All The Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including a bus line section; and
at least one driver for driving the bus line section included in the display panel,
wherein each of the at least one driver includes an amplifier for generating a non-driving signal based on an input signal, the non-driving signal not contributing to driving of the bus line section.
2. A display device according to claim 1, wherein:
each of the at least one driver includes a first surface facing the display panel, and the first surface includes a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side, and
each of the at least one driver includes an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and an output section, closer to the second side than the first side, through which the non-driving signal is output.
3. A display device according to claim 1, wherein:
each of the at least one driver includes a first surface facing the display panel, and the first surface includes a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side, and
each of the at least one driver includes an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and at least one output section, provided in at least one of a position closer to the second side than the first side and a position closer to the first side than the second side, through which the non-driving signal is output.
4. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the amplifier amplifies the input signal at a gain greater than 1 so as to generate the non-driving signal.
5. A display device, comprising:
a display panel for providing a gray scale display by a gray scale voltage; and
at least one driver for generating a gray scale signal having the gray scale voltage,
wherein each of the at least one driver includes an amplifier for generating a gray scale reference signal having a gray scale reference voltage based on an input signal, and a gray scale signal generation section for generating a gray scale signal having the gray scale voltage based on the gray scale reference voltage.
6. A display device according to claim 5, wherein:
each of the at least one driver includes a first surface facing the display panel, and the first surface includes a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side, and
each of the at least one driver includes an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and an output section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the gray scale reference signal is output.
7. A display device according to claim 5, wherein:
each of the at least one driver includes a first surface facing the display panel, and the first surface includes a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side, and
each of the at least one driver includes an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and at least one output section, provided in at least one of a position closer to the second side than the first side and a position closer to the first side than the second side, through which the gray scale reference signal is output.
8. A display device according to claim 5, wherein the amplifier amplifies the input signal at a gain greater than 1 so as to generate the gray scale reference signal.
9. A display device according to claim 5, wherein:
the at least one driver are a plurality of drivers,
each of the plurality of drivers includes one or two amplifiers, and
a plurality of gray scale reference signals generated by the amplifiers included in the plurality of drivers have different gray scale reference voltages from each other, and each of the plurality of gray scale reference signals is input to each of the plurality of drivers.
10. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including two substrates, one of which has a common electrode provided thereon; and
at least one driver for outputting a common electrode driving signal for driving the common electrode,
wherein each of the at least one driver includes at least one amplifier for generating the common electrode driving signal based on an input signal.
11. A display device according to claim 10, wherein:
each of the at least one driver includes a first surface facing the display panel, and the first surface includes a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side, and
each of the at least one driver includes an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and at least one output section provided in at least one of a position closer to the second side than the first side and a position closer to the first side than the second side.
12. A display device according to claim 10, wherein:
the at least one driver are a plurality of drivers, and
each of the plurality of drivers includes one amplifier.
13. A driver for driving a display panel including a bus line section, the driver comprising an amplifier for generating a non-driving signal based on an input signal, the non-driving signal not contributing to driving of the bus line section.
14. A driver according to claim 13, further comprising:
a first surface facing the display panel, the first surface including a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side; and
an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and an output section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the non-driving signal is output.
15. A driver according to claim 13, further comprising:
a first surface facing the display panel, the first surface including a first side in contact with the display panel and a second side facing the first side; and
an input section, provided closer to the second side than the first side, through which the input signal is input, and at least one output section, provided in at least one of a position closer to the second side than the first side and a position closer to the first side than the second side, through which the non-driving signal is output.
16. A driver according to claim 13, wherein the amplifier amplifies the input signal at a gain greater than 1 so as to generate the non-driving signal.

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 multi-band antenna comprising:
a dielectric substrate;
a ground plane formed on a first area of the dielectric substrate;
a radiation part arranged in a second area of the dielectric substrate where the ground surface is not formed,
a feed section formed of a metallic trace and having one end connected to the radiation part and an opposite end disposed near an edge of the ground plane for forming a feed point; and
the radiation part having a pair of monopole antenna elements formed of conductive metallic traces; a first monopole antenna element for radiating at a first resonant frequency, and a second monopole antenna element for radiating at a second resonant frequency and the conductive metallic traces being folded to form a three dimensional structure, with at least a portion of said first monopole spaced from a plane of the substrate and said second monopole.
2. The antenna as defined in claim 1, including a patch element coupled to said second monopole and arranged in a spaced relationship to the first monopole, a width of said patch element for determining the resonant frequency of the second monopole antenna element, independently of the resonant frequency of the first monopole.
