All The Claims

1. An access method for accessing a memory circuit block comprising a memory array in which a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines are provided in matrix form, said respective wordlines consisting of read wordlines and write wordlines, and memory elements are provided at the intersections of the wordlines and the bitlines, each of said memory element including at least a ferromagnetic layer having a magnetization direction determined by the orientation of a magnetic field generated by an electric current passing through respective bitline; a read wordline driver for providing a read signal to said read wordline; and a read circuit for providing a bitline read signal to said bitline, said access method comprising the steps of:
providing a first read signal onto a first read wordline to activate said first read wordline;
providing said bitline read signal to a first bitline; and
thereafter providing a second read signal onto a second read wordline while said first read signal is falling.
2. The memory circuit block access method according to claim 1, further comprising reading data from a first memory element at the intersection of said first read wordline and said first bitline.
3. The memory circuit block access method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a bitline read signal to a second bitline when providing said second read signal to said second read wordline.
4. The memory circuit block access method according to claim 3 further comprising, after providing said bitline read signal to said second bitline, reading data from a second memory element at the intersection of said second read wordline and said second bitline.
5. A magnetic random access memory (MRAM) array circuit block, comprising:
a memory array in which a plurality of wordlines and a plurality of bitlines are provided in matrix form, said respective wordlines comprising read wordlines and write wordlines, respectively, and memory elements provided at intersections of said wordlines and said bitlines, each said memory element including at least a ferromagnetic layer having a magnetization direction determined by the orientation of a magnetic field generated by an electric current passing through a respective bitline coupled to said memory element;
a read wordline driver adapted to provide a read signal onto a first read wordline and adapted to provide a read signal onto a second read wordline while said first read signal is active; and
a read circuit for providing a bitline read signal to said bitline.
6. The memory circuit block according to claim 5, wherein said read circuit is adapted to provide said bitline read signal to a predetermined bitline while said read signal is provided sequentially to respective ones of said plurality of read wordlines.
7. The memory circuit block according to claim 6, wherein said memory element comprises an MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) element or a GMR (giant magnetoresistive) element.

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 trailer comprising:
a body having a front end, a back end, an upper surface, a lower surface which is generally parallel to the upper surface and extends from the front end to the back end, a top wall defining the upper surface, a bottom wall defining the lower surface, a front wall adjacent the front end extending from the top wall to the bottom wall, and a back wall adjacent the back end extending from the top wall to the bottom wall so that the walls together define an internal cavity;
a plurality of wheels mounted on and extending downwardly of the body proximate the back end;
a coupling assembly which is mounted on the body adjacent the front end and is adapted to be selectively connected to a towing vehicle; and
a first support beam of the coupling assembly having front and back ends between which the beam is elongated; wherein the first support beam extends through the front wall adjacent and above the bottom wall with the back end of the beam within the internal cavity and the front end of the beam forward of the front wall and external to the internal cavity.
2. The trailer of claim 1 wherein the coupling assembly further comprises a reinforcement plate which is within the internal cavity and rests on the bottom wall directly below the first support beam.
3. The trailer of claim 2 wherein the bottom wall is curved as viewed from the front end; and the reinforcing plate is curved as viewed from the front end so that the reinforcing plate conforms to the bottom wall; the coupling assembly further comprises a horizontal distribution plate which is within the internal cavity and rests on the curved reinforcing plate; and the first support beam rests on the horizontal distribution plate.
4. The trailer of claim 3 wherein the coupling assembly further comprises a second support beam having front and back ends between which the second support beam is elongated; wherein the second support beam extends through the front wall adjacent and above the bottom wall with the back end of the second support beam within the internal cavity and the front end of the second support beam forward of the front wall and external to the internal cavity; the second support beam is spaced apart from the first support beam; and the second support beam rests on the horizontal distribution plate.
5. The trailer of claim 4 wherein the coupling assembly further comprises a top plate which is within the internal cavity and has a horizontal portion which rests on the first and second support beams.
6. The trailer of claim 5 wherein the top plate comprises an angled portion which angles downwardly and rearwardly beyond the back ends of the support beams and contacts the bottom wall rearwardly of the back ends of the support beams.
7. The trailer of claim 6 wherein the angled portion has a curved lower edge which rests on and conforms to the curved bottom wall.
8. The trailer of claim 1 further comprising a kingpin assembly;
and a kingpin which extends downwardly from the kingpin assembly and is adapted to couple with a towing vehicle coupling assembly of the towing vehicle; wherein the kingpin assembly is mounted on the first support beam at a location forward of the front wall external to the internal cavity and extends downwardly therefrom.
9. The trailer of claim 8 further comprising an actuator which is secured to the front end of the trailer body and to the kingpin assembly; and wherein the actuator is extendable to lift the front end of the body.
