All The Claims

1. A method for managing a workload on a plurality of heterogeneous computing systems, comprising:
receiving a work request on one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems;
putting the work request in a particular application queue that corresponds to a process needed to fulfill the work request; and
attempting to allocate an index enque queue to the work request within a predetermined period of time, wherein another one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems is selected to fulfill the work request if the index enque queue cannot be allocated within the predetermined period of time.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the work request comprises a message that is received by a local queue manager on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems from a mainframe.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mainframe and the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems contain different platforms.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the work request comprises a request to convert data from a first format to a second format.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the index enque queue is allocated within the predetermined period of time, the method further comprises:
storing information relating to the work request in a base enque queue;
creating a temporary directory with an output subdirectory;
storing data from the work request in the temporary directory; and
selecting and launching the process to fulfill the work request, wherein the process is selected based on the particular application queue in which the work request was put.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:
receiving results of the fulfillment in the output directory;
sending the results to a mainframe from which the work request was received; and
removing the temporary directory and the output subdirectory after the results have been sent to the mainframe.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the particular application queue is selected from a plurality of application queues, and wherein the index enque queue is allocated from a plurality of index enque queues.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of application queues is assigned to a single base enque queue.
9. A system for managing a workload on a plurality of heterogeneous computing systems, comprising:
a system for attempting to allocate an index enque queue, within a predetermined period of time, to a work request stored in an application queue of one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems as received from another one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems;
a system for creating a temporary directory and an output subdirectory on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems when the index enque queue is allocated;
a system for storing data from the work request in the temporary directory; and
a system for selecting and executing a process to fulfill the work request, wherein the process is selected based on the application queue in which the work request is stored.
10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:
a system for checking a base enque queue for any messages indicated queue disablement when the work request is received; and
a system for storing information related to the work request in the base enque queue when the index enque queue is allocated.
11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:
a system for outputting results of the fulfillment of the work request from the output subdirectory on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems to the other one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems from which the work request was received; and
a system for removing the temporary directory and the output subdirectory after the results have been output.
12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a system for selecting a new one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems to fulfill the work request if the index enque queue cannot be allocated within the predetermined period of time.
13. The system of claim 9, wherein the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems and the other one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems contain different platforms.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein the application queue is selected from a plurality of application queues, and wherein the index enque queue is allocated from a plurality of index enque queues.
15. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for managing a workload on a plurality of heterogeneous computing systems, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the following steps:
attempting to allocate an index enque queue, within a predetermined period of time, to a work request stored in an application queue of one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems as received from another one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems;
creating a temporary directory and an output subdirectory on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems when the index enque queue is allocated;
storing data from the work request in the temporary directory; and
selecting and executing a process to fulfill the work request, wherein the process is selected based on the application queue in which the work request is stored.
16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable medium further comprises program code for performing the following steps:
checking a base enque queue for any messages indicated queue disablement when the work request is received; and
storing information related to the work request in the base enque queue when the index enque queue is allocated.
17. The program product of claim 15, wherein the computer readable medium further comprises program code for performing the following steps:
outputting results of the fulfillment of the work request from the output subdirectory on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems to the other one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems from which the work request was received; and
removing the temporary directory and the output subdirectory after the results have been output.
18. The program product of claim 15, further wherein the computer readable medium further comprises program code for performing the following step:
selecting a new one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems to fulfill the work request if the index enque queue cannot be allocated within the predetermined period of time.
19. The program product of claim 15, wherein the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems and the other one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems contain different platforms.
20. The program product of claim 15, wherein the application queue is selected from a plurality of application queues, and wherein the index enque queue is allocated from a plurality of index enque queues.
21. A method for deploying an application for managing a workload on a plurality of heterogeneous computing systems, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to:
attempt to allocate an index enque queue, within a predetermined period of time, to a work request stored in an application queue of one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems as received from another one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems;
create a temporary directory and an output subdirectory on the one of the plurality of heterogeneous computing systems when the index enque queue is allocated;
store data from the work request in the temporary directory; and
select and execute a process to fulfill the work request, wherein the process is selected based on the application queue in which the work request is stored.