3. The antenna as defined in claim 1, including a dielectric shell defining a generally rectangular shape having opposing top and bottom faces, opposing first and second end faces and opposing first and second side faces, the bottom face of said dielectric shell positioned in said second area of said substrate and said three dimensional structure of said metallic trace being formed around said dielectric shell.
4. The antenna as defined in claim 3, a patch element formed on the top surface of said shell, and coupled to said second monopole a width of said patch element for setting the resonant frequency of the second monopole antenna element.
5. The antenna as defined in claim 3, a patch element formed on the bottom surface of said shell, and coupled to said second monopole a width of said patch element for setting the resonant frequency of the second monopole antenna element.
6. A mobile wireless communication device comprising:
a housing
a dielectric substrate carried within said housing;
wireless communication circuitry carried by said substrate within said housing; and
a multi-band antenna coupled to said wireless communication circuitry and comprising
a ground plane formed on a first area of the dielectric substrate;
a radiation part arranged in a second area of the dielectric substrate where the ground surface is not formed,
a feed section formed of a metallic trace and having one end connected to the radiation part and an opposite end disposed near an edge of the ground plane for forming a feed point; and
the radiation part having a pair of monopole antenna elements formed of conductive metallic traces; a first of the monopole antenna elements for radiating at a first resonant frequency, and a second of the monopole antenna elements for radiating at a second resonant frequency and the conductive metallic traces being folded to form a three dimensional structure, with at least a portion of said first monopole spaced from a plane of the substrate and said second monopole.
7. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 6, including a patch element coupled to said second monopole and arranged to form part of said three-dimensional structure, a width of said patch element for setting the resonant frequency of the second monopole antenna element.
8. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 6, including a dielectric shell defining a generally rectangular shape having opposing top and bottom faces, opposing first and second end faces and opposing first and second side faces, the bottom face of said dielectric shell positioned on said second area of said substrate and said three dimensional structure of said metallic trace being formed around said dielectric shell.
9. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 6, said wireless communication circuitry comprises a cellular transceiver.
10. A mobile wireless communication device comprising:
a housing
a dielectric substrate carried within said housing;
wireless communication circuitry carried by said substrate;
a ground plane formed on a first area of the dielectric substrate;
a plurality multi-band antennas arranged in a second area of the dielectric substrate where the ground surface is not formed and coupled to said wireless communication circuitry, each of said multi-band antennas having a pair of monopole radiating elements; and
patch elements associated with respective ones of said multi-band antennas, a width of the patch element for determining a resonant frequency of its associated antenna.
11. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 10, including a stub section coupled to said ground plane and extending into said second area for determining an operating frequency of said multi-band antenna arrangement.
12. The mobile wireless communication device of claim 10, each of said multi-band antennas comprising:
a feed section formed of a metallic trace and having one end connected to a radiation part and an opposite end disposed near an edge of the ground plane for forming a feed point; and
the radiation part having a pair of monopole antenna elements formed of conductive metallic traces; a first monopole antenna element for radiating at a first resonant frequency, and second monopole antenna element for radiating at a second resonant frequency and the conductive metallic traces being folded to form a three dimensional structure, with at least a portion of said first monopole spaced from a plane of the substrate and said second monopole.
13. A method for implementing a multi-band antenna for use in a mobile device, the method comprising:
forming a ground plane in a first area of a dielectric substrate, the dielectric substrate for positioning within a housing of the mobile device;
arranging a plurality of multi-band antennas in a second area of the dielectric substrate where the ground surface is not formed, the antennas for coupling to wireless communication circuitry, each of the multi-band antennas having a pair of monopole radiating elements including a patch element associated with respective ones of the multi-band antennas; and
determining resonant frequency of respective antennas by adjusting a width of the patch element associated with that antenna.
14. The method of claim 13, including selecting a size of a stub section for extending the ground plane into the second area, the stub size for determining an operating frequency and isolation of the multi-band antennas.

1. A portable back strengthening device having a rolling cushion with an embodied inner centralized metal pole weight resistance unit.
2. The portable back strengthener of claim 1 is operated by an aide during whom a neck to coccyx motion is repeated on a user’s back.
3. The device of claim 1 wherein said rolling cushion will spin freely around said metal pole weight resistance unit during said operation.
4. The device of claim 3 wherein said operation will apply an even amount of weight resistance to all of a user’s back structures.
5. The device of claim 4 wherein said all of a user’s back structures will become strengthened as a result of said operation performed by said aide.

