Abstract: A first type of debugger impact reduction includes removing, from within a loop, an initial conditional breakpoint (“ICB”); extracting a first Boolean expression (“BE_1”) therefrom; setting a special conditional breakpoint (“SCB”) including the BE_1; and reestablishing the ICB if the SCB is satisfied. Optionally, the first type may further include extracting, from code within the loop, a second Boolean expression (“BE_2”); disjunctively including its complement in the SCB; and setting a reset breakpoint at loop exit program positions to remove reset breakpoints and/or the ICB. A second type includes setting the SCB with the complement of BE_1; and removing the ICB when the SCB is satisfied. Optionally, the second type may further include conjunctively including the BE_2 in the SCB; and setting a reset breakpoint to remove reset breakpoints and/or reestablish the ICB. The above may be embodied in a method, a program debugger and an article of manufacture.

Abstract: An information processing system for transactions by telephone of the present invention comprises a receiving terminal, operated by an operator, for inputting information from a customer taken over a telephone, storage means for storing information necessary in repeated transactions, and a voice recognition device having a voice recognition unit for recognizing specific vocabulary spoken by a customer or a voice response device having a push button signal recognition unit for confirming a push button signal generated by customer operations of push buttons of a telephone, wherein, for repeated transactions, a transaction name or transaction code arbitrarily designated by a customer at the time of a transaction beforehand or for the first time and information relating to this transaction name or transaction code are stored at a storage means in such a manner as to correspond with each other.

Abstract: A chair having sliding and swiveling device, mounted on a stationary post for adjustment. A slide plate supports the chair and a lower surface has a longitudinally extending roller channel, in which a plurality of rollers of a holder are provided to support the slide plate so that the slide plate is longitudinally slideable. The holder swivels on the post. A first lock releasably locks the holder against swiveling; and a second lock releasably locks the slide plate against sliding. A lock controller, including a handle, controls both locks, wherein rotating of the handle in a one direction locks the holder against swiveling, and rotating in an opposite direction locks the slide plate against sliding. The handle extends and retracts toward and away from the post.

Abstract: A serial access memory having a first memory cell array and a second memory cell array. The serial access memory is provided with a control circuit for controlling the Most Significant Bit (MSB) of an address supplied to each of the first and second memory cell arrays. The control circuit causes the operations of circuits in the first memory cell array to become identical to those of circuits in the second memory cell array, thereby making it possible to read data at a high speed. An STN type LCD including the serial access memory, has a display device that facilitates production of memory maps in the memory cells without a need for externally-mounted elements such as a multiplexer.

Abstract: A power steering apparatus senses a fore-and-aft acceleration of a vehicle which is expressed as a value prefixed with a sign, and a rotation speed Ri of an electric motor is reduced to reduce an assist force in accordance with the acceleration if the value of the sensed vehicle acceleration is positive, and increased to increase the assist force in accordance with the acceleration if the value of the sensed vehicle acceleration is negative (FIG. 4). With this control operation, a consistent steering feeling can be provided even at acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle.

Abstract: A metric calculating means calculates a first metric corresponding to a transmitted symbol sequence estimated by an adaptive equalizer, then calculates a second metric corresponding to a symbol sequence in which a symbol located at a position where a soft decision is made in the transmitted symbol sequence is inverted in polarity. Thereafter a subtracting portion subtracts the second metric from the first metric. Further, a multiplying portion multiplies the subtraction result from the subtracting portion by the symbol located at a position where the soft decision is made in the transmitted symbol sequence to generate a soft decision.

Abstract: An output circuit for a transmission system is disclosed. The output circuit of the present invention comprises an input terminal receiving an input logical signal, a first output terminal outputting a first output logical signal having a logic corresponding to a logic of the input logical signal, a second output terminal outputting a second output logical signal having a logic corresponding to an inverted logic of the input logical signal, a first constant voltage supply circuit generating a first voltage level, a second constant voltage supply circuit generating a second voltage level, and an output logic formation circuit connected to said first and second constant voltage supply circuits. The output logic formation circuit generates the first and second output logical signals having either the first voltage level or second voltage level based on the logic of the input logical signal.

Abstract: Prior to deriving precise evaluation values for evaluating errors between synthetic signal vectors and a target signal vector, simple evaluation values are derived. Based on the simple evaluation values, a given number of high-ranking candidates are preliminarily selected and then the precise evaluation values are derived with respect to the preliminarily selected candidates. For the preliminary selection of the candidates, the simple evaluation values are divided into as many groups as the number of the candidates to be preliminarily selected. Then, the simple evaluation values are mutually compared in each group to pick up the optimum value in each group.