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 bill receivingpaying device comprising:
a bill storage unit for storing and discharging a bill;
a bill size detecting means for detecting a size of the bill to be stored in the bill storage unit;
a bill passage sensor for detecting passage of the bill to be conveyed to the bill storage unit;
a stacking assist means provided in the bill storage unit to restrain the bill entering into the bill storage unit from excessively moving therein; and
a control portion for controlling the stacking assist means on the basis of the bill size information detected by the bill size detecting means, after the passage of the bill is detected by the bill passage sensor.
2. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1, wherein the bill size detecting means comprises a bill discriminating portion for discriminating a kind of the bill, and a storage portion having a database in which kinds of bills and sizes of bills are associated with each other.
3. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1, wherein the bill storage unit stores the bill so as to be in an upright posture.
4. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1, wherein the control portion controls, when discharging the bill, the stacking assist means so as to move to a position in which the stacking assist means does not interfere with the bill to be discharged.
5. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1, comprising the plurality of bill storage unit, wherein the bill storage units are chargingrecovery boxes for withdrawing a bill from other bill storage units and charging the other bill storage units with a bill.
6. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 5, wherein
the bill storage units comprises a receipt box for storing a bill being inadequate for payment, storagedischarge boxes for storing and discharging bills by kinds, and a chargingrecovery box for withdrawing the bill from the storagedischarge boxes and charging the storagedischarge boxes with the bill, and
the bill receivingpaying device further comprises a bill discrimination portion for discriminating a kind of the bill, and a conveyance path for conveying the bill, by which the respective bill storage units and the bill discrimination portion are connected to each other, wherein the conveyance path is provided with the bill discrimination portion on its path portion connecting the chargingrecovery box with the storagedischarge boxes.
7. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1, wherein the bill storage unit comprises a roller for feeding a bill which roller constitutes a receivingpaying opening, and a stacking guide having a bill guide surface for guiding the bill fed by the roller to the bill storage unit toward a moving direction, wherein the stacking assist means comprises a stacking assist member which has a bill end stopper portion for restraining a leading end in the moving direction of the bill to be stored, and forms a taking-in space, and wherein
the control portion controls a distance between the bill end stopper portion and the receivingpaying opening.
8. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 7, wherein the stacking assist member comprises a roller portion having a rotation axis along an edge line of the leading end of the bill in the moving direction, and a vane portion protruding radially from the roller portion, wherein the vane portion has a tip end of a L-shaped configuration curved toward the receivingpaying opening.
9. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 7, wherein the stacking assist member comprises a roller portion having a rotation axis along an edge line of the leading end of the bill in the moving direction, a vane portion protruding radially from the roller portion, and a movable tip end portion connected to a tip end of the vane portion so as to be rotatable within a predetermined angle, wherein the vane portion has a tip end of a L-shaped configuration curved toward the receivingpaying opening.
10. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of stacking assist members are provided in a direction along a rotation axis of the roller portion.
11. A bill receivingpaying device comprising:
a bill storage unit for storing bills so as to stack those in a horizontal direction and in an upright posture;
a conveying device for conveying the bills to the bill storage unit;
a partition member which partitions an interior of the bill storage unit into a taking-in space and a storage portion when taking in a bill conveyed by the conveying device into the bill storage unit, and moves so as to allow a bill to be conveyed when transferring the bill taken into the bill storage unit to the storage portion; and
a restraining member adapted to be displaced in accordance with a size of the bill to be taken in, to come into contact with a leading end of the bill to restrain the bill from moving when taking in the bill into the bill storage unit, wherein the storage portion enables bills of different sizes to be stored therein.
12. The bill receivingpaying device according to claim 11, wherein the partition member and the restraining member are formed integrally.
13. An automated cash transaction apparatus provided with the bill receivingpaying device according to claim 1.
14. An automated cash transaction apparatus provided with the bill receivingpaying device according to claim 11.

1. A seating structure, which comprises:
a frame;
a platform formed with a seating portion;
the platform formed with a upper surface on one side thereof;
the platform formed with an undersurface on another side thereof opposite the one side;
the seating portion formed with a seating surface, on the one side of the platform, on which a user of the seating structure will sit;
the platform formed with edges which extend between the upper surface and the undersurface; and
means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion; which includes:
a first resilient element having at least portions in engagement with a first prescribed portion of the undersurface of the platform independently of the seating portion of the platform and spaced from any edges of the platform; and
a second resilient element having at least portions in engagement with a second prescribed portion of the upper surface of the platform independently of the seating portion of the platform and spaced from any edges of the platform.
2. The seating structure as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises:
the first prescribed portion of the undersurface of the platform being in alignment with the second prescribed portion of the upper surface of the platform.