10. The trailer of claim 8 further comprising a pair of generally horizontal beams secured to the kingpin assembly and extending rearwardly therefrom; and landing gear secured to and extending downwardly from the beams for supporting the front end of the body when not coupled to the towing vehicle.
11. A trailer comprising:
a body having front and back ends and comprising a front wall adjacent the front end, a back wall adjacent the back end, a top wall, a bottom wall and a pair of opposed side walls which together define therewithin an internal cavity;
a plurality of wheels mounted on and extending downwardly of the body proximate the back end;
a through opening formed in the front wall adjacent and higher than the bottom wall:
a trailer coupling assembly secured to the body;
a first portion of the trailer coupling assembly disposed within the cavity adjacent the bottom wall and front end of the trailer body and extending forward through the through opening; and
a second portion of the trailer coupling assembly secured to the first portion and extending forward from adjacent the through opening external to the cavity and adapted for coupling the trailer to a towing vehicle.
12. The trailer of claim 11 wherein the first portion rests on the bottom wall.
13. The trailer of claim 12 wherein the first portion comprises a reinforcing plate which rests on the bottom wall.
14. The trailer of claim 11 wherein the bottom wall is curved as viewed from the front end; and the reinforcing plate is curved as viewed from the front end so that the reinforcing plate conforms to the bottom wall.
15. The trailer of claim 11 wherein the first portion comprises a generally horizontal plate which is spaced upwardly of the bottom wall.
16. The trailer of claim 15 wherein each of the bottom wall and the generally horizontal plate serve as part of a floor of the internal cavity.
17. The trailer of claim 11 further comprising a kingpin assembly; and a kingpin which extends downwardly from the kingpin assembly and is adapted to couple with a towing vehicle coupling assembly of the towing vehicle; wherein the kingpin assembly is mounted on the second portion at a location forward of the front wall external to the internal cavity and extends downwardly therefrom.
18. The trailer of claim 17 further comprising an actuator which is secured to the front end of the trailer body and to the kingpin assembly; and wherein the actuator is extendable to lift the front end of the body.
19. The trailer of claim 17 further comprising a pair of generally horizontal beams secured to the kingpin assembly and extending rearwardly therefrom; and landing gear secured to and extending downwardly from the beams for supporting the front end of the body when not coupled to the towing vehicle.
20. The trailer of claim 1 wherein the trailer is a half round trailer; the bottom wall is curved as viewed from the front; and the front wall has a generally semi-circular shape.
21. The trailer of claim 1 further comprising a first front support having upper and lower ends between which the first front support is elongated; wherein the first front support is secured to the front wall and extends forward therefrom external to the internal cavity with the upper end of the first front support adjacent the top wall and the lower end of the first front support adjacent the bottom wall so that the first front support extends upwardly from the first support beam.
22. The trailer of claim 1 further comprising first and second parallel and spaced apart front supports which are secured to the front wall external to the internal cavity and which extend from adjacent the bottom wall to adjacent the top wall; and a second support beam of the coupling assembly having front and back ends between which the second support beam is elongated; wherein the second support beam extends through the front wall adjacent and above the bottom wall with the back end of the second support beam within the internal cavity and the front end of the second support beam forward of the front wall and external to the internal cavity; the second support beam is spaced apart from the first support beam; and the first and second front supports extend respectively upwardly from the first and second support beams.
23. The trailer of claim 22 further comprising a pin mounted on and extending between the first and second front supports; and an actuator having an upper end secured to the pin; wherein the actuator is extendable to lift the front end of the body of the trailer.
24. The trailer of claim 4 wherein the horizontal distribution plate has first and second opposed side edges; the distribution plate rests on the curved reinforcement plate along the first and second side edges; and the first and second support beams rest on the horizontal distribution plate respectively along the first and second opposed edges.
25. The trailer of claim 4 further comprising first and second parallel and spaced apart front supports which are secured to the front wall external to the internal cavity, which extend from adjacent the bottom wall to adjacent the top wall and which extend respectively upwardly from the first and second support beams.
26. The trailer of claim 11 wherein the trailer is a half round trailer; the bottom wall is curved as viewed from the front; and the front wall has a generally semi-circular shape.
27. The trailer of claim 14 wherein the first portion comprises a horizontal distribution plate which rests on the curved reinforcing plate.
28. The trailer of claim 27 wherein the coupling assembly comprises a first support beam having front and back ends between which the first support beam is elongated; wherein the first support beam is adjacent and above the bottom wall with the back end of the first support beam within the internal cavity and the front end of the first support beam forward of the front wall and external to the internal cavity; and the first support beam rests on the horizontal distribution plate.
29. The trailer of claim 28 wherein the coupling assembly comprises a second support beam having front and back ends between which the second support beam is elongated; wherein the second support beam is adjacent and above the bottom wall with the back end of the second support beam within the internal cavity and the front end of the second support beam forward of the front wall and external to the internal cavity; the second support beam is spaced apart from the first support beam; and the second support beam rests on the horizontal distribution plate.
