All The Claims

1. An integrated battery charger, comprising:
a casing, for containing charging components, and having a charging block disposed on a surface of the casing, a plurality of charging compartments formed in the charging block for placing a plurality of AA or AAA batteries respectively, and an end of the charging compartment being a positive terminal, and the other end of the charging compartment being a negative terminal, and the casing having a plug connectible to an external power source;
an input power source, for converting an external (AC or DC) power into an DC power to charge any one of the batteries in the charging block and supply a reference voltage source to a charging control unit;
a voltage control unit and a current control unit, coupled between an input terminal of the charging control unit and the input power source to form a charging circuit, and an output terminal of the charging control unit comprising a plurality of charging current control circuits, such that the charging block forms a plurality of independent separate charging circuits, and an output terminal of each charging circuit is coupled to a positive terminal of each of the charging compartments;
a manual switch, with a main body having a switchable insulated operating interface, and the insulated operating interface being exposed from a surface of the casing, and containing (n\u22121) sets of mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn\u22121) corresponding to a plurality of charging circuits (n) of the charging block, such that one set of mechanical switching unit is disposed between two adjacent charging circuits, and the last set of mechanical switching unit (SWn) of the manual switch is an independent chargingdischarging control module, and each of the mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn) has three contact points a, b, c, wherein the contact point a of the first to (n\u22121)th sets of mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn\u22121) is grounded or grounded through a current detection resistor, and the contact point b is coupled to a positive terminal of a next charging circuit, and the contact point c is electrically coupled to a negative terminal of each corresponding charging compartment, and the contact point a of the nth set of the mechanical switching unit (SWn) as the chargingdischarging control module is a charging control terminal, the contact point b is a discharging control terminal, and the contact point c is a power control terminal (CONTROL HL) coupled to the input power source or grounded, and when the insulated operating interface of the manual switch is switched, n pieces of independent conductive terminals disposed at the bottom of the manual switch are linked to shift synchronously, and when each of the conductive terminals is switched to any position, an end of the conductive terminal is always electrically coupled to the corresponding contact point c, and the other end of the conductive terminal is electrically coupled to the contact point a or the contact point b only;
a charging control circuit, composed of a contact point a and a contact point c of the chargingdischarging control module, and electrically coupled to the input power source, for controlling the ONOFF of outputting a charging power from the input power source to the charging block;
a discharging control switch, comprising an input terminal, an output terminal and a control terminal, and the input terminal being coupled to a positive terminal of the first charging compartment in the charging block, and the output terminal being coupled to a voltage regulator circuit, and the control terminal being electrically coupled to a contact point b of the chargingdischarging control module, for controlling the ONOFF of the input terminal with the output terminal, such that the serially connected and combined discharging current of each battery in the charging block is outputted to the voltage regulator circuit;
the voltage regulator circuit, for boosting or stepping down the input power to a predetermined DC voltage; and
at least one USB output port, coupled to an output terminal of the voltage regulator circuit, and having a socket exposed from the casing;

