Author: claimsbot

1. A method comprising the steps of:
providing a crossbow comprising: (1) a main beam; (2) a bow assembly adapted to propel an arrow, comprising (a) a bow; and, (b) a bowstring attached to the bow; and, (3) a trigger mechanism mounted to the main beam;
mounting the bow assembly at a first location on the main beam to provide a first draw weight;
drawing the bowstring;
releasing the bowstring to propel the arrow from the crossbow;
moving the bow assembly from the first location to a second location on the main beam; and,
mounting the bow assembly at the second location on the main beam to provide a second draw weight that is substantially different from the first draw weight.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of, moving the bow assembly from the first location to a second location on the main beam, comprises the step of:
moving the bow assembly axially along the main beam from the first location on the main beam to the second location on the main beam.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the step of, mounting the bow assembly at a first location on the main beam to provide a first draw weight, comprises the step of mounting the bow assembly to a first predetermined location on the main beam; and,
the step of, mounting the bow assembly at the second location on the main beam to provide a second draw weight that is substantially different from the first draw weight, comprises the step of mounting the bow assembly at a second predetermined location on the main beam.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of mounting the bow assembly at the second location on the main beam to provide a second draw weight that is substantially different from the first draw weight further comprises the steps of:
drawing the bowstring;
releasing the bowstring to propel the arrow from the crossbow;
moving the bow assembly from the second predetermined location to a third predetermined location on the main beam; and,
mounting the bow assembly at the third predetermined location on the main beam to provide a third draw weight that is substantially different from the first and second draw weights.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
providing the main beam with first and second portions;
wherein the step of, moving the bow assembly from the first location to a second location on the main beam, comprises the step of moving the bow assembly between the first and second portions of the main beam.
6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of:
providing the bow with a block and a pair of limbs extending from the block, the bowstring being attached to the pair of limbs; and,
wherein the step of, moving the bow assembly between the first and second portions of the main beam, comprises the step of moving the block between the first and second portions of the main beam.
7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the steps of:
providing the block with a channel that receives at least a part of the main beam; and,
wherein the step of, moving the block between the first and second portions of the main beam, comprises the step of sliding the block along the main beam.
8. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
providing the bow with a block and a pair of limbs extending from the block, the bowstring being attached to the pair of limbs; and,
wherein the step of, mounting the bow assembly at a first location on the main beam to provide a first draw weight, comprises the step of mounting the block at the first location on the main beam.
9. The method of claim 8 further comprising the steps of:
providing the main beam with first and second portions;
wherein the step of, mounting the block at the first location on the main beam, comprises the step of mounting the block to the first and second portions of the main beam.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
providing the crossbow with a handgrip mounted on the main beam at a third location; and,
moving the handgrip from the third location on the main beam to a fourth location on the main beam.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of, mounting the bow assembly at a first location on the main beam to provide a first draw weight, comprises the step of:
attaching a connection member to the bow assembly to hold it to the main beam at the first location.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein:
prior to the step of, moving the bow assembly from the first location to a second location on the main beam, the method comprises the step of removing the connection member; and,
the step of, mounting the bow assembly at the second location on the main beam to provide a second draw weight that is substantially different from the first draw weight, comprises the step of attaching the connection member to the bow assembly to hold it to the main beam at the second location.

