All The Claims

1. A hydration system, comprising:
a flexible reservoir for storing a liquid;
a first closable opening in the flexible reservoir for filling or emptying the reservoir;
a second opening in the reservoir;
a drinking tube connected to the second opening,
a drinking valve positioned toward the end of the drinking tube, the valve adapted to be opened by a user’s mouth for drinking from the tube; and
a third closeable opening in the reservoir, the third opening being openable to allow gas to exit the reservoir and being closeable to prevent liquid from leaving the reservoir after the gas is removed.
2. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the third closeable opening includes a gas release valve that can open and close the third opening.
3. The hydration system of claim 2 in which the gas release valve is a gate valve, a plug valve, a globe valve, a ball valve, or a butterfly valve.
4. The hydration system of claim 2 in which the gas release valve is a push button valve.
5. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the first closeable opening includes a threaded cap for closing the opening.
6. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the first closeable opening includes a non-threaded cap for closing the opening.
7. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the third closeable opening includes a threaded portion and a threaded cap for securing onto the threaded portion.
8. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the third closeable opening includes cap that locks in place without threads.
9. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the first closeable opening includes a filler cap and in which the third closeable opening is positioned on the filler cap.
10. The hydration system of claim 1 in which the third closeable includes a valve of the normally closed type, the valve being openable by the user to allow gas to escape from the reservoir.
11. A method of filling a hydration system, the hydration system including a flexible reservoir, a first closeable opening for filing the reservoir, and a drinking tube extending from a second opening;
opening the first closeable opening;
filling the hydration system through the first fillable opening;
closing the first closeable opening;
opening a third closeable opening, the third closeable opening being different from the first closeable opening and not part of the drinking tube;
removing air from the reservoir through the third closeable opening;
closing the third closeable opening.
12. The method of claim 11 in which opening a third closeable opening includes opening a valve associated with the third closeable opening and in which closing the third closeable opening includes closing the valve.
13. The method of claim 11 in which opening a third closeable opening includes removing a cap that is not attached using threads.
14. The method of claim 12 in which opening a third closeable opening including opening a gate valve, a plug valve, a globe valve, a ball valve, or a butterfly valve.
15. The method of claim 11 in which opening a third closeable opening includes removing a screw cap valve associated with the third closeable opening and in which closing the third closeable opening includes replacing the screw cap.
16. The method of claim 12 in which opening a third closeable opening including opening a push button valve.
17. The method of claim 11 in which removing air from the reservoir through the third closeable opening including pressing the flexible reservoir to force air out of the third closeable opening.
18. A filler cap for a hydration system having a flexible reservoir, the filler cap allowing the reservoir to be filled with a liquid or emptied, comprising:
a filler cap body fitted to an opening in the reservoir; and
a closeable opening on the filler cap body, the closeable opening being openable by a user to release air from the reservoir and closeable to prevent liquid from escaping the reservoir.
19. The filler cap of claim 18 in which the closeable opening includes a valve.
20. The filler cap of claim 19 in which the valve is of the normally closed type, the valve being openable by the user to allow air to escape the reservoir.

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 printing device, comprising:
at least one paper tray, operable to hold paper used in the printing device;
an intake operable to take paper from the paper tray;
a printing paper path, wherein the printing paper path is operable to move the paper such that it is printed upon by a print engine;
a scanning paper path, wherein the scanning paper path is operable to move the paper such that it is scanned by a scanning engine;
a memory operable to store a scanned image resulting from scanning the paper by the scanning engine; and
a controller operable to associate the scanned image with the paper tray.
2. The printing device of claim 1, wherein the intake automatically takes paper from the tray upon removal and reinsertion of the paper tray into the printing device.
3. The printing device of claim 2, wherein a user override is operable to stop the scanning process.
4. The printing device of claim 1, wherein the controller automatically associates the paper with the paper tray from which the scanned paper came.
5. A method for acquiring information about paper in a printing device, the method comprising:
receiving a piece of paper from a paper tray;
sending the piece of paper through a scanning paper path;
scanning the piece of paper with a scanning engine to produce a scanned image; and
associating the scanned image with the paper tray.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein the paper is received automatically by an intake when the printing device senses removal and reinsertion of a paper tray.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the user can override the automatic intake.