whereby, when the manual switch switches to a charging mode, each contact point c and each contact point a of all n sets of mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn) are turned ON synchronously, such that each battery on the charging circuit is in an independent separate charging mode, and the discharging control switch E is turned OFF synchronously, and the charging control circuit (A) is controlled to turn ON to charge each battery by the charging current, and when the manual switch switches to a discharging mode, each contact point c and each contact point b of all n sets of mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn) are turned ON synchronously, such that each battery on the charging circuit is in a serial connected and combined discharging mode, and the charging control circuit (A) is turned OFF and the discharging control switch (E) is turned ON synchronously, such that each battery is serially connected to output the discharging current, so as to form a single manual switch capable of integrating the independent separate charging or the serially connected and combined discharging between the charging and discharging circuits, and synchronously controlling the ONOFF of the charging current and discharging current.
2. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the charging block has n sets of charging circuits, and n is equal to 2, 4 or 8, and the (n\u22121) sets of the mechanical switching units (SW1\u02dcSWn-1) corresponding to the manual switch is equal to 1 set, 3 sets or 7 sets, and the 1 set, 3 sets or 7 sets plus the last nth set of independent mechanical switching unit (SWn) form the chargingdischarging control module.
3. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 2, wherein the manual switch is a slide switch, a press-button switch or a differential switch, and each set of the mechanical switching unit comprises at least three pins.
4. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the operation modes of the charger include:
a) under the condition of having an external power source:
i) when the manual switch switches to the charging mode, the plurality of rechargeable batteries in the charging block forms independent and separate charging circuits, and the chargingdischarging control module synchronously controls the charging control circuit (A) to turn ON and the discharging control switch (E) to turn OFF, so as to constitute a battery charger;
ii) when the manual switch switches to the discharging mode, each battery of the charging block forms a serially connected and combined discharging circuit, and the chargingdischarging control module synchronously controls the charging control circuit (A) to turn OFF and the discharging control switch (E) to turn ON, such that the serially connected discharging current is outputted through the voltage regulator circuit for stabilizing the voltage, and then the USB output port supplies an electric power, so as to form a discharger;
b) under the condition of having no external power source:
i) when the manual switch switches to the charging mode, each charging circuit has no charging current, and the charger is in a non-using status; and
ii) when the manual switch switches to the discharging mode, a charged backup secondary battery or a primary battery in the charging block forms a serially connected and combined discharging circuit, and the chargingdischarging control module synchronously controls the discharging control switch (E) to turn ON, such that the serially connected and combined discharging current is stabilized by the voltage regulator circuit, and then the USB output port supplies an electric power to a portable electronic product, so as to form a portable power or an emergency power supply.
5. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 4, wherein the input power source is further externally coupled to an auxiliary power supply, and the auxiliary power supply is coupled to the voltage regulator circuit for stabilizing the input power source and then supplying the power to the USB output port, such that the charger can charge the batteries concurrently, independently and separately and can output a USB power at the same time, so as to form a dual function device with the functions of a charger and an adaptor, and capable of charging a battery and supplying an electric power to an electronic product concurrently.
6. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 4, wherein the input power source is further externally coupled to an auxiliary power supply, and the auxiliary power supply is coupled to the voltage regulator circuit for stabilizing the input power source and then supplying the power to the USB output port, such that if no battery is placed into the charger for charging, a USB power can be outputted, so as to form an adaptor device for supplying an electric power to an electronic product directly.
7. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the negative terminal of the charging block comprises a current detection component, and the current detection component comprises a resistor coupled to the current control unit, and the output terminal of the charging current control circuit further comprises an anti-adverse-current element, and a switch is installed between the input power source and the current and voltage control unit.
8. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 7, wherein the anti-adverse-current element is comprised of a diode or a MOSFET.
9. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the discharging control switch (E) comprises a mechanical switch or an electronic switch linked with a contact point b of the chargingdischarging control module, and the discharging control switch (E) is coupled to the exterior of the voltage regulator circuit or built in the voltage regulator circuit.
10. The integrated battery charger as recited in claim 1, wherein the charging control unit further comprises a display unit coupled to the charging control unit and installed on a surface of the casing.