30. The trailer of claim 29 wherein the coupling assembly further comprises a top plate which is within the internal cavity and has a horizontal portion which rests on the first and second support beams and serves as part of a floor of the internal cavity.
31. The trailer of claim 29 wherein the horizontal distribution plate has first and second opposed side edges; the distribution plate rests on the curved reinforcement plate along the first and second side edges; and the first and second support beams rest on the horizontal distribution plate respectively along the first and second opposed edges.

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for dispensing small quantities of liquid comprising:
a liquid dispenser with a discharge nozzle having a discharge orifice adjacent to a free end of the nozzle;
a first camera directed at the free end of the nozzle to capture an image of a drop of liquid on the free end in its field of view; and
a computer connected to the first camera and operable to process information from the first camera and generate a signal indicative of the volume of the drop of liquid on the free end.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer is coupled to the dispenser and is operable to control the size of the drop to be dispensed.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the computer is operable to calculate a value indicative of the volume of the drop prior to application to a workpiece and calculate a value indicative of the volume of the drop after application to the workpiece and to calculate a value indicative of the change in volume of the drop.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the computer is operable to calculate a value indicative of the volume based on the assumption that the drop is spherical.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a blotter mechanism operable to remove a substantial portion of the drop on the nozzle if the drop exceeds a predetermined size.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a manipulator is operable to move a workpiece to the nozzle to have a drop of liquid applied.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a second camera positioned to view a drop of liquid once applied to the workpiece, the second camera being operably connected to a computer with the second camera and the computer to which the second camera is connected are operable to provide a signal indicative of the location of the drop on the workpiece and if the drop is not in the predetermined location, the apparatus is operable to return the workpiece to the nozzle for the application of another drop of liquid.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said orifice opens generally upwardly whereby a formed drop is on the free end of the nozzle.
9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the manipulator moves the workpiece down into a drop on the nozzle and the computer is operable to provide a second signal indicative of the spacing between a portion of the drop and the workpiece prior to the workpiece contacting the drop and is operable to control operation of the manipulator in accordance with the second signal.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the portion of the drop is a top of the drop.
11. An apparatus for depositing small quantities of liquid onto workpieces at predetermined locations comprising;
a liquid dispenser with a discharge nozzle having a discharge orifice;
a first camera directed at the discharge orifice to capture an image of a drop of liquid on the discharge orifice;
a second camera positioned to capture an image of at least a portion of a workpiece upon which a drop of liquid has been applied;
a computer coupled to the first and second cameras and operable to process information from the first and second cameras and generate signals indicative of the volume of the drop on the nozzle and of the position of the drop once applied to the workpiece.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein a manipulator is operable to move the workpiece in X, Y, and Z axes and move the workpiece down into a drop.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computer is operable to provide a second signal indicative of the spacing between a portion of the drop and the workpiece and limit the amount of movement of the workpiece into the drop.
14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the computer is coupled to the dispenser and is operable to control the size of the drop to be dispensed.
15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the computer is operable to calculate a value indicative of the volume of the drop prior to application to a workpiece and calculate a value indicative of the volume of the drop after application to the workpiece and to calculate a value indicative of the change in volume of the drop.
16. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a blotter mechanism operable to remove a substantial portion of the drop on the nozzle if the drop exceeds a predetermined size.
17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the orifice opens generally upwardly whereby a formed drop is on the free end of the nozzle.
18. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the manipulator moves the workpiece down into a drop on the nozzle and the computer is operable to provide a second signal indicative of the spacing between a portion of the drop and the workpiece prior to the workpiece contacting the drop and is operable to control operation of the manipulator in accordance with the second signal.
19. A method of applying a small drop of liquid to a workpiece, comprising:
pressurizing a liquid with a pump;
inducing the liquid to flow out of an orifice of a nozzle to commence formation of a drop;
viewing said drop with a first machine vision system;
generating a signal indicative of the volume of the drop;
stopping the formation of the drop in response to the signal indicating a predetermined volume of the drop has been achieved; and
applying at least a portion of the thus formed drop to a workpiece.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising removing the drop from the nozzle if the drop is larger than a predetermined maximum size and thereafter forming another drop for application to a workpiece.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of pressurizing a liquid with a pump further comprises controlling formation of the drop by controlling operation of the pump in response to the signal.
22. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of generating a signal further comprises calculating the value indicative of the volume of the drop by assuming the drop is spherical and by measuring multiple dimensions of the drop.
23. The method of claim 19, wherein the drop is formed on the top of a nozzle with the orifice opening onto a free end of the nozzle.
