Author: claimsbot

1. A method of updating the transmissibility function (Tcl(x)) of a clutch (4) during the final stage of a gear change, in which the clutch (4) is closed to cause the angular speed (m) of the drive shaft (10) to equal the angular speed (1) of the primary shaft (7) of the gear change (5), in which method the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4) is calculated by subtracting the product of the moment of inertia (Jm) of the engine (2) and the angular acceleration (m) of the drive shaft (10) from the torque (Tm) generated by the engine (2), the actual value of the torque (Tcl) actually transmitted by the clutch (4) being used to update the transmissibility function (Tcl(x)) of the clutch (4)
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the clutch (4) is disposed in a predetermined position in order to transmit a constant torque (Tcl).
3. A method as claimed in claim 2, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the clutch (4) is disposed in a predetermined position in order to transmit a constant torque (Tcl)) greater than the torque (Tm) supplied by the engine (2).
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the engine (2) is set to supply a constant torque (Tm).
5. A method as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the supply to the engine (2) is discontinued so as not to generate working torque, the torque (Tm) generated by the engine (2) being constant and due solely to internal friction torques of the engine (2).
6. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the angular acceleration ( m) of the drive shaft (10) is determined from a measurement of the angular speed ( (m) of the drive shaft (10).
7. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which an index of the degradation of the transmissibility function (Tcl(x)) is calculated by comparing the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4) with an equivalent theoretical value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4) obtained from the transmissibility function (Tcl(x)).
8. A method as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that an updating index of the transmissibility function is calculated by means of filtering of the degradation index.
9. A method as claimed in claim 7, characterised in that a plurality of degradation indices are calculated during various gear changes and in that an updating index of the transmissibility function is calculated by means of statistical processing of this plurality of degradation indices.
10. A method as claimed in claim 8, characterised in that the transmissibility function (Tcl(x)) is updated using the updating index.
11. A method of calculating the actual value of the torque (Tcl)) transmitted by a clutch (4) during the final stage of a gear change, characterised in that the clutch (4) is closed to cause the angular speed (m) of the drive shaft (10) to equal the angular speed (1) of the primary shaft (7) of the gear change (5), in which method the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4) is calculated by subtracting the product of the moment of inertia (Jm) of the engine (2) and the angular acceleration (m) of the drive shaft (10) from the torque (Tm) generated by the engine (2).
12. A method as claimed in claim 11, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the clutch (4) is disposed in a predetermined position in order to transmit a constant torque (Tcl).
13. A method as claimed in claim 11, characterised in that in order to calculate the actual value of the torque (Tcl) transmitted by the clutch (4), the engine (2) is set to supply a constant torque (Tm).

