All The Claims

1. A mobile information terminal comprising:
a display device disposed on a display surface;
a plurality of operation keys disposed on a rear surface located on a reverse side of a front surface which is said display surface to output an input signal;
a finger position detecting mechanism which detects that a finger of an operator is placed on one of said operation keys to output a position signal by which said one of operation keys is identified, and
a control section which receives said input signal and said position signal and which controls an operation of said display device,
wherein said control section executes a display processing operation to change an image on said display device according to said position signal.
2. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
said change of said image in said display processing operation is different from a change of an image on said display device when said one of operation keys is fully depressed.
3. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
said control section causes said display device to display an arrangement image which shows an arrangement of said operation keys, and
said control section executes a display processing operation to change a part of said arrangement image, said part corresponding to said one of operation keys identified by said position signal.
4. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
said control section causes said display device to display an arrangement image which shows an arrangement of said operation keys instead of another information display while said finger position detecting mechanism is detecting that said finger of said operator is placed on said one of operation keys.
5. The mobile information terminal according to claim 1, wherein
said finger position detecting mechanism detects a first state that indicates that said finger of said operator touches said one of operation keys to output a first signal, and detects a second state that indicates that said one of operation keys is half-depressed to output a second signal, respectively, and
said control section receives said first signal, said second signal, and said input signal that indicates that said one of operation keys is fully depressed to execute processing according to said signals.
6. A mobile information terminal comprising:
a display device disposed on a display surface;
a plurality of operation keys disposed on a rear surface located on a reverse side of a front surface which is said display surface to output an input signal;
a finger position detecting mechanism which detects that a finger of an operator is placed on one of said operation keys to output a position signal by which said one of operation keys is identified, and
a control section which receives said input signal and said position signal and which controls an operation of said display device,
wherein said mobile information terminal, in response to said position signal, carries out a predetermined operation that is assigned to said one of operation keys.
7. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is an input of a code.
8. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is
an operation that turns on the light of an illuminator,
an operation that turns off the light of the illuminator or
an operation that flickers the light of the illuminator in a predetermined pattern.
9. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined tone, scale, or rhythm pattern.
10. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined rhythm or frequency pattern.
11. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein:
said predetermined operation is a combination of at least two operations from among:
an operation that turns on the light of an illuminator;
an operation that turns off the light of the illuminator;
an operation that flickers the light of the illuminator in predetermined pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined tone pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined scale pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined rhythm pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined rhythm pattern; and
an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined frequency pattern.
12. The mobile information terminal according to claim 9, wherein
said sound includes a plurality of pieces of information that are coded.
13. The mobile information terminal according to claim 10, wherein
said vibration includes a plurality of pieces of information that are coded.
14. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that starts or stops a predetermined application program.
15. The mobile information terminal according to claim 6, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that starts or stops a communication with an external device through a network.
16. A mobile information terminal comprising:
a display device disposed on a display surface;
an input device disposed on a rear surface located on a reverse side of a front surface which is said display surface, said input device determining information, which corresponds to a position designated by an operator, according to an operation of said operator, said input device outputting said determined information as an input information signal;
a finger position detecting mechanism which detects a position of a finger of said operator on said input device to output a position signal by which said detected position is identified; and
a control section which receives said input information signal and said position signal and which controls an operation of said display device,
wherein said control section executes a display processing operation to change an image on said display device according to said position signal.
17. A mobile information terminal comprising:
a display device disposed on a display surface;
an input device disposed on a rear surface located on a reverse side of a front surface which is said display surface, said input device determining information, which corresponds to a position designated by an operator, according to an operation of said operator, said input device outputting said determined information as an input information signal, said input device comprising a finger position detecting mechanism which detects a position of a finger of said operator to output a position signal by which said detected position is identified; and
a control section which receives said input information signal and said position signal and which controls an operation of said display device,
wherein said control section executes a display processing operation to change an image on said display device according to said position signal.
18. The mobile information terminal according to claim 17, wherein
said change of said image in said display processing operation is different from a change of an image on said display when said input device determines said information.
19. The mobile information terminal according to claim 17,
wherein said control section causes said display device to display an image of said input device, and
said control section executes a display processing operation to change a part of said image of said input device, said part corresponding to said position identified by said position signal.
20. The mobile information terminal according to claim 17.
wherein said control section causes said display device to display an image of said input device instead of another information display while said finger position detecting mechanism is detecting that said finger of said operator is placed on said input device.
21. The mobile information terminal according to claim 17.
wherein said input device relates pieces of information with a predetermined position and selects one piece of information from among said pieces of information according to operations of said finger of said operator.
22. The mobile information terminal according to claim 21,
wherein said operations of said finger of said operator include at least two of a touch, a weak push and a strong push.
23. The mobile information terminal according to claim 21,
wherein said operations of said finger of said operator include at least two of a touch, a short stroke and a long stroke.
24. A mobile information terminal comprising:
a display device disposed on a display surface;
an input device disposed on a rear surface located on a reverse side of a front surface which is said display surface, said input device determining information, which corresponds to a position designated by an operator, according to an operation of said operator, said input device outputting said determined information as an input information signal, said input device comprising a finger position detecting mechanism which detects a position of a finger of said operator to output a position signal by which said detected position is identified; and
a control section which receives said input information signal and said position signal and which controls an operation of said display device,
wherein said mobile information terminal, in response to said position signal, carries out a predetermined operation.
25. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is an input of a code.
26. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is
an operation that turns on the light of an illuminator,
an operation that turns off the light of the illuminator or
an operation that flickers the light of the illuminator in a predetermined pattern.
27. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined tone, scale, or rhythm pattern.
28. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined rhythm or frequency pattern.
29. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is a combination of at least two operations from