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 for generating images for identifying cardiac calcification, the method comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional computer tomography (CT) image of at least a portion of a body of a patient;
performing a 3-dimensional (3D) translation and rotation on the CT image;
projecting the CT image onto an image plane to generate a 2-dimensional (2D) digitally reconstructed radiography (DRR) image;
performing a 2D transformation on the 2D DRR image; and
measuring similarities of the 2D DRR with a dual-energy digital radiography (DEDR) image to facilitate the identification of cardiac calcification.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising registering the 2D DRR image with the DEDR image by running an optimization routine on the 2D DRR image.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the optimization routine is a downhill simplex method that employs a search strategy to align the 2D DRR image with the DEDR image.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the projecting comprises performing at least one of a Gaussian weighted projection method, an averaged-based projection method, threshold based projection, maximum intensity projection and a shear-warp factorization technique.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the measuring similarities comprises employing a normalized mutual information technique to measure similarities between the 2D DRR and the DEDR images.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising reviewing the 2D DRR image to determine the validity of detected areas of cardiac calcification in the DEDR image.
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a first digital radiography (DR) X-ray image of the at least a portion of a body of a patient;
receiving a second DR X-ray image of the at least a portion of a body of a patient, the first X-ray image being captured at a different energy level than the second DR X-ray image;
determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images;
generating an optimized DR X-ray image by moving portions of a selected one of the first and second DR X-ray images with its associated control points to locations that correspond to similar portions of the other of the first and second DR X-ray images;
applying deformable transformation to one of the first and second DR X-ray images; and
performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate the DEDR image.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a DEDR image comprises performing a bone log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a bone image.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising performing a soft tissue log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a soft tissue image.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images comprises dividing the first and second DR X-ray image into a plurality of grids, such that each grid of the first DR X-ray image has an associated grid in the second DR X-ray image, and determining a common center point for each of the plurality of grids for both the first and second DR X-ray image.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images comprises determining common edge features of the first and second DR X-ray images.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the applying deformable transformation to one of the first and second DR X-ray images comprises performing one of a TPS algorithm and a B-spline algorithm on the one of the first and second DR X-ray images.
13. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 1.
14. A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method for generating images for identifying cardiac calcification, the method comprising:
receiving a three-dimensional computer tomography (CT) image of at least a portion of a body of a patient;
performing a 3-dimensional (3D) translation and rotation on the CT image;
projecting the CT image onto an image plane to generate a 2-dimensional (2D) digitally reconstructed radiography (DRR) image;
performing a 2D transformation on the 2D DRR image;
receiving a first digital radiography (DR) X-ray image of the at least a portion of a body of a patient;
receiving a second DR X-ray image of the at least a portion of a body of a patient, the first X-ray image being captured at a different energy level than the second DR X-ray image;
performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a dual-energy digital radiography (DEDR) image;
measuring similarities of the 2D DRR with the DEDR image to facilitate the identification of cardiac calcification; and
registering the 2D DRR image with the DEDR image by running an optimization routine on the 2D DRR image.
15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the optimization routine is a downhill simplex method that employs a search strategy to align the 2D DRR image with the DEDR image and wherein the projecting comprises performing at least one of a Gaussian weighted projection method, an averaged-based projection method, threshold based projection, maximum intensity projection and a shear-warp factorization technique and wherein the measuring similarities comprises employing a normalized mutual information technique to measure similarities between the 2D DRR and the DEDR images.
16. The computer readable medium of claim 14, further comprising:
determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images;
generating an optimized DR X-ray image by moving portions of a selected one of the first and second DR X-ray images with its associated control points to locations that correspond to similar portions of the other of the first and second DR X-ray images;
applying deformable transformation to one of the first and second DR X-ray images, wherein the performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a DEDR image comprises performing a bone log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a bone image.
17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images comprises dividing the first and second DR X-ray image into a plurality of grids, such that each grid of the first DR X-ray image has an associated grid in the second DR X-ray image, and determining a common center point for each of the plurality of grids for both the first and second DR X-ray image.
18. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the determining common control point locations for both the first and second DR X-ray images comprises determining common edge features of the first and second DR X-ray images.
19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the applying deformable transformation to one of the first and second DR X-ray images comprises performing one of a TPS algorithm and a B-spline algorithm on the one of the first and second DR X-ray images.
20. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the performing a log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a DEDR image comprises performing a soft tissue log subtraction on the first and second DR X-ray image to generate a soft tissue image.