3. The seating structure as set forth in claim 1, which further comprises:
the first resilient element being in engagement with the first prescribed portion of the undersurface of the platform; and
the second resilient element being in engagement with the second prescribed portion of the upper surface of the platform.
4. The seating structure as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first resilient element and the second resilient element are selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.
5. A seating structure, which comprises:
a frame;
a platform formed with a seating portion;
the platform formed with an undersurface on one side thereof and edges extending therefrom and having a first plurality of spaced prescribed portions which are spaced from the edges of the platform;
the platform formed with an upper surface on another side thereof opposite the one side and having a second plurality of spaced prescribed portions which are aligned with respective ones of, and correspond in number to, the first plurality of spaced prescribed portions;
the seating portion formed with a seating surface, on the another side of the platform, on which a user of the seating structure will sit;
means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion, which includes:
each of a first plurality of resilient elements having at least portions in engagement with a respective one of the first plurality of prescribed portions of the undersurface of the platform independently of the seating portion and spaced from the edges of the platform; and
each of a second plurality of resilient elements having at least portions in engagement with a respective one of the second plurality of prescribed portions of the upper surface of the platform independently of the seating portion and spaced from the edges of the platform.
6. The seating structure as set forth in claim 5, which further comprises:
the first plurality of resilient elements including four resilient elements;
the second plurality of resilient elements including four resilient elements; and
each of the four resilient elements of the first plurality being in alignment with respective ones of the four resilient elements of the second plurality.
7. The seating structure as set forth in claim 5, wherein the first plurality of resilient elements and the second plurality of resilient elements are selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.
8. A seating structure, which comprises:
a frame;
a platform in relative movable assembly with the frame;
the platform formed with a seating portion on which a person may sit, and a non-seating portion;
a resilient element located between a portion of the frame and a portion of the non-seating portion of the platform to provide floating assembly of the seating portion of the platform relative to the frame;
the frame including a panel having a prescribed cross-sectional configuration with prescribed dimensions;
the platform formed with a slot located about the panel of the frame; and
the slot of the platform having a cross-sectional configuration generally similar to the prescribed cross-sectional configuration with dimensions greater than the prescribed dimensions to provide for limited movement of the platform relative to the panel.
9. The seating structure as set forth in claim 8, wherein the resilient element is selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.
10. A seating structure, which comprises:
a housing having a compartment with a base surface formed therein;
a platform having a seating portion, located outside of the housing, on which a person may sit, and a non-seating portion;
the platform being in movable assembly with the housing;
the non-seating portion of the platform formed with a facing surface which is located in the compartment of the housing in spaced parallel interfacing relation with the base surface of the compartment to form a cell therebetween;
means for facilitating relative movement between the facing surface of the non-seating portion and the base surface of the compartment while maintaining the parallel interfacing relation therebetween; and
means, located in the cell and having spaced portions adjacent the non-seating portion of the platform and the base surface of the compartment, for resiliently supporting the platform relative to the housing.
11. The seating structure as set forth in claim 10, wherein the cell is a first cell and the means for resiliently supporting the platform is a first means located within the first cell, which further comprises:
an upper surface formed by the compartment which is spaced from the base surface;
the non-seating portion of the platform being located between and spaced from the base surface and the upper surface of the compartment to form the first cell between the base surface and the non-seating portion, and to form a second cell between the upper surface of the compartment and the non-seating portion; and
second means, located in the second cell and having spaced portions adjacent the non-seating portion of the platform and the upper surface of the compartment, for resiliently supporting the platform relative to the housing in cooperation with the first means.
12. The seating structure as set forth in claim 11, wherein the means for resiliently supporting the platform comprises:
a first resilient element located between a first section of the non-seating portion and a first section of the base surface; and
a second resilient element located between a second section of the non-seating portion and the upper surface.
13. The seating structure as set forth in claim 10, wherein the means for resiliently supporting the platform comprises:
an enclosed compliant expandable shell;
a prescribed amount of a pressurized medium within the shell which expands the shell to a prescribed configuration; and
the shell being compliant to allow the shell to assume a configuration other than the prescribed configuration when a person sits on the seating portion of the platform.
14. The seating structure as set forth in claim 10, wherein the means for resiliently supporting the platform is selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.