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 developer recovery device, comprising:
a recovery container that receives and accommodates a developer recovered from an image carrier,
an agitator member that agitates the developer inside the recovery container,
two shafts to which mutually engageable cams are respectively provided and that transmit rotational force to the agitator member,
a spring that biases and causes to move one of the cams such that the two cams mutually engage and that causes a shaft connection between the two shafts to be joined,
a torque limiter that carries out joining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to mutually engage to join the shaft connection, and disjoining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to move apart to disjoin the shaft connection, and
a full-state determination portion that detects a disjoined state of the shaft connection and, based on the detected disjoined state, determines that the recovery container has become full of developer,
wherein the torque limiter is constituted by the two cams and the spring, and in a disjoined state of the shaft connection, due to the torque limiter, the one cam is stopped and the other cam rotates such that the two cams repetitively engage and move apart, and
the full-state determination portion is provided with a switch that turns onoff in response to the engaging and moving apart of the two cams and obtains an on-off period of the switch, and in a case where the on-off period is within a prescribed time range that is set in advance and has been repeated at least a prescribed number of times that is set in advance, determines that the recovery container has become full of developer.
2. A developer recovery device, comprising:
a recovery container that receives and accommodates a developer recovered from an image carrier,
an agitator member that agitates the developer inside the recovery container,
two shafts to which mutually engageable cams are respectively provided and that transmit rotational force to the agitator member,
a spring that biases and causes to move one of the cams such that the two cams mutually engage and that causes a shaft connection between the two shafts to be joined,
a torque limiter that carries out joining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to mutually engage to join the shaft connection, and disjoining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to move apart to disjoin the shaft connection, and
a full-state determination portion that detects a disjoined state of the shaft connection and, based on the detected disjoined state, determines that the recovery container has become full of developer,
wherein the torque limiter is constituted by the two cams and the spring, and in a disjoined state of the shaft connection, due to the torque limiter, the one cam is stopped rotating and the other cam rotates such that the two cams repetitively engage and move apart, and
the full-state determination portion is provided with a switch that turns onoff in response to the engaging and moving apart of the cams, obtains an on time of the switch and an off time of the switch, and in a case where the on time is within a first prescribed time range that is set in advance and the off time is within a second prescribed time range that is set in advance, determines that the recovery container has become full of developer.
3. The developer recovery device according to claim 1,
wherein the full-state determination portion, in rotationally driving the agitator member, when the switch changes to on or off and the onoff state after the change continues for at least a malfunction determination time that is set in advance, determines that a malfunction has occurred.
4. The developer recovery device according to claim 2,
wherein the full-state determination portion, in rotationally driving the agitator member, when the switch changes to on or off and the onoff state after the change continues for at least a malfunction determination time that is set in advance, determines that a malfunction has occurred.
5. The developer recovery device according to claim 1,
wherein the torque limiter comprises a second rotation member that is integrally secured to the one cam and that rotates and moves together with the one cam, and
the switch turns onoff by detecting a position of the second rotation member.
6. The developer recovery device according to claim 2,
wherein the torque limiter comprises a second rotation member that is integrally secured to the one cam and that rotates and moves together with the one cam, and
the switch turns onoff by detecting a position of the second rotation member.
7. The developer recovery device according to claim 5,
wherein the second rotation member is a gear and the gear meshes with a gear provided on a shaft of the agitator member.
8. The developer recovery device according to claim 6,
wherein the second rotation member is a gear and the gear meshes with a gear provided on a shaft of the agitator member.
9. A developer recovery device, comprising:
a recovery container that receives and accommodates a developer recovered from an image carrier,
an agitator member that agitates the developer inside the recovery container,
two shafts to which mutually engageable cams are respectively provided and that transmit rotational force to the agitator member,
a first rotation member that is integrally secured to the one cam and that rotates together with the one cam,
a second rotation member that is positioned along a shaft of the first rotation member, which is provided with the one cam, and that rotates together with the one cam,
a spring that is interposed between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, that biases and causes to move the one cam such that the two cams mutually engage, and that causes a shaft connection between the two shafts to be joined,
a torque limiter that includes the two cams and the spring, and that carries out joining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to mutually engage to join the shaft connection, and disjoining of the shaft connection, in which the two cams are caused to move apart to disjoin the shaft connection, and
a full-state determination portion that detects a disjoined state of the shaft connection and, based on the detected disjoined state, determines that the recovery container has become full of developer.
10. The developer recovery device according to claim 9,
wherein the second rotation member is a gear and the gear meshes with a gear provided on a shaft of the agitator member.
11. The developer recovery device according to claim 9,
wherein when a position of the first rotation member is detected at a time when the cams have slipped resisting the biasing force of the spring and the shaft connection has become disjoined, the full-state determination portion determines that the recovery container has become full of developer.
12. The developer recovery device according to claim 9,
wherein a shaft of the first rotation member is provided with a claw, and a rib is formed in the first rotation member,
a hole is provided and a groove is formed in the second rotation member,
the shaft of the first rotation member is inserted into the hole of the second rotation member so as to be movable,
the claw of the shaft of the first rotation member catches onto a peripheral edge of the hole of the second rotation member, and
the rib of the first rotation member engages with the groove of the second rotation member such that the first rotation member and the second rotation member rotate together.
13. The developer recovery device according to claim 9,
wherein the spring is a coil spring into which the shaft of the first rotation member is inserted.
14. An image forming apparatus comprising a developer recovery device according to claim 1.
15. An image forming apparatus comprising a developer recovery device according to claim 2.
16. An image forming apparatus comprising a developer recovery device according to claim 9.

