Author: claimsbot

1. A liquid crystal panel driving circuit of display stabilization, comprising:
a plurality of output buffers buffering data voltage and supplying or cutting off the buffered data voltage to or from each of the plurality of data lines;
an output MUX switch receiving outputs from two adjacent output buffers of the plurality of output buffers and transferring one of the two outputs to one of the plurality of data lines;
a garbage switch connecting each of the plurality of data lines to a ground terminal; and
a power on sensor generating a power on reset signal in response to a turn on of a power supply voltage,
wherein the output MUX switch is turned-off and the garbage switch is turned-on, in response to the power on reset signal.
2. A liquid crystal panel driving circuit of display stabilization, comprising:
a plurality of output buffers buffering data voltage and supplying or cutting off the buffered data voltage to or from each of the plurality of data lines;
an output MUX switch receiving outputs from two adjacent output buffers of the plurality of output buffers and transferring one of the two outputs to one of the plurality of data lines;
a garbage switch connecting each of the plurality of data lines to a ground terminal; and
a power off sensor generating a power off reset signal in response to a turn off of a power supply voltage,
wherein the output MUX switch is turned-off and the garbage switch is turned-on, in response to the power off reset signal.
3. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit of display stabilization of claim 1, further comprising: a charge share switch connecting the two adjacent data lines of the plurality of data lines,
wherein the charge share switch is turned-on in response to the power on reset signal.
4. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit of display stabilization of claim 2, further comprising:
further comprising: a charge share switch connecting the two adjacent data lines of the plurality of data lines,
wherein the charge share switch is turned-on in response to the power off reset signal.
5. A liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 1, wherein the power on sensor includes:
a first MOS transistor having a source connected to a power supply voltage and a gate and a drain connected to each other;
a current source having one end connected to the drain of the first MOS transistor and the other end connected to a ground voltage source;
a second MOS transistor having a source connected to the power supply voltage and a gate connected to the gate of the first MOS transistor to form a first current mirror together with the first MOS transistor;
a fourth MOS transistor having a drain and a gate connected to each other and connected to a drain of the second MOS transistor and having a source connected to a ground voltage source;
a third MOS transistor having a source connected to the power supply voltage and a gate connected to the gate of the first MOS transistor to form a second current mirror together with the first MOS transistor;
a fifth MOS transistor having a drain and a gate connected to each other and connected to the drain of the third MOS transistor;
a sixth MOS transistor having a drain and a gate connected to each other and connected to the source of the fifth MOS transistor and having a source connected to the ground voltage source; and
a comparator comparing first current from the first current mirror and second current from the second current mirror using gate voltage of the fourth MOS transistor and gate voltage of the sixth MOS transistor.
6. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 5, wherein the second current from the second current mirror is larger than the first current from the first current mirror.
7. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 2, wherein the power off sensor includes:
a first MOS transistor having a source connected to a first power supply voltage and a gate and a drain connected to each other;
a current source having one end connected to the drain of the first MOS transistor and the other end connected to a ground voltage source;
a second MOS transistor having a source connected to the first power supply voltage and a gate connected to the gate of the first MOS transistor to form a first current mirror together with the first MOS transistor;
a fourth MOS transistor having a drain and a gate connected to each other and connected to a drain of the second MOS transistor and having a source connected to a ground voltage source;
a third MOS transistor having a source connected to the first power source voltage source and a gate connected to the gate of the first MOS transistor to form a second current mirror together with the first MOS transistor;
a fifth MOS transistor having a drain connected to the drain of the third MOS transistor and having a gate applied with second power supply voltage;
a sixth MOS transistor having a drain and a gate connected to each other and connected to the source of the fifth MOS transistor and having a source connected to the ground voltage source; and
a comparator comparing first current from the first current mirror and second current from the second current mirror using gate voltage of the fourth MOS transistor and gate voltage of the sixth MOS transistor.
8. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 7, wherein the first power supply voltage is high power supply voltage driving source drivers and the second power supply voltage is power supply voltage driving logic circuits of source drivers.
9. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 8, wherein the second current from the second current mirror is larger than the first current from the first current mirror.
10. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 3, further comprising:
a power switch disposed on a power supply line supplying power to the output buffers and switching power supply to the output buffers,
wherein the power switch is turned-off in response to the power on reset signal.
11. The liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization of claim 4, further comprising:
a power switch disposed on a power supply line supplying power to the output buffers and switching power supply to the output buffers,
wherein the power switch is turned-off in response to the power off reset signal.
12. A liquid crystal panel driving circuit for display stabilization, comprising:
a plurality of output buffers buffering data voltage and supplying or cutting off the buffered data voltage to or from each of the plurality of data lines;
an output MUX switch receiving outputs from two adjacent output buffers of the plurality of output buffers and transferring one of the two outputs to one of the plurality of data lines;
a charge share switch connecting the two adjacent data lines of the plurality of data lines;
a power on sensor generating a power on reset signal in response to a turn on of a power supply voltage;
a power off sensor generating a power off reset signal in response to a turn off of a power supply voltage; and
a power switch disposed on a power supply line supplying power to the output buffers and switching power supply to the output buffers,
wherein the power switch and the output MUX switch are turned-off in response to the power on reset signal or the power off reset 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.-26. (canceled)
27. A composite for the preparation of hydraulic binders, dry premixed products, cementitious compositions or cementitious products with photocatalytic activity, wherein the said composite comprises titanium dioxide bonded to a metakaolin support by thermal treatment.