Abstract: A filtering, water eliminating and lubricating compressed air valve structure includes a compact air valve installed between a conventional air compressor and a pneumatic tool. A filter element is positioned inside the air inlet fitting of the compact air valve and, after a transparent condensate chamber is installed over the air inlet fitting, a washer mount and a filter ring are inserted over the bottom of a cross-shaped annular connector, at the bottom of which is a hollow neck that is in continuity with its tubular circumferential wall. A plurality of passages in the lower circumferential end of the hollow neck are disposed in continuity with a throat at the top and a threaded hole, enabling the installation of an lubricating oil reservoir on the upper half of the cross-shaped annular connector.

Abstract: A structure and method for fabricating a field effect transistor (FET) having improved drain to source punchthrough properties was achieved. The method utilizes the selective deposition of silicon oxide by a Liquid Phase Deposition (LPD) method to form a self-aligning implant mask. The mask is then used to implant a buried anti-punchthrough implant channel under and aligned to the gate electrode of the FET. The buried implant reduces the depletion width at the substrate to source/drain junction under the gate electrode but does not increase substantially the junction capacitance under the source/drain contacts, thereby improving punch-through characteristic while maintaining device performance.

Abstract: A coder receives from a decoder the reception result of coded data, estimates the reception capability of the decoder and, based on the estimate result, updates accordingly the reference data on which prediction coding is to be based. This enables the reference data to be updated according to the reception capability of each decoder.

Abstract: A digital-to-analog conversion method includes outputting one priority bit of a digital signal to a digital output port to produce a respective output signal. An output time for the output signal is obtained by multiplying a unit of time by a weight of coding representing the significance of the bit, to define a period of time of maintaining the signal level at the output port before shifting to a next bit, and repeating the aforesaid steps for the successive bits. The output signal produced can be used to directly drive a power switching means for linear control of a power element, or integrated and filtered to provide a level analog output.

Abstract: A method of making a semiconductor device including a MOS transistor provides an insulator formed on a semiconductor substrate and a gate electrode formed on the insulator. Source/drain regions are formed within the substrate on either side of the gate electrode. A layer of titanium is sputtered onto the semiconductor device, and a layer of titanium nitride is direct sputtered over the titanium layer using a titanium nitride target. The device is annealed at a first temperature to form a structure including titanium silicide on the polysilicon electrode, titanium silicide on the surface of the source/drain regions, unreacted titanium over the silicide regions, and titanium nitride over the unreacted metal The unreacted titanium and titanium nitride are removed from the structure, and the structure is annealed at a higher temperature than the first temperature to form a lower resistivity titanium silicide.

Abstract: An opener (100) for cutting open a packaging film of a box containing a CD, CD-ROM, VCD or DVD disc or the like, which opener (100) has a body (10) providing a gap (18) for receiving a part of a narrow side of the box. Inside the body (10), the opener (100) includes a cutter (29) and an operating member (20) for operation to move the cutter (29) into the gap (18) for cutting open the packaging film. The operating member (20) has a knob (24) for operation, which is resiliently biassed by a spring (40) to be accessible in the gap (18).

Abstract: A liquid container press bottle cap having a metal exterior structure that constitutes an improved press bottle cap capable of matching the luster and sheen of metal liquid containers.

Abstract: A folding knife with a safety for blade is provided. When a blade of the folding knife has been turned to an extended position, a slip switch of the safety for blade is moved to a safety lock position to depress a push element, so that the push element engages a lower end with a first locking hole on the blade, preventing the blade from undesirably closing in the event a blade lock of the folding knife is unexpectedly released or the blade is subject to an over big impact. On the other hand, when the blade has been turned to a folded position in a handle of the knife and the slip switch is moved to the safety lock position, the push element engages its lower end with a second locking hole on the blade to prevent the blade from undesirably separating from the handle. The safety for blade therefore provides the folding knife with a further means to ensure the safe use of the folding knife.

Abstract: A centrifugal wafer drying apparatus comprises a rotor rotatably disposed in a container, a cradle mounted on the rotor, and a carrier mounted in the cradle and having grooves for receiving wafers. The carrier holds the wafers at an oblique angle with respect to a plane normal to the axis of rotation of the rotor, at least during rotation of the rotor.