All The Claims

1. A method for configuring a signal path within a digital integrated circuit, comprising:
transmitting an output from a first module;
receiving the output at a second module;
conveying the output from the first module to the second module by using a configurable signal path, wherein the configurable signal path is variable by selectively including at least one latch, and wherein the first module, the second module, and the configurable signal path use a common clock for a single time domain.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein a control module is used to selectively include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the control module is configured to include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path to increase a clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein the control module is configured to include a variable number of latches onto the configurable signal path to accommodate a variable increase of the clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital integrated circuit comprises a logic unit having a plurality of logic modules, and wherein a corresponding plurality of configurable signal paths couple the logic modules into a pipeline.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the latch comprises a storage element and a multiplexer configured to selectively couple the storage element to the configurable signal path in accordance with a control signal.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first module comprises a first portion of a cache memory and the second module comprises a second portion of the cache memory.
8. A digital integrated circuit having a configurable signal path, comprising:
a first module configured to transmit an output;
a second module configured to receive the output;
a configurable signal path for conveying the output from the first module to the second module, wherein the configurable signal path is variable by selectively including at least one latch, and wherein the first module, the second module, and the configurable signal path use a common clock comprising a single time domain.
9. The digital integrated circuit of claim 8, wherein a control module operates with a software based algorithm to dynamically include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path.
10. The digital integrated circuit of claim 9, wherein the control module is configured to include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path to increase a clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
11. The digital integrated circuit of claim 10, wherein the control module is configured to include a variable number of latches onto the configurable signal path to accommodate a variable increase of the clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
12. The digital integrated circuit of claim 8, wherein the digital integrated circuit comprises a logic unit having a plurality of logic modules, and wherein a corresponding plurality of configurable signal paths couple the logic modules into a pipeline.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the first module comprises a first portion of a cache memory and the second module comprises a second portion of the cache memory.
14. A method for configuring a signal path within a digital integrated circuit, comprising:
transmitting an output from a first module;
receiving the output at a second module;
selectively including at least one storage element onto a configurable signal path, wherein a control module is used to selectively include the at least one storage element onto the configurable signal path;
conveying the output from the first module to the second module by using the configurable signal path, wherein the first module, the second module, and the configurable signal path use a common clock comprising a single time domain.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein a control module is configured to remove a variable number of storage elements from the configurable signal path to accommodate a variable decrease of the clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the digital integrated circuit comprises a cache memory.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the digital integrated circuit comprises a logic unit having a plurality of logic modules, and wherein a corresponding plurality of configurable signal paths couple the logic modules into a pipeline.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein a software based algorithm is used to dynamically include the at least one storage element onto the configurable signal path to increase a clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
19. A circuit comprising configurable signal path circuit for implementing a configurable signal path to convey an output from a first module to a second module, wherein the configurable signal path is variable by selectively including at least one latch, and wherein the first module, the second module, and the configurable signal path circuit use a common clock comprising a single time domain.
20. The circuit of claim 19, further comprising a control module for operating in accordance with an algorithm to dynamically include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path.
21. The circuit of claim 20, wherein the control module is configured to include the at least one latch onto the configurable signal path to increase a clock frequency of the configurable signal path.
22. The circuit of claim 20, wherein the control module is configured to include a variable number of latches onto the configurable signal path to accommodate a variable increase of the clock frequency of the configurable signal path.

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 optoelectronic system for surface digitization of an object using spatiochromatic triangulation, said system comprising:
an illuminating subsystem for illuminating said object to be measured across a measuring space; and
a viewing subsystem for collecting the light reflected by said object in said measuring space and for generating a three-dimensional topography of said object using in depth chromatic coding of said object.
2. The optoelectronic system of claim 1 wherein said illuminating subsystem includes:
a polychromatic light source;
a source slit illuminated by said light source;
optics for imaging said light source onto said source slit; and
a dispersing element for passing said slit image into said measuring space with a continuum of monochromatic images, wherein said object located in said measuring space.
3. The optoelectronic system of claim 2 wherein said viewing subsystem includes an imaging spectrograph having a viewing slit for forming an image plane, whereby an image of the surface of said object aligns with said image plane, and an imaging array located in said image plane for registering said image.