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 SIP (Session Initiation protocol)-based user mobility service providing apparatus that is connected to an SIP-based IP multimedia service network in an environment where various communication infrastructures coexist and transmits an SIP message to an SIP terminal and an SIP proxy server through a gateway to provide a mobile user with an SIP service, comprising:
a sensing part that detects an event that the user enters a specific region or goes out of the specific region based on signals from at least one marker, to obtain a position of the user; and
a sensing management module that receives information on the position of the user in the specific region from the sensing part and carries out SIP registration for terminals in the specific region when it is confirmed that the user, enters the specific region and carries out SIP cancellation of SIP registration for terminals in the specific region when it is confirmed that the user goes out of the specific region.
2. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the specific terminal has the same capability as that of a terminal selected on the basis of a predetermined terminal priority order depending on a user’s preferences among the several of terminals existing in the specific region.
3. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one marker transmits specific information in the signals in response to the user’s position, and the sensing part includes a receiver that receives signals with the specific information from the at least one marker to detect the event that the user enters the specific region or goes out of the specific region and transmits the detected information to the sensing management unit.
4. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing management module is mounted in the gateway.
5. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing management module is constructed in a separate machine having computing capability.
6. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing management module comprises:
an interface unit for communicating with the receiver of the sensing unit, the SIP proxy server, the SIP terminal, and an operator terminal that manages the receiver of the sensing unit and controls the sensing management unit;
an information managing unit that manages the user information and information on the terminals in the specific region; and
an SIP service supporting unit that carries out SIP registration for the each terminals existing in the specific region and notification of the completion of SIP registration such that the user is provided with the SIP service.
7. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operator terminal determines a range of the specific region on the basis of a marker detection allowable limit of the receiver.
8. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the operator terminal determines a marker monitoring period to determine whether the user exists in the specific region.
9. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sensing management module further comprises a user authentication unit that determines whether the user in the specific region uses the several terminals existing in the specific region and whether the user subscribes to an SIP service provider.
10. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the sensing management module further comprises a management information database for storing SIP registration related information including the user information and the information on the terminals in the specific region.
11. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the information managing unit comprises:
a usermarker mapping manager for managing mapping information of an ID of the at least one marker and a URI (uniform resource identifier) of the user;
a terminal information manager for managing the information on the terminals existing in the specific region; and
an active user manager for managing active information of the user in the specific region.
12. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the SIP service supporting unit comprises:
an SIP user registrationcancellation proxy unit that generates an SIP registration message for each of the several terminals in the specific region according to the SIP registration related information and transmits the SIP registration message to the SIP proxy server to perform SIP registration; and
an SIP user registrationcancellation notifying unit that notifies the SIP terminal of the completion of SIP user registration when SIP registration has been completed through the SIP user registrationcancellation proxy unit.
13. The SIP-based user mobility service providing apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the interface unit comprises:
a sensing receiver interface that provides an interface for transmitting information on the result of the detection of the event that the user enters the specific region or goes out of the region from the sensing part to the sensing management module;
an SIP proxy server interface that provides an interface for transmitting the SIP registration message for each of the terminals to the SIP proxy server;
an SIP terminal interface that provides an interface for transmitting the SIP registration completion notification to the SIP terminal; and
an operator interface that provides an interface for operating and controlling the sensing management module by the operator terminal.
14. An SIP-based user mobility service providing method using an SIP (session initiation protocol)-based user mobility providing apparatus that is connected to an SIP-based IP multimedia service network in an environment where various communication infrastructures coexist, and transmits an SIP message to an SIP terminal and an SIP proxy server through a gateway to provide a mobile user with an SIP service, comprising:
a) converting each terminals existing in a specific region to an available state when a user who is authorized to use the SIP service enters the specific region; and
b) receiving a call using a specific terminal having the same capability as that of a terminal previously set on the basis of a user’s preferences among the several terminals in the available state,