among:
an operation that turns on the light of an illuminator;
an operation that turns off the light of the illuminator;
an operation that flickers the light of the illuminator in predetermined pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined tone pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined scale pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a sound having a predetermined rhythm pattern;
an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined rhythm pattern; and
an operation that generates or stops a vibration having a predetermined frequency pattern.
30. The mobile information terminal according to claim 27, wherein
said sound includes a plurality of pieces of information that are coded.
31. The mobile information terminal according to claim 28, wherein
said vibration includes a plurality of pieces of information that are coded.
32. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that starts or stops a predetermined application program.
33. The mobile information terminal according to claim 24, wherein
said predetermined operation is an operation that starts or stops a communication with an external device through a network.
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 hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control, the hearing aid comprising:
an amplifier for amplifying an input signal from an input transducer;
a rectifying circuit for rectifying an output signal of said amplifier;
a smoothing capacitor for smoothening direct current rectified by said rectifying circuit;
an attenuation circuit for attenuating the level of the output signal of said amplifier when a DC voltage smoothened by the smoothing capacitor exceeds a certain fixed level; and
a charging circuit for charging said smoothing capacitor when power turns on, wherein
said attenuation circuit comprises a first transistor, that turns on and draws the input signal of the amplifier when the DC voltage smoothened by said smoothing capacitor exceeds the certain fixed level.
2. The hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control according to claim 1, further comprising:
a second transistor to add bias to the base of said first transistor, wherein
said first transistor and said second transistor have the same characteristics.
3. The hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control according to claim 1, wherein said rectifying circuit comprises a plurality of diodes, and said rectifying circuit carries out a voltage doubler rectification.
4. A hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control, the hearing aid comprising:
an amplifier for amplifying an input signal from an input transducer;
a rectifying circuit for rectifying an output signal of said amplifier;
a smoothing capacitor for smoothing direct current rectified by said rectifying circuit; and
an attenuation circuit for attenuating the level of the output signal of said amplifier when DC voltage smoothed by the smoothing capacitor exceeds a certain fixed level, wherein:
said attenuation circuit comprises a variable resistance and a first transistor, the variable resistance determines a signal suppression amount applied to the input stage of the amplifier, and
the first transistor turns on and draws the input signal of the amplifier when the DC voltage smoothened by said smoothing capacitor exceeds the certain fixed level.
5. The hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control according to claim 4, further comprising a charging circuit for charging said smoothing capacitor when power turns on.
6. The hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control according to claim 5, further comprising:
a second transistor to add bias to the base of said first transistor, wherein
said first transistor and said second transistor have the same characteristics.
7. The hearing aid with automatic excessive output sound control according to claim 4, wherein said rectifying circuit comprises a plurality of diodes, and said rectifying circuit carries out a voltage doubler rectification.

1. A structure of mounting an electronic part on a circuit board, wherein
bumps of said electronic part are respectively flip-chip-bonded to electrodes of said circuit board by applying ultrasonic vibrations to the electronic part,
said electronic part further includes positioning bumps, whose diameters are larger than those of the bumps and whose projecting lengths are longer than those of the bumps,
said circuit board further includes pads, on which the positioning bumps of said electronic part are respectively bonded, and
an array direction of the positioning bumps is perpendicular to a direction of the ultrasonic vibrations.
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 laminate which comprises
a base layer and
a layer comprising: (A) 10-95% by weight of an ethylene-based terpolymer of ethylene, propylene, and either 1-hexene or 1-octene, which has the following properties (a-1) to (a-4); and (B) 5-90% by weight of a low-density polyethylene obtained by the high-pressure radical polymerization method, which has the following properties (b-1) to (b-3):
(a-1) a melt flow rate is 0.1-100 g10 min;
(a-2) a density is 0.87-0.92 gcm3;
(a-3) an ethylene content is 80-99% by mole;
(a-4) a ratio of the molar proportion of propylene (Mp) to the molar proportion of 1-hexene or 1-octene (Mh), MpMh, is 1.5or higher;
(b-1) a melt flow rate is 0.1-20 g10min;
(b-2) a density is 0.915-0.93 gcm3; and
(b-3) a memory effect is 1.6 or higher.
2. The laminate of claim 1, wherein the low-density polyethylene (B) is long-chain branched low-density polyethylene.
3. The laminate of claim 1 or 2, wherein the ethylene-based terpolymer (A) is produced with a metallocene catalyst.
4. The laminate of claim 1 or 2, wherein the ethylene-based terpolymer (A) further has the following property (a-5):
(a-5) a density (d) (gcm3) and a melting point (Tm) (\xb0 C.) satisfy expression (1):
1220\xd7d\u22121019\u2266Tm\u22661220\xd7d\u22121005\u2003\u2003(1)
wherein the melting point (Tm) is a melting point as measured during second scanning with a DSC, and the melting point corresponds to the maximum peak height.
5. The laminate of claim 1 or 2, wherein the layer comprising the ethylene-based terpolymer (A) and the low-density polyethylene (B) is a layer formed by the extrusion coating method.
6. The laminate of claim 1 or 2, which is an easy-to-tear laminate.
7. The laminate of claim 1, wherein the base layer is a single-layer film made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of a nylon, polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, and a ethylenevinyl alcohol copolymer.
8. The laminate of claim 1, wherein the base layer is a multilayer film, each layer is made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of a nylon, polyester, polypropylene, polyethylene, and a ethylenevinyl alcohol copolymer, and the each layer can be made form the same or different material.
9. The laminate of claim 1, wherein the base layer further comprises single-layer bases or multilayer bases made of at least one material selected from the group consisting of a paper, a foil of a metal, and plastic films coated with a metal or an inorganic or organic substance by vapor deposition.
10. The laminate of claim 9, wherein the content of the low density polyethylene is from 10 to 80 wt. %.