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 display monitor mounting apparatus for operably securing one or more display monitors thereto, said mounting apparatus comprising:
(a) a support bar being configured for operable attachment to a support structure and having a first length along a central longitudinal axis thereof and an outer surface, said outer surface having a channel and an elongated detent portion disposed therein, said channel and said elongated detent portion being spaced apart about said surface and extending substantially parallelly along at least a portion of said first length of said support bar; and
(b) a latch element that is removably securable to said support bar, said latch element having a first bar coupling portion and a second monitor mounting portion, said bar coupling portion having a protrusion configured for mating engagement with said elongated detent portion of said support bar, and a spring-biased retractable plunger for biasably extending into said channel under bias force when said latch element is properly coupled to said support bar, said second monitor mounting portion including a mounting plate that is sized and configured to operably mount a display monitor thereto.
2. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said elongated detent portion has a wedge-shaped cross-section forming first and second detent surfaces in angular facing relationship with one another, the angle formed between said first and second detent surfaces being between about 10\xb0 and about 60\xb0.
3. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said protrusion of said bar coupling portion operably bears against said first detent surface when said latch means is operably coupled to said support bar.
4. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said outer surface of said support bar is radially disposed about said central longitudinal axis.
5. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 4 wherein at least a section of an inner surface of said bar coupling portion that is in contact engagement with said outer radial surface of said support bar during operable engagement of said latch element to said support bar has a first curvature radius substantially equal to a second curvature radius of said outer surface of said support bar.
6. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said mounting plate is pivotally coupled to said first bar coupling portion of said latch element.
7. A display monitor mounting apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said retractable plunger is manually retractable against its spring bias from a position within said channel.
8. A display monitor mounting apparatus for operably securing one or more display monitors thereto, said mounting apparatus comprising:
(a) a support bar being configured for operable attachment to a support structure and having a first length along a central longitudinal axis thereof, an outer surface of said support bar having an elongated detent portion disposed therein and extending along at least a portion of said first length of said support bar, said elongated detent portion having a wedge-shaped cross-section forming first and second detent surfaces extending in angular relationship with one another from an apex, with a fictitious line drawn along said first detent surface from said apex toward said outer surface extending generally away from the one or more display monitors when such one or more display monitors are operably secured to said display monitor mounting apparatus;
(b) a latch element that is removably securable to said support bar, said latch element having a first bar coupling portion and a second monitor mounting portion, said bar coupling portion having a protrusion configured for mating engagement with said elongated detent portion of said support bar by operably bearing against said first detent surface, said second monitor mounting portion including a mounting plate that is sized and configured to operably mount a display monitor thereto.
9. A display monitor mounting apparatus for operably securing one or more display monitors thereto, said mounting apparatus comprising:
(a) a support bar being configured for operable attachment to a support structure and having a first length along a central longitudinal axis thereof, an outer surface of said support bar having a channel and an elongated detent portion disposed therein, said channel and elongated detent portion being spaced apart about said surface and extending substantially parallelly along at least a portion of said first length of said support bar; and
(b) a latch element that is removably securable to said support bar, said latch element having a first bar coupling portion and a second monitor mounting portion, said bar coupling portion having an arm section extending away from said monitor mounting portion and terminating in a protrusion that is configured for mating engagement with said elongated detent portion of said support bar, said arm section further including an aperture that is arcuately spaced from said protrusion by between about 20\xb0 and about 90\xb0, said bar coupling portion further including a retractable plunger for operably extending into said channel through said aperture when said latch element is properly coupled to said support bar, said second monitor mounting portion including a mounting plate that is sized and configured to operably mount a display monitor thereto.

We claim:

1. A light-radiating semiconductor component, comprising:
a semiconductor body emitting electromagnetic radiation during an operation of the semiconductor component, said semiconductor body having a semiconductor layer sequence suitable for emitting electromagnetic radiation of a first wavelength range selected from a spectral region consisting of ultraviolet, blue, and green;
a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal each electrically conductively connected to said semiconductor body;
a luminescence conversion element with at least one luminescent material, said luminescence conversion element converting a radiation originating in the first wavelength range into radiation of a second wavelength range different from the first wavelength range, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the second wavelength range.
2. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element converts radiation of the first wavelength range into radiation of a plurality of second wavelength ranges from mutually different spectral subregions, such that the semiconductor component emits polychromatic radiation comprising radiation of the first wavelength range and radiation of the plurality of second wavelength ranges.
3. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein the semiconductor component has a defined main radiating direction, and said luminescence conversion element is disposed substantially downstream of said semiconductor body in the main radiating direction of the semiconductor component.
4. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element is at least one luminescence conversion layer disposed in a vicinity of said semiconductor body.
5. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element is a luminescence conversion encapsulation enclosing at least a part of said semiconductor body and partial regions of said first and second electrical terminals.
6. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said second wavelength range includes wavelengths at least some of which are longer than wavelengths of the first wavelength range.
7. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said semiconductor body is adapted to emit ultraviolet radiation during operation of the semiconductor component, and said luminescence conversion element converts at least a portion of the ultraviolet radiation into visible light.
8. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein the first wavelength range and the second wavelength range of the polychromatic radiation lie at least partially in mutually complementary-color spectral regions, and a combination of radiation from the first and second wavelength range results in white light.
9. The semiconductor component according to claim 2, wherein the first wavelength range emitted by said semiconductor body and two second wavelength ranges produce an additive color triad, such that white light is radiated by the semiconductor component during operation thereof.
10. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein the radiation emitted by said semiconductor body has a luminescence intensity maximum in a blue spectral region at a wavelength selected from the group consisting of 430 nm and 450 nm.
11. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, which further comprises an opaque base housing formed with a recess, and wherein said semiconductor body is disposed in said recess of said base housing, and including a covering layer having a luminescence conversion layer on said recess.
12. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, which further comprises an opaque base housing formed with a recess, and wherein said semiconductor body is disposed in said recess of said base housing, and wherein said recess is at least partially filled with said luminescence conversion element.
13. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element comprises a plurality of layers with mutually different wavelength conversion properties.
14. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element includes organic dye molecules in a plastic matrix.
15. The semiconductor component according to claim 14, wherein said plastic matrix is formed from a plastic material selected from the group consisting of silicone, thermoplastic material, and thermosetting plastic material.
16. The semiconductor component according to claim 14, wherein said luminescence conversion element has organic dye molecules in a matrix selected from the group consisting of an epoxy resin matrix and a polymethyl methacrylate matrix.
17. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element has at least one inorganic luminescence material selected from the phosphor group.
18. The semiconductor component according to claim 17, wherein the inorganic luminescent material is selected from the group of Ce-doped garnets.
19. The semiconductor component according to claim 16, wherein the inorganic luminescent material is YAG:Oe.
20. The semiconductor component according to claim 17, wherein the inorganic luminescent material is embedded in an epoxy resin matrix.
21. The semiconductor component according to claim 17, wherein the inorganic luminescent material is embedded in a matrix formed of inorganic glass with a relatively low melting point.
22. The semiconductor component according to claim 20, wherein the inorganic luminescent material has a mean particle size of approximately 10 m.
23. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element is provided with a plurality of mutually different materials selected from the group consisting of organic and inorganic luminescent materials.
24. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element includes dye molecules selected from the group consisting of organic and inorganic dye molecules partly with and partly without a wavelength conversion effect.
25. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element includes light-diffusing particles.
26. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, which comprises a transparent encapsulation with light-diffusing particles.
27. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element comprises at least one luminescent 4f-organometallic compound.
28. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, wherein said luminescence conversion element includes a luminescent material that is luminescent in a blue region.
29. The semiconductor component according to claim 1, which comprises a transparent encapsulation with a luminescent material that is luminescent in a blue region.
30. A full-color LED display device, comprising a plurality of the light-radiating semiconductor components of claim 1 arranged in a full-color LED display.
31. In an interior lighting of an aircraft cabin, a plurality of the light-radiating semiconductor components according to claim 1.
32. In combination with a display device, a plurality of the semiconductor components according to claim 1 disposed to illuminate a display of the display device.
33. The combination according to claim 32, wherein said display device includes a liquid crystal display.