wherein converting each terminal further comprises:
detecting an event that the user enters the specific region based on signals from at least one marker;
generating an SIP registration message for terminals in the specific region and transmitting the SIP registration message to the SIP proxy server to carry out SIP registration when it is confirmed that the user enters the specific region; and
generating an SIP deregistration message for the terminals in the specific region and transmitting the SIP deregistration message to the SIP proxy server, to carry out cancellation of SIP registration when it is confirmed that the user goes out of the specific region.
15. The SIP-based user mobility service providing method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising performing user authentication for determining whether the user is authorized to use the terminals existing in the specific region and whether the user is authorized to use the SIP service when the user enters the specific region before the converting the each terminals existing in the specific region to the available state when the user who is authorized to use the SIP service enters the specific region.
16. The SIP-based user mobility service providing method as claimed in claim 15, wherein step a) further comprises periodically confirming whether the user exists in the specific region after the notifying the SIP terminal of the completion of SIP registration when SIP registration has been completed.
17. An SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based user mobility service providing apparatus that is connected to a wireless network including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:
a sensing part to detect an event that a marker enters or departs a specific region based on signals from the marker, to obtain a position of a user carrying the marker; and
a sensing management module to receive information on the position of the user in the specific region from the sensing part, and to carry out SIP registration for terminals in the specific region when it is confirmed that the user enters the specific region, and to carry out SIP cancellation of SIP registration for terminals in the specific region when it is confirmed that the user departs the specific region.
18. A method for providing an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based user mobility service using an SIP-based user mobility providing apparatus that is connected to a wireless network including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:
converting each terminal in a specific region to an available state when a user who is authorized to use the SIP service enters the specific region; and
receiving a call using a specific terminal having the same capability as that of a terminal previously set on the basis of a user’s preferences among the several terminals in the available state,
wherein converting each terminal further comprises:
detecting an event that the user enters the specific region based on signals from at least one marker;
generating an SIP registration message for terminals in the specific region and transmitting the SIP registration message to a SIP proxy server to carry out SIP registration when it is confirmed that the user enters the specific region; and
generating an SIP deregistration message for the terminals in the specific region and transmitting the SIP deregistration message to the SIP proxy server, to carry out cancellation of SIP registration when it is confirmed that the user departs the specific region.
19. An SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based user mobility service providing apparatus that is connected to a wireless network including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), comprising:
a sensing part to determine if a mobile user enters a sensing region based on a recognition of a first marker corresponding to the mobile user; and
a sensing management module to receive identification information corresponding to the first marker from the sensing part, and to carry out SIP registration for a first SIP terminal in the sensing region if the mobile user enters the sensing region,
wherein the sensing part determines if the mobile user departs the sensing region, and the sensing management module carries out SIP cancellation of SIP registration for the first SIP terminal in the sensing region if the mobile user departs the sensing region.
20. A method for providing an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)-based user mobility service using an SIP-based user mobility providing apparatus that is connected to a wireless network including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising:
converting a first SIP terminal in a sensing region to an available state if a mobile user who is authorized to use the SIP service enters the sensing region; and
receiving a call using the first SIP terminal having the same capability as a previously set second SIP terminal on the basis of a preference of the mobile user among several SIP terminals in an available state in the sensing region; and
generating an SIP deregistration message for the first SIP terminal, and transmitting the SIP deregistration message to an SIP proxy server to cancel SIP registration if the mobile user departs the sensing region,
wherein converting the first SIP terminal further comprises:
determining that the mobile user enters the sensing region based on a recognition of a first marker corresponding to the mobile user; and
generating an SIP registration message for the first SIP terminal in the sensing region, and transmitting the SIP registration message to the SIP proxy server to carry out SIP registration for the first SIP terminal if the mobile user enters the sensing region.
21. A method for providing an SIP (session initiation protocol)-based user mobility service using a wireless network including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), the method comprising:
converting a first SIP terminal in a sensing region to an available state if a mobile user who is authorized to use the SIP service enters the sensing region;
receiving a call using the first SIP terminal having the same capability as a previously set second SIP terminal on the basis of a preference of the mobile user among several SIP terminals in an available state in the sensing region; and
determining whether the mobile user is authorized to use the first SIP terminal in the sensing region and whether the mobile user is authorized to use the SIP service if the mobile user enters the specific region before converting the first SIP terminal in the sensing region to the available state,
wherein converting the first SIP terminal further comprises:
determining that the mobile user enters the sensing region based on a recognition of a first marker corresponding to the mobile user; and
generating an SIP registration message for the first SIP terminal in the sensing region, and transmitting the SIP registration message to an SIP proxy server to carry out SIP registration for the first SIP terminal if the mobile user enters the sensing region.

1. A personal hygiene article comprising a soft elastomeric film consisting essentially of a coupled, selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having the general formula:
(A-B)nX

wherein
a. prior to hydrogenation the A block is a polymerized monoalkenyl arene hydrocarbon block having a molecular weight from 6000 to 7000;
b. prior to hydrogenation the B block is a polymerized conjugated diene hydrocarbon block having a vinyl content from 60 to 85% mol;
c. the total molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 180,000 to 400,000;
d. the monoalkenyl arene content of the block copolymer is from 9 to 16% wt;
e. X is the residue of a coupling agent and n is from 2 to 6; and
f. the block copolymer includes less than 10% of uncoupled A-B arms;

where the elastomeric film has a 100% stress of about 100 psi or less and a tensile strength of at least about 1000 psi.
2. The personal hygiene article of claim 1 wherein the total molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 200,000 to 300,000.
3. The personal hygiene article of claim 1 wherein the monoalkenyl arene content is from 10 to 14% wt.
4. The personal hygiene article of claim 1 wherein the monoalkenyl arene is styrene and the conjugated diene is butadiene.
5. The personal hygiene article of claim 4 wherein subsequent to hydrogenation greater than 95% mol of the conjugated diene units and less than 5% mol of the monoalkenyl arene units have been hydrogenated.
6. The personal hygiene article of claim 1 having a tensile elongation of at least 600%.
7. The personally hygiene article of claim 1 which is a glove, diaper, incontinence product, disposable swimwear or disposable undergarment.
8. A soft elastomeric film comprising two coupled, selectively hydrogenated block copolymers each having the general formula:
(A-B)nX

