Author: claimsbot

1. A photoresist cleaning composition, comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor, wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alcohol comprises at least one C1-C4 alcohol.
3. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alcohol comprises ethanol.
4. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alcohol comprises methanol.
5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alcohol comprises isopropanol.
6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the alcohol comprises butanol.
7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the concentration of alcohol is from about 5 wt. % to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition.
8. The composition of claim 1, wherein said fluorine ion source includes at least one fluorine source reagent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen fluoride (HF), amine trihydrogen fluoride compounds of the formula NR3(HF)3 wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl, hydrogen fluoride-pyridine (pyr-HF), ammonium fluorides of the formula R4NF, wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl, other quatemary fluorides, xenon difluoride, and fluoromethane.
9. The composition of claim 1, wherein the fluorine ion source has a concentration of from about 0.01 wt. % to about 5 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition.
10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the fluorine ion source has a concentration of from about 0.1 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition.
11. The composition of claim 1, wherein the fluorine ion source includes a compound of the formula NR4F wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl.
12. The composition of claim 1, wherein the fluorine ion source includes ammonium fluoride.
13. A photoresist cleaning composition, comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor, wherein the alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, wherein the alcohol is present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition, and wherein SCCO2 is present at a concentration of from about 80 to about 95 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition, and wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid.
14. A photoresist cleaning composition, comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor, wherein the alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol and isopropanol, wherein the fluorine ion source is present at a concentration of from about 0.1 to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the alcohol is present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition, wherein SCCO2 is present at a concentration of from about 79 to about 94.9 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition, and wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid.
15. The composition of claim 14, wherein the fluorine ion source comprises NH4F.
16. A method of removing photoresist from a substrate having same thereon, said method comprising contacting the photoresist with a cleaning composition comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor for sufficient time and under sufficient contacting conditions to remove the photoresist from the substrate, wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid.
17. The method of claim 16, said contacting conditions comprise elevated pressure.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said elevated pressure comprises pressure in a range of from about 1000 to about 7500 psi.
19. The method of claim 16, wherein said contacting conditions comprise elevated temperatures.
20. The method of 19, wherein said elevated temperature comprises temperature in a range of from about 35\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C.
21. The method of claim 16, wherein said contacting time is in a range of from about 1 to about 30 minutes.
22. The method of claim 16, composition comprises methanol as said alcohol, present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition.
23. A method of removing photoresist from a substrate having same thereon, said method comprising contacting the photoresist with a cleaning composition comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor to remove the photoresist from the substrate, wherein said alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, and said alcohol is present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid, and said contacting is carried out under conditions including pressure in a range of from about 1000 to about 7500 psi, temperature in a range of from about 35\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C., for sufficient time to remove the photoresist from the substrate.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the contacting time is in a range of from about 1 to about 30 minutes.
25. A method of removing ion implanted photoresist from a substrate having same thereon, said method comprising contacting the photoresist with a cleaning composition comprising SCCO2, alcohol, a fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor, for sufficient time and under sufficient contacting conditions to remove the ion implanted photoresist from the substrate, wherein the oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the group consisting of boric acid and malonic acid.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein said fluorine ion source includes at least one fluorine source reagent selected from the group consisting of hydrogen fluoride (HF), amine trihydrogen fluoride compounds of the formula NR3(HF)3 wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl, hydrogen fluoride-pyridine (pyr-HF), ammonium fluorides of the formula R4NF, wherein each R is independently selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl, other quatemary fluorides, xenon difluoride, and fluoromethane.
27. The method of claim 25, wherein the fluorine ion source has a concentration of from about 0.1 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition.
28. The method of claim 25, wherein the fluorine ion source comprises NH4F.
29. The method of the claim 25, wherein the alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, wherein tile fluorine ion source is present at a concentration of from about 0.1 to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, wherein the alcohol is present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition, and wherein SCCO2 is present at a concentration of from about 79 to about 94.9 wt. %, based on the total weight of the cleaning composition.
30. The method of claim 29, wherein the fluorine ion source comprises NH4F.
31. The method of claim 25, wherein said contacting conditions comprise elevated pressure.
32. The method of claim 31, wherein said elevated pressure comprises pressure in a range of from about 1000 to about 7500 psi.
33. The method of claim 25, wherein said contacting conditions comprise elevated temperature.
34. The method of claim 33, wherein said elevated temperature comprises temperature in a range of from about 45\xb0 C. to about 100\xb0 C.
35. The method of claim 25, wherein said contacting time is in a range of from about 1 to about 15 minutes.
36. A method of removing ion implanted photoresist from a substrate having same thereon, said method comprising contacting the ion implanted photoresist with a cleaning composition comprising SCCO2, alcohol, fluorine ion source, and an oxidation inhibitor, to remove the ion implanted photoresist from the substrate, wherein said alcohol is selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethanol and isopropanol, said alcohol is present at a concentration of from about 5 to about 20 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, said fluorine ion source is present at a concentration of from about 0.1 to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the composition, said oxidation inhibitor comprises an acid selected from the groin, consisting of boric acid and malonic acid, and said contacting is carried out under conditions including pressure in a range of from about 2000 to about 4500 psi, temperature in a range of from about 45\xb0 C. to about 75\xb0 C., for sufficient time to remove the photoresist from the substrate.
37. The method of claim 36, wherein the contacting time is in a range of from about 5 to about 15 minutes.

