Author: claimsbot

1-13. (canceled)
14. A mobile brain-based device (BBD) for behaving in a real-world environment to integrate a visual scene, comprising:
a. a mobile adaptive device having
i. a visual input sensor for receiving visual information; and
ii. an effector for enabling movement of said mobile adaptive device;

b. a computer-based simulated nervous system modeling the regional and functional neuro-anatomy of the cortical regions of a human brain for visually recognizing and discriminating between different objects within the visual scene, said computer-based simulated nervous system including
i. a first neural area forming a visual system and responsive to visual input from said visual input sensor for producing visual stimuli, said first neural area corresponding to the ventral cortical pathway of the brain for producing visual stimuli;
ii. a second neural area, analogous to an ascending neuromodulatory system, responsive to a real-world salient event experienced by the mobile brain-based device while being mobile in its real-world environment, for producing value stimuli; and
iii. a third neural area, corresponding to the superior colliculus area of the brain and responsive to said visual and value stimuli, for controlling said effector to orient said mobile adaptive device towards the visual input information to said mobile adaptive device;

c. wherein visual recognition and discriminating between different objects is achievable during real-world mobility of said mobile adaptive device through reentrant connectivity of neuronal units within each of said first, second and third neural areas, through reentrant connectivity between said first, second and third neural areas, and through the interaction of local processes, which are activities within each of said first, second and third neural areas, and global processes which create functional neural circuits formed during the real-world operation and having synchronous activity between said first, second and third neural areas;
d. wherein connectivity between said first neural area and said second neural area are value-dependent synaptic plastic connections;
e. wherein connectivity from said first neural area to said third neural area are value-dependent synaptic plastic connections; and
f. wherein connectivity from said second neural area to said third neural area are excitatory synaptic plastic connections.
15. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein each said first, second and third neural areas has neuronal units, and wherein said neuronal units in each said area have relative neuronal activity whose timing is represented by a firing rate variable and the relative timing of which is represented by a phase variable, in which similar firing phases of neuronal units in said areas reflect synchronous activity.
16. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein said value stimuli modify the strength of the synaptic plastic connections between said first, second and third neural areas to provide for the adaptive behavior of the mobile brain-based device in a real-world environment.
17. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein said first neural area corresponds to said vertical cortical pathway having neural areas V1, V2, V4 and IT being coupled in a pathway V1\u2192V2\u2192V4\u2192IT.
18. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 14, wherein each of said first, second and third neural areas includes neuronal units, in which said neuronal units have excitatory synaptic connections amongst themselves, and each of said excitatory synaptic connections are voltage-dependent.
19. A mobile brain-based device according to claim 18, wherein said first, second and third neural areas have reentrant excitatory connections between said areas, and all said reentrant excitatory connections are voltage-dependent.

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 mounting apparatus for a circuit board, comprising:
a panel defining a plurality of slots therein;
a support member having one side adapted for positioning the circuit board thereon, and comprising a plurality of catches at an opposite side thereof, the catches slidably engaging in the slots respectively; and
a deflectable clip snappingly engaged between the support member and the panel to retain the support member on the panel, wherein a block is formed on the panel, and the clip has a recessed portion for engaging with the block;
whereby the circuit board is securely mounted to the panel.
2. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip comprises a main body fixedly mounted to the support member, and a tab extending from one side of the main body for releasing the support member from the panel.
3. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the support member defines an opening, and the recessed portion extending through the opening and engaging with the block.
4. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the recessed portion comprises an engaging portion abutting the block.
5. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein each of the slots comprises a locking portion, and each of the catches comprises a neck portion engaging in a corresponding locking portion.
6. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the support member comprises a bent plate at a side thereof for facilitating manual operation.
7. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the panel comprises a recessed edge portion, and the block is provided on the recessed edge portion.
8. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip is fixedly mounted on the support member.
9. The mounting apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the clip is deflectable in a vertical direction.
10. A circuit board assembly comprising:
a panel with a block formed thereon;
a circuit board;
a support member fixedly mounted to a solder side of the circuit board, the support member slidably attached to the panel and located between the circuit board and the panel; and
a clip fixedly mounted to the support member, the clip comprising latch means snappingly engaging with the block to prevent the support member from moving in a first direction.
11. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the panel defines a plurality of slots therein, and the support member comprises a plurality of catches slidably engaged in the slots respectively.
12. The assembly as described in claim 11, wherein each of the slots has a locking portion, and each of the catches comprises a neck portion engaging in a corresponding locking portion to prevent the support member from moving in a second direction the is opposite to the first direction.
13. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the latch means comprises an engaging portion extending from the clip, the engaging portion abutting the block.
14. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the panel comprises a recessed edge portion, and the block is provided on the recessed edge portion.
15. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the clip comprises a main body fixedly mounted to the support member, and a tab extends from one side of the main body for releasing the support member from the panel.
16. The assembly as described in claim 10, wherein the support member comprises a bent plate at a side thereof for facilitating manual operation.