wherein the film comprises from 15 to 40 parts by weight of a first block copolymer having:
a. prior to hydrogenation the A block is a polymerized monoalkenyl arene hydrocarbon block having a molecular weight from 6000 to 7000;
b. prior to hydrogenation the B block is a polymerized conjugated diene hydrocarbon block having a vinyl content from 60 to 85% mol;
c. the total molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 180,000 to 400,000;
d. the monoalkenyl arene content of the block copolymer is from 9 to 16% wt;
e. X is the residue of a coupling agent and n is from 2 to 6; and
f. the block copolymer includes less than 10% of uncoupled A-B arms; and the film comprises from 60 to 85 parts by weight of a second block copolymer having:
g. prior to hydrogenation the A block is a polymerized monoalkenyl arene hydrocarbon block having a molecular weight from 5000 to 7000;
h. prior to hydrogenation the B block is a polymerized conjugated diene hydrocarbon block having a vinyl content from 60 to 85% mol;
i. the total molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 100,000 to 160,000;
j. the monoalkenyl arene content of the block copolymer is from 16% wt to 24% wt;
k. X is the residue of a coupling agent and n is from 2 to 6; and
l. the block copolymer includes less than 10% of uncoupled A-B arms; and
where the elastomeric film has a 100% stress of about 100 psi or less and a tensile strength of at least about 1000 psi.
9. The soft elastomeric film of claim 8 wherein the second block copolymer has a melt index of greater than or equal to 12 g10 min according to ASTM D1238 at 230\xb0 C. and 2.16 kg weight.
10. A glove, diaper, incontinence product, disposable swimwear or disposable undergarment comprising the soft elastomeric film of claim 8.
11. A soft elastomeric film comprising from 25 to 75 parts by weight of a coupled, selectively hydrogenated block copolymer having the general formula:
(A-B)nX

wherein
a. prior to hydrogenation the A block is a polymerized monoalkenyl arene hydrocarbon block having a molecular weight from 6000 to 7000;
b. prior to hydrogenation the B block is a polymerized conjugated diene hydrocarbon block having a vinyl content from 60 to 85% mol;
c. the total molecular weight of the block copolymer is from 180,000 to 400,000;
d. the monoalkenyl arene content of the block copolymer is from 9 to 16% wt;
e. X is the residue of a coupling agent and n is from 2 to 6; and
f. the block copolymer includes less than 10% of uncoupled A-B arms and from 75 to 25 parts by weight of a controlled distribution block copolymer having a general configuration A\u2032-B\u2032, A\u2032-B\u2032-A\u2032, (A\u2032-B\u2032)n, (A\u2032-B\u2032-A\u2032)nX, (A\u2032-B\u2032)nX or mixtures thereof, where n is an integer from 2 to about 30, and X is coupling agent residue wherein:
g. prior to hydrogenation each A\u2032 block is a monoalkenyl arene polymer block and each B\u2032 block is a controlled distribution copolymer block of at least one conjugated diene and at least one monoalkenyl arene;
h. subsequent to hydrogenation about 0-10% of the arene double bonds have been reduced, and at least about 90% of the conjugated diene double bonds have been reduced;
i. each A\u2032 block has a number average molecular weight between about 3,000 and about 60,000 and each B\u2032 block has a number average molecular weight between about 30,000 and about 300,000;
j. each B\u2032 block comprises terminal regions adjacent to the A\u2032 block that are rich in conjugated diene units and one or more regions not adjacent to the A\u2032 blocks that are rich in mono alkenyl arene units;
k. the total amount of monoalkenyl arene in the hydrogenated block copolymer is about 20 percent weight to about 80 percent weight;
l. the weight percent of mono alkenyl arene in each B\u2032 block is between about 10 percent and about 75 percent; and
m. the monoalkenyl arene blockiness in the B\u2032 block is less than 40%;
where the elastomeric film has a 100% stress of about 100 psi or less and a tensile strength of at least about 1000 psi.
12. A glove, diaper, incontinence product, disposable swimwear or disposable undergarment comprising the soft elastomeric film of claim 11.

