Author: claimsbot

1-11. (canceled)
12. A method of imaging a dental object, comprising:
obtaining a digitizer comprising:
a light source configured to generate a beam of structured light;
a reference arm configured to generate a reference beam of light based on the beam of structured light;
a projector configured to project the beam of structured light toward an object and to detect a reflection of at least a portion of the beam, the beam being projected toward the object as a dot that traverses a two dimensional (2D) pattern across a three dimensional outer surface of the object to generate reflection data representing the three dimensional outer surface of the object;
a coupler configured to combine the reference beam and the reflection to generate a superimposed interference light pattern; and
a processor configured to generate a dataset representative of the three dimensional outer surface of the object based on the superimposed interference light pattern and the reflection data; and

utilizing the digitizer to project a beam of structured light toward the dental object, detect a reflection of at least a portion of the beam projected toward the dental object, and generate a dataset representative of a three dimensional outer surface of the dental object.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the dental object is an in vivo dentition.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the in vivo dentition is one or more of a tooth, intra-oral tissue, a preparation, a restoration, and a dental arch.
15. A method of imaging a dental object, comprising:
generating a beam of structured light from a light source;
generating a reference beam of light based on the beam of structure light;
projecting the beam of structured light toward the dental object, the beam being projected toward the dental object as a dot that traverses a two dimensional pattern across a three dimensional outer surface of the dental object;
detecting a reflection of at least a portion of the beam from the dental object to generate reflection data representing the three dimensional outer surface of the dental object;
combining the reference beam and the reflection to generate a superimposed interference light pattern; and
generating a dataset representative of the three dimensional outer surface of the dental object based on the superimposed interference light pattern and the reflection data.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the beam of structured light is projected toward the dental object by a projector sized and shaped for use within an oral cavity.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the dental object is an in vivo dentition.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the reference beam is generated as a time-varying baseline pattern and the dataset is generated according to time domain data processing.
19. The method of claim 15, further comprising: generating a signal representative of the superimposed interference light pattern.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the signal comprises a shape, distribution, and composition of the superimposed interference light pattern.
21. The method of claim 15, further comprising:
separating the superimposed interference light pattern into constituent components; and
detecting the constituent components using a photosensor.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein the reference beam is generated as a fixed reference baseline pattern.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein the photosensor comprises an array of light sensitive detectors.
24. The method of claim 21, wherein the photosensor comprises a charge coupled device.
25. The method of claim 15, wherein the dataset is generated according to Fourier domain data processing.
26. The method of claim 15, further comprising splitting the beam of structured light into a first beam and a second beam.
27. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying a visual representation of at least a portion of the three dimensional outer surface of the dental object on a display.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the visual representation utilizes geometrical modeling using colors and shadings to give the visual representation a realistic appearance.

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

What is claimed is:

1. A method of communicating via a wireless portable device, comprising:
providing a predetermined number of channels in the wireless portable device;
providing a predetermined set of actions to be performed using the channels;
selecting at least one of the channels;
selecting one of the actions to be performed on the selected one of the channels; and
performing the selected one of the actions on the selected one of the channels.
2. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 wherein the predetermined number of the channels includes any combination of a voice channel and a data channel.
3. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 wherein the predetermined set of the actions includes on-hooking and off-hooking.
4. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 further comprising:
communicating information through a plurality of the channels; and
displaying the information in a predetermined manner for each of the channels.
5. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 wherein the information includes availability of each of the channels.
6. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 wherein said selecting the one of the channels is accomplished by pressing an off-hook key that corresponds to the selected one of the channels.
7. The method of communicating via a wireless portable device according to claim 1 wherein said selecting the one of the channels is accomplished by pressing a channel selection key for selecting the selected one of the channels.
8. A wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels, comprising:
a predetermined number of pairs of a transmitter and a receiver for supporting multiple channels;
a control unit connected to said pairs of said transmitter and said receiver for selectively performing a task using at least one of said pairs of said transmitter and said receiver in response to a control signal; and
an input device connected to said control unit for inputting the control signal, the control signal being indicative of the task as well as the one of said pairs of said transmitter and said receiver.
9. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 8 wherein said transmitter and said receiver communicate any combination of voice information and data information.
10. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 8 wherein the task includes on-hooking and off-hooking.
11. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 9 further comprising:
a display unit connected to said control unit for displaying the data information in a predetermined manner for each of the multiple channels; and
a speaker unit connected to said control unit for outputting the voice information.
12. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 11 further comprising:
an input port connected to said control unit for inputting the data information;
a voice input unit connected to said control unit for inputting the voice information; and
an output port connected to said control unit for outputting the data information.
13. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 11 wherein said display unit displays availability of each of the multiple channels.
14. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 9 wherein said input device includes a selection key for selecting the one of the multiple channels.
15. The wireless portable apparatus for communicating through multiple channels according to claim 9 wherein said input device includes pairs of an off-hook key and an on-hook key corresponding to each of the multiple channel respectively for activating and deactivating the multiple channels.

