All The Claims

1. An optical fiber processing apparatus comprising:
a reactor chamber that accommodates an optical fiber;
a suction pump having an intake port and an outlet port;
a gas cylinder which provides deuterium containing gas;
a storage chamber into which said deuterium containing gas is delivered from said gas cylinder; and
a circuit portion including a plurality of openclose valves over a plurality of paths that connect said reactor chamber, said suction pump, and said storage chamber, said circuit portion further including:
a first channel that opens through performance of a first valve operation that, after completion of processing, takes in deuterium containing gas inside said reactor chamber from said intake port of said suction pump, and expels out said deuterium containing gas from said outlet port of said suction pump, returning said deuterium containing gas to said storage chamber;
a second channel that opens through performance of a second valve operation that delivers air into said reactor chamber making the pressure inside said reactor chamber atmospheric pressure;
a third channel that opens through performance of a third valve operation, that takes in air inside said reactor chamber from said intake port of said suction pump and expels out said air from said outlet port of said suction pump into the atmosphere, decompressing the pressure inside said reactor chamber; and
a fourth channel that opens through performance of a fourth valve operation, that takes in deuterium containing gas inside said storage chamber from said intake port of said suction pump and expels out said deuterium containing gas from said outlet port of said suction pump, supplying said deuterium containing gas to said reactor chamber.
2. An optical fiber processing apparatus for exposing an optical fiber to an atmosphere of deuterium containing gas, said optical fiber processing apparatus comprising:
a reactor chamber that can accommodate an optical fiber and can be filled with deuterium containing gas;
a suction pump having an intake port and an outlet port, that expels gas from and injects gas into said-reactor chamber;
a gas cylinder which provides deuterium containing gas;
a storage chamber which receives said deuterium containing gas from said gas cylinder and which is capable of storing said deuterium containing gas that fills said reactor chamber; and
a circuit portion connecting said reactor chamber, said suction pump, said storage chamber, said circuit portion including:
a first openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said intake port of said suction pump and said reactor chamber;
a second openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said intake port of said suction pump and said storage chamber;
a third openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said storage chamber;
a fourth openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said reactor chamber;
a fifth openclose valve disposed in a passage that passes from said outlet port of said suction pump to the external atmosphere; and
a sixth openclose valve disposed in a passage that passes from said reactor chamber to the external atmosphere.
3. An optical fiber processing apparatus for exposing an optical fiber to an atmosphere of deuterium containing gas, said optical fiber processing apparatus comprising:
a reactor chamber that can accommodate an optical fiber and can be filled with deuterium containing gas;
a suction pump having an intake port and an outlet port, that expels gas from and injects gas into said reactor chamber,
a gas cylinder which provides deuterium containing gas;
a storage chamber which receives said deuterium containing gas from said gas cylinder and which is capable of storing said deuterium containing gas to be supplied to said reactor chamber; and
a circuit portion connecting said reactor chamber, said suction pump, and said storage chamber, said circuit portion including:
a first channel for returning deuterium containing gas inside said reactor chamber to said storage chamber using said suction pump, that forms an open passage by opening a first openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said reactor chamber and said intake port of said suction pump and a third openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said storage chamber;
a second channel for delivering air to said reactor chamber thereby rendering the pressure inside said reactor chamber the same as atmospheric pressure, that forms an open passage by opening a sixth openclose valve disposed in a passage that passes from said reactor chamber to the external atmosphere;
a third channel for expelling the air inside said reactor chamber into the atmosphere using said suction pump, thereby reducing the pressure inside said reactor chamber, that forms an open passage by opening said first openclose valve and a fifth openclose valve disposed in a passage passing from said outlet port of said suction pump to the atmosphere; and
a fourth channel for supplying said deuterium containing gas inside said storage chamber to said reactor chamber using said suction pump, that forms an open passage by opening a second openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said storage chamber and said intake port of said suction pump and a fourth openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said reactor chamber.