4. The optoelectronic system of claim 3 further comprising relay optics positioned in said image plane for projecting said image onto said viewing slit.
5. The optoelectronic system of claim 3 further comprising an image processor coupled to said imaging array for processing said registered image into a digitized contour line.
6. The optoelectronic system of claim 1 further comprising a mechanical means for translating said object within said measuring space, wherein said object is fastened to said mechanical means, and an electronic controller for driving and synchronizing said mechanical means.
7. The optoelectronic system of claim 3 wherein a z-axis is defined in said measuring space along the depth dimension of said object, wherein said source slit and said viewing slit are in parallel alignment by rotating said viewing subsystem 90 about said z-axis, thereby utilizing the entire spectrum of wavelengths from said light source to determine a depth measurement of said object.
8. The optoelectronic system of claim 3 wherein said viewing subsystem includes:
a first beam splitter interposed in said image plane between said viewing slit and said dispersing element for generating a direct slit image; and
at least one imaging array for viewing both a dispersed image having passed through said dispersing element and said direct slit image, whereby said direct slit image is used to compensate for apparent wavelength shifts in said dispersed image.
9. An optoelectronic device for surface digitization of an object using spatiochromatic triangulation, said device comprising:
a polychromatic light source;
relay optics positioned in an illuminating plane of said light source for imaging said light source onto a source slit;
a concave diffraction grating for illuminating a measuring space with a continuum of monochromatic images along a measuring cutting plane providing in depth chromatic coding of said object, wherein said object located in said measuring space;
an imaging spectrograph having a viewing slit whose image plane aligns with an image generated by the intersection of said cutting plane and the surface of said object; and
a grayscale imaging array located in said image plane of said spectrograph for registering said image.
10. The optoelectronic system of claim 9 wherein said source slit is further defined as a pinhole for forming point images.
11. The optoelectronic system of claim 9 further comprising a telecentric relay lens for projecting said image onto said viewing slit.
12. The optoelectronic system of claim 9 further comprising a relay lens for projecting said image onto said viewing slit and an image processor for correcting perspective distortion.
13. The optoelectronic system of claim 9 further comprising an image processor coupled to said imaging array for processing said registered image using spectrophotometric analysis and generating a digitized contour line from said object.
14. The optoelectronic system of claim 9 further comprising a mechanical means for translating said object within said measuring space and an electronic controller for driving and synchronizing said mechanical means, wherein said object is fastened to said mechanical means and by translating said object a plurality of images are registered along successive parallel cutting planes to reconstruct a topography of said object.
15. A method for surface digitization of an object using spatiochromatic triangulation, comprising the steps of:
imaging a light source onto a source slit;
illuminating a measuring space with a continuum of monochrormatic images by passing said slit image through a dispersing element;
providing in depth chromatic coating of said object, wherein said object located in said measuring space; and
registering an image of the surface of said object which aligns with image plane of an image spectrograph.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein said imaging spectrograph includes an imaging array located in said image plane for registering said image.
17. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of generating a digitized contour line from said object using spectrophotometric analysis.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein an image processor is coupled to said imaging array for processing said image into a digitized contour line.
19. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of translating said object within a measuring space using a mechanical means, whereby translating said object a plurality of images are registered along successive parallel cutting planes to reconstruct a topography of said object.

1. A diaphragm of an electric sound converter, comprising:
a diaphragm film having a center dome,
a reinforcing film made of a same material as that of the diaphragm film and having a same shape as that of the center dome, and
a hot-melt adhesive having same nature as that of the diaphragm film and interposed between the diaphragm film and the reinforcing film to fix the diaphragm film and the reinforcing film,
wherein the reinforcing film includes a concave surface side where the adhesive is applied having a groove formed in a polygonal reticulate pattern, and a convex surface side, at an opposite side of the concave surfaces side, having a convex rib corresponding to the groove, and
the groove is filled with the adhesive and cured so that the adhesive interposed between the diaphragm film and the reinforcing film in the convex rib has a thickness greater than other portions.
2. The diaphragm of an electric sound converter according to claim 1, wherein the the polygonal reticulate pattern is a hexagonal pattern, and the groove and the convex rib corresponding to the groove are each formed in a honeycomb pattern.