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for providing an encapsulation material to devices mounted on a substrate simultaneously, said apparatus comprising:
two substrates each having at least two electronic device mounted on one side thereof, each said substrate having a thickness, having a first side having said electronic components mounted thereon, and having an opposing backside having a planar surface having at least one of an array of conductive terminals, and pads thereon;
an upper mold plate and a mating lower mold plate, each mold plate having a mold cavity portion, the mold cavity portion in each said upper and lower mold plates comprising a mold cavity receiving a portion of said substrates, each portion of said substrates having said electronic components thereon for encapsulating each of said electronic components, portions of each substrate of said two electronic devices situated backside-to-backside in said mold cavity;
a force-applying device for applying a force to said upper mold plate and said lower mold plate about portions of said substrate of an intervening first electronic device of said two electronic devices and said substrate of an intervening second electronic device of said two electronic devices situated backside-to backside, said mold cavity portion of said upper mold plate forming a first mold cavity over at least a portion of one of said first and second electronic devices and said mold cavity portion of said lower mold plate forming a second mold cavity over at least a portion of the other of said first electronic device and second electronic device of said two electronic devices;
at least one passageway in each said upper mold plate and said lower mold plate for separately introducing material into said first mold cavity and said second mold cavity to encapsulate one side of each said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices; and
at least one passageway connected to each of said first and second mold cavities for venting gases from each of said first and second mold cavities.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus comprises an injection molding apparatus for providing an encapsulation material to encapsulate said at least two electrical devices of each of said two substrates.
3. An apparatus for providing encapsulation material to devices on a substrate, said apparatus comprising:
two electronic devices, each electronic device having electronic components mounted on a front side of a substrate thereof, a first electronic device of said two electronic devices and a second electronic device of said two electronic devices having one of a conductor-grid-array and pads on said opposing backside of said substrate thereof;
an upper mold plate and a mating lower mold plate, each mold plate having a mold cavity portion, said mold cavity portion in each said upper and lower mold plates comprising a mold cavity encapsulating at least a portion of each substrate having said electronic components thereon, said two electronic devices situated backside of said substrate of one of said two electronic devices to backside of said substrate of the other of said two electronic devices in said mold cavity;
a force-applying device for applying a force to said upper mold plate and said lower mold plate about said substrate of an intervening first electronic device of said two electronic devices and said substrate of an intervening second electronic device of said two electronic devices oriented in a backside-to-backside configuration, said mold cavity portion of said upper mold forming a first mold cavity over at least a portion of one of said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices and said mold cavity portion of said lower mold plate forming a second mold cavity over at least a portion of the other of said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices;
at least one passageway separately introducing material into said first mold cavity and said second mold cavity to encapsulate one side of each said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices; and
a planar buffer member configured to be positioned between opposing backsides of said backside-to-backside substrates of said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices, said planar buffer member having cut-out portions for insertion therein of conductor-grid-arrays of said first electronic device and said second electronic device of said two electronic devices.
4. An apparatus for providing encapsulation material on one-sided of each of two substrates for electronic devices mounted on one side of a substrate, said apparatus comprising:
two substrate-based electronic devices, each substrate-based electronic device having electronic components mounted on a first side of a substrate, said substrate having one of an opposite second side and one of a conductor-grid-array and pads on said opposite second side of said substrate;
an upper mold plate and a mating lower mold plate, each mold plate having a mold cavity portion;
a force-applying device for applying a force for compressing said upper mold plate and said mating lower mold plate about said substrate of an intervening first substrate-based electronic device of said two substrate-based electronic devices and said substrate of an intervening second substrate-based electronic device of said two substrate-based electronic devices disposed opposite second side to opposite second side, said mold cavity portion of said upper mold plate forming a first mold cavity over at least a portion of said first substrate-based electronic device and said mold cavity portion of said lower mold plate forming a second mold cavity over at least a portion of said second substrate-based electronic device, said first mold cavity substantially isolated from said second mold cavity by said opposite second side to opposite second side substrates;
passageways introducing fluid plastic into each of said first and second mold cavities encapsulating one side of each said first substrate-based electronic device and said second substrate-based electronic device of said two substrate-based electronic devices;
and a planar buffer member positioned between said opposite second sides of said substrates of said first substrate-based electronic device and said second substrate-based electronic device of said two substrate-based electronic devices.
5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said planar buffer member has cut-out portions for insertion therein of conductor-grid-arrays of said first and second substrate-based electronic devices.