15. A seating structure, which comprises:
a first housing having a first compartment formed therein;
a second housing, spaced from the first housing, having a second compartment formed therein;
a platform having a seating portion on which a person may sit, the seating portion formed with a right-side edge and a left-side edge opposite the right-side edge;
the platform having a first non-seating portion extending from, and joined with, the right-side edge of the seating portion, and a second non-seating portion extending from, and joined with, the left-side edge of the seating portion;
the first non-seating portion of the platform located within the first compartment for movement relative to the first housing;
the second non-seating portion of the platform located within the second compartment for movement relative to the second housing;
the seating portion of the platform located outside of, and between, the first housing and the second housing, and being joined with only the first non-seating portion and the second non-seating portion of the platform;
first means, located in the first compartment, for resiliently supporting the first non-seating portion of the platform relative to the first housing; and
second means, located in the second compartment, for resiliently supporting the second non-seating portion of the platform relative to the second housing.
16. The seating structure as set forth in claim 15, which further comprises:
a first cell formed within the first compartment adjacent an undersurface of the first non-seating portion of the platform;
a second cell formed within the first compartment adjacent an upper surface of the first non-seating portion of the platform;
a third cell formed within the second compartment adjacent an undersurface of the second non-seating portion of the platform; and
a fourth cell formed within the second compartment adjacent an upper surface of the second non-seating portion of the platform.
17. The seating structure as set forth in claim 16, wherein the first means for resiliently supporting comprises:
a first pair of spaced resilient elements located in the first cell; and
a second pair of spaced resilient elements located in the second cell in alignment with respective ones of the first pair of spaced resilient elements; and
wherein the second means for resiliently supporting comprises:
a third pair of spaced resilient elements located in the third cell; and
a fourth pair of spaced resilient elements located in the fourth cell in alignment with respective ones of the third pair of spaced resilient elements.
18. The seating structure as set forth in claim 15, which further comprises:
a base having a first section attached to a lower end of the first housing;
the base having a second section, spaced from the first section thereof, attached to a lower end of the second housing; and
the base having a middle section between the first section and the second section thereof extending between the first housing and the second housing.
19. The seating structure as set forth in claim 15, which further comprises:
the first housing including a panel having a prescribed cross-sectional configuration with prescribed dimensions;
the platform formed with a slot located about the panel of the first housing; and
the slot of the platform having a cross-sectional configuration generally similar to the prescribed cross-sectional configuration with dimensions greater than the prescribed dimensions to provide for limited movement of the platform relative to the panel.
20. The seating structure as set forth in claim 19, wherein the slot is a first slot, and which further comprises:
the second housing including a panel formed in the prescribed cross-sectional configuration with the prescribed dimensions;
the platform formed with a second slot, spaced from the first slot and located about the panel of the second housing; and
the second slot of the platform formed with a cross-sectional configuration which is the same as the cross-sectional configuration of the first slot, and with dimensions which are the same as the dimensions of the first slot.
21. The seating structure as set forth in claim 19, which further comprises:
a plurality of cribs fixedly located within each of the first, second, third and fourth cells; and
each of the resilient elements of the first, second, third and fourth pairs of spaced resilient elements having a first portion thereof located within a respective one of the plurality of cribs, and having a second portion thereof, spaced from the first portion, located within a respective one of the plurality of cribs, to preclude lateral movement of the first and second portions of each of the plurality of resilient elements relative to the respective cribs of the plurality of cribs.
22. The seating structure as set forth in claim 19, wherein the panel is a first panel having a first prescribed cross-sectional configuration with first prescribed dimensions, the slot of the platform is a first slot located about the first panel, the first slot has a cross-sectional configuration generally similar to the first prescribed cross-sectional configuration with dimensions greater than the first prescribed dimensions, which further comprises:
the second housing including a second panel having a second prescribed cross-sectional configuration with second prescribed dimensions;
the platform formed with a second slot, spaced from the first slot, located about the second panel of the second housing; and
the second slot of the platform having a cross-sectional configuration generally similar to the second prescribed cross-sectional configuration with dimensions greater than the second prescribed dimensions to provide for limited movement of the platform relative to the second panel.
23. The seating structure as set forth in claim 22, which further comprises:
the first slot defining a plane at which the first non-seating portion of the platform is joined with the seating portion of the platform; and
the second slot defining a plane at which the second non-seating portion of the platform is joined with the seating portion of the platform.
24. The seating structure as set forth in claim 15, wherein the first means for resiliently supporting and the second means for resiliently supporting are selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.