What is claimed is:

1. An indicator lamp comprising:
an electric light bulb; and
lead wires led out from said electric light bulb, said lead wires being soldered to respective patterns on a printed-wiring board;
wherein said lead wires are structured to increase an effective area for soldering at a distal end portion of each of said lead wires.
2. An indicator lamp comprising:
an electric light bulb; and
lead wires led out from said electric light bulb, said lead wires being soldered to respective patterns on a printed-wiring board;
wherein leading end portions of said lead wires are looped.
3. An indicator lamp comprising:
an electric light bulb; and
lead wires led out from said electric light bulb, said lead wires being soldered to respective patterns on a printed-wiring board;
wherein leading end portions of said lead wires are folded back toward said electric light bulb.

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 induction heating cooker, comprising:
a plurality of heating coils;
a plurality of auxiliary switching elements connected to the plurality of heating coils, respectively, and performs bidirectional conduction when turned on;
a first main switching element and a second main switching element, configured to generate a high-frequency voltage by alternately switching, and selectively apply the generated high-frequency voltage to the plurality of heating coils; and
a control unit configured to determine heating coils, on which a container is positioned, based on current flowing through the plurality of heating coils, to perform a time divisional control on auxiliary switching elements, which are connected to the determined heating coils, among the plurality of switching elements such that the auxiliary switching elements connected to the determined heating coils are sequentially switched on, and alternately switch on the first main switching element and the second main switching element during each of on-times of the auxiliary switching elements subject to the time-divisional control such that power levels of the determined heating coils are controlled,
wherein a duty ratio of a pulse width modulation signal of the first main switching element or the second main switching element that is switched on is controlled to vary, and
wherein switched-on auxiliary switching elements among the plurality of auxiliary switching elements allow current caused by the high-frequency voltage to flow therethrough such that current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the first main switching element is different from a direction of current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the second main switching element to vary a direction of current flowing through a heating coil connected to the switched-on auxiliary switching element.
2. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a sensing unit to sense current flowing through the plurality of heating coils,
wherein the control unit, when the heating coils on which the container is positioned are determined, sequentially switches on the plurality of auxiliary switching elements such that current sequentially flows through the plurality of heating coils, and determines that a container is positioned on the heating coil, a current value of which is sensed to exceed a predetermined value, among the plurality of heating coils.
3. The induction heating cooker according to claim 2, further comprising a display unit to display positional information of the heating coil, on which the container is positioned.
4. The induction heating cooker according to claim 2, further comprising an input unit to receive power levels of the heating coil, on which the container is positioned.
5. The induction heating cooker according to claim 4, wherein the control unit controls power levels of the heating coils, on which the container is positioned, by varying duty ratios of pulse width signals being supplied to the first and second main switching elements, respectively, during a period when the auxiliary switching elements is continuously switched on.
6. The induction heating cooker according to claim 5, wherein the control unit supplies pulse width modulation signals, having duty ratios set to values corresponding to power levels of the heating coils, on which the container is positioned, to the first and second main switching elements, respectively.
7. The induction heating cooker according to claim 1, wherein:
the control unit controls the power levels of the heating coils, on which the container is positioned, by supplying pulse width modulation signals each having a same duty ratio to the first and second main switching elements, respectively, and varying on-times of auxiliary switching elements connected to the heating coils, on which the container is positioned.
8. The induction heating cooker according to claim 7, wherein the duty ratios of the pulse width modulation signals supplied to the first and second main switching elements are set to a value corresponding to a maximum power level among the power levels of the heating coils, on which the container is positioned.