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 expandable tubular member comprising a plurality of unit cells, each unit cell comprising a first segment having proximal and distal ends and a substantially sinusoidal shape, and a second segment having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end of the first segment being coupled to the proximal end of the second segment, the distal end of the first segment being coupled to the distal end of the second segment, the second segment being more flexible than the first segment,
wherein the unit cell has a stable contracted state in which the second segment substantially conforms to the sinusoidal shape of the first segment, and a deployed state in which the second segment has a convex shape bowed away from the first segment,
wherein around a circumference of the expandable tubular member, two second segments are disposed between every two first segments and coupled directly to one another.
2. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the second segment of each unit cell is coupled to the first segment so that the first segment inhibits deformation of the second segment in the contracted state.
3. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the second segment of each unit cell is stable only in the contracted and deployed states.
4. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the first segment of each unit cell is substantially rigid.
5. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the first segment of each unit cell comprises a larger cross sectional area than the second segment.
6. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the first and second segments of each unit cell are manufactured using different materials.
7. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the proximal and distal ends of the first and second segments of each unit cell are coupled together by hinges.
8. The expandable tubular member of claim 7 wherein the hinges of each unit cell are elastic hinges.
9. The expandable tubular member of claim 7 wherein the hinges of each unit cell are plastic hinges.
10. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the unit cells are transformed from the contracted state to the deployed state by application of a uniform radially outwardly directed force to an interior surface of the expandable tubular member.
11. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein a first subset of the plurality of unit cells has a second segment with a first cross-sectional area and a second subset of the plurality of unit cells has a second segment with a second cross-sectional area.
12. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the plurality of unit cells are arranged in a longitudinally arranged series of circumferential rings.
13. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the expandable tubular member is capable of attaining different outer diameters depending on the amount and location of unit cells that are transformed to the deployed state.
14. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the unit cells are designed and arranged to provide a range of diameters for the expandable tubular member in a stepwise fashion.
15. The expandable tubular member of claim 14 wherein the expandable tubular member has an initial diameter at a first end, a final diameter at a second end, and at least one intermediate diameter between the first and second ends, the intermediate diameter differing from the initial and final diameters.
16. The expandable tubular member of claim 15 wherein the initial and final diameters are the same.
17. The expandable tubular member of claim 12 wherein within a circumferential ring, a first subset of unit cells has a different force-displacement characteristic than a second subset of the plurality of unit cells.
18. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the second segment of each unit cell is coupled to the second segment of an adjacent cell by a joint disposed near a midpoint of the second segments.
19. The expandable tubular member of claim 1 wherein the expandable tubular member is made from a polymer, a metal, a composite, a shape memory material with superelastic behavior, a shape memory material with temperature sensitive behavior, or a combination of two or more of these materials.
20. A method for deploying an expandable tubular member having two substantially stable states, the method comprising:
providing an expandable tubular member comprising a plurality of unit cells in a contracted state, wherein each unit cell comprises a first segment having proximal and distal ends and a substantially sinusoidal shape, and second segment having proximal end that is coupled to the proximal end of the first segment and distal end that is coupled to the distal end of the first segment, the second segment being more flexible than the first segment, wherein the second segment substantially conforms to the sinusoidal shape of the first segment in the contracted state, wherein around a circumference of the expandable tubular member, two second segments are disposed between every two first segments and coupled directly to one another; and
deploying at least one of the unit cells of the expandable tubular member by causing the second segment of the unit cell to deploy to a convex shape bowed away from the first segment of the unit cell.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the expandable tubular member is provided in the contracted state by compressing the expandable tubular member onto a delivery device.
22. The method of claim 21 wherein at least one unit cell is deployed by applying a radially outward force by expanding the delivery device.
23. The method of claim 20 wherein unit cells of the expandable tubular member are deployed in a stepwise fashion.
24. The method of claim 20 wherein the number of unit cells that are deployed is proportionate to a radially outward force that is applied to the expandable tubular member.
25. The method of claim 20 wherein unit cells are selectively deployed by providing second segments having varying diameters.
26. The method of claim 20 wherein the diameter of the expandable tubular member in a deployed state is varied by varying lengths of first and second segments of a unit cell.
27. The method of claim 20 wherein the diameter of the expandable tubular member in a deployed state is varied by varying the number of unit cells that are provided in the contracted state.