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 connector comprising:
a contact;
a housing having a cavity into which the contact may be inserted formed therein, the housing retaining the contact inserted into the cavity; and
a supporting piece that may be inserted into the cavity in the direction opposite to a direction in which the contact is inserted, wherein
the housing comprises:
a pressing piece that moves the contact inserted into the cavity in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the contact is inserted;
an abut part that the contact abuts due to the movement by the pressing piece; and
a locking member that locks the contact abutted to the abut part,

the supporting piece is inserted into a gap formed between the contact and an inner wall surface of the housing due to the movement by the pressing piece,
the supporting piece comprises:
a prismatic part that is formed to extend in a direction opposite to the contact insertion direction and is inserted into the gap to cause the gap to substantially disappear, so that the contact is sandwiched between the prismatic part and the abut part in a direction substantially perpendicular to the contact insertion direction and looseness of the contact in the cavity is suppressed; and
a pressing piece state sensing part that is formed to extend in a direction opposite to the contact insertion direction from a distal end part of the prismatic part, abuts the pressing piece which is in a first state before the movement of the contact, and is contained in a gap formed between the pressing piece which is in a second state after the movement of the contact and the inner wall surface of the housing,

the supporting piece comprises a pair of reinforced wall parts that sandwich the pressing piece state sensing part,
a groove is formed by the pressing piece state sensing part and the pair of reinforced wall parts,
the prismatic part comprises a first supporting surface;
each of the reinforced wall parts comprises a second supporting surface which is formed on the same plane as the first supporting surface; and
the contact is supported by the first supporting surface of the prismatic part and the second supporting surfaces of the pair of reinforced wall parts.
2. A waterproof connector comprising:
the connector according to claim 1; and
a sealing that prevents intrusion of moisture into the housing.