4. An optical fiber processing apparatus for exposing an optical fiber to an atmosphere of deuterium containing gas, said optical fiber processing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of reactor chambers that can each accommodate an optical fiber and can each be filled with deuterium containing gas;
a connection passage to which said plurality of reactors are connected in parallel;
a suction pump having an intake port and an outlet port, that expels gas from and injects gas into said plurality of reactor chambers;
a gas cylinder which provides deuterium containing gas;
a storage chamber which receives said deuterium containing gas from said gas cylinder and which is capable of storing deuterium containing gas to be supplied to each of said plurality of reactor chambers; and
a circuit portion connecting said suction pump, said connection passage and said storage chamber, said circuit portion including;
a first openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said intake port of said suction pump and said connection passage;
a second openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said intake port of said suction pump and said storage chamber;
a third openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said storage chamber;
a fourth openclose valve disposed in a passage connecting said outlet port of said suction pump and said connection passage;
a fifth openclose valve disposed in a passage that passes from said outlet port of said suction pump to the external atmosphere; and
a sixth openclose valve disposed in a passage that passes from said connection passage to the external atmosphere.
5. The optical fiber processing apparatus as recited in claim 4, wherein said second openclose valve is disposed in a passage directly connecting said intake port of said suction pump and said storage chamber.
6. An optical fiber processing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of reactor chambers each filled with deuterium containing gas which each accommodate optical fibers such that the optical fiber can be inserted in and removed therefrom;
a gas cylinder which provides deuterium containing gas;
a single storage chamber which receives said deuterium containing gas from said gas cylinder and which is capable of storing said deuterium containing gas; and
a suction pump for delivering deuterium containing gas from said reactor chambers to said storage chamber and from said storage chamber to said reactor chambers,
wherein said plurality of reactor chambers are controlled by a program of a control part such that said plurality of reactor chambers one by one enter a condition in which reactions are not occurring, moreover when a single reactor chamber has entered a condition in which reactions are not occurring the remaining reactor chambers are in a condition in which reactions are occurring, and
wherein said storage chamber is used as a holding chamber for temporarily holding said deuterium containing gas inside each reactor chamber that is in a condition in which reactions are not occurring.
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 self-configuring diagnosis and maintenance device for a low voltage switchgear assembly, comprising:
a data processing device; and
at least one first, internal interface device, which has a communication link to and connects the diagnosis and maintenance device with at least one of withdrawable control and protection devices, gateways and controllers of the switchgear assembly,
wherein the internal interface device is configured to retrieve diagnosis, maintenance and status information which are stored or secured for callup in situ in at least one of the of the apparatus in the switchgear assembly, and
wherein the data processing device is configured to condition the retrieved information, and to at least one of:
provide the retrieved information for callup as at least one of usable and human-readable information;
output the retrieved information; and
display the retrieved information,

to facilitate remote access to the information stored or secured in situ.
2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data processing device is configured to retrieve, via the interface device, diagnosis and maintenance information, and collect and condition the retrieved diagnosis and maintenance information.
3. The device as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
at least one further, external interface device configured to provide external communication, via at least one of Internet and Ethernet, with at least one external data processing device.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
at least one data store configured to store data for at least one of diagnosis, maintenance and status analysis.
5. A switchgear assembly comprising a diagnosis and maintenance device as claimed in claim 1.
6. The device as claimed in claim 1, comprising:
at least one further, external interface device configured to provide external communication, via at least one of Internet and Ethernet, with at least one external data processing device.
7. The device as claimed in claim 2, comprising:
at least one further, external interface device configured to provide external communication, via at least one of Internet and Ethernet, with at least one external data processing device.
8. The device as claimed in claim 6, comprising:
at least one data store configured to store data for at least one of diagnosis, maintenance and status analysis.
9. A switchgear assembly comprising a diagnosis and maintenance device as claimed in claim 8.
10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
the device is configured for a low voltage switchgear assembly, which is designed with withdrawable-part technology in a form of one of the switchgear assembly modules to be inserted temporarily or permanently into the switchgear assembly;
the at least one first, internal interface device has a communications link with withdrawal-part modules which are connected and arranged in the switchgear assembly; and
wherein the data processing device is configured to at least one of:
condition the retrieved information;
provide the retrieved information for callup as at least one of usable and human-readable information;
output the retrieved information; and
display the retrieved information to facilitate remote access to the information stored or secured in situ.
