Author: claimsbot

1. A specimen collecting method of collecting a specimen from a member whose surface is provided with a layer, the specimen collecting method comprising:
an incision forming step of forming a cylindrical incision by feeding a cylindrical cutter having a cylindrical cutting blade from the surface in the direction of thickness of the member to perform cutting; and
a specimen cutting away step of cutting away a specimen formed inside the incision by inwardly cutting the member from the cylindrical incision.
2. The specimen collecting method according to claim 1, further comprising an incision expanding step of cutting the member so that the incision is outwardly expanded after forming the cylindrical incision, wherein a rotating cutter having a disc-shaped cutting blade is inserted to the cylindrical incision to cut the member at the specimen cutting away step.
3. The specimen collecting method according to claim 1, wherein
the member is a blade of a gas turbine,
a surface of the blade is formed by providing a layer of a thermal barrier coat on a base material,
the cylindrical cutter is fed until the cylindrical cutter comes in contact with the base material at the incision forming step, and
the rotating cutter cuts the base material at the specimen cutting away step.
4. The specimen collecting method according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of incisions is formed so that the incisions partially overlap at the incision forming step.
5. A temperature estimating method of a blade in which a bond coat and a top coat are sequentially formed on a base material by using a specimen obtained by the specimen collecting method according to claim 4, wherein a relationship between a thickness and a temperature of an oxide scale layer of the blade, and time is obtained based on a test piece having a same composition as the blade, and then, by utilizing the relationship, a metal temperature of the blade is estimated based on the thickness of the oxide scale layer of the specimen obtained from the gas turbine.
6. A temperature estimating method of a blade formed with a top coat that is a ceramic layer on a base material by using a specimen obtained by the specimen collecting method according to claim 4, wherein an amount of a monoclinic crystal formed on the top coat of the obtained specimen is measured by X-ray diffraction method, and a surface temperature of the top coat is estimated based on the amount of the monoclinic crystal.

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 printer comprising:
a platen unit having a platen roller for advancing recording paper;
a head unit having a thermal head with a plurality of heating elements provided thereto, the head unit being detachably combined with the platen unit;
a fixed blade incorporated in the platen unit;
a movable blade slidably incorporated in the head unit, the movable blade cutting the recording paper between the movable blade and the fixed blade;
a detected member provided to the platen unit, the detected member being positioned at a predetermined position of the head unit when the head unit is combined with the platen unit, and engaging the movable blade to move therewith as the movable blade slides; and
a sensor provided at the predetermined position of the head unit, the sensor detecting the detected member to detect that the movable blade is at an initial position.
2. A printer according to claim 1, wherein
the detected member is slidable together with the movable blade.
3. A printer according to claim 1, wherein
the detected member is rotatably supported by the platen unit and rotate with the sliding movement of the movable blade.
4. A printer according to claim 3, wherein
the detected member is arranged coaxially with the platen roller, and is rotatable independently from the platen roller as the movable blade slides.
5. A printer according to claim 1, wherein
the platen unit is provided with a biasing member biasing the detected member toward the predetermined position
6. A printer according to claim 2, wherein
the platen unit is provided with a biasing member biasing the detected member toward the predetermined position
7. A printer according to claim 3, wherein
the platen unit is provided with a biasing member biasing the detected member toward the predetermined position
8. A printer according to claim 4, wherein
the platen unit is provided with a biasing member biasing the detected member toward the predetermined position