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, comprising:
allowing a user to define a transfer function via a graphical user interface (GUI); and
submitting the transfer function to a processing device maker associated with a processing device to cause the processing device maker to generate processing device code without intervention by the user, wherein the processing device code when executed by the processing device is configured to cause the processing device to perform the transfer function.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein allowing the user to define the transfer function via the GUI comprises:
providing user interface control on the GUI to allow the user to select a transfer function type and at least one input to the transfer function and to assign an output of the transfer function to each of a plurality of input combinations; and
defining the transfer function in a predetermined pattern based on the transfer function type, the input, and the output.
3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
inputting the processing device code to a processing device design engine to generate a read-only memory (ROM) image.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
loading the ROM image into the processing device to enable the processing device to perform the transfer function.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
allowing the user to modify the transfer function via the GUI; and
in response to modification of the transfer function by the user, automatically regenerating the processing device code using the processing device maker.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
validating the transfer function; and
simulating the transfer function without running the processing device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer function comprises a truth table transfer function.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transfer function comprises a setpoint transfer function.
9. An apparatus, comprising:
means for allowing a user to program a processing device to cause the processing device to perform a transfer function without the user writing processing device code; and
means for allowing the user to modify the transfer function without the user editing the processing device code.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the means for allowing the user to program the processing device comprises:
means for receiving inputs from the user; and
means for defining the transfer function based on the inputs.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the means for allowing the user to program the processing device further comprises:
means for automatically generating the processing device code based on the transfer function.
12. An apparatus, comprising:
a graphical user interface (GUI) to allow a user to define a transfer function via the GUI; and
a processing device maker logically coupled to the GUI to generate processing device code based on the transfer function without intervention by the user, wherein the processing device code causes a processing device to perform the transfer function when executed by the processing device.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:
a processing device design engine logically coupled to the processing device maker to generate a read-only memory (ROM) image based on the processing device code, the ROM image to be loaded into the processing device.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the GUI further comprises:
a user interface control to allow the user to modify the transfer function, wherein the processing device maker automatically regenerates the processing device code in response to modification of the transfer function by the user.
15. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions that, if executed, performs operations comprising:
allowing a user to define a transfer function via a graphical user interface (GUI); and
submitting the transfer function to a processing device maker associated with a processing device to cause the processing device maker to generate processing device code without intervention by the user, the processing device code, when executed by the processing device, to cause the processing device to perform the transfer function.
16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein allowing the user to define the transfer function via the GUI comprises:
providing user interface control on the GUI to allow the user to select a transfer function type and at least one input to the transfer function and to assign an output of the transfer function to each of a plurality of input combinations; and
defining the transfer function in a predetermined pattern based on the transfer function type, the input, and the output.
17. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
inputting the processing device code to a processing device design engine to generate a read-only memory (ROM) image.
18. The machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:
loading the ROM image into the processing device to enable the processing device to perform the transfer function.
19. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
allowing the user to modify the transfer function via the GUI; and
in response to modification of the transfer function by the user, automatically regenerating the processing device code using the processing device maker.
20. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:
validating the transfer function; and
simulating the transfer function using the processing device maker without running the processing device.