9. The induction heating cooker according to claim 8, wherein the control unit varies the on times of the auxiliary switching elements connected to the heating coils, on which the container is positioned, according to the maximum power level.
10. The induction heating cooker according to claim 7, wherein the duty ratios of the pulse width modulation signals supplied to the first and second main switching elements are set to a value corresponding to a highest power level that the induction heating cooker is capable of outputting.
11. The induction heating cooker according to claim 10, wherein the control unit varies the on times of the auxiliary switching elements connected to heating coils, on which the container is positioned, according to the highest power level.
12. An induction heating cooker comprising:
a plurality of heating coils to heat a container;
an inverter being connected to each of the plurality of heating coils, and comprising a plurality of auxiliary switching elements operated to selectively supply a high-frequency voltage to the plurality of heating coils and performs bidirectional conduction when turned on, and a first main switching element and a second main switching element configured to vary such that a direction of current flowing at one of the plurality of auxiliary switching elements is switched and to supply one of the heating coils with a high-frequency voltage; and
a control unit configured to sequentially switch on the auxiliary switching elements connected to at least one of the plurality of heating coils, on which the container is placed, such that the high frequency voltage is supplied time-divisionally to the at least one heating coil among the plurality of heating coils, and to control power levels of the at least one heating coil, which is subject to the time-divisionally supplied high frequency voltage, by varying duty ratios of pulse width modulation signals supplied to the first main switching element and the second main switching element during each of on-times of the auxiliary switching elements,
wherein switched-on auxiliary switching elements among the plurality of auxiliary switching elements allow current caused by the high-frequency voltage to flow therethrough such that current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the first main switching element is different from a direction of current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the second main switching element to vary a direction of current flowing through a heating coil connected to the switched-on auxiliary switching element.
13. An induction heating cooker comprising:
a plurality of heating coils to heat a container;
an inverter being connected to each of the plurality of heating coils, and comprising a plurality of auxiliary switching elements operated to selectively supply a high-frequency voltage to the plurality of heating coils and performs bidirectional conduction when turned on, and a first main switching element and a second main switching element configured to vary such that a direction of current flowing at one of the plurality of auxiliary switching elements is switched and to supply one of the heating coils with a high-frequency voltage; and
a control unit to supply pulse width modulation signals having the same duty ratio to the first main switching element and the second main switching element and to control operations of the plurality of auxiliary switching elements such that the high-frequency voltage is time-divisionally supplied to a plurality of heating coils, on which the container is positioned, among the plurality of heating coils,
wherein the control unit varies on times of the auxiliary switching elements corresponding to the heating coils, which are supplied with the high-frequency voltage that is time divisionally supplied, to control power levels of the heating coils, and
wherein switched-on auxiliary switching elements among the plurality of auxiliary switching elements allow current caused by the high-frequency voltage to flow there through such that current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the first main switching element is different from a direction of current due to a high-frequency voltage applied by the second main switching element to vary a direction of current flowing through a heating coil connected to the switched-on auxiliary switching element.
14. The induction heating cooker according to claim 13, wherein the duty ratios of the pulse width modulation signals supplied to the first main switching element and the second main switching element are set to a value corresponding to a maximum power level among the power levels of the plurality of heating coils, on which the container is positioned, or a highest power level that the induction heating cooker is capable of outputting.