1. A video game console device including:
a housing providing a memory module adapted to receive at least one detachable interactive program storage device;
a processor housed within the housing configured to execute an interactive program stored on said storage device, execution of said program causing the generation of images for display on a display;
communication means to enable operational interaction from at least one device during execution of said program; and
an integral printer apparatus disposed within the housing and including a printhead, print media feeder, and a replaceable cartridge assembly, the replaceable cartridge assembly including an ink supply unit and print media supply;
said printer apparatus being operatively associated with the processor to print out onto print media images relevant to said interactive program.
2. A video game console device according to claim 1 including an integral internal print media supply unit.
3. A video game console device according to claim 2, wherein said print media is in the form of sheets of paper or card.
4. A video game console device according to claim 3, wherein images are printed out on substantially business card size sheets of paper or card.
5. A video game console according to claim 2, wherein the print media and ink supply unit are housed in a replaceable cartridge.
6. A video game console device according to claim 5, wherein said cartridge includes a print media feed roller device that interacts with a print media feed mechanism provided within the console.
7. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said interactive program is activated to print out images via said printer at certain predetermined positions in said program.
8. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said printhead comprises an ink jet printhead.
9. A video game console device according to claim 8, wherein said ink jet printhead comprises a page width array of ink ejection nozzles which eject ink by a series of actuators.
10. A video game console device according to claim 9, wherein said actuators are thermal bend actuators.
11. A video game console device according to claim 8, wherein said printhead is a microelectromechanical system printhead.
12. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said storage device comprises a Digital Video Disk (DVD) executable by a DVD player module.
13. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said storage device comprises a compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM).
14. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said storage device comprises a semiconductor memory cartridge.
15. A video game console device according to claim 1, wherein said communication mean comprises a wireless communication system.
16. A video game console device according to claim 1, including a detachable controller module incorporating a variety of interactive control devices.
17. A video game console device according to claim 16, wherein said controller module is realeasably connected with said console by a magnetic coupling.

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 article of manufacture comprising a machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, result in:
obtaining a first sequence of a biological molecule;
obtaining a second sequence of a biological molecule;
correlating the first sequence and the second sequence; and
providing an output value responsive to said correlating, wherein said output value is indicative to a degree of correlation between the first sequence and the second sequence.
2. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further result in:
prior to said correlating, formatting at least one of the first sequence and the second sequence to a format suitable for said correlating.
3. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further result in:
prior to said correlating, formatting at least one of the first sequence and the second sequence to a format suitable for said correlating, wherein the format comprises assigning decimal values to nucleotides as follows:
A=1;
C=2;
G=3;
T or U=4.
4. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further result in:
prior to said correlating, formatting at least one of the first sequence and the second sequence to a format suitable for said correlating, wherein the format comprises assigning binary values to nucleotides as follows:
A=001;
C=010;
G=011;
T or U=100.
5. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further result in:
prior to said correlating, formatting at least one of the first sequence and the second sequence to a format suitable for said correlating, wherein the format comprises assigning decimal values to nucleotides as follows:
A=+1;
C=+2;
G=\u22121;
G or U=\u22122.
6. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further result in:
prior to said correlating, formatting at least one of the first sequence and the second sequence to a format suitable for said correlating, wherein the format comprises assigning binary values to nucleotides as follows:
A=001;
C=010;
G=101;
T or U=110.
7. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, said first sequence being represented as x(n) and said second sequence being represented as y(n) wherein the values of the sequence x(n) are representative of the identities the biological subunits of the first sequence and the values of the sequence y(n) are representative of the identities of the biological subunits of the second sequence, where n is a discrete time variable and l being a shift parameter, wherein discrete time corresponds to a subunit variable, said correlating being implemented using the following equation to provide the output value of said providing:
r
xy