11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the withdrawal-part modules include at least one of motor control modules, motor starters, modules for power distribution, and circuit breakers in the switchgear assembly.

1-11. (canceled)
12. An information processing apparatus for selecting a content piece satisfying a predetermined condition from a content group, the information processing apparatus comprising:
content classifying means for classifying each of content pieces constituting the content group into any of a plurality of first clusters in each of layers associated with items of metadata of the content pieces according to classification of the metadata by a distance measure for the metadata, the classification of the metadata being defined for each of the layers;
holding means for holding a database indicating correspondences between the content pieces and the first clusters in the layers into which the content pieces are classified;
specifying means for specifying a first cluster corresponding to the predetermined condition for each of the layers from among the first clusters and specifying a content piece corresponding to the specified first cluster from among the content pieces; and
providing means for providing the content piece specified by the specifying means.
13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising storing means for storing a preference value indicating a degree of preference of a user in association with each of the first clusters into which the content pieces are classified by the content classifying means,
wherein the specifying means specifies a first cluster from among the first clusters on the basis of the preference values stored by the storing means, and specifies a content piece corresponding to the specified first cluster from among the content pieces.
14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the specifying means further specifies from among the content pieces a content piece corresponding to the specified first cluster using an evaluation value indicating a degree of preference of the user with a weight for each of the layers in accordance with the preference value.
15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:
setting means for setting a keyword for the first clusters into which the content pieces are classified by the content specifying means; and
generating means for generating a reason statement indicating the reason for providing the content piece using the keyword set by the setting means,
wherein the providing means further provides the reason statement.
16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein:
the content pieces are music pieces; and
the items of metadata include at least one of tempo, beat, and rhythm of the music pieces.
17. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the items of metadata include review text for the corresponding content pieces.
18. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising metadata classifying means for classifying each of the items of metadata with respect to the plurality of content pieces into any of a plurality of second clusters, and allocating the layers to the second clusters,
wherein the content classifying means classifies each of the content pieces into any of the plurality of first clusters for each of the allocated layers.
19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the specifying means further specifies a content piece using a similarity level indicating a degree of similarity to a similarity-reference content piece from among content pieces corresponding to a first cluster among the first clusters into which the similarity-reference content piece is classified.
20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the specifying means specifies a content piece using the similarity level that is weighted by a weight for each of the layers in accordance with a belonging weight of the similarity-reference content piece for the first cluster.
21. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus for selecting a content piece satisfying a predetermined condition from a content group, the information processing method comprising:
a classifying step of classifying each of content pieces constituting the content group into any of a plurality of clusters in each of layers associated with items of metadata of the content pieces according to classification of the metadata by a distance measurement of the metadata that is defined for each of the layers;
a holding step of holding a database indicating correspondences between the content pieces and the clusters in the layers into which the content pieces are classified;
a specifying step of specifying a cluster corresponding to the predetermined condition for each of the layers from among the clusters and specifying a content piece corresponding to the specified cluster from among the content pieces; and
a providing step of providing the specified content piece.
22. A program for selecting a content piece satisfying a predetermined condition from a content group, the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
a classifying step classifying each of content pieces constituting the content group into any of a plurality of clusters in each of layers associated with items of metadata of the content pieces according to classification of the metadata by a distance measurement of the metadata that is defined for each of the layers;
a holding step of holding a database indicating correspondences between the content pieces and the clusters in the layers into which the content pieces are classified;
a specifying step of specifying a cluster corresponding to the predetermined condition for each of the layers from among the clusters and specifying a content piece corresponding to the specified cluster from among the content pieces; and
a providing step of providing the specified content piece.
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 scope for a firearm, comprising:
a scope assembly which comprises:
a tubular scope body having an objective end and an opposed sight end to define a scope axis;
a lens module comprising an objective lens and an eyepiece lens supported at said objective end and said sight end of said scope body respectively for generating a scope reticle; and
an attachment base extended from a bottom side of said scope body for detachably mounting said scope body on said firearm to parallelly align said scope axis with a barrel axis of said firearm; and
head lighting arrangement which comprises a plurality of illumination elements formed at a rim of said objective end of said scope body for generating navigation light at a direction aligned with said scope axis of said scope body.
