Abstract: A breather chamber is located in a blow-by gas passage to separate oil from blow-by gas. A partitioning member partitions the interior of the breather chamber into a plurality of spaces. The partitioning member is arranged such that the spaces extend along the flowing direction of the blow-by gas and that an adjacent pair of the spaces are connected at ends in the flowing direction. A separating member is provided in at least one of the spaces. The separating member obstructs the flow of the blow-by gas in the associated space, thereby separating oil from the blow-by gas. Therefore, oil is separated from the blow-by gas securely and is prevented from being brought out of the breather chamber.

Abstract: A method of transferring data from a storage device transfers block data to a host computer, has a first data transfer processing of temporarily holding only actual data by excluding a check code from the block data, and transferring the actual data to the host computer; and a second data transfer processing of transferring data from the storage device to the host computer by controlling the actual data and the check code by segmenting the data for each address. Either the first data transfer processing or the second data transfer processing is selected according to a state of load on the storage device, and the data is transferred from the storage device to the host computer based on the selected data transfer processing.

Abstract: A method of connecting a storage device to a host computer has a first connection processing for enabling a host interface in advance even when the storage device is not ready yet, and a second connection processing for enabling the host interface after the storage device is ready. The first connection processing is carried out when a power supply to the storage device is turned on, and the second connection processing is carried out when the storage device is at a hot plug time.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling flow between a base station controller and a base station in a wireless communication network. The base station controller, base station and a mobile station are provided with the same processing timing that is based upon the minimum receive interval of the mobile station. The base station controller sends and receives a data-transfer request frame and a data-transfer enable frame to and from the base station and performs flow control of data from the base station controller to the base station, and the base station transmits data to the mobile station at the processing timing.

Abstract: A game image representing a part or all of an identical game space is displayed on game machines. A first game machine detects the link strength of wireless communication between the first game machine and a second game machine. The first game machine executes predetermined game processing such that a processing result changes depending on the detected link strength. Further, the first game machine updates the game image based on a result of the predetermined game processing. The first game machine sends game processing information indicating the result of the predetermined game processing, to the second game machine. The second game machine updates the game image based on the game processing information sent from the first game machine.

Abstract: A packet transferring/transmitting method is provided for use in a mobile communication system 50. In this packet transferring/transmitting method, an upper node 1 determines the implementation of handover (determination step), and a handover addressing node 2 transfers, of a plurality of packets, a non-transmitted residual packet to a handover addressed node 3, and the upper node 1 transmits a new packet to the handover addressed node 3 (transfer/transmission step). This enables maintaining the number of users to be accommodated while securing a wide bandwidth, sharing a line with high efficiency at soft handover, avoiding data residual in the case of the employment of variable communication rate, and preventing an increase in retransmission.

Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a radio network control apparatus having inside a function block for processing a downlink shared channel and table means for storing various setting information related to the downlink shared channel communication and the downlink shared channel multi-cast communication. According to the information, a multi-cast communication (including uni-cast communication) is realized by using the downlink shared channel for one or more mobile apparatuses. Moreover, a base station has a function to transmit the downlink shared channel data and signaling data received from a radio network control apparatus, to a mobile apparatus via a radio line. Furthermore, it is possible to multi-cast data selectively to a particular mobile apparatus being call-connected.

Abstract: A communications system having an ATM transmission line and an IP transmission line is disclosed that includes a base station capable of communicating with a mobile terminal through a radio link; and a radio network controller capable of communicating with the base station through the ATM or IP transmission line. The radio network controller includes a division part dividing transmission data into signals of a predetermined data size; a transmission part transmitting the divided signals to the base station at predetermined time intervals; a retransmission part retransmitting the signals transmitted to the base station when a response signal from the mobile terminal is not received within a predetermined period; a measuring part measuring a signal response period in a communications channel between the radio network controller and the mobile terminal through the base station; and a determination part determining the predetermined data size based on the measured response period.