1. A storage controller connected communicably to a host system and another storage controller and which performs data processing according to a request from said host system, the storage controller comprising:
at least one or more first logical devices to be accessed by said host system; and
at least one or more virtual devices for connecting said first logical devices and one or more storage devices;
wherein at least one of said virtual devices is connected to a second logical device of said other storage controller, and an access attribute of said first logical device and an access attribute of said second logical device are made to coincide by transmitting and receiving access attribute information of at least either said first logical device or said second logical device to and from said other storage controller.
2. The storage controller according to claim 1, wherein said second logical device is provided with an information configuration area for retaining the access attribute information set in said second logical device, and said information configuration area is connected to at least one or more said virtual devices.
3. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein the access attribute of said second logical device is acquired from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
4. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, is written in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
5. The storage controller according to claim 2, wherein said information configuration area is provided to a specific logical address of said second logical device.
6. The storage controller according to claim 2 further comprising an access attribute table for retaining the access attribute of said first logical device, wherein the configuration content of said access attribute table is updated so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
7. The storage controller according to claim 3, wherein, upon determining whether said other storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, the access attribute of said second logical device is acquired from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
8. The storage controller according to claim 4, wherein, upon determining whether said other storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, is written in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
9. A storage system comprising a first storage controller and a second storage controller in which said first storage controller and said second storage controller are connected communicably, and which performs data processing according to a request from a host system,
wherein said first storage controller comprises at least one or more first logical devices to be accessed by said host system, and at least one or more virtual devices for connecting said first logical devices and one or more storage devices;
at least one of said virtual devices is connected to a second logical device of said second storage controller; and
said first storage controller transmits and receives access attribute information of at least either said first logical device or said second logical device to and from said second storage controller so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
10. The storage system according to claim 9, wherein said second logical device is provided with an information configuration area for retaining the access attribute information set in said second logical device, and said information configuration area is connected to at least one or more said virtual devices of said first storage controller.
11. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller acquires the access attribute of said second logical device from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
12. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller writes an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.
13. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said information configuration area is provided to a specific logical address of said second logical device.
14. The storage system according to claim 10, wherein said first storage controller further comprises an access attribute table for retaining the access attribute of said first logical device; and the configuration content of said access attribute table is updated so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device and the access attribute of said second logical device coincide.
15. The storage system according to claim 11, wherein, upon said first storage controller determining whether said second storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said first storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, said first storage controller acquires the access attribute of said second logical device from said information configuration area connected to said virtual devices so as to make the access attribute of said first logical device coincide with the access attribute of said second logical device.
16. The storage system according to claim 12, wherein, upon said first storage controller determining whether said second storage controller has the function of setting the access attribute in said second logical device, when said first storage controller determines that said second logical device has the function of setting the access attribute, said first storage controller writes an access attribute, which is the same as the access attribute of one of said first logical devices, in said information configuration area via said virtual device so as to make the access attribute of said second logical device coincide with the access attribute of said first logical device.

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

1. A method for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising:
using two or more devices to perform a plurality of neurospinal examinations on a patient, thereby providing a plurality of results from the examinations to a computer;
quantifying, by the computer, results from the examinations;
scaling, by the computer, the quantified results; and
integrating, by the computer, the scaled results into a neurospinal functional index.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations comprises combinations of surface electromyography; spinal thermography; and heart rate variability.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal algometry.
4. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal range of motion.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein quantifying results comprises comparing at least one of the results from the examinations to reference data.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein scaling the quantified results comprises placing the quantified results on a common scale.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein scaled results have similar population statistics.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the scaled results comprises weighting the scaled results.
9. An apparatus for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising:
a data processing unit; and
a non-transitory data storage media storing machine readable instructions that, when executed by the data processing unit, perform a computerized method for determining a neurospinal functional index comprising: receiving results from a plurality of neurospinal examinations;
quantifying results from the examinations;
scaling the quantified results to reference data; and
integrating the scaled results into a neurospinal functional index.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations comprises combinations of surface electromyography, spinal thermography; and heart rate variability.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal algometry.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of neurospinal examinations further comprises spinal range of motion.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein quantifying results comprises comparing at least one of the results from the examinations to reference data.
14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein scaling the quantified results comprises placing the quantified results on a common scale.
15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the scaled results have similar population statistics.
16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein integrating the scaled results comprises weighting the scaled results.