the signal relay device includes:
a decryption unit for decrypting the signal from the communication network when the signal is encrypted; and
a protocol conversion unit for converting a signal from the device side logic interface conversion unit to a signal that is based on a predetermined protocol.
33. The operation system according to claim 32, wherein the signal relay device includes an encryption unit for encrypting the signal converted in the protocol conversion unit.
34. The operation system according to claim 24, wherein the signal relay device includes a routing control unit for selecting a transfer destination of the signal from the communication network.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A production method for emulsion resins characterised in that it comprises a first process of allowing the glycolic constitutents (1) having two hydroxy groups and at least one hydrophilic groups contained in one molecule and polymerizable vinyl monomers (2) having a functional group which may react with isocyanate to react with isocyanate compounds (3) to obtain polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) having the emulsifying ability, and a second process of emulsifying said polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) and polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) by means of the emulsfying ability of said polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compound (4) to polymerize both the compounds in water.
2. The production method as defined in claim 1 characterized in that the second process comprises a step of obtaining either a non-aqueous mixture prepared in advance by mixing the polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) having the emulsifying ability with the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) under the condition of non-aqueous system, or a non-aqueous mixture prepared in advance by mixing the polymerizable vinyl compounds having the emulsifying ability the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) and silane compounds (6) having the reactive functional group formed in at least any one of the end and the side chain under the condition of non-aqueous system, and a step of polymerizing the obtained non-aqueous mixture in water.
3. The production method as defined in claim 1 or 2 characterised in that at least one spieces of the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) is a plymerizable silane compound.
4. The production method as defined in any one of claims 1 to 3 characterised in that the glycolic constituents (1) having two hydroxy groups and at least one hydrophilic group contained in one molecule is at least one selected from groups consisting of a glycolic constituent whose hydrophilic group is of an ionic type that may bring hydrophilic nature due to subsequent neutralization and a glycolic constituent whose hydrophilic group is of a nonionic type.
5. The production method as defined in any one of claims 1 to 4 characterised in that combination of the glycolic constituent (1) having two hydroxy groups and at least one hydrophilic group contained in one molecule and a glycol group free of hydrophilic group is in use.
6. The production method as defined in any one of claims 1 to 5 characterised in that said polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) having said emulsifying ability is produced by allowing said glycolic constituents (1) to react with diisocyanate compounds in the range of OH groupNCO group1.0:1.21.0:2.0, and then, allowing the obtained polyurethane compounds of the terminal isocyanate to react with the polymerizable vinyl monomers (2) having the functional group which may react with isocyanate.
7. The production method as defined in any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein the total part by weight of the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) and the reactive silane compounds (6) to 100 parts by weight of the polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) is 100 to 2000 in weight ratio, and the weight ratio of the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) to the silicone compounds (6) having the reactive functional group formed in at least any one of the end and side chain is in the range of 50:50 to 100:0.
8. An emulsion resin characterised in that polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds (4) having the emulsifiable ability as obtained by allowing the glycolic constituents (1) having two hydroxy groups and at least one hydrophilic group contained in one molecule and polymerizable vinyl monomers (2) having the functional group which may react with isociante to react with isocyanate compounds (3); the polymerizable vinyl monomers (5) and cilane compounds (6) having the reactive functional group formed at least any one of the end and side chain are polymerized in water, whereby a coreshell-type structure having the cilane compounds contained in the core side and the polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds provided at the shell side is formed, and the cilane compounds and polymerizable polyurethane vinyl compounds are polymerized.
9. A emulsion resin dispersion wherein the emulsion resins as defined in claim 8 are dispersed in a water solvent.

1. A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:
a sample chamber; and
a magnet assembly disposed about the sample chamber and constructed and arranged to provide a substantially non-uniform magnetic field having a known magnetic field gradient inside an approximate center of the sample chamber such that the substantially non-uniform magnetic field is controlled through one of a placement of at least one magnet or by one or more component;
a radio frequency (RF) coil positioned so as to substantially surround the sample chamber;
a controller coupled to the RF coil and constructed and arranged to control the RF coil to produce a RF pulse sequence; and
an RF power supply constructed an arranged to provide RF power to the RF coil to produce the RF pulse sequence.
2. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the magnet assembly comprises:
a first permanent magnet disposed on a first side of the sample chamber;
a second permanent magnet disposed on a second side of the sample chamber directly opposite the first permanent magnet;
a first pole piece coupled to the first permanent magnet such that the first pole piece is positioned between the first permanent magnet and the sample chamber; and
a second pole piece coupled to the second permanent magnet such that the second pole piece is positioned between the sample chamber and the second permanent magnet.
3. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the magnet assembly further comprises a magnetic shield disposed so as to substantially surround the first and second permanent magnets, the first and second pole pieces and the sample chamber.
4. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a pulsed field gradient module; and wherein the controller is further coupled to the pulsed field gradient module.
5. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein a location and field producing capacity of the first and second permanent magnets are selected so as to produce inside the sample chamber the non-uniform magnetic field with the known magnetic field gradient in at least one direction.
6. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a pre-amplifier and a Q-switch;
wherein the Q-switch is coupled between the pre-amplifier and the RF power supply and is constructed and arranged to reduce leakage from the RF power supply to the pre-amplifier during transmission of the RF pulse sequence.
7. A nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus comprising:
an outer magnetic shield;
a first permanent magnet disposed within the outer magnetic shield and proximate a first location on an inner surface of the outer magnetic shield;
a first pole piece coupled to the first permanent magnet such that the first permanent magnet is located between the outer magnetic shield and the first pole piece;
a second pole piece disposed within the outer magnetic shield and proximate a second location on the inner surface of the outer magnetic shield, the second location being directly opposite the first location;
a sample chamber disposed within the outer magnetic shield and located centrally between the first and second pole pieces;
a radio frequency coil disposed about the sample chamber; and
control circuitry coupled to the radio frequency coil and constructed and arranged to control the radio frequency coil to generate a radio frequency pulse sequence,
wherein the first permanent magnet is magnetized in a first direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the sample chamber, such that a magnetic field gradient exists in along an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the sample chamber.
8. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the first and second pole pieces each comprise a flat face, the flat faces being oriented toward one another.
9. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the second pole piece is constructed and arranged to be rotatable such that the flat face of the second pole piece forms an angle with respect to the flat face of the first pole piece so as to create a magnetic field gradient along a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to both the first direction and the longitudinal axis of the sample chamber.
10. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the outer magnetic shield comprises iron.
11. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a pulsed field gradient module coupled to the control circuitry.
12. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a radio frequency power supply coupled to the radio frequency coil to produce the radio frequency pulse sequence.
13. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein the control circuitry comprises a Q-switch constructed and arranged to reduce leakage from the radio frequency power supply during transmission of the radio frequency pulse sequence.
14. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the apparatus is integrated with a side-wall coring tool, and wherein the sample chamber is constructed and arranged to receive a core extracted from a formation by the side-wall coring tool.
15. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the sample chamber comprises a non-conductive and non-magnetic material.
16. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 15, wherein the sample chamber comprises a plastic material.
17. A method of monitoring a process, the method comprising:
providing a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus having a sample chamber and a magnet assembly disposed about the sample chamber and constructed and arranged to provide a substantially non-uniform magnetic field having a known magnetic field gradient inside an approximate center of the sample chamber such that the substantially non-uniform magnetic field is controlled through one of a placement of at least one magnet or by one or more component;
directing a series of samples undergoing the process in a continuous stream through the sample chamber without halting the process; and
performing a nuclear magnetic resonance measurement on the series of samples to determine at least one property of the series of samples.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein performing the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement includes performing a measurement to detect a presence of water molecules in the series of samples.
19. The method as claimed in claim 18, wherein directing the series of samples including directing a series of wood samples through the sample chamber.
20. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein performing the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement includes determining a ratio of solid to liquid components in each sample of the series of samples.
21. A down-hole method of analyzing a fluid in an earth formation, the method comprising
providing down-hole a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus having a sample chamber and a magnet assembly disposed about the sample chamber and constructed and arranged to provide a substantially non-uniform magnetic field having a known magnetic field gradient inside an approximate center of the sample chamber such that the substantially non-uniform magnetic field is controlled through one of a placement of at least one magnet or by one or more component;
providing a core from the earth formation, the core containing a sample of the fluid;
placing the core inside the sample chamber; and
performing down-hole a nuclear magnetic resonance measurement on the core to determine at least one property of the fluid.