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
a basic shape matching section that extracts, as a structure region, a predetermined structural object in an image obtained by picking up an image of a mucosal surface of a living body, the image including at least one pixel, and matches each of regions resulting from the structure region being divided, the regions each including at least one pixel, with a first region having a first basic shape or a second region having a second basic shape that is different from the first basic shape;
a feature value calculating section that sequentially sets regions of interest from among the regions matched by the basic shape matching section, and calculates counts of the first regions and the second regions adjacent to each of the sequentially set regions of interest; and
a classification section that classifies the structure region based on a result of the calculation by the feature value calculating section.
2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first basic shape is any one of four shapes that are a circle, a straight line, a curve and a divarication, and the second basic shape is any one of the four shapes that is different from the first basic shape.
3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification section classifies the structure region into either a straight line shape structural object or a non-straight line shape structural object based on a result of the calculation by the feature value calculating section.
4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification section determines a classification pattern that is most similar to the structure region from among a plurality of classification patterns set in advance, based on a result of the calculation by the feature value calculating section, and classifies the structure region based on a result of the determination.
5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the classification section performs clustering using a result of the calculation by the feature value calculating section, and classifies the structure region based on a result of the clustering.
6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feature value calculating section sequentially sets the regions of interest only for a structural object having a measurement value of at least one of a width, a length and an area, the measurement value meeting a predetermined condition, from among respective structural objects extracted by the basic shape matching section.
7. A method for operation of an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:
a basic shape matching step of a basic shape matching section extracting, as a structure region, a predetermined structural object in an image obtained by picking up an image of a mucosal surface of a living body, the image including at least one pixel, and matching each of regions resulting from the structure region being divided, the regions each including at least one pixel, with a first region having a first basic shape or a second region having a second basic shape that is different from the first basic shape;
a feature value calculating step of a feature value calculating section setting regions of interest from among the regions matched in the basic shape matching step, and calculating counts of the first regions and the second regions adjacent to each of the set regions of interest; and
a classification step of a classification section classifying the structure region based on a result of the calculation in the feature value calculating step.
8. The method for operation of an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first basic shape is any one of four shapes that are a circle, a straight line, a curve and a divarication, and the second basic shape is any one of the four shapes that is different from the first basic shape.
9. The method for operation of an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the classification step includes classifying the structure region into either a straight line shape structural object or a non-straight line shape structural object based on a result of the calculation in the feature value calculating step.
10. The method for operation of an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the classification step includes determining a classification pattern that is most similar to the structure region from among a plurality of classification patterns set in advance, based on a result of the calculation in the feature value calculating step, and classifies the structure region based on a result of the determination.
11. The method for operation of an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the classification step includes performing clustering using a result of the calculation in the feature value calculating step, and classifying the structure region based on a result of the clustering.
12. The method for operation of an image processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the feature value calculating step sequentially sets the regions of interest only for a structural object having a measurement value of at least one of a width, a length and an area, the measurement value meeting a predetermined condition, from among respective structural objects extracted in the basic shape matching step.

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 transmitting apparatus comprising:
generating means for generating representative tuning information including tuning information that is information on tuning to a representative segment of a multi-segment broadcasting and multi-segment information indicating that the representative segment is a segment of the multi-segment broadcasting; and
transmitting means for transmitting the representative tuning information in the representative segment.
2. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the representative tuning information includes layout information indicating the layout of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting among a plurality of segments included in the physical channel including the representative segment.
3. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the representative tuning information includes mode information indicating the interval of the segments.
4. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
receiving means for receiving One-Seg data that is video data or audio data and tuning information of a terrestrial digital broadcasting, transmitted in one predetermined segment of the terrestrial digital broadcasting,
wherein the generating means uses the tuning information received by the receiving means, corresponding to representative One-Seg data that is One-Seg data retransmitted in the representative segment, as tuning information of the representative segment to generate the representative tuning information including the tuning information of the representative segment, the multi-segment information and retransmission information indicating the layout of a segment or segments used to retransmit the One-Seg data, and
wherein the transmitting means transmits the representative One-Seg data and the representative tuning information in the representative segment and transmits One-Seg data other than the representative One-Seg data and tuning information of the terrestrial digital broadcasting corresponding to the One-Seg data in a segment or segments other than the representative segment.
5. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the generating means changes the frequency of the one predetermined segment included in the tuning information of the terrestrial digital broadcasting corresponding to the representative One-Seg data into the frequency of the representative segment to generate tuning information of the representative segment and generate the representative tuning information including the tuning information of the representative segment, the multi-segment information and the retransmission information.
6. The transmitting apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the generating means also generates tuning information of a non-representative segment or segments that are the segment(s) other than the representative segment of the multi-segment broadcasting,
wherein the transmitting means transmits the representative tuning information in the representative segment and transmits the tuning information of the non-representative segment(s) in the non-representative segment(s), and
wherein the representative tuning information includes connection information indicating the layout of the representative segment and the non-representative segment(s) used for transmission by the transmitting means as the layout of a segment or segments used for transmission by the same transmitting apparatus.
7. A transmitting method comprising:
generating step in which a transmitting apparatus generates representative tuning information including tuning information that is information on tuning to a representative segment of a multi-segment broadcasting and multi-segment information indicating that the representative segment is a segment of the multi-segment broadcasting; and
transmitting step in which the transmitting apparatus transmits the representative tuning information in the representative segment.
8. A receiving apparatus comprising:
receiving means for receiving representative tuning information including tuning information that is information on tuning to a representative segment and multi-segment information indicating that the representative segment is a segment of a multi-segment broadcasting, transmitted in the representative segment of the multi-segment broadcasting; and
controlling means for controlling tuning depending on the multi-segment information included in the representative tuning information received by the receiving means.
9. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the representative tuning information includes layout information indicating the layout of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting among a plurality of segments included in the physical channel, and
wherein the controlling means controls tuning of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting based on the multi-segment information and the layout information.
10. The receiving apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the receiving means also tunes to a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting and receives information on broadcasting data transmitted in the segment (s) according to the control of the controlling means.
11. The receiving apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the representative tuning information includes mode information indicating the interval of the segments, and
wherein the controlling means controls tuning of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting based on the multi-segment information, the layout information and the mode information.
12. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11,
wherein the controlling means determines the frequency of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting based on the multi-segment information, the layout information, the mode information and the frequency of the representative segment and controls tuning based on the frequency of the segment(s).
13. The receiving apparatus according to claim 11,
wherein the controlling means determines the frequency of a segment or segments used for the multi-segment broadcasting based on the multi-segment information, the layout information, the mode information and the frequency of the representative segment included in the tuning information of the representative segment and controls tuning based on the frequency of the segment(s).
14. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the receiving means receives the representative tuning information and One-Seg data that is video data or audio data already having been transmitted in one predetermined segment of the terrestrial digital broadcasting, transmitted in the representative segment, and
wherein the representative tuning information includes representative One-Seg data that is One-Seg data retransmitted in the representative segment as well as the tuning information of the terrestrial digital broadcasting already having been transmitted in the one predetermined segment of the terrestrial digital broadcasting, as the tuning information of the representative segment, and further includes retransmission information indicating the layout of a segment or segments used to retransmit the multi-segment information and the One-Seg data.
15. The receiving apparatus according to claim 14,
wherein the representative tuning information includes the tuning information of the representative segment, the multi-segment information and the retransmission information generated by changing the frequency of the one predetermined segment included in the tuning information of the terrestrial digital broadcasting corresponding to the representative One-Seg data into the frequency of the representative segment.
16. The receiving apparatus according to claim 15,
wherein the controlling means determines the frequency of a segment or segments other than the representative segment included in the physical channel based on the multi-segment information and the frequency of the representative segment included in the tuning information of the representative segment and controls tuning based on the frequency of the segment(s).
17. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the representative tuning information includes connection information indicating the layout of a segment or segments used for transmission by the same transmitting apparatus among a plurality of segments included in the physical channel.
18. The receiving apparatus according to claim 17,
wherein the controlling means also controls based on the connection information whether or not to perform synchronization in tuning.
19. The receiving apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the controlling means controls tuning to a segment or segments other than the center segment included in the physical channel including the representative segment based on the multi-segment information.
20. A receiving method comprising:
receiving step in which a receiving apparatus receives representative tuning information including tuning information that is information on tuning to a representative segment and multi-segment information indicating that the representative segment is a segment of a multi-segment broadcasting, transmitted in the representative segment of the multi-segment broadcasting; and
controlling step in which the receiving apparatus controls tuning depending on the multi-segment information included in the representative tuning information received in the receiving step.