1. A system for triggering a specialized data collection mode of a vehicle event recorder, comprising:
an input interface configured to receive a trigger indication comprising a stolen vehicle recovery system indication from an external trigger source; a processor configured to:
determine whether the trigger indication comprises an indication to enter into a specialized data collection mode;
in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode, determine a vehicle event recorder coupled to a vehicle associated with the trigger indication; and
an output interface configured to provide a specialized data collection mode indication to enter the specialized data collection mode to the vehicle event recorder in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode; the vehicle event recorder configured to:
determine whether to disable outputs of the vehicle event recorder, wherein the outputs provide feedback from the vehicle event recorder to a person in the vehicle;
in the event that the specialized data collection mode indication is received, collect vehicle state data in the specialized data collection mode.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises an indication of an incorrect driver ID.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises an indication of a dangerous driver behavior.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises an indication of a route deviation.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises an indication of an incorrect geozone.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises a manual indication.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises a call-in driver alert system indication.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication from the external trigger source comprises an electronic on-board recorder system indication.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the output interface is further configured to provide an exit indication to exit the specialized data collection mode to the vehicle event recorder.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the specialized data collection mode comprises a single data collection.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the specialized data collection mode comprises a repeated data collection.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle state data comprises still image data.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle state data comprises video data.
14. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle state data comprises audio data.
15. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle state data comprises sensor data.
16. The system of claim 1, wherein the wherein the outputs that provide feedback from the vehicle event recorder to a person in the vehicle further comprises one or more of the following types of outputs: light-emitting diode (LED), audio, video or haptic.
17. The system of claim 1, wherein the specialized data collection mode comprises alerting a supervisor.
18. A method for triggering a specialized data collection mode of a vehicle event recorder, comprising:
receiving a trigger indication comprising a stolen vehicle recovery system indication from an external trigger source;
determining, using a processor, whether the trigger indication comprises an indication to enter into a specialized data collection mode; and
in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode,
determining a vehicle event recorder coupled to a vehicle associated with the trigger indication; and
providing a specialized data collection mode indication to enter the specialized data collection mode to the vehicle event recorder;
determining whether to disable outputs of the vehicle event recorder, wherein the outputs provide feedback from the vehicle event recorder to a person in the vehicle;
in the event that the specialized data collection mode indication is received, collecting vehicle state data in the specialized data collection mode.
19. A computer program product for triggering a specialized data collection mode of a vehicle event recorder, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a trigger indication comprising a stolen vehicle recovery system indication from an external trigger source;
determining, using a processor, whether the trigger indication comprises an indication to enter into a specialized data collection mode; and
in the event that the trigger indication comprises the indication to enter into the specialized data collection mode,
determining a vehicle event recorder coupled to a vehicle associated with the trigger indication; and
providing a specialized data collection mode indication to enter the specialized data collection mode to the vehicle event recorder;
determining whether to disable outputs of the vehicle event recorder, wherein the outputs provide feedback from the vehicle event recorder to a person in the vehicle;
in the event that the specialized data collection mode indication is received, collecting vehicle state data in the specialized data collection mode.

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 of mixing audios to transmit a plurality of input voices, said method comprising the steps of:
decoding a portion of each of said input voices to acquire a plurality of audio parameters responsive to said input voices to reduce a transmission delay of said input voices, wherein each of said input voices is compactly encoded and includes a plurality of audio frames;
performing an audio decision and classification on said audio parameters responsive to said input voices to determine an audio type of each of said input voices;
selecting a target frame from said audio frames of said input voices according to a signal intensity of said audio frames; and
packaging said target frame to generate a plurality of output voices having an audio format identical to said input voices to convey readily said output voices.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of decoding said portion of each of said input voices comprises executing a parameter decoding in a parameter decoder.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of executing a parameter decoding comprises executing a CELP algorithm in said parameter decoder.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said audio parameters includes a pitch signal, a pitch gain, a fixed codebook vector, a fixed codebook gain or a combination thereof.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing said audio decision and classification further comprises the steps of:
verifying a header of said audio frames to determine a plurality of classes of said audio frames; and
identifying said audio parameters responsive to said input voices to determine said audio type of each of said input voices.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of identifying said audio parameters comprises using a pitch gain threshold and a pitch difference threshold.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of performing said audio decision and classification comprises computing sequentially a plurality of pitch difference absolute values of said audio frames by a backward computation and adding said pitch difference absolute values to obtain a sum of said pitch difference absolute values.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said audio type of each of said input voices includes a quasi-voice frame, a quasi-dumb frame or a combination thereof.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-voice frames.
10. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-dumb frames.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes a single quasi-dumb frame.
12. A method of mixing audios to transmit a plurality of input voices, said method comprising the steps of:
decoding a portion of each of said input voices to acquire a plurality of audio parameters responsive to said input voices to reduce a transmission delay of said input voices, wherein each of said input voices compactly encoded includes a plurality of audio frames;
performing an audio decision and classification on said audio parameters responsive to said input voices to determine an audio type of each of said input voices, wherein the step of performing said audio decision and classification further comprises the steps of:
verifying a header of said audio frames to determine a plurality of classes of said audio frames; and
identifying said audio parameters responsive to said input voices to determine said audio type of each of said input voices;