Abstract: Provided are a plasma or serum separator and a plasma or serum sampling method capable of isolating plasma or serum with good efficiency from a small amount of blood without using a centrifuge and without causing leakage of a blood cell component or hemolysis, and in addition, capable of isolating and collecting plasma or serum from a whole blood test sample in a short time with simplicity in a blood test in the scene of medical care requiring an instant treatment any time such as an emergency test, home-use test or the like.

Abstract: A breather chamber is located in a blow-by gas passage to separate oil from blow-by gas. A partitioning member partitions the interior of the breather chamber into a plurality of spaces. The partitioning member is arranged such that the spaces extend along the flowing direction of the blow-by gas and that an adjacent pair of the spaces are connected at ends in the flowing direction. A separating member is provided in at least one of the spaces. The separating member obstructs the flow of the blow-by gas in the associated space, thereby separating oil from the blow-by gas. Therefore, oil is separated from the blow-by gas securely and is prevented from being brought out of the breather chamber.

Abstract: A mobile communication system includes a mobile communication network connected to a core network (CN) and a plurality of radio network nodes included in the mobile communication network (RAN). Network resources for a data flow between a data transmission node and a data reception node that passes through the CN and RAN are reserved on the basis of RSVP. A region for refreshing a reservation state of network resources concerning the flow is divided into a CN side and an RAN side by taking a predetermined radio network node through which the flow passes as a boundary. Refreshment on the RAN side is conducted with a frequency higher than that of refreshment on the CN side.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing data from an optical disc which has a plurality of recording layers reproducible from one side of the optical disc, and in which the disc is recorded in the OTP (Opposite Track Path) type. Upon receipt of a command of pausing, a pausing operation is performed by switching a moving direction of a focal point of an optical pickup in accordance with layer information of the recording layer to be currently reproduced.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus for recording information and/or reproducing on an optical disc which has at least two recording layers including layer 0 and layer 1 reproducible from one side of the disc. The apparatus includes an optical pickup having a laser source, an objective lens, and an actuator. A controller is provided which obtains a present layer information of a sector recording layer from light reflected from the disc, confirms a target layer information of a target recording layer, judges whether the present layer information is the same as the target layer information, and outputs a first control signal to the actuator when it is judged that the present layer information is layer 0 and the target layer information is layer 1, and outputs a second control signal to a slider.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reproducing data from an optical disc which has a plurality of recording layers reproducible from one side of the optical disc, and in which the disc is recorded in the OTP (Opposite Track Path) type. Upon receipt of a command of pausing, a pausing operation is performed by switching a moving direction of a focal point of an optical pickup in accordance with layer information of the recording layer to be currently reproduced.

Abstract: A drive unit connecting system for connecting a drive unit for an optical information/data recording medium to a reproducing apparatus serving as a destined host apparatus through the medium of a general-purpose interface is designed to inhibit normal operation when the drive unit is connected to other apparatus than the destined one without employing expensive IC chips dedicated for authentication. The drive unit connecting system enables a drive unit to be connected to only a proper reproducing apparatus through a general-purpose interface by performing software-based processing on either one of command(s) or parameter(s) or alternatively on both of the command(s) and the parameter(s).

Abstract: A method for reproducing information on a dual layer disc which has two recording layers including layer 0 and layer 1 reproducible from one side of the [disk] disc, wherein each layer has a plurality of sectors.

Abstract: An optical disc apparatus for recording information and/or reproducing on an optical disc which has at least two recording layers including layer 0 and layer 1 reproducible from one side of the disc. The apparatus includes an optical pickup having a laser source, an objective lens, and an actuator. A controller is provided which obtains a present layer information of a sector recording layer from light reflected from the disc, confirms a target layer information of a target recording layer, judges whether the present layer information is the same as the target layer information, and outputs a first control signal to the actuator when it is judged that the present layer information is layer 0 and the target layer information is layer 1, and outputs a second control signal to a slider.