22. The nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more component is from the group consisting of at least one shield, a geometry of at least one shield, at least one material of at least one shield, at least one pole, a geometry of at least one pole, at least one material of at least one pole, a geometry of at least one magnet, at least one material of at least one magnet or any combination thereof.
23. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the one or more component is from the group consisting of at least one shield, a geometry of at least one shield, at least one material of at least one shield, at least one pole, a geometry of at least one pole, at least one material of at least one pole, a geometry of at least one magnet, at least one material of at least one magnet or any combination thereof.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. An optical information storage medium having a plurality of grooves and a plurality of lands alternately formed, each of said grooves and each of said lands functioning as recording tracks to form an information storage region, said optical information storage medium comprising:
a first header region having a plurality of first phase pits respectively formed on extensions of said plurality of lands; and
a second header region having a plurality of second phase pits respectively formed on extensions of said plurality of grooves;
wherein each of said grooves has an optical depth of about 38 where is the wavelength of a light beam to be used;
each of said first phase pits has an optical depth smaller than that of each of said grooves;
each of said second phase pits has an optical depth substantially equal to that of each of said grooves; and
said first header region and said second header region are shifted from each other along the extension of each of said grooves.
2. An optical information storage medium according to claim 1, wherein the optical depth of each of said first phase pits is set so that the polarities of push-pull signals obtained by the light beam directed on said first and second phase pits and diffracted in a direction perpendicular to a direction of movement of said first and second phase pits are opposite to each other between said first and second phase pits, and that the polarity of a push-pull signal in said first header region is the same as the polarity of a push-pull signal generated by each land.
3. An optical information storage medium according to claim 2, wherein each of said first phase pits has an effective optical depth of 8.
4. An optical information storage medium having a plurality of grooves and a plurality of lands alternately formed, each of said grooves and each of said lands functioning as recording tracks to form an information storage region, said optical information storage medium comprising:
a first header region having a plurality of first phase pits respectively formed on extensions of said plurality of lands; and
a second header region having a plurality of second phase pits respectively formed on extensions of said plurality of grooves;
wherein said first header region and said second header region are shifted from each other along an extension of each of said grooves;
each of said grooves has an optical depth of (2n1) 8 where A is the wavelength of a light beam to be used and n is a positive integer;
each of said first phase pits has an optical depth of (2n14m) 8 where m is an integer not less than 0;
each of said second phase pits has an optical depth of (2n14s)8 where s is an integer not less than 0; and
said n, m; and s are related so as to satisfy conditions of 2n14m>0 and 2n14s>0.
5. An optical information storage medium according to claim 4, wherein the optical depth of each of said second phase pits is smaller than that of each of said grooves.
6. An optical information storage medium having a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of lands alternately formed, each of said first grooves and each of said lands functioning as recording tracks to form an information storage region, said optical information storage medium comprising:
a plurality of second grooves respectively formed on extensions of said first grooves so as to continue to said first grooves, each of said second grooves having a width smaller than that of each of said first grooves;
a groove header region having a plurality of first phase pits respectively formed so as to overlap said plurality of second grooves; and
a land header region having a plurality of second phase pits respectively formed on extensions of said plurality of lands so that each of said second phase pits is interposed between any adjacent ones of said second grooves;
wherein said groove header region and said land header region are shifted from each other along the extension of each first groove;
all of said first grooves, said second grooves, and said first phase pits have the same optical depth of about (2n1)8 where is the wavelength of a light beam to be used and n is a positive integer;
each of said second phase pits has an effective optical depth of about (2m1)4 where m is a positive integer; and
said n and m are related so as to satisfy a condition of (2m1)4<(2n1)8.
7. An optical information storage medium according to claim 6, wherein:
the optical depths of all of said first grooves, said second grooves, and said first phase pits are set to about 38; and
the optical depth of each of said second phase pits is set to about 4.
8. An optical information storage medium according to claim 6, further comprising a common sector mark region having a plurality of sector marks as third phase pits respectively corresponding to said plurality of first grooves, each of said third phase pits having an optical depth equal to that of each of said first grooves and a width substantially equal to that of each of said first grooves.
9. An optical information storage medium according to claim 8, wherein said sector marks have front edges and rear edges both aligned in a direction perpendicular to an extension of each of said first grooves.