\u2061

(
l
)
=
\u2211

n
=

–
\u221e
\u221e

\u2062
x
\u2061

(
n
)
\u2062

\u2003

\u2062

y
\u2061

(

n
–
l

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l
=
0

,

\xb1
1

,

\xb1
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\u2026
where rxy(l) is the correlation value of said correlating provided at said providing.
8. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correlating comprises at least one or more of a correlation, a crosscorrelation, an autocorrelation, a convolution, a comparator function, a Fourier transform, a fast Fourier transform, a discrete time correlation, a continuous time correlation, or a discrete cosine transform.
9. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correlating comprises an n-bit multiplication and a 2n-bit addition in a single clock cycle of the processor.
10. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correlating comprises the following FORTRAN programming language subroutine:
SUBROUTINE CORRELATION (X, N, Y, M, R, LMAX)
DIMENSION X(1), Y(1), R(1)
DO 10 L = 1, LMAX
NL = M+1\u2212L
IF (NL.GE.N\u22121) NL = N\u22121
R(L) = 0.0
DO 10 K = L, NL
R(L) = R(L)+X(K)*Y(K\u2212L)
CONTINUE
RETURN
END
wherein X is an array of subunit values corresponding to the first sequence and Y is an arrays of subunit values corresponding to the second sequence, array X having a lengths of N subunits and array Y having a value of M subunits, R being an array for storing the output value of said correlating provided at said providing and having a length of LMAX.
11. An article of manufacture as claimed in claim 1, wherein a higher value of the output value of said providing is indicative of a greater degree of similarity between the first sequence and the second sequence.
12. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor;
a memory to couple to said processor; and
an input circuit to couple to said processor to provide a first biological sequence and a second biological sequence to said digital signal processor;
said processor to determine a correlation value based at least in part on a correlation operation on the first biological sequence and the second biological sequence, wherein the correlation value is indicative at least in part of a degree of similarity between the first biological sequence and the second biological sequence.
13. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said processor comprises two or more cores, at least one of the two or more cores to implement a digital signal processor to determine the correlation value.
14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said processor comprises two or more cores, at least one of the cores being a digital signal processor core to determine the correlation value and another of the cores being a general purpose processor core.
15. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said processor comprises two or more general purpose processor cores, at least one of said two or more general purpose processor cores to process digital signal processing code to determine the correlation value.
16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein said processor is a general purpose processor to process digital signal processing code to determine the correlation value.
17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, said processor being a digital signal processor, and further comprising a general purpose processor, said digital signal processor to process digital signal processing code to determine the correlation value and said general purpose processor to control operations of a computing platform comprising said digital signal processor and said general purpose processor.
18. An apparatus as claimed in claim 12, wherein at least one of the first biological sequence and the second biological sequence represents subunits of an RNA molecule, an mRNA molecule, a DNA molecule, or a cDNA molecule.
19. A method, comprising:
obtaining mRNA molecules from at lease one cell;
sequencing the mRNA molecules to obtain electronic target sequences; and
electronically correlating the electronic target sequences with at least one or more electronic probe sequences to provide an electronic correlation value indicative at least in part of a correlation between the electronic probe sequences and the electronic target sequences.
20. A method as claimed in claim 19, wherein the electronic correlation value is indicative at least in part to a binding affinity between the probe sequences and the at least one or more target sequences.
21. A method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising electronically converting the mRNA sequences into cDNA sequences prior to said electronically correlating.
22. A method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising formatting at least one of the electronic target sequences and the electronic probe sequences to a format suitable for said electronically correlating.
22. A method, comprising:
obtaining DNA molecules from at least one cell;
sequencing the DNA molecules to obtain target DNA sequences; and
electronically correlating the electronic target sequences with at least one or more electronic probe sequences to provide an electronic correlation value indicative at least in part of a correlation between the electronic probe sequences and the electronic target sequences.
23. A method as claimed in claim 22, wherein the electronic correlation value is indicative at least in part to a binding affinity between the probe sequences and the at least one or more target sequences.
24. A method as claimed in claim 2, further comprising formatting at least one of the electronic target sequences and the electronic probe sequences to a format suitable for said electronically correlating.