2. The scope, as recited in claim 1, wherein said scope body comprises a lens housing formed at said objective end to house said illumination elements in a circular configuration and to support a protection lens of said lens module coaxially within said illumination elements.
3. The scope, as recited in claim 2, wherein said lens housing comprises an outer ring and an inner ring coaxially supported within said outer ring, wherein said illumination elements are spacedly received between said outer and inner rings and said protection lens is supported within said inner ring at a position in front of said objective lens.
4. The scope, as recited in claim 2, wherein said head lighting arrangement further comprises a ring shaped circuit board, wherein said illumination elements are spacedly mounted on said circuit board to be supported in said lens housing.
5. The scope, as recited in claim 3, wherein said head lighting arrangement further comprises a ring shaped circuit board, wherein said illumination elements are spacedly mounted on said circuit board to be supported in said lens housing.
6. The scope, as recited in claim 3, wherein said scope assembly further comprises a ring shaped front rim cover attached to said outer and inner rings, wherein said front rim cover has a center lens window aligned with said protection lens and a plurality of light windows aligned with said illumination elements respectively.
7. The scope, as recited in claim 5, wherein said scope assembly further comprises a ring shaped front rim cover attached to said outer and inner rings, wherein said front rim cover has a center lens window aligned with said protection lens and a plurality of light windows aligned with said illumination elements respectively.
8. The scope, as recited in claim 1, further comprising an integrated control module provided at said attachment base to operatively link with a scope luminous element of said scope assembly and said illumination elements of said head lighting arrangement.
9. The scope, as recited in claim 3, further comprising an integrated control module provided at said attachment base to operatively link with a scope luminous element of said scope assembly and said illumination elements of said head lighting arrangement.
10. The scope, as recited in claim 7, further comprising an integrated control module provided at said attachment base to operatively link with a scope luminous element of said scope assembly and said illumination elements of said head lighting arrangement.
11. The scope, as recited in claim 8, wherein said integrated control module comprises a power source compartment formed at a sidewall of said attachment base for receiving a power supply to operatively link with said scope luminous element and said illumination elements, and a control panel provided at said sidewall of said attachment base for adjustably controlling a scope reticle illumination, for adjustably controlling a brightness level of said navigation light, and for selecting colors of said navigation light.
12. The scope, as recited in claim 9, wherein said integrated control module comprises a power source compartment formed at a sidewall of said attachment base for receiving a power supply to operatively link with said scope luminous element and said illumination elements, and a control panel provided at said sidewall of said attachment base for adjustably controlling a scope reticle illumination, for adjustably controlling a brightness level of said navigation light, and for selecting colors of said navigation light.
13. The scope, as recited in claim 10, wherein said integrated control module comprises a power source compartment formed at a sidewall of said attachment base for receiving a power supply to operatively link with said scope luminous element and said illumination elements, and a control panel provided at said sidewall of said attachment base for adjustably controlling a scope reticle illumination, for adjustably controlling a brightness level of said navigation light, and for selecting colors of said navigation light.
14. The scope, as recited in claim 1, wherein said scope assembly further comprises an elevation adjustment module formed at said attachment base at a bottom of said scope body for adjusting said scope reticle.
15. The scope, as recited in claim 3, wherein said scope assembly further comprises an elevation adjustment module formed at said attachment base at a bottom of said scope body for adjusting said scope reticle.
16. The scope, as recited in claim 13, wherein said scope assembly further comprises an elevation adjustment module formed at said attachment base at a bottom of said scope body for adjusting said scope reticle.
17. The scope, as recited in claim 1, wherein said illumination elements are light diodes.
18. The scope, as recited in claim 16, wherein said illumination elements are light diodes.
19. The scope, as recited in claim 1, wherein said scope assembly further comprises a back-up iron sight integrally formed on a top side of said scope body.
20. The scope, as recited in claim 18, wherein said scope assembly further comprises a back-up iron sight integrally formed on a top side of said scope body.