1. An information processing method, comprising:
providing a user terminal:
transmitting items of information to said user terminal;
receiving and storing said transmitted items of information in said user terminal;
determining an access priority for each of said stored items of information; and
arranging said stored items of information in an order according to said access priorities.
2. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information at least one category from a plurality of categories;
associating with each of said items of information category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category; and
in said transmitting step, transmitting said category attribute information in association with each of said items of information.
3. The information processing method according to claim 2, further comprising:
accessing at least some of said stored items of information;
determining said category of each of said accessed items of information from said category attribute information associated therewith;
counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed to define a count value for each of said plurality of categories;
determining an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories; and
determining said access priority for each of said items of information from said access tendencies.
4. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information a priority from a plurality of priorities;
associating with each of said items of information priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
in said transmitting step, transmitting said priority attribute information in association with each of said items of information.
5. The information processing method according to claim 4, wherein said determining step includes determining said priority of each of said items of information from said priority attribute information, and determining said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said priorities.
6. The information processing method according to claim 1, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information at least one category from a plurality of categories and a priority from a plurality of priorities;
associating with each of said items of information category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category and priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
in said transmitting step, transmitting said category attribute information and said priority attribute information in association with each of said items of information.
7. The information processing method according to claim 6, further comprising:
accessing at least some of said stored items of information;
determining said category of each of said accessed items of information from said category attribute information associated therewith;
counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed to define a count value for each of said plurality of categories;
determining an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories;
determining said priority of each of said items of information from said priority attribute information; and
determining said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said access tendencies and said priorities.
8. An information processing method, comprising:
providing a user terminal;
transmitting items of information to said user terminal;
receiving and storing said transmitted items of information in said user terminal;
determining an access priority for each of said stored items of information; and
deleting at least one of said stored items of information from said user terminal in an order beginning with said item of information having the lowest access priority.
9. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information at least one category from a plurality of categories;
associating with each of said items of information category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category;
in said transmitting step, transmitting said category attribute information in association with each of said items of information;
accessing at least some of said stored items of information;
determining said category of each of said accessed items of information from said category attribute information associated therewith;
counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed to define a count value for each of said plurality of categories;
determining an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories; and
determining said access priority for each of said items of information from said access tendencies.
10. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information a priority from a plurality of priorities;
associating with each of said items of information priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
in said transmitting step, transmitting said priority attribute information in association with each of said items of information;
wherein said determining step includes determining said priority of each of said items of information from said priority attribute information, and determining said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said priorities.
11. The information processing method according to claim 8, further comprising:
assigning to each of said items of information at least one category from a plurality of categories and a priority from a plurality of priorities;
associating with each of said items of information category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category and priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
in said transmitting step, transmitting said category attribute information and said priority attribute information in association with each of said items of information.
12. The information processing method according to claim 11, further comprising:
accessing at least some of said stored items of information;
determining said category of each of said accessed items of information from said category attribute information associated therewith;
counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed to define a count value for each of said plurality of categories;
determining an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories;
determining said priority of each of said items of information from said priority attribute information; and
determining said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said access tendencies and said priorities.
13. An information receiving apparatus, comprising:
a receiver operable to receive items of information transmitted from an information transmitting unit;
an information storing unit operable to store said received items of information; and
an information forming unit operable to determine an access priority for each of said stored items of information, and to arrange each of said stored items of information in an order according to said access priority.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category;
said information forming unit being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, define a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storage unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information from said access tendencies.
15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of said items of information is assigned a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including priority attribute information corresponding to said priority;
said information forming unit being further operable to determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and to determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said priorities.
16. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories and a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category and priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
said information forming unit being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, define a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storing unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said access tendencies and said priorities.
17. An information receiving apparatus, comprising:
a receiver operable to receive items of information transmitted from an information distribution center;
an information storing unit operable to store said received items of information; and
a controller operable to control said stored items of information, wherein said controller determines an access priority for each of said stored items of information and deletes at least one of said stored items of information from said information storing unit in an order beginning with said stored item of information having the lowest access priority.
18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category;
said controller being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, define a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storage unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information from said access tendencies.
19. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein each of said items of information is assigned a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including priority attribute information corresponding to said priority;
said controller being further operable to determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said priorities.
20. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories and a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category and priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
said controller being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, define a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storing unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said access tendencies and said priorities.