3. A method of manufacturing a diaphragm of an electric sound converter having a center dome, comprising:
preparing a reinforcing film made of a same material as that of the center dome with a first die having a first pressed surface to thereby form the reinforcing film with a same shape as that of the center dome;
applying a hot-melt adhesive, which is capable of being diluted with an organic solvent and is of same nature as that of the center dome, to one of formed surfaces of the reinforcing film;
punching the reinforcing film;
placing the punched reinforcing film on top of a second die having a second pressed surface formed with a groove in a polygonal reticulate pattern and having a same shape as that of the first pressed surface;
covering the reinforcing film from above with a diaphragm film;
adhering the reinforcing film to the diaphragm film with the adhesive; and
forming a film groove in the polygonal reticulate pattern on a concave surface side where the reinforcing film is applied with the adhesive, and a convex rib on a convex surface side, opposite to the concave surface side, corresponding to the groove,
wherein the forming of the film groove further includes filling the film groove with the adhesive so that the adhesive interposed between the diaphragm film and the reinforcing film in the convex rib has a thickness greater than other portions.
4. The method of manufacturing a diaphragm according to claim 3, wherein the diaphragm film is formed to have the center dome and sub-domes surrounding the center dome.
5. The method of manufacturing a diaphragm according to claim 4, wherein the reinforcing film is adhered onto the diaphragm film with heat and pressure so that the adhesive is evenly spread between the reinforcing film and the diaphragm film and flows into the film groove.

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 of operating a computer system to estimate the ages of trees shown in remotely sensed images, comprising:
receiving a number of dated, remotely sensed images of an area of interest that include vegetation index (V.I.) values computed for a number of pixels;
creating a composite image that stores the V.I. values computed for the pixel locations;
analyzing the V.I. values stored in the composite image for the pixel locations for a V.I. value that correlates with a known age of a tree; and
estimating the ages of the trees that correspond to the pixel locations based on the date of the remotely sensed image from which the V.I. value that correlates with the known age of a free was computed.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
identifying pixel locations in the composite image having a V.I. value less than a threshold value as being non-vegetation areas.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the computer system analyzes the V.I. values by:
searching the V.I. values stored for a pixel in the composite image for a V.I. value that corresponds to a V.I. value associated with a free in a first year of growth.
4. A computer system configured to estimate the ages of trees shown in a remotely sensed image, comprising:
a memory for storing a number of program instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions, in order to:
receive a number of dated, remotely sensed images of an area of interest that have spectral data from which a vegetation Index (V.I.) can be computed;
standardize the number of dated, remotely sensed images;
computing vegetation index (V.I.) values for the same pixel location in the number of dated, remotely sensed images;
create a composite Image that stores the V.I. values computed from the number of dated, remotely sensed images for each pixel location;
analyze the V.I. values in the composite image for a value that correlates with a known age of a tree; and
estimate the ages of the trees corresponding to a pixel location based on the date of the Image from which the V.I. value that correlates with the known age of a free was computed.
5. A non-transitory computer readable media, including instructions that are executable by a programmed processor to perform a method of estimating the ages of trees shown in a remotely sensed image by:
receiving a number of dated, remotely sensed images of an area of interest that include computed vegetation index (V.I.) values for pixels in the images;
creating a composite image that stores the V.I. values computed from the number of dated, remotely sensed images;
analyzing the V.I. values for a pixel in the composite image for a value that correlates with a known age of a tree; and
estimating the ages of the trees that correspond to a pixel location based on the date of the image from which the V.I. value that correlates with the known age of tree was computed.
6. A computer system configured to estimate the ages of trees shown in a remotely sensed image, comprising:
a memory for storing a number of program instructions;
a processor configured to execute the instructions, in order to:
receive a number of dated, remotely sensed images of an area of interest for which vegetation index (V.I.) values have been computed at a number of pixel locations;
create a composite image that stores the V.I. values computed from the number of dated, remotely sensed images;
analyze the V.I. values for a pixel in the composite image for a value that correlates with a known age of a tree; and
estimate the ages of the trees corresponding to the pixel location based on the date of the image from which the V.I. value that correlates with the known age of a tree was computed.