selecting a target frame from said audio frames of said input voices according to a signal intensity of said audio frames; and
packaging said target frame to generate a plurality of output voices having an identical audio format to said input voices to convey readily said output voices.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of decoding said portion of each of said input voices comprises executing a parameter decoding in a parameter decoder.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of executing a parameter decoding comprises executing a CELP algorithm in said parameter decoder.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said audio parameters include a pitch, a pitch gain, a fixed codebook vector, a fixed codebook gain or a combination thereof.
16. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of verifying a header of said audio frames to determine a plurality of classes of said audio frames include a voice frame, a transition frame, a reserved frame or a combination thereof.
17. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of identifying said audio parameters comprises using a pitch gain threshold and a pitch difference threshold.
18. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of performing said audio decision and classification comprises computing sequentially a plurality of pitch difference absolute values of said audio frames by a backward computation and adding said pitch difference absolute values to obtain a sum of said pitch difference absolute values.
19. The method of claim 12, wherein said audio type of each of said input voices includes a quasi-voice frame, a quasi-dumb frame or a combination thereof.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-voice frames.
21. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-dumb frames.
22. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of selecting a target frame from said audio frames comprises selecting one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity in adaptive excitation signals responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes a single quasi-dumb frame.
23. An apparatus for mixing audios to transmit a plurality of input voices, said apparatus comprising:
a decoding device for decoding a portion of each of said input voices to acquire a plurality of audio parameters responsive to said input voices to reduce a transmission delay, wherein each of said input voices compactly encoded includes a plurality of audio frames;
an audio mixing device coupled to said decoding device for selecting one of said audio frames on the basis of said audio parameters of said input voices, wherein said audio mixing device further comprises:
a header verification unit coupled to said decoding device for checking a title of said audio frames to determine a plurality of classes of said audio frames;
an audio identification unit coupled to said header verification unit for determining an audio type of each of said input voices by a pitch difference absolute value of said audio frames and a pitch gain of said audio parameters;
an excitation computation unit coupled to said audio identification unit for computing a signal intensity of an excitation signal to determine said signal intensity of said audio frames;
an adaptive selecting unit coupled to said header verification unit for selecting a target frame from said audio frames; and
a voice selector coupled to said header verification unit to select a voice data stream; and

a frame package unit coupled to said excitation computation unit, said adaptive selecting unit and said voice selector, respectively, to package said target frame for generating a plurality of output voices having a format identical to said input voices to convey readily said output voices.
24. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said decoding device comprises a parameter decoder for executing a parameter decoding.
25. The audio mixing system of claim 24, wherein said decoding device comprises a CELP algorithm executed on said parameter decoder.
26. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said audio parameters include a pitch, a pitch gain or a combination thereof.
27. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said audio parameters include a pitch, a pitch gain, a fixed codebook vector, a fixed codebook gain or a combination thereof.
28. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said classes of said audio frames include a voice frame, a transition frame, a reserved frame or a combination thereof.
29. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said audio identification unit comprises a pitch gain threshold and a pitch difference threshold.
30. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said identification unit computes sequentially a plurality of pitch difference absolute values of said audio frames by a backward computation and obtains a sum of said pitch difference absolute values by an addition of said pitch difference absolute values.
31. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said excitation signal includes a self-adaptive excitation signal, a fixed excitation signal or a combination thereof.
32. The audio mixing system of claim 23, wherein said audio type of each of said input voices includes a quasi-voice frame, a quasi-dumb frame or a combination thereof.
33. The audio mixing system of claim 32, wherein said adaptive selecting unit of said audio mixing device selects one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-voice frames.
34. The audio mixing system of claim 32, wherein said adaptive selecting unit of said audio mixing device selects one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes totally quasi-dumb frames.
35. The audio mixing system of claim 32, wherein said adaptive selecting unit of said audio mixing device selects one of said audio frames having a higher signal intensity responsive to said input voices as said target frame if said input voices includes a single quasi-dumb frame.