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 element unit comprising:
a shaft;
a plurality of separation membrane elements each including a separation membrane pair having two separation membranes disposed so that permeate-side surfaces of the separation membranes face each other and a water collecting flow path provided between the separation membranes, and a sealed portion that seals the separation membranes at peripheral edge portions of the separation membranes;
a suspension portion that suspends the separation membrane elements on the shaft; and
a water collection nozzle that provides communication between the water collection flow path and an outside of the separation membrane elements,
wherein each of the separation membrane elements comprises a resin portion that adheres to both the permeate-side surfaces of the separation membrane pair facing each other via adhesion core material, and a predetermined space is secured between the separation membrane pair by the resin portion.
2. The element unit according to claim 1,
wherein the resin portion is in a dot shape, a linear shape or a grid shape.
3. The element unit according to claim 1,
wherein the shaft comprises a plurality of unit shafts.
4. The element unit according to claim 3,
wherein the shaft further comprises a shaft joint that connects mutually adjacent unit shafts.
5. The element unit according to claim 1,
wherein the shaft is provided so as to extend through the suspension portion, and
wherein the separation membrane element is attachable to and detachable from the shaft by inserting and removing the separation membrane element into and from the suspension portion for the shaft.
6. The element unit according to claim 1,
wherein the separation membranes are flat membranes, and
wherein in the separation membrane pair, an outward side that is more outward in a planer direction of the separation membranes than the water collection flow path is provided with a through-hole through which the shaft is able to extend, and
wherein the hole functions as the suspension portion.
7. The element unit according to claim 6,
wherein the separation membranes have a generally quadrangular shape, and
wherein the through-hole is provided in each of four corners of the separation membrane pair.
8. A separation membrane module comprising:
the element unit according to claim 1;
a casing that houses the element unit so as to allow the element unit to be taken out and put in; and
an aeration block that is disposed below the casing and that supplies air to the element unit.
9. The separation membrane module according to claim 8,
wherein the casing has, on at least one of an upper surface and a side surface, an opening portion which the element unit is able to be taken out from and inserted into.
10. A method for attaching and detaching the separation membrane element in the separation membrane module according to claim 8 that includes the shaft provided so as to extend through the suspension portion,
the attaching and detaching method for the separation membrane element being characterized in that the separation membrane element is attached to and detached from the separation membrane module by inserting and removing the separation membrane element into and from the suspension portion by sliding the shaft.
11. An element unit comprising:
a shaft;
a plurality of separation membrane elements each including a separation membrane pair having two separation membranes disposed so that permeate-side surfaces of the separation membranes face each other and a water collecting flow path provided between the separation membranes, and a sealed portion that seals the separation membranes at peripheral edge portions of the separation membranes;
a suspension portion that suspends the separation membrane elements on the shaft; and
a water collection nozzle that provides communication between the water collection flow path and an outside of the separation membrane elements,
an aeration block that is disposed below the element block, and
a device that supplies air to the element block from the aeration block,
wherein each of the separation membrane elements comprises a resin portion that adheres to both the permeate-side surfaces of the separation membrane pair facing each other via adhesion core material, and a predetermined space is secured between the separation membranes by the resin portion,
the separation membrane element has a structure to allow energy of the air to escape,
the separation membrane element is substantially quadrangular,
the separation membrane element is suspended by at least four suspension portions above.
12. The element unit according to claim 11,
wherein the resin portion is in a dot shape, a linear shape or a grid shape.
13. The element unit according to claim 11,
wherein the suspension portions are provided at four corners of the separation membrane element.
14. An element unit comprising:
a shaft;
a plurality of separation membrane elements each including a separation membrane pair having two separation membranes disposed so that permeate-side surfaces of the separation membranes face each other and a water collecting flow path provided between the separation membranes, and a sealed portion that seals the separation membranes at peripheral edge portions of the separation membranes;
a suspension portion that suspends the separation membrane elements on the shaft; and
a water collection nozzle that provides communication between the water collection flow path and an outside of the separation membrane elements,
an aeration block that is disposed below the element block, and
a device that supplies air to the element block from the aeration block,
wherein the water collection nozzles are located at an upper half side of the separation membrane element, and
wherein a collection nozzle group comprising a part of the water collection nozzles is arranged on at least one side of the element unit.
15. The element unit according to claim 14,
wherein each of the separation membrane elements comprises a resin portion that adheres to both the permeate-side surfaces of the separation membrane pair facing each other via adhesion core material, and
a predetermined space is secured between the separation membranes by the resin portion.
16. The element unit according to claim 15,
wherein the resin portion is in a dot shape, a linear shape or a grid shape.
17. The element unit according to claim 15,
wherein the separation membrane element is substantially quadrangular, and
wherein the suspension portions are provided at four corners of the separation membrane element.