21. An information receiving apparatus, comprising:
a receiver operable to receive items of information transmitted from an information distribution center and access priority information associated with each of said items of information;
a selecting unit operable to determine an access priority for each of said received items of information on the basis of said access priority information associated therewith, and to select a group of said items of information for which said access priority is high relative to said access priority of a remainder of said items of information; and
an information storing unit operable to store said items of information in said group.
22. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category;
said selecting unit being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, determine a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storing unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information from said access tendencies.
23. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein each of said items of information is assigned a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including priority attribute information corresponding to said priority;
said selecting unit being further operable to determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said priorities.
24. The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein each of said items of information is assigned to at least one category from a plurality of categories and a priority from a plurality of priorities, each of said items of information including category attribute information corresponding to said at least one category and priority attribute information corresponding to said priority; and
said selecting unit being further operable to determine said category of each of said items of information from said category attribute information each time said items of information are accessed from said information storing unit, define a count value for each of said plurality of categories by counting a number of times each of said items of information in each of said plurality of categories has been accessed from said information storing unit, determine an access tendency of a user from said count values of said plurality of categories, determine said priority of each of said items of information stored in said information storing unit from said priority attribute information, and determine said access priority for each of said items of information on the basis of said access tendencies and said priorities.
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. In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising
one high-pressure fuel pump (10) and one fuel injection valve (12) communicating with it, for each cylinder of the engine, the high-pressure fuel pump (10) having a pump piston (18) driven in a reciprocating motion by the engine and defining a pump work chamber (22), to which fuel is supplied from a fuel tank (24),
the fuel injection valve (12) having a pressure chamber (40), communicating with the pump work chamber (22), and an injection valve member (28) by which at least one injection opening (32) is controlled and which is urged in an opening direction (29) on a pressure face (42), embodied on it, by the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber (40),
the injection valve member being movable counter to a closing force in the opening direction (29) to uncover the at least one injection opening (32),
a first control valve (68), by which a first connection (66) of the pump work chamber (22) to a relief chamber (24) is controlled,
a second control valve (70), by which a second connection (64) of a control pressure chamber (52) of the fuel injection valve and a relief chamber (24) is controlled, the control pressure chamber (52) at least indirectly having a third connection (62) to the pump work chamber (22) in which a throttle restriction (63) is located,
the control pressure chamber (52) being defined by a control piston (50), which acts in a closing direction on the injection valve member (28), the control piston (50) being movable to control a flow cross section of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) to the relief chamber (24) as a function of the stroke of the control piston (50) whereby when the injection valve member (28) is disposed in a closed position, a larger flow cross section of the second connection (64) is uncovered than when injection valve member (28) is disposed in an open position, wherein the control piston (50), when the injection valve member (28) disposed in its closed position, uncovers a primary connection (84) of large flow cross section; and wherein when the injection valve member (28) is disposed in its open position, the control piston (50) closes the primary connection, so that only a bypass connection (80; 82) of small flow cross section is uncovered.
2. The fuel injection system of claim 1, wherein the bypass connection is formed by a throttle bore (80) in the control piston (50).
3. The fuel injection system of claim 2, wherein the control piston (50), on its face end remote from the injection valve member (28), has a sealing face (57), with which the control piston cooperates with a valve seat (53), the sealing face (57) being embodied at a boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), for controlling the primary connection (84).
4. The fuel injection system of claim 3, wherein the valve seat is formed by a face (53) of the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), which face is disposed at least approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (49) of the control piston (50).
5. The fuel injection system of claim 3, wherein the control piston (50) has a hollow-cylindrical extension (56) toward the boundary (54), which extension has a smaller cross section than the rest of the control piston (50); wherein the sealing face (57) is disposed on the face end of the extension (56); wherein the bypass connection (80; 82) penetrates the extension (56) of the control piston (50); and wherein by means of the boundary (54), an outlet (55) leading away inside the extension (56) of the control piston (50) is provided as part of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) and the relief chamber (24).
6. The fuel injection system of claim 2, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).
7. The fuel injection system of claim 1, wherein the control piston (50), on its face end remote from the injection valve member (28), has a sealing face (57), with which the control piston cooperates with a valve seat (53), the sealing face (57) being embodied at a boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), for controlling the primary connection (84).
8. The fuel injection system of claim 7, wherein the valve seat is formed by a face (53) of the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), which face is disposed at least approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (49) of the control piston (50).