25. A seating structure, which comprises:
a frame;
a platform having an undersurface and an upper surface with edges extending therebetween;
the platform having spaced portions mounted on the frame for movement relative to the frame;
each of the spaced portions of the platform having an undersurface formed by portions of the undersurface of the platform;
a first set of resilient elements having at least portions in engagement with the undersurface of the spaced portions of the platform, and spaced from the edges of the platform, to buoyantly support the platform against any external forces exerted on the platform in a direction outward from the undersurface of the spaced portions;
the platform formed with a seating portion which is formed with a seating surface on the upper surface of the platform, and which extends between the spaced portions of the platform free of engagement with any of the resilient elements of the set;
the seating surface being the surface on which a user of the seating structure will sit;
each of the spaced portions of the platform having an upper surface formed by portions of the upper surface of the platform; and
a second set of resilient elements having at least portions in engagement with the upper surface of the spaced portions of the platform, and spaced from the edges of the platform, to buoyantly support the platform against any external forces exerted on the platform in a direction outward from the upper surface of the spaced portions.
26. The seating structure as set forth in claim 25, which further comprises:
the first set of resilient elements positioned at spaced locations adjacent the undersurface of the platform;
the second set of resilient elements positioned at spaced locations adjacent the upper surface of the platform; and
the spaced locations of the first set of resilient elements being aligned with the spaced locations of the second set of resilient elements.
27. The seating structure as set forth in claim 25, which further comprises:
the first set of resilient elements being comprised of four resilient elements; and
the second set of resilient elements being comprised of four resilient elements.
28. The seating structure as set forth in claim 25, which further comprises;
the platform being formed with a front edge, a rear edge, a right-side edge and a left-side edge; and
means for allowing the platform, and thereby the seating portion, to be moved in an arcing direction along any portion of the front edge, the rear edge, the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
29. The seating structure as set forth in claim 25, wherein the first set of resilient elements and the second set of resilient elements are selected from the group consisting of a pressurized shell, a full mass of compressible material, a coil spring, at least one leaf spring and a spring damper.

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 fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) transparent conductive film glass comprising a glass layer, a dielectric barrier layer, a functional layer, a metal electrode layer, a plastic intermediate layer, and a glass layer, stacked in this sequential order, in which the functional layer comprises an FTO transparent conductive film having a molar ratio of F to Sn in the range of 0.5 to 2 and a ratio between a (200) crystal plane and a (301) crystal plane in the range of 1:4 to 1:1 (texture coefficient).
2. The FTO transparent conductive film glass of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the FTO transparent conductive film is in the range of 0.1 to 1.3 \u03bcm.
3. The FTO transparent conductive film glass of claim 1, wherein the dielectric barrier layer is formed of SiO2 alone or a mixture of SiO2 and an oxide of a transition metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr and Al and has a thickness of 5 to 200 nm.
4. The FTO transparent conductive film glass of claim 1, wherein the FTO transparent conductive film has a specific resistance in the range of 3\xd710\u22124 to 12\xd710\u22124 \u03a9\xb7cm, a sheet resistance in the range of 3 to 12 \u03a9sq, a transmittance in the range of 70 to 85%, and a temperature rise rate at 8 V in the range of 3 to 5\xb0 C.min.
5. A method of fabricating an FTO transparent conductive film glass used for defogging purposes comprising a glass layer, a dielectric barrier layer, a functional layer, a metal electrode layer, a plastic intermediate layer, and a glass layer, stacked in this sequential order, the method comprising:
forming a precursor solution by dissolving a tin oxide precursor and a fluorine precursor in deionized water; and
spray-coating the precursor solution on the top surface of the dielectric barrier layer in the temperature range of 400 to 550\xb0 C. under air atmosphere, thus forming an FTO transparent conductive film having a molar ratio of F to Sn in the range of 0.5 to 2 and a ratio between a (200) crystal plane and a (301) crystal plane in the range of 1:4 to 1:1 (texture coefficient) as the functional layer.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the tin oxide precursor is formed of any one selected from the group consisting of SnCl4.5H2O, SnCl2, and SnCl2.2H2O.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the fluorine precursor is formed of any one selected from the group consisting of NH4F, HF, and acetyl fluoride.
8. The method of claim 5, wherein the dielectric barrier layer is formed of any one selected from the group consisting of SiO2, TiO2, and ZrO2 and is formed on the top surface of the glass layer in the temperature range of 200 to 500\xb0 C.