28. Composite according to claim 27, characterised in that it comprises 50% by weight of titanium dioxide and 50% by weight of metakaolin.
29. Composite according to claim 27, characterised in that it comprises 20% by weight of titanium dioxide and 80% by weight of metakaolin.
30. Composite according to claim 27, characterised in that it comprises 30% by weight of titanium dioxide and 70% by weight of metakaolin.
31. Composite according to claim 27, characterised in that titanium dioxide is prevalently in the anatase crystallographic form.
32. Composite according to claim 27, wherein titanium dioxide has a specific BET surface between 5 and 350 m2g.
33. Composite according to claim 27, wherein the cementitious composition is a paste.
34. Composite according to claim 27, wherein the cementitious composition is a mortar.
35. Composite according to claim 27, wherein the cementitious composition is a concrete.
36. Composite according to claim 27, wherein the thermal treatment is carried out at a temperature between 300\xb0 C. and 700\xb0 C.
37. Composite according to claim 36, wherein the thermal treatment is carried out at a temperature between 350 and 650\xb0 C.
38. Composite according to claim 27, wherein the thermal treatment is carried out between 1 and 5 hours.
39. A photocatalytic binder, comprising a composite according to claim 27, in a mixture with a hydraulic binder.
40. The photocatalytic binder according to claim 39, characterised in that it comprises titanium dioxide between 0.1 to 10% by weight.
41. The photocatalytic binder according to claim 40, characterised in that it comprises titanium dioxide between 0.1 to 4% by weight.
42. The photocatalytic binder according to claim 44, characterised in that it comprises 3.3% of TiO2 by weight.
43. The photocatalytic binder according to claim 39, characterised in that the hydraulic binder is a cement or a lime.
44. A dry premixed product, characterised in that it comprises the photocatalytic binder according to claim 39, aggregates and cement additives.
45. A cementitious composition comprising a photocatalytic composite according to claim 27.
46. The composition according to claim 45, characterised in that it is a paste, a mortar or a concrete.
47. A method for the preparation of a composite according to claim 27, comprising the step of contacting a metakaolin support and titanium dioxide, or one of its precursors, to have them bonded by thermal treatment.
48. The method according to claim 47, characterised in that the product obtained from the contact is subjected to a thermal treatment at a temperature between 300\xb0 C. and 700\xb0 C., for a period of time between 1 and 5 hours.
49. A photocatalytic cement product obtained from a cementitious composition according to claim 45.
50. A product according to claim 49, selected from the group consisting of architectural elements, paving blocks, road surfacing products, tunnel or garage ceiling vaults, paving stones, blocks, bricks, fountains, seating benches, and monumental elements.
51. A method for the reduction of pollutants present in the environment, characterised by exposing the environment in the presence of light and air, to one or more products according to claim 49.
52. The method according to claim 51, wherein said pollutants are selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycondensates, aldehydes, PM10 concentration soot, nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulphur oxides (SOx).

1. A tube stent delivery system comprising:
a tube stent;
a pusher catheter;
an inner catheter; and
a filament having a knot that is tied to a distal end of said pusher catheter or said tube stent through an opening formed in a radial direction thereof,
said tube stent or said pusher catheter having a catching hole in which said knot is fit loosely,
said filament or said knot being inserted into said tube stent or said pusher catheter, and said inner catheter being inserted into said pusher catheter and said tube stent, with said knot being loosely fit in said catching hole; and
said inner catheter supporting loose-fitting of said knot in said catching hole.
2. A tube stent delivery system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said filament makes a loop through an opening of said tube stent.
3. A tube stent delivery system as claimed in claim 2 wherein said filament has a plurality of knots.
4. A tube stent delivery system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said filament has a plurality of knots.

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 acoustic imaging apparatus, comprising:
an acoustic probe including
an acoustic transducer, and
a plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements coupled to the acoustic transducer, each variably-refracting acoustic lens element having at least a pair of electrodes operably configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens element in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes thereof;
an acoustic signal processor coupled to the acoustic transducer;
a variable voltage supply operably configured to apply selected voltages to the pair of electrodes of each variably-refracting acoustic lens element; and
a controller operably configured to control the variable voltage supply to apply the selected voltages to the pairs of electrodes,
wherein the acoustic transducer comprises a plurality of acoustic transducer elements, and
wherein the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements are each coupled to a corresponding one of the acoustic transducer elements.
2. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a transmit signal source; and
a transmitreceive switch operably configured to selectively couple the acoustic transducer to the transmit signal source and to the acoustic signal processor.
3. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 1, wherein the at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements that is adjusted in response to the selected voltage applied across the electrodes includes a focus and tilt of the variably-refracting acoustic lens.
4. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 1, where the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements are controlled to operate as a single variably refracting acoustic lens having an effective size greater than each one of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements.
5. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 4, wherein the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements comprise a space-filling array, where each of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements has a shape of a hexagon, triangle, rectangle, square, polygon, or smoothly varying contour.
6. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 1, wherein each variably-refracting acoustic lens element comprises:
a cavity;
first and second fluid media disposed within the cavity; and
the first and second electrodes, wherein a speed of sound of an acoustic wave in the first fluid medium is different than a corresponding speed of sound of the acoustic wave in the second fluid medium, wherein the first and second fluid media are immiscible with respect to each other, and wherein the first fluid medium has a substantially different electrical conductivity than the second fluid medium.
7. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 6, wherein the first and second fluid media have equal densities.
8. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 6, wherein each variably-refracting acoustic lens element includes a housing defining the cavity, and wherein a first one of the pair of electrodes is provided at a bottom or top of the housing, and a second one of the pair of electrodes is provided at a lateral side wall of the housing.
9. The acoustic imaging apparatus of claim 6, wherein a first one of the pair of electrodes is provided in contact with the one of the first and second fluid media having the greater electrical conductivity, and a second one of the pair of electrodes is isolated from the first and second fluid media having the greater electrical conductivity.
10. An acoustic probe, comprising:
an acoustic transducer; and
a plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements coupled to the acoustic transducer, each variably-refracting acoustic lens element having at least a pair of electrodes operably configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the variably-refractinc acoustic lens element in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes,
wherein the acoustic transducer comprises a plurality of acoustic transducer elements, and
wherein the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements are each coupled to a corresponding one of the acoustic transducer elements.
11. The acoustic probe of claim 10, wherein the at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements that is adjusted in response to the selected voltage applied across the electrodes includes a focus and elevation of the variably-refracting acoustic lens.
12. The acoustic probe of claim 10, where the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements are controlled to operate as a single variably refracting acoustic lens having an effective size greater than each variably-refracting acoustic lens element.
13. The acoustic probe of claim 12, wherein the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements comprise a space-filling array, where each of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements has a shape of a hexagon, triangle, rectangle, square, polygon, or smoothly-varying contour.
14. The acoustic probe of claim 10, wherein each variably-refracting acoustic lens element comprises:
a cavity;
first and second fluid media disposed within the cavity; and
the pair of electrodes, wherein a speed of sound of an acoustic wave in the first fluid medium is different than a corresponding speed of sound of the acoustic wave in the second fluid medium, wherein the first and second fluid media are immiscible with respect to each other, and wherein the first fluid medium has a substantially different electrical conductivity than the second fluid medium.
15. The acoustic probe of claim 14, wherein the first and second fluid media have equal densities.
16. The acoustic probe of claim 14, wherein each variably-refracting acoustic lens element includes a housing defining the cavity, and wherein a first one of the pair of electrodes is provided at a bottom or top of the housing, and a second one of the pair of electrodes is provided at a lateral side wall of the housing.
17. The acoustic probe of claim 14, wherein a first one of the pair of electrodes is provided in contact with the one of the first and second fluid media having the greater electrical conductivity, and a second one of the pair of electrodes is isolated from the first and second fluid media having the greater electrical conductivity.
18. A method of performing a measurement using acoustic waves, the method comprising: (1) applying an acoustic probe to a patient, the probe comprising an acoustic transducer and a plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements coupled to the acoustic transducer, each variably-refracting acoustic lens element having at least a pair of electrodes operably configured to adjust at least one characteristic of the variably-refracting acoustic lens element in response to a selected voltage applied across the electrodes, the acoustic transducer further comprising a plurality of acoustic transducer elements, the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements being each coupled to a corresponding one of the acoustic transducer elements; (2) controlling the plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements of the acoustic probe to focus in a desired focus; (3) receiving from the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements, at the acoustic transducer, an acoustic wave back coming from a target area corresponding to the desired focus; and (4) outputting from the acoustic transducer an electrical signal corresponding to the received acoustic wave.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising, prior to step (3), applying one or more electrical signals to the acoustic transducer coupled to the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements to generate an acoustic wave focused in the desired focus.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein controlling the plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements to focus in a target region, includes applying voltages to electrodes of each of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements so as to displace two fluids disposed in a housing of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements with respect to each other, wherein the two fluids have different acoustic wave propagation velocities with respect to each other.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein controlling the plurality of variably-refracting acoustic lens elements of the acoustic probe to focus in a desired elevation focus comprises controlling the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements to operate as a single variably refracting acoustic lens having an effective size greater than each one of the variably-refracting acoustic lens elements.
22. The method of claim 18, further comprising:
(5) producing received acoustic data from the electrical signal output by the transducer.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising:
(6) storing the received acoustic data into memory; (7) determining whether or not to focus at another focus; (8) when another focus is selected; repeating steps (1) through (7) for the new focus; and
(9) when no more foci are selected, processing the stored acoustic data and outputting an image from the processed acoustic data.