9. The fuel injection system of claim 8, wherein the control piston (50) has a hollow-cylindrical extension (56) toward the boundary (54), which extension has a smaller cross section than the rest of the control piston (50); wherein the sealing face (57) is disposed on the face end of the extension (56); wherein the bypass connection (80; 82) penetrates the extension (56) of the control piston (50); and wherein by means of the boundary (54), an outlet (55) leading away inside the extension (56) of the control piston (50) is provided as part of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) and the relief chamber (24).
10. The fuel injection system of claim 8, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).
11. The fuel injection system of claim 7, wherein the control piston (50) has a hollow-cylindrical extension (56) toward the boundary (54), which extension has a smaller cross section than the rest of the control piston (50); wherein the sealing face (57) is disposed on the face end of the extension (56); wherein the bypass connection (80; 82) penetrates the extension (56) of the control piston (50); and wherein by means of the boundary (54), an outlet (55) leading away inside the extension (56) of the control piston (50) is provided as part of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) and the relief chamber (24).
12. The fuel injection system of claim 11, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).
13. The fuel injection system of claim 7, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).
14. The fuel injection system of claim 1, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).
15. In a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine, the system comprising
one high-pressure fuel pump (10) and one fuel injection valve (12) communicating with it, for each cylinder of the engine, the high-pressure fuel pump (10) having a pump piston (18) driven in a reciprocating motion by the engine and defining a pump work chamber (22), to which fuel is supplied from a fuel tank (24),
the fuel injection valve (12) having a pressure chamber (40), communicating with the pump work chamber (22), and an injection valve member (28) by which at least one injection opening (32) is controlled and which is urged in an opening direction (29) on a pressure face (42), embodied on it, by the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber (40),
the injection valve member being movable counter to a closing force in the opening direction (29) to uncover the at least one injection opening (32),
a first control valve (68), by which a first connection (66) of the pump work chamber (22) to a relief chamber (24) is controlled,
a second control valve (70), by which a second connection (64) of a control pressure chamber (52) of the fuel injection valve and a relief chamber (24) is controlled, the control pressure chamber (52) at least indirectly having a third connection (62) to the pump work chamber (22) in which a throttle restriction (63) is located,
the control pressure chamber (52) being defined by a control piston (50), which acts in a closing direction on the injection valve member (28), the control piston (50) being movable to control a flow cross section of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) to the relief chamber (24) as a function of the stroke of the control piston (50) whereby when the injection valve member (28) is disposed in a closed position, a larger flow cross section of the second connection (64) is uncovered than when injection valve member (28) is disposed in an open position,
wherein the control piston (50), when the injection valve member (28) disposed in its closed position, uncovers a primary connection (84) of large flow cross section; and wherein when the injection valve member (28) is disposed in its open position, the control piston (50) closes the primary connection, so that only a bypass connection (80; 82) of small flow cross section is uncovered, wherein the bypass connection is formed by a throttle groove (82), which is disposed in an end face (57), remote from the injection valve member (28), of the control piston (50), and with this end face (57), when the injection valve member (28) is in its open position, the control piston comes into contact with a boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52).
16. The fuel injection system of claim 15, wherein the control piston (50), on its face end remote from the injection valve member (28), has a sealing face (57), with which the control piston cooperates with a valve seat (53), the sealing face (57) being embodied at a boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), for controlling the primary connection (84).
17. The fuel injection system of claim 16, wherein the valve seat is formed by a face (53) of the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52), which face is disposed at least approximately perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (49) of the control piston (50).
18. The fuel injection system of claim 16, wherein the control piston (50) has a hollow-cylindrical extension (56) toward the boundary (54), which extension has a smaller cross section than the rest of the control piston (50); wherein the sealing face (57) is disposed on the face end of the extension (56); wherein the bypass connection (80; 82) penetrates the extension (56) of the control piston (50); and wherein by means of the boundary (54), an outlet (55) leading away inside the extension (56) of the control piston (50) is provided as part of the second connection (64) of the control pressure chamber (52) and the relief chamber (24).
19. The fuel injection system of claim 15, wherein the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and the fuel injection valve (12) form a common structural unit; and that the boundary (54) of the control pressure chamber (52) is formed by a shim disposed between a pump body (14) of the high-pressure fuel pump (10) and a valve body (26) of the fuel injection valve (12).