24. The method of claim 19, wherein the step of applying further comprises:
moving the workpiece to the nozzle such that a predetermined location on the workpiece is over the thus formed drop; and
lowering the workpiece into the drop a predetermined distance and thereby apply at least a portion of said drop to said workpiece.

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 data display apparatus for displaying, on a display screen, a plurality of datasets each composed of a set of pieces of numerical value data respectively corresponding to a plurality of values on a variable axis that is common to the plurality of datasets, the apparatus comprising:
a display control unit that displays, on the display screen, each of the plurality of datasets in a display mode of a graph mode or a table mode in such a manner that the plurality of datasets are vertically arranged with a horizontal axis representing the variable axis of each of the plurality of datasets coinciding with each other;
a storage unit that stores the height of each of a plurality of partial display areas in which the plurality of datasets respectively are displayed by the display control unit for each of a case of displaying in a graph mode and a case of displaying in a table mode; and
an input receiving unit that receives an input of instruction for switching the display mode for at least one of the plurality of partial display areas,
wherein the display control unit sets the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas for which the input of instruction for switching the display mode has been received by the input receiving unit in such a manner that the height of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas becomes the height of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas for the switched display mode stored in the storage unit, and displays the set at least one of the plurality of partial display areas in the switched display mode.
2. The data display apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the input receiving unit receives a user input for specifying an arbitrary position in the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas by an input unit for specifying an arbitrary position on the display screen, as the input of instruction for switching the display mode for the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas.
3. The data display apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the input receiving unit receives a user input of keeping, by an input unit for operating the position of a cursor on the display screen, the cursor for a predetermined time period or longer in the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas displayed in a table mode, as an input of instruction for switching the display mode for the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas to a graph mode.
4. The data display apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the input receiving unit receives a user input of moving, by an input unit for operating the position of a cursor on the display screen, the cursor from the inside of one of the plurality of partial display areas that is displayed in a graph mode to the outside of the one of the plurality of partial display areas, as an input of instruction for switching the display mode for the one of the plurality of partial display areas to a table mode.
5. The data display apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the input receiving unit receives a user input of reducing, by an input unit for operating the size of the partial display area displayed on the display screen, the size of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas that is displayed in a graph mode to a size smaller than a threshold that has been set in advance, as an input of instruction for switching the display mode for the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas to a table mode, and receives a user input for increasing, by the input unit, the size of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas that is displayed in a table mode to a size larger than or equal to a threshold, as an input of instruction for switching the display mode for the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas to a graph mode.
6. The data display apparatus, as defined in claim 1, wherein the display control unit displays by assigning values on the variable axis by uniform coordinates or logarithmic coordinates.
7. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a data display program for causing a computer to function as a data display apparatus that displays, on a display screen, a plurality of datasets each composed of a set of pieces of numerical value data respectively corresponding to a plurality of values on a variable axis that is common to the plurality of datasets, the apparatus comprising:
a display control unit that displays, on the display screen, each of the plurality of datasets in a display mode of a graph mode or a table mode in such a manner that the plurality of datasets are vertically arranged with a horizontal axis representing the variable axis of each of the plurality of datasets coinciding with each other;
a storage unit that stores the height of each of a plurality of partial display areas in which the plurality of datasets respectively are displayed by the display control unit for each of a case of displaying in a graph mode and a case of displaying in a table mode; and
an input receiving unit that receives an input of instruction for switching the display mode for at least one of the plurality of partial display areas,
wherein the display control unit sets the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas for which the input of instruction for switching the display mode has been received by the input receiving unit in such a manner that the height of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas becomes the height of the at least one of the plurality of partial display areas for the switched display mode stored in the storage unit, and displays the set at least one of the plurality of partial display areas in the switched display mode.
8. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing therein a data structure that defines display of a plurality of datasets, on a display screen, each composed of a set of pieces of numerical value data respectively corresponding to a plurality of values on a variable axis that is common to the plurality of datasets, the data structure, with respect to each of a plurality of partial display areas in which the plurality of datasets respectively are displayed, comprising:
(a) first data that defines, based on a horizontal axis representing the variable axis in a predetermined scale that has been set in such a manner to be common to all of the plurality of partial display areas, the size of a partial display area when a dataset to be displayed in the partial display area is displayed in a table mode;
(b) second data that defines, based on the horizontal axis, the size of the partial display area when the dataset to be displayed in the partial display area is displayed in a predetermined graph mode;
(c) third data that defines whether display in the partial display area is in a table mode or in a graph mode; and
(d) fourth data that defines the position of the partial display area on the display screen in such a manner that the partial display area has the size defined in the first data when the third data defines display in a table mode, and the partial display area has the size defined in the second data when the third data defines display in a graph mode, and that all of the partial display areas are vertically arranged with the horizontal axis of each of all of the partial display areas coinciding with each other on the display screen.